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It encourages the larvae to plead more honestly according to how hungry they are and not try to outdo their siblings by pestering their mother for food.
It also helps the mother beetle to maintain a degree of control over how she feeds her squabbling offspring.
Cannibalism is also used by parents when food is in short supply.
Burying beetle larvae pester for food by touching the parent's mouths with their legs. Parent beetles then feed their young by regurgitating pre-digested flesh.
The Edinburgh University team gave mothers large foster families to find out if they were more likely to cannibalise offspring that begged most for food.
Researchers also examined whether mothers could control how food was shared between older and younger offspring.
They found when mother beetles were able to control which larvae to feed, even if younger and older larvae were pestering for food, they chose to feed older offspring.
Researchers said the findings further showed understanding about why animal parents respond to begging.
Like many other mammals and birds, burying beetles seem to favour elder offspring, the scientists said.
It could be because the older offspring are more likely to grow up larger and survive to give them grandchildren in the future.
Dr Clare Andrews, of the University of Edinburgh's school of biological sciences, said: "We already knew that larvae beg more if they have been deprived of food but we had not known whether this is because they are informing their parents how hungry they are or whether they are simply squabbling with each other to get their parents' attention.
"Our study shows that if you're a baby beetle it doesn't pay to pester your mother for food unless you're really hungry.
"Communication is crucial in helping to mediate conflicts of interests between parents and offspring."
The study, which is published in Behavioural Ecology, was supported by the Natural Environment Research Council. | Burying beetles occasionally punish young who nag for food by eating those who pester them most, according to Edinburgh University research. | 3.56392 | 4 |
Agriculture minister Barnaby Joyce said Australia had agreed to health protocols that would be finalised by his Chinese counterpart.
This comes after Indonesia slashed live cattle imports from Australia.
Mr Joyce said the trade in live cattle between Australia and China could be worth up to $A2bn ($1.5bn, £950m) each year.
Now that Australia had agreed on the health conditions, farmers could prepare to export cattle once China made the deal official, Mr Joyce said in a statement.
"I was very pleased today to sign the agreement of health conditions for trade of Australian feeder and slaughter cattle to China—now it's over to my counterpart, Minister Zhi Shuping, to sign on the dotted line and finalise the agreement between our two nations," Mr Joyce said.
"Over the past five years we've had a significant trade in breeder cattle with China, primarily for dairy heifers.
"Now, I'm pleased to announce we are a step closer to the commencement in trade in live slaughter and feeder cattle to China," he said.
Feeder cattle are those mature enough to be fattened in a feed lot before slaughter.
Earlier this month, Australian cattle producers were told Indonesia would only allow 50,000 head of cattle to be imported into the country between July and September, compared with an expected 200,000 permits for that quarter.
The Australian Livestock Exporters Council said that decision was both a surprise and a disappointment.
The Council's chief executive, Alison Penfold, said the deal with China was a "major breakthrough".
"Australia will be the first country to export feeder and slaughter cattle to China," Ms Penfold said in a statement.
In recent years, the live cattle industry has been rocked by a series of scandals about poor treatment of the animals in some of the countries Australia exports to. | Australia is a step closer to exporting live cattle to China, opening a new market for its farmers. | 1.690319 | 2 |
The firm is to license a new cancer treatment to Californian company Genentech.
The treatment is a class of drug molecules developed by Almac's discovery division.
Genentech will make an upfront payment of around £9m with further payments and possible royalties to follow.
Almac will be eligible to receive up to £225m in milestone payments plus royalties on commercial sales of any products developed by Genentech
The two companies will also run a two-year joint research programme funded by Genentech
The drug molecules are called inhibitors of ubiquitin specific proteases.
They block the activity of an important cancer pathway which is believed to play a key role in tumour development.
Tim Harrison, vice president of drug discovery at Almac, said they have been "a highly sought after, yet elusive drug class, proving difficult to identify despite significant efforts from both pharmaceutical and biotech companies".
He added that there was now "an exciting opportunity to fully exploit this novel biology".
Genentech was founded in San Francisco in 1976 and is widely considered to be the world's most successful biotechnology company.
It has developed products such as the cancer drug Avastin and the stroke treatment Activase.
In 2009, the Swiss drug company Roche took control of Genentech, paying £30bn for the 44% of the firm it did not own.
Meanwhile, California-based CV6 Therapeutics Ltd is to partner with the Centre for Cancer Research and Cell Biology at Queen's University, Belfast for a research and development project.
The project aims to develop a new drug with the potential to make chemotherapy more effective and represents a total investment of £5.5m.
Invest NI has offered assistance of £2.5m towards the project, which includes part funding from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF). | Craigavon-based pharmaceutical firm Almac has signed a deal with one of the world's largest biotech firms that could be worth more than £200m. | 1.54022 | 2 |
The heifer, named Seren, survived the fall on to Traeth Bach, near Llangrannog, Ceredigion, unhurt apart from cuts.
Food was taken down as she remained trapped for days before better weather allowed a rescue on Thursday.
An RNLI crew and volunteers held her head and tail above water as she swam to an accessible beach.
A crowd gathered to greet Seren on to shore near Llangrannog village as boat owner Mickey Beechey and others helped.
Farmers Geraint and Delyth Griffiths praised the "community spirit" shown in the rescue operation.
Seren was taken back to their farm, where she spent time grazing on a grassy paddock. | A cow which fell down a steep cliff and became trapped on a beach, was given help to swim over a mile to safety. | 1.314947 | 1 |
The chytrid fungus is highly infectious and is responsible for devastating amphibian populations worldwide.
Over five years, a team of researchers was able to clear the disease from toads which are native to the Spanish island of Mallorca.
Details of the work are published in the journal Biology Letters.
The scientists collected tadpoles from the wild, transported them to a lab and bathed them in an antifungal solution.
They then returned the Mallorcan midwife toad (Alytes muletensis) tadpoles to the collection sites by helicopter.
In addition, they used a common laboratory decontaminant to sterilise the environment around each breeding site.
Dr Trenton Garner, from ZSL's Institute of Zoology, said: "This study represents a major breakthrough in the fight against this highly-destructive pathogen; for the first time we have managed to rid wild individuals of infection for a continued period.
"Amphibian-associated chytrid fungi are a critical conservation issue that requires simple, straightforward and transferrable solutions. Our study is a significant step towards providing these."
The chytrid fungus (Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis) has severely affected over 700 amphibian species worldwide, driving population declines and species extinctions across five continents.
Dr Jaime Bosch, a co-author from Spain's MNCN-CSIC institute, added: "This is the first time that chytrid has ever been successfully eliminated from a wild population - a real positive which we can take forward into further research to tackle this deadly disease."
However in their paper, the researchers acknowledged that the use of their disinfectant in the environment was controversial. They said it was driven by the urgency of the decline in the Mallorcan midwife toad on the island. | For the first time, researchers have eliminated a devastating amphibian fungal disease in a population of toads. | 3.444312 | 3 |
The blaze has destroyed a number of homes, dropping ash on the streets of the city in the province of Alberta.
Fleeing residents have caused gridlock on the main road leading from the city, 380km (235 miles) north of Edmonton.
The evacuation from Fort McMurray - which lies in an oil sands region - is the biggest in Alberta's history.
"If you just walk outside, you feel it (ash) falling on you. You see it floating in the air. I can take a broom and brush it off my deck," resident Mark Durocher was quoted as saying by the Globe and Mail.
Homes in at least two neighbourhood have been gutted, and the fire has now spread to Highway 63 - the main road into Fort McMurray from the south.
Firefighters are continuing to tackle the blaze, but the local authorities have called for reinforcements, including a water-dumping helicopter.
So far there have been no reports of any injuries. | A huge wildfire has forced the evacuation of about 60,000 people from Fort McMurray - the entire population of the Canadian city. | 1.702719 | 2 |
Dunne, 23, is an ex-Republic of Ireland Under-21 international who has played for Wycombe, Blackpool and Crawley.
Antigua and Barbuda international Jahraldo-Martin, 23, was released by Hull City this summer and has spent time on loan at Tranmere, Alloa and Leyton Orient.
They are both available for Saturday's game against Walsall.
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page. | Oldham Athletic have signed defender Charles Dunne and winger Calaum Jahraldo-Martin on short-term deals. | 0.532879 | 1 |
The Indianapolis Colts dancer, known as Leanna E, met the 17-year-old and hugged him as he apologised.
She tweeted a smiling photo of herself with the embarrassed student.
The unidentified boy had jokingly griped in a Snapchat photo that his friend put him next to a black woman, though he used the n-word.
"A week ago I was the victim of a racial slur that was shared around the world," Leanna tweeted.
"Today, I chose forgiveness & feel stronger because of it."
The controversy began on 14 December when Leanna and another cheerleader posed for a picture with two students from Western High School in Russiaville, a town 60 miles (96km) north of Indianapolis, during an event to promote a blood donation campaign.
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The teenager later posted an image to Snapchat with the caption: "Of course [other student's name] put me next to the [racial slur]."
The photo caused outrage and went viral on social media.
Leanna contacted the school principal, not to demand that the boy be punished, but to express concern for his welfare after hearing that he had received physical threats amid all the backlash.
"I just was concerned for how he was handling it, and [Principal Rick Davis] said he [the boy] wasn't handling it well," she said.
"That broke my heart to know that."
The headmaster arranged for the two to meet.
Leanna went to shake the boy's hand when they met an Indianapolis Colts conference room on Wednesday night, but he instead greeted her with a hug and flowers.
"He actually referred to himself as a dumb kid that messed up and he said he was trying to be funny and wasn't and that he made a mistake and he was sorry," she told the IndyStar, "very sorry for hurting me and others."
The boy's mother, who accompanied him to the meeting, thanked the cheerleader for her forgiveness and told her the boy had not learned such language at home, Leanna said.
The cheerleader told the IndyStar: "I'm at peace with it."
"I hope that people look at themselves and step back and realise everybody makes mistakes," she added. "Nobody's perfect." | A US black cheerleader who was targeted by a high school student's racial slur after she posed for a viral photo with him has forgiven the teenager. | 1.042903 | 1 |
The 63-year-old Genesis star said he had amassed more than 200 artefacts after becoming fascinated with the 1836 battle as a child.
Collins said he was donating the collection - thought to be the largest in private hands - to ensure it was better cared for in the future.
It includes items such as a rifle owned by folk hero Davy Crockett.
At an event announcing the donation in San Antonio, Collins joked he had spent "all the money I made from music" on his collection related to the battle where 1,500 Mexican troops laid siege to 200 Texans fighting for Texas independence.
"Some people would buy Ferraris, some people would buy houses, I bought old bits of metal and old bits of paper," he said. He explained he first became interested in the Alamo after watching the 1950s TV series Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier.
"I've had a love affair with this place since I was about 5 years old. It's [all] at my home, in my basement in Switzerland. I look at it every day, but no one else was enjoying it."
The collection also includes Crockett's leather shot pouch, a pair of powder horns which the soldier is believed to have given to a Mexican officer before his death, muskets belonging to Mexican soldiers and one of the original Bowie knives, made famous by Alamo defender Jim Bowie.
Texas land commissioner Jerry Patterson said Collins would pay to ship the collection to Texas with the understanding the state would use public funding and private donations to redevelop the Alamo site - including a new building to house the collection.
The collection will begin arriving in Texas in the next few months and will be displayed on a rotating basis at the museum.
Collins said he would continue buying Alamo memorabilia and "once I've lived with whatever I buy for a month, I'll ship it over here". | Singer Phil Collins has donated his extensive collection of Alamo memorabilia to a Texas museum. | 1.520183 | 2 |
Police were told an Audi's number plates were changed in Burnage, Manchester, and it had been involved in criminal activity just after 11:00 BST.
Police tried to stop the car before the chase ended at Salford Crescent railway station, causing 30 minute delays.
The driver was held on violent offences and the others for theft of a vehicle.
All remain in custody for questioning.
Ch Insp Mark Dexter said: "Despite the offenders making a very determined effort to escape, only one police vehicle suffered minor damage whilst blocking the Audi in to bring the pursuit to a conclusion."
Trains travelling to and from Manchester were delayed before normal service resumed at about 12:40. | Four men have been arrested after a police pursuit ended with a driver and passengers abandoning a car and running on to train tracks in Salford. | 0.809702 | 1 |
Two men, aged 49 and 56, were arrested in Scotland and a 53-year-old man was arrested in England. They will be taken to Northern Ireland for interview.
The body of Lorraine McCausland, a mother-of-two, was found beside a stream in Forthriver on 8 March 1987.
The 23-year-old was last seen alive in a loyalist club at Tyndale.
Police believe Ms McCausland, who had been on a night out, was raped in the club before she was "savagely beaten" and her body dumped.
The PSNI re-opened the investigation into the murder last November.
Fourteen people were arrested during the original investigation but no-one was charged.
Detectives conducted 29 searches and took more than 100 witness statements.
Lorraine McCausland's son, who was aged just two, when she was killed, was himself murdered 18 years later, in July 2005.
Craig McCausland died after being shot in Dhu Varren Park in north Belfast and the killing was blamed on tensions within loyalism by police. | Police investigating the rape and murder of Lorraine McCausland in north Belfast 30 years ago have made three arrests. | 0.749703 | 1 |
King's School Canterbury's rowing team was "scuppered" in its opening race on Wednesday, after an oar "parted company" from its shaft mid-race.
Canford School's race was then rescheduled after the team lost an oar on the way to the start of a race.
It came as the UK saw the hottest July day on record, with temperatures hitting 36.7C (98F).
A Henley Regatta spokesman said: "Today's extreme heat, it would appear, caused the glue to melt between the plastic 'spoon' and the carbon-fibre shaft of the high-tech oars."
Teams were taking part in the Princess Elizabeth Challenge Cup for schoolboy eights. | The hot weather may have caused a "mysterious case of melting oars" at Henley regatta, say organisers. | 1.388306 | 1 |
The ICC Development Programme Annual Awards have been running since 2002 and are open to countries who are associate and affiliate members.
Cricket Scotland's Ian Sandbrook said: "This is great recognition for our clubs, schools, coaches, volunteers and staff that have all put in a huge amount of effort to grow and sustain the game we love."
The winner of the ICC award receives a cricket equipment grant of £3,500 to its national cricket body.
Cricket Scotland's head of participation was delighted to receive such recognition for its grassroots programmes.
"We are continually looking at how we can improve our work with clubs, schools and other key stakeholders to attract new people to the game and build a sustainable future for cricket," said Sandbrook.
"Great initiatives like the Thriving Clubs Programme, CricketForce, Community Coaching Programme, our new Club Awards, Last Man Stands leagues, the roll out of the curriculum for excellence programme, and our continued growth in female cricket, has started to establish a stronger foundation for the game to flourish.
"From my perspective, we have only just started and we're absolutely committed to building on this to take cricket to the next level in Scotland."
Meanwhile, Scotland will play two one-day internationals against Afghanistan at The Grange in Edinburgh on 4 and 6 July, with Hong Kong visiting the same venue on 8 and 10 September. | Scotland has won the International Cricket Council's Best Overall Cricket Development Programme Award for 2015. | 1.093126 | 1 |
The Dragons came close to beating the Severn Stars on Monday, but finally lost out 59-50 at the Sport Wales National Centre in Cardiff.
The defeat was their ninth of the season and leaves them bottom of the Superleague table with three points.
"We are disappointed with the result," Dyke said.
Having beaten the Sirens at home to record their first win of the year, spirits had been high in the Dragons' camp, but Dyke says they have to regain their levels of consistency if they are to return to winning ways.
"We keep saying we need to be consistent, but we did some really good things," added Dyke.
"We just need to do it for longer periods of the quarters. It was a very physical game, so I think our change of direction with short-and-sharp play and our through-court attack was really good.
"We'll take that into the game against Bath."
The Dragons go on to face Manchester Thunder on Saturday, 29 April before playing Hertfordshire Mavericks on Monday, 1 May. | Welsh netball side Celtic Dragons will be looking for a reaction against Team Bath after their defeat by Severn Stars, says Bethan Dyke. | 0.773824 | 1 |
The 21-year-old made eight appearances for Stanley on loan from Huddersfield earlier this season and was released by the Terriers last month.
Crooks, who has also played as a defender and a striker, made just one appearance for Huddersfield.
"Sometimes you can be a victim of your own versatility and Matt's keen not to do that," said manager John Coleman.
"I think he gives us strength, he can play in quite a lot of positions and I'm delighted with that signing for both this year and next year."
Stanley have also extended the loan spell of West Ham striker Sean Maguire until the end of the season, after his four goals in 22 appearances so far.
Both players available for Accrington's game against Burton on Tuesday evening. | Accrington Stanley have signed free agent midfielder Matt Crooks on an 18-month contract. | 0.811268 | 1 |
Live coverage of seven matches will be on TV, including the tournament's opening game between Scotland and Ireland on 4 February.
There will be minute-by-minute coverage of all the home nations' games on BBC Radio 5 live and 5 live sports extra, and across the BBC's digital platforms.
Eight of the matches from the tournament will be shown on ITV.
This is the second year of a six-year deal between the BBC and ITV to share the broadcast rights to the Six Nations.
The BBC's broadcasting team will include expert analysis from some of the biggest names in the sport, including Jeremy Guscott, Jonathan Davies, Martyn Williams, Keith Wood, Brian Moore and new for 2017, Ireland legend Paul O'Connell.
A comprehensive digital service will enable fans to share in all the excitement through the BBC Sport website and via the BBC Sport app on mobiles, tablets and connected TVs.
Fans will also be able to sign up for push alerts and use the My Sport service, which provides a more personalised offer.
All Ireland games will be live on BBC Radio Ulster, all Scotland games will be live on BBC Radio Scotland, and all Wales games are live on BBC Radio Wales and BBC Radio Cymru. | BBC Sport has extensive coverage of the 2017 Six Nations Championship across TV, radio and digital platforms. | 0.925451 | 1 |
The concert was due to kick off her 12-day European tour, but was not the performance that 20,000 fans had hoped to see.
For almost 90 minutes, Amy Winehouse mumbled her way through parts of songs.
She sang a few strained notes, before stumbling across the stage and at one point throwing her microphone to the floor.
At times she left the stage altogether - her band attempting to fill in.
She was frequently booed by the crowd. Many had paid up to €45 (£40) to see her in a country in which wages are some of the lowest in Europe, and their anger was clear.
The Grammy-award winning singer had been under strict instructions not to drink after recently finishing a course of alcohol rehabilitation in London.
Hotel staff on her European tour are said to be under orders to remove alcohol from her room.
She has struggled with addiction for some time and it was hoped this tour might mark a new start.
The singer is due to continue the tour with a performance in Istanbul on Sunday. | Amy Winehouse has been booed by crowds in Serbia's capital Belgrade after appearing to be too drunk to perform. | 0.800971 | 1 |
Glenn Taylor was filmed by a colleague pushing the 170 million-year-old red rock in Goblin Valley State Park and celebrating afterwards.
The two scouts say they have received death threats after the video was posted online.
The two men argue the rock was loose and could have fallen on a passer-by.
Utah State Parks spokesman Eugene Swalberg said the state authorities were considering bringing the charges after the incident.
"This is not behaviour that is appreciated or should exist in state parks," he told the Deseret News.
"This has been formed for literally millions of years, and it's supposed to last for a long time. It doesn't need individuals doing the work of Mother Nature."
The Boy Scouts of America - who have millions of members across the country - also condemned the action, warning that it would take "appropriate" measures.
The scout leaders said the stone was pushed over because of safety concerns.
However, scout leader Dave Hall told the Salt Lake Tribune: "I think we made the right decision, but probably the wrong method.
"We take full responsibility for whatever mistake we made, and we're open to whatever that means from the state, from the Boy Scouts' office, etc."
In the video, Mr Taylor is seen congratulating a colleague after the mushroom-shaped sandstone rock - known as a "goblin" - was toppled. | Criminal charges are being considered against a US scout leader who toppled an ancient rock formation in Utah, sparking an international outcry. | 1.69412 | 2 |
The sale of the stake, which has been on the cards since last year, will raise $2.5bn and will be used to reduce Glencore's debt.
The company has been hit by falling commodity prices.
As a result, it is undertaking a restructuring programme in order to reduce its $30bn debt pile.
Glencore's chief executive, Ivan Glasenberg, said: "CPPIB have a proven track record in the sector and share our vision for the future growth of the business through value-creating organic and inorganic growth opportunities.
"We welcome them aboard and look forward to continuing our good relationship as we work together."
Glencore trades in commodities including grains, oilseeds, rice, sugar and cotton.
Earlier this year, Glencore reported that profits in 2015 had fallen by almost a third as a result of the drop in commodity prices.
At the time the company also said it was aiming for $4bn-$5bn of asset disposals in 2016, plus a further $400m in savings.
Glencore accumulated much of its debts through its ambitious takeover of Xstrata in 2013.
That deal added dozens of mines in numerous countries to the commodity trader's business leaving it as one of the world's biggest miners and traders of the products of those mines.
In September last year, Glencore's shares dived after a note from analysts at Investec said its equity value could be "eliminated", although the mining giant responded by saying it was "operationally and financially robust".
When Glencore listed on the London market in 2011 it priced its shares at 530p, but the shares are currently trading at about 140p. | Mining and commodity trader Glencore says it has agreed to sell a 40% stake in its agricultural business to Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPID). | 1.148064 | 1 |
Payne becomes the 15th player tied to a central contract with the IRFU.
The 30-year-old New Zealand-born back joined Ulster in 2011 and won the first of his 12 Irish caps in November 2014.
"It has been an honour for me to not only pull on the Ulster jersey but to represent Ireland," said Payne, "there is plenty for us to achieve".
After making the move from Auckland Blues, Payne made his debut for Ulster against the Cardiff Blues in September 2011 and has represented the province 63 times, scoring 14 tries.
Jared Payne has been capped 12 times by Ireland since making his debut in 2014.
He qualified for Ireland under the three-year residency rule in 2014 and made his debut against South Africa in the autumn, scoring two tries to date in his international career.
Ulster's Director of Rugby, Les Kiss, said: "Jared is an incredibly astute and intelligent rugby player".
"He adds experience and calm to any backline and will continue to be an important player for Ulster for years to come."
Although he has played most of his rugby for Ulster at fullback, Payne is regarded by Ireland coach Joe Schmidt as the natural heir to Brian O'Driscoll's number 13 jersey and has forged a successful midfield partnership with Connacht's Robbie Henshaw.
IRFU Performance Director David Nucifora said: "Jared has illustrated his ability to compete at the highest level and be an important leader and decision maker for both Ireland and Ulster".
"We are delighted to have secured his services for a further two years." | Jared Payne has committed his future to Ulster and Irish rugby by signing a two-year contract which will keep him at Kingspan Stadium until June 2018. | 0.885383 | 1 |
Chris Nelson, 24, who is from the Midlothian area, was last seen at about 06:00 on Sunday.
He was in the city with his fiancée Stephanie Kollross to visit their friend.
He was last seen by Ms Kollross after he decided to go for a walk after he could not get to sleep. He has not been in contact with his friends or family since.
Ms Kollross told Dutch television station AT5: "On Sunday morning my fiancé couldn't fall asleep so what he usually does is he decides to go for a walk, and this is what he did at 6am.
"He left the house without a jacket, his keys or his passport because of course he just wanted to go around the block but he never came back and all of us have been phoning but he doesn't pick up and then it was off.
"He just disappeared."
Mr Nelson's family have said they do not believe his disappearance was related to drugs or alcohol.
His mother, Donna Nelson, told the TV station: "He was driving on the Sunday morning back to Kaarst near Dusseldorf, in Germany, and he said to Stephie, 'You can do what you like but I won't drink because I'm driving'.
"He was very conscious about things like that. I got a text from him about 5am, an hour before he left, and he wasn't drunk.
"He's the most anti-drug guy on the planet. He wouldn't do that."
A spokesman from the Foreign Office said: "A British national was reported missing in Amsterdam on 16 November.
"We are assisting the family and are in contact with local authorities." | A Scottish man is missing in Amsterdam in the Netherlands. | 1.002708 | 1 |
Some 37 million were from within the UK, the BBC said. The figure includes both mobile and computer access.
The peak traffic moment was on 1 August, when cyclist Bradley Wiggins won his gold medal in the men's time trial.
But 3 August - the start of the women's heptathlon featuring Jessica Ennis - was the busiest day as a whole.
There were also 106 million requests for online video during the games .
This was up from 32 million during the Beijing Olympics.
Nearly two million people downloaded the BBC's Olympics smartphone app on both Apple's iOS and Google's Android platforms.
"Our aspiration was that just as the Coronation did for TV in 1953, the Olympics would do for digital in 2012," said Phil Fearnley, General Manager, News and Knowledge, BBC Future Media.
"We promised audiences would never miss a moment of the Games. We delivered on our promise and will build on this to leave a lasting digital legacy for audiences in years to come."
The most streamed online videos were the tennis singles final matches in which Serena Williams and Andy Murray won gold medals. They were requested 820,000 times by various internet devices.
Other popular video clips viewed online included German diver Stephan Feck's 'zero point' dive, Cuban pole vaulter Lazaro Borges' pole snapping mid-vault and Usain Bolt's performance in the men's 100m final. | BBC Sport online registered a record 55 million visits from devices around the world during the Olympic Games. | 1.488354 | 1 |
Officer Aml Elsokary, a New York native, was with her son in a Brooklyn neighbourhood when she was allegedly threatened with violence.
A man began pushing and shouting at her 16-year-son before telling her to "go back to your country", officials say.
On Monday, the mayor of New York praised her service to the city.
"In 2014, she ran into a burning building and helped to save a young girl and her grandmother," Mayor Bill de Blasio said at a press conference.
"And, then, on Saturday, she had to experience a man allegedly yelling at her and her son, 'Go back to your country,'" said Mr de Blasio.
"Well this is Officer Elsokary's country. She is an American. She is a New Yorker. She's already at home."
On Monday, Christopher Nelson, 36, was charged with menacing as a hate crime.
During the attack, he allegedly used an expletive to call the officer a member of the Islamic State group, and threatened to "cut" Mrs Elsokary's throat.
Officer Elsokary said she joined the police force after the attacks of 11 September: "I became a police officer to show the positive side of a New Yorker, a Muslim woman, that can do the job.
"I help everybody, no matter what your religion, what's your faith, what you do in New York. I'm born and raised here."
Hate crimes have risen in New York by 35%, according to the New York Police Department (NYPD).
The NYPD's Hate Crime Task Force has deemed 43 incidents possible hate crimes since Donald Trump was elected a month ago - more than double the number cases reported during the same period last year.
Mayor de Blasio said that he believes that Mr Trump is partly responsible for the increase in hate attacks, due to his "hate speech" and the "horrible things" he has said about Muslims.
On Monday, a city transit worker wearing a Muslim headscarf was pushed down steps by a man that called her a "terrorist".
Over the weekend, racist graffiti was scrawled on subway trains and white supremacist materials were distributed at a rail station, the New York mayor said. | A man who New York officials say harassed a woman wearing a Muslim headscarf may have picked the wrong target - an off-duty police officer. | 1.585205 | 2 |
Johnson helped the Robins avoid relegation last season after joining them from Barnsley in February.
The 35-year-old, who played 199 games for City between 2006 and 2012, started his managerial career with Oldham in 2013, before moving to Oakwell in 2015.
His previous contract at Ashton Gate was set to end at the end of the 2018-19 season.
"Like I said when I was appointed, Bristol City is the perfect club for me," he told the club website.
"We want to deliver success; everything about the club is progressive and that's why I'm desperate to be a part of that in the long term."
Bristol City have won just one of their past six games in all competitions, but they are 11th in the Championship table, just four points outside the play-off places. | Bristol City head coach Lee Johnson has signed a new contract to stay with the Championship club until 2020. | 0.957258 | 1 |
The main parties failed to break the political deadlock after December's inconclusive elections.
The conservative Popular Party (PP) is favourite to win, but only narrowly.
In December the PSOE was runner-up to the PP. There is speculation that the PSOE and Podemos could form a ruling coalition after the 26 June vote.
The December election was a watershed for Spain, because the PP and the PSOE had previously alternated in power since the restoration of democracy in the 1970s.
Podemos (meaning "We Can") is now campaigning as Unidos Podemos, allied with the United Left party under communist leader Alberto Garzon.
Podemos leader Pablo Iglesias has offered to form a left-wing coalition government with the PSOE after the election. "We need to agree with them [the PSOE] so that we can have a progressive government," he said.
Breaking new ground, Podemos has presented its manifesto as an Ikea-style catalogue, with party members posing in different parts of an ideal house.
Podemos and the other leftists argue that the PP, under acting Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy, is discredited because of austerity and the chronic unemployment that has plagued Spain since the 2008 financial crisis.
The PP, however, points to Spain's improved economic performance as proof that its policies worked.
Judging by the current polls, Spain's result could mirror what happened in Greece, where the new left-wing Syriza party wooed voters away from the traditional Pasok socialists.
The fourth significant national party, according to the polls, is Ciudadanos (Citizens), a centre-right, pro-business party.
Ciudadanos hopes to occupy "a centre space in Spanish politics, with 3.5 million votes, which did not exist before in this country", its leader Albert Rivera said.
The party leaders will try to outdo each other in a high-profile TV debate on Monday, which could have an impact on millions of undecided voters.
Spain's Efe news agency reports that in this campaign the parties will hold fewer mass rallies - which are expensive - and focus instead on door-to-door leafleting and maximising their TV exposure.
They will also do less plastering of candidates' faces on public transport and in the streets, partly because of widespread voter discontent with politicians, Efe reports. | Campaigning has started 16 days ahead of a fresh general election in Spain, with left-wing Podemos edging ahead of the Socialists (PSOE) in opinion polls. | 1.61486 | 2 |
Giorgia Galassi, 22, is one of nine people to have been pulled out alive. Rescuers say they are hopeful more survivors may be found from 24 still missing. Five bodies have been found.
Officials say the avalanche - weighing some 120,000 tons - hit the hotel with a speed of about 100km/h (60mph).
Bad weather has slowed rescuers.
The avalanche completely buried the hotel at about 17:00 (16:00 GMT) on Wednesday.
Many of the guests had gathered on the ground floor to await evacuation following earthquakes early that day.
Giorgia, a student, was sitting on a couch in the lobby of the hotel with her fiance, Vincenzo Forti, 25, when the avalanche hit.
"Everything crumbled and I could not understand a thing," she told Italy's Corriere della Sera.
When she came round, she realised that the lobby had turned into a dome with four caverns.
She thought the hotel had been displaced and planted deeper into the earth.
"It was pitch dark. Not a sound came from outside. Our voices echoed."
She heard a woman who called for her fiance, and another man from Rome who had injured his arm and was in pain.
A mother who had her boy with her and hugged him close whilst calling out to locate her daughter.
"All the children behaved really well, I never heard them crying, " Giorgia says.
She did, however, many times.
And she was full of praise towards her fiance, "who never had any doubt".
"He supported us all. Sometimes he would hum a song to soothe us."
Giorgia told how they had had nothing to eat. "Nothing. The only thing we ate was ice. We had a lot and this kept us going."
"I lost count of time, and still haven't got it back. But I think it lasted two days, maybe a bit more," Georgia said. In all, she was trapped for 58 hours.
At 11:00 (10:00 GMT) on Friday, a mechanical sound was heard, then human voices.
To which she replied: "I am Giorgia, and I am alive."
"It was the most beautiful thing I've ever said."
Italy has seen a wave of damaging earthquakes in recent months. The Apennines region saw three magnitude six tremors between August and October.
It is believed that the geological stress is spread across a number of fault lines in Italy's mountain ranges - with recent earthquakes as the result. | One of the survivors of the avalanche at Rigopiano hotel in central Italy says she ate ice and snow to quench her thirst during a 58-hour ordeal. | 1.37459 | 1 |
The 40-year-old, capped 42 times by Finland, joined the Latics at the beginning of 2015-16 and has gone to play 32 games and keep 15 clean sheets.
Wigan are currently second in the table and on an 18-match unbeaten run.
"If my experience can help what we want to achieve then that is fantastic," said the veteran keeper.
"I've really enjoyed my season here so far, the team is playing well, the club have been very good to me and it's been great to play for the manager [Gary Caldwell] with the way he does things."
Latics manager Gary Caldwell added: "Jussi has been absolutely tremendous since breaking into the team.
"I've said on several occasions when asked about him that there's nothing I can teach him about goalkeeping, or how to recover and train." | Wigan Athletic goalkeeper Jussi Jaaskelainen has signed an extended deal at the League One club that will expire in the summer of 2017. | 0.832926 | 1 |
Mr Colton, 34, of Swansea, died in August 2013 after months complaining of back pain, Worcestershire Coroners' Court heard.
Prisons and probation ombudsman Nigel Newcomen said Long Lartin prison's care fell "far below" that in the community.
He was serving a life sentence for murder.
Colton died at the Alexandra Hospital in Redditch in August 2013, two days after being admitted as an emergency from the maximum security prison near Evesham.
A jury at the inquest in Stourport-on-Severn heard that his back pain was diagnosed by a prison GP and physiotherapist as muscular or skeletal.
Despite his condition worsening over the next two months, no further investigation of his symptoms was made, the hearing was told.
Claire Lees, acting head of healthcare at the prison, accepted the care given to Colton was below the required standard.
Asked by the coroner how such a case could happen in the 21st Century, she said: "It shouldn't have happened. I can't explain how it happened."
The inquest continues on Monday. | A prison watchdog described the case of a murderer whose cancer was only diagnosed days before he died as "one of the worst examples of poor care". | 0.827428 | 1 |
The girl allegedly became pregnant after being raped by her stepfather.
The Paraguayan government's decision has resulted in "grave violations" of the girl's rights, the experts said, and called for her to have access to "all necessary healthcare".
Paraguay bans abortion except in cases where the mother's life is at risk.
There are no exceptions for rape victims or very young girls.
The girl's 42-year-old stepfather was arrested on Saturday. He denies wrongdoing.
The country's health minister Antonio Barrios told the Paraguayan newspaper ABC (in Spanish) that abortion had been "completely ruled out" for the girl, and that he was hopeful for a "happy outcome" to her pregnancy.
The girl is approximately 23 weeks pregnant.
The girl's mother has reportedly asked for the 10-year-old's pregnancy to be terminated.
Amnesty International has also criticised Paraguay's stance, saying "the clock is ticking", and "the world is now watching Paraguay".
"All options, including an abortion, should be put on the table to prevent any further torment," said Amnesty's Guadalupe Marengo.
Pregnancy can be dangerous in young girls whose bodies are not fully grown.
The World Health Organisation says that the risk of maternal mortality is highest for adolescent girls under 15 years old and complications in pregnancy and that childbirth are the leading cause of death among adolescent girls in developing countries. | Paraguay "failed to protect" a pregnant 10-year-old rape victim who has been denied an abortion, a group of UN human rights experts has said. | 2.0545 | 2 |
Billy Sharp opened the scoring for the Blades when he shot from the edge of the area into the bottom corner.
The lead was doubled when Bantams defender Stephen Darby could only turn Paul Coutts' cross into his own net.
Martyn Woolford headed a third for the hosts before Gary Liddle nodded in from a corner for a late consolation goal for Phil Parkinson's side. | Sheffield United extended their unbeaten run to five games with a comfortable win over Bradford. | 0.344698 | 0 |
Mohammed Khalid Jamil, 34, from Luton, hired people at an Indian call centre to falsely tell victims their computers had a serious problem.
The targets would be charged between £35 and £150 for software Microsoft made available for free.
As well as the suspended sentence, Jamil was ordered to pay a £5,000 fine.
He must also pay £5,665 compensation and £13,929 in prosecution costs.
The decision has been hailed as a "landmark" case by Trading Standards.
"We believe it may be the first ever successful prosecution of someone involved in the Microsoft scam in the UK," said Lord Harris, chairman of the National Trading Standards Board, which oversees the work of the National Trading Standards e-crime team.
"It's an important turning point for UK consumers who have been plagued by this scam, or variants of it, for several years.
"Many have succumbed to it, parting with significant sums of money, their computers have been compromised and their personal details have been put at risk.
"Now that one of the many individuals who've been operating this scam has been brought to justice, it's a stark warning to anyone else still doing it that they can be caught and will be prosecuted."
Jamil had set up Luton-based company Smart Support Guys, which employed people based in India to cold-call Britons and claim to be working for Microsoft.
The victims, unaware of the scam, would offer remote access to the fraudsters - meaning their computers could be controlled from a different location.
Once given this access, targets' computers would be made less secure, at which point the scammers would offer, in return for a fee, to install software to fix the problem.
The software installed was available for free on Microsoft's website.
In court, Jamil admitted to unfair trading by allowing his staff to make false claims regarding computer support services.
He claimed he had tried but failed to control call centre staff and not adequately supervised them.
His jail term is suspended for 12 months. | A man who ran a Microsoft computer scam tricking people into paying for free anti-virus software has received a suspended four-month jail sentence. | 1.235567 | 1 |
Mr Kerry and his delegation stayed at the Lake Garden hotel in Naypyidaw on Saturday night while attending the Asean Regional Summit.
The hotel is owned by U Zaw Zaw, who is blacklisted for having close ties to the country's former military junta.
But hotels are not included in these sanctions, a US official has said.
However, the slight whiff of hypocrisy is a reminder of the difficulties foreign companies face trying to find Burmese business partners who are not somehow connected to the old regime, says the BBC's Myanmar correspondent Jonah Fisher.
Many of the sanctions imposed on Myanmar during its military rule have been lifted.
But the US government has continued to keep a blacklist of those closely connected to the former government. | The US has defended Secretary of State John Kerry's decision to stay in a blacklisted hotel in Myanmar (also known as Burma). | 1.325747 | 1 |
The BBC's in-house cartoonist Kirtish Bhat picks five news events to give his humorous take on 2016.
Two news events in February were all about freedom. One firm launched the world's cheapest smartphone, priced at 251 rupees ($3.67; £3), and called it Freedom 251. At the same time, police arrested some students in Delhi's Jawaharlal Nehru University for allegedly raising anti-India slogans, and demanding "freedom" for Kashmir from Indian rule. The students denied the allegations, but they were charged with sedition. Later, they were freed on bail.
India's flamboyant businessman Vijay Mallya made his fortune selling beer under the Kingfisher brand and branched out into aviation, Formula1 racing, and Indian cricket. But he incurred huge debts because of the failure of his airline. Many have criticised banks for their inability in recovering the debt from Mr Mallya, who denies any wrongdoing. He is currently living in the UK, and hasn't returned to India despite repeated summons by the authorities.
When the chief minister of the eastern state of Bihar, Nitish Kumar, promised during his election campaign that he would ban the sale and consumption of alcohol if elected, not many thought he would actually do it. But then he proved everybody wrong!
When Prime Minister Narendra Modi took office in 2014, he promised to change the country. But his critics say that he has been concentrating more on foreign policy, and travelling the world.
In one of the biggest surprises of 2016, Mr Modi on 8 November announced the scrapping of 500 and 1,000 rupee notes to crack down on corruption and illegal cash holdings known as "black money". The sudden announcement made many people's cash worthless. | In India, 2016 has been a year of political surprises, alcohol ban and heated debates about nationalism, and plenty of other news in between. | 1.474036 | 1 |
The court ruled in favour of more than 1,300 relatives of the 241 Americans killed at a US Marine barracks.
The US government holds the Lebanese Shia Islamist movement Hezbollah, which is backed by Iran, responsible.
Both Hezbollah and Iran have denied any involvement.
Iran's central bank, Bank Markazi, tried to defy court orders demanding payment for losses.
It opposed a law that directs its US assets be turned over to the families.
The bombings of the US embassy and US Marine barracks, both in 1983, are believed to have been carried out by Lebanese Shia militias that went on to form Hezbollah two years later.
The militias were reportedly receiving considerable military training and organisational support from Iran at the time.
The next year, the US withdrew nearly all its troops from Lebanon.
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg wrote the opinion for the court rejecting Iran's efforts to avoid the payments.
The law "does not transgress restraints placed on Congress and the president by the Constitution", she wrote.
Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Sonia Sotomayor dissented, arguing that the 2012 law passed by Congress was an overreach.
More than 1,300 people will receive the money, relatives of victims of the Beirut bombings, a 1996 terrorist bombing in Saudi Arabia and other attacks. The lead plaintiff is the sister of a US Marine killed in Beirut. | The US Supreme Court is allowing the families of victims of a 1983 bombing in Beirut and other terror attacks to collect nearly $2bn (£1.4bn) in frozen Iranian assets. | 1.895214 | 2 |
Organiser, Karen Rogers, whose maiden name was Liddiard, organised the event after researching her family tree for over 20 years.
The Liddiards married into the Seymour family, whose descendents included Jane Seymour the third wife of Henry VIII.
Parish records for Aldbourne, Wiltshire show from 1625 until 1925, more than 900 Liddiards had lived in the village.
Mrs Rogers has traced the origins of her family to Rockley near Marlborough in the 15th Century.
The family was concentrated in Ogbourne St Andrew and Aldbourne in the centuries that followed.
"The Liddiards were quite a wealthy family, they actually owned Rockley Manor for a time," she said.
"They're the family that we can trace without a broken line from 1453 till today and one of their descendents will be coming along," added Mrs Rogers.
From the 17th, 18th and 19th Centuries the family spread across England and its colonies.
Kelvin Derek Lydiard and his wife Jacqueline travelled from Perth, Australia for the event.
Mr Lydiard said: "It's a really mind-boggling experience just to meet other family members who have stayed in England and around the local area.
"Where we come from, there aren't many at all."
His wife Jacqueline added: "It's quite spooky as we walked on to the green and I thought Oh my God he looks like my husband. It's just amazing.
"Even one of the wives said, 'your husband looks like my husband'." | More than 150 people gathered for an extended family reunion in a village where many of their ancestors lived. | 1.811672 | 2 |
Roger Croft, the leader of West Berkshire District Council, was left seriously injured in hospital following the collision.
His death was announced on Twitter by the Conservative MP for Newbury, Richard Benyon.
He wrote: "So sad that my friend Roger Croft has died. It would be hard to find someone more decent or kind. RIP."
Mr Croft and his wife Grizelda were travelling through France when the collision happened at an unknown location.
The authority said deputy leader, Councillor Graham Jones had taken over the role of leader until further notice.
West Berkshire councillor Emma Webster tweeted: "News of the death of Roger Croft has hit us all. He was an inspiring leader, amazing man & great friend. Now reunited with his beloved Zelda." | A council leader has died five weeks after he was involved in a car crash in France that killed his wife. | 0.583098 | 1 |
Workers abseiled down Brymbo Steelworks' listed Wilkinson Number One blast furnace to clear trees and clean the building.
The site closed in 1990 with the loss of 1,000 jobs.
In September, Brymbo Heritage Group (BHG) was awarded £97,000 from the Heritage Lottery Fund to help turn the site into a heritage centre.
Three scheduled ancient monuments and a Grade II listed building remain on the site.
BHG plans to start guided tours and gather oral histories or memories of former workers as well as digitising 3,000 old photos and other material for local schools, colleges and universities.
Spokesman Brian Stapley said five workers had been abseiling and doing a "cracking job" on clearing vegetation from the blast furnace wall.
He added: "The next step is to try and get rid of all the damage caused to the foundry when we had heavy snow in March.
"The snow brought the roof in and we need the emergency works done as soon as possible."
Mr Stapley said BHG hoped to make the site safe to take people on heritage tours.
Brymbo's industrial roots date to the 1760s when John "Iron Mad" Wilkinson and his younger brother took over the furnace at Bersham, near Wrexham, from their father.
John Wilkinson later bought Brymbo Hall and built two blast furnaces, marking the beginning of what was to become Brymbo Steelworks.
Landowners Brymbo Developments Limited (BDL) took over the reclamation after the steelworks closed in 1990, with housing being built on some of the sprawling site. | Work to clear part of an old Wrexham steelworks has started in order to turn it into a heritage centre. | 2.164831 | 2 |
PC Paul Kirwin wrestled the gun off the man who was pointing it at terrified shop staff in Litherland in July 2013.
He had spotted the suspect acting suspiciously in an alleyway running between shops and a derelict building while on patrol with a colleague.
Peter Singleton, chairman, of the Merseyside Police Federation, praised PC Kirwin's "quick thinking".
PC Kirwin saw the man leaning through a door at the rear of one of the shops, pointing a handgun at terrified staff members.
The officer quietly walked up behind him and grabbed his arm before a struggle ensued.
PC Kirwin wrestled with the man ensuring that he could not point the firearm at either himself or shop staff.
He managed to keep the man restrained and was able to force him to drop the handgun inside the shop.
At this point, PC Kirwin was joined by his colleague and formally cautioned and arrested the man for attempted armed robbery, and possession of a firearm with intent, offences that he later admitted in court.
He was presented with the award by shadow home secretary Andy Burnham at a ceremony in London on Tuesday. | A Merseyside Police officer who disarmed and arrested a robber with a handgun has won a Police Bravery Award. | 1.114215 | 1 |
He tested positive last week and died late on Monday at a treatment centre near the capital, Monrovia, Francis Kateh, the chief medical officer, said.
His father and brother are being treated for Ebola at the centre.
Liberia has seen more than 10,000 Ebola cases and more than 4,000 deaths since the West Africa outbreak began in 2013.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has twice declared Liberia to be Ebola-free, once in May and again in September.
The teenage boy's mother and two other siblings have also been admitted to the treatment centre to be monitored, health ministry spokesman Sorbor George said.
He told the BBC that eight healthcare workers "who are at high risk because they came in direct contact with the boy" were also under surveillance.
The BBC's Jonathan Paye-Layleh in Monrovia says nearly 160 people are now being monitored since the new cases were confirmed last week.
Radio and television stations have resumed broadcasting Ebola awareness messages, he says.
Civil society groups have also stepped up a campaign to get volunteers to be vaccinated against the disease in a joint US-Liberia Ebola trial, our reporter says.
On Monday, Liberia said the US had agreed to send two experts to the country to help investigate the sequence of the outbreaks.
Liberia recorded its first Ebola case in March last year and analysts believe the latest cases are a serious set-back for the country.
Sierra Leone was declared free of Ebola on 7 November.
More than 11,000 people have died of the disease since December 2013, the vast majority of them in Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone. | A 15-year-old boy has died of Ebola in Liberia less than three months after the country was declared free of the virus, officials have told the BBC. | 2.144683 | 2 |
Two fire crews were called to the bungalow in Glanffynnon, Tregunnor at 05:38 GMT on Friday.
The blaze had started in the living room of the property which was filled with smoke and a powerful fan was needed to clear it.
The man was given oxygen by firefighters before an ambulance arrived at the scene. | A man has been rescued from a house fire in Carmarthenshire. | 0.194047 | 0 |
The former England and Scotland head coach, 52, led the club to promotion in May but was suspended last week pending a "review of their coaching needs".
Bristol have lost all 10 games in all competitions this season and are bottom of the Premiership.
"I was surprised and disappointed by the board's decision," said Robinson.
"I am extremely proud to have played my part in helping Bristol Rugby reach their goal of getting back to the Aviva Premiership after a long seven-year absence."
Robinson, who only signed a new three-year contract in August, was appointed as director of rugby in March 2013 and took over all team affairs a week later after head coach Liam Middleton was sacked.
"The board lost confidence that Andy would retain the club's Premiership position, bearing in mind the results to date," said chairman Chris Booy.
"Andy departs with the knowledge that he made a significant contribution in helping Bristol return to the Premiership this season."
Former South Africa and Leicester boss Heyneke Meyer is a leading contender to replace Robinson, but no deal has been finalised at this stage.
Bristol beat Doncaster in the Championship play-off final in May to return to the top flight after seven seasons in the second tier.
They topped the Championship's regular season table on five occasions, but lost four times in the play-offs, including three play-off finals against Exeter in 2010, London Welsh in 2014 and Worcester in 2015. | Bristol have sacked director of rugby Andy Robinson after the board "lost confidence" that he would be able to retain the club's Premiership position. | 0.97151 | 1 |
Estate owner Nick Oppenheim told BBC Scotland that a planned extension to a wind farm would secure 150 jobs.
RSPB Scotland has voiced "serious alarm" at moves to expand a proposed 39-turbine development on the island's Eisgein Estate by 30 turbines.
The area has one of the highest densities of
golden eagles
in Europe.
International Power GDF Suez acquired the rights to the 39-turbine project from Mr Oppenheim in April.
Mr Oppenheim's company, Uisinis Power has now sought permission from Scottish ministers to start the moves towards an expansion.
International Power GDF Suez could potentially acquire the rights to the extension if approved.
'Without people'
Mr Oppenheim said the projects would help to slow depopulation of the island.
He said: "The extension will provide continuity for the 150 men taken on to build the first wind farm.
"Without that continuity they will lose their jobs.
"On Lewis the population has been in decline for many years. The population of eagles - both white-tailed and golden - has been in the ascendance now for many years."
Mr Oppenheim added: "If RSPB have their way and this trend is encouraged, Lewis will become a bird sanctuary without people."
RSPB Scotland said it was not opposed to wind power developments as a way of reducing carbon emissions and where it believed turbines do not pose serious threats to wildlife, or habitats.
However, it has strongly opposed the 39-turbine Eisgein project and the planned extension.
The charity said it believed the bird survey techniques used in putting together the planning applications were inadequate and underestimated the importance of the site to eagles. | The Isle of Lewis will become a bird sanctuary with no human occupants if wind farms are opposed, a landowner has warned. | 1.816373 | 2 |
Mae dwy ysgol yn Lloegr eisoes yn cymryd rhan mewn arbrawf lle mae pob athro'n gwisgo camera mewn ymdrech i geisio atal camymddygiad.
Yn ôl gwaith ymchwil diweddar gan yr NUT, mae athrawon a staff ysgolion yng Nghymru yn delio â 1,500 o ymosodiadau corfforol a geiriol gan ddisgyblion bob blwyddyn.
Ar raglen O'r Senedd BBC Cymru, dywedodd un athrawes, oedd yn dymuno aros yn anhysbys, fod trais yn digwydd yn gyson yn ei hysgol. "Nifer fechan iawn o blant sydd wrthi, ond yn gynyddol, mae yna un yn y rhan fwyaf o ddosbarthiadau.
"Dwi wedi cael fy nhrywannu gan bensil, mae fy mysedd wedi eu cau mewn drws, mae plentyn wedi fy nghnoi, dwi wedi cael fy nghrafu ar gefn fy nwylo, mae dodrefn wedi eu taflu ataf, a dwi wedi fy nghicio a fy nharo.
"Mae'n swnio'n frawychus wrth rhestru popeth ond mae'r pethau yna'n digwydd yn eithaf cyson.
"Mae'n gwaethygu bob blwyddyn, mae'n anoddach i'w reoli bob blwyddyn, ac mae'n achosi mwy o ofid i ddisgyblion a staff bob blwyddyn."
Wrth siarad am y posiblrwydd o gyflwyno cynllun camerâu personol yng Nghymru, dywedodd Owen Hathway o'r NUT: "Dwi ddim yn meddwl y gallwn ni ddiystyru'r ddadl. Fi'n gallu gweld pam mae pobl yn awyddus i weld y math yma o dechnoleg yn cael ei ddefnyddio.
"'Dyn ni wedi gweld ymosodiadau yn y dosbarth rhwng disgyblion a thuag at athrawon, ac mewn un ffordd mae hwn yn rhywbeth sy'n gallu diogelu athrawon, sicrhau 'de ni'n gwybod yn union beth sydd wedi digwydd os oes unrhyw honiadau'n cael eu gwneud.
"Ar y llaw arall, dwi'n credu bod yna berthynas yn y dosbarth, perthynas lle rydyn ni eisiau sicrhau bod disgyblion yn teimlo'n gyfforddus, yn gallu codi unrhyw broblemau gydag athrawon, a dwi'n ofni falle bydd hwn yn creu rhwystr i'r berthynas yna."
Yn ôl Siriol Burford, sy'n ymgynghorydd lles addysg, fe allai camerâu fod yn ddefnyddiol mewn rhai amgylchiadau, ond mae'n amheus o'r syniad o gael camera ym mhob stafell ddosbarth.
"Fedra'i ddeall pam bod angen camerâu mewn ambell i ystafell mewn ysgol, yn enwedig i'r bobl hynny sy'n delio gyda disgyblion sydd â phroblemau emosiynol ac ymddygiadol.
"Ond ar y cyfan, dwi'n teimlo bod angen i athrawon sicrhau eu bod nhw'n creu perthynas o fewn dosbarth gyda'r disgyblion, ac felly, dyle bod 'na ddim angen camerâu."
Gallwch wylio O'r Senedd yn ôl ar yr iPlayer. | Mae undeb NUT Cymru'n dweud na ddylen ni ddiystyru'r syniad o roi camerâu i athrawon eu gwisgo yn yr ystafell ddosbarth. | 0.783589 | 1 |
Argentina's military junta snatched hundreds of babies from their opponents in the 1970s and gave them to sympathisers to bring up as their own.
The grandson of co-founder Delia Giovanola is named Martin.
But the discovery comes too late for his sister, Virginia, who took her own life in 2011.
The Grandmothers of the Plaza de Mayo was formed to reunite families with their missing children, who had been stolen by the junta.
Martin is the 118th grandchild to be located by the group.
His parents, Jorge Oscar Ogando and Stella Maris Montesano, joined the ranks of Argentina's "disappeared". Their bodies have never been found.
The man, born in 1976, has lived abroad for 15 years. He and Mrs Giovanola have spoken on the telephone.
Mrs Giovanola was left to bring up her elder grandchild Virginia Ogando, who was three when her parents were kidnapped.
Ms Ogando had always sought her missing brother. She took her own life in 2011, saying she hoped to join her parents.
"I'm happy, thinking that my granddaughter's hand is behind all this," Mrs Giovanola told a press conference in Buenos Aires.
Some 30,000 people were murdered by the military junta in Argentina.
The leader of the campaign group, Estela de Carlotto, was herself reunited with her missing grandson last year.
1976: General Jorge Videla seizes power - thousands of political opponents rounded up and killed
1982: Videla's successor, General Leopoldo Galtieri, orders invasion of British-held Falkland Islands
1983: Civilian rule returns to Argentina, investigations into rights abuses begin
2010: Videla sentenced to life imprisonment for murders during his term in office
2012: Videla sentenced to 50 years for overseeing systematic theft of the babies of political prisoners | Argentine campaign group Grandmothers of the Plaza de Mayo say they have identified the grandson of one of the group's co-founders. | 2.100321 | 2 |
As he prepares for a weekend of sell-out comeback shows with his band in Cardiff, Rhys has made the shortlist for American Interior.
The book - which was also a film, album and a live tour - tells of his ancestor John Evans's search for a tribe of Welsh-speaking native Americans.
The winner will be announced next month.
Rhys tells the story of Evans, a Snowdonia farm labourer who left for America in 1792 to search of the mythical Madogwys tribe.
Nominated for the poetry award is Jonathan Edwards, who has already won the Costa Poetry Award last year for My Family and Other Superheroes.
He is among 11 of the 18 authors on the English and Welsh-language shortlists who are there for the first time.
Others include Horatio Clare, who was a "writer in residence" on a freight ship to produce Down to the Sea in Ships.
Patrick McGuiness recalls his childhood in Belgium in Other People's Countries.
Carys Davies is nominated for her series of short stories set around the world, while Cynan Jones's short novel is set in rural Wales on a farm.
Fiction Short List
The Redemption of Galen Pike, Carys Davies
The Dig, Cynan Jones
Burrard Inlet, Tyler Keevil
Creative Non-Fiction Short List
Down to the Sea in Ships, Horatio Clare
Other People's Countries, Patrick McGuinness
American Interior, Gruff Rhys
The Roland Mathias Poetry Award Short List
Telling Tales, Patience Agbabi
So Many Moving Parts, Tiffany Atkinson
My Family and Other Superheroes, Jonathan Edwards
The nominations in full
The judges for the English-language titles are journalist and literary critic Alex Clark, author Tessa Hadley and poet Paul Henry.
Lleucu Siencyn, chief executive of Literature Wales said: "The shortlisted authors take us on many journeys - to faraway lands, to various locations across Wales, and into the minds of characters both likeable and loathsome."
Welsh language shortlist:
Poetry:
Un Stribedyn Bach, Rhys Iorwerth
Storm ar Wyneb yr Haul, LlÅ·r Gwyn Lewis
Wilia, Meic Stephens
Fiction Short List
Awst yn Anogia, Gareth F. Williams
Saith Oes Efa, Lleucu Roberts
Y Fro Dywyll, Jerry Hunter
Creative Non-Fiction Short List
Rhyw Flodau Rhyfel, LlÅ·r Gwyn Lewis
100 o Olygfeydd Hynod Cymru, Dyfed Elis-Gruffydd
Mwy na Bardd, Kate Crockett | Super Furry Animals' front man Gruff Rhys has been nominated for the Wales Book of the Year award. | 1.212333 | 1 |
With two fewer players on each side than a normal basketball game, played on half a court with only one basket to score in, the world of three v three makes for rather fast-paced basketball and very little room for error.
On Friday, the best female players in the UK continue the early stages of a new three v three tournament, that you can watch during half-time of London Lions v Bristol Flyers on the BBC Sport website, Connected TV and on the BBC Sport App.
"From an audience perspective I think three v three is easier to follow," said Christina Gaskin of Barking Abbey Crusaders.
"With a normal basketball game when you have 10 people on the floor you have to know a little bit of the game to understand what's going on when people run offenses.
"When you run three on three it's more exciting and played at a quicker pace."
For the tournament the WBBL teams have been split into three groups - North One, North Two and South - and play everyone else in their group once.
The winners of North One will face the winners of North Two in the semi-finals and the top two in the South group will play each other for a place in the final.
So what is it like to play in?
"The energy is different when you play three v three. You realise there's a lot more pressure because you don't have as many opportunities to score.
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"You have to make sure you get a good shot every time and defensively you're working hard and getting those stops.
"You don't have that help defensively behind you so if you mess up, they're going to score.
"There's that sense of pride that it's me against that person I'm playing against, as opposed to having extra team-mates to help you out. That makes it more intense." | What five-a-side is to football, three v three is to basketball. | 1.43416 | 1 |
In his Sunday Times column, he said the incident came on his "most stressful day... in 27 years at the BBC" - but that other people facing stress "manage to cope better than I did".
He told the paper he later got the all-clear over a lump on his tongue.
He was dropped from Top Gear in March over what the BBC called an "unprovoked physical attack" on Oisin Tymon.
In his column, Clarkson wrote: "Two days before the 'fracas' I'd been told, sternly, by my doctor that a lump on my tongue was probably cancer and that I must get it checked out immediately.
"But I couldn't do that. We were in the middle of a Top Gear series. And Top Gear always came first."
The 55-year-old also described his obsession with the Top Gear job, especially after the break-up of his marriage and the death of his mother, and the "enormous" sense of loss he felt after his contract was not renewed.
"It was an all-consuming entity, a many-tentacled global monster that was dysfunctional and awkward and mad but I loved it with a passion. I loved it like my own child," he wrote.
"I felt sick because after I'd lost my home and my mother, I'd thrown myself even more vigorously into my job and now, idiotically, I'd managed to lose that too."
He told the newspaper he had initially thought about not doing any more television, but that he was now planning to "pick up the pieces" and do another car show - although he did not know whether he would be working with his former Top Gear co-presenters James May and Richard Hammond.
Clarkson was suspended by the BBC on 10 March, following the altercation with Mr Tymon.
The decision caused an outpouring of support from Top Gear fans, with more than a million people signing an online petition to reinstate him.
The row, which took place in a North Yorkshire hotel, was said to have occurred because no hot food was provided following a day's filming.
After an internal investigation, the BBC's director general Tony Hall confirmed Clarkson's contract would not be renewed. | Jeremy Clarkson has revealed that he thought he probably had cancer at the time he hit a Top Gear producer. | 0.882508 | 1 |
In the 1960s, they found two gigantic dinosaur arms underground. For decades, scientists have wondered what kind of beast they belonged to.
Now, two near-complete skeletons have been found in Mongolia in Asia.
The researchers say that the creature is even more bizarre than they first thought.
They say it was huge, with a beak, a humped back and giant, hoofed feet.
Lead researcher Yuong-Nam Lee, from South Korea's Institute of Geo-science and Mineral Resources said,
"It turned out to be one of the weirdest dinosaurs, it's weird beyond our imagination."
For half a century, all that was known about this dinosaur was that it had enormous forearms, that measured 2.4m-long (8ft).
They were tipped with three giant claws.
Its name Deinocheirus mirificus means unusual, horrible hands.
Scientists say the beast was very large, measuring about 11m (36ft) long and weighed six tonnes.
It had an elongated head with a duck-like beak, and a large humped sail on its back.
Its legs were short and stumpy, but its feet were very large with hooves, which would have prevented it from sinking into the boggy wetlands where it lived.
The researchers think that the beast was probably a very slow mover.
The contents of its stomach suggest that it ate plants and fish.
Dr Yuong-Nam Lee said: "We did not know their function before, but the long forearms with giant claws may have been used for digging and gathering herbaceous plants in freshwater habitats." | A dinosaur mystery that has baffled researchers for 50 years has finally been solved. | 3.344645 | 3 |
The main event was held in Lisburn for the first time since 2003.
One hundred and seven preceptories from County Down took part in the parade from Wallace Park to Barbour Playing Fields.
Other demonstrations were held in Ballymena, Portadown, Loughgall, Castlederg and Raphoe in County Donegal. | About 17,000 members of the Royal Black Institution were on parade at locations across Northern Ireland on Saturday. | 0.3242 | 0 |
The number of heroin users rose by 63% between 2002 and 2013, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported on Tuesday.
Use among white Americans was mostly responsible for the jump, the CDC said.
However, the report found increases among people of all income levels and most age groups.
"Heroin use is increasing rapidly across nearly all demographic groups, and with that increase, we are seeing a dramatic rise in deaths," CDC chief Tom Frieden said.
Local police departments across the country have been dealing with an uptick in heroin overdoses in recent years, and many police officers have begun carrying life-saving medication to prevent deaths.
The CDC reported that over 8,000 people died from a heroin-involved overdose in 2013, nearly twice the number of deaths seen just two years earlier.
Federal officials cited a number of factors causing the rise in heroin use.
As authorities have cracked down on prescription drug abuse in recent years, users who have become addicted to the pills have switched to heroin. The drug is often cheaper and more easily available.
The amount of heroin being brought into the US has also increased, driving down the cost of the street drug. | Heroin use in the US has surged in the past decade as experts say people using opioid painkillers are increasingly turning to heroin as a cheaper high. | 2.461894 | 2 |
The 34-year-old was detained at an address in Birmingham on Wednesday.
He is being questioned on suspicion of "the commission, preparation and instigation of acts of terrorism under Section 41 of the Terrorism Act 2000".
West Midlands Police said the arrest was planned, intelligence-led and there was no threat to the public's safety. | Police have arrested a man and have been searching a property as part of a counter terrorism operation. | 0.502582 | 1 |
The A3055 Undercliff Drive suffered landslips in February 2014 after heavy rain, creating a three-mile detour.
Isle of Wight Council leader Dave Stewart said: "The island needs to have this road open."
Works include drilling the ground to see if it would allow water build up to escape.
Mr Stewart, who has approved the feasibility study, said: "The situation cannot continue - the road needs to be back in operation.
"We have over 7,000 houses and business spread along the length of the undercliff from Ventnor to Niton but the economic damage of the closure has spread well beyond these areas with businesses as far away as the West Wight also noticing a drop in trade and tourism following the closure."
It is understood the authority will be working with Bournemouth University and an environmental consultant on the exploration works.
The landslide between Niton and St Lawrence, which happened during work to repair the road, caused eight homes to be evacuated.
In 2016 a temporary route to provide full access for local residents was put in. | A geological study of a landslip which caused an Isle of Wight road to collapse three years ago has been given the go ahead. | 1.663224 | 2 |
Gladys Tingle was seriously ill with double pneumonia when she was young, and was told she could not do any sport at school.
Now a grandmother, she started doing marathons in her 70s and is known for walking around her home in Horncastle in Lincolnshire every day.
She has raised thousands of pounds for Lincs and Notts Air Ambulance.
She intends to "power walk" the half marathon rather than running it.
"I go about three-and-a-half miles an hour, something like that," she said.
"It's like a power walk, between a run and a walk.
"I don't want anybody to walk with me. If people say 'Come on walk with me' I say 'No, you go your way and I'll go mine'."
Gladys has done the Great North Run at least ten times.
When she competes in events people shout "Go Glad Go" at her, because she wears a t-shirt printed with the slogan.
She is also used to cars beeping at her when she goes walking around Horncastle.
"You get a lot of cars peeping but I don't know who's in it because they are going fast," she said. | A woman who was not allowed to do any sport as a child is competing in the Great North Run at the age of 84. | 1.616946 | 2 |
Seven-year-old Callum Smith suffers from Duchenne, a genetic disease that gradually causes weakness and loss of muscle function.
He will be one of around 10 children in Northern Ireland to benefit from the drug Translarna.
His mother Laura said: "It's emotional, we still can't quite believe it."
Callum receives daily physiotherapy and heart medication but is unable to jump, or run, and relies on his wheelchair for long distances.
"We always said that until we had the prescription in our hands it won't seem real to us because we came so close in the past," said Laura.
"God willing it will go really fast now and in a matter of weeks he'll be able to receive his drug."
Patients with the condition lack normal dystrophin, a protein found in muscles, which helps to protect muscles from injury.
Taking the drug, particularly before the age of 10, can help prevent a life spent in a wheelchair.
The Smith family had been campaigning for many years to receive Translarna.
Laura believes the drug will transform her son's life.
"We know of other boys on the drug in Scotland and to be able to see a child that age who could never ride a bicycle before going up and down hills on a bicycle, you wouldn't have thought there was anything wrong with him.
"We have heard from the research in the trials that it could extend his walking average for about 7 years, which is immense.
"We've had a lot of support along the way from a lot of the politicians and we are just so, so grateful that it has been made available," she said.
There are 2,400 children in the UK living with muscular dystrophy, but only those whose condition is caused by a particular 'nonsense mutation' - around 200 children - are suitable to use Translarna. | The mother of a Limavady boy, who has a rare form of muscular dystrophy, said she is "delighted" that he will now receive treatment. | 2.684943 | 3 |
The call comes as Brazil's trade surplus with China has been rising, hitting $11.5bn (£7bn) last year.
Brazil has also asked China to reduce its exports amid concerns that the influx of low-cost Chinese goods was hurting its manufacturing sector.
China is Brazil's biggest trading partner.
These issues were discussed during Chinese Vice Premier Wang Qishan's visit to Brasilia.
Brazil's exports to China are currently dominated by commodities and natural resources such as iron ore.
However, the country's manufacturers are now looking to increase their shipments to China in a bid to take a share of one of the fastest growing economies and consumer markets in the world.
Earlier this year, Brazilian plane maker Embraer appointed actor Jackie Chan as its brand ambassador in a bid to boost sales of private jets in the Chinese market.
The firm has already received orders from one of China's leading aircraft leasing firms for 13 new jets.
"We are discussing some issues of concern to Brazilian industry, such as Brazilian exports of manufactured goods to China," Brazilian Vice President Michel Temer was quoted as saying by the AFP news agency.
Mr Temer said he had also asked Beijing for a "voluntary" reduction of Chinese exports to Brazil amid fears of their impact on the local manufacturing industry. | Brazil has asked China to allow more of its manufactured goods in to the Chinese market as it seeks to tap into the country's growing economy. | 1.856471 | 2 |
Joel Richards, from Wednesbury, was killed alongside uncle Adrian Evans, grandfather Patrick Evans and 35 others in the terrorist attacks near Sousse, Tunisia, this year.
Now the 19-year-old Walsall fan's family is to be presented with a posthumous award.
Friends and colleagues praised Mr Richards and his dedication to sport.
Suzanne, his mother, said: "The community, as well as his friends and family, have lost so much.
"In 19 years he did more for the sports community than most will ever do."
Rebecca Foster, who led Mr Richards on his PE course at Worcester University, said he was "an exceptional student" and natural role model whose "infectious personality" made him popular throughout the university.
"He was very hard-working, he was conscientious, and he motivated those other students around him," she said.
"Should he [have] wanted to go into teaching he would have had his hand snapped off to be a PGCE applicant at any university, but equally he was a very talented referee, and I know that the FA probably would have headhunted him too.
"I think really the world was his oyster."
Jeremy Kamp lived with Mr Richards as they studied together in Worcester, and said his friend's passion for sport would never be forgotten.
"He'd literally try anything, that was what was so good about Joel," he said. | A young referee killed in a terror attack has been recognised with a BBC Get Inspired Unsung Hero Special Award. | 1.120607 | 1 |
Prestayn fans raised £53,000 for the Cymru Alliance champions and now they have been granted an FAW domestic licence.
The Welsh Football League Division One leaders Barry Town United were awarded the licence for a second season.
The former WPL winners will return to the top tier for the first time since 2004 if they finish in the top two.
Also at the Football Association of Wales licensing meeting, all existing WPL clubs were awarded the Domestic Licence, but Rhyl and Airbus UK Broughton were refused the UEFA Licence.
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Sign up for the 2017 FA People's Cup and take your chance to win tickets to the FA Cup final and achieve national five-a-side glory. | Prestatyn Town will play in the Welsh Premier League (WPL) just months after they survived a winding up petition. | 0.9199 | 1 |
The pirates hijacked the Indian cargo ship last month, seizing the 10-man crew and holding them for ransom.
Security forces freed the vessel and two of the crew on Monday. The pirates escaped with the other eight who have now been freed, the official added.
The Al Kausar was the third ship hijacked within the space of a month after a five-year lull.
"The security forces overwhelmingly besieged them and the pirates tried to flee, but three of them were captured," Abdirashid Mohamed Ahmed, the deputy commander of the maritime force in Somalia's Galmudug state, told AFP news agency.
Mr Ahmed added that the newly freed crew members were "safe and healthy". He did not reveal the sailors' nationalities.
On Sunday sailors from the Indian, Pakistani and Chinese navies freed the crew of a Tuvalu-registered vessel which had been boarded by pirates.
Piracy in the waters off Somalia and Yemen peaked in 2011, with more than 200 attacks.
But it has dropped significantly in recent years, in part because of extensive international military patrols as well as support for local fishing communities.
However, the factors that drove many Somali coastal fishermen to become pirates nearly a decade ago are still there, says the BBC's security correspondent Frank Gardner.
Somalia is currently in the grip of a severe drought with hundreds of thousands facing hunger. Poverty is widespread with few employment options for young people.
There is also continued local resentment at illegal fishing off the Somali coast by Asian trawlers. | Somali security forces have rescued eight sailors who were kidnapped by pirates, an official says. | 1.834401 | 2 |
The hosts slumped to 70-6 at Hove before Ben Brown's 54 and lower-order runs from Ollie Robinson (32) and Ajmal Shahzad (26) aided a slight recovery.
South African paceman Hardus Viljoen was the pick of the bowlers with 3-70.
Kent closed 31 ahead on 211-5, Joe Denly making 48 and Sam Billings an attacking 64, while Australian seamer Steve Magoffin took three wickets. | Sussex were skittled for 180 as wickets tumbled on a frantic opening day of the County Championship match against Kent. | 0.523375 | 1 |
The victims have been named locally as 38-year-old mother of three Maria Wallis, originally from Derry, and Kiara Baird, 19, from County Dublin.
The crash happened at about 16.15 local time outside the town of Ballybofey, on the Glenties Road.
Local Sinn Féin councillor Gary Doherty, who knew the mother-of-three, said it was "absolutely tragic".
"Her son actually goes to school with my son. Last night the young people were in a state of shock," he said.
"This woman actually has three children so it is absolutely tragic that this should happen to her.
"Unfortunately we have a long history of road traffic collisions and deaths on our roads and this year has been probably more harrowing than any in recent memory.
"The community will come together at a time like this but I think the wider issues are something that we cannot allow to continue."
The cause of the single car collision is not yet known, and Irish police have appealed for witnesses.
Garda Insp Michael Harrison said: "For some reason or other the vehicle lost control, went off the road, rolled a couple of times and the two ladies unfortunately died as a result of the impact."
A man in his 40s, who was also in the car, was taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
The county has seen a high number of road deaths in recent months - in July five people were killed on the roads within the space of two days. | One of two women killed in a car crash in County Donegal on Wednesday was from Northern Ireland, it has emerged. | 0.995259 | 1 |
The £10m pot would be used to turn them into business premises and homes.
Cardiff Bay's former Bute Road railway station could become "live-work units" and retail space where a military museum is also earmarked.
There is also cash to help turn Milford Haven's old Victoria Filling Station and Grade II-listed Quay Stores into a cultural centre.
It is the third and final phase of the Vibrant and Town Centre Loans Fund, with Communities Secretary Carl Sargeant considering what might replace it.
Money towards other projects include:
Mr Sargeant said: "This funding will help local authorities regenerate their town centres by helping them find sustainable uses for empty sites and premises such as affordable town centre homes or tourist and leisure attractions.
"As well as making town centres more attractive places to live this loan scheme will help encourage investment into these areas as well as support the local economy." | Twelve areas of Wales will receive loans to help bring derelict and vacant town centre buildings back to life. | 1.392587 | 1 |
The 28-year-old was shot dead when he and his girlfriend Joanne Lees were ambushed near Alice Springs in 2001. His body was never found.
In 2005 Bradley Murdoch was found guilty of murdering Mr Falconio.
Northern Territory Police has renewed its appeal for information on the 15th anniversary of his death.
Acting Deputy Commissioner Lance Godwin urged Murdoch to "consider the heartache of the Falconio family" and give up the location of the body.
"We are continuing to search for Mr Falconio and will do so until he is found," he added.
Murdoch was jailed for a minimum of 28 years after he was convicted of murdering Mr Falconio, from Huddersfield, and assaulting Ms Lees.
He has always denied he was the killer.
Last month, legislation preventing convicted murderers from becoming eligible for parole unless they reveal the location of their victim was passed by the Northern Territory Government.
Murdoch's case is the only one in the Northern Territory affected by the change.
Colleen Gwynne, the police officer who lead the investigation, told ABC news she feared Murdoch would never confess.
She said: "Do I think he'll disclose: no I don't. He maintains he is innocent to this day and the arrogance of the man astounds me." | Australian police searching for the body of murdered backpacker Peter Falconio have renewed their appeal for help to find his remains. | 1.329093 | 1 |
Kerney Grantham, 20, from Yarmouth Road, admitted three counts of causing unnecessary suffering to animals and one count each of possession of an air rifle and a hunting knife.
He was found in possession of the weapons on Gilman Road near to the heath, the court was told.
He was committed to Norwich Crown Court for sentencing on a date to be fixed.
A charge of causing criminal damage to a dog worth £48 was withdrawn. | A man has been remanded in custody for gun attacks on dogs on Mousehold Heath in Norwich. | 0.355419 | 0 |
The explosion targeted a checkpoint and left the nearby police HQ in ruins.
The banned Kurdistan Workers Party, PKK, said it was behind the attack. Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim vowed to give the "vile attackers the answer they deserve".
Cizre has often been under curfew since last July when a two-year ceasefire with the PKK collapsed, heralding a return to deadly violence.
The UN and human rights organisations have demanded an investigation into allegations that more than 100 people were burned to death while sheltering in basements in Cizre during one of those curfews.
The Turkish government has rejected allegations that it targeted civilians.
A string of PKK attacks have targeted Turkish security forces recently.
On Friday, the Kurdish militants denied deliberately targeting Kemal Kilicdaroglu, leader of the secularist Republican People's Party (CHP), near the north-eastern city of Artvin, on Thursday.
Mr Kilicdaroglu escaped unharmed.
Turkish military operations in the south-east and retaliatory attacks by the PKK have left hundreds of people dead.
Turkey's PKK conflict shows no sign of abating, says the BBC's Mark Lowen, and the government has ruled out any negotiations until the group completely disarms.
The latest violence comes as the army reels from a huge purge following a coup attempt in July.
As well as fighting the PKK, Turkey is battling so-called Islamic State, whose militants have carried out a series of bloody attacks over the past year.
The PKK, which is banned in Turkey, launched its insurgency in 1984, alleging widespread abuse and discrimination against Kurds by Turkish authorities. | A car bomb in Cizre, south-east Turkey, has killed 11 policemen and injured 78. | 1.621245 | 2 |
The US star was not physically hurt, but posted a tweet saying: "Broken. from the bottom of my heart, i am so so sorry. i don't have words."
The blast happened just after the 23-year-old singer had finished performing at Manchester Arena on Monday evening.
Her manager Scooter Braun has also posted a statement, saying "our hearts are broken".
The singer was greeted by her family and boyfriend Mac Miller as she flew back to Boca Raton, Florida, on Tuesday, US media report.
The arena was packed with thousands of her fans at the time - including a large number of teenage girls, who make up most of her fan base.
Mr Braun continued: "Words cannot express our sorrow for the victims and families harmed in this senseless attack.
"We mourn the lives of children and loved ones taken by this cowardly act.
"We are thankful for the selfless service tonight of Manchester's first responders who rushed towards danger to help save lives.
"We ask all of you to hold the victims, their families, and all those affected in your hearts and prayers."
Fellow musicians sent messages of support and condolence, including Little Mix - who supported Grande on the US leg of her tour.
Olly Murs tweeted: "No one should go to a concert and never come home."
Demi Lovato said: "Tearing up imagining innocent concert goers losing their lives.. praying for everyone."
Lorde added: "Every musician feels sick & responsible tonight - shows should be safe for you. Truly a worst nightmare. sending love to Manchester & Ari."
As well as her forthcoming gigs in London, Grande has concerts scheduled in Belgium, Poland, Germany, Switzerland, France, Portugal, Spain, Italy and South America.
There is no official word as yet on whether those shows will go ahead.
Manchester Arena, meanwhile, is due to host three gigs by Take That later this week, followed by WWE, Kings of Leon and the Vitality Netball Superleague.
The venue, formerly known as the MEN Arena, has a maximum capacity of 21,000 - with around 18,000 for concerts.
Follow us on Facebook, on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, or on Instagram at bbcnewsents. If you have a story suggestion email [email protected]. | Ariana Grande has expressed her sorrow at the deaths of 22 people in an explosion after a show in Manchester. | 1.003211 | 1 |
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But it seems that she's already looking for her next challenge.
Ellie told Newsround that she'd like to follow in the footsteps of fellow gymnast Claudia Fragapane and take part in Strictly Come Dancing.
She popped into the studio this morning - check out her interview with Ricky. | Ellie Downie has just become the first British gymnast to win all-around gold at a major international championship at the European Championships. | 0.239966 | 0 |
The £1.2m facility serving Llandaff North and Gabalfa has been created on the site of the area's old library and day centre.
It houses a library, advice services, children's area, IT suite and a community cafe as well as meeting rooms and a community hall for local groups.
The facility will be opened on Tuesday. | A new community hub for two Cardiff suburbs will be officially opened next week. | 0.2725 | 0 |
The boy and girl were swimming in a large area of open water at Thorpe Marshes Reserve at about 16:50 BST when they went missing.
A coastguard helicopter joined police and ambulance staff searching the area, but the pair were later found dead.
Chief fire officer Nigel Williams, from Norfolk fire service, said: "Tragically there was nothing we could do."
He added: "My heartfelt condolences, and those from every firefighter at the scene, go out to the family at this terribly sad time."
The pair were swimming in open water when they got into difficulties.
Ch Insp Nathan Clark, of Norfolk police, said: "We were alerted to two people struggling in the water. There was a coordinated effort to locate them but unfortunately the two teenagers were found dead.
"We are very much keeping an open mind about what happened and are interviewing people at the scene, including family members.
"I would like to offer all my sympathies to them. I can't imagine anything more tragic than losing two teenage kids."
The BBC understands the victims were a 14-year-old boy and a 16-year-old girl.
Kerri Howard, who lives nearby, witnessed the aftermath of the search operation.
She said: "I saw some people coming out in cars and heard a lady coming over the bridge screaming. They all went away quite quickly."
Nikki Fox, a BBC Look East reporter who was at the nature reserve, said: "Two ambulances left the scene with the two bodies just before 21:00.
"A small crowd of people had gathered to watch the search operation. People were visibly upset."
She said she saw a woman and a child wrapped in towels leaving the water.
The marsh, to the east of Norwich, is run by Norfolk Wildlife Trust and is described as its "first truly urban site".
Its website says the reserve has a "large area of open water" known as St Andrew's Broad. | Two teenagers have died after getting into difficulty in water as members of their family looked on, police said. | 1.34351 | 1 |
Police were called to Nuthurst Park in Moston, Manchester, just before 18:55 BST on Saturday.
Greater Manchester Police said officers responded to reports of a girl being raped. A boy was arrested in a nearby shop.
The teenager, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was remanded to appear at Manchester Crown Court on 10 July.
Dressed in a grey tracksuit, he stood in the dock and spoke only to give his name and address during the five-minute hearing at Manchester Youth Court.
Only reporters and lawyers were present in court along with the defendant's mother and father, who sat in the public gallery holding hands.
No plea was entered by the defendant, the court heard, and there was no application for bail.
As he remanded the teenager in custody, District Judge Mark Hadfield told him: "This charge is an extremely serious charge."
The defendant smiled and nodded to his parents as he was taken down. | A 16-year-old boy has appeared in court charged with the rape of an eight-year-old girl in a park. | 0.928777 | 1 |
The 23-year-old returns to the Scottish Championship after a season with the Edinburgh club in the top flight after switching from Queen of the South.
"It's a chance for Gavin to play regularly and continue his development," said Neilson.
"Hopefully he'll come back an even better player."
Reilly, who signed a three-year contract last summer, made 32 appearances for Hearts on their return to Scotland's top flight, scoring four goals, but more than half of those were as a substitute.
His departure from Tynecastle came as Hearts signed Robbie Muirhead on a one-year contract after the 20-year-old's release by Dundee United.
Neilson told his club website that Reilly would be playing in "an extremely competitive environment".
"It's a good move for Gavin," he said. "Dunfermline are a big club and will still be on a high after winning League One."
Dunfermline are likely to lose top scorer Faissal El-Bakhtaoui, the Moroccan 23-year-old being out of contract after rejecting a new deal at East End Park.
Pars manager Allan Johnston worked with Reilly when he was in charge of the Doonhamers and was delighted to be reunited with the striker.
"He's got pace and he's a finisher," he told Dunfermline's website.
"He played a lot of games under me and he's still got hunger and desire to do well. That's the type of player we're looking for.
"He's desperate to do well and I'm sure he'll be hungry to score more goals.
"He's proven at Championship level. I'm sure he'll be a big asset to us.
"It's a massive season for Dunfermline and for him." | Hearts head coach Robbie Neilson hopes Gavin Reilly returns a better player after sending the striker on loan for a season with Dunfermline Athletic. | 0.876271 | 1 |
The BTEC qualification covers issues such as managing money and risk, career success and self esteem.
Targeting pupils in Year 9, the programme is aimed at tackling potential 'Neets' - those not in education, employment or training.
Its developer said some young people need a "penny-dropping moment" to realise the importance of education.
Sweet - succeeding with education employment and training - is billed as a guide on "how to be successful".
Almost 1,000 young people in south Wales are already following the scheme.
The latest statistics show 8.9% of 16 to 18-year-olds in Wales are 'Neets'. The Welsh government said the rate fell by almost 12% between 2013 and 2014 - the lowest level since data started being collected.
Gwawr Booth, who developed the programme, said: "We felt there were some young people who needed a bit of a penny-dropping moment where they realise the importance of education and training.
"Some young people just lose their way a bit and we just wanted to put together a resource that was going to try to make them think a little bit more about where they were heading and what the reality was.
"If we can get a qualification whilst doing that then it's a win-win situation for everybody. And yes, I would love to see this rolled out across Wales."
Neet
Not in education, employment or training
Sweet
Succeeding with education, employment and training
8.9% of 16-18 year olds in south Wales fall into the neet category
1,000 (approx) young people across south Wales following sweet
94.8% of those who followed sweet this year gained a Level 1 or Level 2 GCSE
Almost 95% of those young people who have followed the Sweet course this year have gained the qualification - a Level 1 or Level 2 GSCE.
Kelly Rowlands runs ACT school in Cardiff which caters for pupils who have had problems while attending mainstream education.
She said: "It's far more than just the piece of paper they get at the end of it. It's about the life skills that they get throughout.
"As they progress through the qualification, we have a noticeable improvement in their behaviour and also their motivation to learn and their engagement.
"It's definitely one of the more successful qualifications we run." | There are calls for a qualification to be rolled out to help pupils at risk of losing interest in school. | 2.322884 | 2 |
A Belfast court was told on Tuesday that former Environment Minister Mark H Durkan had been "shirking his duties and responsibilities" in deciding not to halt the sand extraction.
The lough is a recognised bird habitat with EU protection.
Sand has been extracted from the lough for years without planning permission.
In 2015 Mr Durkan issued an enforcement notice but it was appealed to the Planning Appeals Commission allowing sand extraction to continue pending the outcome.
That appeal is still pending.
Friends of the Earth have taken a judicial review of the minister's decision not to issue a stop notice.
It would have required an immediate cessation and could only have been challenged in the courts.
Earlier the court was told that unregulated sand extraction was a "flagrant breach", which one would not have expected in even the "most primitive dictatorship".
A barrister for Friends of the Earth said Mr Durkan's decision not to issue a stop notice when he did not know what impact the dredging was having on the lough was "bizarre".
He said it was contrary to the precautionary principle in EU law which said development should not be allowed at protected sites unless it could be proven it was not having a detrimental impact.
He added Mr Durkan's decision to delay a decision on the stop notice to seek more information on the environmental impact of dredging was turning EU law "on its head".
The barrister said it appeared a "slow game" was being played out.
The intention, he claimed, was to use the appeals process to continue sand extraction unhindered.
He said it could be 2017 before that process concluded.
"As long as the department lets them get away with it, that game will continue," he said.
The sand companies had been afforded several opportunities to make a planning application.
None have been made.
The court was told the way in which the case had been handled left the Northern Ireland planning system open to "ridicule".
The sand industry extracts around 1.7m tonnes from the bed of Lough Neagh every year, worth around £5m.
It employs around 150 people directly. | A former government minister twice rejected the advice of officials to stop unauthorised sand dredging on Lough Neagh. | 2.058167 | 2 |
Both players are expected to be out of action for around three weeks as they recover from surgery to correct groin injuries.
The Republic face Georgia at home on 6 October and Moldova away on 9 October.
McCarthy, 25, missed the opening Group D qualifier against Serbia in Belgrade on 6 September, which ended 2-2.
McCarthy, who has featured twice for Everton this season, was included in manager Martin O'Neill's last squad in August but left the camp prior to the friendly game against Oman to receive treatment on his injury.
"Darron has had a similar operation to James McCarthy," said Everton manager Ronald Koeman on Monday.
"He will be out for about three weeks. It always takes around three or four weeks to recover from that surgery but he's doing well."
O'Neill names his squad for the qualifiers on Friday. | Everton midfielders James McCarthy and Darron Gibson are injury doubts for the Republic of Ireland's World Cup qualifying double-header next month. | 0.977057 | 1 |
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Button returned to Frome, Somerset, to turn on the Christmas lights and drove his car around a special track.
Speaking to a cheering crowd, Mr Button acknowledged 2013 had been a "difficult year" but that he now knew "what not to do for 2014".
The 2009 world champion tweeted "after a long hard season that ended with a reasonable result at Interlagos it's time to go home!! Frome here I come." | Thousands of people turned out to see the Formula 1 driving ace Jenson Button drive his McLaren though his home town. | 0.464062 | 0 |
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The seat of Hendon in north London is the closest seat in terms of how neck and neck the Conservatives and Labour are.
And in the seat of Brentford and Isleworth, there is 3% between the two parties.
BBC London's Karl Mercer speaks to Liberal Democrat MP Tom Brake, Tory Mayor of London Boris Johnson and Labour MP Yvette Cooper. | With five weeks of campaigning to go, BBC London looks at how Conservatives, the Liberal Democrats and the Labour Party are feeling about the General Election in London. | 0.933715 | 1 |
Wade, 28, who plays in Australia's Big Bash for Melbourne Renegades, will step in when Ronchi leaves for New Zealand's tour of Zimbabwe and South Africa.
"Matthew is a great addition and an ideal replacement for Luke," said Bears director of cricket Dougie Brown.
"He will provide power to the middle order and he is a top-class gloveman."
Brown's Bears currently stand fourth in the North Group table, with five points from their first four games, three adrift of leaders Worcestershire.
Wade is currently playing for Australia in their tri-series with South Africa and West Indies in the Caribbean.
He has played in 25 T20 internationals, as well as 65 one-day internationals and has won 12 Test caps.
Ronchi will still be behind the stumps for the Bears' next four games, after which Wade will arrive in time for the away game with Yorkshire at Headingley on Friday, 8 July.
His six-match spell will include only two home appearances at Edgbaston, against Leicestershire (17 July) and Nottinghamshire (22 July). | Birmingham Bears have signed Australia international wicketkeeper Matthew Wade for their final six T20 Blast group games, to replace Luke Ronchi. | 0.857115 | 1 |
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Problems with an Air Force tracking radar and poor weather conditions had previously delayed the launch.
The mission will look into how the Sun's fiery surface can affect us on Earth.
Changes in solar wind are thought to affect things like GPS satellites and power grids. | An unmanned SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying a space weather satellite has successfully launched from Florida's Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, USA, on its third attempt. | 1.935492 | 2 |
The Belgian-registered vessel is known to have four people on board, the Maritime and Coastguard Agency said.
The Dover and Dungeness lifeboats and helicopter were searching for the boat about 10 miles off the Kent coast.
A French search and rescue helicopter joined the mission, in conditions described as "very challenging".
The owner of the boat said he had not had contact with the crew "since lunchtime".
A coastguard spokesman said: "The coastguard has notified other vessels in the surrounding area to remain vigilant and contact them if they locate anything.
"The weather conditions on scene are very challenging, with rough seas and gale force winds."
The Dutch coastguard said the Belgian fishing boat had a Dutch skipper. The three crew members are Dutch, Portuguese and Belgian, a spokesman said.
Several fishing boats are also searching and more vessels are on their way from the French port of Boulogne, the Dutch coastguard said.
Tim Ash from the RNLI said the Dungeness lifeboat was launched just after 17:00 GMT and the Dover lifeboat joined the search about two hours later.
He said the two lifeboats were searching about eight miles apart in the English Channel. | Two lifeboats and a coastguard rescue helicopter are searching the English Channel for a fishing boat reported missing in the Strait of Dover. | 1.503706 | 2 |
Is that true?
It depends on what you consider to be a major economy. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) reckoned in January that the UK grew by 2.6% in 2014.
That is indeed faster than other countries in the G7 advanced economies, including the USA (2.4%), Canada (2.4%), Japan (0.1%), France (0.4%), Germany (1.5%) and Italy (which shrank by 0.4%).
However, the IMF said China was likely to have grown by 7.4% in 2014 and India by 5.8%. This is broadly in line with several other forecasting bodies. Many economists would consider those two countries to be "major economies".
It's worth noting that these figures are forecasts because we don't yet have final IMF statistics for the whole of 2014. There are also national figures which might differ. The UK's Office for National Statistics said yesterday that the UK grew by 2.8% last year.
But the UK's lead in the G7 may be short-lived - the IMF predicts that the USA will grow faster than the UK in 2015.
What's the truth behind the politicians' claims on the campaign trail? Our experts investigate the facts, and wider stories, behind the soundbites.
Read latest updates or follow us on Twitter @BBCRealityCheck | In their letter to the Daily Telegraph, a group of business leaders pledging support for a Conservative government say: "Britain grew faster than any other major economy last year". | 1.963793 | 2 |
He told supporters in Pennsylvania that he was keeping "one promise after another", dismissing criticism as "fake news" by "out of touch" journalists.
Mr Trump decided to skip the White House Correspondents' Dinner - the first US leader to miss the annual event since Ronald Reagan in 1981.
Earlier, big rallies were held against Mr Trump's climate change policies.
At the rally in Harrisburg, the president said the media should be given "a big, fat, failing grade" over their coverage of his achievements during his first 100 days and told the cheering crowd he was "thrilled to be more than 100 miles from Washington".
He quipped that at the same time "a large group of Hollywood actors and Washington media are consoling themselves" at the correspondents' dinner "that will be very boring".
Turning to his election pledges, Mr Trump said the first 100 days had been "very exciting and very productive".
He said he was "delivering every single day" to bring industrial jobs back to the US, ending the so-called "war on coal".
The president said the previous administration of Barack Obama "gave us a mess", stressing that he was ready for "great battles to come and we will win in every case".
What has Trump said about your country? | US President Donald Trump has launched a scathing attack on the media during a rally marking 100 days in office. | 1.311498 | 1 |
It shows the object to have two lobes, which may be the consequence of icy bodies bumping into each other and joining up.
Kerberos's larger lobe is judged to be about 8km across. The smaller lobe is roughly 5km in diameter.
Styx, the other little moon in the system, is of a comparable size.
Mission scientists say these satellites are brighter than they expected. Planetary bodies usually darken over time as a result of chemical changes triggered by sunlight and cosmic ray impacts.
But these moons reflect about 50% of all incident light, which indicates their water-ice covering is very clean.
Kerberos orbits about 60,000km from Pluto and is the second-outermost of five moons. It sits between Nix and Hydra, and beyond the orbits of Styx and the much larger Charon, the dominant moon in the system.
The newly released image of Kerberos was acquired by New Horizons' Lorri camera from a distance of just under 400,000km. The picture incorporates a number of views and has been processed to recover as much detail as possible.
New Horizons continues to downlink its data gathered during the flyby of the dwarf world back on 14 July.
The probe is currently moving deeper into space and is now more than 5 billion km beyond Earth.
This week sees the start of manoeuvres to change the trajectory of the spacecraft. The intention is to send it towards another Kuiper Belt Object called 2014 MU69.
This encounter would occur in 2019, although Nasa has yet to formally agree to fund the operation of New Horizons that far ahead.
Scientists will first have to write a proposal for a mission extension. It is likely they will submit this next year.
[email protected] and follow me on Twitter: @BBCAmos | An image of Kerberos, one of the two tiny moons of Pluto, has finally been returned by the US space agency's New Horizons probe. | 2.975439 | 3 |
Callum Wilson appeared to be fouled by Potters defender Ryan Shawcross in the first half of Bournemouth's 1-0 Premier League win on Saturday.
East waved play on as Wilson and Howe protested.
"To be fair to Roger, he got in contact straight away once he'd acknowledged he was wrong," Howe told BBC Radio Solent.
The game was goalless when Shawcross seemed to bring Wilson down in the 10th minute without making contact with the ball.
Bournemouth went on to record a first league away win of the season courtesy of Nathan Ake's first-half header.
"You can't ask for anything more than an apology," Howe added. "We all make mistakes, I certainly make enough as a coach.
"But, when you make a mistake, you have to acknowledge it and move on."
East has been left off the referees' appointments for the weekend's Premier League fixtures, and will be fourth official between Southampton and Everton on Sunday.
But Howe said that, like players and managers, you cannot judge referees on one game.
"If we had that attitude with referees, there wouldn't be any left," the 38-year-old added.
"It's such a difficult environment to work in and the pressure is so high. But as long as they analyse themselves like we would as players and coaches, they will get better." | Bournemouth boss Eddie Howe received an emailed apology from referee Roger East after failing to award the Cherries a penalty against Stoke. | 0.913824 | 1 |
Swinton surprised visitors on Saturday with an unannounced appearance in the art installation titled The Maybe.
She will take part in the one-person piece about six more times on different dates in different locations around the gallery before the end of the year.
The actress first took part in the artwork in London in 1995.
At that time, 22,000 people saw her at the Serpentine Gallery in the installation, a collaboration with Turner Prize-nominated artist Cornelia Parker.
Swinton won an Oscar for Michael Clayton in 2008 and her other films include Moonrise Kingdom and We Need to Talk About Kevin.
She was recently seen in the video for David Bowie's latest single The Stars (Are Out Tonight). | Oscar-winning actress Tilda Swinton has revealed her latest role - sleeping in a glass box for eight hours at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. | 1.021596 | 1 |
The Miami Dolphins will play the New Orleans Saints in one of those contests as part of the NFL's International Series.
There will be two games staged at Wembley and two at Twickenham Stadium.
London hosts four games in 2017, one more than in 2016 and the most it has ever hosted.
The New York Giants became the first side to win at Twickenham in October when they beat the Los Angeles Rams 17-10.
Meanwhile, at Wembley, the Jacksonville Jaguars beat the Indianapolis Colts 30-27 and the Washington Redskins tied 27-27 with the Cincinnati Bengals.
London hosted its first NFL game in 2007 and the NFL says there has been "accelerated growth" in audience figures since then. It says the UK has a fan base of more than 13 million people. | The NFL has announced the full set of fixtures to be played in London in 2017. | 0.886699 | 1 |
It comes after six staff members were suspended from Bryn Hesketh in October after an allegation about patient care on the ward.
That allegation, made by another member of staff, was not upheld.
Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board said a further investigation into four staff members was taking place.
The health board said the new investigation did not concern patient care.
"Some staff will continue to be absent from the ward whilst this investigation takes place," a spokesman said.
The health board did not confirm whether any of the staff in the latest investigation were the same as those previously investigated. | Four staff at a mental health unit in Colwyn Bay are being investigated over concerns about their conduct. | 0.273674 | 0 |
Irwyn Wilcox was relieved of his duties at Fishguard's Ysgol Glannau Gwaun in November 2015.
In a joint statement on Monday, the local authority and school governors said one allegation of gross misconduct against Mr Wilcox "was upheld".
Details of the misconduct allegation have not been revealed.
"This has been an unsettling period for the school community," the school statement said.
"The local authority, governing body and staff now look forward to working together in the future in the best interests of the school."
Pembrokeshire council said temporary management arrangements of the 250-place primary will remain in place until a permanent head is appointed.
Both the council and governing body said they would not be commenting further. | A Pembrokeshire head teacher suspended from his post for more than a year has been sacked for "gross misconduct". | 0.80071 | 1 |
A cinema, restaurants and shops, as well as public space in the form of an amphitheatre are included in Princesshay Partnership's proposals.
John Grinnell, of the partnership, said: "It's an extremely complex project and there's still a long way to go in planning and design terms."
A public consultation was held on its initial plans last November.
"We're really pleased to submit an outline application, which is an important step in unlocking the true potential of this gateway to Exeter," Mr Grinnell said.
"As the region's best shopping and leisure scheme, Princesshay is a fantastic asset for the city and we're committed to improving it even further, whether that's by bringing in great new brands and restaurants, or working with the council to regenerate the bus station site."
The Princesshay Partnership is a joint venture between the Crown Estate and TH Real Estate. | Plans for a £70m redevelopment of the bus and coach station in Exeter have been submitted to the city council. | 0.938556 | 1 |
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Murray dominated after saving a break point in the opening game against world number 24 Johnson.
The British number one, 29, will play 13th seed Lucas Pouille of France next.
"I played a very good match. Once I got ahead I managed to keep momentum," said Murray who secured the win in just 74 minutes.
It was Murray's third victory in three meetings with Johnson and was far easier than his 6-0 4-6 7-6 (7-2) quarter-final win at August's Rio Olympics.
The Olympic champion started slowly, but responded to facing a break point in the opening game by playing aggressively - breaking to love in the sixth game to take a 4-2 lead and wrapping up the first set in 40 minutes.
He broke in the third and fifth games of the second set, ending a comfortable victory with 16 winners to Johnson's nine.
"It'll be a hard match," said Murray of his third-round tie with Pouille.
"He goes for his shots, he's a big hitter, he serves well, he's quick around the court. He takes quite a lot of risk out there."
Britain's Kyle Edmund was knocked out in the second round, beaten 6-3 6-4 by Stan Wawrinka.
Edmund, 21, fought back to level the second set after losing five successive games to the world number three.
The Briton had three break-back points as the impressive Wawrinka served for the match, but squandered his chance.
The Swiss, who hit 18 winners to Edmund's six, will next play France's Gilles Simon, who beat China's Wu Di 6-2 6-2.
"I was expecting a tough match because he's improving a lot," Wawrinka said of Edmund.
"I'm happy with the way I controlled the match, serving well. In general, there were a lot of positives for me." | World number two Andy Murray eased into the third round of the Shanghai Masters with an impressive 6-3 6-2 victory over American Steve Johnson. | 0.978951 | 1 |
We take a look at some of the pictures of the night. | Adele has dominated this year's Brit awards winning three from four nominations plus a trophy celebrating her global success - presented to her from space by British astronaut Tim Peake. | -0.016746 | 0 |
The 28-year-old was a free agent after being released by Turkish club Galatasaray in January.
Karacan has agreed an initial one-month deal with Bolton, who are fourth in League One, four points outside the automatic promotion places.
He was included among the substitutes for Saturday's game at second-placed Fleetwood Town.
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page. | Bolton Wanderers have signed former Reading midfielder Jem Karacan on a short-term contract. | 0.632378 | 1 |
Guernsey's fourth seed has never beaten the former world number one, but was three points away from victory.
Willstrop eventually prevailed 11-5, 8-11, 8-11, 11-7, 11-8 in 80 minutes.
"I've played James quite a lot of times in the past few years and I'm coming closer and closer, but that elusive victory against him in a big tournament seems to still evade me," he said.
Simpson had beaten Joel Makin and Ben Coleman in the previous two rounds, before coming up against second-seed Willstrop, who eventually lost to top-seed Nick Matthew in the final.
"I wanted this match more than I have for a long time," Simpson told BBC Sport.
"Being in the finals of the National Championships is a big thing, so it was very frustrating, but I felt like I played good squash and I can't be too disappointed with my performance.
"I've known throughout this season that I'm playing well and these are the sorts of players I want to start beating." | Chris Simpson says he is frustrated with his England National Championship semi-final loss to James Willstrop. | 0.959533 | 1 |
The victim, 51, was stabbed in the stomach in a house in Vere Foster Walk in the early hours of Saturday morning.
The teenager is due to appear at Belfast Magistrates' Court on Monday.
He faces a number of charges, including possession of an offensive weapon and grievous bodily harm.
Two other men, aged 19 and 26, who were arrested in connection with the attack remain in custody. | A 19-year-old man has been charged in connection with a stabbing in west Belfast which left a man critically ill in hospital. | 0.384866 | 0 |
The scheme will see the town hall converted to house "nationally significant" collections.
Kirkcudbright Common Good Fund agreed to support the project with a total of £130,000.
The money will allow the creation of a second floor gallery to host a hoard of Viking treasure found in the region. | An additional slice of funding has been agreed in order to allow £3.1m plans for a major art gallery in Kirkcudbright to proceed. | 0.920934 | 1 |
Global overproduction has cut the cost of a two-litre carton of milk to £1, prompting delays in payments to struggling Scottish dairy farmers.
Committee convener Rob Gibson said they were being hit by rock-bottom prices and rising operating costs.
MSPs want to assess what is being done to stabilise the industry.
Glasgow-based dairy company First Milk announced a two-week delay in payments to dairy farms, citing a "year of volatility" and losses accrued in the first part of the financial year.
'Extraordinary pressure'
Union leaders said the decision to move the payment from 12 January to 26 January was putting "extraordinary pressure" on dairy farms.
Mr Gibson, an SNP MSP, said Scotland's dairy farming industry had been in steep decline since 2002.
He added: "Milk is a staple for most Scottish households, but many dairy farmers are now having to supply processors at less than the cost of production, while the supermarkets are selling milk at unsustainable prices.
"We want to see a good long-term future for the industry in Scotland and therefore we will be looking for explanations from the processers and supermarkets on the steps they are taking to address what is a very worrying situation for the country, the industry and individual producers."
Scottish Rural Affairs Secretary Richard Lochhead added: "Farmers must be paid a fair price for what they produce.
"Like the rural affairs committee, I agree that the decision by the supermarkets to sell four pints of milk for as little as 89p raises serious questions.
"I have already called for retailers to do more to support Scotland's hard-working dairy farmers and processors." | An urgent inquiry into the milk pricing crisis has been launched by the Scottish Parliament's rural affairs committee. | 1.633967 | 2 |
David Crompton, 52, is to step down in November after four years in the post and 31 years in policing.
His retirement comes after a report by Prof John Drew found the force's response to the abuse was "inadequate".
It was commissioned after the Jay Report found 1,400 girls were abused in Rotherham between 1997 and 2013.
In a brief statement, South Yorkshire Police said: "The chief constable's contract runs until November. He will retire after 31 years in policing."
Prof Drew's report, which was published on Wednesday, said the force "regularly missed" opportunities to tackle the problem of abuse and had "seriously under-resourced" its early work.
The report also said several attempts to alert senior officers to the issue fell on "deaf ears".
The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) revealed it was looking into 200 allegations about the conduct of police relating to child sexual exploitation in Rotherham.
It also said it had 55 ongoing investigations linked to at least 66 officers in South Yorkshire and had received more than 100 allegations linked to officers who have not yet been identified.
In a statement, the IPCC said: "From the moment the IPCC wrote to South Yorkshire Chief Constable David Crompton to advise him of our expectations for referrals following the publication of the Jay Report in August 2014, the number of allegations and number of officers involved has steadily increased.
"We first announced an investigation in November 2014 and that related to allegations raised in the Jay Report against 10 officers."
Aside from the issue of abuse in Rotherham, Mr Crompton also faced criticism when Sir Cliff Richard's home was searched in connection with an inquiry into alleged child abuse in 2014.
The force co-operated with the BBC to enable live TV coverage of the raid, which an independent report found had "interfered with his [Sir Cliff's} privacy and may well have caused unnecessary distress".
Mr Crompton took over the chief constable role in 2012 from Meredydd Hughes after he retired from the post. | The chief constable of South Yorkshire Police has announced his retirement on the day a report criticised his force's handling of child sexual exploitation. | 1.017881 | 1 |
The latest data sent back from the probe has made Nasa scientists believe that Saturn's ice-crusted moon Enceladus may now be the single best place to go to find life beyond our Earth.
So, before we get all Doctor Who, let's take a look at some top facts about the exciting moon for ET-spotters...
Enceladus is the sixth largest moon of Saturn. It is about 500 kilometres (310 miles) in diameter, making it pretty small. In comparison, the Earth is over 12,000 kilometres in diameter.
Saturn has many different types of moons, some are very small, and one - Titan - is very, very large!
Altogether, Saturn has 62 confirmed moons, 53 of which have names, and only 13 of which have diameters larger than 50 kilometres.
Enceladus is named after a giant from Greek mythology.
The name was decided by the son of the man who first discovered it, astronomer Frederick William Herschel. He spotted Enceladus all the way back in 1789, during the first use of his new telescope, which was the largest in the world at the time.
Enceladus is covered in a thick surface of ice. But it's what lies deep below this icy surface that has got scientists really excited!
It's thought a warm ocean flows below the surface, where the conditions to support life could exist.
Jets of water vapour and ice particles erupt from Enceladus' underground ocean through deep icy crevasses called tiger stripes near the moon's south pole.
These plumes have provided clues about the planets inner-workings. The Cassini spacecraft conducted a fly-through of the plumes, helping to provide the data that has led scientists to believe the planet could hold life. | The Cassini probe may be about to make a dramatic end to its mission, but the information it has provided about Saturn and its moons is still throwing up plenty of fascinating facts for scientists. | 3.611178 | 4 |
The Roma striker, 30, was on the floor in the 79th minute and with his side 1-0 up, held on to the ball, prompting Papastathopoulos to wrestle it away.
Dzeko tugged down the defender's shorts, earning a second booking.
Kyriakos Papadopoulos was sent off for pushing in the melee that followed, but his side levelled in the 95th minute. | Bosnia striker Edin Dzeko was sent off in a heated World Cup qualifying draw in Greece for pulling down the shorts of Sokratis Papastathopoulos. | 0.330461 | 0 |
Investigations using ground-penetrating radar equipment have begun on land around St James Church next to the remaining ruins of Reading Abbey.
The Hidden Abbey Project hopes to uncover the high altar where the king and Queen Adeliza are buried.
The survey is the first comprehensive archaeological investigation at Reading Abbey for more than 150 years.
Further survey are due to be carried out on the abbey church, Forbury Gardens and Reading Gaol car park.
John Mullaney of the Hidden Abbey Project said: "What we shall discover we do not know - maybe much, maybe little.
"I hope all our work will tell us more about one of England's greatest buildings and about the King who was buried in Reading."
The investigations are being carried out alongside conservation work on the 900-year-old abbey which closed to the public in the summer of 2009 after a survey showed its walls were in too poor condition.
After a successful bid for £1.77m of lottery funding they are due re-open to the public in 2018.
Henry I, son of William the Conqueror, founded Reading Abbey in 1121.
After his death in Normandy in December 1135, his body was brought to Reading sewn into a bull's hide. He was laid to rest in January 1136.
The abbey was partly destroyed during the dissolution of the monasteries by Henry VIII but there is no definite record of what happened to Henry I's remains. | Survey work to find the tomb of King Henry I, who is believed to be buried at Reading Abbey, has started. | 2.464598 | 2 |
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