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Saturday's game at Tadcaster Albion's i2i stadium in North Yorkshire saw visitors Highworth Town run out 1-0 winners.
Trouble flared at the end of the match with reports Highworth's chairman and goalkeeper were among those injured.
In a statement, Tadcaster officials said they were "devastated" by the "totally unacceptable" violence.
Meanwhile, the visitors from Wiltshire said the scenes were "regrettable and ruined what should have been a celebration of a magnificent achievement for Highworth Town".
The Tadcaster statement said: "We are devastated with the scenes at the end of yesterday's game.
"We will continue to work closely with the police, Highworth Town and the FA.
"We are determined to bring those responsible to account.
"As a club we apologise to everyone who witnessed and were on the receiving end of totally unacceptable behaviour.
"We do however wish to thank the majority of the 1,307 crowd who behaved impeccably."
There have been no arrests. | Players and club officials were attacked as violence erupted at the end of an FA Vase quarter final tie. | 0.831809 | 1 |
The 40-year-old spent the majority of his 19-year playing career at Canterbury before moving to Essex at the end of the 2008 campaign.
Walker, who was appointed as assistant to Essex head coach Paul Grayson at the end of 2011, is replaced by Chris Silverwood at Chelmsford.
"I am delighted to be returning to my roots," Walker told the Kent website.
"I cannot wait to get back to Kent and get started in helping the club deliver some on-field success.
"I would like to thank everyone at Essex for the support they have given me and I wish them well for the future.
"A return to my home club is something I hoped for and I aim to help a talented group of players deliver what they are capable of."
Grayson said it was "hugely disappointing" to see Walker, who scored 12,197 first-class runs at an average of 36.08 during his career, leave Essex.
"He is an excellent coach," he added.
"He is a super bloke and we've enjoyed him as both a player and also coach in the last two years. We completely understand his reasons for going.
"He's going to leave us with a lot of memories and will be missed but we wish him all the best in his new career."
Meanwhile Kent have appointed Dan George as first-team physio, Michael Najdan as analyst and Jon Fortescue as strength and conditioning coach. | Matt Walker has left his post as assistant head coach at Essex to join Kent in the same role. | 0.814936 | 1 |
Akhtar Javeed died with his hands bound "in a pool of his own blood" on a pavement outside his delivery firm's Birmingham warehouse in February.
He was also shot in the throat, leg and foot after refusing to open the safe, Birmingham Crown Court was told.
Suraj Mistry, 26, and Lemar Wali, 18, deny murder.
The pair also deny conspiring to rob and possessing firearms with intent to cause fear of violence.
More updates on this and others in Birmingham
Prosecutor James Curtis QC said Mr Javeed - a grandfather known affectionately by staff as Big Brother - was shot four times during the raid on the Direct Source 3 site.
The man who fired the gun was 25-year-old Tahir Zarif, of Osmaston Park Road, Derby, who fled to Pakistan and is still at large, he said.
Mr Mistry, of Laundon Way, Leicester, is said to be the other gunman and is alleged to have driven Mr Zarif to Heathrow airport after the shooting.
Mr Wali, of Osmaston Park Road, Derby, is accused of driving the getaway vehicle from the scene.
Jurors were told they would see CCTV footage of two masked gunmen "[bursting] through the door, guns already in their hands", before taking staff prisoner and binding their hands.
Mr Curtis said Mr Javeed, a father-of-four from east London, was "terribly brave" during the robbery and tried to fight back.
He was ordered into a corridor "no doubt to get him to the safe and open it at gunpoint", but he refused. As he tried to escape, he was shot by Mr Zarif, the prosecutor said.
"He was able to burst outside, mortally wounded, where he collapsed on the pavement and died from the shock and the blood loss."
Mr Curtis said the men had help from an insider, Dutch national Sander van Aalten, 50, who pleaded guilty to conspiracy to rob at an earlier hearing. He had also carried out a reconnaissance of the premises.
Another man, Asif Aurangzaib, 25, also from Derby, denies a charge of conspiracy to rob.
The trial is expected to last five weeks. | A company director died after being shot in the mouth at point blank range with a silenced pistol by armed robbers, a court has heard. | 0.923142 | 1 |
The 35-year-old spent 10 years with the Gunners before leaving at the end of his contract this summer after 246 appearances.
He was the Czech Republic captain at Euro 2016.
Rosicky played for Sparta from 1999 until his 2001 move to Borussia Dortmund, where he spent five seasons before his move to Arsenal. | Former Arsenal midfielder Tomas Rosicky has rejoined his first club Sparta Prague on a two-year deal. | 0.544485 | 1 |
Chay Roberts-Jones, of Preston Street, Exeter, was accused of three counts of sexual assault, which he denied at Exeter Crown Court.
The 29-year-old was cleared of sexually assaulting two other girls and will be sentenced in March.
He was suspended from Blundells School, in Devon, over the allegations.
A police inquiry was launched after an 18-year-old girl reported he had run his hands over her thighs, lifted her top and tried to pull down her jeans.
The girl said Roberts-Jones had kissed her neck and tried to kiss her on the lips.
Two other girls, aged 16 and 18, came forward and alleged he groped them, but the jury cleared him of these offences.
He had been a teacher at Blundells for five years and taught physics as well as coaching a number of sports.
Roberts-Jones married his fiancée shortly after he was suspended and now lives in France where he teaches adults.
Recorder Mr Philip Mott ordered him to sign on the sex offenders' register and surrender his passport pending sentencing in March. | A public school teacher has been found guilty of groping an 18-year-old girl under the guise of giving her a sports massage. | 0.483262 | 0 |
After 20 hours of debate, a majority of 165 to 86 lawmakers voted in favour of repealing two bills which stood in the way of the agreement with creditors.
It is a victory for President Mauricio Macri who struck the deal after his election win in November.
It will now go to the Senate, where it will likely face stiffer opposition.
The debate in the Senate, where opposition parties have a majority, is scheduled to start later on Wednesday.
Time is of the essence: under the terms of the deal struck by President Macri with US creditors in New York, Argentina only has until 14 April to pay the holdouts.
These are the creditors who refused to agree to a restructuring of Argentina's debt after it defaulted on nearly $100bn (£71bn) in 2001.
At the heart of President Macri's deal is a cash payment of $4.7bn, about 75% of what Argentina owes, to the funds which sued the South American country in a US court over non-payment.
The previous government of President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner refused to negotiate with the holdouts, whom it called "vulture funds".
The long-standing dispute has restricted Argentina's access to international credit markets.
While its Latin American neighbours can borrow with interest rates of about 5%, Argentina has been forced to pay at least double, leaving the country without much-needed financial help.
President Macri had warned lawmakers that a "no" vote would condemn Argentina to continue being a "financial pariah" shunned by global credit markets. | Argentina's lower house of Congress has approved a repayment deal which aims to put an end to a 14-year battle with holdout creditors. | 1.717626 | 2 |
The developer of The Shield in Newcastle said cladding on the building included Reynobond ACM PE panels.
BAM Properties Ltd operations director Gerry Mather said it "meets all fire safety and building regulations".
However, at its highest point, it will be taller than 18m, which is the maximum height the government has said such cladding should be used.
The Department for Communities and Local Government has said cladding of a composite aluminium panel with a polyethylene core would be non-compliant with current building regulations guidance.
But Mr Mather stated The Shield has "very different safety characteristics" from Grenfell Tower and is "considerably smaller than those being identified in public discussion by fire safety experts".
"Because of the tragic current events, we've sought additional information and reassurances from the architect, building control and our fire safety consultants," Mr Mather said.
"This has reassured us that our building meets all fire safety and building regulations and standards.
"If we had any concerns we would act on these."
Newcastle City Council said the developer had appointed a private company, not the local authority, to oversee building regulations compliance.
The "approved inspector", HCD Building Control Ltd, has declined to comment.
The Shield is between five and seven stories high and about 20m tall at its height.
It is being managed by Fresh Student Living, which issued a fire safety statement on its website after the Grenfell Tower disaster.
Its buildings are "fully compliant with fire safety regulations and are fire risk assessed", it said. | A student block is being built with the same cladding used on Grenfell Tower in London where at least 79 people died. | 1.684568 | 2 |
The privately-run facility will be next to a new Royal College of Physicians site in the Knowledge Quarter in Paddington near Liverpool city centre.
The Rutherford Cancer Centre North West could treat up to 700 patient a year, including NHS ones, from 2018.
NHS proton beam units are being built in Manchester and London to open in 2018 and 2019 respectively.
Proton beam therapy
It uses charged particles instead of X-rays to deliver radiotherapy for cancer patients.
The treatment allows high-energy protons to be targeted directly at a tumour, reducing the dose to surrounding tissues and organs.
In general, it gives fewer side effects compared with high-energy X-ray treatments.
It can be used to treat spinal cord tumours, sarcomas near the spine or brain, prostate cancer, lung cancer, liver cancer and some children's cancers.
Sources: NHS England, Cancer Research UK
The Rutherford Cancer Centre North West will also offer treatments including radiotherapy and chemotherapy.
Knowledge Quarter Liverpool is a 450-acre district for science, health, technology, education, music and performing arts, Liverpool City Council said.
Developments will be located on Paddington Central and the first £1bn phase of the 30-acre Paddington Village also includes a base for Liverpool International College.
Mayor Joe Anderson said: "Momentum is really beginning to build for Knowledge Quarter Liverpool.
"We can expect more exciting announcements which will further cement its reputation as a world-leading innovation district, specialising in medical and life sciences research." | A £35m proton beam therapy cancer treatment centre is to be built as part of a £1bn development. | 1.917273 | 2 |
The crash happened in the Davidson's Mains area at 09:15 on Sunday.
The woman, who was struck by a Lothian Buses vehicle at the junction of Quality Street and Main Street, was pronounced dead at the scene.
The roads were closed for several hours while investigations were carried out. Police have appealed for witnesses to contact them.
Insp Stuart Mitchell said: "Our thoughts are with the woman's family at this very difficult time and we continue to offer them support.
"Our inquiries into this collision are ongoing and we would ask anyone who can help to come forward.
"Anyone who may have witnessed this collision and has not yet spoken to officers is urged to get in touch." | A 70-year-old woman has died after being hit by a bus in Edinburgh. | 0.644967 | 1 |
The former X Factor winner, who reached the top spot in 2012 with Impossible, said it felt "incredible" to reach number one with Say You Won't Let Go.
"I wasn't in any way expecting it," the 28-year-old said after climbing one place from last week's number two.
Arthur was dropped by Simon Cowell's Syco record label two years ago but was re-signed earlier this year.
The singer was involved in a series of controversies after winning The X Factor, among them a row involving homophobic lyrics.
"I knew [Say You Won't Let Go] was a good song and I thought some people might like it," Arthur told the Official Charts Company.
"But if you'd said to me it would be this well received, I would have thought you were pulling my leg."
Arthur's song notched up 85,000 combined sales - made up of 41,000 downloads and 4.4 million streams - to knock Closer by The Chainsmokers off the top spot.
The top three is rounded out by Canada's The Weeknd, who scores the week's highest new entry with Starboy, his collaboration with Daft Punk.
Further down the chart is Ted McDermott, an 80-year-old man with dementia who became an internet celebrity when his son posted videos of him singing in the car.
The former Butlin's Redcoat - who records as The Songaminute Man - has made his chart debut at 43 with his version of You Make Me Feel So Young.
This week's album chart sees half of its top 10 filled by new releases, with the top four places all new entries.
They include Passenger, who has reached number one for the first time with his fourth release, titled Young As The Morning, Old As The Sea.
Passenger - real name Mike Rosenberg - said it was "unbelievably exciting" and "a huge surprise" to beat Bruce Springsteen's Chapter and Verse compilation to the top spot.
Shawn Mendes' Illuminate has made its debut at three - one place ahead of Marillion, who have achieved their first top 10 album in more than than a decade with F E A R.
Australian rockers Airbourne have made their own debut at nine with their fifth album Breakin' Outta Hell.
Follow us on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, on Instagram at bbcnewsents, or if you have a story suggestion email [email protected]. | James Arthur is back at the top of the UK singles chart, almost four years since his last number one. | 1.081896 | 1 |
Last week Mr Cameron told the BBC he would not serve a third term as PM.
Asked by Andrew Marr if that meant Mr Cameron would have to "stand down at some point during the next Parliament", Mr Duncan Smith replied: "He does."
Downing Street said the PM would serve "every single day" of a second term.
In his BBC interview on Monday, the prime minister said that, if re-elected this May, he would serve the full five years of another Parliament and then leave Number 10 - leading Labour to accuse him of arrogance.
Mr Duncan Smith told BBC One's Andrew Marr Show the "way that all comes about will have to be discussed" adding that Mr Cameron would "serve what essentially is a full term" - but there would "of course" be a leadership contest at some point.
"You've had to literally rap the knuckles of people like Gordon Brown and previous prime ministers to get them to think of going," he said.
"[Mr Cameron] is actually very keen to say 'there is a limit, there's an amount of time a prime minister should serve before they get stale,' and he is right about that."
Mr Cameron has tipped Home Secretary Theresa May, Chancellor George Osborne and London Mayor Boris Johnson as potential successors.
But Mr Duncan Smith said that, having been Conservative leader at a time when the party "was quite interested in having a fight in an empty room", he would not make predictions.
He said he expected the next Conservative leader would already have been "in the public sphere for some time".
Following Sunday's interview, a Downing Street source told the BBC: "David is very clear he will serve a full five-year second term, every single day of that as prime minister.
"In terms of what happens in five years' time, we'll sort that out in five years' time."
A YouGov poll for the Sunday Times has suggested Labour has a four-point lead over the Conservatives, putting Labour on 36% with the Tories on 32% - while an Opinium poll for The Observer suggests the Tories are on 34% and Labour are on 33%. | The Conservatives would have to choose a new leader before the end of the next Parliament if David Cameron wins a second term as prime minister, Welfare Secretary Iain Duncan Smith has said. | 1.180413 | 1 |
Fay Daniels, 30, was found at a property on Victoria Street, in Chesterton, on 24 April. She had suffered multiple stab wounds, police said.
Phillip Barlow, 36, of the same address, pleaded not guilty to her murder when he appeared at Stafford Crown Court.
He was remanded in custody and is due to stand trial on 10 October. | A man has denied killing a woman found stabbed at a house in Staffordshire. | 0.185366 | 0 |
The Briton had triumphed in the 800m freestyle on Thursday in Israel and followed that up with a thrilling win over Hungary's Katinka Hosszu.
The 25-year-old from Wales clocked a time of three minutes 58.81 seconds, beating Hosszu by 0.03 seconds,
There was also a silver for Chris Walker-Hebborn after he finished joint second in the 50m backstroke.
Walker-Hebborn and Italy's Simone Sabbioni both clocked 23.09 behind Poland's Tomasz Polewka (22.96).
It means GB finish the meeting with 11 medals - two golds, seven silvers and two bronzes.
Carlin had gone out strongly in her race behind Hosszu and Femke Heemskerk of the Netherlands and was second at the halfway point before taking the lead at the 250m mark.
Hosszu edged ahead with 50m left but Carlin finished strongly to get the better of her rival and add to the bronze she won at the World Championships in Kazan in August. Her team-mate Hannah Miley finished sixth. | Jazz Carlin won her second gold at the European Short Course Championships with victory in the 400m freestyle. | 0.950119 | 1 |
Police Scotland said the serious assault happened inside a pub in Drum Street at around 14:40 on Sunday.
Officers said the 28-year-old man's injuries were not life-threatening.
They appealed for anyone with information about the attack to contact them. | A man is being treated for a chest injury after he was attacked in a pub in Gilmerton. | 0.28094 | 0 |
Shetland Coastguard said it was alerted to the incident by police at about 01:45.
A man and a woman had been pulled from the water by police officers by the time a local RNLI boat and the Lerwick coastal rescue team arrived at the scene.
The coastguard said they were then checked over by paramedics. | Two people have been rescued from the water in Lerwick harbour. | 0.755785 | 1 |
Brian Lomax founded the Northampton Town Supporters Trust (NTST) in 1992 - the first organisation of its kind.
He then went on to help found Supporters Direct - the umbrella organisation representing other trusts run by fans.
Supporters Direct said his role in "changing the way football is run" led to him getting an OBE in 2009.
Ant Collett, who joined NTST soon after it was established, said: "Brian set it up to raise money, initially to try and save the club from going under and then to try and get representation on the board of the football club, which he achieved.
"It served as an inspiration for other clubs' supporters to set up trusts."
A statement from the Supporters Direct board said: "His pioneering approach led to the Football Task Force report in 1999 recommending the widespread establishment of supporters trusts to replicate his work.
"Brian's skills, experience and warmth have been at the heart of our movement, and in him, we had our truly inspirational founding father.
"His legacy will live on."
Mr Lomax was the first managing director of Supporters Direct and stepped down as its chairman in 2009.
He also served as a Liberal Democrat councillor on Daventry District Council.
Andy Burnham MP, the defeated Labour Party leadership candidate, tweeted: "Devastated to hear my great friend Brian Lomax has died.
"What a loss but what a legacy."
The NTST is currently involved in fundraising to solve The Cobblers' latest financial crisis and it is in discussion with Northampton Borough Council and a consortium proposing to buy the club.
"I'm sure it would have saddened Brian that we're back in a similar situation," said Mr Collett. | The man credited with inspiring the football supporters trust movement has died at the age of 67. | 0.956134 | 1 |
Brash, who was part of the team that won jumping gold at the 2012 London Olympics, finished with 38.63 points after a clear round on Hello M'lady.
His Olympic team-mate Ben Maher took second place while Belgian Nicola Philippaerts came third.
Briton John Whitaker, riding Ornellaia, finished in fifth place at Olympia.
"It's nice to get a victory because she is an exceptional horse and she was really switched on to her job," Brash said.
Brash missed the Rio Olympics, where Team GB failed to qualify for the show jumping final, after injuries to his top two rides. | Great Britain's Scott Brash claimed victory in the World Cup show jumping event at the London International Horse Show. | 0.431791 | 0 |
Jacqui Beale, 48, from Derbyshire, suffered broken ribs and a punctured lung, and was left needing stitches to her face when she was attacked while walking her dog.
She and another victim, from West Yorkshire, are taking legal action.
The National Farmers' Union (NFU) said walkers "must be most aware of the issues" in the countryside.
Ms Beale said she thought she was going to die when she was attacked by eight cows in May.
The dog groomer, from Wirksworth, added: "I was bashed about by about eight cows. I remember being tossed from one to another and thinking I wasn't going to survive.
"All I could hear was snorting and breathing, it was terrifying."
Ms Beale, whose dog was on a lead at the time of the attack in May, managed to get herself to safety and now wants to warn others.
Source: National Farmers' Union
Grandfather-of-five Mike Pace, from Huddersfield, was trampled while walking along a public footpath with his wife Gill on holiday in Abersoch in Gwynedd, Wales, in August.
The 55-year-old said: "This black bullock that had been staring looking menacing charged me and threw me up in the air and then the other cattle just started trampling me.
"While on the floor I had a conversation with myself thinking I was going to die. I told myself I'd had a good life."
Mrs Pace escaped unharmed, but her husband spent more than a month in hospital and still needs crutches to walk.
Sally Gray, a personal injury specialist at Slater and Gordon, is representing a number of people who have been injured by cattle.
"When it comes to public liability and the risk owed to the public, farmers have been advised not to put calves and their mothers in fields that are open to the public together," she added.
A spokesperson for the NFU said: "The countryside is a working environment where animals graze so it's important that people are mindful of this.
"Spring and summer are when we love to enjoy the countryside, so it is this time of year when walkers must be most aware of the issues." | Victims of cow attacks are warning walkers of the dangers of cattle kept in fields with their calves. | 1.33267 | 1 |
Hollywood director Steven Spielberg will help design the Beijing Universal park, the company said on Monday.
The park is being developed with local state firm Beijing Tourism Group.
Universal is the latest US firm to enter China's fast-growing entertainment sector after rivals Walt Disney and DreamWorks Animation.
The company did not say when the theme park would open, but reports say it will be in 2019.
Both Disney's $4.4bn theme park and DreamWorks' $3.1bn entertainment complex with Chinese partners are expected to open in 2016 in Shanghai.
Film studios are in a big rush to build theme parks in the world's second-largest economy as a rapidly-growing middle class is spending more money on entertainment and travel.
In April, Disney said it was increasing investment in its Shanghai Disney theme park by another $800m after striking a deal with a Chinese joint venture partner.
Growth in China's entertainment and media market is expected to more than double from 2013 to $148bn by 2015, according to a PricewaterhouseCoopers global study. | Universal Studios will open its first $3.3bn (£2bn) Chinese theme park after 13 years of trying to enter the booming entertainment market. | 1.438624 | 1 |
David Clarke, 26, who had learning difficulties, was beaten to death in his flat at Forthriver Road on 6 June 2001.
At the time, police said it was one of the most savage and brutal killings they had ever dealt with.
Det Ch Insp Alan Dickson said the inquiry had been re-opened after detectives received new information.
Mr Clarke's body was found in his flat later on the day of his death by friends who were concerned for him.
He had been an "inoffensive and vulnerable" man and died after an "increasingly frenzied" assault, DCI Dickson said.
"I have been a police officer for 28 years and a murder detective for 13 of those years," he said.
"Apart from the wounds sustained by gunshot victims, David's injuries are the worst I have seen.
"This was a frenzied and savage attack."
Police said Mr Clarke had been bullied in the weeks leading up to his murder.
DCI Dickson said there was no paramilitary involvement in the murder and people should not be concerned about bringing information forward.
"This was an incident in which a vulnerable young man, who was no threat to anyone, was savagely beaten because he was an easy target.
"The community took David to its heart - people helped to pay for his funeral, his grave is tended to this day by locals and his old flat is now a community centre known locally as Clarke House.
"The information needed to apprehend David's killer, or killers, lies within the local community at Forthriver and Glencairn.
"Even though there were a number of arrests in the original investigation, there is a sense that this is a forgotten murder.
"It has certainly not been forgotten by police or, probably, by those involved." | Police have re-opened an investigation into the murder of a man in north Belfast 14 years ago. | 1.341858 | 1 |
Rovers were looking to momentarily move to the top of the table with victory before their rivals played later in the afternoon but struggled to cope with the artificial pitch at Sutton.
In a tight first half, Sutton striker Fitchett thought he had given the hosts the lead in the 31st minute when he finished coolly into the bottom corner, only for it to be rightly chalked off for offside.
But two minutes after half-time, Fitchett nodded in the winner after getting in front of a defender following a knock down from Maxime Biamou.
Chances were few and far between for either side as the hosts held on for victory while fourth-placed Tranmere's winless run extended to four matches.
Report supplied by the Press Association.
Match ends, Sutton United 1, Tranmere Rovers 0.
Second Half ends, Sutton United 1, Tranmere Rovers 0.
Substitution, Sutton United. Ross Stearn replaces Dan Fitchett.
Substitution, Sutton United. Chris Dickson replaces Maxime Biamou.
Lee Vaughan (Tranmere Rovers) is shown the yellow card.
Substitution, Tranmere Rovers. Ethan Jones replaces Darren Stephenson.
Maxime Biamou (Sutton United) is shown the yellow card.
Goal! Sutton United 1, Tranmere Rovers 0. Dan Fitchett (Sutton United).
Second Half begins Sutton United 0, Tranmere Rovers 0.
First Half ends, Sutton United 0, Tranmere Rovers 0.
Steve McNulty (Tranmere Rovers) is shown the yellow card.
Lois Maynard (Tranmere Rovers) is shown the yellow card.
Nicky Bailey (Sutton United) is shown the yellow card.
Substitution, Tranmere Rovers. Andy Cook replaces Jake Kirby.
Substitution, Tranmere Rovers. Adam Mekki replaces Jay Harris.
Craig Eastmond (Sutton United) is shown the yellow card.
First Half begins.
Lineups are announced and players are warming up. | Danny Fitchett netted the winner as Sutton United ended a run of three straight defeats with a 1-0 win over Tranmere in the National League. | 0.76658 | 1 |
The Hovercraft Museum is in talks with the government's Homes and Community Agency (HCA), which owns the Princess Margaret and Princess Anne.
Both vessels stand alongside the museum in Lee-on-the-Solent on land earmarked by the HCA for redevelopment.
The HCA confirmed talks about the Princess Anne were "progressing well".
A petition to save the craft has so far gained about 20,000 signatures.
Writing on the museum's Facebook page, trustee Ben Avery said: "It is positive but we are by no means out of the woods yet... Remember, nothing is certain until we have something in writing that enables us to sign on the dotted line."
The SRN4 craft sit alongside the Hovercraft Museum on the former Daedalus Royal Naval Air Station site, now owned by the HCA, where they have been since being decommissioned in 2000.
They have never been owned by the museum.
The HCA took possession of the craft from their previous owner and had planned to scrap them before selling the land for homes.
The museum's trustees said they had "reluctantly accepted" the Princess Margaret would be scrapped.
An HCA spokeswoman said the department's aim was to regenerate the area but took its "responsibility to national heritage seriously".
The cross-Channel hovercraft service from Dover to Calais closed in 2000.
The two 250-tonne vessels could carry 400 passengers and 55 cars.
They were built on the Isle of Wight by the British Hovercraft Corporation in the 1970s and operated from Dover and Pegwell Bay in Kent. | "Positive" talks have been held about saving one of two remaining cross-Channel hovercraft under threat of being scrapped, a museum has said. | 1.656934 | 2 |
The men, branded the "Budgie Nine", were detained on Sunday after posing in swimwear decorated with the Malaysian flag.
Budgie smugglers is an Australian term for the swimwear they were wearing.
On Thursday, they were charged with public nuisance and fined but avoided jail.
Malaysia has strict rules on any display of public indecency and foreign offenders are typically issued a fine before being deported.
One member of the group, Nick Kelly, warned other Australians to be aware of "cultural differences" when travelling.
"We are very glad to be home," he said at a brief news conference at Sydney Airport.
"We would like to urge all Australians travelling overseas in the future to be very aware of the cultural differences and sensitivities that exist in other nations."
One of the men, Jack Walker, who is an aide to Australian Defence Industry Minister Christopher Pyne remains in Kuala Lumpur.
Earlier this week, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said he will be talking to Mr Pyne about Mr Walker's future as a ministerial adviser.
The prime minister told Adelaide radio station 5AA on Friday that the Malaysian authorities were "very lenient" and that the men had been "very repentant".
"They apologised to the court, and that was appropriate, and they're home or on their way home and that's good," Mr Turnbull said.
"It's just a reminder ... when you're overseas you have to respect the laws of the country you're visiting, just as we expect foreign visitors to respect and comply with the laws of Australia when they're visiting us."
Last year four foreign tourists were jailed in Malaysia for taking naked photographs at the peak of Mount Kinabalu in Malaysia. | Eight of the nine men arrested in Malaysia for stripping off at the Formula One Grand Prix have returned to Australia. | 1.235693 | 1 |
Illustrators Rosemary Cunningham and Paul Leith are revitalising underpasses leading from Hardwicke Circus to Bitts Park and the Sands Centre.
The work is part of the national Let's Colour project, supported by councils and other regeneration groups.
Ms Cunningham said it was an "exhausting" and "massively daunting" challenge.
But she said: "Now that there's paint on the walls and it's beginning to actually take shape, I'm in awe of it."
Her mural reflects local landmarks and history, including the Carlisle coat of arms and the custard cream biscuit, which is made in the city.
Lydia Leith, known for designing Royal Wedding sick bags, helped her father, Paul, co-ordinate plans for his mural in the subway leading to Bitts Park.
"The people who first got in touch with me must have heard of me through the sick bags and, last year, I did jelly moulds of the Queen as well," she said.
She suggested organisers contact her father, an established illustrator, instead.
His mural includes walkers, dogs, tennis players, trees and flowers.
Offenders working with the Cumbria Probation Trust pre-painted the subways' walls.
Trust programme supervisor John Morley said: "We are committed to making sure that offenders put something back into the communities they have damaged."
The artists have also been helped by more than 40 volunteers and were given 200 litres of paint by Dulux.
Carlisle City Council leader Joe Hendry said the designs would make a "lasting difference". | Murals of leafy parks, local history and custard creams are being painted on two 1970s concrete subways in Carlisle. | 1.649228 | 2 |
Officers turned to Twitter in a bid to find a thief who stole £600 worth of cosmetics from a local Boots store.
"We are looking for a 40-year-old man who looks 20, glowing skin, long eyelashes, raised eyebrows & pronounced lips," they added.
In response, one pun-loving joker replied: "Is there any foundation to these allegations?"
End of Twitter post by @MonklandsPol
The post by Monklands police sparked a series of witty responses from their followers on the social media platform.
Referring to a popular brand of make-up, one asked: "If you put him in an identity parade, will he be No 7 in the line up?"
Another said: "When questioned as to why he had allegedly stolen £600 of cosmetics the suspect simply answered 'Because I'm worth it.'"
The theft happened at Boots in Main Street, Coatbridge, at about 12:30 on Thursday.
Anyone with information is asked to call Police Scotland on 101 or Crimestoppers. | A light-hearted appeal to trace a shoplifter by police in Lanarkshire has become a social media hit. | 0.852584 | 1 |
The crash happened on South Gyle Broadway at 09:55. The road is closed. Police Scotland is appealing for witnesses.
A Scottish Ambulance Service spokesman said: "Three male patients were taken to the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary.
"We dispatched three ambulances and a paramedic response unit to the scene." | Three men have been injured after a car overturned onto its roof following a crash with another vehicle in Edinburgh. | 0.322129 | 0 |
The 21-year-old, who was a youth player with Tottenham, moves from Dutch club FC Groningen and has agreed a three-year contract.
However, he will spend the first year on loan at Norway's FK Haugesund.
"I'm very happy to have signed with the Belgium champions. I took my time deciding on my next best step," Troost-Ekong told BBC Sport.
"I thank Gent for this great opportunity and I look forward to joining the club at the end of my loan."
The Super Eagle rejected a big-money offer from Russian club Rostov and he also turned down interest from Spanish second-tier club SD Ponferradina and an English Championship side.
He added: "I spoke with the Nigeria coach [Sunday Oliseh] and the emphasis was for me to ensure that I am playing regular top-flight football even if that meant seeking a loan move.
"I'm thankful for his advice and together with what I and my management had in mind, this was the best option.
"Going to Norway gives me an opportunity to play regularly and continue my progress."
Troost-Ekong, who made his debut for Nigeria in a match against Chad on 13 June, represented the Netherlands at youth level before switching allegiance to his father's country. | Nigeria international defender William Troost-Ekong has joined Belgian champions Gent. | 0.909063 | 1 |
He announced a Digital Radio Action Plan in a bid to encourage more listeners to move from analogue.
Mr Vaizey told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: "We are committed to digital radio but haven't set a date."
He emphasised that "if people are still listening to, say, the BBC on FM by 2015, then that will continue".
The bandwith will still be made available for local radio after switchover, Mr Vaizey added.
BBC's role
"We are setting up a structure which will not only bring listeners to the table, but radio manufacturers and broadcasters.
"A whole ecology is needed to get digital radio moving and off the ground," he said.
The minister also praised 6 Music for being a good example of a service which has attracted listeners to take up digital - including himself.
Mr Vaizey said in his speech that there would be no switchover "until the vast majority of listeners have voluntarily adopted digital radio over analogue".
But he added: "I hope in a few years time, when we approach switchover, radio listeners will see the benefits of multi-channel national radio in exactly the same way that television viewers have seen such benefits."
He added that the government would work with car manufacturers to achieve a goal of making digital radios standard in cars by 2013.
The minister's speech emphasised that the BBC should play a leading role in the promotion of digital radio.
The corporation said today that it would support digital uptake with the construction of 61 new transmitters that would increase UK coverage from 85 to 92%.
They would also help improve in-car reception by being placed near major motorway networks.
Latest figures from Rajar show that, in March 2010, 24% of all radio listening was digital, compared with 66% on AM or FM radio.
That represents a rise of 20% compared with the same period in 2009.
The remainder listen to radio via the internet, digital television and other outlets. | There is "no compulsion" to stick to a plan to switch over from FM to digital radio by 2015, communications minister Ed Vaizey has said. | 1.497512 | 1 |
The new £20 note is due to be introduced by 2020, but the tender for production has been put on hold.
Vegans, Hindus and Sikhs have objected to the tallow used in plastic notes.
The Bank said it was now assessing whether palm oil or coconut oil should be used instead.
However, the announcement proved controversial with conservation groups, who warned that palm oil production can wreck rainforests and displace people living in them.
"It would depend on where the Bank of England source it," said Rachel Agnew of the Rainforest Foundation. "Whether it is sustainable is the issue."
Palm oil production was responsible for 8% of the world's deforestation between 1990 and 2008.
However, in its statement, the Bank of England says it is committed to using sustainable levels of palm oil, should that eventually be chosen for the new notes.
And it says that the amounts of oil needed are so small that there would be no need for an increase in global production.
The Bank has also published an independent report on the separate environmental impacts of palm oil, coconut oil and tallow.
Nevertheless the Rainforest Foundation takes issue on how sustainability is certified.
Doug Maw, who started a petition about the use of animal fat in the fiver, said he was disappointed by the Bank's decision to consider palm oil.
He met the Bank's chief cashier, Victoria Cleland, in January to discuss the issue.
"In my meeting I highlighted palm oil as something they should avoid doing," he told the BBC.
"The destruction of habitat caused by over-production of palm oil is contributing to the near-extinction of the orangutan."
The existing £5 plastic note, and the new £10 note due for release in September, will continue to use trace amounts of animal fat.
The Bank has said it is not practical to change the way such notes are made. | The Bank of England is to consider using palm oil in the production of the new £20 note, following criticism of the use of animal fats in the plastic £5. | 2.46179 | 2 |
Vunipola pulled out of the summer trip because of an ongoing shoulder injury.
Lions boss Warren Gatland was keen to manage the number eight through it, but Jones says that was not an option.
"He is such an honest boy - he didn't want to fudge it," the Australian told BBC Sport. "It was a very brave and courageous decision."
Vunipola aggravated a shoulder problem in Saracens' Premiership semi-final defeat by Exeter on Saturday.
And Jones revealed that when the 24-year-old texted him on Sunday it was clear "he had his mind made up" not to tour.
Another England international, scrum-half Ben Youngs, withdrew from the squad earlier this month after the wife of his brother Tom learned she is terminally ill.
"For me, it's a good indication of the ethics of our players," Jones said.
"They don't feel emotionally or physically right to play and, rather than go there and try to fudge their way through the tour, they have done the right thing."
Jones also rejected the notion that Vunipola is prioritising England and Saracens, reiterating that "it is about him being a very ethical rugby player".
Vunipola's withdrawal led to a summons for experienced flanker James Haskell, who Jones believes will force his way into the Test side after having "an absolute stormer" in one of the opening three tour matches.
Haskell was to tour Argentina with a youthful England squad next month, but instead joins an entire team of players unavailable to Jones.
The Australian will field a host of uncapped players against the Barbarians at Twickenham on Sunday.
"We asked these young guys: 'Who are going to be the three or four involved in holding the World Cup up in 2019?
"'It's not going to be all of you so you have a choice now to make about how desperate you are to be one of those players.'" | Billy Vunipola's "ethics and honesty" led to his withdrawal from the British & Irish Lions' tour of New Zealand, says England head coach Eddie Jones. | 1.102983 | 1 |
The Warriors have won their last nine league matches since 19 February to qualify for a play-off spot.
A club-record 10th in a row on Saturday against Connacht in Galway will ensure they finish in top spot, with a draw enough to ensure a home semi-final.
"There's a bit of aggro at training between the guys," Brown said.
"It's that aggro and grit that spurs us on to put in really good performances and get the wins we needed to push ourselves up the league.''
A sign of the intense competition at Scotstoun sees centre Mark Bennett have to settle for a place on the bench this weekend, with fellow Scotland international Peter Horne taking over in midfield.
Bennett joins four other Scotland internationals, plus Fiji prop Jerry Yanuyanutawa and Italy flanker Simone Favaro, among the replacements.
''There's competition every week, but the guys respect each other enough to keep that on the rugby pitch," Brown noted.
"When we're on the training field there are a couple of scraps and it gets quite physical and a bit illegal.
"But that's what you're going to have to deal with at the weekend. It's all good competition and if you don't have that you don't get better.''
Glasgow found themselves 14 points adrift of the play-offs in eighth place back in mid-February, albeit with two games in hand, after some untimely postponements.
Their winning run since has matched the Warriors' stirring end to the 2013-14 season, which took them to their first Pro 12 final.
''We always knew it was going to be tough at the start coming off the back of the World Cup, with so many new players coming in and getting used to each other," Brown added.
''Then the Six Nations is always difficult for us with so many players away with the national team. But the guys who stayed here for that period put in a lot of very good performances and that was the basis for the good performances of the last few weeks.'' | Glasgow hooker Fraser Brown says 'training ground aggro' has helped the team fight its way to the Pro 12 summit in the defence of their title. | 0.872132 | 1 |
Four crew members died when the Rescue 116 aircraft hit Blackrock Island on the County Mayo coast on 14 March.
Two bodies were recovered soon after the crash, but Paul Ormsby and Ciarán Smith have not been recovered.
A boat is expected to comb the seabed later and Garda (Irish police) divers will search the scene if necessary.
Sea searches for the two men were scaled back in April and plans were made to resume in the summer when seas were expected to be calmer.
Aerial surveys are also planned in the coming days.
Capt Dara Fitzpatrick was the first crew member to be found - she was rescued from the sea hours after the crash but died later in hospital.
The body of her co-pilot Capt Mark Duffy was recovered from the submerged wreckage of the helicopter more than 10 days later.
The wreckage was discovered about 60m west of Blackrock Island, in waters about 40m deep.
The helicopter had lost contact with the Irish Coastguard at about 01:00 local time on 14 March, as it approached Blacksod refuelling depot.
The crew had been supporting another coastguard helicopter that had been deployed to take an injured fisherman to hospital.
The Irish Coast Guard said the open water and shoreline search operation for the crew was one of the largest in the history of the state. | Searches are due to resume for the bodies of two Irish coastguard crew, four months after they went missing in a helicopter crash. | 1.592698 | 2 |
John Gilliland also warned the government against tearing up the contracts of those who signed up to the flawed Renewable Heat Incentive.
"They're scared of being victimised, of being made a pariah," he told the BBC.
Tuesday is the deadline for those on the scheme to say if their details can be published by the department.
When it comes to renewable energy, few can boast a track record like him.
Mr Gilliland installed his first biomass boiler at his Londonderry farm 30 years ago and now supplies wood chip from his willow crop for boilers all over Northern Ireland.
He has three boilers drying wood chip around the clock, for which he gets paid £80,000 a year from the RHI scheme, £30,000 of which is profit which he says he uses to pay off debts from his renewable investments.
John Gilliland expects to be one of the few to go public and he has warned the government against taking money from those like him who signed up in good faith.
A spokesperson for the Department for the Economy said: "The Department is currently compiling the responses received and the Minister will consider, in conjunction with legal advice, the most appropriate course of action." | RHI scheme boiler owners are at risk of demonisation if their details are published, says a former president of the Ulster Farmers' Union. | 1.443062 | 1 |
Fam says it will continue its search to for a foreign coach.
The former international striker's first task will be an Africa Nations Championship (CHAN) qualifier against Madagascar in April.
"It is a big challenge and we have to sit down and focus very well and see what we can do," he said.
"We need to come up with a system which should help us win games because in the past we have been struggling."
Fam has clarified that while Phiri and his assistant Deklerk Msakakuona will sign one year contracts it is still looking for an expatriate coach.
"The issue of the expatriate coach is a process and I think as and when the process is concluded that will be announced and the right changes will be made", Fam General Secretary Alfred Gunda explained.
Phiri, who turns 49 next month, was in charge of the Flames as a caretaker for January's 2-2 draw in a friendly against Chinese side Guangzhou FC.
The match was the inaugural match at the new Bingu National Stadium constructed by the China in Lilongwe.
The former under-20 coach replaces Ernest Mtawali, who was fired in June 2016, after a poor showing at Southern Africa's regional championship the Cosafa Cup.
Malawi begin a training camp on 2 April ahead of their CHAN game away in Madagascar on 22nd April with the return leg at Bingu Stadium a week later.
The association has also have secured a friendly away to Kenya on 18th April en-route to Madagascar. | The Football Association of Malawi (Fam) has appointed Gerald Phiri on a year's contract to lead the national team. | 0.901906 | 1 |
Evgeniy Bogachev was charged last year in the US with being behind a major cybercrime operation that allegedly stole more than $100m (£64.7m).
He was last seen in Russia, where he is believed to remain at large.
Arresting him may be difficult, as the US does not have an extradition treaty with Russia.
Mr Bogachev, also known as "lucky12345" and "slavik", is accused of running the GameOver Zeus attack network, thought to have infected more than one million computers.
Victims were tricked into downloading malware - malicious software - which then searched specifically for financial information.
Evgeniy Bogachev was charged last year on counts including conspiracy, wire, bank and computer fraud, and money laundering, after the FBI said it broke up the network.
He is one of the FBI's most wanted cyber-criminals.
"This reward offer reaffirms the commitment of the US government to bring those who participate in organized crime to justice, whether they hide online or overseas," the US State Department said.
The reward is being offered for information leading to the arrest or conviction of Mr Bogachev.
The head of the FBI's cyber crime division, Joseph Demarest, said Russia's internal security agency had expressed an interest in working with the US on cybercrimes, according to Reuters, but did not link it to the Bogachev case.
He also said the agency was aware of 60 different cyber-threat groups linked to nation-states, but gave no further details. | The US has offered a $3m (£1.94m) reward for information on a Russian hacker, the highest the US authorities have ever offered in a cybercrime case. | 1.312429 | 1 |
Unlike the SNP and the Greens, Plaid have not seen any rise in support reflected in recent polls.
On Wales Today on Friday, she said: "Let us see the result of the polls that would have been taken after the TV debate that has been quite a success for Plaid Cymru."
The debate was televised on 2 April.
Ms Wood said: "The feedback I have had is that we have managed to get across a strong platform for Wales, and to convince people that Plaid Cymru is the only party that is prepared to fight for decent solutions and a decent funding settlement in particular as well as solving our powers problems.
"I think that the next polls should see an improvement in our fortunes."
She also set out in the interview why the party had only said it would do a deal with Labour in the event of a hung parliament.
She said: "I do not think people in Wales would find it very acceptable for Plaid Cymru to allow another Conservative government.
"People in Wales have never given the Conservatives a mandate.
"In many communities in Wales people feel very, very strongly against the Conservatives because of Mrs Thatcher's deliberate de-industrialisation."
She also defended her call for the Assembly to be given an extra £1.2bn from Westminster, saying: "We are trying to close the gap with our hands tied behind our backs.
"We have limited powers over natural resources for example that could be used to help to build our economy and that is why parity with Scotland, not just in terms of resources but powers as well, is a key question for us in this election."
The interview with Ms Wood was the fourth in a series of Wales Today interviews with Welsh political leaders. | Plaid Cymru leader Leanne Wood has predicted a bounce in the polls for her party as a result of last week's televised leaders' debate. | 1.344798 | 1 |
The county council ordered an independent review of children's services on Wednesday after "serious and widespread failures" were found.
Four councillors were spotted nodding off, including the deputy leader.
Ray Theodoulou blamed his heart medication for making him "a little drowsy".
"Much as I would rather not discuss my medical issues in public, I have a serious heart condition, which requires me to take a range of medication," the Conservative councillor said.
"After five or so hours of meetings, that sometimes makes me a little drowsy.
"It doesn't make me sleep and I continued to listen throughout."
Fellow Conservative Rob Bird said he "didn't think he fell asleep", but added: "It was a very warm room, I think I might have closed my eyes for a moment."
He insisted he was "absolutely" able to perform his duties.
Opposition councillors were not immune from a bout of democratic doziness.
Liberal Democrat member John Cordwell admitted he "might have nodded off very briefly, but I was aware of what was going on the whole time".
Labour's Graham Morgan was more forthright though, stating: "Those meetings drag a bit and I'm 66.
"I don't need to concentrate at that point because I've read it all beforehand and I don't work on that kind of thing.
"Nothing needs to be done differently. It's not out of disrespect. You've only got to look at the House of Lords; they're all asleep."
Their soporific stories did not placate commenters on social media.
Charlotte Stirling described Councillor Morgan's comments as "disrespectful and arrogant", while Patricia Havard called on the quartet to resign.
"Totally unacceptable, no matter what they put forward to explain their poor performance," she said. | Councillors in Gloucestershire were spotted falling asleep during one of their most important meetings in recent years. | 0.899806 | 1 |
Last week, the BBC reported that the DUP had suspended Mr Devenney, claiming he had brought the party into "disrepute".
His suspension was understood to be linked to accusations that he had canvassed for votes for the SDLP.
In a statement, a party spokesperson said Mr Devenney "left the assembly by his choice".
It is understood the complaints against him involved accusations that he asked DUP supporters to give their votes to the SDLP's Mark Durkan while canvassing outside a polling station during last year's Westminster election.
Mr Devenney was one of the DUP's highest profile politicians in Londonderry.
He has been a councillor in the city for 11 years and is a former mayor.
He replaced William Hay in the assembly two years ago.
Five months later, he stood down and was replaced by Gary Middleton.
Mr Devenney denied the accusation and said it was a misunderstanding. He said he was "despondent" at the allegations. He is to stay in Derry City and Strabane District Council as an independent.
In a statement on Tuesday evening to the Londonderry Sentinel, he said he decided to resign after "much reflection and consideration" and said he would not be appealing the DUP's decision to suspend him.
"I have absolutely no intention whatsoever in making an appeal, when it is completely clear that there is likely to be a pre-determined outcome resulting in my membership being terminated," he said.
DUP MP Gregory Campbell told BBC Radio Foyle he felt "sadness that Maurice Devenney has taken the action that he has".
"He has been a colleague and friend for some considerable time"
He added that Mr Devenney "needed to be suspended because of a number of issues" but said he wished him "all the best".
In a statement, a party spokesperson said Mr Devenney "left the assembly by his choice" and added there were "winners and losers" in selection contests.
"Given the fact Mr Devenney chose to leave the assembly and concentrate on local issues, the widespread view of many party members was that he would not have been a suitable candidate.
"Unionists in the Foyle constituency know there is one unionist seat in the constituency and they are now well served by Gary Middleton MLA, a man whom Maurice Devenney recommended to replace him," the DUP statement added. | Democratic Unionist Party councillor and former assembly member Maurice Devenney has resigned from the party. | 0.910075 | 1 |
Hundreds watched as the wing of William Rowland Ding's plane broke off during a display at Oakwood in Leeds on 12 May 1917.
The plane then fell hundreds of feet to the ground.
Members of the pilot's family and the Deputy Lord Lieutenant of West Yorkshire will unveil a plaque marking the crash site.
A minute's silence will also be held.
Read more about this and other stories from across Yorkshire
Rowland Ding was a test pilot at Blackburn's - a leading aircraft maker based on Roundhay Road, Leeds.
He was regarded as having flown more types of aircraft than anyone else in England after gaining a pilot's licence in 1914.
His grandson, Julian Ding, said he had built a reputation and stories of his exploits and flights were regularly reported.
He said he had survived a number of earlier crashes and described him as a Victorian 'adrenaline junkie'.
"But there is almost an inevitability to these sort of people, taking risks and taking that one risk too far and it costing them their lives," he said.
The crash occurred as he performed a series of loops which put too much strain on the delicate wings.
Eric Suddell witnessed the crash as an 8-year-old. In an interview before his death in 2008 he explained what happened.
"We saw him [Ding] loop the loop and when he was at the top the wing came off, and down he went.
"I ran to tell my father. I said 'Ding's fallen dad.'
"The next day we went up there and saw the plane with its nose buried down."
The plaque will be unveiled this evening at 18:00 BST marking the moment of the crash a century ago. | A pilot killed in a crash a century ago is to be remembered with a ceremony later. | 2.45981 | 2 |
The 35-year-old midfielder suffered the injury during Friday's 2-2 draw with Croatia, and national team doctors say he will play no further part in France.
Czech Republic next play Turkey on Tuesday, and a win could see them secure second and a spot in the knockout stage on goal difference.
For that to happen, Croatia would also have to lose to Group D leaders Spain.
However, third place may also be good enough for Czech Republic to make the next round, as the four best third-placed teams across the six groups teams also advance. | Czech Republic captain Tomas Rosicky has been ruled out of the rest of Euro 2016 with a thigh injury. | 0.664113 | 1 |
A win for England at Twickenham would mean the team keep hold of their Six Nations title with a game to spare.
Victory would also see them equal New Zealand's 18-match winning streak.
Scotland will be hoping to hold back the boys in white, but they haven't won at Twickenham since 1983.
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The Real Madrid player, 23, will miss Saturday's Champions League final against Atletico Madrid in Milan.
The French Football Federation said scans had confirmed Varane, who has won 29 caps for Les Bleus, would be out for up to three weeks.
Sevilla defender Adil Rami, 30, has been called up by manager Didier Deschamps as his replacement.
France play Group A rivals Romania in the tournament opener on 10 June.
France squad for Euro 2016:
Goalkeepers: Hugo Lloris, Steve Mandanda, Benoit Costil.
Defenders: Adil Rami, Laurent Koscielny, Eliaquim Mangala, Jeremy Mathieu, Patrice Evra, Bacary Sagna, Christophe Jallet, Lucas Digne.
Midfielders: Paul Pogba, Blaise Matuidi, Lassana Diarra, N'Golo Kante, Yohan Cabaye, Moussa Sissoko.
Forwards: Antoine Griezmann, Dimitri Payet, Anthony Martial, Kingsley Coman, Olivier Giroud, Andre-Pierre Gignac.
Reserves: Alphonse Areola, Hatem Ben Arfa, Kevin Gameiro, Alexandre Lacazette, Adrien Rabiot, Morgan Schneiderlin, Djibril Sidibe, Samuel Umtiti. | France defender Raphael Varane has been ruled out of the host nation's Euro 2016 campaign with a thigh injury. | 1.012155 | 1 |
Hopkins, a multiple world champion at middleweight and light-heavyweight, will contest his 65th bout at the Los Angeles Forum on 17 December.
"A lot of people will focus on my age, the history of my run in the sport, the titles, but I'm focused on one thing - knocking Joe Smith out," said Hopkins.
Hopkins made his pro debut in 1988.
That fight, a loss to Clinton Mitchell, took place 11 months before Hopkins' next opponent was born.
The veteran American has since won 55 of his bouts with 32 knockouts.
He won his first world title in 1995, at the age of 30, before defending his middleweight crown 20 times.
His most recent fight, for the WBA, IBF and WBO light-heavyweight titles in November 2014, ended in a points loss to Russia's Sergey Kovalev.
American Smith, 27, has lost only one fight since his 2009 debut, compiling a 22-1 record with 18 knockouts. | Bernard Hopkins will end his 28-year career with a fight against Joe Smith in December - only a month before his 52nd birthday. | 1.042624 | 1 |
Victor Rees from Hundleton was working in the Caribbean when he was arrested on 21 May, and his partner Jade Laville told BBC Wales he was "petrified".
The reason for the arrest was not clear - police had ordered all machinery at the site to be turned off, but Mr Rees stopped to make his crane safe first.
Ms Laville said it was "a relief" to have him home.
The Foreign Office said at the time embassy staff in Haiti were providing support. | A crane operator from Pembrokeshire who was arrested in Haiti has returned to Wales. | 0.539614 | 1 |
Many people seem to fear maps with their demand for some spatial grasp, byzantine symbols and tricky folding procedure - but I love them. I feel like a dying breed: a cartophiliac among a nation of cartophobes.
I confess, even my toilet walls are papered with them.
But now experts say a reliance on sat-navs and smartphone map apps is undermining map-reading skills. So here are five reasons why you should love maps and resist the easy attraction of the sat-nav.
There is something intrinsically selfish about the sat-nav arrow and its radius of a few metres: it's all about you. But let your eye range over a map and discover a nearby lake, a beautiful view or a convenient watering hole. Maps open the world whereas sat-navs narrow your mind.
Mountain Rescue services, the Ordnance Survey and every organisation I've come across promoting the outdoor life, all say having a map and the skill to read it is a safety essential.
They have to be used in conjunction with the physical world, be that reading a sign, noticing a church (with or without a spire of course) or identifying that big hill on your right. This process of using your eyes and engaging your brain leaves memories and knowledge of the world around you. With sat-nav as a guide, nothing is learned nor loved about the journey.
How often have you heard the excuse: "Oh the sat-nav took me the wrong way"? Without any apology for blinkered idiocy, celestial misguidance is the guilt-free excuse. I once worked with a camera crew who arrived two hours late at Snowdon claiming their sat-nav had taken them to the Anglesey ferry port. Entranced by the arrow they hadn't noticed or questioned leaving mainland Britain and crossing the big bridge over the Menai Strait. Now, addicts to digital direction devices may disagree, but I think this is inexcusably dumb. Maps are a partner to our intellect, not a replacement.
The Mappa Mundi in Hereford Cathedral shows the history, geography and destiny of Christian Europe as understood in the late 13th Century with pictures of the Pillars of Hercules, the Golden Fleece and a man riding a crocodile. Star maps use images of bears and gods to decipher the random. The London Tube map is a design icon. Maps are eminently practical, but their intriguing visual imagery is a pinnacle of art. | I drive tens of thousands of miles every year in the course of making Costing the Earth for Radio 4 and Countryfile for BBC One, and have earned a reputation with my colleagues as a sat-nav spurning dinosaur. | 1.627264 | 2 |
Shelly Wu, six, and Lily, seven, were hit near the Grove Lane and Antrobus Road junction, Handsworth, on 21 June.
Michael Junior, 35, of Copthall Road, Handsworth, is charged with two counts of causing death by dangerous driving.
He is also due to face three charges of causing serious injury by dangerous driving at Birmingham Magistrates' Court on Monday. | A man has been charged with causing the deaths of two sisters who were hit by a car in Birmingham. | 0.136882 | 0 |
Bedene, ranked 49th, won 7-5 7-6 (7-4) on Bercy's indoor courts to set up a last-32 match with American John Isner.
Slovenia-born Bedene came through two rounds of qualifying to reach the main draw at a Masters for the fourth time.
British number one Andy Murray has a bye and will play Fernando Verdasco or Borna Coric in round two on Wednesday.
World number one Novak Djokovic is the top seed in Paris, ahead of Murray and Swiss Roger Federer. | British number two Aljaz Bedene beat Spain's Marcel Granollers in straight sets to reach the second round of the Paris Masters. | 0.615884 | 1 |
The stars of the silver screen walk the red carpet as they make their way into the Dolby Theatre for the 89th Academy Awards in Los Angeles. | All photographs subject to copyright. | -0.009179 | 0 |
Omar Khan, 31, had worked at The Johnson Partnership in Nottingham for five years before he was arrested.
Erlin Manahasa, Albert Dibra and Nazaquat Ali were sentenced alongside Khan - who was jailed for 40 months - at Nottingham Crown Court.
They all admitted the same charge, relating to offences committed between 1 October and 4 December last year.
The court previously heard the case involved the recovery of 1kg (2.2lb) of cocaine.
Digby Johnson, a partner at the firm, told the BBC last month that they did not represent Khan - who had set up his own office and was about to leave the company.
Mr Johnson called Khan's actions "stupid" but described Khan, of William Street, Huddersfield, as "a lovely guy" who was "incredibly hard-working".
Manahasa, of no fixed address, was jailed for four and a half years, Dibra, of Joyce Avenue, Nottingham, for seven and a half years, while Ali, of Chard Street, Nottingham, was sentenced to five years in prison. | A barrister who was due to move into his own chambers in Huddersfield has been jailed for supplying cocaine. | 0.806554 | 1 |
The video, which has since been taken off YouTube, shows a crowd shouting at a group of people who remain seated during the Indian anthem.
It is unclear where the incident occurred, although some reports said it took place in the city of Mumbai.
The controversy comes amid a debate on "growing intolerance" in India.
National anthem has been trending on Twitter India, with opinion sharply divided on the actions of the crowd.
Many have supported the theatre audience, calling the actions of the group "shameless" and "blasphemy".
However, some others have questioned the need to "wear patriotism on your sleeve" and the relevance of token gestures like simply standing for a national anthem.
Though not all cinemas in India play the national anthem before screening movies, it is mandatory in some states, including the western state of Maharashtra.
Cinemas in the state display messages asking audiences to stand before playing the anthem.
This is also not the first time that people have been targeted for not "respecting" the national song.
Last year, a man was beaten by a mob in Mumbai, after his South African friend refused to stand for the national anthem.
The man, identified as Mahek Vyas, also alleged that a policeman at a nearby station had refused to file a complaint against the six people who attacked him, and had also told him that he should have made his friend stand.
In the southern state of Kerala, a man was charged with sedition after he refused to stand for the anthem in a cinema.
Bollywood actress Preity Zinta was also mired in controversy, after she took it upon herself to throw a boy out of a theatre hall because he refused to stand for the national anthem.
Although there is no specific law that mandates standing for the anthem in India, the home ministry's rules, which carry the force of law, specify that it is compulsory to stand to attention when the anthem is played.
The debate about India's national anthem comes amid concerns over growing intolerance in the country. | A video purporting to show "Muslims" thrown out of a cinema hall for not standing for the national anthem has begun a debate on patriotism in India. | 1.424193 | 1 |
Patch, trained by Todd Pletcher, had his left eye removed because of inflammation last year.
However, he finished runner-up in April's Louisiana Derby - his first graded stakes - after competing in his first race in January.
"It seems to never faze him - he's a remarkable horse to recover as quickly as he did," said Pletcher.
Patch is a 40-1 shot for the $2m (£1.55m) Kentucky Derby in Louisville, the first leg of America's Triple Crown.
"It's a credit to him and his professionalism that he was able to adapt so seamlessly," Pletcher added.
This content will not work on your device, please check Javascript and cookies are enabled or update your browser | A one-eyed horse called Patch has been entered into the Kentucky Derby, America's biggest race, on Saturday. | 0.79547 | 1 |
Angus McNeil said the Northern Lighthouse Board (NBL) was open to the idea of working with the mobile phone service providers.
He said it was possible equipment needed to provide the phone services could be fitted to lighthouses.
The SNP MP for the Western Isles hopes to progress the idea further.
Mr MacNeil contacted NLB following a query from phone company EE on the use of lighthouse sites which could allow them to improve coverage.
He said: "NLB have said that they are committed to developing the Scottish economy and are therefore open to discussions with mobile providers on where opportunities might lie.
"I would like to thank NLB for their prompt, sensible response and their ability to see the bigger picture."
Mr MacNeil added: "I have already received confirmation from Vodafone that 4G will be delivered to the islands within the next two years but the sooner all companies have infrastructure in place to do this, the better for the economy of the islands.
"I look forward to further discussions with operators and NLB on how we can take this forward." | Lighthouses could help improve mobile phone coverage in the Western Isles and boost the introduction of new 4G services to the isles, an MP has said. | 1.595976 | 2 |
The raider hit the mayor's driver with the hammer as he loaded a briefcase containing the chains into the boot of the mayoral car on Thursday night.
The robbery took place at about 22:25 GMT while the car was parked in the Stand Lane area of Radcliffe.
The chains, said to be worth about £200,000, were gifted by Queen Victoria in 1877 and 1897.
The balaclava-clad robber was driven off in a green VW Polo that was waiting nearby.
The mayor, Councillor Michelle Wiseman, and her daughter Danielle, who is serving as mayoress, had been attending a service of remembrance for Radcliffe's RAF Cadets.
Ms Wiseman said: "Everybody's shocked and outraged.
"The violent nature of the incident is absolutely appalling."
The mayor's chain was given by Queen Victoria in 1877 with the mayoress's chain a gift to mark the monarch's Diamond Jubilee 20 years later.
The jubilee chain is regarded as rare as it depicts the queen dressed in white, rather than her customary black.
Supt Karan Lee said: "This is a robbery that hits at the very heart of our town in more ways than one.
"Our mayoral party had just left a service commemorating the lives lost in the Second World War, protecting the lives and liberties of every one of us, to then be attacked in this way, by persons who have no pride or respect."
Supt Lee said the robbers were "ruthless and calculated", adding: "It is only by good fortune that the victim was not seriously hurt."
Councillor Mike Connolly, leader of Bury Council, said "Everyone connected to the borough of Bury and Bury Council will be appalled at this dreadful crime.
"The chains are an irreplaceable part of our heritage and so we are offering a substantial reward for their safe return." | A hammer-wielding robber has stolen the ceremonial chains of the mayor and mayoress of Bury in a violent attack. | 1.595845 | 2 |
The 28-year-old three-time All Star's tally included eight three-pointers and was three points shy of the record from a player in any quarter.
"I made my first couple shots and it was on from there," said Love.
Love's exploits come after Stephen Curry claimed a record 13 three-pointers in a single game for Golden State Warriors earlier in the month.
Meanwhile, Golden State set a franchise record of 47 assists on 53 baskets - the most in the NBA this season and two more than their previous best from 1994 - as they powered past Los Angeles Lakers 149-106. | Kevin Love set an NBA record by scoring 34 first-quarter points as Cleveland Cavaliers beat Portland 137-125. | 0.769453 | 1 |
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The duo, who only teamed up this season, were the fastest qualifiers for the final and continued their fine form to beat China by two seconds.
"You beauties! This is fantastic, not just for GB but for the two women involved. They have over-performed and over-delivered. Good on you girls."
World champions Greece led through the first 500m but could only finish third as Copeland and Hosking rowed clear.
"I can't believe this is real and we just won," Copeland told BBC Sport.
"I've been trying all week not to think about it because it has been making me cry."
Copeland and Hosking became the third female British boat to win a gold medal at the London 2012 rowing regatta. Before this event, no British woman had won an Olympic title.
It was also Great Britain's 10th gold medal of the Games, with rowing's tally now at four gold medals, two silver and three bronze.
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Copeland, who almost quit rowing two years ago because she wanted to remain based in the north east, only joined forces with Hosking at the start of the 2012 World Cup series.
They gave a slight indication of their potential with a bronze in Belgrade, although they finished outside the medals in regattas in Lucerne and Munich.
In the final, they started quickly but Greece opened up a slight advantage in the opening quarter of the race at Eton Dorney, with China going through the mark in second.
Britain moved up to second by halfway and then put in a devastating burst to sprint away from the field and win in seven minutes 9.30 seconds, with the fast-finishing China pipping Greece on the line. | Katherine Copeland and Sophie Hosking won the women's lightweight double sculls to claim Britain's fourth rowing gold medal of the London Olympics. | 1.040808 | 1 |
Hawick councillor Davie Paterson has tabled a motion to the local authority seeking the move.
He wants to see a "wholehearted commitment" to extending the line beyond Tweedbank to Hawick and then on to Carlisle via Newcastleton.
A transport study in the region is currently examining the feasibility of increasing the length of the railway.
The multi-million pound Borders Railway opened to the public in September 2015.
There have been numerous calls since then to extend the line between Edinburgh and Tweedbank on to Cumbria.
The Scottish government is looking at the possibility as part of a wider study of transport services in south east Scotland.
Mr Paterson's motion - to be debated by the full council - seeks a renewed commitment to making the case for the extension. | Scottish Borders Council is being urged to reaffirm its support to extend the region's new railway on to Carlisle. | 1.126088 | 1 |
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"No, no, no," Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher defiantly declared in the House of Commons amid calls for greater central control in Europe.
She was responding to a call by European Commission president Jacques Delors' for the European Parliament to be the democratic body of the European Community, the commission to be the executive and the Council of Ministers to be the senate.
The now infamous soundbite by the Conservative premier came during a time of increasing divisions within her party over the issue of Europe.
And it proved too much for Sir Geoffrey Howe who resigned from government two days later. Mrs Thatcher herself was ousted from Downing Street by her party a few days later. | This is part of a series of clips from the BBC archives on the subject of the UK and the EU - this clip taken from BBC News, was first broadcast on 30 October 1990. | 1.897099 | 2 |
It is the first foreign company to announce the sale of its consoles in China after the country lifted a 14-year old ban in January this year.
Microsoft will launch the console in collaboration with BesTV New Media Co, a subsidiary of Shanghai Media Group.
China's gaming market, which is currently dominated by PC, mobile and online games, is seen as a key growth area for console makers.
"Launching Xbox One in China is a significant milestone for us and for the industry," said Yusuf Mehdi, corporate vice-president at Microsoft.
The firms did not disclose the expected selling price in China.
China banned gaming consoles in 2000, citing their adverse effect on the mental health of young people.
The restriction stayed in place, with a brief exception made for the PlayStation 2 in 2004.
Microsoft, Nintendo and Sony have since missed out on the rapid growth of gaming in the country.
The industry generated revenues of $13bn (£8bn) in 2013, a 38% jump from a year ago.
But majority of that is dominated by PC gaming, not least because of the ban on games consoles.
However, earlier this year China said that it would allow foreign firms to make consoles within Shanghai's free-trade zone and sell them in China after inspection by cultural departments.
"Creators and gamers alike have eagerly awaited a new generation of entertainment experiences in China, and their wait will be over with the arrival of Xbox One this year," said Enwei Xie, who will head Xbox China for Microsoft.
The two firms said they would also launch an programme that will enable creators and developers to build, publish and sell their games on Xbox One in China as well as in other markets where Xbox is available.
"The opportunities are endless for creators to unleash their imaginations for games, online education and fitness experiences for China and beyond," said Mr Xie. | Microsoft has said that Xbox One will go on sale in China in September. | 1.434762 | 1 |
The blaze broke out shortly after 21:00 BST on Sunday night.
Twenty-two firefighters from Strabane, Londonderry, Castlederg and Newtownstewart fought the flames. The operation ended at midnight.
The building has been "significantly damaged by the fire", said NIFRS western commander Mark Deeney.
There have been a series of arson attacks at the site in recent years, including two fires within the space of two days in June.
The former linen mill dates back to 1835 and was owned by the Herdman family for more than 170 years.
It once employed more than 1,000 people but it closed as a working mill in 2004.
Ten years later, the derelict site was bought by County Tyrone lottery winner Margaret Loughrey from Strabane.
It was reported at the time that she paid £1m for the site, just months after she won almost £27m in the Euromillions jackpot in December 2013. | A major fire at the derelict Herdman's Mill in Sion Mills was arson, the Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service (NIFRS) has said. | 1.106481 | 1 |
The 60-year-old was named by Lazio on Wednesday as a replacement for Stefano Pioli, who was sacked in April.
The Rome-based Serie A club announced on Friday that Argentine Bielsa had resigned but gave no other details.
Lazio have not won the Italian title since 2000 and finished eighth last season. | Former Argentina boss Marcelo Bielsa has quit as Lazio coach just two days after taking charge of the Italian club. | 0.698344 | 1 |
Gary Donnelly, 43, from Iniscarn Road in the Creggan area of the city, is on court bail charged with painting political slogans on the city's walls.
Mr Donnelly, who intends to stand as an independent candidate, had been ordered to observe an 20:00 GMT to 08:00 curfew.
This has now been changed to 22:00 to 08:00.
Donnelly's solicitor applied to have the curfew hours varied on the grounds that his client's ability to canvas during the local government election campaign would be "seriously interfered with".
The application was opposed by a police officer who said Mr Donnelly has 29 previous criminal convictions, six of them for assaulting police officers, six for public order offences and one for arson.
The officer said the offence Mr Donnelly is charged with allegedly took place during the hours of darkness. He said one officer observed Donnelly for two minutes from a distance of 10 feet, not only painting on the walls but also orchestrating and encouraging others to do so.
The officer said the Northern Ireland Environmental Agency said the cost of removing the paint was £2,292, which, he said, would have to be met by the public purse.
"He wants to stand in elections for a civic office and for a position which involves uprightness and integrity," said the officer.
Mr Donnelly's solicitor suggested suspending the curfew until after the elections were over, otherwise Mr Donnelly's ability to take part in the democratic process "would be inhibited".
Judge McElholm then asked: "Is he going to put up posters or paint his name on walls saying vote Donzo?
"It is clear the democratic process is very dear to Mr Donnelly's heart." | A district judge has changed curfew conditions to allow a Londonderry man to canvas in council elections in May. | 1.136337 | 1 |
Jack Lopresti said a letter sent to party members calling for a new candidate was part of an "attempt to destroy my character and reputation".
The Filton and Bradley Stoke MP left his wife for fellow MP Andrea Jenkyns, who gave birth to their son in March.
Mr Lopresti was reselected at a meeting on Friday evening.
An anonymous letter sent to Conservative Party members in the constituency earlier this month said there were "many of us who feel very strongly that Mr Lopresti is not representing our constituency in a very good way".
It added there were "several excellent people" who should be given the chance to become the prospective parliamentary candidate.
The local party has reacted to the letter by writing to party members assuring that "appropriate legal action" would be taken if the writer was identified.
He was first elected in 2010 and re-elected with a near-10,000 majority five years later.
In November last year, it was reported he had become engaged to Ms Jenkyns — who ousted former Labour shadow chancellor Ed Balls to become MP for Morley and Outwood in 2015. Their son, Clifford George, was born in March.
"For the last month my family and I have been subject to a vicious smear campaign with racist overtones," he said.
"Since the day after my son Clifford was born, my office has been bombarded with bogus calls from people purporting to be national journalists and with dark threats of illegally taped conversations. This has deeply upset my staff.
"I have had many messages of support from party members and lots of constituents, and I am sure that this recent attempt to destroy my character and reputation has been orchestrated by a small handful of people.
"I can only think that this is as a result of personal choices I have made in my private life, which some may not have approved.
"I love my fiancee Andrea and am extremely proud of my young son Clifford and nobody will ever be able to change that." | A Conservative MP who faced deselection by his own party has blamed a "vicious smear campaign" against him following revelations about his private life. | 0.929516 | 1 |
"Kevin-Prince Boateng has signed a contract until 30 June, 2016," the club said in a statement.
The midfielder, 28, was suspended indefinitely by Bundesliga team Schalke in May and had been training with the Italians since September.
A move to Sporting Lisbon fell though last summer and he stayed on Schalke's books until his release in December.
German side Schalke suspended Boateng after a 2-0 defeat at Cologne, saying there was "a mutual lack of trust" between club and player.
Boateng first joined Milan on loan from Genoa in 2010, made the move permanent in 2011 and last played for them in August 2013.
AC Milan, who host Bologna at the San Siro on Wednesday, are sixth in Serie A, eight points behind leaders Inter Milan. | Ghana international Kevin-Prince Boateng has rejoined AC Milan on a free transfer. | 0.911147 | 1 |
The 22-year-old, who is yet to make a senior appearance for Wolves, is available to make his debut in the Bluebirds' FA Cup third-round tie against Rochdale on Saturday.
Flatt, who came through the Molineux club's academy, has previously had loan spells at Wrexham and Cheltenham.
Barrow are sixth in the National League, two points off a play-off spot.
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page. | Barrow have signed goalkeeper Jon Flatt on loan from Championship side Wolves until the end of the season. | 0.631975 | 1 |
Newquay-born Bearman joined from Newport Gwent Dragons in 2011 but was out of contract at the end of the season.
The 37-year-old, who also played for Cornish Pirates, has scored four tries in 94 appearances for Ospreys.
"I feel I've still got plenty to offer this environment, so I'm really happy to have another year," Bearman said.
"At times this season the squad has been really young.
"But I've really enjoyed being in and around that, playing a part to help these boys develop, particularly when the internationals have been away."
Ashley Beck, Gareth Thomas, Ben John, Scott Otten, Tom Habberfield, Alun Wyn Jones and Rhys Webb have also signed new deals with Ospreys. | Ospreys back-row Joe Bearman has signed a one-year contract extension with the Welsh region. | 0.781655 | 1 |
Australian half-back Miller, 23, arrived from Hull FC in 2014 and his previous deal was due to expire at the end of the current season.
Tonga prop Fifita, 27, joined from NRL side Cronulla Sharks in June 2016 and his new contract includes an option for an additional year.
"Fifita has become an important member of the squad," said boss Chris Chester.
"He has so much passion for the club both on and off the field which is great to see.
"Jacob is still a young player with exceptional talent - I am looking forward to working with him for another two years and see him improve even more." | Wakefield Trinity duo Jacob Miller and David Fifita have both signed new two-year contracts. | 0.730816 | 1 |
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The Welsh Gotham star, who plays lead Barbara Kean in the hit US series, recites an English translation of Waldo Williams' iconic work ahead of Saturday's game at Twickenham that will send a tingle down your spine. | Hollywood actress Erin Richards gets you fired up for Saturday's England v Wales Six Nations title-decider with a powerful translation of Welsh poem What is Man? | 0.063855 | 0 |
Striker George Harry, 19, came on as a substitute in last Saturday's home defeat against Gateshead to make his second senior appearance.
Wrexham are 10th and travel to second-placed Forest Green Rovers on Saturday.
"There's nine games left and I'm more than prepared to give the lads a chance," Keates said.
"Performance wise they've done OK, they've trained well in the early part of the week and we'll see what happens during the rest of the week.
"I'll have a think about it Friday."
Wrexham are 10 points behind fifth-placed Gateshead and Keates acknowledges reaching this season's play-offs would be a tall order.
"We're not looking over our shoulder anymore and it's probably a little too far-fetched to get into the play-offs," Keates said.
"A lot of teams have got games in hand over us and if they pick up points the gap gets bigger." | Manager Dean Keates says Wrexham's youngsters will be given a chance to impress in the remaining nine games of their National League campaign. | 0.625166 | 1 |
All lines in the Portsmouth area, along with those between Surbiton and Effingham Junction, will be shut on Saturday and Sunday.
It means no trains will stop at Cosham Station, close to Portsmouth's Mutiny Festival venue.
Organisers warned only a "limited bus replacement" service will be operating.
More on this and other stories from across the South of England
Network Rail and South West Trains urged passengers to check their journeys in advance, because of the "essential" track renewal work at Portcreek Viaduct and maintenance work between Surbiton and Effingham Junction.
Headline acts at Mutiny Festival, which will be held on Saturday and Sunday and is expected to attract 30,000 people, include 50 Cent and Chase and Status. | Festival-goers face travel disruption over the Bank Holiday weekend as rail engineering works hit Hampshire and Surrey. | 0.844916 | 1 |
Warburton, experiencing his first Old Firm derby, was delighted as Rangers prevailed on penalties at Hampden.
However, he was quick to stress that Sunday's result could not be used as a gauge for next season.
"Again, there's a gap, don't be fooled, but the better team won on the day," said Warburton.
"Celtic are a team packed with international players and we've got to work hard to close the gap. What today showed is that the gap is nowhere near as big as certain people have made out.
"We've made dramatic strides but we've got to keep moving forward. Rangers can't afford to stand still.
"We can't be satisfied going into next season being second, third or fourth. We've got to be highly competitive."
Tom Rogic levelled in the second period of extra time to make it 2-2, only for the Celtic substitute to miss the vital spot-kick in the shootout.
Kenny Miller had given Warburton's side a first-half lead, with Erik Sviatchenko equalising five minutes after the break and Barrie McKay firing in an unstoppable shot early in extra time to re-establish Rangers' lead.
Rangers, who won the Challenge Cup at Hampden last weekend, will face Celtic in the Premiership next season, having wrapped up the Championship title with four matches to spare.
Before Warburton considers upsetting Celtic's recent top-flight dominance he has a final with league rivals Hibernian to look forward to on 21 May.
The Easter Road side also went through on penalties, following a drab 0-0 draw with Dundee United on Saturday.
"That will be a tough test," said the former Brentford boss. "Hibs have got a strong squad and they'll be keen to end the season on a high."
A cup final victory would also bring European football back to Ibrox and Warburton admitted: "That would impact our recruitment.
"If we win the final we'd have to add one or two more players in terms of depth to the squad. That type of competition has to go on."
With top-scorer Martyn Waghorn and winger Harry Forrester injured and Michael O'Halloran cup-tied, Warburton chose to name just five substitutes at Hampden.
"You saw we were down to the bare numbers today so all credit to them," he enthused.
"No one hid from the occasion, all over the park they were superb, so I'm delighted for the squad." | Manager Mark Warburton believes Rangers deserved their Scottish Cup semi-final win but reiterated his view that a gap remains between his side and Celtic. | 0.967782 | 1 |
The artist has offered the statue, called Verity, to Ilfracombe in north Devon on a 20-year loan.
North Devon's Council's executive has decided to accept the loan.
Groundwork is expected to start on the planned site at the town's harbour later this month. The sculpture itself is expected in October.
Plans for the statue were submitted in June, attracting 177 letters in support and 100 letters of objection.
Objectors' concerns ranged from security issues - with fears that it would attract vandalism and publicity seekers - to expressions of dislike of the artist's work.
The application said the bronze-clad statue of the woman, carrying a sword, as well as scales with a base of legal books, was a "modern allegory of truth and justice".
Ilfracombe Town Council had already given its approval, with councillors saying they hoped the sculpture would attract more tourism to the town.
The town has embraced modern art since its Landmark Theatre was developed in 2007, employing a white, conical design which was later dubbed Madonna's Bra.
After the Hirst sculpture at the beginning of October, it is expected it will be erected about October 18, before it is officially unveiled towards the end of the month.
Mr Hirst, who has a restaurant in the town, has been unavailable for comment. | Plans to put up a 20m (67ft) high statue of a naked pregnant woman by artist Damien Hirst in a seaside town have passed their final hurdle. | 1.617374 | 2 |
The 25-year-old, capped seven times by Ivory Coast, made 70 appearances for the Ligue 1 side after joining from Evian in January 2014.
Djedje reportedly turned down interest from Germany to become the Premier League club's fifth summer addition.
He follows the signings of Jerome Sinclair, Christian Kabasele, Isaac Success and Juan Camilo Zuniga.
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page. | Watford have signed Marseille wing-back Brice Dja Djedje on a four-year deal for an undisclosed fee. | 0.564293 | 1 |
Wayne Shiel, from Doncaster, 35, was jailed for 27 months at Bradford Crown Court after admitting conspiracy to steal at an earlier hearing.
He was part of a gang which took posing and grinning selfies after the thefts.
Benjamin Robinson, 30, and Daniel Hutchinson, 24, were sentenced earlier this month.
North Yorkshire Police said the men wore balaclavas to disguise themselves during the fruit machine raids, which they carried out across the UK.
They were caught after police stopped their car near Skipton in 2014 for speeding.
During a search of their Vauxhall Insignia, police discovered more than a thousand £1 coins and £2,000 in notes. | A third member of a gang who photographed themselves after stealing thousands of pounds from gambling machines has been jailed. | 0.909835 | 1 |
But dramaturgs are all the rage backstage in theatres, and even more traditional venues like the Royal Opera House.
For my vlog this week, I tracked down Uzma Hameed - a member of this rare but flourishing species - to find out what on earth a dramaturg is and does. | It is a word you might never have heard of, and a job you might never have known existed. | 0.241449 | 0 |
The new law allows an indefinite funding freeze for parties whose leadership is charged with involvement in a criminal group or terrorism.
Golden Dawn's leader and two MPs are in custody awaiting trial on charges of being part of a criminal organisation.
Their arrests follow the murder of an anti-fascist musician, allegedly by a supporter of the party.
The party strongly denies any link to the accused man.
However, the fatal stabbing last month has led to increasing calls for the party to be banned outright.
The new law was passed by 235 votes to zero in the 300-seat assembly during a late-night sitting on Tuesday.
The move looks likely to deprive Golden Dawn of a major financial resource, the website of Greek newspaper Ekathimerini reported.
Athens has set aside 11m euros (£9.3m) for elected parties in 2013 including 873,000 euros for Golden Dawn, it said.
The controversial party has a strong anti-austerity and anti-immigrant agenda and has been accused of perpetrating attacks on migrants and political opponents.
It officially denies being a neo-Nazi movement, despite its swastika-like insignia. | The Greek parliament has voted overwhelmingly to suspend state funding for the far-right Golden Dawn party. | 1.452349 | 1 |
He said he had taken into account their demands over pay and conditions and asked troops to return to barracks.
However the unrest has not ended, with some soldiers reportedly besieging the defence minister in the city of Bouake.
The mutiny began there on Friday and spread to the commercial capital, Abidjan, where soldiers overtook the army headquarters.
They fired in the air as they took control of the base in the Abidjan's Plateau district.
In his statement late on Sunday, the president said: "I confirm that I have agreed to take into account the demands of the soldiers over bonuses and better working conditions."
However, a group of soldiers appear to have trapped Defence Minister Alain-Richard Donwahi in a local official's home in Bouake, demanding to know when they will be paid and how much.
Mr Donwahi had travelled to Bouake, Ivory Coast's second city, to discuss the protesters' demands. An MP in the city said the soldiers wanted $8,000 and a house each.
Earlier on Saturday, firing was heard at the military base in Akouedo, on the eastern edge of Abidjan, which is home to parachute commandos that are considered loyal to Mr Ouattara.
Similar protests were also reported in the cities of Man, Daloa, Daoukro, Odienne and Korhogo.
The BBC's Alex Duval Smith in Ivory Coast says the mutiny has brought back memories of Ivory Coast's 10-year civil war, which ended in 2011.
Some of the mutineers were thought to be former rebels who joined the army after the conflict.
The rebels swept into Abidjan from Bouake in 2011, helping Mr Ouattara take power after his predecessor Laurent Gbagbo - now on trial at the International Criminal Court - refused to accept defeat in elections the previous year. | President Alassane Ouattara of Ivory Coast says he has reached an agreement with soldiers who have mutinied. | 1.2298 | 1 |
A company spokeswoman said it had listened to its customers and would pay another £5m later this year.
The move follows pressure from politicians and campaigners, and an agreement by world leaders last week to clamp down on corporate tax avoidance.
Starbucks has only reported taxable profit once in 15 years in the UK.
It announced late last year it would pay more corporation tax after a public outcry and an investigation by MPs.
"We listened to our customers in December and so decided to forgo certain deductions which would make us liable to pay £10m in corporation tax this year and a further £10m in 2014," a Starbucks spokeswoman said.
Starbucks reportedly paid just £8.6m in corporation tax in the UK over 14 years and nothing in the last four years - despite sales of £400m last year.
As part of its tax affairs, the firm transferred some money to a Dutch sister company in royalty payments, bought coffee beans from Switzerland and paid high interest rates to borrow from other parts of the business.
During an investigation into corporate tax avoidance, the company's global chief financial officer told a committee of MPs last year that the tax deal struck with Dutch authorities was "an attractive reason" for basing operations there.
A spokeswoman said the company was now "undertaking measures to make Starbucks profitable in the UK".
She added unprofitable stores would be closed or relocated and there would be a "greater reliance on franchised and licensed stores".
The Public Accounts Committee of MPs said last year it "found it difficult to believe" Starbucks "was trading with apparent losses for nearly every year of its operation in the UK". | Coffee giant Starbucks has paid £5m in UK corporation tax - its first such tax payment since 2009 - the company has announced. | 1.618956 | 2 |
Special constables in Darlington discovered the weapon among workmen's tools in an insecure vehicle, Durham Police said.
It was stopped while being driven in the Grange Road area and was also uninsured, a force spokeswoman said.
More than 200 knives were handed in during a regional police amnesty in October and November last year. | A cleaver inscribed with the words "Vectra Distroyer" has been seized by police from the back seat of a car. | 0.852136 | 1 |
A flood protection scheme is still under construction in Selkirk but it stood up well to the recent rain.
Temporary gaps in a new wall on the River Ettrick were plugged and a 100-metre mound built.
Flood protection scheme project manager Conor Price said the loch works also played their part.
"We have purchased the reservoir at the bottom of the loch from Scottish Water and we have modified it such that the loch holds almost three million cubic metres of water during a flood event," he said.
"The event in the Ettrick last weekend should have been a one in 25-year event but because of the attenuation capacity of St Mary's Loch we were able to reduce that to a one in 10-year event."
He said that kept river levels through the town down by a significant amount.
"That reduction in water levels is probably the reason that the properties at Lindean did not flood," he said.
"And it certainly reduced the pressure on the town by keeping the water levels lower than they would have been otherwise." | Works at St Mary's Loch are being credited with helping a Borders town avoid the worst of flooding damage caused by Storm Desmond. | 1.816195 | 2 |
Fourth seed Matthew won 3-1 and goes on to face Egyptian sixth seed Karim Abdel Gawad in the last eight.
The 36-year-old from Sheffield dropped the opening game but came through 6-11 11-9 11-7 12-10 in 65 minutes.
Matthew is trying to win his fourth world title after victories in 2010, 2011 and 2013.
"It was windy and there was a little bit of humidity," he said of the open-air tournament.
"But at the World Championships you have to dig those results out and I think I will benefit a lot from this match tonight in terms of getting me back match-fit for the next round."
Top seed Mohamed El Shorbagy beat fellow Egyptian Karim Ali Fathi 3-0 to reach the quarters in Cairo. | England's Nick Matthew fought back to beat Simon Rosner of Germany and reach the quarter-finals at the World Squash Championship in Egypt. | 0.773015 | 1 |
John Boland, 60, from Cardonald, was driving a black Honda CRV along Seedhill Road, Paisley, at about 16:40 on Wednesday when the accident happened.
He was taken to the Royal Alexandra Hospital but died on Friday.
Police have appealed for anyone who witnessed the crash or saw the car just before it, to contact police. | A man has died in hospital after taking ill at the wheel of his car, causing it to crash. | 0.179087 | 0 |
Boyd and Andrew Livingstone failed to return from a trip in the Loch of Boardhouse area of Orkney on 2 August.
The alarm was raised by family and the body of Andrew, 71, was later found in the loch.
Police said a second body recovered after a report from a member of the public at about 17:00 on Sunday had been identified as Boyd, who was 68. | The body of a man missing since heading out on a fishing trip with his brother has been found. | 0.59824 | 1 |
It will allow those who can trace their roots to the expelled Jewish community, also known as Sephardic Jews, to apply for a Spanish passport from October.
The aim is to correct what Spain's government has called a "historic mistake".
Tens of thousands of Jews were expelled in 1492 during the Spanish Inquisition.
Those who remained had to convert to Catholicism or risked being burnt at the stake.
"This law says much about who we were in the past and who we are today and what we want to be in the future - an open, diverse and tolerant Spain," said Spanish Justice Minister Rafael Catala.
The measure will grant dual citizenship to people with Sephardic Jewish roots who have passed a test of Spanish language and culture.
There will be an initial window of three years for applications from those who can prove their Spanish Jewish origins.
The Spanish government estimates 90,000 people will apply for citizenship via this route.
But officials have said that there is no exact way of knowing how many of the descendants of Spain's original Jewish community will meet the criteria.
Local media report that some 3.5 million people could benefit from the new law.
"Today begins a new stage in the history of relations between Spain and the Jewish world,'' said the Spanish Federation of Jewish Communities in a statement.
"A new period of reunion, dialogue and harmony reintegrating a branch of the nation that was unjustly torn off in its day."
The announcement comes two months after Portugal approved a similar plan.
Tens of thousands of Sephardic Jews were forced off the Iberian peninsula in the 15th Century, first from Spain and then from Portugal. | Spain's parliament has approved a law that will ease the path to citizenship for descendants of Jews who fled the country five centuries ago. | 2.964455 | 3 |
Turner built Sandycombe Lodge in Twickenham, London, in 1813, and used it as his country retreat until 1826.
But it has fallen into a poor state of repair in recent years.
It has only been open to the public for one afternoon a month, but will be open for 46 weeks of the year from 2016, once restoration work is finished.
Turner, one of Britain's greatest painters, designed the building as a retreat from his central London studio and as a permanent home for his elderly father, a retired wigmaker and barber, who looked after the house and garden.
When he visited, the artist spent his days sketching, fishing, and entertaining. It is not known for certain whether he painted there, but it is thought that he worked in watercolours there.
Wings of the house that were added in Victorian times will be removed and damp, damage from tree roots and other problems will be fixed. Part of the basement ceiling collapsed after heavy rain in 2012.
It was added to English Heritage's Heritage at Risk register in 2013.
The house is owned by the Turner House Trust, which is hoping to raise a total of £2m.
Blondel Cluff, chair of the Heritage Lottery Fund's London committee, said: "Interest in Turner has never been greater, as reflected in the success of the recent biographical film and the current exhibition of his work at Tate Britain.
"The restoration of this modest, classical property introduces us to Turner, the architect, adding a whole new dimension to our understanding of this great artist.
"Sandycombe allows us all to literally walk inside the work of one of the world's leading artists - a truly unique experience." | A house designed and owned by JMW Turner is to be restored and opened to the public after receiving a £1.4m grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund. | 2.235223 | 2 |
Glasgow City Council has approved £500,000 to refurbish Provanhall House and build a visitor centre at the site, which dates back to the 15th Century.
It will be one of the attractions in the proposed Seven Lochs Wetland Park, which aims to link nature venues between Glasgow and North Lanarkshire.
The cash comes from £6m the council aims to spend in the Easterhouse area.
Council leader Frank McAveety said: "This is a great day for Easterhouse town centre and the wider area.
"Today's decision by the council allows the redevelopment of one of the city's oldest buildings and the creation of a fantastic visitor centre which will play a key role in the continuing regeneration of Easterhouse."
The £6m came from the owners of Glasgow Fort Shopping Centre, which is located off the M8 at Easterhouse.
The release of the cash to the council was a condition of approval being given for the expansion of the shopping centre.
The council said the remainder of the £6m funding would be allocated to other projects at a later date. | One of Glasgow's oldest buildings is to undergo a major revamp as part of plans to regenerate the Easterhouse area. | 1.333519 | 1 |
Defender Anthony Stewart, 24, and Nick Freeman, 21, have triggered 12-month extensions to remain at Adams Park.
Centre-back Aaron Pierre, 24, has been offered a new deal while the club remain in talks with 32-year-old midfielder Marcus Bean.
Meanwhile, Jamal Blackman and Alex Jakubiak have returned to parent clubs Chelsea and Watford after loan spells.
Thompson, 36, joined Wycombe in the summer of 2015 when he signed a new two-year deal, which expires in the summer.
Wood, 30, has been with the Chairboys since 2012, having initially been plucked out of non-League football by Brentford.
Wycombe boss Gareth Ainsworth said: "In Garry and Sam we've had two fantastic professionals who have played a huge part in this club's recent progress." | Wycombe have released experienced midfielder Garry Thompson and left-sided player Sam Wood. | 0.730668 | 1 |
The former Manchester United trainee, 24, was Swindon's top scorer last term with 25 goals in all competitions.
Head coach Luke Williams has previously said they must "plan for life without" Ajose and midfield star Yaser Kasim.
BBC Wiltshire also understands that Swindon have agreed a deal worth about £400,000 to sign Lawrence Vigouroux.
The Chilean goalkeeper made 36 appearances while on loan at Swindon from Liverpool in 2015-16.
Vigouroux, 22, was a regular in the Wiltshire club's starting side before suffering an injury in March.
Charlton were relegated from the Championship last term and will play in League One alongside Swindon in 2016-17.
On Thursday, the Addicks signed Northampton Town midfielder Ricky Holmes for an undisclosed fee. | A deal has been agreed for Swindon Town striker Nicky Ajose to join Charlton Athletic for a fee in the region of £800,000, BBC Wiltshire understand. | 1.001002 | 1 |
The Rugby Football Union said the decision was made by mutual consent.
Head of women's performance Nicky Ponsford will take charge of the team for the Six Nations along with Street's assistant coach Graham Smith.
"Since I got involved in the game, Gary's been the most prominent figure in women's rugby," said former England flanker Maggie Alphonsi.
It is understood the timing of Street's departure took many England players by surprise.
Smith will leave his post too, but not until the end of the Six Nations, which starts on 6 February and finishes in late March.
Street, who had been coach of the team since 2007, was in charge when England beat Canada 21-9 in August's Women's Rugby World Cup final in Paris to claim the title for the first time since 1994.
"I am extremely proud of the part that I played in growing the women's game to where it is now," Street said. "The pinnacle has to be winning the Rugby World Cup in France last year.
"It is a moment I will cherish forever. I now feel that I have achieved everything that I set out to do, and this is the right time to explore new challenges in my career."
Alphonsi, who retired from England duty in September, said Street and Smith would both be sorely missed.
"To hear Graham's stepping down is going to be a huge loss, but no doubt both will go on to bigger and better challenges," she said.
"I don't know about what will happen in the future, but I do know they'll want to ensure that the women go on to win the next World Cup."
Street led England to five successive Six Nations crowns until 2012, before a difficult 2013 that saw his side suffer a comprehensive series loss to New Zealand, exit the Sevens World Cup at the quarter-finals and lose the Nations Cup Final to Canada.
Ponsford, a World Cup winner in 1994, said: "Many of those players who won in Paris last year have been developed and coached by Gary and Graham throughout their entire playing careers.
"However, we all felt the time was right to make some changes within the women's programme as we look to rebuild the team ahead of the next World Cup in 2017." | Gary Street, who led England's Women to 2014 World Cup victory, has left his role as head coach. | 1.045997 | 1 |
Loteri Cymru will be broadcast on S4C beginning on Friday, 28 April, with a minimum of 20% of proceeds going to grassroots community causes in Wales.
Participants will need to match five of 39 drawn numbers to win the jackpot, with prizes also on offer for tickets matching fewer numbers.
Tickets are £1 and are due to go on sale from 10 April and can be bought by anyone aged over 16.
Loteri Cymru is chaired by former Wales rugby international and WRU chairman, Gareth Davies. | Wales is to get its own televised weekly lottery with a £25,000 jackpot. | 0.677615 | 1 |
Junior Kabananga's lone goal was enough to give the Leopards a winning start as they aim to improve on a third-place finish at the last finals in 2015.
With Ivory Coast and Togo drawing 0-0 in the group's other game, DR Congo sit top of the table by two points.
"We saw the other result and we wanted to stamp our authority on the group," said Northampton defender Zakuani.
"That was the main thing. We managed to come through unscathed with three points.
"It's a tough group and that was a tough game.
"Morocco had too many chances from crosses, so we need to stop crosses a bit better. But I was pretty happy. I felt comfortable in the middle and I thought we defended well."
DR Congo will face defending champions Ivory Coast on Friday and Zakuani conceded his side need to be a little more disciplined in defence.
"Ivory Coast have a very good attacking team, so our shape needs to be a hit better," he said.
Morocco coach Herve Renard, who won the title with Ivory Coast last time out, saw his team squander a number of chances against the Congolese and admitted his side now face a must-win game against Togo on Friday.
"We need to be efficient in the box," said Renard, who is trying to become the first coach to win the title with three different countries, having also won the competition with Zambia in 2012.
"Togo were able to draw against the Ivory Coast and Claude LeRoy is a fantastic coach. Now I have to beat him, I have no choice." | DR Congo captain Gabriel Zakuani feels his side have taken hold Africa Cup of Nations Group C after beating Morocco. | 0.911986 | 1 |
Including food subsidies, the worst-paid workers will now take home about 200,000 bolivars a month - less than $50 (£38) at the black market rate.
The pay rise is the third this year from Mr Maduro, and aims to benefit government workers and the military.
It comes a month after deadly protests erupted in the country.
Demonstrators first took to the streets on 1 April to demand elections, after the courts tried to strengthen the president's grip on power.
Marches in various cities descended into clashes between riot police and protesters, which have left 28 people dead.
Observers fear 1 May could bring a spike in unrest, with opposition and pro-government supporters planning rival marches.
Pope Francis has offered to mediate between the Maduro government and its opponents, but the opposition has rejected the overture.
Its leaders say the president has installed a dictatorship, and blame him for Venezuela's economic crisis.
Even a 60% pay rise may come as scant consolation to millions of the country's workers, whose buying power has been damaged by a stricken currency. Critics say the move will merely fuel the country's runaway inflation rate.
Venezuela has one of the world's highest inflation rates, which could hit 720% this year according to the International Monetary Fund.
Even residents of traditionally pro-Maduro districts have been joining the protests against him in recent days.
"I have been a month now joining in all the protests because I want my country to be free of this dictatorship," said 42-year-old Yoleida Viloria, a hairdresser from the capital, Caracas. | Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro has ordered a 60% increase in the country's minimum wage, effective from Monday. | 1.689433 | 2 |
Spain's Contador attacked to drop Colombian Henao with 52km of Sunday's eighth and final stage remaining.
But he was beaten to the stage win by Quick-Step Floors' David de la Cruz and took eight instead of 10 bonus seconds.
Henao, 29, trailed by a minute at one point but chased to finish 21 seconds down and secure the yellow jersey.
Team Sky have now won five Paris-Nice titles in the past six years and three consecutively, after former rider Richie Porte's success in 2015 and Briton Geraint Thomas' victory last year.
Ireland's Dan Martin completed the podium behind Henao and Contador, while Britain's Simon Yates finished ninth overall, following his victory on stage six.
Final standings:
1. Sergio Henao (Col/Team Sky) 29hrs 50mins 29secs
2. Alberto Contador (Spa/Trek-Segafredo) +2secs
3. Daniel Martin (Irl/Quick-Step) +30secs
4. Gorka Izagirre (Spa/Movistar) +1min
5. Julian Alaphilippe (Fra/Quick-Step) +1min 22secs
6. Ilnur Zakarin (Rus/Katusha-Alpecin) +1min 34secs
7. Jon Izaguirre (Spa/Bahrain-Merida) +1min 41secs
8. Warren Barguil (Fra/Sunweb) +4mins 07secs
9. Simon Yates (GB/Orica-Scott) +4mins 39secs
10. Richie Porte (Aus/BMC) +14mins 26secs | Team Sky's Sergio Henao held on to claim a thrilling overall victory in Paris-Nice by just two seconds from Alberto Contador. | 0.885245 | 1 |
Informa said almost 19 billion messages were sent per day on chat apps in 2012, compared with 17.6 billion SMS texts.
The shift is likely to have a big impact on mobile operators, for whom texts have been a key revenue source.
Pamela Clark-Dickson of Informa said some operators were already "seeing a decline in their messaging revenues".
According to separate estimates by research firm Ovum, more than $23bn (??15bn) of SMS revenue was lost in 2012 due to popularity of chat apps.
Informa said that it expected the messaging on chat apps to grow even further in the coming years.
It has projected that nearly 50 billion messages will be sent per day using these apps by 2014, compared with just over 21 billion traditional SMSs.
However, it said that despite the growing gap between the two, SMS will continue to remain a key player in the sector.
"There is a lot of life still in SMS," said Ms Clark-Dickson of Informa.
She explained that most of the chat apps were used by consumers who own smartphones. However, she said, there are a large number of consumers, especially in emerging and lesser developed economies, who use normal mobile phones and rely on SMS as the preferred messaging tool.
"They don't have mobile data plans, so there is an awfully big base of mobile phone users who are going to still find that SMS is the best messaging experience for them for a while," she added.
At the same time, she said that businesses were starting to look at SMS more seriously, as it can be used on all mobile phones and they do not need smartphones to use it.
"There are a few things that, I think, will keep the SMS alive for a few years yet."
Informa expects SMS revenue to grow to $127bn by 2016, from $115bn last year. | Instant messaging on chat apps, such as WhatsApp, has overtaken the traditional SMS text message for the first time, according to research firm Informa. | 1.974694 | 2 |
The 6ft 5ins-tall Hungarian, 24, has joined on a short-term deal - thought to be until the end of the season - after being released by Ipswich Town.
Bajner made his debut as a substitute in Tuesday's 0-0 draw with Doncaster.
"He is what we have been searching for since Jimmy Spencer got injured," Abbott told BBC Radio Nottingham.
"He is that player up the top who can keep the ball and bring midfield players into play.
"He looks a little bit ungainly but is really smooth around the ball. He will be a really good addition." | Balint Bajner is exactly the type of striker Notts County need to help their League One promotion bid, according to assistant boss Greg Abbott. | 0.753335 | 1 |
Gavin Thorman, 37, of Caernarfon, Gwynedd, is serving 12 years in jail as ringleader of a drugs' gang.
He thought no one would understand his boasts in Welsh on a prison phone at Altcourse in Liverpool but the calls were being recorded and translated, Mold Crown Court was told.
The seizure included a VW car, a van and a speedboat.
In prison Thorman had bragged about his new contacts, discussed drugs and how he was going to come out "making millions".
He had told his girlfriend: "I'm only doing a small sentence so they won't be listening to my calls."
Operation Yonside, which led to Thorman's conviction last year, was one of North Wales Police's biggest probes and led to the seizure of almost £200,000 worth of cocaine and cannabis. | A man who boasted about his crimes in Welsh over a prison phone has been ordered to give up £30,000 of assets. | 0.83217 | 1 |
The authority, which is aiming to save £41m this year, said funding for amenity grass cutting would stop from 1 April 2017.
It said it regretted the cuts and would work with those affected.
Opponents said parish and district councils said they had not been adequately consulted.
Councillor Richard Davies, executive member for highways, said: "The council's budget has been cut by more than £100m over the last few years, and we need to save a further £41m this year.
"We simply can't afford to do everything we've done in the past."
"That has meant looking at what should take priority. We've decided to protect vital areas like the pothole budget, but that has meant other things have had to take a hit," he said.
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The authority said any grass on the highway verge which does not affect safety would not be cut in future years.
Roger Cole, chair of Wellingore Parish Council, said the county council has failed to take people's views into account.
He said: "I understand the cutting of national budgets, but I don't believe that this community and others like it can be expected to absorb one cut after another.
"We are not consulted in any shape or form."
Mark Taylor, head of environment at North Kesteven District Council, said the cuts would adversely affect the appearance of many town centres and villages.
He said conversations were taking place with the county council, but added it was very unlikely district or parish councils could bear the brunt of any additional costs.
People also took to social media to voice their concerns, with some posting about areas which they said were already overgrown and potentially dangerous. | Funding for grass mowing services in Lincolnshire will be cut in a bid to save £850,000 a year, the county council has announced. | 1.492916 | 1 |
Allen slipped two discs in her back in an Olympic qualifying tournament in China in November 2012 and first indications were she may not walk again.
But the 22-year-old not only overcame that obstacle, but was back on the ice within 14 months.
"At the time of the injury I was told I would not play again and might not even walk again," Allen said.
"For a while I couldn't walk, I had no feeling in my legs. I was stuck in China for two weeks.
"We were the other side of the world and communication was pretty limited. I tried to stay as positive as I could but it is definitely not something I would wish on anyone, or go through again.
"After getting back to the UK there was a long process of rehab and I didn't play again for 14 months."
Allen pulled on a GB shirt again in March 2014 and has since been ever-present for GB at World Championship tournaments, played in last year's Olympic qualifiers and represented GB Universities at the 2017 Winter Universiade in Kazakhstan earlier this year.
"Physio Kirsty Hopgood taught me how to walk again and she had to take me right back to basics," said Allen.
"She helped a lot physically and mentally - and kept me going.
"I am back now to where I want to be, but I still want to get better. It took a little while and I had to adapt my game."
GB Women begin their Division Two Group A campaign on Sunday in Gangneung against Netherlands, before facing hosts South Korea, as well as North Korea, Slovenia and Australia.
GB Under-18s are also playing their World Championship Division Two Group A tournament, with Korea using both events as a test for next year's Winter Olympics.
They will come up against Estonia, Korea, Lithuania, Romania and Croatia.
Listen to GB Women's World Championship matches on BBC Radio 5 live sports extra. | Great Britain Women begin their quest for World Championship promotion in Korea on Sunday, with assistant captain Saffron Allen leading by example following an inspirational return from a career-threatening injury. | 1.258367 | 1 |
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It will be the equivalent of 23 storeys high and will sit on top of a five-storey "nest".
Andy Gill from BBC North West Tonight reports. | A group of architects hope a giant Liver Bird will eventually be added to Liverpool's waterfront. | 0.812418 | 1 |
Tax-payer support for the £460m 660-bed hospital at Wynyard Park, near Stockton, was axed by Treasury Chief Secretary Danny Alexander last year.
But North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust plans to approach the private sector for funding.
Opponents say existing hospitals in Hartlepool and Stockton should stay.
The Teesside scheme, and 12 others nationwide, were scrapped in June 2010 as part of measures by the coalition government to save £2bn.
But now trust bosses say they want to press ahead with a smaller scale project, which would cost about £300m.
Chief executive Alan Foster said the site would have smaller patient rooms, wards and operating theatres.
He said: "Funding would come from the banks in the UK and abroad and we have also been talking to the European Investment Bank.
"There is still a lot of work to do and we will be looking to get the best financial option for the trust going forward."
Mr Foster said a new hospital would be more cost-effective than refurbishing the existing University Hospital of Hartlepool and North Tees Hospital in Stockton.
But Keith Fisher, from the Save Our Hospital campaign in Hartlepool, said: "The reality has always been that people in Hartlepool and south east Durham do not want a new hospital in Wynyard.
"I find it hard to believe that the two existing hospitals cannot be maintained for the amount of money they are proposing to spend on a new build."
The trust is expected to discuss possible new funding options at a meeting later this month. | Health bosses on Teesside have said a controversial super-hospital may still be built, despite public funding being axed by the coalition government. | 1.213761 | 1 |
Former America's Cup yachtsman William Koch said he had not been so happy since he won the sailing race in 1992.
Eric Greenberg said he thought wines he sold, which made about $42m in eight years of auctions, were authentic.
The lawsuit alleged Bordeaux wine had been labelled to suggest it was bottled between 1864 and 1950.
Two dozen bottles of the fake wine were fraudulently sold to him at an auction in 2005, Mr Koch alleged.
"Out of sight! Over the moon!" said Mr Koch said, laughing, outside a court in New York.
"We weren't even expecting any damages and we got $12 million. Unbelievable!"
As he left the court with his lawyer, each of them displayed one of the bottles at stake in the trial.
Mr Koch, an energy magnate and brother of major US industrialists David and Charles Koch, also said he would use the settlement to help eliminate fraud in the wine auction market and would create a website to help spot fake wines and their dealers.
But Mr Greenberg, a businessman from California, said the outcome of the trial was "a disappointment because I believed all the consigned wine to be authentic," in a statement.
"We believe that we acted honourably and tried to do the right thing for all concerned," he added, saying he would appeal against the verdict.
In an earlier statement to the jury, Mr Greenberg suggested the case had cost the two parties a total of $17m.
"I'm very sorry I had counterfeit wine. It's a horrible thing. Both of us have lost millions of dollars."
After the ruling, one juror described how they decided how much should be paid to Mr Koch in damages. He said the jurors wrote down the amount they thought was fair and averaged it. | A billionaire from the state of Florida has won $12m (£7.8m) in damages awarded by a New York jury in a dispute over fake vintage wine. | 1.513064 | 2 |
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