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David Edmonds has stepped down two days after London Mayor Sadiq Khan ordered a "detailed investigation" into the cost of West Ham's new home.
The outlay to modify the stadium has risen from £272m to £323m.
Edmonds was appointed chairman of the LLDC in September 2015.
He has been a board member of the Olympic Park Legacy Company and its successor, the LLDC, since 2010.
Edmonds chaired the investment committee, and was the first chair of E20 LLP, the joint venture between LLDC and the London Borough of Newham, owners of the Olympic Stadium.
"David has made an enormous contribution to the legacy of the London 2012 Games and he has helped to steer the organisation through some extremely challenging issues," said David Goldstone, chief executive of the LLDC.
Campaigners have welcomed the investigation into the £50m rise in costs.
Part of the reason for the increase is a rise in the cost of installing and operating the retractable seating, which can be removed for concerts and athletics events.
The cost of £8m a year is up from an estimated £300,000 because the company originally contracted for the job had gone bust, reports BBC sports editor Dan Roan.
Stadium operators LLDC and the London taxpayer will need to pick up the additional costs.
Premier League club West Ham contribute £2.5m-a-year rent, plus the one-off £15m for the conversion.
West Ham won the bid to occupy the Olympic Stadium in March 2013, and played their first game there in August 2016, after 112 years at Upton Park.
However, their move has been marred by fan violence, leading the club to issue a five-point security plan to prevent further disorder.
In addition, police will be helping stewards to segregate fans inside the ground at West Ham's match against Stoke City this weekend - the first time this has been done at the stadium. | The chairman of Olympic Stadium operators the London Legacy Development Corporation has resigned amid the row over the escalating cost of converting the venue into a football ground. | 1.158894 | 1 |
The victim, named by police as Ali Nasrollahi, 22, was found collapsed in Barnet on Tuesday afternoon.
Mr Nasrollahi, who was found at the junction of Woodside Grange Road and Grangeway, was treated by paramedics for a single stab wound but died soon after arriving at hospital.
Police have launched a murder inquiry and have appealed for witnesses to come forward. No arrests have been made.
Det Insp Julie Willats said: "We know that the victim had driven to Woodside Grange Road with one of his friends and met up with another friend, who had also driven there.
"At some stage, the victim interacted with a group of up to four suspects, during that interaction we believe he was stabbed.
"The group of suspects then ran off down Grangeway and into an alleyway that leads on to Woodside Avenue."
The victim's friend Mohamed Musalam said: "I'm shocked... I had to call 10 people to confirm because it was just unreal.
"He didn't deserve it at all, he wasn't that sort of a person where he hangs around with the wrong crowd or anything like that.
"He was a happy guy, the sort of guy that comes into a group and makes everyone laugh. I am heartbroken."
Officers are carrying out a forensic search in the area. | A man has been stabbed to death in a street in north London. | 0.606104 | 1 |
It is the third time the island have played in the fourth tier of the global tournament, having been relegated on their previous two appearances.
Jersey won Division Five in May, having made the World Twenty20 global qualifiers in 2015.
"We think we've got a young squad with a lot of experience and we're really confident," said coach Neil MacRae.
"It's a huge tournament because we have the potential to play the highest level we've ever played at if we get promoted."
The island side, who have been an international cricket nation since 2005, finished in the bottom two in both the 2008 Division Four event in Tanzania and the 2014 tournament in Singapore.
But they go into the 2016 event following a third World Cricket League tournament win in four, having won the World League Five final in May.
"We're really excited, we've come off a great effort in division five earlier in the summer and a big win against Oman in the final, who are our first opponents in the USA," MacRae told BBC Radio Jersey.
"Two years ago in Singapore it was a tough week for us, but I thought that the players did exceptionally well in tough conditions out there.
"We now go out there off the back of winning World Cricket League Five again and a squad which is two years more experienced, so we're really looking forward to the challenge."
Subscribe to the BBC Sport newsletter to get our pick of news, features and video sent to your inbox. | Jersey are hopeful of making a positive impact in World Cricket League Division Four in Los Angeles. | 0.928939 | 1 |
Lucy Dickenson, 32, from Barry, was helping farmers in the south-eastern African country when she died in 2012.
The driver of the car she was travelling in was arrested but no action was taken at Ms Dickenson's family's request.
Her death was recorded as accidental at an inquest in Cardiff.
Ms Dickenson travelled the world after setting up the SAFE Foundation in 2007 with her twin sister, Hannah Fitt.
They ran the international development charity initially from her mother's home in Barry raising money in the United Kingdom to fund projects around the world.
The organisation later moved to Cardiff where they worked with young people not in education, employment or training to boost their self-esteem by sending them to lead workshops in Africa and Asia.
She had been helping female farmers in the Zambia grow their own food in August 2012 as part of a project funded by the Welsh Government.
The inquest heard how she had been in a car returning from a day out to a lake when the tyres burst and the driver lost control and crashed.
Coroner Philip Spinney said she was taken to hospital but died from multiple injuries. | A charity worker who was killed in a car crash in Zambia died after the driver lost control, an inquest has heard. | 1.411965 | 1 |
The former Tour de France winner said he was "gutted" after sustaining a "small leg fracture" while taking part in snowcross training.
Channel 4 said Sir Bradley had been keen to continue but would not appear after the fourth show in the series.
Last year, injuries to a number of celebrities prompted a review of safety procedures on the reality show.
Sir Bradley, who announced his retirement from cycling in December, tweeted: "Gutted to be leaving The Jump. I wanted to give you an injury update.
"Seen a specialist, I have a small leg fracture and need to rest for 3-6 weeks. Good news no surgery or cast required.
"Huge thanks to the crew and good luck to all of the cast. Due to the way the show is filmed, I'll still be on until show four, so tune in.
"No horror smash, small training injury which means I can't compete. No terrible break, no cast, just need to rest it."
The 36-year-old is Britain's most decorated Olympian with eight medals - five of them gold - and won the Tour de France in 2012.
Before his departure, model Vogue Williams left this season of the show after suffering a knee injury in training.
Last year's series of The Jump was dogged by injuries, which resulted in seven celebrities quitting the programme.
They included former Olympic gymnast Beth Tweddle and actress Tina Hobley.
Tweddle required neck surgery after a crash last February, while Hobley is still recovering from leg and arm injuries.
Other casualties have included Olympians swimmer Rebecca Adlington, Sir Steve Redgrave and Linford Christie. | Five-time Olympic champion Sir Bradley Wiggins has quit TV winter sports show The Jump after breaking his leg. | 0.945854 | 1 |
Rick Nelson, 61, from Ontario was walking his dog when a cub poked its head out of a shrub. Moments later, its mother charged out of the bushes and attacked.
He fought off the mother bear with his bare fists, walking away with just minor scratches on his face and chest.
The Canadian forestry ministry says that attacks by black bears are rare.
After several swings from Mr Nelson, the bear walked away from the fight with a bloody nose.
Mr Nelson said: "It just turned back around and walked away like nothing ever happened and followed the cub. So I really lucked out there."
Despite his encounter, Mr Nelson told a Canadian broadcaster that he did not want people to fear black bears.
The Government of Ontario says black bears usually avoid contact with humans. | A Canadian man has fought off a 320lb (145kg) black bear with skills he learned from years as a boxer. | 1.913059 | 2 |
Unesco says cultural traditions must remain relevant to be "kept alive" and that naming them helps with that.
They also say the "cultural intangibles" list encourages traditions to be passed down to future generations.
What sort of things made the list?
On the Korean island of Jeju, female divers known as Jeju Haenyeo gather shellfish for a living. The divers can harvest for up to seven hours a day and hold their breath during their 10 metre dives. Prayers are said for safety before the dive and the tradition is passed down in families. Unesco says the practice "advances women's status in the community" and promotes sustainability.
The Cuban Rumba, a music and dance combination, originally developed across the country in poor neighbourhoods and shanty towns. Unesco says the Rumba is "an expression of resistance and self-esteem while evoking grace, sensuality and joy to connect people".
Las Fallas festival in Valencia, Spain, marks the coming of spring. From 14-19 March, giant papier-mache structures are constructed throughout the town and on the last night of the festival the structures are set alight. The festival is accompanied by marching bands, outdoor meals and fireworks.
Afghanistan's Nowruz festival marks the first day of spring and the beginning of the year in the Persian calendar. The festival is also celebrated across Iran, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan and includes special meals and family visits.
The Argungu international fishing festival in northern Nigeria brings together tens of thousands of fisherman for four days. The festival includes water competitions, canoe racing, duck catching and local wrestling and boxing competitions. Men and boys participate while women encourage competitors with song and dance.
Almezmar is a traditional dance performed by Saudis from the Hijazi community for festive occasions. Some 15-100 performers dressed in white twirl long sticks, beat drums and clap to songs about love and generosity.
The ancient Indian practice of yoga has influenced Indian health, education, medicine and art. Yoga seeks to unify the mind, body and soul for a greater mental, spiritual and physical wellbeing. The practice consists of poses, controlled breathing, mediation and chanting. | Unesco, the UN's culture and education arm is meeting in Ethiopia's capital to name the world's "cultural intangibles" - traditions and social practices unique to specific countries. | 2.7129 | 3 |
The LG Arena - part of the NEC Group - has been renamed the Genting Arena.
The NEC Group is being sold because the council faces a £1.1bn bill.
The council said it "could not confirm" whether Genting is its preferred buyer for the group, which also includes the National Exhibition Centre, the International Convention Centre and the National Indoor Arena.
Birmingham City Council had originally hoped the sale would be completed by the end of 2014 but said an announcement was now expected this year.
It faces a bill for a backlog in pay settlements which have been agreed with thousands of employees who, over many years, were paid less by the city council than colleagues - mainly men - who did equivalent jobs.
Genting, a Malaysian-based casino and leisure group, said sponsorship of the arena "will provide an opportunity to build the awareness of the Genting brand across the UK".
It is also developing a £150m shopping and entertainment complex adjacent to the arena site named Resorts World Birmingham.
A spokesman for the city council said: "The arena is one of the assets within the NEC group which is part of the sale process we started last year. When a sale occurs, any names and sponsorships will transfer as part of that mix." | One of the Birmingham arenas that is the subject of a council sell-off has been renamed in a new sponsorship deal. | 1.061435 | 1 |
The woman - Zarina - is now in a stable but traumatised condition in hospital.
"I haven't committed any sin," she said. "I don't know why my husband did this to me."
The woman's husband is on the run in Kashinda district following the attack, police have told local media.
Zarina told Pajhwok news that the unprovoked attack took place after her husband suddenly woke her up.
She was married at the age of 13, and told BBC that "relations with her husband were not good".
Zarina complained that her husband had tried to prevent her from seeing her parents, she said in another interview, with Tolo News. She said she no longer wanted to remain married to him.
"He is a very suspicious man and often accused me of talking to strange men when I went to visit my parents," she said.
She has demanded his arrest and prosecution.
Her account is the latest in a series of high-profile domestic abuse incidents and cases of violence against women in Afghanistan.
The Afghan government has repeatedly tried to introduce laws to protect women from domestic abuse.
But President Hamid Karzai during his time in power was unable - or unwilling - to sign off legislation even though it had been approved by both houses of parliament.
In 2014, for example, he ordered changes to draft legislation that critics said would severely limit justice for victims.
Mr Karzai's successor, Ashraf Ghani, has also yet to give his assent to legislation passed by Afghan parliament late last year. It was drafted to protect women and children from violence and harassment. | A 23-year-old Afghan woman has described to the BBC how her husband tied her up and cut off both her ears in a domestic violence attack in the northern province of Balkh. | 1.547446 | 2 |
The 2,000 support staff were angry at Durham County Council's proposal to only pay them during term time.
Union officials said the move would see some assistants lose up to 23% of their salary.
The authority has now proposed a new grading structure and pledged to compensate those out of pocket.
Unison, which represents the bulk of the teaching assistants (TAs), said it welcomed the council's decision and would put the revised offer to its members next week.
Under the offer, assistants will get new terms and conditions and a threat to dismiss and rehire them will be withdrawn.
Those worst affected by the shift to term-time only working will also be compensated for a period of two years.
A spokesman for Unison said: "After several months of tough talking, a revised and improved offer has been proposed that will benefit the majority of teaching assistants.
"Strikes and relentless campaigning by dedicated teaching assistants, along with the support of the community have been crucial in moving the council from its original position.
"Dismissing, rehiring and cutting the pay of so many education professionals would have risked many quitting their jobs. That would have had a huge impact in the classroom."
A council spokesman said: "The outcome of this is that the vast majority of teaching assistants will see an improvement in their financial position. No-one has had their pay reduced at this stage and the proposals will ensure that no teaching assistant will see any reduction during the two-year compensation period.
"We also recognise that there will still be some TAs who may see a reduction once that two-year compensatory period is over, and we will therefore continue to work with the unions with a real focus on this group." | Teaching assistants in County Durham have been offered a new deal that it is hoped will end a series of strikes. | 0.774575 | 1 |
British Land and Oxford Properties, which both own 50% of the wedge shaped skyscraper, say contracts have been exchanged with CC Land.
This is a company run by the Chinese property magnate Cheung Chung-Kiu, who holds just over half its shares.
The bid for the 225m high skyscraper exceeds the most recent valuation of £915m in September 2016.
Officially called The Leadenhall Building, the tower was completed in 2014 and has achieved record rents for the City of London.
With 46-floors, it is the tallest building in the City of London business district.
The iconic building is the latest to be acquired by foreign investors and is one of the largest UK property deals so far by a Chinese investor.
CC Land bought Vodafone's Paddington Headquarters for £290m in January.
"British Land and Oxford Properties took a bold step at the early stages of the UK's economic recovery to develop The Leadenhall Building to generate a high-quality, long-term income stream," said Tim Roberts, the head of offices and residential at British Land.
"It's a decision that has really paid off."
The Cheesegrater deal is still subject to approval by CC Land shareholders but Mr Cheung Chung-Kiu holds approximately 50.4% of the company's shares through sole ownership of two major stakeholders, Fame Seeker Holdings and Thrivetrade. | One of London's tallest buildings, known as the Cheesegrater, has been sold to Chinese investors for £1.15bn. | 1.227295 | 1 |
He needs to take responsibility for what happens around him
New Zealand Cricket said Bracewell, 22, was hurt on Saturday in an "unfortunate accident while cleaning up", amid reports of a party at his home.
"Doug is very sorry for any inconvenience he has caused," said team manager Mike Sandle.
Seamer Ian Butler, 31, could make his first Test appearance for eight years.
Bracewell did not attend New Zealand's final training session at Dunedin's University Oval on Tuesday, and Sandle said he had been "reminded of his obligations and responsibilities as a NZC contracted player".
"We've told Doug that he needs to take responsibility for what happens around him and that he needs to do all he can to ensure his preparation for international cricket is not compromised," added Sandle.
"Doug has apologised to his neighbour in Napier."
New Zealand Cricket Players' Association chief executive Heath Mills, who has worked closely with Sandle on the matter, added: "We want to ensure that incidents like this are not repeated and that we provide ongoing support for young players to ensure they are meeting all their obligations and responsibilities." | New Zealand fast bowler Doug Bracewell has been ruled out of Wednesday's first Test against England in Dunedin after cutting his foot on glass. | 1.192904 | 1 |
All six sites were blocked in May after being accused of infringing copyright by the Spanish anti-piracy federation.
The block meant mobile operators and internet service providers (ISPs) in Spain were told to stop letting customers get at the sites.
Now a court in Zaragoza has said there were "insufficient grounds" for maintaining the blocks and has called for them to be lifted.
The decision should mean that mobile companies and ISPs will lift the blocks in the next few days.
The court was considering the blocks after those running some of the accused sites appealed.
The sites blocked were SpanishTracker, PCTorrent.com, NewPCT.com, PCTestrenos.com, Descargaya.es and TumejorTV.com.
Traffic to sites fell sharply after they were cut off but some of them set up alternative domains and proxies to help regular users get around the block.
Spain has been a vigorous pursuer of pirates and has passed tough anti-piracy laws and jailed operators of file-sharing sites. | A Spanish court has ordered blocks on six file-sharing sites to be lifted. | 1.253276 | 1 |
Police closed the M4 eastbound carriageway at Llandarcy for five hours following the incident at about 05:00 BST on Saturday.
The man, driving a white Vauxhall Corsa which hit the nearside barrier, was declared dead at the scene.
Two passengers were taken to Swansea's Morriston Hospital and treated for minor injuries. | An 18-year-old driver has died after his car hit a motorway slip road barrier near Neath. | 0.48249 | 0 |
The 19th Century villa in Manchester had fallen into disrepair after being used as a student hall of residence.
Gaskell lived there from 1850 until her death in 1865 and wrote works including Cranford, Ruth, North and South and Wives and Daughters in the house.
It will be fully open to the public for the first time from Sunday.
The grand, grade II* listed house has been furnished with period items and replicas.
Gaskell's own passport, sewing boxes, silver teapot, ivory brooch and wedding veil are among her items on show.
The writer lived in the house with her husband William, a Unitarian minister, and their four daughters.
Janet Allan, chair of Manchester Historic Buildings Trust, which owns the house, said it was in a poor state of repair before the restoration.
"It was in a bad state structurally," she said. "It had been student accommodation for 30 years, so it didn't look like it does now.
"We had dry rot and wet rot and we re-roofed it and then the roof was stolen. We had trouble with the drains. She [Gaskell] talked about the 'pestilential smell' from the drains. They don't smell at all now."
As well as writing, Gaskell was also involved with social and charitable organisations in the city, which had grown rapidly during the industrial revolution.
Her depiction of slums in her first novel Mary Barton made a big impact among the reading public at the time.
Sarah Prince, Gaskell's great-great-great-granddaughter, said the refurbishment was "fabulous".
"She was a notable writer of the Victorian era, she was a reformist, she was very keen on addressing the needs of the poor, so the fact that she is still remembered and understood for what she tried to do, which was sometimes groundbreaking, is good," she said.
Visitors to the house included her friend Charlotte Bronte plus Charles Dickens and John Ruskin.
Bronte once described it in a letter as "a large, cheerful, airy house, quite out of Manchester smoke - a garden surrounds it, and as in this hot weather, the windows were kept open - a whispering of leaves and perfume of flowers always pervaded the rooms". | The house of Cranford author Elizabeth Gaskell is opening its doors after a £2.5m refurbishment that has returned it to the style of the writer's era. | 2.013614 | 2 |
The Confederation of African Football has yet to respond to BBC Sport's inquiry whether Burkina Faso will face a penalty for the late submission.
Defenders Ernest Congo and Issoumaila Lengani were the players cut from the initial 25-man list.
Burkina Faso are in Group A with hosts Gabon, Cameroon and Guinea-Bissau.
They will continue their preparations with a friendly against Mali on Saturday before their first match in the tournament against Cameroon in 14 January, the opening day of the event.
The final will take place on 5 February.
Burkina Faso squad:
Goalkeepers: Moussa Germain Sanou (Beauvais/FRA), Herve Koffi (ASEC Mimosas/CIV), Aboubacar Sawadogo (RC Kadiogo/BUR)
Defenders: Patrick Malo (Smouha/EGY), Issoufou Dayo (RC Berkane/MAR), Bakary Kone (Malaga/ESP), Issouf Paro (Santos/RSA), Steeve Yago (Toulouse/FRA), Souleymane Kouanda, (ASEC Mimosas/CIV), Yacouba Coulibaly (RC Bobo/BUR)
Midfielders: Charles Kabore (Krasnodar/RUS), Prejuce Nacoulma (Kayserispor/TUR), Alain Traore (Kayserispor/TUR), Bertrand Traore (Ajax/NED), Cyrille Bayala (Sheriff Tiraspol/MDA), Bakary Sare (Moreirense/POR), Blati Toure (Omonia/CYP), Adama Guira (Lens/FRA), Abdoul Razack Traore (Karabuspor/TUR), Jonathan Zongo (Almeria/ESP)
Strikers: Jonathan Pitroipa (Al Nasr/UAE), Aristide Bance (ASEC Mimosas/CIV), Banou Diawara (Smouha/EGY) | Burkina Faso coach Paulo Duarte finally named his final Africa Cup of Nations squad on Friday - well after Wednesday's deadline. | 0.934881 | 1 |
Greg Clarke was talking to the Culture, Media and Sport committee in Westminster following the departure of Sam Allardyce as England boss.
Coventry City's future is unclear, with a deal allowing it to play at the Ricoh Arena due to expire next season.
Thousands of people have signed a petition urging owners Sisu to sell up.
Mr Clarke said: "Coventry City is a very, very sad case.
"It's a fine football club 20 miles from my home town and I still remember them winning the FA Cup.
"Their fans have had a torrid time and the bad blood that now exists between the owners, the fans, the local council has failed to be healed by multiple acts of mediation by the Football League."
The Coventry Telegraph newspaper is campaigning for Sisu to sell Coventry City, citing nine years of falling attendances, revenues and league positions.
A rent dispute meant the team was having to play its home games in Northampton but a deal was struck to return to the Ricoh for two years in 2014.
The club's training ground has also been earmarked for new housing.
On Saturday, fans threw plastic pigs on the pitch before the match against Charlton to express their anger. | The chairman of the Football Association has branded the situation at Coventry City "a very sad case". | 1.102106 | 1 |
Campaigners holding gravestone-shaped placards marched through Newbury on Saturday
West Berkshire Council had planned to close eight out of nine branches, but announced this week only Theale and Wash Common are to be closed.
Community groups are now able to bid for a £1.4m "transition fund" to continue running the other libraries.
The library service will receive £475,000 funding over two years, to enable it to transition to a self-service system to save money.
West Berkshire Council said nearly half the comments received through a recent consultation about the funding were about keeping libraries open.
The march travelled to Conservative MP for Newbury Richard Benyon's office.
Campaigners said the changes could mean some people would be left with a 20 mile journey to visit a library.
The council said: "Libraries will move to a self-service model which will allow seven branch libraries and one mobile library to remain open with only Wash Common and Theale libraries closing completely unless communities find the resources to take them on." | A mock funeral has been held in protest at the decision to close libraries in West Berkshire. | 0.987148 | 1 |
The 28-year-old Dutch rider finished second behind stage winner Esteban Chaves, 26, to open a 41-second lead over Astana's Vincenzo Nibali.
Colombian Chaves caught compatriot Darwin Atapuma to win on the line.
Movistar's Andrey Amador, the first Costa Rican to wear a Grand Tour leaders' jersey, led heading into the race from Alpago to Corvara.
Amador, who dispossessed Luxembourg's Bob Jungels after a first day in the mountains on Friday, and his team leader Alejandro Valverde finished nearly four minutes behind Orica rider Chaves.
Italian favourite Nibali, the 2013 champion, crossed 37 seconds behind to build a significant advantage on Valverde.
The Spanish rider is expected to be one of his main rivals for overall victory in the three-week race which concludes in Turin on 29 May.
Sunday's stage 15 time trial is a 10.8km route from Castelrotto to Alpe di Siusi.
Stage 14 results:
1. Esteban Chaves (Col/Orica) 6hrs 6mins 16secs
2. Steven Kruijswijk (Ned/LottoNL) same time
3. Georg Preidler (Aut/Giant)
4. Darwin Atapuma (Col/BMC Racing) +6secs
5. Vincenzo Nibali (Ita/Astana) +37secs
6. Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr/Dimension Data) same time
Overall standings:
1. Steven Kruijswijk (Ned/LottoNL) 60hrs 12mins 43secs
2. Vincenzo Nibali (Ita/Astana) +41secs
3. Esteban Chaves (Col/Orica) +1mins 32secs
4. Alejandro Valverde (Spa/Movistar) +3mins 6secs
5. Andrey Amador (Crc/Movistar) +3mins 15secs
6. Rafal Majka (Pol/Tinkoff) +3mins 29secs | Lotto's Steven Kruijswijk has moved into the Giro d'Italia overall lead following stage 14 on Saturday. | 1.06406 | 1 |
Enninful, who has previously worked for Italian and American Vogue, will take over from Alexandra Shulman, who announced her departure in January.
Condé Nast International's Jonathan Newhouse said Enninful was "an influential figure in the communities of fashion, Hollywood and music".
He is currently the fashion and creative director at W Magazine, where he has worked since 2011.
The 45-year-old will start his new role on 1 August.
After the news was announced, designer Marc Jacobs tweeted: "Congratulations to our longtime friend @Edward_Enninful, the new editor of British Vogue! We can't wait to see what you do! ❤️"
Caroline Rush, chief executive of the British Fashion Council, told the BBC: "Anything that promotes diversity and gender equality in the industry is incredibly important, but there's no doubt that Edward's been appointed because of his talent."
"He brings a very distinct point of view in terms of the imagery that he has been associated with, and I think that's going to be really exciting to see how that is translated into the pages of Vogue."
Follow us on Facebook, on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, or on Instagram at bbcnewsents. If you have a story suggestion email [email protected]. | British Vogue has confirmed Edward Enninful as its first male editor. | 0.889413 | 1 |
Kevin O'Donnell, 24, produced the items from inside his body in Dundee's police headquarters after being arrested on another matter.
Dundee Sheriff Court was told he planned to smuggle heroin and anti-anxiety drug alprazolam into prison to pay off a relative's drug debt.
O'Donnell admitted being concerned in the supply of the drugs on 16 February.
Depute fiscal Vicki Bell told the court: "The heroin amounted to 28.5g with a value of £13,000 in prison.
"The value of that alprazolam was £2,025 in prison.
"There was also a mobile telephone found wrapped in cling film that he said he intended to take to prison with him."
Solicitor advocate Jim Laverty, defending, said: "A family member had fallen foul of drug dealers and he agreed to do this to clear that debt.
"He himself has dabbled in alcohol and diazepam during his early adolescence and his 20s but certainly my experience of him is that he is not someone who has a drug addiction difficulty."
Sheriff Alastair Carmichael said: "These are two serious offences, particularly when the intended market was people inside our prisons." | A man who attempted to smuggle £15,000 worth of drugs and a mobile phone into prison has been jailed for 30 months. | 1.347987 | 1 |
Cardiff keeper David Marshall denied Andre Gray and George Boyd on a frustrating night for the leaders.
The Scotland stopper also saved from Sam Vokes and Ashley Barnes late on as Burnley's lead at the Championship's summit was cut to one point.
Russell Slade's side deserved their draw, although they are now four points behind the play-off places in seventh.
Substitute Kenneth Zahore struck the crossbar late in the game for the Bluebirds, who have not lost to Burnley in nine years.
The Clarets extended their unbeaten run to 17 games but second-placed Middlesbrough are only a point behind them after a 3-0 win over Huddersfield.
Cardiff showed early intent with Tom Lawrence's curling shot deflected wide for a corner while former Cardiff keeper Tom Heaton saved Stuart O'Keefe's effort.
Burnley grew into the game with David Jones forcing a save from Marshall while Boyd was denied by Sean Morrison's well executed last-gasp tackle.
Top scorer Gray had Burnley's best chance of the half when his first-time shot was smartly saved by Marshall, who also denied Boyd before the break.
Cardiff continued to frustrate Burnley after the interval with Wales striker Vokes heading over the bar from Joey Barton's cross.
Matthew Lowton's dangerous low cross into the six-yard box was stabbed away by Marshall before Vokes could pounce.
At the other end, Lex Immers fired wide before substitute Zahore's lob over Heaton struck the crossbar. Burnley could have secured victory in stoppage time but Vokes and substitute Ashley Barnes were denied by Marshall.
Burnley boss Sean Dyche:
"It's another clean sheet, I think that's 16 this season, it's rare that we don't score a goal.
"We're the highest scorers in the division. If you keep making chances like that, you are going to score some goals.
"The one thing we can do is focus on ourselves, we cannot define what everyone else is going to do."
Cardiff manager Russell Slade told BBC Wales:
"I didn't think it would end 0-0. It was a typical Championship match.
"Who knows how many points it will take to nick one of those play-off spots." | Burnley's title hopes suffered a setback as they were held to a goalless draw by play-off hopefuls Cardiff City. | 1.11363 | 1 |
More than 80,000 music fans are expected to attend the three-day festival over the weekend.
Scottish synthpop band Prides became the first band to perform at the festival's new home when they took to the main stage soon after the main arena opened to fans.
Other acts on the line-up include The Libertines, Kasabian and David Guetta.
The event was moved across Perthshire to Strathallan after concerns were raised about an oil pipeline running under the festival's long-time home at Balado.
After a lengthy planning battle, organisers DF Concerts won permission to host T in the Park at the estate for the next three summers.
Festival director Geoff Ellis said: "We're delighted with how everything is going so far.
"There's an incredible atmosphere onsite and Prides did Scotland proud with a brilliant opening performance on the main stage."
Organisers urged those heading to the festival over the weekend to plan their journey.
Mr Ellis added: "As it's a brand new site for everyone this year, we ask fans not to assume anything and to take the time to explore and get to know the campsite and the arena.
"We're starting with a blank canvas and we want everyone to respect our beautiful surroundings."
Police Scotland said 12 arrests had been made so far, with a total of 83 crimes recorded, including thefts from tents.
Supt Colin Brown said: "The vast majority of people have enjoyed themselves today and taken our advice and behaved responsibly.
"However, a small number have ignored that advice and have been dealt with. Our advice is simple: look after yourselves and your friends, behave and have a good time."
Selfie sticks, flagpoles and nitrous oxide, commonly known as laughing gas, have been banned from the festival site.
Friday's acts at the festival also included Sam Smith, while Saturday sees Avicci, The Libertines and Twin Atlantic take to the stage.
On Sunday, the event will be closed by Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds after performances by Stereophonics and The Prodigy. | T in the Park festival has got under way at Strathallan Castle for the first time. | 0.95599 | 1 |
Fe lwyddodd Josh Griffiths i groesi'r llinell mewn 2 awr 14 munud 49 eiliad.
Dyma'r tro cyntaf iddo redeg marathon ac mae'r canlyniad yn golygu y bydd yn ennill ei le ym mhencampwriaeth y byd.
Dywedodd fod ei amser yn annisgwyl: "Wnaeth e erioed groesi fy meddwl i y bydden ni yn rhedeg ym mhencampwriaeth y byd yn yr haf.
"Dw i wrth fy modd."
Ychwanegodd nad oedd yn siŵr o'r hyn roedd wedi cyflawni tan iddo groesi'r llinell.
Mae rhedwr arall o'r un clwb, Matthew Rees, wedi cael ei ganmol am helpu cystadleuydd arall i gwblhau'r marathon.
Fe afaelodd Mr Rees yn David Wyeth o Fanceinion ac ei helpu i orffen y ras.
"Roedd y ddau ohonom ni eisiau gorffen y ras. Ac mi oedd hi'n bosib i'r ddau ohonom ni orffen mewn llai na tair awr os oedden ni yn gallu croesi'r llinell.
"Felly nes i roi ei fraich e o gwmpas fy mraich i ac fe wnaethon ni gerdded at y llinell.
"Roedd y dorf yn anhygoel." | Cymro o glwb athletau Swansea Harriers yw'r Prydeiniwr cyntaf i gwblhau Marathon Llundain eleni. | 0.481768 | 0 |
The NIHF says the UK VAT rate of 20% puts Northern Ireland at a major disadvantage.
The rate in the Republic of Ireland is just 9%.
Last month the Treasury said it did not accept the case for a UK-wide VAT rate cut for restaurants and catering.
A Treasury spokesman said: "A 5% reduced rate on catering services is estimated to cost around £9bn to the Exchequer."
Janice Gault, NIHF chief executive, said as the matter is not devolved the executive should "make the issue a staple" in communication with the Treasury.
The NIHF has launched a new report called Tourism 2020 that also calls on the Northern Ireland Executive to bring forward "an updated and more cohesive" tourism strategy.
James McGinn, the NIHF president, said that while the industry had benefited from events and campaigns such as NI2012 and UK City of Culture, there needed to be "movement around the marketing of Northern Ireland".
A DETI spokeswoman said: "The tourism minister met with outgoing and incoming chairs of NIHF on Tuesday and discussed the issues raised in the Tourism 2020 document.
"The minister notes that many of the points highlighted in the report fit with the overarching objectives of the Programme for Government and NI Economic Strategy and our specific commitment to grow tourism into a £1bn industry by 2020.
"Our focus more recently has been on delivering the necessary tourism product, key events and global marketing campaigns to ensure that 2012 and 2013, which are crucial years for Northern Ireland tourism, are successful and bring maximum economic benefit to the local economy." | The Northern Ireland Hotels Federation (NIHF) has called for VAT on the hospitality industry to be slashed to just 5%. | 1.638895 | 2 |
It is believed the match delegate included the chants in his report following last month's 1-1 draw with Hamilton Academical.
The match took place on the evening of Friday 26 February.
It is understood the matter will be discussed at the Scottish Professional Football League's next board meeting. | Celtic could be the subject of an investigation following reports a section of the club's fans were heard singing pro-IRA songs at a recent game. | 0.011093 | 0 |
A selection of the best photos from across Africa and of Africans elsewhere in the world this week. | Images courtesy of AFP, EPA, Getty Images and Reuters | 0.193854 | 0 |
Jukes, 39, made 32 appearances for Leigh as a player between 1995 and 1998, and has been an assistant coach at the Championship club since 2009.
Rowley left Centurions on Thursday, 10 days before the start of the new season, citing personal reasons.
"This is not a difficult appointment or one that needed much consideration," Leigh owner Derek Beaumont said.
"It goes without saying that there is a lot of pressure associated with the position, more so this year with the investment in the squad and the clear intention to achieve Super League."
Leigh have won the Championship title in each of the past two years, but missed out on promotion to the Super League last season after winning only one game in the Qualifiers. | Leigh Centurions have appointed Neil Jukes as their new head coach following the resignation of Paul Rowley. | 0.875293 | 1 |
Admissions in the city went up by 38% between 2009-10 and 2014-15, the second highest figure for a local authority.
They also went up by a third in North Lincolnshire and a quarter in Wakefield.
Calderdale, Hull, Leeds and Lincolnshire saw a reduction in drink-related problems.
The only local authority area that recorded a higher increase in admissions than York was Wolverhampton, with a 39% increase.
The figures were collected by Public Health England. They do not record the number of individuals admitted.
Dr Charlie Milson, a liver specialist at York Hospital, said the city was regarded as a "bit of a party town", with many visitors.
"When they come, part of their concept of having a good evening... is to drink a significant amount of alcohol," he said.
Dr Milson also said the cost of alcohol was coming down and people were becoming "more comfortable with drinking large amounts of alcohol. Our natural checks have been removed".
Frances Cunning, of Public Health England said: "Alcohol harms individuals, families and communities and it's crucial that, alongside effective local interventions and treatments for those that need it, we look more widely at what affects drinking behaviour, such as marketing and pricing."
The body is soon to report to government on reducing alcohol harm that costs the NHS around £3.5 billion a year, she added.
The Chief Medical Officers' guideline for both men and women is that it is safest not to drink regularly more than 14 units of alcohol per week, to keep health risks to a low level. It is it also best to spread this evenly over three days or more.
A unit is roughly half a pint of normal strength lager (4.1% ABV) but alcoholic content in beer can vary. The number of units varies depending on the size and strength of your drink. | The number of hospital admissions involving alcohol in York has increased by more than a third in six years, Public Health England says. | 1.970757 | 2 |
Privately-run HMP Doncaster suffered from a "lack of staff" and "ineffective initiatives" aimed at reducing violence, a report said.
The National Offender Management Service said many issues identified in 2014 remained unaddressed.
Serco said it was addressing the problems with a new management team.
HM Inspectorate of Prisons found there had been 365 assaults in the previous six months, with serious injuries to both staff and inmates recorded.
In 2015, a prisoner was knocked unconscious by a fellow inmate and later died.
Self-harm was "very high" and there were three self-inflicted deaths in the past 18 months.
Wing staff were described as "overwhelmed", with drugs "widely available".
The unannounced visit in October found many cells had missing windows and were in a very poor state of cleanliness.
HMP Doncaster is a category B prison with more than 900 inmates, and has been operated by Serco since 2003.
The report did however praise the "many good staff" at the site and said the prison's quality of teaching was generally good.
Martin Lomas, deputy chief inspector of prisons, said: "Doncaster has been a more effective prison in the past and we saw some very good people during our inspection. However, this report describes a very poor prison."
Serco said it had recently appointed a new management team, with the site a "very different prison to the one inspected".
Julia Rogers, from the firm, said: "We are continuing to address the issues raised in this inspection and safety has improved, violence is gradually reducing and the house blocks have been refurbished.
"Doncaster has a history of having previously been an excellent prison and we are determined that it will be once more in the very near future." | A prison branded inadequate two years ago remains "very poor", with "many violent incidents" leaving staff and inmates injured, inspectors have said. | 1.275847 | 1 |
Ryan Counsell, 28, denies four charges, including trying to join an Islamic terrorist group in the Philippines.
Woolwich Crown Court heard the e-book suggested using a fake beard or moustache as a disguise and playing console games like Call of Duty.
It also advised against going Paintballing "because they write down the names of every Muslim who goes".
Counsell, who worked at the Hyson Green branch of Asda, in Nottingham, used annual leave to travel to remote parts of South-East Asia, prosecutors said.
Dan Pawson-Pounds, for the Crown, said the defendant spent two years stockpiling equipment for his trip.
Items included Kevlar-lined underpants called "Blast Boxers" and badges with the words, "Zombie Response Team," "I love my beard," and "We do bad things to bad people", he added.
Counsell is charged with preparing acts of terrorism by obtaining information about Islamic terrorist groups in the Philippines, arranging to travel to the Philippines to join and fight for an Islamic terrorist group, and purchasing equipment and clothing for use when having joined such a group.
The married father, from Nottingham, also faces a charge of possession of electronic documents containing information likely to be useful to a person committing or preparing an act of terrorism.
The trial continues. | A supermarket worker downloaded a terrorism guide in preparation for joining extremists, a court heard. | 1.253135 | 1 |
Michael Hastie-Davies, 25, suffered a bleed to the brain at HMP Parc in Bridgend county on 7 August, 2016.
David Potts, 25, of Coity, denies grievous bodily harm (GBH) with intent and GBH at Newport Crown Court.
Another officer, Nathan White, 28, of Maesteg, denies assault occasioning actual bodily harm and common assault against another prisoner, Ryan Madden.
Mr Potts is accused of injuring Hastie-Davies while Mr White allegedly attacked Madden.
The jury was told the officers assaulted the inmates with their shields while they were lying on the floor of an exercise yard during an effort to get them back to their cells.
Ruth Smith, prosecuting, said Hastie-Davies, Madden and another inmate were allowed into the yard and were accompanied by a prison officer, who was called away when another prisoner started a fire in his cell.
Ms Smith said: "The prisoners were asked to come in. At that stage they had not had their full yard allowance... they said they did not want to come in because their full yard had not finished."
The court heard the men stayed in the yard for about an hour and could be seen on CCTV knocking on the windows and asking to come back in.
"The prison service however decided that they had refused and would have to be forcibly removed from the yard," said Ms Smith.
Nine officers in protective clothing were sent, but Ms Smith said the prisoners laid down to show they were not a threat.
She said the alleged assaults took place within seconds and the prisoners were returned to their cells where Hastie-Davies complained he was losing his hearing and having problems with his balance.
The court heard he later spent four days in hospital with a fractured skull.
Both Mr Potts and Mr White told police they feared the prisoners might be armed.
Ms Smith said: "Both said they had been given instructions that if the prisoners did not move, they could use force for the protection of others and to get them off the yard.
"Mr Potts said he had shouted at the prisoners to get up and they did not respond."
Jurors were told Mr Potts did not dispute striking Hastie-Davies but the case centres on whether the force used by the accused was reasonable and lawful.
The trial continues. | A prisoner's skull was fractured as he was hit with a riot shield by a prison guard, a court has heard. | 0.820585 | 1 |
The sudden change of policy comes after days of economic chaos.
In a national broadcast, Mr Maduro claimed his country had been the victim of international sabotage, which had prevented new 500-bolivar currency notes arriving in time.
Many Venezuelans have spent several days in long queues trying to hand in or swap the old notes.
Thousands of shops have closed because of a cash shortage, and the public have been forced to rely on credit cards or bank transfers. Many were left unable to buy food.
Anger over the move led to skirmishes in six cities on Friday, the Associated Press reported. It said 32 people were taken into custody and one person was injured.
In Maracaibo there were incidents of looting which the police got under control by firing tear gas.
The government had said the scrapping of the 100-bolivar note was necessary to prevent smuggling.
The president said the aim was to tackle gangs which hoard Venezuelan currency abroad, a move he has previously described as part of the "economic war" being waged against his government.
Venezuela pulls banknote 'to hit mafia'
Venezuelans mock 'useless' banknote
What is behind the crisis in Venezuela?
Mr Maduro has said the gangs hold more than 300bn bolivares worth of currency, most of it in 100-bolivar notes.
He said there were "entire warehouses full of 100-bolivar notes in [the Colombian cities of] Cucuta, Cartagena, Maicao and Bucaramanga".
The president said one reason for withdrawing the banknotes was to block any of the 100-bolivar notes from being taken back into Venezuela so the gangs would be unable to exchange their hoarded bills, making them worthless.
Central bank data suggests there are more than six billion 100-bolivar notes in circulation, making up almost half of Venezuela's currency.
Economic experts fear scrapping the note will have little positive effect on the country's chronic economic and political problems.
Opposition leaders say the initiative shows that President Maduro is ruining the economy and must be ousted.
Correction 10 January 2017: This article has been amended to clarify where police used tear gas and the circumstances in which it was fired. | Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro has delayed the withdrawal of the 100-bolivar banknote until 2 January. | 2.037454 | 2 |
Jeffrey Tawse, 52 and son James, 25, from Cardiff, charged one disabled man, 71, £64,500 to build a garden wall.
They pleaded guilty to conspiracy to defraud at the city's crown court after conning 15 people, aged 50 to 97.
Jeffrey Tawse, who also admitted money laundering was given six years and his son two years.
The pair operated across south Wales from Monmouthshire to Carmarthenshire using "aggressive sales tactics" to "intimidate" victims, the court heard.
One victim was a 71-year-old man who has short term memory loss after suffering a brain injury in a cycling accident.
The pair charged him £64,500 for a three-course brick wall around his front lawn, with police alerted after the victim withdrew £100,000 from his bank.
A chartered surveyor described their work as "truly appalling", saying it should have cost £600, but recommended the wall be demolished.
They offered other services, such as applying "weed proof sand" to driveways, but merely sprayed them with "sealant" that was salt water.
The court heard one victim said she did not want any work done but they began tending her driveway and demanded money.
In another case, they charged an 83-year-old woman £1,450 to repair her roof, but carried out no work on it at all.
In sentencing the pair, Judge David Wynn Morgan said: "You identify and prey on the vulnerable in the community in a deliberate, consistent, cold blooded way."
Scambuster Wales - a specialist team set up by Trading Standards - carried out a two-year investigation into the pair.
Team leader Andrew Bertie said he was "shocked" by what they discovered, describing their actions as "inexcusable".
Chairman of National Trading Standards, Lord Toby Harris, said the sentences "send out a clear message" to people who try to deceive people in "vulnerable situations". | A father and son posing as builders conned elderly and vulnerable people out of £71,000, a court heard. | 1.212829 | 1 |
Victories for Paul Drinkhall, Liam Pitchford and Sam Walker were enough to seal third place in Group B.
France topped the group ahead of Sweden, with second seeds Germany surprisingly missing out in fourth.
England's women lost 3-1 to unbeaten Serbia to finish second in Group E of the Second Division.
The English team of Tin-Tin Ho, Kelly Sibley and Karina Le Fevre will face Puerto Rico on Thursday as the play-offs begin for positions 25-36.
Charlotte Carey, Megan Phillips and Chloe Thomas of Wales finished second in the Third Division, while Scotland's Gavin Rumgay, Craig Howieson and Calum Main were third in the Third Division. | England's men qualified for the last 16 at the World Team Table Tennis Championships with a 3-0 win over hosts Malaysia in Kuala Lumpur. | 0.773188 | 1 |
On Tuesday, Berlin-based British political blogger Jon Worth noticed that he had been given a suggested update of "in favour of leaving the EU" - but not one related to remaining.
Facebook said referendum prompts had now been removed from this list, due to the sensitivity of the vote.
The two options are shown, together, only if users search for "EU".
The British public will vote in a referendum on whether the UK should remain in or leave the European Union, on 23 June.
When Facebook users post an update to the site, it is possible to receive a recommendation for what to say regarding what they are doing or how they are feeling.
After Mr Worth looked under status update suggestions via the Facebook app on his iPhone, however, one option, "in favour of leaving the EU", appeared without another on the side of remaining in the European Union.
A Facebook spokesman denied allegations that the social network was influencing the tone of political debate on the site.
"People who search for 'EU' when they are using our status tool will see a full range of options enabling them to add if they are thinking of leaving or remaining in the EU," he said.
"People scrolling through the list of activities see options based on what their friends and other people have been using."
However, a similar issue arises in a different list when searching specifically for groups to support with a status update.
"In your list of 'supporting', you can choose Leave.EU but you cannot choose [a pro-Remain option]," Mr Worth told the BBC.
The BBC confirmed that this was still the case late on Wednesday morning.
Neither of the official campaigns - Vote Leave and Britain Stronger in Europe - are included in the list.
According to Facebook, this is because neither campaign is listed in the "non-profit organisation" category.
"I don't know how many people have actually clicked on that option in Facebook," said Mr Worth.
"Were this somehow to be replicated more widely, could it [impact the vote]?"
Last month, tech news site Gizmodo accused Facebook of intentionally suppressing stories with conservative political viewpoints in its Trending Topics section.
The company denied there was any truth to the claims. | Facebook has removed pro-Leave and pro-Remain status update suggestions from a list given to users. | 1.681608 | 2 |
In a statement, Metropolitan Police said a house had been searched in County Antrim on Monday afternoon at about 16:20 GMT.
The boy was arrested on suspicion of Computer Misuse Act offences.
He has been taken into custody at Antrim police station and is being questioned by detectives from the Police Service of Northern Ireland.
A search of the address is ongoing and inquiries continue.
The statement said this was a joint investigation involving the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI), and detectives from the Metropolitan Police Cyber Crime Unit (MPCCU).
News that the TalkTalk website had been hit by a "significant and sustained cyber-attack" broke last Wednesday.
The phone and broadband provider, which has over four million UK customers, said banking details and personal information could have been accessed.
A criminal investigation was launched on Thursday.
The company said it did not know how much of their customer information had been encrypted.
Business leaders have called for urgent action to tackle cyber crime in the wake of the TalkTalk attack.
On Monday, MPs said an inquiry would be launched into the cyber-attack that could have put customers' details at risk.
Culture minister Ed Vaizey told the House of Commons the government was not against compulsory encryption for firms holding customer data.
Shares in the telecoms company fell more than 12% in Monday trading, extending its losses from last week, when news of the attack first emerged.
TalkTalk has said the cyber-attack was "smaller" than originally thought. | A 15-year-old boy has been arrested in Northern Ireland over the TalkTalk hacking attack, Scotland Yard has said. | 1.580134 | 2 |
"Rob is back in training, he's out running around, so he's back in contention," confirmed Leinster backs coach Girvan Dempsey.
Johnny Sexton, Isa Nacewa and Ben Te'o will be available despite picking up knocks in the win over Ulster.
Connacht coach Pat Lam has no new injury worries heading into the game.
Nacewa underwent an X-ray on an arm injury after the semi-final win over Ulster but received the all-clear.
"Ben went off with a slightly tight calf, but he's fine. Johnny just had a little bang on his glute, he seems to be fine," added Dempsey.
Leo Cullen's side saw off the challenge of Ulster 30-18 in their semi-final at the RDS, while Connacht defeated Glasgow 16-11 at the Sportsground.
Leinster are attempting to win the Pro12 title for the fifth time, their last success coming in 2014.
Connacht, who finished second behind their Irish interprovincial rivals in the Pro12 standings, are playing in a major tournament final for the first time in their history.
Experienced referee Nigel Owens has been selected to referee the final, leading an all-Welsh team of officials. | Leinster full-back Rob Kearney is set to be available for Saturday's Pro12 final against Leinster at Murrayfield after overcoming an ankle injury. | 1.065907 | 1 |
Steve Jaggers, 50, was taken to Basildon Hospital in Essex last month.
A "therapeutic hypothermia" was used to reduce his body temperature from the inside and minimise swelling to his heart muscles during the heart attack.
The Essex Cardiothoracic Centre is the only site in the UK to be involved in trying out the technology.
Read more on this story and other Essex news
A catheter with a balloon is inserted into the main vein which runs through the body before a cool liquid runs into the balloon and brings the body's temperature down.
"It's essential to do this quickly - we cool them from the inside but keep their outside warm, much like a baked Alaska," said Dr Thomas Keeble, a consultant cardiologist.
"When an artery is blocked the surrounding heart muscle dies.
"When we open up the artery, the muscle that has died is further damaged by the rapid reflow of blood - about half the injury to the heart following a heart attack is caused by this.
"By cooling the patient before we open the artery, we can protect the heart and significantly reduce the amount of heart damage."
Mr Jaggers, a maintenance worker at a care home, was fully conscious during the procedure and said it was a "strange sensation".
Doctors used blankets to stop him from shivering - which can be a problematic side effect of cooling - and inserted a stent into his heart.
Afterwards, his body was warmed up slowly in recovery: "It felt like being abroad in the sun, where you get hotter and hotter," Mr Jagger said.
"Now I feel completely fine. It's like nothing has happened to me. | Doctors at a specialist heart centre have used a rapid cooling technique - "much like a baked Alaska" - to treat a heart attack patient. | 2.4632 | 2 |
Police used an "incapacitant" spray known as Captor PAVA to arrest Alan Hay during a disturbance in Dalbeattie.
He appeared at Dumfries Sheriff Court on Tuesday but died in hospital before he was transferred to prison.
The Police Investigations & Review Commissioner (PIRC) will investigate what happened after his arrest.
A spokesman for the PIRC said: "The Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) has instructed the Police Investigations & Review Commissioner to undertake an investigation into police contact with Alan Hay.
"The investigation will focus on the discharge of PAVA, and the period while the man was in police custody before being transferred on 2 August 2016 into the custody of the Scottish Prison Service following his appearance at court.
"The man fell ill later that day and was taken to hospital for treatment but died shortly after. A report on the commissioner's findings will be submitted to the COPFS in due course."
PAVA spray is more potent than CS gas but it is claimed to be safer for users and bystanders.
It primarily affects the eyes, causing closure and severe pain.
It is deemed to be a firearm, which means there is an automatic referral to PIRC each time it is deployed.
The commissioner is currently investigating a separate incident in Edinburgh in April 2016, in which PAVA spray was used on a 22-year-old man.
Police Scotland have been using PAVA since 2014 when it was made available for the Commonwealth Games. | A police watchdog investigation has started into the death of a 50-year-old man who was arrested in Dumfries and Galloway on Monday. | 1.176624 | 1 |
The Ghanaian, 29, set up the opener in a 4-2 second-leg defeat but the MLS team won the semi-final on away goals.
Oduro tweeted: "So sad that in this generation some fans still make monkey noises when black players are playing the game.
"Shame to all #alajuelense fans."
He later added: "Say no to racism on the field."
Regional governing body Concacaf told BBC Sport that once racist chanting was heard by officials in the 75th minute of the match, the first stage of its anti-racism protocols was immediately followed.
A Concacaf diversity officer asked for a public announcement to be made requesting the crowd to stop the abuse, and it was successful.
Oduro could play in Costa Rica again in the two-legged final as Herediano hold a 3-0 advantage over Mexican side Club America ahead of the second leg of their last-four tie. | Montreal Impact winger Dominic Oduro claims fans of Costa Rican side Alajuelense were racist towards him as the Canadian side reached its first Concacaf Champions League final. | 1.087873 | 1 |
The Financial Times said Chinese state-owned firm Everbright and private equity firm PCP Capital Partners were behind the multi-million pound bid.
Other reports quoted club insiders as saying an unsolicited preliminary offer had already been submitted.
But the club and owners Fenway Sports Group said they had received no bids.
The FT quoted the club's chief executive, Ian Ayre, as saying, "There is no bid and we have no ongoing investment discussion of any kind with anyone."
US firm Fenway acquired Liverpool for £300m in 2010. The latest reported bid is said to value the club at more than £700m.
In recent years, Chinese investors and firms have quietly been acquiring stakes in football clubs in England, Spain, France, Netherlands and the Czech Republic, while President Xi Jinping has professed a love of the game.
In December last year, Manchester City's parent company, City Football Group, sold a 13% stake, worth £265m, to a consortium of Chinese investors.
According to Deloitte's Football Money League, Liverpool are the ninth richest football club in the world, with revenues of €391.8m (£339m) in the 2014-15 season.
Last financial year, the club made a £60m pre-tax profit, thanks to the £75m it made from selling Luis Suarez.
Without the boost from the Uruguayan footballer - which the club invested in eight new players - Liverpool would have broken even for the year. | A consortium led by a Chinese investment company is interested in buying a stake in Liverpool Football Club, according to media reports. | 1.244835 | 1 |
Matthew Daley, 35, denies murder but admits attacking Donald Lock, 79, in Findon, near Worthing, last July, claiming diminished responsibility.
Lewes Crown Court heard that rather than having Asperger's syndrome he had an underlying paranoid schizophrenic illness that was undiagnosed for years.
Forensic psychiatrist Dr Roderick Ley made the assessment after the stabbing.
Mr Lock, a retired solicitor, was stabbed after crashing at about 16mph into the back of Mr Daley's car on the A24 in West Sussex on 16 July.
He was forced to brake suddenly after Mr Daley made an emergency stop.
The great-grandfather, who had recently been given the all-clear from prostate cancer, died at the scene.
The trial has heard how Mr Daley, formerly of St Elmo Road, Worthing, had been suffering from mental health problems for 10 years, and his family had "pleaded" with experts to section him.
On Monday, Dr Ley told jurors: "It's clear that the diagnosis of Asperger's was wrong.
"He has an underlying paranoid schizophrenic illness that was undiagnosed for many, many years."
He said Mr Daley was not psychotic every moment of every day, and he would often "downplay" his symptoms.
However, Dr Ley agreed that he exhibited "narcissistic", "histrionic" and "self-centred" traits, adding that it was unlikely he would ever have complete resolution of his illness.
Another expert, consultant forensic psychiatrist Dr Philip Joseph, said he was satisfied on all the evidence he had seen that Mr Daley was not psychotic at the time of the killing.
Jurors also head from Mr Daley's father, who said his son had never been a violent person.
John Daley described him as a "nice guy" who was affectionate to his family and animals.
He said Mr Daley was "scrupulously honest in all his dealings with others, honest to a fault in that he finds it difficult to lie about things".
He told the court that he first became worried about his son's mental health when he reported hearing voices.
Mr Daley said he started a journal, partly to keep track of his son's treatment.
"The second reason for having the document was, as time went on, it was clear that Matthew's life expectations were draining away and I didn't want to be in my 80s and look back saying, 'What did I do'?"
The trial continues. | A man who stabbed a motorist 39 times after a crash was misdiagnosed with a form of autism, a court has been told. | 1.253013 | 1 |
The real-time monster-hunting game has become wildly popular since its UK release on 14 July.
One post by Police Scotland's Stirling division, saying someone found on a shop roof used the game as an excuse, got over 7,000 retweets in 24 hours.
Police Scotland confirmed that the tweet was a joke.
The official police accounts have become known for posting cheeky humour amongst police updates.
The Twitter account covering Glasgow North used the Pokemon slogan 'gotta catch 'em all' to refer to the apprehension of four people.
The phrase 'Pokemon Go' has now been tweeted over 15 million times across the world
The game, which comes in the form of a mobile app, combines reality with gaming and requires players to walk around outside to find Pokemon.
Scottish Fire and Rescue Service also used the trend to encourage people to test their fire alarms.
Jokes aside, Ayrshire Police Division relayed a safety message to those taking part in the gaming craze. | Twitter accounts run by Police Scotland have produced a string of tongue-in-cheek tweets based on the latest internet craze, Pokemon Go. | 1.525728 | 2 |
Higgins made a high break of 88 to beat Mark Joyce 5-1 and Bingham went through with a 5-3 win over Ian Burns.
Shaun Murphy overcame David Grace to go into the second round before a 5-3 loss to Mark King in Beijing on Wednesday.
Jimmy Robertson lost 5-1 to 2011 winner Judd Trump, while Martin O'Donnell beat Matt Selt by the same scoreline.
"There are only a few top-16 players left but that shows how much class there is lower down the rankings," said Bingham.
There were also second-round wins for Stephen Maguire and Ricky Walden.
Maguire will face Dominic Dale in the next round after the Welshman knocked in two centuries to beat Leeds teenager Darryl Hill 5-3.
Graeme Dott won 5-2 against 15-year-old amateur Yuan Sijun, the schoolboy who whitewashed Martin Gould on Tuesday.
Full China Open scores and schedule | Former world champion John Higgins progressed at the China Open, with world number two Stuart Bingham also making it into the third round. | 0.996947 | 1 |
Mr Trump said in an interview with Yahoo Politics that he would consider "drastic measures" for monitoring the community.
Asked if that may include registering Muslims in a database or using special ID cards, he did not rule it out.
Islamic State militants said they carried out the attacks in Paris.
The suicide bombs and shootings at various venues across the French capital killed 129 people on Friday.
"We're going to have to do things we never did before," said Mr Trump, a frontrunner in the Republican race for the White House.
"And some people are going to be upset about it, but I think that now everybody is feeling security is going to rule."
He told Yahoo Politics certain things would have to be done "that we never thought would happen in this country in terms of information and learning about the enemy".
The US is going to have to do certain things that were "frankly unthinkable a year ago," said the billionaire businessman, who has previously said mosques should come under surveillance and Syrians should be deported.
Dozens of state governors and Republican lawmakers have called for a halt to the processing of Syrian refugees into the US.
One of the suicide bombers in Paris is thought to have entered Europe with refugees fleeing the Syrian civil war.
Retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson, another leading contender in the Republican race for president, compared Syrian refugees to dogs while talking to reporters in Alabama on Tuesday.
"If there's a rabid dog running around in your neighbourhood, you're probably not going to assume something good about that dog," Mr Carson said. "And you're probably going to put your children out of the way. That doesn't mean that you hate all dogs."
A bill tightening the vetting restrictions is due to come before Congress on Thursday.
This week, President Barack Obama criticised Republicans as hysterical and un-American for saying the US should not accept Muslim refugees.
How a Syrian refugee gets to the US | Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has said he would be open to having a "Muslim database" in the US in the wake of the Paris attacks. | 1.551407 | 2 |
Sussex started the day on 326-4, still trailing by 41 runs, but Brown's 113 helped them to 527 all out.
England all-rounder Jordan (4-32) then struck twice early on with the ball as Gloucestershire collapsed to 26-3.
Jack Taylor made an unbeaten 52, but two more wickets from Jordan and Danny Briggs left the visitors at 149-8 at stumps, still trailing by 11 runs.
Gloucestershire have only one wicket left in hand, as Liam Norwell is unable to bat after suffering a concussion. | Ben Brown's century and four wickets from Chris Jordan helped put Sussex on the verge of beating Gloucestershire. | 0.747039 | 1 |
The English League Two outfit say they are "surprised and disappointed" to learn the 27-year-old has signed a pre-contract agreement with the Perth club.
"The club is particularly disconcerted with the timing," York's website said.
"The club hopes that Michael Coulson is still committed to his current employer and is focused on York City's fight for Football League survival."
Coulson, who has been capped at England C level, joined York after leaving Grimsby Town in 2012 and signed a new two-year contract in 2014.
He has made 22 appearances this season, scoring six goals, for former Dundee United and Partick Thistle manager Jackie McNamara's side, who sit second bottom of the table.
Coulson started his career with Scarborough before switching to Barnsley.
He had loan spells with Northwich Victoria, Chester City and Grimsby before his permanent move to the Mariners. | York City winger Michael Coulson has agreed to switch to St Johnstone for next season. | 0.885111 | 1 |
Iran had agreed to provide information to help allay concerns about a military dimension to its programme, but had failed to do so, the IAEA reported.
These include suspected work on detonators which can set off nuclear bombs and high explosive charges.
It comes weeks before a deadline for Iran and world powers to reach a final deal to resolve the nuclear issue.
The US, EU and other powers suspect Iran is secretly seeking to develop nuclear weapons. Iran has strongly denied the charge, insisting its programme is purely for peaceful purposes.
Since the election of President Hassan Rouhani last year, Iran has promised to further co-operate with the IAEA.
Last November, Iran and the IAEA reached an agreement which outlined how Iran would co-operate with the agency's investigations into Iran's past nuclear activities and address the agency's concerns.
In an IAEA report released on Friday, the agency said that some of five steps that were meant to be completed by 25 August had been missed.
It also said more activity had been conducted at a military base in Parchin, where research on developing nuclear weapons is alleged to have taken place.
"These activities are likely to have further undermined the agency's ability to conduct effective verification," the AFP news agency quotes the report as saying.
The IAEA negotiations are separate from a parallel diplomatic process between Iran and the five permanent members of the UN Security Council - the US, Russia, China, Britain and France - plus Germany, known at the 5+1 group.
Two months ago, they agreed to extend the deadline from 20 July to 24 November to reach a comprehensive agreement under which Iran would curb its nuclear activities in exchange for the easing of economic sanctions.
US and Iranian officials are currently meeting in Geneva to hammer out a deal. | Iran has missed a deadline to answer questions about its nuclear programme, the IAEA global nuclear watchdog says. | 1.802638 | 2 |
The National Trust for Scotland (NTS), which monitors the archipelago's bird population, said numbers were falling across a range of seabird species.
Across seven monitoring sites there was just one kittiwake nest this season. The only chick that hatched died later.
The islands are 64km (40 miles) north-west of the Western Isles.
They are recognised as one of the most significant sanctuaries for seabirds in the Atlantic.
But the NTS said its annual survey suggested that after a century of growth, seabird populations on the archipelago were rapidly falling.
It is thought that significant changes in the marine ecosystem, with plankton moving 1,000km (621 miles) to the north is reducing a key food source around St Kilda.
Dr Richard Luxmoore, senior nature conservation adviser at the trust, said: "Seabirds are essentially part of the marine ecosystem. Although they breed on land they spend most of their life out at sea and they can tell us a lot about its health.
"In the last 30 years plankton communities have shifted northward by 1,000km, more than the distance from Edinburgh to Paris, and it's having a huge impact.
"If vegetation shifted by a similar distance there would be pandemonium, but because it's happening in the sea we tend not to notice."
This year's seabird survey, which monitors breeding abundance and success, also recorded significant declines in the populations of fulmars, guillemots, puffins and razorbills.
Seven of the seabird species found on St Kilda have significant local populations and four of them - the northern gannet, Atlantic puffin, great skua and Leach's storm-petrel - are important on an international scale.
Dr Luxmoore added: "If the inhabitants of St Kilda were to come back now nearly 90 years after their evacuation and see the cliffs that were once teeming with seabirds now almost empty, they would be horrified to see what has happened on the island where they once lived." | Kittiwake numbers on St Kilda have plummeted to their lowest level, with experts fearing the population is at risk of collapse. | 2.939154 | 3 |
The work at Nailsea and Backwell railway station included painting shelters and repairing the platform surface.
A spokesman from North Somerset Council said much of the work was carried out by offenders under the Probation Service's Community Payback scheme.
New posters at the station feature artwork by local schoolchildren.
The repairs were organised by the Severnside Community Rail Partnership, First Great Western and North Somerset Council. | A North Somerset railway station has been given a makeover aimed at making it safer and more welcoming. | 1.347222 | 1 |
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Rovers accepted a £25,000 fine, of which £20,000 will be suspended, for breaching three operational rules.
The Red Devils were fined £10,000 for two breaches, with £7,500 suspended, but a £3,000 fine has been added from a previous suspended breach after crowd problems in a match at Huddersfield.
Salford won a dramatic game 19-18.
In the final game of The Qualifiers both teams were playing for a place in Super League in 2017, dubbed the Million Pound Game.
Fans invaded the pitch after Salford's Gareth O'Brien kicked a golden-point drop-goal to secure the win in extra time.
Both clubs were also ordered to pay the costs of the investigation, which came to £2,048.86 each.
Sign up for rugby league news notifications on the BBC Sport app | The Rugby Football League has fined Hull KR and Salford Red Devils after crowd trouble at Craven Park in last season's Million Pound Game in October. | 1.031357 | 1 |
Gillian Miller and Mark Walkingshaw were stunned when son Tom was born on 31 March at Borders General Hospital in Melrose.
That was exactly the same delivery date as his brother Louie, 11, and one-year-old sister Aila.
Now the couple are planning to celebrate next year's triple birthday, and their wedding, on a family honeymoon in the Caribbean.
Ms Miller, 34, a hairdresser from Longformacus in Berwickshire, said: "When Aila was about to be born Louie really didn't want to share his birthday. But that all changed when he saw her.
"And when he found out I was pregnant with Tom he told me that he really wanted Tom to have the same birthday as them."
Mr Walkingshaw, 35, who is on paternity leave from his offshore job said: "We have no idea why it happened like this but what's even more amazing is that both were due on the same date, 24 March, and were both later dates on 31 March."
A spokesperson for William Hill bookmakers said the odds of three siblings sharing the same birthday was in the region of 50,000-1 against. | Three siblings have defied odds of 50,000-1 to share the same birthday. | 0.880798 | 1 |
The 28-year-old has played 22 matches in all competitions this campaign but only one of those has come in the County Championship, when he scored eight runs over two innings.
Evans has made 52 first-class career appearances, averaging 33.67 runs.
He said on Twitter: "Excited to be joining a great group of players at Northants for a few weeks." | Warwickshire batsman Laurie Evans has signed a one-month loan deal with Northants for four-day cricket. | 0.516648 | 1 |
World governing body Fifa said an investigation "uncovered breaches of fiduciary responsibilities".
The 45-year-old German took over as acting general secretary after Jerome Valcke was sacked for irregularities.
The dismissal is not connected to the payment made to Michel Platini by former president Sepp Blatter in 2011.
Former Fifa vice president Platini and Blatter were last year found guilty of ethics breaches over the 2m Swiss Franc (£1.3m) "disloyal payment".
Uefa president Platini, 60, resigned from European football's governing body after failing to have a six-year ban from football overturned.
Blatter, 80, is still waiting to hear the outcome of his appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
Valcke, 55, was given a 12-year ban from football in February for his alleged involvement in a scheme to profit from the sale of World Cup tickets.
Kattner joined Fifa in 2003 as director of finance, becoming deputy secretary general in 2007.
His salary and bonuses were part of a contract that was unseen by relevant Fifa committees.
No other current Fifa directors are believed to be involved.
United Nations official Fatma Samoura has already been named as Fifa's new permanent secretary general.
The 54-year-old Senegalese woman is set to start her role next month. | Fifa acting secretary general Markus Kattner has been sacked after being accused of paying himself bonuses worth millions of pounds. | 1.079644 | 1 |
Police in the southern state of Kerala told the BBC that they were questioning the three accused. The priest, accused of rape, was arrested in February.
Initially, the girl's father kept quiet about the crime to save the church and the priest, reports said.
But he revealed the truth during police questioning.
The co-accused allegedly took the baby to an orphanage, and hid the birth. Indian law states that all hospitals and orphanages are required to report all teenage pregnancies to authorities.
Investigation officer Sunil Kumar said the three co-accused could apply for bail in the high court after their statements were recorded.
But, he added that it would be "very difficult" for them to get bail because they have been charged under India's stringent child-protection laws.
Robin Vadakkumchery, the priest accused of rape, has been sent to jail after two weeks of police custody.
The girl told the child welfare authorities that the priest raped her at a church-run educational centre last year.
Her family said they found out about her pregnancy when she was taken to a hospital after complaining of stomach pain.
The family was then convinced by the priest to hide her pregnancy who paid her hospital bills.
This is not the first time a priest has been arrested for rape in Kerala. Another priest was convicted in 2014 for raping a teenage girl.
Nearly one-fifth of the state's 34 million population is Christian. | A priest and two nuns have been arrested in India for covering up the birth of a baby born to a teenage girl allegedly raped by another priest. | 1.366229 | 1 |
The victim was found lying in Gestridge Road in Kingsteignton, south Devon, on Saturday.
He was hit just before 01:00 BST, officers said.
Devon and Cornwall Police has appealed for witnesses and urged anyone with information about the crash to call 101. | A 25-year-old man suffered life-threatening injuries in a hit-and-run crash in the early hours of the morning, police said. | 0.23331 | 0 |
Jung won aboard Sam, who was a late replacement when Fischertakinou contracted an infection in July.
France's Astier Nicolas took silver and American Phillip Dutton won bronze as GB's William Fox-Pitt finished 12th.
Fox-Pitt, 47, was competing just 10 months after being placed in an induced coma following a fall.
The three-time Olympic medallist, aboard Chilli Morning, produced a faultless performance in Tuesday's final show-jumping phase.
But the former world number one's medal bid had already been ruined by a disappointing performance in the cross-country phase on Monday.
He led after the dressage phase, but dropped to 21st after incurring several time penalties in the cross country.
Ireland's Jonty Evans finished ninth on Cooley Rorkes Drift.
Why not come along, meet and ride Henry the mechanical horse at some of the Official Team GB fan parks during the Rio Olympics?
Find out how to get into equestrian with our special guide.
Subscribe to the BBC Sport newsletter to get our pick of news, features and video sent to your inbox. | Germany's Michael Jung retained his Olympic individual eventing title by winning gold at Rio 2016 on his second-choice horse. | 0.662164 | 1 |
On 12 February 1942, the 18 pilots left RAF Manston in six Swordfish torpedo bombers to try to stop three German battle cruisers in the Channel.
All of the planes were shot down and just five men survived.
Senior naval officers joined the Channel Dash Association in the harbour to remember the 825 squadron.
A service and flypast was held before a small group laid flowers in the commercial harbour. | Hundreds of people gathered in Ramsgate to pay tribute to 18 airmen who took part in a wartime operation known as The Channel Dash. | 2.052727 | 2 |
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Jones, 23, defended her Olympic crown at Rio 2016 and is aiming to become the first fighter in history to win three Olympic gold medals in the sport.
She competes in the World Taekwondo Grand Prix finals in Baku on Saturday.
"I'm not going to lie, it's tempting to think 'what else is out there' and in MMA people earn millions," she said.
"Taekwondo is an Olympic sport so it's hard to get sponsors and hard to make money, but I just love it."
The winner of each weight division at this week's World Taekwondo Grand Prix in Azerbaijan will earn just under £5000.
However, Jones could potentially earn over £50,000 for high-profile victories in the women's UFC (Ultimate Fighting Championships).
And with appearance fees and a share of ticket sales included, the potential prize-fund could more than double.
Ronda Rousey, who won Olympic bronze in judo at Beijing 2008, has since gone into MMA.
"Maybe into the future I'll go to MMA, but for now no-one in the sport has ever got three Olympic gold medals, so I have to continue to get that," she told BBC Sport.
The season-ending World Taekwondo Grand Prix will be Jones' first competition since winning gold in Rio and she is aiming to maintain her unbeaten record in 2016.
"I'm not in peak shape after taking a break following the Olympics, but I love a scrap and it would be amazing to finish the year off with another title," she said.
Jones headlines a six-strong GB squad selected for the event, which also features world champion Bianca Walkden and Rio Olympian Mahama Cho.
Olympic silver medallist Lutalo Muhammad has opted against competing, but his Rio 2016 understudy Damon Sansum, who won world silver last year, will fight in the -80kg division.
Full GB squad:
Jade Jones, Bianca Walkden, Rachelle Booth, Charlie Maddock, Mahama Cho, Damon Sansum. | Double Olympic taekwondo champion Jade Jones could be tempted by a big-money move to MMA - mixed martial arts - after the Tokyo 2020 Games. | 1.22508 | 1 |
The planned hub, which is still at the consultation stage, will be at the Europa bus centre/Great Victoria Street railway station.
The two stations are the busiest in Belfast, with about eight million passengers a year passing through them.
It is expected that figure will rise to 13 million in the next 14 years.
Translink described the Belfast Hub as a "transport-led regeneration project" which will consist of a "world-class transport interchange and surrounding masterplan development".
The site would cover 20 acres from the stations to the Royal Victoria Hospital.
Half of that would be used for an integrated transport hub and the other half would be open to commercial development.
Over the past 18 months, Translink has engaged with local stakeholders to help shape the development proposals and said this latest stage "invites the public to share their views on the proposals".
Launching the public consultation, Translink group chief executive, Chris Conway, said: "The Belfast Hub will ensure we have the right infrastructure in place to attract more people to use public transport and active travel modes, supporting a key outcome of the draft programme for government.
"Along with other key projects, it will enable a transformation in public transport making a positive impact for everyone in Northern Ireland.
"Identified as one of the NI Executive's flagship projects, this impressive new facility will act as a catalyst for regeneration in one of the special action areas designated in Belfast City Council's city centre and regeneration strategy, providing new jobs, investment opportunities and supporting the growth and prosperity of NI."
The public can contribute to the consultation in the following ways:
The consultation stage is open until 2 December.
Translink said a further consultation will take place in 2017 before a planning application is submitted. | Translink is consulting the public on proposals for a new transport hub in Belfast city centre. | 1.416065 | 1 |
The blaze started aboard the US vessel Honour as it was travelling to Baltimore from Southampton.
The ship's cargo space has been sealed and its manoeuvrability has not been affected, a coastguard spokesman said.
It anchored for a while off the Isle of Wight and is currently en-route to Southampton Port where it is expected to be assessed on Friday evening.
UK Coastguard commander Andy Jenkins said the ship's 21 crew were "safe and well" and were still onboard the vessel.
A number of the cars being transported by the vessel were involved in the blaze, Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service said.
It added the ship's "fixed fire-fighting systems" tackled the initial blaze, and that fire crews were being airlifted onboard with temperature and gas monitoring equipment to assess the damage.
UK Coastguard said it was monitoring the situation closely.
A pilot from Southampton Port and a Maritime and Coastguard Agency marine casualty officer were also sent to the vessel. | A fire broke out on a car carrier ship in the English Channel earlier. | 1.427294 | 1 |
The Conservative MP said it was his birthday and asked the PM if she would reopen a prison in his constituency - or "just sing happy birthday?"
Mrs May replied: "I'm very happy to wish him a very happy birthday... I hope that Mrs Bone is going to treat the occasion in an appropriate manner."
The laughter forced Mrs May to pause.
After MPs from across the chamber joined in the laughter Commons Speaker John Bercow intervened, joked: "Order! I want to hear what's coming next."
Mrs May replied, borrowing one of Mr Bercow's own phrases: "Calm down, Mr Speaker."
Mr Bone made a habit of referring to his wife - Mrs Bone - in questions to David Cameron when he was prime minister: | The Speaker was forced to step in to stop MPs' laughter at the innuendo in Theresa May's response to Peter Bone at Prime Minister's Questions. | 0.643978 | 1 |
Gunmen opened fire at the Derbent citadel, a Unesco World Heritage site in the North Caucasus, on Tuesday evening.
A statement posted to IS's main channel on the Telegram messaging app said the attack had targeted Russian intelligence agency officers.
The gunmen fled the scene.
Moscow is fighting an Islamist insurgency in the mostly Muslim North Caucasus, with attacks commonly occurring in Dagestan.
State news agency RIA has reported that one Federal Security Service (FSB) member was killed and another injured in the shooting, quoting anonymous sources.
The citadel in Derbent, one of Russia's oldest cities, is considered a tourist site. It was listed by Unesco in 2003.
IS established a franchise in the region in June, and in September claimed responsibility for an alleged attack on a Russian army base in southern Dagestan.
The al-Nusra Front, an al-Qaeda linked group active in Syria, had called on jihadists to organise attacks in Russia in retaliation for the country's bombing campaign in support of the Syrian government.
Russia has been bombing IS and other groups it considers terrorists, some of which are backed by Western powers. On Wednesday, the Russian military said it flew 121 sorties over Syria in two days, hitting 424 targets.
Nearly 2,900 Russians have travelled to Iraq and Syria to fight alongside militants, according to the FSB. | The so-called Islamic State has said it carried out a gun attack in Dagestan, southern Russia, that left one person dead and 11 injured. | 1.771505 | 2 |
The 34-year-old was driving a Fiat Seicento which collided with a Land Rover Defender which was turning right at the junction to Appletreehall, north of Hawick, at about 11:45 on Saturday.
The 86-year-old driver of the Land Rover suffered minor injuries.
Police officers investigating the crash have appealed for information from anyone who witnessed it.
Sgt Andy Gibb said: "Our inquiries into this collision are at an early stage and we would welcome information from any members of the public who witnessed this collision or who saw either the silver Fiat Seicento or the Land Rover Defender before the collision happened at 11.45 am." | A driver has been seriously injured in a crash involving two vehicles on the A7 road in the Borders. | 0.59114 | 1 |
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It wasn't until 30 years later that she realised its importance.
Thomas's ton that day wasn't just the first scored at a Women's World Cup - but the first at any cricket World Cup, as the inaugural men's event wasn't held until 1975.
"At the time I didn't realise the significance of the tournament," Thomas, 77, told BBC Wales Sport.
"To me it was just another cricket tournament and another cricket match.
"I didn't know until about 12 years ago when my niece read it in the Guinness Book of World Records!"
The inaugural Women's World Cup was the result of the vision of the late Rachael Heyhoe Flint and the financial backing of businessman Sir Jack Hayward, who would later own Wolverhampton Wanderers.
Eight teams took part and England would go on to win it.
"We had trials and the team was chosen. No specialist one day players and the crowds were nothing like they are today," recalls Thomas.
"We drove ourselves there and we all had jobs as well as playing. So once the final was over, I was back teaching on the Monday."
Thomas had been inspired to start playing after seeing her father play for Dafen Cricket Club in their hometown of Llanelli.
Although instead of watching the games, Thomas would be in the nets with the cricket bat "that he bought me from Woolworths".
She went on to play 10 Tests and 24 ODIs for England over a 13-year international career, but was always proud to come from Wales.
"I remember (after the 1973 World Cup win) being introduced to Princess Anne," said Thomas.
"I always told (captain) Rachael Heyhoe Flint 'now don't forget - I'm not English'. So when Princess Anne shook hands with me she said 'ah, you're the foreigner in the team!'"
Thomas and Enid Bakewell put on 246 back in June 1973 - an English opening partnership record that stood until Sarah Taylor and Caroline Atkins made 268 against South Africa in 2008.
Thomas was watching from the stands at Lord's that day and was invited down for a photo afterwards.
"It was strange because it was so different from when we made the record," she said.
"It wasn't even mentioned in the papers then - I don't think anyone knew." | Back in 1973 Lynne Thomas made 134 at Hove as England beat an International XI at the first Women's World Cup. | 1.586215 | 2 |
Mr Swann was the only candidate when the deadline for nominations closed at noon on Friday.
He will be formally ratified as Mike Nesbitt's successor at a meeting of the Ulster Unionist ruling council next month.
Mr Nesbitt announced he is to quit as soon as a new leader is appointed.
That was after the party's disappointing performance in March's election.
The UUP is now the fourth biggest party in the Assembly, having been overtaken by the SDLP for the first time.
Mr Swann said he had "submitted papers" to seek election as leader of the UUP, after "receiving support from across the party, including members of our Westminster, assembly and local government teams".
He told BBC NI's The Sunday News unionism needs "champions for the union".
"Unionism has a lot to offer but it's also making that union attractive to everybody in Northern Ireland so they know the benefits that are there and it's about promoting a positive unionism, a non-threatening unionism and a unionism that can move forward and be progressive".
You can hear more of that interview on The Sunday News on Sunday at 13:00 BST.
The UUP is due to elect Mr Nesbitt's successor at its annual general meeting on 8 April.
There had been some speculation that UUP MLA Steve Aiken would throw his hat in the ring for the leadership, but he told BBC's Evening Extra he was supporting Mr Swann's bid.
Earlier in March, Mr Swann told the BBC he was "not ruling out" a leadership bid.
The 45-year-old father of two was first elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly in 2011 and he represents North Antrim.
He chaired the Public Accounts Committee during the last assembly's mandate and is former president of the Young Farmers' Clubs of Ulster.
Mr Swann was one of 10 UUP members who won seats in the last Assembly elections, but he said the new leader did not necessarily have to be an MLA.
"Our party rules actually allow anybody who is in good standing, and a member of the Ulster Unionist Party, to put their name forward, so there is a misconception out there," he said. | Robin Swann is set to be the next leader of the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) following Mike Nesbitt's resignation. | 1.020061 | 1 |
They say it would be hypocritical of the party to refuse them after it said employees should sit on company boards.
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has been asked for reassurances that a clear out of staff will not take place.
A staff member said: "We have years of experience and expertise and they belittle us at every opportunity."
Sources inside the party, and those close to workers there, have told BBC Radio 4's Today programme they are disgusted by reports they could be "purged" after the leadership election and are terrified about losing their jobs.
One even suggested there could be strike action, although none is currently planned.
A submission asking for places for staff on the committee, and seen by the BBC, said: "It is disappointing that while the Tory prime minister has promised worker representation on company boards that Labour Party workers are currently unrepresented on their own executive."
Refusing the places would be "deeply hypocritical", the submission said.
It demands two new seats on the NEC for Labour staff who are trade union members, in addition to the position already reserved for the party's general secretary.
Labour's staff are represented by the GMB and Unite unions.
In a letter to workers earlier this week Mr Corbyn said he did not support compulsory redundancies, and "at this stage" no staff changes had been proposed.
He urged them to ignore anonymous stories in the press, but he did not rule out redundancies in the future.
He wrote: "I can only reiterate the comments I had made previously in my communication to all Party staff that attacks on individuals in the media are not acceptable."
He was responding to an email from a union representative on Monday which said staff were "deeply disappointed" and demanded "a message of solidarity and support for unionised Labour Party workers in the face of any attempts to "purge" or "clear-out" hard-working staff".
Mr Corbyn is taking on rival Labour MP Owen Smith to be leader of the Labour Party, and voting closed on Wednesday.
The result will be announced in Liverpool on Saturday. | Labour staff are so worried about being sacked they have demanded their own places on the party's ruling body, the National Executive Committee. | 0.725088 | 1 |
The website has been created with images of items found during the construction of the Elizabeth Line, which include a 8,000-year-old flint scraper tool and a Tudor bowling ball.
Archaeologists have uncovered more than 10,000 artefacts during the work.
The website features items from an exhibition about the project at the Museum of London Docklands.
The online exhibition of Tunnel: The Archaeology of Crossrail takes visitors on a journey along the route of the new railway, with photographs and footage captured during archaeological excavations.
The items reveal the stories of Londoners, from Mesolithic tool makers to those affected by the Great Plague of 1665.
Jay Carver, Crossrail's lead archaeologist, said: "The Crossrail project has given archaeologists a unique opportunity to look at important areas of London that have been tantalisingly out of reach for centuries.
"This fantastic immersive website uses the best of the photo and video content captured during the excavations to let people explore over 8,000 years of the capital's hidden history."
The new Elizabeth line is due to open in 2018. | A new virtual exhibition of artefacts unearthed during the Crossrail project has been launched. | 2.548748 | 3 |
Sports Minister Dayasiri Jayasekera said a suspected bookmaker had approached two Sri Lankan players ahead of the match to try to convince them to under-perform and lose the match.
Both players turned down the approach and the authorities were informed, Mr Jayasekara said.
Sri Lanka went on to win the game.
Wicketkeeper Kusal Perera and bowler Rangana Herath were approached shortly before the match in Galle, Sri Lanka, in October, the minister said.
"After Kusal turned down the offer, the man approached Herath who also rejected the offer and alerted the authorities," he added.
Both a police inquiry and anti-corruption investigation by Sri Lanka Cricket have been launched.
The International Cricket Council has also been informed. | Sri Lankan authorities are investigating an attempt to fix an international cricket match involving the national team and the West Indies. | 1.012221 | 1 |
The three-year deal follows months of talks prompted by the government's failure to meet targets on inflation, the budget deficit and growth.
The Ghanaian economy had been expanding at about 8% annually on the back of gold, cocoa and oil exports.
However, growth fell to 4.2% in 2014 as commodity prices fell and the currency depreciated.
The economic crisis has led to severe power shortages.
President John Dramani Mahama told parliament that he intended to fix the shortages, rather than "manage them".
The IMF deal is a bitter bill for Ghana to swallow. People are eager to forget the harsh economic conditions of the 1980s under structural economic adjustment programmes.
This bailout is considered necessary for the restoration of investor confidence in a struggling economy beset by crippling electricity black-outs.
But President John Mahama's administration has a tough job ahead implementing austerity measures being prescribed by the IMF - a likely increase in fuel prices as a 17% petroleum tax is imposed, a freeze on hiring public sector workers and an end to costly energy subsidies.
Many Ghanaians will be asking the government tough questions about the use of taxes and revenue following the discovery of oil in recent years.
The IMF will provide Ghana with loans worth about $940m in instalments, beginning in April.
Joel Toujas-Bernate, head of the IMF's Africa division, said the short-term priority was to stabilise Ghana's economy.
Finance minister Seth Terkper said the agreement was expected to "make markets to react more positively" and encourage more support from donors.
The IMF now expects inflation in Ghana to fall to between 11% and 12% by the end of the year.
Growth should come in at 3.5% in 2015, it said, rising to between 5% and 6% by 2017. | Ghana has struck a deal with the International Monetary Fund aimed at stabilising its troubled economy. | 2.005638 | 2 |
The 30-year-old Belgian was taken off during Saturday's 2-1 victory at Crystal Palace after being concussed, but also has knee-ligament damage.
Guardiola said Kompany is attending a Spanish hospital for treatment, adding: "He's sad but he is in the best hands."
Kompany, who has started two league matches this season, has already had calf, groin and thigh injuries in 2016.
It is his 35th separate injury since joining City from German club Hamburg in 2008.
"We have to try to help him week after week to see if he can play more often," added Guardiola, whose side travel to Borussia Monchengladbach in the Champions League on Wednesday.
"He could be out for weeks. He's sad and I'm sad. It's a long time he doesn't play."
Kompany has played 303 times for City, but the 22 appearances he made in 2015-16 is the fewest he has made in a season for City.
He has started 15 matches in all competitions this year and been taken off in five of them, with one other appearance from the bench.
When he returned in October from a six-month lay-off he said he would be "honest" with the club's medical staff and listen "when they made a decision". | Manchester City captain Vincent Kompany could be out for "weeks" after injuring his knee, says manager Pep Guardiola. | 0.856577 | 1 |
Barbosa, who was a reported target for Leicester, scored twice as Brazil won Olympic gold in Rio earlier this month.
The 20-year-old spent four seasons with Brazilian side Santos scoring 56 goals and winning two league championships.
He is Inter's second signing in two days after the Serie A club bought Portugal midfielder Joao Mario from Sporting Lisbon for £38.4m
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page. | Inter Milan have completed the signing of Brazil striker Gabriel Barbosa from Santos on a five-year deal. | 0.549993 | 1 |
Pardeep Kaur was found dead beneath Harlington High Street flyover in Hayes on 22 October.
The 30-year-old hotel worker had been reported missing five days before when she did not return home from work.
The 24-year-old man was also charged with preventing the lawful burial of the deceased.
He appeared in custody at Hendon Magistrates' Court this afternoon.
Police said a port-mortem examination on Ms Kaur had proved inconclusive and investigators are waiting for further test results. | A man has been charged with the murder of a woman whose body was hidden in waste ground in west London. | 0.500406 | 1 |
U's striker Joe Pigott cancelled out Andre Dozzell's opener in the 89th minute after Town lost the ball.
"I'm not tolerating that, I've told them that's garbage," McCarthy said.
"To concede that goal is really poor. I'm fuming after that, I don't often lose the plot but I have [in the dressing room]."
McCarthy's side were on the wrong end of a number of late goals in the Championship last season, and McCarthy pointed to the examples at Brentford,Nottingham Forest and Bolton where they dropped points from winning positions late on in 2015-16.
Ipswich finished five points outside the Championship play-off places last season in seventh.
The former Republic of Ireland and Wolves boss continued to BBC Radio Suffolk: "That's a pre-season friendly and I say I'm not bothered about them and don't like them, but I don't like conceding goals at that time.
"It's unforgiveable for me. If he whacks one in from 30 yards, fine. But no, we had the ball and gave it away." | Ipswich Town manager Mick McCarthy says he was left "fuming" by his side's 1-1 draw with League Two Cambridge United in Saturday's pre-season friendly. | 0.826301 | 1 |
The 33-year-old is "on raw, ferocious, spellbinding form" in the Young Vic's update of Federico Garcia Lorca's play, wrote the Evening Standard's reviewer.
According to The Times, Piper "steals the show" as "a woman consumed by obsession with her own infertility".
The Guardian was also impressed by her "breathtakingly uninhibited" portrayal.
"In the course of 100 minutes, Piper registers every phase of the character's mounting despair with stark clarity," wrote the paper's critic Michael Billington.
Piper, who played companion Rose Tyler in Doctor Who, plays a woman only known as 'Her' in Simon Stone's adaptation of Lorca's 1933 play.
The play relocates the action from rural Spain to contemporary London and recasts its heroine as a successful lifestyle journalist.
The result, writes Libby Purves in the Daily Mail, is "a tale for all ages" that has been given a "sharply witty, slangily modern updating".
The Stage's Tim Bano concurs, describing the play as "one hell of a punch to the gut thanks to Billie Piper's mighty performance".
Yerma, which also stars Brendan Cowell as Piper's on-stage partner, continues at the Young Vic in south London until 24 September.
Follow us on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, on Instagram, or email [email protected]. | Former Doctor Who star Billie Piper has been praised by critics for her latest stage role, with one describing her work in Yerma as "devastatingly good". | 1.039978 | 1 |
Bella, an English springer spaniel, was taken just 40 seconds after being left outside Tesco in Rothwell in October.
Her owners have searched for her ever since, but were contacted out of nowhere four months later after she was picked up by the RSPCA.
Owner Sarah Osborne called the emotional reunion "amazing".
"Not that we had given up hope but we hadn't heard anything," she said.
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"He [husband Phil Osborne] had taken her down the shop and tied her up to go and grab me a bar of chocolate of all things, and literally in 40 seconds someone had untied her.
"Since then it's been traumatic. But we'd had no sightings of her, so when we got the phone call it was pretty amazing."
Mrs Osborne said the family rehomed Bella as a young dog after she was found "in a state", and it took her a year to get to full health.
Since then she had been everywhere with the family, including on numerous holidays and up and down Mount Snowdon in Wales.
They were left traumatised when Bella was unhinged from a tree outside Tesco Express on Bridge Street on the evening of 10 October.
Soon after, Northamptonshire Police released a grainy CCTV image of the suspect who walked off with Bella in the direction of Market Hill.
But after weeks of no news, the call that she had been found on the other side of England after being identified by her microchip came completely out-of-the-blue.
How she got to Bristol remains a mystery.
"We haven't managed to go back on her normal walks because it just hasn't felt right, but that will all change now," Mrs Osborne said. | A dog stolen outside a Northamptonshire supermarket has been found roaming the streets more than 130 miles (210km) away in Bristol. | 1.21034 | 1 |
The law makes it easier for unmarried co-habiting couples to co-own property and make medical decisions.
It applies to both heterosexual and same-sex couples.
"From today, Chile is different. Chile is for everyone," Roxana Ortiz said after formalising her relationship with Virginia Gomez in front of a judge.
"It was all very emotional. Our families were here, everyone was shedding tears," she told reporters.
Government spokesman Marcelo Diaz said the law "was unthinkable a few years ago" in Chile, one of the most socially conservative countries in the region.
Gay rights advocates say they hope it is a first step on the road towards allowing same-sex marriages.
Co-habiting couples who register under the new law will be able to claim pension benefits and inherit property if their civil partner dies.
It will also make it easier for people to get custody of their partner's child if he or she dies.
The Law for All Families was passed in January after years of lobbying by activists.
Officials said 1,600 couples had already signed up to register their unions.
The government says as many as two million people are currently co-habiting and could now have their unions legally recognised.
Chile only legalised divorce in 2004 and abortion remains totally banned.
Many countries in the region allow civil unions but gay marriage has been legalised nationwide only in Argentina and Uruguay, while it is also allowed in some Mexican states.
In Brazil, Congress has not legalised gay marriage but a key judicial body has instructed registry offices they must accept same-sex marriages. | Dozens of same-sex couples in Chile have been celebrating as a new law recognising their unions came into effect. | 2.463284 | 2 |
People were asked to enrol at their local banks to have their fingerprints taken, along with a photograph of their face by the end of Friday.
Nigeria's central bank said non-registered customers would lose electronic access to their accounts.
Huge sums are allegedly stolen from Nigerian banks as a result of forgery and illegal withdrawals.
Customers who register are issued with a unique Bank Verification Number, which is used in combination with the biometric information to confirm their identity whenever a transaction is made.
Central bank spokesman Ibrahim Mu'azu on Friday told the BBC Hausa service that the exercise had been on going for more than two years but less than half of the 52 million account holders had registered.
He said the exercise would "safeguard depositors from fraud" and allow banks to monitor their customers and serve them effectively.
It is not clear how many people have missed the deadline but millions could be affected.
As the banks are not open on Saturday and Sunday, Friday is effectively the last day people can get the number.
There was a last-minute rush in June as people tried to register, before the deadline was extended to 31 October.
However, the situation appeared to be calmer on Friday.
The bank has also set up centres in Europe and America to allow Nigerians in the diaspora to register. | Nigeria has launched a major crackdown on fake bank-account holders in a bid to reduce fraud in the banking sector. | 1.31894 | 1 |
Funding now comes from local councils, the Clinical Commissioning Group and the Police and Crime Commissioner.
The new service will be run by charity P3, which takes over from previous contractor St Mungo's.
P3 said it would "not offer a one-size fits all service" and aimed to help people "rebuild their lives".
Mark Simms, from P3, said: "Our first and foremost priority is to ensure that current clients accessing services are informed and engaged with, making the transition as smooth and positive for them as we possibly can."
The funding will "mainly pay" for the outreach team who have been commissioned to "find and assess people who are new to sleeping on the streets, or who are longer-term rough sleepers with complex needs, and to support them into accommodation and support as quickly as possible".
The money is expected to fund the service for the next two years. | Rough sleeper outreach teams in Gloucestershire are to get £312,000 to be able to continue services after a central government grant ended. | 1.30037 | 1 |
Marine specialists say the current onshore winds are bringing in large numbers of jellyfish from the Atlantic.
The jellyfish, known as moon jellies, which used to be rare in Cornish waters, do not have a painful sting.
On Sunday, a female sperm whale was discovered in the shallows on Perranporth beach.
More on the stranded jellyfish, plus more Devon and Cornwall news
Matt Slater, from the Cornwall Wildlife Trust, said: "It's shocking the amount of jellyfish which are turning up.
"There are millions of jellyfish in our waters at this time of year. When I'm out surfing, I keep hitting them with my board."
He added moon jellies were rare in Cornish waters five years ago, but they now seem to be abundant at this time of year.
There could soon be sightings of leatherback turtles - the largest turtles in the world - as these feed on jellyfish, he said.
Christian McConville, from the Plymouth Marine Laboratory, said: "Jellyfish do not have a tremendous amount of control over movement.
"It's likely the prevailing wind drew them to the coast and the tide left them on the beach."
He said this is the first major stranding event that he has seen this year. | Thousands of jellyfish have been washed up on a Cornish beach just days after a sperm whale got stranded and died at the same place. | 2.772811 | 3 |
The 28-year-old lock succeeds Steve Borthwick, who retired at the end of last season.
"Alistair has shown exceptional leadership qualities since arriving at the club," Saracens director of rugby Mark McCall said.
"He is unequivocally respected by staff and players alike and we feel certain he will lead the squad brilliantly."
Hargreaves joined Saracens from Super Rugby outfit Sharks in 2012 and has played 44 games for the Premiership club.
He made his Test debut for South Africa against Wales in 2010 and has won a total of four caps. | Saracens have appointed South Africa international Alistair Hargreaves as their new captain. | 0.48044 | 0 |
The 21-year-old left-handed opener played in all three formats for the club in 2015, finishing as second-highest run-scorer in the One-Day Cup.
"His performances in 2015 merit the extension," managing director of cricket Angus Fraser said.
"But for an unfortunate injury, he would have played a near full season."
Gubbins, who joined the north London club's youth system aged 14, scored 354 runs at an average of 27.23 in his seven County Championship appearances this year.
He also hit 339 runs at 56.50 in the One-Day Cup, including a score of 141 against Sussex, and scored 121 runs in the T20 Blast.
Fraser said the Richmond-born player had "showed the ability to thrive" in all forms of the game.
"We believe Nick is an exciting talent and we know he has an excellent work ethic," he added.
"The two qualities give him a great chance of having a long and distinguished career in cricket." | Middlesex batsman Nick Gubbins has extended his contract with the club and will now remain at Lord's until the end of the 2018 season. | 0.756558 | 1 |
Set 240 to win, Michael Klinger (53) and George Hankins (67) added 99 for Gloucestershire's second wicket.
Taylor then smashed 64 from just 36 balls before being out with the scores level, but the visitors sealed victory.
Luke Wright had earlier made 84 for Sussex, but was caught behind off the impressive Chris Liddle (5-52).
After Wright fell on 182-5, having earlier been aided by Laurie Evans' 48, Sussex's batsmen struggled, with only Jofra Archer (30) making any real impact on the scoreboard.
Both sides are now on three wins after seven matches, but Sussex have a point extra after their rain-ruined match against Middlesex.
They can still make the top three - and a place in one of the two quarter-finals if they beat Hampshire at Southampton on Wednesday and Surrey lose to Gloucestershire at Bristol.
Gloucestershire's Jack Taylor:
"I'm hitting the ball well at the moment and it was nice to get us over the line for a good victory. We've just been too inconsistent in this format but we played well today.
"We weren't sure what a good score was going to be but we bowled well, especially Chris Liddle, and then Michael Klinger and George Haskins set things up nicely for me and Ian Cockbain at the end.
"Although we can't reach the knockout stages it's important to keep playing good cricket, not least because a lot of the skills are used in T20. It's good practice for that."
Sussex head coach Mark Davis:
"It's incredibly frustrating because we have played a lot better in this format but we have twice got ourselves in good positions and not won either game.
"We thought we had a competitive score but we got ourselves into a good position and then kept losing wickets at crucial times. They then set the game up with the way Klinger and Haskins batted.
"If we win the last game we'll give ourselves a chance of making the knockout stages so there is still a lot to play for." | Jack Taylor's fourth One-Day Cup half-century of the season helped Gloucestershire to a six-wicket win over Sussex with eight balls to spare. | 1.068311 | 1 |
The weakening of the pound against the euro since the Brexit vote led to the change in the threshold.
The amount of compensation payable is set at €100,000 across the European Union, so significant currency moves can alter the level for UK savers.
The change means the protection returns to its pre-July 2015 level.
It covers money in current accounts, savings accounts, and cash ISAs.
Under the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS), up to £85,000 per person, per institution is now protected if a bank, building society or credit union goes bust. In other words, if the bank collapses, savers will get any money in these accounts up to £85,000 paid back in compensation.
Joint accounts have a protection level of £170,000.
Mark Neale, chief executive of the FSCS, said: "The limit increase will protect even more of peoples' savings. The new limit will protect about 98% of people so it is worth people knowing their limits."
The scheme has a protection checker for savers.
Some MPs have been critical of the way the limit has fluctuated and have called for a settled level to maintain public awareness.
At the start of the banking crisis in 2007 the maximum payout for depositors was just £31,700 per person, made up of 100% of the first £2,000 and then 90% of their next £33,000. | Savings of up to £85,000 will be safe if a bank or building society collapses from now - following a £10,000 rise in the protection level. | 2.252207 | 2 |
No longer, of course, after the bloody and brutal end of a quarter a century of civil war.
When the prime minister arrived here in Jaffna to visit a public library that is seen as the cultural heart of the Tamil community, he was greeted by two rival demonstrations.
On one side of the road, there was a group of clearly pro-regime demonstrators who, amusingly, carried almost identical printed signs written in English.
When I approached this group I could not find a single one of them who spoke English.
They were calling for an inquiry - not into the crimes of the civil war, or the alleged war crimes of their own president, but into colonial abuses, Britain's behaviour here many decades ago.
Their rival group, composed largely of women, was equally well-organised. As the prime minister arrived they rushed forward to try to see him and were held back by police.
They were carrying in their hands identically laminated pictures of their loved ones, the so-called disappeared - sons, daughters, mothers and fathers who went missing during the civil war.
The prime minister is walking a tightrope on this trip. When he returns from meeting Tamil leaders in the north he will go back to the Commonwealth summit, in the capital Colombo - a summit boycotted by Canadian, Indian and Mauritian leaders - for a face-to-face meeting with the Sri Lankan president.
Mr Cameron has said there are sufficient allegations of war crimes - and ongoing human rights abuses - against President Mahinda Rajapaksa and his government to warrant international inquiries.
He says he is shining a light on what is happening in this country - and that there is some value in diplomacy. In not merely boycotting what is going on.
As his entourage was leaving the public library, a group of screaming women - desperate to make their representations directly to the first world leader to come here - pressed photographs and petitions into our hands.
One of them was thrown to the floor as she tried to get to the prime minister's convoy.
Mr Cameron has certainly been made aware of the human price of a bloody civil war. | David Cameron has just landed in Northern Sri Lanka, becoming the first prime minister, the first world leader, to travel to the north of this island, once controlled by the Tamil Tigers. | 2.141622 | 2 |
It is understood the baby might have been born in the open air sometime in the last 48 hours in the Penhow area of the city.
Gwent Police is appealing for anyone with information that could help trace the mother and baby to come forward.
They are asked to call the non-emergency number 101. | Police are searching for a mother who they believe might have given birth without any medical help in Newport. | 0.505918 | 1 |
The campaign says it will go to the federal courts, hours after dropping an appeal in a Pennsylvania state court.
The party had earlier said voters could not afford the $1m (£785,000) bond ordered by the state court.
Ms Stein has tried to force recounts in Michigan and Wisconsin as well; all three were narrowly won by President-elect Donald Trump.
The Greens' decision comes two days before a court hearing was scheduled on the case in Pennsylvania where Donald Trump's margin of victory was 49,000, or less than 1%.
But supporters of Mr Trump are trying to block the recount bid, which are unlikely to change the polls results if they take place.
"Make no mistake, the Stein campaign will continue to fight for a state-wide recount in Pennsylvania," recount campaign lawyer Jonathan Abady said in a statement. "We are committed to this fight to protect the civil and voting rights of all Americans."
Mr Abady said barriers to a recount in Pennsylvania are pervasive and the state court system is ill-equipped to address the problem.
Ms Stein, who was the Green Party's presidential candidate, says the recount bid is needed to explore whether voting machines and systems had been hacked and the election result manipulated.
But her campaign has so far offered no evidence of hacking, and supporters of Donald Trump have asked the state court to dismiss the case.
Read our recount explainer.
A recount has already started in Wisconsin, which Mr Trump won by 22,000 votes. On Friday, a federal court rejected a request by Mr Trump's supporters to immediately halt the recount there, but allowed a lawsuit to proceed.
In Michigan, Mr Trump's team filed a complaint with the elections board to block a recount of all 4.8 million ballots cast in the state, which he won by 10,700 votes. A recount there could begin next week.
Mrs Clinton, who lost to Mr Trump, has kept silent on the matter, but her campaign has said it would co-operate with Ms Stein's recount efforts. | The US Green Party led by Jill Stein has changed its strategy in seeking a state-wide recount in Pennsylvania. | 1.489269 | 1 |
Somerset remain third in the table, one point behind second-placed Yorkshire and five behind leaders Middlesex - who will go a further 16 clear if they win their ongoing game with Lancashire.
Yorkshire were bowled out for 286 at Headingley, despite Jake Lehmann's 116.
Jack Leach took 6-64 before Somerset easily reached their target of 42.
Openers Marcus Trescothick (37 not out) and Tom Abell knocked off the required runs in 10.3 overs to complete a 23-point win.
Somerset, who have never been county champions before, host relegated Nottinghamshire in their last game starting on 20 September.
Their focus before then will be on Middlesex who, if they win at Old Trafford, would need only four points from their final match against Yorkshire at Lord's to clinch the title.
The visitors' seamers had skittled Yorkshire for 145 on day one at Headingley, but it was left-arm spinner Leach who took a prominent role in the champions' downfall on day three.
They were held up by Australian left-hander Lehmann, who shared a 101-run eighth-wicket stand with Liam Plunkett (73) to ensure Somerset would bat again.
But Yorkshire's chances of saving the game rapidly deteriorated once Leach had trapped Lehmann lbw with the first ball of a new spell.
The 25-year-old has taken 58 Championship wickets this season, with 33 of those coming in Somerset's last five fixtures, and is the second-leading wicket-taker in Division One behind Warwickshire off-spinner Jeetan Patel. | Somerset kept their Championship title hopes alive as they beat rivals Yorkshire by 10 wickets in their penultimate match of the season. | 0.877799 | 1 |
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Victory over Belgium in November's final saw Britain win the Davis Cup for the first time since 1936.
Captain Leon Smith guided Britain from the third tier to glory in five years.
British number one Andy Murray played a key role, alongside his brother Jamie, Kyle Edmund, James Ward, Dom Inglot and Dan Evans.
Andy Murray, 28, won 11 of 12 points during Britain's successful campaign.
The award was presented by former pentathlete and 1972 Sports Personality of the Year winner Dame Mary Peters, and Republic of Ireland boss Martin O'Neill.
Captain Leon Smith said: "It is hugely humbling, it is very prestigious. It has been 79 years since we last won the Davis Cup, let's hope it doesn't take another 79 years.
"I hope what it has achieved is we get a lasting legacy for tennis."
Murray joins American John McEnroe and Swede Mats Wilander as the only men to have an 8-0 singles record in a Davis Cup year. In the doubles he is only the fourth man to win 11 rubbers in a single year. | Great Britain's triumphant Davis Cup side won the Team of the Year award at the BBC Sports Personality of the Year show. | 1.357335 | 1 |
Detectives said the man, who has not yet been identified, was found in the Sparkhill area of the city at around 22:00 GMT on Monday.
He has undergone surgery and remains in a stable condition in a hospital critical care ward.
West Midlands Police are appealing for help to identify him in order to contact next-of-kin.
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A witness who tended to the victim, has described how up to 12 men ran away from the scene in Percy Road.
Some of them shouted "Ravi", which it is thought could be the name of the injured man.
Police describe the victim as being in his mid-20s with a dark complexion and say he could be of Eastern European or Asian ethnicity.
He is clean-shaven, of medium build, with dark hair around half an inch in length, detectives said.
Sgt Simon Hanlon, from Force CID, said: "We are following up a number of lines of enquiry to try and trace the people responsible but understanding the identity of the victim is clearly a top priority." | A man is critically ill after being stabbed multiple times in the legs in an attack in Birmingham. | 0.742453 | 1 |
The Well-being of Future Generations Bill had been dubbed a "bureaucratic monster" with no "clear purpose".
Natural Resources Minister Carl Sargeant said it would make authorities work together with sustainable goals.
But Tory AM Antoinette Sandbach claimed it would create extra bureaucracy, taking £9.5m from frontline services. | People will be given the power to shape their own future, the Welsh government says, as the assembly passes a bill aimed at boosting local communities. | 1.000564 | 1 |
The pair were sent to the stands in the 11th minute of the first leg at Fratton Park after allegedly using improper language and/or behaviour.
The game finished 2-2, with the Pilgrims winning the return game 1-0.
Both have accepted the fine, which is the standard penalty for the offence.
Plymouth are in the play-off final at Wembley later this month where they will play AFC Wimbledon, who beat Accrington in the other semi-final on Wednesday night. | Portsmouth boss Paul Cook and Plymouth Argyle coach Paul Wotton have each been fined £500 after admitting an FA misconduct charge from their League Two play-off semi-final last week. | 0.502354 | 1 |
He has written a memo to staff after reports he took a lover on a business trip to Singapore, running up a hotel bill of nearly £4,000.
Mr Horta-Osorio, married with three children, said that his expenses were fully compliant.
The bank is in the process of cutting 3,000 jobs to increase profitability.
Lloyds is still about 9% state-owned. The government held a 40% stake in the bank at one point after rescuing it during the financial crisis.
In his memo, Mr Horta-Osorio said: "My personal life is obviously a private matter as it is for anyone else.
"But I deeply regret being the cause of so much adverse publicity and the damage that has been done to the group's reputation. I have been a strong advocate of expecting the highest professional standards from everyone at the bank, and that includes me.
"Having the highest professional standards raises the bar against which we are judged and as I have always said, we must recognise that mistakes will be made."
The bank has said previously that it was satisfied there had been no breach of policy regarding Mr Horta-Osorio's expenses and that all personal expenses had been paid for by himself.
The 52-year-old added that he was "as committed as ever" to leading the company.
He became chief executive of Lloyds in March 2011. A few months after taking on the role, he took extended sick leave because of a stress-related illness.
Lloyds insiders say the chief executive is unlikely to be sacked - because of the need for stability post-Brexit and ahead of the planned sale of the government's remaining stake - which will be one of the largest ever retail share sales. | The boss of Lloyds, Antonio Horta-Osorio, says he regrets the "adverse publicity and damage" caused by recent media coverage of his personal life. | 1.199832 | 1 |
The company behind the X-Factor and Cold Feet said advertising revenue in the three months 30 September was down 4% on the same quarter last year.
But ITV predicted a further 7% fall in the final quarter of 2016 due to "the political and economic uncertainty".
That would see net advertising revenue fall 3% over the full year, ITV said.
"In recent weeks the political and economic uncertainty has increased and we are currently seeing more cautious behaviour by advertisers," ITV said in a trading update.
However, the broadcaster said its recent push to boost other revenue streams, such as with content from its production arm ITV Studios, would help to offset the fall in advertising.
ITV's total revenues rose 5% to £2.16bn, but revenue from non-advertising sources rose 15%, helped by a strong performance from its studio business.
Chief executive Adam Crozier said: "ITV is now a much more balanced and resilient business. Even against the current uncertain economic backdrop, we expect 2016 earnings to be broadly in line with last year."
ITV said advertising revenues fell about 11% in October after a jump in the same month last year when it benefitted from the Rugby World Cup.
The group boosted viewing figures, with the main ITV channel's share of viewing up 3%. Its online viewing jumped 49% year-on-year in the first nine months of 2016.
ITV's share price rose 1% in early trading, which analysts said was probably due to the revenue fall not being as bad as many experts had forecast.
Tamsin Garrity, media analyst at Jefferies, said the figures were "slightly better than our cautious scenario", having pencilled in a drop of more than 8% for the fourth quarter of 2016.
Meanwhile, George Salmon, equity analyst at Hargreaves Lansdown, said: "Given the current economic uncertainty, it may not be much of a surprise to see the group's customers are pulling their horns in, but it is still not good news for the group.
"For the time being, ITV remains the prime place to advertise on a national scale. Coronation Street's status as a national treasure isn't endangered by a weaker economy.
"The challenge for the group now is to retain this premier position as Netflix and others grow in the on-demand sphere. Viewing habits are changing and ITV will have to change with them." | Broadcaster ITV has forecast a further fall in advertising revenue because of increasing nervousness about the strength of the economy. | 1.110408 | 1 |
The force said although BBC TV producer Oisin Tymon did not wish for police action on his behalf, it still had to make "routine enquiries".
It added that now all the interviews were complete, it "would not be pursuing this matter any further".
Mr Tymon was punched by Clarkson at a hotel last month.
The attack occurred following a row over a lack of hot food after a day's filming on location.
Mr Tymon suffered swelling and a split lip in the assault on 4 March and visited a hospital A&E department for his injuries.
The incident came to light after Clarkson reported himself to the BBC's director of television, Danny Cohen.
"North Yorkshire Police has now completed its routine enquiries following the incident at Hawes involving Mr Jeremy Clarkson," the force said.
"Last week... Mr Tymon said he did not wish the police to take action on his behalf. However, at that point we still needed to speak to some members of the public who were present at the time of the incident, who had been affected by the event, and whose views also needed to be considered.
"Now that all the interviews are complete, we have properly established that there is no need for further police action."
Clarkson was suspended by the BBC on 10 March before it announced on 25 March his contract on Top Gear would not be renewed. | North Yorkshire Police have said there is "no need for further action" against Jeremy Clarkson following an inquiry into the Top Gear "fracas". | 0.723356 | 1 |
Socialist MPs had introduced the amendment to the budget for 2016, saying that as "basic needs," tampons, towels and menstrual cups should be taxed at the lower rate.
But the proposal was rejected in the early hours of Thursday morning.
The government opposed the change, saying it would reduce tax receipts in 2016 by 55m euros (£40m, $63m).
The feminist collective behind the proposal, Georgette Sand, said it "saw red" at the outcome.
It said the rejection was inevitable given the timing of the vote, and women's under-representation in the chamber.
France's Secretary of State for the Budget, Christian Eckert, said that VAT was also paid at 20% on men's shaving foam - and that the debate was "passionate" but "not simple".
The vote in the National Assembly drew ire from many commentators on social media - with #taxetampon trending in Paris on Thursday.
Many people used red blood as a metaphor for their anger - L'etagere tweeted this image, saying "when you read that for the 75% male MPs feminine protection products are not basic needs":
"You have to ask who is pulling the strings at the National Assembly," tweeted @supermegadrivin.
"If you have your period, you pay for it, physically, socially and financially," tweeted @Menstrues.
The parallel drawn between shaving foam and menstrual products was particularly criticised:
If you want, Christian Eckert, I can go out for a month without a tampon, and you without shaving, and we'll see what happens, tweeted @BoumBoumTcha: | French MPs have voted against an amendment which would have cut VAT paid on sanitary products from 20% to 5.5%. | 1.221656 | 1 |
But the "clock is ticking" and the industry needs to get on with the job.
Ulster Farmers Union (UFU) president Barclay Bell was addressing a breakfast event at Balmoral Show.
He said the priority was maintaining post-Brexit the level and share of financial support that currently flows to Northern Ireland from the EU.
Mr Bell told the event, organised by the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA), that the UK pot of money should be targeted at "those who take the financial risks of primary food production".
The ideas form part of the UFU's Brexit discussion document launched on Thursday.
Speaking at the same event, the chairman of the Northern Ireland Food & Drink Federation said there was a danger of "paralysis by analysis" in response to Brexit.
Declan Billington said there needed to be a "sales plan" for Northern Ireland produce.
He said the focus should be on increasing sales to the market in Great Britain while opening up new markets for cuts of meat and chicken that people in Northern Ireland do not eat.
Such efficient use of the animal carcass could drive expansion, he said.
A leading environmentalist told the gathering that farmers were already providing public goods, such as access to the countryside and biodiversity, and should be supported for that.
Patrick Casement, chair of Northern Ireland Environment Link, said conservationists were concerned that a new agricultural policy could deliver intensification in lowland areas and the abandonment of uplands, which could no longer be farmed economically. | There is a "once in a lifetime opportunity" to shape the future of agriculture in Northern Ireland, industry leaders have been told. | 1.624214 | 2 |
Registered voters will be able to cast their ballots from 07:00 to 22:00 BST.
The Conservatives won 30 of the 55 seats on the council at the 2013 elections, but have since gained a councillor due to a defection, giving them a majority of seven.
The election count will start on Friday and results will be published on the council's website. | Polling stations across Leicestershire have opened for the elections to decide who runs the county council. | 0.635537 | 1 |
Burton edged a cagey first half lacking noteworthy chances in which Nasser El Khayati posed the biggest threat.
The Dutch striker continued to shine after the break but blasted a great opportunity over after a flowing move.
But the Blades also went close as the game opened up, with Billy Sharp twice testing keeper Jon McLaughlin.
Martyn Woolford also had an effort saved by McLaughlin near the end, but neither side could find a winner.
Walsall's victory at Scunthorpe saw them move to within a point of Burton, while Sheffield United remain in sixth place.
Burton boss Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink told BBC Radio Derby:
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"We were not desperate and going out of our positions to score the goal because when you do that you get a goal against and all of a sudden you need two goals.
"The discipline was very important and it was about 'ok, if we can't score we can't score, they are definitely not going to score' and that's being very professional." | League One pacesetters Burton Albion had their lead at the top of the table cut to a point after being held by a resolute Sheffield United side. | 0.906141 | 1 |
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