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The Canadian star achieved millions of sales and billions of streams with his fourth album, Views, which topped the charts around the world.
He managed to beat Adele and Coldplay, who also achieved big sales last year.
The news comes from music industry bigwigs the IFPI, who've given Drake their Global Recording Artist of the Year Award.
"Drake's phenomenal success reflects how deeply his unique sound appeals to an enormous global audience," said chief executive Frances Moore.
In the UK, Drake's single One Dance topped the charts for 15 weeks, nearly beating the all-time record, held by Bryan Adams' (Everything I Do) I Do It For You.
However, Views only ended the year as the country's eighth best-selling album, behind Little Mix's Glory Days and Adele's 25 - which took the top spot for the second year in a row.
In Germany, the world's third-biggest music market, the album was only the year's 100th best-seller.
The IFPI declined to release figures for Drake's overall sales, or a country-by-country breakdown, so it is hard to decode how he made up the difference - but the star's phenomenal success on streaming services is likely to be key.
Views became the first album to reach one billion streams on Apple Music (where it was initially available as an exclusive); while One Dance was the first song to be played one billion times on Spotify.
The album also topped the year-end charts in the US, still the biggest music market in the world, with sales of 4.1 million.
The IFPI Global Recording Artist Award was established in 2013, and previous recipients have been One Direction (2013), Taylor Swift (2014) and Adele (2015).
Follow us on Facebook, on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, or on Instagram at bbcnewsents. If you have a story suggestion email [email protected]. | He only had One Dance, but it was a pretty popular one: Drake has been named the best-selling artist of 2016. | 1.12897 | 1 |
Dan Bull spends 10 weeks a year on a cherrypicker trying to tame this 55ft (17 metre) hedge at Powis Castle, Welshpool, Powys.
He admitted it was "a bit scary" initially, but considers himself lucky.
Back in the day, the 300-year-old yew took a team of 10 with huge ladders to clip the bushes using just hand shears and scythes.
Head gardener David Swanton added: "It's a huge task for us to get all the trimming done.
"Two gardeners spend six weeks trimming the box hedge and two more spend 12 weeks working on the yew.
"One gardener spends about 10 weeks in the air on this hydraulic cherry-picker getting all the high trimming done." | If you struggle to simply mow the lawn at this time of year, spare a thought for this extreme gardener. | 1.419961 | 1 |
South-west Wales was the worst hit, with several flooding incidents in Pembrokeshire and Ceredigion.
It followed a yellow "be aware" warning for the South Wales coast.
But storms can make for a good picture, here are some of your weather photos from around Wales. | More lightning, rain and wind is thought to be in store after a weekend of intense downpours. | 0.76005 | 1 |
The party said it had analysed NHS figures for the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital (QEUH) in Glasgow.
Last week the hospital apologised after A&E waiting time performance fell to a new low.
In the previous week, only 77.2% of patients were seen within four hours.
The Scottish government target is for 95% to be seen and either admitted, transferred or discharged within four hours.
Scottish Labour said a total of 3,852 patients had spent more than four hours in A&E since the hospital opened.
The party's public services spokeswoman, Jackie Baillie, said: "NHS staff in Scotland work incredibly hard to deliver the care that Scots need, but it is clear that even at the new £850m flagship hospital things are going wrong.
"Just last week we saw the hospital needing urgent specialist support for the second time in just four months.
"It's clear that the hospital hasn't been getting the long-term resources it needs from the SNP government.
"The hospital struggled to hit the SNP's A&E waiting time target in the middle of summer and autumn - the problems at the hospital need to be fixed now before winter comes.
"Scottish Labour asked SNP Health Minister Shona Robison back in May to consider pausing the transfer of patients to ease the burden on the new hospital, but she said no.
"Now we see thousands of patients waiting longer than they should have to for care. It's just not good enough and SNP ministers must get a grip."
The £842m facility, formerly known as the South Glasgow University Hospital, started taking patients in April.
Dubbed a "super-hospital", the campus replaced the Royal Hospital for Sick Kids at Yorkhill, the Southern General Hospital, the Western and Victoria infirmaries and the Mansionhouse Unit.
But within weeks there were claims of "chaos" with patients complaining of long waits to be admitted.
In June, the Scottish government announced that a team of experts would be sent in to help staff improve A&E waiting times at the site.
Performance rose markedly as a result, with the hospital hitting a rate of more than 90% since the end of July.
But in the week ending 4 October, the figure dropped sharply, making it the worst performing site in Scotland. | Nearly 4,000 patients have waited more than four hours in A&E at Scotland's newest hospital since May, according to Scottish Labour. | 1.044901 | 1 |
Lee Joshua, 43, was jailed alongside fellow EDL supporters Jake Hill, James Harrington and Adam Beebee, who were involved in violence in Birmingham in July 2013.
About 200 people were involved in the disturbance with police in the Broad Street and Centenary Square areas.
About 30 officers were injured.
The four men, who admitted violent disorder, were told by a judge at Birmingham Crown Court that the rally had been "plainly racist and/or anti-Muslim".
Joshua had claimed to have "enjoyed every minute" of the disturbance, and later posted an image of himself on Facebook burning a copy of the Koran.
The court heard that a Muslim prayer cap and a Pakistani flag were set on fire in the street, while police were pelted with paving slabs and bottles.
Joshua, from Highbridge Road, Netherton, near Dudley, told police he had drunk 10 cans of lager, and was said to have been at the "forefront of attempts to break through police lines".
Hill, 22, from Mill Street, Brierley Hill, West Midlands, had spat at police officers and been part of a crowd that attacked them, was sentenced to 22 months in jail.
Harrington, 30 from Swarcliffe Road, Leeds, was seen on CCTV trying to hit police with a length of wood and was sentenced to two years.
Beebee, 28, from Boundary Road, Erdington, Birmingham, admitted trying to pass through police lines to "have a ruck" with counter-protesters.
He was sentenced to 13 months' imprisonment.
A further 48 men are due to be sentenced during December at the same court for offences linked to the disorder. | A disabled English Defence League supporter involved in clashes with police while on crutches at a protest rally has been jailed for 16 months. | 1.01476 | 1 |
Specialist aerial dancer Pedro Aunión Monroy was suspended in a cage during the Mad Cool festival in Madrid on Friday when he plunged 100ft to his death.
A Buddhist ceremony was held on Saturday and a Catholic cremation carried out earlier.
His friend Gary Taylor said Mr Monroy was a "huge bundle of energy".
He told the BBC a Prince song was played during the funeral for the Portslade-based dancer, and his ashes will be buried with his grandmother's in Spain on Monday.
"Pedro and his partner Mike are both Buddhists and [Mike] said afterwards it was a very powerful experience," Mr Taylor said.
"Pedro was a huge ball of energy, a very big character and a very kind man.
"I've got a lot of funny memories, but far too few memories now. He was a big showman and died as you might expect, with an audience.
"His family are lovely... they are all devastated and shocked."
Mr Monroy died between performances by Alt-J and Green Day, and paramedics spent 30 minutes trying to revive him.
It is unclear at this stage what caused the fall.
Mr Taylor said he expects there will be an investigation into the circumstances, as the Mayor of Madrid, Manuela Carmena, had told the family she wanted to know exactly what happened.
Mr Monroy had his own performance company, In Fact Aerial Dance, based in Brixton, London, and previously worked as a self-employed massage therapist at The Grand Hotel, Brighton.
In statement on the 45,000-ticket sell out festival's website, directors Javier Arnaiz and Farruco Castromán said they did not initially inform the audience or the bands the fall was fatal because of "security reasons". | The funeral for a Brighton acrobat who died during a performance has been held in Spain, a family friend has said. | 0.76126 | 1 |
He hosted a syndicated TV show, The People's Court, for more than a decade, gaining an audience of millions for his private arbitration of real life small claims cases.
Before his television career, Judge Wapner spent 18 years on the bench of the Los Angeles Superior Court.
His son, David Wapner, said his father had died in Los Angeles in his sleep.
He had recently been hospitalised with breathing problems.
To appear on The People's Court, over which Judge Wapner presided from 1981-1993, the plaintiff and defendant had to sign a binding arbitration agreement.
"Everything on the show is real," Judge Wapner told the Associated Press in 1986. "There's no script, no rehearsal, no retakes. Everything from beginning to end is like a real courtroom, and I personally consider each case as a trial."
Judge Wapner became better known than the top judges on the US Supreme Court, many of whom were said to be fans of the show.
He once settled a dispute between David Letterman and Johnny Carson on the latter's The Tonight Show.
A truck owned by Mr Letterman had been towed away from a street in Malibu at Mr Carson's request, after he said it was an eyesore.
The truck had damaged headlights when return to Mr Letterman, however, and Judge Wapner awarded him $24.95.
The popularity of the TV court declined in the early 1990s, but flourished again from 1997 after the launch of Judge Judy, a show which Judge Wapner said he did not watch.
Joseph Wapner received his law degree from the University of Southern California in 1948. He was awarded with the Bronze Star and the Purple Heart for his service during the Second World War. | Judge Joseph Wapner, who helped pioneer the genre of court-based reality television, has died aged 97. | 1.683311 | 2 |
Demolition firm Brown and Mason will also clear the collapsed section of the boiler house and demolish the rest of the building.
It is set to replace Coleman and Company, which still has responsibility for demolition at the wider site.
Four workers died when the plant collapsed on 23 February.
In a statement, Coleman and Company said it was "hugely disappointing" it had to cease work at the site.
"We all wanted to recover our friends and colleagues and return them to their families," the company said.
"It has been explained to us that this decision has been made for reasons of safe-guarding employee welfare and the preservation of critical evidence."
RWE Npower has announced plans to bring the rest of the building down by a controlled explosive demolition.
The bodies of Christopher Huxtable, 34, from Swansea, Ken Cresswell, 57, and John Shaw, 61, both from Rotherham, have not yet been found following the collapse.
The body of Michael Collings, 53, from Brotton, Teesside, has been recovered from the site.
The cause of the collapse is being investigated jointly by police and The Health and Safety Executive. | A new contractor will take over work within the next month to recover the bodies of three men killed when Didcot A Power Station collapsed. | 1.233471 | 1 |
The 27-year-old, who won heptathlon gold at London 2012, tied the knot with Andy Hill in the village of Hathersage.
Having returned to training following her triumph at London 2012, the Sheffield athlete chose to miss the 2013 indoor season to concentrate on this summer's World Championships.
Her outdoor season is due to start on 8 June at Edinburgh's Meadowbank Stadium.
She will then join fellow British gold medallists Greg Rutherford and Mo Farah at the London 2012 Anniversary Games, held at the Olympic Stadium, from 26-28 July.
Ennis will compete in the 100m hurdles and long jump.
She met Hill at school and the couple have been together for about eight years. He proposed to her on Christmas Eve in 2011.
In an interview last December, the 27-year-old said she was enjoying planning her "medium-sized" wedding and was "loving all the girlie stuff". | Olympic champion Jessica Ennis married her long-term partner at a church in Derbyshire's Peak District on Saturday. | 0.730691 | 1 |
The explosives were initially found at Hurst Spit near Milford-on-Sea on Thursday night by a passerby.
The shells, which had been placed within a police cordon, then vanished overnight before disposal teams arrived.
Police said the person who had removed the shells had since come forward.
The shells were thrown in an area of the sea not regularly used by bathers.
The Hampshire force said: "We have carried out an assessment of this location and any risk posed by these objects to the public is low." | Two unexploded shells which were awaiting disposal by bomb experts were thrown in the sea by a member of the public. | 1.278312 | 1 |
Australia's Day, the overnight leader, sank a 35-foot putt on the last to complete a seven-under 65 for 13 under.
Rose made six birdies in his bogey-free round that took him to 10 under, one behind Sweden's Henrik Stenson (67).
Northern Ireland's Rory McIlroy shot a 67 after his opening 75, but is 11 strokes behind Day on two under.
McIlroy has not given up hope of challenging Day, saying: "I need to set myself a target and try to get to that, try to emulate what he has done over the first two days.
"If I was to go out and shoot a couple of 66s, I don't feel like I would be too far away. I can't think about Jason being 11 shots ahead of me."
Day made seven birdies and no bogeys as he improved on his opening round of 66 by one stroke.
"It would be nice to go eight under tomorrow," joked the world number three.
"I said after Thursday's round I was just trying to stay patient and came out and started off really solid and kept it up."
Rose started his round nine shots behind the surging Day out on the course, and the Englishman was delighted to have reeled in the Australian to some extent.
"I was certainly aware Jason had played well but it didn't seem to bother me or change the way I wanted to go and play," said Rose.
"I just wanted to put a good score together and I am very pleased with my position going into the weekend now."
England's Paul Casey is also in contention on seven under after a second-round 69. | England's Justin Rose shot a superb 66 to move within three strokes of leader Jason Day after two rounds of the Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill. | 0.943819 | 1 |
Flanagan, 29, was expected to return from a shoulder injury during the Super 8s but medical staff have ruled against him coming back in 2017.
Tasi, 27, sustained a knee injury in Salford's Challenge Cup semi-final loss to Wigan on Sunday.
He was due to miss Friday's game with Hull FC through suspension for striking with the shoulder in the defeat.
"Realistically I need to rest and recover," Flanagan said. "As soon as I'm fully fit I'll be working hard to come back fitter and stronger for the 2018 season." | Salford will be without injured forwards Mark Flanagan for the rest of the season and Lama Tasi for 10 weeks. | 0.609464 | 1 |
Police were called to the A35 at Bloxworth, near Wareham, at about 09:10 BST after they were discovered by a dog walker.
Tests are under way to "determine the contents" of the cigarettes and HM Revenue and Customs has been informed.
Dorset Police urged anyone who may have found other packets in "unusual circumstances" to contact them. No arrests have been made. | About 34,000 cigarettes have been found in a layby in Dorset. | 0.305292 | 0 |
The Gloucester player left the British and Irish Lions tour to New Zealand early because of a back injury.
Moriarty was injured in his only Lions appearance, the 13-7 win against New Zealand Provincial Barbarians.
"I don't have a time scale or date when I expect to be back to play," said the 23-year-old.
Wales face Australia, Georgia, New Zealand and South Africa in November.
"I am not sure when I will be back," said Moriarty, who will also be absent when Gloucester's season begins at home against Exeter on Friday, 1 September.
"I will take my time and hopefully the physios will be doing their best to get me back to full fitness soon."
Moriarty made the Lions tour after winning 17 caps for Wales, but was unable to press for a Test place because of the injury.
"I was disappointed to leave the tour early, but it was a great experience to be involved with that first game," he said.
"I just felt as if I could have offered the team a little more."
Moriarty says he underwent two scans to discover the nature of the injury and medical treatment failed to clear it up, forcing him to return home. | Wales back-rower Ross Moriarty is unsure if he will return from injury to challenge for a place in their autumn Tests. | 0.754951 | 1 |
Francisco Herrera Argueta, 55, clad himself in a long skirt, blonde wig, sunglasses and fake breasts while trying to make the escape.
He attempted to walk out of the maximum security jail with the families of other inmates paying a prison visit.
But he was caught when guards noticed his unusual way of walking.
They later noticed that he had a man's voice.
Argueta, a gang leader also known as Don Chico, was jailed in September 2015 for murder and firearms offences.
He now faces additional punishment for his attempted escape, with officials warning he may be transferred to El Pozo jail, widely regarded as the most dangerous prison in the country.
In his escape attempt he even went to the trouble of wearing blusher and paint his nails pink.
Argueta impersonated a female visitor to the prison in San Pedro Sula who left her identity card with guards while visiting inmates on Sunday afternoon.
He was caught as he tried to pick up the identity card at the jail's exit - when a guard asked him to remove his sunglasses. He had already passed through other security filters before he was finally stopped.
"The make-up couldn't hide the fact that he was a man," police spokesman Bayron Sauceda was quoted as saying.
Good news for the Honduran murder capital?
Honduras transfers high risk prisoners to new jails
Central America tackles gangs with joint border force
Honduras has in recent years tried to clamp down on violent crime. In 2011, it had a murder rate of 86.5 per 100,000 people, according to the National University's Violence Observatory.
By 2015, the rate had decreased to 60 per 100,000 - at the same time, neighbouring El Salvador has been climbing the ladder of violence with a national murder rate in 2015 closer to 100 per 100,000 people.
On Monday, the president of Honduras, Juan Orlando Hernández, announced he is setting up a commission to investigate lowering the age of criminal responsibility to under 18. | Prison officials in Honduras have told a convicted murderer who attempted to break out of jail disguised as a woman that he faces severe punishment. | 1.070414 | 1 |
"Our calling is not just within the walls of the congregation," he said. "We are part of the life and community in which our congregation resides."
On Wednesday evening, Mr Pinckney was shot dead among those he had pledged to serve - one of nine victims of a gun attack on the Mother Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina.
A video of him, filmed at the church in 2013, reveals a man marked for pulpit and senate, with a gift for speaking intimately, almost informally, to a large crowd.
In a warm baritone, Mr Pinckney discusses his church's place in African-American history and its origins in an attempted slave insurrection in the 19th century.
The would-be insurrectionists were interrogated in "a little Guantanamo experiment", says Mr Pinckney. Some were eventually put to death.
The 41-year-old pastor had begun preaching at the age of 13. He was also a rising star of Democratic politics in a state long dominated by Republicans.
He was the youngest African-American in South Carolina's history to be elected to the legislature. He had been a student at the state university, a Lutheran seminary, as well as at Princeton University.
Mr Pinckney came from a family of civil rights activists and leaders. Among them were campaigners for the desegregation of school buses and for electoral reforms that would pave the way for the emergence of black politicians.
In 1998, the veteran Washington Post political reporter, David Broder, met Mr Pinckney and described him as a "spirit-lifter".
"Our people expect the best of us," the young politician told the reporter. "They send us to take care of the people's business, and those of us who take hold of that responsibility understand that's what it's really about."
Earlier this year, Mr Pinckney appeared at rallies to protest at the death of Walter Scott, an unarmed black man shot dead by a police officer in Charleston.
The pastor lent his voice to a campaign for the police to be forced to wear body cameras.
"I always felt God had called me to serve within the church because of what the church stands for," he told the Charleston Post and Courtier in 2010. "This has always been home."
Mr Pinckney was married, with two children. | A church pastor and a state senator, Clementa Pinckney spoke of his politics as an extension of his religious mission, as another way of serving the people around him. | 1.928423 | 2 |
The proposal emerged last year with the authority struggling to maintain the building due to spending constraints.
A report to the council said that opinion in the town remained divided over the plan to lease the site to the Jedburgh Leisure Facilities Trust.
It is now being advised to transfer the site to a proposed regional Culture Trust instead.
In February last year the authority delegated power to officers to grant the lease to the JLFT.
However, concerns over the business case, public consultation and differences of opinion of the appropriateness of the project have since emerged.
In light of that, the council has now decided to drop that plan.
Instead, it is being recommended that it considers transferring the building to a new Culture Trust which is due to be discussed later this year.
That could see libraries, museums and community centres moved to a charitable trust.
It is proposed that the town hall could be part of that project. | Scottish Borders Council has dropped plans to lease Jedburgh Town Hall to a local leisure trust. | 1.086797 | 1 |
The win in Toronto gave the Indians a 4-1 lead in their best-of-seven series for the American League Championship.
The Indians have not won a World Series since 1948 - only the Chicago Cubs have a worse record, having not won baseball's biggest prize since 1908.
The Cubs are 2-1 down to the Los Angeles Dodgers in the best-of-seven National League Championship series.
The build-up to the Indians' game in Toronto involved an attempt to block the team's name and logo being used in Ontario.
But an indigenous activist's claim they were racist was dismissed by an Ontario Superior Court judge on Monday. | The Cleveland Indians reached their first World Series since 1997 by beating the Toronto Blue Jays 3-0. | 1.484929 | 1 |
The 19-year-old, who made his first-class debut in June, should become the first Jerseyman to represent England.
"It's going to be the most remarkable occasion," said Jenner's dad Ward, also chairman of the Jersey Cricket Board.
"He's now got to turn up at 08:00 BST tomorrow in a suit, which his mum is flying over to him."
He added: "Jonty will meet his mum at Gatwick tonight to get his suit - hopefully it'll be dry-cleaned in time."
Jenner, who is yet to make his County Championship bow, scored 68 against South Africa A last month for Sussex having spent most of the season playing for their second team.
The 12th man role is given to specialist fielders, with Jenner coming on as a substitute if a member of the team gets injured.
His father added that Carl Hopkinson, fielding coach at Sussex, recommended Jenner for the role.
"I didn't quite believe it at first, but when he told me more about how it came about there was some logic to it," he added to BBC Sport.
"Carl recognises, like a lot of people, that Jonty's one of the best fielders in the country. He has close links with the England setup and Jonty was then asked if he fancied it, which he obviously did.
"I imagine it's almost 100% certain he'll get on the pitch at some stage." | Jersey and Sussex batsman Jonty Jenner has been named as 12th man for England's first Test against South Africa at Lord's, starting on Thursday. | 0.934379 | 1 |
The Daily Mirror claimed the corporation had dropped the programme and that it could move to ITV.
A BBC statement said: "It is incorrect to say the BBC has axed The Voice.
"We are in discussions about its future, but we won't get into a bidding war." The fifth series of the show will start on BBC One in January.
Boy George, Paloma Faith will join will.i.am and Ricky Wilson on the judging panel.
The corporation has now made a "final" bid for two further series, which would run from 2017.
The BBC would not reveal how much it had bid, but it is understood to be unwilling to pay more than it did for previous series.
The show is currently made for BBC One by production companies Talpa and Wall to Wall. ITV bought Talpa for £355m earlier this year.
But the future of The Voice has become a political hot potato for the corporation as it negotiates with the government over its next royal charter.
The Voice was singled out in a consultation paper published by the government ahead of the BBC's charter renewal as a format that is "similar to ITV's X Factor", and which was bought in from overseas rather than being developed in-house.
Culture Secretary John Whittingdale has questioned whether such shows are "distinctive" enough from those aired by commercial rivals.
In August, the BBC's director of television Danny Cohen defended the corporation's right to air entertainment shows like The Voice.
"I believe that we should keep fighting for entertainment on Saturday nights on the BBC that reaches a wide range of people up and down the country, from all different sorts of backgrounds," he said.
"A show like The Voice, it's really popular with young people, diverse audiences and less well-off audiences and it matters to them as much as Strictly, and we should make sure that we offer both," said Cohen.
Doubts over the show's future mounted after Tuesday's announcement that Cohen is to leave the corporation. | The BBC has denied reports that it has axed The Voice UK, saying it has put in a bid to keep the talent show for another two series. | 1.311009 | 1 |
Kevin Brady, 32, from Gloucester, who set off on 23 September from Plynlimon, Powys said he could not swim 10 miles a day as he had not trained enough.
He had hoped to complete the 220-mile (350 km) swim on 11 October but said a finish on 18 October was more likely.
Mr Brady is raising money for charity.
After setting off from the river's source in mid-Wales 12 days ago, Mr Brady arrived in Shrewsbury on Saturday.
He said the water was "absolutely freezing" and if he could "keep up the pace and avoid sickness and injury" he hoped to finish about a week later than his original target.
He has now developed an ear infection, delaying the next leg of the journey due to an appointment with a Shrewsbury doctor.
"I want to get to Ironbridge, which is seven miles away, by 6pm today but am seeing the doctor at 11:15 this morning," he said.
He said he was using "two special potions" - one created by him, which he said "took a month to brew".
Ingredients included "apple cider vinegar, garlic, onions, ginger and turmeric" and Mr Brady said it was "just like lava".
"I take a swig after each swim and it kills every bacteria that's got into me. Yesterday I swam past a bloated dead sheep and I am still not sick. The potion must be working," he said.
The swim is to raise money for the Superhero Foundation, a charity which he co-founded with his cousin and fellow endurance athlete Jamie McDonald. | A man who wants to be the first person to swim Britain's longest river, the Severn, said it would take him longer than expected due to the "cold and the lack of current". | 1.356694 | 1 |
28 May 2015 Last updated at 07:09 BST
Danny Boyle is best known for his award winning movies like Slumdog Millionaire, and live events like the opening ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games.
He has been a big part of the new arts centre in Manchester called Home that has just recently opened.
Danny met young film makers, and gave them feedback on their short films.
Newsround reporter Martin went to meet them. | Oscar winning movie maker Danny Boyle chatted to some young film fans at the new arts centre Home in Manchester. | 0.621543 | 1 |
Staylittle, near Newtown, had no mobile connectivity or broadband internet after the line went down in 2015.
A permanent mobile phone mast has now been erected, providing full 3G and 4G coverage to the village.
Residents and campaigners have described it as "a huge, positive change for the village".
Villagers were cut off for three weeks after the landline connection went down in August 2015.
A 2G mobile mast was later erected, which enabled voice calls and texts, but the new mast will allow villagers to connect to the internet and make calls from wherever they are in the area.
Brendan O'Reilly, chief technology officer at O2, said the company was "working hard to emulate this" connectivity in other rural villages across Wales. | A Powys village dubbed one of the remotest in the UK now has full mobile connectivity after it was cut off more than 18 months ago. | 1.460009 | 1 |
PC Jayson Lobo, 46, from Blackburn, Lancashire, is accused of 18 offences of sexual spying allegedly committed between December 2011 and May 2015.
The former Commonwealth Games runner appeared at Liverpool Crown Court and was released on bail ahead of a trial on 16 January.
The Preston-based response officer was suspended after his arrest in December.
The offence of voyeurism is defined as watching people engaged in a private act without their consent for sexual gratification. | A police officer and former UK middle distance athlete has denied voyeurism offences involving eight women. | 0.78613 | 1 |
Botham, 18, is the grandson of legendary England cricketer Ian Botham and son of former Cardiff wing Liam.
Frewen, 29, plays for Newport RFC and impressed for Newport Gwent Dragons regional sevens team last summer.
Coach Gareth Williams said they came in with an eye on the 2018 Commonwealth Games and World Cup Sevens.
Wales have reached the semi-finals and quarter-finals of the first two rounds of 2016-17.
Botham is in Cardiff Blues' academy and played for Wales Under-18, scoring on his debut in 31-10 win over their Scottish counterparts in March, 2016.
"James Botham's selection supports the work we're trying to do in developing players with regions," said Williams.
"He's a very promising player for Cardiff Blues. He's trained hard and has earned his opportunity in Wellington.
"Elliot has got a really good pedigree on the invitational sevens series, and he's been part of the development group [assistant coach] Richie Pugh set up at start of season. It's a fantastic opportunity for him."
Wales are led by GB Rio Olympics Sevens silver medallist Sam Cross.
Wales face Scotland, Canada and Russia in Pool D in Wellington.
Wales Sevens squad for Wellington Sevens: Owen Lane (Cardiff Blues), Morgan Williams (Ospreys), Steffan Andrews (Aberavon), Elliot Frewen (Newport), Owen Jenkins, Tom Williams (Ospreys), Ethan Davies, Lloyd Evans, Adam Thomas, Sam Cross (capt), James Botham (Cardiff Blues), Ben Roach, James Benjamin (Newport Gwent Dragons), Matthew Owen (Scarlets). | Teenager James Botham and Elliot Frewen are set to make Wales Sevens debuts in the World Rugby series in Wellington between 28-29 January. | 1.022231 | 1 |
JBS said it intended to sell the firm as part of a wider plan to raise about $6bn (£4.74bn).
JBS bought Moy Park from another Brazilian firm in 2015 for $1.5bn.
Moy Park - which has its headquarters in Craigavon, County Armagh - is one of Northern Ireland's largest firms, employing more than 9,000 people.
Janet McCollum, Moy Park chief executive, said: "Our priority remains business as usual - delivering outstanding quality, innovation and service to our customers and consumers.
"Moy Park is a successful and growing food business with a solid financial standing.
"I have no doubt that our success is due to the great strengths of this business - our exceptional people, innovation and performance." | Moy Park, the Northern Ireland-based poultry business, has been put up for sale by its Brazilian owner. | 0.800551 | 1 |
The Height Committee of the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat announced its decision in Chicago.
The previous title holder was that city's tallest building, the Willis Tower, at 1,451ft (442m).
The committee ruled a 408ft needle at the top counted toward its height.
By Katy WatsonBBC News, Chicago
As residents of the city that was home to America's tallest building for the past four decades, Chicagoans are going to feel pretty disappointed with this decision.
A ruling the other way would have been far more controversial - the One World Trade Center is 1,776ft tall - marking the year of America's independence. And without the spire, it's the same height as Twin Towers, destroyed in the 9/11 attacks.
Antony Wood, executive director of the committee, which is seen as the final official word on building heights around the world, said the needle counted as a permanent structure.
The spire will serve as a broadcast antenna upon the building's completion in 2014.
Without that needle, the building measures 1,368 feet, well below the height of the Willis Tower, which was formerly known as the Sears Tower.
Both skyscrapers fall well short of the world's tallest building, the 2,723ft (830m) Burj Khalifa in Dubai.
One World Trade Center was built on the lower Manhattan site of the iconic Twin Towers, which were destroyed in the terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001 along with other buildings in the World Trade Center complex.
More than 2,000 people were killed there.
The tower's height of 1,776ft is a symbolic reference to the year of the signing of the US declaration of independence from Britain.
"The committee was well aware of the gravity of the situation," Mr Wood said.
One World Trade Center is also home to a museum and memorial to those lost in the attacks.
In a plaza under the tower, two large pools sit in the footprints of the original Twin Towers and contain the largest manmade waterfalls in the country. | A committee of architects has declared New York City's newly erected One World Trade Center the tallest building in the US, at 1,776ft (541m). | 1.930643 | 2 |
Sir Philip Bailhache, then Jersey's attorney general, supervised Roger Holland's appointment to the honorary police in 1992.
Holland had been convicted of sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl with learning difficulties in 1986, when he worked for St John Ambulance.
Sir Philip said he had not known before Holland's inauguration.
Holland was jailed for two years in 2008 for eight sexual offences, some of which were committed while he was in the honorary force.
Despite including the 1986 conviction on his application form, he was elected to the St Helier honorary police in 1992, where he held office for another six years.
Sir Philip said he was only informed of Holland's conviction after the election, and "it was reasonable to conclude he had been re-habilitated".
"What Holland did was put his hand up a girl's pullover. It was an unpleasant thing to do but across the range of sexual offences it was at the lower end of the scale.", he said.
The Jersey Care Inquiry is investigating allegations of child abuse in Jersey's care system since 1945.
Sir Philip, Jersey's current external relations minister, also denied he deliberately distracted attention from abuse victims in a speech he gave in 2008.
He told people on Liberation Day :"All child abuse is scandalous but it is the unjustified and remorseless denigration of Jersey and her people that is the real scandal."
Sir Philip told the inquiry he was not "diminishing the gravity of child abuse" but that his choice of words were possibly "unfortunate". | A former senior judge was "not aware" a man was a convicted sex offender when he was admitted to a voluntary police force, an inquiry has heard. | 1.326564 | 1 |
NI Screen contributed more than a quarter of a million pounds to the programme, which tells the story of how Colin Howell and Hazel Stewart murdered their spouses twenty-five years ago.
Some relatives of the victims have said the series has re-traumatised them.
NI Screen invested £300,000 in the production of The Secret.
"This investment was made as part of our overall strategy to develop the screen industries in Northern Ireland. ITV has commissioned and broadcast very little television content produced in or portraying Northern Ireland," NI Screen said in a statement.
NI Screen acknowledge that the four-part series, which stars local actor James Nesbitt, may be difficult viewing for the relatives of the people who were killed.
The statement added: "All media intrusion is hard to justify to those closest to the events.
"We would welcome and comply with any protocol that might be developed around how to handle these sensitive issues."
The Labour MP, Louise Haigh, raised concerns about the impact on the families of the murder victims in the House of Commons last week.
She has now gone further, saying: "The re-telling of The Secret has brought untold trauma to the families connected to these tragedies.
"The fact that we now know The Secret has received public money raises further questions about accountability and the treatment of victims."
The £300,000 contribution from NI Screen was only a fraction of the overall cost of the production.
At Stormont, a spokesperson for the executive defended the funding, and added: "We respect the rights of all those affected by the programme but any complaints are a matter first and foremost for the broadcaster."
The Secret is a TV drama based on the true story of how dentist Colin Howell and Hazel Stewart killed her husband Trevor, and his wife Lesley.
The murders happened exactly 25 years ago on 19 May 1991.
Actor James Nesbitt plays Howell in the drama, which is based on a book by journalist Deric Henderson that details the murders and the years that followed. | The government-backed agency Northern Ireland Screen has defended helping to pay for the controversial ITV series 'The Secret'. | 1.201664 | 1 |
Norma Diffley, who ran a boutique in Donaghadee, died in the accident on the A2 dual carriageway between Bangor and Holywood close to the Devil's Elbow at Carney Hill on Monday afternoon.
The 33-year-old man is being questioned on suspicion of dangerous driving causing death.
He was arrested on Tuesday. | A 33-year-old man has been arrested in connection with a two-vehicle crash which claimed the life of a 75-year-old woman in County Down. | 0.106146 | 0 |
The winning ticket was selected in the Lotto draw on 29 June, said National Lottery operator Camelot.
The firm said it was delighted the winner from Rhondda Cynon Taf had come forward.
"It would have been awful if the ticket holder had missed out on this substantial and life-changing amount of money," said a spokesperson.
"We would like to remind all National Lottery players to check their tickets every time they play."
The company said unless the winner wants publicity no further information will be released.
Earlier this month another winner in Rhondda Cynon Taf came forward to claim a £1m prize in the EuroMillions Millionaire Raffle draw. | A £6m lottery winner in the south Wales valleys has come forward to claim their prize nearly eight weeks later. | 0.743993 | 1 |
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The defender fired in at the far post on Tuesday to take his team into the third round for the first time.
But not even 12 hours later he was getting up for a university lecture.
"I've got a lecture at 9am. And I've got to go," he told BBC WM. "I've got a dissertation to do. I want to be a primary school teacher."
Duggan, who is doing a teaching degree at Newman University in Birmingham, also works behind the bar at a golf club when he is not writing his name into FA Cup folklore.
And, as one might expect of any celebrating footballer who plays for a club named the Glassboys, he did suggest he would first be having a glass of beer or two.
"Not too many people in life have played in the third round of the FA Cup, or even scored in the FA Cup," he said. "You've got to enjoy it."
Having reached the second round for the fourth time in six seasons, manager Gary Hackett had already acclaimed his seventh-tier Northern Premier League side as the FA Cup's new non-league kings.
And, after claiming a second Football League cup scalp in five years following a win over Plymouth in 2011, Duggan believes they are capable of doing it again at League Two Wycombe in round three on 7 January.
"We don't fear anyone," said Duggan. "Northampton might have had an off day but that was down to us. Every first or second ball we won.
"There's not much difference between league and non-league football, as hard work always outweighs talent. We just wanted it more.
"I'm only in my first season here, but this is why I came. To be part of nights like this."
Jack Duggan was talking to BBC WM's Steve Hermon. | Stourbridge's FA Cup hero Jack Duggan did not allow himself long for life to get back to normal following his late match-winner against Northampton Town. | 0.917914 | 1 |
The density of airborne particles was several times above World Health Organisation recommended limits.
Visibility was reduced to below 50m (160ft) in parts of the city, reports said.
Local media have linked the pollution to the city switching on its public heating system for winter.
PM2.5 levels, used to measure the amount of particulate matter smaller than 2.5 micrometres in the air, were above 500 micrograms per cubic metre on Monday morning, state-run news agency Xinhua reported.
World Health Organization guidelines say average daily concentrations of PM2.5 should be no more than 25 microgrammes per cubic metre.
All of Heilongjiang province's highways, and the Taiping International Airport in Harbin were forced to close, Xinhua reported.
A red alert for thick smog had been issued in the provinces of Heilongjiang, Jilin and Liaoning, the news agency added.
Earlier this year, air pollution in China's capital, Beijing, also soared past hazardous levels.
The smog generated extensive discussion on Sina Weibo, one of China's Twitter-like microblogs.
"We were all late for class today because we couldn't find the academic building," microblog user MaltzZz from Jilin province wrote.
Harbin-based Sina Weibo user Backpacker Xiao described Harbin as "today's dead city".
"Beijing, you're no longer alone. You have us too now," he wrote, in reference to the frequent air pollution suffered by Beijing.
Meanwhile, netizen Pen and Ink Silent, a student in Changchun, Jilin, posted the following tongue-in-cheek message: "My mother called... and asked how the air in Changchun was, and if I was coughing. I feel ok, I should be able to live to see my graduation." | Smog has choked China's northern city of Harbin, Heilongjiang province, forcing schools and highways to shut and disrupting flights on Monday. | 1.994691 | 2 |
Jodie Mitchell, 26, pleaded guilty to behaving in a threatening manner towards the girl at Falkirk's Central Retail Park in February last year.
She was traced after police circulated CCTV images of the episode.
Sentence had been deferred for her to be of good behaviour and to prove it had been a one-off incident.
Mitchell had previously told Falkirk Sheriff Court she was under stress at the time.
Sheriff Linda Smith was told she had not come to the attention of the police since the incident, and ordered her to be simply admonished. | A Selkirk woman who admitted shouting and swearing at a two-year-old girl and dragging her along the ground by her reins has been admonished in court. | 0.137275 | 0 |
The SRC-KPMG Scottish Retail Sales Monitor said sales were 2.4% down on a year ago, when they were boosted by major events such as the end of the Commonwealth Games.
Total food sales improved on July's figures, but were 3% down on the same period last year.
Non-food sales were 1.9% lower than in August 2014.
When adjusted for deflation measured by the BRC-Nielsen Shop Price Index (SPI), total Scottish sales decreased by 1.1%.
David Martin, head of policy and social affairs at the Scottish Retail Consortium (SRC), said: "Despite an uptick in consumer confidence, August sales performance pales in comparison to the like-for-like performance a year earlier when major events, like the finale to the Commonwealth Games, helped to drive footfall.
"Although retailers had a tougher time during August getting consumers to spend, the three-month rolling average for total sales was the best recorded since May and suggests a general improvement across the longer-term.
"Nevertheless, the trading environment remains incredibly challenging for retailers, especially for those selling food."
David McCorquodale, head of retail at KPMG, said: "High street sales in Scotland were weak on all fronts during August, with very little glimmer amidst the gloom.
"The usual culprit to blame for poor sales - the weather - was not at fault this month as both temperatures and sunshine hours were at or above average for the month." | High street sales in Scotland were "weak on all fronts" last month, according to a new report. | 1.242686 | 1 |
The report, published in the Lancet, showed shutting the markets cut the number of new cases of H7N9 bird flu by 97%.
It said the future of the markets, a millennia-old culture in China, needed to be reassessed.
Experts said the markets can become a reservoir of viruses.
There have been 137 cases of H7N9 bird flu and 45 deaths, according to the World Health Organization.
However, most were in the months immediately after the virus was found to be moving from infecting animals to people.
Live poultry markets rapidly became linked with the outbreak. Nearly 800 markets were then shut across Shanghai, Hangzhou, Huzhou, and Nanjing.
It allowed scientists to analyse the role of the markets in the spread of the virus.
Dr Benjamin Cowling, one of the researchers at the University of Hong Kong, said: "Our findings confirm that live poultry market closure is a highly effective intervention to prevent human disease and protect public health.
"Without this robust evidence, policymakers would struggle to justify further closures of live poultry markets because of the millennia-old culture of trading live birds and the potential huge economic loss on the poultry industry in China."
The Lancet report said the markets should be "rapidly" closed in areas where the bird flu emerged and that discussions on the role of the markets "should be renewed".
Guillaume Fournie and Dirk Pfeiffer, of the Royal Veterinary College in the UK, said: "If birds spend a sufficient amount of time in live poultry markets to become infected and transmit the virus to other susceptible birds, sustained virus circulation in the live poultry markets can occur.
"Live poultry markets can then become a permanent source of infection for poultry flocks and for people who are in loose contact with infected poultry."
Two cases of H7N9 bird flu have been reported in October.
Dr Cowling said: "These are the first laboratory-confirmed cases of H7N9 this autumn, five months after the outbreak earlier in 2013.
"This is of great concern because it reveals that the H7N9 virus has continued to circulate and now has the potential to re-emerge in a new outbreak of human disease this winter." | Closing live poultry markets in China dramatically curtailed the spread of a novel strain of bird flu this year, according to an analysis. | 2.78001 | 3 |
Services between Birmingham New Street and Cheltenham were cancelled following the crash at Abbotswood, Worcestershire.
A man was spotted running from the tractor after it struck the bridge shortly after 21:10 BST on Friday.
Network Rail said services have been now restored.
A train travelling from Cardiff to Birmingham hit the debris at 21:30 BST and although it was damaged it did not derail.
The tractor had been reported stolen from a farm in Drakes Broughton, Pershore.
A Network Rail spokeswoman said Cross Country services south of Birmingham towards Bristol, Exeter and Plymouth, had earlier been cancelled.
"A tractor, believed to be stolen, hit and demolished the parapet above a railway bridge, causing debris to fall onto the track below," she added.
West Mercia Police said the suspect was described as a white man in his early 20s, wearing a purple hooded top and dark trousers. | A stolen tractor smashed through a railway bridge, scattering debris on the tracks below and damaging a train that passed minutes later. | 1.219922 | 1 |
Five-time champion Serena Williams is top seed for the women's event while Britain's Heather Watson will have no protection in Friday's draw.
Former champion Victoria Azarenka, who is ranked 41st in the world after an injury-hit 2014, is also unseeded.
The tournament, the first Grand Slam of the year, begins on Monday.
The seedings mirror the world rankings.
Spain's David Ferrer is the ninth seed in the men's draw after the withdrawal of US Open champion Marin Cilic, while world number 12 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga's absence with a forearm strain means Ernests Gulbis moves up to 11th seed.
Britons Kyle Edmund and Liam Broady are two matches away from reaching the main draw after wins in the first round of qualification.
1. Novak Djokovic (Ser)
2. Roger Federer (Swi)
3. Rafael Nadal (Spa)
4. Stan Wawrinka (Swi)
5. Kei Nishikori (Jpn)
6. Andy Murray (GB)
7. Tomas Berdych (Cze)
8. Milos Raonic (Can)
9. David Ferrer (Spa)
10. Grigor Dimitrov (Bul)
11. Ernests Gulbis (Lat)
12. Feliciano Lopez (Spa)
13. Roberto Bautista Agut (Spa)
14. Kevin Anderson (SA)
15. Tommy Robredo (Spa)
16. Fabio Fognini (Ita)
1. Serena Williams (US)
2. Maria Sharapova (Rus)
3. Simona Halep (Rom)
4. Petra Kvitova (Cze)
5. Ana Ivanovic (Ser)
6. Agnieszka Radwanska (Pol)
7. Eugenie Bouchard (Can)
8. Caroline Wozniacki (Den)
9. Angelique Kerber (Ger)
10. Ekaterina Makarova (Rus)
11. Dominika Cibulkova (Svk)
12. Flavia Pennetta (Ita)
13. Andrea Petkovic (Ger)
14. Sara Errani (Ita)
15. Jelena Jankovic (Ser)
16. Lucie Safarova (Cze) | Britain's Andy Murray, a three-time finalist, will be seeded sixth for the Australian Open, with Serbia's Novak Djokovic the number one seed. | 1.123732 | 1 |
It appeared on her Goop lifestyle website last year in a post to announce the separation in March 2014.
She told business magazine Fast Company her editor came up with the phrase.
"When I announced that I was separating on the website, [Elise Loehnen] titled the piece 'Conscious Uncoupling' and I had no idea," she said.
The phrase became one of the most derided terms on the internet, with the Guardian calling it "deluded tosh."
"I just tell them that I think we are creating interesting discussions," she said.
However, Paltrow did actually use a version of the phrase in the text of the blogpost announcing the split, which was written under her and Martin's names.
"We have always conducted our relationship privately, and we hope that as we consciously uncouple and co-parent, we will be able to continue in the same manner," they wrote.
She also discussed the phrase on Howard Stern's US Sirius XM Radio show in January, admitting it is a "kind of a goofy term."
"I made a mistake in I didn't give it [the term conscious uncoupling] context," she said.
"I didn't say, 'this is... a philosophy'...I didn't know it was going to cause such a big thing."
Paltrow has also advocated the process of "conscious uncoupling" by posting an article about the philosophy on her website. | Gwyneth Paltrow has stated that she did not write that she "consciously uncoupled" when announcing her split from Chris Martin. | 1.123307 | 1 |
The merged firms will operate under the Ryden name, with Mason Philips' London office becoming Ryden's base in the capital.
The deal significantly increases the size of Ryden's property management business in England.
It will manage a portfolio with a rent roll of about £40m, from 2,100 tenants.
Mason Philips provides specialist advice on UK commercial property investment and asset management to institutional, private and property company clients based in the UK and overseas.
As a result of the merger, almost half of Ryden's management income will come from English property, and about 20% of its total turnover will be generated outside Scotland.
Edinburgh-based Ryden said the merger formed part of its strategy for growth in England. Last year, it merged with Leeds-based asset management firm Hill Woolhouse.
Managing partner Bill Duguid said: "We have a large and growing number of English-based clients who know and value the service levels Ryden provides.
"It has been a cornerstone of our business planning over the last three years to continue to reinforce our market leader position in Scotland but also, beyond that, to grow the presence of our brand in England."
Ryden is one of the largest commercial property advisers in the north of the UK, with 35 partners and 110 staff across six offices in Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen, Leeds, Dundee and London. | Scottish commercial property consultant Ryden is expanding its operations in England after agreeing a merger with investment agents Mason Philips. | 0.872142 | 1 |
Richard Matt, 48, and David Sweat, 34, have been described as "dangerous individuals", by New York Governor Andrew Cuomo.
They cut through steel pipes at Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora and fled through a manhole.
Mr Cuomo said the prison breakout was the first escape from the facility in 150 years.
"It was an elaborate plot,'' he added.
The two escapees left a taunting post-it note for their jailers saying: "Have A Nice Day!"
The New York Post reported that they cut through the steel back walls of their cell before clambering along a 6ft catwalk to reach a series of pipes and tunnels, which they again cut their way through. The pair then climbed up through a manhole into a nearby street, "disappearing into the darkness some 20 miles south of Canada".
They placed bundles of clothing in their beds to fool guards into believing they were asleep after making their escape on Friday night. Their absence from adjoining cells was not discovered until the following morning.
Sweat was serving a life sentence without parole for the first degree murder of Broome County sheriff's deputy.
Matt was given a jail term of 25 years to life for the kidnapping and beating a man to death in 1997.
Police are trying to determine how the men acquired the tools.
"How they got them, and how they found their way through the maze of tunnels and pipes, remains a mystery," The new York Post quoted officials as saying.
Mr Cuomo posted pictures of pipes and walls with chunks cut out after he was shown the inmates' escape route.
"By definition, it was an extraordinary act," he said. "These are two dangerous individuals; one was incarcerated for killing a sheriff. And they are nothing to be trifled with."
More than 200 officers are searching for the prisoners, using sniffer dogs and aerial surveillance.
Roadblocks have been set up in the area to catch the pair - who both have distinctive tattoos - according to local media. | Two convicted murderers are on the run after using power tools to escape from a maximum security jail in New York. | 1.391938 | 1 |
Of 105 businesses in the FTSE 350 questioned, one in 10 revealed they have no plan to cope with hacking.
Digital Minister Matthew Hancock said May's NHS attack showed the "devastating effect" of breaches.
He urged companies to take advice and training from the National Cyber Security Centre.
The Cyber Governance Health Check - an annual survey - found that 54% of company boards said computer hacking was one of the main threats to their business.
But 68% of them had no specific training to deal with a hacking incident.
The survey found some progress, however, with 31% of boards receiving comprehensive information about computer security risks, compared to 21% in 2015-16.
Mr Hancock said: "We have a long way to go until all our organisations are adopting best practice." | More than two thirds of companies say their directors have no training in responding to cyber-attacks, according to a government survey. | 1.780159 | 2 |
One house is the family home of Talal Alameddine who was detained in October over the terror-linked killing of a police worker outside a police station.
Mr Alameddine is accused of supplying the gun which Farhad Jabar, 15, used to murder police accountant Curtis Cheng.
Police said the searches were conducted under firearms legislation, but that no "items of interest" were found.
"Any threat to police officers or police premises is of major concern and taken extremely seriously, as demonstrated by the operation we undertook today," Assistant Commissioner Jenkins said in a statement on Wednesday., without giving further details.
"We will continue to take every precaution necessary to protect our officers and the safety of the wider community, and will respond swiftly to any specific threats that are received."
He said the raids were carried out by the Middle Eastern Organised Crime Squad and Tactical Operations Unit officers, along with local police and other specialist units.
Mr Cheng was shot dead outside his office in Parramatta on 2 October in what the authorities say was a terror-related attack.
Iran-born Jabar was shot dead by police at the scene.
In the wake of the shooting, a number of people, including Mr Alameddine were arrested during police raids on several properties.
Mr Alameddine was released but later re-arrested and charged.
Australia has stepped up counter-terrorism efforts in recent months in the face of what officials say is a growing security threat from radical Islamists. | Police have raided two houses in Sydney, Australia, following suspected threats against a police station. | 0.989803 | 1 |
The 2014-15 English Housing Survey says that, after falling for 10 years, the figure has steadied at about 63% of all households.
The figures suggest there was a tiny rise, but it is too small to draw any firm conclusions.
The number of home owners now stands at 14.3m, more than half of those having no mortgage.
"The proportion of all households in owner occupation increased steadily from the 1980s to 2003 when it reached a peak of 71%," says the report.
"Since then, there has been a gradual decline in owner occupation. However, the recent decline seems to have abated."
By contrast the number of people renting privately fell to 4.3m, the first fall in 17 years.
However, experts said not too much should be read into one year's figures.
"The short term trends shown in the latest English Housing Survey need to be treated with caution, given the reported fall in private renting in 2014-15 follows a particularly large increase in the preceding year," said Lucian Cook, head of Savills UK residential research.
"Behind the short-term volatility, levels of private renting among under 35s are still up by over 1 million in the past decade."
Correction 8 March 2016: This report has been amended to clarify that, while the survey did indicate a small rise in owner occupation, it was not statistically significant enough to draw any firm conclusions. | A decline in the number of people owning their own home in England appears to have levelled off, according to government figures. | 1.735469 | 2 |
The story published on 20 January 1853 chronicles the kidnapping and enslavement of a free black man named Solomon Northup.
In the piece Northup's name was misspelled twice, as Northrop and Northrup.
The error was discovered after a digital copy circulated in recent days.
Rebecca Skloot, author of the best-selling non-fiction book The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, brought the initial error to light, tweeting a link to the story on Monday.
The correction was published in Tuesday's New York Times.
12 Years a Slave won three Academy Awards on Sunday: Best Picture, Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay) and Best Actress in a Supporting Role by Lupita Nyong'o. | The New York Times has published a correction to an article published 161 years ago on the case portrayed in the Oscar-winning film 12 Years a Slave. | 2.266949 | 2 |
Sumaratan tiger cubs were just one of the 750 species counted.
The stock take confirmed the zoo has five Sumatran tigers, of which three are cubs.
The count included 70 Humboldt penguins and one rockhopper.
Monday's count found there were 21 red-kneed spiders, including this Mexican one.
Although it is undertaken once a year, keepers have an inventory which is updated continuously.
The zoo has five llamas; four adults, one cria [baby]. There are also three alpacas.
The compulsory count is required as part of the zoo's licence.
The results - including those of the Bolivian black capped squirrel monkeys pictured above and below - are logged into the International Species Information System (ISIS) where the data is then shared with other zoos.
Last year's count found there were 16,869 animals from 758 different species.
Pictured above is a six month old Philippine crocodile, one of six that were the first of their kind to hatch in the UK. | Tigers, penguins and crocodiles have all lined up to be counted as part of London Zoo's annual stock take. | 2.239023 | 2 |
The 13-year-old, who cannot be named, was travelling with his rugby team when he fell out of the emergency back door onto the M49 near Bristol.
Driver Tudor West and coach owner Keith Jones, both of Bridgend, have been found guilty of dangerous driving.
The man welcomed the verdict and said he is considering civil action.
He said: "One of the parents shouted down the bus that one of the children had fallen out. I went to the back of the bus to have a look who it was and I soon found out it was my boy.
"I saw him a couple of hundred yards up the road with blood all over him. He appeared to be unconscious, so I jumped out of the fire exit myself and ran up the motorway to try and deal with him.
"I took hold of his head because I suspected spinal trauma and he had signs of going into shock.
"My daughter was screaming and my wife was crying because we thought, the mess he was in, that he wasn't going to survive."
Paramedics soon arrived and he was taken to hospital where he spent the next two days. He suffered a broken wrist in the fall.
His father said that while he was trying to keep others calm at the roadside, "inside, I was turning inside out. I couldn't cope with it".
He said he also hoped his son would get some damages for what he went through.
"I think he deserves something because he went through all the trauma and the pain and everything else, to cheer him up and get rid of the experience." | The father of a boy who fell from a coach on a motorway said he "melted inside" when he saw his son lying on the road. | 1.263625 | 1 |
Charles Raine, 66, known as Neville, and his nephew Philip Raine, 47, were sentenced to three years in prison.
The pair, from County Durham, were last month found guilty by a jury at Teesside Crown Court of conspiracy to use criminal property.
Police investigating missing ewes organised identity parades to reunite them with their rightful owners.
The court was told the value of the sheep was just under £25,000.
Phillip Raine's partner Shirley Straughan, 41, was cleared of the same charge.
In all, 16 farmers lost sheep between 2010 and 2013.
In victim impact statements read out in court some said they felt "betrayed".
More than 115 animals were identified as coming from farms in County Durham, North Yorkshire and Cumbria, despite usual markers being removed.
Identity tags were found on the Raine's farms in Bowes.
Speaking after the sentencing, Det Insp Paul Phillips of Durham Police, who led the investigation, said: "This inquiry has revealed the complete contempt the two men convicted today have for other farmers.
"They have broken the rules of the unwritten 'Shepherd's Bible' which has guided sheep farmers for generations. Farmers need to be able to trust their neighbours and they have shown themselves unworthy of that trust.
"We believe the force is the first to secure a prosecution under the Proceeds of Crime Act connected to the theft of sheep.
"Hopefully, this will... send a strong message to those who might be tempted to steal their neighbour's animals that if they do, will be brought to justice." | Two farmers convicted of possessing more than 100 sheep which did not belong to them have been jailed. | 1.538318 | 2 |
It was struck by a passenger train travelling at 110 mph (177 km/h) near Newbury on 17 November 2014.
The train was not derailed but the Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) report said the outcome could have been "much more serious".
The report recommended changes to how such signal structures are maintained in future.
The First Great Western high-speed train from Truro to London Paddington sustained exterior damage when it struck the top of the signal, which had partially blocked the track it was travelling on. The other track was completely blocked by the pole.
The RAIB report said: "The outcome could have been much more serious if the first train to encounter the collapsed signal had been travelling at speed on the completely obstructed track."
It found the hollow steel post had corroded just above ground level, but could not been seen because it was hidden by ballast.
It said examination and maintenance of signal structures should be improved and a new specification of signal post should be developed.
A Network Rail spokesman said it would be "studying the recommendations in detail".
"The safety of our network is of the utmost importance to us and we will take any steps necessary to prevent a recurrence of this incident," he added, | A signal post fell across railway lines in Berkshire due to corrosion at its base, an accident report has found. | 2.421236 | 2 |
The free two-day VegFest, in the Hove Centre, included 100 stalls, cookery classes, music and theatre.
The festival's organiser, Tim Barford, estimated 5,000 people attended the festival, which he hoped would encourage people to eat less meat.
"Quite a lot of people are gravitating to a whole food diet that isn't quite so reliant on processed food," he said. | Thousands of people have attended one of Europe's largest vegan festivals in Hove. | 1.127851 | 1 |
20 July 2016 Last updated at 14:55 BST
He also told MPs the British and Irish governments "recognise the benefits" that come from the travel area.
Mr Brokenshire was responding to questions from East Belfast MP Gavin Robinson and Foyle MP Mark Durkan. | NI Secretary of State James Brokenshire has told the House of Commons the continuation of the Common Travel Area between Northern Ireland and the Republic will be a "priority issue". | 0.594482 | 1 |
The vehicle, which was one of dozens of cars sold at the Bonhams auction, had spent much of its life broken up and scattered across a Cincinnati woodland.
The successful bid was £9.6m and the price raised above £10m when the premium was added.
Another collector bought a Formula 1 car driven by Graham Hill for £673,500 at the festival.
The Lotus, in the team's gold leaf colours, was first raced by the British driver in 1969 shortly after he won his second world championship.
However, it did not prove particularly lucky for Hill and he failed to finish his first two races driving it at the Tasman Championship Series.
It was later raced that season by team mate Richard Attwood at the Monaco Grand Prix where he finished fourth.
The Ferrari had a less glamorous background having been broken up in a woodland in Cincinnati in the 1960s.
At one point it had a tree growing through the engine bay.
The vehicle was restored over the last 20 years and following various legal arguments about its ownership was entered for auction at Goodwood.
It was bought by a bidder from outside the UK. | A rebuilt 1954 Ferrari has sold for £10.8m in an auction at the Goodwood Festival of Speed. | 1.591189 | 2 |
The Antonov-32 transporter aircraft took off from Chennai (Madras) in southern India at 8.30 am (local time) for Port Blair in the eastern archipelago of Andaman and Nicobar.
It was scheduled to land at 11.30am. A search operation has been launched.
The IAF operates more than 100 Antonov-32 aircraft.
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The 22-year-old spent the second half of 2016-17 on loan at Burton Albion and the Brewers wanted him to return, but they could not agree terms with Fulham.
The former Luton and Southend loanee scored five times for Burton last term, plus twice for his parent club.
"He's been on our list for a long time," said head coach Lee Johnson.
He told BBC Radio Bristol: "I think he's found opportunities limited at Fulham, probably because of their playing style and them playing with one up front, but certainly in a two he gives us everything we want."
Bristol City are currently without Bosnia-Herzegovina striker Milan Djuric, who will be out for at least two months after having groin surgery on Tuesday.
Burton boss Nigel Clough told his club's website on Thursday: "Cauley is going elsewhere, with a possible permanent at the end of the season so Fulham prefer him to go there.
"We understand that and we move on to the next targets.
"There were a couple of deals that Fulham put to us and a lot of clubs are putting in clauses where if you don't play a certain amount of games you pay a hefty fee at the end.
"That's always a problem for us, but if another club come in they will always outbid us in the Championship."
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page. | Bristol City have signed England Under-21 international striker Cauley Woodrow on a season-long loan from fellow Championship club Fulham. | 0.903536 | 1 |
Terrie Kirby, 16, Alexandra Binns, 18, Ryan Beal, 20, and Brandon Brown, 20, died following the crash on the A6201 between Upton and Hemsworth on 27 September.
The men from South Yorkshire will appear at Wakefield Magistrates' Court in May.
Police said they have all been bailed.
Those charged are:
Daniel Raynor, 23, from Barnsley, has been charged with four counts of causing death by dangerous driving and two counts of dangerous driving.
Matthew Todd, 21, from Barnsley, has been charged with four counts of aiding and abetting death by dangerous driving
Clark Henfrey, 19, from Barnsley, has been charged with dangerous driving and with encouraging and assisting in the commission of a dangerous driving offence.
Sam Rowley, 19, from Sheffield; Stephen Hebden, 22, Lee Fisher, 28, Mark Mason, 23, Jack Dickinson-Ellis, 19, Jake Hackleton, 20, and Nathan Jackson, 20, all from Barnsley, have all been charged with encouraging and assisting in the commission of a dangerous driving offence. | Ten men have been charged in connection with a collision between a quad bike and a sports car which killed four people from West Yorkshire. | 0.756132 | 1 |
The 80-year-old is being treated in hospital in Glasgow after the fall, which happened early on Thursday.
Mr Gray is best known for his novel Lanark but he is also known for his artwork, including a series of murals.
The most famous of them spans the ceiling of the Oran Mor pub and restaurant complex in the west end of Glasgow. | The artist and writer Alasdair Gray has been seriously injured after falling down a flight of stairs at his home. | 0.504244 | 1 |
Nicholas Woods, 41, and Tim Clark, 50, both of Lincoln Close, Erith, were also charged with false imprisonment and actual bodily harm.
They will appear in custody at Bromley Magistrates' Court on Monday.
Police found a second man at the scene with head injuries, who remains in hospital in a stable condition. | Two men have been charged with murder after a 34-year-old man was stabbed to death in south-east London on Tuesday. | -0.04208 | 0 |
Manchester Thunder have now returned to the top of the table following their 64-56 victory at Surrey Storm.
In the battle of the bottom two, Yorkshire Jets secured their first win of the season with a hard-fought 45-44 success against Celtic Dragons.
On Monday, Loughborough Lightning beat Team Northumbria 61-41. | Hertfordshire Mavericks suffered only their second Superleague loss of the season after Team Bath beat them 55-54 in a thrilling round 13 match. | 0.116263 | 0 |
The 35-year-old left his role as player-assistant manager of National League South's Truro City by mutual consent last December.
Fallon, who scored six goals in 23 New Zealand appearances, has not played a competitive match since March 2016.
The signing completes player-manager Kevin Nicholson's search for a striker.
Fallon has had spells at a number of English clubs including Ipswich, Swansea and Swindon having started at Barnsley in 2000.
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page. | National League side Torquay have signed former New Zealand international forward Rory Fallon on non-contract terms after a trial at the club. | 0.766073 | 1 |
James Richardson's body was discovered on Tuesday after he was reported missing after attending T in the Park.
Prosecutors have instructed the Police Investigation and Review Commissioner (PIRC) to launch a probe.
It will focus on the initial police response following a report of concern made about Mr Richardson's welfare.
Police Scotland said it would "co-operate fully" with the investigation.
A report on the commissioner's findings will be submitted to the Crown Office.
Mr Richardson's body was discovered near Forteviot on Tuesday.
Mr Richardson, who was from Wishaw, North Lanarkshire, was last seen getting off a bus which left the Strathallan site on Monday.
Police said that the cause of his death was not suspicious.
A Tayside Division spokeswoman said: "Police Scotland acknowledges the PIRC investigation into the initial police response following a report of concern made about James Richardson's welfare in the Forteviot area of Perthshire.
"We will co-operate fully with the investigation and will address any recommendations which may be made." | A police watchdog will investigate officers' response to concerns made to them over a 29-year-old man who was later found dead in Perthshire. | 0.969344 | 1 |
Two police officers were injured when a Vauxhall Vectra hit the marked car in Pilgrim Street, Newcastle just before 22:30 BST on Wednesday.
The 44-year-old man ran off but was found nearby and arrested on suspicion of dangerous driving, Northumbria Police said.
He is under investigation for driving under the influence of drink or drugs.
The officers were taken to hospital for treatment. The road was closed but has since reopened. | A driver going the wrong way down a one-way street has crashed head-on with a police car. | 0.774905 | 1 |
The piece - depicting a young girl clutching a bomb - is said to be one of dozens made for a protest against the Iraq War in 2003.
It had been kept in a flat by a protester until 2016, when it was sold to its current owner.
The placard had been estimated to fetch between £10,000 and £15,000 at the auction in Newmarket.
Banksy created a number of different signs for the 2003 London protest but few originals have survived because they were either discarded in the street or confiscated by the Metropolitan Police.
Will Axon, senior auctioneer at Rowley's said: "It is one of those rare occasions when you can genuinely call a picture iconic."
Pest Control, which is responsible for authenticating works by Banksy, is quoted on the auction listing as saying it could not issue a certificate of authentication for work deemed as "street-art".
Banksy, who keeps his true identity secret, began his career as a graffiti artist in Bristol but has since gained global notoriety for his unique, stencilled artwork on public walls and facades. | A cardboard placard claimed to be by the street artist Banksy has sold for £10,000 at auction. | 1.756384 | 2 |
Confederate, which will be created by the duo behind Game of Thrones - David Benioff and DB Weiss - has come in for criticism since it was announced.
TV fans took to social media using the hashtag #NoConfederate during Sunday's airing of Game of Thrones.
But HBO said in a statement: "We hope that people will reserve judgment until there is something to see."
The broadcaster said the project is still "in its infancy".
Its statement said: "We have great respect for the dialogue and concern being expressed around Confederate. We have faith that [writers] Nichelle [Tramble Spellman], Dan [Weiss], David [Benioff] and Malcolm [Spellman] will approach the subject with care and sensitivity.
Sunday's online campaign against the project was started by April Reign, the activist behind #OscarsSoWhite.
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There has been criticism since the plans were announced earlier this year, with some arguing such a show shouldn't be made at all and others criticising the fact that it is being produced by two white men.
HBO has said the series will "chronicle the events leading to the Third American Civil War".
The broadcaster said it "takes place in an alternate timeline, where the southern states have successfully seceded from the Union, giving rise to a nation in which slavery remains legal and has evolved into a modern institution".
Game of Thrones has recently been criticised by Star Wars star John Boyega for not casting enough black actors.
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Caroline Jones, 47, from Harpenden in Hertfordshire, began Knickers Model's Own in memory of her mother Mary Benson, who died of breast cancer.
She has raised £36,500 - or £100 a day - and donations are still coming in.
"It's incredible... [this amount] could fund two PhD students for a year," she said.
"This is a very happy day for me, the target felt hugely ambitious but we've done it and this money continues the pioneering work at Cancer Research UK, in the fight against cancer.
"The campaign runs until 31 December and the fundraising is open-ended, people can always donate... who knows where it will finish."
Mrs Benson, who died in October 2014, had been a volunteer at the charity's Harpenden shop for 13 years.
Mother-of-three Ms Jones started volunteering as a window dresser soon after her mother died and on New Year's Eve last year decided she would post a photograph every day on social media of her wearing a different outfit.
She hoped to raise £1,000 in a year, but her daily posts became so popular she increased her fundraising target.
A sale of about 1,000 items of clothing and accessories in November raised just over £2,600.
She celebrated the news or reaching her target by announcing her next project will be writing a book about her year of pre-loved fashion.
"I won't be bored, I'm not going anywhere," she said. | A woman wearing charity shop outfits every day this year to raise money for cancer research, has reached her target three weeks early. | 1.479967 | 1 |
Pupils will be able to learn road-crossing skills through the "virtual reality" game.
The app has been developed by University of South Wales (USW) academics, who have received £67,500 funding from the Road Safety Trust.
Dr Catherine Purcell said they hoped it would be highly engaging for children.
The app will project a "virtual environment" with roads, cars and designated crossing points which children will be able to see by moving a tablet computer, like an iPad, left and right.
Crossing at a safe point in the road will earn them points but these will be deducted if they step out in the road dangerously.
It follows research by USW academics Dr Purcell, a specialist in psychology, and games design expert Dr Mike Reddy.
They found children learnt better through an "egocentric" first-person perspective.
As part of the research, they have been working with St Woolos Primary School, in Newport, for five years.
"Road safety is a dynamic, ever-changing challenge," Dr Purcell said.
"What I found is that younger children are typically poorer at making perceptional judgements.
"The last study I have just completed tried to look at [whether there is] a preference in the way they learn about road safety.
"The results from that study were quite clear - they much preferred being immersed in the environment and, as a consequence, this new project has evolved."
St Woolos head teacher Heather Vaughan said: "Children see it as something that has status because it's an app and it's good fun to do.
"I think working in collaboration with USW to design the app means that... the developers have a complete handle on what children want out of it and what's really workable."
Dr Purcell and Dr Reddy have until September to develop a prototype and hope the app will be rolled out in January.
If successful, they will seek additional funding to develop it further, with a view to sharing it free of charge with schools across the UK. | An app using similar technology to Pokemon Go is being developed to help teach road safety to primary school children. | 3.228261 | 3 |
Officers are searching 18 premises in London and one in Stoke-on-Trent.
The Met Police said it was part of an ongoing inquiry into Islamist-related terrorism and not in response to any immediate threat to the public.
Mr Choudary is the former UK head of the Islamist group al-Muhajiroun or Islam4UK, banned in the UK in 2010.
The arrested men, aged between 22 and 51, are being held at police stations in central London.
by Dominic Casciani, Home Affairs correspondent
Anjem Choudary is a deeply controversial Islamic figure, a man who many Muslims despise because they believe he causes enormous damage to their position in British society.
Alongside another now-banned cleric, he once spearheaded al-Muhajiroun, a group that argued that the West is fighting a war against Muslims and Islam.
When the government banned the group, some of its former members founded new organisations, including Islam4UK and Muslims Against Crusades - which were also later banned.
The latter group's protests against British soldiers returning from Afghanistan, led to counter-protests and the subsequent formation of the English Defence League.
Mr Choudary has always denied allegations that he has either incited or glorified acts of terrorism.
In a statement the Met said the men were being held on suspicion of being members of a proscribed organisation, supporting a proscribed organisation contrary to Section 11 and 12 of the Terrorism Act 2000 and encouraging terrorism, contrary to Section 1 of the Terrorism Act 2006.
Police said a number of residential, business and community premises are being searched; 11 in east London, one in west London, one in north-west London and five in south London.
A residential property is also being searched in Stoke-on-Trent.
The arrests were carried out by the Met's Counter Terrorism Command (SO15). | Nine men, including the radical Islamist preacher Anjem Choudary, have been arrested in London on suspicion of being members of a banned organisation. | 1.177918 | 1 |
The airline will start scheduled flights to Gdansk, Warsaw and Wroclaw this winter. Ryanair will operate two flights per week to each city.
The news comes after the airline announced seven other new routes from the airport earlier this year.
The airport's managing director, Graham Keddie, said it was "fantastic news".
"It means that this winter should be our busiest ever," he said. He added that the routes "deliver a very comprehensive network to a new and important Polish market".
Kenny Jacobs, from Ryanair, told Good Morning Ulster said there was a demand for more routes to Poland "from the business community".
"Poland, more and more every year, is becoming a popular choice for businesses to locate some of their services," he said.
Mr Jacobs added that the increasing demand for city breaks also influenced the decision. | Ryanair has announced three new routes to Poland from its hub at Belfast International Airport. | 1.418145 | 1 |
Monday's Dublin meeting is part of an assembly External Affairs Committee inquiry and is on the day the UK begins the process of leaving the EU.
The fear is a "soft" post-Brexit border between Northern Ireland and Ireland could result in more stringent controls at Welsh ports for freight operators.
First Minister Carwyn Jones has warned that could mean job losses.
The Irish Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Patrick O'Donovan, and representatives from the Irish Exporters Association were among those meeting AMs during the Dublin visit.
The UK's formal Brexit negotiations with the European Commission started on Monday in Brussels.
Launching a paper on Brexit and devolution last week, Mr Jones said the question of Ireland was "insoluble" at the moment.
He said Wales had an interest in the border between the north and south of Ireland because of Wales' maritime border with the Republic.
Mr Jones warned a "seamless" border between north and south, twinned with customs checks at Welsh ports, could provide an incentive for trade to avoid Welsh ports.
Freight operators could "go through Cairnryan in Scotland, go through Liverpool and go to Northern Ireland then down rather than mess about in Holyhead, Fishguard and Pembroke", he warned.
"So there are job losses there if we're not careful."
The first minister said the Welsh Government was working with the Irish government on the issue. | Brexit's impact on Welsh ports is being discussed as assembly members meet Irish politicians and business leaders. | 1.374288 | 1 |
Saddlers striker Bradshaw, 23, scored his first senior hat-trick as his injury-time penalty sealed a dramatic 4-3 triumph at the City Ground.
"We thought it was a stonewaller for extra time," Bradshaw told BBC WM 95.6.
"Even when they equalised in the 93rd minute we still had it in us for one last attack - it was first class."
Bradshaw, who extended his contract at the Banks's Stadium until 2017 in June, scored twice as Walsall led 3-1 with nine minutes to go, before Forest substitute Michail Antonio's brace levelled the tie in the last minute.
Walsall won it in the fifth minute of added-on time when Bradshaw slotted home his spot-kick to send the visitors through.
"I missed my last penalty in pre-season against West Brom but I did some practice, I knew exactly where I was going to go and just made sure I hit it cleanly," Bradshaw added.
"It was a special moment for me and my family - my dad and a couple of my uncles were in the crowd."
The former Shrewsbury forward was the Saddlers' top scorer last season, with 20 goals, and he says beating Forest will give everyone at the club a huge lift as their League One campaign gets underway.
"We're creating a lot more chances this season and that's down to our more positive attitude," he added
"If can keep scoring goals like we are we won't be far off." | Walsall match-winner Tom Bradshaw says their thrilling League Cup win at Championship Nottingham Forest proves they have "first class" character. | 0.860574 | 1 |
About 12,000 people attended Saturday's Ar Waith Ar Daith (Work On Tour) performance in Cardiff Bay.
Walk the Plank's production involved dance, aerial artistry, storytelling and pyrotechnics.
Before the performance, two slate plaques will were unveiled.
The plaques had been engraved with poetic lines created by two school pupils, Charlotte Hunt from Harlech, Gwynedd, and Lena Mikulova from Cardiff.
School pupils from across Wales were invited to come up with their own verse for the plaques on the theme of what it means to be Welsh or living in Wales, taking inspiration from the words by poet Gwyneth Lewis which are on the front of the centre. | The 10th birthday of Wales Millennium Centre has been celebrated with an "outdoor theatrical spectacle" involving 700 people. | 1.981042 | 2 |
Advocate General for Scotland Richard Keen QC pleaded guilty to breaching section two of the Firearms Act 1968 by failing to secure a shotgun.
Police investigating a break-in at his home in Edinburgh found that the weapon had been left outside a secure cabinet.
Lord Keen, a former chairman of the Scottish Conservative Party, was made a life peer in 2015.
He did not appear when the case called at Edinburgh Sheriff Court on Wednesday but he pleaded guilty by letter.
Sheriff Frank Crowe said: "I do take into account Mr Keen's previous good record and the fact that he admitted his guilt at the outset.
"Nevertheless to hold a firearms certificate is a privilege and there are very strict conditions which have to be adhered to to prevent such weapons falling into the wrong hands.
"There was a potential risk with the shotgun not in the secure cabinet as laid down by the regulations."
The court heard the offence came to light when police were called to a break-in at Lord Keen's home on Ann Street in Edinburgh, on Hogmanay last year when he and his wife were away on holiday.
Officers searching the property found the 12 bore Stephen Grant shotgun in a basement out of its secure cabinet.
Solicitor advocate Simon Catto, representing Lord Keen, said he had been out shooting on 27 December. On returning home he had taken the gun to the basement intending to clean it, but had then "forgotten about it through his own carelessness" before leaving on holiday the following day.
Mr Catto said Lord Keen had contacted police himself on Hogmanay after receiving a mobile phone alert that his alarm system had been triggered.
While the upper floors of the property had been ransacked, the burglars had not entered the basement area, he said.
Mr Catto said: "He's a keen shot, he shoots approximately 10 times per year.
"He has been a shotgun enthusiast for around 25 years and has held a firearms certificate. He is therefore fully aware of what's expected and required of him in terms of the certificate.
"He accepts on this occasion he fell below that." | The UK government's most senior adviser on Scots law has been fined £1,000 after admitting a firearms offence. | 1.014266 | 1 |
It said "ultimately we don't control the roads" and urged vehicles not to cut through Axbridge, in Somerset, but to "stick to the main road".
Mayor Ian Laken said road works caused by digging up the A371 "will have an impact on the town".
The £27m project involves laying 30km of new water main from Barrow Gurney to Cheddar to supply 280,000 homes.
Ben Newby, from Bristol Water, said: "It's a very narrow piece of road there and could cause all sorts of problems - so people really need to stick to the main road.
"We apologise in advance for the disruption. It is inevitable with a scheme of this size but we do need to put the pipeline in to secure the supply for now and for the future."
Mr Laken said: "The major concern is how it will impact on the town and the traffic. There's only one way in and one way out into Axbridge.
"If the road works take place on the bypass, thereby shutting one lane and having traffic lights, people may use it as a cut-through. This will snarl up the town.
"We can't stop people coming through the town but we would ask people not to use it as a shortcut."
He said they had "expressed their fears" to Bristol Water and said the company had been "extremely positive in liaising with us".
A public meeting is taking place at Axbridge Town Hall at 19:30 BST. | Bristol Water is warning drivers not to use a town as a shortcut while a 30km (19 mile) pipeline is built. | 1.701244 | 2 |
Chairman David Cardoza plans to sell the club to ex-Oxford United chairman Kelvin Thomas.
But Mr Thomas warned it is too early to know if he can resolve "the very complicated situation of outstanding debt" to enable the purchase.
The club owes Northampton Borough Council more than £10m.
Mr Thomas said: "We have found a very complicated situation with outstanding debt, parcels of land with different leases, various creditors and winding-up petitions.
"At this stage it is still too early to know whether we will be able to properly resolve these issues to allow a sensible deal to proceed."
Northampton Town chief executive James Whiting had previously said the sale would only go through if Mr Thomas was able to do a deal with the council over a £10.25m loan.
The loan was to have been used to redevelop the club's Sixfields ground, including the building of the new East Stand along with a hotel and conference centre - none of which have been completed.
A winding-up petition has been sought by HM Revenue & Customs, to whom Mr Whiting said the club owed £166,000.
Mr Thomas said that he had "agreed a deal in principal for the purchase... subject to the usual legal and financial due diligence".
He added: "Our interest is to take the football club forward and are prepared to invest significant funds to immediately stabilise the club off the pitch, support the team on the pitch and complete the East Stand."
Manager Chris Wilder said he would relish the prospect of working with Mr Thomas once again. | A "sensible deal" to buy Northampton Town may not be possible, according to the man who wants to take control of the football club. | 0.938372 | 1 |
The Football Association of Malawi (FAM) also said at the time they would pull out of the 2018 African Nations Championship (CHAN).
But on Thursday, FAM boss Walter Nyamilandu told BBC Sport: "The government has now said not to withdraw, it will find the money.
"I can guarantee we will participate in the 2019 Nations Cup and CHAN 2018."
Malawi have been drawn against Madagascar in their opening match of the 2018 CHAN qualifying campaign which gets underway in April.
They are set to meet the winners of the tie between Comoros and Mauritius at home on 13 June in their first 2019 Nations Cup qualifier. | Malawi will now compete in 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying less than a week after stating they would withdraw. | 0.855097 | 1 |
Khan, who turned 50 on Monday said, "there is intolerance, there is extreme intolerance… there is, I think… there is growing intolerance."
He said he "respected" people returning awards to protest against intolerance.
A movement that began with writers returning state awards has spread to scientists, historians and filmmakers.
They have cited the killing of rationalists MM Kalburgi and Govind Pansare, as well as the lynching of a man over suspicions he consumed beef, as examples of rising intolerance in India.
More than 50 historians have returned national and state awards, joining almost 40 writers who have done the same.
Scientists and film makers have also joined the protest, while some people in the business community have expressed concerns.
"We have made a huge thing about our meat-eating habits. How can the food habits of people be an issue?" Khan told the NDTV news channel.
"It is stupid… It is stupid to be intolerant and this is our biggest issue, not just an issue… Religious intolerance and not being secular in this country is the worst kind of crime that you can do as a patriot."
Khan's statement caused chatter on social media.
Khan's statement came one day after India's central bank governor Raghuram Rajan made a "plea for tolerance in India" saying that "tolerance means not being so insecure about one's ideas that one cannot subject them to challenge".
Two of India's top business leaders, the founder of Infosys NR Narayana Murthy, and chairman of Biocon Kiran Mazumdar Shaw have also warned that the current situation would deter investments in India.
The Indian government has dismissed the allegations.
India's Home Minister Rajnath Singh told those returning awards to "give suggestions instead of returning awards" and maintained that the incidents being cited were law and order issues, that did not necessarily point to intolerance.
Lawmakers from the ruling BJP had called the beef lynching incident a "spontaneous expression of anger".
Finance minister Arun Jaitley has lashed out at "liberal intolerance" and said that the prime minister had been the worst victim of "structured and organised propaganda that there is a social strife in India". | Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan has become the latest high profile figure to speak out against "extreme intolerance" in India. | 1.65061 | 2 |
The Visit Dallas DNA Pro Cycling rider finished the 22km course in 32 minutes 11.32 seconds, 19.62 seconds ahead of Hannah Barnes (Canyon-SRAM).
Rose, who won silver in 2016, said she was "over the moon" to be able to wear the national champion's jersey.
Katie Archibald finished third and 2016 champion Hayley Simmonds fourth.
Rose, from Gloucestershire, added: "It's not quite sunk in yet, but I'm really, really happy.
"I knew at about the halfway point that I was just up, so I was really gunning it on the second half of the course."
The Isle of Man's Anna Christian (Drops' Cycling) crossed the line in 34:13.77 to win the under-23 title and finish seventh overall.
Melissa Lowther (Team Breeze) finished second and Christian's team-mate Alice Barnes third.
Meanwhile, Scott Davies continued his dominance of the men's under-23 category by claiming his fourth straight victory.
Team Wiggins rider Davies finished nearly 50 seconds clear of nearest challenger Tom Bayliss (One Pro Cycling), with Charlie Tanfield (Brother NRG) third.
Davies said: "It's brilliant. I gave it my all and it's brilliant to do it for a fourth time."
It is the final time he can compete in the age group before stepping up to senior level. | Claire Rose won her first national title as she claimed the women's time trial crown at the National Road Championships on the Isle of Man. | 1.055794 | 1 |
Brogan Warren, 21, from Northampton, died after the Citroen Saxo she was travelling in crashed on the Shrivenham Bypass, near Swindon, on Sunday night.
It is understood the other victims travelling with her from Bristol's vegan festival VegFest were Sam Kay, Nicoletta Tocco and Krop Jones.
Ms Warren's mother Deborah Bryne said her daughter had a "magical soul".
"My heart and soul have been torn away and it hurts so much I can barely breathe," Ms Bryne said.
"I'm hoping the four of you quickly found each other on the spirit side and walked together to eternity.
"I can picture you all holding hands, skipping and dancing up into the clouds and rainbows knowing that you truly have found paradise together."
Ms Warren's partner Grant Brooks said: "You gave the world such joy and you showed us all that the world has magic."
Festival organisers described the four victims as "wonderful people" in a tribute on Facebook.
"We are so sorry to hear such sad news after such an uplifting event," they said.
Also on Facebook, Hannah Greeno wrote: "Heartbreaking! We were dancing right next to them, they were so happy!"
The occupants of a Mercedes also involved in the crash, including a three-year-old boy, were injured and taken to hospital, police said.
Their injuries were not believed to be life threatening. | Tributes have been paid to one of four festival-goers killed in a head-on car crash in Oxfordshire. | 1.035459 | 1 |
Neil Ireland, 39, was convicted of three offences of rape and three of sexual assault at the High Court in Dunfermline.
He committed his crimes between 2008 and 2015 in Cupar, Leven and Methil.
Det Insp Jim Leeson of Police Scotland, said: "Neil Ireland is a sex predator who targeted vulnerable women he calculated would not speak out."
He added: "It is thanks to their courage in coming forward and testifying against him that we have secured this conviction.
"It was a difficult and emotive investigation that required the input of multiple partner agencies but this result is testament to how seriously we take all reports of sexual offences and to the effectiveness of that partnership working.
"I would like victims of sexual violence to take confidence in outcomes such as this case and be assured that no matter how long ago the crimes were committed, Police Scotland will listen to them and be relentless in our desire to bring offenders to justice.
"Although nothing can undo the evil actions of Neil Ireland, I hope this conviction will bring them some sense of closure."
He will be sentenced later. | A "sex predator" has been found guilty of raping or sexually assaulting four women at homes across Fife . | 0.521974 | 1 |
Deborah Smith began meeting the woman after she left a home and they would go for coffee and bikes rides, a Care Council for Wales hearing was told.
Police were called to the woman's home after neighbours were "concerned something untoward was going on".
No crime had been committed but police alerted Cardiff council about Ms Smith.
Jo Finch, investigating officer for the council, interviewed Ms Smith and found "she showed no remorse or insight into her actions".
When Ms Smith was asked to describe the relationship she said: "As an advocate and a friend."
She said in interview: "When this incident happened we were friends. I'm not prepared to talk about my personal life."
It was told Person A suffered from a borderline personality disorder and would be considered a vulnerable adult as she was in receipt of care services.
Ms Smith was found to have caused harm to Person A, who wrote a letter of support saying she felt "distressed and overwhelmed with guilt" after finding Ms Smith was suspended in November 2014.
Ms Smith did not attend fitness to practice hearing at Cardiff's South Gate House. | A children's care worker has been struck off after forming an "inappropriate relationship" with a vulnerable young woman. | 1.10207 | 1 |
Hendry, 49, admitted sending unwanted text messages and emails to beautician Sarah Kinder after she ended their relationship in March.
An allegation of common assault against Hendry was dropped after Ms Kinder retracted her statement.
Blackpool magistrates adjourned sentencing until 20 August for a Probation Service report.
The court heard Hendry, of Lytham St Annes, Lancashire, accepted he made unwanted visits to Ms Kinder's home in the town and twice threw stones at her bedroom window.
Ms Kinder retracted her allegation the ex-footballer grabbed her arm several times as she tried to get in a taxi.
She attended Blackpool Magistrates' Court but was not required to give evidence in a scheduled trial.
Hendry began seeing Ms Kinder after his wife Denise, 42, passed away in 2009 as a result of botched cosmetic surgery.
Ms Kinder broke off the relationship in late December 2014 but they were reunited on 21 February, the court heard.
Hendry was told sentencing options ranged from a custodial sentence to a community order.
Ms Kinder finally ended the relationship on 3 March and Hendry's catalogue of harassment followed from that date until 18 April, it was said.
He said in a basis of plea he was "extremely upset and confused" by the March break-up and accepted his behaviour which followed was "unacceptable".
Hendry would check "if she was okay" by sometimes driving past her home and entered it once through an unlocked front door.
He saw Ms Kinder in two bars in Lytham on 17 April and had been told she was "very drunk, upset and walking barefoot". He went over to help as she got into a taxi but added: "I accept she did not want my help."
Hendry received a 17-month driving ban earlier this year after admitting drink-driving in Lytham early on 21 February.
He was previously reported to have "bombarded" Ms Kinder with text messages following the first split and was given a harassment order.
The central defender captained his country in the 1998 World Cup and appeared for a series of clubs including Blackburn Rovers, Manchester City, Bolton Wanderers, Blackpool and Rangers.
He also managed Blackpool and Clyde. | Former Scotland and Blackburn Rovers captain Colin Hendry has pleaded guilty to harassing his ex-girlfriend. | 0.65599 | 1 |
Ifor ap Glyn, who writes in Welsh, takes over from Gillian Clarke, who has held the post since 2008.
While the job does not carry a salary, the national poet is expected to compose new works in response to significant national events.
The Caernarfon-based poet was unveiled as Wales' fourth national poet in March.
Mr ap Glyn's first engagement was a joint reading with Ms Clarke.
He sees the job as an "ambassadorial role" and has promised to bring his own distinctive style to it.
"Obviously I write in Welsh so there's a challenge to get people who read Welsh to engage with poetry," he said.
"Then there's a challenge of getting stuff over into other languages, because it's important that the national poet represents all languages of Wales."
Ms Clarke said she would continue to champion poetry for the young and for the masses. | The new national poet of Wales has officially started work after a formal handover at the Hay Festival. | 1.349925 | 1 |
Almost one million people visited the city during the six-week festival period over Christmas and Hogmanay.
Organisers said almost 890,000 people visited the Edinburgh's Christmas events in 2014/15, contributing £199.5m to the local economy.
The three-day Hogmanay celebrations attracted more than 150,000 people, creating an economic impact of £41.8m.
Charlie Wood, Edinburgh's Christmas festival director, said: "This is great news for Edinburgh. The revenue generated does not go to the events themselves, the event organisers or to Edinburgh city council.
"This is money, which is going to the businesses of Edinburgh, be it retail, accommodation, food, drink, shopping and entertainment." | Edinburgh's winter festivals generated more than £241m for the city, according to organisers. | 1.4673 | 1 |
Marcia Shakespeare and Karen Ross set up charities in their girls' memories. They have both been appointed a Member of the British Empire (MBE).
Letisha Shakespeare, 17, died in a hail of machine-gun fire in the early hours of 2 January 2003, in Birmingham.
Rosie Ross was stabbed by a man with schizophrenia in 2001 as she sunbathed.
Ms Shakespeare, 50, who was made an MBE in the Queen's New Year Honours list for her work to combat gang, gun and knife crime, said the honour felt "bittersweet".
"It's bitter in the sense that Letisha went out on new year and she lost her life," she said.
"The sweet moment is that there's a reward at the end to say that all of the work and effort I've put in to try to make a change is actually being recognised."
Ms Shakespeare launched the Precious Trust to prevent teenage girls becoming involved in gangs.
Mrs Ross has become an MBE for services to charity and the promoting the reduction of knife crime among young people in Walsall.
She set up charity Rosie's Helping Hands which has raised more than £350,000.
Also named in the honours list is Janice Connolly, best known for her stand-up comedian character Barbara Nice. The performer has received a British Empire Medal for services to community arts in the West Midlands.
England and Chelsea winger Karen Carney, from Birmingham, has been made an MBE for services to football, while para-cyclists Helen Scott from Birmingham and Jon-Allan Butterworth from Sutton Coldfield were appointed OBE for services to cycling.
Punjabi musician, performer and teacher Gurcharan Mall has been awarded the British Empire Medal for services to British Asian music and performing arts.
The 64-year-old from Sutton Coldfield has recorded about 50 albums and singles since 1982, many of which went gold and platinum.
He said: "This [medal] will encourage my fellow musicians and dancers because they do not get the credit they deserve." | Two mothers who have dedicated their lives to getting guns and knives off the streets following their daughters' deaths have been honoured. | 1.36632 | 1 |
The man was driving a blue Mini which was in collision with a silver Mercedes C200 travelling in the opposite direction on Elton Road, between Blackburn and Haslingden.
Police said they were alerted about the crash at 08:30 BST.
The man, from Ashton-under-Lyne, died at the scene and a man and two girls, who were also in the car, were taken to hospital with serious injuries.
The driver of the Mercedes and their passenger were also taken to hospital after the crash, which happened near to the Grey Mare Inn, at the junction of Jackson Heights Road.
Their injuries are not thought to be life threatening. | A 20-year-old man has been killed in a car crash in Lancashire. | 0.637044 | 1 |
The jury of seven women and five men began the process on Tuesday, nearly two years after the attacks killed three and injured more than 260 people.
The court heard that Mr Tsarnaev "wanted to punish America" for its wars in Muslim countries.
Defence lawyers concede Mr Tsarnaev played a role but want his life spared.
They say he should not be executed because his older brother Tamerlan, killed in the aftermath, was the mastermind.
"If not for Tamerlan, it would not have happened," Judy Clarke said, during arguments in which she repeatedly referred to her client as a "kid" and a "teenager".
But the prosecution presented a man who killed without a thought for the innocents.
"This was a cold, calculated terrorist act. This was intentional. It was bloodthirsty. It was to make a point," Aloke Chakravarty said.
If Mr Tsarnaev is found guilty, the same jury will then begin hearing evidence on whether he should face life imprisonment or execution as part of the second phase of the trial. | Jurors in Boston are considering whether Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is guilty of carrying out the bombing of the 2013 city marathon. | 1.344308 | 1 |
The announcement was expected after a referendum approved constitutional changes to allow him to run for three further terms and could potentially see him to stay in power until 2034.
Mr Kagame said Rwandans had made clear they wanted him to lead the country after 2017, and he could only accept.
He has dominated Rwandan politics since his rebel army ended the 1994 genocide.
Last month's referendum result means Mr Kagame can run for a third seven-year term in 2017 and then two further five-year terms.
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Third terms and the arrogance of power
In a televised New Year's address at midnight (22:00 GMT), the president, 58, said Rwanda did not need a president for life, and that someone else would take over sooner rather than later.
"You requested me to lead the country again after 2017. Given the importance and consideration you attach to this, I can only accept.
"But I don't think that what we need is an eternal leader," he said.
Part of the president's New Year's message was directed towards his critics abroad, says BBC Africa security correspondent Tomi Oladipo.
He was clearly telling them that democracy was at work in Rwanda and that he was only responding to the people's wishes, our correspondent adds.
The US and the EU have said Mr Kagame should step down in 2017 to allow a new generation of leaders to emerge.
They also denounced the results of the referendum, saying voters were not given enough time to make informed decisions.
President Kagame has received widespread praise for bringing economic development to Rwanda, but critics have also accused him of a heavy-handed rule, our correspondent says.
Rights groups accuse the government of stifling the media and political opposition.
Mr Kagame became acting president in 2000 and was then elected in 2003 and 2010. However, he has effectively held power since 1994, when his rebel force entered the capital, Kigali, to end the country's genocide.
Mr Kagame's announcement comes at a time when two other presidents in the region - of the Republic of Congo and the Democratic Republic of Congo - are also seeking third-term extensions.
In Burundi, the president's decision to seek a third term unleashed violent protests, in which at least 100 people have died since April. | Rwanda's President Paul Kagame has confirmed that he will seek re-election for a third term in 2017. | 1.782182 | 2 |
Thanks to Apple's Beats buyout, the rapper's $620m (£378m) earnings in the last 12 months are the highest of any musician ever evaluated by Forbes.
And they make a lot of rich lists.
His total eclipses the mere $60m ($36m) earned by Jay Z, who happens to feature on Get Your Money Right, and Diddy who tied in second place.
In fact, Dr Dre's takings are more than the combined income of all the other 24 names on the list.
Drake came in fourth with $33m (£20.2m) which will keep him happy, having told Forbes "if I'm not on your list, I'd be gravely disappointed" in 2013.
Seattle duo Macklemore & Ryan Lewis's $32m (£19.5m) takes the last slot in the top five, edging out Kanye West's $30m (£18.3m).
Birdman's $24m (£14.6m), Lil Wayne's $23m (£14m) and the $22m (£13.4m) wealth of Pharrell Williams place them above Eminem who earned an estimated $18m (£11m) to complete the top 10.
Nicki Minaj is the only female on the list having taken an estimated $14m (£8.5m) despite her departure from American Idol and lack of tour dates.
To form the list, Forbes considered income from touring, record sales, publishing, merchandise sales, endorsements and other ventures.
Follow @BBCNewsbeat on Twitter and Radio1Newsbeat on YouTube | The words "count up the cash" in the opening of Dr Dre's Get Your Money Right have never rung more true. | 1.081072 | 1 |
For decades the armed Corsican National Liberation Front (FLNC) carried out bombings and robberies targeting the French state. In 2014 the FLNC declared a ceasefire, but did not disarm.
The FLNC warned of a "determined response, without any qualms" for any jihadist attack in Corsica, in a message to the Corse Matin newspaper.
Jihadists stormed a church on Tuesday.
The two attackers killed an elderly priest, Father Jacques Hamel, and took hostages in the Normandy church, before police shot the pair dead outside.
So-called Islamic State (IS) released a video of what it said were the two men pledging allegiance to the group.
It is the latest jihadist atrocity to hit France, still traumatised by the Paris attacks last year in which 147 people died.
In December protesters in Ajaccio, Corsica, vandalised a Muslim prayer hall and trashed copies of the Koran.
The FLNC message - issued by a faction called 22 October - called on Muslim leaders in Corsica to "take a stand against radical Islam" and "alert us to any excesses you notice among disillusioned youths inclined towards extremism".
Addressing jihadists, the FLNC said "your medieval philosophy doesn't scare us". It added: "You should know that any attack against our people would trigger a determined response, without any qualms... The Salafists clearly want to establish the Daesh (IS) policy among us, and we're prepared for that."
Nine French policemen were killed in 34 years of pro-independence violence led by the FLNC. | A Corsican nationalist group has said it will retaliate for any attack by Islamists on the French island. | 1.352802 | 1 |
Speaking after filing his official candidacy, he denied suggestions that violence was spiralling out of control.
He said there was no need to halt elections, despite violent protests sparked by his presidential bid.
Eighteen people have died in the recent unrest, the worst in Burundi since a civil war ended in 2005.
"Burundians have no problem with elections... because 99% of the country is peaceful," Mr Nkurunziza said.
"These demonstrations have turned into insurrection, but it is something that will be controlled... and I assure you that the elections will go well."
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The president compared his country's situation with Nigeria, where he said polls had gone ahead in April despite there being "no security" because of the insurgency by Boko Haram Islamist militants.
The head of the electoral commission Pierre Ndayicariye echoed the president's position, telling the BBC that the polls, due to be held in June, will not be postponed.
The UN said on Friday that more than 50,000 Burundians have fled their country since April because of fears over pre-election violence.
Mr Ndayicariye urged those who have fled "to come back, because their vote is very important in ensuring a democratic Burundi".
Burundi's constitutional court ruled on Monday that Mr Nkurunziza can run for a third term.
AU commission chief Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma said on Thursday that elections could not be held in Burundi in the current climate, and expressed doubts about whether the move was constitutional.
The US has accused Mr Nkurunziza of violating the peace accord which ended the brutal 12-year civil war by seeking re-election.
Speaking after a closed-door meeting on Burundi at the UN Security Council on Friday, America's UN ambassador Samantha Power said the US was considering "targeted measures including visa bans or sanctions" against those involved in organising or taking part in violence against protesters.
Opposition and civil society groups insist that a third-term bid is unconstitutional, but the president argues his first term does not count as he was appointed by parliament, not directly elected by the people.
Mr Nkurunziza, a former rebel leader, has ruled Burundi for nearly 10 years. | Burundi's leader Pierre Nkurunziza has launched his third-term bid in the capital Bujumbura, defying criticism from the African Union (AU) and the US. | 1.740491 | 2 |
There will be four points, rather than six, on offer for winning the Test, and two for each of the three one-dayers and three Twenty20 internationals.
"The weighting's about right," said Mott.
"Whether you win or lose the Test match, it doesn't really disadvantage or advantage you."
England have won both Ashes series since the multi-format system was brought in, crushing the Southern Stars 12-4 in England in 2013, before winning 10-8 down under early last year.
However, in that series, England won the Test to take a 6-0 lead, which helped them retain the trophy - despite Australia winning two of the three ODIs and two of the three T20 games.
This year's event starts with an ODI in Taunton on Tuesday, 21 July.
Since England triumphed in the Women's Ashes in 2005, they have won or retained the trophy five of the six times it has been contested, but the Australians have come out on top in limited-overs cricket - winning the 2013 World Cup and the last three World Twenty20 tournaments.
"The team's record over the last 10 years speaks for itself, but the one thing that's eluded us is the Ashes," said Mott, whose squad left for the UK on Monday.
"I think 2001 was the last time the team won in England, so there's a lot of payback ready, and the first couple of games will be critical."
However, Southern Stars captain Meg Lanning feels the tourists need to concentrate on their own game, rather than be motivated by retribution for the 2014 series.
"I'm not too sure about 'revenge'. We're just focused on what we can do," she said.
"It's the one thing we haven't been able to win, which the group is very fired up about. We've been able to introduce a couple of new players as well, which is great."
Excitement has been building down under after the announcement by Cricket Australia this week that a Women's Big Bash League (WBBL) will take place in December and January, featuring eight city-based franchise teams aligned with the men's sides.
The WBBL hopes to feature top international players from around the world - as does the Women's Cricket Super League, which will start in England next summer.
BBC Radio will have commentary on all matches of the Women's Ashes series. | Australia coach Matthew Mott feels the revised points system for the Women's Ashes series, which begins next week, is "fairer" than the previous one. | 0.962655 | 1 |
Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgeson became the first free climbers to scale the sheer Dawn Wall of the El Capitan rock formation in California.
They are the first climbers to do so without the usual aids, relying sometimes on fingertip grips.
Jorgeson said it should show people the importance of teamwork and persistence.
He said the experience "recalibrates your perception of what you can do and what's possible. Now that we've done this, who knows what comes."
His fellow record-breaker Caldwell told the New York Times: "I would love for this to open people's minds to what an amazing sport this is."
Both men said they had been touched by the number of people who had been inspired by their achievement.
The task began on 27 December and while scaling the 3,000ft (914m) rock, they had even climbed in darkness, when sweat was less of an issue.
They took rest days to wait for their finger cuts and grazes to heal and used tape and even superglue to speed up the process.
Caldwell said support climbers had provided them with fresh fruit and vegetables every five days, plus they had burritos, chocolate and even coffee.
In spare moments, he said, he read the autobiography of legendary climber Barry Blanchard.
Jorgeson said the Dawn Wall "personifies dreaming big and making it happen".
He added: "It's just a super-concrete example and an iconic, beautiful place with amazing images and a great story of perseverance and teamwork and making it."
How do they do it?
How do you climb a smooth rock face? | The two American climbers who spent 19 days clinging to a vertical rock face say they hope their achievement will inspire others. | 1.919527 | 2 |
Tylicki, 30, was paralysed from the waist down following a four-horse pile-up at Kempton on 31 October.
Frankie Dettori said he was "in a state of shock" over the "terrible accident" to his friend and neighbour.
"My thoughts are with Freddy," said the three-time champion jockey. "Such a young man with a great future."
According to the Injured Jockeys Fund (IJF), Tylicki remains in intensive care at St George's Hospital in Tooting.
Dettori, who said all jockeys knew racing was dangerous, added that he and his fellow jockeys would be there to help Tylicki "through this bad time".
At The Races presenter Matt Chapman set up a GoFundMe page to raise money for Tylicki's recovery.
The money will go towards a charitable fund, set up by the rider's family.
Olympic cyclist-turned-amateur jockey Victoria Pendleton reflected on Tylicki's injury at the annual Cartier Racing Awards on Tuesday.
Pendleton said: "It's a really great camaraderie between the riders because they appreciate every ride could be their last.
"If you look at the odds, it's not as dangerous as some people think. But you'd be crazy if you didn't have a long hard think about that and it didn't affect you."
Leading flat jockey Ryan Moore described it as a "terribly sad situation" in a "dangerous sport", but added that jockeys push that to the back of their minds. | Leading jockeys say the racing world will continue to rally for Freddy Tylicki after a fund for the injured rider topped more than £250,000. | 1.008753 | 1 |
Albion are seventh in the Premier League after beating Watford 3-1 at the Hawthorns on Saturday.
They are also unbeaten in their last four league matches.
"It gives us a chance now to hopefully get a couple [of players] in the window," Pulis told BBC WM 95.6, when asked about Albion's impressive form.
"I think the Chinese [investors] understand that, the owners and [leader] Mr [Guochuan] Lai, and we are going to try and do that if we can."
Pulis, who signed a new contract until 2018 in October, has guided the Baggies to 13th and 14th-place finishes in the Premier League since arriving at the club in January 2015.
The 58-year-old insisted he would be looking for the right deals in January, not bringing in players for the sake of it.
"We will have to box clever and I have to say this - if they are not there, we don't buy," he told the club website.
"We have to try to get quality players and that is going to be difficult and will be more pressure on me."
West Brom travel to Chelsea on Sunday with the Premier League leaders in search of a ninth successive league win. | West Bromwich Albion manager Tony Pulis believes their good start to the season will help attract new players to the club in January. | 0.840965 | 1 |
29 June 2017 Last updated at 08:20 BST
For years he's been helping to keeping everyone cool at minor-league baseball stadiums.
Jake brings bottles of water, fetches dropped bats and waits patiently for the umpires to finish before exiting the field.
And sometimes he even gets a game of frisbee!
Take a look at Jake in action. | Meet Jake the Diamond Dog who helps out at baseball games in America. | 0.379653 | 0 |
The proposals at Fort Richmond, on Guernsey's west coast, have been made by the Treasury and Resources Department.
If successful it intends to put the site up for sale as part of a larger plan to sell off unused buildings.
Funds generated from the sale of the fort will be added to the capital reserve, which funds States' projects.
The fort, which never saw action, was used for social housing before World War One.
Helen Glencross, historic sites curator, said: "The building has been neglected for quite a long time, it hasn't been in use since the 1980s.
"It was built at the same time as the barracks at Fort Hommet and Fort Le Marchant, but this is the only one that remains standing.
"A lot of original features remain inside... and certainly the external appearance will have to be respected."
Fort Richmond
"It's been in a state of dilapidation for years and it does cost money to maintain the property, even in its current state, so that's not really good use of public funds," said Deputy Tony Spruce, chairman of the property services sub-committee.
He said it was unclear how much money could be raised by the sale as it depended on what plans were approved, if a move to include the site on the open market register was passed and the housing market. | Plans to convert a Victorian barracks into residential accommodation have been announced. | 2.092014 | 2 |
Courtney Mark Johnson struck the on-duty officer while leaving a building site in Loughborough.
Leicester Crown Court heard he "revved his engine" and ploughed past the officer, hitting his leg and causing serious injuries.
Johnson, 34, admitted causing grievous bodily harm with intent to resist arrest and two counts of theft. He was jailed for three years and nine months.
The defendant, of Armadale Drive, Leicester, was also banned from driving for three years and four months.
Judge Philip Head described his actions as "grossly reckless".
He added: "You've demonstrated you're a menace - next time it could be manslaughter or it could be murder."
The officer was responding to reports of a burglary when he was struck by Johnson's vehicle on Hillcrest Drive on 14 August 2016.
Leicestershire Police said the defendant drove out of Allendale Road in a Transit flatbed van, "ramming the fencing as he left" before crashing into a parked vehicle.
The officer saw Johnson stationary at some traffic lights and walked towards him, at which point the driver "revved his engine and drove at the officer".
Det Con Chris Fox said it was a "horrific incident" which would "stay with [the victim] forever".
Assistant Chief Constable Phil Kay, added: "He could have potentially lost his life that day.
"Officers take risks every day in order to protect the public, but that doesn't mean that it's right that they are subjected to such violence." | A driver has been jailed for hitting a policeman with his truck. | 1.052723 | 1 |
The plans will be tested in parts of Gwynedd, Anglesey, Flintshire, Swansea, Blaenau Gwent and Rhondda Cynon Taf.
Working parents of three to four-year-olds will be offered 30 hours of free childcare for 48 weeks of the year.
The scheme will be tested from September 2017 before a wider roll-out at a later date, Communities and Children Secretary Carl Sargeant said.
Parents welcome free childcare pilot
Mr Sargeant told AMs on Tuesday the £10m pilot would not cover the whole of the counties, and the tests would be in "very specific areas".
They would "allow us to make sure we learn what works and what doesn't, building on experience and evidence to deliver for all working parents in Wales", he said.
"Delivering this commitment will be challenging and I don't underestimate what needs to be done.
"The barriers childcare can present to parents supporting their families as they wish, must be addressed head-on."
There have been claims the costs of the policy could increase from £84m a year as was suggested by Labour at the assembly election.
Economist Gillian Paull said the "upper limit" could reach £200m if most parents took up the offer.
More than three-quarters of parents in Wales use unpaid family or friends to care for their children, according to figures published this summer.
On Tuesday, Welsh Conservative leader Andrew RT Davies urged Mr Sargeant to "provide clarity sooner rather than later if this commitment is to be delivered in a meaningful way by the end of this assembly term".
"Welsh Conservatives support increasing the amount of child care available to hardworking parents across Wales, but the Welsh Government has today failed to satisfy very serious questions posed over the affordability and capacity requirements of their proposals," Mr Davies said. | Six councils will take part in a free childcare pilot scheme, Welsh ministers have announced. | 1.346214 | 1 |
A log released by Minnesota authorities showed the 911 calls related to everything from medical emergencies to false fire alarms.
It included one call in 2011 in which an unidentified woman said she was concerned about Prince's cocaine use, but no police action was taken.
Prince's representatives have not commented on the claims.
The unnamed woman, from Germany, claimed Prince told her a year earlier that he had an uncontrollable cocaine habit and that she should advise the authorities.
It is unclear whether the woman personally knew Prince.
Other calls included reports about a woman having an allergic reaction, a fire alarm triggered by a fog machine, a trespasser banging a drum and a suspicious vehicle, which the responding officer "checked and it was Prince", according to the log.
There were also claims that Prince has at least one living son, although Prince has no known surviving children.
On the day Prince died, one woman called saying she had a 17-year-old son with Prince, and wanted him to attend the funeral.
Prince was found unresponsive in a lift at his Paisley Park complex - home to recording studios, a nightclub, rehearsal space, offices, and the singer's private residence - on 21 April.
A post-mortem examination last month discounted suicide, but a medical examiner said full results could take several weeks.
Investigators are looking into whether Prince died from an overdose and if a doctor was prescribing him drugs in the weeks before his death.
They are also trying to establish whether a doctor was on the singer's plane when it made an emergency landing less than a week before he died.
The musician was found unconscious on the plane after it stopped in Moline, Illinois, on 15 April, and detectives investigating his death have asked to see fire and ambulance records related to the emergency landing. | Emergency calls were made from Prince's Paisley Park complex 46 times in the past five years, it has been revealed. | 1.132796 | 1 |
The sport was initially dropped from the programme of events when Gibraltar were given the right to host the event after Menorca pulled out.
Football and volleyball, which had featured in every games since they began in 1985, were also dropped.
However, beach volleyball will now be included, although there are no facilities for indoor volleyball.
"There will not be any mountain biking, but there will be a road race, time trial and criterium included in the Gibraltar games, which is good news," Guernsey Island Games Association chairman Brian Allen told BBC Radio Guernsey.
"There were concerns about that very small island, but they were very reassuring, they gave an excellent presentation," he added.
Guernsey Velo Club's development officer Paul Brehaut says the competition for places in 2019 will be even greater, with some of the island's top mountain bikers vying for places in the road race team:
"There'll be no definite five spots for the boys, that's for sure," he told BBC Radio Guernsey,
"There's a couple of guys like James Rowe and Mike Serafin who are very competitive on the road every weekend that they race. Mike's a very good sprinter, James is a fantastic climber, so that's two that will be in the mix for the road team for sure."
The news came during the annual meeting of the International Island Games Association, where Guernsey were confirmed as hosts for the 2021 event. | Cycling will be included in the sports for the 2019 Island Games in Gibraltar, organisers have announced. | 1.130666 | 1 |
Darren Rodgers, who was 24 and from Ballymena, died after he fell about 26ft (8m) from a promenade onto a rocky beach in Nice.
Hundreds attended the service at St Patrick's Church in Ballymena.
The funeral took place hours before Northern Ireland's Euro clash with Wales.
The accident happened in the early hours of Monday 13 June, shortly after Northern Ireland played its first match of the Euro 2016 finals against Poland in the city.
Supt Nigel Goddard, who is leading the PSNI team in France, said he was told it was an accident and not in any way disorder related.
Tributes have been paid to Mr Rodgers by his friends, fellow fans, and by the Irish Football Association (IFA). | The funeral of a Northern Ireland football fan who died in an accident in France has taken place. | 0.990206 | 1 |
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