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The labour market statistics showed there were 216,000 unemployed people.
This represented 8.1% of the workforce - higher than the UK average unemployment rate of 7.8%.
Secretary of State for Scotland Michael Moore said the figures showed the "scale of the challenge we face in getting the economy back to health".
The International Labour Organisation data showed there were 35,000 more unemployed people in the three months from March to May than during the same period last year.
The claimant count in Scotland, based on the seasonally adjusted number of people claiming Job Seeker's Allowance, fell by 600 to 133,200 between May and June.
However, this represented an increase of 5,500 compared to June 2009.
Mr Moore said it was crucial the Scottish and UK governments worked together to help those who had lost their jobs get back into work as quickly as possible.
He added: "These figures show the real human cost of the economic legacy the government has inherited.
"Our budget will tackle the record deficit and help us achieve balanced economic growth across the UK.
Unemployment in graphics
"These measures will keep interest rates lower for longer and encourage investment, both of which are important for the creation of new jobs."
Scottish Finance Secretary John Swinney said the figures demonstrated both the legacy of the previous UK government's handling of the public finances and the dangers of the new coalition's cuts, which he claimed were "too deep, too quick".
"Scotland is continuing to see fragile signs of recovery. Today's figures highlight a fifth consecutive monthly fall in the number of people claiming Job Seeker's Allowance, and our unemployment rate remains below many other parts of the UK such as London, Wales, the North East of England, North West, and Yorkshire and the Humber," he said.
"But today's figures again demonstrate that recovery is in its early stages - which is why the UK government is wrong to risk jobs and recovery through spending cuts that are too quick and too deep, and come on top of those already imposed on Scotland by the previous Westminster administration." | Unemployment in Scotland rose by 9,000 over the past three months, according to official statistics. | 1.955256 | 2 |
Despite dismissing Kumar Sangakkara for 120 at the start of play, reigning champions Middlesex were kept at bay by Ben Foakes (67 not out) and Sam Curran.
When Curran fell for 51, the visitors lost 5-46 to be bowled out for 339.
But two early Middlesex wickets ended any chance of a late run chase, and they were 92-2 when a draw was agreed.
Having added just four to his overnight score, Sangakkara nibbled James Franklin behind to be well taken by wicketkeeper John Simpson.
Surrey had a lead of just 112 at that point with only five second-innings wickets remaining, and the away side looked in danger of being bowled out cheaply before Foakes and Curran shared a vital 83-run sixth-wicket partnership.
The hosts continued to push for wickets, as they searched for their first Championship victory of the season, and spinner Ollie Rayner returned to dismiss both Curran brothers.
Foakes finished unbeaten, while Dawid Malan's spin accounted for Surrey's tail.
Middlesex's final-innings chase never looked likely after Nick Gubbins edged Sam Curran behind for five before tea.
The prized scalp of Nick Compton came off Mark Footitt's first ball but, with runs hard to come by and no further loss of wickets, the London derby ended in a draw.
Surrey ended the happier of the two sides, despite slipping to second in Division One and one point behind leaders Essex, who they face at Chelmsford on Friday. | Middlesex and Surrey settled for a draw on the final day at Lord's as the hosts' fourth-innings chase of 242 off 39 overs petered out. | 0.907417 | 1 |
Warriors lost a third match in a row on Saturday in a 34-10 European Champions Cup loss to Racing 92 that leaves them on the brink of elimination.
But the 22-year-old believes Glasgow have the quality to turn things around.
"I wouldn't say it's worrying," Price told BBC Scotland.
"We know how to win games, we've proved that in the past. It's just putting an 80 minute performance together.
"It's just little system errors and lack of accuracy that's costing us at the moment. I wouldn't say we are in a rut. We are a winning team."
The defeat in Paris was Warriors' seventh of the season in all competitions. Gregor Townsend's men have already lost five times in the league, the same number as they did in the whole of last season's victorious campaign.
However, scrum-half Price feels the problem has been identified.
"I think we're just forcing things a little bit," he said. "We're putting in so much effort."
When asked if the players need to relax on the pitch, Price agreed.
"Yeah, we just have to play our style and keep switched on."
Despite being outgunned by four tries to one by the French Top 14 leaders, Price dismisses talk of a gulf in class between his side and Racing, and feels the scoreline is not a fair reflection of the match.
"They played well," he said. "But we showed a hell of a lot of effort so in that respect so no, I don't think it does (show a gulf).
"The scoreline doesn't reflect what happened on the pitch. We just lost a bit of accuracy at times and that's what cost us ultimately."
Warriors now need to win their remaining two matches to stand any chance of progressing to the quarter-finals for the first time.
They travel to face Northampton Saints next weekend before welcoming Racing to Scotstoun the following week. | Nobody at Glasgow Warriors are worrying about their present form and the players will rediscover their "winning team" mentality according to scrum-half Ali Price. | 1.109216 | 1 |
Around 24 firefighters were called to the Snow White Laundries on Clarence Road at 05:50 GMT on Wednesday.
South Wales Fire and Rescue Service said no-one has been hurt in the blaze, no chemicals are involved and it was believed to be accidental.
Crews from New Inn, Cwmbran, Abersychan, Aberbargoed and Cwmbran were in attendance at the single-storey industrial premises. | Crews have tackled a fire at an industrial laundry in Pontypool. | 0.507717 | 1 |
Clare Haslam, 44, and Deborah Clifton, 49, from Chorlton, were hit by a Ford Focus outside Withington Hospital in south Manchester on Tuesday.
A man, 89, was arrested on suspicion of causing two deaths by dangerous driving and has been bailed, police said.
The couple, who had a child, "were made for each other", their families said.
"Clare was popular and well-liked by many, she was so full of life, but as a young lady she was really lacking in self-confidence until she met Debbie.
"Her and Debbie became inseparable and did practically everything together including raising their adorable little girl.
The families said Debbie was "so excited about the news of a new grandchild on the way" and her "large, loving family will miss her very much".
Clare was a "much-loved daughter, sister and auntie" and "we are all so heartbroken", they said.
"Clare and Debbie were like an old married couple, they would fight like cat and dog, bicker at the slightest thing but ultimately they were made for each other, so blissfully happy and without doubt soulmates."
Greater Manchester Police said an investigation is under way and thanked the public for their help. | The families of two women who were run over and killed in a hospital car park have paid tribute to the "blissfully happy soulmates". | 0.7841 | 1 |
Salford are third in Super League but only 3,128 were at their last match.
Koukash said there were "no plans" to leave the AJ Bell Stadium but they are "looking to explore all opportunities".
The club say they will speak to fans through "face-to-face interviews, focus groups and a mass digital survey".
Former Salford player Robbie Hunter-Paul has been brought in by the club to "consult and drive this project ahead".
"We have by far the lowest home support and we need to see why that is," Koukash said.
"We fully deserve to be in the top four, but against Widnes (on Sunday) the home support level was just above 2,200 which is not enough to sustain a Super League club.
"The level of support is less than when I came in four years ago so something is not right and we need to find out why and what we can do to reverse the trend."
Salford's ground - which they share with rugby union side Sale Sharks - is just three miles from Manchester United's Old Trafford home and seven from Manchester City's Etihad Stadium.
Chief executive Ian Blease said to fans on social media he was "disappointed" with ticket sales and that the team "deserves better".
Speaking to BBC Radio Manchester before the research project was announced, he added: "I am not a politician, I won't spin it. It was a rally cry to get behind this team.
"I was voicing disappointment. Whether people took it as a negative, that is up to them. This city of Salford needs to get behind this team."
BBC Radio Manchester's Jack Dearden
Nobody is criticising the supporters Salford have got. They are having a great season, are entertaining and having the best season for a long time.
I can understand the project. Salford wouldn't be doing this right if they didn't explore opportunities to increase the support base. It might mean a really big decision being made in the future.
I would never dispute the support they get from genuine Salford fans.
But Salford are right in the middle of the M62 corridor. It is not necessarily the fans that support the club, it is those on the periphery that they need to entice. | Salford owner Marwan Koukash says it would be "a dream" to hold one-off games at Old Trafford or the Etihad Stadium as they begin a "research project" to try to grow the Red Devils. | 0.89688 | 1 |
The import of foods containing animal lungs is banned by the US Food and Drug Administration.
Lord McColl of Dulwich told peers that 24 million American Scots were being denied "this wholesome food".
He claimed haggis "satisfied hunger very much more than the junk food which Americans consume".
The surgeon and former shadow health minister, who was also a parliamentary aide to former Prime Minister Sir John Major, claimed that haggis consumption would help deal with the "obesity epidemic" in the US.
Haggis, clapshot and whisky sauce
More haggis recipes by BBC chefs
But the Labour peer and professor, Lord Winston, disagreed and said he was "surprised" by Lord McColl's remarks "given the questionable issue about haggis" - which he said he found "revolting".
Lord Winston also suggested that if haggis could deal with obesity then "maybe we should be promoting it a little bit in Glasgow".
The comments come as Prime Minister David Cameron begins two days of talks with President Obama in Washington. Peers urged the prime minister to put haggis on the menu for discussion.
The Liberal Democrat Lord Purvis described the ban as "ridiculous" and urged Mr Cameron to have "a private word with the president to make sure this ban is now lifted".
The food minister, Lord de Mauley, said he could not guarantee a rapid resolution, but said the EU and UK government were working to get import bans lifted by the US.
Tory peer Lord Forsyth suggested that the UK government could send a special envoy to the US - and joked that the former First Minister Alex Salmond was looking for a job.
Authentic Scottish haggis has been banned in the US since 1971, when the US Department of Agriculture first took a dim view of one of its key ingredients - sheep's lung.
The ban means those in the US who want to celebrate Scotland's national bard Robert Burns in the traditional manner on 25 January are compelled to improvise. | A Conservative peer has called for the US import ban on haggis to be lifted by suggesting that it may help America tackle its obesity problem. | 1.535828 | 2 |
The 41-year-old former Ross County boss took Argyle to May's play-off final in his first season in charge, but they lost to AFC Wimbledon.
The Pilgrims spent much of the last campaign in the automatic promotion places, but finished in fifth place after a drop in form.
Adams' previous deal was scheduled to expire at the end of this season.
"Derek has already made a major contribution to Plymouth Argyle and the board believes he has much more to offer," chairman James Brent said.
"Much of what football clubs do is focused on the current season and yet, to achieve sustainable success, we believe that plans need to be implemented for the medium-term, as well." | Plymouth Argyle manager Derek Adams has signed a new four-year contract with the League Two club. | 0.789935 | 1 |
East of England Ambulance Service bosses must also take more responsibility and be "accountable for their actions", their report said.
Among 25 recommendations, it also said the process of handing over patients to hospitals is not "sufficiently robust".
The ambulance service said it would review the findings of the independent report and submit a formal response.
Chairman Dr Geoff Harris, said many of the issues raised were being tackled in the "turnaround plan", which was published in April.
"The Trust's turnaround plan has recognised many of the issues we need to address and we are focussed on implementing this, together with recommendations from the governance review to improve services for our patients," Dr Harris said.
The document was commissioned by NHS managers after major concerns were raised about the East of England Ambulance Trust.
Dr Anthony Marsh, who wrote the report, said the trust's board and senior management team had "developed a sense of helplessness".
The management structure is "overly layered" and there is a feeling the board does not listen, Dr Marsh said.
The ambulance service started in 2006 when three trusts merged and has since been criticised for response times and the quality of care of patients.
Dr Marsh criticised internal and external communications and disparate plans to improve the service, saying "it still feels like three trusts". | Sickness levels are too high among ambulance staff in the east of England, inspectors have said. | 1.467748 | 1 |
Chuanfang Zheng was babysitting seven-month-old Phoebe Guo in March 2015 as her parents worked at a nearby takeaway in Lutterworth, Leicestershire.
The baby became unconscious and died four days later.
Zheng, 31, of Mortlock Close, Southwark, London, was found guilty of manslaughter at Leicester Crown Court.
During the trial, the court heard Phoebe suffered "significant bleeding" on the brain and behind the eye within half an hour of being left with Zheng.
With the unconscious baby in her arms, Zheng ran to the Chinese takeaway next door where the baby's parents worked.
Phoebe was then taken by car to hospital where '"extensive" medical efforts were made to save her, the court was told.
However, she died four days later from her injuries, having never regained consciousness.
Passing sentence, Judge Nicholas Dean QC said: "Experts agree this was an extreme example of abusive head trauma".
He added Zheng's defence, that Phoebe's mother had shaken the child, was an aggravating factor.
"Ms Zheng's actions have devastated her family and caused immense distress," he said.
"The pain of loss for Ling Ling was clear when she gave evidence. That pain must have been intensified by the knowledge Ms Zheng was falsely blaming her for Phoebe's death." | An aunt who "repeatedly, vigorously and aggressively" shook her baby niece has been jailed for six years for the girl's manslaughter. | 0.74637 | 1 |
The body, not yet formally identified, is believed to be that of Dawn Rhodes, 38, and her next-of-kin have been informed, Surrey Police said.
Officers discovered the body when called to a property in Wimborne Avenue at 19:30 BST on Thursday.
A man in his 40s was taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries and is being held on suspicion of murder.
Chief Insp Paul Rymarz said: "This is a tragic incident and our thoughts are with the woman's family and friends.
"Officers will continue to be visible in the area over the weekend while the investigation continues into what we believe to be an isolated incident." | A woman who is thought to have been murdered at a house in Earlswood has been named by police. | 0.507853 | 1 |
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Britain's quartet of Nigel Levine, Delano Williams, Matthew Hudson-Smith and Rooney won their semi-final in two minutes 58.88 seconds.
However, Hudson-Smith, who ran the third leg, was ruled to have had part of his foot out of the takeover zone when he began running.
Team GB's appeal was rejected because video evidence was inconclusive, meaning the decision of the referee must be upheld.
"It's a track judge's opinion," said Rooney. "Unfortunately, there wasn't a Hawk-Eye on the line.
"In other sports, like tennis and football, they have Hawk-Eeye. We've basically got a track judge who has decided that that's what he has seen and there's no conclusive evidence to prove it either way.
"I've just seen it now and I'm even angrier. Matt has been very badly treated."
After the race, British Athletics said it was "hugely disappointed" and confident the team would have won a medal in the final. | Martyn Rooney tells BBC Sport he is even angrier after seeing a replay of Great Britain's controversial disqualification from the 4x400m relay for the first time on BBC television. | 0.961773 | 1 |
The 20-year-old striker has yet to make a first-team start for the Hatters, but did come off the bench four times towards the end of last season.
"Zane is a hard-working player and caught my eye in training as soon as I arrived," said Luton boss Nathan Jones.
"I have always said that young players have to earn their place in my squad and Zane did exactly that last season." | Luton Town striker Zane Banton has signed a new one-year contract, with a 12-month option. | 0.515386 | 1 |
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Cat Carr hit 24 points to lead Sevenoaks while Anne Pedersen and Gabi Nikitinaite added 21 and 13 points respectively for the Suns.
Riders held an early lead but struggled to stay in touch once the Suns established a 10-point lead in the third quarter.
Erika Livermore was Leicester's top scorer with 19 points.
"It was a great win for us, we deserved it," Pedersen, named MVP for the final, told BBC Sport.
"We came out a bit slow, but we got into our rhythm and started to play our game. Once we got going, I thought we played very well."
Leicester Riders coach Matt Harber said: "The game played out perfectly for them. We turned the ball over 25 times and they're a very dangerous team in transition." | Sevenoaks Suns won their first WBBL title when they beat the Leicester Riders 82-67 in the Trophy final. | 0.844294 | 1 |
Cory Baptiste, 24, was apprehended in Barcelona on a European Arrest Warrant on Thursday and police are now seeking to bring him back to the UK.
He was due to attend Basildon Crown Court in August, charged with five offences against children.
The National Crime Agency said: "He appeared at a Spanish court and extradition proceedings are under way."
Mr Baptiste has been charged with five offences of abusing a position of trust: One for causing or inciting sexual activity with a boy aged 13-17; one of causing or inciting sexual activity with a girl aged 13-17; one of causing a child under 13 to watch a sexual act; and two of causing a child aged 13-17 to watch a sexual act.
Essex Police said Mr Baptiste previously lived in Fanns Rise, Purfleet, and was working as a teacher at the time of the alleged offences. | A teacher accused of sex offences has been held by police in Spain, after failing to appear at a court in Essex. | 0.736695 | 1 |
The Systems Engineering building could close owing to low enrolment, an almost £2m deficit and "disappointing" academic research results.
Some subjects will be moved to other departments, but degrees including BScs in Robotics and IT will cease in 2016.
Students currently enrolled in the more than ten subjects under threat will have their degrees honoured.
Up to 15 academic and 20 support posts will be lost if the recommendations go ahead, the university said.
Vice-Chancellor Sir David Bell said: "We believe these recommendations are in the best long-term interests of the whole institution.
"We have not made these recommendations at all lightly, but our proposals strike the right balance between building on existing strengths and taking robust action on weaker areas."
The degrees recommended to be axed are:
The existing BSc Computer Science, which accounts for nearly 60% of all SSE undergraduates, and MSc Advanced Computer Science would continue under a new Department of Computer Science, created within the School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences.
New divisions will also be created to retain research expertise in certain subjects.
The university's council will decide on the recommendations, made by a review group, on 13 July. | A department looks set to shut down at the University of Reading with degree courses axed and job losses expected. | 1.54647 | 2 |
13 January 2017 Last updated at 13:12 GMT
He got pretty upset when his fish and chip dish didn't go swimmingly.
But it wasn't all bad news for Oscar, who speaks Spanish after moving with his family to live in the country.
After being on the show, he was invited to cook for the British ambassador to Spain!
Check out the video to see his kitchen nightmare. | Nine-year-old British boy Oscar was competing in the Spanish version of Junior Masterchef when it started to go wrong... | 0.581974 | 1 |
The body of Margaret Mayer, 85, was found at an address in Fairfax Road, Heath, on Thursday.
On the same day Angus Mayer, 86, was hurt after being struck by a train at Cardiff Central at about 12:30 BST.
South Wales Police confirmed it has arrested the man who is in hospital receiving treatment for his injuries.
Officers discovered Mrs Mayer's body after the train incident.
Neighbour Brian Parry, 79, said: "They were a very nice couple, very much in love", adding that Mrs Mayer had been treated for dementia.
"I am absolutely shocked and this is very sad for everyone that knew them." | An 86-year-old man who was injured after being struck by a train in Cardiff has been arrested in connection with the alleged murder of his wife. | 0.723528 | 1 |
Tareq, whose mother is Scottish, finished last in 41.13 seconds, the slowest of all 64 swimmers in Kazan.
Her goal is to qualify for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo.
"I was a bit nervous walking out there, I have never swum in front of so many spectators," said Tareq, who got a photo with her idol Sarah Sjostrom.
"The other swimmers are often surprised, they ask me my name and how old I am and then they are like, 'Are you swimming here?'
"I feel so happy. I want to learn the techniques and how they swim."
The 10-year-old caused quite a stir in the media zone - and among the other competitors.
"I don't know what to make of it - she's dinky," said Britain's Fran Halsall, who was fifth fastest in qualifying for Friday evening's semi-finals.
"Good on her for having a go."
American star Missy Franklin said: "She is the cutest thing I've ever seen in my life. I got in her warm down lane the other day because I wanted to be friends with her, but I didn't get a chance to talk to her.
"Every time she sees me she gives me the biggest smile."
On day five of the eight-day meeting, Great Britain's men's 4x200m freestyle relay made it through to Friday's final with the third fastest time.
Ben Proud reached the semi-finals of the 50m freestyle, while Lizzie Simmonds also progressed from the 200 backstroke heats.
Jazz Carlin qualified for Saturday's 800m final in 5th place. | Ten-year-old Alzain Tareq from Bahrain became the youngest swimmer to compete at a World Championships when she took part in the 50m butterfly heats. | 1.084054 | 1 |
If approved, the £20m plant will be built next to an existing research centre founded in 2001 by Boeing and the University of Sheffield.
The company said the factory, at Catcliffe in Rotherham, could also lead to new jobs in the supply industry.
The plant will manufacture hi-tech aircraft components.
President of Boeing Europe, Sir Michael Arthur, said they chose South Yorkshire for the factory because of a skilled workforce in the area and the firm's links with Sheffield's Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC).
He said: "The area has very high skills, particular in advanced manufacturing technology, which we think is world class."
"We, as a company, want to start making these very sophisticated components - actuation systems, the gearing systems on wings, and Sheffield is a good place to come," he added.
The factory, which will produce actuators for 737, 737 MAX and 777 aircraft, will be next to the AMRC centre.
Boeing said it would also increase its commitment to research at the site.
If planning permission is granted, the site could up and running by late-2018.
The news comes shortly after luxury supercar manufacturer McLaren announced it is planning to build a £50m chassis factory on the site, creating 200 jobs.
Professor Keith Ridgway, of the AMRC, said the investment takes the region on from its coal and steel heritage to manufacturing high performance components for the automotive and aerospace sector.
Rolls Royce already has a jet engine factory on the site. | US firm Boeing has announced plans to open its first European commercial factory in South Yorkshire, creating at least 30 jobs. | 1.951288 | 2 |
People working at the Ferrybridge C power station were called to a meeting with managers on Tuesday afternoon and told the news.
The BBC has seen a letter given to staff confirming the news.
About 180 people work at the plant, along with an unspecified number of contractors.
The power station's owner SSE is expected to make a formal announcement about the plant's future on Wednesday.
BBC News has been told Unit 4 at the plant, that suffered a serious fire in July 2014, would not reopen and Unit 3 would be closed down in March 2016, bringing power production to a close.
A new multifuel "waste to energy" plant being built alongside the existing Ferrybridge site is not affected by the closure, the BBC has been told.
SSE was not available for comment on Tuesday evening.
But Phil Whitehurst, national officer of the General, Municipal and Boilermakers' Union (GMB) said the closure would be "devastating news".
He said: "The power station has years of life left to supply electricity at a fraction of the price of other energy suppliers.
"As things stand the only thing consumers will get from some of these suppliers are higher bills.
"Unlike Ferrybridge, none of the components and little of the labour will be sourced from the UK."
On the SSE website the firm says: "Ferrybridge is the third coal-fired power station to be built on the site since 1924. The power station, often referred to as 'Ferrybridge C', first fed electricity into the national grid in February of 1966." | Staff at a major power station on the West and North Yorkshire border have been told the plant will stop generating and close in March 2016. | 1.757865 | 2 |
The bodies were found by police and paramedics after they were called to the house on Station Road in Shirebrook at about 22:10 GMT on Friday.
A man has been arrested. He is aged 20 and from Sheffield. He remains in police custody.
Police are investigating the cause of what they say are "suspicious" deaths and have asked anyone with information to contact them. | Two women have been found dead inside a house in Derbyshire. | 0.26405 | 0 |
The Greek government has requested a new bailout deal from the eurozone.
Greece is now just hours away from a deadline to repay €1.6bn (£1.1bn) to the International Monetary Fund.
After seeing sharp falls on Monday, the Dow Jones rose 23 points, or 0.1%, to 17,619. The S&P 500 index gained five points, or 0.3%, to 2,063.
The tech-focused Nasdaq index climbed 28 points, or 0.6%, to 4,986.
Among individual stocks, shares in ConAgra Foods rose 0.67% after company said it would exit its private label foods business.
General Electric shares fell 0.26% after it sold its European private equity financing business to a unit of Japan's Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp for about $2.2bn. | (Close): Stocks on Wall Street closed up slightly as investors followed talks between Greece and its creditors. | 0.939798 | 1 |
One song, Moonbeam Levels, was recorded during sessions for the album 1999 but was not included on the final LP.
A pretty, piano-led track, it touches on writers' block and an impending apocalypse. It will feature on the hits compilation Prince 4Ever next month.
The re-release of Purple Rain will feature an entire disc of outtakes.
According to Warner Bros and Prince's NPG Records, plans for the album "were agreed with Prince before he passed away" in April.
Details of the deluxe edition will be released at a later date, but they raise the prospect of an official release for songs like Electric Intercourse, Father's Song, All Day, All Night and Possessed, which have appeared on bootlegs from that era.
Longer versions of several Purple Rain album tracks also exist - including the title track, which contained an extra verse in the original recording.
Several full concerts from the Purple Rain tour were professionally recorded, including a March 1985 show that was released on a now-deleted home video.
Full details will be revealed "early next year", a press release said.
The greatest hits collection will be the first new Prince release since his death from an overdose of painkillers.
Among its 40 tracks are some of the star's best-loved hits including When Doves Cry, Raspberry Beret, Little Red Corvette and Kiss.
However it does not include any material released outside the star's contract with Warner Bros, which expired in 1996.
That means his sole UK number one, The Most Beautiful Girl In The World, and later hits such as Black Sweat and Musicology, are missing.
The advisers to Prince's estate, Charles Koppelman and L Londell McMillan, are currently considering proposals to license more material from Prince's legendary "vault", which is said to contain thousands of unreleased songs.
Follow us on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, on Instagram at bbcnewsents, or if you have a story suggestion email [email protected]. | A new greatest hits album and a deluxe edition of Purple Rain will feature unreleased songs from Prince's "vault", Warner Bros Records has announced. | 0.976843 | 1 |
Betsi Cadwaladr health board is consulting on plans which include possibly make one a midwife-led unit until staffing issues are resolved.
Its preferred option is to temporarily downgrade care at Glan Clwyd Hospital in Bodelwyddan, Denbighshire.
It would mean some having to travel to hospitals in Wrexham and Bangor. | A 10,000-name petition has been handed to officials calling for consultant-led maternity care to continue at three district hospitals in north Wales. | 0.40047 | 0 |
The crash happened between Templepatrick and Sandyknowes on Monday night shortly before 20:40 GMT.
Police said the man was the driver of one of the cars involved in the crash.
Two other men were hurt in the incident but their injuries are not life threatening. The M2 was closed overnight between Templepatrick and Sandyknowes, but has now re-opened. | A man in his 30s has died in a multi-vehicle road crash on the M2 in County Antrim. | 0.155486 | 0 |
The 45-year-old worked in the private sector before joining the first cohort of AMs in the 1990s in his 20s, switching to Westminster at the start of this decade.
Brought up in Clydach, near Swansea, his father was a Port Talbot steelworker and his mother a shopkeeper.
It was here that his political awareness developed.
According to the Tory website, he saw that "a close family member, who ran her own small grocery shop worked all hours possible for almost 50 years, ended up worse off than many of our neighbours who hadn't bothered working, in spite of being able to do so".
Mr Cairns was a pupil at the Welsh-speaking comprehensive school of Ysgol Gyfun Ystalyfera, and worked as a petrol pump attendant before joining the Lloyd's Bank.
At the age of 28, when he was elected for the Conservatives in the regional seat of South Wales West in the first Welsh Assembly. It was his first job as an elected politician.
During his time as an AM, Mr Cairns was his party's economy spokesman and it was in this role that he had the job of scrutinising Rhodri Morgan in the early days of the assembly.
It once led Morgan to joke that he looked like "a Victorian undertaker looking forward to winter" - a line Mr Cairns later used himself to mock then Labour leader Ed Miliband.
In 2008 he resigned from his post as the party's education spokesman after likening Italians to "greasy wops". He apologised for the remarks as soon as he made them on BBC Radio Cymru.
The gaffe did not derail his political career, however, and Mr Cairns was elected as the MP for the Vale of Glamorgan in 2010, standing down from the assembly the following year.
He became a junior minister in the Wales Office in July 2014, under the previous Tory/Lib Dem coalition, and kept his job after the Conservatives won their first majority since the 1990s in 2015.
Mr Cairns lives in the Vale with his wife Emma, who runs her own business, and their son Henri.
He has completed four London Marathons in aid of local charities and was the fastest MP to complete the 26-mile course last year. | Much like his former boss Stephen Crabb, Alun Cairns has gone from modest beginnings to one of the most important jobs in Welsh politics - secretary of state for Wales. | 1.055021 | 1 |
The 23-year-old, who started his career at Celtic, has signed a three-year deal with the Championship club.
"He's perfect in the fact that he wants to try and find his way in his career. He is a determined lad," said Neil.
"He has come through Celtic's ranks, so he's used to high standards."
Fisher told the club website: "I spoke to the manager and he really sold me on the club. Everything he said to me about the club was positive.
"He has said he's going to make me a better player. It was all very quick, I got the call yesterday and we have managed to get it done by today."
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page. | New Preston manager Alex Neil has made his first signing by bringing in full-back Darnell Fisher from relegated League One club Rotherham United for an undisclosed fee. | 0.764847 | 1 |
Leaders of Aslef, the RMT union and Unite will meet with Transport for London for talks chaired by conciliation service Acas.
Three 24-hour strikes are due to be held in the coming weeks in the long running dispute over pay and plans for an all night Tube service.
The RMT is planning further industrial action in a separate row over jobs.
More news on this and other stories from London
Finn Brennan, Aslef's organiser on London Underground, said the union "hoped to do a deal", but said London Underground "needs to stop bullying and start negotiating".
An RMT spokesman said the union would attend the fresh talks in the hope of breaking the deadlock.
If negotiations fail, the strikes by members will start on the evenings of 26 January, 15 February and 17 February. | Talks aimed at averting a series of 24-hour strikes by London Underground workers are to be held on Friday. | 1.074941 | 1 |
Mae denu lleoliadau pellach wedi bod yn un o amcanion y maes awyr fel rhan o'i strategaeth i dyfu.
Mae awyrennau eisoes yn hedfan o Gaerdydd i Orlando, a bydd Qatar Airways yn hedfan i brifddinas Qatar, Doha o 2018.
Fe wnaeth dros 1.3 miliwn o bobl ddefnyddio'r maes awyr ym Mro Morgannwg yn 2016 - cynnydd o 16% yn nifer y teithwyr.
Mae Maes Awyr Rhyngwladol Hamad yn Doha yn ganolfan i Qatar Airways, gyda chysylltiadau yno i leoliadau fel Awstralia a China.
Dywedodd prif weithredwr Maes Awyr Caerdydd, Deb Barber ei bod wedi bod yn "daith hir i gyrraedd y man yma" a bod y trafodaethau wedi cymryd "blynyddoedd".
"Dros y misoedd nesaf byddwn yn gweithio gyda Qatar Airways i gadarnhau manylion y gwasanaeth, a ry'n ni'n edrych ymlaen i'r daith fod ar werth yn fuan," meddai.
Mae'r maes awyr, gafodd ei brynu gan Lywodraeth Cymru yn 2013 am £52m, eisoes yn hedfan i 50 o leoliadau.
Dywedodd Prif Weinidog Cymru, Carwyn Jones bod y cyhoeddiad yn "newyddion gwych i Faes Awyr Caerdydd ac i Gymru".
"Bydd y llwybr newydd, a'r berthynas rhwng Maes Awyr Caerdydd a Qatar Airways, yn agor cysylltiadau i Gymru â gweddill y byd a darparu cyfleoedd teithio, economaidd, ac hamdden newydd i fusnesau a phobl Cymru," meddai. | Mae cwmni hedfan Qatar Airways wedi cyhoeddi eu bod yn lansio teithiau o Faes Awyr Caerdydd i'r Dwyrain Canol. | 0.763684 | 1 |
Cotterill took over in 2013 and won the League One title and the Johnstone's Paint Trophy in his second season.
The 51-year-old has previously managed Nottingham Forest, Portsmouth, Notts County, Burnley, Stoke, Cheltenham Town and Sligo Rovers.
He leaves City, who host leaders Middlesbrough on Saturday, in 22nd position, two points from safety.
The team have failed to win in seven matches.
Assistant manager John Pemberton and Wade Elliott, boss of the club's under-21 side, will take interim charge.
It is only 256 days since Cotterill led Bristol City to their first league title since 1955.
Club chairman Keith Dawe said last season's success "will live in the memory for a long time" but added: "Sadly, since the highs of last March and May things have not gone our way on the pitch.
"The club's aspiration is to ultimately become a Premier League club and this decision has been made to achieve our overall strategy for growth and player development."
Cotterill had held a news conference earlier on Thursday to look ahead to Saturday's game against Boro.
He had discussed the club missing out on the signing of Bolton striker Zach Clough. | Steve Cotterill has been sacked as manager of Championship strugglers Bristol City. | 1.033768 | 1 |
Byron Davies asked if a message from William Graham supporting the so-called "black route" for a £1bn Newport relief road came from a "spoof" account, as party policy was to review the options.
Antoinette Sandbach accused Mr Graham of "not willing to put his vote where his principles allegedly are".
Group leader Andrew RT Davies said the online row would "not be repeated".
Mr Graham backed a Conservative motion in the Senedd in January calling for a review of the possible routes for an M4 relief road.
But following the debate he tweeted: "I am confident that when the public inquiry is held the 'black route' will be chosen", referring to the Welsh government's preferred option.
Some critics have claimed other routes would cause less environmental damage.
It prompted responses from two of Mr Graham's colleagues asking whether he supported or disagreed with Conservative policy to review the alternatives.
Group leader Andrew RT Davies told journalists on Tuesday he had "spoken to" each of the members who were "all signed up to the group position".
"If people want to go on to Twitter to have a tittle-tattle that's neither here nor there," he said.
"The people involved know my views on it and I'm confident it won't be repeated." | Three Welsh Conservative AMs have been "spoken to" by their leader for arguing about the party's M4 policy on Twitter. | 1.188782 | 1 |
The university said it would accept all nine transgender applicants who had enrolled for postgraduate programmes, The Times of India reported.
Earlier in April, India's Supreme Court recognised transgender people as a third gender, in a landmark ruling.
Activists have praised the move calling it a step in the right direction.
Prior to this transgender students were forced to register as either male or female.
A university official said the policy would be extended to undergraduate courses in the next academic year.
"We had planned to start transgender admissions in undergraduate courses from this year but could not do so due to administrative reasons. From 2015-16 academic session, we will be introducing the third gender option in centralised admission forms and also make necessary policies for their admission," The Times of India quoted Delhi University registrar Alka Sharma as saying.
Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) activists have welcomed the move and said it would help integrate the community into the mainstream.
"It a step in the right direction. It really empowers people and makes them feel they are part of mainstream life. But there has to be a sustained campaign to understand transgenders, their issues and sensitise the society," said Anjali Gopalan of the Naz Foundation.
According to one estimate, India has about two million transgender people, but campaigners say they live on the fringes of society, often in poverty, ostracised because of their gender identity. Most make a living by singing and dancing or by begging and prostitution.
Rights groups say they often face huge discrimination and so far have been forced to choose either male or female as their gender in most public spheres.
In 2009, India's Election Commission took a first step by allowing transgenders to choose their gender as "other" on ballot forms. | Delhi University has acknowledged transgender students for the first time by introducing a column for a third gender in its application forms. | 2.242144 | 2 |
Ian Ruddock denies compressing baby Olivia's chest and rib cage, shaking her repeatedly and inflicting blunt force trauma to her head.
The attacks are alleged to have taken place at the family home in Clarkston, East Renfrewshire, before the infant died in March 2011.
Mr Ruddock also denies assaulting two other children and a charge that he attempted to murder one of them.
The trial before Lord Bannatyne at the High Court in Edinburgh continues. | A man has gone on trial accused of murdering his five-week-old daughter. | 0.246594 | 0 |
The boy was given an overdose of anaesthetic during the operation at Leicester Royal Infirmary in 2011.
His mother said her son's life was "turned upside down" by what happened.
Liability was admitted by University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust and an apology was made on its behalf at the High Court in London.
The Leicestershire teenager, who cannot be identified, suffers from severe physical and mental difficulties as a result of the injury.
He also needs a wheelchair and is unable to feed himself independently.
An internal investigation by the trust revealed there was a failure to flush a tube used during the surgery with saline solution.
This resulted in an overdose of anaesthetic causing him to suffer a cardio-respiratory arrest, cutting off oxygen to the brain.
He had to be resuscitated but there was a delay before an attempt was made, the family's lawyers said.
The teenager was transferred to intensive care and given artificial breathing support and ventilation.
He was then put into an induced coma for several days.
His mother said: "My son's life and ours have been turned upside down impacting heavily on him and on us as a family."
She said the money will support his needs for the rest of his life and added that the case was a chance to highlight the error so "lessons can be learned".
Mr Justice Goss said the financial settlement, which remains confidential, was "appropriate and just" and would provide financial security for the family and allow the teenager to have the "best possible life". | A teenager who suffered a severe brain injury during an operation to remove his appendix is set to receive a seven-figure sum in damages from the NHS. | 1.482994 | 1 |
The operations are among businesses being offloaded by conglomerate Dalian Wanda in one of China's biggest ever property deals.
Developer Sunac is paying $9.3bn (£7.2bn) for the assets, including the theme parks and 76 hotels.
Dalian Wanda has not explained its thinking behind the sale, but the firm is heavily in debt.
Some analysts believe that, having delisted from the Hong Kong market last year, a smaller debt pile will strengthen the argument for relisting in mainland China.
Dalian Wanda said it was selling 91% of 13 tourism projects, which are typically made up of theme parks and leisure complexes.
The sale, which is China's second biggest property deal ever according to Reuters data, also includes at least nine other theme parks and tourist attractions which are yet to be built.
Sunac's shares were suspended from trading ahead of what it said would be a "very substantial acquisition" announcement. It did not comment further on the deal.
Last year Disney opened a theme park in Shanghai, its fourth outside the United States after Paris, Tokyo and Hong Kong.
To compete, Dalian Wanda had adopted a strategy of going for a smaller, cheaper parks in many more places.
When its first venture opened last May, owner Wang Jianlin, said he wanted to move away from western imports and to establish a global brand based on Chinese culture
He told local media that "this craze for Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck is over, the period when we would blindly follow where Disney led has been gone for years".
The sale represents a sharp pull back from the theme park business for the conglomerate, which has also invested heavily in the film and cinema industries.
It controls the AMC cinema chain, as well as Legendary Entertainment, co-producer of hit films including Godzilla and The Dark Knight Rises. | Three Chinese theme parks, intended to compete with US giant Disney's ventures in the country, are being sold. | 1.273223 | 1 |
Members of the University and College Union (UCU) at both universities are taking part in the action.
The UCU say the UK-wide strike is in response to a 1.1% pay rise offered by the Universities and Colleges Employer Association (UCEA).
In response, the UCEA said that they had made a "fair and final offer" on pay.
From Wednesday, union members will also refuse to work overtime, set additional work, or undertake any voluntary duties like covering timetabled classes for absent colleagues.
The UCU are planning further strike action in June and July.
They also say that they are beginning preparations for a boycott of the setting and marking of students' work, to begin in the autumn, if an acceptable pay offer has not been made by then.
UCU Northern Ireland official Katharine Clarke said that university staff income had been reduced in real terms for a number of years.
"A 1.1% pay offer is particularly insulting when we know vice-chancellors have just had over 5%," she said.
"After six years of pay cuts and constant demands to do more for less, staff have said enough is enough."
Two-thirds of UCU members who voted backed strike action and three-quarters voted for action short of a strike.
In a statement, the UCEA said that they were "dismayed" by the strike and the potential disruption to students.
"This final pay offer represents a significant investment, showing the high value that employers place in their staff in the face of an exceptionally challenging year of turbulence and increasing costs from other sources," they said.
As most teaching and exams have concluded at both Queen's University and Ulster University for this academic year, the industrial action is not expected to cause major disruption. | Some staff at Queen's University and Ulster University are going on a two-day strike over pay. | 1.280037 | 1 |
Police were called to the Penlan area at about 01:45 BST on Saturday and a local man, 41, has been taken to Morriston Hospital to be treated.
South Wales Police said the suspect was arrested on suspicion of causing grievous bodily harm and had been taken to Swansea Central police station.
Police officers are not looking for anyone else in connection with the incident. | A 42-year-old man has been arrested after an alleged assault in Swansea. | 0.536432 | 1 |
The Latics had won three games in a row before they were knocked out of the FA Cup by Manchester United on Sunday.
Sheffield Wednesday may give a debut to new signing Jordan Rhodes after he joined on loan from Middlesbrough, as Steven Fletcher is still suspended.
Owls boss Carlos Carvalhal could make changes to the team that drew 2-2 at Bristol City. | Wigan could give debuts to eight new signings made on transfer deadline day, including striker Omar Bogle. | 0.299681 | 0 |
Saturday
Premiership
Inverness CT 2-1 Hamilton Academical
Celtic 4-1 St Johnstone
Kilmarnock 0-1 Dundee
Motherwell 0-1 Ross County
Championship
Dumbarton 0-1 Falkirk
Greenock Morton 1-1 Dundee United
Hibernian 1-1 St Mirren
Queen of the South 0-1 Dunfermline Athletic
Raith Rovers 2-1 Ayr United
Sunday's Premiership previews
Partick Thistle v Rangers (12:15)
Hearts v Aberdeen (15:00) | Match reports from Saturday's Scottish Premiership and Championship games. | 0.404742 | 0 |
The bill was given accelerated passage through the House of Commons on Monday night despite objections from Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) and Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) MPs.
It is due to complete its consideration in the House of Lords on Tuesday.
MLAs voted last week to hand powers over the welfare system to Westminster.
That followed a new agreement between the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) and Sinn Féin, Stormont's two largest parties, and the British and Irish governments.
The deal included a four-year package to soften the blow of the welfare reform and tax credits cuts, with a value of £585m.
Northern Ireland Secretary Theresa Villiers told the House of Commons the lack of resolution on welfare reforms had been "undermining the political process in Northern Ireland".
She said the new benefits system in Northern Ireland, with top-ups funded by Northern Ireland's ruling executive, would be the most generous in the UK.
Vernon Coaker, the shadow Northern Ireland secretary, said Labour would support the bill despite being opposed to much of the government's welfare reforms.
Attempts by the SDLP to amend the bill were rejected.
Mark Durkan, one of the party's MPs, accused the government of adopting a "kangaroo parliamentary procedure" to stifle debate and "fast-track" the bill.
"We would have liked to have more time just as our colleagues in the assembly when the debate arose there last week wanted to take more time - not just members of the SDLP, but members of other parties," he said.
"It is wrong that we are circumscribed on time. It is wrong that we are being muzzled."
But the DUP's Sammy Wilson said was "important that we have some urgency about this issue".
"It's taken long enough to strike the deal," he added.
Danny Kinahan, of the UUP, said the legislation was "most extraordinary".
He added: "It's actually a worse deal than what was on offer in the original Stormont House discussions." | MPs have passed a bill giving the government the power to introduce its UK-wide welfare reforms in Northern Ireland. | 1.255141 | 1 |
Researchers from the British Trust for Ornithology used data from a 12-year garden bird survey in their study.
This revealed that many blackcaps from Central Europe had shifted their winter migration, partly because of the supply of garden food in Britain.
The findings are published in the journal Global Change Biology.
"This is the first time that we've shown that feeding birds actually influences the distribution of a bird species across a whole country," lead researcher Dr Kate Plummer told BBC News.
The northern nightingale
Source: RSPB
Until the 1950s, there were hardly any records of blackcaps being in Britain in the winter, but in the past 60 years, researchers say, the number has increased "dramatically".
"We saw that both [climate change and garden feeding] were driving this shift in migration [from the Mediterranean to Britain]," Dr Plummer said.
"Where there was a reliable supply of food, blackcaps were more likely to be seen."
Throughout the 12 year period during which the observations were gathered - by more than 14,000 volunteers submitting a weekly record of the birds in their gardens - blackcaps became more strongly associated with garden food supply.
"So it looks like like they're evolving to adapt to using this big supply of winter food," said Dr Plummer.
Graham Madge, from the RSPB, told BBC News that it was only because "people take such a keen interest" and "monitor birds in these surveys, that we're able to understand the impacts we're having on birds and wildlife".
"It's positive news that blackcap numbers are increasing here, but when it comes to house sparrows and starlings, unfortunately [in these same surveys] we're seeing massive declines," he added.
As for the blackcap's preferred variety of feed - the birds appear to particularly like fats and sunflower hearts.
Follow Victoria on Twitter | Putting out birdfeed in Britain's gardens is shifting the migration of one particular winter visitor, the blackcap, scientists say. | 3.61901 | 4 |
Mr Macri was among the names mentioned in the Panama Papers, files leaked from Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca.
According to Argentine newspaper La Nacion, Mr Macri was listed as director of an offshore company in the Bahamas.
But Mr Macri's office said that he had no shares in the company and that he had never received any income from it.
Argentina's national tax authority and anti-corruption office will be asked to provide information to the inquiry.
Prosecutor Federico Delgado said he wanted to determine if Mr Macri had "omitted, with malicious intent" mentioning his reported role in the Bahamas-registered offshore company Fleg Trading.
La Nacion, one of the newspapers examining some of the leaked documents, reported that Mr Macri was listed as a director of Fleg Trading from 1998 until 2009.
Mr Macri did not list the company in his 2007 financial declaration, when he became mayor of Buenos Aires, or in his 2015 declaration when he became president.
On Tuesday, Mr Macri's office confirmed that a business group owned by the president's family had set up an offshore company through the law firm at the centre of the Panama Papers scandal.
But his office argued that because he had never received any income from it there had been no reason to mention it in the financial declarations.
Mr Macri himself has denied any wrongdoing.
He campaigned on a promise to combat corruption. | A federal prosecutor in Argentina has opened an investigation into the financial dealings of President Mauricio Macri. | 1.343915 | 1 |
Kelly Mahon, 41, was arrested with another woman after the baby disappeared on Wednesday afternoon.
He was located safe and well about three hours later.
Ms Mahon, of John Broad Avenue, Arleston, was remanded in custody at Telford magistrates on Friday.
She will appear at Shrewsbury Crown Court on Friday 25 March.
A 53-year-old woman was released without charge. | A woman has appeared in court charged with kidnap after a nine-week-old boy was reported missing from his home in Telford. | 0.012142 | 0 |
The National Secular Society says the beverage made at Buckfast Abbey in Devon is harmful.
Buckfast Abbey Trust does not pay tax on the income because it is a charity, which the society claims is an "abuse of the charitable system".
The trust said it was surprised at the complaint.
More on the calls for charitable status to be stripped, and other Devon news
The trust made a record £8.8m last year from sales of the caffeine-fuelled Buckfast wine.
The society has called on the Charity Commission to remove the abbey trust's charitable status "unless they change their activities".
43.4%
of young offenders drank Buckfast before committing their offence
42% drank any kind of spirits
31% drank any kind of beer
21% drank any kind of cider
9% drank any other drinks
Its vice president Alistair McBay said: "The monks should be setting an example as a religious organisation but the opposite is happening."
"The question needs to be asked 'Are they serving God or Mamon?"
Last year the abbey said it supported alcohol education charities like Drinkaware, a fact disputed by the charity.
It has made about £88m since 2004 from royalties made on each bottle of Buckfast sold, according to the Charity Commission.
The trust justifies its existence as a charity in its annual report, stating its aim is the "advancement of the Roman Catholic religion".
In a statement, it said it would contact the Charity Commission.
A Scottish sheriff said last year there was a "very definite association between Buckfast and violence".
In 2007, the Scottish Prison Service found 43.4% of inmates had consumed Buckfast before their last offence, despite it accounting for less than 1% of total alcohol sales nationally.
The Charity Commission said it took "all complaints about registered charities seriously" and would "assess the information about the Buckfast Abbey Trust to determine if there is a regulatory role for the Commission". | Monks who make Buckfast tonic wine linked to violent crime in Scotland should be stripped of charitable status, say campaigners. | 2.158587 | 2 |
Canada's Competition Bureau penalised the company following a two-year investigation in to its pricing practices.
The bureau is in charge of enforcing many of Canada's consumer laws.
"Consumers are naturally attracted to claims that they will save money," said commissioner John Pecman.
Following the investigation, Amazon agreed to change its pricing practices and pay a fee, which includes a $1m penalty and $100,000 to help cover the cost of the investigation.
"We're pleased that Amazon has put procedures in place to validate list prices received from its suppliers. This ensures that consumers are provided with accurate information and not misled by savings claims," Mr Pecman wrote in a news release.
The investigation found that Amazon routinely advertised consumer savings by comparing its prices to list prices at other retailers. However, it didn't verify these "list prices", which meant that the savings could be exaggerated, the bureau found.
Amazon had already begun to fix its pricing practices before the investigation, according to the bureau.
Amazon says the policies now in place will effect not just the Canadian website, but savings claims made on Amazon.com as well. | Amazon Canada has been fined 1.1m Canadian dollars (£689,000, or $837,000) over misleading savings claims. | 1.557958 | 2 |
The incident happened on the Burn Road in the early hours of Sunday morning.
It is understood the man, who is in his 50s, was a pedestrian who was hit by a car.
In a separate accident on Sunday, a woman in her 30s suffered serious but non life-threatening injuries after a crash in County Armagh.
The one-vehicle crash happened on the Cullaville Road near Crossmaglen. The road has now reopened. | A man remains in a critical condition in hospital following a road traffic collision near Doagh, County Antrim. | 0.554678 | 1 |
A storytelling app, Traces, has been launched at St Fagans National History Museum.
The bilingual app focuses on characters who might "have lived and experienced" the castle and grounds in the early 20th Century.
The project hopes to offer visitors to the museum "something different".
Traces is a partnership between Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales, Cardiff University, and Cardiff Bay-based company Yello Brick.
Dafydd James, head of digital media at National Museum Wales, said: "We hope it captures the visitors' imaginations." | Technology is helping to bring history to life at an open-air museum in Cardiff. | 2.249409 | 2 |
The General Court of the European Union said there were "internal inconsistencies" in the Commission's 2010 decision.
Of the firms, Air France was fined the largest amount - €182.9m - while KLM was fined €127.2m.
The two carriers merged to form Air France-KLM in 2004.
Other carriers involved were Air Canada, Martinair, British Airways, Cargolux, Cathay Pacific Airways, Japan Airlines, LAN Chile, Qantas, SAS and Singapore Airlines.
Lufthansa escaped a sanction after providing information to the Commission.
The court said that the European Commission had not been clear enough in demonstrating an unambiguous "single and continuous infringement" by the carriers.
Instead, the Commission had found four infringements which it had attributed directly to the carriers on particular routes, the court said.
"Internal inconsistencies" in the decision could infringe the airline's rights of defence, the court added.
Some of the carriers had said that the decision "did not allow them to determine the nature and scope of the infringement or infringements that they were alleged to have committed". | Europe's second-highest court has backed a challenge by 11 airlines against an €800m (£583m) European Commission freight cartel fine. | 1.538915 | 2 |
David Penney, 50, pleaded not guilty at Southend Magistrates' Court. He also denies charges of assault and criminal damage in Eastern Esplanade on 24 May.
The alleged incident occurred at 03:00 BST in Southend after the team had returned to the town to celebrate.
They won their play-off final against Wycombe Wanderers the previous day.
Mr Penney, of Castleford, West Yorkshire, will return to Basildon Magistrates' Court on 26 October.
The first-team squad continued celebrations into Monday 25 May when an open top bus parade took them around the town accompanied by cheering fans. | Southend United's assistant manager has appeared in court charged with assaulting a police officer following the club's promotion to League One. | 0.433753 | 0 |
Aodhan Woods was just 17 when he was tied up, locked in a cupboard and subjected to several sexual assaults.
Now 19, he has waived his right to anonymity as his attackers were jailed.
Darren Fu, of Drumart Walk in Belfast, will spend half of his 11-year sentence in jail. His co-accused who cannot be named got six years, half on licence.
The unnamed abuser was 17 at the time of the offence and a reporting restriction is in place which prevents his identity from being made public.
The attack took place on 30 May, 2014 when Mr Woods called to Fu's flat in the Stranmillis area of Belfast.
A previous hearing in the case was told Fu had ordered him to sell drugs and he was worried before entering the flat because he had not sold enough.
The attack began almost immediately and the court heard the pair subjected him to "exceptional degradation", holding him at knifepoint, burning him with cigarettes, and seriously sexually assaulting him.
The ordeal lasted a number of hours before they released the teenager, who then contacted police.
Speaking outside court, Mr Woods said: "I thought I was going to die that night. I will never forget what happened."
He described it as the "worst experience of his life".
"I didn't know what was going to happen and what they were going to do. The whole ordeal was just terrifying."
He was diagnosed with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder after the attack but said he did not see himself "as a victim".
"I am speaking out to show other people that it's okay to go and tell the police if you have been sexually assaulted. I want people to find the courage to come forward and get the support that they need."
Mr Woods thanked his family and friends and the police for supporting him through the criminal justice process.
"I would say to anyone else who has been sexually assaulted, don't be afraid, don't hide it. The only way to move forward is to tell someone and you'll soon realise there is so much support. Don't be afraid to speak out."
The teenager welcomed the sentences given to his attackers.
Fu had pleaded guilty to four charges - namely false imprisonment, two counts of sexual assault, and rape.
His co-accused admitted six counts including false imprisonment, two counts of sexual assault and attempted rape. | A man who was tortured and raped during an attack by two of his former friends in a Belfast flat has said he thought he was "going to die that night". | 0.988006 | 1 |
Live in New York! explores 40 years of the comedy sketch show and its impact on US culture.
The festival, founded by actor Robert De Niro and Jane Rosenthal, has now been running for 14 years.
It closes on 26 April with a remastered print of Martin Scorsese's Goodfellas, marking the film's 25th anniversary.
De Niro, who starred in the original 1990 film, will be joined by fellow cast members at the screening.
Other festival highlights include a screening of Harold Lloyd's New York-set silent classic Speedy, with a live soundtrack provided by DJ Z-Trip; Arnold Schwarzenegger in the premiere of zombie drama Maggie - described by the Terminator star as "the most human role you've ever seen me take on"; and Britain's Simon Pegg in the screwball romantic comedy Man Up.
There will also be documentaries on the National Lampoon films (Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead: The Story of the National Lampoon) and the international premiere of Michael Winterbottom's The Emperor's New Clothes, made in conjunction with Russell Brand.
There will also be talks with filmmakers including George Lucas, Christopher Nolan and Bennett Miller.
On Thursday, Mary J Blige will follow the screening of music documentary The London Sessions with a live performance.
"You're always nervous. It's putting on a show; it's having all these people into your house. We work for a year on it," Rosenthal told the Hollywood Reporter at Vanity Fair's annual Tribeca Film Festival party.
"I think being a little nervous is always good. You can never be too confident about anything."
Rosenthal said she was most looking forward to Monty Python's 40th anniversary celebration, which will see screenings of classic Python films and bring together, once again, the five surviving members of the comedy troupe.
"I'm actually really excited about seeing all the Pythons together, having just loved those movies," said Rosenthal. "So I'm excited to see what they're going to do after their film."
For his part, De Niro told reporters he just had fun..."showing up". | New York's Tribeca Film Festival kicked off on Wednesday with the world premiere of a documentary about Saturday Night Live. | 1.031976 | 1 |
The 30-year-old has played 12 times for Orient since joining in October.
"There were one or two alternative options that came up but having been here for three months and got a feel for the place, I am happy to be staying," he told the club website.
Orient, who are 21st in League Two, face Mansfield on Saturday. | Leyton Orient midfielder Michael Collins has signed a new contract which will keep him with the League Two club until the end of the season. | 0.2654 | 0 |
15 March 2017 Last updated at 09:12 GMT
The storm caused many schools to close.
People were told to stay in their homes as the roads were covered in snow.
So what are kids in New York doing with their snow day?
Six year old Markie sent us this... | A huge snow storm called Storm Stella has hit the East coast of America. | 0.863329 | 1 |
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France's Aurelie Muller had won silver but was disqualified at the finish line on Rio's Copacabana Beach.
A replay showed the world champion forcibly holding Italy's Rachele Bruni down with her right arm while trying to touch the finishing board.
Brazil's Poliana Okimoto was upgraded to a bronze medal, with Payne seventh.
Van Rouwendaal, 22, broke away shortly after the halfway mark and led for the remainder, finishing in one hour 56 minutes 32 seconds.
Payne, who finished in 1:57:23, said: "I was hoping for rough, choppy conditions, but it was the perfect race for pool swimmers which I think is why you saw Sharon become the Olympic champion.
"I won't be dramatic so I won't hang up my goggles just yet, but I am taking a break - I need to catch up with family and friends and have some time for my business."
Find out how to get into swimming with our special guide
Subscribe to the BBC Sport newsletter to get our pick of news, features and video sent to your inbox. | Netherlands' Sharon van Rouwendaal won Olympic gold in the women's 10,000m open water swim, with Briton Keri-Anne Payne missing out on a medal. | 1.049449 | 1 |
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un made the statement during a meeting with top security officials, state media said.
The reports did not give details of what the measures might entail.
North Korea has issued a series of warnings since the UN tightened sanctions against the country this week over a recent rocket test.
On Thursday, the North said it would proceed with a "high-level" nuclear test in a move aimed at the US, its "arch-enemy".
A day later, it promised "physical counter-measures" against South Korea if it participated in the UN sanctions regime.
North Korea's nuclear tests
Q&A: North Korea's nuclear programme
North Korean state media reported on Sunday that Mr Kim had "advanced specific tasks to the officials concerned".
The latest warning came after Rodong Sinmun, a state newspaper, carried an essay on Saturday saying that a nuclear test was "the demand of the people".
"It is the people's demand that we should do something, not just a nuclear test, but something even greater. The UN Security Council has left us no room for choice."
North Korea has conducted two nuclear tests in the past, in 2006 and 2009. It has given no time-frame for its third test.
The UN resolution, passed on Tuesday, was proposed by the US and backed by China, North Korea's closest ally and biggest trading partner.
It was a response to a rocket launch in December that the US, Japan and South Korea say was a test of banned long-range missile technology.
The three-stage rocket put a satellite into space in what was Pyongyang's first successful test of such technology.
The UN resolution pledged "significant action" if North Korea carried out a third nuclear test. | North Korea has warned of "substantial and high-profile important state measures", days after announcing plans for a third nuclear test. | 1.783345 | 2 |
Fekitoa was sin-binned by referee Jaco Peyper for the offence during the All-Blacks' 21-9 victory in Dublin.
The centre has been suspended for one week and misses his country's final autumn Test against France on Saturday.
Flanker Sam Cane, who will miss the match in Paris with an injury, was cited but not suspended.
Cane was reported for the high tackle which ended Robbie Henshaw's game. However, the disciplinary committee ruled Cane's actions had been accidental and he had not therefore committed an act of foul play.
Flanker Cane's shoulder appeared to connect with Henshaw's neck region, and led to the Ireland centre being taken off after only 10 minutes.
Peyper opted to award only a penalty, while Cane had to leave the field shortly afterwards with an ankle injury which will rule him out of the Stade de France contest.
Fekitoa was sin-binned for his high challenge on Zebo early in the second half, but returned to score New Zealand's third try - his second of the match.
In a statement, World Rugby said a three-man independent disciplinary hearing had found Fekitoa's tackle had been reckless rather than intentional, but would have merited a red card. | New Zealand centre Malakai Fekitoa should have been sent off for his high tackle on Ireland's Simon Zebo last Saturday, World Rugby said. | 1.00536 | 1 |
In 2003, Aberew Jemma Negussie was convicted of the abduction and rape of a 13-year-old girl.
This was overturned on appeal as the prosecutor said only a virgin could be raped, and the victim could not prove she had been a virgin.
Rights groups said this was a violation of local and international law.
In 2007, Equality Now took the case to the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights as "local avenues to justice were exhausted".
Nine years later the commission, based in The Gambia, has ruled that Ethiopia had violated the girl's rights to equality, dignity and a fair trial, among others.
It said the money would be "compensation for the non-material damage she suffered as a result [of] the violations".
Equality Now described this as an "unprecedented ruling" that should send a message to "all levels of society".
The girl was abducted and raped in 2001, and after the incident was reported to the police she was rescued and the perpetrator was arrested.
But, after being released on bail, Aberew abducted her again.
She was held for a month before escaping, but while captive was forced to write her name on a piece of paper that would later be used as evidence of marriage.
Abducting girls to be forcibly married is a traditional practice in parts of Ethiopia.
Ethiopian girls fight child marriages
After being caught for a second time, Aberew, and four accomplices were convicted in 2003, and he received a 10-year sentence.
They were then released on appeal, but Equality Now argued that the law had not been correctly applied as "virginity is not a legal prerequisite for the offence of rape".
Following the acquittal, rights groups used the case to get a change in the law in Ethiopia to ensure better protection for rape victims.
Equality Now says that the victim, now in her late 20s, is living in "relative safety and pursuing her education". | Africa's human rights court has ordered Ethiopia to pay $150,000 (£100,000) compensation to a rape victim for failing to protect her rights. | 2.410326 | 2 |
On Tuesday ministers said a Welsh bid was not feasible after a study revealed costs of between £1.3bn and £1.5bn.
On Wednesday Plaid said ministers' estimates appeared to be "deliberately skewed" to appear more expensive.
Labour's Ken Skates said the figures were "based on a robust assessment".
The Commonwealth Games Federation had earlier said it was "surprised" by the figures provided by the Welsh Government.
In a letter to Economy Secretary Ken Skates, Shadow Sports Secretary Neil McEvoy said: "Given that the Commonwealth Games Federation has issued a statement seriously questioning your government's costing of £1.3bn to host the games, could you please issue your methodology and assumptions which underpin the feasibility study?
"The Glasgow games came in £32m under budget at £543m. Why would it cost more than double that figure to host the games in Wales?"
Speaking about the letter, Mr McEvoy called ministers' estimates "ambiguous at best" that seemed to have been "deliberately skewed to appear more expensive".
"That's why I want to see the detailed methodology behind these costs and proposals so that we can make an informed judgement of whether they are accurate - or whether we are being deliberately misled," he said.
But Cabinet Secretary for Economy and Infrastructure Ken Skates said Plaid Cymru was not "comparing like with like", saying the figures were "based on a robust assessment of the total cost of delivery".
"They include the construction of necessary sporting facilities and additional infrastructure, the Games legacy, the delivery of all Wales benefits and the recommended contingency.
"Our understanding is that the Glasgow figure focuses solely on the operational delivery of the two week event."
The minister argued that a more accurate comparison would be the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games, which he said had been widely quoted as being expected to cost more than $2bn in Australian dollars (£1.13bn).
Those games, he said, were "very much in line with our own projections".
Mr Skates added: "At the moment Plaid Cymru's economic strategy seems to consist of signing up to any project, regardless of cost or value for money and with no scrutiny of the long-term benefits to Wales.
"They need to get serious and develop a sense of responsibility." | Plaid Cymru has demanded that the Welsh Government explain why it believes that holding the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Wales would cost twice as much as the 2014 event in Glasgow. | 1.450841 | 1 |
New York Times sports reporter Ben Shpigel was writing an article about the logistics of bringing the NFL team over and obtained the shipping list.
It recorded 350 rolls of toilet paper along with other items such as cereal.
Mr Shpigel told the BBC the toilet rolls were ordered for the players' use in the hotel and at Wembley Stadium.
He said the order had been included on the recommendation of an intern.
Mr Shpigel said this was how it was explained to him by the Jets' senior manager of team operations Aaron Degerness: "There was an intern who had been over to London numerous times.
"He noticed when he was there that - and I quote - 'the toilet paper was very thin because their plumbing isn't as good'.
"So, the intern informed the operations staff, and the Jets ordered 350 rolls of toilet paper for the hotel and the stadium."
Mr Shpigel said the players and coaches were "such creatures of habit" and the Jets' had wanted to replicate as best they could their operation in the US.
"More than anything I think it speaks to the level of detail to which the Jets approached the planning.
"Basically, if they could so something that they thought the travelling party would appreciate, then they would," he added.
The club declined to comment when the BBC contacted them earlier.
The Jets arrived in London earlier and play the Dolphins at Wembley on Sunday. | The New York Jets shipped their own toilet paper to London for their clash with the Miami Dolphins, as they were warned British paper was "very thin". | 0.915989 | 1 |
The 30-year-old was linked with a move to French side Pau but Scarlets coach Wayne Pivac said he was not expecting his captain to leave and Owens has confirmed he will be staying with the Welsh region.
"I signed with the Scarlets back in December and I am happy to be playing my rugby in Wales for the foreseeable future," said Owens.
Owens is preparing for the Six Nations match against England at the Principality Stadium on Saturday but wanted to address his club future.
"I want to put it to bed so I can concentrate on the rugby," Owens told BBC Wales Sport.
"I am not sure where the rumours have come from that I was possibly moving to France next season.
"I will be competing to keep my spot in the number two down in West Wales and doing the same with the Welsh squad as well."
He has played 46 times for Wales after making his Test debut in the 2011 World Cup against Namibia.
Jon Daniels, Scarlets General Manager of Rugby, said: "It is inevitable that players of Ken's quality get linked with other clubs - indeed, I am sure there are many clubs that would love to have him.
"However, he has been a loyal and committed Scarlet for many years and we are delighted to announce that he will remain with us into the foreseeable future.
"The experience and leadership Ken brings to the environment will not only be vital to our on field performances but also in bringing on the younger players in the group." | Wales hooker Ken Owens has signed a new contract with the Scarlets. | 0.804302 | 1 |
The blast, shortly before 19:30 BST on Saturday, badly damaged the house in George Street, with 11 people inside.
Nearly 30 firefighters worked at scene in what South Wales Fire and Rescue Service called "difficult" conditions.
A Wales and West Utilities expert said the blast was linked to "internal gas pipework and not our network".
Gwent Police said the explosion caused "extensive damage" to the property and adjacent buildings.
People living in surrounding properties have been allowed back into their homes, but people living in three houses either side have not been.
Station commander Mark Watts, of South Wales fire service, said 11 people had been in the house at the time of the explosion and that three people had minor injuries and another had "life-threatening injuries".
A police spokeswoman added: "The incident, which is believed to have been caused by a gas explosion, is being treated as suspicious.
"No other persons are being sought in connection with this incident."
The fire service said nearby properties were evacuated due to safety concerns.
Specialist equipment, including airbags, were brought in to try to keep the property structurally safe while firefighters conducted a search and worked at the scene.
By 21:50 BST, all 11 occupants were accounted for, said a fire service spokeswoman.
The mains gas network and the supply of gas to other properties was not affected by the incident, said Wales and West Utilities. | Four people have been hurt, one of them seriously, in a gas explosion at a house in Newport which police are treating as suspicious. | 1.447603 | 1 |
The Dow Jones index surged 186.7 points, or 0.9%, to 20636.92, while the S&P 500 increased 20.06 points, or 0.86%, to 2,349.01.
The tech-heavy Nasdaq gained 51.64 points or 0.89% to 5,856.79.
The US has entered earnings season, with a slew of companies due to release quarterly results in coming weeks.
Netflix, which is scheduled to publish its first quarter results on Monday, fell more than 3% in after hours trading after it gained fewer new subscribers than expected.
Stock prices for several retailers, including Under Armour, Kohl's and Macy's, declined after the US Commerce Department published a disappointing report on US retail sales on Friday.
Trading was light as most European markets were closed due to the Easter bank holiday. | (Close) Wall Street ended in decisively positive territory on Monday after investors returned from a three-day weekend in an upbeat mood. | 0.817041 | 1 |
David Doig, of skills, standards and workforce body Opito, was from St Andrews and was based in Dubai.
He suffered a heart attack in December and died in hospital on Saturday.
Opito chairman John Taylor said: "David was a respected industry leader, firm advocate of social responsibility, and trusted colleague and friend to many."
He added: "His straight-talking approach, determination and passionate belief that all oil and gas workers regardless of their job role, their employer or their nationality should be able to travel to work and return home safely at the end of the day, helped drive positive change in countless countries around the world and inspired great loyalty among those who knew him.
"His loss is sorely felt by us all. Our thoughts are with David's wife, Gillian, and his family at this difficult time."
Mr Doig had an early background in engineering and worked on major offshore projects in the North Sea for more than 25 years before moving onshore in 1994.
He joined Opito in 1999 and was appointed chief executive in 2005. | Tribute has been paid to the chief executive of an oil and gas industry development organisation after his death at the age of 57. | 1.102985 | 1 |
Tomkins, 24, joined Salford on a permanent deal from Wigan in 2016 and has become their first-choice hooker.
Johnson, 27, has been at the AJ Bell Stadium since 2014 and scored 10 tries this season in 18 appearances.
"Logan is one of the hardest workers around, he does so much unseen work," head coach Ian Watson said.
"Greg is one of the best wingers in Super League when it comes to getting the team on the front foot. He's an extremely good trainer and that shows on the field," Watson added. | Salford Red Devils hooker Logan Tomkins and winger Greg Johnson have both signed new undisclosed-length contracts with the Super League club. | 0.578667 | 1 |
A Sinn Féin motion was passed by council last week to boycott Israeli goods.
DUP MLA Gary Middleton, a critic of the motion, said councillors should to give up their iPads if they were "serious about the boycott".
Apple use flash memory components manufactured by Israeli company Anobit.
"It is quite clear that there should have been more information sought before the motion was brought," Mr Middleton said.
"I think we all realise the huge role that the research and development sector within Israel plays.
"The iPhone I'm using, the iPads the council use, they all use components that come out of Israel.
"The motion has raised the serious issue of discrimination, I put the question to the first minister and she herself had been contacted by the Jewish community expressing their concerns," Mr Middleton added.
Sinn Féin councillor Christopher Jackson, who proposed the motion, defended its aims.
"The wording of the motion actually states that council investigate the most practical means of implementing the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) campaign.
"The comments from Gary Middleton are nonsensical and he is just looking to grab headlines.
"The motion itself was symbolic and in my view it has been successful in raising awareness in the council area and elsewhere.
"Any attempts to try and link the BDS campaign with anti-Semitism is absolutely wrong," Mr Jackson said.
On Friday, Gerald Steinberg, chairman of the Belfast Jewish Community Council, told BBC Radio Foyle that the decision to implement BDS was "very regrettable". | Derry City and Strabane District Councillors, who backed a campaign to boycott Israeli goods, have been urged to hand in their council issued iPads. | 1.684906 | 2 |
The attack took place on the same day as Egyptian security forces broke up protest camps set up by Brotherhood supporters, leaving hundreds dead.
Egypt has been fiercely criticised for its crackdown on Islamist supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi.
Hundreds of death sentences have been passed but none have been carried out.
The latest sentences are subject to the opinion of Egypt's top religious authority, the Grand Mufti.
A final verdict is due on 24 January, after which defendants may appeal.
More than 140 of the 188 defendants are already in custody, while the rest have been sentenced in absentia.
The sentences were passed for an attack on a police station in the village of Kerdasa on 14 August 2013, in which at least 11 officers were killed.
More than 500 people have been sentenced to death for a separate attack on a police station in Minya on the same day.
Mr Morsi, a senior figure of the Brotherhood, had been forced from office by the military in the previous month, following mass protests against him.
He was succeeded by President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi, a former military chief who has been heavily criticised for his crackdown on the Islamists.
On Saturday, another court dropped all charges against former President Hosni Mubarak, who has been in custody since being overthrown in the so-called Arab Spring uprising of 2011.
Critics of the current government accuse it of restoring Mr Mubarak's authoritarian practices. | More than 180 supporters of the banned Muslim Brotherhood have been sentenced to death in Egypt over a 2013 attack on a police station near Cairo. | 1.423324 | 1 |
The Paris St-Germain striker has won a record 10th Guldbollen (Golden Ball), the award given to the best male footballer in his home country.
It is the ninth year in a row that Ibrahimovic has lifted the award.
He won it for the first time in 2005, and has won it every year since former Arsenal midfielder Fredrik Ljungberg triumphed in 2006.
No other player has won the award more than twice.
This year Ibrahimovic won a historic French domestic treble, reached the quarter-finals of the Champions League and became PSG's all-time record scorer.
Since his first Guldbollen win, Ibrahimovic has played for Juventus, Inter Milan, Barcelona, AC Milan and PSG, commanding transfer fees of £150m. | He may not have the Ballon d'Ors of Lionel Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo, but at least Zlatan Ibrahimovic can console himself with being, beyond doubt, the best player in Sweden. | 1.010259 | 1 |
The attack happened in Gardner Road, in the Kincorth area, at about 07:45 on Saturday morning.
A man in his 30s was taken to Aberdeen Royal Infirmary with serious injuries.
Two boys aged 15 and 16 from Aberdeen and Edinburgh - who cannot be named for legal reasons - were charged at Aberdeen Sheriff Court with assault and attempted murder.
They made no plea and were released on bail. | Two teenagers have appeared in court charged with attempted murder in connection with an assault in Aberdeen. | 0.220584 | 0 |
Carl Brookes, 32, Ross Wilkinson, 23, Luke Mansell 23, and Nathan Weston, 22, are accused of taking part in a prison mutiny.
All four men will appear before magistrates on 17 January.
The offences are alleged to have been committed on 16 December, when the privately-run jail was the subject of disorder.
Brookes, who is now being held at HMP Hewell in Worcestershire, is further accused of taking a photograph without authorisation during the disturbances at HMP Birmingham.
More updates on this and other stories in Birmingham and the Black Country
Two other men charged with prison mutiny were remanded in custody by magistrates earlier this month and are due to appear at Birmingham Crown Court on 3 February. | Four prison inmates have been charged with prison mutiny after last month's riots at HMP Birmingham. | 0.873421 | 1 |
During his time with the Obama administration, the 57-year-old played a critical role in the planning of a May 2011 raid that killed Osama Bin Laden.
He has also led the administration's efforts to curb the growth of terror groups in North Africa and the Middle East.
Pending Senate confirmation, he would succeed retired General David Petraeus, who resigned in November after admitting to an extramarital affair with his biographer.
Mr Brennan, 57, is a veteran of the CIA, having spent 25 years at the agency in various posts including station chief in Saudi Arabia and deputy executive director in the administration of former President George W Bush.
But some liberals have raised concerns over his involvement in what the government has called "enhanced interrogation techniques" - considered by some to amount to torture.
In 2008, Mr Brennan was reportedly considered for the top job at the CIA, but he withdrew his name amid criticism, while denying any connection to the interrogation methods.
At the time, Mr Brennan said in a letter to Mr Obama that he had been "a strong opponent of many of the policies of the Bush administration, such as the pre-emptive war in Iraq and coercive interrogation tactics, to include waterboarding".
Many analysts say it is unlikely that he will face such criticism this time round.
But, they say, Mr Brennan's nomination is likely to bring renewed focus to the government's drone policy.
In April, Mr Brennan became the first member of Mr Obama's administration to make detailed public comments acknowledging the government's use of unmanned drones to carry out targeted killings.
Speaking to a think tank in Washington, Mr Brennan argued that the overseas attacks were legal, and protected the lives of Americans.
Ahead of its announcement, the White House has said that, over the last four years, Mr Brennan has worked closely with the president and has been involved with "virtually all major national security issues and will be able to hit the ground running at the CIA", according to Politico. | John Brennan, a member of President Barack Obama's inner circle and his top counter-terrorism adviser, is to be officially nominated to direct the Central Intelligence Agency. | 1.515002 | 2 |
The 24-year-old, racing the distance on the track for only the second time, obliterated the field to finish in 29 minutes 17.45 seconds.
Britain's Jo Pavey was 15th in her fifth Olympics at age 42, setting a season's best time of 31:33.44.
Kenya's Vivian Cheriot, the 2012 bronze medallist, finished second in 29:32.53.
Defending champion Tirunesh Dibaba of Ethiopia only managed third but in a personal best time of 29:42.56 - one of 18 personal bests in the race.
"I found it tough out there," said Pavey.
"I'm so honoured to have competed at my fifth Olympics, but in reality I am getting old. It was fairly humid. I would like to have been more competitive, but I gave my best and that is all I could do."
Ayana, the world champion at 5,000m, recorded the fastest 10,000m debut in history at the Ethiopian Olympic trials in June, clocking 30:07.00.
She becomes the first woman to break a 10,000m world record at an Olympic Games.
Britain's Jess Andrews finished one place behind Pavey in a PB of 31:35.92 and Beth Potter was 34th in 33:04.34.
Paula Radcliffe, Marathon world record holder
"I'm not sure that I can understand that. When I saw the world record set in 1993, I couldn't believe what I was seeing. And Ayana has absolutely blitzed that time."
Brendan Foster, Olympic 10,000m bronze medallist and BBC athletics commentator
"You see things pushed along sometimes - you think of Bob Beamon in the long jump - but I'm not sure what to make of that to be honest. I will be interested to hear what Ayana has to say afterwards."
Steve Cram, Olympic 1500m silver medallist
"Unprecedented. Full stop."
Day-by-day guide to what's on
Subscribe to the BBC Sport newsletter to get our pick of news, features and video sent to your inbox. | Ethiopia's Almaz Ayana smashed the world record by over 14 seconds to win Olympic gold in the women's 10,000m in Rio. | 1.031916 | 1 |
Hildebrando Chaviano is an independent journalist and lawyer, and Yuniel Lopez a member of an outlawed political party, the Independent and Democratic Cuba Party.
The two men were standing for places on local councils in Havana.
Their election would have been unprecedented under Cuba's current single-party electoral system.
Both Mr Chaviano and Mr Lopez said they had fallen too far behind in the count for a chance of victory.
After advancing past the first round, they told foreign press agencies they thought the government had been caught off guard by the strength of their support.
Like half of the 27,000 candidates for municipal posts, the two were selected by a show of hands in a local neighbourhood meeting. The final round of the elections is by secret vote - there is no campaigning.
"We have to take advantage of the moment," Mr Chaviano said. "No-one from the government was expecting us to be nominated and even less that we would become candidates."
"Some people say that there is fear in Cuba, and I say that people have lost their fear," said Mr Lopez.
Both men had been running for seats on municipal assemblies that oversee local matters that include water supplies, street repairs and insect fumigation.
Municipal assemblies also nominate candidates for half the representatives on provincial assemblies.
The provincial assemblies then nominate candidates for half the members of the National Assembly, which elects Cuba's ruling Council of State, which in turn elects the president.
The other half of the candidates at municipal and provincial level are selected by a government electoral commission, ensuring continued Communist Party control.
President Raul Castro began introducing gradual but wide-ranging economic reforms in 2010.
He also promised changes to the electoral system, but has yet to provide details. | The first opposition candidates to stand in a Cuban election for decades have conceded defeat. | 2.120387 | 2 |
The FA Cup winners revealed the three designs they will use during the 2014-15 campaign at the main central London store of kit supplier Puma.
Arsenal's home strip remains in the club's traditional red-and-white colour scheme first adopted in 1933.
The away kit sports a familiar yellow-and-blue design, while a two-tone blue strip will be used for away cup games.
Southampton, West Ham United and Liverpool appear to have embraced the past with their new designs.
The Saints have returned to red-and-white stripes, while the new home shirt of the Hammers is similar to that worn in 1985-6.
Liverpool have gone for a yellow-coloured second away shirt and on Monday released a black and red third strip.
Everton's new home jersey features a retro collar, while promoted Queens Park Rangers have gone for thinner blue and white hoops.
Others to unveil this season's colours so far include Manchester United, Chelsea, Stoke City, Crystal Palace and Aston Villa.
Manchester United are in the final year of their agreement with Nike, who are thought to be one of three companies competing to win the new rights when the current deal expires. | Arsenal have become the latest Premier League club to unveil their new kits for the forthcoming season. | 0.875279 | 1 |
Wenger, 66, celebrates 20 years as Arsenal boss next month and is out of contract in the summer of 2017.
According to L'Equipe, PSG tried to recruit him in 2011, 2013 and 2014.
Asked why he had turned PSG down, Wenger said: "I always remained loyal to Arsenal because it's a club that has the qualities I love - and that's why."
Arsenal have won three league titles and six FA Cups during Wenger's reign.
However, they have not won the Premier League since 2003-04 and some fans have called for Wenger to leave.
PSG have been crowned French champions for the past four seasons and have reached the Champions League quarter-finals four times in a row.
Beaten in the last eight by Manchester City earlier this year, they are backed by wealthy owners Qatari Sports Investments, who Wenger says he "knows well".
The Frenchman added: "PSG are a good test for us. They're a team who are, in France, the team above everyone else."
Arsenal are seventh in the Premier League, with seven points from four games. PSG are seventh in Ligue 1, with seven points from four games.
Swiss side Basel entertain Bulgarian outfit Ludogorets in the other Group A contest on Tuesday. | Arsene Wenger says his "love" for Arsenal saw him reject approaches from Paris St-Germain, who host the Gunners in the Champions League on Tuesday. | 0.876823 | 1 |
The 29-year-old joined Leeds until the end of the season in October 2015 after his release by Gold Coast Titans.
Leeds signed fellow Australian hooker James Segeyaro in June as part of a swap deal with Penrith Panthers that saw Zak Hardaker head the other way.
"Beau has been a great professional since he arrived," chief executive Gary Hetherington said.
"The signing of James Segeyaro was not planned for this season but his availability has resulted in us having to make a decision on Beau." | Leeds Rhinos have terminated the contract of hooker Beau Falloon by mutual consent. | 0.476601 | 0 |
The 49-year-old from Hebburn, South Tyneside, had jumped before but not in the UK, Durham Police said.
She was found in a cul-de-sac close to the airfield at Shotton Colliery from where her plane had taken off.
The Great North Air Ambulance Service flew the woman to the James Cook University Hospital in Middlesbrough.
Det Insp Dave Cuthbert said: "This is a tragic incident. The lady who has died was using her own equipment and was making her first sky-dive in this country, having previously made parachute jumps abroad.
"We will be working with the HSE and the British Parachuting Association to establish why this tragedy happened."
The coroner has been informed and a post-mortem examination is due to be carried out on the woman's body.
It is understood residents carried out CPR on the woman before paramedics arrived at the scene, where she had landed close to a car.
One witness, who did not want to be named, said seeing parachutists was not unusual, but this jump - involving a group of parachutists - had made him look up.
"I could hear a fluttering noise and it sounded unusual," he said.
"I could see it was not the main parachute, because they're massive. It was so close to the ground."
He said it did not look like the woman was moving before she hit the car and he thought she was unconscious.
"She was not screaming," he said. "All I can see is her spinning like a top."
He did not see the impact, but later saw the woman on the ground as people tried to help her, after she appeared to have suffered a serious head injury. | A parachutist has died after her chute failed to open and she crash-landed in Shotton Colliery, County Durham, police say. | 1.547524 | 2 |
Using information gathered from 2000 to 2014, Greenpeace said Chinese companies had fished in prohibited grounds or under-declared their catches.
Boats either turned off their identification systems or transmitted false location data, it added.
One company's fishing capacity off the coast of Guinea Bissau is said to have exceeded its authorised limit by 61%.
The absence of efficient fisheries management in some West African states allows rogue companies to plunder marine resources, the BBC's Thomas Fessy reports from Dakar in Senegal.
In less than a month, Greenpeace documented an average of one new case of illegal practice by a Chinese-owned boat every two days, but the report's authors say they think that is only the "tip of the iceberg."
Chinese companies were "unlawfully exploiting West Africa's marine environment," said Rashid King, head of Greenpeace East Asia's China Ocean Campaign, in a statement.
"They were taking advantage of weak enforcement from local and Chinese authorities to the detriment of local fisherman and the environment."
Mr Kang said unless the Chinese government controlled rogue fishermen, it would "seriously jeopardise" its mutually beneficial partnership with West Africa.
China came to West Africa's aid during the Ebola outbreak, Mr Kang said, but Chinese companies were "exploiting" West Africa's marine environment.
In the most recent cases, the Greenpeace ship MY Esperanza, which sailed off Senegal, Guinea-Bissau and Guinea last autumn, documented 16 illegal fishing activities by 12 Chinese vessels.
Over the last 15 years, Greenpeace has also investigated illegal fishing practices by EU, Korean and Russian fishing vessels in Africa.
From 1985 to 2013, China expanded its Africa fishing operations from 13 to 462 vessels.
The vessels were mostly bottom trawlers, which Greenpeace calls "one of the most destructive fishing vessels in the industry". | More than 70 Chinese vessels have been found fishing illegally off the coast of West Africa, Greenpeace says. | 2.168893 | 2 |
The boy, said to be Jack Pullen, was pulled from the River Etherow, in Broadbottom, near Hyde, at 17:45 BST on Tuesday.
Police believe he had been playing with friends in the river before the "tragic accident".
Tuesday was the hottest day of 2016 so far, according to the Met Office, with temperatures reaching 31C (87.8F).
Flowers were left at the riverside as Jack's father, Gary Pullen, from nearby Hattersley, spoke with reporters.
Overcome with emotion and accompanied by a woman, he said: "He just wanted to be a teenager and be out with his mates."
Jack had recently left Longendale High School in Hollingsworth, near Glossop.
A card at the scene read: "To Jack always in our hearts and thoughts, lots of love Family xxx"
Another read: "Jack, Heaven has gained a beautiful angel and we're all left wondering why. Such a beautiful kid. Jack we are all gonna miss you so much. Love you always XXX."
Det Insp Andy Sandiford said: "We have launched an investigation into this tragic incident which appears to have begun with a group of friends playing in the river on a hot summer's day.
"We understand the water appeared calm and shallow but there may have been strong undercurrents and hidden hazards beneath the surface.
"A team of detectives are investigating the incident and have concluded that there are no suspicious circumstances surrounding the boy's death."
He said the boy's family is being supported by specially trained officers.
A man who lives nearby, who declined to be identified, said: "One of my neighbours was first on the scene.
"They found a distraught 16-year-old wondering where his mate had gone.
"Everybody on the road is upset because we've seen them doing it. It's like a sign of summer seeing kids jump in and having a laugh."
He said he believed the boy had jumped from a rocky area approximately 2ft high.
Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service has issued water safety advice on its website, which includes warnings about the depth of water and hidden dangers such as submerged shopping trolleys, opened tin cans or broken bottles and hidden currents. | A 16-year-old boy whose body was recovered from a river has been named locally. | 1.332319 | 1 |
Solomon Dacres beat Marin Mindoljevic at York Hall in London after the aggregate score was tied at 5-5.
Lionhearts trailed 3-2 from the first leg in Paris.
Will Cawley won the second-leg opener and victories followed for Calum French and Andras Vadasz before the French fought back to force the decider. | The British Lionhearts won a dramatic tie-breaker to defeat France Fighting Roosters and reach the World Series Boxing semi-finals. | 0.214514 | 0 |
Abi Wardle, 16, from Galashiels, was given The Annie Dow Heroism Award (TADHA) and £2,500 in Edinburgh on Thursday.
She was nominated after both her mother and brother collapsed with breathing problems within days of each other.
Having recently completed a first aid course, the young woman knew exactly how to react.
She performed CPR on her mother, Lisa, until the paramedics arrived. When her brother, Ben, collapsed she put him in the recovery position and unblocked his airways.
Since then they have both been diagnosed with whooping cough.
Abi was nominated by Jo Glover, co-ordinator at Action for Children's Scottish Borders Young Carers service. She said: "On top of her heroic actions, Abi is also a carer for her dad, Peter, who has cancer.
"She is a truly remarkable young woman and I wanted her to know just how much her heroic actions mean to both her family and the local community."
TADHA founder Sophie Dow said: "We believe that the true definition of a hero is someone who can stay calm under pressure, in a crisis or an emergency, knows what to do and does it well without panicking.
"Abi Wardle did just that. Without her heroic actions, her mother and brother simply wouldn't be here today."
Abi said she was "over the moon" to win the award. She added: "I'm so glad that I did that first aid course as it meant that when mum and Ben collapsed, I knew exactly what to do and didn't even need to think about it." | A teenage carer has received an award for heroism, after saving the lives of her mother and younger brother. | 1.258505 | 1 |
The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that missiles had hit a public square in the rebel-held village of al-Janudiya.
Many people had gathered there to go shopping, the group added.
Al-Janudiya is situated in the west of Idlib province, which is now almost completely controlled by rebel forces.
An alliance including al-Qaeda's affiliate in Syria, the al-Nusra Front, seized control of the provincial capital at the end of March, and the major town of Jisr al-Shughour, near al-Janudiya, a month later.
The rebels are now advancing on the Mediterranean coastal province of Latakia, a stronghold of President Bashar al-Assad and his Alawite sect.
The Syrian Observatory and the Local Co-ordination Committees (LCC), an opposition activist network, both said government aircraft had attacked al-Janudiya on Monday.
The LCC put the death toll at 60 and warned that it was likely to rise because some of the dozens of wounded people were in a critical condition.
Syrian government officials have so far not commented on the reports.
The LCC also reported that several people had been killed on Monday in a government air strike in the town of Taftanaz, in eastern Idlib, and that four others had died when government helicopters dropped barrel bombs in the town of Tal Rifaat, in neighbouring Aleppo province.
The UN says more than 220,000 people have been killed since the uprising against Mr Assad began four years ago. Almost 12 million others have been displaced. | At least 49 civilians, including six children, have been killed in air strikes by government forces in north-western Syria, activists say. | 1.74069 | 2 |
RTL claims Baysilone, normally associated with the oil or rubber industries, was found in a breakdown of the implant, made by Poly Implant Prothese (PIP).
A lawyer acting for PIP strongly denied the report, telling RTL that the product was not industrial but a food product used in lipstick.
The company was shut down in 2010.
RTL had the implant examined by a chemistry and toxicology researcher who alleged that the materials used, which also included Silopren and Rhodorsil, had caused the high rupture rate from the silicone gel implants.
Although the French health safety agency was already aware the defective implants contained industrial rather than medical grade silicone, no mention has been made of additives from the petrol industry.
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The British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons said earlier that the silicone was believed to have been made for mattresses but a lawyer acting for French implant-wearers said the composition of the implant varied.
French authorities have advised 30,000 women in France to have the PIP implants removed as a precaution because of an estimated 5% rupture rate.
The French health safety agency says it has registered 1,143 ruptures and 495 inflammatory reactions from the implants.
An estimated 300-400,000 women were given the implants, mainly in Latin America and elsewhere in Europe.
In the UK, 40,000 women have been advised by the government not to have them removed although ministers have ordered a review of data used to assess the risk of the implant leaking.
A surgeon advising the British government, Tim Goodacre, told the BBC on Monday that the failure rate was "quite out of the ordinary" and he said they should be removed on "a staged basis".
No link has been made between ruptured implants and cancer.
PIP's lawyer, Yves Haddad, has insisted the fuel additive allegations are completely unfounded.
"This isn't an industrial product but a food product of the same type that goes, for example, into the making of lipstick," he told RTL.
He also promised that PIP's founder Jean-Claude Mas would emerge later this week to give an explanation. Mr Mas, 72, is believed to be in southern France. | A fuel additive untested in clinical trials was used in breast implants that have since been banned, French radio station RTL reports. | 1.52607 | 2 |
He said the White House would soon have to decide whether to impose "secondary sanctions" on those nations.
The Trump administration has sought to increase pressure on North Korea over its nuclear and missile activities.
Pyongyang's recent missile tests - which are banned by the UN - have sparked international alarm.
North Korea is believed to be making progress toward developing a ballistic missile capable of reaching the US.
Mr Tillerson's warning came at a hearing at the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Tuesday.
He said: "We are in a stage where we are moving into this next effort of 'Are we going to have to, in effect, start taking secondary sanctions because countries we have provided information to have not, or are unwilling, or don't have the ability to do that?'"
Washington has no trade links with North Korea, and has been considering sanctioning companies from third countries who deal with the secretive regime of Kim Jong-un in violation of UN resolutions.
However, Mr Tillerson did not name any countries.
He said the North Korea issue would be discussed with China, Pyongyang's major ally, at a high-level talks next week.
Asked whether China has been fulfilling its pledges to put more pressure on North Korea, Mr Tillerson said: "They have taken steps, visible steps that we can confirm."
At the committee hearing, Mr Tillerson also stated that: | The US is considering sanctions on countries that do illegal business with North Korea, US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has warned. | 1.774645 | 2 |
Back in 1903, scientists decided that the dinosaur that was known as Brontosaurus was too similar - because of it's long neck -to another species called the Apatosaurus.
So the Brontosaurus was declared extinct because they were both thought to be from the same species.
Now a team of experts from Portugal have decided they did show enough differences to be classed as two different species. So Brontosaurus is back!
The problems began at the end of the 1800s.
The general public were really interested in dinosaurs, and so people in America raced against each other to find new fossils and discover new species.
It was known as 'the bone wars', and fossil hunters were desperate to get their names in the record books by naming new dinosaurs.
On one expedition in the US, Othniel Charles Marsh and his team discovered fossils of what they thought were two long-necked dinosaurs.
They called one Apatosaurus, and one Brontosaurus.
But later, a museum in America decided those two fossils were actually the same species. And so Apatosaurus stuck...and Brontosaurus was no more.
Until today.
But even though it wasn't accurate, the Brontosaurus has been one of the most famous dinos on the planet.
It's one of the first names that comes up when people think of ancient creatures.
But why?
Historians think the name just stuck when there was so much public interest in dinosaurs over a hundred years ago. | Despite being one of the most famous dinosaur names on the planet - the name Brontosaurus has not actually been used by experts for over 100 years. | 3.658842 | 4 |
Rankin, 32, will miss the rest of the season after fracturing his leg.
"The cover is starting to be there and we have other wicket-takers in the squad," said Porterfield.
"That's great to have when the likes of Boyd goes down. It's not potentially as big a blow as it would've been before."
Among Ireland coach John Bracewell's fast bowling options for the ODIs against Pakistan. which take place at Malahide on Thursday and Saturday, is Durham paceman Barry McCarthy.
"Barry made his debut against Sri Lanka in June, bowled fantastically well and carried that form into the matches with Afghanistan in Belfast," added the Irish skipper.
"It's good to have lads like that around the squad and doing very well. It shows the character he has and I think he's got a big future."
Ireland famously defeated Pakistan in the 2007 World Cup and almost repeated the feat when the countries last met on Irish soil.
"We tied in Dublin the last time they were here and it's a game we potentially could have won," observed Porterfield.
"We are still a side that is learning but hopefully we are learning very quickly.
"If it's a bit colder it might suit us a little bit better than Pakistan but they are a professional side and have shown what they can do in having a very good series against England. They will take a lot of confidence into these games."
Ed Joyce starred in the recent drawn series with Afghanistan, scoring two centuries as an opening batsman, and Porterfield expects him to continue in the role.
"There is competition to open the batting but Joycey, I think, is going to stay at the top. The way he's been playing and the form he is in, it would be wrong if he didn't stay there," argued the Irish captain.
Joyce indicated that he had enjoyed watching Pakistan's recent drawn Test series with England and was "expecting two good pitches at Malahide".
He said: "We are the underdogs, they are obviously a good side and go in as favourites. Hopefully the weather will be kind to us."
After the two encounters with Pakistan, Ireland will finish their season with further one-day internationals against South Africa on 25 September and Australia on 27 September - both in Benoni, South Africa. | Ireland captain William Porterfield says his squad has enough strength in depth to cope without injured paceman Boyd Rankin ahead of their two one-day internationals against Pakistan. | 0.851941 | 1 |
Nottingham's manmade caves have been used as dungeons, bomb shelters, pub cellars and homes, with some dating back to the 9th Century.
Scott Lomax said on average two structures have been found every week following appeals on social media and through hand-delivered letters.
He said some residents assume the caves beneath their homes are already known.
A glut of caves have been found in the past six years due to funded projects like the Nottingham Caves Survey, which mapped and laser-scanned many of them.
However, experts have always believed many more lie waiting to be discovered.
Mr Lomax, who believes there are now 650 recorded caves, said: "Part of my job is about preserving the city's historic environment.
"The database should be accurate and it's important to know where [the caves] are and that they are protected."
Since July he has "gone out looking" for caves by delivering letters to residents in Nottingham's Park Estate where many are believed to be.
"People assumed we already knew about their cave and so hadn't considered them to be significant," he said.
The city council archaeologist said his favourite discovery lies beneath the New Castle pub in Sneinton.
The rubble-filled cave was found after a wall was knocked through in the cellar revealing a sandstone pillar, believed to be about 200 years old.
Mr Lomax said he hoped the inaugural Nottingham Caves Festival, on 17 October, would "inform" and "encourage" people to experience the city's caves. | Twenty-two new unrecorded caves have been found in Nottingham since July, the city's archaeologist has said. | 2.699456 | 3 |
A Norfolk and Suffolk Foundation Trust report says the number of SIs rose from 161 in 2012-2013 to 228 in 2014-2015.
The report says a significant number of these serious incidents involved unexpected deaths.
The trust said staff felt free to report any possible problems.
SIs can include a wide range of incidents and are reported to help health trusts learn lessons and prevent future incidents.
The report highlighted five deaths within Wellbeing Services, which provides support for people with mental health problems such as depression, between December 2014 and March 2015 and these were being reviewed by the trust.
Michael Scott, the chief executive of the trust, told the BBC: "The board looks closely at all the data, and we look at national benchmarks. We remain a high reporter of incidents, but the majority are 'low harm' incidents.
"Staff do speak up and record incidents when things go wrong."
A spokesman for the Campaign to Save Mental Health Services in Norfolk and Suffolk said: "Some of this rise may be due to changes in reporting, but an increase of more than 40% in only two years is deeply worrying." | A mental health trust has seen a 41% rise in the number of serious incidents (SIs) - which can include unexpected deaths, injuries or security issues - over three years, new figures show. | 1.888502 | 2 |
For the Paralympics you can also add medal alerts, meaning you will know when ParalympicsGB win a gold (or every time Brazil win a bronze, if you prefer).
You can also receive news alerts for all the big stories from Rio, so we'll let you know when the top stories happen - such as Wimbledon champion Gordon Reid winning tennis gold, or Ellie Simmonds reigning supreme in the pool once again.
First, make sure you have downloaded the BBC Sport app on Android or iOS (Apple).
Once installed, visit the MyAlerts section from within the menu, choose "Add alerts" and follow these steps. | If you've already got the BBC Sport app, you might already be getting alerts for football scores or sport news. | 0.960037 | 1 |
The group of retired generals and admirals declared the Republican nominee "has the temperament to be commander-in-chief".
Mr Trump, who has highlighted veterans' issues during his campaign, called their support "a great honour".
He has meanwhile been dismissing claims of impropriety over a political donation to a Florida official.
The Washington Post reported on Monday that in 2013 Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi had been considering fraud charges against Trump University.
But she dropped the investigation after a $25,000 (£18,600) contribution to her political campaign from the Donald J Trump Foundation.
Mr Trump was fined because he did not disclose the contribution to the US tax authorities.
The letter released on Tuesday by his campaign was signed by four 4-star generals.
The former top brass stated they believe Mr Trump is "more trusted to be commander-in-chief than (Democratic nominee) Hillary Clinton".
"We believe that such a change can only be made by someone who has not been deeply involved with, and substantially responsible for, the hollowing out of our military and the burgeoning threats facing our country around the world," they added.
Both Mr Trump and Mrs Clinton will take part back-to-back in a national security forum on Wednesday.
The forum, to be hosted by the Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, will include questions from an audience of military service members.
Also on Tuesday, Mrs Clinton released a campaign ad featuring veterans who are critical of Mr Trump.
Her ad includes a clip of Mr Trump from July 2015 casting doubt on leading Republican John McCain's war hero credentials.
Arizona Senator McCain was tortured for more than five years as a prisoner of the North Vietnamese.
Despite making support for the military a signature issue in his campaign, Mr Trump has at various times drawn criticism from military members.
Most notably, he was involved in a recent spat with family members of a Muslim-American soldier killed during the Iraq War.
Mr Trump, who has not served in the military, also created a stir last month when he accepted a veteran's gift of a Purple Heart.
"I always wanted to get the Purple Heart," he said of the medal, which is awarded to soldiers wounded in war.
"This was much easier." | Donald Trump has been endorsed by 88 former military leaders in an open letter, according to his campaign. | 1.47926 | 1 |
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Philip Lowry slammed home from close range after 27 minutes and then Michael Carvill fired into the bottom corner from the edge of the area soon after.
Jordan Owens added the third but Arturs Karasausks rifled home a magnificent drive which went in off the crossbar.
Home goalkeeper Brian Jensen, making his debut, made a fine save to deny Marks Kurtiss late in the game.
Sean Ward also made his first competitive appearance for the Irish League side as part of the starting team, with Jamie Glackin making his bow as a second-half substitute.
Crusaders skipper Colin Coates was returning to action after missing the latter end of last season through injury.
The hosts bossed the early stages with Paul Heatley hooking over the bar before Lowry took advantage of Liepaja's failure to clear the danger.
Carvill doubled the lead and then provided the corner which was headed down by Coates into the path of Owens, who provided the finish.
Karasausks' spectacular strike on the hour breathed new life into the Latvian side as they take an away goal into next Thursday's second leg.
Kurtiss grazed the bar with a header and was denied by good goalkeeping from Jensen.
The winners of the tie will take on Shakhtyor Soligorsk of Bulgaria or Suduva of Lithuania in the second qualifying round.
Crusaders manager Stephen Baxter: "I was thrilled with our performance but disappointed slightly with the result given that we conceded the goal.
"Our play was sensational for an hour given that we have only been back for a week but their fitness and class showed in the last 30 minutes. We were out on our feet by the end.
"All the players worked incredibly hard but we face a mammoth task against a good side. They will be buoyed by that late goal for the second leg." | Crusaders will take a 3-1 lead into the second leg of their Europa League first round qualifier against FK Liepaja. | 1.015872 | 1 |
The drugs, with an estimated street value of A$360m (£212m; $258m), were uncovered after a police investigation over more than two years.
Police said they seized 500kg (1,100lb) of cocaine from a boat in Brooklyn, north of Sydney, on Christmas Day.
It followed the confiscation of 600kg in drugs in Tahiti. Police believe they were destined for Australia.
"The size of that seizure collectively makes it the largest cocaine seizure in Australian law enforcement history," Australian Federal Police acting assistant commissioner Chris Sheehan told reporters.
"The criminal syndicate we have dismantled over the last few days was a robust, resilient and determined syndicate."
The drugs are believed to have originated in South America.
Local media reported one of the accused men was a former National Rugby League player.
In early December, police and border officials began monitoring a vessel that was travelling between Sydney's popular fish markets and the central coast of New South Wales.
On Christmas night, police said a small boat was launched from the vessel and later docked in Brooklyn. Authorities swooped on the boat and arrested three men. Another 12 men have been arrested over the past several days.
The men, aged between 29 and 63, have been charged with conspiracy to import a commercial quantity of border-controlled drugs.
If convicted, they face a maximum sentence of life in prison.
Mr Sheehan claimed the men were "well-connected" and part of a sophisticated crime group.
"We've gone from the top to the bottom, the entire group has been taken out," he said.
New South Wales Police assistant commissioner Mark Jenkins said officers spent thousands of hours on the operation.
"This job started with a thread of information that was given to the New South Wales drugs squad over two-and-a-half years ago," he said.
"I want to thank the community for that information." | Fifteen men have been charged after police said they made the biggest cocaine bust in Australia's history. | 1.302665 | 1 |
British number one Konta, who reached the semi-finals of the Australian Open this year, served eight aces on the way to knocking out the Swedish qualifier.
The 24-year-old will face Italy's Roberta Vinci in the next round.
In the men's event, Slovenia-born British number two Aljaz Bedene lost 7-6 (7-3) 7-6 (10-8) to France's Stephane Robert.
Fellow Briton Heather Watson had already made it through to the second round in Rome with a win over world number 18 Sara Errani on Monday.
Konta is ready to face a vociferous home crowd when she takes on 2015 US Open finalist and home favourite Vinci, with the match likely to be on a stadium court.
"She's a great player, incredibly talented and creative," Konta told BBC Sport.
"I hope to bring a good level to the court and the fans will be able to enjoy it.
"Whoever the fans will be cheering for - and it will most likely be her - it'll be just great to attract a lot of people and the energy they bring. It's definitely a pleasure to play in front of big crowds." | Britain's Johanna Konta reached the Italian Open second round with a 6-1 6-2 win over Sweden's Johanna Larsson. | 0.897286 | 1 |
But appeal judges said the original judge in the case was right to dismiss their £10.5m compensation claim.
Jacqueline and Andrew MacLeod claimed staff at Raigmore Hospital in Inverness acted negligently when delivering their daughter Rowan in June 1999.
A judge heard their case in 2012 but did not issue his opinion until 2014.
Lord Kinclaven had at one point said he intended to issue his opinion in February 2013 but it was January the following year before the family learned the outcome of the case.
Appeal judges Lord Brodie, Lady Dorrian and Lord Drummond Young said this was not "within a reasonable time".
However, they ruled that Lord Kinclaven acted correctly in dismissing the compensation claim.
The judges also said there was no legal need for the case to be heard again. The Fort William couple's lawyers had argued that the case should be allowed to return to court.
The MacLeod's alleged that Rowan, who has cerebral palsy, was not properly monitored during her birth and suffered brain damage as a consequence of this.
Lawyers acting for NHS Highland said staff had acted correctly. | A family have received an apology over the time it took for a judge to rule on their attempts to sue NHS Highland over the care of their daughter. | 0.816687 | 1 |
Jason Kitcat was re-elected as the leader of the council at a meeting on Thursday.
Prior to this, Warren Morgan, Labour group leader, was contacted in a direct Twitter message by Green councillor Alex Phillips asking for help.
Labour did not support her proposal. Mr Kitcat said it was a "disappointing sequence of events".
The Greens are the ruling party but do not have a majority.
In the Twitter messages, Ms Phillips said: "Would Labour be supportive of an alternative Green Leader to JK?"
Mr Morgan responded: "Surely it is up to the Green group - as the largest on the council - to make that decision?"
Ms Phillips replied: "Yes but we are 2 ppl [sic] shy of ousting him & so require your help."
She then asked his group to nominate the deputy leader and Green councillor Phelim MacCafferty, as to her understanding each group could only nominate one person.
Mr Kitcat said: "Unfortunately one junior councillor was a little unfortunate in seeking to contact the Labour group, who then published it, and that's clearly a rather disappointing sequence of events.
"We [Mr Kitcat and Mr MacCafferty] spoke yesterday after council and he was very clear he had no involvement in this.
"So I'm not sure the statements of one councillor claiming support of 10 are necessarily completely accurate."
However, Mr Morgan said the Green Party was "irrevocably split".
"To ask an opposition group to help oust their party leader and choose a new one is utterly desperate and absurd.
"The Greens cannot now reasonably expect to run the city council."
The BBC has attempted to contact Ms Phillips but has so far been unable to reach her. | The leader of Brighton and Hove City Council has survived a plot to oust him by some of his own councillors. | 1.118352 | 1 |
The move was prompted by decades-old allegations made by multiple women against actor Bill Cosby.
The change means that from January 2017 there will be no time limit on the prosecution of rape cases.
But it will not work retroactively, or help those who accuse Cosby of crimes committed more than 10 years ago.
Dozens of women have accused the comedian of sexual assaults dating from the 1960s to the 1990s.
Cosby, who starred in the long-running sitcom The Cosby Show, has denied the accusations, saying his sexual encounters were consensual.
He is due to go on trial in June 2017 charged with sexually assaulting a woman in Philadelphia in 2004.
Current California law requires prosecution for rape to begin within 10 years of the alleged offence, with some exceptions.
Under the new legislation, SB813, there will be no time limit. The change will also apply to crimes for which the statute of limitations has not expired as of 1 January 2017.
Senator Connie Leyva, who introduced the bill, said it told victims of sexual assault that they could seek justice "regardless of when they are ready to come forward".
"Rapists should never be able to evade legal consequences simply because an arbitrary time limit has expired."
Statutes of limitations for rape differ across US states. | California Governor Jerry Brown has signed legislation ending the US state's 10-year statute of limitations on rape. | 1.843227 | 2 |
Gould, who beat Selby on his way to the semi-finals two years ago, came through a tense final frame to win 4-3.
The 35-year-old from Middlesex made a career-high break of 142 in the fourth frame and goes on to face Joe Perry.
Australian Neil Robertson beat Ricky Walden of England 3-2 to set up a last-16 clash with Ronnie O'Sullivan.
O'Sullivan beat Chinese 16-year-old Yan Bingtao on Tuesday.
Watch: 'Ronnie the robot': O'Sullivan's protest interview
China's world number five Ding Junhui saw off Yu De Lu 4-2, while England's Anthony Hamilton, winner of last week's German Open, lost 4-0 to Mark Allen of Northern Ireland.
Gould looked on course for a straightforward victory when he led Selby 3-1, and then 3-2 with a 58-0 lead, but the world champion hit back with a brilliant 64 clearance to force a decider.
In a final frame that required a re-rack, following an early stalemate, Selby surprisingly missed two opportunities before Gould took charge with a 54 that proved decisive. | World champion Mark Selby suffered a shock first-round defeat by world number 18 Martin Gould at the World Grand Prix in Preston. | 1.13917 | 1 |
She was speaking after the UK voted by a narrow margin to leave the EU., although Northern Ireland voted to remain.
Ms Villiers said the circumstances in which a border poll would be called did not exist.
Nothing indicated that such a poll should be called, she said.
"The Good Friday Agreement is very clear that the circumstances where the secretary of state is required to have a border poll is where there is reason to believe there would be a majority support for a united Ireland," she said,
"There is nothing to indicate that in any of the opinion surveys that have taken place.
"Again and again they demonstrate that a significant majority of people in Northern Ireland are content with the political settlement established under the Belfast Agreement and Northern Ireland's place within the United Kingdom."
Mrs Villiers said she was "delighted" with the Brexit result.
"It is a fundamental question about do we become an independent, self-governing democracy again. I am really delighted that the people of the UK have voted for that outcome. This is a good day for our country," she said.
She was very positive about how the border system between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland would operate.
"With common sense between us, the UK and Ireland can maintain a border which is just as open after a Brexit vote as it has been for many years," Ms Villiers said,
"It's important that it will." | Northern Ireland Secretary Theresa Villiers has ruled out Sinn Féin's call for a border poll on the reunification of Ireland. | 1.401985 | 1 |
"The Chadian army does not have the skills to fight a shadowy, guerrilla-style war that is taking place in northern Mali," he said.
Three Chadian soldiers were killed in a suicide attack in Mali on Friday.
Soldiers from Chad, France and other African countries have ousted Islamist militants from northern Mali's towns.
By Alex Duval SmithBBC News, Bamako
The Chadian retreat does not signal that the job of routing Islamist militants is complete in Mali. It indicates that President Idriss Deby does not want his 2,000 troops in the country to get drawn into the urban guerrilla war that is expected to be its main feature from now on.
Chad has lost more than 30 soldiers in operations carried out jointly with France in northern Mali.
Chad's presence alongside the French - who have lost five soldiers - has been crucial both militarily and politically.
The timing of Mr Deby's announcement positions him perfectly to negotiate a prominent role for his country's troops in the forthcoming UN peacekeeping force whose mandate is expected to be agreed at the Security Council later this month.
Mr Deby, who came to power in a coup in 1990, also has worries at home. Last month, a rebel coalition called l'Union des Forces de la Resistance (UFR) announced that it was taking up arms again after a two-year truce.
But fighting continues in some remote parts of the Sahara Desert.
Chad's 2,000 troops were seen as playing a crucial role in the fighting because of their experience in desert warfare.
About 30 have been killed - more than any other nationality, reports the Reuters news agency.
Three of them died in a suicide attack in Kidal on Friday.
Mr Deby told French media that Chad's soldiers had "accomplished their mission".
"We have already withdrawn a mechanised battalion," he said.
But he said Chad would contribute to a proposed 11,000-strong UN peacekeeping force in Mali.
France has also started to withdraw some of its 4,000 soldiers and hopes to have just 1,000 in the country by the end of the year.
France led the intervention in January, saying the al-Qaeda-linked militants were threatened to march on the capital, Bamako. | Chad, one of the largest supplier of troops battling Islamists in Mali, has started to pull them out, President Idriss Deby has said. | 1.575371 | 2 |
Universal free supplements for expectant mothers are to be rolled out from 1 April.
The Scottish government said the move was aimed at improving the health of parents and children, and had widespread support from health workers.
Previously vitamins were only available to women and children from families receiving means-tested benefits.
Public health minister Aileen Campbell said: "We are committed to giving every child in Scotland the very best start in life and helping women to enjoy a healthy pregnancy is a key part of this.
"There is strong evidence that taking vitamins during pregnancy improves both the mother and baby's health.
"By offering them to all pregnant women we can contribute towards giving every baby a fair and equal chance - a move that is widely supported by healthcare professionals."
Ms Campbell said a Scotland-wide survey had also begun on maternal and infant nutrition.
She said: "Data will be gathered on nutrition, breastfeeding, formula feeding and weaning practices, and help us strengthen the support we offer to new mothers.
"I would strongly encourage pregnant women and families with young infants who receive a survey pack to complete and return it." | Every pregnant woman in Scotland will receive free vitamins starting this weekend. | 2.122085 | 2 |
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