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Middlesex ended day three on 156-6 in their second innings, ahead by only 27.
Stephen Parry (3-40) boosted the home side's hopes of victory.
Lancashire's bowlers took momentum from a ninth-wicket stand of 87 between Ryan McLaren (75) and Tom Bailey (58) which pushed Lancashire's first-innings total to 309 all out - a lead of 129 runs.
After day two had been washed out, the game had looked finely poised on the third morning when Tim Murtagh (6-63) made further inroads into Lancashire's batting line-up to leave the home side on 136-6.
But McLaren and Bailey, who hit six fours and two sixes in a career-best batting display, came together to forge a handy advantage.
Opener Nick Gubbins fell cheaply at the start of Middlesex's second innings, but Sam Robson (42) and Stevie Eskinazi (34) were going well until a collapse of five wickets for 46 runs tilted the match in Lancashire's favour.
Much will depend on Dawid Malan (45 not out) and James Harris (15 not out) if Middlesex are to avoid a first Championship defeat since losing at Worcestershire by an innings in September 2015. | County champions Middlesex are on the verge of a first Championship loss for 21 months in their Division One game against Lancashire at Southport. | 0.825408 | 1 |
The centre had taken in indigenous minority Montagnard people from the central highlands of neighbouring Vietnam.
They are mostly evangelical Christians who claim they have been persecuted because of their beliefs.
Human rights organisations have urged Cambodia to stand by its commitment to the UN convention on refugees.
There have been mixed messages from the Cambodian government; it had said asylum-seekers from Vietnam would be turned back at the border.
Later it stated that it would use immigration and refugee laws to assess people claiming refugee status.
Human Rights Watch says it is concerned that future asylum-seekers may not be treated "according to international standards".
But the Jesuit Refugee Service says it is glad the facility is closing as it has been "the equivalent of a detention centre".
Only 20 people are still at the centre.
Ten of them will be resettled in a third country - but the remainder failed to get refugee status and will be deported to Vietnam this week. | A UN refugee centre in Cambodia is closing after the government ordered it to stop operating. | 2.224098 | 2 |
The activists, including supporters of the Occupy Central movement, are protesting against China's involvement in how Hong Kong's new chief executive will be elected in 2017.
Thousands of protesters took to the streets over the weekend.
Martin Lee, an activist and former legislator, is seen below wearing goggles and a face mask to protect himself against the use of pepper spray by the police. Some activists even wrapped their eye-ware in plastic wrap as an added precaution.
Umbrellas were also used by protesters to shield them from pepper spray.
The protective gear was supplied by volunteers who carried food and water to demonstration areas around the city.
Police threw tear gas canisters into the crowd on Sunday evening in a bid to drive them back.
The standoff between protesters and police brought parts of central Hong Kong to a standstill.
But the tear gas and pepper spray did not deter the protesters...
Police arrested dozens of people on Sunday, with more than 25 people hospitalised for injuries sustained in scuffles with police in riot gear.
Thousands of protesters remained on the streets into the early hours of Monday, threatening disruption to public transport and school closures. | Pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong donned goggles, masks and raincoats to brace for a showdown with police. | 1.712687 | 2 |
The 20-year-old began his career at Brentford, playing more than 50 games for the London club's youth team.
He made his Football League debut for Chesterfield in 2014-15 and last season appeared three times in the National League in a loan spell at Gateshead.
Onovwigun goes straight into the Southport squad for Saturday's away game at Aldershot.
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page or visit our Premier League tracker here. | Southport have signed former Chesterfield and Gateshead midfielder Michael Onovwigun. | 0.677612 | 1 |
In March Sapstead gave evidence in parliament over doping in sport.
And earlier this year Ukad said drug use at every level of sport is "fast becoming a crisis".
"Unless action is stepped up to help us fight the cheats, we may find that both sports audiences and participation decrease in the future," Sapstead said.
Speaking to MPs on the Culture Media and Sport select committee in March, Sapstead questioned British Cycling, Team Sky and their doctor Richard Freeman over record-keeping of drugs given to riders.
To mark the start of Ukad's National Clean Sport Week Sapstead said 48% of Britons think doping is widespread.
A survey of 2,000 people carried out by Ukad also found 66% of respondents think that stories about an elite athlete or athletes doping in sport have had a negative impact on their trust in the integrity of sport, the organisation said.
She added: "This isn't the true picture in Britain. The public don't know about the reality.
"It's worrying that so many people are losing their trust in the integrity of sport because of stories they see in the media, which are making them believe doping is more widespread than it actually is."
National Clean Sport Week is a campaign to highlight the work being done by Ukad to ensure sport in the UK is clean.
Since its inception in 2009, Ukad said it has conducted more than 58,000 tests across 50 sports and has prosecuted 194 anti-doping rule violations. | Sport in the UK is "at a critical point in the fight against doping", according to UK Anti-Doping (Ukad) chief executive Nicole Sapstead. | 2.003799 | 2 |
NHS Highland's proposal to build a new hospital in Broadford and turn Portree into a smaller "spoke" unit has Scottish government approval.
But Holyrood's petitions committee is to ask Health Secretary Shona Robison to review the decision making process.
This follows MSPs' consideration of a petition opposed to the hospitals plan.
MSPs will write to Ms Robison to seek the review by an independent scrutiny panel.
Islanders in the north and west of Skye say if the redesign goes ahead as planned they will be left with a day clinic at Portree and will have to travel further to access hospital services.
As well as the 4,500-signature petition that was considered by MSPs, GPs at Portree Medical Practice have challenged NHS Highland's proposal.
Ms Robison approved NHS Highland's redesign of hospital provision in February.
The new set-up will serve patients on the island and also Lochalsh and parts of Wester Ross on the mainland.
NHS Highland has defended the appraisal of options carried out by a steering group.
The Scottish Health Council has also said the process was legitimate.
Following the petitions committee decision, NHS Highland said: "We believe that the public consultation we conducted into proposed service redesign for Skye, Lochalsh and south west Ross was robust and fair, and this view has been supported by the Scottish Health Council.
"Indeed, the Scottish Health Council carried out a full and independent review of the process and endorsed it.
"In approving our redesign proposals in February the cabinet secretary for health, wellbeing and sport said she was satisfied that NHS Highland conducted the process in a 'meaningful and inclusive way, providing local people with numerous and reasonable opportunities to express their views'.
"We are, of course, sorry that some people in the north of Skye believe that the redesign is flawed." | People in Skye campaigning against the downgrading of Portree Hospital have won a victory in their fight against the plan. | 1.14855 | 1 |
Zulfiya Chinshanlo, Maiya Maneza and Svetlana Podobedova were all caught when samples from 2012 and the 2008 Games in Beijing were retested.
Chinshanlo won at -53kg, Maneza at -63kg and Podobedova at -75kg and all tested positive for steroid stanozolol.
It has not been confirmed if their golds will now be re-assigned.
Eight athletes were sanctioned on Thursday, with Marina Shkermankova of Belarus losing her London 2012 bronze medal in the -69kg class.
All Kazakh and Belarusian weightlifters could now be banned for a year from all international weightlifting competitions.
Under International Weightlifting Federation rules, automatic bans come into effect if at least three of a country's athletes fail Olympic retests.
The International Olympic Committee has reported a total of 98 positive cases from recent retests of samples from the Beijing and London Games.
At least six of those cases came in one weightlifting event, the men's -94kg category in 2012. | Three weightlifters from Kazakhstan have been stripped of Olympic gold medals won at London 2012 after new tests found them guilty of doping. | 1.092337 | 1 |
Elizabeth Edwards, 49, and her 13-year-old daughter Katie were found dead in Spalding in April.
The 15-year-old denies murder, but has admitted manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility, at Nottingham Crown Court.
A boy, also 15, has already pleaded guilty to murder.
Neither teenager can be named because of their ages.
Read more about this and other stories from across Lincolnshire
On the second day of the trial a transcript of the girl's police interview was read.
She told officers she and her co-accused, who was 14 at the time, had planned the killing of Elizabeth and Katie Edwards in the days before their deaths on the evening of 13 April.
She also said they had attempted to carry out the killings on two other occasions.
The jury heard her tell police her co-accused had stabbed Ms Edwards in the neck and then smothered her before going into 13-year-old Katie's room and stabbing her.
The trial continues. | A girl accused of killing a mother and her daughter told police she and her co-accused had tried twice previously to kill them, a court heard. | 0.721597 | 1 |
Mr Robinson, 66, underwent a procedure at Belfast's Royal Victoria Hospital (RVH) after becoming ill on Monday morning.
The Democratic Unionist Party leader said on Twitter: "Happy to be discharged and back home.
Thanks to the wonderful RVH cardiac team - everyone a star."
He added: "Many thanks to all who sent messages of support and encouragement in the last week. Your thoughts & prayers have been really appreciated." | Northern Ireland's first minister Peter Robinson has been discharged from hospital four days after suffering a suspected heart attack. | 0.459438 | 0 |
Davis, 51, was the fourth longest-serving boss in the top four divisions of English football, having been appointed in November 2011.
His departure follows Saturday's 3-0 defeat at Mansfield in League Two.
Artell, 36, is a former Crewe club captain and has been playing as a centre-back for Northern Premier League Droylsden this season.
Having been relegated last season, the Alex's form has been poor this term and they are 18th in the table after taking only two points from their last seven games.
The change of management was confirmed on the Crewe website.
"The club would like to thank Steve for his service and endeavour as both manager and previously in his role as assistant manager," a statement said.
"The club's former promotion-winning captain David Artell has been appointed manager and further details will be announced in due course."
Davis spent four seasons as a player at Crewe during his career before moving on to Burnley, Barnsley and Oxford.
He returned to Gresty Road as assistant to Gudjon Thordarson in 2009 and two years later succeeded Dario Gradi as manager.
Artell was a member of the team as they won promotion at the end of that season, beating Cheltenham in the play-off final at Wembley.
But he was released a few days later and moved on to Port Vale and Northampton before dropping into non-league football.
He won seven international caps for Gibraltar in 2014-15, having qualified to play for them through his father.
Media playback is not supported on this device | Crewe Alexandra have sacked Steve Davis after more than five years as manager and replaced him with David Artell. | 0.756592 | 1 |
The battalion spent its tour of duty in Helmand Province and were deployed to the Upper Gereshk Valley.
Commanding Officer Rob Howieson said the parade was done as a "thank you" for support soldiers received from the city and the Highlands during the tour.
Lt Col Howieson said it had been a challenging six months. | Troops from the 1st Battalion Scots Guards have paraded in Inverness to mark the soldiers' return to the UK following six months in Afghanistan. | 0.666717 | 1 |
8 January 2016 Last updated at 09:07 GMT
The Carbon Trust has warned that when trees are left to decompose, they produce gas which is bad for the environment.
Instead, some trees are recycled by being turned into wood chippings or compost.
Martin's been to a waste centre in Greater Manchester, to see how it's done. | It's easy to forget about your tree after Christmas is over, but with thousands of people throwing their trees away at once, the way they are disposed of can make a big difference. | 2.612689 | 3 |
The 30-year-old Briton, who won the race in 2013, lost the race leadership despite finishing a strong seventh in Wednesday's 11km time trial.
Norway's Boasson Hagen finished in 13 minutes 26.98 seconds to win the stage by 25 seconds and take the lead.
The five-stage race concludes at Doha Corniche on Friday.
Cavendish plans to decide during the race whether he will compete at next month's track World Championships in London.
He told BBC Sport in January he was not sure how a winter spent mixing road and track racing would affect him.
"I could be flying, I could be catastrophic, I could be indifferent," he said.
The Isle of Man rider has started the season well, going close in two stages of the Dubai Tour and winning Tuesday's opening stage in Qatar.
A winner of 26 Tour de France stages, Cavendish faces a packed schedule in 2016 with August's Olympic Games in Rio also a target.
Stage three result: (Lusail - Lusail (ITT) - 11km):
1 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Dimension Data 13mins 26secs
2 Jos van Emden (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo +25secs
3 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) BMC Racing Team +29secs
4 Greg van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team +32secs
5 Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team +40secs
6 Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Astana Pro Team +43secs
7 Mark Cavendish (GB) Dimension Data +44secs
8 Jordan Kerby (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling at same time
9 Soren Kragh Andersen (Den) Team Giant-Alpecin +45secs
10 Daniel Oss (Ita) BMC Racing Team +47secs
Overall standings:
1 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Dimension Data 6hrs 53mins 35secs
2 Mark Cavendish (Gbr) Dimension Data +26secs
3 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) BMC Racing Team +32secs
4 Greg van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team +34secs
5 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Team Katusha +45secs
6 Soren Kragh Andersen (Den) Team Giant-Alpecin +48secs
7 Sven Erik Bystrom (Nor) Team Katusha +1min 2secs
8 Sam Bennett (Ire) Bora-Argon 18 +1min 7secs
9 Viacheslav Kuznetsov (Rus) Team Katusha +1min 10secs
10 Michael Schar (Swi) BMC Racing Team +1min 15secs | Mark Cavendish slipped 26 seconds behind leader and Dimension Data team-mate Edvald Boasson Hagen after the third stage of the Tour of Qatar. | 0.891769 | 1 |
Alex Robinson was drowned in the bath two days before Christmas at his home.
Stewart Greene, 65, of Grimoldby, Lincolnshire, said he drowned Alex Robinson in a bath but denies murder.
Dr Philip Joseph told the jury: "In over 30 years, this is one of the most callous killings or murders I have been involved with."
Alex was in Mr Greene's care at his home while his mother - the defendant's daughter - was out last December.
Giving evidence at Lincoln Crown Court, Dr Joseph said his diagnosis of Mr Greene was that he had a psychopathic personality disorder, characterised by a "callous unconcern for the feelings of others" and an "incapacity to experience guilt".
He said Mr Greene would exaggerate his symptoms and engage in manipulative behaviour to get himself into hospital.
But despite his mental condition, Dr Joseph - who has dealt with more than 800 homicide cases - said Mr Greene understood what he was doing and that his ability to form a rational judgement was not impaired.
He told jurors: "Although his judgement was abhorrent, immoral and illegal, it was rational.
When asked if he was surprised Mr Greene had killed Alex, he replied: "Yes - I am surprised."
Earlier in the trial, Timothy Spencer QC, defending, asked Mr Greene whether he had drowned his grandson, to which he replied: "I drowned him in the bath, yes."
He told the court he drowned Alex because he was angry with the nine-year-old's mother.
The trial continues. | A psychiatrist told a murder trial the death of a nine-year-old Lincoln boy was one of the most "callous killings" he had ever seen. | 0.77732 | 1 |
A police officer was also injured in the incident in Ferry Lane in Tottenham Hale on Thursday evening.
The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) has been called in to investigate the death and it said a firearm had been recovered.
It is thought the officer, who was taken to hospital and later discharged, was shot first but this is not known for certain, an IPCC spokesman said.
In a statement, the IPCC said: "It is understood that the shooting followed an MPS [Metropolitan Police Service] operation."
The Metropolitan Police would not confirm if the man had been shot by a police officer.
A Scotland Yard spokesman added: "One male was pronounced dead at the scene and one officer was taken to hospital."
Local resident David Akinsanya said he arrived at the scene moments after the incident.
He said he was told by a witness that a police officer had shouted to the man to stop "a couple of times", but the man had not heeded the warning.
The witness, who lives next to the spot where it happened, then heard four shots, Mr Akinsanya said.
"There were lots of helicopters and sirens all over the place," he added.
"There was also a surveillance van on the corner."
A waitress at a nearby pub, who did not wish to be identified, said the incident had happened a few minutes' walk from Tottenham Hale station.
She said: "One man came in and he said that he saw police trying to pull some clothes off a man who was bleeding."
Another worker said there were "lots of cars" around the scene.
Police have taped off a large area and Ferry Lane remains closed.
David Lammy, Labour's MP for Tottenham, said he was "shocked and deeply worried" about the attack.
"I think there's quite a lot of anxiety now in the community, but we should try to stay calm and not rush to judgement," he said.
"We need to understand what has happened.
"I hope that the IPCC can move quickly to allay fears and rumours that can circulate in these circumstances." | A man is understood to have been shot dead by a policeman in north London. | 1.052173 | 1 |
She opened the door of her house in Pound Street at about 23:00 BST on Thursday and was confronted by a woman with a knife.
The householder tried to close the door but the woman forced her way in and demanded money.
She handed over some cash before the woman left in the direction of Meetinghouse Street.
Police have appealed for anyone with information to contact them. | A woman in her 60s has been left shaken but uninjured after an aggravated burglary in Larne, County Antrim. | 0.715249 | 1 |
A proposal for the 5,000-capacity venue on the site of the former Granada TV studios was approved in July last year.
The new home of the biennial Manchester International Festival was due for completion by summer 2019 but is now scheduled to open in early 2020.
The provisional timescale has evolved as plans developed, the council said.
The project was backed by former Chancellor George Osborne, who pledged £78m in last year's Autumn Statement as part of his Northern Powerhouse plans.
Council leader Sir Richard Leese said Factory will be "a complete game-changer" for the city and will "make Manchester and the wider region a genuine cultural counterbalance to London".
A planning application will be considered on 12 January and if approved, construction will start later in the year with the venue scheduled to open in 2020.
In order to meet the £110m costs, the council is proposing a one-off contribution of up to £20m, mainly funded from income received from land and property sales.
This will be combined with £78m Arts Council England funding, £5m in fundraising while an application for a lottery grant for the remaining £7m has been submitted.
It is hoped the development will boost the local economy, create jobs and provide training.
The building has been designed by world-renowned Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas and in November last year, the government pledged £9m a year for its running costs.
It will be located in a new area, St John's in Manchester city centre, which will also be home to independent businesses and 2,500 residential units. | Manchester's new £110m Factory arts centre will not be ready in time for the city's International Festival in 2019, the council has confirmed. | 1.306248 | 1 |
Arlene Arkinson was last seen with Robert Howard, who died in prison earlier this month, after attending a disco in County Donegal in August 1994.
Howard was charged eight years after she went missing, but was acquitted of the teenager's murder in 2005.
The jury was not told that Howard had a history of sexual violence and by then he was already serving a life term for killing and raping Hannah Williams from London, whose body was found in 2002.
Former Det Ch Supt Norman Baxter met Howard when he was flown from prison in England to be formally charged with the murder of Arlene Arkinson.
He told BBC NI's Spotlight programme that he had no doubt that Howard had murdered the teenager.
"After he was charged he was lodged in the cell block in Enniskillen police station and I received a communication that he had indicated he wanted to speak to the senior investigating officer, so I went to the cell block and I spoke to Robert Howard in the cell," he said.
"He was extremely agitated, very unsettled, and his main concern was that he wanted to serve his remand period in Maghaberry Prison.
"He felt that his period there would be much easier because he would have had a single room with an ensuite bathroom and television, whereas in Wormwood Scrubs where he had been brought to Northern Ireland from, he had to slop out and share a cell and felt quite under threat.
"A hypothetical conversation ensued initiated by Robert Howard indicating the possibility of the body of Arlene Arkinson being recovered.
"He didn't say it outright, but the implication of the conversation was that he could help us further and I was certain at that stage he was on the cusp of telling where the body was.
"In my mind I had absolutely no doubt at that point that he was guilty of her murder and knew where her body was."
Arlene, a schoolgirl from Castlederg, was last seen alive in a car driven by Howard.
She has been missing, presumed dead, for 21 years. A number of searches have been carried out at various locations, but her body has never been found.
Howard was an inmate at HMP Frankland in County Durham but died in hospital.
It is believed he died from natural causes. | A senior police officer who investigated the disappearance of the Castlederg teenager Arlene Arkinson has said he believes her alleged killer Robert Howard was close to telling him where her body was located. | 0.823378 | 1 |
The fashion retailer started the 2017-18 year with a 4% increase in like-for-like sales. In China, sales growth was in the "mid-teens".
It is the first set of results to be reported under new chief executive Marco Gobbetti.
Christopher Bailey stood down as chief executive earlier this month to become president and chief creative officer.
Mr Gobbetti said: "We are pleased with our performance in the first quarter, while mindful of the work still to do.
"This is a time of great change for Burberry and the wider luxury industry. I look forward to building on the foundations Christopher and the team have put in place and creating new energy to drive growth."
Burberry shares rose 5% in early trading after the sales figures were announced.
Retail sales generated £478m in the three-month period, helped by strong performances in the UK and mainland China.
The company wants to save at least £100m by 2019 and said it is on track to deliver £50m in savings in 2018.
The rise in sales came after Burberry reported a fall in annual profits for the 2016-17 year.
Steve Clayton, a fund manager of Hargreaves Lansdown, said: "This is an encouraging performance from Burberry, which looks to be at long last pulling out of the doldrums.
Mr Clayton warned that in the near-term, growth could be hampered by a slowdown in the number of stores being opened.
He also said that Burberry is likely to halt distribution to some of the third-party retailers who currently stock its products.
"Some of them are not upmarket enough for Burberry and are not where they want their brand to be seen, so they will stop selling to them on purpose," he said.
"But with an acceleration in new product launches set for the second half of the year, the underlying progress at Burberry should improve steadily," he added. | Burberry has reported increased sales in the three months to June, helped by demand from China. | 1.031855 | 1 |
Jon Andrewes, 63, from Totnes, misled a Somerset hospice where he was chief executive from 2004 and Torbay Care Trust when he became chairman in 2007.
He also misled Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust where he became chairman in 2015.
Exeter Crown Court Judge Geoffrey Mercer told Andrewes that for 10 years "your outwardly prestigious life was based on a staggering series of lies".
More on the NHS fraudster, plus more Devon and Cornwall news
Andrewes admitted obtaining money by deception when he secured a job at the St Margaret's Hospice in Somerset, and two counts of fraud.
These related to making misleading statements before he was appointed as chairman of the Torbay Care Trust and of the Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust (RCHT).
His total earnings from the health bodies between 2005-16 was £1,072,076.
Among the fake claims he called himself "Dr", despite him not having a PHD.
Andrewes also falsely claimed degrees from Edinburgh, Plymouth and Bristol universities, although he did have a Higher Education Certificate in Social Work.
He had actually spent most of his career as a probation officer, customs officer or youth worker.
Chairman of St Margaret's Hospice, Michael Clark, who appointed Andrewes, said the hospice made "significant progress" under his leadership and he had "no doubts about his ability to do the job".
But he would not have employed Andrewes if he had known about the fake qualifications.
Cameron Brown, prosecuting, told the court that Andrewes' employment was a mixed bag with a range of performance, and he was "not actively doing damage".
But he said the grounds for prosecution were "not his performance but the fact he was there". | A bogus NHS boss who lied about his qualifications and raked in more than £1m has been jailed for two years. | 1.276744 | 1 |
Dominic Jackson, 35, was reported missing after leaving from Portsoy in Aberdeenshire in early February.
His kayak was found near Lybster in Caithness and his body was later found in the same area.
Mr Jackson's funeral was at Fettercairn Parish Church at 13:30. His family asked for donations to be made to a charity promoting sea safety.
The campaign set up by relatives - called PLanB - encourages the use of personal locator beacons (PLBs). It has already raised thousands of pounds.
His family have said they will be "forever grateful" to the "brave and wonderful people" who helped in the search.
Mr Jackson was originally from Uckfield in East Sussex, and later moved to Fettercairn. | The funeral of a kayaker whose body was found after a major search operation has been held. | 1.310964 | 1 |
Terry Pareja, from the Philippines, was visiting relatives when he became ill a month ago, according to his daughter, Jeffmarey Pareja.
The family believes Mr Pareja's bug was caused by a spider bite, but doctors have said this link is not supported by evidence.
"It's eating him alive, literally," Ms Pareja told the BBC.
"He needs to stay in hospital for about 12 to 18 months."
She said Mr Pareja, 65, had been diagnosed with necrotising fasciitis.
Necrotising fasciitis is caused by a bacterium called Group A streptoccocus (Strep A), which exists in the nose and throat or on the skin of many people without causing harm.
It can be lethal, however, if it gets into an area such as the heart, lungs or muscles through broken skin or damaged tissue.
It then attacks the flesh, which dies causing the rest of the system to go into shock, leading to organ failure.
Two hospitals confirmed Mr Pareja had been a patient, but they did not discuss his case for privacy reasons.
Ms Pareja has raised more than A$10,000 (£6,000; $7,500) in a fundraising effort to help cover medical bills.
"He was just here for vacation and what it has turned to is tragedy," she said.
Prof Mark Walker, director of the Australian Infectious Disease Research Centre, said the disease was rare.
"Once necrotising fasciitis starts it is very rapid in its progress," he said.
"People who wind up with that disease do get treated with antibiotics, but the damage is already done."
Not according to clinical toxicologist Dr Geoff Isbister, who published a study on the subject in 2004.
Dr Isbister described linking necrotising fasciitis and spider bites as a myth.
"It's usually caused by a streptococcal infection," said Dr Isbister, from Australia's University of Newcastle.
"There has never been a definite case where someone has got bitten by a spider, caught the spider, identified it and developed necrotising fasciitis." | A man has had his legs amputated after being infected with a flesh-eating disease in Australia, his family says. | 2.38132 | 2 |
The prince visited the site in the Republic of Ireland where his great-uncle Lord Mountbatten died in 1979.
The bomb, at Mullaghmore, County Sligo, also killed Lord Mountbatten's grandson, Nicholas Knatchbull, 14, and 15-year-old Paul Maxwell.
Paul's mother, Mary Hornsey, said she felt a "healing balm".
She was speaking after attending service of peace and reconciliation at St Columba's Church in Drumcliffe, also attended by the royal couple on the second day of their visit to the island of Ireland.
Ms Hornsey said the day started off being very difficult.
"I didn't know how I was going to react coming back here again," she said.
"I could see the place where it actually had happened and I felt my stomach tightening. I was full of apprehension, I didn't know how I was going to react.
"But after the church service in Drumcliffe, which was absolutely wonderful, there was such a sense of healing, it was like a healing balm was present and a sense of forgiveness, and a great sense of hope.
"I came out feeling really euphoric."
It was the first time the prince had visited Mullaghmore.
He earlier said that the compassion shown by people there "has done much to aid the healing process".
He said the murder of his great-uncle and three others had given him a profound understanding of how people affected by the Troubles suffered.
Ms Hornsby said: "I would not have missed this day for the world. It was one of the most wonderful experiences I have had, turning a very tragic event into something that is healing and forgiving." | A woman whose son was murdered in the same IRA bombing that killed a relative of Prince Charles has spoken of her sense of peace after his visit. | 1.326533 | 1 |
Stephen Gannon, 36, was assaulted on Broomfield Lane, near St Monance Street in the city's Springburn area, at about 17:20 on Friday.
Police Scotland said his attackers ran off in the direction of Balgrayhill Road. Mr Gannon died at the scene.
The death is being treated as murder and officers have appealed for information.
Det Ch Insp Allan Burton said: "Extensive inquiries are ongoing to try to establish the exact circumstances surrounding the incident.
"We have detectives from across the country assisting with the investigation and we will have additional uniformed officers in the area." | Detectives are looking for two men who left another man dying after a street attack in Glasgow. | 0.456853 | 0 |
The landscapes of Cornwall, never before seen by the public, will be displayed in the Holt Festival in July.
The two pictures of coastal scenes, created at the age of five, mark the first "significant" moments of his art career, according to mother Michelle.
The nine-year-old will also sell 24 new paintings during a six-day residency.
Many more unseen artworks that Kieron has created for journalists, in order to prove his talent, will also be hung at Picturecraft Gallery from 20 to 25 July.
Kieron shot to international fame in 2010 when his first ever art sale at the age of seven fetched £150,000 in half an hour.
Another sale in his former home town of Holt in November brought in £105,000 in just 10 minutes.
During the new exhibition, mother Michelle said the north Norfolk artist may also undertake a ticket-only painting demonstration and will launch his first book Coming to Light, which details his journey in art so far.
"It all stems from our Cornish holiday back in May 2008. We hope to be able to show those two very first pictures that he achieved during that time, which was so significant for his interest in art," said Mrs Williamson, who with Kieron and the family lives in Ludham on the Norfolk Broads.
"Because Kieron has progressed so far in the last four years we wanted to celebrate his earlier work, because there's such a level of maturity to his paintings now.
"He's being compared to other adult artists that we all know and love. This childhood element to his work is not going to feature in future work, so it's about celebrating this period of time for him."
Mrs Williamson said a percentage of takings from the new art sale would go to charities Help for Heroes and Norfolk Wildlife Trust.
The Holt Festival fully starts on 22 July and runs for seven days. The lineup for the fourth arts and literature event is expected to be announced in May. | Child art prodigy Kieron Williamson is to put his first ever paintings on show during a retrospective exhibition in Norfolk. | 1.342269 | 1 |
The man, who is thought to have been in the shower, leapt 10ft (3m) from a second-storey window above a cafe in Braintree, Essex.
Andy Waterman reversed his bus so the man, who was treated for breathing in smoke, could make the jump to safety.
"He's got some courage," Mr Waterman said. "But had he not he may not be here today."
Police said they were now treating Wednesday's fire as arson.
They want to find a man, believed to be aged about 19, who was spotted fleeing the scene.
Bus company First Essex said Mr Waterman was driving the out-of-service double-decker back to the depot when a group of people stopped him to ask him to help.
"We lined the bus up, close to the building to enable him to jump from the flat roof on to the top of the bus - he had no other exit," Mr Waterman said.
"The poor guy was in the shower - he was completely naked. It was freezing cold."
Mr Waterman said he moved the bus, with the man still on top, away from the fire.
"We waited five minutes or so for the emergency services to turn up," he said.
"They lobbed some clothes up to him and eventually got him down from the roof of the bus."
Four people were assessed by paramedics at the scene, in High Street, and the man who leapt from the flat was taken to Broomfield Hospital before being discharged.
Essex Fire and Rescue's Dave Barritt said: "If the bus hadn't been there we would be having a much more serious and sombre conversation."
Mr Barritt, the incident commander, said: "It must have been a traumatic experience for him.
"It is the ultimate last resort for an escape plan."
Fire crews took some eight hours to get the fire under control after being called at about 19:30 GMT.
The fire service tweeted that Mr Waterman is to get the chief fire officer's commendation for his actions.
According to the Braintree Emergency Night Shelter (BENS) website, a homeless hostel with four bedrooms operates from the same building at the cafe.
Braintree District Council said it would be "offering appropriate assistance to those affected".
A structural engineer is due to assess the damage at the timber-framed building. | A naked man jumped on to the roof of a double-decker bus from a top-floor flat which had caught fire. | 1.147449 | 1 |
Reports said the attackers opened fire on Sunday when troops stopped to fetch water from a stream. The soldiers shot back, killing one of the gunmen.
Violence in the region has escalated since the government broke off a ceasefire last month with the rebels.
The rebels have been demanding an independent homeland for India's two million Naga tribespeople.
Police said six other soldiers were injured in Sunday's attack, and four were missing.
It was the second attack by rebels on Indian soldiers in recent weeks.
Last month, the separatists claimed responsibility for the death of three soldiers in the neighbouring state of Arunachal Pradesh.
The Naga mainly live in the north-eastern states of Nagaland, Manipur, Assam and Arunachal Pradesh.
The 58-year-old insurgency has been contained by a slew of ceasefires.
But chances of a settlement appear dim after 15 years of negotiations because the rebel factions cannot agree on the territorial limits of a future Naga homeland or state.
India's government says it cannot redraw state borders to allow all the Nagas to live together in one state. | Indian police say eight soldiers have been ambushed and killed by rebels in the north-eastern state of Nagaland. | 1.851147 | 2 |
The 27-year-old Algeria international spent one season at West Ham after joining the Premier League club on a three-year deal from La Liga side Valencia last year.
Feghouli scored four goals in 27 appearances for the Hammers, including one against NK Domzale in the Europa League in West Ham's first match at the club's new London Stadium last July.
After the deal was announced, Feghouli expressed his gratitude to West Ham supporters following his brief spell at the club.
Paris-born Feghouli came through the ranks at French club Grenoble before joining Valencia.
Having played for France at youth level, he chose to play for Algeria and scored their first World Cup goal in 28 years with a penalty against Belgium in 2014.
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page. | Galatasaray signed West Ham winger Sofiane Feghouli on a five-year contract for $5.01m, the Turkish club announced on Monday. | 0.808255 | 1 |
25 May 2016 Last updated at 04:17 BST
The BBC has found evidence of children working at every stage of the tobacco production process in Indonesia - the world's fifth-largest producer.
In a report released on Wednesday, Human Rights Watch claims that thousands of children are working in hazardous conditions in the tobacco industry.
Rebecca Henschke reports from the island of Lombok. | Some of the world's biggest tobacco companies are buying their products from farms that employ child workers. | 1.810703 | 2 |
It alleged widespread fraud, including ballot boxes being stuffed and some 400 polling stations staying closed.
This is the country's second democratic presidential election since it gained independence from France in 1958.
Several people were killed in clashes during the election campaign.
The main opposition leader, Cellou Dalein Diallo, said they will not accept the results, they will not give in and that they will protest.
He was speaking at a press conference attended by the six other candidates challenging incumbent President Alpha Conde, who was standing for a second term.
Mr Conde became president in 2010 in the country's first democratic election after decades of fighting authoritarian regimes, during which he was sent into exile and prison.
He defeated Mr Diallo in a run-off.
The electoral commission says the results won't be announced until the end of this week. | Guinea's opposition is calling for a re-run of Sunday's presidential election even before the votes have been counted. | 1.618368 | 2 |
The 35-year-old man was also jailed for two years for his offence, following an investigation into a paedophile ring.
The books include Anne Frank's Diary and the poems of Emily Dickinson.
Judge Paola Di Nicola reportedly hoped the books would help his 15-year-old victim understand the damage done to her dignity as a woman.
However, one author whose book was among those on the list told Corriere della Sera newspaper that it would have been better if the judge had read the works to the convicted man instead.
"Adolescence is not the time for reflection. What he did was much worse: an adult who, knowingly, paid for sex with a minor," said Adriana Cavarero, a philosophy professor at Verona university and author of Notwithstanding Plato.
The ruling follows a three-year investigation into a major paedophile ring in Rome that preyed on two girls aged 14 and 15 in the upmarket suburb of Parioli. The mastermind has been jailed for nine years.
The teenagers were lured into sex work with cash that they used to buy new clothes and the latest mobile phones, investigators said. | An Italian judge has ordered a man convicted of using an underage prostitute to buy her 30 feminist books and two feminist films. | 1.346601 | 1 |
The 1448 clash was the first decisive victory for a Scottish force over the English since the Battle of Otterburn, 60 years earlier.
It was the final pitched battle between the two countries in the period of the Hundred Years War.
The inventory aims to raise awareness of "important battlefield sites".
Historic Environment Scotland's Philip Robertson said: "Following an application from a member of the public, we carried out further research into the Battle of Sark, and found that it met the criteria to be added to the inventory.
"The battle was fought during a fascinating and tumultuous period of Scottish history, and we hope that by adding it to the inventory we will raise awareness of the battlefield site, stimulate further research around it, and develop its potential as an educational resource and site for visitors."
Renewed border skirmishing saw Henry Percy, future 3rd earl of Northumberland, defeated by Hugh Douglas, earl of Ormond, on 23 October 1448.
The encounter took place on the river Sark, near Gretna.
Percy was taken prisoner and had to be ransomed.
The following year the English burned Dumfries and Dunbar, and the Scots Alnwick and Warkworth.
Source: The Oxford Companion to British History
The Inventory of Historic Battlefields was created in 2011 and helps with the protection and management of battlefields.
The full list of other battlefields, added in three phases, are: Alford (1645), Ancrum Moor (1545), Auldearn (1645), Bannockburn (1314), Bothwell Bridge (1679), Culloden (1746), Dunbar II (1650), Dupplin Moor (1332), Falkirk II (1746), Glenshiel (1719), Harlaw (1411), Killiecrankie (1689), Kilsyth (1645), Philiphaugh (1645), Pinkie (1547), Prestonpans (1745) and Sheriffmuir (1715).
Barra (1308), Carbisdale (1650), Cromdale (1690), Drumclog (1679), Fyvie (1645), Inverkeithing II (1651), Inverlochy II (1645), Linlithgow Bridge (1526), Mulroy (1688), Rullion Green (1666) and Stirling Bridge (1297).
Blar-na-Leine (1544), Dunbar I (1296), Dunkeld (1689), Glenlivet (1594), Inverlochy I (1431), Langside (1568), Loudoun Hill (1307), Roslin (1303), Sauchieburn (1488), Skirmish Hill (1526) and Tippermuir (1644). | The site of the Battle of Sark near Gretna has been added to Scotland's Inventory of Historic Battlefields taking the total to 40. | 3.349082 | 3 |
The Welshman has not fought since his second successful title defence against American Eric Hunter in April 2016.
Argentine Barros is the mandatory challenger after beating Satoshi Hosono of Japan in a split decision in a world title elimination bout.
"Sadly I think it's going to be in America," said Selby, 29.
"I'd love to fight back home in Wales in front of my home fans. Of course home advantage always helps against the mandatory challenger."
Selby hopes fighting in the US, where he previously defeated Mexican Fernando Montiel in his first IBF title defence, will lift his profile.
He signed a three-year deal to work with leading American adviser Al Haymon, who also advises Floyd Mayweather Jr, and says he wants to become a "worldwide star".
"The British boxing fans have seen me and now I'm trying to show that worldwide," Selby told BBC Radio Wales Sport.
Selby was at Barros' recent victory over Hosono in Tokyo and described the 32-year-old as a "dangerous opponent" - but he hopes beating him will set up a "big fight" against Northern Ireland's Carl Frampton.
WBA champion Frampton's trainer Shane McGuigan has said a world featherweight unification fight was possible.
Frampton is set for a rematch against Mexico's Leo Santa Cruz, but Selby would be keen to face the 29-year-old at Cardiff's Principality Stadium and draw "great numbers".
"He's a big draw, a massive draw in the UK," said Selby. "That's the dream for all Welsh fighters - to headline a show at the Principality Stadium." | Britain's Lee Selby says he is likely to defend his IBF featherweight title against Jonathan Victor Barros in mid-December in the United States. | 1.103662 | 1 |
After the recruitment of fellow centre Ben Te'o from Leinster, they have now added Willison, who currently plays for Grenoble, the same French Top 14 side as former Warriors lock James Percival.
"His experience in southern and northern hemisphere (rugby) stands him in good stead," said boss Dean Ryan.
"Jackson is a talented athlete who will add some firepower to our midfield."
Warriors, promoted back to the Premiership in May after a season's absence, currently stand 10th in the table, eight points clear of bottom club London Irish.
Former New Zealand Under-20 international Willison added: "After speaking with Dean, I felt this was a great opportunity for me.
"I've had a great time in France with Grenoble, but I felt this was the right time to move to the UK."
Willison spent five seasons in Super Rugby, winning the title with New Zealand side Waikato Chiefs in 2012, and scoring six tries in 37 appearances.
He headed north to join Auckland in 2013 before moving to France in time for the 2014-5 campaign. He has gone on to make 33 appearances for Grenoble in the Top 14 and European Challenge Cup.
The 27-year-old previously captained ITM Cup side Waikato, scoring 13 tries in 50 games to help the North Island side reach the final in both 2010 and 2011. | Worcester have made New Zealand-born centre Jackson Willison their second signing for the 2016-17 season. | 0.814486 | 1 |
The Bluebirds are bottom of the Championship after four consecutive defeats - their latest 2-0 by Leeds.
Perry says Trollope inherited many of the team's problems.
"Do you trust those people at board level to make a decision yet again to bring somebody else in?" Perry asked on BBC Radio Wales.
"That problem is still there. There's nobody with a footballing background on the board."
After losing to Leeds, Trollope claimed he had the backing of club owner Vincent Tan.
Perry added: "He understands his problems at Cardiff City.
"And my one worry is those problems haven't started this season - they've been there last season.
"There's a lack of pace in that squad. They've been struggling for forward players to stretch defenders.
"They've been struggling for legs in midfield - is that because the board won't back him?
"Cardiff City are bottom of the league and that's not by accident because the performances reflect that."
Another former Bluebird, Danny Gabbidon suggested Trollope should be treated the same way as his predecessor Russell Slade.
Slade was regularly the subject of fans' disapproval during his tenure from October 2014 to May 2016, before becoming the Welsh club's head of football ahead of leaving to take over at Charlton Athletic.
Gabbidon said: "He should probably get the same amount of time that Russell Slade had.
"But the more games you lose, the more the pressure mounts.
"It certainly isn't right at the minute.
"Two defeats in a week, three goals conceded against Preston, two more against a team [Leeds] struggling in the Championship themselves.
"They're lacking creativity, they're conceding goals. They don't really look like scoring any and it is worrying times for Cardiff City."
Former Cardiff striker Nathan Blake is pessimistic about their hopes for a season in which they have scored six goals and conceded 14 while winning only once in eight games.
"It's only going to get tougher," said Blake. "There's something missing throughout the club.
"There's a spark missing. What you see there on the pitch on a Saturday is just the evidence of the overall feeling at the club."
Trollope takes his team to Rotherham, a club three places above them in the table, in their next game on Saturday, 24 September. | Former Cardiff City captain Jason Perry has challenged fans of the club who are calling for head coach Paul Trollope to be sacked. | 0.880423 | 1 |
5 August 2015 Last updated at 10:37 BST
Footage released by the firm showed skateboarders testing the hoverboard with varying degrees of success.
The film was recorded on a specially constructed skate park near Barcelona in Spain.
The hoverboard contains powerful magnets which are cooled to -197 degrees celsius with liquid nitrogen, allowing the board to ride along a track hidden in the surface of the skate park.
The firm said the hoverboard was a prototype and would not be available for sale. The skate park has now been dismantled again.
Watch more Must See videos here | A levitating hoverboard which runs on a specially constructed skate park has been unveiled by car manufacturer Lexus. | 1.442244 | 1 |
Ahead of next week's Budget, the Treasury announced Whitehall would begin coming up with ways to contribute to its "efficiency review".
It said the NHS and core schools budgets would not be included, with savings found by councils to be spent on under-pressure social services.
Labour accused the government of "sneaking out... more Tory austerity".
Departments have already faced significant cuts in their budgets since 2010, but they will now be told to find further savings of between 2% and 6% by 2019-20, the Treasury said, with up to £1bn to be reinvested in "priority areas".
It added that the government would continue to spend spend 2% of GDP on defence, and it remains legally obliged to spend 0.7% on overseas aid.
The planned savings are due to be introduced around the time the UK is scheduled to be leaving the EU, and just before the next general election.
Chief Secretary to the Treasury David Gauke said the government was committed to delivering services "in the most efficient way possible".
He added: "There has been considerable progress, but there is further to go and the whole of government is working together to consider how we can live within our means while delivering maximum value for every pound of taxpayers' money."
But shadow chancellor John McDonnell said the announcement showed Chancellor Philip Hammond "represents more of the same Tory austerity".
"Sneaking out an announcement asking departments to model cuts of 3% to 6% for 2019-20 is no way to manage public spending," he said.
"Hammond urgently needs to explain why this announcement was made in the way it was and why after seven years of failed austerity he thinks more of the same will now work."
Mr Hammond will deliver the Budget on 8 March. | Government departments have been told to find spending cuts of up to 6% as part of plans to save £3.5bn by 2020. | 1.391555 | 1 |
The Tomato Leaf Miner moth has destroyed 80% of tomato farms in Kaduna state, in the north of the country.
Other states, particularly in the north, have been badly hit too and farmers have lost millions of dollars.
The price of a basket of tomatoes has soared from $1.20 (£0.80) less than three months ago to more than $40.
Now Nigeria's National Research Institute for Chemical Technology says it has found a solution - a pesticide which will kill off the moth.
But farmers affected by the moth will have to wait as the new pesticide is not commercially available yet.
Tomatoes are a basic part of most Nigerians' diets and officials in Kaduna state declared a state of emergency in May as the price of tomatoes rocketed. | Nigerian researchers say they have found a pesticide capable of killing a species of moth that has ravaged the country's tomato crop. | 1.956534 | 2 |
The singer, born blind in the Northern Territory, became the highest-selling Australian indigenous artist ever.
He died at Royal Darwin Hospital on Tuesday after enduring "a long battle with illness", his record label said in a statement.
A former member of Yothu Yindi, his 2008 solo album sold well in several countries.
Obituary: An exquisite singer who 'spoke to the soul'
Midnight Oil frontman Peter Garrett has led tributes on social media, calling Yunupingu "a truly great musician".
"Very sad news. Too young, so much left to give. Heart goes out to family," Garrett said on Twitter.
Yunupingu's family asked media outlets not to use pictures of him after his death in accordance with indigenous traditions.
Yunupingu's record label, Skinnyfish Music, said he was "one of the most important figures in Australian music history".
"His debut album cemented him as the Australian voice of a generation, hitting triple platinum in Australia, silver in the UK and charting in multiple other countries across the globe," the statement said.
The singer's label also praised the artist for creating opportunities for young people in the Northern Territory.
"His legacy as a musician and community leader will continue as his life's work continues its positive impact on Elcho Island, The Northern Territory, Australia and the world."
The singer had ongoing liver and kidney issues for some time, which had forced him to cancel a European tour.
The musician, who sang in English and in his native Yolngu language, performed at the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Concert in London in 2012.
To respect tradition the BBC along with many other media outlets adheres to long-standing cultural protocol not to publish a picture or the name of the indigenous person who died.
While the naming taboo differs across different indigenous communities, there's a general belief that doing so would jeopardise the spirit on its journey to the afterlife.
Speaking the name of a dead person is thought by indigenous people to potentially undermine that journey, calling the departed spirit back to world of the living.
This restraint is customary for the entire mourning period - depending on local practice, that can last for weeks, months or years. | One of Australia's leading Aboriginal musicians, Dr G Yunupingu, has died at the age of 46. | 1.55503 | 2 |
The Steelmen have won their last five Premiership games to reach fourth place, but in January and February had gone five matches without a victory.
"Our form in terms of results in February, in many clubs' eyes, was sack-able," said McGhee.
"So I don't take anything for granted. You're only as good as your last game."
McGhee was collecting the March prize after Motherwell won all three of their league games last month and that run continued with a last-gasp victory at Inverness on Saturday.
"I don't expect any dispensation because I've won a manager of the month," said McGhee, who began his second spell in charge at Fir Park in October.
"I need to win next month's to make sure I'm not getting the sack.
"When you're losing games you feel under pressure, regardless of who you are. It was no different for me, I knew had to start winning games."
Marvin Johnson scored the stoppage-time winner against Caley Thistle and McGhee believes the winger and goalkeeper Conor Ripley deserve a huge amount of credit for their part in the club's recent turn around.
"There aren't many better players in this league than Marvin Johnson," he said.
"He has everything and I'm astonished he is still here, to be honest. I thought someone would have snapped him away at Christmas."
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Motherwell can seal a top-six place if other results go their way on Tuesday, while holding on to fourth will offer a Europa League place if Celtic win the double.
McGhee, picking up his second award in fourth months having collected the accolade for December's form, did not envisage such a scenario when returning to Fir Park.
"I would have thought anyone suggesting we could be pushing for Europe was being ridiculous," he said. "I have only ever thought about finishing above second bottom and the February proved me right because we slipped back again.
"It's a target now. Fourth would be a fantastic achievement." | Motherwell boss Mark McGhee admits he feared the sack weeks before going on a winning run that has culminated in a manager of the month award. | 0.856096 | 1 |
The change comes as part of a review following an inquiry set up after a man was dragged screaming from a fully booked plane early this month.
Dr David Dao lost two front teeth and suffered a broken nose when he was removed from the Chicago to Louisville flight to make room for crew members.
The incident caused outrage and widespread condemnation of the airline.
Shocking footage was shared and watched by millions of people online.
The latest incident to hit United Airlines's reputation came on Wednesday when it announced an investigation into the death of a giant rabbit which was being transported on one of its planes.
The 90cm-long bunny, called Simon, was found dead in the cargo hold when the flight arrived at Chicago's O'Hare airport from London Heathrow.
Law enforcement officials dragged Dr Dao off the flight forcibly after the 69-year-old Vietnamese-American physician had refused to leave, saying he needed to go home to see his patients.
His lawyer later said that Dr Dao found the experience "more horrifying and harrowing than what he experienced when leaving Vietnam".
The ordeal led to demonstrations at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport and turned into a public relations disaster for United Airlines.
The airline offered compensation to all customers on board the flight.
In addition to the $10,000 compensation offer, the series of actions announced as part of the report into the incident includes:
In late March, United was heavily criticised on social media after two girls were reportedly barred from flying for wearing leggings on a flight from Denver to Minneapolis.
United said the girls were travelling on a special pass, for employees and their guests, which has a dress code. | United Airlines says it will offer up to $10,000 (£7,800) to passengers who give up seats on overbooked flights. | 1.195887 | 1 |
The Swiss, 35, won 6-3 6-4 to reach the last 16, where he will face Spanish 14th seed Roberto Bautista Agut.
"I feel like I earned it more," said Federer, the champion in 2005 and 2006. "I was more the aggressor. It was more my racket, and I like it that way."
In the women's singles, German top seed Angelique Kerber beat Risa Ozaki of Japan 6-2 6-2.
Twelfth seed Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark progressed after Spanish sixth seed Garbine Muguruza retired when feeling dizzy in the heat at 7-6 (7-1) down.
"I started normal, and then like at 3-3 or something like this I started to feel headache, pain in my stomach," said Muguruza. "And then it kind of went more and more during the match.
"When I was getting to the 5-4, something like this, I started to feel a little bit dizzy. I think it was the heat. The heat affected me suddenly like that."
Wozniacki will next face Czech Lucie Safarova, who beat Slovakian fourth seed Dominika Cibulkova 7-6 (7-5) 6-1, while Czech second seed Karolina Pliskova brushed aside compatriot Barbora Strycova 6-1 6-4.
Venus Williams, who last won the tournament in 2001, saw off Svetlana Kuznetsova 6-3 7-6 (7-4).
In the men's singles, top seed Stan Wawrinka, who has never won the event, overcame Tunisia's Malek Jaziri 6-3 6-4, while Australian Nick Kyrgios edged past Ivo Karlovic in a deciding tie break 6-4 6-7 (4-7) 7-6 (7-2).
Czech 10th seed Tomas Berdych beat Luxembourg's Gilles Muller 6-3 6-4 and goes on to play Frenchman Adrian Mannarino. | Roger Federer took his 2017 record to 15 wins from 16 matches as he beat Juan Martin del Potro at the Miami Open. | 1.018782 | 1 |
Lock Charteris, 32, who has won 62 caps for Wales, arrives at the Rec from Racing 92 at the end of the season.
Thomas said he was happy to see head coach Mike Ford strengthen Bath.
"Signing players like Luke (Charteris) and Dave Denton is like the little bit extra on top," Thomas told BBC Radio Bristol.
"I think we just like to improve every week but it is almost the frosting."
Denton signed from Edinburgh on 10 November following the departure of Sam Burgess who went back to play rugby league for South Sydney Rabbitohs in the NRL.
Bath travel to Leicester on Sunday for the first time since they thumped the Tigers 47-10 in May.
"They will want to atone for that but going there is always a tough place to go so we will have to be right on it," added 24-year-old Thomas.
"I am not sure I have ever won there in my career so it is a big milestone for me to try and win there.
"They pride themselves on the set-piece, there will be some big scrums and big mauls." | Bath tighthead prop Henry Thomas believes the club's signing of Luke Charteris will be the icing on the cake of their strong squad. | 0.867811 | 1 |
The driver, who was in her 50s, was pronounced dead at the scene in Loxwood Road, Alfold.
She had been driving a Toyota Starlet which was in collision with a Citroen Berlingo van outside the post office. No-one else was injured.
Anyone who saw the vehicles before the incident, which happened at about 07:20 GMT, is asked to contact police. The road was closed following the crash. | A woman has died after her car was involved in a collision in Surrey. | 0.188715 | 0 |
Bethany Hill, 20, was found dead with neck injuries in Stratford-upon-Avon on 3 February last year.
It is alleged she was killed by Jack Williams, 21, and his girlfriend, Kayleigh Woods, 23, at the flat they all shared in Hertford Road.
The pair, who are on trial at Warwick Crown Court, deny murder.
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Opening the case, prosecutor Stephen Linehan QC said Miss Hill was a former girlfriend of Williams and had a "volatile" relationship with Woods, a transgender woman with whom she had planned to have a child.
Jurors heard Miss Hill was found dead by a police officer in a blood-drenched bathroom.
Mr Linehan QC told the court: "In the course of the killing, Beth's wrists were bound together with duct tape and the blade was used to inflict repeated cuts across the back of her neck before she was killed by the jugular vein being cut through."
He said Miss Hill was found dead after Woods, formerly known as Kyle Lockwood, dialled 999 at 19:07 GMT on 3 February, telling the operator: "Well my best friend is dead in my flat."
Alleging the "sadistic" killing may have been carried out for "perverted pleasure", Mr Linehan QC said: "What she was saying was that her friend had killed herself while she was out of the flat and that she had returned to find blood everywhere, and that she had cleaned up the flat before making that telephone call.
"All of these things were lies. Bethany Hill had not died as a result of cutting herself - she had been brutally, brutally murdered.
"She [Woods] lied because she was one of the two people who took part in the killing and the other person was the defendant Jack Williams.
Mr Linehan said the pair had "set about trying to cover up the truth about what they did" from the moment of the 999 call.
The court heard that Miss Hill, who was brought up in Bidford-on-Avon, had a brief relationship with Williams as a teenager.
She then moved to Stratford to begin a college course, while Williams, also from the Bidford area, met Woods and moved in with her.
Before the alleged killing, the court heard, Miss Hill had also moved into the flat in Hertford Road, using the bedroom, while Woods and Williams slept in the sitting room.
The trial continues. | A woman was tied up and "brutally murdered" by her ex and his partner, who then tried to pass the killing off as a suicide, a jury has heard. | 0.72554 | 1 |
France's highest court upheld the jail sentence against Jerome Kerviel but ordered a review of the 4.9bn euros (£4.1bn) in damages he was told to pay.
The court said a lower court decision had not taken into account the bank's own responsibility when it ordered him to make good the bank's entire losses.
Kerviel's lawyer called it "a victory".
"We are starting afresh," said David Koubbi.
"We are going to ask for an expert assessment to establish exactly what happened at Societe Generale. This is the end of the Jerome Kerviel case and the beginning of a new case against Societe Generale."
The bank responded by saying: "Jerome Kerviel has lost his court case. Societe Generale has won. There were failings at the Societe Generale but they have been repaired."
Societe Generale revealed in 2008 that Kerviel had run up $50bn (£33bn; 38bn euros) of unauthorised trades which had to be unwound.
The process cost the bank 4.9bn euros - the biggest loss of its kind in history.
A new civil trial will take place to decide the eventual damages Kerviel will have to pay.
Kerviel has spent the past three weeks walking back to Paris from Rome, where he met Pope Francis, and is currently near Bologna.
He told the BBC the walk was helping him to come to terms with his past and his future.
Kerviel has always admitted the unauthorised trades, but said officials at Societe Generale knew what he was doing but turned a blind eye as long as it was making money, says the BBC's Hugh Schofield in Paris.
Kerviel said: "The only goal was money, money, money for the bank. I didn't care about what I was doing."
He said he was not trying to evade justice: "I am going back to France - I remain at the disposal of justice and the police, so if they want me I am available." | The French rogue trader who caused huge losses at bank Societe Generale has lost his appeal against a three-year jail sentence. | 1.384646 | 1 |
The juvenile male reptile was picked up by a member of the public and taken to a veterinary surgery after it was spotted in Birchgrove Road.
Posters have been put up in the area in the hope of tracking down its owners.
The RSPCA said aside from the dangers of dog attacks and cars the most serious implication for a reptile being outside in the UK was the cool weather.
Charity animal welfare officer Sian Burton said: "It must've been a funny sight to see the iguana wandering down the pavement, but the bottom line is this reptile could've escaped and we would very much like to get him home."
She added: "As it is not very warm outside at the moment he would have been unable to warm up and it's unlikely he would have survived very long had he not been found."
Ms Burton said reptiles relied on their environment to regulate their body temperature.
The iguana was found on 16 May.
People with information can contact the RSPCA inspector appeal line on 0300 123 8018. | The RSPCA is trying to trace the owners of an iguana found wandering down a street in Cardiff. | 1.679024 | 2 |
But the report found there was evidence of "system failings by social services and police in the past".
Barrister Sasha Wass QC, who led the inquiry, said "significant progress" had been made in child protection on the Atlantic island.
The UK government has given £1.2m to help improve services.
Ms Wass dismissed allegations of widespread abuse and said press reports, which labelled St Helena as a "paedophiles' paradise" gave a "totally misleading" picture.
The senior barrister also concluded there was "no truth" in allegations by "whistleblower" social workers that abuse on the island had been covered up by the UK and St Helena governments.
The Foreign Office, the Department for International Development and the island's authorities were all investigated as part of the inquiry.
The report concluded that the social workers' claims were a "gross distortion of reality" and allegations against others were made "in order to deflect from their own incompetence and wrongdoing".
The report also strongly criticised the findings of a previous investigation by the Lucy Faithfull Foundation charity in 2013.
Ms Wass said: "There was child abuse on St Helena but it was confined to isolated pockets of the population and involved a limited number of problem families."
However the report did find evidence of a "lack of understanding" of child safeguarding in some cases and raised the concern that a disabled adult was "literally left to waste away".
She also found signs that the unusual population profile of the island - where young adults often left to find work - had resulted in cases of underage sex.
But, she said: "The relationships… are not portrayed as the type of abusive or exploitative relationships such as one might find in the well-publicised Rochdale, Rotherham and Oxford cases in the UK."
St Helena and its dependencies - Ascension Island and Tristan da Cunha - are about midway between Africa and South America in the South Atlantic Ocean and have an overall population of about 4,000.
Though far from each other, they form a single territorial grouping under the sovereignty of the British Crown. | An independent inquiry has dismissed allegations of endemic child abuse and a government cover-up in the British overseas territory of St Helena. | 1.806641 | 2 |
In a speech on Thursday, the health secretary said it was "critical for patient safety".
The target of seeing 95% of patients in four hours has been missed in England since July 2015. There was a record low of 85.1% in January.
Mr Hunt demanded progress this year and said the target should be hit next year after new funding in the Budget.
Chancellor Philip Hammond announced an extra £2bn for social care over the next three years.
This comes after warnings services were under threat with councils, which are in charge of services, reportedly £1bn short of the £19.7bn they need this year.
Mr Hunt said the new money would help tackle the problem of patients who were fit to leave hospital having discharge delayed because of a lack of suitable care in the community. This is thought to have contributed to overcrowding in trusts.
The health secretary said: "It is absolutely essential we get back to the 95% target. That is critical for patient safety."
To coincide with Mr Hunt's speech, bosses at NHS England and NHS Improvement, which run the health service, wrote to hospital chief executives giving them a deadline of March 2018 to get back on track.
They said the social care money would play an important part in relieving the pressure as it could help to free up between 2,000 and 3,000 beds which are occupied by patients who have finished their treatment.
If this is achieved it would represent a halving of the delays that are currently being seen.
But the two regulators also want hospitals and the ambulance service to take some steps themselves. These include:
The development comes after ministers and NHS bosses have given serious consideration to dropping or changing the target. Earlier this winter Mr Hunt suggested it was being looked at amid concerns the growing numbers seeking care at A&E units was making it very difficult for hospitals to hit the target.
Chris Hopson, of NHS Providers, which represents hospitals, said: "Given how far we are currently behind the target and without the required funding we think it is unrealistic to expect trusts as a whole to meet the 95% A&E target within a year." | Jeremy Hunt has told NHS hospitals they must get back to meeting the target for seeing patients swiftly in A&E. | 1.629574 | 2 |
Like the hell-raising rock star, the 19ft (5.8m) long beast now called Lemmysuchus was no shrinking violet.
The fossil needed to be renamed after University of Edinburgh scientists realised it had been wrongly classified.
The Motorhead frontman died at the end of 2015.
His band had a run of top 40 hits between 1978 and 1982, were best known for the rock anthem Ace of Spades and toured the world for 40 years
The crocodile terrorised coastal waters around Britain more than 145 million years ago.
It had a skull measuring just over a metre and large, blunt teeth perfect for crushing bones and turtle shells.
The name was suggested by Natural History Museum curator and Motorhead fan Lorna Steel.
She said: "Although Lemmy passed away at the end of 2015, we'd like to think that he would have raised a glass to Lemmysuchus, one of the nastiest sea creatures to have ever inhabited the Earth.
"As a long-standing Motorhead fan I am thrilled to have had the opportunity to immortalise the rock star in this way."
The incorrect classification was spotted by University of Edinburgh palaeontologist Michela Johnson after conducting a recent study of the fossil.
She said "Following careful anatomical comparison, and by referring to the main specimen held at the Natural History Museum, we could see that most of the previous finds were actually from relatives of Lemmysuchus rather than the species itself, and we were able to assign a new name."
The fossil was originally dug up in a clay pit near Peterborough in 1909 then housed at London's Natural History Museum.
Lemmy himself was born Ian Kilmister and it was widely reported that he acquired his nickname as a youngster who often asked: "Lemme (lend me) a quid". But the man himself said in an interview that he had long forgotten its origin. | British scientists have named the fossil of a fierce giant crocodile from the Jurassic era after the former lead singer of Motorhead, Lemmy. | 2.69377 | 3 |
Warren, who promoted some of Tyson's fights in Britain, said the American would have been in "serious breach" of contract if the claims were true.
I don't know whether I believe it or not, or whether it's one of those things that sells books
The 61-year-old promoter also said he was "disgusted" with the revelations, made in Tyson's new autobiography, although he conceded they may have been included to boost sales of the book.
In 1987, aged 20, Tyson became the youngest boxer to hold the WBA, WBC and IBF world titles and the first heavyweight to unify them.
Five years later, he was sentenced to six years in prison for rape.
Although he won back the WBC belt by beating Britain's Frank Bruno in 1996 and added the WBA version the same year, the Brooklyn-born fighter's career went into further decline and he eventually retired in 2006 with a record of 50 wins and six losses.
He says in his new book, 'Undisputed Truth: My Autobiography', that he took cocaine and marijuana throughout his career, evading detection by using a fake penis filled with someone else's urine.
According to Tyson, that included the 38-second win over fellow American Lou Saverese in Glasgow in 2000, which Warren promoted, and the 2004 loss to Britain's Danny Williams in Louisville.
Warren was also promoter for Tyson's defeat of another Briton, Julius Francis, in Manchester in January 2000.
The promoter told BBC Radio 5 live: "I don't know whether cocaine, or whatever he was taking, is a performance-enhancing drug, but it's a banned substance.
"Boxing is a dangerous sport and to be taking something that may cause your performance to be enhanced is a serious danger to your opponent.
"I haven't seen the book yet. All I've done is heard about some of the extracts. When I've seen the book, I'll make my decision then.
"But I'm sure the British Boxing Board of Control (BBBC) will have something to say about it as well."
Warren added: "I'm pretty disgusted. When he fought here, he was tested by UK Sport, who do all of the drug testing on boxers and nothing came up to say that any drugs were in his system.
"But the claim that he used a prosthetic penis... I don't know whether I believe it or not, or whether it's one of those things that sells books." | Promoter Frank Warren could consider legal action against Mike Tyson after the former champion revealed he avoided testing positive for drugs by using a fake penis full of clean urine. | 0.901661 | 1 |
A report said that if the Locharbriggs facility was shut it would save at least an estimated £10,000-a-year.
All the staff and police officers will be transferred to Loreburn Street in Dumfries, about three miles away.
A Dumfries and Galloway Constabulary spokesman said there had been no adverse comments during the consultation process.
Concerns were voiced last month after a memo revealed plans to shut the station at the end of March.
It was blamed on a managerial error and Chief Constable Pat Shearer insisted no decision had been taken on its future.
However, police have now been given approval to close the site with a "commitment to maintaining existing levels of service" to the community. | Councillors have agreed to close a Dumfries and Galloway police station as "surplus to requirements". | 1.073193 | 1 |
One pedestrian said the routes offered a "new perspective" on Dundee, while another said it would "breathe new life" into the Waterfront.
The grid pattern became operational on Friday morning following two years of construction work.
Dundee City Council said the project was completed on time and on budget.
Rod McLeod, 71, from Carnoustie was one of the first pedestrians to use the new route.
He said: "It's excellent. It breathes new life into the area.
"It has been a bit of a nightmare with the roads being changed, but I thought once they got it right it would be good."
Another pedestrian said: "It gives a new perspective on Dundee, it's great."
The new Slessor Gardens beside the routes will be fenced off for the rest of the winter to allow grass and trees to grow.
Contractors Sir Robert McAlpine were responsible for the £11m creation of the new routes.
Dundee council leader Ken Guild said: "Once the V&A site is complete and our illustrated fences down there are removed, you will get a straight view right across to the hills of Fife.
"It's really reconnecting the city centre with the river, which is what the whole central Waterfront project is about.
"We've had considerable interest in the various sites either side of Slessor Gardens for mixed-use developments, so that's been very good." | New streets and pavements connecting Dundee Waterfront to the city centre have opened to the public for the first time. | 1.30714 | 1 |
Although the party has members and registered supporters in Northern Ireland it does not field candidates.
Party members in Northern Ireland have long campaigned for a change.
"There is a strong body of opinion in Northern Ireland that wants to be able to stand candidates," Mr Corbyn told BBC News NI.
"Up to now the party position has been the opposite of that. We will be discussing that."
Mr Corbyn was speaking to the BBC in Liverpool where his party is holding their annual conference.
He said he understood the argument to stand candidates.
"There is a democratic deficit in one sense. There is a question of a relationship with other parties in Northern Ireland as well and how that will be affected.
"Let us have that discussion over the next few months.
"There has been a long-standing debate. Let us hear all sides."
During the interview with BBC News NI, Mr Corbyn also talked about the implications of Brexit in Northern Ireland.
He said a future Labour government would ensure that "EU investment money lost will be replaced".
He added: "We are also doing our best to ensure that EU agreed programmes continue for the rest of the time we are members of the EU."
When asked about his past relationship with Sinn Féin, he said: "I have always reached out to everybody.
"Of course, I know people in Sinn Féin. I always felt there had to be talks that included Sinn Féin to bring about the Good Friday Agreement."
On Saturday, Mr Corbyn was re-elected leader of the party when he defeated challenger Owen Smith, who polled just under 200,000 votes..
The Islington North MP, who was first elected as leader back in 2015, was returned with an increased majority and polled over 300,000 votes. | Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn has said his party will consider running candidates in Northern Ireland over the next few months. | 1.280516 | 1 |
Robert Randolph's book, You'll Never Spa in This Town Again, was published in Februrary.
Randolph claimed Travolta and his lawyer defamed him by spreading false statements about his mental health, to persuade people not to buy it.
Travolta's lawyer Martin Singer had called the legal action "absurd".
Judge Malcolm Mackey at Los Angeles Superior Court dismissed Randolph's defamation case, which centred on a letter Singer wrote to the website Gawker.com, in response to a story about the planned book.
The judge's reasons for the dismissal were not disclosed. However, CNN reported he had found part of the letter to have free speech protection under US law.
Randolph's book was published three months before two unidentified male masseurs filed sexual assault cases against Travolta.
They both swiftly dropped their cases in May, after doubt was cast over the details of their alleged encounters.
Pulp Fiction star Travolta has always denied the claims made against him.
The 58-year-old actor has been married to actress Kelly Preston since 1991.
The couple have two children. Their teenage son Jett died in 2009 during a family holiday in the Bahamas. | A judge has dismissed a defamation case against actor John Travolta, filed by a man who wrote a book claiming he had sexual encounters with the star. | 0.843872 | 1 |
Home, is the latest venture by the team behind Social Bite - a chain of sandwich shops where customers can pay in advance for coffees and food for homeless people to pick up later.
Hollywood actor, George Clooney, visited one of the not-for-profit shops in Edinburgh last year.
Home opens on Queensferry Street in September serving French-Scottish food.
Mr Wishart, one of Scotland's top chefs, will create monthly specials and will guest chef in the kitchen himself once a quarter.
The restaurant, owned by the Social Bite charity, which is run by Josh Littlejohn, will be operated by Dean Gassabi of Maison Bleue restaurants.
Mr Wishart, David Wither of Montpelier Group and restaurateur Simon Littlejohn (Josh Littlejohn's father) will be on the board of Home.
As well as "a core of professional staff", Home will offer training and employment programmes for members of the Social Bite Academy, the charity's four-year, paid course for homeless people.
Mr Wishart will also be offering spaces at his cook school to members of the Social Bite Academy.
Every Monday from 15:00 to 17:00, the restaurant will open for a special service for the homeless.
Josh Littlejohn, of Social Bite, said: "I am grateful to these influential restaurateurs for supporting us to make this the best restaurant it can be.
"We see this restaurant as the next evolution of the Social Bite concept.
"It's a place where diners can come for an amazing dining experience but also support some of the most vulnerable people in our society at the same time.
"We will be inviting the homeless community into the restaurant every Monday 15:00 to 17:00 to eat with dignity - not to offer a hand out, but a hand up - to employment, stability and self-worth."
Dean Gassabi, of Maison Bleue, said: "We are thrilled to be partnering with Josh and the team at Social Bite on this exciting new venture.
"We will bring all of the ingredients that makes Maison Bleue successful - fresh produce, great value and excellent customer service - to create a fantastic dining experience.
"The idea of making a big difference in the community is something that was of big appeal to me and all of my team here, and we look forward to welcoming diners next month". | Michelin-star chef Martin Wishart is to cook in a new restaurant set up to support the homeless in Edinburgh. | 1.176556 | 1 |
Leslie Paul, 64, of Clephane Road, north London, committed the offences between 1980 and 1988 at a Lambeth children's home, where his four male victims lived.
He was convicted of a string of assaults at Blackfriars Crown Court.
Jailing him, Judge John Hillen said Paul used his position, power and charisma to groom and abuse the boys.
Paul was last month found guilty of 15 indecent assaults, one count of indecency with a child under 14, and one count of aiding and abetting indecent assault on a boy under 14.
He pleaded guilty to one count of making an indecent image of a child on or after 1 January 2005.
The court heard that one victim was subjected to "vile group sexual abuse" by Paul and other unidentified men.
The judge told him: "If you were not part of a paedophile ring, you were at least knowledgeable about and in contact with a group of paedophile men."
Paul had also been jailed for offences against children in 1994 and 2002 - and in 2002 a sentencing judge said he believed Paul had achieved rehabilitation following the historic offences.
But the most recent investigation started in October 2012 after a victim came forward with allegations against Paul.
An inquiry was launched by detectives from the Met's Operation Trinity and further victims were identified.
Det Supt Ang Scott said: "Paul was responsible for the care of his victims; the ultimate position of trust. He used that power to take advantage and commit the most serious of crimes against them."
One victim said the abuse he suffered as a teenager ruined his life.
He said: "I didn't speak about it until I was contacted by the police in 2014 as I thought nobody would believe what happened to me."
But he added: "I can finally start to move on with my life knowing that everyone now believes me." | A former Lambeth social services carer has been jailed for 13 years for sexual offences against children in his care. | 0.767508 | 1 |
Steven Van de Velde, 21, pleaded guilty at Aylesbury Crown Court to three counts of rape against a child.
The court heard how he travelled from Amsterdam in August 2014 and raped the girl near Furzton Lake, and at an address in Milton Keynes.
Van de Velde, who will be sentenced in March, returned to the Netherlands, but was extradited and arrested in January.
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The court heard how Van de Velde, of Cornelis De Wittlaan, Den Haag, was aware of the girl's age, having had conversations on various social networking sites.
A survey for CBBC Newsround suggests more than three-quarters of children aged 10 to 12 in the UK have social media accounts, even though they are below the age limit of 13. | A Dutch international volleyball player travelled to Milton Keynes and raped a 12-year-old girl he met on Facebook. | 0.874159 | 1 |
11 April 2017 Last updated at 12:13 BST
The maze is 5,000 square metres, which is almost half the size of a football pitch.
It's made up of 4,000 trees and has been created in the village of Villapresente in northern Spain.
The owner Emilio Perez says it takes about an hour to get to the middle.
Check out this amazing maze!
Pictures courtesy of Pura Aventura | Spain's largest garden maze has officially opened to the public. | 1.381542 | 1 |
Thirteen fire crews from Essex were sent to Allied Mills at Tilbury docks in the early hours of Friday.
A spokesman for the fire service said the fire took hold in a grain conveyor belt and was "fanned by high winds".
The height of the fire meant a special system of hoses had to be set up to get water on the flames. The fire was brought under control by 02:40 GMT. | An investigation is under way to find the cause of a fire which broke out at Tilbury docks. | 1.074666 | 1 |
The incident occurred at the KOF convenience store in Dumbarton Road, Yoker, at about 11:20 on Sunday.
The injured man is currently in a stable condition at the city's Queen Elizabeth University Hospital.
The 25-year-old man who has been detained is expected to appear at Glasgow Sheriff Court on Wednesday. | A man has been arrested after a 23-year-old shopkeeper was shot in the leg during an attempted robbery at a store in Glasgow. | 0.021375 | 0 |
3 July 2016 Last updated at 11:32 BST
So why has the team done so well and how will they do against hosts France?
We've asked pupils at a school in Iceland to send us their thoughts on the team.
Here's what they think. | Iceland, who beat in England in the last round of the European Championships, are the lowest ranked side in the tournament. | 0.656911 | 1 |
Five Sisters Zoo, at West Calder, aims to raise £150,000 to build a new enclosure for the animals.
The lions were seized by Belgian officials in May because the country's law forbids the use of wild animals in circuses.
The four big cats had previously been confined to a cramped circus trailer.
The circus was performing in the city of Liege, in French-speaking Belgium, when government officials seized the trailer and took the lions to a rescue centre.
The trailer was found to be in poor condition with large pieces of metal jutting out and holes in the floor.
The exact history of the lions is not known, but they are believed to be about six years old.
They are thought to have been born in captivity and sold to the circus at a young age.
They are larger than normal and have no manes as a result of being castrated.
A spokeswoman for Five Sisters Zoo said: "Having identified a suitable two acre site in the zoo, the aim within a six-month period is to have raised £150,000, built a suitable enclosure and bring the lions to live permanently at the zoo."
Three years ago the zoo launched an appeal to rehome three former circus bears.
A purpose-built woodland enclosure was completed within six months and the bears arrived early in 2012.
The spokeswoman added: "Eighteen months on, the bears are thriving and it was only a matter of weeks after their arrival that their natural bear behaviours started emerging.
"They are about to successfully hibernate for the third year."
Last summer a fire killed all the animals in the zoo's reptile house and an otter.
Fire investigations were inconclusive although suspicious circumstances were ruled out.
A former soft play area is being converted into a new reptile house. | A West Lothian zoo plans to provide a new permanent home for four lions which were confiscated from a French circus. | 2.343385 | 2 |
Charles Richardson, whose parish was in south-east London, had been arrested in May 2014 and expected to be charged.
He emailed police "expressing remorse" before his death at St Margaret's Bay, near Dover, the inquest at Folkestone Magistrates' Court was told.
The coroner, Rachel Redman, recorded a verdict of suicide.
Mr Richardson was 60 years old when he took his own life by jumping off cliffs at St Margaret's Bay on 20 November.
The former rural dean and chaplain to the lifeboat in Hastings, East Sussex, had received counselling after an earlier attempt to end his life, the inquest was told.
Before driving to the Kent coast he had sent a text message to a friend saying: "Sorry, car in Dover by the lighthouse. Take care. I can't carry on anymore."
He had also left a message on his partner's desk, the inquest heard.
Mr Richardson had been due to answer bail, knowing he was likely to be charged after indecent images of children were found on his computer.
The vicar of St John the Evangelist, in East Dulwich, had been "fully co-operating" with police, Det Sgt Ben Loose from Kent Police told the hearing.
In leaving notes and messages for his friends, Mr Richardson had been "preparing for his own death", the coroner said.
"[His] was a very sad death," she said.
"It clearly all became all too much for him and he knew the consequences and the effects of the criminal process on his career." | A Church of England vicar took his own life after being arrested over the possession of indecent images of children, an inquest has decided. | 1.291159 | 1 |
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The club are celebrating the 50th anniversary of their 1967 European Cup final win over Internazionale.
Bankier says Celtic will always strive to replicate that success, but concedes the disparity in resources with the continent's leading clubs makes it a difficult challenge.
"You would never banish these hopes and ambitions from your mind," he said.
"Right here, right now, it's very difficult because of the economics of Scottish football. The only thing I would say as chairman of the club is you never, ever give up.
"Of course you want to go as far as you can in Europe, get into the quarter-finals, semi-finals and finals. Whether we do is another thing altogether."
This season, Celtic reached the group stage of the Champions League for the first time in three years but finished bottom of their group.
Rodgers' men won the League Cup by beating Aberdeen in the final and secured the Premiership in April, eventually finishing 30 points clear of the Dons.
And it is Aberdeen that stand between Celtic and a clean sweep of domestic honours in Saturday's Scottish Cup final at Hampden.
Rodgers has spoken of his desire to add to the playing squad this summer, and Bankier believes the emphasis will be on quality rather than quantity when it comes to recruitment in the upcoming transfer window.
When asked what the level of investment would be in the playing squad this summer, the Celtic chairman said: "We're in the hands of Brendan on that one.
"The reality today is that we have a team that has been invested in quite well. You can see the standard of football that's being played.
"I think from Brendan's point of view he'll just want to continue with more of the same. I would see it more in the department of finishing touches than a wholesale going out and buying the world." | Celtic will "never give up" chasing European glory, according to the club's chairman Ian Bankier. | 1.00971 | 1 |
The 26-year-old, who plays predominantly at centre-back, was a regular in the Rennes match-day squad last season, playing 24 games and scoring five goals.
He joined from German club SC Freiburg in 2014 having made 65 appearances for the Breisgau-Brasilianer during a two-season spell.
Werder Bremen sporting director Frank Baumann believes the club has made a great addition with the signing of the Teranga Lion.
"Fallou is a very well trained player, who has recently taken the next step in his development," Baumann told the club website.
"At 26 years old, he's already a seasoned central defender, who has gained experience both internationally in France as well as in the Bundesliga with SC Freiburg.
"Fallou is strong in the tackle and is also very versatile.
Diagne moved to France from Senegalese side AS Génération Foot in 2007 and made the step up into the French top flight from the renowned FC Metz academy in 2008.
He made his international debut as a substitute in the 2-0 friendly win against Rwanda in May.
Another Senegal international on the move is midfielder Alfred N'Diaye who has joined Spanish side Villarreal from rivals Real Betis in a five-year deal.
Ndiaye, who has also played in France and Turkey, moves to El Madrigal only two years after joining Betis from English club Sunderland.
The 26-year-old helped Betis win promotion to the top flight in the 2014-15 season and to a tenth place finish last season.
Ndiaye scored thrice in 85 appearances for the club.
Meanwhile, Morocco international Hachim Mastour is set to return to Italian giants AC Milan a year early after Spanish side Malaga decided to terminate his loan agreement prematurely.
Mastour joined the La Liga outfit on a two year loan last summer but only managed a single appearance all season, coming on as a late substitute against Real Betis back in November.
He represented Italy, his country of birth, at youth level before switching allegiance to the country of his parents, Morocco, in May 2015.
Three days before his 17th birthday, Mastour became the youngest debutant ever, at 16, for the Atlas Lions when he replaced Nordin Amrabat in their 1-0 Nations Cup qualifier win against Libya on 12 June in Agadir. | German Bundesliga side Werder Bremen have signed Senegal defender Fallou Diagne from French Ligue 1 club Rennes on a three-year deal. | 0.995229 | 1 |
The body of the man, in his 40s, was found just after 06:30 GMT on Monday at the One-Stop convenience store in Ditton Lane, Cambridge.
Police confirmed he had allegedly been involved in an "altercation with a man and his dog" earlier. They were told the man had bitten the animal.
Four men arrested on suspicion of manslaughter have been bailed.
A police spokesman said the man had been involved in an "alleged altercation" with a 45-year-old man and his dog.
A man, aged 45, initially arrested on suspicion of causing grievous bodily harm was released without further action on Tuesday.
Officers said the dead man, who has not yet been named, was from Cambridge.
A post-mortem examination carried out on Tuesday proved "inconclusive".
The man's death is currently being treated as unexplained. | A man allegedly bit a dog before going into a shop where he was later found dead. | 0.897222 | 1 |
Newey, 31, played under Cobblers boss Chris Wilder at Oxford, whilst Murdoch won promotion to League One with the Cod Army last season.
Wilder told BBC Radio Northampton: "In the difficult periods of your season, you need experience to shine through.
"The good players stand up and be counted and those two certainly will."
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Full-back Newey counts Leyton Orient, Grimsby, Rotherham and Scunthorpe amongst his former clubs. He will be able to play against Rochdale, another of his old teams, in the Cobblers' FA Cup tie in November.
Murdoch, 23, who joined Fleetwood from Falkirk in 2013 having come through the youth system there, is also available for cup duty.
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"Tom is a character, a voice in the changing room, he's played at the top of this league last year and he gives us that vital experience," said Wilder.
"It's been difficult with Evan Horwood [being injured] and Gregor Robertson [played out of position]. We brought Enda Stevens in, who's a young player, but maybe at this period of the season, we need more of a rounded, experienced footballer.
"Over the past three or four weeks, you look for reasons [for the defeats] and maybe we haven't had enough competition in key areas. With Lee Collins and Darren Carter coming back [from injury] and these two additions, our group looks a lot stronger." | Northampton Town have signed Oxford United full-back Tom Newey and Fleetwood central midfielder Stewart Murdoch on loan until January. | 0.861096 | 1 |
The Serb continued his recent dominance of the 14-time Grand Slam title winner with a ninth victory in 10 meetings - the last five in straight sets.
The 28-year-old broke twice in both sets as Nadal had no answer to the pace and power of his groundstrokes.
Djokovic is preparing to defend his Australian Open title from 18 January.
More to follow. | World number one Novak Djokovic claimed his first title of the year with an impressive 6-1 6-2 win over Rafael Nadal in the Qatar Open. | 0.634464 | 1 |
Three of those executed had been convicted of an attack in Tiananmen Square in Beijing last October, in which five people died, Xinhua said.
The others were found guilty of crimes including bomb-making and arson.
The government has accused separatist militants based in Xinjiang of carrying out a string of recent attacks.
Xinjiang is the traditional home of Muslim Uighurs, who speak a distinct language and have different customs to the majority Han population elsewhere in China.
Huseyin Guxur, Yusup Wherniyas and Yusup Ehmet were "deprived of political rights for life" because of their role in the deadly car crash on Tiananmen Square in October 2013, Xinhua said.
"They masterminded the terrorist attack," the news agency added.
In the incident, a car rammed into bystanders on the politically important Beijing square before bursting into flames.
Two tourists died, along with three of the attackers.
Xinhua named some of the other men who were executed along with the Tiananmen attack perpetrators:
Dilxat Raxit, a spokesman for the World Uighur Congress exile group, called the executions "a typical case of the law serving political ends".
Chinese officials often attribute attacks in Xinjiang to Uighur separatists, accusing them of seeking to establish an independent state called East Turkestan.
Beijing has recently blamed them for an attack in May at a market in Urumqi, that left at least 31 people dead.
It also accused them of being behind a mass knife attack in the southern province of Yunnan in March, in which 29 were killed and more than 130 injured.
Uighur leaders deny they are co-ordinating a terrorist campaign.
They say the government's repressive policies in Xinjiang have provoked the unrest.
Who are the Uighurs? | China has executed eight people in the north-western region of Xinjiang, for what it calls "terrorist" attacks, reports the state news agency Xinhua. | 2.014006 | 2 |
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The 38-year-old, making his Open debut, briefly led the Championship with his two under par score in tough conditions at Royal Birkdale.
"I thought par would be a decent score on my first attempt," a delighted Manley told BBC Radio Wales.
Manley finished strongly with and eagle three on the par five 17th and a birdie on the last.
"To finish off the way I did a couple under par is great," he added.
It was a strong recovery from a shaky start which saw him drop a shot at the first after hitting his first drive at one of golf's majors into the rough.
"I was very nervous on the first tee, I was shaking a little bit with the weather was horrific," he said.
"I didn't warm up well and didn't have much rhythm with my waterproofs on.
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"That's probably the most nervous I've ever been on a tee shot but at least I know what to expect for tomorrow now and I'll have a better game plan I guess."
Manley, who turned professional in 2003, is the only Welshman at Royal Bikdale and had a good following around the course.
"I have quite a few guys up from my local golf club, Mountain Ash, and my family is here so it's nice to put in a good score for them.
"It hasn't sunk in yet. Maybe tonight when I watch a little golf it'll sink in but I'm pretty chuffed."
The world number 520 will tee off at his second round on Friday at 11:47 BST but isn't re-evaluating his targets for the week after his positive start.
"You have to just plot your way around the course, with the links so tough so I'm not going to let my mind wander," he said. | Welshman Stuart Manley says his opening round of 68 at The Open exceeded his own expectations. | 0.931805 | 1 |
Oles Buzyna, 45, was killed by shots fired from a car, Interior Ministry adviser Anton Herashchenko said.
Mr Buzyna is the latest in a series of allies of Ukraine's pro-Russian former President, Victor Yanukovych, to die in suspicious circumstances.
His killing comes a day after MP Oleg Kalashnikov, who was close to Mr Yanukovych, was shot dead in Kiev.
Mr Herashchenko said he believed both killings were related to the victims' involvement with Ukraine's "anti-Maidan" movement, which opposed the popular overthrow of Mr Yanukovych in 2014.
According to Mr Herashchenko, both men were key witnesses in a criminal case related to pro-Russian activists who attacked protesters in the Maidan Square uprising that deposed Mr Yanukovych.
Mr Buzyna, who was an active blogger and briefly editor of pro-Russian daily newspaper Segodnya, was killed outside his home.
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has ordered an investigation into the murders, calling them "deliberate" acts that play "into the hands of our enemies".
At least eight other officials connected to Mr Yanukovych's government have died suddenly in the past three months.
Authorities initially labelled some of the deaths suicides, but later they said it was possible that some of the people were killed or forced to take their lives.
Asked about the shooting of Mr Buzyna on a call-in programme, Russian President Vladimir Putin said: "This is not the first assassination. There is a whole series of such killings in Ukraine."
Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons user . | A Ukrainian journalist known for his pro-Russian views has been shot dead in the capital Kiev. | 1.426038 | 1 |
17 November 2016 Last updated at 13:12 GMT
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Mr Putin's spokesman said about 17,600 soldiers on training exercises in the Rostov region would be pulled back.
Russia has previously announced troop withdrawals that Nato and the US say were not actually carried out.
Russia has been accused of supplying troops and weapons to separatist rebels in east Ukraine - claims it denies.
The latest order comes ahead of a planned meeting between Mr Putin and Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on Friday.
Ukrainian troops have been fighting pro-Russia rebels in the regions of Donetsk and Luhansk since April, in a conflict that has killed more than 3,500 people.
The two sides agreed a truce on 5 September, but fighting has continued, especially in and around Donetsk.
"[Mr] Putin has ordered to start the returning of troops to regular station," presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said in quotes carried by Interfax and Ria Novosti news agencies.
Mr Peskov said this was because the period of training was completed.
Mr Putin made similar statements about withdrawing troops from the Ukrainian border in March and May.
However, Nato and US officials said they saw no evidence of soldiers being moved.
Correspondents say the deployment of Russian troops on Ukraine's border is seen as a powerful tool designed to threaten the government in Kiev.
Meanwhile, Mr Putin and Mr Poroshenko are expected to meet on the sidelines of the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) summit in Italy on Friday.
Mr Poroshenko told reporters: "I don't expect the talks will be easy."
"Russia's role in the issue of providing peace... is difficult to overestimate," he added.
Mr Poroshenko said he also hoped to discuss Russia and Ukraine's gas pricing dispute.
Russia cut off gas supplies to Ukraine in June, saying the Kiev government had not settled its debts.
Ukraine could face gas shortages in the winter if the dispute is not resolved. | Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered thousands of troops stationed near the Ukrainian border to return to their bases, Russian media report. | 1.468868 | 1 |
Rescuers had been working round the clock to reach the miners since the blast on Monday morning in the south-west Chongqing region.
The People's Daily newspaper said all the bodies had been pulled out of the Jinshangou mine and were being identified. Two miners escaped alive.
Mine accidents are common in China, despite efforts to improve safety.
The cause of the explosion is not clear, but such incidents are usually caused by a spark igniting gas released from the earth.
Local authorities have ordered an investigation into the incident and ordered smaller coal mines in the region to close temporarily.
China is the world's largest producer and consumer of coal. The Jinshangou mine is licensed to produce 60,000 tonnes of coal a year, local media said. | All 33 miners trapped in a coal mine in China by an explosion have been found dead, report state media. | 2.36123 | 2 |
Chelmsford Prison said the figures were being used to "remind people of the consequences of breaking the law".
But Frances Crook, of the Howard League for Penal Reform, said the cut-outs were "insulting to staff".
The Prison Service has now made the decision to remove the 7ft (2.1m) tall figures "to avoid confusion".
Earlier a spokesman said there had been "no removal of CCTV" and the cardboard figures were "an additional measure only".
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Ms Crook said the cut-outs "sounded like a bit of a joke, but the trouble is there is a serious problem".
"I shouldn't think they cost very much, but it just makes the prison look a bit silly," she said.
"I think it's insulting to staff. They have to do a very professional, dangerous, difficult job, and we should be treating them with respect.
"Having cardboard cut-outs of coppers outside is insulting."
The prison recently sent letters to nearby residents asking them to help stop packets of "illicit articles" being thrown over the jail walls.
Last month, a woman who lives near the prison said the problem of packages being thrown over the wall was "getting quite bad".
One former inmate said the jail was "notorious" for being "flooded" with mobile phones and synthetic cannabis.
In 2010, a scheme involving cardboard cut-outs of police officers in shops, supermarket and petrol stations was scrapped after it failed to reduce crime.
The figures were installed in 2009 and were meant to be a relatively cheap way to deter would-be criminals.
At the time, Essex Police said the trial of the cardboard police officers had little impact on crime or anti social behaviour. | Life-sized cardboard cut-outs of police designed to deter people from smuggling contraband into a prison have been branded "a bit silly". | 1.190665 | 1 |
North East representative Mr Johnstone died earlier in the month aged 55.
Moving a motion of condolence, Conservative leader Ruth Davidson led the tributes to the "big-hearted" MSP, who was "a friend to all".
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said Mr Johnstone, whose family were present in the gallery, was an "excellent MSP" and a "champion of the North East".
The Tory MSP had served at Holyrood since 1999, and passed away shortly after being diagnosed with cancer.
Presiding Officer Ken Macintosh opened the tributes, saying it was not Mr Johnstone's political legacy which would be remembered "so much as his warmth, humanity and friendliness", adding that even when people disagreed with him, they could never dislike him.
Ms Davidson said the Mearns native was "big hearted with a big personality", and had demanded that his funeral be held on a Friday so that the Conservatives would not lose any votes in parliament.
The Tory leader said it was "impossible not to like Alex", who "nicknamed himself the spokesman for late nights and early mornings".
She said he enjoyed history, and "read as if books were suddenly endangered", praising the MSP's "sense of fun".
Ms Sturgeon said Mr Johnstone "exemplified the integrity, dedication and sense of public service that people expect to see from their elected representatives".
She called him an "excellent MSP" and "champion of the North East" who made a significant contribution at Holyrood - adding that "much more importantly, he was a thoroughly good person".
Scottish Labour leader Kezia Dugdale said the North East had "lost a local loon and one of its finest champions", calling him an "elder statesman with a permanent twinkle in his eye" who had "left an indelible mark" on Holyrood.
Patrick Harvie of the Greens said he and Mr Johnstone would always "disagree in good spirit"; he said he would always remember him as having fun in his job, praising his work on the Climate Change Bill in particular.
Willie Rennie said Mr Johnstone won the respect of everyone at Holyrood. "He looked like a Tory bruiser, but he was far, far more than that. He was intelligent, sharp, witty, loyal and principled, and I will miss him." | Scotland's politicians have paid tribute to the late Conservative MSP Alex Johnstone in the Holyrood chamber. | 1.159469 | 1 |
The 34 youngsters and two adults from Ahvas Yisroel Community Centre in Stamford Hill, London, became stuck in an area in Kent prone to rock falls.
An RNLI helicopter and three lifeboats rescued them on Monday evening.
The parents have now raised £5,000 and said they would continue to raise funds for the rescue charity.
Mark Finnis, coxswain of Dover RNLI, said the group had passed "nine warning signs" deterring them from the walk.
The teenagers had to use their mobile phones to shine lights so the lifeguards could find them.
"It could have ended up a whole lot worse," Mr Finnis told BBC London.
"None of the people we took on board our lifeboat were dressed in any attire that you would associate with clambering over rocks."
Shimon Cohen, spokesman for the Ahavat Yisrael Community Centre, said: "Mistakes happen, and of course they are very sorry for putting the wonderful volunteers out to do what they did but lessons have been learned."
He said the money was raised after parents said they had to do something for the RNLI.
A spokeswoman for the RNLI said the donation was incredibly generous and they were happy to help them. | The parents of a group of teenagers, who were saved after being trapped by rising coastal tides, have raised money to thank their rescuers. | 1.894535 | 2 |
The Blues, competing in Europe for the first time this season, beat Scottish champions Glasgow City 4-0 on aggregate in the last round.
German side Wolfsburg won back-to-back titles in 2012-13 and 2013-14 but were beaten in last season's semi-final.
Chelsea, the only British team left, host the first leg on 11/12 November with the second leg a week later. | Chelsea Ladies will face two-time winners Wolfsburg in the last 16 of the Women's Champions League. | 0.511171 | 1 |
The 27-year-old defensive back, who has taken a leave of absence from the New England Patriots, will train with the US team in the run-up to the Rio Games.
At 17, Ebner, who won the Super Bowl in 2015, became the youngest player to play for the US rugby sevens team.
He also played at the 2007 and 2008 IRB Junior World Championships.
In an interview with ESPN, Ebner thanked the Patriots and USA Rugby for giving him the chance to "chase a dream I've had since I was a boy in a sport in which I've always had a passion".
Ebner, who has just signed a new contract with the Patriots, will rejoin the NFL side after the Olympic rugby tournament finishes on 11 August. | Super Bowl winner Nate Ebner has been given time off from his NFL career in an attempt to play sevens rugby for the United States at this year's Olympics. | 0.925556 | 1 |
Capaldi announced in January that he would be leaving the show, making way for a new actor to take on the iconic role.
But we'll have to wait for the Christmas special to see The Doctor's regeneration, revealing which actor is to become the thirteenth Doctor.
He's not the only one leaving - this was also the final series for the show's writer Steven Moffat, so the show could be very different next series!
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The Lincolnshire-based team flew over the Humber Bridge at about 09:30 BST and was also spotted over Doncaster, Sheffield and York.
A 10-jet training route took place ahead of the team's annual trip to Greece and Cyprus for exercises.
The team landed back at RAF Scampton at 10:00 BST after the hour-long flight.
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In 2016, the display team took part in a 60-day world tour, which included its first display in China, aiming to promote "the best of British".
The tour, which took in 12 countries, also featured a flypast in Jordan, displays in India and a flight over the Abu Dhabi Formula One Grand Prix. | The Red Arrows aerobatic display team has surprised onlookers by carrying out a training flight over Yorkshire and the Humber. | 1.358232 | 1 |
Its annual web index suggests web users are at increasing risk of government surveillance, with laws preventing mass snooping weak or non-existent in over 84% of countries.
It also indicates that online censorship is on the rise.
The report led web inventor Sir Tim Berners-Lee to call for net access to be recognised as a human right.
The World Wide Web Foundation, led by Sir Tim, measured the web's contribution to the social, economic and political progress of 86 countries.
Other headline findings from the report include:
The index ranked countries around the world in terms of:
Four of the top five were Scandinavian, with Denmark in first place, Finland second and Norway third. The UK came fourth, followed by Sweden.
"The richer and better educated people are, the more benefit they are gaining from the digital revolution," said Anne Jellema, chief executive of the World Wide Web Foundation, and the lead author of the report.
"Extreme disparities between rich and poor have been rightly identified as the defining challenge of our age, and we need to use technology to fight inequality, not increase it."
One of the best starting points would be to put net access at the top of the agenda, she added.
Sir Tim said: "It's time to recognise the internet as a basic human right.
"That means guaranteeing affordable access for all, ensuring internet packets are delivered without commercial or political discrimination, and protecting the privacy and freedom of web users regardless of where they live."
Describing the web as a "great leveller" he said that rights to privacy, freedom of expression and affordable access should be "hardwired" into the basic rules of net use.
For the first time, the report looked at net neutrality, the principle that all web traffic should be treated equally.
It has been the focus of fierce debate in 2014, with the US mulling new laws that could create a two-tier internet - fast lanes for content providers prepared to pay for their services to be delivered faster.
The World Wide Web Foundation is calling on policy makers to introduce a raft of measures to fight net inequality.
They include: | The web is becoming less free and more unequal, according to a report from the World Wide Web Foundation. | 2.547402 | 3 |
The sale of the brand by Berry Bros and Rudd brings it into the same ownership as the distillery where it is made.
Nearby is the cooperage, which is also owned by Edrington.
It joins other leading brands owned by the Glasgow-based distiller, including Highland Park and The Macallan, as well as blended whisky Famous Grouse.
Berry Bros and Rudd, established in 1698, bought the Glenrothes Speyside brand in 2010, as part of a portfolio including bourbon, gin, rum and ginger liqueur.
It will continue to distribute Glenrothes in the UK, while Edrington already sells it overseas.
Paul Ross, of Edrington's super premium division, said the company was "very much looking forward to accelerating growth" of Glenrothes Speyside in export markets.
In other whisky news, Loch Lomond Distillers has sealed a deal with a large Chinese food and drink distributor, Cofco, with hopes for strong growth in that market.
It is based in Dunbartonshire and has a distillery in Alexandria and another in Campbeltown.
Its brands, in addition to Loch Lomond whisky, include Glen Scotia, High Commissioner, Glengarry, Inchmurrin, Clansman and Littlemill single malt.
The company was bought three years ago from long-time family ownership, and is seeing new investment in distribution. | The Glenrothes Speyside single malt whisky has been bought by the Edrington Group from its previous owner, a long-established wine and spirits merchant. | 1.316387 | 1 |
The monarch, accompanied by the Duke of Edinburgh, attended a Solemn Drumhead Service of Remembrance at the Royal Hospital Chelsea in London.
The event took place on the centenary of the shooting of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo on 28 June 1914.
The assassination sparked the chain of events that led to war.
It comes as Armed Forces Day celebrations take place across the country.
The Chelsea ceremony included a marching contingent of modern-day reservists from HMS President, among others, led by the Honourable Artillery Company band.
Several other members of the Royal Family, including the Earl of Wessex, Prince Michael of Kent and Princess Alexandra, also attended.
After the service, the Queen was presented with Stepping Forward, a book written in tribute to volunteer military reservists and supporting auxiliaries from Greater London 1908-2014.
Lieutenant Governor of the Royal Hospital Chelsea, Maj Gen Peter Currie said: "There is no more fitting site for this event in London than the home of the Chelsea Pensioners, which for over 300 years has stood as a symbol of the nation's gratitude."
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Meanwhile, Bosnia is commemorating 100 years since the assassination of Austrian Archduke Ferdinand in Sarajevo, with a programme of cultural and sporting events.
Gavrilo Princip shot dead the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne and his wife Sophie in the Bosnian capital in 1914, sparking four years of conflict.
Austria responded angrily and declared war on Serbia, securing support from Germany. Shortly after, Russia announced the mobilisation of its troops, with Germany declaring war on the country days later.
On 4 August 1914, Britain declared war on Germany. | The Queen has attended a service to honour volunteers who served in World War One, on the 100th anniversary of events that led to the outbreak of war. | 2.418303 | 2 |
The body of 42-year-old Peter Ritchie was discovered in woods at Kippen, Stirlingshire on Monday.
The Daily Record reported that police were told about the car on Sunday night but could not find it.
The vehicle and Mr Ritchie's body were discovered by police the following day.
Police said Mr Ritchie's death was being treated as unexplained.
A statement issued by Mr Ritchie's family said: "Peter was a much loved son and brother and as a family, we have been left devastated by his death.
"It will take time to come to terms with this loss and as such, we would ask for our privacy to be respected so that we can grieve in peace."
Circumstances investigated
The Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) has now instructed the Police Investigations and Review Commissioner (Pirc) to investigate the circumstances leading up to the discovery of Mr Ritchie's body and the vehicle.
A Pirc spokesman said: "The investigation will focus on the actions of Police Scotland when responding to telephone calls made by members of the public and family on Sunday 29 January and Monday 30 January.
"A report on the Commissioner's findings will be submitted to the COPFS in due course."
A Police Scotland spokeswoman said: "Police in Stirlingshire are investigating following the death of a man in a wooded area near to Woodstone Road, Kippen.
"The body was discovered in the area around 22:45 on Monday, 30 January.
"The death is currently being treated as unexplained and inquiries are currently ongoing to establish the full circumstances." | A police watchdog investigation has been launched after a missing man was found dead near his abandoned car a day after officers reportedly looked for the vehicle. | 0.656151 | 1 |
The allegation was made in the Irish parliament by independent member Mick Wallace against the law firm, Tughans.
Mr Wallace raised concerns over the sale of the Northern Ireland property portfolio of the National Assets Management Agency (Nama) in April 2014.
Tughans have denied Mr Wallace's allegations.
The Nama portfolio was purchased by New York firm Cerberus Capital Management for £1.3bn.
Mr Wallace named Tughans as having acted for Cerberus and that "a routine audit showed that £7m ended up in an Isle of Man bank account".
According to the official transcript of parliamentary proceedings, he added: "It was reportedly earmarked for a Northern Ireland politician."
In a statement to the BBC, Cerberus said: "We are deeply troubled by Mr Wallace's allegations and we want to make it clear that no improper or illegal fees were paid by us or on our behalf and we take any allegation to the contrary extremely seriously."
The BBC understands that Tughans have not been acting as Cerberus' lawyers in Northern Ireland.
Tughans said in a statement: "The practice is not linked to any political party nor has it ever made party political donations."
It went on: "We can confirm that a former partner diverted to an account of which he was the sole beneficiary professional fees due to the firm, without the knowledge of the partners.
"We have since retrieved the money and he has left the practice.
"Tughans reported the circumstances of the departure of the former partner to the Law Society."
A spokesperson for the Law Society of Northern Ireland said it "does not comment on whether or not there is any investigation ongoing in relation to any particular matter or firm".
In a statement, Nama told the BBC it was "fully satisfied" that the sales process for the Northern Ireland loan portfolio "delivered the best possible return".
The statement added that the Lazard investment bank advised on and oversaw the sales process.
Based on its assessment of the market, Lazard invited "nine major global investment groups" to participate in the process.
Nama said that Cerberus emerged as the highest bidder following a competitive sales process.
Irish Deputy Prime Minister Joan Burton advised Mr Wallace to take his concerns to the police. | A Belfast law firm had £7m in a bank account "reportedly earmarked for a politician" after a major property deal, it has been claimed. | 1.116257 | 1 |
One of the tornadoes struck the town of Kokomo north of Indianapolis, ripping roofs off apartment buildings and destroying a Starbucks cafe.
Local officials warned of a "confirmed large and destructive tornado" and told residents to stay in their homes
There were no immediate reports of injuries.
Local TV and photos posted on social media showed homes with their sides ripped off, a barn reduced to rubble and overturned cars. | At least two tornadoes have struck the US state of Indiana, damaging buildings and cutting power to thousands of people. | 0.703521 | 1 |
The 23-year-old Turk has made just one start this season and has lost the captaincy to Perry Kitchen.
"If players are here they have to play football," Neilson told BBC Scotland. "He is at an age where he has to play.
"If he gets back in the team then we continue negotiations and keep talking but he has to get in the team."
John Souttar and Igor Rossi have been Neilson's preferred centre-back pairing this term, with Ozturk's current deal due to expire next summer.
Neilson admitted it was hard breaking the change of captaincy news to Ozturk.
"You have to make decisions in football," he added. "You are not going to keep everyone happy all the time.
"I had a good conversation with Alim. He was disappointed but he understood and accepted the decision. He has just got to focus on his game and try and get himself back in the team.
"Perry has come in and proven to be a real leader of the group. I thought he had established that leadership in there."
Full-back Callum Paterson will also be out of contract at the end of this campaign and Neilson is relaxed about losing the Scotland international.
The Edinburgh club rejected an approach for the 21-year-old from Wigan in August.
"Callum is at the stage now where he is probably ready to move on," said Neilson.
"We knocked back a bid in the summer that was nowhere near what we were looking to get for him. We will get good compensation, so it's now time for Callum to concentrate on his football and his form and we may get another 30 or 40 games out of him."
Neilson thinks the lack of finance in the game in Scotland dictates that clubs do have to sell their assets when the time and the money is right.
He said: "All Hearts players are up for sale. That's the way football is in Scotland, whether it's Rangers, Celtic, Aberdeen or Hearts.
"If a team comes in and pays the figure we are looking for then the player will move on. But it has to be the right figure that we are happy with." | Hearts have put contract talks with Alim Ozturk on hold, with head coach Robbie Neilson saying the defender needs to regain his starting place. | 0.820603 | 1 |
Motiur Rahman Nizami, 73, was executed early on Wednesday (local time), Law Minister Anisul Haq confirmed.
He had been convicted of genocide, rape and torture.
Nizami had led Bangladesh's largest Islamist party, Jamaat-e-Islami. Hundreds of people gathered near his prison in the capital Dhaka to celebrate the hanging.
Nizami was the fifth and highest-ranked opposition leader to be executed since December 2013 for war crimes.
Bangladesh says the prosecutions are needed to heal the wounds of conflict but human rights groups say the trials fall short of global standards and lack international oversight.
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Last week, Nizami lost his final appeal against the sentence. He was hanged after refusing to seek mercy from President Abdul Hamid.
"Nizami has been deprived of justice," Jamaat's acting leader, Maqbul Ahmad, said. "He's a victim of political vengeance."
The party also called for a nationwide strike on Thursday.
Security was tightened across the country ahead of the execution.
Nizami is the fourth leader of the Jamaat-e-Islami party to have been executed since Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina set up a war crimes tribunal to look into abuses during the independence war.
A former government minister, Nizami was one of the most important figures to be found guilty.
He was convicted of setting up a militia which helped the Pakistani army identify and kill pro-independence activists.
Nizami will be buried in his village home in the northern part of Bangladesh.
His family met him briefly before his execution but left without speaking to the media, Bangladesh's Daily Star reports.
The hanging comes amid a spate of killings of liberal activists, secularists, foreigners and members of religious minorities that the government has blamed on Islamists. | An Islamist leader has been hanged in Bangladesh for crimes during the war of independence from Pakistan in 1971. | 1.716468 | 2 |
The championship is held every four years and has only been in England on two previous occasions - Birmingham in 1995 and the first ever tournament in Eastbourne in 1963.
The 2019 event will be staged at the ACC Liverpool, although dates have yet to be confirmed.
Australia are the current holders and will defend their 2011 title on home soil in Sydney in August.
The home nation automatically qualifies as one of the 16 teams in the competition, along with the next five highest-ranked teams from the previous championship.
England claimed third place in 2011 in Singapore, with their best finish in the tournament coming in 1975 when they were runners-up to New Zealand. | Liverpool has been named as the host city for the Netball World Cup in 2019. | 0.76324 | 1 |
The coastguard at Exmouth beach cordoned off the 15ft (4.6m) by 15ft hole on Thursday afternoon.
The hole, which was "bubbling" with water, has since been filled in by the incoming tide.
East Devon District Council said it was trying to find out what caused the hole and a cordon remains at Orcombe Point.
When the coastguard team arrived they said the surrounding sand was soft and fresh holes were appearing.
Kite surf instructor James Dart said: "I looked over and there were big plumes of water coming out of the beach it was all bubbling up much like a geyser, it was probably going about a foot above the beach - it was quite tremendous sight.
"I got closer and saw plant matter coming up a few snails coming out too. It was something to spice things up in the rain."
It is thought there could have been a chamber underneath the hole, about 10ft (3m) to 15ft (4.6m) deep.
Council officials said engineers would "continue to monitor the situation over the weekend and between tides".
They added: "The beach is very popular with dog walkers and bathers who are being advised to avoid the cordoned off area.
"Heavy rain yesterday may be the cause of the hole - a natural phenomenon - to have opened up, but is still a bit of a mystery." | A large mystery hole which spurted "big plumes of water" and sent plants and snails shooting into the air has appeared on a beach. | 1.801259 | 2 |
Four matches will be held in London in 2017, two at Wembley and two at Twickenham.
But NFL UK says Cardiff would be an ideal host, if they decided to take it beyond the United Kingdom capital.
"There's not a lot of stadia in the UK that suit our sport. But the Principality Stadium works perfectly," NFL UK managing director Alistair Kirkwood told BBC Wales Sport.
"We've been playing games at Wembley, we've now moved into Twickenham and we've also got a long-term deal with Spurs.
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"We've shown we like to play in different stadia.
"I've been to the Principality Stadium as a fan and I've had a couple of conversations with them.
"I think we'd need two teams that would want to stay for a week because of the extra travel.
"But it's certainly in the mix."
Kirkwood was speaking at an NFL UK fans' forum in Cardiff to promote the forthcoming London matches.
"Tonight's event and the passion the Welsh fans have shown speaks volumes.
"It's a really good message for me to take back to New York."
NFL UK director of marketing Charlotte Offord has said Glasgow's Hampden Park and Murrayfield, in Edinburgh, "are well equipped" to host games. | Cardiff's Principality Stadium is being considered to host a future NFL match. | 0.632476 | 1 |
"A Little Chaos" follows Kate Winslet's character Sabine, who is chosen to build one of the main gardens at King Louis XIV's new palace at Versailles.
Rickman plays King Louis in the film, which is his second outing as director.
The 11th Glasgow Film Festival will consist of 174 events, including 11 world premieres, and is set to run from 18 February to 1 March.
It will kick off with US writer and director Noah Baumbach's latest film, "While We're Young", starring Ben Stiller and Naomi Watts.
Force Majeure, which won the jury prize at Cannes, will be the closing gala. | Acting heavyweight Alan Rickman is to attend the Glasgow Film Festival in support of his latest work. | 0.499733 | 0 |
The leader of the labour-led council said the building is "extremely expensive to run" and the authority needs to save £130m over four years.
Its 1,000 staff will be dispersed to nine other offices around the county.
There are fears businesses in Morpeth will suffer when workers move away.
Councillor David Parker, from Morpeth Town Council, said: "The 1,000 staff are known to shop in Morpeth, at least occasionally if not regularly.
"The town is inevitably going to be affected by this, there's no way it can't be."
The council said there will be not be a consultation on the issue.
The sale will be gradual and the money saved will safeguard jobs, the council said.
Councillor Grant Davey, leader of the county council, said the building uses about £450,000 a year in energy costs.
He added: "The internal renovation to bring it to a decent standard for people to work in would be over £10m, according to our property portfolio people.
"We will be taking advice as to whether the best option would be [selling it for] commerce or housing." | Northumberland County Council's headquarters in Morpeth is to close and the land will be sold off in a bid to cut costs. | 1.010202 | 1 |
The 26-year-old was the Championship club's top scorer last season, with 20 goals in 48 games in all competitions.
Lansdown also said the Robins would not sell Kodjia to any Championship clubs.
"It would have to be a mega price to prize him away and it would have to be a Premier League side," Lansdown told BBC Radio Bristol. "People have talked about five or six million - no chance."
The former Angers front man, who signed for the club in July 2015 for around £2m, played 90 minutes as City beat Wigan Athletic 2-1 on Saturday in their first match of 2016-17 and their first home game in the fully-redeveloped Ashton Gate.
"We wouldn't sell him to anybody in in the Championship because we're looking to compete in the Championship this year, and he's an integral part of that," Lansdown added.
"If it's not £10 million-plus, we're not even looking at it. If it's £10 million-plus from a Championship club, we're still not looking at it.
"If somebody comes in with the right offer, you've got to look at it." | Bristol City will not sell Ivory Coast forward Jonathan Kodjia for less than £10m, says owner Steve Lansdown. | 0.901073 | 1 |
The gang tried to force open a cash machine outside a Waitrose in Kenilworth with an angle grinder, circular saw, crowbars and a hydraulic cutter.
They sped off empty handed, taking police from three forces on a high-speed pursuit during their getaway.
The men were jailed from three to 12 years at Birmingham Crown Court.
They were detained in Mile Oak, Tamworth on 29 September after a pursuit involving officers from Warwickshire, West Midlands and Staffordshire, and a police helicopter.
West Midlands Police said the gang hacked at the cash machine with the equipment.
"Sparks flew as they used an angle grinder to slice open the machine frontage but despite concerted efforts they were unable to breach its cash defences," a police spokesman said.
Residents at homes overlooking the Bertie Road shop were woken by the noise at 03:20 BST.
Police said unmarked traffic cars followed the gang on the M42 where "racetrack-like speeds" were reached in a stolen Audi RS7.
But they were monitored by a police helicopter, which directed officers to flats in Mile Oak.
Pedro Taylor, 30, of no fixed abode, and 27-year-old Jason Hadley of Harcourt Road, Birmingham, were each sentenced to three years in prison for conspiracy to steal over the botched raid.
Two of the men were also sentenced for their part in a separate plot to rob a jeweller thought to be carrying thousands of pounds of diamonds. Mark Kirk, 34, of Cadbury Drive, Castle Vale, Birmingham, was jailed for 11 years, six months while Dean Beech, 37, of Courtney Road, Great Barr, was jailed for 12 years.
They were convicted of conspiracy to steal, conspiracy to commit robbery and aggravated vehicle taking in February. They were sentenced with Darren Bowman, 47, of Kingswood Road, Moseley, Birmingham.
Bowman, accused of planning the diamond robbery, was sentenced to six years, two months. | Four men who led police on a chase reaching speeds of about 150mph after a botched raid have been jailed. | 1.053583 | 1 |
The National Crime Agency said 29lbs (13kg) of drugs were found inside an unclaimed package on a luggage carousel at Leeds Bradford Airport in March.
Kulwinder El-Assad, of Beaumont Close, Tipton, West Midlands, was convicted of smuggling at Leeds Crown Court.
Mohammed Khan, 61, of no fixed address and Arbab Akhtar, 29, of Romney Walk, Blackburn, both admitted smuggling.
El-Assad, 40, was jailed for 12 years, Akhtar was handed an eight-year sentence, with Khan jailed for six.
Border Force officers opened the package, sent from Islamabad in Pakistan.
Khan and El-Assad were arrested the following day at the airport when they arrived to pick up the parcel.
During police interviews Khan, who arrived on the same flight as the parcel, said he had travelled to Pakistan to visit a dying relative. Officers said his ticket had been paid for by Akhtar.
Using phone evidence, police found Akhtar had driven to Ashton-Under-Lyne to collect Khan, taken him to Blackburn to get his ticket and then dropped him off at the airport.
Mick Maloney, from the National Crime Agency, said: "All three played key roles.
"El-Assad was in touch with those they sourced the drugs from in Pakistan.
"Akhtar was the logistics man who made all the travel arrangements and was in regular contact with the others, while Khan was the courier." | Three people who tried to smuggle about £2m of heroin into the UK inside a chapatti oven have been jailed. | 0.819651 | 1 |
Evans took another step towards a possible world title shot in a scrappy fight that swung in favour of the champion in the later rounds.
Ormond was down twice at the end of the final round as two left hands to the body secured a 10-7 round for Evans.
The judges scored the contest 97-91, 99-89, 96-93 in favour of the Welshman.
Evans stated before the fight that he wants a shot at WBO lightweight champion Terry Flanagan and victory over Ormond will improve his WBO ranking of ninth. | Welshman Craig Evans secured a unanimous points victory over Irishman Stephen Ormond to retain his WBO European lightweight title. | 0.310315 | 0 |
The kanji, or Chinese pictorial script, for "kizuna" emerged top of a public poll for the character that best summed up the year.
For Japan, 2011 was dominated by the earthquake and tsunami in March.
The disasters led to unprecedented numbers of Japanese helping one another.
After the tsunami smashed into Japan's north-east coast on 11 March, killing thousands and engulfing entire communities, people's stoicism and their determination to pull together won international praise.
In April the then prime minister Naoto Kan thanked the world for its help in a letter entitled "Kizuna - the Bonds of Friendship".
And when Japan unexpectedly beat the United States to win the women's football World Cup, "kizuna" forged by the players' teamwork was cited with pride.
Half a million people took part in the annual poll for the kanji character, conducted by Japan's Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation.
About 60,000 people nominated "kizuna", but the runner-up was much less optimistic: "wazawai" means disaster.
For some Japanese, 2011 brought the opposite of "kizuna".
A firm that specialised in divorce ceremonies said in July that they had tripled since the tsunami as people reassessed their lives. | The Japanese word "kizuna", meaning bonds or connections between people, has been chosen as Japan's kanji of 2011. | 2.347363 | 2 |
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