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Pennsylvania officials announced a person of interest on Tuesday as search crews focused on a vast farm owned by the man's parents.
Cosmo DiNardo, 20, was identified and also arrested on an unrelated weapons charge, but later released on bail.
Officials say his arrest was not linked to the criminal investigation.
"I want to be very careful to stress that he's a person of interest," said Bucks County District Attorney Matthew Weintraub, explaining that he was not currently considered a suspect.
"Sometimes the chasm between a person of interest, and being a person that is actually accused or arrested, and certainly convicted of a crime, is so wide that we never cross it," he added about Mr DiNardo.
Court records show Mr DiNardo was charged with possessing a shotgun despite having a history of mental health issues, including involuntary commitment.
Search crews using heavy machinery, metal detectors, and cadaver dogs have been scouring the Solebury Township 68-acre farm - about 40 miles (65km) north of Philadelphia.
News helicopters have been hovering overhead broadcasting the workers tearing up concrete and sifting through dirt.
Jimi Patrick, 19, was last seen on Wednesday evening one week ago and was reported missing after he did not arrive for work the following day.
Mark Sturgis, 22, Thomas Meo, 21, and Dean Finocchiaro, 18, were each last seen on Friday evening.
Officials have not yet said what connections the men have to each other or if they believe them to be alive.
Sources tell US media that a ping from a mobile phone belonging to one of the men led investigators to the farmland property.
Cosmo DiNardo was freed after posting 10% of a $1m (£775,000) bail. Authorities had on Monday re-filed weapons charges against him that had already been dismissed in May.
The man's parents, Antonio, 46, and Sandra DiNardo, 47, have been subpoenaed to appear before a county grand jury on Thursday, and have had their mobile phones seized, Fox News reports.
The FBI has been called to aid in the investigation, the district attorney said. | Authorities are searching for four young men who vanished over a two-day period in a wealthy Philadelphia suburb, and say foul play is suspected. | 0.839637 | 1 |
Cllr Bob Wellington has led Torfaen council for 13 years.
He will also end his role as leader of the Welsh Local Government Association, a position he has held since 2012.
Mr Wellington, whose political career started in 1978 with Cwmbran community council, was given a CBE in 2014 for services to his community and local government.
"The time is right to step aside," said the Labour councillor for Greenmeadow.
First Minister Carwyn Jones paid tribute and added: "He will be remembered for his years of selfless dedication to the people of Torfaen." | Wales' longest serving council leader has announced he will stand down at the end of 2016. | 0.882025 | 1 |
The 34-year-old Somalian woman fell over after being kicked and racially insulted outside a Co-op in Bletchley, Milton Keynes, last month.
A rally was held in the town centre on Saturday to condemn hate crime.
A man, 37, from Milton Keynes, has been released on bail until November after he was arrested on suspicion of racially-aggravated assault.
Members of the public and representatives from trade unions and campaign groups gathered for the event holding placards and banners.
Stand Up Against Racism helped organise the two-hour rally and the group's Kate Hunter said: "There's a minority of people who have destructive views.
"We want our voice heard to appeal to the best in people... We want a united, diverse Milton Keynes."
The attack victim was treated in hospital along with a 40-year-old man who was hit on the head with a bag of ice and a bottle. | About 50 people have turned out to show support for a woman who lost her unborn twins in a suspected racist attack. | 1.119904 | 1 |
The north African country has bid to host the finals on four previous occasions but missed out on the 1994, 1998, 2006 and 2010 editions.
"We are convinced that Morocco could organise this competition just as South Africa did in 2010," said Ahmad.
Ahmad was elected Caf chief, replacing Issa Hayatou, on 16 March.
His backing for Morocco comes only a few months after Fifa president Gianni Infantino declared that the country has the necessary "infrastructure and organisational capacity" to host the World Cup.
South Africa's hosting of the tournament seven years ago is the only time the event has been played on the African continent. | New Confederation of African Football president Ahmad has given his support to Morocco over a potential bid to host the 2026 World Cup. | 1.407286 | 1 |
Avon's Chinese subsidiary paid out $8m from 2004 to 2008 in order to obtain a direct selling licence, said the SEC in a statement.
The payments included plane tickets for officials, and expensive gifts from Louis Vuitton, Gucci and Tiffany.
Avon is the world's largest direct seller of beauty products.
Under the US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, companies are banned from paying money or giving anything of value to foreign officials to obtain or retain business.
Avon makes $10bn in annual revenue, according to its website, but it has been struggling with slowing growth in many of its major markets.
China had banned direct selling in 1998, but in later years decided to lift the ban. Avon became the first business to obtain a licence for direct selling in 2006.
'Gucci bags, Tiffany pens'
The SEC said that Avon had made the payments in cash, gifts, travel and entertainment to "gain access to Chinese officials implementing and overseeing direct selling regulations".
It also made the payments to "avoid fines or negative news articles that could have impacted Avon's clean corporate image", which was required to retain the licence.
The gifts include paid travel for Chinese officials within China or to the US or Europe, Louis Vuitton merchandise, Gucci bags, Tiffany pens, and tickets to the China open tennis tournament.
These payments were falsely recorded as business expenses incurred by employees, or reimbursements to third-party vendors, or recorded with "almost no detail at all".
SEC also said that Avon's headquarters had been alerted to this behaviour through an internal audit in late 2005, and while management issued a directive for reforms, "ultimately, however, no such reforms were instituted at the Chinese subsidiary".
It was only in 2008 when Avon launched a full internal investigation after its chief executive received a letter from a whistleblower, said the SEC.
Avon released a statement saying the fine was "in line with the expected terms the company previously reported".
It noted that it had co-operated with the investigation and provided "extensive remediation", which the US government has recognised.
The company has racked up more than $300m in legal and other related costs due to the corruption probe. | Beauty company Avon has been fined $135m (£87m) by the US Securities and Exchange Commission for paying out bribes and gifts to Chinese officials. | 1.502751 | 2 |
It means they can pay for their rides in yuan using their Alipay accounts.
US car sharing service Lyft and China's Didi Chuxing recently launched a similar service.
The growth in smartphone transport services is encouraging firms to build international partnerships.
Before the agreement, mainland Chinese travellers using the Uber app overseas needed to connect a dual-currency credit card with their Uber account and were billed for their journeys in US dollars.
Alipay is the online payment service of Ant Financial Services, an affiliate of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba.
Alibaba is an investor in both Didi and Lyft, on top of its partnership with Uber.
Uber said its customers had been able to use Alipay for their journeys in mainline China since 2014 and in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Macau since early 2016.
The San Francisco-based company said the cross-border payments arrangement would cover mainland Chinese travellers in 400 cities.
Uber and Alibaba said they intended to expand co-operation in India through Alipay's links with Paytm, which is India's largest mobile payment provider.
Early last year, Ant Financial teamed up with parent company Alibaba to invest more than $500m (£341m) in Paytm.
Didi, and Lyft have also joined forces with ride-hailing apps GrabTaxi in Southeast Asia and Ola in India.
The four companies have formed a strategic partnership in a bid to compete with Uber.
This allows them to share technology and local knowledge. | Taxi-hailing service Uber and China's e-commerce giant Alibaba Group have agreed a deal that will allow Chinese travellers to pay for a taxi in any country where Uber operates. | 1.746845 | 2 |
Suzanne Mubarak turned over a villa in a Cairo suburb and $3m (£1.9m) held in bank accounts in Egypt, officials said.
The Mubaraks face allegations of illegally acquiring wealth while they were in power for 30 years.
Mr Mubarak - who was ousted in February - is also accused of involvement in the killings of anti-regime protesters.
The couple's two sons, Alaa and Gamal, are meanwhile being held in Cairo's Tora prison on fraud charges.
On Tuesday afternoon, officials said Egypt's prosecutor general had ordered Mrs Mubarak to be released from custody on bail. He did not give the amount of bail requested.
"The case into the illegal acquisition of wealth is still ongoing, however the wife of the former president does not need to be in detention because she relinquished her assets to the state," one source told the AFP news agency.
The 70 year old gave three powers of attorney to the head of the Illicit Gains Authority, authorising him to withdraw up to 20m Egyptian pounds ($3.37m) from accounts at two banks and to sell a luxury villa she owns in the Cairo suburb of Heliopolis.
She had earlier denied charges that she abused her husband's influence for unlawful personal gain
The Mubaraks were both being detained at a hospital in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh.
The former first lady is recovering after falling ill when told she was being detained by the Illicit Gains Authority on Friday. Initial reports said she suffered a heart attack but some officials say it was a "panic attack".
Reformers in Egypt believe the Mubarak family accumulated a fortune worth tens of billions of dollars while in power.
Mr Mubarak, 83, has denied this, and little hard evidence has yet been made public. However their bank accounts in Cairo and in Switzerland have been frozen.
Many Egyptians also believe the former first lady was instrumental in pushing for her younger son, Gamal, to succeed his father - one of the grievances that mobilised opposition protesters. | The wife of ousted Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, who was being held on corruption charges, has been released on bail after handing over assets. | 1.053467 | 1 |
Burns, 26, was named as players' player of the year last season and scored over 1,000 Championship runs.
Foakes, 23, averaged over 40 with the bat and will tour during the first part of England Lions' winter programme.
Curran, younger brother of Tom, has already played 16 first-class matches for Surrey at the age of 18.
He will also be part of the Lions squad this winter. | Vice-captain Rory Burns, wicketkeeper Ben Foakes and all-rounder Sam Curran have signed new three-year contracts with Surrey. | 0.427451 | 0 |
Essex Fire and Rescue Service estimates it cost £476,000 to put out the smouldering 50ft-high (15m) woodpile in Thoby Lane, Mountnessing, in 2014.
Joshua O'Malley, 26, of Vale Court, Wheathampstead, denied breaching environmental laws.
He will face a trial at Chelmsford Crown Court next June.
Firefighters remained at the site for more than 1,500 hours between 18 August and 16 October last year while the fire was being put out.
Mr O'Malley denied charges of operating a waste storage and treatment facility without being authorised by an environmental permit and one of treating waste "in a manner likely to cause pollution of the environment or harm to human health".
Creative Developments and Construction faces the same charges, and company director Mr O'Malley entered not guilty pleas on its behalf.
He was released on bail and will next appear in court on 20 June 2016. | A man has denied responsibility for a fire in a 5,000-tonne woodpile in Essex that took more than two months to fully extinguish. | 1.221373 | 1 |
The pair follow head coach Vern Cotter in extending their deals until 2017, with the New Zealander having signed a new contract before the World Cup.
Taylor joined the Scotland set-up in 2012, with Humphreys arriving in 2013.
Cotter described Humphreys and Taylor's deals as "very good news for the national team and for the development of future Scotland players".
"They are good people who have contributed a great deal towards the standards we set and the style we play, continually offering new and innovative ways to raise the bar for the Scotland team," he added.
In recent weeks, Glasgow Warriors head coach Gregor Townsend and Edinburgh counterpart Alan Solomons have also signed new deals until 2017.
Taylor serves as defence coach for both the national team and the Warriors, who he helped steer to the Pro12 title last season.
"It's been an absolute pleasure to work with the national team and I feel that we've made massive strides in all the areas of our play," Taylor told the Scottish Rugby website.
"Our performances in the Rugby World Cup are a really good example of how this team is moving forward and I think there are bigger and better things ahead as we target the Six Nations over the coming years."
Forwards coach Humphreys, who won 35 caps for Wales, agrees that Scotland can achieve success over the next few years.
"I've really enjoyed my time in the role and it's great to extend my contract because there's bags of potential in this team," he explained.
"Over the next 18 months or so I believe we'll really start to see this team realise that potential and it'll be hugely satisfying to be part of something that could be quite special." | Scotland assistant coaches Jonathan Humphreys and Matt Taylor have extended their contracts with Scottish Rugby. | 0.983825 | 1 |
The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) probe relates to the handling of 49 child abuse inquiries reported between 2011 and 2015.
The IPCC said six officers were being criminally investigated.
Essex Police said it had already taken "a number of immediate actions to put things right".
The case has more than doubled in scope since the IPCC's enquiries began.
When it first announced its investigation into the team covering the north of Essex in February, it said it was investigating 12 officers. This now spans 25 serving officers and four former officers - all of whom are below the rank of assistant chief constable.
Areas being investigated include allegations of misconduct in public office and perverting the course of justice, although no officers have been arrested or charged in connection with the investigation.
Some 22 of the notices allege gross misconduct, and seven relate to alleged misconduct matters including:
Two officers have been suspended and most of the remainder moved to different areas of police work, Essex Police said.
Deputy Chief Constable Derek Benson said: "These investigations relate to issues we identified and referred to the IPCC.
"We took a number of immediate actions to put things right and will work with the IPCC to identify where further improvements need to be made.
"We are working closely with partner agencies and children's charities to ensure the force gets expert, independent advice, and the changes we have made to the way we investigate child abuse cases mean that our investigations will be of the highest standards possible.
"There is no more important issue to Essex Police than protecting children."
Essex police and crime commissioner for Essex, Nick Alston, said: "We must be careful not to pre-judge the outcome." | Twenty-nine serving and former police officers have been put on notice as part of an investigation into Essex Police's handling of child abuse cases. | 1.584628 | 2 |
Jones suffered the injury in Wales' Six Nations defeat by France on 18 March and was ruled out for the six weeks.
The 31-year-old has been included in the British and Irish Lions squad to tour New Zealand this summer
"We'd like him back as soon as possible, but we won't put him in harm's way," said Tandy.
"When he feels he's right and the medical team feel he's in a good place to go and play then he'll play.
"He'll be fit for the tour. There's a couple of things he has to check off along the way, but everything the physios are throwing at him is sticking.
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"He's in a real positive space, done a bit of lifting last week and we are monitoring him day by day."
Ospreys face Ulster and Scarlets in their final two games of the regular Pro12 season and currently occupy the final play-off spot.
Jones is one of four Ospreys' players to have been called up by the Lions, along with flanker Justin Tipuric, fly-half Dan Biggar and scrum-half Rhys Webb.
"All four guys will be fired up for a Lions tour, but you know those four guys will be desperate to represent the Ospreys," Tandy told BBC Wales Sport.
"They've come through our system and that gives us even more pride.
"It's great for the region and for any young kid playing in the Ospreys region it proves that being here you can go on and achieve your dreams." | Ospreys lock Alun Wyn Jones will not be rushed back into action as he recovers from a shoulder injury, says head coach Steve Tandy. | 1.009249 | 1 |
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Ex-England midfielder Gerrard, 34, will move to the United States at the end of the season after 25 years at Liverpool.
Frank Lampard, 36, signed for New York City after leaving Chelsea, but then joined Manchester City on a short-term deal before extending his stay.
"Gerrard's focus will be LA Galaxy," Klein told BBC Radio 5 live.
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He added that the Reds captain will make his debut on 17 July against San Jose.
Gerrard, who has won 10 trophies at Liverpool, including the Champions League in 2005, becomes the second England captain to join LA Galaxy.
David Beckham played for the MLS side between 2007 and 2012.
"Signing Steven ranks right up there and we're very excited about it," said Klein. "The attention it has created has been incredible. He's a worldwide name and people are very excited."
Beckham was followed to the MLS by other big-name signings from the Premier League, including Tim Cahill, Jemain Defoe and Robbie Keane.
Former Liverpool defender and MLS head coach Steve Nicol said Gerrard's signing will be another huge boost for the American league.
"It is on a par with Thierry Henry and David Beckham," Nicol told BBC Sport. "Gerrard is a world superstar, it can't be any better for the league.
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"He is in a position where his football is world-class. His touch, vision and control and what he will do for the football team is incredible."
Meanwhile, former LA Galaxy manager Ruud Gullit said Gerrard, who decided against a move to Chelsea in 2005, should have left Anfield earlier in his career to win more trophies.
"Everybody knows that he loves Liverpool," Gullit told BBC Sport. "But if you look at his whole career, he would have wanted to have more on it.
"For me, he should have done it before, not because I don't like Liverpool, but as a player you need to have different experiences.
"To become really one of the biggest players England has ever had, you need to have trophies and he wanted to have them." | Los Angeles Galaxy president Chris Klein says loaning Steven Gerrard to a European club in the MLS off-season has "never been discussed". | 0.924218 | 1 |
The first official UK Gay Pride Rally was held in London on 1 July 1972. The date was chosen as it was the nearest Saturday to the anniversary of the Stonewall riots of 1969, which saw people protest against a police raid at the Stonewall Inn, a gay bar in Manhattan.
In 1976, a picnic was held in Victoria Gardens by the Houses of Parliament during what was then called Gay Pride Week.
In 1981 the Pride March was moved to Huddersfield for one year only, in support of the Gemini Club, which police had once called "a cesspit of filth".
In 1983 the march was renamed Lesbian and Gay Pride and in the 1990s became more of a carnival event.
Pride London was formed in 2004. Since then, a political rally has been held in Trafalgar Square straight after the parade.
The march in 1996 saw gay men make a statement about religious attitudes to homosexuality by impersonating the Pope and members of the Mafia.
This year's parade is set to be the biggest yet, with more than 300 groups marching and more floats taking to London's streets than ever before. There will also be for the first time a seated grandstand - tickets for which have already sold out.
The 2017 theme is Love Happens Here - and marks 50 years since homosexuality was decriminalised in the UK.
Pride in London has issued advice for those planning to attend: "We recommend you come ready for a day of exciting parade watching.
"Bring snacks, refreshments, suntan lotion, sunglasses, a raincoat, and glitter".
The parade starts at 13:00 BST and takes a 1.4-mile (2.3km) route from just north of Oxford Circus on Regent Street, down Regent Street and through Piccadilly Circus.
It then heads down Pall Mall towards Trafalgar Square, and finishes in Whitehall at around 16:30 BST.
If you miss it on Saturday, or haven't had enough Pride, there's an event on Sunday in Vauxhall - Pride in the Park, which is run in conjunction with UK Black Pride. | As thousands of people prepare to join this year's Pride parade through central London, BBC News takes a look at some of the most striking images from the event's 45-year history. | 2.120585 | 2 |
The family has given the skeleton to Manchester Museum, whose experts are to carry out carbon-dating tests to verify its estimated age of 20,000 years.
The bones were unearthed by Simon Ferguson and his sons as they dug a hole for a pond in Thornton-Cleveleys.
"The skull was like the wolf was jumping out of the ground," said his 12-year-old son, Richard.
"The museum told us it was a prehistoric Timber Wolf," added Adam.
Mr Ferguson said: "It predates the Ancient Egyptians and to find it quite shallow on a fairly new housing estate is amazing."
David Gelsthorpe, Manchester Museum's curator, said: "The excitement is how complete it is - it is an incredible specimen, everything from the tail to the tip of the nose is utterly preserved.
"That is really really exciting in terms of climate change - what was happening with animals in the last Ice Age?" | The remains of a wolf believed to date back to the Ice Age have been found in a back garden in Lancashire. | 2.526366 | 3 |
Boxing Day's game against Halifax Town will be the first to be staged at the home of Darlington RFC.
The Quakers' pre-2012 Northern Echo Arena home is owned by the town's other union team, Darlington Mowden Park.
Since reforming in 2012, home games have been played at Bishop Auckland.
"It is the culmination of a lot of hard work," said director Richard Cook. "We are also looking forward to a long and happy working relationship with Darlington Rugby Club."
Mike Wilkinson, chairman of the rugby club who have helped carry out the Blackwell Meadows ground-share, said: "We are delighted that we have now got to the point where rugby and football will be played at Blackwell Meadows.
"It is a good Christmas present for the supporters of both clubs and the town in general. Everyone is looking forward to 2017." | Darlington 1883 will return to play in the town for the first time since the end of the old club in 2012, after a move to Blackwell Meadows was passed by the Football Association. | 0.789463 | 1 |
The man was the driver of a Volkswagen car which was involved in the collision in Fortview Park about 17:00 BST on Monday.
The Tattymacall Road was closed after the crash, but has since reopened. | A man in his 30s has died following a crash in Lisbellaw, County Fermanagh. | 0.083809 | 0 |
Marilyn Carre was giving evidence at an inquiry investigating claims of abuse in the care system dating back to 1945.
The inquiry also heard Ms Carre describe the Haut de la Garenne children's home as a "barbaric" place.
Ms Carre joined Children's Services in 1977 before becoming a probation officer in 1990.
Ms Carre explained how, while serving as a probation officer, she had visited Les Chenes secure school to see a client who had been locked up and was screaming, apparently coming down from heroin.
She told the inquiry she reported concerns to her superiors and was told a doctor had been called, but weeks later, the girl told Ms Carre she had been in agony and had not seen a doctor.
Ms Carre, whose career took her to most of Jersey's children's homes in the 1970s, 80s and 90s, described Haut de la Garenne as a "barbaric" place by today's standards, where violent teenagers were kept with younger children.
The former social worker also said Morag Jordan, who worked at the home and was later convicted of abuse, was "cold as ice" and added that she used to pin children against walls.
The independent inquiry began in 2014 and Chief Minister Ian Gorst has set a deadline of December 2016 for it to conclude its investigations. | Concerns over the treatment of children at Jersey's care homes were either covered up or ignored, according to a former social worker. | 1.639776 | 2 |
Christian Pay, of Millom, was among five people taken ill at Kendal Calling in Cumbria on Friday.
He later died and police believe three different types of tablet could be linked to his death.
Two men aged 18 and 20, also taken to hospital have been discharged. A 19-year-old man and a 29-year-old woman are still said to be critically ill.
Four people have been arrested on suspicion of possession of drugs with intent to supply and bailed, Cumbria Police said.
Mr Pay was pronounced dead after being admitted to the Cumberland Infirmary.
According to police, drugs seized included a blue tablet with an Adidas logo, a yellow powder believed to be MDMA (ecstasy), an orange oval tablet with a Rolls Royce logo, a green tablet with a white fleck and a plain grey tablet with a white fleck. | Two men left critically ill after taking drugs at a festival where a man died have recovered, police said. | 0.749728 | 1 |
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A humpback whale launched itself from the water and landed on their boat.
Tom Mustill and Charlotte Kinloch from London were saved by their life vests and other kayakers, who were paddling just outside Monterey Bay.
The moment was captured on camera by Sanctuary Cruises. | A pair of kayakers off the coast of California, USA, have had a lucky escape. | 1.009948 | 1 |
He was in a dark-coloured BMW with a blue flashing light on the front grill when he signal for the woman to pull over on the A911, Leslie Road, close to the Fettykil Fox restaurant
It happened at about 00:20 on Monday 14 November.
The woman refused to get out of her car and later contacted police.
Police Scotland confirmed the BMW was not a police car and the man was not a police officer.
The driver of the BMW was described as a tall, thin man with a tanned complexion and dressed in dark clothing.
Inspector Joanne McEwan said: "The driver did the right thing by acting on her suspicions, not getting out of her car and contacting police.
"This seems to have been an isolated incident and we have not had any similar reports locally however we are keen to hear from anyone who can help us with our inquiries." | Police have appealed for information after a man claiming to be a police officer stopped a woman driver in Glenrothes in Fife. | 0.606899 | 1 |
Mr Oyston sued Stephen Reed over material posted on a fans' webzine, Back Henry Street, in June 2015.
Mr Justice Langstaff in the High Court in Manchester ruled Mr Oyston was blameless and Mr Reed's allegation was untrue.
The verdict comes the day after the club was relegated to League Two.
Mr Reed's website posting claimed the club chairman entered into a foul-mouthed rant at him in public, held a gun in such a way as to make Mr Reed believe he was about to be shot at and had assaulted Mr Reed and put him in fear for his safety or even his life.
The judge said judgment for Mr Oyston was entered in August 2015 and Mr Reed now accepted the club chairman did not brandish a gun at Mr Reed, who maintained had not lied about the incident since he had given his honest opinion.
In ruling Mr Oyston was blameless, the judge added that further libel had not been discouraged by an award in an earlier action brought by Mr Oyston against another supporter, David Ragozzino.
The judge said the effect appeared to have been "to stir up, and maintain, resentment of and hostility" toward Mr Oyston and his wife Victoria.
He ordered Mr Reed to pay Mr Oyston £30,000 and his legal costs.
Mr Reed was among a number of Blackpool supporters unhappy about the way the Oyston family have run the football club.
Fans have held regular protests and boycotted games over the past two seasons.
Mr Oyston was fined £40,000 in June and banned from football activity for six weeks by the Football Association for five breaches of aggravated misconduct after sending abusive and insulting text messages to a fan. | Blackpool Football Club's chairman Karl Oyston has won £30,000 in libel damages from an abusive fan who claimed Mr Oyston threatened him with a shotgun. | 0.95567 | 1 |
They were due to meet in 2011 before an eye injury forced Braehmer to withdraw.
The German will be aiming for a seventh successful defence of his title.
"This fight has been destined to happen and I can't wait now," said Cleverly, a former WBO title holder who has won 29 of his 32 professional bouts.
"Juergen is a great champion and an underrated one.
"He's a puncher that has pedigree in the pros and all the way back to the amateurs, he's a proper professional and a credit to the game.
"I am going into the champion's backyard and I need to rip the title off him, and that's what I intend to do."
Breahmer, who has lost only twice in a 50 fight career, said he is looking forward to the fight.
"In boxing you can never say never," he said.
"This is a fight the fans have wanted to see for a long time and I'm happy it's finally happening.
"I look forward to meeting Nathan Cleverly in the ring at the Jahnsportforum and proving once and for all who is the better boxer."
Cleverly's last fight was a points defeat by Andrej Fonfara in Chicago in October 2015.
The WBA super world light heavyweight title - the body's top honour in this weight division - is held by Sergey Kovalev, who stopped Cleverly to win the WBO crown in 2013. | Welsh former World champion Nathan Cleverly will challenge Juergen Braehmer for the WBA regular light-heavyweight title in Germany on 1 October. | 0.939949 | 1 |
The lock, 21, will require surgery on his right hand and is expected to be out of action for six weeks.
Saracens boss Mark McCall said: "For any team to lose a player of the ability of Maro is a blow."
England head coach Eddie Jones has been hit by an injury crisis in the open-side flanker position.
Incumbent seven James Haskell will miss all four autumn Tests because of a toe injury, while his possible replacements - Sam Jones, Mike Williams and Jack Clifford - are also sidelined.
European player of the year Itoje, who can play in the back row and the second row, appeared to be the next viable option at open-side for Jones.
He suffered the injury when he trapped his arm awkwardly while making a tackle on Saturday.
Itoje, who turns 22 on Friday, was one of England's most impressive players as England secured the Grand Slam this year, a tournament in which he made his international debut.
In his first full season with Saracens and England, he did not lose a game he started.
McCall said: "He will be missed. What's now important for Maro is his recovery and we look forward to his return later this season."
Subscribe to the BBC Sport newsletter to get our pick of news, features and video sent to your inbox. | England forward Maro Itoje has been ruled out of the autumn internationals after fracturing a hand in Saracens' Champions Cup win over Scarlets. | 1.01817 | 1 |
The killing was one of the deadliest targeted attacks in Colombia in years.
Police say the suspects belong to a criminal gang whose leader was arrested last month and who ordered the attack from behind bars.
They said the motive could be revenge for his recent capture or a deadly message to businessmen who have refused to pay the gang protection money.
The security forces arrested Oscar Dario Barrientos and two of his men in north-western Antioquia province.
Police say they were the three men who approached the foreman of a farm in Santa Rosa de Osos last week and asked if the owner had been paying protection money.
In a scene which a local official described as "something out of hell", they then opened fire killing nine men and a woman who were harvesting fruit.
Police director Gen Jose Leon Riano said the attack had been ordered by a man known as "Jorge 18", the leader of a gang calling itself Los Renacentistas.
Gen Leon Riano said it was not yet clear whether "Jorge 18" had ordered the attack to avenge his capture in October or if it was in retaliation for the non-payment of protection money to his gang by the farm's owner.
The local mayor said there had been a rise in extortion in the area.
The Colombian government says criminal gangs are one of the main threats facing the nation and have declared its fight against them a key priority. | Colombian security forces have arrested three men they suspect of shooting dead 10 farm workers last week. | 1.240406 | 1 |
The object at Ardrossan was reported to the town's coastguard rescue team just before 15:00 on Wednesday.
The area was cordoned off and contact made with Explosive Ordnance Disposal at the Clyde naval base.
Experts confirmed it was a dummy mine used during training exercises and did not contain any explosives and posed no danger to the public.
Arrangements were made for the object to be recovered by the Royal Navy.
Coastguard incident tape was placed around the practice mine to avoid future callouts. | A stretch of coastline was sealed off in North Ayrshire following concerns that an unexploded mine had washed up. | 1.638338 | 2 |
It happened on Tuesday afternoon at Castle Junction.
A man in his 30s was arrested for disorderly behaviour at Donegall Square North.
Police said crowds had gathered in the Donegall Place area and they were monitoring the situation.
Donegall Place has been closed to traffic and motorists are advised to avoid the area.
PSNI area commander, Ch Insp Robert Murdie, said: "Police in Belfast city centre are currently monitoring crowds which have gathered in the area.
"Isolated incidents of missiles being thrown have been reported." | A 12-year-old girl has been taken to hospital after she was struck by a missile during minor trouble in Belfast city centre. | 0.767966 | 1 |
Four chicks are being fed on an almost hourly basis by staff at Durrell Conservation Trust who have to take them home at night.
The birds are part of a conservation effort to re-populate Jersey with the native bird species.
Rick Jones, of Durrell, said the chicks were "noisy and voracious".
"Last year we lost all the chicks and that can't happen this year so we've decided to hand-rear," he said.
"They're in an incubator and they're fed every hour and fifteen minutes.
"You wouldn't believe the dedication you have to have to be a bird keeper, especially this time of year."
Conservation biologist Glyn Young heads the breeding project, which started in 2010 and began returning birds to the wild last year after an absence from the island of more than a century.
"They haven't fledged yet so they're still very small," he said.
"They're in a box together instead of a nest and being fed by a human instead of a chough. They should be fledged next month.
"Choughs haven't been hand-reared very often by us or anyone else." | A brood of red-billed choughs is being hand-reared by wildlife keepers in Jersey after last year's chicks were all lost. | 2.48159 | 2 |
The 24-year-old centre-back has been offered "improved" terms at the League Two Chairboys but is yet to extend his stay at Adams Park.
Pierre has played 149 times for Wycombe since joining from Brentford in 2014 but has spent the last week on trial at Lee Johnson's Championship side.
He is set to feature in their friendly against Guernsey FC on Saturday.
Wycombe manager Gareth Ainsworth previously described Pierre, who has been capped four times by Grenada at international level, as "probably the best centre-half in League Two". | Bristol City have confirmed they are looking at out-of-contract Wycombe Wanderers defender Aaron Pierre. | 0.679751 | 1 |
His deal was set to expire at the end of the season.
The 31-year-old Brazilian has been with the club since a 2011 move from Genoa, and has made 186 appearances, scoring four times.
He said: "I have been here almost six years now. Bayern is like a second family to me and one of the best clubs in the world."
Earlier this week, Bayern striker Robert Lewandowski signed a contract extension until 2021. | Bayern Munich right-back Rafinha has signed a one-year contract extension with the Bundesliga champions. | 0.587311 | 1 |
"The student has died. I'm very, very sorry for the family," said Troutdale police chief Scott Anderson.
Officers did not say how the suspect died, nor whether he was also a student at Reynolds High School in Troutdale.
Police arrived after shots were reported as classes started on Tuesday morning, when the suspect opened fire with a rifle.
The victim, killed in the boys' locker room in a detached building holding the school's gymnasium, was identified by authorities as Emilio Hoffman.
An athletics instructor was also grazed by a bullet but was able to initiate a school lockdown, which police say may have saved lives.
The person with the gun was found dead in a separate bathroom, police said.
Students were seen being led from the high school with their hands on their heads, and there were emotional reunions with parents outside.
During the evacuation another person was found to be armed with a gun and taken into custody. Mr Anderson said that was unrelated to the shooting.
Mr Anderson said investigators had tentatively identified the gunman but were not prepared to reveal his identity.
The shooting follows a spate of recent attacks at or near school campuses.
Last week, a teenager was killed and two other people wounded when a gunman opened fire in a building at Seattle Pacific University. | A gunman who shot dead a 14-year-old student at a school in the US state of Oregon is also dead, police have said. | 0.976162 | 1 |
England led by two points going into the final two minutes only for Nicolas Claussels to score, with France captain Cyril Torres converting.
France then withstood near constant England pressure in added time to retain their title.
This was a repeat of the 2013 final, in which France also beat England, who had won the inaugural event.
Wales, who had threatened to leave the pitch in their final match after one of their players suffered seizures due to flash photography, finished fifth overall after a 66-45 victory over Spain on Thursday. | A late converted try gave France a 38-34 win over England in the Wheelchair Rugby League World Cup final. | 0.705327 | 1 |
The Scotland Bill, outlined in the Queen's Speech, could become law by February 2016 if approved by MPs.
David Cameron said the legislation would make Scotland the most powerful devolved assembly anywhere in the world.
But the SNP have said it does not meet the recommendations of the Smith Commission.
Scottish Secretary David Mundell will lay the Scotland Bill before the House of Commons, with discussions on the principles of the legislation due to take place next month.
If it passes the usual parliamentary hurdles it could become law early next year, ahead of the Holyrood elections in May 2016.
The UK government said the new bill would embody the Smith Commission agreement which was signed by the SNP, the Conservatives, Labour, the Liberal Democrats and the Scottish Greens in November last year.
The promise of more powers to Holyrood followed voters rejecting Scottish independence by 55% to 45% in last September's referendum.
The key elements of the Scotland Bill include:
Before the Queen's Speech, SNP leader and Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said she wanted the Scotland Bill to go much further than the Smith proposals.
She had been keen to see Holyrood given full control over National Insurance, the minimum wage, Corporation Tax, full control of welfare and employment and trade union law.
However, the Bill does not contain any of those demands.
A new Scotland Bill will be based on recommendations made by the Smith Commission - the cross-party group formed after the independence referendum to look at what additional powers might be handed to Scotland.
But how were its foundations laid? Find out more... | Legislation giving more powers to the Scottish Parliament is due to begin its journey through Westminster. | 2.324765 | 2 |
Four fires are thought to have been set deliberately on Halkyn Mountain, near Flint, between the villages of Halkyn and Brynford in the past month.
The rare grasslands and heathlands are home to protected species such as the great crested newt.
It is also a Site of Special Scientific Interest and a conservation area.
Anthony Randles, of Natural Resources Wales, said uncontrolled wild fires could cause temporary loss of habitat, while repeated burning could do long-term damage to land.
Kevin Jones, arson reduction team manager at North Wales Fire and Rescue Service, said deliberate fires put "tremendous pressure" on resources and could delay crews from attending life-threatening incidents.
"Setting deliberate fires not only damages wildlife but also puts our firefighters and the public at risk," he said.
Anyone caught starting a fire on a Site of Scientific Interest without consent could be fined up to £20,000. | Arsonists are believed to be behind a spate of fires on protected land in Flintshire, environment body Natural Resources Wales has said. | 2.589813 | 3 |
For young people with diabetes it's particularly complicated, but even old hands sometimes just experience "diabetes burnout" where it all seems totally overwhelming.
So the idea of "smart insulin", a way to deliver this essential drug without all the testing and injections is hugely attractive and now scientists in Birmingham are starting work on a delivery system that might allow them do just that.
In a chemistry laboratory in the city I went to talk to Dr John Fossey. He's just secured funding from a USA diabetes charity for some exciting research into the "smart insulin" concept.
Dr Fossey and his team have used some very clever chemistry to create a gel that only dissolves in the presence of glucose. Indeed he showed me how his gel disappears in a glucose solution while just sitting there in ordinary water.
The idea is to load up the gel with insulin, then as the glucose levels rise in someone with diabetes, the gel dissolves and the insulin is released into their system.
It would be an alternative to the current methods where a diabetic has to carry out blood tests, work out the right dose of insulin and then inject it. With the gel, the chemistry does all this automatically.
Imagine you are a parent to a young child with type 1 diabetes and they want to go on a sleepover. Sadly the parent hosting the party is not comfortable overseeing the blood testing and insulin injections your child will need. Well with this gel you could inject your kid once, perhaps under the arm, and the gel would take care of everything. It might even be possible to reduce injections to just one a week.
Other teams are trying something similar, but Dr Fossey believes his gel has unique chemistry that makes it the best prospect for this sort of approach.
It is very early stages in the research though. The USA diabetes charity funding lasts for two years. After they've worked out the chemistry, the project will then move into a biology lab and then eventually, in about 10 years, we might see clinical trials in humans.
That's assuming it all goes well.
So it is a long-term research project, but those involved in diabetes research say this is a really exciting potential new treatment.
You can read more about Dr Fossey's work here. | For people with type 1 diabetes much of their time is spent controlling the disease by testing their blood and injecting insulin. | 2.967541 | 3 |
Both clubs have also been punished for the throwing of objects by fans and crowd disturbances, with United fined £44,342 and Liverpool £43,577.
Liverpool have also been sanctioned for setting off fireworks and a late kick-off, while United were charged for stairways blocked at their stadium.
The Anfield side must also pay for damage caused by fans at Old Trafford.
Both clubs' fines include £15,290 suspended for two years.
Rival fans were seen fighting in the stands, seats were thrown and flares were lit during the 1-1 second-leg draw at Old Trafford, during which five men were arrested.
Some fans of both clubs sang songs related to tragedies involving the other side as Liverpool won the tie 3-1 on aggregate.
Europe's governing body was made aware of the allegations of chanting about the Munich disaster and the Hillsborough tragedy.
In 1958, eight United players were among 23 people who died after their plane caught fire and crashed in Munich.
The Hillsborough tragedy saw 96 Liverpool fans die at an FA Cup semi-final tie with Nottingham Forest in 1989.
Before the second leg, police had to remove a banner on the M602 motorway in Salford designed to taunt Liverpool fans heading to Old Trafford. | Liverpool and Manchester United have been fined by Uefa for illicit chants during their Europa League last-16 tie. | 1.312808 | 1 |
The 27-year-old victim had just got out of his car in Firpark Close, Glasgow, at about 16:30 on Monday when he was approached by three men.
They demanded his keys before repeatedly striking him on the legs with the weapons. They then dove off in his red three-door Vauxhall Corsa.
The victim did not require hospital treatment.
The first man was white, in his mid 20s, 5ft 8in, of stocky build, with short, black hair and stubble. He was wearing a black jacket with blue jeans.
The second man was white, in his early to mid 20s, 6ft, with dark blond hair and a scruffy beard. He was wearing a black jacket, blue jeans with distinctive stitching down both legs.
The third man was white, in his mid 20s, 5ft 10in, and was wearing a black jacket and blue jeans.
All three men spoke with Scottish accents.
Det Insp Alasdair Barlow, from Police Scotland, said: "An innocent man has been randomly targeted and it is absolutely vital that we trace this group of despicable individuals as soon as possible.
"I would ask anyone who was in the surrounding area yesterday afternoon, who may have seen a group of men matching the above descriptions, or a red Vauxhall Corsa in the new style, to please get in touch.
"It is also understood that the car may have been in the area of Tillycairn Road in Easterhouse and I would ask anyone who may have seen it in the area, or anything else suspicious, to contact police." | Three attackers assaulted a man with weapons before stealing his car keys and driving away in the vehicle. | 0.590301 | 1 |
Resuming on 528-7 and still needing 33 runs to avoid the follow-on, the visitors were all out for 568, with Yasir Shah (4-165) taking two wickets.
Despite their first-innings lead, Kent scored runs at a moderate rate and did not look to force a result.
Sean Dickson made 60, while Joe Denly hit an unbeaten 78 as Kent declared on 184-3 to bring the game to a close. | Kent's batsmen continued to find runs easy to come by as the hosts drew with Northamptonshire at Beckenham. | 0.25893 | 0 |
The patrolling officers were targeted in Brixton at about 19:30 GMT on Saturday by a man driving a Citroen C4.
The Met said the officers had been approaching the car on Plato Road having identified the occupants as "behaving suspiciously".
As police approached, the car was driven at them. No-one was injured.
The car also collided with several parked cars before the 22-year-old driver got out and tried to run off.
He was arrested by the officers, as were the two other occupants of the car.
The Met said knives, a small quantity of cannabis and £1,000 in cash was confiscated from the group. | Three men have been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a car was driven "recklessly" at police officers in south London. | 0.511231 | 1 |
Shares in the UK's second-largest supermarket rose 2.5% after reports it had made a bid of £130m for the chain, which has 3,000 stores.
That made Sainsbury's the biggest riser on the benchmark FTSE 100 share index, which was up 41.07 points, to 0.6%, at 7,504.61 shortly after midday.
In the FTSE 250, Ocado jumped 8.6% on talk that it could become a bid target.
Credit Suisse said last week's announcement that Amazon was buying Whole Foods increased the likelihood of Ocado being a takeover target. Separately, analysts at Exane raised their rating on Ocado to "outperform".
Shares in womenswear chain Bonmarche fell 2.6% after it reported a 40% fall in annual profits.
The retailer admitted that the past year had been "more challenging than we had expected", with the market hit by a combination of rising prices and wages, uncertainty surrounding the Brexit referendum, and unseasonal weather.
On the currency markets, the pound rose 0.2% against the dollar to $1.2796 and was 0.1% higher against the euro at 1.1428 euros. | Sainsbury's led the UK's stock market higher amid reports it is in talks to buy convenience store chain Nisa. | 1.110376 | 1 |
The rare malt was among seven bottles of whisky taken from Tullibardine Distillery's shop in Blackford at the weekend.
About £14,000 worth of whisky and two glasses were stolen from the shop during the break in.
Police want to trace a man seen walking with two bags near the A9 at Blackford at about 21:55 on Saturday.
He was described as between 25 and 35-years-old, of medium build, and was wearing a red top, light-coloured shorts and worker boots.
Police Scotland said the Stirling Street shop was broken into between 17:00 on Saturday and 09:25 on Sunday.
A typical branded whisky sold in a UK supermarket can cost about £14. Cheaper blends can be bought for less, a single malt would be about twice as much.
But, at the top end of the market, a rare bottle might fetch many thousands of pounds.
In some examples, luxury packaging (think crystal decanter, encrusted with jewels) makes up much of the cost.
In others, the rarity of the drink itself, from casks matured decades ago, pushes up the price tag.
The top prices in auction can match works of art. In 2010, an auction house in New York sold a decanter of whisky for $460,000 (£353,000). | A bottle of malt whisky worth £12,000 has been stolen in a raid on a Perth and Kinross distillery. | 1.16461 | 1 |
It is understood the Liberal MP, who died in 2010, was stopped on the M1 in Northamptonshire during the 1980s.
A cold case unit is investigating claims he was released after images of child abuse were found in his car boot.
He was released after making a telephone call to an unidentified third party in London, it has been claimed.
Smith was the Liberal, then Liberal Democrat, MP for Rochdale, from 1972 to 1992.
So far, seven men have come forward to Greater Manchester Police saying they were abused by Smith, whose family maintains he had always denied claims of abuse.
Labour MP Simon Danczuk first made the claim about the M1 arrest in his book about Smith, published last year.
He alleged Smith was stopped on suspicion of a driving offence, but quickly released after he made the phone call.
Despite being taken into the police station, the material said to have been found in his boot disappeared, Mr Danczuk said.
A Freedom of Information Act request from the BBC asked Northamptonshire Police for "any information held by the constabulary relating to the arrest on the M1 during the 1980s" of Cyril Smith.
The constabulary said that other than a press release from March, it could "neither confirm nor deny that it holds any other information" relating to the case.
In doing so the force cited Section 23(5) of the act which concerns "information supplied by or concerning certain security bodies".
The force did not specify which branch of the security services it is referring to.
It also cited a number of other exemptions under the act, including those relating to law enforcement, personal information and investigations.
Ivan Balhatchet, assistant chief constable, said the force was committed to "complete and utter transparency" and said leads from Mr Danczuk were being "followed up". | A police force says laws relating to the security services prevent it from divulging information it holds on Cyril Smith. | 1.262098 | 1 |
Dozens of firefighters tackled the blaze, which broke out overnight on the roof of the riverside mansion in the centre of the French capital.
The building was being renovated after its purchase by a Qatari prince in 2007.
Located on the World Heritage-listed Seine embankment, the mansion was once home to the 18th Century philosopher Voltaire.
It took six hours for the fire brigade to put out the blaze, which started in an area below the rooftop which emergency services found difficult to access.
A large portion of the roof has been destroyed. A spokesman for the fire service, Lieutenant Colonel Pascal Le Testu, said 650 square metres (7,000 sq ft) of the roof had gone, along with a section of a central staircase. Some of the brickwork on the front of the building has collapsed.
Renowned fresco ceiling paintings by Charles Le Brun in the Gallery of Hercules were also "severely damaged by smoke and water", Lt Col Testu said.
About a dozen neighbours were evacuated, and one firefighter was slightly injured.
The mayor of Paris, Bertrand Delanoe, said the fire had shocked and saddened him. In a statement, Mr Delanoe said the city authorities would monitor renovation works at the building, which he described as a "significant part of Paris's heritage".
Renovation plans by the owner, Prince Abdullah Bin Abdullah al-Thani, brother of the Emir of Qatar, sparked concern from conservationists keen to preserve the historical architecture.
"It really is a catastrophe because we fought for the frescos of the Gallery of Hercules to be preserved in the renovation project and now everything has gone up in smoke or been drowned," neighbour Sophie Pons told the AFP news agency.
The building was acquired in a state of disrepair. | A fire has damaged the landmark 17th-Century Hotel Lambert in Paris. | 1.866548 | 2 |
Banners reading "Build bridges not walls" were hung at points across Wales, including Pont y Werin bridge in Penarth, Vale of Glamorgan.
Cardiff Hope Not Hate also arranged a demonstration in the city.
Mr Trump's win has received support in Wales, including from UKIP's Neil Hamilton.
Mid Wales Refugee Action unfurled its 5m (16ft) banner at the Dyfi Bridge, near Machynlleth in Powys.
A spokesman said: "We want 2017 to be a year of building bridges not walls, for a world that is peaceful, just and free of oppression."
Banner drops were also planned in Bangor in Gwynedd, Llanidloes in Powys, and Lampeter in Ceredigion, among other spots.
It comes as the Stand Up To Racism group were set to hold a protest outside the US Embassy in London, with similar events planned in Swansea and across Britain.
Aberystwyth University's Department of International Politics was hosting a special screening of the inauguration of Mr Trump as the 45th President for staff, students and members of the public from 17:00 GMT.
Flint-based David Soutter, a former head of candidates for UKIP, told BBC Radio Wales Mr Trump "wanted to do something for the people of America".
"He's not a traditional politician and I think he sees things differently.
"He's going to bring a completely different view to the White House and, I think, he's going to reach out to a lot of people."
While First Minister Carwyn Jones said after Mr Trump's election win that he would have "much work to do to repair a divided nation", other Welsh politicians were more supportive.
Welsh Conservatives leader Andrew RT Davies said the result represented a "bloody nose for the political establishment", with UKIP's leader in the assembly, Neil Hamilton, calling it "good news for Britain". | Welsh campaigners have joined UK-wide protests on the day Donald Trump is inaugurated as president of the United States. | 1.301436 | 1 |
The President of Malawi, Peter Mutharika, warned in a statement some people needed aid for all of this year.
Mozambique raised alert levels for southern and central regions.
Zimbabwe, Lesotho and Zambia are also suffering food shortages, while South Africa says its drought is the worst in a century.
Over 10 million people across the region will need food aid in the coming year, according to the World Food Programme (WFP).
Malawi has suffered both flash floods and drought recently, hitting the staple maize crop.
"It is very clear that we have [a] food shortage in the country which will affect a considerable number of our fellow citizens," Mr Mutharika said.
The WFP's David Orr told AFP news agency the worst was still to come.
"It will take a long time before the situations improves," he said. "Any improvement in the next months would be negligible."
Malawi is considered the worst affected among several counties in a struggling region:
An unusually strong El Nino weather phenomenon has been blamed for the drought, as well as extreme weather in countries across the globe. | Food shortage fears over a drought in southern Africa have prompted Malawi to declare a state of national disaster and Mozambique to issue a "red alert". | 2.55445 | 3 |
The Roses, who were beaten by the Silver Ferns in the semi-finals of last year's World Cup, had trailed 30-18 at half-time.
Earlier, South Africa lost 68-43 to world champions Australia, who are also hosting the four-team tournament.
England, who won bronze at the 2015 World Cup, next face Australia in Adelaide on Wednesday (11:00 BST).
Australia, New Zealand and England are the top three ranked sides in the world, with South Africa fifth.
Elsewhere, the England women's indoor netball team beat Australia to win gold at the Nets World Cup in Wellington, New Zealand. Nets is a fast-paced form of netball. | England began the inaugural Netball Quad Series with a 65-39 defeat by co-hosts New Zealand in Auckland. | 1.076131 | 1 |
TGC Renewables said the 24.8-hectare (61-acre) site between Bryn Lane and Francis Lane could power 4,280 homes or businesses on Wrexham's industrial park.
Planning officials said the company failed to show it would not have a harmful effect on the protected newts.
Councillors said it could prejudice the forthcoming local development plan.
They said it could prevent proper consideration being given to potential employment sites on the edge of the industrial estate. | Plans for a solar farm in Wrexham have been turned down because of concerns for a colony of great crested newts. | 1.533906 | 2 |
Perry Cohen and Austin Stephanos, both 14-year-olds from Tequesta, Florida, have been missing at sea since 24 July.
Captain Mark Fedor says that the search along the Atlantic Coast has been a "true all hands on deck effort".
The Coast Guard has searched about 50,000 square miles (80,467 square km), according to Capt Fedor.
The family will continue a private search, which has been financed by donations. A $100,000 (£64,000) reward has also been offered by friends and family for the boys safe return.
Perry and Austin have been described as skilled sailors, who grew up boating and fishing. They had worked together at a local fishing supply store.
Friends and family have held hope that their experience on the water had kept them alive.
Austin and Perry had told their parents they were planning to fish in the nearby Loxahatchee River.
Police were called when the boys failed to answer mobile phone calls and several summer storms had passed through the area.
Their 19ft (6m) boat was discovered capsized on Sunday about 180 miles (209 km) from where they set off two days earlier. Since then no new clues have been discovered. | The US Coast Guard has ended its search for two teenagers from Florida who have been missing for one week. | 1.918195 | 2 |
The UKIP leader said Mr Hamilton's role as candidate for Carmarthen East and Dinefwr would limit the part he can play in the EU referendum campaign.
Mr Hamilton hopes to be selected as a candidate on the regional list as well.
The party's other deputy chair, London Assembly candidate Suzanne Evans, has also been replaced.
Mr Farage said UKIP could make "significant breakthroughs" in an "important set of elections on May 5th" but added that the party's "frontline spokesmen need to be free to comment and campaign on the main issues".
"Both of our deputy chairs are candidates in the upcoming elections and this will limit any role they can play in the national referendum campaign," he said.
"So I thank Suzanne Evans and Neil Hamilton for their time as deputy chairs and announce they will be replaced by Diane James and William Dartmouth."
Responding, Mr Hamilton told BBC Wales: "I am pleased to have Nigel's good wishes for my candidature for the Welsh assembly.
"If successful in May, I look forward to reciprocating in full measure the support he has given me in so many ways in recent years." | Neil Hamilton is being replaced as UKIP deputy chair because he is standing in the Welsh assembly election, Nigel Farage has said. | 0.817661 | 1 |
The 26-year-old Australian moved to the Vikings this season from NRL side Canterbury Bulldogs and has scored 21 tries in his 26 appearances.
Thompson, who can also play at full-back, had a deal that ran until the end of 2017 when he joined.
"I think Widnes have shown that we can produce something exciting in the years ahead," he said. | Widnes Vikings winger Corey Thompson has signed a new two-year deal until 2018. | 0.405441 | 0 |
The Sunday World printed the article about Gordon Coulter after his hotel - the Kilmorey Arms in Kilkeel - went into administration in December 2014.
The article stated that he had "been branded a Scrooge for putting his staff on the street a week before Christmas".
The Court of Appeal has set aside the libel ruling and ordered a retrial.
Mr Coulter, 85, was originally awarded the payout by the High Court last year.
He took legal action against the Sunday World after it reported on the temporary closure of his hotel, which has since reopened under new ownership.
The hotelier claimed the "Scrooge" article had portrayed him as mean and callous towards staff, implying that he had money but was not prepared to spend it to save their jobs.
The High Court ruled this was serious libel of a respected businessman who had no other option but to put the company into administration.
However, the Court of Appeal has now ruled that the original judge had "misdirected himself" and wrongly interpreted the description of Mr Coulter in the newspaper article as statements of fact.
Senior judges agreed with the newspaper's barrister that the "Scrooge" reference was a figure of speech not to be taken literally.
"Obviously the person is not literally Scrooge because that is a fictional character in a Dickens novella," Lord Justice Gillen told the Court of Appeal.
"In terms it amounts to an applied conclusion or judgment on that person and as such amounts to comment rather than a statement of fact.
"Similar situations might arise where someone is termed a 'Hitler' or a 'Trotsky'," Lord Justice Gillen added.
"We therefore conclude that the order cannot stand and should be set aside. The proper course is to direct a retrial of the action."
The Sunday World is also to receive its legal costs after its successful appeal. | A newspaper that was ordered to pay £50,000 in libel damages over a story referring to a hotelier as "Scrooge" has won its appeal against the award. | 1.7162 | 2 |
Alice Nutter was one of the Pendle witches, a group of women tried for murder by witchcraft in 1612.
Her statue will sit in Roughlee, where she lived before being taken to Lancaster Castle for trial.
Parish councillor James Starkie said the work would "raise awareness of the true story of the witches".
The statue, which will be placed on Blacko Bar Road on ground donated by a descendant of Ms Nutter, is yet to be designed and the parish council has asked interested artists to get in touch.
Strict guidelines have been set about what any sculptor should consider when designing it, including an insistence that the artwork "needs to celebrate a resident who was unfairly treated" and "should represent 1612".
Mr Starkie said the piece, which must also include somewhere for people to sit, was "to commemorate the leaving of Roughlee village by a gentlewoman".
He said it was a chance to "move on" from her image as a witch.
"Alice was slightly different [from the other women] - it was a case of her being in the wrong place at the wrong time," he said.
The Pendle Trials were some of the most famous witch trials in English history and records show that Alice was perceived as different from the others being judged.
She was wealthier than the rest and barely spoke at her trial, offering no plea or defence against the accusation of murdering Henry Mitton by witchcraft.
She was found guilty and executed at Lancaster Castle on 20 August, 1612, for having bewitched to death "by devilish practices and hellish means".
The statue of Alice Nutter is expected to be completed by April 2012 to be installed ahead of the 400th anniversary of her execution. | A statue of a Lancashire woman accused of being a witch is to be placed in her former village to commemorate the 400th anniversary of her death. | 2.540694 | 3 |
Amid heavy security, some passengers complained of missing their flights.
They have been advised to arrive at least three hours ahead of departure.
The 22 March attacks, by so-called Islamic State (IS), severely damaged the hall. Another suicide blast on a metro train on the same day killed another 16 people.
On Sunday some passengers were able to board select flights and from Monday could check-in at more than 100 desks in the airport departure hall.
It is not expected to be operating at full capacity until mid-June.
But the extra security checks and screenings have caused frustration, with local media reporting two-hour long queues outside the hall.
Among those missing their flight, La Libre reported, was former Belgian Prime Minister Yves Leterme.
"I've been standing in line for about the past hour, and whether I make my flight or not is an open question at this point," said one man.
On the airport's Facebook page some users described the situation as "ridiculous", "chaotic" and a "nightmare".
Others warned that the three-hour check-in time could deter business passengers.
But some were sympathetic. "At the moment it's fine, we know what happened and all. But for the future, it has to be faster," said one woman.
An airport spokeswoman said the situation should improve in the coming days. | Long delays have marred the reopening of the departure hall at Brussels airport weeks after suicide attacks there killed 16 people. | 1.063446 | 1 |
Hospital managers said on Wednesday they were experiencing "significant" patient admissions and were at "full-capacity protocol".
They apologised to patients and urged people to attend only in emergency.
The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO) said staff were seriously concerned.
"Nurses are fearful that patients are being put at risk on a daily basis while they strive to deliver basic care," said the union.
"There are wards in the hospital with insufficient nurses to deliver basic nursing care. This situation is now causing untold human suffering for patients."
The hospital's escalation policy has been partially invoked over the past six weeks to deal with increasing bed demand.
The policy is usually only used in exceptional circumstances.
The INMO called on the Irish Health Service Executive (HSE) to:
The INMO's industrial relations officer, Maura Hickey, said: "The problem cannot be solved by placing extra beds on in-patient wards.
"This is a tried, flawed and failed practice of the past which should never be revisited."
The BBC has contacted the HSE for comment. | An Irish nurses union has expressed concern at what it called a "crisis situation" at Letterkenny University Hospital due to bed capacity. | 1.391729 | 1 |
Mae teclynnau o'r fath yn gynyddol boblogaidd mewn cartrefi, ac mae modd eu defnyddio i chwilio am wybodaeth neu atgoffa pobl o ddigwyddiadau a negeseuon.
Dywedodd Delyth Prys, Pennaeth Uned Technolegau Iaith yng Nghanolfan Bedwyr Prifysgol Bangor, y gallai'r teclynnau arwain teuluoedd i siarad Saesneg yn hytrach na Chymraeg yn y cartref.
"Mae hyn yn un o'r bygythiadau mwyaf sydd wedi bod i'r iaith Gymraeg er amser maith," meddai wrth raglen Taro'r Post BBC Radio Cymru.
"O fewn y ddwy neu dair blynedd nesaf, fe fyddwn ni'n symud fwy, fwy i beidio bod yn teipio pethau mewn i'r cyfrifiadur, ond i fod yn dweud wrth y cyfrifiadur beth i'w wneud."
'Malio dim' am y Gymraeg
Ers 2015 mae Porth Technolegau Iaith Cenedlaethol Cymru wedi bod yn ceisio datblygu adnoddau newydd ar gyfer siarad Cymraeg gyda chyfrifiaduron.
Mae'n cynnwys prototeip o system cwestiwn ac ateb lle mae cynorthwyydd personol o'r enw 'Macsen' yn gallu ateb cwestiynau llafar fel 'beth yw'r newyddion?' neu 'beth yw'r tywydd?'.
Ond gyda chymaint bellach yn defnyddio teclynnau gan y cwmniau mawr, y pryder yw y gallai hynny droi iaith aelwydydd Cymraeg i'r Saesneg.
Ac mae'n syndod, meddai Delyth Prys, cymaint y mae pobl yn siarad gyda'r peiriannau yma unwaith maen nhw'n darganfod mor gyfleus ydynt.
Ychwanegodd nad oedd hi'n credu fod cwmniau technoleg masnachol yn "malio dim am yr iaith Gymraeg".
"Mae grym masnachol y Saesneg mor gryf. Oni bai ein bod ni drwy'r llywodraeth yn gofyn iddyn nhw ddarparu hyn drwy ieithoedd eraill tydi nhw ddim yn mynd i wneud hynny," meddai. | Fe allai datblygiadau technoleg newydd fel teclynnau gorchymyn ar lafar Alexa a Siri fod yn un o'r bygythiadau mwyaf i'r iaith Gymraeg, yn ôl un arbenigrwaig. | 1.169674 | 1 |
Former West Bromwich Albion player Jeff Astle died, aged 59, in 2002.
The FA promised a 10-year study into the effects of heading footballs, but nothing has been published.
It apologised to Mr Astle's widow, Laraine, about its failure to keep her informed about its work.
Mrs Astle, who lives near Swadlincote in Derbyshire, said: "We have had no closure because the FA won't accept what killed Jeff.
"One of my daughters said, 'do they just not think my dad's life was worth anything?'"
Mrs Astle said she wanted the FA to continue its study, which she believes would be "worthwhile".
When he died, her husband had "no recollection of playing football", Mrs Astle said.
She said the FA had made almost no contact with her since then, despite her attempts to get in touch with them.
"The way they have treated my Jeff's memory... they have quite simply swept it under the carpet," she said.
A coroner ruled Mr Astle suffered brain damage as a result of heading the balls, which became heavier when wet.
The BBC understands the FA did begin a joint project with the Professional Footballers' Association to understand the effects of heading a football, but the project was never concluded.
An FA spokesman said: "We deeply regret any upset caused to the Astle family due to our lack of contact during this period."
It said it would speak to the Astle family about its work as soon as possible.
Jeff Astle played for West Bromwich Albion from 1964-1974.
He scored 137 goals in 292 league appearances for the club and is recognised as one of its greatest players. | The Football Association has apologised to the widow of a former England striker who died after suffering brain damage from heading heavy leather footballs. | 1.529477 | 2 |
The Venerable Ruth Worsley, currently Archdeacon of Wiltshire, is succeeding the Right Reverend Peter Maurice who stood down in April.
Speaking ahead of the announcement, Archdeacon Worsley said she was "surprised and amused" by it as she "grew up in a non-conformist church where women held no" leadership roles.
She will be installed at a service in Wells Cathedral later this year.
Archdeacon Worsley will live in Wells and work from the Bishops' Palace in the city, alongside Bishop Peter Hancock.
After her ordination in 1996, she served for 14 years as a parish priest in Nottingham in one of the poorest areas in the Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham.
During this time she served as an area dean and was made Dean of Women's Ministry for the diocese in 2007.
In 2010, she took on the role of Parish Development Adviser in the Diocese of Southwark, based in Bermondsey before moving to Wiltshire in 2013. | The name of the 13th Bishop of Taunton has been announced by Downing Street. | 0.966265 | 1 |
Ms Wood made the reference during First Minister's Questions while discussing Carwyn Jones's debate with the UKIP leader on EU membership.
A UKIP spokesman said she had acted "crudely and immaturely".
In response, Plaid Cymru said UKIP's approach was "based on division and the scapegoating of vulnerable people".
Ms Wood said: "First minister, last night you participated in the first major public debate on the future for Wales within the European Union.
"You went head-to-head with the voice of the far right.
"Do you think your performance helped or hindered the Welsh campaign on the EU?"
The UKIP spokesman said: "She so crudely and immaturely labels the one politician fighting for British sovereignty, against unelected foreign control, in order to put the interests of the men and women of the UK first, as 'far right'.
"Perhaps she should reflect on her own 0.6% share of the vote in the general election, compared to UKIP's support a massive 21 times higher, making UKIP the third most popular party in the UK, before she uses tacky and baseless labels to accuse a party backed by 4m voters as representing extreme or niche politics."
Responding to UKIP's criticism, a Plaid Cymru spokeswoman said: "UKIP's political narrative is based on division and the scapegoating of vulnerable people.
"Plaid Cymru is the party for everyone in Wales, and the only party that is putting forward the positive alternative that Wales needs in health, economy and education."
During their exchange in First Minister's Questions on Tuesday, Ms Wood told Mr Jones that "a new Europe is possible, but you failed to put that positive vision in that debate last night".
Mr Jones said Ms Wood "fails to outline how she would have done anything differently, what message she would put forward".
Liberal Democrat AM Eluned Parrott criticised Ms Wood's tactics, saying on Twitter: "If Plaid want Wales to remain in Europe, it's not wise for their leader to stand here and drive wedges between people on the same side." | UKIP has accused Plaid Cymru leader Leanne Wood of "tacky and baseless" jibes after calling Nigel Farage the "voice of the far right". | 1.312784 | 1 |
The 26-year-old, who has won 12 international caps for Scotland, has made 81 appearances since joining Sarries from Bedford Blues in 2011.
"I don't think he gets the credit for the wonderful work he can do with and without the ball," director of rugby Mark McCall said.
"His work-rate and contribution to this team is enormous."
Sarries have not disclosed the length of Taylor's new deal at Allianz Park. | Saracens centre Duncan Taylor has signed a new long-term contract with the Premiership champions. | 0.58889 | 1 |
Susan and Terence Greer, of Merseyside, admitted conning vulnerable people into believing grants were available for their windows and doors.
They advertised their company Green extensively until they were stopped by Denbighshire council in 2013.
They also lied about selling top quality glass, Mold Crown Court heard.
Gary Parle, who supplied the windows, was ordered to pay £30,000 compensation and £10,000 costs.
He told the court he had got involved because he wanted to recover a debt owed to him by the Greers.
All three defendants admitted a fraudulent trading charge.
The court heard the Greers led a number of elderly and disabled people in Rhyl and Rhuddlan to believe they were entitled to government and EU grants on UPVC products.
But the 14 complainants did not receive the windows they believed they would be getting and felt conned.
Judge Niclas Parry told the Greers: "You gave the impression that you were helping them. In fact, what you were doing was taking advantage of their vulnerabilities".
He said false documents and leaflets showed there was significant planning and the scam had been "pre-meditated".
Mrs Greer, 54, and her 76-year-old husband, who live in Birkenhead, were given a two year prison sentence suspended for two years. Mrs Greer, who was said to primarily operate the company, was also ordered to carry out 100 hours unpaid work. | A couple have been given a suspended prison sentence for defrauding double glazing customers in north Wales out of £50,000. | 1.308929 | 1 |
The Washington Post, which has reported the move, describes the Office of Innovation as a "Swat team" of former private-sector executives.
It will have sweeping powers to reform government procedures, the report says.
Mr Kushner told the newspaper that the "government should be run like a great American company".
"Our hope is that we can achieve successes and efficiencies for our customers, who are the citizens," he added.
Technology and data are expected to be a key area, with Apple CEO Tim Cook and Microsoft founder Bill Gates said to be working with the White House.
In a statement to the Washington Post, President Trump said the new unit would fulfil key campaign promises.
"Government stagnation has hindered our ability to properly function, often creating widespread congestion and leading to cost overruns and delays," Mr Trump said.
He said the new office would allow him to apply his "ahead of schedule, under budget mentality" to his government.
Mr Kushner, 36, is a property investor and media executive who is married to Mr Trump's daughter Ivanka.
He already advises the president on foreign relations, and is said to have been influential in helping President Trump choose staff for his campaign and in government.
Top White House strategist Steve Bannon is expected to have no formal role within the new group.
Mr Bannon's previous calls for the "deconstruction of the administrative state" drew considerable attention.
After the failure last Friday by Republicans in Congress to pass a healthcare bill, Mr Trump has said he will now turn his efforts to passing a tax reform plan.
Republicans did not secure the requisite votes, so did not put a vote to the House floor.
A group of conservative lawmakers, the Freedom Caucus, was among those who opposed their own party's bill. They said that it did not reverse enough Obamacare regulations.
The BBC's Anthony Zurcher says the misstep may have dented Mr Trump's reputation as a dealmaker and leaves Republican leaders looking weak in the face of a rebellious party. | President Donald Trump is expected to unveil a new unit aimed at overhauling the US federal bureaucracy, and headed by his son-in-law Jared Kushner. | 1.170643 | 1 |
Buddies goalkeeper Jamie Langfield saved from Derek Lyle and Ryan Conroy, with the latter and Kyle Hutton narrowly off target with other efforts.
St Mirren's Sean Kelly and Stephen Mallan tested James Atkinson, who also saved Calum Gallagher's header.
Alex Harris struck the winner and then hit a post while David Clarkson hit the bar for St Mirren. | Queen of the South beat St Mirren to move into the Scottish Championship play-off places. | 0.301555 | 0 |
The warrant was issued late on Friday, said Karin Rosander, communications head at Sweden's prosecutors' office.
Swedish police have been trying to contact Mr Assange, but have not yet been able to, she told the BBC.
Wikileaks, criticised for leaking Afghan war documents, quoted him saying the allegations were "without basis".
The message, which appeared on Twitter and was attributed directly to Mr Assange, said the appearance of the allegations "at this moment is deeply disturbing".
In a series of other messages posted on the Wikileaks Twitter feed, the whistle-blowing website said: "No-one here has been contacted by Swedish police", and that it had been warned to expect "dirty tricks".
Last month, Wikileaks published more than 75,000 secret US military documents on the war in Afghanistan.
US authorities criticised the leak, saying it could put the lives of coalition soldiers and Afghans, especially informers, at risk.
Mr Assange has said that Wikileaks is intending to release a further 15,000 documents in the coming weeks.
Ms Rosander said there were two separate allegations against Mr Assange, one of rape and the other of molestation.
She gave no details of the accusations. She said that as far as she knew they related to alleged incidents that took place in Sweden.
Media reports say Mr Assange was in Sweden last week to talk about his work and defend the decision by Wikileaks to publish the Afghan war logs.
The allegations were first reported in the Swedish newspaper Expressen. | Swedish authorities say they have issued an arrest warrant for Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, on accusations of rape and molestation. | 1.508125 | 2 |
The former Bond girl has been involved in early workshops for the production from a script by One Man, Two Guvnors writer Richard Bean.
It is understood Arterton would be in line to play the lead role of Rita, played in the film by Sally Hawkins.
Producers Stage Entertainment told the BBC they would "very much love her to be part of the production".
It has not yet been announced which London theatre the musical will be staged at, but it is hoped it will play next year.
"As with all casting there are schedules to work out, but we'd very much love [Arterton] to be part of the production when it opens in the West End," a spokesman said.
Early workshops were directed by Rupert Goold - the new artistic director of London's Almeida Theatre - with the score written by David Arnold, who also provided the music for the Bafta-nominated film.
Made in Dagenham told the story of the machinists who went on strike in 1968 at the Ford Dagenham car factory demanding equal pay and protesting against sexual discrimination.
The character of Rita played a pivotal role in leading the strike and meeting former employment secretary Barbara Castle, leading to the Equal Pay Act 1970.
The film also starred Andrea Riseborough, Jaime Winstone and Bob Hoskins. | Gemma Arterton is set to star in a West End musical version of the 2010 film Made in Dagenham. | 1.448219 | 1 |
Two men wearing khaki uniforms and with African accents knocked on their door in Bushmoor Crescent, Shooters Hill, at about 17:30 BST on 1 July.
The men forced their way inside, injuring the male resident in his 70s.
The intruders both in their early 30s stole credit cards, debit cards and £700 in cash, Scotland Yard said.
The injured resident did not require hospital treatment.
The first man is described as black, about 6ft tall, of stocky build and with short dreadlocks while the other was black, about 6ft 2ins tall, of medium build and with short cropped black hair.
Det Con Andrew Payne said: "[We] believe that the suspects may have specifically targeted this address in Bushmoor Crescent.
"There are people in the community that will have information about the motive and know those involved." | A £10,000 reward has been offered after two pensioners were threatened with knives during an aggravated burglary at their south-east London home. | 0.70912 | 1 |
The 29-year-old spent the 2012-13 campaign with the Lions, scoring three goals in 26 appearances.
Taylor moved to Blackburn in the summer of 2013 and has featured 15 times for the Championship club this season.
"We hope he can repeat the type of performances and level of consistency which he achieved first time around," boss Neil Harris told the club website.
Millwall's move for Taylor comes after Jed Wallace was recalled from his loan spell at The Den by parent club Wolves.
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page. | League One side Millwall have re-signed Blackburn midfielder Chris Taylor on loan until the end of the season. | 0.855076 | 1 |
Samantha Ho, 39, was found in Curlew Place, St Neots, Cambridgeshire, on Saturday.
Her husband Timothy Allen, 40, is due to go on trial in Cambridge for her murder next year. It was previously reported Mr Allen was Ms Ho's partner.
Mr Allen was due to appear via video link at the Old Bailey, but it was decided he did not have to attend.
His first Crown Court hearing went ahead in his absence.
Judge Mark Lucraft QC set a provisional plea and case management hearing for 13 November at the Old Bailey.
He said the trial at Cambridge Crown Court should be before a high court judge.
A provisional two-week trial has been set to start on 22 February.
No application for bail was made. | The man accused of beheading a scientist was her husband, it has emerged. | 0.438265 | 0 |
The incident happened at a play park near Ambrose Rise in the Dedridge area at about 04:15 on Friday.
The man, who was of Indian, Pakistani or Bangladeshi appearance, made off towards St Ninian's School.
The girl, who was not hurt, went home and told her parents who contacted police.
The suspect was 18-20-years-old, and about 5ft 10in. He was wearing a light-grey hooded top, grey skinny jeans and spoke with a Scottish accent.
Det Sgt Graham Garvie, from Livingston CID, said: "At this time we are trying to establish exactly what took place during this exchange and would ask anyone who was in the area and saw anything suspicious to contact police immediately.
"The young girl has given us a good description of the male we are looking to trace and anyone who recognises him should also get in touch." | A nine-year-old girl has been approached by a man in Livingston, who started talking to the child and tried to put his hands on her. | 0.429906 | 0 |
"That win was absolutely critical for us if we want to compete for a top six spot," he told BBC Scotland.
"From our squad of 43 we had 18 guys gone, so strength in depth is vital.
"All the players that came on made a difference and it speaks volumes that we can put out a competitive side under these circumstances."
With a long injury list and players on Six Nations duty, things were looking gloomy for Edinburgh after an error-strewn opening at Murrayfield.
Having lost their previous three matches, the hosts were trailing 23-16 at the interval.
However, an unconverted Ben Toolis try 11 minutes from time added to Phil Burleigh's first-half touchdown, while Aled Thomas made a mess of a simple late penalty for the visitors.
"We made it really difficult for ourselves, we gifted them their first 13 points," said Solomons.
"We simply weren't at the races, we were too loose, and we had a few words at half time. I think I broke the rage-ometer!
"But, second half, the players showed enormous resolve. They were not going to lose that game.
"The energy we showed in the last 10 minutes was fantastic, we need to show that for 80 minutes."
With Scotland ending their Six Nations drought in Italy, Solomons said it was "a great weekend for Scottish rugby", adding: "Our national team was superb, Glasgow got an important win and the Under-20s won.
"We are definitely moving in the right direction in this country."
Edinburgh move up to fifth in the table and host leaders Connacht on Friday.
Looking forward to the next fixture, Solomons said his squad would need "a massive performance".
He added: "We get a 10-day break afterwards, so we don't want to leave anything out on the field." | Head coach Alan Solomons hailed the impact of his replacements in a depleted squad as Edinburgh held on for a 24-23 Pro12 win over Scarlets. | 1.039036 | 1 |
The country's Chamber of Deputies had already approved the legislation.
The vote in the Senate, which backed the bill by just six votes, came after 14 hours of at times heated debate.
The law, which also allows same-sex couples to adopt, had met with fierce opposition from the Catholic Church and other religious groups.
The legislation, backed by President Cristina Fernandez's centre-left government, passed by 33 votes to 27 with three abstentions.
Outside Congress, as the debate continued into the early hours of Thursday, supporters and opponents of the bill held rival demonstrations.
"Nearly every political and social figure has spoken out in favour of marriage equality," said Maria Rachid, president of the Argentine Federation of Lesbians, Gays, Bisexuals and Transsexuals.
"And we hope that the Senate reflects this and that Argentina, from today forward, is a more just country for all families," she told the Associated Press.
Your commentsQ&A: Argentina gay marriage law
Ines Frank, from a group called Argentine Families Argentina, said opposition was not discrimination "because the essence of a family is between two people of opposite sexes".
There have been several gay marriages recently in Argentina, some of which were annulled by the Supreme Court, creating a legal controversy.
Civil unions between people of the same sex are legal in Buenos Aires and in some other provinces but there was no law to regulate it on a country-wide level.
Argentina's capital is widely considered to be among the most gay-friendly cities in Latin America. It was the first Latin American city to legalise same-sex unions.
Same-sex civil unions are also legal in Uruguay and some states in Brazil and Mexico, while gay marriage is legal in Mexico City.
To send your views, please join in our debate | Argentina has become the first country in Latin America to legalise gay marriage after the Senate voted in favour. | 2.477792 | 2 |
A National College of Teaching and Leadership panel found Marc Richardson, 34, guilty of unacceptable professional conduct.
The panel heard CCTV footage showed the pair emerging from beneath a stage at Tottington High School, Bury, where he was head of drama.
The married teacher had been previously warned about his behaviour.
In 2012, he sent "inappropriate communications" to another student, whom he said was "too attractive to teach" and asked her to keep quiet. He was given a final written warning by the school in January 2013.
Richardson, who did not attend the hearing, admitted being alone with a student in a room under the stage outside teaching hours in 2014.
He resigned, was arrested and released without charge.
The panel heard he sent messages to the girl, engaging in sexual conversations.
Her mother said she had "niggling feelings" about the teacher when her daughter asked about the contraceptive pill.
Another witness said her friend told her she had "done everything" with her boyfriend, who she admitted was Richardson.
Mark Tweedle, panel chairman, said: "The panel considered it is plain that sexual conversations took place between Pupil B and Mr Richardson, and they contained explicit references to sexual acts between them."
He said Richardson's conduct fell "significantly short of the standards expected of the profession."
A spokesman for Greater Manchester Police said of the arrest in 2014: "A 32-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of sexual activity with a child and the sexual grooming of a child.
"A full investigation was conducted by the Greater Manchester Police public protection investigation unit and the man was released without charge." | A teacher who had an inappropriate relationship with a 14-year-old student could face being struck off. | 0.998103 | 1 |
Cpt Michael Johnston, 57, was flying the plane with 147 passengers and five crew on board when he "passed away while at work", the airline said.
The first officer took over and made an emergency landing in Syracuse.
Johnston's wife told local TV she had been told her husband had probably died of a heart attack. He had had double heart bypass surgery in 2006.
Cpt Johnston had been flying as a first officer and then as a captain since 1990.
Medics waiting on the tarmac pronounced him dead at the scene.
Passengers on the flight said they had experienced a quick descent and some turbulence before hearing a member of the flight crew announce that the captain was unwell.
They learned of his death on a later flight to Boston manned by a new crew.
American Airlines chairman Doug Parker said the airline "couldn't be more proud of the teamwork this crew showed during an extremely difficult time".
Airline pilots must pass physical exams every 12 months - and every six months for captains who are 40 or older.
Aviation experts said there was never any danger to passengers, because pilots and co-pilots were equally capable of flying.
Captains and co-pilots usually take turns flying and handling takeoffs and landings, said former airline pilot James Record, who teaches aviation at Dowling College in New York. | The pilot who collapsed and died on an American Airlines overnight flight from Phoenix to Boston has been identified. | 1.5393 | 2 |
The damage was discovered at Dovecote Lane Recreation Ground in Beeston on Saturday morning.
Nottinghamshire Police has asked anyone with information to contact them.
Jillian Rickly, who was walking her dog when she spotted the broken trees, said: "It's really unfortunate that someone, or a group of people, would cause so much damage."
"When I see things like this, I just think, 'this is why we can't have nice things'," she added. | Newly-planted trees have been broken in half in an act of vandalism at a Nottinghamshire park. | 0.726556 | 1 |
Melvyn Marcel was appealing against the decision, made by a judge earlier this year, that burials should be organised for his mum Hilda and his dad Eugenios.
However, appeal judges at the Court of Session rejected his argument.
Eugenios and Hilda Marcel's bodies were found in a former fishmonger shop in 2002.
In February, councillors gained permission from Lord Mullholand to arrange a burial for the couple.
Mr Marcel wanted to build a fridge at his Edinburgh home then plans to build a private mausoleum in the grounds of his property.
He eventually planed to take his parents' bodies to be buried in the West Bank in the Middle East.
The council argued they had a statutory duty to dispose of the bodies.
On Friday, Mr Marcel told the court Lord Mulholland's decision was wrong.
He told judges Lord Carloway, Lord Brodie and Lady Clark of Calton: "I'm fighting for justice but nobody's helping me."
Mrs Marcel died in 1987 from lung cancer whilst her husband passed away from prostate cancer aged 91 in 1994.
Their bodies were embalmed and a relative regularly visited them at the shop in Polwarth.
Police discovered Mr and Mrs Marcel's bodies during an investigation into alleged fraud at a funeral home in West Lothian.
It was claimed that staff at the Broxburn undertakers had been paid to preserve the remains and four employees were sacked.
However, none of those who were allegedly involved in the fraud were charged or prosecuted for any offence.
Since then the Marcels' bodies have been stored at Edinburgh City Council's mortuary with officials unable to find them a more suitable resting place without the consent of the family.
Giving the appeal court's decision, Lord Carloway said that Lord Mulholland's decision was legally correct.
He added: "No valid defence has been established in this action.
"It is the court's decision to adhere to the Lord Ordinary's interlocutor." | The son of a couple whose bodies have spent almost 15 years in an Edinburgh mortuary has lost a legal bid to stop the council arranging their funerals. | 1.466865 | 1 |
Channel 4 has also fined Glasspool an undisclosed sum which he will give to a domestic violence charity.
"I am truly sorry to anyone I have upset or offended," he said.
"I would never condone domestic violence in any way and on reflection see that my video was insensitive and inappropriate."
The 24-year-old, who plays Harry Thompson, joined the soap to play student Harry last year and was nominated for best newcomer at this year's National Television Awards.
The clip was posted to the actor's Instagram account in June and featured him waving a knife in front of the camera.
He took on the role of a woman warning her boyfriend about talking to other girls, saying: "I would kill you if you did... With this knife I know exactly how to.
"Done it before and I'll do it again so don't even think about it."
The video has now been deleted.
A Hollyoaks spokesperson said: "Parry Glasspool has apologised and will begin an immediate two-week suspension from Hollyoaks. He will also be donating a fee to a domestic violence charity."
Follow us on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, on Instagram, or email [email protected]. | Hollyoaks actor Parry Glasspool has been suspended after posting a video in which he mimicked a woman threatening to stab her boyfriend to death. | 0.700069 | 1 |
The court was responding to litigation seeking daily hearings in a long-running case about the disputed site in the northern town of Ayodhya.
Hindu mobs destroyed a 16th Century mosque at the site in 1992, sparking riots that killed nearly 2,000 people.
Hindus want a temple to be built at the site, while Muslims want a new mosque.
Hindus claim the mosque was the birthplace of one of their most revered deities, Lord Ram, and that it was built after the destruction of a Hindu temple by a Muslim invader in the 16th Century.
Chief Justice JS Khehar said "such sensitive matters" needed to be resolved through negotiations. He also offered to act as a mediator between the two parties.
The court has been sporadically hearing the case since 2011 after setting aside a lower court's order which in a 8,500-page judgement said that two-thirds of the disputed site should be allocated to Hindu groups, with the remainder going to Muslims.
The Allahabad High Court's ruling in September 2010 addressed three major issues. It said the disputed spot was the Hindu God Ram's birthplace, that the mosque had been built after the demolition of a temple and that it was not built in accordance with the tenets of Islam.
For the first time in a judicial ruling, it also said that the disputed site was the birthplace of the Hindu god.
But both parties appealed against the order in the Supreme Court.
The case has already languished in India's famously sluggish legal system for so long that most of the original petitioners have died. | India's Supreme Court has advised Hindus and Muslim to settle a bitter dispute over a controversial religious site through negotiations. | 2.606512 | 3 |
Saints have won five of the past seven meetings between the two sides.
Huddersfield Giants captain Danny Brough returns to the side after suspension.
Coach Rick Stone also recalls Nathan Mason and Aaron Murphy with Ryan Brierley, Daniel Smith and Gene Ormsby dropping out.
St Helens: Lomax, Makinson, Morgan, Percival, Swift, Fages, Smith, Walmsley, Amor, Wilkin, McCarthy-Scarsbrook, Douglas, Walker, Lee, Peyroux, Richards, Knowles, Fleming, Taia.
Huddersfield Giants: McGillvary, Cudjoe, Gaskell, Murphy, Brough, Rapira, Hinchcliffe, Wakeman, Ferguson, Leeming, Ikahihifo, Roberts, Ta'ai, Clough, Mason, Dickinson, Wood, McIntosh, Mellor. | St Helens have named Theo Fages (head) and Adam Swift (arm) in their squad after they recovered from their recent injuries but James Roby (knee) is out. | 0.622329 | 1 |
Coventry University's Scarborough campus will be built on land near the town's former Weaponness Park and Ride site and is due to open in 2016.
A spokesman for the university said it was hoped the development would create 100 jobs over the next three years.
The site will incorporate University Technical College Scarborough, which is also due to open in 2016.
The campus will offer a range of courses including law and policing, accounting and finance and science and engineering.
Ian Dunn, deputy vice-chancellor at Coventry University, which is investing £12m in the campus, said: "Bringing high quality higher education to Scarborough is the start of a journey towards a full university in the town.
Asked why the university was building a campus in Scarborough, he said: "Excellence in higher education should not be constrained by geography".
Councillor Tom Fox, leader of Scarborough Borough Council, said:"Backed by local businesses that are committed to raising the skills levels of the employees of the future, the campus will be a fundamental part of the growth of the area's economy from now on."
In February, the council unveiled plans for a 2,000-capacity community football stadium for Scarborough Athletic Football Club, also being built on the site.
Coventry University has previously made a bid to take over University of Hull's Scarborough campus, in Filey Road but lost out to the Hull College Group. | A new university campus is to be built in Scarborough as part of a £45m education and sports facility. | 1.080452 | 1 |
The 27-year-old, who has signed a five-year contract, is Palace's third summer signing, after midfielder Andros Townsend and goalkeeper Steve Mandanda.
Tomkins joined West Ham's academy aged seven and went on to make 243 first-team appearances, scoring 11 goals.
Palace chairman Steve Parish said Tomkins was a player that manager Alan Pardew had "always wanted to sign".
Tomkins said on the club's website: "I am really excited to be joining Crystal Palace, a massive club and a manager in Alan Pardew that I know well.
"I will always be thankful for how he helped me develop in my younger days at Upton Park." | Crystal Palace have signed defender James Tomkins from Premier League rivals West Ham United for £10m. | 0.824065 | 1 |
Since April, those aged 55 and over have been able to take their pension pot in cash, rather than buy an annuity to provide a retirement income.
Taking pension savings in one go could lead to a significant income tax bill.
Such income tax revenue this year is expected to be more than double the amount predicted by the Treasury.
It forecast an estimated £320m would have landed in the Treasury's coffers in 2015-16.
Yet tax is actually likely to bring in an extra £700m over the year, research for BBC News from Hargreaves Lansdown suggests.
Some pensioners have used cash from their pension pots to pay for holidays and cars.
The resulting tax revenue, which is brought forward from later years, will be welcome for Chancellor George Osborne as he tries to make savings, to be outlined in Wednesday's Budget.
"It looks as if the chancellor could be in for a handy windfall, thanks to his pension reforms," said Tom McPhail, head of pensions research at Hargreaves Lansdown.
"It is important to bear in mind, though, that this will simply bring forward tax revenues and consumer spending which would otherwise have been paid out over the years and decades to come.
"It also underlines the importance of maintaining a stable pension system which continues to encourage and reward responsible long-term savings habits."
The original estimates when the pension reforms were first announced were for extra tax revenue totalling £320m going to the Treasury in 2015-16, rising to £1.2bn in 2018-19.
The Treasury said that the fact some 60,000 people had accessed £1bn of money from their pension pots was evidence that the reforms were a success in allowing people to control their own savings.
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How much can I earn from a DC pot? Money Advice Service | Changes to the pension system, allowing people to cash in their savings, will provide an extra tax windfall for the Treasury, research suggests. | 1.588925 | 2 |
Nine-year-old Ustad was tranquilised and shifted from a national park to a zoo earlier this month after he killed three men, including a forest guard.
A tiger lover had petitioned the court, saying caging the tiger was against India's wildlife laws.
India's tiger population stood at 2,226 in 2014. The country is home to 70% of the world's tigers.
Ustad, who lived in the 400 sq km (99,000-acre) Ranthambore National Park, popular for its tiger safaris, was shot with a tranquilising dart and driven to a zoo 400km (250 miles) away earlier this month.
He had been declared the prime suspect in the killing of a 53-year-old forest guard on 8 May. He was also accused of killing a 23-year-old local man in 2010 and a 19-year-old boy in March 2012.
The tiger is now is caged in an enclosure smaller than a football field in a zoological park in Udaipur district.
Chandramauleshwar Singh, a tiger lover and a regular visitor to Ranthambore, petitioned the high court in Rajasthan against the move.
He said the decision to move Ustad was made without "any scientific probe or investigation into the circumstance of the attack".
Mr Singh said the real reason the park decided to move Ustad was because of pressure from the local tourist industry, which feared visitors would be frightened off by the presence of a man-eater.
The high court in Rajasthan dismissed the plea saying the decision to shift Ustad can "under no stretch of imagination be held to be hasty, arbitrary or unreasonable".
The judges said they did not agree that Ustad's move was prompted by the tourist industry because "tourism thrives on the tigers of Ranthambore and it is not the other way round".
Mr Singh has now appealed to Supreme Court to take a decision on the matter.
Correspondents say the case raises questions for tiger conservation worldwide because India has been very successful in its efforts to increase its tiger population.
As the number of tigers in India have risen, their habitat has shrunk, meaning people and tigers meet more often, occasionally with disastrous results.
More than 60 people are killed by tigers every year in India. | A court in India's Rajasthan state has rejected a plea to release a tiger who has been branded a killer and caged. | 2.231513 | 2 |
John Herbert McCluskey, who lived in Edinburgh, held roles as a defence counsel, a former Solicitor General and a Labour and crossbench peer.
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon expressed her sadness at the news.
She describing him as "one of the outstanding Scots lawyers of his generation".
The Dean of the Faculty of Advocates, Gordon Jackson QC, said: "Lord McCluskey was a giant of Scots law. He had an outstanding career as counsel, law officer and judge.
"Although often outspoken, his views were always challenging and merited the most careful consideration."
Born on 12 June, 1929, McCluskey went to Edinburgh University and was Solicitor General for Scotland from 1974 to 1979. During that time, he worked on the then Labour government's proposals for devolution.
He became a member of the judiciary in 1984 and presided for 16 years as a High Court judge over some of the country's most high-profile criminal cases.
He became a Labour peer in the mid-1970s and was later a crossbench peer. He retired from the House of Lords earlier this year due to declining health.
In 2011, he chaired a panel of legal experts tasked with investigating the functions of the UK Supreme Court following a number of high-profile and controversial rulings affecting Scotland.
He later chaired a Scottish government-appointed group to review the Leveson Report.
It concluded that the Scottish press should be subject to mandatory regulation underpinned by law, but the Scottish government rejected the proposal.
Lord McCluskey was given a lifetime achievement award at the Scottish Legal Awards earlier this year.
The death was announced by his nephew, Niall McCluskey, also an advocate, who said on Twitter: "He was a great man and a fantastic lawyer. He will be missed."
A Scottish Labour spokesman said: "John was a giant of the legal profession, who served with distinction as Solicitor-General under Harold Wilson and continued to contribute to public life decades later.
"He played a key role in Scotland's devolution journey, working in the 1970s alongside John Smith and later serving as chairman of the Trustees of the John Smith Memorial Trust in memory of his friend.
"He will be sorely missed by the Labour movement, and our thoughts are with his family and friends at this sad time." | Former High Court judge Lord McCluskey has been remembered as a "giant" of Scots law following his death at the age of 88. | 1.792013 | 2 |
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29 May 2015 Last updated at 16:59 BST
He skates everywhere he goes whether it's to get himself a drink, or simply to check himself out in the mirror.
He says he's looking forward to his new skating lifestyle and loves his dream home.
Watch Martin's report to see the skate park home. | A man from Brazil loves skateboarding so much, he's changed his entire home into a skate park. | 0.47507 | 0 |
PSG have won the domestic clean sweep of trophies two years in a row now.
Blaise Matuidi's early goal for PSG was cancelled out by Florian Thauvin, but Ibrahimovic then scored from the spot.
The Swede, leaving after four years in France, set up Edinson Cavani for the third, then slotted in the fourth before Michy Batshuayi's consolation.
Ibrahimovic, 34, is PSG's all-time top scorer with 156 goals in 180 appearances, and leaves for Euro 2016 amid much speculation as to which club he will join next.
Ligue 1's top scorer and player of the year had been a doubt for the final, having barely trained all week because of a calf problem.
The charismatic forward, though, was able to play, and made a significant impact in the second half before being substituted to a standing ovation in the final minutes.
PSG have now won the season-opening Trophee des Champions, Coupe de la Ligue, Ligue 1 and Coupe de France two years in a row.
Laurent Blanc's side took a second-minute lead when Matuidi swept in Angel di Maria's cross at the near post.
Thauvin, on loan from Newcastle, rolled in an equaliser from the edge of the penalty area for Steven Fletcher's Marseille, seeking some solace after a miserable season that has seen them finish 13th in the league and use three managers.
Ibrahimovic was denied a goal before half-time as the ball fell to him at the far post following a corner, with winger Thauvin palming away his goalbound shot - an offence not spotted by referee Clement Turpin.
The striker got his chance two minutes into the second half, though, sending keeper Steve Mandanda the wrong way from the penalty spot after Nicolas Nkoulou tripped Matuidi.
Cavani's cool finish from Ibrahimovic's pass effectively ended the contest in the 56th minute, and the Swede added a fourth by racing clear to beat Mandanda.
Belgium international Batshuayi, Marseille's leading scorer, touched in a loose ball late on for his 22nd goal of the season, but his team were well beaten by then. | Zlatan Ibrahimovic marked his last match for Paris St-Germain with two goals as they beat Marseille in the Coupe de France final. | 0.999556 | 1 |
Speaking on a special debate on BBC One in the East Midlands, the Rushcliffe MP said leave campaigners were trying to scare voters about immigration.
Leicestershire MP Andrew Bridgen said wages in the UK were a huge draw for Eastern European migrants.
He added that if the UK voted to leave the EU, wages would increase for the lowest paid.
Conservative MP Mr Clarke said the UK needed EU migrants to fill jobs and that leaving the union would have no impact on people coming from "Syria or Afghanistan."
"We have to take some of those people. I think we're under a moral obligation to take some of them... but that's up to the British Government. You leave the EU and it makes no difference.
"The Leave people have no policy at all - they are just frightening you that there are lots of rapists and murderers and child molesters coming in unless we seal our borders. This is Donald Trump type nonsense."
But Mr Bridgen, Conservative MP for North West Leicestershire, said the "disparity in income" across Europe needed to be considered.
"We've brought in the national living wage. It's now £7.20 and will be £9 by 2020," he said. "That will be twice the minimum wage in Poland, three times the minimum wage of Romania and six times the minimum wage of Bulgaria."
"That's a huge draw factor for anyone to come to this country. As Stuart Rose said - who is nominally the leader of the remain campaign - that if we left the EU, wages of the poorest people in our country would rise."
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A referendum on 23 June will decide where Britain should leave or remain. | Former Chancellor Ken Clarke has accused the Vote Leave campaign of "Donald Trump type nonsense". | 1.670578 | 2 |
Swansea were knocked out of the League Cup on Tuesday at Hull, while they drew 0-0 with Everton and lost at Watford in the Premier League prior to that.
But midfielder Sigurdsson says the blip is a temporary one that Swansea can put right at Southampton on Saturday.
"You get that kind of run sometimes... but we're not conceding many goals at the moment," said the Iceland star.
"We've just got to make sure we're ready on Saturday against Southampton. It's going to be a tough game and if we bounce back there, we're alright in the league.
"There's always pressure there to win every game and that wouldn't have changed if we'd won or lost the last two."
Swansea ended last season with their highest Premier League finish - eighth - and a record points total of 56.
Despite their mini-slump Swansea go into the game at Southampton still seventh in the table, after a good start to the season that included a draw at champions Chelsea and a win over big-spending Manchester United.
"We set the standard and put a bit of pressure on ourselves to do well, and do better than last year," Sigurdsson, 26, added.
"Of course we had a really good season last year, it's going to be tough to beat that but I think it's possible.
"The squad is stronger than it was last year so I don't see a reason why we can't match that or improve." | Gylfi Sigurdsson says there is no concern in the Swansea team despite going three matches without a win. | 0.851669 | 1 |
The Doonhamers finished fourth in the league and reached the promotion play-offs.
The figure will be reported to the club's annual general meeting next month.
The 2013/14 season was the second in a row in which the Palmerston Park club operated in the black after major restructuring.
The club's financial statement for the year to the end of May last year says it was a largely successful season with the creation of the new Scottish Professional Football League benefiting clubs like Queens in the second tier.
The club made £1.28m from football operations including gate money, season tickets, grants and TV income.
As well as performing well on the pitch, the club extended the capacity of Palmerston Park, laid the artificial pitch and began conversion work on the indoor arena.
Hire income for the outdoor and indoor facilities was more than £50,000 even though the arena had been open for only five months of the accounting period.
The accounts show the club's property has a book value of £1.15m and net assets are put at £718,000.
The financial report will be submitted to Queens AGM on 9 February. | Queen of the South made a profit of £55,000 last year in their first season back in the Championship. | 0.809726 | 1 |
North East Wales Carers Information Service (NEWCIS) said the money would enable carers to have a break as well as providing them with other assitance.
The money was awarded by a Big Lottery Fund People and Places grant.
Boss Claire Sullivan said the group would be able to support more carers with the money and help them to look after their own health and well-being. | A help group has been given a £1m grant to support carers in Wrexham, Flintshire and Denbighshire. | 0.787491 | 1 |
Delek has announced an agreed takeover of Ithaca Energy, headquartered in Scotland while listed on the Toronto stock exchange.
The target firm's activities are focussed in the UK offshore sector.
The deal values its equity at £518m. Including debt, the deal is worth close to £1bn.
Ithaca has been investing in the Stella field, in the central North Sea, in which it has a 55% stake.
Its announcement of the agreed takeover came with confirmation that production from that field is due to start this month, following remedial work on its electrics.
The offer, at Canadian $1.95 per share, is 12% higher than the closing price of Ithaca shares on Friday 3 February. Its share price has risen significantly in the past two months. It rose a further 10% following the announcement.
Brad Hurtubise, non-executive chairman of Ithaca, said the offer secured "premium cash value following a sustained period of share price growth at a favourable point in the company's evolution".
Delek Group already owned a 20% stake in Ithaca Energy, buying it in 2015.
Headquartered in Herzeliya, it describes itself as Israel's "dominant integrated energy company and the pioneering leader of the natural gas exploration and production activities that are transforming the Eastern Mediterranean's Levant Basin into one of the energy industry's most promising emerging regions".
The company was behind two major Mediterranean gas finds, Tamar and Leviathan, and it is now buying a portfolio of assets across exploration, development and production.
Delek is the biggest shareholder in Faroe Petroleum, based in Aberdeen, with a 13% stake. Faroe is also focussed on exploration and development in the UK and Norwegian North Sea. | An Israeli energy firm has secured a major stake in North Sea oil and gas, with the takeover of an Aberdeen-based company. | 0.943354 | 1 |
23 May 2016 Last updated at 16:34 BST
The NRA's relationship with gun control has changed over the years since its inception in 1871. Initially, it helped the US government to draft legislation on gun control but since the late 1970s, the organisation has fervently resisted any calls to limit restrictions on arms.
The right to bear arms is enshrined in the second amendment of the US constitution and has caused controversy down through the years. | The National Rifle Association (NRA) of America hosted its annual meeting in Louisville, Kentucky over the weekend. | 2.485677 | 2 |
British Transport Police are enforcing the dry trains following complaints of alcohol-fuelled anti-social behaviour.
Officers also said it would stop so-called "pre-loading" drinking before people reached their destination.
The prohibition applies on the Saturday 09:28, 10:28 and 11:28 services from Middlesbrough.
The 12:28 service is also subject to the same restriction.
Chief Inspector Derek O'Mara said: "There has been a noticeable increase in the number of complaints from passengers who have been travelling on these services.
"We have also seen an increasing trend of large groups of people from Teesside travelling down to York for the day to visit pubs and bars then returning in the early evening.
"A number of these people are pre-loading or bringing large quantities of alcohol with them to consume on the train prior to their arrival in York.
"Trains are not extensions of bars and clubs, they are used by everyone including families, young people and the elderly.
"Other passengers do not want to travel and be subjected to the drunk, intoxicated and often intimidating behaviour of others under the influence of alcohol." | Police have issued a ban on rail travellers drinking or carrying alcohol on morning train services between Middlesbrough and York. | 1.41877 | 1 |
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Whelan, 78, told the Jewish Telegraph he used to refer to a local Chinese restaurant as "chingalings".
He is already under investigation by the FA over remarks about Jewish and Chinese people in an interview where he was trying to defend the appointment of Malky Mackay as the club's new manager.
Whelan has been given until 12 December to respond to that charge.
It is understood the latest remarks have so far not been under consideration by the ongoing investigation.
Whelan has denied making racist remarks and insists he was misquoted.
He has also apologised for any offence caused and warned he will resign from his position at Wigan if punished.
Whelan was quoted using the term "chink" in a newspaper interview with the Guardian last month.
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Asked by the Jewish Telegraph whether he himself had ever used the term, he replied: "When I was growing up we used to call the Chinese [restaurant] 'chingalings'.
"We weren't being disrespectful. We used to say: 'We're going to eat in 'chingalings'.
"The Chinese weren't offended by that. That was the name everyone in Wigan called it."
Michael Wilkes, a spokesman for the British Chinese Project, described Whelan's comments as "extremely unhelpful".
He added in the Guardian: "Once again, Mr Whelan, rather distressingly, believes he can speak on behalf of Chinese people.
"Once more, he is using a public platform to tell a wide audience what Chinese people find offensive.
"Contrary to what Mr Whelan may believe, the vast majority of our community deem the terms 'chink' and 'chingaling' highly offensive."
The new controversy comes on the same day Wigan warned supporters not to use racist, sexist or homophobic language during Saturday's match against Norwich City.
"Wigan Athletic are reminding supporters that it is illegal to swear or use racist, homophobic or sexist language," a statement read.
"The club has a zero tolerance on this and any supporter found to be using inappropriate language runs the risk of being ejected from the match, with further sanctions being available depending on the severity of the case." | The FA says it is looking into fresh comments made by Wigan chairman Dave Whelan about Chinese people. | 1.392762 | 1 |
Philip John Smith's hairpiece was taken away when authorities recaptured him after he fled the country, using the toupee as part of a disguise.
But he argued that his toupee was an "artwork" essential to his self-esteem.
A High Court judge in Auckland ruled that his "fundamental right to freedom of expression was ignored".
Smith is serving a life sentence in prison.
He was convicted and imprisoned in 1996 for murdering the father of a boy he had previously sexually abused.
He also has a string of other convictions, including extortion, aggravated robbery and sexual offences.
In November 2014, while on temporary release for work, Smith fled to South America with an illegally obtained passport. He was soon caught in Rio de Janeiro by Brazilian authorities and deported home.
He quickly became an object of public ridicule in New Zealand when it was revealed that he was bald and had worn a wig while escaping.
Smith pointed to the media attention as part of his legal case to win back his toupee, saying he felt "belittled, degraded and humiliated".
He argued that the custom-made hairpiece was an "artwork" that was important for his self-esteem and self-confidence.
The convict, who represented himself in court, also accused prison officials of acting in an "arbitrary and discriminatory" way by confiscating his hairpiece as "payback".
High Court judge Edwin Wylie released his decision on Thursday siding with Smith, but declined his request for damages.
The court battle was the latest twist in a case that has gripped New Zealand and sparked calls for an overhaul of prison regulations.
Questions have been raised on how Smith was able to obtain a passport - which he applied for under a different name - and flee the country, as well as on the corrections department's temporary release programme. | A bald New Zealand convicted murderer has won a court battle to wear a toupee in prison, by arguing that it was within his human rights. | 1.727094 | 2 |
Stars including Ryan Gosling, Channing Tatum, Charlize Theron and the cast of the new Justice League film are expected to attend.
There will also be looks at the new seasons of Stranger Things, Westworld, Walking Dead and Game of Thrones.
The four-day fan fest concludes with a special Doctor Who session.
With hundreds of events going on, here's a guide to the main things to look out for each day, along with who is likely to turn up.
Follow us on Facebook, on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, or on Instagram at bbcnewsents. If you have a story suggestion email [email protected]. | More than 100,000 fans have descended on San Diego in California for this year's Comic-Con, the largest event dedicated to film, TV and pop culture. | 0.559222 | 1 |
29 January 2016 Last updated at 07:37 GMT
Assistant conservator of forests Makarand Ghodk told the BBC he estimated it weighed around 20 tonnes.
The Bryde's whale is an endangered species and is found in the Arabian sea.
Yogita Limaye reports. | A 12m (40ft) long Bryde's whale has washed up on a beach in the western Indian city of Mumbai. | 2.248918 | 2 |
Researchers from Aberdeen University said their find raised the possibility of bigger finds elsewhere.
The discovery is unusual as gold is normally found in "veins" deep in the Earth's crust, which are produced by water flowing at high temperature.
Gold has previously been found in red sandstone in England but not to the consistency discovered in Millport.
The Isle of Great Cumbrae in the Firth of Clyde is off the coast of North Ayrshire.
Professor John Parnell, from Aberdeen University's School of Geosciences, said the find within the rocks from Millport was surprising.
"In undertaking this research I was initially interested in analysing little structures found within common red sandstone rocks which we took from the beach at Millport, which to the naked eye appear as tiny black spots," he said.
"By analysing the structures using a high-powered microscope, we discovered that they contain concentrations of gold, which is unusual because gold normally tends to be concentrated by hot waters rising up through cracks in the Earth.
"In this case the gold has been formed and concentrated in a completely different environment, which raises the possibility of similar structures appearing within red sandstone elsewhere but on a much bigger scale."
Prof Parnell added: "While there is certainly no prospect of a modern-day gold rush in Millport, this analysis is helping us to understand unusual circumstances where gold can be formed, which in the future may even lead to discoveries that are commercially viable."
The Aberdeen University study has been published in the Journal of the Geological Society. | Tiny specks of gold have been found in sandstone rocks from a beach at Millport on the Isle of Great Cumbrae. | 3.3861 | 3 |
Olympic champion Lizzy Yarnold finished a disappointing 15th place in Switzerland, with Dom Parsons 10th and Jack Thomas 18th in the men's race.
Donna Creighton won skeleton gold for GB in the North American Cup on Thursday.
Creighton took top spot in Lake Placid after a silver in the Intercontinental Cup competition in Calgary. | Wales' Laura Deas finished sixth in the women's World Cup skeleton event in St Moritz. | 0.27737 | 0 |
The retired archbishop was speaking at the launch of a UN-backed campaign in South Africa to promote gay rights.
Despite same-sex relationships being legal in South Africa, it had some of the worst cases of homophobic violence, UN human rights chief Navi Pillay said.
Archbishop Tutu, 81, is a long-standing campaigner for gay rights.
He retired as Archbishop of Cape Town in 1996, but has remained the moral conscience of the nation, correspondents say.
Same-sex relationships are illegal in more than a third of countries around the world and punishable by death in five, Ms Pillay said.
In Africa, homosexual acts are still a crime in 38 countries, according to the rights group Amnesty International.
"I would refuse to go to a homophobic heaven. No, I would say sorry, I mean I would much rather go to the other place," Archbishop Tutu said at the launch of the Free and Equal campaign in Cape Town.
"I would not worship a God who is homophobic and that is how deeply I feel about this."
Archbishop Tutu said the campaign against homophobia was similar to the campaign waged against racism in South Africa.
"I am as passionate about this campaign as I ever was about apartheid. For me, it is at the same level," he added.
Ms Pillay said gay and lesbian people in South Africa had some of the best legal safeguards since apartheid ended in 1994, but they still faced brutal attacks.
Last month, a lesbian was found dead, having been sexually assaulted with a toilet brush.
"People are literally paying for their love with their lives," she said, AFP news agency reports.
The UN would push for gay rights to be recognised in countries where they are illegal, Ms Pillay said.
"I constantly hear governments tell me, 'but this is our culture, our tradition and we can't change it'... So we have lots of work to do," she added.
Archbishop Tutu won the Nobel peace prize in 1984 for campaigning against white minority rule in South Africa. | South Africa's Nobel peace laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu says he will never worship a "homophobic God" and will rather go to hell. | 2.078561 | 2 |
21 November 2015 Last updated at 10:36 GMT
The Adele impersonators think they are auditioning to take part in an Adele tribute show for the BBC, but they don't know the real Adele is also amongst them, in disguise.
Instead of calling herself Adele, she pretended to be called Jenny and even had a fake prosthetic nose put on, so she wouldn't look like herself.
But when the fake 'Jenny' starts singing, it doesn't take them too long to realise something is not quite right.
The sketch was all set up for a BBC programme about Adele. | Adele has 'auditioned' for the role of herself, in a sketch set up to fool a group of Adele impersonators. | 1.242728 | 1 |
Writing in the acting union Equity's magazine, he called low pay or working for free "a virus" that stifled diversity.
He said it was the theatre industry's "job" to "hold a mirror up to nature".
"Unless we keep the widest possible demographic... we are building a time bomb into the future of the industry".
West, who is currently directing April de Angelis's play After Electra in Plymouth, said "actors should never be asked to work for nothing when other professionals in the production are drawing salaries".
He said the usual explanation that it will "lead to visibility" should not be given "when that usually depends more on backgrounds and contacts".
West, whose parents are the actors Timothy West and Prunella Scales, said it seemed like the industry based its "economic model on those who can afford to live with their parents", which does not work.
"Talent is no respecter of postcodes, or how much your parents earn," he said.
Echoing the current campaign for more diversity in the arts - he said ultimately if the industry does not represent BAME (black, Asian and minority ethnic) people fairly "we hold up a distorting mirror; we alienate audiences and deny lots of good artists a chance of work".
"If we don't employ people with disabilities, we spread a culture of 'difference', and deny shared understanding," he said. | Samuel West has claimed that a culture of low and unpaid work in the arts is a "time bomb" that will "ultimately... destroy the profession". | 1.628883 | 2 |
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