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34614203 | The Crues trail leaders Linfield by two points, while Glenavon lie in fifth.
Meanwhile Glentoran's Director of Football Roy Coyle will take charge for his side's trip to Warrenpoint Town following Eddie Patterson's dismissal.
Basement club Warrenpoint are without rib injury victim Darren King and the suspended Jordan Dane, while Mark Clarke is doubtful with a foot injury.
'Point manager Barry Gray is also missing long-term casualties Johnny Parr and John McGuigan.
Michael McNamee presents coverage of all six Irish Premiership matches on Saturday Sportsound.
Joel Taggart and Tommy Breslin will be at Seaview to watch Crusaders play Glenavon while Grant Cameron and Liam Beckett take in Coleraine against Cliftonville at Ballycastle Road.
The programme will also have reports from the remainder of the afternoon's games and news of the rest of the day's sporting action.
Sportsound on BBC Radio Ulster from 14:00 BST
Linfield will hope to have Andy Waterworth, who has scored 12 goals in 11 Premiership outings, back in their squad after injury for the visit of Carrick Rangers to Windsor Park.
Coleraine's early-season form has been boosted by the goalscoring exploits of striker James McLaughlin, who has bagged five goals in five games and 10 for the season.
"We have a really good changing room at the moment. We have a very tight group of players and there is a real togetherness among the squad," said Bannsiders boss Oran Kearney ahead of his side's game against Cliftonville at Ballycastle Road.
Cliftonville boss Gerard Lyttle has bolstered his squad by signing former Celtic winger Paul George and he knows his team face a tough task against an outfit "who have got a bit of momentum going".
"We have achieved some good results but we have to continue to work hard and try to improve. I can't speak highly enough of the application of the players," said Lyttle.
Meanwhile Ballymena United manager Glenn Ferguson has urged his players to be more clinical in front of goal as they prepare to play struggling Dungannon Swifts at the Showgrounds.
The Swifts are without banned midfielder Jamie Glackin as they aim to halt a run of four consecutive league defeats, while the hosts have themselves gone three matches without picking up a point.
"There are four teams being cut adrift at the bottom of the table and whoever can put together a run of two or three wins in a row out of five or six games has a chance to pull themselves clear," argued Swifts manager Darren Murphy.
Portadown entertain a Ballinamallard United side who are without influential midfielder Cathal Beacom, ruled out of the visit to Shamrock Park with a hamstring problem.
Beacom could be absent for three weeks, but on the plus side, Stephen Feeney has recovered from a calf complaint in time to take his place in the squad.
Danske Bank Premiership fixtures - Saturday 24 October - 15:00 BST kick-offs
Ballymena United v Dungannon Swifts
Coleraine v Cliftonville
Crusaders v Glenavon
Linfield v Carrick Rangers
Portadown v Ballinamallard Utd
Warrenpoint Town v Glentoran | Crusaders welcome back skipper Colin Coates after suspension for Saturday's Irish Premiership game with Glenavon. |
39885084 | Chasing 261, Notts were wobbling at 84-3 before Patel (103) and Steven Mullaney's (77) unbroken stand of 181.
Lancashire were earlier restricted to 260-6 despite an unbeaten 75 from Haseeb Hameed, as Notts put in an excellent all-round bowling display.
Notts will reach the quarter-finals if they beat Northamptonshire.
Meanwhile, Lancashire must beat Durham to have any chance.
Lancashire had won their previous three games, including a thriller against Derbyshire on Friday, but were outclassed in front of a crowd in excess of 8,000 at Trent Bridge.
The visitors were squeezed in excellent batting conditions, firstly by the pace of James Pattinson and Stuart Broad, then the control of Patel's spin and Mullaney's medium pace.
An opening stand of 98 between Karl Brown and Alex Davies was compiled in only 16 overs but, after Brown drove Broad to cover for 52, Lancashire were strangled.
Hameed held the innings together with delicate touch and swiftness between the wickets, but Lancashire simply could not accelerate.
Although Ryan McLaren (42) helped Lancashire take 61 from the final six overs, their total seemed well short of being competitive, and looked even more so when Michael Lumb and Riki Wessels got stuck into the visiting bowling.
But Lancashire all-rounder Danny Lamb, on his debut in the absence of the injured Jordan Clark, removed both to drag the away side back into the contest.
However, Patel and Mullaney absorbed the pressure, then exploited a Lancashire attack that became increasingly short of options.
In the end, Patel in particular accelerated towards the finish line, the victory completed with 24 balls to spare.
Notts all-rounder Samit Patel told BBC Radio Nottingham:
"I've been ticking quite nicely but just not been converting and that's been disappointing.
"I've been working hard on my game and it's now coming all together at the right time.
"We can only do what we can do against Northants but it's a massive game on Tuesday. We've got to play well to qualify."
Lancashire head coach Glen Chapple told BBC Radio Lancashire:
"260 was possibly a bit light. It was a funny innings really. We worked well through the powerplay and up to the first 17 overs but then it got more difficult.
"Leicester now have a tough game against Yorkshire and Notts have a tough game against Northants.
"So all we can do is go to the Riverside and try to beat Durham and see." | Samit Patel made an unbeaten century as Nottinghamshire kept their One-Day Cup hopes alive with a seven-wicket defeat of Lancashire. |
35539439 | London-based Banker Magazine awarded Amara Konneh its African Finance Minister of the Year award in 2014.
But on Tuesday the Senate voted to jail Mr Konneh for acting beyond his powers by proposing a $1.2m (£800,000) budget cut.
The Supreme Court ordered a halt on his imprisonment "until further notice".
Senate leader Armah Jallah told the BBC's Jonathan Paye-Layleh in Monrovia that the Senate had voted unanimously to jail the finance minister because he did not have the powers to reduce their budget.
The issue of how much politicians get paid is often the subject of radio talk shows and public debate here in Liberia.
The 103 lawmakers in the Senate and the House of Representatives get monthly salaries of $13,000 (£9,000) each.
And now there is an extra pressure for scrutiny about that pay.
The decline in the country's two main foreign-exchange earners - rubber and iron ore - has cut the country's budget to below $500m, meaning all sectors of the government are coming under pressure to cut their budgets. | Liberia's Supreme Court has stopped the Senate's attempts to jail the country's finance minister after he tried to clamp down on politicians' expenses. |
25741869 | The Queen received more than 70 presents from foreign dignitaries, charities and private individuals.
A member of the Sri Lankan parliament presented a portrait of the Queen burned on to a tree trunk.
Regulations state that official gifts are not the property of the royal recipient but may be used by them.
The rules surrounding gifts to the Royal Family call for extravagant gifts to be "discouraged" and can be refused if they are inappropriate or "appear to place the member of the Royal Family under any obligation to the donor".
Official gifts are defined as being any object received on an official engagement, and only items with a value of less than £150, given by a person or organisation privately known by the royal, can be considered a personal present.
Princess Anne received some unusual-sounding official gifts, including a plastic stand-up angel, a garden gnome and a book titled Your Arms Remind Me of Pork Luncheon Meat.
Gifts to the Duke of York took a culinary theme, with a chocolate hamper, Turkish sweets, champagne, tea, a gingerbread cathedral, a box of mangoes, macaroons and a chocolate bear presented to him.
Recipients of such perishable items who choose or are unable to consume them themselves are instructed by the official gift rules to pass them on to charities to avoid waste.
Ties were a popular present for the male royals - with the Duke of Edinburgh, Duke of York, Earl of Wessex and the Duke of Kent all receiving additions to their wardrobes.
The Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall received their official gifts while on overseas tours to India and Sri Lanka, and the Gulf states.
Prince Charles lists ceremonial necklaces, several chests of teas, a number of decorative elephants, Arabic coffee sets and bottle of perfume as items received on the trips.
Apart from the colourful art and exotic objects the Queen received from foreign dignitaries, she also received some unusual novelty items on engagements in the UK.
On a visit to Baker Street station to mark the 150th anniversary of the London Underground, the Queen was given a commemorative Oyster Card.
And an artillery cartridge that was fired as part of the Diamond Jubilee celebrations was mounted on a plinth and offered to the Queen on a visit to the barracks of the the King's Troop Royal Horse Artillery.
The Queen also received gifts from the BBC, including framed copies of the Radio Times to commemorate her 60 years on the throne, and a radio alarm clock.
The details of the items and donors were revealed in lists of official gifts to members of the Royal Family released by Buckingham Palace and Clarence House. | A gnome, a photograph of the Royal Family set on a decorative ostrich egg, and golf clubs were among gifts received by the Royal Family in 2013. |
22863552 | Navas, 27, passed a medical in New York to complete a deal worth an initial £14.9m, potentially rising to £15.9m over the course of his contract.
"Manchester City is an exciting project and this is the right moment for me to take this step," he told the club's official website.
Navas has suffered from chronic homesickness in the past and spent his entire career at Sevilla, which is 20 miles north of his hometown of Los Palacios y Villafranca.
He turned down a move to Chelsea after helping Sevilla beat Middlesbrough in the 2006 Uefa Cup final, citing a fear of living abroad.
Navas has suffered from anxiety attacks when away from home for extended periods and has been forced to leave training camps on several occasions.
The good news for Manchester City fans is that extensive counselling appears to have alleviated the problem.
"I'm very happy with the opportunity and the decision."
Navas, who has earned 23 caps for Spain, is City's second major signing of the summer following Fernandinho's arrival from Shakhtar Donetsk for a fee of around £30m.
The Spain international has spent his entire career to date at Sevilla, which is 20 miles north of his hometown of Los Palacios y Villafranca.
He was a key part of the Sevilla team that won the Uefa Cup in 2006 and 2007 but was held back earlier in his career by a fear of travelling away from his Andalusian home.
A quick and direct right winger, he was a member of Spain's successful 2010 World Cup and Euro 2012 squads and
"The Premier League is a competition where the football is very fast and will suit the way I play. I'm really looking forward to it," Navas said.
"I'm going to a great club in England and I want to continue developing my game there. The club has put a lot of faith in me and I want to repay them out on the pitch."
City are yet to appoint a successor to Roberto Mancini as manager, with Manuel Pellegrini expected to move to the club from Malaga. | Manchester City have confirmed the signing of winger Jesus Navas from Sevilla on a four-year deal. |
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It is the first time Bishop, 25, has been on the podium in the World Series.
Fellow Britons Marc Austin and Adam Bowden were 14th and 20th respectively, while Grant Sheldon did not finish.
Double Olympic champion Alistair Brownlee, who is training for the World Half Ironman Championships, and injured brother Jonny did not compete.
Third place went to France's Vincent Luis, while reigning champion Mario Mola of Spain was back in eighth.
Bishop, whose previous best at this level was fifth in Edmonton in Canada last year, said if he could be anywhere near as successful as the Brownlees then he was "doing a good job".
"I can't quite believe it to be honest but I had a plan. I had a feeling that it might all come together," Bishop said.
"I wasn't sure how it was going to go as it's the first race of the season, but when I found myself in the front group and there was a bit of a gap I was trying to work as hard as I could.
"It was tough. Some of the guys out there were riding really strong and I just did what I could to keep the group going.
"I got to the run and my back was pretty sore so I had to warm myself into it but luckily I had Gomez to pace me through. I thought he's a good act to follow and I tried to hang on to him as long as I could, and that dragged me into second."
In Friday's women's race, Britain's Jodie Stimpson was narrowly beaten into second place.
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Watch highlights of the men's and women's races on BBC Two on Sunday from 13:00-14:30 GMT. | Britain's Tom Bishop finished second in the opening race of the 2017 World Triathlon Series in Abu Dhabi, as Javier Gomez of Spain won. |
37186373 | Primal Scream and The Charlatans head a line-up of more than 90 acts who are set to perform at the third edition of the Dumfries and Galloway event.
Organisers hope to see a crowd of about 5,000 at the festival near Thornhill.
Co-founder Nick Roberts said the bill had been carefully crafted to showcase emerging talent alongside more established artists.
He said it was about having a "happy balance" between bands with commercial clout and more "underground" acts.
Mr Roberts said the growing reputation of the event had definitely helped it to attract performers he might previously have considered out of reach.
"If you had said to me last year, 'At next year's festival you're going to have Primal Scream and the Charlatans headlining' I would have called you crazy," he said.
"But here we are."
Meanwhile, police have reminded revellers that making or distributing so-called legal highs are now criminal offences due to recent changes in legislation and anyone found with them will be arrested.
Drug sniffer dogs will also be at the site. | Thousands of music fans are expected to attend the extended two-day Electric Fields festival at Drumlanrig Castle. |
28238995 | Director of Public Prosecutions Alison Saunders said identifying sex offence victims in England and Wales could only be punished by fines at present.
The same applied even if there was sustained abuse of a victim, she said.
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) leader also raised concerns about the naming of children in court cases.
"Where we do think the legislation needs to be looked at is around some of the reporting restrictions in relation to anonymity and breach of orders," Ms Saunders told the House of Lords Communications Committee.
CPS legal adviser Tim Thompson said existing laws against publishing the names of children who had appeared in court cases did not include social media posts.
The Sexual Offences Amendment Act, which gives lifelong anonymity to victims of sex offences, does apply but a fine is the maximum punishment.
"That is something that some district judges have commented on when dealing with particular cases where individual victims of rape have been vilified in campaigns, of people deliberately naming and abusing them, and the penalty available has been a financial one," Mr Thompson said.
Also speaking to the committee, the chief constable of Essex Police called for new "preventative" laws to stop online crime.
Stephen Kavanagh said: "There are too many victims out there whose lives have been devastated by online abuse.
"Of course legislation can be applied to many of the criminal behaviours on social media, but we believe it is time to consider whether enabling preventative and enforcement legislation will assist in keeping people more safe in the online environment." | Rape victims are being named and "vilified" online because laws to protect their anonymity are too weak, a House of Lords committee has heard. |
40409360 | Welsh Government previously suggested testing of cladding was voluntary.
But it has now told BBC Wales that if social landlords think they have aluminium composite material (ACM) cladding it should be tested urgently.
Two areas have ACM in place, according to Welsh Government Communities Secretary Carl Sargeant.
Currently cladding on seven Swansea council towers are being tested. Welsh Government has been unable to tell BBC Wales where the other area is.
Wales has 36 blocks of flats of seven or more storeys that are used for social housing.
UK ministers ordered social landlords in England to test tower block cladding if it is made of ACM last week - but a similar instruction from Welsh Government to councils initially appeared to be voluntary.
A total of 75 buildings in England had failed fire safety tests since the request from the UK government was made.
Meanwhile, all seven Welsh health boards have confirmed that they are carrying out inspections of their properties.
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The Welsh Government previously said to BBC Wales in a statement Mr Sargeant "has urged local authorities who want to test cladding to do so" - suggesting the tests were voluntary.
"Swansea Council has decided to test cladding from seven of its 11 tower blocks as a precautionary measure in order to provide further reassurance to tenants, and awaits the results," it said.
But, when asked by BBC Wales why testing was not compulsory, the government said: "We are telling all social landlords to test any buildings they suspect may have used ACM.
"This is the same position as in England."
It said that social landlords across Wales have assured them none of the blocks use Reynobond PE - the specific brand of cladding used at Grenfell Tower.
"If, however, landlords have cladding they think might be other brands of Aluminium Composite Panels then we have made it clear they need to test it urgently," a spokesman said.
The spokesman added the Welsh Government does not have powers to compel private organisations to get their buildings checked.
"However, we are taking steps to encourage landlords of all high rise buildings regardless of their tenure to carry out fire safety checks and where necessary have samples of cladding tested."
Swansea council was asked which of its 11 council blocks are being tested but it has not responded.
Nine tower blocks in Wales over 10 storeys are run by housing associations.
Community Housing Cymru, which represents the housing association sector in Wales, said the Welsh Government had recommended all cladding is tested.
The Welsh Government offered housing associations the opportunity and support for testing last Friday at the same centre where the procedure is taking place in England - the Building Research Establishment.
Stuart Ropke, chief executive of CHC, said: "We can confirm that no tower block owned by a Welsh housing association has been fitted with the type of cladding used in Grenfell Tower.
"We are also encouraging members to use the Welsh Government's testing service for all tower block cladding to ensure that it passes fire safety tests."
Cardiff council, which has nine high-rise blocks of which several were over-clad in the 1990s, is currently using an independent contractor to conduct a survey.
Indications so far are that its own cladding is made up of fire retardant materials. The survey will include an analysis of the make-up of materials used, and if anything is needed checking, samples will be sent for checking.
A Cardiff spokesman said: "The council has not carried out any over-cladding work to any of its high rise flats in recent times.
"The buildings are clad with traditional, fire retardant material.
"The council will of course be reviewing arrangements for future schemes to ensure the safety of all tenants."
Cladding is also being checked at Singleton Hospital in Swansea. | All social landlords in Wales are being told to carry out fire safety tests on tower block cladding similar to the material used at Grenfell Tower. |
28069265 | Officers said a 60-year-old man had been arrested in Widegates, near Looe, on suspicion of firearms offences.
Earlier, dozens of officers were involved in an armed manhunt for Derrel Weaver, who went missing following a "domestic" incident on Thursday night.
Police had warned people not to approach Mr Weaver, an Elvis impersonator.
In a statement, Devon and Cornwall Police said the 60-year-old man was arrested on land in Widegates shortly before 21:30 BST on Friday.
Two firearms were recovered nearby, the force said.
The man has been taken to hospital for a medical assessment as a precaution.
Police are not looking for anybody else in connection with the incident.
Mr Weaver was being sought after a domestic-related incident at his home, Higher Widlake Farm in Widegates.
Officers said it was unclear whether Mr Weaver was armed but it was a possibility as he is a licensed firearms owner.
There was a high police presence in the Widegates and wider Looe area throughout Friday, including firearms officers and trained local officers.
The nearby Trenode Church of England Primary School was closed as a precaution.
The school has 75 pupils. | Police in Cornwall hunting for a man who they feared might be carrying a gun have made an arrest. |
21517905 | The 35-year-old will fight welterweight Robert Guerrero in the first of these bouts on 4 May.
"Mayweather's new deal is by far the biggest in the sport of boxing," said Mayweather's promotions company.
The specific financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
The Guerrero fight will be Mayweather's first since beating Miguel Cotto for the WBA light-middleweight title by unanimous decision in May last year, extending his record to 43-0 (26 KOs).
The American then served a two-month prison sentence for domestic violence before he was released on 3 August.
The new television deal sees Mayweather, who holds the WBC welterweight and WBA light middleweight belts, leave HBO for Showtime.
He averages more than one million pay-per-view buys per event - more than any other boxer.
"At this record-setting PPV performance level, if all six fights contemplated by this deal occur, it will be the richest individual athlete deal in all of sports," added the statement from Mayweather's promotions company. | Floyd Mayweather will fight six bouts over a 30-month period that could make the eight-time world champion the richest individual athlete in the world. |
37196560 | Taoiseach (prime minster) Enda Kenny said Mr Barry passed away in his home town of Cork surrounded by his family.
Mr Kenny said Mr Barry had given "outstanding service to his country and his native city".
He added that the former Irish foreign minister had played a "central and pivotal role" in negotiating the Anglo-Irish Agreement.
Outside politics, Mr Barry was a successful businessman with the family firm, Barry's Tea, serving as chairman of the Cork-based company, which claims to have 40% of the tea market in the Republic.
Irish President Michael D Higgins said Mr Barry would be deeply missed.
"His view of Irish history was a long one and he brought all that wisdom to bear in his contributions to achieving the Anglo-Irish Agreement of 1985," said Mr Higgins.
"As a person he was immensely popular across all parties and, of course, he had a deep commitment to Cork city and its heritage."
Seamus Mallon, a former deputy leader of the Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) and ex-deputy first minister of Northern Ireland, also paid a warm tribute to Mr Barry.
"He had a very clear picture of the problems in the north and he had that well-ordered expertise at the negotiating table," Mr Mallon said.
"If you ally that to his great tenacity, I think it adds up to a very substantial reputation for a man."
Former SDLP leader Dr Alasdair McDonnell said Mr Barry had been a "special friend to Northern Ireland during some of the most challenging days of the Troubles".
"Peter towered above his peers in terms of his integrity, sincerity and commitment to ensuring that we could break free from the cycle of political instability and violence," Dr McDonnell added.
"Peter played a massive role in moving the north away from conflict and his personal kindness to all of us that dealt with him will never be forgotten."
The Anglo-Irish Agreement was signed on 15 November 1985 by Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and Taoiseach Garret FitzGerald.
The agreement gave the Republic of Ireland a consultative role in Northern Ireland for the first time, a move opposed by many unionists.
It is credited as the beginning of co-operative talks that would eventually lead to the Good Friday Agreement in 1998.
Micheál Martin, the leader of the Republic of Ireland's biggest opposition party Fianna Fáil, said Mr Barry had distinguished himself in a number of ministerial roles during his tenure in government.
He also paid tribute to the part Mr Barry played in Anglo Irish relations, saying "at a time of great violence and uncertainty, his role in helping to chart a way forward was critical and his contribution will stand the test of time". | Former Tánaiste (Irish deputy prime minister) Peter Barry has died at the age of 88. |
39874863 | With those words, Donald Trump became only the second president to fire his FBI director.
But why was he dismissed?
This was the first official reason. The president opened his missive to Mr Comey by citing a damning letter from Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein that accused the now-former FBI director of "serious mistakes".
Among other things, it said Mr Comey had "usurped" the authority of the former attorney general by announcing last July the closure of the inquiry into Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server.
The letter faulted him for "gratuitously" releasing "derogatory information" about the subject of an investigation - Mrs Clinton.
It even criticised his public reopening of the inquiry 11 days before the election, a step which some say contributed to Mr Trump's shock victory over Mrs Clinton.
At the time Mr Trump had praised Mr Comey's unusual move, saying it "took guts".
This was President Trump's first in-person explanation, given from the Oval Office in an interview with NBC News.
He said he had already decided to fire Mr Comey, "regardless of recommendation" as the FBI had been "in turmoil".
This appeared to contradict White House claims that Mr Trump acted on the deputy attorney general's recommendation.
Mr Trump tweeted that Mr Comey had "lost the confidence of almost everyone in Washington".
But Mr Comey's successor, acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe, told the Senate "the vast majority of employees enjoyed a deep and positive connection to Director Comey".
Democrats assert that Mr Comey's role leading the FBI investigation into alleged Russian meddling in the election - and possible Kremlin links to the Trump campaign - was the real reason for his abrupt dismissal.
Mr Comey confirmed that such an investigation existed on 20 March, when he spoke before a congressional intelligence committee.
After his dismissal, Politico reported the president "had grown enraged by the Russia investigation" and was "frustrated by his inability to control the mushrooming narrative".
"He repeatedly asked aides why the Russia investigation wouldn't disappear and demanded they speak out for him," Politico reported. "He would sometimes scream at television clips about the probe, one adviser said."
Russia: The scandal Trump can't shake
"He's become more famous than me!" Mr Trump said of Mr Comey at a January meeting, sending an air-kiss his way.
But could this have been a problem, rather than a compliment?
In his NBC interview, the US president described Mr Comey as a "showboat" and "grandstander".
Citing unnamed White House officials, the Wall Street Journal reported that Mr Trump chafed at the increased media attention on Mr Comey.
"He viewed Mr Comey as eager to step in front of TV cameras and questioned whether his expanding media profile was warping his view of the Russia investigation," the officials said, according to the report.
Loyalty is one Mr Trump's most prized qualities - and according to the New York Times, two of Mr Comey's associates say he declined to pledge it.
Over dinner in January, the president asked the FBI head whether he could count on his loyalty, but Mr Comey only promised to be honest, according to the newspaper.
Mr Trump is also reported to have been furious that Mr Comey publicly dismissed his sensational claim in March that President Barack Obama had wiretapped him.
After Mr Comey testified to a Senate panel on 3 May that he felt "mildly nauseous" to think he might have swayed the election, Mr Trump began seriously considering firing him, the New York Times reports.
Is Trump's thin skin to blame? | "You are hereby terminated." |
19138754 | The attacker "ambushed" a policeman at the scene, shooting him multiple times, before a second officer returned fire, killing the gunman, said authorities.
The shot officer was among three men critically injured in the attack in Oak Creek, suburban Milwaukee.
Later local TV showed police vehicles at another suburb, near what is believed to be the gunman's home.
Reports said the FBI and a bomb squad had gone to search the building, in Cudahy, about 2.5 miles (4km) north of the temple, and had evacuated several blocks.
Police said they believe there was only one shooter, despite initial witness reports of more than one gunman.
President Barack Obama spoke of his sadness at the shooting, which comes just over two weeks after a gun massacre left 12 people dead at a Colorado cinema.
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Hundreds of people turned out for an impromptu candlelit vigil in the nearby city of Milwaukee for the victims of the temple shooting on Sunday evening.
At a press conference, Oak Creek Police Chief John Edwards said they were treating the attack as a "domestic terrorist-type incident", and that the FBI would take over the criminal investigation.
He said he could not release any information about the shooter, who local media reports said was a white male aged about 40.
Women and children hid in closets as the gunfire erupted shortly before 10:30 local time (15:30 GMT) on Sunday.
Four people were dead inside the temple and three outside - including the gunman, said the authorities.
"The best information is that there was only one gunman," said Chief Edwards.
He said the gunman had opened fire on one of the first officers to arrive at the scene, as the officer tended to a victim outside the temple.
The policeman was shot multiple times, before a second officer exchanged gunfire with the suspect, fatally shooting him, added Chief Edwards.
At least three critically injured men were being treated at Milwaukee's Froedtert Hospital, said officials at that facility.
They included the shot police officer, although he was expected to survive, said Chief Edwards.
Local news station WISN 12 reported that one of the injured had gunshot wounds to the chest and abdomen, the second had shots to the face and the third had gunshot wounds to the neck.
Oak Creek is a town of about 30,000 people in the south-east corner of the state.
The website for the temple says it opened in 1999 and now has a congregation of 350-400. Sunday morning was the busiest time of worship, members of the congregation said.
Devendar Nagra, whose sister escaped injury by hiding in the temple's kitchen, told the Associated Press: "We never thought this could happen to our community. We never did anything wrong to anyone."
Suni Singh told Newsradio 620 WTMJ that he had spoken to a friend inside the temple at the time.
"My friend called and said, 'I heard the shot, and two people falling down in the parking lot.' He saw the shooter reloading the gun," Mr Singh said.
Darshan Dhaliwal, who identified himself as a leader at the temple, told the Milwaukee-Wisconsin Journal Sentinel: "This is insanity."
President Obama said he was "deeply saddened" by Sunday's incident.
"Our hearts go out to the families and friends of those who were killed and wounded," he said in statement released by the White House.
"As we mourn this loss which took place at a house of worship, we are reminded how much our country has been enriched by Sikhs, who are a part of our broader American family."
Local politician Mark Honadel called the attack "craziness".
The state representative told CNN: "Unfortunately, when this type of stuff hits your area, you say to yourself, 'why?' But in today's society, I don't think there's any place that's free from idiots." | At least seven people, including a gunman, have died in a shooting at a Sikh temple in Wisconsin in the US. |
28640560 | The cedi has fallen 40% against the US dollar this year, making it one of the world's worst-performing currencies.
Ghana, once seen as a shining example of economic strength in the region, is also struggling with high inflation.
The country last went to the IMF for help in 2009, when it secured a $600m (??360m), three-year aid package.
Despite being a major exporter of gold, oil and cocoa, Ghana is struggling with large current account and budget deficits.
Last week, the country's finance minister told the BBC the country would fix its currency problems itself and only go to the IMF as a last resort.
Many experts see the decision to go to the IMF as the first admission by the government that the economy is in bad shape.
Commentators said the move would force the government to take stronger action to tackle rising deficits and inflation.
"An IMF programme is likely to give to investors that additional level of confidence that fiscal consolidation might be pursued more seriously," said Razia Khan at Standard Chartered bank.
"However, news of potential talks with the IMF is unlikely to be enough, on its own, to make a meaningful difference to the cedi just yet."
Mark Asibey-Yeboah, spokesman for the opposition New Patriotic Party, said the IMF would insist on the government introducing measures to tackle inflation, including a freeze on wages.
"But all in all, the benefits will still outweigh the downside, so it's a step in the right direction," he said. | Ghana has said it will seek financial aid from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to help strengthen the West African nation's currency. |
40094070 | The great grey owl and the bateleur eagle were taken from the back of a van at Cowbridge Food and Drink Festival in Vale of Glamorgan on Monday.
Handler Jason Ashcroft, 44, had been showing Mamba and Misty at the event before they were taken as he packed up.
Appealing for their safe return, he said he had a special bond with the birds which was "priceless".
Mr Ashcroft said: "I was going back and forth to my car and turned my back for just a minute when they were taken.
"The bird boxes are very heavy so whoever took them must have had a car.
"Our Bateleur eagle is very rare and both birds are valuable but my main concern is the loss of the amazing relationship we have.
"The birds are very tame and have been trained over many years to bond with me. That is priceless."
South Wales Police confirmed it was investigating the thefts.
A reward has been offered for the safe return of the birds. | Two rare birds of prey worth more than £8,000 have been stolen after performing at a festival. |
37503145 | The former judge succumbed to lung cancer on Thursday morning and "died peacefully" in hospital in the capital city, Manila, said her husband.
Mrs Santiago ran for president in the elections in May, but ultimately lost to Rodrigo Duterte.
Ill health plagued her election campaign but she insisted that she was fit to hold office.
She had also sought the presidency in 1992 and 1998.
Born in Iloilo city, Mrs Santiago announced to her supporters in 2014 that she was suffering from stage four lung cancer.
She turned down a judicial position at the International Criminal Court because of her illness.
Her weakening health was a source of concern in the run-up to this year's Philippine presidential election, where she was often seen sitting down and resting during televised debates.
Known as the Iron Lady of Filipino politics, Santiago was a feisty senator who took bold stands on major issues like corruption and defence agreements. She will also be widely known for never backing down from a good fight.
She was both known and feared for her quick wit and her even quicker tongue in court and at rallies.
In my days starting out as a reporter in the Philippines, I remember she was always accommodating. She would joke gamely with the Philippine media.
Her trademark frank and fearless style often came across in interviews.
Filipinos have flooded social media sites with tributes to the late senator.
A Facebook post from the GMA News agency drew more than 300,000 reactions and close to 50,000 comments.
Many described her as the best president the Philippines "never had".
"We just lost a great woman, a great Filipino and a great public servant. Rest in peace, madam senator," said Facebook user Cedric Pazcoguin.
"My heart is broken but I am finding comfort to the fact that she passed away peacefully in her sleep. Rest in perfect peace - our nation will surely treasure your legacy forever," wrote supporter Ruby Ann del Rosario from Manila.
"You could have been one of our greatest presidents. This is a very sad day for the Philippines. We lost a gem," said user Kharl Ferrer. | Philippine senator and former presidential candidate Miriam Defensor-Santiago has died aged 71. |
20861868 | Best friends Letisha Shakespeare, 17, and Charlene Ellis, 18, were the innocent victims of a drive-by shooting in the early hours of 2 January 2003.
Charlene's twin sister Sophie, their cousin Cheryl Shaw and friend Leon Harris were also injured.
The teenagers died in a hail of machine gun fire as they stood outside a new year party in Aston, Birmingham.
Mothers Marcia Shakespeare and Beverley Thomas have campaigned tirelessly over the past decade to try to rid the city of guns and gangs.
"My message to youngsters is to think about the impact it has on the families," Ms Thomas said.
"Think about the community and how it affects people closest to the victims."
Charlene's mother clearly remembers the day 10 years ago when she sat in City Hospital waiting for news.
"I'd got two girls and the first thing I was thinking was that two of them were going to die," she said. "And you get down there and you find that one of them has passed and the other is fighting for her life... it was hard, really hard."
Time has not healed the mothers' pain as they recalled the loss of their daughters.
Ms Shakespeare is still scathing of the young men who had armed themselves with a machine gun and planned to exact a revenge killing on a rival gang member - but instead fired into the crowd of new year party revellers.
"Knowing that someone can be that hyped up... to go out and buy a Mac-10 machine gun and plan to use it on the streets of Birmingham, that's just evil," she said.
Both mothers have helped create a peace garden in the city and have worked with successive governments to raise awareness about the dangers of gang culture.
Ms Shakespeare has been into schools and taken part in a programme highlighting issues surrounding violent crime.
She said: "We have made young people realise, and will continue to make them realise, that there are choices, alternatives to violent crime.
"Young people need to know how being with the wrong people can affect them."
The Aston shootings were a pivotal moment in Britain's recent history.
In 2003 Birmingham had one of the most hardened gang cultures in the UK with up to six shootings a day.
The year the two girls died, City Hospital dealt with 142 gun crime victims.
But December 2011 saw the lowest number of recorded gun offences - 15 - since the monthly number peaked in October 2002 at more than 80.
The shock of two innocent young girls killed on Britain's streets by gangsters armed with a machine gun galvanised the politicians, the police and the justice system.
Det Ch Insp Simon Wallis from West Midlands Police's gangs taskforce described the two mothers as inspirational.
He said: "I think the event has never gone away from the Birmingham memory.
"I think this is obviously a key moment to actually stop and remember what happened on that very dark day.
"But for the police it is still a very big event and we are blessed to have Marcia and Bev work with us and doing all we can to try to set about avoiding any further such tragedy." | The mothers of two girls killed in shootings 10 years ago have called on young people to think carefully about the choices they make and the impact gangs can have on communities. |
40806322 | The bill, which was signed in private at the White House, also imposes sanctions on Iran and North Korea.
Mr Trump accused Congress of overreach on the legislation, which "handcuffs" him from easing Russia penalties.
Moscow said the sanctions "put paid to hopes that our relations with the new American administration" would improve.
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev also said this move meant the US had declared a "full-scale trade war" on Russia.
Iran said the new sanctions violated the nuclear deal and it would respond in an "appropriate and proportional" manner, reports the semi-official Isna news agency.
The Kremlin has denied interfering in the US election, and Mr Trump has rejected any allegations that his campaign staff colluded with Russia to help him win.
Hours after the US president signed the bill, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said: "This isn't news.
"The thing is, the bill was approved and was going to automatically become law with or without the president's signature."
Moscow had already retaliated last week to Congress passing the bill, by expelling 755 people from its US embassy and consulates.
Several European nations, including Germany, are fearful of the economic consequences and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker has warned of "unintended unilateral effects that impact the EU's energy security interests".
In signing the Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act, Mr Trump attached a statement calling the measure "deeply flawed".
He accused Congress, which last week overwhelmingly passed the bill and sent it to the White House, of overstepping its constitutional authority.
"As president, I can make far better deals with foreign countries than Congress," he said.
Anthony Zurcher, BBC News, Washington
Donald Trump has signed the bill but he's clearly not happy about it. Hardly surprising, as any president would probably object to congressional efforts to curtail executive power included in this legislation.
As is becoming routine, however, this administration didn't draw its battle lines in the expected way.
There were several "signing statements". The first reads like a standard legalistic description of a presidential action with a bevy of "yes, but..." reservations.
Another statement is decidedly more Trumpian, complete with a shot at Congress for not passing healthcare reform and a closing boast about his business empire and negotiating prowess.
Releasing multiple signing statements with somewhat divergent tones is unusual, to say the least, and could be an indication that, despite the efforts of new chief of staff John Kelly, the administration is still not speaking with a unified voice.
The sanctions, which are also in response to Russia's annexation of Crimea, come months after President Barack Obama expelled 35 Russian diplomats.
Republican Lindsey Graham praised the bill after it passed, pointing out that Mr Trump's options were limited since there were enough votes to overcome a presidential veto.
"President Putin did something that nobody in America could do. He united the Congress," the South Carolina senator told CNN.
Senior Russian parliamentarian Konstantin Kosachev said that Mr Trump was "capitulating" by not standing up to Congress.
Mr Trump and Mr Putin met for the first time at the highly-scrutinised G20 summit last month in Germany.
Allegations by the US intelligence community that Russia interfered in the US election to aid Mr Trump are currently being investigated by Congress and a special investigator. | President Donald Trump has signed into a law a bill which imposes new sanctions on Russia for their alleged meddling in the 2016 election. |
24912216 | Institutions across the UK could by affected by the action by Unison, the University and College Union, Unite and the Educational Institute of Scotland.
The dispute centres on a 1% pay rise offered to university staff - including lecturers and support staff.
Employers expressed disappointment at the decision to take strike action.
The unions say there has been a 13% pay cut in real terms since October 2008.
Unison, Unite and the UCU staged a one-day walkout on 31 October. For this second planned day of action, they are being joined the the Scottish education union, the EIS.
UCU head of higher education Michael MacNeil said: "Staff have suffered year-on-year cuts in the value of their pay and have made it clear that enough is enough.
"We remain committed to trying to resolve this dispute and the employers now have until 3 December to sit down and positively engage with the unions.
"If they don't, then our members and those from our sister unions will be out on strike again, as well as continuing to work to contract."
The Universities and Colleges Employers Association (UCEA), which represents universities as employers, said it was disappointed by the announcement of industrial action.
A UCEA spokesperson said: "Ever since the initial consultation at the start of this year, UCEA's 150 participating UK higher education employers have continued to say that, given the challenging and uncertain operating environment, the 1% pay uplift is a good and sustainable offer and is at the limit of affordability.
"This of course sits on top of other pay elements totalling around 3% on pay. So any announcement of further industrial action is naturally disappointing.
"However, less than 5% of staff voted to support this and nine out of 10 of institutions reported 'no to low' impact from the day of action on 31 October.
"UCEA continues to say that it is willing to talk to the disputing trade unions so that we can explore together whether the dispute can be resolved."
Union leaders said the day of action in October affected 149 UK universities, with support services such as catering, cleaning and security hit alongside academic departments.
The National Union of Students (NUS) urged both sides to work towards a speedy resolution to the dispute.
NUS president Toni Pearce said: "For that to happen we need to see the employers getting round the table with the unions and negotiating a fair and sustainable settlement.
"Students want the staff in our universities and colleges to be treated well and paid fairly.
"Our own research shows that more than half of UK universities pay at least some of their staff less than the living wage.
"It is those on lower wages such as porters, cleaners and kitchen staff who have already lost out in the pay squeeze and now stand to lose out again." | University academics and support staff are to stage a second national one-day strike on 3 December in a row over pay, four unions have announced. |
39286196 | England Under-19 goalkeeper Charlotte Haynes, who featured 17 times in 2016, signed a new deal on Thursday.
Yeovil have also given new contracts to young, versatile midfield trio Jessie Jones, Kelly Snook and Leah Burridge.
Wales international forward Nadia Lawrence similarly extended her deal with the top-flight side on Tuesday. | Women's Super League One club Yeovil Town Ladies have extended the contracts of a further five first-team players ahead of the 2017 WSL 1 Spring Series. |
40084510 | A crew member onboard one of the vessels was airlifted to hospital with a serious leg injury following the collision on Sunday at the Brixham Heritage Regatta, the RNLI said.
Two lifeboats were deployed and two people onboard the other boat were reportedly treated for shock.
The RNLI described the incident as "serious".
The event, which involves several races for traditional sailing boats, has been held annually in Torbay since 1997, but has its roots in trawler races dating back to the 1800's.
Sunday's event was part of the busy Brixfest celebrations in the port.
An RNLI spokesperson said: "Two vessels taking part - Ivory Gull and Moya - had collided, resulting in a serious injury to one casualty aboard the Ivory Gull."
"The incident took place 1.5 miles out in Torbay, and HM Coastguard teams were also in attendance, along with Devon Ambulance Service," they added. | A crash between two boats at a regatta in Devon left one person seriously injured. |
17740800 | Now a constitutional monarchy, the country began its independent life as a republic in the 16th century, when the foundations were laid for it to become one of the world's foremost maritime trading nations.
Although traditionally among the keener advocates of the European Union, Dutch voters echoed those in France by spurning the proposed EU constitution in a 2005 referendum.
The Netherlands has produced many of the world's most famous artists from Rembrandt and Vermeer in the 17th century to Van Gogh in the 19th and Mondrian in the 20th. It attracts visitors from across the globe.
Population 16.7 million
Area 41,864 sq km (16,164 sq miles)
Major language Dutch
Major religion Christianity
Life expectancy 79 years (men), 83 years (women)
Currency euro
Head of state: King Willem-Alexander
King Willem-Alexander became the first Dutch male monarch in more than a century in April 2013 when his mother Beatrix abdicated to end a 33-year reign.
The generational change in the House of Orange-Nassau gave the Netherlands a moment of celebration and pageantry at a time of recession brought on by the European economic crisis.
The much-loved Beatrix ended her reign in a nationally televised signing ceremony as thousands of orange-clad people cheered outside. Her retirement followed in the tradition of her mother and grandmother.
Prime minister: Mark Rutte
Mark Rutte won a second term in October 2012 when his liberal People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) formed a coalition with the centre-left Labour Party after narrowly beating it in parliamentary elections.
The VVD won 41 seats in the 150-member lower house - a lead of just two seats over Labour - in the September vote.
Mr Rutte's previous cabinet - a minority coalition with the centre-right Christian Democratic Appeal - had collapsed after only two years in office.
The new coalition cabinet was seen as more pro-austerity and pro-EU than his last one, and warned that tough measures would be needed to weather the financial crisis and secure the Netherlands' economic future.
The Dutch approach to public broadcasting is unique. Programmes are made by groups which reflect political or religious currents, or other interests. These organisations are allocated airtime on TV and radio, in line with the number of members they have.
Public radio and TV face stiff competition from commercial stations. Viewers have access to a wide range of domestic and foreign channels, thanks mainly to one of the highest cable take-up rates in Europe. Every province has at least one local public TV channel. The three national public TV stations enjoy high audience shares.
Some key dates in the history of the Netherlands:
1914-1918 - The Netherlands maintains its neutrality during World War I.
1940 - Nazi Germany invades. The Dutch Royal Family flees to England, accompanied by the Dutch cabinet. The Dutch army is overwhelmed and the Netherlands surrenders.
1944 - As Allied forces advance towards Germany, the Netherlands becomes the site of bitter fighting.
1945 - The occupation ends with the surrender of German forces in the Netherlands. The Netherlands goes on to become a charter member of the United Nations.
1949 - The Dutch East Indies, which had been occupied by Japan during World War II, receives its independence as Indonesia.
1949 - The Netherlands abandons its policy of neutrality and joins Nato.
1952 - The Netherlands is a founding member of the European Coal and Steel Community, which becomes the European Economic Community five years later.
1975 - Dutch colony of Surinam achieves independence. Hundreds of thousands of Surinamese emigrate to the Netherlands.
1980 - Queen Juliana abdicates; Beatrix becomes queen.
2002 - Euro replaces the Dutch guilder.
2013 - Queen Beatrix abdicates; her son Willem-Alexander becomes king. | The Netherlands' name reflects its low-lying topography, with more than a quarter of its total area under sea level. |
40340594 | The woman was taken to Edinburgh Royal Infirmary as a precaution following the blaze which started in Forrest Road at about 00:15.
Officers are also investigating an earlier assault in the flat where the fire started.
The resident suffered facial injuries as a result and needed hospital treatment.
Det Sgt Mark Lumsden, of Police Scotland, said: "Thankfully no-one was seriously injured as a result of this fire but it has caused alarm and inconvenience to the residents and the local businesses.
"We are also keeping an open mind as to the connection between the earlier assault of the occupier and the following fire." | A woman was taken to hospital after residents were evacuated from a tenement that caught fire in Edinburgh. |
36624479 | He made the remarks during a visit to the Armenian capital, Yerevan, for commemorations of the massacre.
Armenia and many historians say up to 1.5 million Armenian Christians were killed by Ottoman forces in 1915.
Turkey has always disputed that figure and rejects using the term "genocide".
It says the deaths were part of a civil conflict triggered by WW1.
The row over how to characterise the killings has continued to sour relations between Armenia and Turkey, as well as drawing in other countries such as Germany, whose parliament recently declared the killings to be genocide.
In an address to Armenia's President Serzh Sargsyan and the diplomatic corps, the Pope appeared to have added the word "genocide" to his prepared text.
"This tragedy, this genocide, has unfortunately marked the start of a sad series of great catastrophes of the last century," he said.
He added that the killings were "made possible by twisted racial, ideological or religious aims that darkened the minds of the tormentors even to the point of planning the annihilation of entire peoples."
The remarks were met by a standing ovation.
"One cannot but believe in the triumph of justice when in 100 years... the message of justice is being conveyed to mankind from the heart of the Catholic world," President Sargsyan said.
There was no immediate reaction from Turkey, which last year recalled its envoy to the Vatican after the Pope referred to "genocide".
The envoy was kept away for 10 months.
In 2014, for the first time, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan offered condolences to the grandchildren of all the Armenians who lost their lives.
But he also said that it was inadmissible for Armenia to turn the issue "into a matter of political conflict".
Armenia says up to 1.5 million people died in 1915-16 as the Ottoman Empire was disintegrating. Turkey has said the number of deaths was much smaller.
Many of the victims were civilians deported en masse to barren desert regions where they died of starvation and thirst. Thousands also died in massacres.
Most non-Turkish scholars of the events regard them as genocide. Among the other states which formally recognise them as genocide are Argentina, Belgium, Canada, France, Italy, Russia and Uruguay.
Turkey maintains that many of the dead were killed in clashes during WW1, and that ethnic Turks also suffered in the conflict. | Pope Francis has described the mass killing of Armenians under Ottoman Turkish rule in World War One as "genocide", repeating a phrase that prompted Turkish anger last year. |
37633756 | The Spaniard, who missed two and half months with a wrist injury, was beaten 6-3 7-6 (7-3) by the Serb in an hour and 34 minutes on Wednesday.
"I need to create pain for my opponent. It is something that is not happening very often now," said the 30-year-old.
Nadal is now fifth in the world.
This marks the first time since that both he and Swiss Roger Federer have been outside the top four since 2003.
Both players will slip further when the rankings are updated next week, with Nadal dropping out of the top five.
"I've two and a half months to put myself at the level I need," added Nadal.
The Spaniard has been a fixture at the season finale World Tour Finals for the past 11 years, but is in danger of missing out on one of the eight places for the London showpiece.
He believes that recovering the destructive power that he had on his forehand is key to returning to the top of the game.
"I need to recover the forehand. I know I need to hit forehands," he said.
"I need to move faster to hit more forehands. But I need to be more confident with the forehand to make that happen. Everything is a cycle."
Since losing in the bronze-medal match at Rio 2016 on his return from injury, Nadal has now failed to make the semi-finals of his past four tournaments, having previously been beaten by Borna Coric in Cincinnati, Lucas Pouille at the US Open and Grigor Dimitrov at the China Open.
Find out how to get into tennis in our special guide. | Fourteen-time Grand Slam champion Rafael Nadal says he has switched focus to 2017 after being beaten by world number 31 Viktor Troicki in his Shanghai opener. |
35007436 | The Met has been asked to take on an investigation into the complaint made by Belfast businessman Peter Curistan.
The commissioner of the London force received the request in a letter from the Police Service of Northern Ireland.
The complaint relates to remarks the first minister made in the House of Commons in 2006 while he was an MP.
Mr Curistan's lawyers allege there is a case to answer in respect of "misfeasance in public office", which they claim is not covered by parliamentary privilege.
They claim Mr Robinson, the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) leader, has falsely linked the developer of Belfast's Odyssey complex to "IRA dirty money" and that has had "enormous consequences" on his business life.
The PSNI has told Mr Curistan's legal team the request was made to the Met because "the alleged offences took place in London".
Misfeasance in public office is where a public body, an individual in public office or a public servant acts unlawfully, knows that they are acting unlawfully and does so knowing that his or her actions are likely to cause loss or harm to another person.
A statement from the DUP said: "The Metropolitan Police are likely to be even more dismissive of this childish prank than the PSNI were.
"It is unsurprising that the BBC gives it publicity."
Responding to the development, Mr Curistan's solicitor, Joe McVeigh, said: "It may be helpful to have outside officers look at the case.
"However, most of the consequences of the remarks occurred in Northern Ireland.
"We will be asking the PSNI why they have assessed this as being a matter for the Met."
Previously, Mr Robinson issued a statement through the DUP after being informed of the initial complaint.
He said: "The police may have to waste their time with this but I do not." | A complaint against Peter Robinson that has been referred to the Metropolitan Police has been dismissed by his spokesman as a "childish prank". |
40383981 | The national event in Liverpool, attended by Prime Minister Theresa May and Prince Edward, saw a Red Arrows flypast and a parade to the waterfront.
Mrs May said that armed forces are more relevant than ever, "playing a vital role" after the Manchester attack.
The day was billed as a chance for people to show their support for those connected with the armed forces.
As well as those currently serving, the event honours veterans, reservists, cadets, families and charities.
Parades, military displays, gun salutes and Typhoon and Red Arrows flypasts have been some of the highlights.
The Royal Navy's type-23 frigate HMS Iron Duke was docked in Liverpool for the celebrations. A series of displays along Pier head also took place featuring planes, helicopters, tanks and marching bands.
Mrs May praised the "tremendous job that the armed forces do for us here at home and across the world, helping to keep us safe".
She said that armed forces "provided visible reassurance to our communities" when they were deployed on the streets after the UK terror threat level was raised to critical.
Troops were deployed after 22 people were killed by suicide bomber Salman Abedi at the Manchester Arena on 22 May.
The parade in Liverpool comprised about 100 personnel from each of the services, plus bands, veterans and about 300 cadets.
Defence Secretary Sir Michael Fallon said there are some 10,000 service men and women who are working around the globe on operations or in British bases.
"They've been helping to deal with terrorism, they've been helping to rescue migrants in the Mediterranean, they've been on Nato deployments, they've been peacekeeping in South Sudan.
"All of that keeps us safer here at home. They're out of our sight but they should never be out of mind," he said. | The UK's annual Armed Forces Day is taking place, with more than 300 events across the country. |
35550206 | Bordeaux said there had been a "serious incident in the dressing room" after the club's 4-3 extra-time loss to Nantes in the French Cup on Wednesday.
The French club added they "would make no further comment on the matter".
Sane joined Bordeaux in 2009 but sought a transfer in January and the ban could now end his career with the club. | Senegal international defender Lamine Sane has been suspended indefinitely by his club Bordeaux, along with goalkeeper Jerome Prior. |
37218726 | Set in 1686, the story unfolds as a young bride is given a miniature replica of her own house, the contents of which seem to mirror real life.
Burton wrote the book over four years while working as an actress and as a PA in a City firm.
She said: "Short of actually being published, it's the best news I've ever had."
The author added: "It's an almost indescribable thrill to know the characters and story I invented in The Miniaturist are going to be given a new life in such an exciting way."
Kate Sinclair, executive producer for The Forge which will make the series, said: "I feel privileged to be making this for the BBC. Think Wolf Hall meets Tulip Fever."
The book, which was one of the fastest-selling debut novels in a decade, has been adapted by John Brownlow.
It has won numerous awards including Waterstone's Book of the Year and the National Book Awards Overall Book of the Year.
Follow us on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, on Instagram, or if you have a story suggestion email [email protected]. | A three-part adaptation of Jessie Burton's award-winning novel The Miniaturist is to be made for BBC One. |
36093561 | The memo suggested Ms Sturgeon had told the French ambassador she would prefer David Cameron's Conservatives to win the 2015 general election.
Ms Sturgeon denied the claim, and the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards was asked to investigate.
The commissioner has now said it falls outside her remit.
This was because Mr Carmichael had been made aware of the memo through official Scottish Office channels, and not due to his role as an MP.
The commissioner, Kathryn Hudson, said: "I have established that the conduct which led to my inquiry falls outside my remit. I do not, therefore, make any criticism, or indeed any other comment, on Mr Carmichael's conduct in this affair."
Responding to the commissioner's report, Mr Carmichael said: "I am pleased that this is now resolved and will continue to focus on getting on with my job as MP for Orkney and Shetland."
Ms Hudson said she did not have sufficient information from the Cabinet Office to be able to answer questions about Mr Carmichael's role in the matter at the beginning of her inquiry.
She added: "On the same day that I initiated my inquiry, I wrote to the Cabinet Secretary to ask if he might release to me a full copy of the report of the leak inquiry carried out by Cabinet Office officials.
"On June 16 2015, the Cabinet Secretary told me that he did not think it would be appropriate to release a copy of the investigative report."
The commissioner also used her report into the matter to suggest that a review of the code of conduct for MPs should look at whether members seeking re-election should continue not to be covered by its rules during the period of a general election campaign.
Both Ms Sturgeon and the French ambassador insisted she had not made the comments contained in the Scotland Office memo, which was obtained by the Daily Telegraph newspaper ahead of last year's general election.
The memo had contained a disclaimer that parts of the conversation between the Scottish first minister and the ambassador may have been "lost in translation".
Mr Carmichael claimed in a Channel 4 TV interview at the time that the first he had heard of the leak was when he received a phone call from a journalist.
He had in fact authorised his special advisor to leak the memo, an action he admitted days after being elected as the MP for Orkney and Shetland.
Four of his constituents launched a legal action aimed at having his election overturned, claiming he misled voters over the memo.
But judges ruled in December that it had not been proven beyond reasonable doubt Mr Carmichael had committed an "illegal practice".
However, judge Lady Paton said in the ruling that Mr Carmichael had told a "blatant lie" in the Channel 4 interview. | An investigation into the involvement of former Scottish secretary Alistair Carmichael in a leak aimed at damaging Nicola Sturgeon has been dropped. |
37108722 | Throughout this time, the artist has opted to remain anonymous, only revealing her gender, despite the sculptures receiving international attention.
This year, a final, collaborative work was unveiled at the Edinburgh Book Festival.
Standing at 2m (6ft 6in) tall, it takes the shape of a tree, the leaves formed of butterflies, and a child clutching the trunk with a book in hand.
The public was invited by the artist to contribute their own paper butterflies to the sculpture, resulting in donations from the UK, Spain, Germany, Greece and the US.
Speaking to BBC Scotland via Twitter, where she goes by the name Freetofly, the sculptor said: "It's been obvious since the start of the project five years ago that there is a world of people who care about public libraries and universal access to literacy.
"The collaboration was a way of us joining our voices together.
"I'm pretty sure this is the final piece. I meant to end it after the 10th, but there was always a really good reason to keep going and make one more. Enough though now. More than enough maybe!"
The first of what would become a series of mystery sculptures - a paper tree nicknamed The Poetree - was found by staff in the Scottish Poetry Library in March 2011.
A further 10 were discovered over the course of that year, their location always connected to literature: libraries, bookshops and museums. Attached to each creation was a note, many of them reading "a gift in support of libraries, book, words and ideas".
The eleventh sculpture was delivered to an independent bookshop in Edinburgh, addressed to Scots author Ian Rankin.
In a 2015 interview, conducted by email to preserve anonymity, the woman said: "I didn't have a plan when I left the pieces. I chose places I love. I made works that I thought suited them, added tags with what I suppose is my mission statement, and placed them in situ."
In August 2014, a sculpture was covertly donated to the Macmillan Cancer Support Arts Exhibition, and put up for auction. The work was bought by the Mackenzie family from Edinburgh.
Dr Colin Mackenzie, concluding he couldn't "sit and admire it all day", decided to take the work on a not-for-profit tour of Scotland to raise awareness of the art.
During the tour, he said the artist made it known she was happy to do one final sculpture, and Dr Mackenzie then became the postal address for the paper butterflies.
Speaking to BBC Scotland at the Edinburgh Book Festival, he said: "I share a tremendous sadness with many about this being the last paper sculpture, but it's part of the story, and part of the art.
"The mystery of the artist is a fantastic story, and she'll leave a legacy of generosity. Not everyone is in it for themselves."
To the artist, the end of her project seems to be of less importance than the message shared.
She said: "I'm okay about it ending. I've always wanted the attention to be on the message really, that libraries are important resources, and reading matters.
"Having a building free to enter that is outside your home resourced and expertly staffed confers on us all a certain status - that we are valued.
"The fight for libraries continues. Maybe I'll devise a new way of shouting about it rather than with paper and glue." | For the past five years, intricate sculptures crafted from the pages of books have been appearing around Edinburgh. |
39576991 | Roedd Chanice Bowen, 25 o'r Barri, wedi dweud wrth yr Adran Gwaith a Phensiynau ei bod wedi gwahanu o'i phartner yn Ionawr 2013, ac fe aeth ei thaliadau budd-dal i fyny.
Ond fe wnaeth hi briodi Lee Mapstone yn Hydref 2013, a derbyn £22,000 na ddylai hi wedi ei dderbyn.
Cafodd ddedfryd o 10 mis yn y carchar wedi ei ohirio.
Clywodd Llys y Goron Caerdydd bod swyddogion wedi cael gwybod am y lluniau priodas ar dudalen Facebook Bowen, gyda chapsiwn yn dweud 'Blynyddoedd gorau fy mywyd...'.
Wrth gael ei holi gan yr heddlu yn 2015, roedd Bowen wedi dweud nad oedd hi'n cofio beth oedd hi'n ei wneud ar y diwrnod briododd Mr Mapstone.
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32144569 | Surrey and Buckinghamshire have maintained their local bases in Redhill and Aylesbury but now operate under a single management structure.
No staff have been relocated and no-one has lost their jobs.
Both councils said the "partnership working" would better protect residents from scams and rip-offs.
Buckinghamshire is noted for its food safety and animal welfare work, while Surrey's expertise is doorstep crime.
Surrey County Council said it was "a partnership where both local authorities can achieve more for their local communities and businesses than they could by operating independently".
A spokesman for Buckinghamshire County Council said the pooled resources would save money "over a period of time". | Two county councils have merged trading standards services, which they say will enable them to make savings while enhancing front-line services. |
33003752 | Allan Joyce, who runs Tranquil Waters Aquatic Centre in High Ongar, Essex, said the carp's bones were found on a bed of coals on the site.
"It's just a shocking and horrible thing to find. It's like losing a child, or a dog," Mr Joyce said.
The ill-fated fish was worth between £200 and £300, he estimated.
It is not yet known who is responsible for the theft, but Mr Joyce said he had heard of other bodies of water in the area being targeted for similar reasons.
"We're aware of local lakes and rivers being slowly depleted and we all know there are carp-eating fans out there. It is quite a delicacy in some other ethnic origins," Mr Joyce said.
He said CCTV was being installed to monitor security at the site's 19 lakes in the wake of the theft, which is believed to have taken place between 22 and 25 May.
"We'd like to put a warning out to local residents to keep an eye on their own ponds," he said.
An Essex Police spokesman confirmed the theft had been reported. | A prized Japanese koi was stolen, then barbecued and eaten by thieves just a few metres from its lake at a pedigree fish farm, the site's manager said. |
22200476 | Scientists say these new worlds are the right size and distance from their parent star, so that you might expect to find liquid water on their surface.
It is impossible to know for sure. Being 1,200 light-years away, they are beyond detailed inspection by current telescope technology.
But researchers tell Science magazine, they are an exciting discovery.
"They are the best candidates found to date for habitable planets," stated Bill Borucki, who leads the team working on the US space agency Nasa's orbiting Kepler telescope.
The prolific observatory has so far confirmed the existence of more than 100 new worlds beyond our Solar System since its launch in 2009.
The two now being highlighted were actually found in a group of five planets circling a star that is slightly smaller, cooler and older than our own Sun. Called Kepler-62, this star is located in the Constellation Lyra.
Its two outermost worlds go by the names Kepler-62e and Kepler-62f.
They are what one might term "super-Earths" because their dimensions are somewhat larger than our home planet - about one-and-a-half-times the Earth's diameter.
Nonetheless, their size, the researchers say, still suggests that they are either rocky, like Earth, or composed mostly of ice. Certainly, they would appear to be too small to be gaseous worlds, like a Neptune or a Jupiter.
Planets 62e and 62f also happen to sit a sufficient distance from their host star that they receive a very tolerable amount of energy. They are neither too hot, nor too cold; a region of space around a star sometimes referred to as the "Goldilocks Zone".
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Given the right kind of atmosphere, it is therefore reasonable to speculate, says the team, that they might be able to sustain water in a liquid state - a generally accepted precondition for life.
"Statements about a planet's habitability always depend on assumptions," said Lisa Kaltenegger, an expert on the likely atmospheres of "exoplanets" and a member of the discovery group.
"Let us assume that the planets Kepler-62e and -62f are indeed rocky, as their radius would indicate. Let us further assume that they have water and their atmospheric composition is similar to that of Earth, dominated by nitrogen, and containing water and carbon dioxide," the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy in Heidelberg researcher went on.
"In that case, both planets could have liquid water on their surface: Kepler-62f gets less radiation energy from its host star than the Earth from the Sun and therefore needs more greenhouse gases, for Instance more carbon dioxide, than Earth to remain unfrozen.
"Kepler-62e is closer to its star, and needs an increased cloud cover - sufficient to reflect some of the star's radiation - to allow for liquid water on its surface."
None of this can be confirmed - not with today's technology. But with future telescopes, scientists say it may be possible to see past the blinding glare of the parent star to pick out just the faint light passing through a small world's atmosphere or even reflected off its surface.
This would permit the detection of chemical signatures associated with specific atmospheric gases and perhaps even some surface processes. Researchers have spoken in the past of trying to detect a marker for chlorophyll, the pigment in plants that plays a critical role in photosynthesis.
Dr Suzanne Aigrain is a lecturer in astrophysics at the University of Oxford.
She said ground-based experiments and space missions planned in the next few years would give more detailed information on distant planets like those announced by the Kepler team.
Astronomers would like to pin down the masses of the planets (information difficult to acquire with Kepler), as well as getting that data on atmospheric composition.
Dr Aigrain told BBC News: "What we do next is we try to find more systems like these; we try to measure the frequency of these systems; and we try to characterise individual systems and individual planets in more detail.
"That involves measuring their masses and their radii, and if possible getting an idea of what's in their atmospheres. But this is a very challenging task."
Kepler meanwhile will just keep counting planets beyond our Solar System.
It is equipped with the largest camera ever launched into space. It senses the presence of planets by looking for a tiny "shadowing" effect when one of them passes in front of its parent star.
[email protected] and follow me on Twitter: @BBCAmos | The search for a far-off twin of Earth has turned up two of the most intriguing candidates yet. |
14290052 | Residents in Peterborough complained after hearing Wajid Hussain's van driving along to Teddy Bears' Picnic.
Officials say he was using the tune for longer than the four seconds he was allowed to play it.
The city council also refused his licence because of complaints relating to his parking and where he was operating.
Licensing regulatory officer Darren Dolby said it sent a strong message to other vendors to abide by trading laws.
The council received a total of 14 complaints about Mr Hussain, who trades as Adam Ices, over a three-month period.
These included parking his van dangerously, trading without consent in certain areas of Peterborough and playing his chimes for longer than allowed.
Only two of the complaints related to the van's chimes.
Members of the city council's licensing team gave evidence that Mr Hussain had been given a number of verbal and written warnings to comply - but this advice had been ignored.
Mr Dolby said: "We are pleased that the decision to revoke Hussain's licence was upheld by the committee."
A spokesman from the Ice Cream Alliance, the UK trade association for ice cream manufacturers and retailers, said: "The restrictions on chimes are part of a national code of practice which ice cream sellers have to adhere to.
"We have asked the government to relax these restrictions but until they do, all our members are advised to work within this code."
Mr Hussain told the BBC he did not wish to comment. | An ice cream van owner has been banned from trading - because he played his chimes for too long. |
19011505 | Rock coring is done for research of rocks' chemical make up and investigations into how the earth's magnetic field has changed.
When carried out properly, the visual impact is minimal.
However, Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) said there was growing concern about poor practice at sensitive sites.
Writing in Geoscientist Online
, SNH geologist Colin MacFadyen said guidance set out in the 1989 Code of Conduct for Rock Coring and also the Scottish Core Code were being ignored.
He said examples of irresponsible drilling included holes drilled into the Sandwick Fish Bed near Stromness, on Orkney.
In the Geological Society's magazine, Mr MacFadyen said: "Worryingly, there are reports from around the world, including one from Scotland, of small scale geological structures not only being defaced, but having been annihilated by coring.
"It is not just geoscientists who are becoming alarmed at the level of irresponsible core sampling, as the cumulative effects of this otherwise efficient sampling method are becoming increasingly apparent to even the most casual observers.
"Irresponsible coring is tarnishing the reputation of geological science as well as damaging exposure, with the general public experiencing defaced outcrop in every setting imaginable - remote beaches and islands, mountain tops, and, lamentably, classic geological sections within statutory protected areas."
Mr MacFadyen's concerns add to previous warnings about the condition of Scotland's geology, fossils and soils.
Last year, tonnes of rock were disturbed at a Jurassic site on Skye in what was described as one of Scotland's most reckless acts of fossil collecting.
SNH said rock was dug away from cliffs near Bearreraig Bay in an apparent organised search for valuable specimens.
Dinosaur footprints have also been removed from Valtos, another location on the island.
Skye is a key dinosaur fossil site in Scotland.
Bearreraig Bay, north of Portree, is within a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI). A crowbar was suspected to have been used to prise away some of the rock.
The State of Scotland's Soils, a report published last year, suggested planning authorities should better understand the role of soils in storing carbon and do more to protect prime farm land.
The document's contributors included public agencies and scientists.
Soils support agricultural businesses worth £700m to the Scottish economy, according to the report.
However, it said the use of increasingly heavy farm machinery and how they compact soils posed a potential threat that was not fully understood in Scotland.
Other key threats to the quality of soils identified in the report included the effects of climate change.
Rainfall and temperatures influence the richness of organic matters - such as plants - in soils, the report said. | Irresponsible drilling of holes into rocks to extract samples threaten to "annihilate" geological features in Scotland, a public body has warned. |
32590213 | Party leader Peter Robinson outlined the party's position during a speech on Monday night.
He was speaking in the event of his party having any influence after Thursday's general election.
Mr Robinson said he would expect the leaders of all the pro-union parties at Westminster to sign up to the idea.
He said such a commission would seek to deal with the interests, not only of those who live in the regions of the United Kingdom, but also in England as well.
He argued this could pave the way for a long-term stable and secure United Kingdom. | The Democratic Unionist Party is to make the creation of a commission on the union "a non-negotiable requirement" of any post-election deal. |
37368722 | Varun Chopra, who recently returned to Essex from Warwickshire, made 79 before the hosts collapsed to 147-5.
Last pair David Masters and Jamie Porter edged Essex close to victory but Michael Hogan (5-45) and Timm van der Gugten (4-56) bowled them out for 252.
Earlier, Mark Wallace was run out for a season's best of 78 as Glamorgan added three runs to their overnight 293-9.
Essex openers Chopra and Nick Browne (30), who passed 1,000 Championship runs for the season, put on 92 together but the latter's departure just before lunch preceded a flurry of wickets in the afternoon session.
Masters and Porter were both dropped in quick succession off the bowling of Craig Meschede, but Van der Gugten bowled Porter to clinch a dramatic win for Glamorgan.
During the fourth day's play, veteran Essex seamer Masters confirmed he is to retire from professional cricket at the end of the season and captain Ryan ten Doeschate extended his contract until the end of 2018.
Meanwhile, Glamorgan announced that first-innings centurion Kiran Carlson was one of four players to agree new deals with the Welsh side.
Glamorgan bowler Michael Hogan told BBC Wales Sport:
"They're the ones you remember when the wicket's flat and the sun's out. It was pretty tough but it's certainly rewarding to get the win.
"It ebbed and flowed the whole game, but they're the ones you enjoy playing, we never gave up and in the last hour you get the win, so a fantastic result.
"It's a little bit of criticism for us that when we come up against the perceived better sides in the league, we seem to be up for it, and against the perceived lesser sides we seem to go in without as much intensity.
"If we can sort that out, we'll be a force but a great effort from the guys and I can't fault anyone." | Essex fell short in their chase of 264 as Glamorgan beat the Division Two champions by 11 runs at Chelmsford. |
39526944 | Writing on Facebook, he said he had been receiving treatment for the last week and would be voluntarily checking into rehab later this week.
The actor said he wrote the post due to concern from fans and said that he had battled alcohol addiction in the past.
"While it's not always been an easy fight, I'm willing to continue my fight day by day," he said.
He added: "I want to thank everyone that's reached out with their messages of support, it truly means the world to me. With your support, I got this."
The actor has appeared on a number of reality TV shows, including Celebrity Big Brother in the UK in 2009.
In 2015 he was taken to hospital after having a seizure at a Comic Con in Texas.
But he tweeted to fans: "Everything's ok guys. Thanks for the concern."
The actor was made famous by his role as Mini-Me in two Austin Powers films alongside Mike Myers.
Follow us on Facebook, on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, or on Instagram at bbcnewsents. If you have a story suggestion email [email protected]. | Austin Powers actor Verne Troyer has revealed he is being treated for alcoholism. |
30586699 | A woman, 50, suffered serious but not life-threatening injuries when a car she was a passenger in struck a concrete post in the central motorway underpass at around 22:45 GMT on Monday.
Northumbria Police believe she was assaulted before the crash.
A man, 44, who was driving the car, has been arrested and is in police custody. | A driver has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a car crash in Newcastle. |
37356388 | The Bluebirds dropped to 21st in the Championship and have won once in their opening seven matches.
It is Cardiff's worst start to a season in 12 years after what Trollope agreed was the team's poorest display so far.
"Apologies to the supporters, they have travelled a long way and seen a performance that was unacceptable," he said.
"I'm not going to stand here and give any excuses.
"We can stand here and talk about systems and ways of playing but there are some basic requirements in football to do well and win games and those were lacking.
"We were probably worthy of a goal in that second period but I'm not kidding myself, the game was done."
Trollope was appointed at the end of last season, taking over from Russell Slade who guided the team to eighth in the table.
But they have not won since the 2-1 victory over Blackburn on 17 August, with their only other points coming from draws at Birmingham and Fulham.
Cardiff face Leeds at home on Saturday following their 2-1 win over Blackburn on Tuesday.
"We've got a lot of work to do before Saturday," admitted Trollope.
"We're of course concerned. We didn't deserve to be going home with anything tonight.
"There's pressure on every manager every game and on every coach.
"The pressure is always there and everyone knows the situation and I believe in how I work and I believe in the group of players." | Cardiff City head coach Paul Trollope apologised to travelling supporters after his team's 3-0 defeat at Preston. |
35147991 | Billy Sharp opened the scoring for the Blades when he shot from the edge of the area into the bottom corner.
The lead was doubled when Bantams defender Stephen Darby could only turn Paul Coutts' cross into his own net.
Martyn Woolford headed a third for the hosts before Gary Liddle nodded in from a corner for a late consolation goal for Phil Parkinson's side. | Sheffield United extended their unbeaten run to five games with a comfortable win over Bradford. |
37671752 | The complaint is from 17 workers who are "extremely unhappy" at seeing their pay rates change for weekends, bank holidays and night shifts.
Leigh Day, the law firm acting for the workers, estimated thousands of long-term Tesco staff, mainly in their 40s, could be affected.
Tesco said workers would receive a "transition payment" for the changes.
The employees have started the process towards making a claim in an employment tribunal, according to Leigh Day.
Pay changes announced by Tesco in February included an hourly wage rise, but also cuts to the rates paid to some Sunday and bank holiday staff.
Under the changes, staff would receive time and a half for Sunday and bank holiday shifts from July, whereas previously some had received double time.
A Tesco spokesperson said: "The minority of colleagues who were negatively impacted by this change were supported with an agreed lump sum transition payment."
Paula Lee from Leigh Day said its clients, who have worked for Tesco for at least 16 years, felt "their loyalty was being taken advantage of".
She said: "Our clients are extremely unhappy that they have had their wages reduced in this way.
"These long-serving employees are especially angry that they only found out about the decision when news was leaked to the national press in January 2016.
"They feel hurt, bewildered and frightened that this could happen again."
The law firm claims a night premium was also scrapped. | Tesco is facing legal action from staff who say they lost out on pay for working anti-social hours. |
34082304 | The first boat, which signalled for help early on Thursday, had nearly 50 people on board.
The second overcrowded boat, which sank much later, had about 400 passengers.
Officials said about 201 people had been rescued by the Libyan coast guard but many people appeared trapped in the hold when the boat capsized.
A detention facility for illegal migrants in Sabratha, west of Tripoli, received 147 people, an official told Reuters.
At least 100 bodies were taken to a hospital in Zuwara, west of Tripoli, a resident told the BBC.
The victims included migrants from Syria, Bangladesh and several sub-Saharan African countries, the resident said, but the information could not be independently verified.
About 2,400 migrants have died trying to cross the Mediterranean to Europe so far this year, the UN says.
More than 100,000 others have landed in Italy, whilst another 160,000 have crossed to Greece.
On Wednesday, the bodies of at least 51 people were found in the hold of a stricken ship off Libya's coast.
They were picked up by a Swedish coastguard ship that also rescued more than 400 survivors - among at least 3,000 migrants saved that day.
The Swedish ship, Poseidon, docked in the port of Palermo, Sicily, on Thursday.
On Saturday, about 4,400 migrants were rescued from boats off the coast of Libya, in one of the biggest single-day operations mounted to date.
Many of those who attempt the journey are fleeing conflict or persecution, and set off from Libya in unseaworthy boats organised by smugglers. Libya has had two competing governments for the past year and is largely ruled by rival militias.
The Libyan coastguard has limited capacity to undertake large-scale rescue missions at sea, BBC North Africa correspondent Rana Jawad reports from Tunis.
Meanwhile, in Austria, police said they hoped to soon establish how many people died in a parked lorry near the Hungarian border. They suspected it could be as many as 50 people, almost certainly migrants.
The issue of the influx of migrants into Europe through land routes was raised at a summit in Vienna on Thursday.
Austrian Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz, highlighted the need to deal with the large number of migrants heading to the EU via Western Balkan nations.
He stressed the "whole idea of the European Union without borders inside is in danger" if the bloc's external borders were not secure. | Hundreds of people are feared dead after two boats carrying up to 500 migrants capsized off the Libyan city of Zuwara, residents and officials say. |
39806736 | Christopher Scott, 64, had pleaded not guilty when he was charged last August.
The woman was dragged from a Nottingham bus stop, leading to a high-profile investigation and the case featured on the BBC's Crimewatch in 2008.
Scott from Billesdon Drive, Heathfield, Nottingham, admitted the charges at Nottingham Crown Court, on the first day of his trial.
Mrs Justice Carr adjourned sentencing until 26 May.
DNA samples were taken at the time but no match was found until Scott was tested last year in relation to a separate matter. | A man has admitted the kidnap and rape of an 18-year-old university student 25 years ago. |
35426876 | More than 20 rush-hour trains into London from Kent did not run, with some passengers delayed for two hours.
Services between Ashford and London were disrupted when lines were left without power because of overrunning engineering work.
A Southeastern spokesman said services were now "back to normal".
He said the delays caused by the power loss between Maidstone and Swanley "due to overrunning engineering works, which were supposed to be finished on time today.
"We do apologise for the disruption, but it is out of our control - we can only run our services if the track is fit for purpose," he said.
"Around 70% of all delays are down to infrastructure problems and we are challenging Network Rail to ensure that its asset maintenance programme is fit for purpose."
Network Rail responded saying the conductor rail had been damaged when a piece of equipment broke down at Kemsing.
A spokesman said: "We apologise to passengers who were disrupted this morning and would urge passengers to use the delay repay scheme to claim compensation.
During the disruption, passenger Sue Jones tweeted: "Totally fed up - if my performance at work was as poor as the train companies then I would have been fired!"
The bi-annual National Rail Passenger Survey has found the operators with the three lowest ratings all covered south-east England.
Thameslink had the lowest proportion of satisfied passengers at 73%, followed by Southeastern (75%) and Southern (78%).
Earlier this month, Southeastern blamed "bright sunlight" for delays to services through south-east London. | Southeastern has blamed Network Rail after more than 20 rush-hour trains were cancelled, leaving commuters with hours of delays. |
35043512 | Much of southern and central Scotland is covered by a Met Office yellow alert for rain valid from 06:00 on Wednesday to 03:00 on Thursday.
A warning of winds of between 50mph and 60mph has also been issued for southern regions for Wednesday afternoon.
Severe gales and rain are also expected in the Highlands with downpours likely in Grampian too.
The Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) issued 16 flood warnings and six flood alerts on Wednesday morning.
Mopping up operations are ongoing across many areas of Scotland following flooding due to Storm Desmond over the weekend.
Tayside, the Scottish Borders and Dumfries and Galloway were among the worst affected parts of the country. | Warnings for rain and high winds are in place for many parts of Scotland, some still recovering from serious flooding. |
35372325 | Scientists at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), say there are no direct observations to confirm its presence yet.
But if proven to exist, the new planet would have 10 times the mass of Earth.
You've given the boffins a helping hand by suggesting possible names.
A recently departed Starman gets a mention:
Harrison Jeffrey keeps his options open: "Liking either Bowie or Ziggy - although just calling it Planet Nine has a nice sound about it too".
DJ_Brit continues the musical theme: "How about Planet Bri after @DrBrianMay?"
Ian M. goes for: "Mirage"
Some of you even doubt the existence of Planet Nine:
Derrick says equal opportunities should be taken into consideration:
While viking still has a hankering for an old favourite: "Pluto version .2".
For Mirabai Collamore, it has to be: "Galifrey"
Rosalinda plumps for: "zeus would be a great name for this planet".
Here are some more of your thoughts...
Thanks for sharing your ideas.
Compiled by Bernadette McCague | US astronomers claim to have strong evidence that there is a ninth planet in our Solar System. |
39890114 | Ryan Beal, 20, Brandon Brown, 20, Alexandra Binns, 18, and Terrie Kirby, 16, were killed when the vehicle was hit by a Nissan 350Z moving at 140mph.
The Nissan was racing on the Hemsworth bypass, West Yorkshire, in 2015.
Nathan Jackson, 21, and Stephen Hebden, 23, both from Barnsley, were convicted at Leeds Crown Court.
The racing scenes that led to the deaths were likened to the film The Fast And The Furious during the trial.
A jury was told how the four who died were out celebrating Miss Kirby's birthday when the quad bike collided with the Nissan travelling in the same direction.
The driver of the Nissan, Daniel Raynor, and his front-seat passenger, Matthew Todd, previously admitted charges of causing death by dangerous driving.
During the trial, prosecutor Kama Melly QC said the Nissan was one of a number of vehicles taking part in a high-speed race when the crash happened on 27 September.
Two groups of people had travelled from Wakefield and Barnsley to use the stretch of road for racing as spectators watched from the sides of the road and a railway bridge, the jury heard.
Analysis of the Nissan's sat-nav showed it was doing 140mph at the time of the impact with the quad bike and had reached 144mph on previous runs along the single carriageway road.
George Tomlinson, 25, of Hall Croft, Netherton, Wakefield, Lee Fisher, 29, of Pond Street, Barnsley, and Bradley Lockwood, 22, of Rotherham Road, Barnsley, were cleared of encouraging dangerous driving.
Judge Geoffrey Marson QC said Jackson, of Higham Common, and Hebden, of Dodworth Road, will be sentenced in the next few weeks along with Raynor and Todd. | Two men have been convicted of encouraging dangerous driving after four young people on a quad bike died in a high-speed crash. |
40487791 | The Welsh club trailed 2-1 after the first leg, but the contest was really over before half-time in the second-leg with the home side 3-0 ahead.
Striker Aldin Turkes scored twice whilst Marco Mathays netted controversially as the visitors were trying to make a substitution.
A goalless second period means the European dream is over for Bala. | Bala exited the Europa League in the first qualifying round in Liechtenstein at the hands of FC Vaduz. |
33573497 | Eoin O'Mahony, now 32, had two operations at Cork University Hospital in 2001 after complaining of headaches during his final year at school.
Days later, he lapsed into a coma-like state and now has locked-in syndrome.
His family took a case against the Health Service Executive (HSE), seeking a settlement to cover his future care.
Liability had already been conceded in the case, according to the Irish broadcaster, RTÉ.
Friday's hearing was the latest in the family's long-running court battle with the Irish state to secure funds to meet Mr O'Mahony's extensive healthcare needs.
Dublin's High Court was told his disability is so extreme that he cannot even use his finger to press a button if he needs help.
"No financial award can bring back Eoin and his family to a life of fullness and achievement he had every reason to aspire to," the judge said.
Over the last five years, Mr O'Mahony has already received interim payments totalling 4.1m euros (£2.8m) to cover his care needs.
But after 13 years of litigation, his parents asked for the case to be finalised with a lump sum payment that would meet the cost of their son's future care requirements.
The judge said the case had been "enormously long" and complex.
He added that he intends to award Mr O'Mahony a final settlement of at least 10m euros when he makes a final ruling on the case in October. | An Irishman who suffered devastating brain injuries after undergoing surgery as a teenager is set to receive a settlement of at least 10m euros (£7m). |
35533520 | George and Vera Maskell were in the path of Darren Sanders' lorry in a cul-de-sac in south-west London.
The Old Bailey heard they "seemed uncertain what to do".
Sanders, 44, of Wellingborough, was found not guilty of causing death by dangerous driving, but admitted careless driving.
He was given a nine-month prison sentence, suspended for two years, and was banned from driving for 19 months.
The court heard the couple were wheeling a shopping trolley back to their car in Sunbury Cross in July.
Passers-by heard a "dull thud" when the couple were hit by the lorry, which was coming out of a service road which had a 5mph speed limit.
Both had fractured skulls and Mrs Maskell was trapped under the vehicle's wheels.
Jane Osborne, prosecuting counsel, said: "They seemed uncertain what to do and in the event did not move.
"Mr Maskell held onto his wife's arm as if he was trying to move her from the path of the vehicle.
"If he [Sanders] had seen the pedestrians he would not have hit them because his braking time would have been such that he would have stopped before."
The court heard Sanders told police "they just stepped out in front of me" and he had not seen them.
The trial heard he was blind in one eye, but had a valid driver's licence.
He had had flashbacks and sleepless nights since the accident.
Sentencing him, the Common Serjeant of London, Richard Marks QC, said: "The real cause of this accident was not in reality the speed or your failure to observe the Give Way sign but the fact you simply did not see them in front of you." | A partially-sighted lorry driver has been cleared of killing an elderly couple after his vehicle hit them at 12mph (19km/h). |
28769435 | The staging of the event has been opposed by unionist parties and some city councillors have called for a review.
Mr Galloway has said he will not withdraw from the event, billed as Saturday Night with George Galloway,
The Respect MP for Bradford West is due to speak at the council-owned Ulster Hall on Saturday 23 August.
A council spokesperson said: "The issue is now being considered and legal advice is being sought as part of that.
"The George Galloway event scheduled to take place at The Ulster Hall on Saturday 23 August has been booked by a third party promoter.
"Belfast City Council has simply hired the venue to this promoter who takes all responsibility for its planning and content. The council's programming policy does not preclude political events organised by third party promoters.
West Yorkshire Police are investigating recent comments by the Respect MP urging people in Bradford to reject all Israeli goods, services, academics and tourists.
One of those opposed to the event Democratic Unionist (DUP) councillor Brian Kingston said: "I have written to Belfast City Council director of development expressing concern about a booking for George Galloway to speak at the Ulster Hall next week," he said.
"We have asked for that booking to be reviewed, we think it is inappropriate at this time of tension in light of his highly controversial comments.
"He goes far beyond calling for a boycott, he is rejecting and demonising an entire country and its people."
Mr Kingston said DUP councillors were also seeking advice from the police on the potential for incitement to hatred in relation to Mr Galloway's comments.
Ulster Unionist councillor Jim Rodgers has also written to the council calling for a review.
In response, Mr Galloway said: "To be lectured on good relations by the DUP is a bit like being told to sit up straight by the Hunchback of Notre Dame.
"It's a commercial contract with the Ulster Hall, signed, sealed and will be delivered, except on terms of very severe compensation.
"A great deal of money has already been spent, the tickets are going like hot cakes, so a great deal of income would be lost and that would be a very bad deal for the taxpayers in Belfast."
The DUP said Mr Galloway's 'hunchback remark was "meaningless abuse" and "an attempt to deflect attention from his extremist views".
On Tuesday, it emerged that a plaque erected to former Israeli president president Chaim Herzog at his former home in north Belfast had to be removed after a number of recent attacks.
Last month windows were smashed at a synagogue on north Belfast's Somerton Road. | Belfast City Council is seeking legal advice about a public speaking event in the city featuring George Galloway. |
34657267 | Examples of randomly parked cycles in Cambridge have been released to make people think "more carefully about how they park or secure" cycles.
The force said the photos in its #badlyparkedbike campaign were not "uncommon sights".
According to figures, 58% of people in Cambridge cycle at least once a month.
Insp Matt Johnson, of Cambridgeshire police, said: "While the photos are unbelievable, sights like this are not uncommon in Cambridge.
"This sort of parking causes an obstruction, it can make things difficult for others to unlock their bikes and - in a small number of cases - people have injured themselves when trying to remove bikes.
"Wherever possible, use a proper bike rack as these are designed to prevent theft when combined with a good lock."
While a number of people responded that bad parking is "dangerous", others said the crackdown has highlighted the need for more parking racks.
One user, Al Storer, said: "All [it]... really shows is locations where the available bike parking is WOEFULLY lacking."
Insp Johnson said there was a "huge amount of cycle parking provision across the city" but the number of abandoned cycles taking up spaces was an on-going problem. | Photos of "flying" bikes haphazardly left on the top of fences or suspended from trees have been posted on Twitter in a police crackdown on bad parking. |
38622809 | The body of a 27-year-old man from Poland was found at Morton Hall Immigration Removal Centre, near Lincoln, on Wednesday.
The Prison Service-run site is for men subject to deportation who need secure conditions.
An independent investigation is being carried out by the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman.
The Unity Centre charity said detainees at the centre were "very low" and people were "sick and tired of the place".
It described the man who died as "young and caring" and said he had "spent his time watching TV, playing games and at the gym".
Morton Hall, which is run by the Prison Service on behalf of UK Border Agency, has 392 rooms spread across six residential units.
The centre is used to detain some asylum seekers who are awaiting decisions and also people whose asylum claims have failed and are awaiting deportation.
A Home Office spokesman said: "Our thoughts are with the individual's family at this very sad time.
"As is the case with any death in detention, the police have been informed and a full independent investigation will be conducted by the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman." | A man has been found dead at an immigration removal centre, according to the Home Office. |
34054892 | The woman had bought the Remy Martin XO Excellence in the US and then tried to take it on board an internal flight from Beijing to Wenzhou.
But the 700ml bottle was far above the 100ml that security laws allow.
She became hugely drunk and was forced to sleep it off at Beijing airport.
The incident occurred at Beijing Capital International Airport last Friday.
The passenger, identified only by her surname Zhou, downed the bottle at about midday after being informed she could not take it on board.
She began to shout incoherently, then fell over and started rolling around the floor. Security intervened.
One airport officer told the South China Morning Post: "She was so drunk… she couldn't even stand up. We took her to a room in a wheelchair so she could rest."
She was denied entry on to the plane and was given medical care.
The woman then slept and reportedly did not sober up until about 19:00. She was released by police to family members who came to pick her up.
One report said she thanked police for helping her. | A Chinese plane passenger who was told she could not carry a $190 (£120) bottle of cognac on board downed it all rather than let it go to waste - and was then deemed unfit to fly. |
19587311 | Brett Martin, from East Sussex, helped Zainab al-Hilli, seven, after the attack which claimed the lives of her parents, grandmother and a local man.
He told the BBC he made the difficult decision to leave her bleeding on the ground while he went to seek help.
Meanwhile, a French prosecutor has said the motive has its "origins" in the UK.
Eric Maillaud was speaking outside Woking police station in Surrey after arriving with the French judge leading the inquiry.
French and British police are continuing to search the Claygate, Surrey, home of Saad al-Hilli, 50, who was shot with his dentist wife Iqbal, 47, mother-in-law, 74, and passing cyclist Sylvain Mollier, 45, in Chevaline, close to the tourist destination of Lake Annecy.
Zainab and her four-year-old sister Zeena both survived the attack on 5 September during their camping holiday.
Mr Martin said he initially believed there had been a car accident after coming across the scene while cycling in the forest area.
He told the BBC the car's engine was running when he arrived and he had to break a window on the vehicle to switch it off.
"At first I thought there's been a terrible accident between a cyclist and a car because there was a cyclist on the ground, more or less in front of the car, but there were things that didn't quite match because the cyclist's bike wasn't beside him, so as the minutes went on I started to change my opinion," he said.
He saw three bodies in the car, and once he realised a crime had taken place, he was worried who might still be around.
"There was a lot of blood and heads with bullet holes in them," he said.
"I've never seen people who've been shot before... but it seemed to me just like a Hollywood scene, and if someone had said 'cut' and everybody got up and walked away, that would have been it, but unfortunately it was real life.
"I then started scanning the woods to see if there was some nutter or who knows what with a gun and I was going to be the next person shot."
He moved Zainab, who collapsed on the ground after he found her "stumbling" away from the car in case it began moving but said he faced a "dilemma" when he decided to seek help after finding his mobile phone had no reception.
He said he felt Zainab's injuries would have worsened - "perhaps killed her" - if he had carried her with him.
Mr Martin added that he has since travelled back to the location of the shooting under armed police protection to give further details to French officers.
French police have spoken briefly to Zainab, who remains in hospital in France after being shot in the shoulder and hit around the head. But they are still waiting to question her fully.
Zeena, who lay undiscovered in the car for eight hours, has returned to the UK and is under the care of social services.
On Wednesday, Mr Maillaud said 40 French police officers were working on the investigation and probing Mr al-Hilli's work as an engineer, his family connections and possible links within Iraq.
After talks with Surrey Police officers, the prosecutor told reporters: "Without any doubt... the reasons and causes have their origins in this country."
Surrey Police said they had held an "extremely productive" meeting with French and British officials involved in the investigation.
A spokesman said: "The meeting built on the already established strong working relationships between all parties involved. The UK and French authorities are extremely pleased with the progress which has been made."
The BBC's Christian Fraser, in Annecy, said the purpose of the visit was partly to "iron out" differences between the forces. On Wednesday Mr Maillaud said the language barrier between French and British officers had been slowing inquiries down.
Meanwhile, the family's BMW car has been sent to Paris for forensic tests and inquiries are also said to be taking place in Sweden, where Mr al-Hilli's mother-in-law had a property. | The ex-RAF pilot who found a British family murdered in the French Alps feared "some nutter" with a gun could still be nearby to shoot him next. |
41062024 | Lewis Vaughan scored twice for the Kirkcaldy side, who leapfrog Ayr United, surprise 2-1 losers at home to Arbroath - who move up to third place.
Airdrieonians join the Red Lichties on seven points after a 2-0 home win over Alloa Athletic.
Albion Rovers were 2-0 winners at Forfar Athletic, while Queen's Park and Stranraer shared four goals.
Bobby Barr, Greig Spence, Liam Buchanan were also on target for Rovers, who are now the only unbeaten side in the division.
Barr scored after just five minutes before Vaughan added a close-range header. Spence then made it 3-0 before the break with a header of his own
Buchanan nodded in at the near post before Vaughan grabbed his second on 80 minutes with an 18-yard strike.
Arbroath came from behind to defeat Ayr at Somerset Park and end the 100% league record of Ian McCall's side.
Chris Higgins put the hosts ahead with a close-range finish but the visitors responded on the stroke of half-time through Omar Kader's strike.
Mark Whatley scored the winner in the 59th minute with a composed finish into the top-right corner.
Airdrie made it three matches unbeaten thanks to an 18th-minute penalty from Ryan Conroy and a late Jake Hastie finish.
Ten-man Forfar suffered their third successive defeat with Alan Trouten putting the Wee Rovers ahead with a calm finish before with the hosts had Matt Aitken dismissed for two bookable offences with six minutes left.
Rovers took full advantage of the extra man and Connor Shields shot home their second goal.
Morgyn Neill's last-minute own goal earned Queen's Park their first point of the season at Hampden Park.
Ryan Wallace gave Stranraer a first-minute lead and the visitors doubled their advantage eight minutes later when Grant Anderson found the bottom corner.
Anton Brady reduced the deficit for the hosts before the half-time interval and Neill guided the ball into his own net in the first minute of stoppage-time. | Raith Rovers took over at the top of League One with a thumping 5-0 win at local rivals East Fife. |
36443727 | The 26-year-old ex-Yeovil man has been a Lions player since 2014, but was one of seven to be released after the League One play-off final loss.
He made 39 appearances for Neil Harris' side last season and has signed a two-year deal at Stadium:MK.
Upson becomes Karl Robinson's first summer signing as he prepares for life back in the third tier.
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page. | League One-bound MK Dons will sign midfielder Ed Upson on 1 July when his contract with Millwall expires. |
38877988 | Two shots were fired at the house in Bawnmore Drive, Newtownabbey, at 20:45 GMT.
The PSNI is appealing for information. | A man in his 30s has escaped injury after shots were fired at a house in County Antrim on Sunday. |
32558065 | Entry to the weigh-in at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on Friday was $10 (£6.60), although tickets were changing hands on the resale market for $800 (£530).
The fight is set to generate an estimated $400m (£265m).
American Mayweather scaled 146lb - one pound under the welterweight limit - and Pacquiao of the Philippines 145lb.
The pair will fight for the WBC, WBA and WBO welterweight titles.
"I believe that with my skills, I'm going to be victorious," said the 38-year-old Mayweather, who is unbeaten in 47 professional fights.
"I don't take anything away from Manny Pacquiao, he's a solid fighter and it will be an intriguing match-up.
"But after Saturday, I'll still be 'TBE' [The Best Ever]."
Pacquiao, who has 57 wins and five defeats from 64 pro fights, said: "It's a great responsibility for me to give enjoyment to the fans. The fans deserve to have a good fight, whether they are a fan of Mayweather or Pacquiao.
"The Lord will always be with me and strengthen me and deliver him into my hands."
Asked about the difference in size - Mayweather is 5ft 8ins and Pacquiao 5ft 6½ins with a reach difference of five inches in favour of the American - the Filipino southpaw added: "I've been fighting bigger guys - Oscar De La Hoya, Antonio Margarito... it doesn't matter to me."
The MGM Grand was abuzz the day before the fight, with people queuing to get into the Garden Arena hours before Mayweather and Pacquiao, 36, stepped on the scales.
It was the first time tickets had been sold for a weigh-in, with proceeds going to charity, and those that bought them were given a two-hour show.
Pacquiao was introduced to the stage first and looked relaxed, taking pictures of himself and waving to the large Philippine contingent.
Mayweather, on the other hand, was booed to the stage and looked tense, as he has done all week.
Pacquiao mouthed "thank you" to his rival as they engaged in the traditional stare-down, as a good-natured build-up continued.
"I don't know what he exactly said. No, I didn't respond," said Mayweather,
The MGM Grand Garden Arena holds 16,000 but as few as 500 tickets for the fight went on sale to the general public.
Tickets are changing hands on the resale market for as much as $350,000, while some have been prepared to pay $3,500 to watch the fight in one of 10 closed-circuit venues along the Las Vegas Strip.
Given the astronomical numbers involved, the fact this is a match-up between two of the greatest boxers ever has been forgotten by some.
Mayweather and Pacquiao have won world titles in five and six different weight divisions respectively. Whoever wins this weekend will be able to claim they are the best fighter of their era.
Pacquiao's trainer, Freddie Roach, admitted the remorseless hype had been hard to cope with.
"I've always liked big fights because I like big challenges," said Roach, who was in Oscar De la Hoya's corner when Mayweather beat him in 2007. "But, with this one, I might have bitten off more than I can chew.
"We're fighting a very good defensive fighter, but I'm one of those guys that believes offence wins fights. I think we'll overwhelm him with speed."
Roach felt both fighters had "declined a little bit", adding: "I've been watching Floyd's legs and they're not as good as they used to be. He doesn't move as fluently as he used to.
"We can knock him out late, but I really want to beat him on points. Either way, no problem."
Roach said Mayweather's relatively subdued mood in the build-up to the fight could be a sign that he is apprehensive about facing Pacquiao.
"At the first press conference, I told him we were going to kick his ass," said the 55-year-old American.
"I thought I was going to get something back, but we got nothing. He's been so nice, I really don't think he wants to be here."
Mayweather responded: "The camp went extremely smooth. I don't need to trash Manny Pacquiao, I know what I can do." | Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao weighed in as 11,500 fans watched on ahead of the most lucrative fight in history in Las Vegas on Saturday. |
34936860 | The unusual items, which have been loaned to a Bristol gallery by private collectors, date from the 1690s.
An urn-shaped grinder, a memorial grater adorned with a photo of a dead child, and one built into a walking stick are among the exhibits.
Curator Stephen Grey-Harris said the majority had never been seen in public.
Source: BBC Food | More than 200 nutmeg graters - billed as "the biggest ever collection" of the ornate implements gathered in a single place - have gone on display. |
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Leading with 700m left, Jonny, 26, began to weave over the road in hot and humid conditions in Cozumel.
Third-placed Alistair, 28, caught his brother, propping him up for the final couple of hundred metres before pushing him over the line in second place.
They were overtaken by South African Henri Schoeman, the eventual winner.
Victory in Mexico would have given Jonny the world title, but second place left him just four points behind Mario Mola.
The Spaniard was fifth on Sunday to top the overall standings.
Jonny, Olympic silver medallist at Rio 2016 and a bronze medallist at London 2012, collapsed to the ground the moment he crossed the finish line.
He required treatment but later tweeted he was OK, with a photo of himself lying in a hospital bed on a drip.
Alongside a video clip of the finish of the race, the 2012 world champion also wrote: "Normally when you have had too much to drink. This time it was the opposite #ouch"
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Alistair said it was "a natural human reaction" to come to the aid of his brother, adding: "I'd have done the same thing for anyone in that position."
He added: "I wish the flippin' idiot had paced it right and crossed the finish line first.
"He could have jogged that last two kilometres and won the race.
"You have to race the conditions. I was comfortable in third. I raced the conditions, I took the water on, made myself cool and I was all right."
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New champion Mola said the dramatic finale had overshadowed his success.
"First of all this was not how I wanted to win the world championship," the Spaniard said in an interview on the International Triathlon Union (ITU) website.
"I was already considering that the role of Alistair was to help Jonny. Considering that, I thought, 'I'm going to be second again, but at least I will fight to the end'.
"And when I heard Jonny isn't feeling well, I thought, 'I need to fight to the end'. We want everyone to be safe after the finish line."
Schoeman, who finished fourth in the overall standings, won the race - consisting of a 1.5km swim, 40km cycle and 10km run - in one hour 46 minutes 50 seconds, with both Brownlees 18 seconds behind. Mola was 46 seconds back in fifth.
The ITU dismissed the Spanish Triathlon Federation's appeal to disqualify Jonny, because "athletes can receive help from another athlete".
Race results
1. Henri Schoeman (SA) 1hr 46mins 50secs
2. Jonathan Brownlee (GB) +18secs
3. Alistair Brownlee (GB) same time
4. Richard Murray (SA) +45secs
5. Mario Mola (Spa) +46secs
ITU World Triathlon Series final standings
1. Mario Mola (Spa) 4,819pts
2. Jonathan Brownlee (GB) 4,815pts
3. Fernando Alarza (Spa) 4,087pts
Watch highlights of the final race on BBC Two and the BBC Sport website at 13:45 BST on Monday. | Exhausted Briton Jonny Brownlee needed to be helped over the finish line by brother Alistair in a dramatic end to the Triathlon World Series in Mexico. |
23566119 | Real coach Carlo Ancelotti revealed the Spaniards were in talks over signing the 24-year-old Spurs forward.
"The rumours that anything is imminent are not true," said Villas-Boas. "We allowed ourselves conversations with Real Madrid, confirmed by their coach - I think wrongly.
"But the only thing we've communicated is that the player is not for sale."
He added: "Carlo is a person I appreciate a lot and we have great respect for each other but, bearing in mind this situation, they have decided to make it public.
"Normally, situations like this in England are scrutinised by the Football Association with lots of care and attention. We have seen lots of people speaking about a player that is not theirs and we are due some respect."
Villas-Boas was speaking following his side's 5-2 defeat by Monaco in a pre-season friendly on Saturday.
Wales international Bale did not travel with the rest of the Tottenham squad for the game in the French principality.
Former Liverpool managing director Christian Purslow, who has been around the Real Madrid camp in Los Angeles this week, said he expects Bale to join the Bernabeu club.
He told BBC Radio 5 live's Sportsweek programme: "The mood was very much one of confidence and expectation that Bale would go."
However, despite Bale also indicating to Spurs that he wants to speak to Real about a move, Villas-Boas insists he is planning for the 2013-14 season with Bale, who scored 26 goals last season, in his plans.
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"We are looking towards the future with Gareth," said Villas-Boas.
"In football anything is possible but what we've communicated so far is that we are not willing to concede to their [Real Madrid's] interest in the player."
Bale played the first half of Tottenham's pre-season friendly against Swindon on 16 July but not played since as the White Hart Lane club continue their build-up to the Premier League campaign.
"He picked up a pain in his foot from his individual training so he's recovered from the [earlier] injury he had to his gluteus," explained Villas-Boas.
"The medical department has examined him and given the red light to his involvement, so we can't have him training or playing at this moment." | Tottenham manager Andre Villas-Boas has criticised Real Madrid for going public with their interest in Gareth Bale. |
33298501 | Michael Davies, 71, from Blaina, Blaenau Gwent, was on a coach trip with his wife when he went missing on the evening of Tuesday, 26 May.
The new CCTV footage shows him in the corridor of the Hotel Maria where they were staying on the night he vanished.
He was last seen in the street on CCTV in the early hours of the Wednesday.
In a statement released through Hampshire Constabulary, his family said: "We still remain in limbo with the not knowing where our husband, father and grandfather is.
"We are still crying out for any information about Mike - please contact the police ASAP if you have any."
Numerous searches involving specialist officers, dogs, and rescue volunteers have taken place in the areas surrounding Avenue Road where Mr Davies was last seen.
Water search officers have also conducted inquiries in the area of reed beds near Sandown and Yaverland seafront.
There is no evidence to suggest Mr Davies has been the victim of a crime. | Police searching for a south Wales holidaymaker who went missing on the Isle of Wight a month ago have released new CCTV images in a bid to find him. |
36701297 | The data, taken from 261 companies in the UK, suggests fraudsters are increasingly getting people's personal information from social media sites.
Cifas said Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn had become a "hunting ground" for identity thieves.
It said there were more than 148,000 victims in the UK in 2015 compared with 94,500 in 2014.
A small percentage of cases involved fictitious identities but most fraudsters assumed the identity of a real person after accessing their name, date of birth, address and bank details. More than 85% of the frauds were carried out online.
Some personal details were found by hacking computers but increasingly fraudsters used social media to put together the pieces of someone's identity, Cifas said.
It urged people to check their privacy settings and think carefully about what information they share online.
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The Get Safe Online campaign warns people not to give away details such as phone numbers, addresses or date of birth, or pictures of their home, workplace or school, in either profile information or posts.
Often victims did not even realise they had been targeted until a bill arrived for something they did not buy or they experienced problems with their credit rating, the fraud prevention service added.
Source: Cifas and Get Safe Online
A report out earlier this year estimated the annual cost of fraud in the UK was £193bn - equal to nearly £3,000 per head of population.
Business fraud accounted for £144bn, the study said, while fraud against individuals was estimated at £9.7bn.
Simon Dukes, Cifas chief executive, said: "Fraudsters are opportunists. As banks and lenders have become more adept at detecting false identities, fraudsters have focused on stealing and using genuine people's details instead.
"Society, government and industry all have a role in preventing fraud. However, our concern is that the lack of awareness about identity fraud is making it even easier for fraudsters to obtain the information they need.
"The likes of Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and other online platforms are much more than just social media sites - they are now a hunting ground for identity thieves.
"We are urging people to check their privacy settings today and think twice about what they share. To a fraudster, the information we put online is a goldmine." | The number of victims of identity theft rose by 57% last year, figures from fraud prevention service Cifas suggest. |
33315631 | The comedian and actor first appeared as a panellist on the quiz show in 2009.
His debut in the host's chair will be broadcast on Friday 17 September.
"It is a massive honour to follow in the footsteps of Barrys Norman and Took, of Simon Hoggart and the delectable Sandi Toksvig and be asked to take on this role," Jupp said.
"Sandi has been remarkable in her time in charge of The News Quiz and her legacy will live on forever amongst listeners.
"Following her departure my first job will be to lead the regulars and listeners through as many of the stages of grief as are ultimately deemed necessary (by a completely independent arbiter).
"Then it will simply be a matter of dumbing it down and sexing it up. Or vice versa, depending entirely on the circumstances."
Jupp hosted the R4 panel show It's Not What You Know and wrote and starred in radio sitcom In And Out Of The Kitchen as the cookery writer Damien Trench. He later adapted the show for TV.
The 35-year-old is a familiar face on TV in programmes such as Rev, The Thick Of It, Have I Got News For You and Mock The Week. He also played Archie the inventor in the pre-school TV series Balamory.
Jupp began his comedy career in stand-up while a student at Edinburgh University.
He has appeared in a number of films including Made in Dagenham and The Monuments Men as well as plays in the London's West End and at the National Theatre, where he is currently in the cast of Rules for Living, alongside Stephen Mangan.
Toksvig announced in April that she was to step down from The News Quiz - after nine years and 28 series - to set up a new political party named the Women's Equality Party. Her last programme was broadcast last week.
Commenting on her replacement, she said: "I couldn't be more delighted that Miles Jupp is taking over as host of The News Quiz. He is perfect - affable, funny and charming. I look forward to going from host to fan."
The News Quiz was first broadcast in 1977 and is now in its 87th series. | Miles Jupp is to take over from Sandi Toksvig as the new host of BBC Radio 4's comedy show The News Quiz. |
24405612 | The case, involving bribery, property fraud and money laundering, resulted in convictions for senior officials.
These included former city planning chief Juan Antonio Roca, who was jailed for 11 years and fined 240m euros (£202m, $300m) for pocketing huge sums.
Two of the coastal city's former mayors were also handed jail terms over the scams, which came to light in 2006.
Marisol Yague and Julian Munoz received sentences of six and two years, respectively.
A total of 85 men and women were accused in what is thought to be the biggest-ever case of local political corruption in Spanish history.
Roca, who managed the city's planning department in the 1990s, became one of Spain's richest men before he was accused of masterminding the corruption.
He was initially given the job at the peak of Marbella's construction boom by the city's notorious, late mayor, Jesus Gil, who died in 2004.
The verdict read out in court in the province of Malaga detailed a corruption ring involving building permits being handed out to a succession of officials in return for envelopes stuffed with cash.
Roca himself became extremely rich, with a portfolio of ranches, expensive cars and boats.
The sentences for Roca and the two disgraced mayors were significantly less than those demanded by prosecutors.
They had sought a 30-year term for Roca, who was detained in 2006, but the court took into account his admission of the scale of corruption.
Marbella's local government was forced to replace large numbers of personnel after the case was exposed. | Some 50 people have been convicted in a major corruption case centred on the Spanish resort of Marbella. |
36034373 | The Rail Accident Investigation Branch report into the collision said the driver, who had been involved in eight previous incidents, did not brake quickly enough.
But it also said the pedestrian made no effort to move away from the tram.
A Transport for Greater Manchester statement said Metrolink had an "excellent" safety record.
The pedestrian, who was "facing away" from the tram, was struck in Market Street at about 11:13 BST on 12 May 2015, despite the driver sounding his whistle.
The RAIB said: "The driver may have been distracted by his own thoughts. This is sometimes referred to as 'mind-wandering' or daydreaming."
The report found the driver had been involved in four collisions with vehicles and four other "operating incidents" since he joined Metrolink in 2003.
He pleaded guilty to driving without due care attention over the May crash and had been disciplined by his bosses.
He was found to be not at fault for three of the collisions and two of the other incidents.
The report stated that although the driver had been involved in a "relatively high" number of incidents, Metrolink had advised that his record "had not given any particular cause for concern".
However, it highlighted the importance of tram drivers' appraisals in order to identify "any issues that might affect their driving performance".
The report also recommended "improved care" for drivers involved in an accident, and further examination of "the need for additional risk control measures in the Piccadilly Gardens area".
Chris Thorpe, TfGM's safety and assurance manager, said: "We have met with the RAIB on a number of occasions throughout the investigation and continue to liaise with them on this matter." | A tram driver who struck a pedestrian in Manchester "may have been daydreaming", a report has found. |
39418952 | It said $850m will be spent on retooling its factory in Wayne where Ford plans to build Bronco and Ranger models.
In addition, Ford will create 130 jobs at its Romeo engine parts plant, it said in a statement.
In January, the US car giant said it would cancel a $1.6bn plant it had planned to build in Mexico.
US President Donald Trump, who put pressure on Ford over its planned Mexico investment, tweeted earlier on Tuesday:
"Big announcement by Ford today. Major investment to be made in three Michigan plants. Car companies coming back to US. JOBS! JOBS! JOBS!"
Ford's US investment announcement is largely in line with a previous agreement it reached with the United Auto Workers union.
Mr Trump has at times promoted job announcements at the White House that had been previously planned or announced.
Last week he praised an investment decision by Charter Communications that the company had announced before he was elected.
Ford will spend $150m on its Romeo plant to boost its ability to make car parts, and $200m will be ploughed into a new data centre.
"We're optimistic that we'll continue to see good economic growth for the US in the near term," said Joe Hinrichs, president of the Americas at Ford. "We feel very confident about our plan and our products and about investing in Michigan and the US."
The $1.2bn total is in addition to $700m to expand Ford's plant at Flat Rock in Michigan, which it announced in January.
Ford said last week that it expected higher investments, as well as other spending, to drag on 2017 earnings. | Ford has said it will spend $1.2bn (£1bn) as part of a planned upgrade of three Michigan plants. |
36323990 | Hurst, 41, had been linked with Notts County despite leading The Mariners back to the Football League for the first time in six years.
He is currently preparing the squad to face FC Halifax Town in the FA Trophy final on Sunday.
"I genuinely have no other offers out there to even be in consideration," he told BBC Radio Humberside.
"There is nothing to tempt me. I've had a chat with the board, I've got a rough idea of what we're about and then set about building a squad that we can still be proud of.
"It's got to be a realistic target that we set and I'm sure at some point we'll nail that down."
Hurst joined Town in 2011, taking over as sole manager in 2013 after Rob Scott was sacked for gross misconduct.
Under his tenure Grimsby have reached four play-offs in the fifth tier, finally achieving promotion after beating Forest Green 3-1 on Sunday, but there has been some fan unrest over Grimsby's progress.
"I have said one or two things along the way which has been for the benefit of the players," Hurst added.
"Our best performances have always been when the crowds are behind us, which we had on Sunday." | Grimsby Town boss Paul Hurst has said he has had no offers to 'tempt' him away from Blundell Park. |
39560646 | The suspect shot and killed his estranged wife, a teacher, and wounded two children who were behind her, one of whom died of his wounds.
He then turned the gun on himself, police said.
Police chief Jarrod Burguan described the incident as a suspected "murder-suicide" attempt.
The shooting happened at 10:30 local time (17:30 GMT) at North Park Elementary School in San Bernardino county, 60 miles (96km) east of Los Angeles.
The gunman, named as 53-year-old Cedric Anderson, had gained entry to the school as a visitor and kept his weapon concealed until he opened fire in the classroom where 15 children with special needs were being taught, authorities said.
He killed his wife Karen Elaine Smith and fatally wounded eight-year-old Jonathan Martinez, who was airlifted to hospital but later died.
A nine-year-old pupil remains in hospital in a stable condition, the Los Angeles Times reported.
Mr Burguan tweeted shortly after the incident that the suspect was "down" and there was "no further threat". The school was immediately evacuated.
Up to 600 students were transferred by bus to nearby Cajon High School, where they were later met by their parents.
"Police operations are continuing to secure the area," Mr Burguan said earlier on Twitter, adding: "However, we do believe the threat is down."
In December 2015, 14 people were killed and 21 others wounded when a couple entered a disabled service centre in San Bernardino and began firing at a group of county health workers. | Two adults and a child have been killed in a shooting in a classroom of a primary school in San Bernardino, California, police say. |
35865096 | Striker Jay Donnelly is part of the Northern Ireland Under-21 squad to face Scotland in Paisley on 29 March.
Levi Ives and Andrew Mooney will travel to the Netherlands as the Under-19s play three games in the Uefa European Championship elite stage.
The Reds' games away to Ballymena on Saturday and Carrick Rangers on Tuesday 29 March have been rearranged.
Gerard Lyttle's side will face the Sky Blues on Saturday 2 April (15:00 BST), followed by their away trip to Carrick on Tuesday 5 April (19:45). | Cliftonville's two Irish Premiership Easter fixtures have been postponed due to international call-ups. |
39610859 | Foran was incensed by the award of Well's third goal, with Scott McDonald's header adjudged to have crossed the line before Owain Fon Williams could clear it.
The loss leaves Inverness five points adrift at the foot of the table.
"Today, an official has killed us," Foran told BBC Scotland.
"He's made a huge decision on the outcome of that game, and he's got it wrong by the sound of it.
"I'd be lying if I said I saw it - I didn't. My players are adamant it wasn't over the line. One of their players has told me it definitely wasn't over the line.
"I'm devastated hearing it from their players as well. It's a huge decision for the linesman to make. He's got to be 100% correct and he's obviously wrong, and it's killed us."
That McDonald effort was an especially bitter blow for an Inverness side who had fought back from two goals down to draw level with their Fir Park hosts.
The victory lifted Motherwell two points clear of the relegation play-off spot, with Dundee now second-bottom.
Caley Thistle boss Foran admits he would now welcome an 11th-place finish and a relegation play-off, saying his side's defensive frailties have once again proved fatal.
"We've got to deal with crosses better," he said. "Every time a cross comes in the box it's causing us a problem and we work on this so much as well. I can't take blame or responsibility for that. The players have got to pick up on crosses - it's schoolboy stuff.
"The first goal, you show a wide man down the line - we show him inside, he finishes it. The second one, ball hung up, goalkeeper should come and catch - he doesn't, and they score. What could I do about that? Nothing.
"But credit to them, they got themselves back in the game and it's another really good performance for large spells with the wrong result at the end. I'd love a terrible performance and the right result.
"At this stage now, you would (take a second-bottom finish). Let's be fair, you would. There's still 15 points up for grabs, but we've got to be better at the back."
Inverness director Richard Smith resigned from his position following a board meeting on Wednesday.
The club denied reports that meeting was held to discuss Foran's future, as the prospect of relegation to Scottish football's second tier looms larger.
The manager insists he is still convinced he can haul Caley Thistle clear of the mire.
"I said to the players, there's no magic man can come in and change things - it's us in there, the players, the staff that can get us out of this mess," he said.
"I've still got belief, I really do, and when I watch the lads play so well at times, how couldn't I? But if you cant defend crosses, you're asking for problems.
"I'm definitely committed. I love the club, I love the city. I can't speak for the board - they can speak themselves if they want to put a statement out. But it lies with me, most of it.
"It's a long season, it hasn't been good enough, but I'm very honest, I can't take a lot of blame today for the goals we conceded. The players have to stand up and take the blame for that." | Manager Richie Foran says a linesman's decision "killed" bottom club Inverness in their costly 4-2 Scottish Premiership defeat by Motherwell. |
37754525 | The ex-quiz show panellist, 46, from Caldicot, Monmouthshire, is accused of manslaughter, murder, assault and battery in Amsterdam in 1988.
He was detained under a European arrest warrant at Heathrow Airport last month.
Dutch authorities reportedly abandoned a bid to bring him to the Netherlands.
Mr de Mooi, whose real name is Joseph Connagh, was said to be "very pleased".
His manager said in a statement: "CJ is obviously very pleased with the result of today's hearing and will continue to co-operate with the Dutch authorities until this matter is finally concluded.
"He would like to thank the tens of thousands of people who have contacted him via social media and in person, for their lovely words and support during this traumatic time for him."
Mr de Mooi's autobiography, published last year, described an incident in which he said he may have killed a man while he lived on the streets.
He said he punched a man who approached him with a knife before throwing him into a canal in 1988.
In his book, he wrote: "He caught me on the wrong day and I just snapped. I fully suspect I killed him. I've no idea what happened to him."
Mr de Mooi, originally from Barnsley, South Yorkshire, adopted the name de Mooi when modelling.
He became a panellist on Eggheads in 2003 after winning a series of game shows. | Former Eggheads star CJ de Mooi will "continue to co-operate with the Dutch authorities" after a failed attempt to extradite him to the Netherlands over an alleged killing. |
38786544 | A dour opening half came to life just before the break when the visitors scored twice in two minutes.
First, Henrikh Mkhitaryan latched onto Chris Smalling's flick-on and raced through on goal before beating Kasper Schmeichel with a clinical finish.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic then took advantage of terrible Leicester marking to side-foot home his 15th Premier League goal of the season.
Juan Mata ensured there was no way back for the hosts when he finished off a one-two with Mkhitaryan early in the second half.
Leicester never looked like scoring, with their only shot on target a tame Wilfred Ndidi strike just before half-time.
Manchester United remain in the hunt for a top-four finish. They are sixth, one point behind Liverpool and two behind fourth-placed Arsenal.
Jose Mourinho was in charge of Chelsea the last time he visited the King Power Stadium. That was in December 2015 and he was sacked the day after a defeat that strengthened Leicester's title charge.
This time it is Foxes boss Claudio Ranieri who is under pressure. Far from defending their title, they are very much in a relegation dogfight and went into Sunday's game looking to record their first league win since New Year's Eve.
A pacy attack of Ahmed Musa and Jamie Vardy promised much but ultimately offered little, the latter in particular a shadow of the striker who scored in 11 consecutive Premier League games last season.
The Foxes have now failed to score a league goal in five games this year, but of equal concern for Ranieri will have been his side's defending. Ibrahimovic was left unmarked to poke home Manchester United's second and then Wes Morgan played two players onside for the third.
Leicester have not won away all season in the league, so it is their home form that has kept them out of the drop zone so far - 18 of their 21 points have been collected at the King Power Stadium.
This defeat, though, was their third in six home games and Ranieri will need to get things back on track quickly if the Foxes are to avoid being the first reigning top-flight champions to be relegated since Manchester City in 1938.
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Manchester United have been far too reliant on Ibrahimovic this season. The evergreen Swedish striker is the club's leading scorer with 10 more league goals than any other Manchester United player.
In an effort to relieve the Swede's burden, Mourinho started Marcus Rashford alongside him in a 4-4-2 formation.
It quickly became evident that Ibrahimovic was far more effective in a central role and after 20 minutes Mourinho reverted to 4-2-3-1 with Rashford, Mkhitaryan and Mata behind the former Paris St-Germain striker.
The change immediately improved the visitors' attacking strength as the pace of Mkhitaryan and Rashford, coupled with Mata's creativity, stretched Leicester's defence and left gaps for Manchester United to exploit, which they did to full effect.
In the end Leicester could not cope and although United will arguably face tougher defences this season, three different goalscorers and a convincing win will give Mourinho confidence his side can challenge for the top four, particularly with Liverpool and Arsenal's own challenge faltering.
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Leicester manager Claudio Ranieri: "When we conceded the first goal we got down. I don't understand why. It's important to be strong until the end and never give up. But the confidence is not so high.
"Last season was terrific but we are Leicester and every time we have to fight.
"We are together. I am fully confident in my players and the players are confident in me."
Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho: "It was really important for us. We lost two points in the last match at home and had three consecutive draws so we needed the points.
"I am happy. We don't have a league defeat since October and if we tried to transform the unlucky draws to victories, we would be in an amazing position."
After an FA Cup fourth-round replay against Derby at the King Power Stadium on Wednesday, Leicester have a potentially massive game in the Premier League on Sunday [kick-off 16:00 GMT]. They travel to Swansea, who are one place below the Foxes in 18th.
Manchester United, meanwhile, host Watford on Saturday [15:00] knowing three points could lift them into the top four.
Match ends, Leicester City 0, Manchester United 3.
Second Half ends, Leicester City 0, Manchester United 3.
Attempt blocked. Demarai Gray (Leicester City) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Riyad Mahrez.
Attempt saved. Paul Pogba (Manchester United) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Ashley Young.
David de Gea (Manchester United) is shown the yellow card.
David de Gea (Manchester United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Jamie Vardy (Leicester City).
Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
Foul by Antonio Valencia (Manchester United).
Demarai Gray (Leicester City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by Ander Herrera.
Substitution, Manchester United. Ashley Young replaces Marcus Rashford.
Attempt missed. Henrikh Mkhitaryan (Manchester United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Antonio Valencia.
Marouane Fellaini (Manchester United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Danny Simpson (Leicester City).
Attempt blocked. Paul Pogba (Manchester United) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Ander Herrera.
Antonio Valencia (Manchester United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Jamie Vardy (Leicester City).
Substitution, Manchester United. Marouane Fellaini replaces Juan Mata.
Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by Chris Smalling.
Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by Eric Bailly.
Attempt missed. Jamie Vardy (Leicester City) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Riyad Mahrez with a cross.
Attempt missed. Juan Mata (Manchester United) left footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses the top right corner. Assisted by Daley Blind.
Marcus Rashford (Manchester United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Danny Simpson (Leicester City).
Foul by Paul Pogba (Manchester United).
Daniel Drinkwater (Leicester City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Offside, Leicester City. Kasper Schmeichel tries a through ball, but Wes Morgan is caught offside.
Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by Paul Pogba.
Offside, Manchester United. Juan Mata tries a through ball, but Marcus Rashford is caught offside.
Attempt missed. Daniel Drinkwater (Leicester City) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Demarai Gray.
Marcus Rashford (Manchester United) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Danny Simpson (Leicester City).
Attempt missed. Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester City) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the right.
Foul by Marcus Rashford (Manchester United).
Daniel Drinkwater (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt saved. Juan Mata (Manchester United) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Daley Blind.
Attempt missed. Daniel Drinkwater (Leicester City) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Demarai Gray following a corner.
Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by Ander Herrera.
Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by Chris Smalling. | Premier League champions Leicester are just one point above the relegation zone after defeat at home by Manchester United left them still searching for a first league win in 2017. |
34993738 | The teddy was found in the departure lounge of the airport in 2012. It was discovered in a carrier bag, along with a photo of two children dated 1918.
After a public appeal, the owner Robert Baker was tracked down in Cyprus.
He said he decided it was time to find the bear - nicknamed Bristol - a new home.
The photograph found with the bear proved crucial in the search for the owner. On the back of it was a note to "our darling Daddie" from two children called "Dora and Glyn".
Airport staff spent months trawling flight records to see if they could find any two passengers with the same names.
After a public appeal members of the online family history forum RootsChat.com came forward. They managed to trace the family after discovering that Mr Baker is the son of the Glyn mentioned, but they were unable to discover where he lived.
The teddy was finally reunited with Mr Baker after he was sent a newspaper cutting about the story.
Daniel Agnew, teddy bear specialist at Special Auction Services, said although the bear is "very worn and tatty", having the original photo, the provenance and the airport story "adds value". | An antique teddy bear which sparked an international search for its owner when it was left behind at Bristol Airport has been sold at auction for £2,200. |
38592523 | But have you ever imagined the classic dish in the form of a burger? No? Well, McDonald's is reportedly planning exactly that.
Reports say that "dosa burgers" may soon be sold at McDonald's outlets.
While the news has amused some Twitter users, others are angry at the attempt to "mess around" with Indian dishes.
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Twitter has been abuzz ever since the Economic Times reported that McDonald's new Indian dishes would feature items like the dosa burger and anda bhurji (masala scrambled eggs).
"We continue to look at inspiration from Indian cuisine and bring it as a McDonald's format which will give you flavours from the west but the familiarity of Indian," Amit Jatia, vice-chairman of Westlife Development, which runs McDonald's restaurants in parts of India, was quoted as saying by the newspaper.
But some Twitter users are not impressed.
Others used the opportunity to suggest other types of food that McDonalds could start offering their customers.
But some felt McDonald's was simply trying to become "more Indian", and it shouldn't be criticised. | If you are a fan of Indian food, you must have come across the hugely popular masala dosa, which is a type of rice pancake with a potato filling. |
34636981 | The incident happened on the Glasgow to Aberdeen service on Saturday between 21:55 and 22:15.
BTP said he was racially abusive towards staff in the middle carriage.
He was described as about 5ft 8in tall, with short dark hair and olive-coloured skin, wearing dark jeans, a maroon top and a dark jacket. | A man who used "racially-offensive language" on a train between Stonehaven and Aberdeen is being sought by British Transport Police. |
26411766 | Northern Ireland's McIlroy, who carded a four-over-par 74, missed a 12-foot eagle putt at the last to win outright.
American Russell Henley won a play-off, which also featured compatriot Ryan Palmer and Scotland's Russell Knox, with a birdie at the first extra hole.
Woods was forced to withdraw on the 13th hole because of back pain.
The American hit a five-under-par 65 on Saturday to move into contention but was five over in his final round when he quit.
His withdrawal comes six weeks before the Masters at Augusta - the first major of 2014 - which takes place from 10-13 April.
"It's going to be hard to get over because I had a great chance to win my first tournament of the season and I didn't.
"It's my lower back with spasms," said Woods, 38. "It started while I was warming up."
McIlroy admitted he was fortunate to have reached the play-off after dropping six shots in 11 holes from the seventh, including a double-bogey six on the par-four 16th where he hit his ball out of a bunker and into water.
He followed that with another bogey on the 17th, which left him needing a birdie on the last to get into the play-off at eight under.
The 24-year-old gave himself a chance of victory though with a stunning second shot on the par-five hole that finished 12 feet from the hole but he was unable to hole the eagle putt that would have won him the title.
"I didn't play well enough to deserve to win," McIlroy told the PGA tour website.
"It's very disappointing. It was a perfect opportunity to win. No one was really coming at me.
"There's a few positives to take, but obviously it's going to be hard to get over because I had a great chance to win my first tournament of the season and I didn't."
Henley, who qualified for the Masters, won at the first extra hole with a two-foot birdie putt.
"I was so nervous coming down the stretch," said Henley, who won his first PGA Tour title at last year's Sony Open in Hawaii.
"I hope I can have a bunch more Sundays just like that in my career. It was a rush to be out there playing with Rory and the crowd.
"I've never been part of a crowd so big cheering for me. It was an amazing feeling. It was so much fun." | Rory McIlroy let slip a two-shot lead and lost in a play-off at the Honda Classic in Florida while world number one Tiger Woods withdrew injured. |
37894150 | Chinnor and Princes Risborough Railway (C&PRR) said it has been given 10 working days to move seven carriages and wagons from a section of track on land owned by cement firm Cemex.
Prof Karol Sikora, a volunteer on the railway, said the track was "vital" to running the Christmas trains.
Cemex said it wants the carriages moved so it can use the land in the future.
A spokeswoman said various uses were being considered for the land and she hoped a resolution could be achieved.
Chairman of C&PRR, Danny Woodward, said the volunteer-run railway had been using the track for more than 25 years.
He added the timescale given by Cemex solicitors "has the potential to jeopardise the running of some, or possibly all, of our Santa Special trains".
Prof Sikora, a cancer specialist, said: "People come from far and wide and it gives me such pleasure to see the children laughing and enjoying themselves."
Cemex said the seven wagons were on "a relatively small piece of land" and it wished to see them removed.
Santa's Steam Specials are train journeys that run during December for children aged up to 15. | Annual Santa-themed train services could be in jeopardy after a volunteer railway was served an eviction notice. |
38807175 | Shell is aiming to sell $30bn of assets by 2018 as it seeks to pay off debt following its takeover of BG Group.
The deal represents about half of Shell's 2016 North Sea output.
Chrysaor will become the largest independent operator in the North Sea after the deal's completion.
On completion of the North Sea deal, about 400 staff will transfer to Chrysaor, "subject to a detailed scoping exercise and staff consultation", Shell said.
"This transaction shows the clear momentum behind Shell's... divestment programme," the company said.
Shell's interests in Buzzard, Beryl, Bressay, Elgin-Franklin, J-Block, the Greater Armada cluster, Everest, Lomond and Erskine - plus a 10% stake in Schiehallion - will be sold as part of the deal.
The firm said it expected to "record an accounting gain" on the sale, which includes Shell and former BG assets.
Shell's chief financial officer Simon Henry said the deal "builds on recent upstream divestments in the Gulf of Mexico and Canada."
He added that the firm wanted to "simplify our portfolio following the acquisition of BG".
In April 2015, Shell agreed to buy the oil and gas exploration firm in a deal that valued the business at £47bn. The final deal value was £36.4bn.
Shell cut thousands of jobs after the BG deal, and announced more than 10,000 job cuts globally.
Also on Tuesday, Shell said it would sell its stake in Thailand's Bongkot gas field to the Kuwait Foreign Petroleum Exploration Company for $900m. | Royal Dutch Shell has agreed to sell $3.8bn (£2.46bn) worth of North Sea assets to oil exploration firm Chrysaor as part of continuing debt reduction measures. |
35167399 | The five members, who were all born in the same Stockport hospital, formed in 2013 and have honed their sound by rehearsing in their bassist's granddad's scaffolding yard.
They say they are influenced by the Arctic Monkeys, Abba and Oasis - and singer Tom Ogden sees similarities between themselves and other bands from Manchester: "We're working-class, five lads just doing it because we love doing it."
Their tuneful indie also recalls The La's and Teenage Fanclub, and is all delivered with a hint of The Doors' psychedelic stupor.
The five prodigies were welcomed into the world at Stepping Hill Hospital between 1991 and '97, and later met each other at school and teenage parties.
"We all live within a two-mile radius of each other," Tom says. "I don't think many people these days in bands are that close and born in the same hospital. It's quite a nice little story."
Ogden and drummer Joe Donovan have been best friends since meeting at the age of 13 on a school trip to Alton Towers for pupils with 100% attendance records. "We must've been fairly good boys," the singer admits.
Tom, Joe and bassist Charlie Salt got together when their own teenage bands fizzled out. Donovan's sister's ex-boyfriend Josh Dewhurst was known to be a hot guitarist, so they roped him in too.
And they knew Myles Kellock from parties in his flat above a curry house. "We said we needed a keyboard player and he nominated himself," Tom recalls.
"He had a broken wrist at the time. He said, 'I can do keyboards', but he couldn't. He was one of them people who could play a bit of bass, a bit of drums, he knew a C chord, and he just kind of blagged it and joined the band."
They named the new band after local pub The Blossoms - but they dropped the The. "We didn't want that," Ogden says. "We thought it sounded a bit old. Like all the old bands from the '60s."
"I've been brought up on classic pop songwriting and big choruses," says Tom, who writes and sings. "Oasis were the first band I fell in love with and still are my favourite band. The Beatles, obviously. And then you've got Abba."
Hours playing video game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City - released in 2002 but set in 1986 - also helped his musical education. "That's got a really good soundtrack, so that was feeding me.
"It's things like Japanese Boy by Aneka and Call Me by Blondie, The Human League, all that stuff. The kind of tunes you put on if you're going for a drink and make you feel good. And catchy. I don't think there's anything wrong with catchy."
Blossoms are the only guitar group on the Sound of 2016 list. So, in an era when inspirational new rock bands are as rare as white tigers, are Blossoms the saviours of rock 'n' roll?
They try not to play up to the stereotype of arrogant upstarts, explaining that they are "flattered" to be on the list but that there are "probably a lot of other bands out there and maybe, if you like, they could and should be" on it.
But beneath the surface, there is a confidence and determination. "I thoroughly believe we can go on and have thousands of people singing our songs back," Tom says after warming to the theme.
"I think our songs fit well in that kind of euphoria. That self belief is there. We fully believe we're good enough and we feel we deserve to be on that list."
There aren't necessarily fewer guitar bands around than before, they believe - but there are fewer good ones.
"Because of how instant everything is with the internet, there is probably more bands, but probably more average bands who kind of pollute it to the point where it's harder to find the diamonds amongst it. I'm not saying we're diamonds but…"
Tom has always watched the support acts when Blossoms have played live over the last couple of years, and tips Liverpool's The Vryll Society as another band to watch. "They are one of two or three who have blown me away," he says. "That's not a massive ratio."
He considers why more bands do not rise to the top. "Because everything's so instant, people are living lives through Instagram and giving off this false feeling. Like people in bands taking selfies and putting pictures up of themselves saying, 'Just about to do some songwriting'.
"If you stop taking pictures of yourself and actually focus on some writing, you might get something done.
"Or they have 'singer-songwriter' in their bio, but they're not, they're just in a band in the local area. I would never put anything like that on mine, but I'm actually doing something.
"I think there's a lot of pretenders out there and maybe that's why it's harder to get out. When it's real, it's real. You can spot the fakers, I think. I think we are real."
They are so down-to-earth, in fact, that their songs have been crafted and polished in the humble surroundings of the Stockport scaffolding yard owned by Charlie's granddad, where the band have made a rehearsal room in a corner of the warehouse.
"We just let loose and we can stay there as late as we want, and there is a charm in it," Tom says. "It's a really cool place. It must have helped our sound somehow, rehearsing there, to be able to be that creative. All the men who work there are all dead sound and up for a laugh."
"They look at us funny sometimes with the long hair and skinny jeans," Joe adds. "But they're used to it now."
Sharing space in the warehouse is the tunnel that once led to the pitch at Manchester City's old Maine Road stadium. "Yeah it's in there in the corner," says Tom, a big City fan. "But we don't run through it when we go to rehearse, like [ex-City hero] Shaun Goater." | Guitar pop band Blossoms, who are hoping to become Greater Manchester's latest musical heroes, have come fourth on the BBC Sound of 2016 list, which highlights the hottest new acts for the new year. |
39418204 | If you read these and you drop to the floor, cover your ears and rock back and forth, congratulations! You are a member of the Northern Ireland electorate.
To the untrained ear they might mean nothing, but to the NI public, if they had a bingo card with them on it, they'd have full house.
They are of course, just a few of the many phrases which have been wheeled out at the weekend's Stormont talks, and indeed in talks over the past 20 odd years.
Like hamburgers and rock 'n' roll, jargon's increasing popularity often gets blamed on America.
However, our political class has really embraced the habit, using the same buzz words with alarming regularity.
Here are our top 10 favourite phrases. As with all good jargon, they say a lot without really saying anything, and leave the listener none the wiser.
Any politician, who uses all of these in one sentence gets a prize.
We have no desire to be found wanting, and we know our politicians aren't the only ones guilty of this crime.
In that spirit, here are a few phrases the media can't get enough of. | "Intransigence," "Tory austerity," "second class citizens," "hard border" and "bread and butter issues". |
31813692 | Police said the incidents, which all happened within an hour of each other, began with a crash at the Bungalow at about 07:30 GMT.
The second involved an overturned car and happened at the Verandah and the third at the Black Hut.
Police said nobody was injured in any of the crashes and the road was "in the process of reopening". | The Isle of Man's Mountain Road has been reopened after being closed due to three separate crashes. |
32391951 | The country town, about 215km (133 miles) north of Sydney, was the hardest hit by storms that have also battered other parts of the state.
Dungog sits in the middle of the catchment for a major river system and the town is now flooded by swollen rivers.
Dungog Shire councillor Glenn Wall described a tragedy unfolding in the town where at least three people have died.
"It has been raining for about 24 hours now but in the early hours of this morning it really started coming down heavily," he told the BBC.
"Every river system that we have up here is in severe flood mode," said Mr Wall, who lives in a property in Gresford about 26km from Dungog.
"I have heard that four houses have been inundated and washed away," he said.
"I have real concern about the next 24 hours because there are reports of another storm front coming in from the north."
Dungog has a population of about 2,000 people. Mobile phone and landline connections have been cut off, and the roads into the town are inaccessible.
Mr Wall said he had had trouble contacting people in the town, but had been told by officials that as many as four houses and several bridges and roads had been washed away.
Reports say the three people killed were all elderly - two men and a woman - and were washed away with one of the houses.
"People are used to this kind of thing but not to the loss of life," he said.
"Just about every town and village in the area is isolated [by the rising water]," he said.
He said he had also heard that a bridge to the village of Torryburn had been washed away, isolating about 200 residents.
Mr Wall said when the floods eventually subside, there would likely be considerable livestock losses and damage to fences and road infrastructure. | The town of Dungog in New South Wales (NSW), Australia has experienced floods before but this time lives have been lost. |
35967050 | Trevor Miners, from Perranporth, Cornwall, signed the Official Secrets Act in 1943 and became a member of the Auxiliary Units when he was just 16.
The units were made up of a 3,500-strong volunteer force, specially trained as the underground line of defence if the Nazis invaded Britain.
Mr Miners passed away peacefully in his sleep on Monday after a short illness.
He received his secret army training at the Coleshill Estate in Oxfordshire, which included being taught how to "kill a man quietly".
"We were trained to kill - how to use a knife to kill a man quietly," the veteran told BBC in 2013.
"The plan was that when the invasion came our unit would hide in an underground bunker and let the Nazis roll over the top of us.
"Then after a month we were to come out at night and attack them, destroy their munitions dumps, railway lines, things like that."
His seven-strong operational unit was based at Cligga Head near his home in Perranporth, but each unit was self-contained and had no knowledge of the identity or locations of other resistance groups.
Mr Miners had taken part in the Remembrance Day parade at the Cenotaph in London for the past three years and in September he fired a sniper rifle and a Sten gun when he returned to Coleshill, 72 years after his training, to open a replica observation post.
Coleshill Auxiliary Research Team, a non-profit making unit of volunteer historians who focus on the British Resistance, described Mr Miners as a "legend" and said he had been "hugely influential" in informing people of the existence of the Auxiliary Units and keeping the memory alive.
Paying tribute to Mr Miners, its founder Tom Sykes said he personified the Auxiliary Units in his attitude to everything.
"He was strong, brave, determined, full of spirit and most of all good fun and the type of man you want on your team," he said. | One of Winston Churchill's few remaining World War Two "secret army" veterans has died at the age of 89. |
36934612 | In the three-room cell, they found a conference room, plasma screen television, library and kitchen.
The interior of the cell, which was occupied by Brazilian drug lord Jarvis Chimenes Pavao, has now been destroyed, media in Paraguay report.
Police had learned Pavao was planning to escape by using explosives to blow a hole in the wall of the prison.
Pavao was due to complete his sentence for money laundering next year, at the end of which he was likely to face extradition to Brazil.
He has now been transferred to a special unit away from his luxury cell in Tacumbu prison, near the capital Asuncion.
An investigation is now under way to see which officials had allowed Pavao to set up his life of luxury.
Prisoners at Tacumbu told Agence France-Presse that anyone wanting to stay in the luxury unit had to pay Pavao a one-off fee of $5,000 (£3,778) and a weekly rent of $600.
"He was the most loved man in this prison," one inmate, Antonio Gonzalez, told AFP.
The cell also had air conditioning, comfortable furniture, an en-suite bathroom and a DVD collection.
Among the DVDs were a TV serialisation of the life of Colombian drug baron Pablo Escobar.
Escobar, who was killed in 1993, was allowed to design his own prison in a deal struck with Colombian authorities. | Police in Paraguay raided a drug lord's prison cell, only to find he was living a life of luxury. |
34267376 | Universities Minister Jo Johnson has written to the NUS saying it was "disappointing" to see its opposition to the Prevent strategy.
The NUS said it had "legitimate concerns" about the impact of the policy on student welfare.
From 21 September, UK universities will have a new duty to stop extremism.
Institutions will also have to tackle gender segregation at events and must have proper assessment processes for invited speakers and ensure those with extremist views do not go unchallenged.
The guidance also sets out that universities must ensure that they have appropriate information technology policies, staff training and student welfare programmes in place to recognise and respond to the signs of radicalisation.
Similar duties were put on councils, prisons, NHS trusts and schools in July.
The government's extremism analysis unit said at least 70 events featuring hate speakers were held on campuses last year.
In the letter to the NUS, Mr Johnson said: "Universities represent an important arena for challenging extremist views. It is important there can be active challenge and debate on issues relating to counter terrorism and provisions for academic freedom are part of the Prevent guidance for universities and colleges.
"It is my firm view that we all have a role to play in challenging extremist ideologies and protecting students on campus. Ultimately, the Prevent strategy is about protecting people from radicalisation.
"It is therefore disappointing to see overt opposition to the Prevent programme... The legal duty that will be placed on universities and colleges highlights the importance that the government places on this."
Mr Johnson referred in the letter to comments made by an NUS officer who, he said, described the government's approach as a "racialised, Islamophobic witch-hunt" and to another union officer who claimed that strategies like Prevent "ultimately exist to police Muslim expression".
An NUS spokeswoman said there were "legitimate concerns about the impact the Counter Terrorism and Security Act will have on student welfare".
"Criticism and debate is at the heart of the policy-making process, and so we would encourage government to listen and reflect on the legitimate concerns that exist to their agenda, rather than attacking organisations for simply not agreeing with their approach.
"As students' unions are not public bodies, and therefore not subject to the Act, it's confusing that the government are so focused on our work.
"NUS is a campaigning organisation so our opposition to this agenda - based on both principled and practical concerns, and passed at our most recent national conference - is both valid and appropriate."
On Wednesday the Prime Minister, David Cameron, will chair the first meeting of the extremism taskforce since the general election.
Nicola Dandridge, chief executive of Universities UK, said: "Universities have an important role to play in preventing violent extremism and promoting free speech.
"Universities have strong partnerships with the police and security services and have engaged with the government's Prevent strategy for a number of years. This new duty is a continuation of that work."
She added: "In relation to how people may become radicalised, it is important to remember that universities are only one part of young students' lives and they have many other influences away from campuses such as the web, social media and membership of non-university groups."
David Corke, director of education and skills policy at the Association of Colleges, said: "The safeguarding of students is of paramount importance and many colleges see the Prevent duty as an extension of this responsibility.
"Preventing young people from being drawn in by extremist rhetoric and getting involved in activities which could put them or others at risk is something that colleges take extremely seriously."
The UCU lecturers' union warned that the anti-extremism policy threatened freedom of speech and that universities needed to protect the right to academic freedom and open debate.
"The best response to acts of terror is to retain our universities and colleges as open democratic spaces, rather than close down debate and create mistrust between teacher and student, which is what these plans risk doing," said the union's general secretary, Sally Hunt. | The National Union of Students (NUS) is being urged by ministers to support the government's counter-radicalisation programme, Prevent. |
29318856 | He will say a "mansion tax" on homes worth more than £2m will help pay for the extra funding.
Labour is currently refusing to comment on what it describes as "speculation".
The party has yet to spell out details of how its mansion tax would work. It could raise around £1.7bn a year, the Institute of Fiscal Studies (IFS) says.
The Liberal Democrats also propose a mansion tax, while the Conservatives have ruled out such a plan, saying it is "not sensible".
On Monday, shadow chancellor Ed Balls told the Labour Party conference in Manchester there would be no extra spending commitments "without saying where the money is coming from".
He said a mansion tax would be one of his top priorities in government, along with a rise in the minimum wage, a freeze in energy bills and scrapping what Labour calls the "bedroom tax" but the Conservatives call the ending of the "spare room subsidy".
But he pledged to continue the 1% cap on child benefit rises until 2017.
It is likely that Labour could allocate at least another £1bn a year to the NHS from other tax rises it has already announced.
Extra funding of around £3bn per year compares with a "funding gap" which NHS England recently warned could grow to £30bn by 2020-1 "if services continue to be delivered in the same way as now".
Others, such as the Nuffield Trust, have put the funding gap at £6bn a year by the end of the next parliament, in 2020.
In the past Labour has said the mansion tax would be used to pay for introducing a new 10p rate of income tax. However, in his conference speech on Monday, shadow chancellor Ed Balls said that abolishing the Married Tax Allowance would pay for that measure.
The party has ruled out introducing a new tax on working people to pay for the NHS in response to those who have argued for a repeat of Gordon Brown's 1% increase on national insurance to pay for health in 2001.
Strictly speaking Labour does not need to spell out what tax rise will pay for more NHS spending, since it is proposing to borrow more than is allowable under the coalition's economic plans. The IFS recently estimated that it could spend as much as £28bn per year more and still stick to its deficit and targets.
In their 2010 general election manifesto, the Liberal Democrats proposed a mansion tax based on 1% of a property's value above £2m.
Under this a property worth £3m would face a charge of £10,000 a year.
No firm costings are available for such a tax, but in 2010 the Lib Dems estimated that 70,000 properties would be affected and the total yield from this tax would be £1.7bn a year.
In 2013, David Cameron ruled out imposing a mansion tax. He told the BBC that "wealth tax is not sensible for a country that wants to attract wealth creation, wants to reward saving and people who work hard and do the right thing". | Labour leader Ed Miliband will pledge to increase spending on the NHS in England in his party conference speech on Tuesday, the BBC understands. |
25110628 | His performances combined sentimentality, comedy and suppressed rage, often veering between idiocy and apoplexy.
Films such as Young Frankenstein, Silver Streak and The Producers established him as one of Hollywood's top comedy talents.
But behind the corkscrew hair, the bulging organ-stop eyes and the twitchy mannerisms, lay a much gentler, more reflective individual.
He was born Jerome Silberman in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on 11 June 1933.
He later described his childhood as "sane but disturbed" and was always drawn to acting by the "chance to be someone else".
When he was eight years old, Wilder's mother had a heart attack.
Her doctor took the confused child to one side and told him: "Don't ever get angry with her, you might kill her." He turned to leave and added: "You can make her laugh, though."
For years Wilder harboured the belief that any harsh words would end his mother's life.
His parents sent him to a military school in Hollywood where, as the only Jewish boy, he recalled the bullying that made his life a misery.
He quickly returned home where he became involved with the local theatre, making his first public performance at the age of 15 in a production of Romeo and Juliet.
He took a course in Communication and Theatre Arts at the University of Iowa before moving to England to pursue his studies with the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School.
He felt stifled by his acting lessons in Britain, but became the first American to win the English Schools Fencing Championship. He admitted he had always worshipped Errol Flynn.
In 1956 he was drafted into the US Army where he found himself posted as an aide in a psychiatric ward, helping to administer electro-shock therapy to patients.
On his discharge, he went back to acting, having changed his name to Gene Wilder, partly, he later said, because he could not imagine a Jerry Silberman being asked to play Hamlet.
He also became an outspoken critic of the US involvement in Vietnam and would later oppose the invasion of Iraq.
In 1961, he had a small part in a production of Arnold Wesker's Roots and made his Broadway debut as the comic valet in The Complaisant Lover.
His breakthrough came in 1963, when he starred alongside Anne Bancroft in a Broadway production of Bertolt Brecht's play, Mother Courage and Her Children.
Bancroft was then dating her future husband, Mel Brooks, who invited Wilder to look at a screenplay provisionally entitled Springtime for Hitler.
At the time, Brooks lacked the money to turn it into a film so, in the event, Wilder's first cinema role was that of Eugene Grizzard, the undertaker captured by Bonnie and Clyde in the 1967 gangster film.
A year later Brooks finally began casting The Producers. Wilder's role as the neurotic accountant brought him his first Oscar nomination in 1968, for Best Supporting Actor.
Wilder was liberated by the spontaneity of Brooks's direction and the pair enjoyed an extremely successful partnership.
In 1971, he gave a tour de force performance as Willy Wonka in the film adaptation of Roald Dahl's children's novel.
Wilder stipulated that he would not take the role unless Wonka's opening scene saw him pretending to be crippled and leaning on a cane.
It became one of the film's most memorable moments as Wilder halts, tumbles forward then leaps back on to his feet.
"I knew that from then on," Wilder says, "the audience wouldn't know if I was lying or telling the truth."
In Woody Allen's 1972 comedy Everything You Wanted to Know About Sex (But Were Afraid to Ask), Wilder played a doctor who was in love with a sheep.
Wilder was reunited with Brooks for the 1974 spoof Western Blazing Saddles, and the inspired lunacy of his trigger-happy Waco Kid, burnt out at 29, helped create a worldwide hit.
In the same year Young Frankenstein brought him and Brooks another Oscar nomination, this time for screenwriting.
He spoke of an almost "telepathic rapport" with Richard Pryor, and the comic duo blundered their way through a series of films, including Silver Streak in 1976 and Stir Crazy in 1980.
"I have an affinity with people who've had a tough time in their lives," he later said
When Pryor's ill health prevented his appearing again with Wilder in Hanky Panky in 1982, the part was rewritten for the doyenne of the Saturday Night Live line-up, Gilda Radner.
She became Wilder's third wife and occasional co-star, but died of ovarian cancer in May 1989.
Radner had been misdiagnosed for 10 months before receiving treatment and after her death and, for the next five years, Wilder channelled his energy into saving "the hundreds of other Gildas out there".
In 1990, he established a Los Angeles cancer detection centre in her name, and even went to Congress to speak out for early medical screening for women at risk. Gilda's Clubs sprang up all over America.
Wilder married again in 1991, and later returned to performing.
For two years, he starred in the NBC sitcom Something Wilder and, in 1996, made his London stage debut in Neil Simon's Laughter on the 23rd Floor.
He continued to act, notably appearing as the Mock Turtle in a star-studded US TV version of Alice in Wonderland, but he was becoming increasingly disenchanted with the limelight.
"I don't like show business, I realised," he explained on a Turner Television tribute. "I like show, but I don't like the business."
He was scathing about 2005's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, the Warner Bros remake of Willy Wonka, describing it as a money-making exercise.
The same year he published a very personal account of his life, Kiss Me Like a Stranger: My Search for Love and Art.
Over the following seven years he published three novels, My French Whore, The Woman Who Wouldn't and, in 2013, Something to Remember You By: A Perilous Romance.
For all the vicissitudes he suffered in his personal life, the boy who kept his mother alive with his funny voices succeeded in conveying his own quirky brand of humour to millions of others. | Gene Wilder's distinctive looks helped him create roles that he made his own. |
38242347 | Measures against the country were imposed in July after the first part of a World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada)-commissioned report found evidence of state-sponsored doping.
Part two of the McLaren report will be published on Friday.
Russian track and field athletes and weightlifters were banned from competing at the Rio 2016 Olympics.
Wada recommended a blanket ban, but Russia eventually took 271 athletes from an original entry list of 389 competitors after the International Olympic Committee(IOC) left it up to individual sports to decide.
However, the entire nation was banned from the Paralympics by the International Paralympic Committee.
On Wednesday, the IOC executive board took the decision to "extend the provisional measures... against Russia until further notice", two days before McLaren's full report is released in London.
Part one of his report, published in November 2015, revealed a widespread state-backed scheme in Russia to rig drug tests at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics and Paralympics - and part two is expected to reveal further details.
"The evidence provided by Professor McLaren in his investigation has to be evaluated, and those implicated have to be given the right to be heard," said the IOC board.
"This includes the athletes, the Russian Ministry of Sport, and other implicated persons and organisations."
Current measures include a request to all sports federations to "freeze their preparations" for major events in Russia. | Doping sanctions against Russia have been extended until further notice by the International Olympic Committee. |
39057019 | Mr Aikman died earlier this month at the age of 31 after raising £500,000 for MND research following his diagnosis with the disease in 2014.
The scholarship will fund people who are developing improvements in the way people with MND are cared for.
It was announced by Health Secretary Shona Robison at Holyrood.
Ms Robison also said she had asked the Chief Scientist's Office to work with the NHS to take forward discussions on how to bring MND clinical trials to Scotland.
She was speaking during a Holyrood debate on the contribution Mr Aikman made to public life and to further raise awareness of MND.
Mr Robison said Mr Aikman had been instrumental in bringing about changes to the law around voice therapy and doubling the number of MND specialist nurses working in the NHS.
She added: "Gordon was an inspirational figure and I want to make sure that the momentum he created - and the good work that followed from that - continues to be taken forward, even now he's gone."
Mr Aikman was diagnosed with MND while working as director of research for the Better Together campaign ahead of the Scottish independence referendum.
He went on to win cross-party support for his Gordon's Fightback campaign, calling for funding to find a cure for MND and specialist nursing care.
Lawrence Cowan, a close friend of Mr Aikman and the chairman of MND Scotland, said: "Gordon's campaigning transformed MND care in Scotland. With this scholarship we can help inspire people to keep transforming MND care for years to come.
"It will help bring people together, try new things and ultimately improve how we fight back against this cruel disease."
Gordon's husband, ITV journalist Joe Pike, said: "We are delighted that this scholarship will continue Gordon's legacy. We must also work hard to make Scotland an international centre for clinical trials into MND.
"It is vital we find a cure for the disease that robbed Gordon of his future, and continues to affect hundreds of families across the country."
Motor neurone disease is a rare condition that progressively damages parts of the nervous system, leading to muscle weakness, often with visible wasting.
As the condition progresses, patients find physical tasks such as walking, speaking, swallowing and breathing increasingly difficult- and eventually they may become impossible.
The Scottish government said the Gordon Aikman Scholarship will be open to health and social care professionals, as well as those affected by MND and their carers.
It will be open for applications later in 2017. | A new £25,000 scholarship to support improvements in motor neurone disease (MND) care in Scotland is to be set up in honour of campaigner Gordon Aikman. |
38803061 | The deal is likely to allow Matt Gilks, 34, to move from Ibrox in search of more regular first-team football.
Alnwick, who has signed a three-and-a-half-year deal, made eight appearances for Newcastle United and had loan spells with Gateshead and Bradford City before moving to Vale in August 2015.
The 23-year-old has played 31 times for the League One side this season.
Gilks, who has three Scotland caps, joined Rangers from Burnley last summer.
However, he has made only five appearances - all in the League Cup - after being unable dislodge Englishman Wes Foderingham as first choice. | Rangers have signed English goalkeeper Jak Alnwick from Port Vale for an undisclosed fee. |
40416906 | Willenhall E-ACT Academy was rated "inadequate" in a March Ofsted report after pupils threw food at inspectors.
The school said it had offered to delay the implementation of a new timetable to divert the strike action.
But the NUT and NASUWT say 18 months of negotiations with management over behaviour are not "getting anywhere".
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Anne Brimacombe, national executive member of NASUWT for Birmingham, said: "Teachers feel like they're not being listened to and the behaviour situation is not getting any better."
She said there had been "malicious allegations" against staff and following reports of food being thrown at Ofsted inspectors added: "If they're doing that to senior leadership what are they doing to regular teachers?"
More than 30 teachers were on the picket line earlier, Ms Brimacombe claimed.
Further strike action is planned for 5 and 6 July and three days the following week.
Ms Brimacombe said there was "massive confusion" at the school due to a high turnover of staff.
Between 2015 and 2016, 70% of teachers left the school and there have been three different head teachers this year.
"There is a culture of blaming the staff, not supporting them," she said.
A spokesperson from E-ACT said: "We take seriously the concerns raised by union members and believe that these are being addressed at pace and with urgency.
"Raising the expectations at Willenhall is the absolute top priority for E-ACT and a raft of changes and improvements are already under way."
With the support of other staff from elsewhere in E-ACT, the school is open as normal, the spokesperson added. | Teachers at a troubled Black Country school have walked out over "unreasonable management" and the safety of staff. |
35136204 | Powys, Ceredigion and Monmouthshire all face cuts of more than 3%, while Cardiff will lose just 0.1%.
Welsh Lib Dem leader Kirsty Williams said: "There is absolutely no way we could support cuts that hit rural areas so badly."
The Welsh government said councils had agreed to the settlement.
Without an overall majority in the assembly, Labour ministers need support from at least one other party to get the budget passed.
The Lib Dems claimed a funding floor protected rural council budgets in 2015/16, but the measures had not been repeated for 2016/17.
"We are calling on the Welsh government to introduce a rural grant that would limit the reductions for the councils worst hit," said Ms Williams.
"In the longer term, we need a fairer funding formula that recognises the higher costs that rural authorities face in delivering key public services."
A Welsh government spokeswoman said the formula used to distribute the available funds "is agreed each year in partnership with local government".
She added that the funding floor was not applied for 2016/17 as the settlement was "better than expected" with an overall cut of 1.4% compared to 3.4% in 2015/16. | The Liberal Democrats will vote against the Welsh government's budget plans for local councils, in protest at cuts for rural authorities. |
37350870 | The UK's Intellectual Property Office (IPO) upheld Swatch's opposition, which was filed in March 2014.
Swatch said the name "iWatch" was too similar to its own trademarks for the words "iSwatch" and "Swatch".
And by the time in launched its smartwatch, in 2015, Apple had decided to call its product "Apple Watch".
But should the California-based company wish to use the name "iWatch" in the UK at some point in future, it can now do so only with certain products.
These include computer software and computer accessories - but not computer hardware, monitors, audio and video devices or cameras.
The IPO's decision follows a hearing in April.
"This decision shows the difficulty global brands can have when it comes to launching a new product around the world," said Sharon Daboul, a trademark lawyer at law firm EIP.
"Trademarks are territorial, which means that a trademark must be available for registration in every country of interest."
Not being able to secure the iWatch trademark around the world would have been a "key factor", Ms Daboul added, in Apple's decision not to use the name for its smartwatch.
Swatch declined to comment on the decision. | Swiss watchmaker Swatch has successfully opposed Apple's registration of the trademark "iWatch" in the UK. |
34162774 | The 14 divers from Fleet Diving Squadron, at Horsea Island, completed the 26 mile (42km) walk in the lake at their base in 25 hours.
The divers took turns to walk the 1km (3,280ft) length of the lake in pairs, wearing air cylinders and lead-lined boots.
They completed the challenge five hours under their target time of 30 hours.
They expect to raise £5,000 for the Royal Navy and Royal Marines Charity (RNRMC) which helps sailors, marines and their families from the event. | A group of Royal Navy mine clearance divers based in Portsmouth have walked a marathon underwater for charity. |
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