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The men, awaiting trial for burglary, were found missing when they failed to show up for roll call on Sunday.
Officials said one of the fugitives had been captured and was being questioned.
The jail, thought to be Asia's largest, houses some 13,500 prisoners, including many of India's most feared militants, gangsters and other criminals.
This is the first time inmates have dug their way out of Tihar, reports said.
In what appears to be a carefully planned prison break reminiscent of the Hollywood film Shawshank Redemption, the two men - Faizan and Javed - are believed to have scaled the wall of one jail building to reach another where they dug a tunnel under the perimeter wall and crawled out through a drain, the Times of India reported.
Officials say they are still trying to piece together exactly how the escape was executed.
"They escaped sometime on Saturday or Sunday. We will find out how they managed to escape. It is too early to say how and when they staged the jail break," news agency AFP quoted Tihar's deputy inspector general Mukesh Prasad as saying.
The prison has a maximum capacity of 6,250 prisoners but is massively overcrowded.
Officials said an investigation had been ordered to find out how the prisoners managed to slip past armed guards and electronic surveillance. | Two prisoners have escaped from India's maximum security Tihar jail in Delhi by digging a tunnel under a wall and scaling another, authorities said. | 33307912 |
Matthew Rothery was found at an address in Woodborough Road, Mapperley Park, at about 01:00 BST on Friday.
He was taken to the city's Queen's Medical Centre, but died shortly afterwards.
Nottinghamshire Police has launched a murder investigation and said detectives are continuing to follow up "several lines of inquiry".
Police previously said they believe the incident was "not a random attack". | An 18-year-old man who died following a "serious assault" at a property in Nottingham has been named by police. | 39616598 |
The crash happened during a test run in the town of Eckwersheim, on a new Paris-Strasbourg line.
The train was carrying 49 railway technicians when it derailed, caught fire, and plunged into a canal. Eleven people suffered serious injuries.
The derailment was due to "excessive speed", officials say.
Pictures showed the locomotive partly submerged. Wreckage was also scattered in a field beside the track.
Reports say the Paris-Strasbourg high-speed line is scheduled to open next year.
Junior transport minister Alain Vidalies and Ecology Minister Segolene Royal will visit the scene, French media reported. | A high-speed TGV train has derailed near the eastern French city of Strasbourg, killing at least 10 people, officials say. | 34822666 |
The order had been in place at Carlisle's Cumberland Infirmary since 25 January.
The temporary ban has allowed the outbreak to be brought under control, officials said.
All but three wards are now virus-free. Restrictions remain in place in affected areas.
North Cumbria University Hospitals NHS Trust renewed its appeal for people who have had diarrhoea, vomiting or flu-like symptoms in the past 48 hours to stay away. | Hospital bosses in Cumbria have lifted a suspension on visitors imposed following an outbreak of norovirus. | 38827935 |
Witnesses said the two-storey house in Derwent Avenue, Kingston Vale crashed down shortly after 01:00 BST.
Emergency services were called and fire crews carried out an "extensive search" but nobody was in the property at the time.
Kingston Police said basement renovations had been taking place at the property.
Neighbour Sharon Gouhar said she "heard a big boom, my dog started barking and my children ran from their bedrooms saying their rooms had shook."
She said they called the police who "asked us to vacate... It was a bit distressing".
The average price paid for homes in Derwent Avenue is £1,375,000, according to property website Zoopla.
Kingston Council said a building application for work at the property had been submitted two days previously.
An investigation into why it collapsed will now be carried out, the local authority added. | A large detached house in south-west London that was thought to be worth more than £1m has collapsed. | 39485548 |
Sewell will appear alongside Tim Key and Paul Ritter in Matthew Warchus's production, which comes 20 years on from the play's London premiere.
Art - a comic drama about three friends who fall out over a painting - runs from 10 December to 18 February.
Albert Finney, Ken Stott and Sir Tom Courtenay were in its first UK staging.
Warchus also directed that inaugural production, which came two years on from the play's 1994 premiere in Paris.
Thanks in part to regular cast changes, the original West End production ran for eight years.
Sewell can be seen as Queen Victoria's first prime minister in ITV's dramatisation of her early years as monarch.
The 48-year-old was previously seen on stage in the first productions of Arcadia and Rock 'n' Roll, both by Sir Tom Stoppard.
Key is known for playing Alan Partridge's sidekick in Midmorning Matters and for his Late Night Poetry Programme on BBC Radio 4.
Ritter, whose theatre credits include playing John Major in The Audience, will soon be seen in Inferno, the latest film to be adapted from Dan Brown's best-selling Robert Langdon series.
Follow us on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, on Instagram at bbcnewsents, or if you have a story suggestion email [email protected]. | Actor Rufus Sewell is to follow his role as Lord Melbourne in ITV's royal drama Victoria by starring in the Old Vic's revival of Yasmina Reza's Art. | 37520266 |
An opening stand of 139 between David Warner (84) and Joe Burns (69) gave the Aussies, fresh from their Ashes defeat, the foundation for a big score.
However, the tourists were reduced to 222-6 when they closed their innings following a rain delay.
Ireland were set a target of 181 from 24 overs and were skittled out after Ed Joyce and Niall O'Brien put on 86.
Steve Smith started life as Michael Clarke's successor by opting to bat first at Stormont following a lengthy delay.
Man-of-the-match Warner and debutant Burns scored at 6.36 runs an over in a dominant onslaught before Craig Young dismissed the latter.
Australia never quite enjoyed the same comfort thereafter, Tim Murtagh nipping out Warner and George Bailey, with Andy McBrine adding Glenn Maxwell as the momentum slipped.
Shane Watson, not seen since the first Ashes Test, finished 26 not out from 25 balls.
Ireland, initially chasing 195 in 27 overs, lost openers Paul Stirling and William Porterfield inside two overs before a gutsy third-wicket fightback.
Veterans Ed Joyce (44) and Niall O'Brien (45) put on 86 in just 12.4 overs, but neither man could go on.
Maxwell's off-spin was expensive but accounted for both top-scorers.
Only Stuart Thompson backed the pair up with a score above 20 as Mitchell Starc and Pat Cummins each took two wickets.
Nathan Coulter-Nile finished with three wickets as he returned at the death to end things early by taking the last two scalps | Australia secured a 23-run (D/L) win over Ireland in a rain-interrupted one-day international in Belfast. | 34076793 |
The 19-year-old, who made 19 appearances for the Scottish Premiership side last season, has agreed a two-year deal at the Amex.
Centre-back Hall, who is a Northern Ireland Under-19 international, will initially join Albion's under-21 squad.
"Ben is an excellent young prospect," Seagulls boss Chris Hughton told the club website.
"His challenge is not only to progress but to be ready to make that step up into the first-team squad."
Motherwell say Hall, who joined Well from Dungannon Swifts in 2013, was offered several new contracts to stay at Fir Park.
"We have been in discussions with Ben for the best part of five months," manager Mark McGhee told his club website.
"However, we have always been conscious that this may happen and, as such, have been working on a replacement, which we hope to announce soon."
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page. | Championship side Brighton & Hove Albion have signed defender Ben Hall from Motherwell for an undisclosed fee. | 36528293 |
Hundreds of people were forced to evacuate their homes in the Italian city of Pisa as the Arno river threatened to burst its banks on Friday.
High seas are expected to cause widespread flooding along France's Atlantic coast.
Meanwhile, deep snow drifts left dozens of people stranded in Serbia.
Local officials declared a state of emergency and deployed rescue teams to help travellers trapped in their vehicles. Snow storms and strong winds have been sweeping across Eastern Europe.
Italian media said a stretch of medieval wall measuring about 30m (95ft) in the town of Volterra, in the province of Pisa, collapsed as a result of heavy rain.
The French department of Finistere, in the west of the country, was placed on red alert as forecasters warned of huge waves and extensive flooding. Ten other French departments were also on alert for rising water levels.
At least two people died and scores had to be airlifted to safety after floods hit south-eastern France earlier this month.
Severe storms have been battering Europe for much of January. | Areas of Italy and France are on flood alert as heavy rain brings chaos to parts of Europe. | 25992800 |
It posted a net income of $3.4bn (£2.3bn) for the first quarter, compared to a loss a year ago, when it was hit by litigation costs.
A 55% increase in mortgage loans and a rise in profit at its global banking division helped drive the increase.
Chief executive Brian Moynihan said the bank saw "continued encouraging signs in customer and client activity".
"This should bode well for the near-term economic outlook," he added.
However, some of the bank's divisions saw revenues fall, with income from its loan portfolio lower than the same period last year due to low interest rates.
Profits at its consumer bank, its biggest division, were flat which the bank blamed on lower returns from credit cards. | Bank of America has reported a return to profit for the first three months of the year. | 32315209 |
He has told senior Trump administration staff about the company's technology.
Until March Mr Luckey worked at Facebook, which paid $2bn (£1.55bn) for Oculus, the VR firm he founded.
He told the New York Times there was a need for a "new kind" of defence company using "superior technology" to protect troops and citizens.
The paper quoted insiders who said it planned to use sensors similar to those found on autonomous vehicles to monitor activity around fences and walls.
Smart software would be able to tell the difference between things that can be ignored, such as birds and other animals, and those, like drones, that demand attention.
Details about the new firm, including its name, are scant.
Former staff from Oculus who have also left the company are believed to have been recruited for the new start-up.
Tech news site The Verge speculated that the firm could either be linked to Mr Luckey's support for Texas senator Ted Cruz, who has regularly called for improvements to border controls, or could be a smart business move.
In April, Mr Luckey hosted a fundraising event for Mr Cruz to help the politician's efforts to be re-elected in 2018.
Mr Luckey is also known to have funded a pro-Trump online advocacy group and gave cash to help pay for President Trump's inauguration ceremony. | Virtual reality pioneer Palmer Luckey has founded a start-up concentrating on technology to police borders and large events, reports the New York Times. | 40158899 |
Tracey Dyke was charged with 15 counts of burglary, three counts of fraud, one count of conspiracy to commit burglary and one count of theft by finding.
The 30-year-old, of no fixed abode, was due to appear at Wimbledon Magistrates' Court on Monday.
The letter, posted on Kingston Police's Twitter and Facebook accounts, was met with a mixed response online. | A woman has been charged after detectives used social media to write an open letter to a burglary suspect. | 38558958 |
While there, she came upon the idea of exploring how the building's temporary residents had each shaped their own space to suit them, photographing the way each one had dressed the identical space.
"The idea for the project came from me and a neighbour, hanging about in each others flats," says Birkinshaw.
"He looked out of place in mine surrounded by plastic flowers and pink things, I felt an awkward curly haired mess in his black and white angular flat."
Both shared identical spaces and yet had transformed them to reflect their own taste and something of who they are, despite the fact that as guardians they could be made to leave at any time, with little notice.
"The project became a fun way of making connections with people," says Birkinshaw.
"I asked Jess in the laundry room, just because she seemed nice.
"Angela, because I always saw her in her animal slippers in the hallway, who then suggested Reuben, who she had grown up with on a commune.
"Penelope moved into my old flat - I asked her when I showed her around it, and she introduced me to Jody, who she was already friends with, and so on."
Birkinshaw has since moved out but remains friends with some of the residents.
You can see more of Victoria Birkinshaw's work on her website. | A few years ago photographer Victoria Birkinshaw moved into a flat in south-east London as part of a property guardianship scheme, where residents pay below market rates to stay in a vacant building, providing the owner with income and keeping out squatters, but on short-term notice to leave. | 38638417 |
Swedish firm Minesto is fixing underwater energy "kites" in the sea off Holyhead to power 8,000 households.
It now wants to boost the size of the scheme from 10 to 80 MW (megawatts) so it can halve the cost of energy produced.
The Marine Management Organisation and Natural Resources Wales have been asked to approve the move.
Minesto's chief executive Dr Martin Edlund called it a "substantial scale-up" of the original plan that is due to be partly operational later this year.
The company said it has created 15 full-time jobs to date in Holyhead, and now aims to develop the site into an assembly and export hub for Minesto's international market expansion.
Economy Secretary Ken Skates AM said: "I am delighted by Minesto's progress and their commitment to make Anglesey their main technology deployment and trading hub and I welcome their ambitious plans to grow their business in Wales."
The technology uses tidal currents to force water through a turbine as the underwater kites "fly" through the sea. | The company behind a £25m Anglesey energy project has announced plans to make the site an "international hub". | 38917697 |
Miller clipped the ball over keeper Graham Stack and soon added another from the penalty spot after he was brought down by the Bees' goalkeeper.
Alex Kenyon sneaked in unmarked to head a third before Barnet hit back through substitute Michael Gash's low strike.
Cole Stockton's fine finish made it 4-1 before Gash added a stoppage-time consolation, his ninth of the season.
Barnet manager Martin Allen told BBC Radio London:
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"Within five minutes we could have been 2-0 down, which is a real surprise after the whole squad had done us proud over the Easter period with four points away at Exeter and at home to Luton.
"We looked too open and to be fair to them, they played well.
"When we stepped up in the second half, we probably had four good chances where we could have got back in the game.
"It didn't really work for us today." | Striker Shaun Miller scored after just 54 seconds as Morecambe defeated Barnet in League Two. | 35902460 |
The 22-year-old began his career at Fulham and spent spells with Barnet, Yeovil Town and Torquay United.
Allen was most recently at National League rivals Aldershot Town before being released in December.
"We are just waiting for clearance on that to go through," Wrexham manager Dean Keates said.
"All being well things will fall into place and he'll be available to be in the squad for the weekend."
Tenth-placed Wrexham, who have lost only once in nine games, host Gateshead, who are seventh in the table on Saturday.
Wrexham were found not guilty of failing to control their players in the cross-border derby at Chester on 21 January.
But defender James Jennings will have to wait to discover if he will be banned for his part in the mass brawl during the 1-1 draw at The Deva Stadium.
Jennings appeared at a Football Association of Wales disciplinary panel on Monday and pleaded guilty to a charge of violent conduct.
The 29-year-old, on loan from Cheltenham Town, will find out within the next two weeks if he will be banned.
"It is what it is," Keates added.
"We'll wait until the suspension comes through and we'll see where we go from there." | Wrexham have signed Iffy Allen on a short term deal until the end of the season after the winger impressed on trial. | 39206096 |
Amanda Telfer, 44, was killed when the 13ft-by-13ft window fell on her as she walked past a building in Mayfair, central London, in August 2012.
Three people are accused of manslaughter by gross negligence.
The criminal charges following an investigation by the Met Police and the Health and Safety Executive.
Members of the public lifted the frame off Ms Telfer, a lawyer, and tried to resuscitate her after the incident in Hanover Street, on 30 August 2012.
Ms Telfer, who worked for legal firm Keystone Law and was a volunteer for human rights charity Reprieve, died shortly afterwards.
The three accused of manslaughter by gross negligence, who are also accused of breaching general duty at work, are:
Steve Rogers, 61, of Sheering Mill Lane in Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire, is accused of breaching general duty at work.
Three companies will also appear in court for their alleged role in the death of Ms Telfer.
IS Europe, of Slough, Berkshire, Westgreen Construction, of Richmond, south-west London, and Drawn Metal, of Leeds, are accused of being employers who have breached a general duty of care to an employee and breaching a general duty of care to a non-employee.
They are due to appear at Westminster Magistrates' Court on 9 September. | Four people and three companies have been charged over the death of a woman who was crushed when a half-tonne window frame fell on her. | 34114864 |
Kenneth Brown cared for his wife Helen, 71, who suffered from a long-term depressive illness and the eye-condition nystagmus.
The couple, of Liss, Hampshire, agreed to take their lives together after she made several unsuccessful attempts.
Portsmouth coroner David Horsley recorded a narrative verdict.
As the couple spoke about killing themselves at the same time, Mr Brown was not prosecuted for aiding a suicide.
Det Sgt Glyn White, of Hampshire Police, said the Browns visited known suicide spots such as Beachy Head but were concerned about the impact on other people.
On 8 November last year, they took a cocktail of drugs at their home and created noxious fumes.
They wrote suicide letters and left a voicemail message for family.
Emergency services found Mr Brown in a dazed condition.
His wife died in the bath. Post-mortem tests showed the cause of death as carbon monoxide poisoning.
Mr Brown was arrested but was released without charge.
Mr Horsley recorded a narrative verdict that Mrs Brown died as a willing participant in a suicide pact.
He said: "She was an intelligent lady and she could see what was happening to her and I can quite understand why she might not want to her life to go on.
"I can only say how deeply sorry I am." | A husband survived a suicide pact in which his wife died, ending her suffering from illness, an inquest has heard. | 28743785 |
The typewritten note was signed by rock legend Bruce Springsteen.
Fifth-grader Michael Fenerty met the star at a "meet-and-greet" in the Free Library of Philadelphia.
Springsteen, known to his legions of fans as "The Boss", was in town signing copies of his new autobiography, Born to Run.
Michael's father, Mike Fenerty, told the Philadelphia Inquirer that he wanted to follow school rules for his son's absence and was told that he would need Bruce Springsteen to sign an absence note.
So he typed out a letter to the principal that read: "Please excuse Michael Fenerty for being late or absent today. He came to the Free Library of Philadelphia to meet me and get a copy of my book."
When fifth-grader Michael met the singer, he asked him: "Bruce, would you sign my absence note?"
Mr Fenerty told the Inquirer: "[Springsteen] lit up. He said: 'I have to read it first, that's how I got in trouble with my first contract.'
"My son was very star-struck - it was a very cool experience."
Mr Fenerty said he had handed the school a photocopy of the note, keeping the original as a souvenir. | A schoolboy from the US city of Philadelphia who skipped class to meet his musical hero handed his teacher an absence note with a difference. | 37525653 |
The pair, believed to be a couple in their 60s, were hit in a lane behind Finsbury Terrace, Brynmill, at around 09:20 GMT on Sunday.
The woman was flown by air ambulance to hospital and was conscious on Sunday afternoon, South Wales Police said.
A neighbour said the man and woman were unloading shopping when it happened.
"I came out my back garden and saw two people trapped under a car," the neighbour said.
"The couple had just come back from shopping when they were run over by their own car.
"It's awful, they were a lovely couple. I didn't know their names but they would always say hi and were very polite."
A blue Peugeot was loaded into a container and removed from the scene on Sunday afternoon.
South Wales Police said the incident was being investigated.
Resident Myra Evans heard emergency services arrive.
"The ambulance, as I looked through the window, was screaming very fast... and then the helicopter was above it and hovered round for about 20 minutes, half an hour."
Ellie Rowley, who also lives nearby, added: "I could hear sirens going and then there were fire engines outside and I could hear a helicopter and it landed in the field."
Insp Jason Herbert, of South Wales Police, said initial reports suggested "a vehicle has rolled down the street trapping a male and female underneath".
A spokeswoman for Mid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Service said two ambulance crews and an officer attended at 09:21 GMT.
"We released two casualties from underneath the vehicle. There was a helimed there and a rapid response vehicle," the spokeswoman added. | A man has been killed and a woman injured after their car rolled down a street in Swansea, trapping them underneath. | 30267653 |
Ernest Upward, who was known as Michael, and was from Pershore in Worcestershire, suffered from dementia.
Police scrambled a helicopter in their attempt to find 82-year-old Mr Upward, who went missing after going to sit in the garden of a home in Holly Green, Upton upon Severn.
His death is not being treated as suspicious, West Mercia Police said. | The body of an elderly man has been discovered in a field two days after he left his care home. | 32366724 |
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It marks a major shift in the way China stamps its mark on the continent and will almost certainly be discussed at a major China-Africa summit being attended by the Chinese President Xi Jinping at the end of this week.
The BBC has been given exclusive access to the Chinese peacekeepers in South Sudan - the first foreign broadcaster granted permission by Beijing to film them. | For the first time, a Chinese infantry battalion has been sent on a UN peacekeeping mission and more than 1,000 Chinese soldiers are currently serving in South Sudan. | 34974368 |
However, 13% of those who claimed £4bn, saying they were misled about the financial state of the bank, are still heading for court next month.
The bank announced it had agreed terms with a further 9% of all the claimants, taking the total to 87%.
The previous agreement was reached in December 2016.
The bank put aside £800m to settle the litigation and is understood to have paid a further £10m towards the legal costs for the latest agreement.
However, RBS emphasised that the settlements reached were "without any admission of liability".
They concern the rights issue in spring of 2008, months before the bank had to be bailed out. Then chief executive Fred Goodwin raised £12bn from shareholders, telling them the bank was sound.
The legal claim is that bank executives knew of the Royal Bank's weakness and misled shareholders.
The court case, due to start on 22 May, is scheduled to see Mr Goodwin on the stand on 8 June.
It is reckoned by Royal Bank that the court case could continue for three to five years. Its strategy has been to try to reach out-of-court settlements, removing uncertainty over the potential costs.
Chief executive Ross McEwan said: "We have been very clear that putting our legacy issues behind us is a priority so that we can focus on building the best bank for our customers, shareholders and employees.
"We are pleased to have reached this agreement. We will continue to explore the possibility of settlement with the remaining claimants but if we cannot settle on agreeable terms we will defend the claims at trial."
Royal Bank of Scotland is to publish its results for the first three months of 2017 on Friday morning. | Royal Bank of Scotland has moved closer to reaching a full settlement with the shareholder groups suing it over a 2008 issue of shares. | 39738348 |
The weather phenomenon, which is similar to a tornado, could be seen swirling off the coast around Thorpeness and Aldeburgh.
Jackie Butler, of Leiston, watched the waterspout while walking her dogs on Sizewell beach on Saturday evening.
"All of a sudden we could see there was a spout coming down into the water," she said.
"It literally drew the water up into itself and continued for 30 minutes and then stopped. As we stood and watched it, it reformed again.
"It was amazing, absolutely amazing."
Meteorologist and BBC Look East weather forecaster Dan Holley said: "Essentially a waterspout is just a tornado but over water.
"Both begin life as a funnel cloud - a rotating column of air underneath a shower or thunderstorm - which, once it's extended to the ground becomes a tornado if it's on land, or named a waterspout if over water.
"On Saturday we had a line of wind convergence where northwesterly winds inland met an easterly sea breeze from the North Sea.
"Where the two opposing winds meet, the air gets forced upwards to create showers, and with a little spin can occasionally create funnel clouds." | A waterspout spiralling above the sea in Suffolk provided a stunning sight on Saturday. | 36941468 |
The 27-year-old, who has played at Real Madrid, Celta Vigo and Hoffenheim, joined Stoke for £5.75m from German side Hannover 96 in June 2015.
Spaniard Joselu spent last season on loan at Deportivo La Coruna, scoring six goals in 24 games.
This is Magpies boss Rafael Benitez's sixth summer signing since the club were promoted to the Premier League.
"I feel very happy, because I have signed for a very big club," said Joselu.
Newcastle, who lost 2-0 to Tottenham on Sunday in their opening game of the season, have also signed defenders Florian Lejeune and Javier Manquillo and midfielders Mikel Merino, Christian Atsu and Jacob Murphy.
Former Spain Under-21 player Joselu, who made two appearances for Real Madrid, scored four goals in 27 appearances in his only season in the Premier League for Stoke.
Benitez added: "Obviously he has experience of English football and the Premier League. We think if we can exploit his full potential he will be a good signing for us.
"He knows and accepts the challenge we've given him at Newcastle and he's keen to come and fight for a position in the team."
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page. | Newcastle United have signed Stoke striker Joselu on a three-year contract for £5m. | 40924212 |
Spurs are confident of completing a deal for the 25-year-old Anzhi Mahkachkala player in the coming days.
Willian has also attracted interest from Liverpool this summer.
The former Shakhtar Donetsk player would become the club's fifth major summer signing following the arrivals of Paulinho, Nacer Chadli, Roberto Soldado and Etienne Capoue.
If Spurs pull off the signing, it would be the third time this summer they have broken their transfer record.
In July, they signed Brazil midfielder Paulinho for a fee of just under £17m from Corinthians and earlier this month they spent £26m on Valencia's Spain striker Roberto Soldado.
Their previous high was the £16.5m paid for Darren Bent from Charlton in 2007.
Willian joined Anzhi in January for a reported £30m after five-and-a-half seasons at Ukrainian club Shakhtar Donetsk.
But the attacking midfielder has become available as Anzhi attempt to cut costs after a change in strategy by their owner.
This summer, Spurs have also signed 25-year-old French midfielder Etienne Capoue, 25, for £9m from Ligue 1 club Toulouse and Belgium international winger Nacer Chadli from Dutch club FC Twente for £7m.
The signings come amid continuing rumours about Gareth Bale's future at Spurs. The Wales forward, 24, has been ruled out of action for two weeks by a foot injury, but speculation continues that Real Madrid will make a formal £80m move. | Brazil attacking midfielder Willian has undergone a medical ahead of his proposed £30m move to Tottenham. | 23766730 |
It was the last hurdle the two firms needed to clear for the merger to proceed.
American Airlines said it now expects the deal to be completed by 9 December.
Earlier this month, the two airlines settled an anti-trust suit brought by the US Justice Department.
The Justice Department sued to stop the merger in August, saying it would reduce competition and result in higher prices for consumers.
As part of the settlement, American Airlines and US Airways agreed to give up slots at several US airports, including Reagan National Airport in Washington DC and LaGuardia Airport in New York City.
Those slots are to be given to low-cost airline carriers like JetBlue and Southwest.
American Airlines filed for bankruptcy protection in 2011. The company says it expects to emerge out of bankruptcy once the merger is complete.
Shares in US Airways were up slightly after the ruling was announced.
On 6 December, US Airways is expected to stop trading. Then, on 9 December, the new American Airlines Group (AAL) is scheduled to start trading on the Nasdaq exchange. | A US federal bankruptcy judge has ruled in favour of a proposed merger between US Airways and American Airlines which would form the world's biggest airline. | 25126564 |
Mr Satyarthi told the BBC that his Nobel certificate was also missing after the burglary on Tuesday morning.
He said no-one was home at the time of the burglary.
Mr Satyarthi was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2014 for his work to combat child labour and child trafficking in India.
He shared the award with Pakistani child education activist Malala Yousafzai for her work on female education.
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Mr Satyarthi said the Delhi police were investigating the theft.
"The lock of my house was broken and my certificate and a replica medal were taken along with a few other things. We are still assessing what is missing," he said.
The 63-year-old founded Bachpan Bachao Andolan, or the Save the Childhood Movement, which campaigns for child rights and an end to human trafficking.
Mr Satyarthi has long campaigned against child labour and rescued children from servitude.
His efforts have seen tens of thousands of children rescued from hazardous industries and rehabilitated. | A replica of the Nobel medal awarded to Indian child rights campaigner Kailash Satyarthi has been stolen from his home in the capital, Delhi. | 38890620 |
The body of Sgt Joshua Wikston was discovered at his home close to the RAF station in Suffolk on Friday morning, the US Air Force said.
He was a member of the 48th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron.
Col Evan Pettus, a commander with 48th Fighter Wing of the US Air Force, said: "Our thoughts and prayers are with Staff Sgt Wikston's family, friends and fellow airmen."
He added: "The entire Liberty Wing feels the impact of Josh's loss. We will do everything we can to support his family through this difficult time, and to care for the members of our team who need assistance in the wake of his death."
The airman's death is being investigated by the US Air Force office of special investigations, a spokeswoman said. | A US airman found dead near RAF Lakenheath has been named. | 37399251 |
Buses are delayed by up to three hours and traffic is severely congested, with queues up to five miles long.
The northbound tunnel will remain closed for the rest of the day while Transport for London (TfL) cleans up the spill and resurfaces the road.
TfL said CCTV footage showed that the spill at about 07:00 BST had been caused by a mobile crane.
It warned of "severe delays" in Woolwich, Charlton, Blackheath, Eltham and Greenwich.
The spill covered more than 1km of the northbound tunnel with corrosive liquid which made the surface of the road unsafe for drivers. | A fuel spillage in the Blackwall Tunnel has caused major disruption for commuters in south-east London. | 36371284 |
She said women were a resource that Wales could not afford to waste.
Dame Rosemary said it was important women were "not just implementing decisions that men had made".
Ahead of International Women's Day on Sunday, she said she had tried to get women as school governors, magistrates, health board members and politicians.
Speaking to BBC's The Wales Report, the Newport West AM said she agreed with political parties prioritising women, but warned opportunities were being missed.
"When the assembly started in 1999 we had a blank canvas. They were empty seats, so women were not seen to be taking men's seats.
"And I think that we missed the boat as women, that we didn't continue the momentum to try and encourage more women."
The Wales Report with Huw Edwards is on at 22:40 GMT, 4 March, on BBC One Wales. | More needs to be done to get women into positions of influence in Wales, assembly Presiding Officer Dame Rosemary Butler has said. | 31731123 |
Hanlan, who joined the National League side on an initial one-month deal in January, will now stay until 25 March.
The 19-year-old has made 15 first-team appearances for Charlton this season, but also impressed with three goals in four appearances for the Ravens.
Although available for eight more league games for 11th-placed Bromley, he will also continue to play for the Addicks' under-23 side. | Bromley have extended the loan spell of Charlton striker Brandon Hanlan. | 39042756 |
The former Northern Counties Club on Bishop Street is being converted into a 31-bed hotel.
A former bank building on Shipquay Street will be turned into a 20-bed hotel.
Both projects have received funding from the Department for Social Development and Department of Environment.
Work on the building in Shipquay Street is due to be completed in March while its counterpart on Bishop Street is due to open for business later this summer.
It is expected that 65 jobs will be created at the Bishop Street site, which will also have a restaurant, a cookery school and two retail units, and the remaining 12 will be at the Shipquay Street site.
Social Development Minister Mervyn Storey said: "The projects are a major boost to the local economy, providing jobs for the local hospitality sector, as well as the construction jobs needed to undertake the work."
Environment Minister Mark H Durkan said the projects were important for investment and tourism.
"Derry's built heritage is a unique attraction for tourists and investors and a source of pride for locals. It is important that we strive together to realise its full potential." | A total of 77 news jobs will be created in Londonderry as two landmark buildings are turned into hotels. | 30979148 |
Police were called to Upper Cartsburn Street at about 11:15 on Monday.
A number of people were evacuated from the area following the discovery.
Police Scotland said emergency services were in attendance and that an explosive ordnance disposal team would carry out inquiries to confirm the identity of the device. | An area has been cordoned off after a suspected explosive device, believed to be an old grenade, was discovered in a recycling centre in Greenock. | 40332841 |
Another man was injured and remains in hospital after the disturbance outside the Forge Tavern in Digbeth in the early house of Saturday morning.
The two men in their twenties were stabbed and driven to hospital at about 04:30 BST.
West Midlands Police has launched a murder investigation after one man died from his injuries shortly after arriving at hospital.
Police are appealing for anyone who may have been at the Forge Tavern last night or early this morning and who may have seen what happened leading up to the attack to come forward. | A man has been stabbed to death outside a pub in Birmingham, police said. | 40542546 |
With the event reduced to 54 holes by bad weather, Levy completed his second round in 63, eight under par, to close in on a third European Tour title.
Swede Michael Jonzon also shot a 63 to sit second on 13 under at Bad Griesbach, with England's Ross Fisher on 12 under after a six-under 65.
Martin Kaymer, part of Europe's Ryder Cup team, is in a tie for fourth place.
The German is 11 under overall after a seven-under 64.
Alexander Levy: "I will just go and practise a bit, go for a gym session and be ready for tomorrow. I'm just trying to think about my own game and do the best I can."
Ross Fisher: "There's still a lot to play for and it's nice to know that we've only got one round to go. It's a tough decision but I think they've made the right call."
Martin Kaymer: "I just need to keep going, and obviously Levy is playing great golf. He played well last week too and you have to give him credit. It's a little bit of a different approach now from playing four rounds."
We've launched a new BBC Sport newsletter, bringing all the best stories, features and video right to your inbox. You can sign up here. | France's Alexander Levy will take a four-shot lead into the final round of the fog-delayed European Open. | 37464401 |
Wiggins' victory at the 2012 Tour De France saw him become the first ever British winner of cycling's most famous race.
Later that summer, Wiggins also stormed to gold in the London 2012 Olympic men's road time trial.
This win made Sir Bradley the most decorated British Olympian in terms of medals won, a break down of 4 golds, a silver and 2 bronzes.
Wiggins was knighted as a result of his incredible cycling achievements.
BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2015 is broadcast live from Belfast on Sunday, 20 December from 19:00 GMT on BBC One. Further coverage on BBC Sport's online platforms and Radio 5 live. | In 2012, cycling star Sir Bradley Wiggins was named Sports Personality of the Year. | 25088272 |
He spent his entire career at Bath, but played just 15 Premiership games in the last three seasons at the Rec.
"Everyone else was an international so it was very hard to get into the team and then stay in," he said.
"Here I feel it's an even playing field, if you play well, if you train well, then you'll get selected."
Last season was Woodburn's most productive for Bath, playing 20 times in all competitions and scoring five tries.
"For years I've gone out and tried to show them with my performances that I'm Premiership standard and I want to play week in, week out," the 23-year-old told BBC Sport.
"But I didn't get that there, so if I get some good performances here and am successful at Exeter I think I will take some pride looking back.
"It wouldn't be in a bitter way, I would just be like 'look this is me achieving my potential'. That's a massive goal of mine, playing the sport I love and achieving as much as I can and going as far as I can."
But with James Short joining Exeter in the summer from London Irish and England's Jack Nowell also in the squad, Woodburn knows getting into the team will not be easy.
"There's some incredible talent here, I want to learn from them as well and I think that's where you get the best rugby out of people, when you've got competition.
"I wasn't coming here with the mindset I'd walk into the team, I came here with a mindset that I'd have to work at it, stick at it and stay hungry." | New Exeter winger Olly Woodburn hopes he can show former club Bath what they have missed out on by making a major impact with the Chiefs. | 34256340 |
The charge relates to an incident in Saturday's 1-0 loss at Bury.
The FA alleges that the 48-year-old used "abusive and/or insulting and/or improper words and/or behaviour towards a match official" around the tunnel area at half-time.
The former Tottenham and Aston Villa boss has until 20 February to respond.
Swindon have won three, drawn four and lost 11 of their 18 games in all competitions since Sherwood's arrival on 10 November, leaving them 22nd in League One. | Swindon Town director of football Tim Sherwood has been charged by the Football Association for allegedly abusing a match official. | 38993239 |
Ross Monaghan, 35, was shot in the back in a targeted attack at around 09:05 on Monday, 16 January.
He had dropped his child off at St George's Primary in Penilee when a man pushing an buggy pulled out a gun.
Police returned to the area one week on, to seek more information about the attack from parents of school children.
Between 25 and 30 uniformed and CID officers were outside the school and in Muirdykes Road between 08:00 and 09:00.
Det Ch Insp John Kennedy confirmed Mr Monaghan had left the country since the attack.
"We've briefly spoken to him but at this stage we have to re-interview him," he said.
"It's very difficult when he's in Spain at the moment."
Ross Monaghan was cleared of killing gangland figure Kevin "Gerbil" Carroll in 2012 after a judge ruled there was no case to answer due to insufficient evidence.
After the shooting, images of the man thought to be the gunman were published by the Scottish Sun newspaper.
The man, who can be seen pushing a buggy near the school, was wearing a blue padded jacket, blue jeans, a dark woollen bobble hat and a woollen scarf pulled up around his face.
The suspect is also believed to have been in the area, outside the school, on Friday 13 January 2017, with the buggy.
Det Ch Insp John Kennedy said detectives were trying to establish if anyone witnessed the gunman running with the buggy from the scene.
He said: "We don't think he went into a house in the Penilee estate.
"We're of the opinion that he left the area in a car, probably driven by another male." | Police investigating an attempted murder in Glasgow have been in contact with manufacturers of children's buggies from as far afield as China. | 38716108 |
Eifion Hughes, 84, died six days after the incident outside Britannia building society in Bangor on 6 August.
The retired lecturer at Bangor Normal College was originally from Wrexham where his father was a Baptist minister.
His wife Caryl said he would be "very much missed" by family and friends.
Mr Hughes, who completed a botany degree at Swansea University before teaching at Llandeilo Grammar School, had been married to Caryl for 54 years.
North Wales Police are appealing for witnesses to come forward. | The wife of a pensioner who died from his injuries after a collision involving a van outside a building society has paid tribute to him. | 23728360 |
Adrian Brown, 38, was said to have been experiencing a "severe psychotic episode" when he stabbed Muhammed Ali on a London Overground train last year.
Southwark Crown Court heard other passengers saved Mr Ali's life.
Mr Brown agrees he carried out the attack, but denies attempted murder on the grounds of insanity.
Prosecutor Alan Kent QC said Brown, of Brockley Rise in south-east London, left the hostel he was staying in on 12 December armed with a knife and headed to Honor Oak Park.
He added Brown was determined to find and kill Muslim men.
"He walked up and down the train threatening passengers, threatening death to Muslims while looking for any Muslim men to stab and kill.
"He saw the victim, Mr Muhammed Ali, who was sitting on the train with his wife. The defendant approached Mr Ali, who was sitting down, and repeatedly stabbed him to his head and his body."
Mr Ali suffered injuries to his head and torso as well as a punctured lung.
Mr Brown is also accused of carrying a knife and assaulting Filipe Dias, who worked at the hostel, during an earlier incident, both of which are denied on the grounds of insanity.
The court heard Mr Brown had become agitated over a lack of hot water and set upon Ms Dias, who had previously confiscated knives from him.
Mr Kent told jurors that after attacking Ms Dias, he left saying "I'm going to kill some Muslims".
Jurors at the trial of issue must decide if Brown was insane at the time of the attack.
The court has heard that two psychiatrists have determined he was.
The trial continues. | A schizophrenic man repeatedly stabbed a train passenger in an unprovoked attack after yelling "I want to kill all the Muslims", a court has heard. | 41000510 |
He took over the role when Edinburgh MP Ian Murray resigned in the summer, calling on Jeremy Corbyn to stand down as leader.
Mr Murray, Labour's only MP in Scotland, has indicated he would only return to an elected shadow cabinet.
Mr Anderson, a former miner who is MP for Blaydon, will also fulfil the role of shadow Northern Ireland Secretary.
He took over as shadow Scottish secretary on 1 July after Ian Murray resigned from the role, citing a lack of confidence in Jeremy Corbyn's leadership.
Labour's UK leader Mr Corbyn told BBC Scotland last month that the door was open for Mr Murray to return to the shadow cabinet if he wanted. | The English MP Dave Anderson is remain as Labour's shadow Scottish Secretary after Jeremy Corbyn's reshuffle. | 37592935 |
All-rounder Lilley, 24, took his best figures of 5-23 in the win over Derbyshire earlier this season.
Batsman Livingstone, 22, hit a world record one-day score of 350 playing for Nantwich in April and has been a key part of the Red Rose's T20 side.
Clark, 24, was the first Englishman to hit six sixes in an over and the all-rounder has been a regular this year.
The lengths of the contracts have not been disclosed.
"It's great to have them on extended contracts," head coach and director of cricket Ashley Giles told BBC Radio Lancashire.
"They're the future of Lancashire cricket, so to retain their services for the foreseeable is great for the club." | Lancashire's Arron Lilley, Liam Livingstone and Jordan Clark have all signed new deals with the club. | 34039313 |
Reactor one was shut down just before 09:00 when the seaweed began to threaten a cooling water inlet at the power plant near Dunbar.
DF Energy said there was never any risk to safety at the facility but added the shut down was "unusual."
The reactor is not expected to resume production on Tuesday. | A reactor at the Torness Nuclear Power Station in East Lothian has been shut down because of seaweed. | 38070241 |
Gervais Dylan Gatete, 21, of Raleigh, North Carolina, was with seven other people when the incident happened.
Just before midnight on Tuesday the group flagged down park rangers who helped transport Mr Gatete to hospital.
This is the first incident near the famous hot springs this year. Last June a man died after falling into a spring.
Mr Gatete, who is a hotel employee in the park, was flown from the airport in West Yellowstone to Salt Lake City, where he is in stable condition in hospital.
Yellowstone Superintendent Dan Wenk said in a statement that the park's thermal features are dangerous, and the ground nearby is fragile and thin, with scalding water just beneath the surface.
"We continually stress that people must stay on trails and boardwalks in geyser basins, not only to protect resources, but for their own safety," he said.
Some Yellowstone hot spring temperatures can reach up to 199F degrees (93C).
In 2016, a 23-year-old man died in the Lower Geyser Basin after leaving the boardwalk trail with his sister.
Authorities later determined it was too unsafe to recover his body, which had dissolved almost entirely by the following day.
The area of the park where the hot springs and geysers - which spout water into the air - are located is on the edge of the famous Yellowstone caldera, a "supervolcano" or "hotspot".
The caldera's activity fuels the thermal pools in the area. | A man has suffered severe burns after falling into a hot spring at Yellowstone National Park in the US state of Wyoming, park officials say. | 40292212 |
The former England captain, 52, told BBC Sport he had been sent a "skeleton job description" of the role.
Surrey director of cricket Stewart added: "It would be rude and wrong not to listen.
"Then you just sit back and see if you are the right person for the job and whether the ECB thinks you are."
The ECB created the new role leading the England team as part of a restructure which followed the departure in April of managing director Paul Downton.
Stewart's fellow former England captains Michael Vaughan and Andrew Strauss have also expressed an interest in the position.
Asked whether the job is appealing, Stewart said: "Potentially, if everything is flexible. But I am not going to sit here and say I want the job; I am going to do the job."
Stewart, who played a record 133 Tests for England, said the ECB "needs to decide what the job is going to look like".
He added: "They should then go to the person and say: 'We believe you are the right person for the job. Do you want it?'"
Job descriptions have been sent by the ECB to a number of candidates, with an appointment expected to be made by the end of the summer. | Alec Stewart says he has been approached by the England and Wales Cricket Board as part of its search for a new national director of cricket. | 32528154 |
The 18th Century work, Ganymede and the Eagle, is by Italian sculptor Massimiliano Soldani-Benzi.
It is being sold at auction in Edinburgh later this week by Lyon & Turnbull.
Douglas Girton, a specialist with the company, said it was a "major discovery of an extremely rare item".
"We were conducting a routine valuation when we came across the bronze," he said. "Nothing is known of its origins, how it came to be in the family's possession or where it had come from."
"After extensive research we can say that it is the long lost bronze originally ordered by Lord Burlington during his five-day visit to Florence during his Grand Tour of late 1714 from the sculptor Soldani.
"There is a copy in the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge, but this was probably done at a later date."
Soldani-Benzi, who was born in 1656 and lived until 1740, was an Italian sculptor and medallist, mainly active in Florence.
Mr Girton said a companion bronze to the one found in the Borders was also made.
"It's out there somewhere and it would be wonderful if the two bronzes could be reunited," he said.
The exact location of the discovery has not been revealed. | A bronze sculpture valued between £100,000 and £150,000 was discovered during a "routine house valuation" in the Scottish Borders. | 32381961 |
The money was awarded as the region's hospitals were granted Biomedical Research Centre status, in what has been described as a "landmark moment".
It will be used to drive forward research into cancer, respiratory disease and other serious conditions.
Millions of people will benefit, the region's NHS trusts said.
In April, Greater Manchester became the first English region to gain control of its health spending as part of an extension of devolved powers.
Jon Rouse, chief officer of Greater Manchester Health and Social Care Partnership, the body overseeing the devolution of the region's £6bn health and social care budget, said the funding was "hugely welcome".
"The new partnership approach under devolution means that we have both the opportunity - and the means - to combine the talents of people from a whole range of areas to benefit our population," he said.
He added that the grant was "recognition" that Greater Manchester can combine clinical skills with the best research and academic talent "to take huge steps in improving the health and wellbeing of our people".
The grant was awarded by the National Institute for Health Research following a joint bid from Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Trust, in partnership with The University of Manchester, The Christie NHS Trust, Salford Royal NHS Trust, University Hospital of South Manchester NHS Trust.
Sir Mike Deegan, chief executive of the central Manchester trust, said the £28.5m award would help find "new ways of preventing, predicting and treating some of the major causes of premature death and disability".
"Bringing together our research expertise has only been made possible by the unique connectivity which devolution provides." | A grant of more than £28m has been awarded to Greater Manchester's devolved health service to pay for research into new tests and treatments. | 37361770 |
The Huguenot Museum in the High Street was opened by Princess Alexandra following a £1.5m development project.
The top two floors of the former French Hospital have been dedicated to the 250,000 protestants who fled France in the 17th and 18th Century.
The centre, includes three exhibitions telling the story of the Huguenot's persecution and fleeing from France.
There is also an archive and research centre in the building.
Between 60,000 to 80,000 of the group of Huguenots, who fled religious persecution in France, settled in England, mainly in the South East in places such as London, Canterbury and Sandwich.
Their legacy can be found in crafts such as silk weaving, silversmithing and furniture-making, together with banking and insurance.
In 1685, King Louis XIV revoked the Edict of Nantes, which had granted Protestants in mainly Catholic France the freedom to worship in specified areas
Facing severe persecution, many Huguenots fled the country
In 1681, Charles II of England offered sanctuary to the French Protestants
Between 40,000 and 50,000 Huguenots sought refuge in England from 1670 to 1710, an estimated half of them settling in London
The French Hospital, founded in 1718, provides accommodation for elderly people who are of Huguenot heritage in about 60 apartments.
On display is a collection of paintings, engravings, furniture, silverware, and memorabilia, including a Bible that had been baked in a bread loaf. | A museum dedicated to the Huguenot people has been officially opened in Rochester in Kent. | 33509200 |
"I don't know where this came from. There is nothing to pardon," Jay Sekulow said.
On Saturday, Mr Trump said he had "complete power" to issue pardons, following reports he had asked advisers about the scope of his authority.
Criminal and congressional inquiries are underway into alleged collusion between Russia and Trump's campaign.
Earlier in the week, the Washington Post reported that Mr Trump had inquired about his ability to pardon himself, family members or aides in connection with special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into claims Russia interfered in the US election.
Mr Trump has reportedly been infuriated that the inquiry has widened to consider his finances and close family.
Presidents have broad abilities to issue pardons and Mr Trump could potentially restrict Mr Mueller's investigation.
His tweet said: "While all agree the U. S. President has the complete power to pardon, why think of that when only crime so far is LEAKS against us. FAKE NEWS."
But Mr Sekulow said they were not looking into the question of pardons.
"We're not researching it, I haven't researched it because it's not an issue we're concerned with or dealing with," he told ABC.
He went on to say whether a president could pardon themselves remains an open question.
"With regard to the issue of a president pardoning himself, there's a big academic discussion going on right now," he added. "From a constitutional, legal perspective you can't dismiss it one way or the other."
A spokesman for the Democratic Party called the reports Mr Trump could pardon himself "extremely disturbing".
US intelligence agencies think Russia tried to help Mr Trump to power. Russia denies this, and the president says there was no collusion. | A lawyer for Donald Trump says the US president's legal team is not looking at ways he could pardon himself. | 40699441 |
The festive runners donned Santa suits to complete the course around the city's cultural quarter on Sunday.
Organisers, the Rotary Club of Lincoln Colonia, said they hoped to raise more than last year's total of £80.000.
One of the charities to benefit is the Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire Air Ambulance.
Six other charities will also share the proceeds from the run, which started a decade ago with just 500 runners.
A spokesperson for the Rotary Club said it looked as if 2014 could be a record year and said he was hopeful last year's total would be beaten.
The annual race sees each competitor awarded a bespoke medal following the three-kilometre (1.8-mile) run/walk around uphill Lincoln.
Dogs are also allowed to take part in a special "Doggy Dash" event.
Liverpool currently holds the record for the most Santas taking part in a run, with 8,500 attending its 10th annual Santa Dash. | More than 2,000 people dressed as Father Christmas have taken part in a fun run in Lincoln to raise money for local charities. | 30471288 |
The TV cameras visited the mere in Ellesmere earlier in the month to watch the young herons leave their nest.
Ellesmere-based Rob McBride, an expert in ancient trees, also joined presenter Julia Bradbury as Countryfile explored Offa's Dyke.
The 177-mile-long footpath marks its 40th anniversary this year, after being designated a National Trail in 1971.
The dyke itself, built by King Offa of Mercia, dates back some 1,200 years.
The ancient earthworks run from Sedbury, near Chepstow to Prestatyn in North Wales, roughly following the modern-day border between England and Wales. | Ellesmere Heronwatch and Offa's Dyke will appear on BBC One's Countryfile programme on Sunday 29 May. | 13507891 |
The Wrexham university lost its trusted sponsor status for overseas students in June after a Home Office investigation.
It found nearly 50,000 UK immigrants may have obtained English certificates, despite not being able to speak it.
Bosses appealed against the ban but say the UK Visas and Immigration has since asked for clarification on some issues.
Aled Roberts, North Wales AM and Liberal Democrats education spokesman, said: "We are now three to four weeks from the beginning of term and I think some certainty is needed... because some of these courses will be heavily dependent on foreign students."
The probe followed a BBC Panorama investigation into the issuing of English language certificates - on which the granting of UK student visas depends.
Glyndwr University was downgraded from its status as a "highly trusted sponsor" of student visas by the UK government, preventing it from recruiting overseas (non-EU) students.
Approximately 3,040 of Glyndwr's 8,800 students were from overseas.
The Home Office investigation found there were 230 Glyndwr-sponsored students with invalid language test results, which rose to 350 when questionable results were included.
In addition, 57 private further education colleges in the UK had their licences for admitting foreign students suspended.
In a statement, Glyndwr University said: "The UKVI has responded to Glyndwr University today on the current suspension of the university's HTS licence.
"UKVI are seeking clarification on a small number of issues. The university remains in positive discussion with the UKVI and the situation is unchanged." | Glyndwr University is still waiting to learn whether a ban on recruiting overseas students will be lifted following allegations of visa fraud. | 28928211 |
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Available to UK viewers only. | Hibernian supporters sing 'unofficial club anthem' Sunshine on Leith at Hampden following their Scottish Cup final victory over Rangers. | 36361133 |
Plaid AM Rhun ap Iorwerth said "the Welsh electorate were excluded" from the 2010 debates because his party did not take part.
He said Plaid should join the debates along with the SNP and the Greens.
The Labour, Lib Dem and UKIP leaders will ask broadcasters to hold the debates, even if Prime Minister David Cameron refuses to participate.
Mr Cameron said he will take part only if the Green Party is included.
Mr ap Iorwerth told BBC Radio Wales' Morning Call programme: "We've reminded the broadcasters in the meetings that we've had with them over the past few months that they're influential and they've got to take that influence that they have very seriously.
"They've got to take their responsibilities very, very seriously, and that's a responsibility not to Plaid, but to the voters of Wales." | Televised general election debates should include Plaid Cymru, a party member has said. | 30813832 |
Reverend Barry Trayhorn told an employment tribunal he had read the verses at HMP Littlehey in Cambridgeshire in 2014.
He was told complaints were made by gay prisoners and alleges he was unfairly dismissed.
His case against the secretary of state for justice continues.
Mr Trayhorn, 51, an ordained Pentecostal Christian minister from Sandy in Bedfordshire, had been working as a gardening supervisor at the prison at Perry near St Neots.
He had been invited to lead the worship at services once a week from 2012.
He told the tribunal in Bedford, he "often focused on Christian teachings about sin and repentance".
He confirmed the Bible passage in question was 1 Corinthians Chapter 6 Verses 9-11 which includes the lines "neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals, nor sodomites, nor thieves, nor coveters, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners will inherit the Kingdom of God" and he read it on 31 May 2014.
Mr Trayhorn said he heard later that a gay prisoner had complained or was upset and there was "some sort of campaign" to remove him from chapel services.
"But I fear and do not believe it is right to alter the Christian faith so as to tailor it to any modern view of sexual ethics," he told the hearing.
He said he was told he could no longer volunteer at chapel services, complaints were then also made about his gardening work and he was told to attend a disciplinary hearing in a letter which said he had made a "homophobic statement".
He was signed off work in August 2014 with stress and resigned in November saying he had been harassed because of his Christian faith and it was impossible for him to return to work. | A prison minister felt "compelled" to resign after a row about "homophobic" Bible verses which he read from during services for inmates. | 34697664 |
The residents live in flats above the shop on Dunluce Street that was set on fire during the early hours of Saturday.
Police said shutters had been forced open and a fire was started in the shop which caused damage to the property.
The fire was reported to police at about 03.45 GMT.
The residents have since been allowed to return to their homes. | A number of residents had to be moved from their homes overnight due to an arson attack on a shop which sells 'legal highs' in Larne, County Antrim. | 32562650 |
The decision comes as the majority councils are increasing the charge, many by the maximum 4.99%.
It is the second consecutive year the Conservative-run authority has reduced its share of the charge.
The council says it eventually aims to cut council tax to zero and free itself from relying on government grants by becoming financially independent.
Council leader Ferris Cowper said: "We have shown it is possible for councils to make their own money, without increasing the tax burden on their residents and without cutting services."
East Hampshire District Council has been marketing its services to other authorities to bring in extra income - departments including planning, regeneration and communications are expected to generate nearly £1m this financial year.
The authority has also bought a number of commercial properties, including the Iceland store in Alton, which in total, it says, generate nearly £850,000 a year for its services.
The latest cut will make the district council share of council tax for a band D property £131.11, down from £134.55.
Council tax rises of 5% or more require a local referendum. | East Hampshire District Council has approved a 2.6% cut in council tax for 2017-18. | 39076041 |
A suicide car bomber drove into the main gates of the base in Leego, along the main road connecting the capital, Mogadishu and the city of Baidoa.
The militant Islamist group al-Shabab says its fighters have taken control of the base but this is not confirmed.
Al-Shabab is battling Somalia's government for control of the country.
The base is manned by Burundian soldiers from the African Union Mission in Somalia (Amisom), which has more than 20,000 troops in the country.
Amisom confirmed on its Twitter account that an attack was ongoing, but has not given any details on casualties.
Leego residents have seen militants burning vehicles, carrying off weapons and removing the bodies of their fighters killed in the attack, reports the BBC's Mohamed Moalimu from Mogadishu.
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The governor of Lower Shabelle province told the BBC that militants had conducted at least three separate attacks in his region but that most had been repelled.
Al-Shabab has vowed to intensify attacks during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
On Wednesday, the first day of Ramadan, the United Arab Emirates ambassador survived a suicide attack on his convoy in Mogadishu. | At least 30 people have been killed after gunmen attacked an African Union military base in southern Somalia, witnesses say. | 33282778 |
Keen walker Arthur Jones, from Denbigh, was staying in the city of Chania, but has not been seen since 19 June.
His family raised the alarm with police as he was due to fly home on Tuesday but failed to turn up for his flight.
Four relatives and two experienced walking friends have taken 1,000 flyers in English and Greek to hand out.
Mr Jones's son Jeffrey Jones from Prestatyn said the family first learned he was missing when they visited his house on Wednesday.
The father of four arrived in Crete on 17 June and sent his family a postcard in the first few days saying he was planning a walking trip.
His son described him as a "Bear Grylls" type man who is used to coping with the outdoors and said he would have been well equipped.
He added: "We do now know he had plans to camp out for three nights from the Thursday [19 June].
"There's been a possible sighting in a remote area. That's all we've had so far."
North Wales Police confirmed Mr Jones had been reported missing and said police in Greece were leading the investigation, working with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and Interpol.
A Foreign and Commonwealth Office spokesperson said: "We are aware of a British national, Robert Arthur Jones, reported missing in Greece. We are providing consular assistance to the family.
"UK police are assisting the Greek authorities with the investigation." | Family and friends of a Denbighshire pensioner who has gone missing in Crete have flown out to the Greek island in a bid to find him. | 28054944 |
She was the third chairwoman of the inquiry since it was set up last July, before resigning on 4 August in a letter to Home Secretary Amber Rudd.
She is a serving judge of the High Court of New Zealand and UN committee member who has experience of working with victims of sexual assault.
In 2007, she was appointed chairwoman of New Zealand's Independent Police Conduct Authority (IPCA) - the first woman to hold the position - and was in post when the authority released a report on the outcome of its inquiry into police handling of child abuse cases.
Born in Auckland, New Zealand, in 1948, Justice Goddard studied law at the University of Auckland, and started practicing as a barrister in 1977.
In her earlier years as a barrister she worked as a member of the steering committee which helped establish the HELP Clinic, a facility for victims of sexual abuse.
In that role, she assisted police to establish a better approach to the examination and interviewing of sex abuse victims.
Justice Lowell Goddard was made Queen's Counsel in 1988 - one of the first two women to be appointed to the role - and deputy solicitor-general for New Zealand in 1992.
She became the first woman of Maori descent to be appointed as a High Court judge in 1995, and has also sat as a member of the criminal division of the country's Court of Appeal.
The BBC's home affairs correspondent Danny Shaw †| New Zealand judge Lowell Goddard, who has resigned as the head of the independent inquiry into historical child sex abuse in England and Wales, was not the first person to be appointed as its head. | 31128853 |
Saunders, 24, posted an image on Sunday of a shop worker wearing hoop earrings, long hair in a ponytail and stubble.
He received criticism on social media after describing himself as "confused" by the worker's appearance.
Saunders replied to some of the tweets and has since said he is not homophobic but that he will not apologise.
The British Boxing Board of Control said it was "aware" of the comments and would "consider the matter" at its next meeting.
Saunders is undefeated in 24 fights and was due to defend his title this weekend in London but the contest was postponed when his opponent was arrested in early June. | Comments made on social media by WBO middleweight champion Billy Joe Saunders will be discussed by British boxing chiefs at their next meeting. | 40510228 |
Rodgers, 33, won S7 50m butterfly gold at the Rio 2016 Paralympics, also claiming 50m and 400m freestyle bronze.
She won three bronze medals at London 2012, her first Paralympic games, a year after her international debut at the European Championships in Berlin.
"I want to leave at the top," said Rodgers.
She is undefeated in the 50m butterfly at European Championships since winning gold at Berlin 2011, having also won three straight European golds in the 100m and 400m freestyle events.
"It was a journey of learning, challenges and ultimately immense happiness," she said.
Rodgers was made an MBE in the Queen's New Year Honours list, an award she called the "perfect way" to round off her career.
"I feel honoured to have represented my country, to have made it to the top of the podium many times and am lucky to have raced against the best," she added.
"I really believe strongly in the Paralympics and everything it represents and I hope to remain involved in sport for years to come."
Rodgers retires with a total of 30 international medals, having also won two relay golds, four silver and one bronze medal at World Championships. | British Paralympic swimming champion Susie Rodgers has announced her retirement after a six-year international career. | 39780119 |
The 37-year-old scored 191 runs and took nine wickets in 11 T20 matches for Hampshire in last season's competition.
This will be his third spell at the Ageas Bowl, having helped the county reach T20 finals day in 2011.
"He's a great fit for us in T20, a big-hitting all-rounder adds to what we've got," director of cricket Giles White told BBC Radio Solent.
Afridi hit 80 from 42 balls against Somerset in the 2011 semi-final, only for Hampshire to lose in a super over after a tie on the Duckworth-Lewis method.
He played 27 Tests, 398 one-day internationals and 98 Twenty20 internationals for Pakistan and retired from playing for his country in all formats in February 2017.
"He's come off the back of a very good Pakistani Super League, certainly with the bat, which bodes well," White added.
"Obviously with the ball he's shown his quality over the years and hopefully he remains the high-quality all-rounder that we expect.
"He forms a very good partnership with [Liam] Dawson and being an all-rounder gives us the option of playing an extra bowler - maybe a [Mason] Crane as a trio of spinners." | Hampshire have re-signed veteran Pakistani all-rounder Shahid Afridi for this summer's T20 Blast tournament. | 39966931 |
Called the Plan, it explains how the public body will make decisions in line with regulations contained in the 2010 Crofting Reform (Scotland) Act.
The organisation, formerly known as the Crofters Commission, had consulted publicly on the document before submitting it to the government.
Halting depopulation in remote communities is a key aim of the Plan.
The law requires the commission to ensure all tenants and owner-occupier crofters reside on or within 19 miles (32km) of their crofts.
Convener Susan Walker said: "People sometimes associate crofting with the past.
"But while an awareness and understanding of the past is important, through our Plan, the commission has clearly set its sights on the future of crofting." | A document setting out how the Crofting Commission will operate has been approved by the Scottish government. | 23195833 |
A 27-year-old man was set upon near the Scotmid Co-op on Mayfield Place, Mayfield, between 17:00 and 18:30 on Friday 30 October.
An 18-year-old man was due to appear at Edinburgh Sheriff Court.
The 12-year-old has been referred to the Children's Reporter. Police are still trying to trace others involved. | A 12-year-old boy and a teenager have been charged in connection with an unprovoked attack on a man by a gang outside a Midlothian shop. | 34881498 |
Trystan Rhun Roberts, 19, died on the A5 at Capel Curig on 17 May, 2016.
Mr Roberts, from Cynwyd, near Corwen, Denbighshire, was an apprentice fleet technician with the North Wales Fire and Rescue Service.
Assistant coroner Nicola Jones recorded a conclusion of death as a result of a road traffic collision.
Mountaineering guide Robert Spencer told the inquest in Ruthin how Mr Roberts' Seat Leon overtook him at around 60mph as he drove along the A5 near the Siabod Cafe.
It then crashed into a Mercedes that was turning right into a car park.
The off-duty firefighters were among the first on the scene and attempted to resuscitate Mr Roberts.
Police collision investigator Gordon Saynor said it appeared that he had either not noticed the Mercedes or thought he could overtake it.
Ms Jones said she hoped Mr Roberts' family could take some comfort from the fact that everything possible was done to help him by highly-trained officers. | Off-duty firefighters fought to save a fire service apprentice after a two-vehicle crash in Snowdonia, an inquest has heard. | 39044741 |
Susan McLean, 61, was last seen in Aberfeldy on 17 May.
The remains were found by a volunteer searchers in a wooded area near the town on Saturday.
Police Scotland said the death was being treated as "unexplained". Ms McLean's family have been informed and a formal identification will take place later.
The last suspected sighting of the tourist was on CCTV footage on Crieff Road outside the grounds of Moness Resort on the evening of her disappearance.
She had been on a two-week tour of Scotland with her family.
Supt Graeme Murdoch, of Police Scotland, said: "On Saturday 15 August, human remains were found during a volunteer search in dense undergrowth in a wooded area near Aberfeldy.
"A police investigation has been ongoing following the disappearance of Susan McLean.
"The family has been informed of the discovery and formal identification will take place in due course.
"The death is being treated as unexplained and as with all sudden deaths a report will be submitted to the procurator fiscal."
He added: "We would like to thank members of the public who have given up their time and continued to assist the search." | Human remains have been discovered by searchers looking for a missing American tourist in Perthshire. | 33951563 |
Duffy beat Olympic champion and defending world champion Gwen Jorgensen into second place both in the final event and the overall standings.
Briton Helen Jenkins came fourth in Cozumel to end the season in fifth.
Compatriot and Olympic silver medallist Jonny Brownlee, second in the men's standings, races for the title at 22:30 BST on Sunday.
GB's Non Stanford was eighth in the women's race, while team-mate Vicky Holland, a bronze medallist in Rio, did not finish after crashing on the bike leg.
Duffy, who led after the 1.5km swim, extended her lead over the main field on the 40km bike as she worked alongside GB's Lucy Hall and Jessica Learmonth, and held on in the 10km run to win in one hour 57 minutes 59 seconds.
American Jorgenson, world champion in 2014 and 2015 and beaten only twice in the past two years before Mexico, finished 1min 17secs behind, with Australia's Charlotte McShane third.
Watch highlights of the women's race at 14:30 BST and watch the men's race live at 22:30 on Sunday. | Bermuda's Flora Duffy won the final event of the ITU World Triathlon Series in Mexico to become world champion. | 37399849 |
The 52-year-old officer was seriously injured when a bomb partially exploded under his van on Friday morning.
The men who are 34, 39 and 45 were arrested along with a 34-year-old woman in the Belfast area on Sunday. The woman has since be released.
A dissident republican paramilitary group, widely referred to as the new IRA, admitted the bombing.
It said it targeted the victim because he was involved in training officers at Maghaberry Prison near Lisburn in County Antrim.
He is in a stable condition in hospital. | Police are continuing to question three men about a bomb attack on a prison officer in Belfast last week. | 35749632 |
Farren, Derry's record goalscorer, had been receiving treatment for an aggressive brain tumour and his death was announced on Wednesday.
The Donegal man played for City from 2003 to 2012, scoring 113 goals in 209 appearances for the club.
Among those to pay tribute to Farren was West Bromwich Albion and Republic of Ireland winger James McClean, who played alongside him for Derry.
City chairman Phillip O'Doherty said: "We offer our sympathies to his family.
"He was a superb player and I think the entire football community throughout Ireland would say the same.
"But, most of all, he was a decent human being."
Last year, an appeal was launched to pay for Farren to travel to a cancer centre in Mexico for emergency treatment.
He became Derry City's all-time top goalscorer in 2012, when he overtook Liam Coyle's tally of 112.
Farren was in the Derry teams that won the FAI Cup in 2006 and 2012, and was voted player of the year by the Professional Footballers' Association of Ireland in 2005.
He left Derry to join Irish League club Glenavon in 2013 but was forced to quit the game because of his illness. | Former Derry City and Glenavon striker Mark Farren has died, aged 33. | 35481068 |
The claims were made by a leading human rights activist and have been widely shared on social media.
The police have strongly rejected the accusations.
Indonesia has some of the world's toughest drug laws, executing 18 people for drug-related crimes since President Widodo assumed office two years ago.
The allegations were made by prominent activist Haris Azhar, who says he had a conversation with a well-known Indonesian drug dealer whom he visited in prison in 2014.
Mr Azhar wrote on social media that the dealer, Freddy Budiman, told him he had paid police, military and special narcotics agents to protect his lucrative drug-dealing business.
Mr Budiman was executed last month by firing squad, along with three other men accused of drug crimes.
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The police have threatened Haris Azhar with defamation charges.
But after the postings were widely shared, President Widodo ordered security agencies to take action to "trace, investigate and process" the claims.
He also questioned why the allegations had been published two years after they were first made.
Haris Azhar has said that any investigation team must be independent. "The president must take responsibility," he told the AFP news agency.
Mr Widodo became president in July 2014 promising to tackle corruption and drug-trafficking.
The executions of 14 convicts for drug-related crimes in 2015 were widely criticised. | The Indonesian President Joko Widodo has ordered police to investigate allegations that security services have been involved in drug trafficking. | 37059853 |
The Constitutional Reform and Governance Act requires peers and MPs to be tax resident and domiciled in order to remain in Parliament.
Lord Ashcroft, a Conservative deputy chairman, revealed in March he was a non-dom so did not have to pay UK taxes on most of his overseas earnings.
Five peers are now known to have quit the Lords seats to keep non-dom status.
The latest to announce the move is architect Lord Foster, who was ennobled in 1999.
The others are Conservatives Lord Bagri, Lord McAlpine and Lord Laidlaw of Rothiemay, and cross-bencher Baroness Dunn.
The Constitutional Reform and Governance Act passed through Parliament earlier this year with cross-party support.
A three-month period during which peers could instead permanently exclude themselves from the Lords expires on Wednesday.
Labour donor Lord Paul has, like Lord Ashcroft, said he will give up his non-dom status to keep his seat. | Lord Ashcroft has given up his non-dom tax status to stay in the Lords, it has been confirmed. | 10535852 |
On Saturday, the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) said that it would leave the Northern Ireland Executive.
The party's ruling body made the decision after police said Provisional IRA members were involved in murdering ex-IRA man Kevin McGuigan Sr.
Sinn Féin's denial that the IRA existed made it "impossible to do business with them," party leader Mike Nesbitt said.
Speaking to the Irish state broadcaster RTÉ, Mr Flanagan said there is no benefit in "car crash politics".
Difficult politics
He said denials by Sinn Féin over the existence of the IRA were unhelpful and that people did not believe them.
"I believe that normal politics will only be introduced on this island fully if Sinn Féin uses its influence to ensure that the IRA is put firmly out of business."
Mr Flanagan will meet with the Secretary of State Theresa Villiers next week.
He will discuss a wide range of issues that are feeding towards "a very difficult and grave situation". | Irish Foreign Affairs Minister Charlie Flanagan has described the political situation at Stormont as "grave". | 34101720 |
BT has issued an injunction preventing the council from ending the contract after just two years.
The 10-year deal was signed in March 2013 for BT to run IT, human resources, document management and other services for the council.
But a report to the council said BT had failed on performance and jobs and was in "material breach" of its contract.
A Strategic Partnership Review by the council in April said BT had promised it would create at least 197 extra jobs in Cornwall over the life of the contract.
It also said 111 of those would be delivered in the first two years, but only 35 had been created.
The review added that BT had received nearly £25m over the first two years of the contract.
But the state of service delivery had been "generally downward" since BT took over, according to the council, with just 38 per cent of targets delivered.
The council said: "The council wants to ensure that staff and councillors receive adequate support to enable them to deliver public services and that the taxpayers of Cornwall receive value for money.
"The council, therefore, provided BT Cornwall with notice of its intention to terminate the contract and bring the services in-house.
"Whilst the dispute is being determined, the council hopes and expects BT Cornwall to maintain service delivery and support affected employees."
BT said: "BT has commenced legal action to ensure fair and proper handling of the issues which have arisen about BT Cornwall and, whilst this is taking place, it would be inappropriate for us to comment." | Cornwall Council is in a court battle to end a £260m contract with BT which it says has failed to meet targets. | 34120656 |
The tournament, which features 48 men's and 16 women's teams, will run until 16 July.
A temporary arena has been constructed in the city's George Square, with seating for 3,500 spectators.
The opening fixtures of the tournament saw Scotland's men beat Hong Kong 8-4. The women's team beat Norway 11-1.
This is the 14th year of the competition.
Scotland last hosted the tournament in 2005, in Edinburgh. The first took place in Graz, Austria, in 2003.
The aim of the competition is to inspire homeless people to change their lives.
It was set up by the International Network of Street Papers and Mel Young, founder of the Big Issue in Scotland.
The Scotland teams are managed, selected and coached by social enterprise Street Soccer Scotland. They include players from across Scotland picked after a series of selection days throughout the year.
Ally Dawson, manager of Team Scotland, said: "The Homeless World Cup is a very special event for everyone involved and being host nation brings an added honour.
"The men's and women's squads have been training very hard over recent weeks in preparation for the start of the tournament.
"Every year the Scottish teams are determined to do their country proud but this year has an added edge as they look forward to playing in front of what will be a very noisy home support."
About 100,000 spectators are expected to come to watch matches during the week-long tournament. Entry is free and no tickets are required. | The Homeless World Cup has begun in Glasgow, with the opening ceremony and first matches watched by more than 5,000 people. | 36754026 |
The youngster discovered the man in her house in Bridge of Dee, in Dumfries and Galloway, at around 06:30.
Police said the man, who had black, greased-back hair, ran off when the girl alerted her family.
It was one of a series of break-ins reported in the village near Castle Douglas overnight.
The man who was found in the teenager's bedroom was in his 20s, of slim build and average height.
He was wearing a blue shiny shirt with long sleeves and dark trousers.
PC Chris Wightman said: "It appears at this time that the male's intention was to steal from the house.
"This is an unusual crime for this part of Dumfries and Galloway and we are keen to hear from anyone who may have seen this make or a small white van that was seen nearby." | Police have launched an investigation after a 13-year-old girl woke to find a stranger in her bedroom during what officers believe was a failed robbery. | 38537239 |
Load bangs were reported in Riddrie Knowes, Riddrie, at 22:05 on Wednesday. At the same time a dark jeep-style car was seen driving off at speed towards Smithycroft Road, at Cumbernauld Road.
A silver car, similar to a Vauxhall Astra, was also seen reversing from Riddrie Knowes and a black Nissan Qashqai was found on fire in Eden Lane.
Police said there had been no reports of anyone injured.
Det Insp David Stewart said: "Inquiries are under way to establish the circumstances surrounding last night's events.
"Officers, including specialised search and forensic teams, are in the area to speak to local residents and to establish whether a firearm had actually been discharged.
"At this time we have not received any reports of anyone being injured, however, I'd like to reassure those living in the area that a full search of the surrounding area will be carried out."
Det Insp Stewart urged anyone with information to contact police. | Police are investigating reports of shots being fired in north Glasgow. | 34738539 |
A total of 138 candidates are standing in 18 constituencies across Northern Ireland.
The Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) are standing in 16 constituencies while the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) is standing in 15.
As part of an electoral deal in North and East Belfast, the UUP are supporting the DUP.
In Fermanagh and South Tyrone and in Newry and Armagh the DUP are backing the UUP candidate.
Sinn Féin, the SDLP and the Alliance Party are standing in all 18 constituencies.
The Green Party is standing five candidates and UKIP is running in 10 seats.
Seven Traditional Unionist Voice (TUV) candidates have been selected.
The Conservative Party is running in 16 seats except North Belfast and Fermanagh and South Tyrone.
The Workers Party is fielding candidates in five constituencies.
People Before Profit have fielded a candidate in West Belfast and CISTA, which wants a review of drug laws relating to cannabis, is contesting four constituencies.
There are five independent candidates including Lady Sylvia Hermon.
In Northern Ireland, 1.2 million people are eligible to vote and there are 1,370 polling stations across Northern Ireland.
Counting will take place overnight and the first results are expected early on Friday 8 May.
You can get a list of candidates standing in each constituency here and it will be updated. | Nominations have now closed for the 2015 general election on 7 May. | 32233067 |
The leaders reached the deal at a summit hosted by Nigeria's new president Muhammadu Buhari, who made tackling it a key campaign pledge.
Most of the troops will be from Nigeria with Chad, Cameroon, Niger and Benin also contributing.
Thousands of people have been killed and hundreds kidnapped by the group.
The decision that the force should be led by a Nigerian commander came after Mr Buhari rejected calls for leadership to rotate between the countries.
But the leaders agreed the force would be based in the Chadian capital, N'djamena, rather than Baga in northeast Nigeria.
Calling this meeting at short notice is a sign that ending the Boko Haram insurgency is the number one priority for Nigeria's new president, Muhammadu Buhari.
Since being sworn in less than two weeks ago he has flown to Chad, Niger and Germany to attend the G7 summit.
All of these meetings focused on building an international alliance to fight Boko Haram.
During the last two weeks more than 100 people have been killed in gun attacks and bomb blasts carried out by the jihadists.
They set a July deadline for the parties to contribute troops.
At the conference, Mr Buhari stressed the need for better sharing of intelligence to stop the flow of money and weapons across borders.
He said a campaign "on all fronts" was needed to bring the six-year insurgency to an end.
Chad, Cameroon and Niger have been helping Nigeria recapture territory from the insurgents, but a plan to create a large joint military force had stalled. | Five African countries have agreed to set up a joint military force led by Nigeria to fight the Islamist militant group Boko Haram. | 33097776 |
The 22-year-old felt discomfort in the fifth one-day international against England in September and scans have revealed the early stages of an injury.
No date has been scheduled for his return, but he hopes to be fit for the World T20 in India in March.
All-rounder James Faulkner, 25, replaces Cummins in the tour party.
The first Test in Chittagong starts on 9 October.
"This is really unfortunate for Pat and I know how disappointed he will be," said chairman of selectors Rod Marsh.
"He is a young bowler with a bright future and we were really pleased with how he bowled in the UK."
Cummins played his solitary Test in 2011 but impressed in the ODIs against England, bowling at speeds of up to 96mph and taking 12 wickets in five games.
His career has been badly disrupted by injury and he was sidelined by a back injury between 2012 and 2014.
Dominic Thornely, a member of Cummins's management team, told the Sydney Morning Herald: "He was disappointed but said, 'It's part of the game. I bowl 150km per hour; it's going to happen.'
"As I said to him, I saw Brett Lee in a full-blown body cast when he was only 18 and he ended up taking 310 wickets and he was rattled by injuries. I told Pat, 'You're only young. Brett retired when he was 38.'"
Australia squad: Steven Smith (capt), Adam Voges (vice-capt), Cameron Bancroft, Joe Burns, James Faulkner, Andrew Fekete, Usman Khawaja, Nathan Lyon, Mitchell Marsh, Shaun Marsh, Glenn Maxwell, Peter Nevill (wk), Stephen O'Keefe, Peter Siddle, Mitchell Starc. | Australia fast bowler Pat Cummins will miss the two-Test tour of Bangladesh in October with a stress fracture of the back. | 34345482 |
British Transport Police (BTP) said it was called to Marston Green station at 16:59 BST to reports of a person being struck by a train.
Paramedics attended but the man was pronounced dead at the scene.
Services have been cancelled and delayed and travellers were warned of ongoing delays and disruption to their journey until at least 22:00.
The 16:50 Birmingham New Street to London Euston service was involved in the fatality, a spokesman for BTP said.
The death was not believed to be suspicious, he added.
Virgin Trains, Arriva Trains Wales, CrossCountry and London Midland services were affected as result. | A man has been hit and killed by a train at a railway station near Birmingham. | 40869556 |
Last week 35,000 crossed over for the first time since the border was closed a year ago by President Nicolas Maduro to fight cross-border crime.
Officials said at least that many had entered Colombia on Saturday.
Many basic goods are in short supply in Venezuela because of a severe economic crisis in the country.
Venezuela re-opens border with Colombia
The border across a pedestrian bridge connecting Tachira in Venezuela and Cucuta in Colombia opened a day earlier than authorities from both countries had previously announced.
Officials said they wanted to avoid the build-up of too many people.
It was expected to stay open into Sunday.
Venezuelans cross border
Growing discontent on the streets
Women push past border controls
Venezuela has suffered severe shortages for months as a result of the falling price of oil which is the country's prime source of income.
Many supermarket have empty shelves and Venezuelans spend days in queues to buy basic goods.
Government critics also blame President Maduro for severe mismanagement of the economy.
Mr Maduro for his part has blamed the country's business community for the shortages.
He ordered the border to be closed in August 2015 after former Colombian paramilitaries attacked a Venezuelan military patrol and wounded three soldiers. | Venezuela has opened its border with Colombia for the second time this month to allow people to cross over to shop for basic foods and medicines. | 36818030 |
A man approached him from behind and pushed him to the floor at the Arcadia Sports Centre in Levenshulme, Manchester at about 20:45 BST on Thursday, police said.
The boy was cut on his arms but managed to run away. The man returned to the reception and left with another man.
An 18-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of assault.
Ch Insp Dave Gilbride said: "This was a shocking unprovoked attack on a teenager who was in a quiet area of the leisure centre with his friends, revising for his GCSE exams.
"Despite this man's attempts, the boy received only minor injuries, however he is understandably very shaken up by his ordeal.
"We are treating the incident very seriously and we believe it was a hate crime."
Anyone who has become a victim of a hate incident or crime is urged to report it.
Greater Manchester Police earlier said there had been a significant rise in hate crimes reported following Monday's arena attack, in which 22 people died.
The force said the number of such reports had doubled to 56 on Wednesday, from the 28 reported on Monday. | A 16-year-old boy has been attacked with a knife at a leisure centre in what police are calling a hate crime. | 40076243 |
The 20-year-old came through the Reds academy but failed to feature for the first team.
He is the son of former Blackburn and Preston defender Mick Rathbone and is the third summer arrival at Spotland.
"When I found out I was leaving Manchester United, I spoke to my coach about potential clubs," he said.
"He told me that Rochdale have great people and that it was a great club to come and play football at.
"When I met with the manager (Keith Hill) he told me that I'd have to come in and prove myself but if I was doing well then I'd get my chance. That's all I really want."
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page. | League One side Rochdale have signed midfielder Oliver Rathbone on a one-year contract after his release by Manchester United. | 36626306 |
Ogwen Valley Mountain Rescue team, police and RAF rescue helicopters took part in a search for a possible fallen walker on Y Garn after the black and white Jack Russell was seen near Cwm Cywion gorge.
Four members of the Ogwen team climbed steep terrain to rescue the terrier.
The dog was then tucked into a rescuer's jacket and lowered to safety.
It is not known who owns the dog. | A stranded dog sparked a major mountain search after it was spotted on cliffs in Snowdonia. | 25823218 |
The Scot was best known for his role as Pete the Jakey in the BBC Scotland sitcom, and for playing the awkward PE teacher in the film Gregory's Girl.
He also starred in a string of Scottish productions including Rac C Nesbitt, Tutti Frutti and Taggart.
Still Game actor and writer Greg Hempill said Mr D'Arcy would be "hugely missed".
Scots celebrities took to Twitter to pay tribute to the actor, whose career stretched back to the early 1970s.
Mr Hemphill, who co-writes Still Game with Ford Kiernan and plays Victor in the show, said: "Jake will be hugely missed. Laughs came so easily for him. We were lucky to have him in our show.
"The Craiglang streets won't be the same."
Gavin Mitchell, who plays Boabby in the show, tweeted: "Such sad news to hear of the passing of Jake D'Arcy today. Great actor, lovely man and one of our own. RIP."
Taggart actor Coin McCredie tweeted: "I grew up watching Jake D'Arcy & had the pleasure to work with him many times #ripjake."
One of Mr D'Arcy's best-loved roles was in the 1981 Bill Forsyth film Gregory's Girl, where he played teacher and football coach Phil Menzies, who struggles to accept that his star player, played by Dee Hepburn, is a girl.
Although he was best known for his comedy roles, Mr D'Arcy also played a number of more serious parts, including Robbie in A Sense of Freedom, John Mackenzie's 1979 film about Glasgow gangster-turned-sculptor Jimmy Boyle, which also starred David Hayman. | The cast of Still Game has led tributes to actor Jake D'Arcy, who has died. | 32943015 |
Organisers say the nine-month show at London's O2 Arena will be Europe's largest ever retrospective of the singer, featuring more than 300 items.
It will display "as much of Graceland as will fit into the O2", they said.
The exhibition will include a virtual tour of the Memphis mansion where Presley died in his bathroom in 1977.
The pool table that he played on with The Beatles in 1965 and stage costumes including the black leather suit from his 1968 Comeback Special are also being brought from the museum in his old home.
"While each and every item contains a lifetime of memories, we are more than happy to allow these treasured memories to leave Graceland," said Priscilla Presley, who was married to the singer for six years.
"Elvis meant so much to me and our daughter Lisa [Marie Presley], but we both know that our family truly shares him with the world," she continued.
Pieces leaving Memphis for the first time include the singer's wallet containing photos of his daughter, his front door keys and a TCB ring, which stands for taking care of business.
Some items, such as the American Eagle jumpsuit and Cadillac, will only go on show for a limited period during the exhibition's nine-month run.
Exhibition co-ordinator Nic Wastell said: "For people who can't get to Graceland, Graceland is coming to them."
Elvis At The O2: The Exhibition Of His Life will open on 12 December and run until 31 August. | Elvis Presley's American Eagle jumpsuit and pink Cadillac are among the items of memorabilia that will leave his Graceland home for a UK exhibition. | 29881204 |
The trial was stopped one week early in all 59 volunteers "as a measure of precaution", the University of Geneva Hospital said.
The vaccine being tested is one developed by NewLink, and recently bought by Merck.
There is currently no vaccine licensed for use to protect against Ebola.
Two vaccines are currently being tested in humans in a number of countries.
The side-effects in the Geneva trial were experienced by four volunteers.
The hospital said human safety trials would resume on 5 January in up to 15 volunteers after checks had taken place to ensure the joint pain symptoms were "benign and temporary".
"They are all fine and being monitored regularly by the medical team leading the study," the hospital said.
Four trials of another Ebola vaccine developed by GlaxoSmithKline, in collaboration with the United States National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, are also underway. | The clinical trial of an Ebola vaccine in Switzerland has been interrupted after some patients complained of joint pains in their hands and feet. | 30432079 |
The 29-year-old, capped 12 times by his country, has played 44 games for the Canaries since joining, initially on loan, from West Brom in February 2015.
He helped Norwich to Premier League promotion in 2015, only for the club to suffer relegation a year later.
"The last time we were in the Championship Graham had a big part in getting us up," said boss Alex Neil.
"It's good business because he'll be an important player for us this season. We want to get a balance between guys who have been there and done it before while also freshening things up." | Scotland midfielder Graham Dorrans has signed a new three-year contract with Championship side Norwich City. | 36748680 |
2 May 2016 Last updated at 17:15 BST
The controversial move is designed to keep housing affordable for local residents.
Thousands of landlords let out spare rooms or entire apartments on apps such as Airbnb, Wimdu and 9Flats.
Often landlords seek to fill a short-term vacancy and earn some additional money, but it has proved profitable for people to rent out entire apartments to tourists all year round.
But critics warn that the practice reduces an already limited supply of rental property and drives up rent for local tenants.
From 1 May, a new law known as Zweckentfremdungsverbot - prohibition of improper use - will take effect.
The law, which allows homeowners to rent out only spare rooms rather than entire homes, was passed in 2014 but included a two-year transition period that has now elapsed.
Andreas Geisel, Berlin's head of urban development said it was "a necessary and sensible instrument against the housing shortage in Berlin."
Those caught breaking the new law could be fined up to 100,000 euros (£78,500).
However, critics say the law serves the hotel industry rather than residents. | The German city of Berlin has started to restrict private property rentals through Airbnb and similar short-term letting services. | 36185271 |
20 April 2016 Last updated at 15:11 BST
The board releases a mixture of a lactic acid solution that mimics the smell of human sweat, and carbon dioxide, which is in human breath.
Its inventors have released the blueprint for free and are encouraging people around the world to make them.
However, one expert warned it could attract insects to areas where there are many humans. | A billboard that attracts and kills mosquitoes has been designed by marketing agencies in Brazil. | 36091566 |
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The 24-year-old has made four appearances for Spurs this season, the most recent of which as a second-half substitute in the 5-1 home defeat against Manchester City on 28 August.
Ahead of Thursday's Europa League match against Shamrock Rovers, Redknapp said: "He needs another operation.
"He has already had one but there is still a problem with him. It's a blow."
Huddlestone has established himself as a key figure in the Spurs set-up in recent years, following his move to White Hart Lane from Derby in July 2005.
He made more starts than any other outfield player in all competitions in the 2009-10 season as Tottenham finished fourth in the Premier League to qualify for the Champions League for the first time.
Writing about the his injury on Twitter, Huddlestone said: "Thanks for the supportive msgs [messages], I will do everything I can to be fully fit asap. Once the op is complete I will have a better idea of time."
Huddlestone won the first of his three England caps in November 2009 against Brazil and was named in manager Fabio Capello's provisional World Cup squad last summer, only to not make the final cut. | Tottenham midfielder Tom Huddlestone requires an operation on his ankle, manager Harry Redknapp has confirmed. | 15086946 |
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23 July 2014 Last updated at 12:17 BST
To commemorate this special day two limited new coins have been made.
A sterling silver £5 coin, featuring a version of the Royal Arms, and a limited number of gold £500 coins, known as the sovereign, have been produced.
Jenny went to the Royal Mint to get an exciting behind the scenes look as the gold coins were being made. | Prince George, the son of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, celebrates his first birthday today. | 28422708 |
Six former employees at Leeds and Partners, set up to bring investment to the city, have lodged formal grievances against chief executive Lurene Joseph.
Unison said an inquiry should be held to investigate the management and leadership of the company.
Leeds and Partners said it could not comment while an investigation was taking place.
The statement of grievance accuses Ms Joseph, who has been in post since May 2012, of systematic and sustained bullying, victimisation and misuse of power.
Another nine former employees have written supportive statements.
Dean Harper, area organiser for Unison, said: "We would ask now the complaints have been received that the employer looks at commissioning an independent inquiry into the management and leadership of Leeds and Partners because they are of a serious nature these allegations."
Leeds City Council, the company's main funder, confirmed the grievance had been submitted.
A spokesman said the authority took all grievances very seriously and the matter would be dealt with through the proper procedures. | An independent inquiry should be held into claims of bullying against a company boss, a union has said. | 24480581 |
9 November 2016 Last updated at 16:15 GMT
Trump beat rival Hillary Clinton to the top spot, in an election which has divided many people's opinions.
He will become the 45th president of the United States.
We asked some UK kids what their message to Donald Trump would be... | American businessman Donald Trump has won the US election, meaning he will be the next president of the United States. | 37925080 |
The luxury 4x4 was reported trapped in mud near the beach at Weston-super-Mare at 18:00 BST on Monday. It was pulled out by the hovercraft before the tide surrounded it.
A coastguard spokesman said the man had taken the vehicle "off-road" without realising the danger of the mudflats.
Motorists are being warned not to drive beyond the beach's hard sand.
"The driver of the Range Rover was a young man who had attempted to test out the vehicle, having watched TV adverts of it being driven off-road," the coastguard spokesman added.
"Our advice to motorists using local beaches is never to put their vehicles at risk by driving beyond the hard sand at the top of the beach."
'Weston RNLI's multi-terrain launching vehicle was used during the rescue and the vehicle was pulled to safety before the tide surrounded it. | A man was rescued by hovercraft after he took a new Range Rover out for a test drive and got stuck in mudflats. | 40339322 |
The world's second-biggest luxury goods group has been hit by the economic slowdown in Asia and in Europe.
The company said trade had been severely affected by the Paris terror attacks on 13 November in which 130 people died. France accounts for 8% of global sales.
Richemont said that the market in Asia remained "challenging".
Sales were down 9% in Asia and 3% in Europe. Overall, they fell 4% to €2.9bn (£2.2bn; $3.2bn).
Richemont, which owns global brands such as Montblanc, Van Cleef & Arpels and Piaget, has also been hit by currency fluctuations.
The Geneva-listed company, owned by South African businessman Johann Rupert, said sales were below expectations. The company said it expected the "challenging trading environment" to continue to the end of the financial year, which ends on 31 March.
Asia has in recent years been the driver for many in the luxury goods market.
Richemont said Japan bucked the trend with a 9% rise in sales, but Hong Kong and Macao saw a marked slowdown.
Hong Kong is the top market for Swiss watches, but exports to the territory were down 28% in November.
The company said conditions in mainland China were improving, but tough anti-bribery rules had affected expensive gift-giving among the business community. Sales of luxury watches, in particular, had been hit.
Terror attacks across Europe had kept shoppers and tourists away. Sales in the region took a sudden downturn, falling 3% in the last quarter compared with a year ago. Paris was particularly affected following the attacks in November.
Richemont's share price, which last year slumped 19% over concerns of a slowdown in the Chinese economy, has fallen a further 9% since the start of this year. | Richemont, the owners of Cartier, saw sales fall 4% during the crucial gift-giving October to December months. | 35317510 |
They had boarded the Abu Dhabi-bound aircraft at Manchester Airport when they received a text message about their relative's condition.
The flight, which had been taxiing towards the runway, returned to the gate so the couple could rush to their grandson's bedside.
He died later on the same night.
The couple's travel agent Becky Stephenson told the BBC the 30 March incident was "very unusual".
"I've been in the travel business for 25 years and never heard of this happening," she said.
Ms Stephenson, who is based in Bradford, praised the Etihad Airways pilot and said she had not heard of an airline going "above and beyond with their customer service" in such a way.
"I'm just really grateful that my customers could get back to see him," she said.
"My customers were so grateful that staff were very helpful and they were taken care of."
"The flight still went ahead after the couple got off," Ms Stephenson added.
"Etihad have said they can use the ticket again on a different date.
"But my customers are not thinking of when they're flying back out again." | A pilot allowed an elderly couple to get off a plane moments before take-off so they could visit their dying grandson in hospital. | 36022686 |
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