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The North Antrim MLA made the comments in a speech at his party's conference.
Mr Allister told TUV members that the "rollover unionism" had "renewed its vows in government with the IRA".
He said the recent deal reached by the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), Sinn Féin and British and Irish governments was "a series of climbdowns".
He slammed the executive's record in a number of policy areas, saying: "What a catastrophic failure DUP-Sinn Féin misrule has been."
In criticising the executive's energy strategy, Mr Allister said: "Windbags and windfarms are putting us out of business."
He said the TUV would lay out a "positive vision" in the upcoming Northern Ireland Assembly election.
Underlining the party's support for a parliamentary system of voluntary coalition and opposition, Mr Allister said his party were the "trailblazers for democratising Stormont".
The TUV announced 11 candidates selected so far for next year's election.
They include Henry Reilly, the former Northern Ireland chairman of the UK Independence Party, who will stand in South Down. | Traditional Unionist Voice (TUV) leader Jim Allister has criticised what he has called the "catastrophic failure" of the Northern Ireland Executive. | 34953942 |
The 25-year-old winger completed his move following a medical with the Athens-based club.
Panathinaikos confirmed that Wakaso would be at the club until the "summer of 2019".
Wakaso had been with Rubin Kazan since 2013 but spent periods on loan at both Celtic and Las Palmas during that time.
He played a key role in helping Ghana reach the Africa Cup of Nations final in Gabon next year, as well as the group phase of qualifying for the 2018 World Cup in Russia. | Ghana international Mubarak Wakaso has joined Greek side Panathinaikos from Russian club Rubin Kazan on a three-year deal. | 36756625 |
The drugs were found after a car was stopped on the Great Northern Road shortly before 15:00 BST.
Police said about 13kgs of suspected cutting agent for a class A drug were also found.
A number of house searches have been taking place in Londonderry following the find. | A 23-year-old man has been arrested after herbal cannabis worth an estimated £120,000 was found in Omagh on Friday afternoon. | 37202278 |
Both sides went close in a frantic start as Barrow's Adi Yussuf missed a gilt-edged chance in the area, while Woking's Joe Ward was denied by a good save from Stuart Moore.
It was the hosts who took the lead as Yussuf bent an effort over Woking goalkeeper Nathan Baxter and into the net from 25 yards.
The lead was doubled shortly after the break when Jordan White latched on to a long throw from Dan Jones to tap into the Woking net and he should have added a third minutes later but nodded just wide of the target.
The striker made amends for his miss seven minutes from time as he found the net with a header from a corner to wrap up a comfortable victory for the Bluebirds.
Report supplied by the Press Association.
Match ends, Barrow 3, Woking 0.
Second Half ends, Barrow 3, Woking 0.
Substitution, Barrow. Harry Panayiotou replaces Jordan White.
Richard Orlu (Woking) is shown the yellow card.
Substitution, Barrow. Donovan Makoma replaces Gomis.
Goal! Barrow 3, Woking 0. Jordan White (Barrow).
Jimmy Dunne (Barrow) is shown the yellow card.
Substitution, Woking. Kane Ferdinand replaces Bobson Bawling.
Substitution, Woking. Chez Isaac replaces Jordan Wynter.
Substitution, Woking. Jamie Philpot replaces Charlie Carter.
Goal! Barrow 2, Woking 0. Jordan White (Barrow).
Second Half begins Barrow 1, Woking 0.
First Half ends, Barrow 1, Woking 0.
Moussa Diarra (Barrow) is shown the yellow card.
Substitution, Barrow. Daniel Cockerline replaces Adi Yussuf.
Goal! Barrow 1, Woking 0. Adi Yussuf (Barrow).
First Half begins.
Lineups are announced and players are warming up. | Barrow moved above opponents Woking in the National League table following a victory at Holker Street. | 40835474 |
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The 28-year-old won coxless pair gold with Heather Stanning at London 2012, and is now focused on defending the title in Rio.
World number one Glover and Stanning are unbeaten as a pair since 2012.
"I remember joining the sport in 2008 and I didn't know enough about rowing and had to Google rowing basically," she told BBC Radio 5 live.
"I looked at these names of the top 10 women in the world and to think I'm now number one does not feel real. It doesn't really feel like me."
Glover, who along with Stanning retained the world women's coxless pair title in September, added: "Creating a dynasty and unbeaten record is not what motivates me. I can look forward and think 'how good can I be in Rio in 2016? What can I do today to make that happen?'
"Race by race the wins accumulate, but my purpose is not to be unbeaten. My purpose is to get to Rio in the best shape I can be. So far, that has meant we've stayed in really good form." | British Olympic champion Helen Glover said she needed to "Google rowing" when she took up the sport in 2008. | 34683093 |
Birmingham officer Amar Tasaddiq Hussain, 29, was charged with two counts of conspiracy to commit misconduct in a public office.
He was also charged with two counts of conspiracy to pervert the course of justice and has been suspended from duty with immediate effect.
Adil Bashir and Muhammad Sheikh have been charged with the same offences.
Police said they were given "false and malicious information" suggesting an officer was to "be kidnapped as part of a terrorist plot" on 8 December last year.
The force was put on high alert because of the hoax.
Mr Hussain, Mr Bashir, 25, from Small Heath, and Mr Sheikh, 30, from Bordesley Green, have been released on bail.
They are due to appear at Cannock Magistrates' Court on 7 October.
Mr Hussain works for the force's Birmingham West and Central Police Unit. | Three men, including a police officer, have been charged over a hoax terror plot to kidnap an officer. | 34201243 |
Reports suggest Hasnin Warekar laced his family's food with sedatives before slitting their throats.
Neighbours from the home in Thane, near Mumbai, were alerted to the attack by the screaming of the man's sister, who survived the attack.
Police say it is still unclear why Warekar carried out the attack.
Authorities are yet to question Warekar's sister, Thane police spokesman Gajanan Laxman Kabdule told AFP, as she was "in deep trauma" at a city hospital.
"He used a big knife. He killed his parents, his sisters and his sisters' children. He slit their throats" Mr Kabdule said.
The Press Trust of India news agency reported that the youngest victim was his three-month-old daughter, and the oldest his 55-year-old father.
He also killed six of his sisters' children, the report said.
The attack began in the early hours of Sunday morning, after everyone had gone to bed, he said.
Television footage showed bodies being carried out of the home, covered in sheets.
The family had gathered for dinner in Thane, about 32km (20 miles) from Mumbai, on Saturday evening.
Thane police commissioner Ashutosh Dumbre said the accused "bolted all the doors of the house and murdered his family while they were asleep", using a knife that was found near his body.
Local media reports said the family members were drugged, but that has not been confirmed by police.
The victims' bodies were discovered on Sunday morning in the man's home.
Warekar is believed to have worked as an accountant in Mumbai. | A 35-year-old Indian man killed 14 members of his own family, including seven children and his parents, before killing himself, police say. | 35681241 |
Visiting Wales on the campaign trail, he said Labour never guaranteed a funding "floor" during its years in power in Westminster.
Mr Osborne said the Welsh economy had grown faster than any other part of the UK under the coalition government.
He told BBC Radio Wales voters should "stick to the plan that's delivering that".
Mr Osborne said: "The Welsh government criticised almost all the economic policies we have announced, said it would lead to unemployment in Wales - in fact we've created 50,000 jobs in Wales and youth unemployment has halved.
"I'm responsible for the UK economic policy which has created an environment for the whole of the UK where jobs are coming here, investment is coming here and we're able to make the big commitments to the M4, to the electrification of the railways, to improvements to transport in north Wales.
"The Welsh economy has grown faster than any other part of the UK and I think that's a huge cause for celebration - let's stick to the plan that's delivering that."
Mr Osborne promised negotiations with the Welsh government over the funding settlement, but could not yet confirm the exact level.
"This is a historic moment - the Labour party were in charge at Westminster for years and never committed to this," he said.
Political party general election campaigning will concentrate on public spending and the economy on Friday.
Meanwhile, as the campaign carries on around Wales, the Liberal Democrats are accusing Labour of not addressing complaints Wales is short-changed after Shadow Chancellor Ed Balls said on Wednesday, only Labour can provide "fair funding".
Plaid Cymru will set out plans to boost the construction industry. | Chancellor George Osborne has restated his pledge to negotiate Wales' funding deal if the Tories win the election. | 32232722 |
The Findhorn Bay Local Nature Reserve management committee has put the voluntary system in place after lengthy negotiations between interested parties.
Mondays will now see no shooting, in addition to Sundays.
The season starts on 1 September and runs to 20 February.
Lisa Mead, of Friends of Findhorn Bay (FFB), said: "This is a step in the right direction, which FFB went along with in the hope that it will bring some relief to the dire situation on Findhorn Bay during the next shooting season.
"However, we feel it is still unfair to local residents, especially those living in Kinloss, who will still be woken up extremely early in the morning by shotgun fire, five days per week for six months of the year."
The British Association of Shooting and Conservation has not yet commented.
A report on the issue is going to Moray Council's economic development committee in September. | A new shooting permit system for wildfowl shooting in a Moray nature reserve has been described as "step in the right direction" by campaigners. | 40791491 |
Mr Martin, who shares the same name as the lead singer of the band, tweeted: "To the 500 Indian followers I gained in the last day I'm not in Coldplay."
He also updated his Twitter profile to read, "currently HUGE in India".
He told the BBC that a lot of his new followers are "laughing with me and a surprising amount feel sorry for me".
"A few have pointed out that me and him look similar. I don't see it, but I guess we are both skinny white men with some half baked facial hair," the British comedian said.
Mr Martin has been retweeting some of the more humorous responses he has been getting from India, including one that read: "Why do all white men look the same?"
Viewpoint: Is India's outrage over Coldplay justified?
Hymn for the Weekend criticised for misusing Indian culture
He says that despite his clarifications a lot of his followers seem to have stuck around.
"Pity followers I call them. But I'll take them. Since it's been in the media a few have jumped on the bandwagon. Everyone is welcome in my follower crew."
Some of them have even gone to his website and watched his stand-up clips but not everyone is a fan.
"One guy said he didn't find it at all funny but then called me 'buddy'. Quite possibly the politest online troll I've ever had," he said.
Mr Martin has more than 13,000 followers on Twitter. | A comedian named Chris Martin has, to his bemusement, received an influx of Twitter followers from India shortly after a Coldplay concert in Mumbai. | 38051113 |
No-fly zones will be declared over the 10 host stadiums, as well as at training grounds, with the technology deployed for most of the 51 games.
French authorities have reportedly trained for the possibility of drones being used to disperse chemical or biological weapons over crowds.
The security move has come following last November's Paris attacks, in which 130 people were killed.
Those attacks included three explosions outside the city's Stade de France, where France were playing Germany in an international friendly.
Ziad Khoury, the head of security for Euro 2016, says the safety technology deployed can "interfere with and take control of drones".
Khoury described the technology as a "dissuasive measure that didn't exist at previous sports events".
Euro 2016 starts on 10 June and runs until 10 July.
We've launched a new BBC Sport newsletter ahead of the Euros and Olympics, bringing all the best stories, features and video right to your inbox. You can sign up here. | Anti-drone technology will be deployed at Euro 2016 in France this summer. | 36315150 |
The Football Association of Wales (FAW) rejected an approach from the Tigers as they sought to replace Steve Bruce.
Coleman guided his country to the Euro 2016 semi-finals a month after signing a new two-year contract with Wales.
"There was an approach, the FAW turned it down, that's the end of it," he said.
"I want to work at the top level like everybody else but that doesn't mean to say that's the Premier League for me.
"I've said before I'd like to work in Europe again. That's not to say I don't want to work in the Premier League - it's a great league, it's recognised as the best in the world.
"But what I've got here is something very special and close to my heart."
Hull have still not found a permanent manager to replace Bruce and, despite starting the campaign with only 13 fit senior players, they have won both their Premier League fixtures so far this season under caretaker boss Mike Phelan.
Coleman was in Cardiff on Wednesday to name his squad for the opening 2018 World Cup qualifier against Moldova on 5 September.
The 46-year-old has said this qualifying campaign will be his last in charge of Wales but has no desire to resign before the end of his contract.
"It's difficult for me to walk away from Wales, especially now, on the back of what we've done and on the eve of a World Cup campaign," Coleman added.
"I'm not going to tell a lie. If someone comes and it's the Premier League, you kind of look at it sideways, of course you do.
"I'm the manager of my country. That comes around once if you're lucky." | Chris Coleman says he is "fully focused" on Wales after Hull City failed in their attempt to make him their new manager. | 37174273 |
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The man, in his 20s, slipped while walking behind Sgwd yr Eira waterfall.
A helicopter from RAF Chivenor in Devon attended the hour-long rescue, along with 30 mountain rescue members from the Brecon, central Beacons and western Beacons teams.
The man was winched to safety and flown to Prince Charles Hospital in Merthyr.
Watch footage of the rescue - courtesy of Nigel Dawson of the Brecon Mountain Rescue Team | An Italian tourist was airlifted to hospital after falling and breaking his leg while walking in the Brecon Beacons. | 28398666 |
The Spanish side - and rivals Real Madrid - were banned last January from registering players for two windows for breaching rules over the transfer of players under 18.
However both were allowed to continue to make signings while they appealed.
But Atletico have now agreed to "waive its right to seek the suspension of the ban for the winter transfer period".
Cas will make a final decision by 1 June after Atletico's first appeal - to Fifa in September - failed.
A club statement, which reiterated that they are "completely unmoved in its position that the transfer ban is unjustified", said it was "to ensure a procedural calendar that allows Atletico Madrid to fully present its appeal, while giving Cas sufficient time to thoroughly consider all the arguments".
Real are still allowed to sign players in January.
La Liga champions Barcelona were given the same punishment for the same offence in April 2014 and were banned from signing players in both 2015 windows after failing in their appeals to Fifa and Cas. | Atletico Madrid will not be able to sign players in the January window as they continue to contest a Fifa ban. | 37728933 |
The Essex County Council plans include £10m over two years for changes to the A120 and Chelmsford north east bypass.
The council also plans to spend £32m on local bus routes, community transport and concessionary bus passes for the elderly and disabled.
It aims to create an additional 3,000 primary school places costing £79m.
The Conservative-controlled authority has frozen its part of the council tax bill.
The council's government grant has been cut by £49m.
It has had to save £450m over the past four years. | A £272m budget, which includes investment in roads, transport and school places, has been backed by councillors in Essex. | 31428061 |
Police urged people to "give up the gun" during the two-week firearms and ammunition surrender across Greater Manchester, Merseyside, Cheshire, Cumbria, Lancashire and North Wales.
Rifles, guns, air weapons and a number of imitation and antique firearms were collected.
Unusual items included a replica AK-47 and a Smith & Wesson pistol.
There has been a spike in attacks since Salford's "Mr Big" Paul Massey was killed in July 2015.
The surrender began on 4 April and ended on Monday.
As well as firearms, thousands of rounds of ammunition were also handed in.
In 2014, there were 126 weapons handed in to Merseyside Police, 103 in Greater Manchester and more than 100 in Lancashire.
Greater Manchester Police Assistant Chief Constable John O'Hare said: "The surrender may be over, but our commitment to tackle gun crime is not. There will be continued efforts from GMP, our colleagues across the North West and our partners as we work together to safeguard, educate and intervene at the earliest opportunity."
Cheshire Police said the majority of weapons handed in to the force were "antiques that had been passed down through generations". | More than 800 firearms were handed to police in a guns amnesty launched after a spate of shootings in Salford. | 36091818 |
Independent PCC Mr Roddick said he was "not getting any younger".
His deputy Julian Sandham is expected to run for the post in polls on 5 May. David Taylor is running for Labour while Arfon Jones is standing for Plaid Cymru.
UKIP, the Lib Dems and the Tories have not yet announced their own candidates.
Mr Roddick said: "I have come to the decision to stand down gradually after considering it very carefully with my family and others over the past two or three months."
He said his main reason for not-seeking re-election is so he can see more of his grandchildren.
He added: "I'm not getting any younger and the burdens of this job are going to increase and therefore I think I've done my bit.
"It's now the turn of somebody else. " | North Wales police and crime commissioner Winston Roddick has announced he will not seek re-election. | 35746720 |
The singer was shooting a video for his first solo single, Sign Of The Times.
Mitchell Partridge, who runs the firm Skye Ghillie, was taking clients fishing at the Storr Lochs when scenes for the music video were shot.
Wednesday's stunt in north east Skye saw Styles dangling from a helicopter while being filmed from another.
In April last year, Kanye West visited Skye to make a music video.
The US musician's trip prompted a pun-filled tweet from Police Scotland and tongue in cheek report in a local newspaper.
Sign Of The Times is Styles' first material since One Direction declared a hiatus in January 2016. | A stunt involving One Direction's Harry Styles dangling from a helicopter on Skye has been captured by a local photographer. | 39526765 |
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A 7.5-magnitude earthquake on the South Island on Monday (11:02 GMT on Sunday) - killing at least two people - was followed hours later by one of 6.3.
Christchurch, about 110 miles away from the epicentre, felt the quake strongly.
But after engineers checked the Hagley Oval, the venue for the Test, it remains on schedule to take place.
New Zealand bowler Matt Henry, who lives in Christchurch, said he "woke up to quite a long rumble" which was "a bit scary".
He said cricket "always brings a community together", adding: "For a brief moment, you can get back to a bit of normality.
"It's probably good timing to have the Test match this week and it will be a really good occasion."
The tremors were felt about 120 miles north in Nelson, where the Pakistan squad were staying.
Pakistan coach Mickey Arthur told TVNZ: "We were on the seventh floor of the hotel and it was pretty scary.
"The boys all raced downstairs and most of the guys slept in the team room. They were a bit scared to go back up to their rooms."
The second Test will take place in Hamilton on the North Island from 25 November.
Pakistan women, who are also touring New Zealand, were on the 13th floor of a hotel in Christchurch when the tremors started.
They are due to play New Zealand in the fourth one-day international on Thursday.
Subscribe to the BBC Sport newsletter to get our pick of news, features and video sent to your inbox. | The first Test between New Zealand and Pakistan in Christchurch is set to go ahead on Thursday, after the country suffered two earthquakes. | 37971803 |
Ian Wilcox, from Bolton, was involved in a crash between a BMW 530 and a Chevrolet Matiz in Tonge Moor Road in the town in the early hours of Monday.
Mr Wilcox, who was travelling in the Chevrolet, was taken to hospital where he died.
Paying tribute, his wife Cathryn said he was an "amazing" husband and father.
She said: "Our world fell apart yesterday.
"Ian, who loved football, live music, beer and the group Queen, leaves a void that can never be filled."
A man and a woman, both aged 34, have been arrested on suspicion of drink-driving and causing death by dangerous driving.
Police are continuing to urge witnesses to come forward, particularly anyone with dashcam footage. | A 42-year-old man who was killed in a crash involving two cars was "amazing" and "leaves a void that can never be filled", his wife has said. | 40856434 |
In the three months to 31 December profit before tax fell to £526m, although revenues climbed to £6.1bn.
On Tuesday, BT was forced to write down the value of its Italian unit after years of overstating profits.
It has now confirmed that Corrado Sciolla, head of continental Europe, will step down over the affair.
"The good progress we're making across most of the business has unfortunately been overshadowed by the results of our investigation into our Italian operations and our outlook," said Gavin Patterson, BT's chief executive.
In the final three months of 2016, BT said it had seen record growth at EE, its market leading mobile unit, signing up 276,000 new customers for monthly contracts.
It also added 83,000 broadband customers while 260,000 switched to faster fibre connections.
But it faces a slowdown in work for the public sector and reiterated its warning of flat group sales and lower profits for 2016-17.
Allegations of "inappropriate behaviour" at BT's Italian operation first emerged last summer before the company began conducting an investigation in October.
It found improper accounting practices and "a complex set of improper sales, purchase, factoring and leasing transactions".
Total adjustments relating to the investigation of its Italian business amount to £513m, BT said.
Mr Sciolla's departure follows that of a number of BT Italy's senior management team. The firm said it had also appointed a new chief executive of BT Italy who will take charge on 1 February.
BT shares have fallen 22% since news of the scandal broke on Tuesday. | Quarterly profits at BT have dived 37% after the firm reported an accounting scandal in its Italian division that cost it more than £500m. | 38767641 |
One arrest was made close to Madrid, the others in various Moroccan cities.
Those arrested are suspected of involvement in a network to send fighters to areas of Syria and Iraq under IS control.
On Friday a Moroccan who had lived in Spain was arrested following a foiled attack on a high-speed French train.
Ayoub El-Khazzani, 25, originally from Tetouan in northern Morocco, arrived in Spain in 2007 and lived there for seven years, in Madrid and Algeciras, before moving to France.
He is suspected of having had contact with radical Islamists and had been put on a list marked as "potentially dangerous" by Spanish authorities. They flagged this up to French counterparts in February 2014.
Spanish counter-terrorism sources quoted on Monday by the Spanish Cadena Ser radio network said that some 800 people with a radical Islamist profile were in Europe and ready to strike, having returned from Syria and Iraq.
The latest Spanish arrest took place in San Martin de la Vega, close to Madrid, and the others were in the Moroccan cities of Fez, Casablanca, Nador, al-Hoceima and Driouech.
The Spanish interior ministry said the operation was ongoing, without giving specific details.
The BBC's Tom Burridge in Madrid says that, in June, Spain raised the terrorism threat level from three to four out of a possible five, increasing the number of armed police at sensitive sites across the country.
Level four means the intelligence services believe there is a high risk of a terror attack happening, he says.
Both Spain and Morocco have arrested dozens of suspected radical Islamists in recent years.
Islamic State fighters have overrun large parts of Syria and Iraq since launching an offensive in June 2014 in western Iraq.
Viewpoint: New anti-terror approach needed
Profile: Ayoub El-Khazzani | Spain and Morocco have arrested 14 people in a joint operation targeting suspected recruiters for the so-called Islamic State (IS) group. | 34049586 |
In a pre-election manifesto, the college said such an appointment would provide a clear voice of support to implement a mental health strategy.
It also asked parties to give the issue a "specific political focus" ahead of the assembly poll on 2 March.
It is estimated that one in five people in NI have a mental health problem.
In fact, with referral numbers increasing, mental health charities say funding has not matched the numbers seeking help.
The chair of the Royal College of Psychiatrists in Northern Ireland, Dr Gerry Lynch, said the legacy of the Troubles had contributed to a "serious mental health crisis" in Northern Ireland.
"It is estimated that the prevalence of mental health problems in Northern Ireland is 25% higher than that in England and we also have the highest general population suicide rate within the UK", he said.
The Royal College of Psychiatrists' election manifesto contains 'five asks', the first of which is the appointment of a mental health champion.
It also calls for sufficient funding for patients' needs; legislative reform and the provision of multidisciplinary, evidence-based care for patients with severe mental illness.
The fifth request is the introduction of a minimum price of 50p per unit for alcohol.
Dr Lynch added: "The feedback we are getting from our members is that there is a sense of drift within mental health, together with a lack of clarity as to where mental health service provision and planning is heading in Northern Ireland.
"There is an urgent need to put mental health at the core of our health and social care system and we are calling on political parties to support fully and implement the demands within our manifesto." | The Royal College of Psychiatrists in Northern Ireland has called on all political parties to support a move to appoint a mental health champion. | 39110143 |
Jamie Hutcheon, 25, founded Cocoa Ooze in 2008 and now employs more than 20 staff.
He sought £70,000 for a 10% share of his business, and four of the Dragons turned him down.
But retailer Touker Suleyman offered it for 35%, which he agreed to reduce to 20% once he has his money back.
Mr Hutcheon's aim is to use the money for a new production unit.
He said: "It's a fantastic opportunity. I am a self-taught entrepreneur. I am 100% passionate about it."
He was 17 when he started the business in the family kitchen. The business now features a retail shop and coffee shop, as well as running parties for children.
He was described on the programme as Aberdeen's wannabe Willy Wonka, from Roald Dahl's children's novel Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
Mr Suleyman told him: "I think you are the business. I am going to make you an offer.
"I look forward to working with you - and eating lots of chocolate."
Mr Hutcheon said afterwards: "Getting that offer was a sigh of relief.
"I came here with nothing, I go away with a well-connected Dragon." | A man who founded an Aberdeen chocolate business has landed a £70,000 investment on the BBC Two Dragons' Den television show. | 38459109 |
Staffordshire Police believe the murdered man, found near the banks of the River Trent in Staffordshire in 1971, could be John Henry Jones from Trevor.
The force said it was contacted by a member of Mr Jones' family following Tuesday's appeal.
DNA analysis will be carried out.
Mr Jones' name came to light after a dental expert reviewed missing person records. He has been missing since 1970.
The man's body was found in a shallow grave. He was naked with his hands and feet tied.
Staffordshire Police thanked the public for their support and asked for the privacy of Mr Jones' family to be respected as investigations continue. | The family of a missing man from Wrexham have contacted police following a Crimewatch Roadshow appeal over an unidentified body. | 40462071 |
The drugs recovered in the Seaton Walk area on Thursday had an estimated street value of more than £13,000.
Police Scotland said a "low five-figure" sum of money was also found.
A woman aged 35 and a man aged 36 are expected to appear at Aberdeen Sheriff Court on Friday. | Two people have been charged after cocaine worth thousands of pounds was seized in Aberdeen. | 34015060 |
England took the lead in this Group A encounter after 53 minutes when Lewis Cook's 25-yard effort found the back of the net.
But a comical own goal from Fikayo Tomori saw the two sides share the points.
Unaware that goalkeeper Dean Henderson had strayed from his goal, Tomori, who is owned by Chelsea, played a blind back-pass which rolled into an empty net.
It was Guinea's first ever under-20 World Cup goal.
The African side missed a glorious opportunity to take all three points when Alseny Soumah found himself clean through but was denied by Henderson.
The English have four points from two matches and will next face the South Koreans on Friday.
Guinea will face Argentina.
In the other group match, Argentina lost their second straight game to South Korea 2-1.
Click here for U-20 World Cup results from the Fifa website | Guinea picked up their first point at the Fifa under-20 World Cup after a 1-1 draw with England in Jeonju, South Korea, on Tuesday. | 40014385 |
Paul Vass had been jailed with the Bedfordshire businessman in 2002 over a £14m VAT fraud in Suffolk.
Vass, 49, found himself doing low paid work and believed his former partner had pocketed the proceeds of the scam.
He was found guilty of soliciting murder and possessing a firearm at Inner London Crown Court.
Vass, also known as Paul Matthews and Paul Fox, went to Bedfordshire to demand his share of the scam, which he put at £2.25m.
The businessman refused to pay and police became aware of the plot.
They tracked Vass to a Norfolk hotel where he was living and he was arrested.
Detectives found in his room a contract which he was going to make the businessman sign, handing over his businesses and cars.
Weapons including a gun and a knife were also found.
Vass was charged with two counts of soliciting murder, making a threat to kill, possessing a firearm with intent to endanger life, having a firearm in a public place and having an offensive weapon.
He denied the charges but was convicted of all charges on Friday following a trial.
He was also banned from contacting the intended victim and key witnesses or possessing, or seeking to possess offensive weapons.
He must also pay a £120 victim surcharge. | A convicted fraudster has been jailed for seven years for plotting to murder a former criminal partner who became a legitimate businessman after prison. | 34508926 |
Nicholas Edwards, now Lord Crickhowell, wrote to her in January 1986.
Cabinet Office documents released after 30 years reveal he was "in bed with flu and a temperature" and wanted to put his thoughts on paper.
A bridge was later rejected in favour of the Channel Tunnel.
"I am certain it is right to reject both the Euro Bridge and the Euro Route," wrote the Pembrokeshire MP.
"All my experience, painfully learned with the Severn Bridge and the Cleddau Bridge (which is in my constituency and was the first modern box girder bridge to collapse) warn me against bridge experiments at the frontiers of technology.
"Such structures also seem excessively vulnerable to corrosion and fatigue." He said the proposed schemes had been hastily put together with cost calculations "far too optimistic".
Other papers released by the National Archives show Mrs Thatcher ordered a review of funding in Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland - amid claims that public spending in Scotland was too high.
The releases also revealed the strength of the former Tory leader's opposition to regeneration of Cardiff docklands and the Cardiff Bay barrage project.
Finally, a gift of moon dust from the United States sparked official concern about when it should go on display in Wales, the archives disclosed. | Margaret Thatcher's Welsh secretary warned her against building a bridge between Britain and France based on his "painful" experience of crossings closer to home. | 35169682 |
Richard Sandon, 52 and an RAF veteran, suffered a broken arm, fractured ribs and bruised kidneys in the attack near the River Nene in Peterborough.
Police said he was the victim of an "unprovoked attack", on Friday evening, when the man tripped over his dog's lead. His dog was kicked but not hurt.
The attacker was described as a 6ft 2in black man wearing a khaki jacket.
Mr Sandon said he had been trying to pull Blue, a Cavalier King Charles spaniel, to one side of the towpath to allow the man to pass when he tripped over the lead.
He apologised but the man responded by punching him in the face, knocking him out of his scooter, and punching and stamping on him on the ground. He also kicked the dog, police said.
Mr Sandon was treated for a broken arm, fractured ribs, bruised kidneys and has various bruises around his face and body and remains in hospital.
"I cannot understand what sort of person would attack me and my dog Blue in this way. I am a disabled man who is obviously unable to defend myself," Mr Sandon said.
"Blue is deaf and wears a high-visibility coat which states this. Neither of us were a threat to this man."
Police described the attack, which happened at about 19:30 GMT near the bridge at Railworld, as "vicious and cowardly".
"It was an appalling and unprovoked assault on a victim who couldn't defend himself."
Officers are looking for a man described as black, slim, about 6ft 2in (1.88m), in his late 20s or early 30s.
He was wearing a khaki jacket, jeans, white boot-type trainers and a peaked black beanie hat with a red, yellow and green band around it. | A man in a mobility scooter was seriously injured when he and his deaf dog were attacked on a towpath. | 31492317 |
The dog, called Eragon, was found by children attending a service at St Mary's Church, Hitchin, on Tuesday.
He was accompanied by a note asking, "please find me a lovely new home".
The RSPCA scanned his microchip and found he belonged to Samantha Jones from Bowditch in south London. She had lost the dog during a walk in August.
The reunion was "a lovely surprise", said Ms Jones, adding: "I thought I would never see him again.
"I was especially shocked to find he was in Hertfordshire - quite a way from my London home."
The three-year-old animal was discovered tied up in a Santa sack with food, treats, a jumper and a Christmas card.
The note said: "My lady is going into a home. I need food cut small. Please find me a lovely new home. So sorry."
The RSPCA believes Eragon was found by someone who took him on without thinking to check his microchip and then found they could not cope.
RSPCA inspector Stephen Reeves said: "Eragon had clearly been cared for, as the treats, jumper and card show, but it it could have ended quite badly to leave a little dog like that out with no care in the temperatures we've been seeing recently.
"It was certainly one of the more unusual and most festive rescues I have ever been called out to." | A Chihuahua dumped at a church in Hertfordshire in a Santa sack has been reunited with his owner four months after he went missing. | 30549220 |
Belfast Giants' Scottish centre, 37, scored a hat-trick on home ice to move onto 41 international goals, one ahead of previous record-holder Tony Hand.
The result moves Britain level with Japan on 12 points at the top of World Championship Division 1 Group B.
The nations play on Saturday (19:30 BST), with the winner taking gold and promotion to Division 1 Group A.
BBC Radio 5 live sports extra will have full commentary of the match. | Colin Shields became Great Britain's all-time leading goalscorer in a 14-0 victory over Netherlands in Belfast. | 39753409 |
The twins had their DNA tested after their family noticed they looked different, said local reports.
The occurrence, known as heteropaternal superfecundation, is rare with few publicly known about.
It happens when a woman's eggs are fertilised by two men within a short period of time.
Professor Le Dinh Luong, president of the Hanoi-based Vietnam Genetic Association which did the DNA testing, said the results were "100% correct" in what he called "an extremely rare case".
"There are only less than 10 known cases of twins with different fathers in the world. There might be other cases but the parents and/or the twins were not aware of it or didn't want to announce it," he told the BBC's Nga Pham.
He declined to give further details citing client confidentiality, but added that local reports stating the twins' location, names and timeframe were inaccurate.
Vietnamese news outlets began reporting on the case earlier this month, saying that relatives had noticed that one of the twins looked markedly different from its sibling and parents. | A pair of Vietnamese fraternal twins have been confirmed to have different fathers, a local genetic association has told the BBC. | 35761281 |
Malignaggi, 36, previously said UFC lightweight champion McGregor meeting former five-weight boxing champion Mayweather was "an absolute joke".
He retired in March but is in talks for a sparring role for the 26 August bout.
"I have the mentality of being a member of the team and trying to benefit it as much as I can," Malginaggi said.
Malignaggi does not want to return to competition but during his 16-year career, he held world titles at super-lightweight and welterweight, winning 36 of his 44 fights.
When speaking to 5 live in May about McGregor potentially moving into boxing to face unbeaten Mayweather, 40, he said that not "a second of the fight is competitive".
But he expects to come to an arrangement with the McGregor's team and said he would even sign a confidentiality agreement to prevent him talking about the training in the event he parted ways with the 28-year-old before the Las Vegas bout.
"I've never been the type to talk about what happens in sparring," said Malignaggi. "If they are comfortable with a confidentiality clause I'd have no problem. I've never done this before. I've never been the sparring partner since my early twenties. I'm not a 22-year-old going in there to make a name for myself.
"They are the bosses and they run it how they want to. I'm curious about it, to see how Conor has progressed in these months."
Mayweather will stretch his unbeaten record to 50 fights with victory over McGregor, who has never boxed professionally but became the first man in history to hold titles in multiple UFC weight categories in 2016. | Former two-weight world champion Paulie Malignaggi is set to be a sparring partner for Conor McGregor as he prepares to fight Floyd Mayweather. | 40451852 |
But the broadcaster added it had not resulted in the "dramatic improvements" he had hoped for.
Marr travelled to Florida to try a new anti-inflammatory drug to help alleviate some of the effects of the stroke he suffered in January 2013.
He told the Press Association: "It hasn't been 'pick up thy bed and walk' but it hasn't been nothing, either."
Marr had described the treatment - which involved having the drug Etanercept injected into the spinal fluid while hanging upside down - as a Christmas present to himself.
"Although I haven't seen the dramatic improvements that I hoped for, there have been subtle and useful changes which I am going to work on through physiotherapy and exercise over the coming months," Marr said.
"We will tell the fuller story in a BBC documentary scheduled to be broadcast in January."
The TV and radio presenter spent two months in hospital after the stroke and had extensive physiotherapy to help him walk. He remains partly paralysed on his left side.
Writing in The Spectator last week, he said: "I'm not complaining too much: I can work, drink, see friends, paint, listen to music and irritate my children like before. I'm a lucky fellow.
"But I can't run or cycle or swim, and I walk very unsteadily and slowly. I drop things and take ages to get dressed."
Follow us on Facebook, on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, or on Instagram at bbcnewsents. If you have a story suggestion email [email protected]. | Andrew Marr has said a new treatment he has tried four years after a stroke has led to "subtle and useful changes". | 38339619 |
His comments came as the bank's latest Report on Jobs found Scotland's job market was in "relatively rude health".
The final report for 2014 said permanent placements rose sharply, and there was a rise in starting salaries.
In November, Scotland's job growth slowed to is lowest rate since April falling behind the rest of the UK. In December it bounced back.
The survey found the largest increases in permanent job openings were in IT and computing followed by the executive and professional sector.
The sharpest increases were recorded in Aberdeen.
There was a loss of momentum in growth of placements for temporary jobs and contract vacancies, the report said.
The strongest demand for temporary staff continued to be in the nursing/medical/care sector.
The report found that starting salaries increased sharply last month as demand for staff remained strong.
Salary inflation was close to the survey record, with the rate of inflation second only to July 2014.
In comparison, growth in hourly pay rates for temporary staff was much slower, having eased to a three-month low.
The availability of candidates remained in decline for both permanent and temporary positions.
Mr MacRae said: "The number of people appointed to jobs rose with particularly strong growth in appointments to permanent jobs.
"The number of vacancies rose at a faster pace while staring salaries rose at near-record levels.
"These results provide further evidence that the economic recovery continued at the end of last year and looks set to carry on into 2015." | Scotland's economic recovery is set to continue in 2015, according to Bank of Scotland chief economist Donald MacRae. | 30851449 |
The Yarubiya border post was captured after three days of clashes with groups linked to al-Qaeda, the fighters said.
Officials on the Iraqi side of the border said they could hear heavy gunfire and shelling.
Kurdish groups in northern Syria have tried to stay out of the civil war between the government and rebels.
However as Islamist rebel groups have moved into Kurdish-controlled areas in recent months, clashes between them and Kurdish militias have been increasing.
An Iraqi official told the Associated Press that the Baghdad government had brought Iraqi reinforcements to its side of the border to prevent the violence spilling over.
He described the fighting as "heavy battles in which all types of weapons were used".
The border crossing was under the Syrian government's control until March, when it was taken by Islamist rebels.
Syria's Kurdish minority makes up around 10% of the population and is largely concentrated in the country's far north-east, near the borders with Turkey and Iraq.
The fighting between jihadist rebels and armed Kurdish militia - both of whom are anti-government - adds another layer to Syria's complex civil war. | Kurdish fighters in north-east Syria have taken control of a border crossing with Iraq from Islamist rebel groups. | 24689025 |
Working with food scientists at the University of Reading, the bespectacled kitchen guru discovered ingredients rich in the fifth basic taste, umami, makes food more appealing.
In a trial with 31 elderly patients his enhanced meals were a clear winner over regular hospital dishes.
A dash of Worcester sauce, soy or ketchup may be enough, the work shows.
The enhanced recipe put to the test was Heston's cottage pie.
Patients were asked to eat as much or as little of it as they wanted. They were also offered a standard cottage pie for comparison but were not told which of the two dishes was Heston's.
Overall, the patients rated the TV chef's meal as far tastier, the journal Nutrition and Aging reports.
They also ate more of it, but more trials are needed to see whether Heston's recipes will prevent malnutrition by getting patients to eat more.
Around one in three people admitted to hospital or care homes in the UK are found to be malnourished or at risk of malnourishment.
Flavour in foods, especially savoury ones, is enhanced by umami - known as the fifth taste, and also the Japanese word for delicious and savoury.
The umami taste is due to the detection of an amino acid common in meat, cheese, broth, stock, and other protein-rich foods.
The other four tastes are salt, sour, sweet and bitter. | TV chef Heston Blumenthal appears to have found the key ingredient to give elderly hospital patients an appetite. | 25491136 |
The grouse shooting license , granted by Bradford City Council, is due to expire in April.
Ban Bloodsports on Ilkley Moor (BBIM) said the practice is "a conservation calamity".
Bingley Moor Partnership, which has the contract to run eight days of grouse shooting per year, said the events helps fund moorland preservation.
Luke Steele from BBIM said: "Bradford Council can achieve so much better with this land than grouse shooting, which causes so much damage," he said.
"We want it to be used for the public's interests, to contribute to the local economy, to improve biodiversity and mitigate flood risk in the valleys below.
"Anything short will only ensure this conservation calamity continues."
Edward Bromet of Bingley Moor Partnership said the shoots help fund the moor.
"We've sprayed back the bracken, reduced sheep numbers, we're allowing the heather to restore... the pest and predator control allows the birds to take advantage of the restored vegetation," he said.
"The red- and amber-listed birds like lapwing and curlew can come back to the moor again and everybody can come up and enjoy it."
The council said: "The current contract to allow shooting on the moor will come to an end in April next year.
"All representations will be taken into account before any decision is made on whether to renew the contract or not." | A protest ramble to the top of Ilkley Moor has been held to oppose grouse shooting on council land. | 40910811 |
Contenders Jeremy Corbyn and Owen Smith will go head to head before a live studio audience on 8 September.
The debate from Oldham, shown at 21:00 BST on BBC One, marks the start of a new series of the weekly debate show.
Dimbleby, 77, has hosted Question Time since 1994 as well as anchoring the BBC's general election programmes since 1979.
He said: "It's good news that the two contenders for the Labour leadership have agreed to appear in front of a Question Time audience. As we saw in the EU referendum debates, and the general election debates, there's nothing like a Question Time audience for discovering and testing different political views."
The result of Labour's leadership contest will be announced on 24 September. | Veteran broadcaster David Dimbleby is to present Question Time with a Labour leadership special. | 37164367 |
The plane came down near Blackbushe Airport in Hampshire on Friday, killing the pilot and all three passengers.
The airport reopened at 08:00 BST after it was shut over the weekend to allow for investigations.
The Saudi Arabian embassy in London said it was working with the British authorities to repatriate the bodies.
In a statement, the Saudi ambassador to the UK, Prince Mohammed bin Nawaf Al Saud, offered condolences to the Bin Laden family.
The plane - an Embraer Phenom 300 - is reported to have belonged to an aviation firm owned by the Saudi-based family of the former al-Qaeda leader.
The plane, which was arriving from Milan, Italy, crashed into a British Car Auctions site at the airfield, exploding on impact.
The auction firm is contacting customers after about 30 vehicles were caught up in the blast.
Hampshire police said it believed three of the dead to be the mother, sister and brother-in-law of the owner of the aircraft, all of whom are from the Bin Laden family.
A force spokesperson said the Saudi Arabian nationals were visiting the UK on holiday.
Police are carrying out a joint investigation with the Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB).
The airport, in Yateley, said the jet had crashed near the end of the runway while attempting to make a landing. | An airport that was closed after a private jet crashed killing three members of Osama Bin Laden's family has reopened. | 33755716 |
The famous trophy was brought to Belfast for the gala premiere of a film that heavily features Northern Ireland's match against Brazil in the Mexico 1986 World Cup.
Shooting for Socrates tells the underdog story of a father and son who are Northern Ireland fans, set against the backdrop of the team's World Cup exploits.
One of the driving forces behind the film is footballer David Campbell, who made his international debut in the match in front of 50,000 people in the searing heat of Guadalajara, Mexico.
He said the film has been four years in the making, and having the World Cup trophy in Belfast for the premiere is "a dream come true".
"It's very special that Fifa have allowed this to happen," he says.
The cup, which will be presented to the winning team in Russia in 2018, was brought by Fifa vice president Jim Boyce from Zurich to his home city.
Mr Boyce said Fifa president Sepp Blatter deserves much of the credit for the trophy's visit.
"When David first wrote to Fifa, they turned down the request," he said.
"I went to Sepp Blatter, I explained what was happening and he immediately said 'the World Cup has to come to Belfast'."
Many of the original Northern Ireland 1986 squad attended the Belfast Film Festival event at the Waterfront Hall, including captain Sammy McIlroy who said it was "a fantastic effort to get to where we are tonight". | The World Cup has come to Northern Ireland for the first time. | 32455251 |
Chief executive Anthony O'Sullivan, his deputy Nigel Barnett and head of legal services Daniel Perkins were first arrested in 2013.
They have been suspended on full pay since, with leader Keith Reynolds saying the council will now seek to recover the £1m cost.
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said it respected the court's decision.
Mr Reynolds said "serious questions" must be asked about the investigation.
Mr O'Sullivan was first arrested in March 2013, followed by the other two in July that year.
They were all charged with misconduct in public office, with a trial date set for November 2015 at Bristol Crown Court.
But a judge has now dismissed the case.
A spokesman for the CPS said: "The court today acceded to a defence application to dismiss the case against all three defendants and we respect that decision.
"This was a complicated, wide-reaching and lengthy investigation into serious allegations against council employees.
"CPS South West's Complex Casework Unit took the decision to charge the three defendants following extensive consultation with the police. Since that time the prosecution team has pursued the case within the proper judicial process."
The three officers will now remain suspended while the council "deals with the matter in accordance with its own procedure".
Mr Reynolds said many people will be "concerned and frustrated" about the process.
"There are serious questions to be asked of the CPS about the length of time taken and we will be seeking to recover the salary costs of the suspended officers which are now in excess of £1 million," he said.
Caerphilly MP Wayne David said he is "appalled" by the investigation and will raise the matter in parliament. | Misconduct charges against three senior Caerphilly council officials have been dropped, the local authority has said. | 34583463 |
Pilot Bertrand Piccard brought the plane in from Phoenix, Arizona, in a flight that lasted just over 18 hours.
The zero-fuel aircraft has now reached halfway across America, with its immediate goal of getting to New York firmly in sight.
The Swiss team wants to be on the East Coast at the start of June to begin planning the big Atlantic crossing.
To complete its circumnavigation of the globe, the solar-powered aeroplane needs to get to Abu Dhabi, UAE. That is where the adventure got under way in March last year.
As well as setting new aviation milestones, the stated purpose of the project is to demonstrate the capability of clean technologies.
LEG 1: 9 March. Abu Dhabi (UAE) to Muscat (Oman) - 772km; 13 Hours 1 Minute
LEG 2: 10 March. Muscat (Oman) to Ahmedabad (India) - 1,593km; 15 Hours 20 Minutes
LEG 3: 18 March. Ahmedabad (India) to Varanasi (India) - 1,170km; 13 Hours 15 Minutes
LEG 4: 18 March. Varanasi (India) to Mandalay (Myanmar) - 1,536km; 13 Hours 29 Minutes
LEG 5: 29 March. Mandalay (Myanmar) to Chongqing (China) - 1,636km; 20 Hours 29 Minutes
LEG 6: 21 April. Chongqing (China) to Nanjing (China) - 1,384km; 17 Hours 22 Minutes
LEG 7: 30 May. Nanjing (China) to Nagoya (Japan) - 2,942km; 1 Day 20 Hours 9 Minutes
LEG 8: 28 June. Nagoya (Japan) to Kalaeloa, Hawaii (US) - 8,924km; 4 Days 21 Hours 52 Minutes
LEG 9: 21 April. Kalaeloa, Hawaii (US) to Mountain View, California (US) - 4,523km; 2 Days 17 Hours 29 Minutes
LEG 10: 2 May. Mountain View, California (US) to Phoenix, Arizona (US) - 1,199km; 15 Hours 52 Minutes
LEG 11: 12 May. Phoenix, Arizona (US) to Tulsa, Oklahoma (US) - 1,570 km; 18 Hours 10 Minutes | Solar Impulse has landed in Tulsa, Oklahoma, ending stage 11 in its round-the-world journey. | 36284496 |
The firm has said seven bidders were interested in buying its UK business, including its Port Talbot plant.
In a speech in Swansea, Mr Cairns said access to the European Union market was "fundamental" to steel manufacturers.
But Vote Leave Cymru called the EU a "barrier that restricts our ability to offer support to businesses in need".
Speaking to business leaders on Thursday, Mr Cairns said: "Although there are no guarantees, be in no doubt our membership of the European Union makes our chances of gaining that buyer, of defending our industry, so much stronger.
"Access to the EU market is fundamental to any steel manufacturer, with 69% of all steel exports from Wales going to Europe last year."
Mr Cairns warned that, after a Brexit, the British steel industry could fall victim to EU tariffs.
"The joint action taken across Europe to defend our industry from steel dumping has led steel imports from outside the EU [to] fall massively," he said.
"We've pressed the European Commission for firmer, faster action and there is still more to do."
But a Vote Leave Cymru spokesman responded: "When the Welsh steel industry needed intervention, both the governments in Westminster and Cardiff were limited in what they could do by the EU."
"We are almost powerless to set tariffs to protect Welsh and UK based businesses from dumping from China, and when an important Welsh industry needs help in the future, we will be in a far weaker position to assist if we vote to remain in the EU." | Staying in the EU makes the chances of finding a buyer for Tata's steel operations in Wales "much stronger", Welsh Secretary Alun Cairns has said. | 36331462 |
Up to 11,000 jobs will be lost across the UK after efforts to find a buyer for the store failed.
BHS went into administration in April. A number of offers were made to buy the department store chain but none of them were accepted by administrators.
The company has stores in Belfast, Holywood, Newtownabbey and Lisburn.
All 163 BHS stores will be holding closing sales over the coming weeks. | Department store BHS is to go into liquidation with the loss of about 200 jobs in four stores in Northern Ireland. | 36433339 |
Offenders will face fines - as much as 50,000 roubles (£829; $1,400) for organisations, or up to 2,500 roubles (£41; $70) for individuals.
Where disputes arise a panel of experts will decide exactly what counts as a swear word.
Books containing swear words will have to carry warnings on the cover.
Russia's Vesti news website says that, according to sociologists' research, swearing is common in two-thirds of Russian companies.
The law will take effect from 1 July and will not apply to cases of swearing at performances before that date.
A leading pro-Putin film director and now MP, Stanislav Govorukhin, was one of the new law's architects.
The law harks back to the conservatism of the Soviet period, when the Communist Party required artists and writers to avoid "decadent" Western fashions and to stick to traditional values.
Traders who fail to give consumers warnings about swearing in videos or other audiovisual products will risk having their licences withdrawn.
It is not clear whether the ban on swearing in the media will also extend to Russian users of international social media such as Twitter and Facebook. | Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a law banning all swearing in films, television broadcasts, theatres and the media. | 27286742 |
Members of the Scottish Parliament's European and External Relations Committee will meet ambassadors from the EU and the European Free Trade Association on Tuesday.
Later this month the committee will hold an evidence session.
It will hear from businesses and the public sector likely to be affected by last month's vote to leave the EU.
European and External Relations Committee convener Joan McAlpine said: "Sixty-two per cent of voters in Scotland voted to remain in the EU.
"For that reason alone, it is important to understand what the possible options are to safeguard Scotland's place in Europe.
"Our meetings in Brussels will seek to open channels with key European decision makers to discuss how Scotland's interests can be represented as discussions go forward."
She added: "Our session later this month provides us with an opportunity to hear from key sectors, including higher education, finance and industry.
"We will raise the questions and concerns of those sectors in our meetings with the Scottish and UK governments."
The evidence session will be held on 28 July, with witnesses expected to include members of the Scotch Whisky Association and Virgin Money.
The committee also plans to hold further evidence sessions with First Minister Nicola Sturgeon and UK government ministers, on dates yet to be confirmed.
Members will also commission research on the implications of Brexit and hold a public consultation on what Scotland's residents feel about leaving the EU.
Last week, Prime Minister Theresa May told Ms Sturgeon she was "willing to listen to options" on Scotland's future relationship with the European Union.
But after talks in Edinburgh, Mrs May appeared unwilling to consider a second referendum on Scottish independence. | MSPs are due to head to Brussels this week in an effort to find out what Brexit will mean for Scotland. | 36816788 |
Mansfield in Nottinghamshire is one of only a handful in UK to be earmarked for the cash which marks 50 years of conservation areas.
A grant of £921,600 will be spent restoring buildings around Leeming Street in the town centre.
Heritage consultant Denis Hill said the street had become "a bit of a mess" and the move could boost the local economy.
The Heritage Lottery Fund says it has invested more than £288m of National Lottery money in more than 439 projects conserving and renewing historic town areas, from Denbigh in North Wales to Whitechapel, London.
Natasha Ley, from Heritage Lottery Fund, said selection for the £17m fund been "hugely competitive" with only a third of applications being successful.
"These schemes should aim to halt and reverse the decline of historic townscapes by creating attractive, vibrant and interesting places where in the future people will want to live, work, visit and invest.
"This will be achieved by funding physical works to repair and enhance the historic area in order to encourage business confidence, by providing local people with the opportunity to learn new skills, and by inspiring the local community to take an interest in and get involved with their townscape heritage."
Mr Hill, who had worked with the Mansfield Businesses Improvement District, said: "Owners have made lots of changes to these buildings, particularly with big windows, and frankly it looks a bit of a mess.
"We will restore these frontages and promote their heritage. Once people realise the importance of the area it is easier to market it, visitors come and the economy improves."
Once final plans are approved, the money is expected to become available in spring 2018. | Nearly £1m is being given to a town to restore a "messy" street to how it looked in the early 20th Century. | 38796177 |
The vaccine will be given as a nasal spray.
About 150,000 children aged two-five and about 400,000 primary school children will be eligible to receive it.
A campaign to inform parents about how their child can be vaccinated and the protection it can offer is under way.
Last year, every two and three-year-old and about 100,000 school children taking part in a pilot programme were offered the vaccine.
This is the next phase of a rollout that will eventually see all children aged two-17 covered. Health experts estimate this could prevent an additional 200 deaths a year and up to 1,100 hospitalisations.
Dr Nicola Steedman, the Scottish government's senior medical officer, said: "Flu can be very unpleasant for children, and in some cases it can develop into more serious health complications such as bronchitis, pneumonia and middle ear infection.
"Parents can make sure their child is safeguarded against flu by taking up the offer of this free vaccine. It's safe, quick and painless, and offers protection against the types of virus that are most likely to be circulating this winter."
Parents of primary school children have been urged to look out for and return consent forms sent home in school bags so that their child can be vaccinated.
Parents of children aged 2-5 should make an appointment with their GP practice from October.
Health Secretary Alex Neil added: "The scale of this vaccination programme, once fully implemented, is unprecedented.
"Immunisation is the best way of protecting against serious diseases, and the childhood flu programme is about ensuring more people than ever in Scotland are protected from the flu virus." | Every child in Scotland aged between two and 11 is to be offered the flu vaccine as a nationwide immunisation programme is rolled out. | 28895547 |
Corramore Construction Ltd was fined £750 for causing pollution on the Altagoan River near Draperstown.
Inspectors found silage effluent being piped into the river from a site where an anaerobic digestion plant was being built.
The company pleaded guilty to the offence from March 2016.
Officers went to the Gortnaskey Road near Draperstown after a pollution report.
They found fungal growth in the river and recorded a strong agricultural odour from the water.
A pipe was discovered that was discharging a dark coloured liquid to the river.
Further examination found two other pipes also discharging effluent.
It had gathered at a construction site where the anaerobic digester plant was being built.
Samples of discharge were collected from three different points.
All were found to contain poisonous, noxious or polluting matter that was potentially harmful to fish.
Anaerobic digesters use organic material like slurry or silage, which are broken down in the sealed units to produce a biogas.
It can be burned to generate heat and power. | A construction company has been fined for polluting a river in County Londonderry while building a green energy project. | 40856206 |
The child was taken under safeguarding measures from the address in Station Street West, Foleshill.
A 29-year-old man and a 31-year-old woman were arrested on suspicion of wilful neglect of a person under 16.
Both were bailed after the incident, which happened at about 21:00 GMT on Friday. | A man and a woman have been arrested on suspicion of child neglect after a disturbance at a house in Coventry, police have said. | 35906890 |
Nova Welsh, 24, was found in a utility cupboard at flats in Lighthorne Avenue, Birmingham, on 18 August 1981, said West Midlands Police.
A post-mortem examination revealed the mother-of-two died from pressure to the neck.
Osmond Bell, 59, from Handsworth, has been remanded in custody until Friday when he is due before Birmingham Crown Court.
More on this and other Birmingham stories | A man has been charged with the murder of a woman found dead 35 years ago. | 37032200 |
The expansion comes as Flybe launches its second 118-seat Embraer Jet at the airport in Rhoose, Vale of Glamorgan.
The 22 extra flights will increase journeys to Cork, Dublin, Dusseldorf, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Milan and Paris, while flights to and from Munich will depart five days a week.
Flybe has grown operations from Cardiff after opening a base there in June.
The airport's managing director Debra Barber said she was confident the airline would "continue to thrive" from the base. | Flights to Munich and 22 extra weekly journeys will begin from Cardiff Airport on Monday. | 34073128 |
Gwent Police said a silver Renault Megane and an Iveco Flatbed lorry collided in Garn Yr Erw, near Blaenavon, at about 12:15 BST on Friday.
The driver of the Megane, a 26-year-old from the area, died while the lorry driver suffered minor injuries.
Gwent Police is investigating. | A man has been killed after the car he was driving was involved in a crash with a lorry in Torfaen. | 37524048 |
The spending boost is part of a 96.72 trillion yen overall budget that also sets a record high.
The defence boost comes after a year of increasingly assertive maritime activity by China in disputed seas.
The plan also approves the purchase of a range of US defence hardware, deepening co-operation with America.
Among the defence equipment Japan will be buying from the US, is a surveillance drone, F-35 fighter jets, an Aegis destroyer, submarine construction and spending on sonar development.
The Japanese parliament must approve the budget, but as Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Liberal Democratic Party controls both houses of parliament, it is expected to pass.
The military spending boost is the fourth successive increase and represents a 1.5% boost on this year's total.
It follows a controversial legal change that broadened the definition of self defence, to allow Japan to come to the aid of allies abroad, despite a constitutional bar on offensive military action.
The draft budget also features record-high social security spending - the biggest single item - to help deal with Japan's ageing population, and stimulate the economy. | Japan's cabinet has approved a record 5.1 trillion yen ($42.1bn; £28.4bn) military budget for the next financial year, its fourth annual increase. | 35173725 |
A report from the Gorwel think tank had said most AMs come from politics or the public sector, and do not accurately reflect the Welsh workforce.
It said 44% of AMs had been councillors before they were elected.
The report calls on parties to review selection procedures to encourage wider entry from private firms.
Written by Gorwel's Russell Deacon and Ellen McDonnell, the study also found:
The report says that 68% of the overall workforce work in the private sector, making it the largest source of employment in Wales by two to one over the public sector.
But only 16% of AMs were found to have entered the assembly from private firms, compared to 41% who came from full or part-time politics, 14% the public sector and 11% education.
Councillors are "over a thousand times more represented... than in the general Welsh population as a whole", the report said. Only 0.04% of the overall population have been councillors.
"By a large majority, most AMs with a background in politics and the public sector are Labour AMs", the report said.
The authors recommended that being a councillor should not be the main pre-requisite of selection, and there should be alternative routes to gain skills that would be obtained through serving on a local council. | Private sector workers are "hugely underrepresented" in the assembly, a study has said. | 38880739 |
Turnbull, who spent 15 years with the early morning show, will take the radio station's mid-morning slot at 10:00 on Saturdays and Sundays.
He said it would be "a real joy to turn from news to music, especially at a more civilised hour".
The 60-year-old, who is also the host of new BBC quiz show Think Tank, will begin broadcasting on 9 April.
The station's managing editor Sam Jackson said Turnbull was "one of those rare presenters who everyone feels like they know".
"His warmth and wit have endeared him to millions of television viewers and now we're thrilled that he's joining Classic FM's weekend team."
Turnbull, who worked as a foreign news correspondent before joining Breakfast in 2001, left the BBC's flagship morning broadcast in February.
He said he wanted to dispel the idea that leaving Breakfast meant he was retiring completely, adding he would be "cluttering up the airwaves in one respect or another for a while yet".
Fellow BBC game show host Alexander Armstrong, who fronts Pointless, will join Turnbull in the station's new weekend schedule, taking over from him at 13:00 on both days.
The changes will also see existing presenters Alan Titchmarsh and Aled Jones move to the breakfast slots on Saturday and Sunday respectively. | Former BBC Breakfast presenter Bill Turnbull is to host two weekend programmes on Classic FM from April. | 35862100 |
The former Burton boss was replaced by Gianfranco Zola at St Andrew's after more than two years with the Blues.
Rowett, 42, left Birmingham seventh in the Championship, only outside the play-off places on goal difference.
"I am extremely disappointed that my time as manager of Birmingham City has come to an end," said Rowett in a League Managers' Association statement.
"I felt we were only halfway through the project and I strongly believed we were on course to achieve our objectives."
Birmingham lost 2-1 at home to Brighton in their first match under Zola on Saturday.
"I would like to take this opportunity to thank the players, fans and everyone at the club for their support and hard work during my time at Birmingham City," added Rowett.
"I wish them well for the future and look forward to my next challenge in the game." | Gary Rowett says he is already looking forward to his next managerial job after being sacked by Birmingham City. | 38357372 |
Hampshire Police confirmed the discovery, but said the body had not been formally identified.
The family of Stephen Taylor, 54, of Newbroke Road, Gosport, has been informed.
A coastguard search was sparked when Mr Taylor, an experienced kayaker, failed to return home after leaving Lee-on-the-Solent on Saturday.
He was heading to Lepe beach in a blue kayak. | A body has been found in the search for a kayaker who went missing in the Solent. | 32371326 |
One item was found on a sandbank by an amateur US investigator in late February and the other in December by a South African tourist.
MH370 disappeared in March 2014, en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, carrying 239 passengers.
Despite a huge search, only one fragment of the plane has been found.
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) confirmed to the BBC that they had received the debris from Mozambique on Sunday and were "working with the Malaysian investigative team to analyse it".
Malaysia's transport minister has previously said there is a "high possibility" the debris found in February came from a Boeing 777, the same model as missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370.
Australia is leading the search for the plane as it is suspected to have gone down in waters closest to the country.
Specialists from Boeing are assisting in the analysis work.
So far, the only debris confirmed by investigators to have been from the missing plane is a fragment of wing found on the Indian Ocean island of Reunion.
Another piece of debris found recently on the island is unlikely to have been from the missing plane, Australian investigators have said.
The location where the various pieces of debris have been found is consistent with models of ocean currents, which show where the sea might have carried wreckage from the suspected crash site. | Two pieces of debris found in Mozambique which may have come from missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 have arrived in Australia for analysis. | 35859833 |
The men, both 31, were arrested as part of a wider fraud investigation on Tuesday and their homes were searched.
Neither men are understood to be councillors. Both were released on police bail.
Ch Supt Bernie O'Reilly said: "Staffordshire Police treat such allegations seriously and investigates them thoroughly."
He said further arrests in the investigation were likely. | Two men have been arrested on suspicion of a fraud linked to last year's council elections in Stoke-on-Trent. | 13309980 |
The Rail Accident Investigation Branch is reviewing London Underground safety procedures after the woman fell under a train leaving Clapham South station.
She snagged her coat in the train doors and was dragged a short distance along the platform at rush hour on 12 March.
She became detached from the coat and fell into a gap between the train and the platform, hurting her head and arm.
The investigation will specifically review London Underground's (LU) safety arrangements for the safe dispatch of trains from its stations and the risk posed by items potentially becoming trapped in train doors.
At about 08:00 GMT a member of staff on the platform signalled for the train driver to begin closing the doors, the Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) said.
Because of an obstruction, one set of doors was unable to close properly and all the doors reopened.
The RAIB said the woman stepped out of the crowded carriage, intending to catch the next train, but as the doors shut again her coat became trapped, unbeknown to the driver who began to drive the train into the tunnel.
Checking the live platform-view camera in his cab, the driver saw "passengers stepping aside and a person moving with the train", it said.
He quickly applied the brakes but the train travelled about 60m (196ft) in total before it came to a halt.
"Before the train came to a stop, the passenger fell to the ground, off the platform edge and into the gap between the fourth and fifth carriages, having become separated from her coat," the RAIB said. | A Tube driver saw a woman being dragged along the platform by a train and fall down the gap, it has emerged. | 32068803 |
The Stubbington bypass near Fareham has been "an aspiration for more than 30 years", ministers said.
The award supplements £8.5m already given to the project by Hampshire County Council.
The authority said work on the road was expected to start within two years and would take about two years to complete.
The bypass will run through nearly three miles of farmland near Stubbington village, connecting the A27 with the Solent Enterprise Zone on the former Daedalus airfield.
Gosport MP Caroline Dinenage said it would "unlock £200m of private sector leverage" as well as easing "terrible congestion" on the A32 and other routes.
The government, which announced funding as part of the latest round of local Growth Deals, said road users would enjoy "particularly strong forecast benefits".
The money was awarded to the Solent Local Enterprise Partnership which submitted a bid in July, naming the bypass as a top priority.
Hampshire County Councillor Rob Humby, in charge of transport, said it was "one of the biggest schemes by far" that the authority had delivered. | A long-awaited bypass to ease "terrible congestion" in part of Hampshire will finally go ahead after the government allocated £25.7m to build it. | 38852553 |
He said he was "disappointed" that 11 of the 22 councils "had nothing to say about how we shape local government".
The Williams Commission report in January called for a cut to 10 or 12 councils.
Only one of its recommended mergers - Conwy and Denbighshire - has been supported by the councils in question.
Criticism of the councils came as Mr Andrews published more than 170 responses from organisations and members of the public to the formal consultation on local government reorganisation.
However, several of the councils which did not respond to the formal consultation have submitted their views on voluntary mergers following a separate appeal by the minister. | Local councils who failed to respond to consultation on mergers have been criticised by public services minister Leighton Andrews. | 30380282 |
Khawaja Saad Rafique took part in talks with religious leaders to end the four-day demonstration in Islamabad.
The riots began after the execution of a police guard who killed a politician for advocating blasphemy law reform.
There had been a threat to clear the thousands of protesters by force.
They had been calling for the immediate execution of Asia Bibi, a Christian woman convicted of blasphemy.
Critics say Pakistan's blasphemy laws, which allow the death penalty to be imposed in some cases, are often misused to oppress religious minorities.
Ms Bibi's case was championed by moderate Punjab governor Salman Taseer before he was shot dead by police guard Mumtaz Qadri in 2011.
Qadri's supporters say he is a hero and should be considered a martyr.
Mr Saad Rafique, the railway minister who was involved in negotiations, said an understanding was reached over a number of issues.
He said there were verbal clarifications that the government did not intend to offer any extraordinary concessions to blasphemy convicts.
The BBC's M Ilyas Khan in Islamabad says the clerics were also told to submit their proposals for the imposition of Sharia, another of their demands, with the ministry of religious affairs.
Our correspondent says some 600 troops had been deployed at the government's request in Islamabad's Red Zone where government buildings are located.
Over the four days the number of demonstrators diminished from at least 10,000 to about 1,000.
Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan said more than 1,000 people had also been arrested - and only those found to be involved in any violence would be charged.
"We will release them gradually after checking details of their offences," he said.
The protests in the capital have once again highlighted Pakistan's deep divisions over its battle with extremism. | Hard-line Islamist protesters who overran a security zone in Pakistan's capital dispersed after assurances the government had no plans to amend the blasphemy law, a minister says. | 35926675 |
The dramatic folk re-enactment of Hindu god Ram's victory over the 10-headed demon king Ravana celebrates the triumph of good over evil.
The head of the former royal family of Varanasi selects the children to play Ram, his wife Sita and his three brothers, and the actors are handed over to a teacher to be trained for their performances.
Photographer Saibal Das went backstage to meet the children who play god. | For two months every year, five children in Ramnagar town in the northern Indian city of Varanasi don greasepaint and are dressed in silken robes to perform in the Ramlila festival, based on the Hindu religious epic Ramayana. | 34674727 |
Children that had to flee Syria due to the war there are now dealing with terrible weather conditions in neighbouring country Lebanon.
The UN refugee agency, the UNHCR, is giving out emergency winter aid, but there are a lot of people needing help.
Watch the clip to hear from children living there.
Footage from Dar Al-Mussawir/ Unicef | Refugee camps in Lebanon have been hit with freezing temperatures, carpeting the sands with snow. | 31547228 |
The visitors took a surprise lead in the second half when Joaquin Larrivey finished after Nolito's backheel.
Luis Enrique's Barcelona side hit the woodwork four times, with Lionel Messi and Neymar both being frustrated twice.
Luis Suarez, making his home debut, had two chances to score an equaliser but missed with a header and had an effort saved by goalkeeper Sergio Alvarez.
It means Suarez has lost in both of the competitive matches he has played for Barcelona since joining from Liverpool for £75m.
After serving a four-month suspension for biting Italy's Giorgio Chiellini during the World Cup, the Uruguayan striker made his first appearance for Barcelona in their 3-1 El Clasico defeat away at Real Madrid last Saturday.
Barcelona missed out on winning La Liga by three points last season and will hope this result does not prove crucial at the end of the campaign.
They had the majority of the chances and could have scored inside the opening 10 minutes but Neymar wasted a header and then hit the bar.
Barca's Lionel Messi, two goals away from becoming the all-time La Liga goalscorer, had three opportunities in the first half.
His first shot was punched away by Alvarez, he then rounded the goalkeeper but saw Jonny Castro deflect his shot onto the bar before the Argentine headed over from eight yards out soon after.
Larrivey put Celta Vigo ahead inside 10 minutes of the second half, one of only four shots on target they had in the whole match.
But Barcelona continued to be wasteful.
Neymar hit the bar, Suarez headed straight at Alvarez from 10 yards out and Messi clipped the upright from a free-kick as Celta Vigo held on to claim their first La Liga win at the Nou Camp. | Barcelona suffered their first home La Liga defeat of the season as they were beaten by Celta Vigo at the Nou Camp. | 29848691 |
On Monday it issued a severe weather warning, predicting torrential rain on Tuesday morning and warning of a risk of localised flooding.
Although there were some heavy and at times thundery showers, the predicted torrential downpour did not occur.
Some parts of London had between 5mm to 10mm of rain in a few hours, while other areas saw moderate to light rain.
Passengers travelling on Eurostar have been facing delays of up to 30 minutes due to signalling problems in France and Belgium caused by the bad weather there.
The Met Office website said there was still a risk of "surface water flooding", but showers will ease later.
"A yellow alert has been issued to highlight the risk of localised surface-water flooding," a spokeswoman said earlier on Tuesday morning.
On Monday evening, the Met Office had predicted that heavy rain "will start from about midnight and there will also be a lot of lightning".
The Environment Agency also said there was a risk of flooding in southern and eastern England and the London Fire Brigade said it was on stand-by to help anyone hit by flooding following the Met Office warnings. | Outbreaks of heavy rain are expected to continue into the afternoon across London, the Met Office has said. | 14622549 |
The Rhondda Tunnel Society wants the Blaencwm tunnel, in Rhondda Cynon Taff, to Blaengwynfi, in Neath Port Talbot, to be used by cyclists and walkers.
But Highways England, which currently maintains it, said the Welsh government had yet to request its transfer.
The Welsh government said it must first consider the tunnel's "liabilities".
A feasibility study into the re-opening of the tunnel was commissioned by the Welsh government last year.
But Highways England said it had "made it clear" the two-mile (3km) tunnel's ownership needed to be "formally transferred" to a statutory body, such as the Welsh government, before the project could go ahead.
"As yet, there has been no such approach," it said, in a letter to Plaid Cymru leader Leanne Wood.
Steve Mackey, chairman of the Rhondda Tunnel Society, said: "This is dreadful as the society has moved mountains in the last 16 months to be confronted by this shambles."
The group would like to turn the route - Wales' longest disused tunnel - into an attraction, with hotels, bike hire, cafes, a museum and a restaurant.
Ms Wood, who is a member of the society, said she was "incensed" the project had lost momentum.
The Welsh government said it was working with Highways England to establish the implications of any transfer.
A spokeswoman said: "Before proceeding with a transfer of the Rhondda Tunnel into our ownership it is important we first consider the legal, financial, safety and environmental liabilities associated with such a move."
The Rhondda Tunnel, designed by Sydney William Yockney, was completed in 1890. It was closed in 1968 due to the cost of required repairs. | Campaigners working to reopen a historical railway tunnel to tourists have criticised the Welsh government for delays in the project. | 35615623 |
Officers released CCTV footage of a man appearing to instruct the boy to take a mobile phone from behind the till of a Cancer Research store in Wimbledon.
A second man is said to have been distracting staff.
The Metropolitan Police has urged anyone with information on the alleged theft, which took place on 11 October, to contact them.
CCTV footage shows the group leaving the shop with the charity shop worker's mobile phone stuffed down the child's trousers and ladies' clothing which had not been paid for.
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Robin Osterley, CEO of the Charity Retailers Association, said stealing from a charity shop is a "particularly heinous crime".
He said: "There's a view that stealing from charity shops is a victimless crime because items are donated but it's tantamount to taking money out of a charity box.
"People are striving often voluntarily to raise money for charities and if someone comes in and starts nicking their stuff it can be very dispiriting."
He also said money that could be spent on good causes is lost through theft or the cost of installing improved security systems in shops. | A boy as young as five was enlisted by two men to steal from a charity shop in a distraction theft, police said. | 38000894 |
The tiny frogs are part of the Brachycephalus species and all of them grow no bigger than 1cm long, even the adults.
Some of them also have brightly coloured poisonous skin, to help ward off any predators who would turn them into a meal.
The brighter their skin, the more deadly they are.
The researchers who found the frogs often had trouble trying to find them.
Professor Marcio Pie, one of the researchers who discovered the frogs said: "You can hear them singing and there's probably hundreds of them, but you simply can't catch them! Because once you get closer, just from the vibration in the ground, they keep silent for, say, 20 minutes or half an hour. And then you have to go through the leaf litter very carefully with your hands."
The frogs like to live in the cool cloud-forests of the mountains in the south of Brazil, and tend to spend their lives there.
The valleys at the bottom of the mountains tend to be much warmer, meaning the different species of frogs all live on their separate mountains like islands, without ever meeting.
Scientists think there are more unique species in this area, per square kilometre, than the Amazon rainforest.
The researchers who discovered the new species say they think they have already found four more new species of frog, and have more expeditions planned on different mountains. | Seven new species of tiny frogs have been discovered on seven different mountains in Brazil. | 33008506 |
However, they missed out on promotion after South Korea beat the hosts in the tournament's final game to hand Poland top spot on goals scored.
Cheryl Smith's side won four of their five matches but a 1-0 defeat to South Korea ultimately proved costly.
Smith, said: "We are all very proud of the squad this week.
"We are building something here and the future is very bright." | Great Britain have won a bronze medal in Division 2A of the Women's Ice Hockey World Championships in Bled, Slovenia. | 36002385 |
It said that the violence started when a group of "terrorists" attacked civilians in Shache county, 200km from the regional capital of Kashgar.
Xinjiang is home to the Muslim Uighur minority group.
There has been a wave of violence in the region, with more than 150 people being killed so far this year.
China has blamed the unrest on Uighurs pushing for the region's independence.
China's state-run Xinhua news agency reported that the attackers on Friday threw bombs out of a vehicle before they stabbed people on a street lined with food stalls.
Eleven of the dead are reported to be the attackers.
An attack in the same region in July left nearly 100 people dead, including 59 assailants, state media said.
Confirming reports about incidents in Xinjiang is difficult, because access is tightly controlled and information flow restricted.
China is enforcing a security crackdown in Xinjiang, and Uighur activists say that the government's repression of Uighur culture and religious customs is fuelling the violence.
Earlier this week, the authorities announced plans to hire 3,000 former soldiers to patrol residential areas in the region.
Why is there tension between China and the Uighurs? | At least 15 people have been killed and 14 others injured during an attack in the far western Chinese region of Xinjiang, state media has reported. | 30258011 |
Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH), which is part of a project to restore large areas of the peatland, said the model could form part of a new website.
The Flow Country stretches across Caithness and Sutherland and involves about 494,210 acres (200,000ha).
As well as the 3D model, a documentary film has also been suggested.
Last summer, the Peatlands Partnership began Flow to the Future, a five-year £10.5m Heritage Lottery-funded project to restore hundreds of acres of peatland.
The partnership comprises SNH, Forestry Commission Scotland, Highland Council, RSPB Scotland, Plantlife International, the Environmental Research Institute UHI, Highlands and Islands Enterprise, The Flow Country Rivers Trust, The Northern Deer Management Group, Confederation of Forest Industries (UK) Ltd., and The Highland Third Sector Interface.
Commercial forestry is being felled and ditches blocked to waterlog large areas of peat, which is a natural store of carbon and provides habitat to a range of wildlife.
SNH has used online technology before to provide the public with an interactive experience of Scotland's environment.
Virtual experiences of Loch Sunart Special Area of Conservation, Sound of Barra and the Small Isles were created between 2011 and last year.
The project was inspired by how Cbeebies' series Octonauts was encouraging children to become interested in marine wildlife. | The creation of a 3D virtual model of the Flow Country has been proposed to help people better understand Europe's biggest blanket bog. | 34775417 |
The 32-year-old former Blackpool, Rangers, St Mirren and Scotland player has signed a three-year deal at Rugby Park.
Broadfoot spent five years at St Mirren before joining Rangers in 2007.
He signed for Blackpool in 2012, spending two years there before switching to Rotherham, for whom he made 60 appearances.
During his time at Ibrox, Broadfoot earned four Scotland caps. | Defender Kirk Broadfoot has signed for Kilmarnock after leaving Rotherham United. | 40501013 |
Anderson responded after he received criticism from former player Dean Moxey on social media.
Moxey called the situation "a joke" on Twitter, while Anderson cited a winding-up petition hearing on 10 July as the reason for late payments.
He said in a statement: "This lack of a resolution was why the bonuses owed to the players were not paid on time."
The players are reportedly owed £500,000 in bonus payments after winning promotion from League One to the Championship last season.
Sports Shield - the company fronted by Dean Holdsworth which, alongside Anderson's Inner Circle Investments, completed a takeover of Bolton in 2016 - are the subject of a winding-up petition from finance company BluMarble.
In March, Anderson bought former Bolton striker Holdsworth's shares to become the majority owner.
Anderson is hopeful that a resolution can be found, but added: "I was reluctant to continue to solely fund the club with still no certainty of an agreement being reached with both parties.
"However, as I have solely funded the club with substantial amounts during these ongoing discussions over the past few months, I have agreed to continue to do so for the time being.
"Accordingly, the players will be paid the outstanding monies this week." | Bolton Wanderers chairman Ken Anderson says bonus payments owed to players will be paid this week. | 40480635 |
Tanveer Ahmed, 32, from Bradford in Yorkshire, is accused of killing 40-year-old Asad Shah outside his shop in the city's Shawlands area on Thursday.
Police had described the incident as a religiously prejudiced attack.
At Glasgow Sheriff Court, Mr Ahmed made no plea and was remanded in custody. | A man has appeared in court charged with the murder of a shopkeeper in the south side of Glasgow. | 35918547 |
The 17,000-tonne drilling rig ran aground at Dalmore, near Carloway on Lewis, in a storm in August.
It remains anchored off Lewis awaiting removal. The rig would be floated on to the transport ship, Hawk.
Hugh Shaw, an official overseeing the salvage operation, said Hawk could arrive on or about 20 September.
Following a public meeting in Stornoway to provide islanders with the latest information on the operation, Mr Shaw told BBC Alba that floating the rig on to the ship would require good weather.
He added that the work would involve a number of small tugs, which should begin arriving off the Western Isles over the next few days.
Transocean Winner was being towed from Norway to Malta, from where it was to be moved to Turkey to be scrapped, when it and the ship towing it were hit by a storm off the Western Isles.
The tow line broke and the rig ran aground on the beach at Dalmore. | A semi-submersible ship could arrive off the Western Isles next week to move the rig Transocean Winner to a yard in Turkey where it will be scrapped. | 37359898 |
Demonstrators in a march against racism clashed with protesters against immigration, with hundreds of police trying to keep them apart.
Several people were arrested for rioting and assaulting police.
Police condemned the behaviour of groups of demonstrators during the rallies in the suburb of Coburg.
"There was riotous behaviour and it was appalling," Commander Sharon Cowden told reporters, adding there were only minor injuries.
The anti-immigration protesters carried banners saying "No refugees, our home, our future", according to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC).
They were vastly outnumbered by demonstrators from the anti-racism group, who hurled abuse such as "Nazi scum, off our streets" at them.
Immigration has been a campaign issue in the run-up to parliamentary elections in July, though the economy, health and education have taken prominence.
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said Australia had the world's "most successful multicultural society" but it was still "a work in progress.
"There is more work to do. This is not something to be complacent about," he told reporters.
This story was updated on 29 May with further details on the size of the demonstration and the Australian election campaign. | Australian police have used pepper spray to break up clashes between two rival groups battling over race and immigration in Melbourne. | 36405445 |
Scotland Yard said it was thought he was caught by a gust of wind and blown off the pavement against the side of the bus near Finchley Central station.
Emergency services were called at about 12:35 GMT but the man died at the scene a short time later.
The man's next-of-kin have been told. A post-mortem examination will be held in due course. | A 90-year-old man has died after it was believed he was blown into the path of a bus in north London. | 35015530 |
Skipper Niamh Briggs and Sene Naoupu are the only backs to be retained, with Briggs switching to centre in Dublin.
Mary Healy and Ulster's Nikki Caughey form a new half-back pairing, while Kim Flood, Liz Burke and Alison Miller are also drafted into the backs.
Lindsay Peat, Elaine Anthony and Ciara Cooney are called up to the forwards.
The backs changes see Elise O'Byrne-White, Aine Donnelly, Mairead Coyne, Nora Stapleton and Larissa Muldoon losing their starting roles.
Forwards Ruth O'Reilly, Claire Molloy and Paula Fitzpatrick drop to the replacements, while Sophie Spence switches from lock to number eight.
Full-back Flood and wing Burke will win their first caps and scrum-half Healy will make her first Six Nations start.
Up front, prop Peat earns her first Ireland start and Elaine Anthony will make her Six Nations debut when she partners Marie-Louise Reilly in the second row.
Claire McLaughlin, an unused substitute against England back in November, will be hoping to win her first cap from the bench.
After winning their opening game against Wales, Ireland slipped to defeats against France and England.
Tierney said: "We have been strong in passages of our play but mistakes proved to be costly.
"We've made a number of changes this week and this is to allow players the opportunity to show us what they can do."
Italy lost their opener 39-0 against France but a 33-24 defeat by England was followed by a 22-7 win over Scotland.
Ireland: Kim Flood; Liz Burke, Niamh Briggs, Sene Naoupu, Alison Miller; Nikki Caughey, Mary Healy; Lindsay Peat, Cliodhna Moloney, Ailis Egan; Elaine Anthony, Marie-Louise Reilly; Ciara Cooney, Ciara Griffin, Sophie Spence.
Replacements: Zoe Grattage, Ruth O'Reilly, Fiona Reidy, Claire Molloy, Paula Fitzpatrick, Larissa Muldoon, Nora Stapleton, Claire McLaughlin. | Ireland women's coach Tom Tierney has reacted to the defeat by England by making eight changes for Sunday's Six Nations game against Italy. | 35779522 |
Police say computers and other records had been seized and 22 people detained at its Islamabad offices, though no formal arrests have been made.
The newspaper says the company has made millions of dollars from marketing fake degrees online.
Axact has strenuously denied the allegations.
In a statement Axact called the allegations "baseless, substandard, maligning [and] defamatory" and threatened legal action against the New York Times.
The allegations have drawn attention in Pakistan as Axact has a high-profile media arm preparing to launch a TV news channel and publications in English and Urdu.
Axact's offices in Karachi were also raided as part of the investigation.
Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan ordered the probe after the New York Times published its report on Sunday. | Police in Pakistan have raided offices of the software company Axact after the New York Times accused it of selling fake degrees. | 32791673 |
Crews from Cwmbran, New Inn, Maindee and Aberbargoed were called to the outbreak off Avondale Road, Cwmbran, at 00:50 BST on Wednesday.
It took firefighters over an hour to bring the blaze under control.
South Wales Fire Service has confirmed that a large quantity of gas cylinders were involved in the fire.
Officers from the fire crime unit will be at the site on Wednesday morning to collect the cylinders.
The fire is understood to have started accidentally. | A fire at a storage site in Torfaen has destroyed 18 touring caravans and left 13 others with heat damage. | 36319806 |
Gayle hit seven sixes to equal the mark of India batsman Yuvraj Singh against England at the 2007 World Twenty20.
He was out five balls later for 56.
Needing to surpass Adelaide Strikers' 170-5 in 15.5 overs or less to reach the BBL semi-finals, the Renegades were bowled out for 143.
The Strikers, including England leg-spinner Adil Rashid and coached by Yorkshire's's Jason Gillespie, top the group and advance to the last four, where they will face Sydney Thunder on Thursday.
In the other semi-final on Friday, up to four England internationals could be on show as Melbourne Stars face Perth Scorchers.
Kevin Pietersen and Sussex all-rounder Luke Wright are fixtures in the Stars side, while the Scorchers' squad includes left-arm seamer David Willey and Hampshire batsman Michael Carberry.
The semi-finals and final will be played as double-headers with the Women's Big Bash League.
For Gayle, the Renegades' exit ends a Big Bash campaign in which he attracted criticism for comments he made to TV reporter Mel McLaughlin.
The former West Indies captain asked McLaughlin out on a date during a live interview and later apologised.
The 36-year-old already holds the record for the fastest T20 hundred, made off 30 balls for Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Indian Premier League in 2013. | Chris Gayle hit a 12-ball half-century to equal the record for the fastest fifty in Twenty20 cricket, but could not prevent Melbourne Renegades from going out of the Big Bash League. | 35343985 |
Benitez took over in March but could not stop the club being relegated, despite the Magpies winning three of their last six league matches.
He could now activate a clause in his deal which allows him to leave.
However, he has held talks with the Magpies hierarchy, with talks described as positive.
Benitez replaced Steve McClaren with the club in 19th and the Spaniard was in charge for 10 top flight games in all.
"My heart is telling me yes, it is a great opportunity, city and club," the former Real Madrid boss told BBC Sport after his side's 5-1 win over Tottenham in their last game of the campaign.
"But my brain is saying to analyse what is going on." | Rafael Benitez's decision whether to stay on as Newcastle manager will depend on the amount of funds he is given to strengthen the squad. | 36331354 |
Darren Manley stocked products with names such as King B, Cherry Bomb, Blow and Charly Sheen at his shop Red Eye on Oxford's Cowley Road.
They were described as research chemicals and herbal incenses.
He has now been handed a six-month suspended jail sentence by a judge at Oxford Crown Court, who also ordered £120,000 in fines and costs to be paid.
Oxfordshire County Council's trading standards team said the way the products were sold without health risk warnings was illegal.
The council started investigating the business in 2014 after doctors raised concerns about the products' effects upon people using them as drugs.
Jody Kerman, a trading standards manager, said the way the supposedly legal highs were sold meant they were not legal.
He said: "The products were labelled incorrectly and contained dangerous substances with no appropriate warnings or instructions for their safe use.
Manley, 36, of Curlew Place, Portishead, and his firm RAD Trading Limited each admitted eight counts of breaching the General Product Safety Regulations 2005.
Both were fined £20,000 and told to pay £40,000 in prosecution costs. Manley also had to forfeit all the illegal products and pay an £80 victims' surcharge. | A company director who admitted selling "dangerous" so-called legal highs has been given a suspended jail sentence. | 38655059 |
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Here's their fantastic performance of 'You Stole the Sun from my Heart' in full. | Remember when the Manic Street Preachers rocked the Millennium Stadium before Wales beat Italy 2-1 in 2002? | 36288298 |
The 23-year-old received a five-year ban from all cricket and served three months in prison.
He has been selected to tour New Zealand this month for three Twenty20 and three one-day internationals.
However, the Pakistan Cricket Board said it is dependent on him receiving a visa from the New Zealand government.
Amir was one of three Pakistan players jailed in November 2011 for his part in a conspiracy to bowl deliberate no-balls against England the previous year, when he was only 18.
He was released from Portland Prison in Dorset in February 2012 after serving half of a six-month sentence.
His suspension originally covered all forms of the game but in January last year he was cleared to play domestic cricket in Pakistan.
Amir was selected for a Pakistan training session last month, which Pakistan one-day captain Azhar Ali and former skipper Mohammad Hafeez refused to join in protest at his inclusion.
Ali and Hafeez later reversed their decision and the PCB said Ali would remain as one-day captain after they rejected his offer to resign over Amir's presence. | Fast bowler Mohammad Amir has been named in the Pakistan squad for the first time since his conviction for spot fixing in the Lord's Test in 2010. | 35209291 |
World swimming's governing body Fina opted not to impose a ban on the 25-year-old, who tested positive to low levels of a masking agent in 2013.
Palmer chose to miss the World Championships in Russia in July while Fina investigated the offence.
"I sincerely hope that this process is now over," the Australian said.
"My number one goal is to represent Australia at the Rio Olympics in 2016 and I cannot wait to get back on track to achieving that dream."
Palmer, a member of the Australian 4x200m freestyle relay team that won Olympic gold in Beijing in 2008, said in a statement that she did not know how the prohibited substance came to be in her system.
She felt that the 21-month gap between providing the sample in July 2013 and receiving the result hindered the investigation.
"It has been a distressing few months since I was first notified of the positive test back in April 2015," she continued.
"Since that time, I made the decision to accept a provisional suspension and missed the Fina world championships in Kazan.
"I cannot get back that opportunity to represent my country internationally but I am now looking to the future." | Former Olympic champion Kylie Palmer is clear to compete at the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro after receiving a warning for a doping violation. | 34269638 |
The raid took place at the DSG store on the city's Bankhead Road at about 10:25.
A quantity of cash and cigarettes were stolen.
Police Scotland said inquiries were continuing. | A 29-year-old man has been charged after two men carried out an armed robbery at a shop in Aberdeen on Sunday morning. | 36454917 |
Price, 38, told ITV's Loose Women that being a victim "led to me dressing provocatively" and go into modelling.
She appeared on the show as a guest alongside Karen Danczuk, who was raped by her brother when she was a child.
Price, who gained fame in the 1990s as her former alter-ego Jordan, previously spoke about a rape claim in 2009.
After leaving school, Price began training as a nurse but turned to glamour modelling instead, she told Loose Women on Wednesday.
"You could be all sexy," she said. "Being a glamour model is a trade for men, so it was like, you can look at me but you can't touch me."
Hosts Ruth Langsford, Saira Khan and Janet Street-Porter asked how the assault had affected her life.
"I say it hasn't affected me but it must deep down," she said, adding that the assault "absolutely" impacted her choice of career which had given her a sense of control.
In 2009, Price told Piers Morgan on chat show, Life Stories, that "some weirdo" had attacked her in a park.
She added on Loose Women: "I've never gone into actual detail about what he did.
"I've been abused and raped since then, I'm not going to say who."
Price has previously said she was raped by a ''famous celebrity'' in a magazine column published eight years ago.
At the time, she said she had no plans to make a formal complaint and would "absolutely never" name the celebrity.
Mrs Danczuk, whose brother Michael Burke was jailed for 15 years in December, said: "Mentally I feel like I'm ready to move on".
She added: "At the same time I can be washing the dishes or walking to school with my boys and get flashes in my head." | TV star Katie Price has said a sexual assault at the age of seven influenced her decision to become a glamour model. | 38912074 |
The two-vehicle accident happened close the entrance to Brucklay Castle, near Maud.
The road has been closed in both directions.
So far there are no indications of any injuries or how many people are involved. | An air ambulance and emergency crews are at the scene of a serious crash on a stretch of the A891 in Aberdeenshire. | 32493175 |
The previous agreement between Cricket Australia and the country's leading players expired on Friday, and no new deal has been struck.
Money set aside by the governing body will be re-routed to the grassroots.
The players' union will meet on Sunday to discuss a possible boycott of the 'A' team's tour of South Africa.
That tour comprises two four-day games, with the first beginning on 12 July.
More than 200 leading cricketers are affected by the dispute, which centres on Cricket Australia's desire to remove a clause from players' contracts which guarantees them a percentage of the organisation's revenue.
The board, however, was offering increased pay deals for both the men's and women's teams.
If a deal cannot be struck, it places this winter's Ashes series against England in doubt. | Australia's top cricketers are effectively unemployed after a deadline for them to agree new pay and conditions passed without resolution. | 40459293 |
Princess Anne is patron of the Northern Lighthouse Board and a lighthouse "bagger".
Balmedie-based Ian Cowe spent seven years putting together his book Scottish and Manx Lighthouses.
In the foreword, the princess has written of the "remoteness and exceptional natural beauty" of the sites captured in Cowe's images.
The lighthouses were constructed to designs drawn by engineers working under or after renowned Scots engineer Robert Stevenson in the 18th Century.
Princess Anne said: "Ian Cowe's journey by foot, car, boat, plane and helicopter around our coast capturing the great lights built by the Stevenson engineers shows a real dedication,"
"The lighthouses stand testament to the dedicated work of the Stevenson engineers - built to last for the benefit of the mariner. Each light being quite different from the next as the generations of an engineering dynasty developed their own style but still very obviously and easily recognisable as Stevenson lighthouses."
The book will be officially launched at an event on the former Royal Yacht Britannia in Leith next week. | The Princess Royal has written about her passion for lighthouses in the foreword for a new book. | 34791038 |
Allardyce added that the player was undergoing a medical on Tuesday.
The 27-year-old Argentina striker has scored twice in eight appearances for the Hammers since joining from Velez Sarsfield last summer.
Zarate was quoted in the national press as saying that Allardyce refused to play him because he was signed by Hammers co-chairman David Sullivan. | West Ham manager Sam Allardyce expects Mauro Zarate to move to QPR on loan in the January transfer window. | 30631066 |
Dragged down by the Mers virus and weak exports, GDP in the second quarter grew just 0.3% in the second quarter compared with 0.8% in the first.
Further bad news came from South Korean car giant Hyundai, which reported a 24% drop in net profit after overseas sales were weaker than expected.
Sales to China, which is Hyundai's biggest market, fell by about 8%.
In Japan, the Nikkei 225 edged up 0.4% to close at 20,683.95.
Data released on Thursday showed Japan's trade deficit narrowed sharply last month, as exports picked up on the back of a weaker yen.
In June, the value of exports jumped 9.5% while imports fell by 2.9% leaving the trade deficit at 69.0bn yen.
Mainland China stocks extended their recovery on Thursday, rising for a sixth consecutive session. The benchmark Shanghai Composite closed up 2.4% at 4,123.92, while Hong Kong's Hang Seng ended 0.5% higher at 25,398.85.
Australian shares continued to fall, with the ASX 200 index down 0.4% at 5,590.30. Shares in mining companies lost ground again, with BHP Billiton down 2.8% and Fortescue falling 6%.
However, gold miner Newcrest bucked the downward trend, rising 2.8% after it reported higher gold production in the three months to June. | South Korea's Kospi index closed flat at 2,065.04 after the economy recorded its weakest expansion in six years. | 33632202 |
They grew 1% higher than the previous quarter.
All the quarterly growth was driven by urban areas. Prices in rural areas have remained unchanged.
The figures come from the Northern Ireland Residential Property Price Index, which analyses almost all sales, including cash deals.
Prices are still lower than levels recorded at the start of 2005. | House prices in Northern Ireland have risen by 7% in the third quarter of 2014, compared to the same period last year. | 30114472 |
State agency Xinhua said 17 people were arrested including a Xian university professor alleged to have helped provide the recipe for methcathinone.
Police seized 128kg (282lb) of the drug and more than 5m yuan ($806,095; £519,450).
The drug lab was raided last year.
The local public security bureau announced the arrests on Tuesday.
The bureau said an investigation had found the professor, whose surname is Lu, had provided the recipe for the white powder stimulant methcathinone, known as cat, in May 2013.
In Breaking Bad, high school chemistry teacher, Walter White, turns to crime producing and selling crystallized methamphetamine, or crystal meth.
The suspect in charge of drug production was the head of a chemical plant in east China's Jiangsu province who has previously served time in prison for drugs offences, police said.
Local media said the professor, in his fifties, met the man and said he had a recipe for a new drug. Manufacturing, trafficking and transporting is alleged to have started from September 2013.
The police investigation took them to many cities and provinces including Beijing, Shanxi, Shandong, Henan and Anhui.
A Chinese website called it the "real version of Breaking Bad" and one blog comment called the professor a Walter White "wannabe".
Chinese state media has cited the government as saying the country has 14 million drug users, about 1% of the population.
Last year, China's President Xi Jinping called for "forceful measures" to tackle illegal drug use.
The country has been known to impose the death penalty for drug trafficking. | Police in China have arrested a chemistry professor for his part in producing a psychoactive drug in a case that has been likened to US crime drama Breaking Bad. | 32812621 |
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