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The latest Business Trends Report by BDO gave an employment index reading of 113.0 for March.
That was almost the same as February's figure and well above the 100 level that indicates growth above the long-term trend.
The report indicated that companies were likely to keep creating jobs.
"The hiring intentions of UK firms are at 'sky-high' levels with figures stronger than the heady days of the mid-2000s boom," BDO said.
UK unemployment fell by 102,000 to 1.86m in the three months to January, with the unemployment rate at 5.7%, according to official figures.
The report's optimism index showed that business confidence remained well above the 100 mark.
However, it also highlighted the static level of British workers' output per hour, a situation "unique amongst advanced economies".
Recent Office for National Statistics figures showed that productivity has not increased since 2007, which was unprecedented in the post-war period.
The weakness has perplexed economists and been described by the International Monetary Fund as a major risk to growth.
BDO partner Peter Hemington said the UK's continuing poor labour productivity performance was a significant concern.
"Although employment growth in recent years has been strong, much of this has been in part-time jobs," he said.
"Productivity ultimately determines our prosperity so it is a crucial area that must be addressed. Policy makers of all persuasions must take on this productivity puzzle". | Employers in the UK plan to keep hiring more staff, but concerns remain about the country's failure to raise productivity, a new report has warned. | 32279720 |
Moktar Ali Saad Mahmoud, 33 and Ibrahim Abugtila, 23, were stationed at Bassingbourn, Cambridgeshire, when the attacks took place in October.
Police interviews with the alleged victim were played to the jury at Cambridge Crown Court.
The defendants deny rape and aiding and abetting rape in a Cambridge park.
The rapes are said to have taken 38 minutes and the alleged victim rang the police within minutes of the soldiers' departure from Christ's Pieces in Cambridge.
In video footage recorded at the scene, the court heard the man tell officers had been targeted and raped by "some random guys" who did not speak English.
In a later interview with the police, the jury heard him describe the defendants as "animals".
"I was fighting really hard... then his other mate tried to beat me up," he said.
The court was told the pair met the "complete stranger", in his 20s, in Cambridge at 03.26 GMT on 26 October.
He had left a wedding party after drinking "formidable" amounts of alcohol and was seen on CCTV being led to Christ's Pieces by the defendants.
Prosecutor John Farmer told the jury the defendants accepted they had sex with the man, but said he consented, and claim he made up the allegation after stealing money from them.
More than 300 trainees training at Bassingbourn were sent home early after the allegations came to light.
Up to 2,000 soldiers had been due to undergo basic infantry and junior command training at the barracks under an agreement reached at the 2013 G8 summit.
The scheme was intended to support the Libyan government's efforts to improve the stability of the country, following the collapse of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi's regime in 2011.
The trial continues. | A man who said he was raped in a park by two Libyan soldiers training in the UK told police they were "animals" who "held me down", a court has heard. | 32626513 |
Local residents were outraged when Sheffield City Council contractors began removing eight trees in Rustlings Road at 05:00 GMT on 17 November.
People were woken up and asked to move their cars so work could begin. Three people were arrested.
The council has now said it will not work in the same way again.
It claims the trees were damaging pavements, something which would cost them £50,000 to repair.
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However an independent report found there was no "arboricultural reason" to remove seven of the trees.
Councillor Bryan Lodge, cabinet member for environment at Sheffield City Council, said future tree work will not start before 07:00 GMT.
He said: "We are sorry for the disruption and distress caused by the work starting at 5am and the decision not to publish the Tree Panel report in advance.
"There were reasons relating to public safety why the decision was taken to fell the trees at 5am and not to publish the report earlier, but we have heard the message loud and clear that this was not the acceptable course of action.
"We have reflected on this and will not do work in the same way. To be specific, we commit to publishing the Independent Tree Panel reports in a timely manner, with full and transparent information about how we have come to decisions.
"We can also give assurances that no work will begin before 7am."
He added: "We know we got it wrong last week with the way the work was started. We have listened and are sorry for the mistakes that we made." | A council has apologised for the dawn felling of trees on a Sheffield street, which had been at the centre of an 18-month campaign to protect them. | 38107922 |
Nick Hardwick, chief inspector of prisons, said Thameside jail in south-east London was effectively in lock down for much of its first year.
The Howard League for Penal Reform said conditions were "truly alarming".
The National Offender Management Service said action had been taken to address the concerns.
Inspectors to the Greenwich prison found:
But, inspectors said they were pleased to find:
The Howard League for Penal Reform said the situation at Thameside undermined ministers' recent calls for prisoners to work harder when they were out of their cells to earn privileges.
Campaigns director Andrew Neilson said: "Thameside is doing nothing to help prisoners turn their lives around.
"Conditions at Thameside are truly alarming."
Serco's custodial services director Wyn Jones said: "These are early days at the prison, and we accept completely the report's recommendations for future improvements.
"Among many areas of good practice across the prison identified by the report, we are especially pleased that it commended the extent to which prisoners feel safe in HMP Thameside."
"Much remains to be done, but this is a very positive start."
HMP Thameside is a category B establishment run by Serco Home Affairs and can currently hold 900 convicted and remand male prisoners.
It was opened along with G4S-run HMP Oakwood near Wolverhampton last year, creating about 2,500 prison places in total. | A privately-run prison opened just 12 months ago has been criticised over levels of violence and its restricted regime. | 22520343 |
Paul Nicholl, 50, of Carnkenny Road, Newtownstewart, drank beer and took diazepam before the collision in January 2014.
Patrick McCroary, 62, who was travelling towards Strabane with his wife and children, died in the crash.
The rest of the family survived.
In victim impact statements read at Omagh Crown Court, the family said the loss of Mr McCroary and the injuries they suffered in the crash had changed their lives forever.
The court heard Nicholl had suffered from addiction his whole life and was almost two and a half times the legal drink-drive limit when the crash happened.
He pleaded guilty to causing death by careless driving with excess alcohol and causing grievous bodily injury.
The judge said: "The people of County Tyrone are no strangers to the scourge of death on our roads.
"The McCroary family are not the first to be visited with grief and bereavement arising out of the carnage on our roads nor will they be the last, and we have had poignant reminders in recent times of the devastation such offences cause.
"I take into account the timely plea of guilty, the remorse, the lack of a relevant driving record and the fact that he himself sustained injuries but I cannot overlook the very high reading almost two and a half times the legal limit."
Nicholl will serve two years and six months in prison, followed by a further two years and six months on licence and was disqualified from driving for six years. | A drunk-driver, who admitted killing a man in a crash near Sion Mills, County Tyrone, has been jailed for two years and six months. | 36261239 |
John McGinn, 56, saved the girl, whom he knew, from a fire at her house in Bellshill, North Lanarkshire, in 1994.
The now-retired firefighter later raped her and threatened to kill her mother if she told anyone.
The girl, now aged 30, later contacted police. An investigation of McGinn's past led to him being convicted of six charges against the girl and others.
McGinn was back at the High Court in Glasgow for sentencing having been convicted of the charges in June.
The case, however, was adjourned until later this month.
Earlier, the court heard that McGinn denied raping the young girl after he was arrested by police.
He told detectives: "It's a downright lie - it did not happen. No chance. For her to come out with that is ridiculous. I would rather put a bullet in my own head than be a paedophile."
He added: "Hanging is too good for a paedophile."
McGinn, from Bellshill, claimed the victim had previously tried to blackmail him as she knew he had a lucrative fire brigade pension.
He claimed the rape allegation was payback for not giving her money.
The jury heard, however, that McGinn had assaulted another young girl and given her sweets and juice to keep her quiet.
The court also heard from a woman, aged 50, who had lived with McGinn in the Bellshill area, in the 1980s.
She said she had suffered years of sexual and physical violence from him and described McGinn as "monster".
The woman told the court that she was repeatedly raped by McGinn and had eventually snapped and chased him with a knife after he tied her to a bed and sexually assaulted her. | A firefighter has been found guilty of raping a nine-year-old girl hours after he rescued her from a blaze. | 33847100 |
The 29-year-old tore ligaments during training before Belgium's Euro 2016 quarter-final against Wales in Lille on Friday.
Belgium manager Marc Wilmots said: "It happened all alone this morning in the last minute of training."
Vertonghen looks set to miss the early part of the Premier League season, which starts on 13 August.
He played in Belgium's three group games at Euro 2016 as well as Sunday's 4-0 win over last 16- opponents Hungary.
Wilmots added: "I was about to whistle for the end of training, he received a ball in front of me and fell to the ground clutching his left ankle."
Vertonghen said: "Gutted to say that my Euros is over. Good luck to my team-mates for the rest of the competition."
Wales manager Chris Coleman said: "He is a good player, an outstanding performer. But they have so much talent."
Vertonghen played at left-back for Belgium at Euro 2016 but was an option to move to centre-back against Wales to cover for Thomas Vermaelen's suspension.
Jason Denayer may partner Toby Alderweireld in central defence, with fellow 21-year-old Jordan Lukaku at left-back.
"I still have a few alternatives to replace Jan," said Wilmots. "I will think it through and we will decide tomorrow."
Subscribe to the BBC Sport newsletter to get our pick of news, features and video sent to your inbox. | Belgium and Tottenham defender Jan Vertonghen has been ruled out for up to eight weeks with an ankle injury. | 36676354 |
The Labour peer, who died in December 2015, is alleged to have abused youngsters over a 30-year period.
His family said that, following Lord Janner's death, the inquiry would be a "proxy trial".
Inquiry chair Prof Alexis Jay ruled a hearing was not necessary as she had already dismissed the family's fears.
Prof Jay, chair of the Independent Inquiry Into Child Sexual Abuse, said the investigation of the evidence would continue but no hearings would take place until it was clear they would not duplicate investigations being carried out by other agencies.
The Independent Police Complaints Commission is investigating the way the Janner case was dealt with by police.
Daniel Janner QC, Lord Janner's son, said the the inquiry has "inexplicably and unfairly" turned down his request to make oral representations.
"I am certain this is because the inquiry is afraid that their decision to hold a separate strand investigating my wholly innocent late father would not stand up to scrutiny forensically," he added.
"This is pure Alice in Wonderland - sentence first, verdict afterwards."
The major inquiry into historical child sex abuse in England and Wales will examine claims made against local authorities, religious organisations, the armed forces, public and private institutions and people in the public eye. | The family of the late Lord Janner have lost their battle to have a hearing to discuss concerns about the inquiry into allegations against him. | 39795531 |
As part of his residency he will write a musical adaptation of Huckleberry Finn, which will be performed in the Lyric in spring 2017.
Born Peter Wilson, Duke Special is one of Northern Ireland's best known musicians and a former Irish Meteor music award winner.
The position is worth £15,000 a year.
Previous artists-in-residence at the theatre have included playwrights Owen McCafferty and Abbie Spallen.
Duke Special has released nine albums, and he has previously written music for theatre.
He composed and performed the music for the National Theatre in London's 2009 production of Berthold Brecht's play Mother Courage and Her Children.
Earlier this year, he also wrote the score for Youth Music Theatre's production of Gulliver's Travels, which was performed in the Lyric.
Duke Special said he was "thrilled" to be appointed.
"I hope to learn as much as I can, absorb all that's going on there and to write lots and lots of songs," he said.
Lyric Theatre executive producer Jimmy Fay said his residency would give the theatre "something completely new and different". | The Lyric Theatre in Belfast has appointed musician Duke Special as its new artist-in-residence. | 35055169 |
The body of Chinese student Mingzi Yang, 29, was found at her house in Sincil Bank, Lincoln, in June, 2014.
She had been battered to death by Wai Hong Tsang, who was sentenced to life imprisonment for her murder.
A Lincolnshire Community Safety Partnership review found "it would have been difficult for any organisation to have taken steps to prevent it".
Tsang, from Scartho, near Grimsby, was originally interviewed by police as a witness.
More on this and other local stories from across Lincolnshire
He was jailed for life in January 2015 after being convicted of his ex-wife's murder.
During his trial, Tsang was described as a "cold and calculating man".
On the day of the murder, he claimed he left his home in Grimsby early in the morning and drove to Sherwood Forest where he went mountain biking.
But police were able to prove he had travelled via Lincoln, stopping off for more than two hours in a secluded lay-by on the edge of the city - giving him enough time to cycle to Ms Yang's home, kill her and cycle back to his car.
The report found that although there was a history of domestic abuse, the couple had divorced in 2012, and were in new relationships when she was murdered.
However, it found evidence of domestic abuse dating back to when the couple married in 2007.
There were three reported incidents in Humberside in November 2009, November 2011 and December 2011.
Tony McGinty, Independent Chair of the Review Panel, said part of the review looked at how organisations responded to previous incidents involving the couple.
He said that although procedures were followed, agencies were sometimes limited because "the nature of the abuse suffered was often coercive control". | The murder of a woman by her ex-husband could not have been predicted, a safeguarding report has found. | 39371032 |
The 21-year-old, who began his career with Bastia in France, joined Europa Point in Gibraltar's second tier last summer.
Dumbarton manager Stevie Aitken told his club website: "Sebastian gives me another option in the striking department.
"I'm looking forward to seeing what he can do for us."
Osei-Obengo had impressed in a development league game against Greenock Morton in which he scored. | Dumbarton have signed Ghanaian striker Sebastian Osei-Obengo until the end of the season. | 35714680 |
Mike Buckley, a parish councillor in Saddleworth, Oldham, was found guilty of making indecent images of children at Manchester Crown Court.
Saddleworth Parish Council's chairman said it was "inappropriate" for the 68-year-old to carry on.
Mr Buckley, of Dobcross, said it was his "responsibility" to continue serving his constituents.
"Individuals' views on whether I should stand down from the parish council are just that - their views," he said.
"I do not intend to enter into a sparring match with other members of the parish council or other politicians who may choose to express their opinions on my conviction."
Mr Buckley, who was sentenced on Wednesday, was made subject to a 28-day curfew between 08:00 and 16:00 GMT and ordered to complete a treatment programme for sexual offenders.
He will also be supervised by the Probation Service for the next two years and must sign the sex offenders register.
Council chairman Neil Allsopp said he had referred the matter to the authority's solicitor to establish if Mr Buckley is in breach of his contract.
He said: "I do feel it would be in everybody's interests if Mike Buckley resigns.
"I hope when he realises the strength of feeling he will agree with us." | A councillor convicted of downloading indecent images of boys has defied calls for him to resign. | 35321855 |
The injured man, 28, went to Royal Shrewsbury Hospital at 04:50 BST on Saturday and staff notified the police.
A 27-year-old man from Shrewsbury was arrested at 23:30 on suspicion of illegally owning a gun and possession of drugs.
West Mercia Police said the arrest followed information from a member of the public. | A man has been arrested after another man attended an A&E department with gunshot wounds. | 32372257 |
In a televised speech, President Juan Manuel Santos said the group had been granted an extra 20 days.
Under a peace agreement signed late last year all weapons had to be surrendered to the UN by Tuesday.
Farc commanders had argued that they could not meet the original deadline because of delays in building special camps to house demobilised fighters.
According to the deal, which was reached after four years of talks in Cuba, about 7,000 fighters in 26 transition zones were to have handed their arms to the UN by 30 May.
"In a joint agreement with the United Nations and the Farc, we have agreed that the arms hand-over will not end tomorrow as had been planned, but instead within 20 days," Mr Santos said on Monday.
"The change in date does not in any way affect the firm decision and clear commitment of the government and the Farc to comply with the accord."
President Santos also said that the time that the rebels would be allowed to stay in the demobilisation camps would be extended to 1 August.
After that, all fighters must start their reintegration process into civil society.
Earlier this month, the first group to complete the disarmament process received certificates from the UN mission at a ceremony in Bogota..
Thousands of rebels have handed over their weapons since the Farc signed the peace agreement.
The deal put an end to more than five decades of conflict.
President Santos was awarded last year's Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to reach a deal with the Farc. | The Colombian government and the Farc rebel group have agreed to give rebel fighters more time to disarm. | 40089400 |
Both finished on the six-over-par mark after two rounds, seven strokes off the projected cut.
Europe's Ryder Cup captain Clarke followed his opening 72 with a five-over-par round of 76 on Friday.
Belfast player Hoey, who had seven bogeys in a first-round 77, carded a level-par 71 in his second round.
Former Ryder Cup skipper Paul McGinley finished on one over with Cork man Niall Turner on three over.
Nathan Holman holds a two-shot lead on 10 under. | Northern Ireland's Darren Clarke and Michael Hoey have failed to make the halfway cut at the inaugural Maybank Championship in Malaysia. | 35605352 |
Sussex Police splashed some colour on a car in a show of support for last year's Brighton Pride parade.
Responding to the criticisms, now it has decorated its "biggest vehicle".
Ch Supt Nev Kemp said he "wanted to send a message" to those critical of the LGBT event.
Two decorated motorcycles will also take part in this year's parade, the force said.
A row erupted on social media after the rainbow decorations were added to one of the force's cars for the 2015 event, with Michelle Johnstone questioning on Twitter "where the police's priorities lie".
Ch Supt Nev Kemp tweeted: "This year I decided to emblazon a van in pride colours because I wanted to send a message that we wholeheartedly reject the view of those who appear to be critical because it is an LGBT event.
"I looked around for the biggest vehicle I have to demonstrate to and show our support for the LGBT community."
The cost of decorating the vehicles was £420, a spokesman said. | A police force criticised for decorating a patrol car in rainbow colours for a Pride event has gone one step further this year and emblazoned a van. | 36865968 |
The Thai military has successfully seized power 12 times since 1932, in addition to seven failed attempts.
General Chalermchai Sitthisat said the military would respect the outcome of an upcoming election.
The ruling junta has repeatedly promised to restore civilian rule since toppling the elected government in a coup three years ago.
Some members of the military government said the election, planned for late 2017, would be delayed until 2018 in order to pass the necessary election laws.
But a government spokesperson, Major General Sansern Kaewkamnerd, said the election was on track to be held later this year.
In an interview, a journalist asked Mr Sitthisat whether the military might intervene after the election.
He replied: "I can confirm that there won't be a coup. What would be a reason for having to have the coup? There won't be a coup. We have already learned from what happened."
His remarks have been mocked by some social media users.
"Why ask such a question," said Facebook user Pim Pongchandr. "We all know what he was going to answer. Who would say yes?" | The chief of Thailand's army has pledged that the military will not stage a coup after the next election. | 38489545 |
Group turnover was £1.97bn compared with £2.03bn in 2013.
Chief executive Henry Engelhardt said: "For the first time since we went public, Admiral Group did not post a record profit, but we still made a lot of money."
About 7,000 staff will each receive £3,000 in the company's employee share scheme based on the full year results.
The firm has created 280 new jobs in Cardiff, Swansea and Newport this year. | Welsh-based insurer Admiral has announced pre-tax profits of £357m for the year to December 2014. | 31745174 |
This year's seven-strong shortlist includes Too Naked for the Nazis, Soviet Bus Stops and Reading from Behind: A Cultural History of the Anus.
The winner of the Diagram Prize is decided by public vote.
Previous winners include How to Poo on a Date and Goblin-proofing One's Chicken Coop.
Reading the Liver: Papyrological Texts on Ancient Greek Extispicy, Paper Folding with Children and Behind the Binoculars: Interviews with Acclaimed Birdwatchers complete this year's line-up.
All the titles were nominated by industry insiders and members of the public - aside from Too Naked for the Nazis, which was put forward by its author.
"Transvestite Vampire Biker Nuns from Outer Space is not only a trenchant examination of cult film, but would be an excellent theme for your next fancy dress party," commented The Bookseller's diarist Horace Bent, dubbed 'the custodian of the prestigious Diagram Prize'.
The prize, now in its 38th year, was originally conceived in 1978 by Trevor Bounford and Bruce Robertson of The Diagram Group as a way to alleviate boredom at Frankfurt's annual book fair.
It was first awarded to Proceedings of the Second International Workshop on Nude Mice. Two years - 1987 and 1991 - had no award due to the lack of odd titles.
The Bookseller has hosted the prize since 1982 and invites members of the public to vote for their favourite title on its website. | Transvestite Vampire Biker Nuns from Outer Space is among the contenders for a prize given annually to the year's oddest book title. | 35668694 |
The 23-year-old former Ipswich defender was carried off six minutes into his Premier League debut last August.
Mings made his long-awaited return against AC Milan in a testimonial match for Warren Cummings on Saturday.
"I have learnt a lot mentally and physically, I'm probably in a better place," he told BBC Radio Solent.
"It's nice to be back in the fold, back playing and injury-free.
"There was a lot of two steps forward one step back throughout the process, but I would not change it for the world and for the experience I'm probably a better person for it."
Midfielder Jack Wilshere, who signed a season-long loan deal with the Cherries on deadline day, also played 45 minutes against the Italian Serie A club.
And he could make his Premier League debut for Bournemouth at home to West Bromwich Albion this weekend.
"We are looking forward to working with him [Jack Wilshere] and getting to know him better," said Bournemouth manager Eddie Howe.
"We see him as an attacking midfielder and somebody to do damage on the opposition goal.
"And Tyrone is a huge boost for everybody connected to the club. He's worked so hard behind the scenes and that was the end of a long journey." | Bournemouth defender Tyrone Mings believes his 12-month spell on the sidelines because of a knee injury will benefit him in the long run. | 37276634 |
The injury to her right shoulder hampered the world number one batter during the recent World Cup.
The Ashes start in Brisbane on 22 October with the first of three one-day internationals, followed by one Test and three Twenty20 internationals.
"It's very disappointing to be unavailable," said Lanning, 25.
"It's an incredibly special occasion for any cricketer to be a part of and I wish the team all the best as they set out to retain the Ashes.
"I'm looking forward to getting stuck into my rehabilitation and returning to cricket as soon as possible."
Lanning's return date will "become clearer once she has commenced rehabilitation", said team physiotherapist Kate Mahony.
Cricket Australia have not yet announced who will replace Lanning as captain. | Australia captain Meg Lanning will miss the entire Women's Ashes following shoulder surgery that is set to rule her out for six to eight months. | 40964539 |
Kyle Naylor, 26, who was jailed for robbery and wounding, was reported missing after he failed to attend a roll call at 23:00 GMT on Tuesday.
He is described as white, about 5ft 7in (1.7m) tall, of thin build, with black hair, brown eyes and a moustache.
Police said Naylor had connections with the Nottingham area.
Officers asked anyone who may have seen Naylor, who was serving an indeterminate sentence, or anyone with information about where he is, to contact police.
The public are advised not to approach him. | Police are hunting a prisoner who absconded from Hollesley Bay open prison, near Woodbridge in Suffolk, on Tuesday. | 30809585 |
The Pirates went down 25-24 in London, despite a spirited fightback after trailing 15-3 with 20 minutes to go.
Kyle Moyle and Brett Beukeboom's tries levelled the score at 18-18 before David Cherry's try put Scottish ahead.
Nicolas de Battista got a late third try for the Pirates, but it was in vain as they stay third in the league.
"The fairytale beginning was always going to come to an end. Did we deserve to win the game? No," Paver told BBC Radio Cornwall.
"We got ourselves in position to win it, but it was very scrappy and we didn't play to the best of our ability, but the show goes on.
"We knew that at some point we would be beaten and we were beaten away from home by a very good side.
"We've got way more in the tank, probably it was our poorest performance overall over 80 minutes." | Cornish Pirates joint-coach Alan Paver says his side can improve after they suffered their first Championship loss of the season at London Scottish. | 37539081 |
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Staff said they had no idea the female meerkat was pregnant until they found the baby in the pen.
The sanctuary is the middle of moving premises to a new site in County Durham, and the new family will now be the last to move. | Animal keepers at a rescue centre in Penrith, Cumbria, have been enjoying an unexpected arrival - a baby meerkat. | 29373809 |
Some 30 young people targeted officers and vehicles during the seizure of drugs at a house in the city's Carnhill area, at about 18:00 BST on Sunday.
The PSNI found suspected Class A and B drugs, prescription medicines and drugs' paraphernalia, as well as a number of electronic storage devices.
About 200 bystanders watched the operation.
Det Insp Tom McClure said the investigation was ongoing.
"We are committed to tackling illegal drugs and keeping communities safe," he added.
The PSNI have appealed for information. | Police on a drugs raid in Londonderry have been attacked by a crowd of stone-throwing youths. | 39924346 |
The 28-year-old attacker joined Accies at the end of March on a short-term deal, after a long spell out through injury.
The former Rangers and Hearts player made his debut as a substitute in the defeat by Motherwell last week.
Templeton came off the bench to score in the 3-2 loss to Ross County in Dingwall on Tuesday night. | David Templeton has extended his contract at Hamilton Academical until the end of next season. | 39982526 |
A man entered Knockinlaw Stores on Knockinlaw Road in the town at about 17:45 on Saturday.
Police said he demanded money from a 51-year-old woman who worked in the shop and escaped with a three-figure sum of cash.
The woman was uninjured but left "extremely shaken". Detectives appealed for anyone with information to come forward.
The man was described as of medium build. He was wearing a dark hat and had a scarf wrapped round his face. He was also wearing a blue hooded jacket and dark jogging trousers.
Det Insp William McDicken said: "Luckily the woman working in the shop at the time was uninjured, however she is extremely shaken by this robbery.
"Enquiries are ongoing in the local area to gather more information on the man responsible and officers have also been gathering CCTV footage to identify him.
"At this time, I would urge anyone who witnessed the robbery or who saw a man matching his description in the area around the time of the robbery to contact police." | A shop worker was threatened with a knife during a robbery in Kilmarnock. | 38282508 |
The 1930s piece was one of four mismatched chairs that the British author picked up for free in Edinburgh, Scotland, before she rose to fame.
Ms Rowling originally auctioned the chair to benefit her charity in 2002.
She hand-painted the chair, which auctioneer James Gannon said made the piece so valuable.
It features the phrases: "O, you may not find me pretty but don't judge on what you see" and "I wrote Harry Potter while sitting on this chair".
A letter from Ms Rowling was included with the sale.
The letter reads: "I was given four mismatched dining room chairs in 1995 and this was the comfiest one, which is why it ended up stationed permanently in front of my typewriter, supporting me while I typed out Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone and Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. My nostalgic side is quite sad to see it go, but my back isn't."
The chair's new owner has chosen to remain anonymous.
The seller, Gerald Gray, from Salford in Greater Manchester, said the winning bid far exceeded his expectations.
"I plan to donate 10% to JK Rowling's charity, Lumos, because that's what she did in the first place," said Mr Gray.
He bought the chair in 2009 after his daughter, a Harry Potter fan, saw it on eBay. | A chair that author JK Rowling sat on while writing the first two Harry Potter books has sold at a New York auction for nearly $400,000 (£283,000). | 35983290 |
Stephen French, 53, of Eleanor Park, Prenton, was arrested after armed officers responded to an argument on Water Street in March.
French, who also admitted possessing a bladed weapon, will be sentenced at Liverpool Crown Court on 3 July.
In 2008 he said he wanted to stop the spread of guns in Merseyside.
French was arrested after an incident in which the Liverpool One complex, including the Hilton Hotel, was sealed off for two hours by police following "an altercation" on Water Street.
In an interview with the BBC in 2008, Mr French said he had become an anti-gun campaigner because members of his family had been shot. | An anti-gun campaigner has admitted possessing an imitation gun after a dispute that saw police seal off part of Liverpool city centre. | 22810437 |
Terry's home was targeted after he posted pictures from the French Alps and told 3.4 million Instagram followers he was having "a great few days away skiing with the family".
At Kingston Crown Court four men admitted conspiracy to commit burglary.
A fifth man admitted handling stolen goods.
Judge Susan Tapping said the burglary at the Oxshott mansion was part of a "carefully planned" series of seven raids in which goods worth £600,000 were stolen from luxury homes in Surrey and Sussex.
At Terry's home, the burglars took designer handbags worth £126,000, including items by Chanel, Gucci and Yves Saint Laurent, and jewellery worth more than £220,000.
They also took rare signed Harry Potter first edition books valued at £18,000.
The judge said the house was "deliberately targeted" in February and the master bedroom suite ransacked.
"It might have been a mistake to post a family photograph on social media to show that he was away on holiday," she said.
She said the gang were "experienced, if not professional burglars" and were not content with their first haul.
They returned with an unidentified man, who was not in court, and an angle grinder, "determined to get in the safe" - but the noise woke the housekeeper and triggered an alarm.
After the hearing, Det Con Phil Carter said the gang had targeted high-value homes, some with the occupants present which was likely to have been "very upsetting". He said the loss to victims was "substantial".
The gang received the following jail sentences: | Burglars who raided the Surrey mansion of former England captain John Terry and took designer goods worth more than £400,000 have been jailed. | 40756624 |
The 20-time Champion Jockey visited the club's training ground on Tuesday, as Saracens prepare for the Champions Cup final and the Premiership play-offs.
"To get him in was a real coup for us," director of rugby Mark McCall said.
"For our group to listen to a 20-time Champion Jockey was incredible. He spoke to the squad for an hour, and he was unbelievably engaging."
Saracens regularly invite guests speakers to address the players, but McCall says McCoy has long been someone the club's management have admired.
"AP McCoy was somebody we had talked about in meetings three years ago when he won his 17th title," McCall added to BBC Radio 5 live.
"To see the sacrifices he had gone through to achieve what he has achieved, and how driven he was to achieve that, was enlightening for everybody." | Jump racing legend Sir AP McCoy has been at Saracens, helping motivate the players for their end-of-season push. | 36206537 |
Citibanamex blamed a glitch in the system for the decision, which left María Félix Nava unable to collect her welfare payments.
After the story was picked up by local media in Guadalajara, an official stepped in to deliver a cheque by hand.
New transparency laws require benefits to be paid into individual accounts.
Mrs Félix said she went for three months without the state payments after she was turned away from her local bank branch.
"They told me the limit was 110 years," she said.
Citibanamex, a unit of Citigroup Inc, blamed the "calibration limits" of its system, which would not register a number as high as Mrs Félix's age.
Miguel Castro Reynoso, development secretary for the state of Jalisco, visited her house to apologise for the situation, which he called atypical but absurd.
He said he was grateful for the media for bringing the case to his attention and said he would work to ensure it did not happen again.
"Sooner or later, God provides," said Mrs Félix after receiving the missing payments.
The bank is working to get her a bank card as soon as possible, Reuters reported.
Ms Felix turns 117 in July, according to her birth certificate, which local authorities recognise as authentic.
She says she was orphaned at the age of seven and has outlived six of her 10 children. | A Mexican bank has said it will let a 116-year-old woman open a bank account, after originally rejecting her for being too old. | 39735466 |
Flood waters covered the play area and rugby pitch at the town's Severn Park.
The Environment Agency said five flood warnings for the Severn were in place through Shrewsbury and at Ironbridge, Bridgnorth, Hampton Loade and Quatford.
Shropshire Council said the A488 in Bishop's Castle was blocked as were Gravel Hill Lane and Sydney Avenue in Shrewsbury because of flooding.
The Met Office is forecasting more rain on Monday and Tuesday.
The Environment Agency, which extended flood defences in Ironbridge on Saturday, said river levels in Bridgnorth were about 4.5m (14ft) and were expected to peak later.
It said levels in Shrewsbury had receded but would peak again on Monday.
Chris Bainger, from the agency, said: "We seem to be having little bits of respite in the rain and that's giving us gaps to let levels drop a bit before they rise again but we must remain vigilant.
"We do have some pretty atrocious weather fronts coming in bringing a lot of rain so there is no respite for the rest of the week."
Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service said it had to rescue a woman from her car after it got stuck in flood water at Strefford Ford near Craven Arms.
It said it also had to use a winch to pull a car out of 2ft of flood water in Onibury, near Craven Arms, at about 20:45 on Saturday.
It said heavy winds also brought down a tree in Pool Dam in Shrewsbury which landed on a car parked in a house driveway. No-one was injured, it said. | The River Severn has burst its banks in Bridgnorth and flooding has forced roads to be closed across Shropshire. | 26111419 |
More than 1,500 people took to the sea at Saundersfoot at lunchtime, cheered on by a crowd of about 8,000.
X-Factor finalist Jay James, who is from the town, started the swim.
There was also a mascot race prior to the start of the main event, with Danny Dog of Heatherton Country Sports Park winning.
Over its 31-year history, the swim has raised more than £500,000 for charity. | World War One was commemorated by swimmers in fancy dress who took to the cold water off the Pembrokeshire coast for the annual New Year's Day swim. | 30649818 |
The 32-year-old came down in a field near Shifnal Airfield on 21 August after experiencing "severe vibration".
He was uninjured but the the Kolb Twinstar MKIII plane hit a hedge and suffered "extensive damage".
An Air Accidents Investigation Branch report said it was possible propeller damage had caused the vibration. | A pilot who crash-landed a plane in Shropshire may have got into difficulties because of pre-existing propeller damage, a report has said. | 30788409 |
The Manchester United striker, 18, has scored on his debuts in the Premier League, Europa League, England's senior side and now the U21s.
But Rashford was not in Allardyce's first senior squad against Slovakia.
"I wasn't surprised in any way," said Southgate of Rashford's three goals in the 6-1 win against Norway on Tuesday.
"What we saw all week from him, we saw tonight. I couldn't have been happier with the way he approached everything.
"I'll speak to Sam in the next couple of days, I'm sure it's given him food for thought."
Rashford also scored on his full international debut against Australia in May, and netted the winner for United against Hull in his only Premier League appearance this season at the end of August.
Chelsea trio Nathaniel Chalobah, Ruben Loftus-Cheek and Lewis Baker also scored for England, in an impressive display at Colchester.
The comfortable win means Gareth Southgate's men are now two points clear of Switzerland at the top of their group, with two games left to play and a game in hand on their nearest opponents. | Marcus Rashford's England Under-21 hat-trick has given manager Sam Allardyce "food for thought", according to U21 boss Gareth Southgate. | 37294217 |
Read more in our methodology. | This is a guide to political parties' positions on key issues and will be updated as each manifesto is launched. | 39955886 |
The image of a clown promotes PrimEVIL at Lenwade, Norfolk, and can be seen in about 40 locations around Norwich.
PrimEVIL is for over-12s and is made up of themed zones including a haunted hotel and a zombie facility.
The Advertising Standards Authority has received 21 complaints. The organiser said it does not contravene standards.
Goymour Properties, which runs PrimEVIL at the Dinosaur Adventure Park, said its posters had been on display since early September.
However, after receiving complaints, a poster near a school has been moved and another outside a shop was replaced.
The firm has previously told complainants the poster "does not transgress the criteria for such public posters and do not contravene advertising standards".
Martin Goymour told the BBC: "The clown compares very favourably to some of the posters used to promote films, such as the Batman and Joker film.
"We deliberately did not use bloody or gory images."
Johannah Martin complained to Dinosaur Adventure and the ASA after her daughter was upset by a poster which has since been removed in Rackheath.
She said: "If you take your child to a shop to look at horrific masks and outfits, that is your choice. We had no choice but to see this."
The ASA said it had launched a formal investigation following 21 complaints that the advert is inappropriate for outdoor display because it is distressing for children and likely to cause fear or distress.
"We're now liaising with the advertiser to give them the opportunity to defend their ad," a spokesman said.
"We will establish whether the advertising rules have been broken and publish our findings in due course." | An advert for a Halloween attraction is being investigated by the regulatory body after complaints it is "distressing" and "inappropriate". | 34443963 |
The Shrimps had goalkeeper Barry Roche sent off early on for bringing down Orient striker Jay Simpson in the area.
Replacement keeper Kieran O'Hara, only 19 years old, kept out Simpson's effort from the spot with an outstretched leg.
But the teenager was powerless when Alan Goodall hit a clearance against Edwards and the ball rebounded into the net to give Orient the points.
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Leyton Orient player-manager Kevin Nolan told BBC Radio London: "We've done it without really playing well, and I think that was due to a lot of unnecessary things that happened in the game.
"We can't finish teams off and that's what we've got to learn to do. We're working hard on the training ground with lots of crossing and finishing.
"Hopefully in the coming weeks we'll start seeing that ball hit the back of the net a few more times." | Leyton Orient moved into the play-off places as Ryan Edwards' own goal gave them victory against 10-man Morecambe. | 35791679 |
Dilwyn Williams, from Caerphilly, died following a collision with two other cars on the A4058 Trehafod bypass in Hopkinstown, near Pontypridd, on Tuesday.
In a tribute, his family said he was a "loveable local character who never missed an opportunity".
Two women who were driving the other cars were taken to hospital.
South Wales Police said at the time their injuries were not thought to be life-threatening. | A 78-year-old man who was killed in a crash in Rhondda Cynon Taff has been described as a "loveable character". | 38774838 |
Universal Pictures' trailer made for screening in IMAX cinemas omitted one crucial detail - the sound effects.
The clip was uploaded without some of its audio tracks and only included sighs and screams from Cruise and co-star Annabelle Wallis.
The screams went viral and were even turned into a ringtone, spotted by internet news site The Daily Dot.
After IMAX and Universal Pictures realised the mistake, the video was taken down from YouTube, but not before some users had downloaded a copy.
The screams, which should be drowned out by noise from aeroplanes, explosions and gunfire, are heard as misplaced grunts and breaths.
Video editor Chris Person has since removed the music from the trailer and brought the screams back to life in a video he posted to Twitter.
The clip now has its own page on news-sharing community Reddit and it can be downloaded on file-sharing service Dropbox as a five-second ringtone called Tom yell.
It is not often clean audio of a Hollywood movie surfaces, especially directly from the distributors themselves.
One fan has gone as far as replacing the well known Wilhelm scream sound effect with Tom's scream throughout the compilation.
The Mummy is set for release in cinemas worldwide on 9 June, 2017 and the official trailer can be seen here. | Tom Cruise's screams in the latest remake of The Mummy have been captured as a ringtone. | 38404704 |
James Hallett, 25, was found unconscious in the street with severe head injuries early on Monday morning.
Mr Hallett, from Blackwood, Caerphilly county, was flown to University Hospital Son Espases in Majorca.
His girlfriend, Jessica Jones, 23, said: "We are all naturally worried sick - it is early days and we don't know which way it will go."
Ms Jones said the couple had watched Germany play Ukraine in a bar on Sunday, 12 June, before Mr Hallett got separated from the group.
"There was a group of them but only one attacked James," she added.
"We are staying at James's bedside and waiting to hear what the doctors have to tell us."
A spokeswoman for the Foreign Office said: "We are supporting the family of a British national who was taken to hospital in Palma on June 13. We will remain in contact with the hospital and local authorities." | A man has been left in a critical condition in hospital after being attacked while on holiday in Ibiza. | 36570584 |
Perry Cohen and Austin Stephanos, both 14-year-olds from Tequesta, Florida, have been missing at sea since 24 July.
Captain Mark Fedor says that the search along the Atlantic Coast has been a "true all hands on deck effort".
The Coast Guard has searched about 50,000 square miles (80,467 square km), according to Capt Fedor.
The family will continue a private search, which has been financed by donations. A $100,000 (£64,000) reward has also been offered by friends and family for the boys safe return.
Perry and Austin have been described as skilled sailors, who grew up boating and fishing. They had worked together at a local fishing supply store.
Friends and family have held hope that their experience on the water had kept them alive.
Austin and Perry had told their parents they were planning to fish in the nearby Loxahatchee River.
Police were called when the boys failed to answer mobile phone calls and several summer storms had passed through the area.
Their 19ft (6m) boat was discovered capsized on Sunday about 180 miles (209 km) from where they set off two days earlier. Since then no new clues have been discovered. | The US Coast Guard has ended its search for two teenagers from Florida who have been missing for one week. | 33728112 |
Robyn Stacey used camera obscura, the forerunner to the camera, to literally turn high rise rooms into a camera.
The inverted reflections of the outside view were then photographed inside the room by Ms Stacey as part of her stunning Cloud Land series.
She says her work draws inspiration from the transient nature of cities.
Ms Stacey said the city of Brisbane is rapidly changing, but not looking back.
"It is interesting as now that everything has gone 99.9% digital, people are getting interested in the analogue processes, so people are making late 19th Century forms of photography," she told ABC radio.
"Because light travels in a straight line, whatever is down on the ground you will see on the ceiling as it is a straight line," Ms Stacey said.
"The exposure time for the photos runs from one minute and four minutes, depending on the brightness outside." | An Australian photographer has used a 19th Century technique to create captivating modern portraits featuring Brisbane cityscapes. | 34386956 |
PCC David Keane referred the case to the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) which handed it back.
Mr Byrne, the chief constable since 2014, said he could not comment as he did not know the detail of the claim.
The BBC understands that the complaint originated from an officer with the Cheshire force.
Mr Keane said he referred the allegation to IPCC in the "interest of openness and transparency".
The IPCC returned the investigation for a "local investigation".
Mr Keane said: "This investigation will be conducted independently of Cheshire Constabulary in accordance with the statutory police complaints process."
Father-of-two Mr Byrne, who is a holder of the Queen's Police Medal, previously served as an assistant commissioner for the Metropolitan Police, deputy chief constable of Greater Manchester Police and assistant chief constable with Merseyside Police. | Cheshire's Chief Constable Simon Byrne is being investigated by the county's police and crime commissioner (PCC) over an allegation about his conduct. | 38169624 |
He is also charged with arson, endangering life; criminal damage and disorderly behaviour.
The charges are in connection to an incident on Monday night when petrol bombs were allegedly thrown at a Land Rover leaving Strand Road police station.
He will appear at Londonderry Magistrates Court later today. | A 27-year-old man from Londonderry has been charged with with making and throwing petrol bombs. | 34719413 |
A visit by two people to an art gallery, a museum, a heritage site, the opera, the ballet and a classical concert costs a total £256.
The survey, by Post Office Travel Money which looked at 12 major European cities, said London was even pricier than Paris for tickets.
It said the cost was high despite some art galleries and museums being free.
Warsaw in Poland was found to be the best value of the cities polled, with cultural trips costing £70.
That was followed by Budapest at £80, Prague at £93, and Dublin at £102.
Andrew Brown, of Post Office Travel Money, said prices varied dramatically across the 12 cities surveyed - all of which boasted world-class cultural attractions.
"This means culture vultures can save hundreds of pounds by doing their homework before booking and swapping expensive cities for cheaper ones," he said.
Two tickets for the Royal Ballet in London cost £91, while a pair of opera tickets would set people back £117.50.
A couple buying ballet tickets in Budapest could expect to pay £15, while a pair of opera tickets in Warsaw would fetch £20.
While London was deemed the most expensive of the 12 cities surveyed, even though costs were found to have dropped by 21% since 2009.
Culture prices in Rome and Vienna were also down from 2009 - by 36.1% and 27.3% respectively.
Costs in Amsterdam rose by 37.3% - the highest rise among the cities. | London is the most expensive city in Europe for cultural activities, a survey has suggested. | 28891464 |
Knott made 24 appearances for the Gills last season after joining from Bradford in June 2016, but was placed on the transfer list in May.
The 24-year-old ended last season on loan with Lincoln, helping them win promotion from the National League.
"We had a great end to last season and it was only right to come back here," he told Lincoln's club website.
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page. | Lincoln City have signed midfielder Billy Knott on a one-year deal following his release by Gillingham. | 40423028 |
The music producer told a Los Angeles judge that he is not getting proper medical treatment while in custody.
The 49-year-old appeared in court early on Monday and was taken to a hospital the same morning.
Marion "Suge" Knight has pleaded not guilty to murder, attempted murder and hit-and-run charges after it's claimed he hit two men with his truck, killing one, on 29 January.
He's being held without bail.
David Kenner has been representing Knight since the case was first filed, but the founder of Death Row Records told Los Angeles Superior Court Judge James Brandlin that he has "fired" the lawyers.
Knight faces life in prison if convicted of killing Terry Carter, 55, during an row at a Compton burger stand in late January.
Kenner has claimed Knight was ambushed, but that hasn't been said in court yet.
Knight claims he is blind in one eye and has about 15% vision in the other.
This is the third time that he has been taken to hospital from court since he was charged with murder in early February.
Last year he says he was shot six times and has a blood clot in his lungs along with other medical complications.
He also told the judge that he lost weight as a result of his injuries.
Brandlin transferred Knight's case to another judge but he left for medical care before his case could be called in Judge Ronald Coen's courtroom.
Kenner told the judge that Knight has been jailed for too long and there should be a hearing to set bail as soon as possible.
Knight's next hearing will be on 9 March, although a bail hearing may not happen until 20 March.
Follow @BBCNewsbeat on Twitter, BBCNewsbeat on Instagram and Radio1Newsbeat on YouTube | Suge Knight says he is suffering from blindness and other health problems. | 31705267 |
Sixteen of the shark species were discovered by a man walking his dog on Herne Bay seafront, between the Neptune car park and Beltinge.
Tom Hawkins, from Canterbury City Council's foreshore team, examined the fish and said they had probably been discarded out at sea by fishermen.
He added that the ones he had seen had been dead for some time and were likely to have been washed ashore by a breeze. | More than a dozen dead dogfish sharks have been washed up on a Kent beach. | 25010366 |
The company pulled out of a bid for the club in the summer after they could not agree a deal to buy the freehold of their Plainmoor ground.
But the deal was resurrected without that aspect going ahead.
GI hope to tie up contractual matters by 19 December with the takeover ratified by the National League soon after, which will see the current Torquay board step down.
The cost of acquiring Torquay has not been revealed, but it is believed to be a 'substantial amount' - the company having already given the Gulls a £125,000 loan which had been due to be repaid in January.
The deal, which was facilitated by Truro City chairman Peter Masters, will see a subsidiary of Gaming International, Riviera Stadium Limited, become the club's new owners.
And Truro still have an agreement to share Plainmoor should their proposed new stadium not go ahead.
"I am pleased and relieved at the same time as the club's been in dire straits for quite some time now financially," outgoing chairman David Phillips told BBC Sport.
"We need a major investment into the club and that's what's going to happen."
"They've put a significant amount of money in already and are ready to put in a lot more as well," he added.
The financially-troubled club were taken over by a group of local businesspeople in June 2015 after lottery-winning former owner Thea Bristow departed.
But they were forced into drastic cost-cutting measures, including closing its youth academy, moving out of their training ground and cutting the playing budget, while manager Kevin Nicholson has had to double-up as the team's bus driver.
Torquay are currently 17th in the National League table, having won seven of their 23 games. | Torquay United have been sold to Swindon-based Gaming International. | 38339945 |
No driver has won more races there than the Briton, and he will no doubt be more determined than ever to take victory and get his season up and running.
With Mercedes having been on pole in 58 of the last 61 races, Hamilton will be the man to beat, but how do you see the top 10 shaping up in the race?
Make your predictions below...
Who will finish in the top 10 at the Chinese Grand Prix? | Lewis Hamilton heads into this weekend's Chinese Grand Prix looking for his fifth win in Shanghai. | 39498065 |
Millions of children in Kenya have been unable to attend classes due to the strike.
A Kenyan court previously ordered a pay rise of at least 50%, but the government is challenging this, saying it is unaffordable.
The industrial court ordered the government and unions to work together to settle the dispute within 30 days.
Teachers argue that a pay deal struck in 1997 has only been partially fulfilled.
But President Kenyatta disputed this, insisting that "the award has been settled in full".
There has been no teaching in public schools since the beginning of the month, as the teachers say the government should abide by the court's decision.
The government ordered schools to close this week, saying this was to protect "children, staff, and... property" and to "allay the worries of parents".
The more than one million pupils who will sit public exams next month are allowed to go to school, but it is not clear if there will be staff available to teach them.
Private schools have also been told to shut but some have defied the order, reports the BBC's Odhiambo Joseph in Nairobi. | A court in Kenya has ordered teachers to suspend a month-long strike over pay and return to work immediately. | 34358324 |
A referendum date has not yet been set, but the government has promised it will be held before the end of 2017.
David Cameron is in the process of renegotiating Britain's relationship with the EU, ahead of the vote.
The counting of votes will begin as soon as the polls close, at 22:00, the elections watchdog said.
Jenny Watson, chair of the Electoral Commission, said this would mean "voters and campaigners will know the outcome of this historic poll as quickly as possible".
"I have no doubt that electoral administrators will work hard to deliver the poll, whenever it is held, and the Electoral Commission will be supporting them in their work and making sure they have the right plans in place to deliver what is needed," she added.
Though no date has been set for the referendum, David Cameron has been forced to rule out holding the poll on 5 May 2016, the same day as national elections in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. The prime minister is understood to want an early vote.
The watchdog could not confirm how the count would be conducted or declared, saying it was "still in the planning stages" for the vote.
The elections watchdog has proposed a change to the wording of the referendum question - which has been accepted by the government, although the final decision will be taken by Parliament.
It proposes that voters are asked: "Should the United Kingdom remain a member of the European Union or leave the European Union?" | Votes in the in/out referendum on Britain's membership of the European Union will be counted overnight, the Electoral Commission has announced. | 34800713 |
The late musician's website revealed the songs on People, Hell and Angels were recorded in 1968 and 1969.
It is thought Hendrix had intended them for First Rays Of The New Rising Sun, his follow-up to Electric Ladyland, which he was working on when he died.
The album is due to be released in the US on 5 March, although a UK release date has yet to be set.
Hendrix's website said the tracks suggest "new, experimental directions", as he worked on material separate from the Jimi Hendrix Experience.
It added he explored "fresh diversions from his legendary guitar work", trying out horns, keyboards, percussion and a second guitar.
Rolling Stone magazine revealed the album's cover artwork on Wednesday.
Hendrix is also about to hit cinemas around the world, with his set from the 1969 Woodstock festival released later this month.
It will be screened at more than 30 cinemas across the UK from 29 November to celebrate 70 years since the musician's birth.
The reassembled archive footage captures Hendrix premiering a new band and performing tracks such as Voodoo Child (Slight Return), Fire, Purple Haze and a rendition of Star Spangled Banner. | Twelve previously unreleased Jimi Hendrix tracks are to be released on a new album next year. | 20443218 |
A statement highlighted concerns that results were "not aligned" with the club's ambitions.
"It was felt by both parties that a new coach should be appointed," it read.
Assistant first team coach Lauren Smith will take over as interim coach of the Vixens, who have lost their opening three matches of the new season.
She will be assisted by goalkeeping coach John Granville, who was previously the Trinidad national team manager.
Bristol chairman Simon Arnold said: "Success at Bristol Academy is judged by what happens within our whole club.
"I think it is clear to everyone we had started to lose our way and, despite Dave's efforts, we were seeing a decline in areas which need to be addressed sooner rather than later.
"It was a difficult decision for us as he is an honest, hard-working and talented coach but sometimes things just don't happen the way you want them to."
Edmondson was appointed in January 2014 after spells managing in New Zealand and Australia. | Head coach Dave Edmondson has left Bristol Academy after 18 months, with the club bottom of the Women's Super League. | 32438975 |
Guy Laliberte, who founded the firm in 1984, has retained a minority stake.
The two buyers are US private equity firm TPG Capital LP and Fosun Capital Group, which is owned by Chinese conglomerate Fosun International Ltd.
Cirque has staged performances in front of 160 million people in 48 countries around the world.
The company has recently sought to expand in China.
"After 30 years building the Cirque du Soleil brand, we have now found the right partners in TPG, Fosun and the Caisse to take Cirque du Soleil forward to the next stage in its evolution as a company founded on the conviction that the arts and business, together, can contribute to making a better world," said Mr Laliberte said in a statement.
Quebec pension fund giant Caisse de Depot et Placement will also acquire a minority stake.
Based in Montreal, the firm started as the project of a small group of stilt-walkers and street performers who formed a performance troupe called the Le Club des Talons Hauts (the High Heels Club) to put on a performance celebrating the 450th anniversary of the European discovery of Canada by Jacques Cartier in 1534.
Since then, the firm has expanded rapidly, taking in approximately $1bn (£600m) annually from 18 global shows, some of which tour and others of which are based in theatres in Las Vegas.
It employs about 5,000 people globally and is known for its mixture of acrobatics, artistic costumes and choreography.
Cirque du Soleil has faced difficulties in its efforts to expand, which led to layoffs in 2012.
In 2013, it was fined by US regulators after one of its acrobats died during a live show in Las Vegas. | Canadian circus firm Cirque du Soleil has sold a majority stake to US and Chinese private investors, valuing the firm at $1.5bn (£1bn). | 32388539 |
The nationwide review comes after Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust was criticised following the death of 18-year-old Connor Sparrowhawk.
Mr Sparrowhawk drowned in a bath at an Oxford mental health facility after suffering an epileptic fit in 2013.
Inspectors found the trust's review of deaths was not robust enough.
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) announced it would inspect 12 NHS trusts to ascertain how services investigate all deaths in hospitals and in the community, and would be "paying particular attention to investigations and and learning from deaths of people with a learning disability or mental health problem".
It will also look at what "support" is given to families of patients who pass away.
Chief inspector of hospitals, Professor Sir Mike Richards, said: "Every year thousands of people under the care of NHS trusts die prematurely because their treatment or care has not been as good as it could have been."
An inquest into the death of Mr Sparrowhawk found that neglect from Southern Health staff contributed to his demise.
A report commissioned by NHS England showed that of 722 unexpected deaths at Southern Health over four years, only 272 had been investigated.
After an inspection in January, the CQC found there were "longstanding risks to patients" and investigations into deaths "were not good enough."
In March, Mr Sparrowhawk's mother, Dr Sara Ryan, said the family was "angry and upset" that Southern Health had not improved enough.
Southern Health chief executive Katrina Percy said that "good progress has been made" since the CQC inspection.
Source: Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust | England's health watchdog is to examine how NHS trust services learn from the deaths of patients, especially those with learning disabilities. | 36023765 |
David Walliams, Alesha Dixon, Gary Lineker and Greg James were among those who hosted the BBC show, broadcast from London's Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.
Highlights included a Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em sketch featuring tennis siblings Andy and Jamie Murray.
The total of £55,444,906 breaks the previous on-the-night record of £51m.
Britain's Got Talent judge Walliams, who has a long association with Sport Relief, revived Little Britain character Emily Howard for a sketch with former England footballer Peter Crouch.
Actor Idris Elba starred as Luther in a one-off sketch which reunited him with Ruth Wilson, who plays nemesis Alice Morgan in the BBC One crime drama.
The overall total included money raised by Sport Relief Challenges, including Jo Brand's Hell of a Walk.
The challenge saw the comedienne take on an incredible 135.7 miles as she walked across the UK from east to west, raising £1,159,220.
Eddie Izzard is still raising money for Sport Relief by running a gruelling 27 marathons in 27 days across South Africa. He has completed 24 marathons so far.
And BBC Radio 1 DJ Greg James raised more than £1m by completing a triathlon a day for five consecutive days, across five different UK cities.
Fundraising efforts will continue on Sunday as the Sainsbury's Sport Relief Games take place around the country. | More than £55m has been raised so far for charity on Sport Relief's live TV show, ahead of a weekend of fundraising. | 35850197 |
The assembly's rural affairs committee said Brexit could prompt the biggest shake-up of the sector in 40 years.
Welsh farmers currently share £250m a year in EU subsidies, plus £500m aid over six years for rural development.
Committee chair, UKIP AM Mark Reckless, hailed "an opportunity to restructure agricultural and rural policies ... bespoke to the needs of Wales".
The consultation asks:
Mr Reckless said that, following the vote for Brexit, the future shape of rural policy "may be decided in Wales".
"This can be seen as an opportunity to restructure agricultural and rural policies so that they are bespoke to the needs of Wales," he said.
"In devising new policies, the outcomes to be delivered for the people of Wales must be clearly explained and understood."
Earlier in August, the National Farmers' Union launched a consultation of its members, saying Brexit should drive a "new, bold ambition" for farmers. | People are being asked how Welsh farming should be supported after the UK leaves the European Union. | 37185192 |
Nasheed was given a 13-year sentence under anti-terror laws last year.
A Maldives government statement said Nasheed had to return to the Maldives to serve the remainder of the sentence.
A former human rights campaigner, Nasheed became the nation's first democratically elected leader in 2008, ending three decades of rule by former strongman Maumoon Abdul Gayoom.
In 2012, he was detained after being accused of ordering the arrest of a judge.
He resigned months later amid an army mutiny and public protests over the judge's fate.
Nasheed alleged that he had been removed by a coup, but this was denied by his vice-president, who replaced him.
The current President, Abdulla Yameen, was elected in controversial polls in 2013 and is the half-brother of Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, who served for 30 years as president and was widely accused of autocratic rule. | The jailed former President of the Maldives Mohamed Nasheed has been given permission to have surgery in the UK. | 35334088 |
The Minister for Development Co-operation, Ulla Tornaes, said Copenhagen would contribute 91m kroner (£11m; $14m) for the programme.
She said unwanted pregnancies had "enormous" human and social costs in the world's poorest nations.
But she added that limiting Africa's population growth was also important.
Speaking at a conference in London on Tuesday, Ms Tornaes said 225 million women in the world's poorest countries do not currently have access to family planning.
"Unwanted pregnancies have enormous human costs in developing countries - from very young women who must give up their basic education, maternal mortality."
The minister said this "also has large social costs, where many countries' development step is limited by high population growth".
She then referred specifically to Africa, saying that curtailing the continent's population growth by increasing access to contraception and family planning was an important foreign and security policy priority for the Danish government.
"If the population growth in Africa continues as now, the African population will double from 1.2 billion people to 2.5 billion people by 2050," Ms Tornaes said.
"Part of the solution to reducing migratory pressures on Europe is to reduce the very high population growth in many African countries."
Denmark, like a number of other EU nations, has in recent years been under pressure to deal with a rising number of asylum seekers and immigrants arriving in Europe.
However, asylum applications dropped dramatically in the country in 2016, compared with 2015.
The government said October that 5,500 applications were received until 30 October, compared with 21,000 in 2015.
In January 2016, the Danish parliament backed a controversial proposal to confiscate asylum seekers' valuables to pay for their upkeep - a move criticised by the UN. | Denmark has pledged more funds for family planning in developing nations, saying this could also help "limit the migration pressure on Europe". | 40588246 |
Investigators suspect natural gas as the cause of the blast at Minnehaha Academy in the city of Minneapolis.
Rescuers plucked three people from the roof after the explosion, which set part of the building ablaze.
Medics said three people were in a critical condition, four in serious condition and two had "minor trauma".
The Minneapolis Fire Department initially said one fatality was reported, but later said that death was unconfirmed.
Assistant Fire Chief Brian Tyner told the Minneapolis Star-Tribune that a "search and rescue mission" is on for two people.
"Our hopes are that they are not in there," he said, referring to the smoking mound of rubble. | Two people are unaccounted for and nine others were injured after an explosion partially levelled a school in the US state of Minnesota, police say. | 40808508 |
Natasha and Sean Butler's son Spencer lived for only 33 minutes after he was born at the Royal Oldham in May 2014.
During the inquest into his death at Heywood Coroner's Court, Lisa Hashmi said errors of judgements by staff amounted to gross failure.
The hospital trust admitted "without question" it had "let the family down".
Mrs Butler, from Chadderton, was two weeks' overdue when she was admitted to hospital.
The inquest heard that since her pregnancy was not progressing, she was induced twice under the care of midwives on the maternity unit.
Both attempts failed to induce labour.
The coroner said the hospital failed to follow procedures and the option of a Caesarean section should have been discussed at this point.
Instead, a further two doses of the induction drug were administered.
Mrs Butler was not examined by a doctor, which the coroner said was another failing by the hospital.
The inquest heard the hospital was extremely busy at the time but the coroner concluded that staff should have escalated their concerns over Mrs Butler to senior members of staff.
Poor communication was also highlighted.
It was not until the baby started to show signs of distress, when his heart rate dropped, that action was taken.
After being in hospital for three days, Mrs Butler had an emergency Caesarean.
The coroner highlighted multiple failings including failure to provide checks, failure to follow guidelines and failure to provide timely medical intervention.
The Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust said: "Immediate action has been taken and improvements made to our systems and processes, particularly around induction of labour guidelines." | A series of failings by staff at a Greater Manchester hospital led to the death of a newborn baby boy, a coroner has ruled. | 34341453 |
Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger says the 22-year-old, capped 24 times, will be out for a further six to eight weeks.
Oxlade-Chamberlain suffered his initial knee injury in the Champions League defeat by Barcelona on 23 February.
"There is no chance of the Euros for him," said Wenger. "He will be back at the beginning of July."
Oxlade-Chamberlain, who made his England debut against Norway in 2012, had been scheduled to feature for the Gunners' Under-21 side earlier this week.
"He was out for a while and was not overloaded with games," Wenger added.
"You want a guy of 22 years of age to go to the European Championship, so it is very sad."
Oxlade-Chamberlain was a surprise call-up to Roy Hodgson's squad for Euro 2012, becoming the third-youngest England player to feature at a major tournament when he started the 1-1 draw with France in Donetsk.
He was part of Hodgson's 23-man World Cup squad in 2014, but did not feature after injuring a knee during England's final warm-up game against Ecuador.
England will face Russia, Slovakia and Wales in Group B at Euro 2016, which begins on 10 June. | England winger Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain has been ruled out of this summer's European Championship after suffering his second knee injury of the season. | 36225624 |
Sir Nicholas Soames made the outburst at Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh during a statement by the Foreign Secretary on US immigration policy.
Sir Nicholas said he offered the "friendly canine salute" because he felt she "snapped" at Boris Johnson.
But he apologised after she complained the noises were "extremely disrespectful".
Ms Ahmed-Sheikh, the SNP Westminster spokeswoman for trade and investment, raised a point of order with House of Commons Speaker John Bercow after the comment.
She said: "I understand that Sir Nicholas, who has always afforded me courtesy and respect, was making sort of 'woof woof'-sounding noises to what I was saying, which I find of course extremely disrespectful."
Asked to set the record straight, Sir Nicholas, a grandson of Sir Winston Churchill, said: "I thought that in her question to the Foreign Secretary she snapped at him a bit at the end, so I offered her a friendly canine salute in return.
"No offence was intended and I apologise to the Honourable Lady if she was offended." | A Tory MP has apologised to an SNP colleague for making a "woof" noise at her in the House of Commons. | 38801422 |
Two 19-year-old men, of no fixed address, were charged on Saturday. They will appear before Westminster magistrates on Monday.
The victim, believed to be in his 30s, died in Adelaide Street, which runs behind St Martin-in-the-Fields Church, on Tuesday morning.
Police said he was stabbed some time between 07:05 and 07:15.
The results of a post-mortem examination which took place on Thursday are awaited.
The Metropolitan Police are awaiting formal identification of the man but believe they know his identity.
The man's next of kin have been informed, police said. | Two men have been charged with the murder of a man who was stabbed to death near Trafalgar Square in London. | 38483243 |
The audio includes a flight attendant's plea for help and discussions about an order from Vice-President Dick Cheney to shoot down rogue civilian planes.
Threats from one of the lead hijackers, Mohammed Atta, are also heard.
The audio was prepared for the 9/11 Commission, but was not completed before that inquiry reported in 2004.
Much of the material has been previously published in transcript form.
Among the recordings is a phone call from Betty Ong, a flight attendant on American Airlines Flight 11.
"Somebody's stabbed in business class, and, um I think there is Mace that we can't breathe," Ms Ong says. "I don't know, I think we're getting hijacked."
One of the hijackers, Mohammed Atta, is heard on the same plane saying: "Nobody move, everything will be OK.
"If you try to make any moves, you will injure yourself and the airplane. Just stay quiet."
Most of recordings come from the Federal Aviation Administration and are of controllers and the military officials working with them.
After Flight 11 hits the World Trade Center, controllers are heard as a second plane streaks past a radar control facility on its way to Manhattan.
"Another one just hit the World Trade," says a voice.
That is followed by: "The whole building just, ah, came apart."
When some fighter jets were scrambled eastward in the confusion, a military commander ordered them back to Washington as fast as possible.
"I don't care how many windows you break," Maj Kevin Nasypany says, several minutes before the last of the planes, United flight 93, crashes in Pennsylvania.
The order from the vice-president to shoot down unresponsive planes comes at about 10:30. | Newly released recordings from civil and military aviation officials on 11 September 2001 conveys the confusion as the attacks of that day unfolded. | 14841749 |
One of the men fell from a height and another was rescued from the top of the scaffolding in Harewood Street at 08:05 BST, according to the fire service.
Det Insp Andy Welbourn, of West Yorkshire Police, said the man that fell had "serious injuries".
The Health and Safety Executive was aware of the incident, he added.
Harewood Street is part of the site of the Victoria Gate development that is to include a John Lewis store along with 30 other shops and an 800-space multi-storey car park.
The development is due to open in 2016. | A man is in a serious condition after two men were taken to hospital in Leeds when scaffolding collapsed at a building site. | 32592314 |
In South Korea, unexpectedly strong growth figures also weighed in to boost investor confidence.
The country's benchmark Kospi index closed up 0.7% at 2,040.40 points on news that economic growth hit a five-year high in the third quarter of the year.
In Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 index jumped 2.1% to finish at 18,825.30 points.
Stocks were lifted in Japan by the positive signals coming overnight from the European Central Bank as well as the strong close on Wall Street.
A weaker yen also suggested a good day for the country's crucial export sector.
Car maker Toyota and electronics giants Sony and Toshiba all saw solid gains of as much as 2%.
Elsewhere in Asia, Hong Kong's Hang Seng closed up 1.34% at 23,151.94, while the benchmark Shanghai Composite on China's mainland closed up 1.3% at 3,412.43.
Australia's S&P/ASX 200 finished 1.7% higher at 5,351.60 points.
The country's large lenders, Westpac, CBA and ANZ, jumped by as much as 2%, while commodity producers' shares were also up.
Mining giant BHP Billiton rose by more than 2% while Santos continued yesterday's rally with another 2.2% increase. | Shares across Asia rallied on Friday on news that the European Central Bank is considering more economic stimulus. | 34612393 |
Designed by Brighton's Yelo Architects, the building would sit on the corner of Sackville Gardens and Kingsway.
It would provide 107 homes ranging from penthouse apartments to "affordable" flats, some with rooftop gardens or balconies.
Developers say it should be embraced but some campaigners think it is the wrong building in the wrong place.
The developer claims the derelict site has been an "eyesore" since a former hotel partially collapsed and had to be demolished in 2006.
Tom Shaw of The Hyde Group said: "This is a prominent site on Hove seafront which deserves a high quality building with real architectural and design merit."
But Valerie Paynter, of Save Hove, said: "This is an interesting piece of architectural design - but not for this site.
"It would serve better as offices in a large public square setting. It is depressing to have to oppose it."
Ms Paynter said light loss and its "overbearing appearance" would create a "bullying" presence for the housing that surrounded it.
Councillor Robert Nemeth of Wish Ward said: "With housing targets imposed upon us, we have little choice but to get building.
"This means either tall developments in key areas in the city or sprawling over the South Downs. As long as neighbours' concerns are genuinely taken into account, I'd much rather go up than out." | Plans for a 17 storey high-rise building on Hove seafront have divided local residents. | 34889756 |
The stash was found by metal detector on private land in October 2012 by a man making his first survey.
The find is believed to be one of the largest Roman gold coin hoards buried in the UK.
The 159 coins date from the final years of Roman rule in Britain in the 4th Century and will go on display at Verulamium Museum from mid-September.
David Thorold, a curator at the museum, said: "Evidence suggests the coins were originally part of a hoard that had been disturbed at some point during the last couple of hundred years.
"During the Roman occupation of Britain, people buried coins for two reasons - either as a sacrifice to their gods or as a form of secure storage, with the aim of later recovery."
He said gold coins, known as solidi, were extremely valuable and not traded or exchanged on a regular basis.
Instead they were used for large transactions.
The coins, discovered by Westley Carrington during his first metal-detecting outing, were scattered across a wide area.
They were mostly struck in the Italian cities of Milan and Ravenna and issued under the Emperors Gratian, Valentinian, Theodosius, Arcadius and Honorius.
Richard Shwe, from St Albans City and District Council, said it had purchased the coins, found in the north of the city, with support from the Heritage Lottery Fund, St Albans Museums and Galleries Trust and an overseas benefactor, who wished to remain anonymous.
An inquest in July 2013 declared the hoard treasure, giving the museum the right to acquire them, and the value was decided by an independent committee at the British Museum. | A hoard of Roman gold coins found in St Albans has been bought by one of the city's museums for nearly £100,000. | 32844648 |
Karl Bunster, 37, from Hastings, was last seen in Mann Street in the town on 17 December last year.
He failed to appear before magistrates on 30 December to answer two charges of assault by beating.
Ben Walton, 48, and Stacey McClymont, 28, both of Cowick Hill, Exeter, in Devon, are charged with murdering him between 16 and 19 December.
Mr Walton is also charged with two counts of possession of a class B drug, possessing a stun gun and possession of ammunition for a firearm without a certificate.
Ms McClymont is also charged with one count of possession of a class B drug.
They are due to appear before Hastings magistrates on Thursday. | A man and a woman have been charged with the murder of a man from East Sussex whose body has not been found. | 36541366 |
The decision was made at an emergency meeting in Sydney on Sunday after the country's leading cricketers failed to agree a new pay deal with Cricket Australia by the 30 June deadline.
Australia A are the team below the senior side.
The tour, featuring two four-day games and five one-dayers, begins on 12 July.
Australia A captain Usman Khawaja, who has played 23 Tests, said: "Hopefully something can be resolved, but if it's not, it's a tough decision that sort of has to be made.
"Not to go is a sacrifice in some respects but we see the broader picture."
If a deal cannot be agreed, England's winter's Ashes series in Australia could be in doubt.
ACA chief executive Alistair Nicholson said: "They don't intend to tour but the reality is they don't fly out of the country until Friday.
"The players are going to go into camp as planned and hopefully we can make some progress with regards the memorandum of understanding.
"There would need to be a significant breakthrough on the key issue of the revenue-sharing model."
More than 200 players 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 has offered increased payments for both the men's and women's teams.
Cricket Australia said it is "surprising" that players would opt out of touring, adding: "CA has never, and would never attempt to force anyone to play for an Australian team who is unwilling to do so.
"CA remains ready to negotiate a new MoU and has again called on the ACA to show genuine flexibility and commence negotiations in the best interests of the players and the game." | Australia A players will boycott a tour of South Africa in July if a contract dispute is not resolved, says the Australian Cricketers' Association. | 40472194 |
Michael Lane, 27, of Portslade, East Sussex, said he was scared and panicked about being blamed for killing Shana Grice.
Miss Grice, 19, was found dead in her bedroom in Portslade last August.
During seven police interviews Mr Lane, who denies murder, continuously changed his story, Lewes Crown Court heard.
Jurors were told he altered his account of where he had been and what he was doing that morning before admitting he had gone to her house and discovered her body.
When asked why he thought it better to lie, Mr Lane said some of his behaviour in the months preceding her death "didn't look good".
The court has already heard Mr Lane, of Thornhill Rise, was accused of stalking Miss Grice after their relationship ended.
He has admitted fitting a tracker to her car and stealing a key to her back door which he used to gain entry.
Jurors have also heard Miss Grice made several complaints to Sussex Police about the defendant, but on one occasion was issued a fixed penalty notice for wasting police time.
On Monday, when asked by prosecuting barrister Philip Bennetts QC whether his actions amounted to stalking. Mr Lane replied: "I suppose so, yes."
The jury was shown CCTV of Mr Lane wearing a white T-shirt and grey shorts with an emblem on the side.
The prosecution claimed that he somehow disposed of these clothes to conceal evidence.
But Mr Lane said the items were at his home and he could not understand why police had not found them when they searched the property.
The trial continues. | A man accused of murdering his ex-girlfriend by slitting her throat has admitted stalking her and told jurors he lied repeatedly to police. | 39331297 |
Olive Cooke's details were on file with 99 charities and in one year she received 466 mailings, the Fundraising Standards Board (FRSB) found.
Mrs Cooke, from Bristol, was known as one of the West Country's longest-serving poppy sellers.
The board is seeking improvements to the Code of Fundraising Practice.
It found that about 70% of the charities who contacted Mrs Cooke acquired her details from third parties.
The board said forthcoming changes would ban charities from sharing data "without express consent", and charities "must provide clear opportunities to opt out of further fundraising approaches in every written communication".
The FRSB investigation, which involved 1,442 charities, has a number of findings including:
Andrew Hind, chair of the FRSB, said: "Mrs Cooke's experience demonstrates the inevitable consequences of a fundraising regime where charities have been willing to exchange or sell the personal details of donors to each other, and to commercial third parties.
"But Mrs Cooke was not alone. Her experiences were echoed in the many complaints that the FRSB received following her death."
Mrs Cooke's family previously said the charity requests she received, while "intrusive", were not to blame for her death.
She had collected money in Bristol for the Royal British Legion for 76 years and an inquest into her death heard she had "long term issues with periodic depression".
Mrs Cooke was found dead in the Avon Gorge, Bristol, on 6 May and a verdict of suicide was later recorded by the Avon deputy coroner. | A 92-year-old who killed herself after suffering from depression and insomnia was feeling "overwhelmed" by charity requests, a report has said. | 35359268 |
Dominique Heaggan-Brown shot and killed Sylville Smith, 23, last August after he fled from police. The death sparked two days of riots in Milwaukee.
Mr Smith was armed with a pistol, but threw it over a fence before his death.
The case is one of several involving the police shooting of black men that has sparked protests nationwide.
Attorneys for Mr Heaggan-Brown, who is also black, argued that the former officer was forced to make a quick decision during a foot chase with an armed man.
But prosecutors contended that police body camera footage allegedly showed the officer shooting Mr Smith in the chest as he lay on the ground.
Mr Heaggan-Brown shot Mr Smith on his right arm as he threw his gun away and again, in the chest, 1.69 second later, according to investigators.
A review of the body camera footage showed "that at the time of the second shot, Smith was unarmed and had his hands near his head".
Mr Heaggan-Brown had already been fired from the police force due to a separate investigation accusing him of sexual assault.
He faces a jury trial in August in that case, in which he is accused of raping a man with whom he had been drinking.
He is also accused of offering two other men money for sex and faces one charge of capturing an intimate representation of a person without consent. | A former Milwaukee police officer has been acquitted of first-degree reckless homicide in the shooting of a black man last year. | 40357361 |
The 27-year-old lock has won 18 caps since making his international debut against Tonga in 2012.
Lemalu will provide cover for England second row George Kruis, who is out for 12 weeks with a knee injury.
"Fa'atiga is a forward entering the prime of his career," said Saracens director of rugby Mark McCall.
"With the unfortunate injury to George, we are very happy to have the opportunity to bring a player of his ability into the set-up." | Saracens have signed Samoa international Fa'atiga Lemalu on a short-term deal from Japanese Super Rugby side Sunwolves. | 38907983 |
Kathryn Burge, 41, died when she was in collision with a car on Main Road, in Kirk Michael, on Monday evening.
Police said a dark blue Range Rover was involved in the crash.
A spokeswoman from Noble's hospital, where Ms Burge worked as a physiotherapist, said she was "a valued and much loved member of staff", whose loss was "a shock".
She added: "We are so sad today- all of our thoughts are with Kate's family, friends and close colleagues at this difficult time".
Richie Stevenson, chairman of Manx Fell Runners, where Ms Burge was a member, said: "[She was] a very pleasant and likeable person and a talented athlete who could perform to a very high standard on fells, road and cross country.
"Manx Fell Runners would like to pass on their condolences to all Kate`s family and friends," he said. | Tributes have paid by people on the Isle of Man to a woman who was killed while out cycling. | 28675162 |
Martin Rhys-Jones, 52, the future father-in-law of Wales and Real Madrid footballer Gareth Bale, pleaded guilty earlier this year to conning investors into buying almost worthless shares.
About 250 people were scammed, the court in Buffalo, New York, was told.
Customers were told they were buying more valuable, regular shares of stock.
The US Attorney's Office for the Western District of New York said the fraud "conned investors in the United Kingdom and Canada into buying nearly worthless shares of restricted stock at severely inflated prices".
The sums involved ranged from about $2,000 to more than $360,000 in one instance.
Rhys-Jones was in a Spanish prison from May 2012 to March 2013 before being extradited to a US jail. He has already spent four years, three months behind bars.
Rhys-Jones is a father-of-five who is reported to have left Cardiff for Barcelona in 2005.
His daughter Emma has been Gareth Bale's partner since she and the football star were at Whitchurch High School in Cardiff together.
They now have two daughters and are engaged to marry.
Another of Rhys-Jones's daughters, Charlotte, is the partner of another sports star, Wales rugby international Taulupe Faletau. | A Cardiff man has been sentenced to six years in prison by a court in the United States after admitting money laundering in a $2.9m fraud. | 37218083 |
Adam Tharia, 15, died three days after he was found hanged in parkland near Robert Burns Avenue last month.
The footage, circulated online, reportedly shows him being hit while surrounded by a larger group of boys.
Gloucestershire Police confirmed it was aware of the footage and would "assess all relevant information".
"We are keeping an open mind about what this might tell us," a spokesman added.
"It would be inappropriate to discuss the specifics of the investigation while it is ongoing."
Last week the Bournside School pupil's parents paid tribute to the "most wonderful" son who "will be missed by so many".
"The boy we knew and loved was an outdoorsy teenager who loved skateboarding and going out with his friends," they said.
"Adam was intelligent and worked hard at school and was well thought of by his teachers and peers alike."
Gloucestershire Police said the coroner had been informed of Adam's death, which was not being treated as suspicious. | A video of a schoolboy being punched to the ground a week before he was found dead in a Cheltenham park is being investigated by police. | 32980403 |
Chelsea must pay £375,000, having previously breached the Football Association rule on mass confrontations four times since November 2014.
Spurs have been fined £225,000 for what is their third breach of the rule.
The match produced 12 yellow cards and the fines are over two incidents during the game and one after full-time.
Earlier this month, Spurs' Mousa Dembele was banned for six games for violent conduct during the same match, which ended Tottenham's hopes of winning the Premier League.
Belgium midfielder Dembele, 28, appeared to eye-gouge Chelsea forward Diego Costa.
Tottenham boss Mauricio Pochettino stepped on to the pitch at one point to separate Spurs defender Danny Rose and Chelsea forward Willian, and at full-time Rose was also involved in an altercation that ended with Blues boss Guus Hiddink being pushed to the floor.
The FA has warned both clubs as to their future conduct. | Chelsea and Tottenham have received record fines following three charges of failing to control their players in the 2-2 draw at Stamford Bridge. | 36307519 |
The 31-year-old leg-break bowler played 11 times in the competition for Northants last season, taking 12 wickets at an average of 24 runs.
Prasanna has appeared in 34 one-day and 14 Twenty20 internationals, including February's series against Australia.
"The more match-winners on your teamsheet the better," head coach David Ripley told BBC Radio Northampton.
"It's his consistency with the ball, he's been bowling the power-play against Australia and doing a good job of that.
"There's some Sri Lankan cricket but at this stage it looks like he can pretty much do the whole competition, which is positive for continuity." | Northamptonshire have re-signed Sri Lanka international spinner Seekkuge Prasanna for the T20 Blast. | 39205051 |
Erick Maina, 15, who was originally from Kenya, was found hanged in Fazakerley, Liverpool, on 15 November.
James Coleman, 18, of Buckfast Close, Netherton, was sentenced at Liverpool Crown Court after previously admitting racially aggravated criminal damage.
A 17-year-old boy, who had admitted the same offence, was last week given a 10-month detention order.
Comments about Erick and a swastika were found near Maricourt School in Maghull and in a nearby park.
CCTV at the school captured Coleman and the 17-year-old, who cannot be named because of his age, at the scene.
They were also seen buying white paint and a paint brush at a local supermarket.
When police found paint-stained items of clothing at the teenager's home, he and Coleman were arrested. | A teenager who admitted painting racist graffiti at a school after a student's death has been detained for two years. | 30493708 |
The latest Bank of Scotland PMI found Scottish business activity returned to growth in December.
But input costs continued to rise, with the rate of inflation quickening to a 67-month high.
Subsequently, output prices increased at their fastest rate since April 2011, the report said.
Service providers linked the rise in input costs to higher prices for food, fuel and timber, while goods producers pointed to the depreciation of the pound.
The December survey of purchasing managers indicated that private sector output bounced back into growth, reaching its highest level for three months.
The expansion was broad-based across Scotland's manufacturing and service sector, with panel members linking this to stronger underlying demand.
The data also pointed to a return to growth in Scotland's workforce numbers, although the rate of job creation remained only moderate overall.
There was also a slight increase in new business during the final month of 2016, ending a two-month sequence of decline.
Nick Laird, from Bank of Scotland Commercial Banking, said: "With output, new orders and employment all returning to growth, and backlogs slowing, Scotland's economy bounced back at the end of 2016.
"The improvement in business conditions across both the manufacturing and service sectors puts Scotland on a firmer footing as we start the new year.
"Headwinds remain, however, principally through the continued increase in input costs, which rose at their sharpest pace for 67 months.
"Given the strain this will place on operating margins, firms throughout Scotland will undoubtedly be looking for this to ease during the year ahead." | Scottish firms raised their selling prices last month at the fastest pace for nearly six years as cost pressures intensified, according to a report. | 38613614 |
The Pirates went down 55-33 at Nottingham to finish the season in ninth place in the Championship.
Davies is leaving the club because of cost-cutting measures.
"There was a bit of body preservation - some players were not going not contact as they should have and there were soft tries for both sides," he said.
"We've relaxed since being knocked out of the British and Irish Cup as the season has ended."
During his time as part of the coaching staff, Davies has seen the Pirates win the British and Irish Cup and reach two more semi-finals, as well as twice making the Championship play-off final.
But he says the move to the planned new Stadium for Cornwall must go ahead if they are to survive in the long term:
"I'm disappointed not to have been part of the Pirates playing in the new stadium in that first game, a lot of people behind the scenes have worked very hard," Davies told BBC Radio Cornwall.
"As a club it has to survive, but it'll only survive with the stadium." | Cornish Pirates boss Ian Davies says he was disappointed by the lack of commitment of some of his players in his final game in charge of the club. | 36128951 |
Nine people have died in the attack at the Olympia shopping complex.
The Munich Colmcilles chair Nicole Werner said the club's members had been in contact online to reassure each other that they were safe.
"The whole incident happened shortly before six o'clock.
"The news spread very fast and obviously everyone has been afraid, because nothing like this has ever happened in Munich in my experience.
"It's a very safe town - people don't even have guns here, so shootings like this aren't something that happen.
"But we've all been in touch with each other through Whatsapp and Facebook, just making sure everyone we know and all our members are safe and so far everyone has got back to us."
Ms Werner said some of her acquaintances in the Irish community were - although safe - still stranded in the city centre.
"Obviously, everyone in town who's not at home is scared and since six o'clock we've been hearing sirens and helicopters," she said.
"But it seems like they're pulling forces from all over Bavaria to try to catch these guys.
"There are a lot of rumours circulating and we'll just have to wait and see what the motivation was." | The chair of Munich GAA club has spoken of fear and shock in the city following a terrorist attack at a shopping centre. | 36872450 |
A win would guarantee either nation a place in the next round of the World League in June.
Ireland are world-ranked 16 compared to Wales' 32, but coach Kevin Johnson has backed his team.
"When you get to a semi-final it's a one-off game and we've earned the right to be there," he said.
"When it comes to Saturday we won't be founding wanting when in comes to application and desire."
Wales have never played at this level before and earned their place with a 2-1 quarter final victory over Kazaksthan which followed a 3-0 win against Thailand.
Ireland beat Singapore 10-0 to reach the semi-finals.
"Our world-ranking points we get for reaching the last four of this competition really help us in our qualification for the Commonwealth Games and just that journey up through the world rankings," added Johnson.
"They are ranked 16 in the world and have been exposed to a number of high level tournaments.
"They're an A-division European side while we're in the B-division.
"So it's going to be a tough challenge but there will be a lot of expectation on Ireland and as a result of that we can play with creativity and we're certainly capable of hurting teams and we've managed to get results against team ranked higher than us." | Wales' women "will not be found wanting" when they face Ireland in the World League hockey semi-final in Kuala Lumpor on Saturday. | 38690741 |
A proposal to shut the Westwick site in North Walsham, which makes frozen potato products for Aunt Bessie's, was first made in October and was subject to consultation.
Since then, the company has not been able to find a buyer for the factory.
The site will permanently close in April 2015.
In a statement, Heinz said the owner of the Aunt Bessie's brand, William Jackson Food Group, had decided not to renew Heinz's licence to make its frozen potato products.
"Heinz is deeply disappointed to have to make this announcement," a spokesman for the company said.
"However, given the decision by the William Jackson Food Group to move to an alternative supplier there is not sufficient manufacturing volume to keep the factory operational.
"After exploring all alternatives to avoid or limit the impact of a potential closure, and all opportunities to find a buyer for the factory, unfortunately none of these options have proved viable."
The company has secured customers to allow the site to continue running until the end of the Aunt Bessie's licence in late April.
"Heinz's attentions will now focus on providing job search help for affected employees," the spokesman said.
Consultation with employee representatives would continue until the middle of next month, in order to agree final closure plans. | Heinz has been left "deeply disappointed" by being unable to save its factory in Norfolk, which employs 200 people. | 30557083 |
According to the Mirror, the briefing note was found on the floor of a first-class carriage on a train heading from Manchester to Edinburgh in January.
The document identified details such as a private address where Theresa May was attending a dinner that evening.
A Cabinet Office spokeswoman said they had been made aware of the claims.
The two-page briefing note was found by a member of the public at around midday on the day of the trip, the Mirror said.
It detailed Mrs May's plans for the day when she visited north-west England for a regional cabinet meeting.
The document identified the hotel where the prime minister had planned to spend several hours working on papers and making phone calls.
A government spokesman said: "We have been made aware of claims around a government document and will investigate accordingly."
A former royal bodyguard, Inspector Ken Wharfe, told the Mirror it was a serious security breach.
He said: "In today's environment, it becomes a serious security matter when documents like this detailing the hourly movements of a protected person are misplaced. That's just not acceptable." | The government is investigating claims that a document outlining the prime minister's schedule for a visit to Cheshire was left on a train. | 39251876 |
God's Own County - A Garden for Yorkshire will feature a window based on York's East Window.
The window is the largest single expanse of medieval stained glass in Britain and was completed in 1408.
The garden, by Welcome to Yorkshire, will showcase Yorkshire's scenery, heritage, industries and tradespeople at Chelsea.
Materials used for the window will reflect Yorkshire's landscape.
It will feature stone pillars carved by York Minster's masons, traditional stone and timber gargoyles and sculptures loaned from historic sites across Yorkshire.
Welcome to Yorkshire say it will be their biggest garden to date for their seventh year at Chelsea.
Designs for planting beds will celebrate the colours of the stained glass in the East Window.
Matthew Wilson, former head of RHS Garden Harlow Carr in Harrogate, said: "With the materials and skills used to create the garden, we will be bringing over 600 years of living history to Chelsea."
At Chelsea, Welcome to Yorkshire has previously won one gold medal, four silver medals, one silver gilt medal and five people's choice awards. | A medieval window at York Minster is to be the inspiration for a Yorkshire garden at the 2016 Chelsea Flower Show. | 34788339 |
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The pair had silver snatched from their grasp at London 2012, and did the same to Lithuania's Aurimas Lankas and Edvinas Ramanauskas this time around.
The Brits produced a strong finish to beat the Lithuanians by 0.014 seconds.
"We gave it a bit of a lunge for the line," said Heath. "We hit it as hard as we can."
Schofield added: "It is so satisfying. This guy has been on fire in training. I don't want to let this guy down."
Also on a busy day of canoeing in Rio:
Find out how to get into canoeing with our special guide.
Subscribe to the BBC Sport newsletter to get our pick of news, features and video sent to your inbox. | Great Britain's Liam Heath and Jon Schofield won the silver medal in the men's 200m kayak double behind Saul Craviotto and Cristian Toro of Spain. | 36690913 |
Rents were up by 1.1% last month compared with July, leaving the average rent at £761 a month, said the survey by LSL Property Services.
The figures, based on LSL's own data, suggested seven out of 10 regions had seen rent rises over the year.
This was led by a 3.5% increase in the south-west of England.
The south-east of England saw rents rise by 3.4% compared with a year ago, and there was a 3.3% rise in the north-west of England, LSL said.
Campbell Robb, chief executive of charity Shelter, said: "Successive governments' failure to build enough affordable homes and soaring house prices are leaving more and more families with no choice but to live their lives in expensive and unstable rented homes, never certain of what the future holds."
Rents were lower in August compared with a year ago in the North East (down 1.6%), the West Midlands (down 0.4%), and Wales (down 0.1%), LSL said.
The latest figures from the Office for National Statistics, published in July, said private rental prices paid by tenants in Britain rose by 1% in the 12 months to June. | The cost of renting a home in England and Wales rose faster than inflation in the year to August, climbing 2.4%, according to a survey. | 29277702 |
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It was one of the strongest storms ever recorded when it made landfall on Friday night, with wind speeds of around 165 miles per hour.
By Saturday afternoon it had weakened and was downgraded to a Category One tropical storm.
Martin reports on the clean-up operation in Mexico after Hurricane Patricia. | The clean-up has begun in parts of Mexico in North America after the country was hit by Hurricane Patricia. | 34631079 |
The previous driest spell for the four-month period was in 1962-63.
So what has caused this and what has been the impact?
During the last three months of 2016, there was predominantly high pressure over north-west Europe, keeping unsettled and wetter Atlantic weather at bay.
High pressure over Scandinavia in January had the same impact, but brought much colder conditions across Europe too.
However, in Northern Ireland, the severely cold weather did not arrive - temperatures were actually almost one degree above average.
This dry weather has been beneficial to arable farmers.
Robin McKee, a potato farmer in Comber, said it had been "a great spell for potatoes and root vegetables in general, and it's been much easier for the farmers and for harvesting crops".
As far as water levels go, Alison McCrystal of NI Water said a small number of reservoirs, including Silent Valley, had lower levels than usual for this time of year.
However, she said this was not at a worrying level and after more than an inch of rain fell on 30 January, the levels have already started to rise.
The story might be more concerning if the drier weather comes in the summer months, with higher evaporation from the sun coupled with low rainfall amounts.
That is still a way off though, so no sign of hosepipe ban just yet... | Northern Ireland had its driest October-to-January period since records began in 1910, Met Office statistics have revealed. | 38907471 |
Gerard Bradley, who was 29 and from Ringsend, was buried after Requiem Mass in St Malachy's Church in Coleraine.
He was killed alongside Omagh man Joe McDermott after a concrete slab fell on them both in Perth.
Hundreds of people attended Mr Bradley's funeral.
In his homily, Fr Brendan Mulhall spoke of how one single moment in time had changed the lives of the Bradley family forever.
"In one single moment they found themselves caught up in the middle of a situation that you would not wish on anyone," he said.
"There's always something immensely painful about the death of a young person."
The body of Mr McDermott, who was 24, arrived home on Friday.
His funeral is due to take place on Monday. | The funeral of a County Londonderry man who was killed in an accident on a building site in Western Australia has taken place. | 35014989 |
Members of the public spotted the cub on Samuels Crescent in Whitchurch on Monday but did not know what it was.
After initially thinking it was a puppy they realised its legs were too short and contacted the RSPCA.
The cub was taken to a veterinary surgery and is now being looked after at the West Hatch Wildlife Centre in Taunton, Somerset.
Animal welfare officer Sian Burton said: "He was freezing, crying and skin had come off his tail.
"He still had his eyes closed so must be under 10 days old."
Staff at the wildlife centre will now keep a close eye on him and will be feeding him a special formula to replace his mother's milk.
Apart from his tail injuries he appears to be healthy and weighs 330 grams. | A tiny fox cub has been rescued after being found on the streets of Cardiff. | 32155280 |
The popular soap opera is watched in more than 60 countries, and has been running for 25 years.
The show's producers are planning a series of blockbuster storylines, including a fairytale wedding and the plotting of an attempted murder.
Neighbours tells the story of ordinary suburban folk in a fictional Australian city.
While it might not sound like gripping television, the show's simple formula of mixing family disputes with troublesome teenagers and romance has intrigued many millions of viewers around the world.
The producers have launched a series of festivities to mark the programme's extraordinary longevity with storylines that include the return of an old favourite and the appearance of the first openly gay male character.
The success of Neighbours owes a great deal to its international appeal.
Viewing figures in Australia have declined steadily in recent years but the daily dramas on Ramsay Street continue to thrill audiences overseas.
The soap opera is shown in Ireland, Norway and Belgium as well as Barbados and New Zealand.
Britain has been fixated with this legendary show for decades.
The marriage of characters Scott and Charlene, played by the actor Jason Donovan and the singer Kylie Minogue, was watched by more than 20m people in the United Kingdom.
Despite its fluffy reputation, Neighbours has occasionally tackled far more weighty issues, including drug trafficking, kidnapping and murder. | Australian television has begun a week of celebrations to mark the 6,000th episode of Neighbours | 11067345 |
Violence flared in Rakhine State after a Buddhist woman was raped and murdered by three Muslims.
A series of reprisals and revenge attacks between communities has now left about 50 people dead.
Many of the displaced have sought refuge in Bangladesh, which has now closed its border.
Human rights groups have criticised Bangladesh for the decision, saying it is a violation of international law.
The United Nation's World Food Programme says it has provided emergency food supplies to more than 66,000 people - around two-thirds of those displaced - in the past week.
Poor roads and bridges make reaching many communities difficult, the organisation says.
Two Muslim men convicted of raping and killing the Buddhist woman last month were sentenced to death on Monday.
A third man who died in jail was given a posthumous conviction.
Following the woman's murder in May, a bus carrying Muslims was attacked and 10 people were killed, prompting more unrest in several towns and villages in Rakhine.
Rakhine state is named after the ethnic Rakhine Buddhist majority, but also has a sizeable Muslim population, including the Rohingyas.
The Rohingyas are a Muslim group and are stateless, as Burma considers them to be illegal immigrants from Bangladesh.
The BBC's Jonah Fisher, in Thailand, says there are still reports of sporadic violence but some sort of calm appears to have returned to Rakhine State.
But, our correspondent says, that has not stopped people trying to flee - both internally and across the border to Bangladesh.
Many of those trying to cross to Bangladesh both by land and sea have been turned back, he says.
Bangladesh already hosts several hundred thousand refugees from Burma and says it cannot take any more. | Around 90,000 people have been displaced by fighting in the west of Burma, according to a United Nations body. | 18517412 |
The body of the 45-year-old was found inside a house in Kyle Court at about 02:00.
A police spokeswoman said: "A post mortem examination will take place in due course to establish the exact cause of death, however, police are treating the death as suspicious meantime.
"A report will be sent to the procurator fiscal." | Police are treating the death of a man in Cambuslang as suspicious. | 38624277 |
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