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Workers abseiled down Brymbo Steelworks' listed Wilkinson Number One blast furnace to clear trees and clean the building.
The site closed in 1990 with the loss of 1,000 jobs.
In September, Brymbo Heritage Group (BHG) was awarded £97,000 from the Heritage Lottery Fund to help turn the site into a heritage centre.
Three scheduled ancient monuments and a Grade II listed building remain on the site.
BHG plans to start guided tours and gather oral histories or memories of former workers as well as digitising 3,000 old photos and other material for local schools, colleges and universities.
Spokesman Brian Stapley said five workers had been abseiling and doing a "cracking job" on clearing vegetation from the blast furnace wall.
He added: "The next step is to try and get rid of all the damage caused to the foundry when we had heavy snow in March.
"The snow brought the roof in and we need the emergency works done as soon as possible."
Mr Stapley said BHG hoped to make the site safe to take people on heritage tours.
Brymbo's industrial roots date to the 1760s when John "Iron Mad" Wilkinson and his younger brother took over the furnace at Bersham, near Wrexham, from their father.
John Wilkinson later bought Brymbo Hall and built two blast furnaces, marking the beginning of what was to become Brymbo Steelworks.
Landowners Brymbo Developments Limited (BDL) took over the reclamation after the steelworks closed in 1990, with housing being built on some of the sprawling site. | Work to clear part of an old Wrexham steelworks has started in order to turn it into a heritage centre. | 25118952 |
The Scotland international was injured colliding with Mohamed Diame to give away a penalty and earn a red card.
The 32-year-old was taken to hospital where he has spent the past two nights.
"He will be in the high dependency unit for another couple of days," said Tigers boss Steve Bruce. "We think he'll leave hospital in a week or so."
He added: "It's a really nasty injury, the kid's in a lot of pain."
McGregor has missed only six of Hull's 31 Premier League matches since a £1.5m move from Turkish side Besiktas last summer.
His understudy Steve Harper came off the bench at Upton Park and the 39-year-old ex-Newcastle man is set to start Saturday's trip to Stoke.
Bruce recalled Swiss goalkeeper Eldin Jakupovic, 29, from a loan spell at League One promotion-chasers Leyton Orient on Thursday. | Hull keeper Allan McGregor is expected to miss the rest of the season as he remains in hospital after damaging his kidney in Wednesday's loss at West Ham. | 26783504 |
Now in its fifth year, 500 words challenges under-13s to write a story about any fictional topic they choose.
Fifty finalists will be invited to the palace in May, where Evans will announce the winners live on Radio 2.
The Duchess, a patron of the National Literacy Trust, will attend a special writing workshop as part of the launch.
The "all-star story laboratory" will take place at Weston Park Primary School, London, on Wednesday.
Authors Frank Cottrell Boyce, Malorie Blackman and Francesca Simon, who are on the 500 Words judging panel, will give advice at the session, which will be filmed and made available to schools across the UK.
Evans said: "We couldn't believe our luck when HRH the Duchess of Cornwall invited us to hold our live on-air final in the stunning surroundings of St James's Palace. She's a supporter of the competition and cannot wait to meet and greet this year's 50 finalists on the day."
The winners will have their stories narrated by a selection of famous names - last year's included Benedict Cumberbatch and Hugh Bonneville.
Children can enter the 2015 contest at bbc.co.uk/500words
Last year, more than 119,000 short stories were submitted.
Susannah Ames won gold in the 13 and under category, for her disturbing story All The Time In The World, set in a distant future, where children's lifespans are determined by a series of tests.
Daniel Martlew took the top prize in the nine and under category. His story, Lost Underground, followed a young boy who became separated from his family on the tube.
Analysis of the 2014 entries found that "minion" - from the movie Despicable Me 2 - was the most popular of the 50 million words submitted by children.
The longest word was "pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanokoniosis". | DJ Chris Evans is to broadcast from St James's Palace after enlisting the support of the Duchess of Cornwall for his children's short story contest. | 30879256 |
The former Rangers and Preston North End player is in a stable condition in hospital after what Albion say was an "accidental clash of heads".
Albion chairman Stuart Brown said the 27-year-old "clearly he faces a long journey to recovery".
Little joined the club in February.
After the incident on Tuesday, he was taken by ambulance to nearby Forth Valley Royal Hospital before being transferred to another hospital in Edinburgh.
Brown added: "I have been updated by the club medical staff that, whilst this was a serious and scary incident and Andy's injuries are substantial, he is now comfortable and stable in hospital and out of danger.
"I spoke to Andy's mum and she and his dad are making plans to travel to Scotland. I have assured her that SAFC will do everything necessary to assist Andy back to full health.
"I can't thank our club doctor, Andrew Deeley, our physio Kenny Crichton and the paramedics enough for their swift and expert attention.
"It is especially comforting that, within our club, we have personnel that have both the skills and dedication to handle such, hopefully rare, situations."
Little, who won the last of his nine caps for Northern Ireland in 2012, was released by Championship side Preston in June and has made five appearances for Albion.
He had spent time on loan to Blackpool and Accrington Stanley after failing to become a first-team regular following his move to Deepdale from Rangers. | Stirling Albion and Northern Ireland striker Andy Little has suffered a fractured skull and eye socket in a training-ground accident, the Scottish League Two club have confirmed. | 39580252 |
President Trump's supporters came feeling they've just taken their country back.
The protesters on the women's march feel they have just lost theirs. It is that stark.
The mood at the march was determinedly cheerful, there were men, children and lots and lots of women. Grandmothers teaching their granddaughters the political ropes.
But the underlying message was clear - liberal America has just been shoved out of power.
These marches were enormous and they came out in cities across the country to repudiate not just Donald Trump, but his whole world view.
They didn't just protest about women's issues, there were also signs addressing his positions on climate change, healthcare and Muslims.
Can they change President Trump's agenda? Probably not.
But approval ratings matter - they are a form of political capital and when this many people really dislike the new president, that makes it harder for him to persuade members of Congress to support him on difficult issues.
The polls show us that Mr Trump is the most unpopular new president in American history. Those are the facts.
These marches put faces to those numbers. | In the space of 24 hours, Washington was the scene of two Americas. | 38707721 |
Last year the Polish government approved a threefold increase in logging in the protected Bialowieza forest, home to bison and rare birds.
Unesco, EU officials and green activists protested against it.
The European Commission, which is taking legal action against Warsaw, asked the European Court of Justice to impose the provisional ban.
Environmental activist group ClientEarth welcomed the decision, saying continued logging would cause "serious and irreparable damage to this priceless natural environment".
The group's lawyer said: "In the history of the EU, emergency measures like this ban have only been used three times in nature conservation issues.
"So far there is no case in which an interim measure of the court was not respected. If Polish authorities do not follow that decision, it will be a serious conflict with the EU law."
Poland's Environment Minister Jan Szyszko says the logging could help to curb a bark beetle infestation.
The European Commission says it puts endangered species at risk.
If Poland loses the main ongoing case, it will be liable for multimillion euro fines.
The court will meet in a few months to determine whether the injunction will remain in place while the European Commission's case on the matter continues, a spokeswoman told the BBC.
The forest is a Unesco world heritage site that straddles Poland's border with Belarus. | Europe's top court has ordered Poland to immediately stop large-scale logging in Europe's oldest forest. | 40756784 |
Tomorrow Come Today, by bestselling sci-fi novelist Gordon Dahlquist, was named the winner of the James Tait Black prize for drama.
The Brooklyn-based playwright picked up his award at a ceremony in Edinburgh.
The two other shortlisted dramas were The James Plays by Rona Munro and Incognito by Nick Payne.
The prize was launched in 2012 when Britain's oldest literary awards, the James Tait Black Prizes, were extended to include a new category for drama.
It is presented and judged by students and staff at the University of Edinburgh in association with Playwrights' Studio, Scotland and the Traverse Theatre.
Tomorrow Come Today is set in the near future where the wealthy are able to prolong life by switching their bodies for newer, healthier ones.
It was first produced by Undermain Theatre in Texas.
Rona Munro's trilogy chart the lives and deaths of King James I, II and III of Scotland, who ruled the country throughout the 15th century.
Incognito by Nick Payne interweaves three stories, all focussing on neuroscience.
Chair of the judging panel and Regius Professor of Rhetoric and English Literature at the University of Edinburgh, Greg Walker, said: "All three shortlisted plays display striking and original talent and each has made a lasting impact in theatre - making it a very challenging job to select a winner.
"The engaging innovation of Gordon Dahlquist's ominous science fiction drama stood out in the end, and we are delighted to celebrate his work at this evening's event."
Previous winners of the drama prize include Rory Mullarkey's Cannibals and The Radicalisation of Bradley Manning by Tim Rice. | A science fiction play about people who swap bodies to cheat death has won a £10,000 prize for outstanding new drama. | 34047413 |
The trio, formerly of Tokyo Electric Power Co (Tepco), will be the first to go to court over the incident.
A citizen's panel ruled last year they should face trial, forcing prosecutors to pursue the case.
The Fukushima Daiichi plant suffered a series of meltdowns following a massive earthquake and tsunami.
Among those charged is Tsunehisa Katsumata, who was Tepco chairman at the time of the disaster.
He and two other former executives have been charged with professional negligence. They have not been taken into custody.
Prosecutors in Tokyo had twice decided against pressing charges, citing insufficient evidence.
But in a rare legal move, the panel's ruling forced a compulsory indictment of the three.
The panel said the three men did not take sufficient measures despite being warned of a risk of a tsunami near the Fukushima plant.
Japan's national broadcaster NHK said they planned to plead not guilty on the grounds they could not have anticipated the size of the tsunami.
One of the most powerful earthquakes ever recorded struck off the coast of Japan in March 2011, triggering a huge tsunami.
Almost 16,000 people died and more than 2,500 are still listed as missing.
None of the deaths, however, have been linked to the nuclear disaster, although there were a number of deaths in the subsequent evacuation. | Three former executives at a Japanese power giant have been formally charged with negligence over the 2011 disaster at the Fukushima nuclear plant. | 35684098 |
Abdul Hadi Arwani, 48, was found shot dead in his car on 7 April in Wembley. He was believed to be a critic of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad.
The 53-year-old woman was arrested on suspicion of the commission, preparation and instigation of acts of terrorism.
A man, aged 61, remains in custody.
He was arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to murder and has also been held over terrorism acts.
Leslie Cooper, 36, of Nightingale Road, Brent, has appeared in court charged with Mr Arwani's murder. | A woman arrested under the Terrorism Act by detectives investigating the murder of a Syrian-born preacher in north-west London has been released. | 32425050 |
In total, 52 Labour MPs voted against the bill at the third reading - five more than those who voted against it at second reading last week - but it went through by 494 votes to 122.
Wednesday's vote was the last stage before it goes to the House of Lords.
Prime Minister Theresa May wants formal Brexit talks by the end of March.
Ceredigion Liberal Democrat MP Mark Williams, who voted against the bill, said: "Tonight MPs had the chance to amend the Tory Brexit bill to ensure that the British people had the final say on the terms of the deal at the end of the government's negotiating process.
"Instead we saw MPs vote to give the government a blank cheque to pursue the most damaging Brexit possible."
The Labour MPs who voted against the bill included Swansea West MP Geraint Davies, who did not vote last week.
The other MPs were: Kevin Brennan, Chris Bryant, Ann Clwyd, Stephen Doughty, Madeleine Moon, Owen Smith and Jo Stevens.
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said he understood the difficulties the vote presented some of his MPs but said they had been ordered to back the Article 50 because the party would not "block Brexit".
All three Plaid Cymru MPs voted against the bill.
Plaid Cymru's Brexit spokesperson Jonathan Edwards, MP for Carmarthen East and Dinefwr, said the party would "continue to fight tooth and nail for Wales' interests as the bill moves through the House of Lords".
Brexit Secretary David Davis hailed the "historic vote", adding: "It is now time for everyone, whichever way they voted in the referendum, to unite to make a success of the important task at hand for our country." | Eight Welsh Labour MPs voted against the bill which will allow ministers to trigger Article 50 and leave the European Union. | 38907749 |
The parties came close to forming an administration in 2007, but a Plaid-Labour coalition was eventually set up.
Mr Crabb said the continued presence of Labour in government is "unhealthy".
Welsh Labour said the Conservative and Liberal Democrat Westminster coalition has been "terrible for Wales".
Mr Crabb added: "The three pro-devolution parties in Wales; Welsh Conservatives, the Liberal Democrats, and Plaid Cymru, could, possibly could, provide a fresh, effective alternative to the monopolistic hold on the levers of government in Wales by the Labour Party."
A Welsh Labour spokesman said: "If anything is unhealthy for Wales, it would be a Tory, Plaid and Lib Dem government slashing education funding by up to 20%, scrapping free prescriptions and bringing back the failed grammar school system." | A Conservative, Plaid Cymru and Liberal Democrats coalition could provide an "effective alternative" to Labour rule after the 2016 Assembly elections, Welsh Secretary Stephen Crabb has said. | 31842544 |
The councillor for Splott will take over from Phil Bale who has led Wales' biggest local authority since 2014.
Labour retained control of the council in elections last week, but years of infighting convinced some members a new leader was needed.
Mr Thomas, 31, was one of five candidates who put their name forward to challenge Mr Bale.
Lynda Thorne, Ed Stubbs, Graham Hinchey and Chris Weaver were understood to be the other candidates.
Mr Bale was elected leader of the council's ruling Labour group in March 2014, after Heather Joyce stepped down.
In May 2015 he survived a challenge to his leadership from Ms Thorne, who he had defeated the previous year.
Despite the internal strife, Labour retained its majority hold on Cardiff council, although it won six fewer seats than in 2012.
The Conservatives overtook the Liberal Democrats to become the official opposition with 20 seats.
The Tory group have also chosen a new leader after David Walker stood down from the position.
Mr Walker has been replaced by Rhiwbina and Pantmawr councillor Adrian Robson. | Labour councillors in Cardiff have chosen Huw Thomas to be their new leader. | 39846901 |
The 19-year-old was found injured in Lynmouth Road, on the Stamford Hill Estate, at 23:50 BST on Tuesday.
Police said the disorder began after a "block party" attended by around 200 people. An eyewitness told the BBC many of the people were involved in the brawl.
The man was taken by air ambulance to an east London hospital. One man has been arrested. | A man has been stabbed during a large brawl in north London. | 40352328 |
Botha signed a two-year deal in January and was due to move to Belfast at the end of the Bulls' Super Rugby campaign.
However, the 25-year-old flanker has suffered a series of injury setbacks and Ulster were informed there was an increased risk in the deal.
Botha sustained a knee injury playing in New Zealand in April.
Bryn Cunningham, Ulster's Operations Director, described their decision as unfortunate for the player and the club.
"We were looking forward to welcoming him to Kingspan Stadium. However, we have acted with the best interests of team performance in mind," Cunningham said.
"We have meticulous processes for player recruitment and, having commissioned an independent medical assessment in South Africa, it was recommended that the risk had increased following his most recent injury.
"This view was shared by our own medical team.
"Everyone associated with Ulster hopes that Arno will go on to have a long and successful career.
"Once this decision was reached, we compiled an extensive list of potential targets and we will announce a signing to bolster the forward pack in due course." | South Africa international Arno Botha's move to Ulster has fallen through following a medical assessment, the Pro12 club has announced. | 39961072 |
David Robertson, former master distiller for The Macallan, plans to open the Holyrood Park Distillery.
If plans are approved, the £2m distillery will be housed in the Engine Shed building and will be open to visitors.
Glen Sciennes was the last single malt whisky distillery to operate in Edinburgh before its closure in 1925.
Edinburgh councillors have agreed to lease the Engine Shed building to the company.
The proposals are now subject to planning approval.
Mr Robertson said: "We are very excited by the prospect of resurrecting the proud tradition of distilling single malt whisky in Edinburgh.
"We hope to be able to create an immersive and entertaining visitor experience, supporting the local economy through jobs and training opportunities while reinforcing the capital's position as a world-class tourism destination.
"Most importantly, our goal is to create beautiful, hand-crafted single malt whiskies which will stand shoulder to shoulder with the other great single malts that are now being produced in Scotland and elsewhere."
The business aims to start distilling whisky by next summer and release a single malt whisky within four years.
It would initially employ up to 25 staff at varying levels, from trainees up to experienced distillery operators, tourism and production managers.
Former railway building the Engine Shed operated until recently as a cafe and bakery employing adults with learning difficulties. | A single malt distillery is set to return to Edinburgh - the first in 90 years. | 34081733 |
Fixtures and fittings have already been stripped from the former office complex at the Greyfriars bus station and the overgrown roof garden cut down.
The borough council said the demolition would open up an important town centre site for redevelopment.
The demolition will take up to 18 months to complete.
David Mackintosh, leader of Northampton Borough Council, said: "Greyfriars is beyond repair and demolishing it allows for the kind of regeneration we are seeing elsewhere in the town."
Legal & General has already announced a £3m refurbishment of the nearby Grosvenor Shopping Centre.
Detailed proposals are due to be submitted for planning permission for a project due to be completed in September 2014.
An extension of the shopping centre, which is close to the bus station site, has been discussed but no firm plans have been laid down. | Demolition of the town centre bus station in Northampton will begin on 31 March next year after a new interchange opens at North Gate. | 24473590 |
President Kuczynski (top right), who is 77, was seen in sports clothing working out to loud electronic music alongside his younger ministers with the help of two instructors.
"We want to promote health, a healthy mind and a healthy body," Mr Kuczynski told reporters.
Minister of Health Patricia Garcia said the session would happen every week and was designed to encourage Peruvians to exercise for health and to reduce obesity.
Two ministers were missing, including Education Minister Jaime Saavedra, who arrived in a suit and tie and joked that he would indeed encourage physical education during his administration.
Absent also was Minister of Agriculture Jose Manuel Hernandez Calderon, who arrived on crutches after damaging his leg. | Peruvian President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski and most of his cabinet have surprised bystanders by beginning their first weekly meeting with a short exercise session in the square outside the government palace in Lima. | 36981675 |
A series of tweets claiming to be from "The Legion" also gave out a London address said to belong to Mr Mallya.
Mr Mallya appears to have regained control of the account and the tweets have been deleted.
The businessman is being investigated in India over alleged money laundering.
Mr Mallya has been in the UK since March this year. India revoked his passport and asked the UK to deport him in May, after an Indian court issued a warrant for his arrest.
The tweets posted to his account included a list of luxury cars that the group claimed were owned by Mr Mallya, as well as a photograph of what appeared to be a residency permit of "unlimited" duration.
The group said that the information published was just a "trailer" and that more would be released soon.
This appears to be the second time the group has taken over Mr Mallya's account.
The businessman appeared to regain control of the account, posting to saying that the group had "hacked" him and was attempting to blackmail him.
Tweets then appeared after that denying the claims of blackmail and promising to "expose" Mr Mallya further over the coming weeks.
Mr Mallya made his fortune selling beer under the Kingfisher brand and branched out into aviation, Formula 1 racing, and Indian cricket.
The flamboyant businessman incurred large debts when Kingfisher airlines failed in 2013 and he is being pursued by a group of mainly state-run banks who lent him money.
He is alleged to have repeatedly failed to appear before investigators in India over financial irregularities at the airline.
He has denied fleeing India, saying he is travelling on business. He has also claimed he is the victim of a "media witch hunt". | A Twitter account belonging to controversial Indian tycoon Vijay Mallya has been hacked by a group which published what appeared to be details of his assets, accounts and passwords. | 38259586 |
The flagship £189m building faces losing half its workforce if proposals to slash its annual budget go through.
A meeting attended by hundreds of people on Wednesday heard some library services would be "irreparably" damaged under the plans.
Birmingham City Council has said it was exploring alternative ways to save services.
The meeting, in the library's studio theatre, heard from a number of library supporters.
Sam Owen, a member of staff at the library, branded proposals to cut staff "short-sighted" and said only basic counter services would remain if cuts were approved.
She said the building's specialist archive and research staff would be lost, and collections would be "irreparably damaged".
"Without the staff...[the library] would just be an empty shell," she said.
"It's no good having a state-of-the art library if there aren't enough experienced staff to run it."
William Gallagher, an author and Writers' Guild representative, said the proposed cuts were "embarrassing" for the city and could damage its image.
"Birmingham is supposed to be a great place to do business," he said.
"But we are showing the world we can't even keep our library open."
If Birmingham City Council's budget proposals for 2015/16 are approved, 100 library staff will lose their jobs and opening hours will be reduced from 73 to 40 hours per week.
On Tuesday the authority said it was considering an approach to the British Library in a bid to make Birmingham one of its regional centres.
But Councillor Penny Holbrook said the discussions were at an "early stage", and the British Library said it had not been contacted in relation to the idea. | Proposed cuts at the Library of Birmingham could leave the building an "empty shell", campaigners have warned. | 30720185 |
Two women, aged 53 and 54, and a 59-year-old man died following the crash on Sutton Road, Askern.
A 56-year-old man remains in hospital with life-threatening injuries, South Yorkshire Police said.
A 24-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving and is being questioned.
Officers are appealing for witnesses to the collision which happened at about 23:00 GMT and involved a blue Volvo S60.
The deceased are yet to be formally identified. | Three people were killed and another was left critically injured when a car hit pedestrians in Doncaster on Saturday. | 35185369 |
Nikola Zhulev, 30, is charged with murdering Alan Gardner by hitting him on the head with a metal frying pan and asphyxiating him.
He is also charged with plotting to conceal Mr Gardner's body, stealing valuables and a car, and with drug offences.
Mr Zhulev denies all the charges.
John Gordon, 52, who owns 176 South Street in Perth, told told the High Court at Livingston that Mr Zhulev only had £60 of the £170 deposit needed when he rented a room on 14 April last year.
Mr Zhulev said he would raise the money by the following week.
Mr Gordon said he had rented a room to the accused a year or so before and found him "decent enough" with no issues.
He said: "He was a bit short of money. He gave me £60 and told me his situation.
"He was having problems getting the money and he was going to claim housing benefit. He was having problems with his wife, divorce or something like that.
"I told him we don't accept housing benefits because it's all working people. He said he would get the money the following week."
The next time he saw Mr Zhulev was on Tuesday 21 April 2015.
He said: "I went to his room to collect the £110 balance for the two week rent. I knocked once on Nicky's door and he answered it.
"He knew straightaway. He said: 'Give me two seconds', went away and got me £110. It was in cash in £20 notes and a £10 note."
The trial, before Lady Rae, continues. | The landlord of a man accused of murdering a Perthshire jeweller has told a court that the accused was short of money. | 35837966 |
The study, which used official data, was carried out by the New Policy Institute.
It was commissioned by the Northern Ireland Council for Voluntary Action (Nicva).
It shows that in Northern Ireland the richest 10% of households have incomes 4.2 times higher than the poorest 10%. In Great Britain the ratio is 5.1.
The main reason for the difference is that Northern Ireland's highest earning households earn less than the highest earning households in Great Britain.
Incomes at the bottom in Northern Ireland are roughly the same as in Great Britain.
The research also looked at wealth which is measured by savings and property ownership.
It estimated that the total savings wealth held by Northern Ireland households amounts to £11bn, while property wealth is £44bn.
It concluded that in terms of savings there is a relatively high degree of wealth inequality, driven by the number of households who have no savings at all.
In Northern Ireland 45% of households have zero savings compared to 33% in Great Britain.
Savings of £20,000 puts a household in the top 10% of the Northern Ireland distribution but in Great Britain at least £70,000 is required to be in the top 10%.
The report said that more reliable statistics are required to give a better understanding of incomes and wealth in Northern Ireland. | Northern Ireland is the most economically equal part of the UK, new research has suggested. | 36208779 |
The SNP leader will travel to Ireland later in November for talks with politicians and business leaders.
Ms Sturgeon has been invited to address the Seanad, and will become the first serving head of government to do so.
She said there was a "long tradition of co-operation" between Scotland and Ireland, adding that this was "even more important" since the Brexit vote.
The Herald newspaper had quoted the Irish government's international development minister as saying there would not be direct talks with Ms Sturgeon's government over Brexit.
However, the first minister will meet President Michael Higgins and Charlie Flanagan, the minister for foreign affairs, during her visit to Dublin.
A spokeswoman said she would also meet about 100 of Ireland's "top business representatives".
Ms Sturgeon said: "Scotland and Ireland have a shared history and a long tradition of co-operation on a range of issues.
"In the post-Brexit landscape, it has become even more important that we work together to protect our shared interests.
"Last year we established an innovation and investment hub in Dublin to strengthen our relationship with Ireland and promote inward investment.
"I am proud and humbled to have been invited to address the Seanad and recognise what an honour this is. I am looking forward to the opportunity to speak to Senators about my hopes for continued work between our two nations and my plans to protect Scotland's interests in the EU." | First Minister Nicola Sturgeon is to address the upper house of the Irish Parliament during a visit to Dublin. | 37952259 |
The medal, stolen from her home in Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands, in February was found by postman Martyn Siviter earlier this month.
Sotherton's medal was returned to her by West Midlands Police on Friday.
More medals stolen during the burglary are still missing. Anyone with information should contact police.
Sotherton had appealed on Twitter for help to find her missing medals and an appeal also featured on the BBC's Crimewatch programme.
Also found with the Commonwealth gold in a postbox in Sutton Coldfield was Sotherton's English Schools "AA" medal.
Sotherton said she was "really thankful" the medals had been found.
The medal, won at Melbourne in 2006, was the only major championship gold of her career.
She won bronze at the 2004 Olympics in Athens and the World Championships in Osaka in 2007. | Former heptathlete Kelly Sotherton has been reunited with her Commonwealth Games gold medal, stolen during a burglary. | 31999770 |
Reid pounced early on with a tap-in to give the visitors the lead.
But Jason Banton, who joined Wycombe from Plymouth in the summer, blasted in an equaliser on 12 minutes from Aaron Pierre's knock-down.
Jervis scored his fourth of the season before half-time when a clearance cannoned off him and into the net.
Wycombe manager Gareth Ainsworth told BBC Three Counties Radio:
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"I can't fault the players efforts. We have had a brilliant start to the season, we just have to take a step back and look at where the club stand in this division.
"If only those posts where a couple of inches wider we would have had a few today, but unfortunately that wasn't the case.
"It's disappointing that we have lost but we now have a big game against Orient to bounce back with. It will be a real David and Goliath Game but I'm looking forward to facing one of the favourites to win the league." | Reuben Reid and Jake Jervis both struck in the first half as Plymouth beat Wycombe to end the Chairboys' unbeaten start in League Two. | 34160614 |
Goode cited injury problems when calling time on his career soon after joining Irish from Wasps in the summer.
But, the 35-year-old signed a three-month contract with fellow Premiership strugglers Newcastle last week.
"Andy's motivation for joining Newcastle is certainly his own," Irish coach Glenn Delaney told BBC Sport.
Bottom-of-the-table Irish host Newcastle on Sunday in the Premiership and Goode could make his Falcons debut.
The former Leicester, Saracens and England three-quarter took advice from Irish's medical staff and his own physician before initially retiring.
"Andy has explained his position pretty clearly in that Dean Richards (Newcastle director of rugby) is the only coach he would come out of retirement for," added Delaney, head of the London Irish's rugby operations.
"They've got a great affinity to each other that goes back a long time. I think Dean has probably leant on that relationship to get him to come (to Newcastle)."
Irish returned to the bottom of the Premiership on Saturday after letting a 14-6 half-time lead slip at Gloucester.
Delaney says Goode's possible Newcastle bow next weekend will not be a distraction.
"It's not something we're particularly concerning ourselves with," he said. "All we can worry about is what we're doing."
Newcastle moved above the Exiles at the weekend after picking up their first win of the season against Bath. | London Irish are "not concerning themselves" with fly-half Andy Goode's decision to come out of retirement and join Newcastle on a short-term deal. | 35224905 |
The 54-year-old was arrested after "clashing" with a teenager at the store in Camden on Friday 17 October.
In a statement posted on his website following the incident, Mr Joyce claimed he had asked for the police to be called after he had "detained a youth".
He is due to appear at Highbury Corner Magistrates' Court on 30 December.
The Metropolitan Police said the former Labour MP, who is now an independent, had been charged with two counts of common assault and one count of criminal damage. | Falkirk MP Eric Joyce has been charged with assault and criminal damage over an incident at a shop in North London. | 30506509 |
Zebre, who have won only one game this season and just two in 28 in the last year, dominated the early exchanges and deservedly built a 10-point advantage.
But Oliviero Fabiani was sin-binned after 30 minutes and Wasps scored three tries in the remainder of the half.
Derek Minnie was also carded after the break as Wasps added three more tries.
Wasps, the 2004 and 2007 champions, began the final round of matches in second place, a point behind Connacht, but were confident of a comfortable victory against the minnows they had thrashed 82-14 in the reverse fixture in October.
But in the opening half-an-hour, they could only produce a Danny Cipriani penalty as all the pressure came from the hosts, who scored the first try when Mattia Bellini breached a gap in the defence.
However, Zebre were left a man down when Fabiani was shown the yellow card for a no-arms tackle and Ashley Johnson soon powered over from close range.
Cipriani ghosted through the challenges following a driving maul and the ball was worked wide for Elliot Daly to add a third.
As the home side tired, Minnie was sin-binned for an infringement at a maul and Johnson added a second, with Christian Wade also getting on the scoresheet when he scampered through in the corner after some fleet-footed work on the touchline.
Nathan Hughes had been on the field only a matter of moments when he completed the scoring for the visitors, with Connacht missing out on the last eight after they were beaten 19-10 by Toulouse.
For the latest rugby union news follow @bbcrugbyunion on Twitter. | Wasps secured top spot in their pool and a Champions Cup quarter-final at Leinster after coming back from behind to see off bottom side Zebre in Italy. | 38657283 |
Firefighters were called to the ground-floor property on Ferry Road just after 01:00.
They removed the woman from the flat and she was taken away by ambulance, but was pronounced dead a short time later.
An investigation has been started into the cause of the fire. | A woman has died in a fire at a flat in Edinburgh. | 34992425 |
Vikki Thompson, 21, died at Armley jail, near Leeds, on 13 November. She had said she would kill herself if sent to a male prison.
She was in custody awaiting sentencing for robbery and was being held in a single-occupancy cell at HMP Leeds.
Family and supporters gathered at Oakworth Crematorium, near Keighley, West Yorkshire, to pay their respects.
Updates on this story and others from around West Yorkshire
Speaking after the funeral, Alex Kaye, of transgender support group SafeT, said: "It's a tragedy that shouldn't have happened.
"It's unjust and it's an unbelievable time for people who knew Vikki.
"It signifies a time for change, a very important change that has to happen."
Ms Thompson's death prompted calls for a shake-up of the way transgender prisoners are handled by authorities.
Justice Department minister Lord Faulks said the policy regarding transgender prisoners was currently under review.
A post-mortem examination found the cause of Ms Thompson's death was thought to be hanging. | The funeral of a transgender woman who was found dead at a male prison has taken place. | 34995247 |
Christopher McDowell, 18, was found at the base of the 120ft (36m) tall bridge near Llangollen, Denbighshire.
At a hearing in Ruthin on Monday, coroner John Gittins said a post mortem examination gave chest trauma as the provisional cause of death.
Mr McDowell, of Cefn Mawr, Wrexham county, was described as "bright and lively".
He had just finished a shift at a nearby McDonald's before heading to the aqueduct with his friend Matthew Breeze.
Mr Gittins, the coroner for north Wales east and central, said Mr McDowell had been identified from his driving licence and by Mr Breeze.
The teenager, who also worked at the Splash Magic leisure centre in Plas Madoc, was described as "well loved and very popular".
The inquest was adjourned for a full hearing in October. | A teenager who fell from Pontcysyllte aqueduct died from chest injuries, an inquest opening has heard. | 36463591 |
The so-called malvertising affected Spotify's subscription-free service on Windows, Mac and Linux machines.
People reported that virus-infected pop-up websites were appearing while they listened to music.
Spotify said in a statement: "We have now identified the source of the problem and have shut it down."
It said "questionable website pop-ups" had affected a "small number of users".
Cybersecurity experts have warned that malvertising is on the rise, because the scale of popular advertising networks can be misused to push malicious content to a wide audience.
"Malvertising can slip onto any platform or website that displays ads delivered by advertising networks," said Jan Zika of antivirus firm Avast.
"While malvertising is usually hosted on sites that provide illegal content such as movie downloads, it does occasionally make its way on to more mainstream platforms, such as Spotify.
"Users should install antivirus software that will catch malvertising before it can do any harm."
It is not the first time Spotify has inadvertently distributed malware-infected content through its advertising network. A similar issue affected the software in 2011.
Other prominent companies have also been targeted.
"We've seen an increase in malvertising of this kind," said Rahul Kashyap of the computer security company Bromium.
"Malware via ads provides great return of interest for the attackers and are difficult to be reliably blocked at the ad launch."
The company said it had found that more than a quarter of the world's 1,000 most visited websites had delivered malware through malicious advertisements in 2015.
Spotify said it would "continue to monitor" advertisements in its software. | Spotify says it has fixed a problem in its software that let rogue adverts automatically open virus-infected websites on a victim's device. | 37573815 |
The Preston-born 21-year-old had made 14 appearances on loan for Rovers this season, keeping four clean sheets.
The England Under-20 international has had previous loan spells at Scunthorpe, Yeovil and Walsall, but has yet to play for the Old Trafford club.
"We tried to do something in the summer with him," said boss Simon Grayson.
"When a player comes available who you think is going to improve the squad, regardless of what you have already, then it's something you go and do."
As well as being born in the town, Johnstone's father Glenn played 10 games for the Lilywhites in the 1990s.
"If anyone else other than Preston had shown an interest in me, the likelihood would have been I would have stayed at Doncaster, who have been very good to me, but this being my hometown club it was difficult to turn down," said Johnstone.
His departure leaves Doncaster short of goalkeeping options for Tuesday's FA Cup third-round replay at Bristol City.
Marko Marosi, who was on the bench for the is Rovers' second-choice keeper, but is yet to start a first-team game. | Preston have signed Manchester United keeper Sam Johnstone on loan until the end of the season, after he was recalled from a spell with Doncaster. | 30781312 |
Bruce Dickinson set up maintenance business Cardiff Aviation in 2012 at RAF St Athan, Vale of Glamorgan.
He said it was after verbal assurances from the Welsh Government he could use a landing system that he still does not have access to.
The Welsh Government said it will discuss the issue with Mr Dickinson.
Mr Dickinson said the Ministry of Defence (which owns RAF St Athan) will not let the company use an instrument landing system (ILS).
An ILS uses radio beams to give precision guidance to pilots as they approach the runway.
Without it, Mr Dickinson said planes can only land and take off during week days, in office hours and in good visibility, which has stopped him being able to bid for lucrative contracts.
He said he needs planes to land 24 hours a day and will have a meeting with the Welsh Government to discuss the issue.
A Welsh Government spokesman said it had worked closely with Cardiff Aviation and Mr Dickinson "for a number of years".
He added that officials will meet him next week to "discuss how we can continue to best support his business".
"The introduction of an ILS procedure is a matter for the Ministry of Defence and we continue to lobby them on behalf of Cardiff Aviation and the wider enterprise zone to ensure a favourable outcome for what is one of Wales' flagship industries," he added.
The MOD has been asked to comment. | An aviation company chaired by the Iron Maiden frontman is losing millions of pounds because of a dispute over landing rights, he has claimed. | 36987570 |
The men, led by a "notorious" Birmingham gangster, sold antique firearms and specially-made bullets to criminals, West Midlands Police said.
The bullet type supplied by the gang was the same used in a fatal shooting in the city last year, the court heard.
Addressing judges, Solicitor General Robert Buckland QC said the sentences were too lenient.
It was criminal conduct of "utmost gravity", he said.
Updates on this story and more from Birmingham and the Black Country
Eight guns, including a pump action shotgun and a Mac 10 Machine pistol and ammunition, were recovered by police in a sting operation in 2014.
The men, all from Birmingham and the Black Country, were jailed for between four and 16 years at Birmingham Crown Court.
Prosecutors said Nosakhere Stephenson, described as a central figure with the notorious Burger Bar gang, masterminded the operation to supply guns in the city and beyond.
Police recovered guns from premises in the suburbs of Great Barr and Handsworth and from a car in Hockley as it was being handed over to a buyer.
But Mr Buckland said Judge James Burbidge, the judge in the previous sentencing hearings, was "fundamentally mistaken" to impose the sentences he did.
He looked at the amount of the weapons seized, not the group's capacity to obtain, convert and supply weapons, he said.
He maintained that some defendants should have received sentences well above 20 years, which would have then meant higher sentences for the remainder.
The sentences needed to act as a deterrent to others as gun crime was an attack on society, the solicitor general said.
Three Court of Appeal judges, sitting at Birmingham Crown Court, reserved their judgement in the case.
All the defendants were watching proceedings via video link from three different prisons. | The sentences of 17 men jailed for a gun dealing ring should be increased, court of appeal judges have been told. | 35542842 |
The 19-year-old has been the subject of speculation over his future with Juventus linked with making a move.
But Ferguson said terms have been agreed with the Frenchman's agent and the club is now just waiting on Pogba.
We have agreed a deal with his agent. Now it is just down to the boy.
"The boy has great potential and he is at the right club. He has to make that decision," Ferguson told MUTV.
"We have agreed a deal with his agent. Now it is just down to the boy."
Pogba's first team chances looked restricted particularly when fellow midfielder Paul Scholes came out of retirement at the age of 37.
But the Frenchman had returned to the first team squad in recent weeks, making seven substitute appearances, before he was ruled out for the rest of the season with ankle ligament damage.
Meanwhile, Reds striker Will Keane, 19, who made his senior debut against Blackburn earlier this season, is set to go out on loan next year.
Ferguson said: "Will is progressing the right way. The lad is a good finisher and has good potential.
"He needs a bit of toughening up and next year we will possibly put him out on loan. That would be good for him." | Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson says the club is waiting on midfielder Paul Pogba to decide whether he wants to sign a new deal. | 17790677 |
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The 28-year-old from Wrexham emulated Commonwealth Games swimming champion Jazz Carlin, the 400m freestyle runner-up, by claiming silver in Brazil.
Thornley and partner Katherine Grainger were dropped from the double sculls but reunited for Rio just six weeks ago.
"It's been a hard few months," admitted Thornley. "We've had to dig deep."
Grainger's silver was the first Welsh women's rowing Olympics medal in history and all the more remarkable as her partnership with Grainger was dissolved earlier this year.
They won European bronze last year, but they were broken up after failing to make the podium at this year's European Championships.
They both tested for the women's eight crew but fell short of their team-mates' times and were made to wait before being confirmed in the squad for the doubles.
Grainger and Thornley led by 0.64 seconds at the halfway mark but were narrowly beaten to gold as the Polish pair of Magdalena Fularczyk-Kozlowska and Natalia Madaj powered through to win by 0.95 seconds, with Lithuania in third.
"The last six weeks that we've been back in the double has been really enjoyable but has been hard," said Thornley.
"We've made some big changes, we had to dig deep but today it paid off.
"I'm just so thankful to Katherine, she did such a good job in that race ad it was quite a big headwind, I don't know what happened at the end as it became a bit tight. It's all a whirlwind. Still, the silver medal is really nice."
Thornley's silver is the fifth Welsh rowing medal in three Olympics as Tom James won golds in 2008 and 2012 while Tom Lucy won silver in 2008 and Chris Bartley silver in 2012. | Victoria Thornley admits her Olympic silver is "really nice" after the Welsh rower won a medal at Rio 2016 just six weeks after qualifying. | 37043660 |
Ms Dorrian, 25, was last seen at a party at a caravan site in Ballyhalbert in 2005.
The PSNI said no human remains were found during the search, which started a week ago, but a number of items were removed for further examination.
Police have previously made several arrests, but no-one has been charged with her murder.
Det Ch Insp Justyn Galloway said: "Our inquiries are continuing. We would again appeal to those individuals who know what happened to Lisa to provide that information.
"This would enable Lisa's family to have some degree of closure as they face another anniversary of her disappearance in the coming days without the answers they so desperately crave and deserve."
Last February, a reward of up to £5,000 was offered by the Crimestoppers charity for information about Ms Dorrian's murder.
This reward was in addition to one of £10,000 previously put up by the family. | Police investigating the murder of County Down woman Lisa Dorrian have ended a search of land outside Comber. | 35631934 |
Michael Dixon, 65, of Trundle Mead, was cycling on Kerves Lane when he was in a crash with a silver Citroen at 11:00 GMT on Monday. He died at the scene.
His family said: "Mike was a much loved husband, father, brother, grandfather and friend. We are devastated by our sudden loss."
A man has been charged over Mr Dixon's death and will appear in court later.
Luigi Dannile, 26, of Broadwater Lane, Copsale, near Horsham, has been charged with causing death by dangerous driving, driving without a licence and driving without insurance.
He was remanded in custody at Crawley Magistrates' Court and is due to appear at Lewes Crown Court on 2 January. | The family of a cyclist who was hit by a car in Horsham said he lost his life doing something he loved. | 30417037 |
The Spitfires lost 1-0 to Macclesfield on Tuesday to drop to 15th place and go seven games without a league win.
Allen joined Eastleigh from Barnet on 1 December, but won just two of his matches and leaves the club searching for a fourth manager of the season.
The 51-year-old failed to win a single home game and admitted after the National League loss to Macclesfield that he "was not enjoying it".
Allen, who guided Barnet to the National League title in 2015, becomes the third manager to depart this campaign after Chris Todd and Ronnie Moore.
His brief stint at the south coast side, which lasted just 84 days, saw 19 players move on from the club and 13 more brought in.
Following Tuesday's third straight league defeat which left them nine points above the relegation zone, Allen criticised his players.
"I've stood back and watched some games here, watched our team play and it's been awful, nowhere near good enough," he told BBC Radio Solent.
"It's not acceptable to me; it's not acceptable to the chairman.
"I've had two clubs win championships, with Gillingham and at Barnet, and it's been through hard work, desire and everybody in the team competing week in, week out. I'm not getting that here at the moment and I'm not enjoying it.
"I haven't got the vibe. I love the place, I love working with the chairman, I love the atmosphere when the crowd do get behind the players, but the players haven't given the crowd anything to lift them." | Eastleigh have sacked manager Martin Allen after just 14 games in charge. | 39052423 |
The dead man was Christopher Pariseleti, 41, owner of Pariseleti Construction, police told local media.
In a statement, Newton-John and her husband said they were "in shock" over the death at her home near Palm Beach.
A worker was reportedly seen crying at the property after the shooting at noon on Monday at Jupiter Inlet Colony.
The Australian star and her husband, John Easterling, were not at home when the incident happened, said police.
Officials told ABC News the death had been classified as suicide, and there were "no suspicious circumstances". | A man who shot and killed himself at actress and singer Olivia Newton-John's Florida home was a contractor working on the property, police say. | 23775404 |
The body of Jiri Ulman, 52, was discovered with "multiple serious injuries" near Ten Acres Lane in Newton Heath, Manchester, on 8 August.
Miroslav Kolman, 35, is due to appear at Manchester and Salford Magistrates' Court on Saturday.
Josef Janda, 57, of Kenyon Lane, Moston, was also charged earlier this week with Mr Ulman's murder.
A 60-year-old woman held on suspicion of assisting an offender was released while inquiries continue. | A second man has been charged with murder after a man was found dead in woodland. | 40985873 |
Merseyside Police said they had received reports that a person had been seen with a firearm in Beech Rise, Kirkby, at about 05:20 BST.
A 17-year-old boy was also arrested on suspicion of burglary offences and possessing a firearm.
Officers also held a man, 38, from Litherland on suspicion of conspiracy to import and supply controlled drugs after 15kg of cannabis resin was found.
A 24-year-old man from Kirkby was also arrested on suspicion of possessing cannabis.
The arrests were part of a police operation targeted at organised crime groups after about 80 shootings in Merseyside since April - 39 of which have led to people being injured.
Five men have also died following various gun attacks including 18-year-old Yusuf Sonko in Toxeth on 2 June.
Detectives are also appealing for witnesses following a shooting in Croxteth at about 14:30 BST on Friday near the junction of Armill Road and Sovereign Road. No one was injured.
Det Insp Nick Suffield said: "If someone has been brazen enough to fire a shotgun in the middle of the afternoon on a residential street we need to find them urgently." | Two boys, aged 13, have been arrested on suspicion of possessing a firearm. | 40235071 |
The former Great Britain rugby league star had been linked with an England role in the wake of Stuart Lancaster's post-2015 World Cup sacking.
But Edwards will remain in the role he took up under Warren Gatland in 2008.
"It is fantastic to work alongside such a dedicated and talented group of players and to be part of a strong management team," said Edwards.
He initially worked on a part-time basis with Wales, while head coach at Wasps, becoming full-time Wales defence coach in 2011.
Edwards' expertise has helped Wales win Six Nations titles in 2008, 2012 and 2013 - including two Grand Slams - and a World Cup semi-final in 2011 and a quarter-final in 2015.
He was offered the role of coach to England Saxons following the 2011 World Cup, but turned down the role in favour of his post with Wales.
"Warren has assembled a great team off the field and it's a great environment," added Edwards.
"I get to work alongside some of the best coaches and management in the world and alongside some of my best friends in the game Rhys Long (WRU head of analysis) and Paul Stridgeon (WRU consultant head of physical performance).
"For me it is great to have signed through until 2019, but as I always have done, my focus is always on the next match and the next competition, which for us is the Six Nations."
Wales attack coach Rob Howley and forwards coach Robin McBryde have deals running until after the three-Test tour to face New Zealand in June 2016.
Kicking coach Neil Jenkins is a member of the Welsh Rugby Union's staff. | Defence coach Shaun Edwards has signed a new deal that keeps him with Wales until after the 2019 World Cup. | 35060631 |
The Dow Jones closed down 12 points, or 0.1%, at 16,643.01. The S&P 500 was up 1 point at 1,988,87, while the Nasdaq was up 16 points, or 0.3%, at 4,828.33.
The last three days have seen markets regain some of the heavy losses sustained over the previous week.
Drugs giant Pfizer was the biggest faller on the Dow, shedding 1.8%.
"We certainly arrested the selling that we saw at the end of last week and the beginning of this week," said Mace Blicksilver at Marblehead Asset Management.
"There is a lot of concern about slowing growth, and we still don't know what the Fed is going to do," he said, referring to the Federal Reserve's plans to raise interest rates, which many investors believe could happen later this year, with some thinking as early as next month.
On the currency markets, the dollar gained almost half a cent against the euro, to 89.38 cents, and was unchanged against the pound at 64.93 pence. | (Close): US stock markets were largely unchanged on Friday as investors continued to wrestle with fears of a Chinese-led global economic slowdown. | 34089356 |
Andrew McVicar, 33, of Dewsgreen, Basildon, Essex, was charged with robbery in The Drive, Hullbridge, on 19 March.
Timothy Smith died two days later from head injuries.
Mr McVicar appeared at Chelmsford Magistrates' Court on Saturday and was remanded in custody. He will appear at the city's crown court on 27 April.
He was arrested on Friday morning in north Lanarkshire. | A man has been charged in connection with a robbery in which a 57-year-old man suffered fatal injuries. | 39468825 |
The Championship's bottom club stated they had cleared the £2.2m debt on Friday and that has now been confirmed.
Funds are available after Dean Holdsworth's Sports Shield consortium and Ken Anderson's Inner Circle bought the club from Eddie Davies.
Bolton are 12 points from safety after the 6-0 loss to Bristol City.
"I can only apologise to all the fans that came down from Bolton," interim boss Jimmy Phillips told BBC Radio Manchester after the defeat.
"It was an embarrassing performance and all the players, who we spoke to after the game, said they were embarrassed as well. All of us know that is no way near good enough.
"There's 24 points left but it's certainly been made far harder by today's performance - not only the points difference but the spirit and damaging effect it's done on the morale and support." | Bolton Wanderers' winding-up petition from Revenue & Customs has been closed at the High Court after they paid their tax bill. | 35861399 |
The seafronts at Southend and Canvey Island have both been badly hit with some roads into the area affected.
The fire and rescue service have been called to 13 flood-related incidents, including clearing a house and nursery that had become flooded in Colchester.
The Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning, with further torrential rain expected in some areas into Wednesday morning.
Floodwater on the A12 forced the closure of one lane, London-bound near Junction 14.
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Abellio Greater Anglia services in and out of London have been disrupted by overhead wire problems - not known to be caused by the weather - at Stratford.
Barry Campagna, an independent councillor for Canvey Island, said: "There's nobody here, the whole of the seafront is empty, the kids are off school and it should be buzzing.
"The drains can't take the amount of surface water on Canvey."
Suzanne Gray, who runs an arcade on Furtherwick Road, Canvey, which is also flooded, said: "I've been here 20 years. The last three years it seems to be getting worse and worse."
It was a similar story in Southend.
"In two minutes, the whole of the seafront was flooded yet again, in up to 18 inches of water," said Happidrome arcade owner Martin Richardson.
Tesco tweeted a photo of flooding outside its Extra store in Southend, but said it was "dealing with the water" and would open as normal.
Other areas affected include Rochford and Westcliff.
The Met Office's yellow warning - meaning " be aware" - is for the East of England.
It said although most parts of the region would escape the worst, there was a risk of locally torrential, thundery bursts and flash flooding. | Parts of Essex are experiencing flash-flooding following heavy downpours. | 36417341 |
Simon Berkowitz, 68, was given a six-year sentence for breaking into a retired couple's home just 16 days after being given early release.
His crimes include trying to sell stolen documents in 1992 about Paddy Ashdown's affair with his secretary.
Berkowitz, from Hove, denied burglary but admitted five counts of using their bank cards fraudulently.
Judge Francis Gilbert QC told him: "You do not feel the least bit of sympathy for what you have done.
"It is perfectly obvious you have no regrets or remorse whatsoever. Burglary is your chosen way of life.
"You are a persistent burglar. You have an appalling record and it is extremely likely you will continue to offend."
About two weeks after being freed half way through a five-and-a-half-year sentence, Berkowitz travelled to Devon in search of properties to burgle.
He broke in to the home of pensioners John and Ann Searle on Guy Fawkes night last year while they were away on holiday.
Berkowitz was caught on CCTV when he used Mr Searle's stolen bank cards to obtain £1,100 in Sidmouth and Exmouth.
Police arrested him in Sidmouth carrying a rucksack containing a burglary kit consisting of metal levers, gaffer tape, two torches and a piece of wire bent into a hook.
He denied burgling the house in Hillside Road, Sidmouth and told Exeter Crown Court he had no need to steal because he inherited £4,000 from his mother who died during his last jail sentence.
The jury took less than an hour to convict him after hearing his list of previous convictions dating back to 1961. | A burglar with an "appalling record" of 250 break-ins during a 50-year criminal career has been jailed. | 32850300 |
The upper tier, built in 2014, was temporarily closed for Cardiff games a year ago due to poor ticket sales.
But the Bluebirds hope re-opening the stand will help attract a crowd of more than 26,000.
"The club has worked tirelessly this week," manager Russell Slade said.
"It's all good positivity that we require with eight games to go.
"The crowd is pulling in the right direction, getting right behind the team, and the team giving absolutely everything on the pitch is a dangerous situation for any team that's visiting us."
Cardiff said on Friday morning they had sold nearly 25,000 tickets for the visit of Darren Wassall's side.
Slade's team sit one place and three points behind the Championship play-off places and are five behind Derby, who are fifth in the table
"We're looking for a bright and tight performance. That's the standard we've set at home," Slade added.
"We only lose the game if we fail to fight tooth and nail for the points on Saturday and deliver a performance and give everything we've got," said Slade.
"They're not going to come much bigger at this stage of the season. We are looking forward to the challenge and embrace it in front of, hopefully, our biggest crowd of the season.
"We're not completely out of it until it's mathematically impossible but it would be a huge blow not to take all three points."
Cardiff and Scotland goalkeeper David Marshall is recovering from pneumonia and is a doubt for the game while defenders Fabio and Matthew Connolly could also miss out because of illness. | Cardiff City will re-open the Ninian Stand extension for the first time this season when they face Championship play-off rivals Derby County on Saturday. | 35942979 |
Mr Modi invited them to "make in India", the name of a national programme which aims to make India a global manufacturing hub.
He said "reform in governance" was his top priority to ensure accountability.
Mr Modi's five-day visit to the US will also see him meet top Silicon Valley leaders and attend a Facebook townhall.
Among the CEOs who met Mr Modi were Citigroup Chairman Michael O'Neill, MasterCard CEO Ajay Banga, Boeing International President Marc Allen and Goldman Sachs President Gary Cohn.
Media tycoon Rupert Murdoch tweeted after the meeting that he had a "great hour" with the Indian prime minister.
"Best leader with best policies since independence, but massive task to achieve in most complex nation", the tweet read.
India's ambassador to the US Arun K. Singh told a media conference later that chief executives had been "upbeat" after the interaction and said: "They felt that the initiatives being taken by the government were inaccurately assessed and reported, and appreciated the trend and direction in India."
India's Foreign Ministry Spokesman Vikas Swarup added that "Everyone was happy with the changes in India. Their only demand was that the changes be faster".
Meanwhile the White House has confirmed that US President Barack Obama will meet Mr Modi on the sidelines of the UN summit on Friday.
Senior Obama National Security Aide Ben Rhodes said the discussions would include issues related to a major climate conference, where countries are being asked to set emissions targets, the AFP news agency reported. | India Prime Minister Narendra Modi has met 47 chief executives of Fortune 500 companies at a dinner moderated by Fortune editor Alan Murray in New York. | 34355815 |
The incident occurred at the KOF convenience store in Dumbarton Road, Yoker, at about 11:20 on Sunday.
The injured man is currently in a stable condition at the city's Queen Elizabeth University Hospital.
The 25-year-old man who has been detained is expected to appear at Glasgow Sheriff Court on Wednesday. | A man has been arrested after a 23-year-old shopkeeper was shot in the leg during an attempted robbery at a store in Glasgow. | 35410782 |
The expensive piece by Swiss jeweller De Grisogono vanished after a celebrity party at a five-star hotel in the resort town of Cap d'Antibes.
The theft occurred despite "large security measures", including 80 security guards, the jeweller said.
Last week, thieves ripped a safe with jewels from the wall of a hotel room.
The latest robbery happened after a gala held at the exclusive Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc on Tuesday night.
The high-profile event celebrated De Grisogono's 20th anniversary, and was attended by international movie stars like Sharon Stone and Ornella Muti.
The jeweller house regularly loans its jewels to celebrities, including Paris Hilton and Cameron Diaz.
"It is actually the first time it has happened in our 20-year history," the company said in a statement.
It added that the theft occurred "despite the large security measures set in place: over 80 security guards plus police".
Last Friday, thieves stole jewels by Swiss jewellers Chopard from the Novotel hotel.
The precious goods were worth more than 770,000 euros.
Chopard is an official sponsor of the festival and also makes its top award, the Palme d'Or. But the trophy was not among the stolen items.
At least two apartments rented by film executives have also been burgled during the festival, according to the AFP news agency. | A necklace reportedly worth 1.9m euros (£1.6m) has been stolen during the Cannes film festival, in the second such theft to hit this year's event. | 22649074 |
Reyaad Khan, 21, was killed in a US drone strike at the end of August.
Officials from the Jalalia mosque in Riverside said the death was confirmed by his family at Friday prayers.
Last year, he appeared in a video along with another man from Cardiff and an Aberdeen man urging others to join so-called Islamic State.
The secretary of the Jalalia mosque, Mokaddus Miah, said prayers were said for him after being told by Reyaad Khan's father that he had died.
In July, there was widespread media speculation that Reyaad Khan had been killed in an earlier missile attack in Syria but the BBC was unable to confirm those reports at the time.
It is thought the former Cantonian High School and St David's College student, who was born in Penarth, travelled to Syria late in 2013.
He appeared in a 13-minute IS propaganda video in June 2014 alongside his friend Nasser Muthana, also from Cardiff, and Abdul Raqib Amin from Aberdeen.
His family in Cardiff later spoke of their shock and said he had been "brainwashed".
Five years ago, he appeared in a video featuring teenagers involved in a youth project in Cardiff's Riverside.
In the video, obtained by the Guardian newspaper, he was asked if the world was a "lovely place" or an "evil place".
He replied: "The world can be a lovely place but you've got to get rid of the evil.
"If everyone could choose the good, the evil will go away.
"The future of Britain is in the youth. If you want a better future you should invest in that.
"Money is wasted on terrible things like illegal wars." | A Cardiff man who is one of three from the city to have joined a jihadist group in Syria has died, BBC Wales has been told. | 34125743 |
The Labour-run council said reductions in its budget since 2010 meant it would have lost £44m in funding by 2020.
Proposals could see libraries and Sure Start centres close and Darlington's Victorian Market, which needs a £4m refurbishment, sold off.
Councillor Bill Dixon said: "I feel sick. I was born and bred here."
He said: "We have been forced to set a budget for four years which will have a far-reaching impact on the town.
"Much-loved services and buildings will be lost over that period."
Greengrocer Robin Blair, whose family have been trading at the market for 145 years, said: "It is important that we keep it as a market - what would you do with it?
"It's the heart of the town, it's the jewel in the crown and it's got to be kept."
The council said it could afford only £2.5m a year on discretionary spending, with the remainder of the £84m budget going to statutory services such as adult and children's services.
A council tax rise of 3.99%, the maximum allowed, has also been set.
The council said it aimed to keep open its Dolphin Centre, which was well-used by local sports clubs but not profitable, making it "unattractive to the private sector".
Mr Dixon added: "Darlington's biggest asset has always been its people and as we see services we have relied on being steadily cut, now is the time for us all to step up and think what we can do for our community, however large or small."
The proposals will be considered at a cabinet meeting next week. | The leader of Darlington Borough Council has said he "felt sick" proposing £13m of cuts that would see about 200 jobs lost. | 35496577 |
Williams, who can also play at centre, has made three appearances for Bath since joining the club from the England Sevens side in April 2015.
The 26-year-old scored 39 tries in 22 games for the England Sevens after making his debut in 2012.
"It's a great environment to be in and I feel like I'm constantly improving," he told the club website.
"Bath is a fantastic city to live in, and I've really settled in well so I didn't have any hesitation about staying." | Bath winger Jeff Williams has signed a one-year contract extension with the Premiership club. | 35696481 |
Socialist MPs had introduced the amendment to the budget for 2016, saying that as "basic needs," tampons, towels and menstrual cups should be taxed at the lower rate.
But the proposal was rejected in the early hours of Thursday morning.
The government opposed the change, saying it would reduce tax receipts in 2016 by 55m euros (£40m, $63m).
The feminist collective behind the proposal, Georgette Sand, said it "saw red" at the outcome.
It said the rejection was inevitable given the timing of the vote, and women's under-representation in the chamber.
France's Secretary of State for the Budget, Christian Eckert, said that VAT was also paid at 20% on men's shaving foam - and that the debate was "passionate" but "not simple".
The vote in the National Assembly drew ire from many commentators on social media - with #taxetampon trending in Paris on Thursday.
Many people used red blood as a metaphor for their anger - L'etagere tweeted this image, saying "when you read that for the 75% male MPs feminine protection products are not basic needs":
"You have to ask who is pulling the strings at the National Assembly," tweeted @supermegadrivin.
"If you have your period, you pay for it, physically, socially and financially," tweeted @Menstrues.
The parallel drawn between shaving foam and menstrual products was particularly criticised:
If you want, Christian Eckert, I can go out for a month without a tampon, and you without shaving, and we'll see what happens, tweeted @BoumBoumTcha: | French MPs have voted against an amendment which would have cut VAT paid on sanitary products from 20% to 5.5%. | 34538672 |
The 2014 champion won 6-4 6-3 3-6 6-3 in two hours and 47 minutes.
Spain's David Ferrer lost 6-4 3-6 2-6 1-6 to Kazakh Mikhail Kukushkin.
French eighth seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga beat Romanian Marius Copil 6-3 6-3 6-4, while American 10th seed John Isner won 6-1 6-3 4-6 6-3 against France's Pierre-Hugues Herbert.
Tsonga will play Denis Shapovalov in the second round, after the Canadian beat Russia's Daniil Medvedev 7-5 6-1 6-2, while Isner faces South Korea's Chung Hyeon.
Sandgren, ranked 105th in the world, had been due to play Andy Murray, before the Briton's withdrawal on Saturday.
"I feel just a little bit rusty," said fifth seed Cilic after Monday's win.
"I need a few matches to get in the rhythm. I was hitting some good shots and then making some unforced errors," added the world number seven, who will play German Florian Mayer in the second round.
American Sam Querrey, who reached the Wimbledon semi-finals, beat Frenchman Gilles Simon 6-4 6-3 6-4, while Luxembourg's Gilles Muller was a 3-6 6-3 6-4 6-4 winner over Australian Bernard Tomic. | Croatia's Marin Cilic has won his first match since losing the Wimbledon final, beating American Tennys Sandgren in the US Open first round. | 41078254 |
It is six months since a 200-page report by a health economist urged three health boards work more closely.
Prof Marcus Longley found patient "mistrust" over the future of Bronglais Hospital in Aberystwyth.
The health minister will join experts on Thursday in Powys from as far afield as the United States to look at future challenges.
As well as better organisation of local health care, the event will look at issues ranging from GP recruitment to appointments over the phone.
Prof Longley, of the Welsh Institute for Health and Social Care, called for Hywel Dda, Powys Teaching and Betsi Cadwaladr health boards to collaborate.
The future of Bronglais in Aberystwyth had been "dogged by uncertainty" with fears it was being run down. He called for the hospital to be at the heart of changes.
Jack Evershed, a campaigner to protect hospital services is now independent co-chair of the new Mid Wales Health Collaborative, along with Dr Ruth Hall, former chief medical health officer for Wales.
They will start working with health boards and the Welsh Ambulance Service to look at putting the Longley recommendations into practice after the conference in Newtown.
"We will looking at reaching some idea what priorities and approaches we need to adopt and the challenges we need to address urgently," said Mr Evershed.
He said he hoped the outcome would include lessons which could be taken to other parts of rural Wales and beyond. | A way forward to improve patient care across mid Wales will be mapped out at a conference. | 31833877 |
The St John's forward impressed during the team's promotion-winning Division Four league campaign in the spring.
John Carron makes his first championship start since an All-Ireland qualifier defeat by Louth in 2013.
Otherwise the saffrons field a hugely experienced side as they bid to avenge two losses to Fermanagh last summer.
Kevin Niblock has been passed fit to start despite suffering from a bout of tonsilitis last week.
Carron came on as a sub in Antrim's Ulster SFC defeat by Monaghan in 2013, but Sunday's game will be his first provincial championship start.
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Antrim badly missed the leadership and influence of key players such as Michael and Tomas McCann and Kevin Niblock who opted out last year.
Brian 'Bam' Neeson, who also missed last year's defeats to the Erne county in Ulster championship and All-Ireland SFC second round qualifier, is another player Fermanagh will be wary of.
He scored 1-6 in Antrim's 2-18 to 3-13 victory over Fermanagh in the Ulster SFC in 2014.
Antrim SFC (v Fermanagh): C Kerr; K O'Boyle, R Johnston, N Delargy; P McBride, M Johnston, J Laverty; N McKeever, C Murray; M Fitzpatrick, K Niblock, J Carron; B Neeson, T McCann, M McCann.
Subs: R Hanna, S McVeigh, C Burke, R Murray, P McAleer, P Gallagher, S Burke, M Armstrong, M Sweeney, D McAleese, J Dowling. | Matthew Fitzpatrick will make his senior championship debut for Antrim in Sunday's Ulster SFC preliminary round clash with Fermanagh at Brewster Park. | 36270358 |
Evans, 29, made his debut in 2006 and has played 195 games for the Dragons.
The back-rower is the sixth Dragons player to extend his contract alongside Hallam Amos, Rynard Landman, Brok Harris, Nic Cudd and Ed Jackson.
"It's a place I have called home for over 10 years and it looks like I'll be spending my whole career here," said Evans. | Newport Gwent Dragons captain Lewis Evans has committed to the region by signing a new contract. | 38808436 |
The Heritage Lottery Fund cash was spent on restoring the Grade I listed Scheduled Ancient Monument.
The building has now opened as an educational centre with digital exhibitions charting the city's history.
The castle is linked to the Black Gate which was added to the site by Henry III in the 13th Century.
It later became a merchant's residence and then, in the 19th Century, a slum tenement. | Newcastle's medieval castle has opened to the public after undergoing a £1.6m refit. | 32008766 |
Campaigners want the restriction on the A374 between Trerulefoot and Torpoint in Cornwall - known by bikers as the "Torpoint Twistys" - reduced from 60mph (97km) to 40mph (64km).
Eight people have been killed and 33 seriously injured since 2005.
Cornwall Council said the route had been reviewed and was "in accordance with the current national guidance".
South East Cornwall MP Sheryll Murray said she was concerned that the council had told her it did not intend to take any action.
"I'm very familiar with this road and I'm very familiar that there have been some really tragic accidents over the course of the last 15 to 20 years," she said.
Campaigner Mike Watkiss, whose friend Jennifer Lowden was killed while crossing the road with her dog in January, said he was "astounded and alarmed" that the council claimed the road was one of the safest in the county.
"It's a death trap. This is a road nick-named the 'Torpoint Twistys' and rated one of the fastest roads in Cornwall for bikers," Mr Watkiss told BBC News.
He said statistics given to him by Devon and Cornwall Police through a Freedom of Information request, showed there had been a total of 241 accidents over the past 10 years, including eight fatalities and 33 serious injuries. | Calls to cut the speed limit on a road described as a death trap have won the support of the area's MP. | 37266256 |
Darren Jackson, 51, was serving part of his life sentence at HMP Sudbury when he was reported missing on Tuesday.
Jackson killed Gill Ellis in Burnley in 1984, when he was a teenager, by stamping on her stomach and tearing a main blood vessel to her heart.
He was jailed in March 1986, went on the run in 1997 and was later freed but then recalled to Sudbury Prison.
Ms Ellis, from Burnley, was mugged as she walked across Hargher Clough Recreation Ground on her way home from a Christmas party in 1984, the Lancashire Telegraph reported.
As she lay unconscious, Jackson, also from Burnley, stamped on her stomach - splitting her pancreas and fracturing her ribs, the trial at Manchester Crown Court heard.
The prosecutor said Ms Ellis's liver had "virtually exploded".
Jackson was found guilty of murder and jailed for life.
In 1997, he escaped from HMP Ranby, in Nottinghamshire, and went on the run for three days before giving himself up after he was spotted.
He was released in 2007 - after serving 21 years of his sentence - but was later recalled to Sudbury Prison.
Police have described him as white, 6ft 4ins tall, slim, with short cropped grey hair and a tattoo on his wrist. His last known addresses was in Oldham and Burnley. | A convicted murderer who stamped a woman to death has absconded from an open prison in Derbyshire. | 37359501 |
The 37-year-old was hoping to be part of the Great Britain Para-cycling team after winning rowing gold in 2012.
The Scot has already recovered from three rounds of surgery on the tumour, including two in 2010.
"Knowing that everything I've worked for is about to be taken away from me is hard," he said.
"The words didn't even have to leave my surgeon's mouth, I knew in the moment all my dreams for 2016 had gone.
"For me, it's never been about winning medals in cycling, I just wanted to live and love the sport. In this one moment it was taken away from me and no matter how hard I fight there is nothing I can do about it."
Last September, when the tumour returned, he said he wanted to delay surgery in a bid to make it to Rio but he now says that it has grown so much that if it was left alone it would crush his spinal cord and he would stop breathing.
"Letting go of Rio is one thing, and to be so close to the World Championships is hard but the real difficult part is I feel so healthy and love life," he added.
Smith, from Aviemore, won gold as a rower at the London Paralympics in the mixed coxed fours but switched to cycling after the Games.
In June 2015, seven months after his last surgery, he cycled up Mont Ventoux in France three times in one day. | Paralympian David Smith has been forced to give up on his bid to compete at the Rio Games because he needs further surgery on a spinal tumour. | 35568940 |
The Danish-maker of the perennially popular plastic bricks said the Star Wars set was one its best-selling products in 2015.
It was topped only by sales of Elsa's Sparkling Ice Castle from the Disney film Frozen.
Revenue for the year rose to DKr35.7bn (£3.72bn) from DKr28.5bn in 2014 on pre-tax profit up 29% at DKr12.1bn.
Lego said it had achieved sales growth across the majority of its regions, though it said that while most of the Asian toy markets reported solid growth, it has slowed compared with more recent periods.
John Goodwin, chief financial officer of Lego, told the BBC that the Chinese market continued to generate sales: "Domestically we are still seeing a continual very strong growth and importantly for us the aspiring middle class within China continues to grow, and they are showing a great degree of interest in these great play materials that we think bring a high degree of creativity to those children.
"We continue to be very excited and bullish about the Chinese market."
The new Star Wars film, The Force Awakens, was released towards the end of 2015 and its box office takings have so far reached $1.9bn (£1.3bn) worldwide. | The eruption of Star Wars mania helped send Lego's sales up 25% last year, led by sales of the Millennium Falcon. | 35696455 |
Yu Muchun, 20, and Tang Wentian, 21, were jailed for four and five months respectively and fined a total of 18,000 yuan (US$2,900), Xinhua reports.
The pair were racing a Ferrari and Lamborghini through a tunnel in central Beijing when they crashed on 11 April.
A woman passenger in the Lamborghini suffered a fractured spine.
The two men are reported to have pleaded guilty to the charge of dangerous driving, and told the court they have no plans to appeal against their sentences.
"I made a mistake, had a bad influence on society, and hurt my family and friends," Tang, who drove the Lamborghini, was quoted as saying.
The court heard the two cars were travelling at speeds of up to 179 km/h (111 mph) when they spun out of control in the Datun Road tunnel, near the national stadium, running over a guardrail and hitting the tunnel walls.
The police at the time said the two men were in their 20s and unemployed, prompting speculation that they were the offspring of wealthy officials or business people.
This has since been denied by Tang's family, who said their son had bought the Lamborghini after making a fortune in the stock market. Yu is reported to have said he borrowed the Ferrari.
The crash coincided with, and so was compared to, the latest Fast & Furious film, which features fast cars and high-value write-offs. | Two young drivers have been jailed over a "Fast & Furious" style race through the Chinese capital that ended in the destruction of two luxury sports cars. | 32825212 |
The Sporting Reminiscences Group, thought to be the first of its kind, is a partnership between The Alzheimer's Society and Alfreton Town FC.
It is hoped the project will help those with short-term memory problems.
John Glasby, of Alfreton Town, said he wanted other football clubs to host similar activities.
Mr Glasby, who is the club's community scheme chairman, said: "We're hoping with the help of The Alzheimer's Society we will become the first dementia-friendly football club in the whole country.
"I know the league authority that we play in at the moment are interested in our project because if it's successful they would be interested in rolling it out at other football clubs. Maybe even Premier League clubs will begin to take an interest."
Ronald Wade, of the The Alzheimer's Society, said the sessions could make a difference to patients.
He said: "Because of the age of some of our users, the sporting activities that a lot of them did is very much part of their early memories.
"It's the perfect format for people to engage in conversation, to support each other because they all share similar memories."
Wayne, who is one of the people taking part in the project, was 42 when he was diagnosed with dementia.
Lesley, his wife, said recalling memories of Nottingham Forest and Brian Clough at the group had been helping him.
She said: "Wayne was diagnosed pretty young and quite a few of the groups aren't applicable to him... but he loves football; it just seemed to be the right thing for him. It's fantastic." | A new dementia support group which uses sporting memorabilia like football programmes to help tap into long-term memories has been set up in Derbyshire. | 34246359 |
Dennis Barry, who heard cases in Greater Manchester, failed to disclose that the family acquaintance had been arrested on suspicion of harassment.
He also failed to report the individual was later sent to prison, the Judicial Conduct Investigations Office said.
Judicial heads ruled his behaviour had amounted to "serious misconduct" and removed him from the bench. | A magistrate who did not report the fact that a criminal suspect was living at his home has been sacked. | 39439523 |
Kim took a six-shot lead into the final round but a course record-equalling 64 from England's Jodi Ewart Shadoff took her to within two shots of the lead.
But Kim, 29, maintained her form to post a 71 and win by two shots.
Another Englishwoman, Georgia Hall, had to settle for a tie for third after a 70, alongside American Michelle Wie (66) and German Caroline Masson (67).
A superb run of scoring saw Ewart Shadoff follow a birdie on the second hole with five in a row from the sixth and another on the 13th.
The 29-year-old from Northallerton then birdied the 17th to close the gap to two and parred the last to complete a 64, equalling the record set on day one by Wie and matched by Inbee Park in round three.
However, Kim, who famously missed a one-foot putt to win the Kraft Nabisco Championship - now called the ANA Inspiration - in 2012, was able to par the final five holes for a winning total of 18 under par.
Ewart Shadoff's runners-up finish is her best result in a major and secured her place on Europe's Solheim Cup team to take on the United States in Iowa from 18-20 August.
Wie closed with a six-under 66 to post her best major finish since winning her sole major title at the 2014 US Open.
Sally Watson, the only Scot left in the tournament, had a disappointing 76 to finish four over par in her last tournament before retiring. | South Korea's Kim In-kyung held her nerve to claim a first major title by winning the Women's British Open. | 40844853 |
Bemis says the positions, in IT and and finance, will be created over the next five years at its new business centre in Campsie.
The company makes flexible and rigid plastic packaging for food, consumer products and pharmaceutical companies around the world.
It already has a healthcare packaging manufacturing facility in Campsie.
Recruitment for the jobs has already begun and will continue over the next few years.
Invest NI said the company has been offered £695,000 of government funding to help with recruitment and a pre-employment training programme, based at the Northwest Regional College.
Invest NI CEO Alastair Hamilton said: "Bemis Company makes a valuable contribution to Northern Ireland's vibrant Life Sciences industry, employing over 200 staff at its manufacturing facility.
"This investment to establish its European Business Services Centre here is a significant coup."
Marty Scaminaci, of Bemis', said: "Establishing our European Business Services Centre is a strategic investment to help drive efficiencies and standardise our processes.
"We have successfully operated a manufacturing facility in Northern Ireland since 1996, and know it to be a great location to do business." | An American packaging company is creating up to 95 jobs in Londonderry. | 38674482 |
Global Equipment Spares (GES) is spending £1.9m to upgrade its facility and purchase new machinery.
The firm, which is based at the city's Campsie Industrial Estate, hopes to more than double its workforce during the next three years.
GES makes high strength steels for the global mining, construction and agricultural industry.
The move would help GES grow their exports "particularly into North America", said Invest NI, which is offering £396,000 in grants.
John McClenaghan, Managing Director of GES, said: "This expansion is part of a strategy to grow sales and increase both our workforce and our product offering to meet identified opportunities within new and existing markets.
"We have set ourselves a challenging target for new export business and will be focused on leveraging our reputation in the industry to secure new customers," Mr McClenaghan said.
"Invest NI's support is allowing us to fully implement our growth plans and create valuable employment opportunities across a range of disciplines in the North West."
GES customers include major materials handling businesses Terex, Telestack, Sandvik and McCloskey International.
The new jobs will range from manufacturing roles to procurement and sales positions. | A Londonderry manufacturing company is to create 61 new jobs as part of a major new investment. | 39919543 |
1. Andy Murray (GB)
2. Novak Djokovic (Ser)
3. Stan Wawrinka (Swi)
4. Milos Raonic (Can)
5. Kei Nishikori (Jpn)
6. Rafael Nadal (Spa)
7. Marin Cilic (Cro)
8. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (Fra)
9. Dominic Thiem (Aut)
10. Roger Federer (Swi)
11. Gael Monfils (Fra)
12. David Goffin (Bel)
13. Grigor Dimitrov (Bul)
14. Tomas Berdych (Cze)
15. Lucas Pouille (Fra)
16. Nick Kyrgios (Aus)
17. Roberto Bautista Agut (Spa)
18. Jack Sock (US)
19. Richard Gasquet (Fra)
20. Alexander Zverev (Ger)
Other Britons in top 300:
41. Daniel Evans
46. Kyle Edmund
105. Aljaz Bedene
233. Cameron Norrie
244. Edward Corrie
254. Brydan Klein | ATP singles rankings as of 6 March 2017 | 19852821 |
Last month, Dr McDonnell, a GP, said doctors cannot predict when a foetus has a lethal abnormality.
Mr McDonnell made his comments as he stated his party's opposition to abortion in cases of lethal foetal abnormality or rape.
Dr Samina Dornan said he "undermined our professional integrity."
"He instilled a lack of confidence in the public about our ability to do our job," Dr Dornan, a consultant at Belfast's Royal Victoria Hospital said on Radio Ulster's Nolan Show.
"It's amazing that he, as a member of the UK parliament, is coming out with statements like this - and he's a doctor.
"He's telling the world that our professionals are not up to their job."
The Department of Justice (DoJ) recently ran a public consultation on proposals to change Northern Ireland's abortion law, which differs from the rest of the UK.
Currently, a termination is only legal in Northern Ireland if a woman's life is at risk or if there is a risk of permanent and serious damage to her mental or physical health.
The DoJ recommended allowing abortion in lethal abnormality cases.
However, speaking on the BBC's Inside Politics programme last month, Dr McDonnell said: "The SDLP is unequivocally opposed to abortion, even in those particular circumstances because basically, the predictions in those circumstances are never accurate.
"Nobody can predict that a foetus is not viable and that's the problem.
"As a GP, I'm fully aware, I have seen situations where termination or an abortion was recommended to somebody because a foetus that had this, that or the other thing, and that foetus grew up to be a perfectly normal child."
Dr McDonnell has since told the assembly he was misquoted. | A senior consultant who specialises in foetal medicine has accused SDLP leader Alasdair McDonnell of undermining her profession. | 31549339 |
It follows the death of a woman on Bridge Street, Guildford, on Saturday when a 4x4 vehicle mounted the pavement, hitting pedestrians.
Two other pedestrians and the Land Rover Defender driver were injured.
Raising the pavement, installing speed cameras and setting a 20mph limit are among the measures demanded.
The petition calls on Guildford Borough Council and Surrey County Council to "forget about the financial cost and think about the human cost".
Bridge Street is described as a main pedestrian thoroughfare between the university/train station and town centre.
The petition was started by Joe Hudson, who tweeted: "Bridge Street is dangerous. The pavement is far too narrow for a road with that much pedestrian traffic. Widen it @GuildfordBC!!"
The pedestrian who died was a woman in her 30s. Her next of kin has been informed but she has yet to be formally identified.
On Monday, the leader of Guildford Borough Council, Paul Spooner, said the accident was "tragic and saddening".
"Although we don't know if the road layout contributed, the Town Centre Masterplan includes options for improving transport and pedestrian movements around the station area and Bridge Street," he said. | More than 2,600 people have signed a petition urging councillors to take action to cut the number of incidents on a "horrendously busy" Surrey road. | 35641818 |
Kevin Toye, 28, of St Nicholas Road, Great Yarmouth, is charged with the manslaughter of Baylee Varley, who died in Ormesby, in March 2014.
Baylee had suffered serious head injuries as a baby after an alleged attack in 2008.
Mr Toye is due to appear before magistrates in Great Yarmouth next month.
He has been released on bail.
Mr Toye was also charged with the ill treatment of the boy in February 2008.
A pre-inquest review into Bayley's death earlier heard he died from bronchopneumonia due to long-term complications from a head injury that had required constant medical treatment for the rest of his life.
No further action is to be taken against a woman, aged in her 20s, who was also arrested in connection with the inquiry, said Norfolk Police. | A father has been accused of killing his six-year-old son who died from long-term head injuries. | 34358677 |
He was trying to overtake another vehicle when he lost control and hit a tree, at 21:40 BST on Thursday, police said.
Officers have yet to trace the owner of the BMW 318SE, and do not yet know if the car was stolen.
The boy was taken to hospital from the scene in Ridge Avenue, Burnley, Lancashire, but died later as a result of multiple injuries, police said.
Lancashire Police Sgt Nigel Ralphson said it was "an extremely tragic incident".
He urged any witnesses, particularly the driver of a car travelling in the opposite direction towards Queen's Park who may have had to swerve to come forward. | A 16-year-old boy driving a BMW has died in a crash. | 35996286 |
Lancaster gave Nowell his international debut when he started the opening game of the 2014 Six Nations in France.
The 22-year-old has won 10 caps so far, although he started only one game at this year's World Cup, against Uruguay after England were already out.
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"Stuart was the one that gave me my first chance, so I'm a bit disappointed to see him go," he told BBC Sport.
"He brought me to a home World Cup, so for me it's a disappointment. He's the guy that got me started, got me going, gave me my chance and had a bit of trust in me.
"But the decisions aren't with the players, they're with the board."
Lancaster, 46, left his position as head coach on Wednesday after England became the first sole hosts to exit a World Cup at the pool stages.
Nowell has scored two tries in two games for Exeter this season as the Devon club have risen to second in the Premiership table after the first block of matches.
And he says whoever takes over in charge of the national team, he must maintain that form if he is to play in next year's Six Nations.
"The big thing we get picked on is how we perform at the club," Nowell added.
"Whoever comes in, they're going to watch our games at club level and if they see we're playing well for the club they'll hopefully put us in the team." | Exeter winger Jack Nowell says he is sad to see Stuart Lancaster leave his role as England's head coach. | 34806912 |
The fee for the 25-year-old Brazilian midfielder would be around £60m. He joined the Blues from Internacional for £25m in 2012.
Oscar started the first five league games under Antonio Conte but has only played four times since September.
"It just depends on a few bureaucratic details," Oscar told Sportv in his homeland.
Conte did not deny Oscar's claim when asked about the situation following Chelsea's 1-0 win at Sunderland.
"The situation with Oscar, I think it will be clearer in the next days," said Conte, who did not name the Brazilian in his 18-man squad for Wednesday's match.
"Oscar started the season very well with us when we played with a 4-3-3.
"Then when I switched to another system, another formation, he didn't play a lot. But I always counted on him because Oscar is a really good player.
"He's young, but sometimes there are situations that are very difficult to face."
The mooted move would reunite Oscar with former Chelsea manager Andre Villas-Boas, who is now in charge at Shanghai.
Oscar has played 202 games for Chelsea, scoring 38 goals, and has won the Premier League, Europa League and League Cup. | Chelsea midfielder Oscar says he is "90% certain" to move to Chinese Super League club Shanghai SIPG in January. | 38317936 |
Muna Hassan, 20, and Ifrah Hassan, 19, produced the film with the charity Integrate Bristol as a teaching aid.
It presents the dilemma of a schoolgirl whose friend's sister is going to be cut and the issues faced by the teacher the schoolgirl confides in.
It will be shown at the Department for International Development Youth Summit.
National curriculum
More than 20,000 girls under 15 in the UK are thought to be at risk of FGM.
Before taking the film and associated lesson plans to the summit in July, Muna and Ifrah will show a primary school resource the charity has developed to an audience at City Hall in Bristol.
Ifrah said: "At the summit we'll be showing the film to lots of young people who will take it home and have the conversation in their schools."
As well as showing other young people the film at the summit the pair have been asked to present it to MPs and hope to persuade Education Secretary Michael Gove to put FGM on to the national curriculum.
Last month, Mr Gove issued schools with new guidance on dealing with FGM after meeting fellow Integrate Bristol campaigner Fahma Mohamed.
But the young activists feel that did not go far enough.
"You have to make it mandatory for teachers to be trained," said Ifrah.
"That's why we've made this film and we are saying to Mr Gove 'Take it and use it please'."
"Until we get what we want - for FGM to be talked about in all schools - we won't go away," added Muna. | Prime Minister David Cameron has invited two Bristol students to present a film about female genital mutilation (FGM) to an international summit. | 27466212 |
The Labor Department said its core Consumer Price Index increased 2% last month. It was the third month that the core CPI increased by that much.
US prices including fuel and food were up 0.5% annually in November.
The US central bank's Federal Open Market Committee will on Tuesday begin a two day meeting to set rates.
It targets 2% inflation but uses the price index for personal consumption expenditures, or PCE index, which is running below the core CPI.
Still, the Fed is expected to raise its benchmark overnight interest rate from near zero at the end of the meeting on Wednesday, encouraged by a strengthening labour market.
CPI data showed that rent, airline fares, new motor vehicles and medical care all increased in price. Those gains were weighed down by low prices for petrol.
Earlier this month data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics suggested that US jobs growth remained solid in November as the economy added 211,000 jobs, slightly above expectations.
The data also showed the jobless rate held at its seven-and-a-half year low of 5%.
Those jobs stats showed that the construction, food services and retail sectors all saw healthy job increases. | Underlying US inflation - excluding food and energy - rose in November, as the Federal Reserve meets to decide whether to raise interest rates. | 35100030 |
Glasgow City Council's ruling Labour administration agreed to a £3% rise.
The Scottish government ended the national council tax freeze this year.
Council leader Frank McAveety previously said that while the increase would raise more than £7m, the council faced a budget gap of £67m. Higher-band properties will see their charges rise by more than 3%.
This is due to national changes agreed last year.
The council indicated last month it would increase council tax by 3% . The band D rate will rise by £36.39 from £1,213 to £1,249. | Scotland's largest council has backed plans to increase council tax for the first time since 2005. | 38991313 |
The fissure on the South West Coast path between Bowleaze Cove and Redcliff Point first appeared last March.
The initial drop in the cracked section was just over 1m (3ft) but the land has since fallen away further.
Dorset County Council said the landslide was likely to continue for some time.
"Looking along this 300ft-long crack which last year had a six foot drop, now the drop must be at least 25 or 30 ft," BBC reporter at the scene Laurence Herdman said.
Sam Scriven, the county council's Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site earth science manager, said: "This landslide has progressed quite a lot since it began and the slipped material is now collapsing further.
"This is exactly what we would expect and it will continue for some time to come.
"As always, we would encourage people to not stand near the cliff edge, where the rocks might still be unstable, and take care when exploring the beach below as rock falls will be more common as a result of the slip."
The original drop in the cracked section was just over 1m (3ft), the coastguard said at the time.
Source: Dorset County Council/Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site | A giant crack that first appeared on a cliff top on Dorset's Jurassic Coast a year ago has developed into a significant landslip. | 39347138 |
Mr Watson, 51, described the incident in Chingford, east London, on Thursday as "a very frightening, violent situation which came out of the blue".
The boxer, who suffered a near-fatal brain injury in a 1991 fight with Chris Eubank, appealed for witnesses.
He said he had been "overwhelmed" by the kindness shown to him afterwards.
"I don't want anyone else to have to go through that, so I'm asking you to help the police in finding these men and bring them to justice."
Mr Watson, who was left partially disabled by his boxing career, was in a car with his carer Lennard Ballack when it was hit from behind by a white Mercedes at traffic lights at about 17:00 GMT.
Mr Ballack tried to speak to the driver but was sprayed in the face with "some sort of ammonia", former boxer Spencer Oliver told BBC Radio 5 live.
Mr Watson got caught up in the seatbelt as he tried to get out. As the car was driven off, he was "hanging out of the door", said Mr Oliver.
Mr Watson is recovering at home from injuries to the skin caused by being dragged along the road.
Mr Watson's 1991 WBO super-middleweight title fight with Mr Eubank left him partially disabled and ended his boxing career. He spent 40 days in a coma and had six brain operations.
In 2003, he completed the London Marathon over six days, defying doctors' predictions that he would never walk again. | Former boxer Michael Watson has told of being attacked by two men who dragged him along the road as one of them tried to drive off in his car. | 39024167 |
It had been thought the back would miss up to a year after he was injured playing for New South Wales Waratahs.
But a scan has revealed he has torn his patellar tendon clean off his kneecap, and will now be out for "four to six months", the Waratahs said.
The versatile 27-year-old Australia back will have an operation on Monday.
Beale, who has won 60 Australia caps, sustained the injury less than a day after it was announced he was joining Wasps in a deal that is understood will make him the highest-paid player in the Premiership.
He was hurt as he challenged for a high ball in the first minute of the Waratahs' Super Rugby victory over the Bulls on Saturday.
It had been feared he had ruptured the tendon, but scans revealed it was torn off entirely.
"The result is the best possible prognosis given the tendon remains intact, requiring less invasive surgery, and that the injury is isolated with no other damage to the knee," said the Waratahs on Sunday.
The patella tendon connects the knee cap (patella) to the shinbone (tibia). | New Wasps signing Kurtley Beale will miss the start of next season but his knee injury is not expected to keep him out for as long as first feared. | 36293448 |
Chancellor George Osborne will confirm the increase to £119.30 a week from April 2016 in next week's Spending Review.
The 2.9% rise will be worth an extra £174.20 a year to someone on a full basic state pension.
Pensions minister Ros Altmann said pensioners had "done their best for society, worked hard, and we owe them".
The Treasury also said in a statement that the government was meeting "its pledge to help to deliver security for older people as savings are made in other budgets".
A triple-lock pledge on pensions - a government promise for the next five years - means the state pension rises each April to match the highest of inflation, earnings, or 2.5%.
This latest increase will take total spending on the state pension to £95bn next year.
From April 2016 the full basic state pension will be worth around £1,125 a year more in cash terms than in 2010, a figure that will rise to at least £1,770 by the end of this parliament.
Baroness Altmann said: "Over the last quarter of a century, pensioners have fallen below the rest of society as average earnings have done so much better than the increases in the state pension.
"Since 2010, we have really begun to correct that.
'We are now back to the highest level for a quarter of a century - and quite right too. Pensioners deserve to be treated much better than they have been in the past and to have security in retirement." | The basic state pension is set for its biggest rise in real terms since 2001, the Treasury has said. | 34886571 |
With only two needed, Rory Kleinveldt forced a leading edge from Mathew Pillans, who had scored a fine 56 to take Leicestershire close to victory.
Mark Cosgrove's rapid 76 and Colin Ackermann (105) laid the foundations for the visitors' unlikely run chase.
But the hosts held their nerve despite putting down six catches.
Resuming on 44-0 overnight, the visitors still needed 350 more runs to secure their first four-day victory of the season.
With Cosgrove in belligerent form, hitting 10 fours, and Ackermann anchoring the innings, Leicestershire gave themselves a chance of matching their highest-ever County Championship chase of 394.
Ackermann seemed set to guide his side to victory before falling to the impressive bowling of Richard Gleeson (4-109) with two wickets left and 37 runs still needed.
Pillian then assumed responsibility but the visitors could not get over the winning line despite posting their highest fourth-innings total in the County Championship since 1937. | Northamptonshire won an extraordinary match by two runs to ensure Leicestershire fell agonisingly short of chasing down a club record of 394. | 40438990 |
Well scientists have used medical scans to try to capture each "pop" or "crack" in action.
They found the noise was linked to gas collecting in the joint spaces.
As people flex or pull their fingers, the joint spaces get bigger and gas rushes to fill the gap.
This makes a loud "crack'' sound.
The experiment was done using MRI scanning technology.
On the scans, there was no sign the gas bubbles had popped or disappeared.
The bubbles stayed there even after the cracking noise had occurred but were hidden from view when the finger went back to its normal position.
Now, researchers want to use even more advanced MRI scanning technology to understand what happens in the joint after the pop, and what it all means for health. | Have you ever wondered what happens when people crack their knuckles? | 32330824 |
Well the river will have all the same legal rights as a 'person' - still confused?
Well it basically means that the Whanganui River can be represented in court. It also has rights and values like we do.
It's after a tribe called the Maori people campaigned for 160 years to get the river recognised.
The river, known by Maori as Te Awa Tupua, is the third longest in New Zealand.
The Maori people live off the Whanganui River and according to them they have a very special spiritual connection to it.
"The river as a whole is absolutely important to the people who are from the river and live on the river," said MP Adrian Rurawhe, who represents the Maori.
"From a Whanganui viewpoint the wellbeing of the river is directly linked to the wellbeing of the people and so it is really important that's recognised as its own identity."
As a result of the court case money has been awarded to keep the river healthier which it's hoped will give people living on and along it a better quality of life. | The Whanganui River in New Zealand is the first in the world to be classed as a 'person' - confused? | 39290479 |
Northamptonshire Police has applied for a Civil Destruction Order for Muppet - seized from Ingleborough Way, Duston, near Northampton, on 23 February.
The force announced the move on its Facebook page and has had 129 comments to date, most attacking the decision.
Police said letting the dog live was not a "safe option".
The dog's owner has refused to sign a destruction order, so a hearing will take place at Wellingborough Magistrates' Court on 15 October.
In total, four people were bitten and needed medical treatment.
Sgt Liam O'Neil said: "Letting the dog back was not an option. There were too many victims for this to be considered a safe option."
On the Facebook page, one man said: "Hardly the dogs fault when the fence blows down in a storm, the dog was probably fearing for itself.
"[The] way things are at the minute, I'd probably bite someone through fear of getting harmed.
"Poor dog, and as for putting a picture of it up that's just stupid, (like saying) 'this is the cute dog we're going to kill'."
One woman said: "Why not try to find an animal sanctuary that would take the dog."
Another woman wrote: "Such a shame for the dog to have to die."
Another man wrote: "I assume that during a storm the dog was frightened to death. Poor dog. Looks like it needs a cuddle not killing!"
Other posters were more supportive of the police. One woman said: " I must say I am in agreement with the destruction order, much as I am sorry for the dog. I don't believe a dog which has gone on the rampage like this can be retrained."
Northamptonshire Police has yet to comment about the criticism on Facebook. | A police force has come under fire for plans to put down a dog that bit four people after it escaped from a garden during Storm Doris. | 40880430 |
Allegations of child abuse at the east Belfast home are being examined by Northern Ireland's Historical Institutional Abuse Inquiry (HIA).
It has heard harrowing statements given to police in the 1980s which ultimately led to McGrath's prosecution.
It was told boys warned new residents about McGrath as they arrived.
Victims described how McGrath would wake them up by touching them inappropriately.
Others told detectives he followed them to the bathroom and assaulted them there.
One victim, referred to during the inquiry as KIN49, said: "Boys warned new boys that McGrath would try to touch them."
Some boys described being scared of McGrath and his links to loyalist paramilitaries.
Three senior staff at Kincora - William McGrath, Raymond Semple and Joseph Mains - were jailed in 1981 for abusing 11 boys.
There have been persistent rumours that boys at Kincora were prostituted as part of a high-ranking vice ring involving prominent public figures.
However, none of those whose statements have been read to the inquiry so far, have said they were aware of any such practice at Kincora.
A man, referred to as R10, who spent four years at the home from 1973 to 1977, said: "I did not know of any politicians, police officers, justices of the peace, businessmen or civil servants being involved in any way at all with the hostel, staff or boys." | Some boys sent to Kincora children's home were sexually assaulted by housemaster William McGrath just weeks after arriving, an inquiry has heard. | 36448604 |
Thomas carded eight birdies, two eagles and a bogey to become the seventh man to shoot under 60 in PGA Tour history.
The 23-year-old eagled his first and last holes, just four days after winning the Tournament of Champions, also in Hawaii.
That victory saw him rise to a career-high world ranking of 12.
Al Geiberger, Chip Beck, David Duval, Paul Goydos, Stuart Appleby and Jim Furyk are the other players to have hit a round below 60, with Duval the previous youngest at 27 in 1999.
"It means a lot," Thomas told the Golf Channel.
"Any time you're in history, in any sport or whatever you're doing, it's a good thing. We all know it's a magical number in golf."
Thomas ended the round three shots ahead of compatriot Hudson Swafford and four in front of South African Rory Sabbatini, while Scotland's Russell Knox is among eight players a shot further back on six under par.
American world number five Jordan Spieth is five under after a round of 65, which included six birdies. | American Justin Thomas has become the youngest man to break 60 on the PGA Tour, shooting an 11-under 59 in the first round of the Sony Open in Hawaii. | 38605196 |
The 45-foot (14m) whale, known locally as Wally, was first spotted dead in Los Angeles County on 30 June.
Efforts to drag it out to sea failed when the carcass kept washing up on various beaches in the area over the days that followed.
It was finally buried in a landfill site on Monday morning.
While alive, Wally was a regular visitor off the coast near San Diego.
The female whale, which was approximately 15 years old, was regularly seen by photographers breaching and rising to the surface.
One video, captured last summer, shows her spraying water from her blowhole, creating the effect of a rainbow. It has been viewed more than a million times on YouTube.
Wally's days were less graceful in death.
After first washing up on Dockweiler State Beach, the whale's body grew increasingly putrid as officials struggled to successfully tow it back to sea.
"You can smell it up to about a quarter-mile away," Larry Giles, Marine Safety Captain in Encinitas, said in an interview with The San Diego Union Tribune at the time.
On Sunday, a construction crew attempted to cut up the body into pieces to remove it more easily. But under the weight of Wally's blubber, their forklift truck snapped, forcing them to rethink their approach.
The carcass was eventually removed from Grandview Beach using three large rubbish bins and a digger.
The cause of Wally's death is unknown, although the Los Angeles Times has reported that the animal was covered with whale lice, which can be a sign of poor health.
Humpback whales are found in every ocean around the world, congregating in their thousands off the coast of California each winter. | The body of a humpback whale has been removed from a beach in California after a long battle with the 22-tonne (48,500lb) carcass for 19 days. | 36838398 |
The 86-year-old former astronaut was visiting Antarctica in a tourist group and was evacuated to the US Antarctic Program's research centre.
The White Desert tour company said Mr Aldrin was stable under the care of a doctor.
The evacuation flight was provided by the National Science Foundation who said Mr Aldrin was "ailing".
In a statement on their website, White Desert said Mr Aldrin's condition had "deteriorated". They said Mr Aldrin was evacuated as a "precaution" and had been "accompanied by a member of his team".
Mr Aldrin had tweeted about the tour just a few days earlier.
On Sunday he joked, in a tweet that he might be underdressed for the cold.
The former astronaut was part of the Apollo 11 mission which was the first space trip that sent humans to the Moon. During the mission he was accompanied by astronaut Neil Armstrong, who took the first steps on the Moon - Mr Aldrin followed minutes later.
Mr Aldrin has remained in the limelight in recent years, delivering cameo appearances in hit American television shows such as the Big Bang Theory, The Simpsons and 30 Rock.
In 2002, he escaped assault charges after punching a man who demanded he swear on a Bible that the Moon landing was not staged.
In recent years he has called for the colonisation of the planet Mars. In 2015, he spoke to the BBC's Radio 4, saying: "We'll lay out preparations up to that [going to Mars], in my mind we are doing it right now." | Buzz Aldrin, the second man on the Moon, has been evacuated from the South Pole after falling ill. | 38172205 |
Captain Aaron Carpenter gave Pirates an early lead, with Laurence May adding a conversion and three penalties.
Aaron Penberthy replied with a penalty as the hosts led 16-3 at half-time.
The Islanders dominated the second half but Pirates held on despite Uili Kolo'ofa'i scoring a converted try within minutes of the restart.
Jersey piled on the pressure and Pirates wing Matt Evans was sin-binned for a deliberate knock-on, denying Tom Howe a second Jersey try.
In a frantic finale the Pirates defence repelled an onslaught of driving mauls, hanging on to claim a victory which moves them up to ninth in the Championship table, with Jersey sixth. | Cornish Pirates claimed their fifth win of the season as a second half defensive effort thwarted a Jersey comeback in the Mennaye Field mud. | 35158942 |
Gemma Leeming's body was discovered in a bedroom at an address on Hollinshead Street, Chorley, at about 22:35 BST on Tuesday, police said.
Post-mortem tests showed she had been strangled.
Craig O'Sullivan, 39, of Chorcliffe Mews, Hollinshead Street, is due to appear before Preston Magistrates' Court on Saturday. | A man has been charged with the murder of a 30-year-old woman who was found dead at a bungalow in Lancashire. | 40067167 |
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The 28-year-old Portugal international has signed a one-year deal with the Championship club with the option of a second year.
Silvio spent last season on loan at Benfica and is the second Portuguese to join the club this week after winger Helder Costa joined from Benfica.
Wolves appointed Italian Walter Zenga as their new boss on Saturday, just 11 hours after sacking Kenny Jackett.
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page. | Wolves have signed Atletico Madrid defender Silvio for an undisclosed fee. | 36934571 |
The female koala, as yet unnamed, is a rare white joey.
According to Queensland's Australia Zoo, the koala's fair coat is not due to albinism but most likely caused by a recessive gene it inherited from its mother.
Experts say it would be difficult for such a koala to survive if it lived in the wild.
"In veterinary science it is often referred to as the 'silvering gene' where animals are born with white or very pale fur and, just like baby teeth, they eventually shed their baby fur and the regular adult colouration comes through," said Dr Rosie Booth, the zoo's wildlife hospital director.
Central Queensland University ecologist Dr Alistair Melzer said he had not seen a white koala in more than 20 years of observing the animals in the wild.
"It is something that would be selected against in the wild," he told the BBC, saying koalas had predators such as eagles and owls.
"The main issue would be a white animal like that would not have a lot of camouflage."
The zoo and Tourism Australia have asked for help with a name, in a Facebook post which has been shared thousands of times.
Suggestions so far include Snowflake, Diamond, Pearl and Djendaladi, meaning "white-haired" in the indigenous Noongar language. | Among a group of marsupials born at an Australian zoo in recent months, one has stood out. | 41008158 |
Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee chairman Jesse Norman suggested London Marathon winners and medallists and "potentially, British athletes" were under suspicion.
Radcliffe, 41, was not named but said she "categorically denies" cheating.
Mr Norman said his comments were "taken out of context".
"Nothing could be further from the intention of the committee than to have named any athlete - in fact no names were given, no allegations were made, no specific athletes were described, no test results were mentioned," he told BBC Radio 4's Today programme.
"In a three-hour hearing what has happened is the press pack have basically taken this single snippet and run off to Paula Radcliffe and attempted to bounce her into some kind of statement and I think that's very unfortunate."
Radcliffe, a three-time London Marathon winner and the only British athlete since 1996 to win the event, issued a statement following the hearing saying she was "devastated" that her name had been "linked to these wide-ranging accusations".
"By linking me to allegations of cheating, damage done to my name and reputation can never be fully repaired, no matter how untrue I know them to be," she said.
She said it was "profoundly disappointing that the cloak of parliamentary privilege has been used to effectively implicate me".
Radcliffe later tweeted: "No way I can reply to everyone but I am humbled and touched beyond words by everyone's support. Thank you all." | An MP accused by British athlete Paula Radcliffe of implicating her in allegations of blood doping has said that was not his intention. | 34195458 |
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