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The hospital, in the southern city of Huizhou, said the ballot was arranged because there were too many volunteers to treat the South Korean man.
But posts on social media suggest many were reluctant to take on the task.
The virus has a death rate of 27%, according to the World Health Organization.
The sick man was named as China's first Mers case last week, after travelling to the country from South Korea, via Hong Kong.
Doctors had advised him to cancel the trip because his father had already contracted the virus.
Eighteen people who sat near him during the journey have also been quarantined, but are not showing any symptoms.
South Korea has reported 17 cases of Mers since last month. More than 680 people, who may have come into contact with the infected patients, have been placed in isolation.
The outbreak has been traced to a South Korean who visited the Middle East.
Health ministry official, Kwon Jun-wook, told reporters on Monday that those in quarantine were being held at their homes or in state-run facilities in order to prevent the spread of the virus.
The first fatality from Mers was recorded in June 2012 in Saudi Arabia.
It belongs to the family of coronaviruses that includes the common cold and Sars, and can cause fever, breathing problems, pneumonia and kidney failure.
Experts believe the virus is not very contagious.
There have been 1,167 cases of Mers worldwide, of which 479 have died, according to the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control. | Nurses at a hospital in China have been reportedly drawing lots to determine who should treat a patient with Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (Mers). | 32968599 |
He was attacked by four men in Stewartfield Grove, East Kilbride, South Lanarkshire, and chased into McLean Crescent at 23:00 on Tuesday.
The victim was then forced into a car, driven for more than 30 minutes and dumped in Slamannan, near Falkirk.
He is being treated for injuries to his head, hands and feet and is in a serious but stable condition.
Det Insp Kevin Jamieson, who is leading the investigation, said "This was a particularly violent and terrifying attack in a residential area which was witnessed by members of the local community.
"The victim is still receiving treatment in hospital and as a result has been unable to assist officers with their inquiries so far.
"It is of utmost importance that we trace the men responsible as soon as possible and I am appealing directly for every person who may have witnessed what happened to contact police."
Det Insp Jamieson said police believed the incident was a "targeted attack" and officers were working to establish a motive.
He added: "I would also ask anyone who was in the Slamannan area and saw the car or anything suspicious to get in touch.
"No matter how insignificant you think your information might be, let us be the judge of that, because it could turn out to be vital to our investigation."
He said there would be additional officers in the Stewartfield area of East Kilbride if anyone wanted to speak.
Police said the car used in the attack was dark-coloured and the victim was dumped in the Brownrigg Road area of Slamannan. | A 34-year-old man is in hospital after being chased, assaulted, forced into a van and dumped about 27 miles away. | 34932546 |
The attack targeted the entrance to the mainly Shia Muslim area of Kadhimiyah in north-west Baghdad.
The Islamic State-linked Amaq news agency said the group had targeted soldiers in the area.
An IS bombing on 3 July killed 281 people in Baghdad's Karrada district.
The suicide bomber reportedly carried out Sunday's attack on foot. Both members of the security forces and civilians were among the dead.
Security forces have surrounded the area and have increased inspections at other checkpoints in the capital.
Both Karrada and Kadhimiyah are mainly Shia districts. The Sunni-based IS jihadists often target those areas, regarding Shia as heretics, along with carrying out attacks on security forces.
The group still controls areas in northern and western Iraq. But it has suffered a series of defeats, including the recent loss of the western city of Falluja and, in response, has stepped up suicide attacks. | So-called Islamic State has said it was behind a suicide bomb attack on a security checkpoint in Iraq's capital, Baghdad, that has killed more than 20 people and injured at least another 35. | 36878320 |
Bronson, 61, whose history of violence earned him public notoriety and led to a film biopic, is serving a life sentence for robbery and kidnap.
At Amersham Crown Court, Bronson admitted causing actual bodily harm to the boss of HMP Woodhill, Alan Parkins.
The February attack left Mr Parkins with cuts, bruising and a nosebleed.
Thames Valley Police said Bronson gripped Mr Parkins around the neck so tightly he could not breathe and hit him several times on the head.
A number of officers then came to the defence of the governor before Bronson was eventually restrained.
The prisoner was also made to pay a victim surcharge of £100 by the court.
Bronson, from Luton, who changed his name by deed poll from Michael Peterson in the 1980s, is currently held at HMP Woodhill in Milton Keynes.
He was first jailed for armed robbery in 1974. Since then he has held fellow prisoners and staff hostage on a number of occasions and carried out several assaults.
While at the prison in 1994 he infamously held a guard hostage and demanded an inflatable doll, a helicopter and a cup of tea as ransom.
In June, artwork by the prisoner sold for thousands of pounds which he spent on sending his mother on holiday. | Charles Bronson has received a further two-year jail term for holding a prison governor in a headlock. | 29028697 |
Kajsa Tylen, 39, from Nottingham, will begin her attempt to beat Billie Fleming's 1938 record, in January.
Ms Tylen began planning the feat following Mrs Fleming's death last year.
She said she wants to motivate people to exercise rather than raise money for charitable causes.
Billie Fleming, who died aged 100, pedalled for 29,603 miles (47,641km) to set the record and inspire others to adopt a healthy lifestyle.
It has not been bettered in 77 years but Ms Tylen, who said she did practically no exercise until she was 26, has taken up the challenge.
She said: "I felt really inspired by her and the whole challenge and I thought 'I could do that' and it planted a seed."
Ms Tylen got in touch with Mrs Fleming's stepson who said she would have been "delighted" someone else was attempting the feat.
Since then the business analyst has been getting up at 04:30 and doing three hours of training before she starts work.
Her evenings have been spent building up her core strength and sorting out the paperwork that Guinness World Records requires.
Ms Tylen, who is originally from Sweden, will be assisted by her mother who will follow her, with a caravan, across England and mainland Europe.
"She's a bit nuts but loves adventure," said Ms Tylen.
The cyclist is hoping to put some distance between her attempt and Mrs Fleming's record by cycling about 100 miles (160km) a day.
She said: "I'll see how my body reacts, see if it's possible to do more, I'll listen to my body."
Kajsa Tylen is due to start her challenge at Wollaton Hall, Nottingham, on New Year's Day.
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Source: Cycling Weekly | A cyclist is planning to ride about 36,000 miles (57,936km) to set a new record for the greatest distance cycled by a woman in one year. | 34638370 |
The Electoral Office had dropped Howard Primary School as a polling station.
It followed claims that loyalist flag protestors prevented some people from voting there at last year's local government and European elections.
However, the Electoral Commission intervened and said the polling station should be reinstated, as the proper consultation process was not followed.
This meant that last month a further consultation period was announced, which included hearing views from voters, politicians, political parties and the police.
The decision that will determine whether polling will take place there in next month's general election is expected to be announced later on Monday.
In the last general election in 2010, Sinn Féin's Michelle Gildernew took the Fermanagh and South Tyrone seat by four votes, following three recounts. | An announcement is expected later on the future of a polling station at Moygashel in County Tyrone. | 32276977 |
The announcement was made by Premier Li Keqiang at the start of the National People's Congress on Thursday.
The target is lower than 7.5% set last year, which was missed after China grew at its slowest pace in 24 years.
The new target is in line with China's plan to guide the economy towards slower and more sustainable growth.
China's economy expanded by 7.4% last year from 7.7% in 2013, following a cooling of the property market, slowing factory activity and easing business and government investment.
Growth of 7% in 2015 will mark the country's weakest expansion in a quarter of a century.
Premier Li also said the government would have a consumer inflation target at about 3%, down from 3.5% in 2014.
The country's annual inflation hit a five-year low in January of 0.8% - below expectations of a 1% rise. Factory deflation also worsened - highlighting persistent weakness in the economy.
Mr Li said that the economy would face greater difficulties this year, compared to the previous one.
Over the weekend, China cut interest rates for the second time in three months to boost lending and growth in the economy.
The government also pledged to rein in local government debt and deepen reforms of state-owned businesses.
It aims to create 10 million jobs and keep the urban unemployment rate at 4.5% or below.
In an attempt to push for financial reforms, Mr Li announced that a trial of a trading link between its Shenzhen and Hong Kong stock markets would be launched at an "appropriate time".
The move comes after a link between the Shanghai and Hong Kong stock exchanges was established in November - allowing investors to trade stocks on both exchanges. | China, the world's second-largest economy, has set its growth target at about 7% for this year, the government said. | 31743423 |
The allegations were made to South Wales Police and have been passed to another force, the BBC understands.
Mr Abse, a gay rights champion and ex-Labour MP, died in 2008, aged 91.
Last year, police said they were investigating allegations Mr Thomas - a Labour MP and ex-Commons Speaker who died in 1997 - abused a boy, aged 9.
The Sunday Times reported that the fresh claims are understood to have been passed to officers leading an investigation into an alleged "network of politicians".
It says a Church of England review into historical sexual abuse had also passed Mr Abse's name to detectives from Operation Fernbridge - a Met Police inquiry into alleged child abuse involving senior politicians.
Last year, South Wales Police confirmed officers were investigating claims against Mr Thomas - who later became Viscount Tonypandy - dating back to the 1960s and 1970s.
An alleged victim, who now lives in Australia, told the Mirror newspaper he had been raped by the late MP.
Viscount Tonypandy, a Methodist preacher, held the role of Secretary of State for Wales from 1968 to 1970 and was Commons Speaker between 1976 and 1983.
A Labour MP in Cardiff from 1945 to 1983, he died of cancer in 1997, aged 88. | Police investigating historical child abuse allegations have been handed new claims relating to late Labour MP Leo Abse and ex-speaker George Thomas. | 32009589 |
Would you believe it? No - say many senior retail figures. And yet, speaking to me today, Dominic Chappell said that with the millstone of the pension fund now winched into the pensions lifeboat, he is talking to US investors about mounting a bid for the substantial majority of BHS's 164 stores.
In practice that means around 120 with the 40 heaviest loss-making stores excluded.
Sources at BHS treated the announcement with bewilderment. Other very senior retail sources used more colourful language.
His credibility has taken a very serious knock. The details that have emerged about Dominic Chappell and his fellow directors' extraction of millions in professional fees has attracted widespread criticism.
Just last Tuesday, just days before BHS collapsed, he transferred £1.5m from the struggling company to a Swedish firm owned by a friend and fellow board member. The BHS CEO ordered its repayment which when it came was £50,000 short.
The good news for BHS and its 11,000 employees is that his is one of the more unlikely bids in a competitive field of over 50 expressions of interest for some or all of the business.
There is no doubt that without a £571m pension bill round its neck, BHS is a far more attractive proposition. Whether that in itself is enough to restore the fortunes of a brand that garners more nostalgic affection than current trade is yet to be seen. | The man who bought BHS for a pound and saw it put in the hands of administrators just over a year later is mulling a bid to buy the company back out of administration. | 36153514 |
Alice Hooker-Stroud, assembly election candidate for Mid and West Wales, will take over from Pippa Bartolotti.
"This is an exciting time for the Wales Green Party - we enter the Welsh assembly election as a determined and energetic party, we can and we will win seats," said Ms Hooker-Stroud.
Hannah Pudner will succeed Anthony Slaughter as deputy leader.
"The Wales Green Party has the solutions to many of the problems we face in our communities," said Ms Hooker-Stroud, an activist and events assistant from Machynlleth, Powys.
"Solutions that tackle not just social, but environmental problems, solutions not just for local problems, but global problems too."
Ms Bartolotti, who is stepping down after four years at the helm, said: "Over the last few years the Wales Green Party has gone from strength to strength and, as we build momentum to the Welsh assembly elections in May, it will carry on doing so.
"Voters are ready to hear people speak out with real solutions and that is what the Wales Green Party offers.
"I look forward to working with Alice over the coming months and supporting her during her leadership."
The new Wales Green Party office will be run by campaign manager Dan Boyle, a former Green MP in Ireland.
He said it was a "momentous time" for the party and he had "every confidence" the first Green AMs would be elected in May.
"We have an excellent set of candidates, a strong and motivated supporter base, and the infrastructure to realise our potential," he said. | The Wales Green Party has named its new leader at the opening of a campaign office in Cardiff. | 35102827 |
He was famed for his "gospel-infused southern boogie piano rock, blues, and country music", his website says.
Russell played anonymously as a studio pianist in the 1960s before his breakthrough in the 1970s.
He was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2011. Elton John has called him his "biggest influence as a piano player, a singer and a songwriter".
Russell's had a relatively brief period of stardom in the 70s which was later revived in 2010 with the help of Elton John when the two collaborated on an album called The Union.
The record took third place in a list of 2010's best albums by Rolling Stone magazine.
Over his career, Russell recorded more than 35 albums and was best known for his A Song for You.
The song was recorded and covered by the Carpenters, the Temptations, Neil Diamond, Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin and his good friend Willie Nelson. | Leon Russell, an America rock'n'roll hall of famer, died in his sleep at the age of 74 in Nashville, Tennessee. | 37968017 |
Clouds of black ash belched into the sky, while showers of rock and dust fell on to surrounding towns.
The international airport in the capital Guatemala City was closed as result of the explosion, President Otto Perez said.
It is expected to reopen later on Sunday, reports suggest.
The Fuego volcano is about 40km (25 miles) south-west of the capital and stands 3,763 metres (12,346 feet) above sea level.
In September 2012 the authorities evacuated thousands of people from the area after Fuego started spewing large volumes of lava and ash.
Experts said at the time it was the biggest eruption from the mountain since 1999. | Scores of residents have been evacuated from their homes in southern Guatemala after the Fuego volcano erupted, the country's president says. | 31231744 |
The 25-year-old visually-impaired sprinter withdrew from Sunday's T12 200m semi-finals after injuring her foot in the warm-up.
She and guide Mikail Huggins are unable to compete in Monday's 100m heats.
Illness forced Clegg out of last year's European Championships in Swansea and her 2015 season has been hit by injury. | Scotland's Commonwealth Games gold medallist Libby Clegg has been forced to pull out of the rest of the IPC Athletics World Championships in Doha. | 34635151 |
Priyantha Sirisena suffered severe head injuries in his hometown of Polonnaruwa, north-east of the capital Colombo, AFP news agency reports.
Colombo Gazette reports there was a "private dispute" and a man has been arrested.
The president is out of the country on a state visit to China.
His youngest brother, a businessman and father of three, was attacked on Thursday evening "during an altercation with a friend" said a government statement.
He was flown to Colombo to be treated for head injuries but despite surgery he died on Saturday, said doctors.
Official sources have said Priyantha Sirisena, 42, was the youngest in a family of 12 children.
President Sirisena came to power following bitterly fought January presidential elections.
Unlike most former Sri Lankan leaders, he has not extended personal security for his siblings and is known to have drastically scaled down his own protection unit. | A brother of Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena has died in hospital after being attacked with an axe on Thursday, police have said. | 32098261 |
The 28-year-old was hit by a straight drive from Sam Hain and was bleeding but managed to walk off the pitch with the help of a physio.
He was taken to hospital and Notts later confirmed he had a concussion.
Players from both sides were visibly shaken by the incident, with some in tears as the match was held up.
The match resumed after a 30-minute delay with Birmingham chasing down Notts' total of 158 to win by six wickets.
Notts head coach Peter Moores came out to talk to his players on the pitch and the players then returned to their respective dressing rooms.
Notts and England bowler Jake Ball posted a picture on Twitter to show his team-mate was in good spirits, apparently in the back of an ambulance.
Moores told BBC Radio Nottinghamshire that it was a tough decision to restart the game.
"The lads were shaken up. I mean one of your mates has just gone down.
"We all sat in there [the dressing room] for 20 minutes. A few lads were struggling a bit, but it seemed the right decision to go back and carry the game on.
"Credit to the umpires, they gave us that half-hour to decide what we were going to do."
Nottingham-born Fletcher made his first-class debut for Notts in 2008 and has taken more than 350 wickets across the various formats of the game.
He was part of the side that earlier this month beat Surrey to win the One-Day Cup at Lord's.
Media playback is not supported on this device | Nottinghamshire bowler Luke Fletcher was struck in the head by a ball during his side's T20 Blast defeat by Birmingham at Edgbaston. | 40545253 |
The 37-year-old Leinster forward won 61 caps, making his Test debut in 2009, and was part of two Six Nations title-winning squads.
Ross also represented his country at the 2011 and 2015 World Cups, and made his final international appearance against South Africa last summer.
The prop's honours with Leinster have included two European Cup medals.
Ross, who joined Leinster from Harlequins eight years ago, also helped the Irish province win two Pro12 titles and two European Challenge Cups.
"Rugby has been a huge part of my life, and I've been incredibly lucky to have been a part of some amazing teams," Ross told Leinster's official website.
"In particular, I will never forget winning the European Cup in 2011 or the Six Nations Championship in 2014.
"I never dreamt, having had such a late start in the professional game, that I would go on to achieve such goals, or win 61 caps for Ireland. I am indebted to my team-mates and coaches, my friends and family."
Paying tribute to Ross, Leinster head coach Leo Cullen added: "Mike has played such a major role in Leinster's successes since he joined from Harlequins in 2009.
"He was at the very heart of Leinster's famous comeback against Northampton in the 2011 European Cup Final with a brilliant second-half scrummaging display that helped turn the tide of momentum.
"And the following season he played a huge role once again as the Leinster scrum pushed [European Cup final opponents] Ulster off their own ball in the first half that led to a try.
"Mike has also been a great mentor to some of our younger props, always being prepared to pass on his experience to ensure their continued development." | Ireland international prop Mike Ross has announced he will retire from rugby at the end of this season. | 39718536 |
Police Scotland said they were called to the scene near Ellon at about 13:50 on Saturday.
The fire and ambulance service were also sent to the collision, but there is no information about the extent of the injuries of the people involved.
A police spokesman said the road would be closed for a "lengthy period" while crash investigators worked at the scene.
Diversions are in place and the force has appealed for witnesses to contact them. | The A90 between Aberdeen and Peterhead has been closed after a serious crash. | 35735852 |
The frightened feline is back on its paws thanks to a delicate rescue by firefighters and the RSPCA.
A passer-by spotted the kitten stuck in the bin in Hailes Park Close, Wolverhampton.
A fireman got into the bin to hold the kitten, while a plastic collar, smothered in lubricant, was used to ease its head back through the duct.
The five-week-old stray emerged unscathed and was named Dusty by the RSPCA.
RSPCA inspector Steve Morrall said: "When I arrived, I saw the head of the kitten poking out from this bin - it was so unusual and I have never seen anything like it before.
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"It is very likely she was looking for food in the bin, but panicked when the bin was being emptied and got herself stuck.
"The kitten was so stuck that it became obvious I would need extra assistance from West Midlands Fire Service. They were absolutely brilliant."
Mr Morrall said: "It was a very delicate operation and we knew we had to be extra careful as it could have gone seriously wrong.
"We do not know how long the kitten was there for and she was understandably distressed.
"A vet was also on the scene to ensure that the kitten could be sedated if required."
Dusty was given a full check-up at a vets, where - apart from a low temperature - she was given a clean bill of health. | A scavenging kitten has been saved after getting stuck in the drainage duct of an industrial bin. | 35244742 |
Made On Our Land features material from the National Library of Scotland Moving Image Archive.
The films include one made by an Aberdeenshire mother and daughter that documents farm life around Aboyne and another shows 1960s holidays to Islay.
There are also World War Two propaganda films and a post-war film made to dissuade Highlanders from leaving their home area to live and work in cities.
Using a mobile cinema and starting in Arran on 22 July, the tour will also visit Aboyne, Benbecula, Castle Douglas and Peebles.
Made on Our Land curator and tour producer, Shona Thomson, said: "I love the strong tradition of rural cinema-going that started with the Highlands and Islands Film Guild 70 years ago and continues today.
"It's an honour to be celebrating that tradition by showing films from the 1930s to the 1980s that have a relevance to the modern rural audiences now served by the Screen Machine and Film Mobile network." | A new cinema project is to take archived films on a tour of Scotland. | 36774452 |
Hundreds of people gathered in the Brandywell on Monday to celebrate the life of the 27-year-old who died suddenly in March.
The event was organised as part of Gasyard Feile 2017.
Lexie McBride, Ryan's father, said the past few months have revealed what an influence his son had on the community.
"It is unbelievable. I never thought he was that much thought of.
"He just loved football."
Nicky Low, who is a midfielder for Derry City football club, said that Ryan is always in their thoughts.
"Obviously we play every game but he is always with us.
"There are pictures up of him in the changing room before every game," he said.
"He will always be with us in spirit." | A new mural dedicated to the former Derry City captain Ryan McBride has been unveiled in Londonderry. | 40933650 |
In a speech in New York, he said his company wanted to help small US businesses sell their wares in China.
Alibaba already accounts for 80% of all Chinese online consumer shopping and is looking to expand abroad.
Mr Ma said he eventually wanted 40% of sales to come from outside China, rather than the current 2%.
He was at pains to explain that Alibaba, which he founded in 1999, differed to Amazon because it didn't buy and sell stock, it provided a platform for small businesses to sell their products.
Alibaba listed on the New York Stock Exchange last year, raising $25bn, in the largest initial public offering in history.
"China has been very focused on exporting," Mr Ma said, "it should focus on importing. China should learn to buy."
Questioned on how he planned to deal with counterfeits, for which the company has been criticised and is currently being sued by Gucci, he replied he was "at war against criminals" and was working closely with the government to stamp it out.
"We're getting somewhere," he said.
The flamboyant Mr Ma, who once dressed up in leather and a Mohican wig and sang Elton John's Can you Feel the Love Tonight? to employees, said he had learned a lot about corporate values and missions in the US - from companies such as GE and Walmart.
But the 51-year old could not resist a dig about doing business in the US, mentioning a board meeting in which it was "like lawyers making a decision. No-one makes the final call". | The boss of the Chinese internet firm Alibaba, Jack Ma, has told US businesses that it needs more American products for China. | 33068925 |
Media playback is not supported on this device | Manager Chris Coleman insists Wales are Euro 2016 underdogs in Pool B alongside England, Russia and Saturday's opponents Slovakia. | 36493111 |
Kent Police said the alleged theft from Dover Athletic Football Club in Crabble Avenue, Dover, was reported on 1 October 2015.
Michelle Parker, 44, from Napwood Close, Gillingham, has been charged with theft by employee.
She has been released on bail and is due to appear at Folkestone Magistrates' Court on 7 March. | A woman has been charged with the theft of a "five-figure sum" of money from a Kent football club. | 35437681 |
More than 200,000 golf fans are expected to descend on the Fife town for the event.
The town's Old Course is hosting the championship for the 29th time.
VisitScotland, which is an associate of the event, said it believed The Open played "a crucial role" in helping bring golf enthusiasts to Scotland.
This year's championship will feature many of the world's top golfers, including Justin Rose, Jordan Spieth, Tiger Woods and Sergio Garcia.
However, defending champion Rory McIlroy will miss the competition after injuring his ankle playing football with friends.
VisitScotland chairman Mike Cantlay said: "Excitement has been building for months as we prepare to welcome hundreds of thousands of spectators, the world's greatest golfers and global media, back to St Andrews for The Open.
"These visitors, whether here for the day or for longer, help contribute to Scotland's economy by staying in hotels, using restaurants, drinking in bars or shopping in retail outlets.
"Scotland is the undisputed home of golf, and The Open is the jewel in the crown of what is a truly unmissable summer for the sport."
Golf tourism is estimated to be worth £220m to the Scottish economy and supports about 4,400 jobs.
VisitScotland said that for every £1 a visiting golfer spends on green fees, a further £5 is spent on extras such as food and drink and entertainment. | This week's Open golf championship at St Andrews could boost the Scottish economy by more than £100m, according to VisitScotland. | 33521066 |
The propaganda footage contrasts tranquil Melbourne streets with scenes of chaos and war in the Middle East.
The video calls for home-grown attacks on prominent Melbourne sites including the airport and St Paul's Cathedral.
Justice Minister Michael Keenan said it did not represent an increased threat.
"All Australians and Victorians in particular should feel very confident that our efforts are doing what they're required to do and that is keeping our country safe from this fanatical terrorism organisation," he told the Herald Sun newspaper.
Counter-terrorism expert Greg Barton said the latest video was designed to appeal to someone in Australia.
"Putting Australian scenes in a propaganda video, someone in Melbourne, Sydney, will look at that and be tipped over the edge into trying to do something," he told the Seven Network.
Earlier this year, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull described the terror threat as "real" after IS called on followers to target prominent Australian locations.
Police last month arrested two teenagers in Sydney over an alleged IS-inspired terror plot.
Deputy Commissioner Catherine Burn, from New South Wales police, said the teens bought bayonets hours before their arrest.
It was the eleventh terror attack to be foiled by Australian police, she said. | A new video by the Islamic State group encouraging terror attacks in Australia is not a significant escalation of danger, the nation's justice minister has said. | 38009001 |
The 26-year-old said his knee was "normal" and the treatment was part of his usual routine.
"I often ice different parts of my body or jump in an ice bath. It's just normal recovery process," he said.
England meet Russia in Group B in Marseille on Saturday.
They face Wales on 16 June and Slovakia on 20 June.
Manchester United centre-back Smalling is expected to start in Roy Hodgson's side alongside Chelsea's Gary Cahill or Everton's John Stones.
Media playback is not supported on this device | England defender Chris Smalling says he is fully fit for England's Euro 2016 opener against Russia despite leaving Tuesday's training session with an ice pack on his left knee. | 36480437 |
Thirty five firefighters attended the BMW Mercedes garage in Woodham Road, Barry at 17:15 BST on Wednesday.
A wall and roof of the building collapsed and the five vehicles inside were all damaged.
A spokeswoman for South Wales Fire and Rescue Service said: "The fire has been extinguished now, but it is expected to smoulder overnight."
The cause of the fire is believed to be accidental at this stage. | Firefighters have been tackling a commercial garage fire in Vale of Glamorgan. | 36485828 |
Both impressed in a warm-up match against a Mumbai XI on Sunday.
Plunkett bowled three good overs and Willey - who played for the hosts - took a hat-trick against England.
"I have an idea in my head," said England captain Eoin Morgan when asked about who he plans to select.
England will reveal their XI shortly before the game, which gets under way in the Indian west coast city of Mumbai at 14:00 GMT.
"Plunkett is an important player in the squad, with his extra bit of height and different trajectory to everyone else," added Morgan.
"Wills swings it up front, comes back into the middle and bowls change-ups. He has a canny knack of taking wickets and that's something that we've struggled doing for a while.
"That's one of his strengths."
England, winners of the 2010 World T20, exited at the group stage at the previous edition of the competition.
Have you added the new Top Story alerts in the BBC Sport app? Simply head to the menu in the app - and don't forget you can also add alerts for the Six Nations, cricket scores, your football team and more. | England begin their World Twenty20 campaign against the West Indies on Wednesday with bowlers David Willey and Liam Plunkett hoping to claim the final place in the team in Mumbai. | 35819177 |
Ramush Haradinaj, 48, is wanted by Serbia for alleged war crimes in 1999.
Detained on a Serbian arrest warrant as he flew into France in January, he was released on condition that he did not leave the country.
A court in Colmar in eastern France ruled on Thursday that he was now free to leave France.
The decision prompted delight among the former prime minister's supporters outside the court as well as in Kosovo's capital, Pristina.
Kosovo Foreign Minister Enver Hoxhaj said he was grateful to France for handling the case but criticised what he called Serbia's "ill-intended allegations".
Serbia called an immediate cabinet meeting to discuss the court's decision, which cannot be appealed.
The case has heightened tensions between Serbia and Kosovo, which declared independence in 2008.
Ramush Haradinaj, now an opposition leader in Kosovo, was arrested by police at Basel Mulhouse Freiburg airport, close to the Swiss and German borders on 4 January.
Serbia has accused the former Kosovo Liberation Army commander of overseeing a campaign of torture and murder against ethnic Serbs during the 1998-99 conflict.
He has been tried and acquitted twice at the UN tribunal at The Hague, although Serbia said it had further evidence involving civilian murders which it was asked to hand to the French court.
Mr Haradinaj has consistently denied the allegations, and stepped down as prime minister after just 100 days to face the charges. | A French court has refused to extradite a former prime minister of Kosovo who served as a rebel commander during the conflict with Serbia. | 39730103 |
The annual 0.6% charge will take affect from May.
UBS already imposes charges for large accounts held in Swiss francs by companies and some wealthy clients.
Banks' profits have been hit by the European Central Bank's policy of stimulating growth through negative interest rates and increased liquidity.
The ECB penalises banks that store euros with it in an effort to make them lend rather than hoard their cash.
It imposes a so-called negative rate, equivalent to four euros annually on each 1,000 euros that lenders deposit with the central bank.
Banks in Sweden and Switzerland, which are outside the eurozone, pay a similar charge.
A UBS spokesman said: "This charge reflects the increasing costs seen across the industry of reinvesting cash from deposits in money and capital markets, the continued extraordinarily low and negative interest rates in the euro area and increased liquidity regulations."
Commerzbank has even considered storing cash in vaults to avoid paying ECB fees.
The policy of penalising banks has come under criticism in Germany because it discourages saving. | Swiss bank UBS will start charging customers who deposit more than a million euros, as negative interest rates hit banks' profits. | 39349399 |
13 April 2016 Last updated at 11:48 BST
The street started to slowly fall into an underground sewage line in the city of Madera.
This video was filmed by the Madera police who reckon the hole is around 15 to 20 feet deep.
Officers noticed a dip in the road and decided to cordon off the area to keep people safe.
It's thought it could have been caused by rain water from recent storms soaking into the ground and washing away the top soil under the road.
Video from The City of Madera Police Department | Check out this video of a sinkhole opening up before your eyes in the middle of a street in California in America. | 36032701 |
The 21-year-old, who joined Celtic from Belgian club Beerschot for £900,000 two years ago, has agreed a four-year-deal at St Mary's.
Kenya international Wanyama was the Scottish Premier League's young player of the year last season and scored a header in the 2-1 Champions League win over Barcelona.
The fee is the highest ever received by a Scottish club for a player.
Southampton is a good club and it has good players, so I just want to train hard and work hard to be a part of the starting XI. We'll see where that will take me
"It feels great and I am happy to be here," said Wanyama.
"There were other options, but Southampton is a club with ambitions so I chose to come here.
"Southampton is a good club and it has good players, so I just want to train hard and work hard to be a part of the starting XI. We'll see where that will take me.
"I'm very grateful to be here and I'm looking forward to playing in the Premier League."
He scored nine goals last season, including against Barca.
Following that famous victory, manager Neil Lennon suggested the powerful midfielder was worth £25m.
In October, it was revealed that Wanyama had rejected the offer of a contract extension, with Lennon repeatedly encouraging the player to reconsider.
Wanyama made his international debut in 2007 against Nigeria aged just 15 and moved to Belgium the following year.
The sale of Aiden McGeady from Celtic to Spartak Moscow for £9.5m was the previous record fee paid for a player from Scottish football.
Wanyama is Southampton's second signing of the summer and follows Croatian Dejan Lovren to the club. | Southampton have signed Celtic midfielder Victor Wanyama for £12.5m. | 22969633 |
Dr Ruth Hussey was speaking ahead of a special conference on the issue hosted by Alcohol Concern Cymru in Cardiff.
Latest figures estimate 39% of mothers-to-be in Wales drink alcohol although mostly only in low amounts.
Bur Dr Hussey said in practice it was easy to underestimate the quantity in a glass and difficult to measure units of alcohol accurately.
The proportion of pregnant women who say they drink some alcohol in Wales has been falling, according to the last survey of infant feeding by the UK's four health departments.
The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (Nice) advises that pregnant women who choose to drink alcohol should not drink more than one to two units - equivalent to a small to medium glass of wine - once or twice a week.
Nice says the first three months of a pregnancy are particularly important.
Dr Hussey said: "The advice is to avoid alcohol altogether when pregnant, including when trying to conceive - so when trying for a baby or pregnant, keep it simple - no alcohol, no risk."
The Welsh government's Change4Life Wales website has received more clicks on its alcohol and pregnancy pages in the last year than any other section.
It is the theme of the alcohol campaign group's conference in Cardiff, which also includes contributions from Cardiff Central AM Jenny Rathbone and academics and health experts. | Pregnant women and those trying to conceive should not drink alcohol, Wales' chief medical officer has said. | 34294253 |
An 18-year-old man fell ill earlier this week after ingesting a legal high substance. He was treated at Forth Valley Royal Hospital.
The following day a 26-year-old woman fell and suffered a head injury after taking a legal high.
Police described the consumption of these types of substances as "a dangerous game of chance".
Neither the man nor the woman suffered life-threatening injuries and both were said to be recovering well.
Police said legal highs, sometimes referred to as herbal highs, plant food or research chemicals, are psychoactive drugs and often contain a mix of unknown substances, many of which could be dangerous.
Ch Supt David Flynn said: "Anyone who takes legal highs, or herbal highs as they are also known, can have no idea of what they actually contain. The reality is that they could have been mixed with illegal drugs or other potentially harmful substances and could be putting their life in danger.
"It is a dangerous game of chance and the drug taker places their life in the hands of others every time they take these substances.
"People should be aware that some of these substances do contain drugs that are controlled under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971, with more of these drugs being made illegal as they are identified. This means that charges can and will be brought." | Police have warned about the dangers of legal highs after two people in Stirling were hospitalised. | 25053464 |
South Lanarkshire Council has said it is satisfied that Errington Cheese Ltd now has the relevant controls in place.
The firm's Dunsyre Blue variety was linked to an E.coli outbreak last July in which a three-year-old girl died.
The company - which is now producing cheese under a revised food safety management system - disputes that its products were responsible.
The Carnwath-based firm's new season Lanark Blue cheese has now been put on the market.
A total of 11 people received treatment in hospital during the E.coli outbreak in the summer of 2016.
In September, Scotland's Food Safety watchdog, Food Standards Scotland (FSS), imposed a ban on all cheese produced by Errington. People were advised not to eat the cheese and to return it to the seller.
In January, Errington won the latest round of a court battle against the sales ban.
The interim order was designed to force the council to either abandon the case against them or initiate new proceedings under food hygiene regulations.
In February, a batch of cheese was seized by officers from South Lanarkshire Council but later that month the council announced it was allowing the sale of the Corra Linn cheese.
Food Standards Scotland said that decision was "premature" and warned people not to eat it.
On Thursday, Food Standards Scotland said South Lanarkshire Council had provided the necessary assurances that the cheese products covered by the Food Alert For Action issued in September 2016, and revised in November 2016, had either been destroyed or seized to protect public health.
The agency said it could not comment further due to ongoing legal proceedings. | A South Lanarkshire cheese company at the centre of an E.coli outbreak has restarted production. | 39370448 |
Mid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Service were called to Charles Street, Milford Haven at 00:38 GMT on Sunday.
No one was hurt after the occupants were alerted by a smoke alarm to the fire in their front room.
Steve Davies, deputy head of community safety, said the incident could have been much worse.
He said: "We all love Christmas lights, but we often forget that Christmas lights are used far less than everyday lights, and so require more care.
"When arranging your lights, please follow the manufacturer's instructions, check that your Christmas lights carry the British Standard sign and replace any bulbs that blow.
"These light bulbs can burn through materials such as paper of fabrics so please do not attach decorations to lights or heaters."
"Make this a Christmas to remember for the right reasons, always ensure that you switch all Christmas lights off and unplug them before leaving the house or going to bed." | Firefighters have issued a safety warning after Christmas tree lights set on fire after being left on during the night. | 38296009 |
The bid, made late on Sunday, was £25m plus add-ons but United maintain the 27-year-old is not for sale.
Age: 27
Club: Manchester United
Previous club: Everton
Debut: Everton 2-2 Tottenham - 17/08/02
United appearances: 402
United goals: 197
England caps: 83
England goals: 36
Honours: Premier League (x5); League Cup (x2); Champions League; Fifa World Club Cup; PFA Player of the Year 2010
Rooney, who remains intent on leaving United, has been left out of their squad for Tuesday's pre-season friendly in Stockholm with a shoulder injury.
It is understood the striker picked up the knock during a behind-closed-doors match against Real Betis on Saturday.
Chelsea had an initial bid for Rooney, of about £20m, turned down by United in July and have again been knocked back, despite upping their offer.
United manager David Moyes has continually stressed that Rooney will stay with the Premier League champions but Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho remains determined to bring him to Stamford Bridge.
Rooney has been left angered and confused by recent messages coming out of Old Trafford, most noticeably the suggestion from Moyes that Robin van Persie is the preferred option up front.
The situation could come to a head later this week with Rooney giving serious thought to handing in a transfer request in order to force a move away from Old Trafford.
In October 2010, Rooney said he wanted to leave the club because of concerns over the strength of their squad, but signed a new five-year contract just days later.
He flew home from Thailand in July with a hamstring injury and has not played for the club since a substitute appearance in the 1-0 defeat by Chelsea on 5 May. | Manchester United have rejected an improved offer from Chelsea for England striker Wayne Rooney. | 23574624 |
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The ball finds its way into the crowd after bouncing off a line judge's chair during Jamie Murray and John Peers' doubles semi-final win over Jonathan Erlich and Philipp Petzschner. | Former England football captain David Beckham shows he's equally skilled with his hands after a tennis ball flies into the royal box, much to the delight of the Court One crowd. | 33505984 |
In the final three months of 2014, £16bn of assets flowed out, while it attracted £11.3bn of new business.
Its figures were helped by foreign exchange movements and asset price performance.
That left it at the end of December with £323.3bn under management, down by £1.1bn on the end of September.
Martin Gilbert, chief executive of the Aberdeen-based firm, said: "The recent quarter can be considered in two parts. October and November were encouraging with overall flows in line with the previous quarter and equity flows positive.
"However, December was a reminder that investor sentiment remains fragile.
"Despite this and ongoing concerns about Europe and elsewhere, Aberdeen is in good shape. Importantly we have a strong balance sheet, a global client base and a wide range of capabilities to meet the needs of investors"
'Continued volatility'
With its trading update, the asset management giant said continued volatility was expected.
The company expanded its portfolio rapidly last year, as it took over Scottish Widows Investment Partnership (SWIP) from Lloyds Banking Group.
The market statement said the integration of SWIP was on track, the more complex parts of it should be completed by the end of this year, and savings from merging the two companies were greater than expected.
The Aberdeen Asset Management share price fell by more than 3% in the wake of the market update.
Meanwhile, it announced the appointment of Val Rahmani as a director.
She was previously chief executive of Damballa, a US software security firm, and an executive at IBM. | Aberdeen Asset Management has reported a net outflow of funds, which accelerated during a tough December. | 31122651 |
Competitors at the weekend event in the Scottish Highlands include world champions Rachel Atherton and Loic Bruni.
The competition forms the third stage of the UCI World Cup Downhill championships and was first held 14 years ago.
Riders take on a course at Nevis Range in front of thousands of spectators. | About 200 riders have hit the hill for this year's Fort William Mountain Bike World Cup stage. | 36454913 |
Police say the man's body was found near the East Lorengau refugee transit centre on Monday morning.
Australia's Immigration and Border Protection department said Papua New Guinean (PNG) authorities are investigating the death.
PNG police said the man, who is from Iran, took his own life, though reports say other residents contested that.
The man's name has not been released.
Asylum seekers who arrive in Australia by boat are detained at the Manus Island centre and on the nation of Nauru as part of the government's long-standing policy.
Australia agreed to close the Manus Island centre last year after a PNG court ruled that detaining asylum seekers and refugees there was unconstitutional.
Rights groups say conditions in the PNG and Nauru camps are inadequate with poor hygiene, cramped conditions, unrelenting heat and a lack of facilities.
The controversial centre is due to close by 31 October. | An asylum seeker who was being held at the Australian-run detention centre on Manus Island has been found dead. | 40846542 |
Wilson, 27, joined the Latics from Bristol City in January 2014, making 109 appearances for the club.
The Cardiff-born player won his only Wales cap in a World Cup qualifier against Belgium in October 2013.
"James is an athletic, mobile centre-half and knows this division," manager Chris Wilder told the club website.
"We've had him with us for a few days, had a good look at him and he will be a good addition to our squad."
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page. | Sheffield United have signed centre-back James Wilson on a two-year contract after he rejected a new deal at League One rivals Oldham Athletic. | 36714443 |
At 48%, it is the highest proportion to support such measures since 2004, according to the British Social Attitudes survey.
The survey also found the public were becoming more sceptical of the EU.
And social liberalism was rising on issues such as same-sex relationships, pre-marital sex and abortion.
There was a more traditional attitude to national security, however, with more than half wanting strong powers on terror.
Roger Harding, head of public attitudes at the National Centre for Social Research, which carries out the survey, said: "People's tolerance for austerity is drying up, even if that means higher taxes.
"This leftwards tilt on tax and spend is matched by a long-running conservatism on national security and law and order. In all, people want a more active state that's firm but fairer."
Here are the key findings of the survey:
The survey found that Britain holds "traditionally conservative views" on national security, and the public favoured stronger state powers to tackle terrorism, even before the terror attacks in Manchester and London.
The research - carried out in the months after last year's EU referendum - suggested that views on immigration had become more polarised, with the young and highly educated more likely to believe that immigration was good for the economy, while older people and non-graduates were more likely to say it was bad.
The survey has been carried out every year since 1983, with questions repeated periodically to assess how opinions change over time.
A total of 2,942 people in England, Scotland and Wales were questioned between July and November last year by social research organisation NatCen.
Get news from the BBC in your inbox, each weekday morning | Nearly half of Britons think the government should raise taxes and increase spending, an annual survey of public opinion suggests. | 40408576 |
Adrien Jaccottet thought Alberto Gil's penalty hit the post, but replays show it rebounded from inside the goal.
Chelsea scored with all their five penalties to go through after the game finished 1-1 in normal time.
Valencia boss Gary Neville described it as "scandalous" and Chelsea said the ball "clearly crossed the line".
The Valencia players and staff urged the Swiss referee to consult with the television replay at Chelsea's Cobham training ground, but it is believed he refused.
In a statement, the La Liga side, who scored with their three other penalties in the shoot-out, urged their young players: "Do not lose your confidence and your faith in football because of this incident.
"We are confident that Uefa will give an appropriate response to that required by the situation."
Reigning champions Chelsea will host Lyon or Ajax in the next round, which is due to be played on 8-9 March. | Valencia will protest to Uefa after a referee did not award a goal in their Champions League Under-19 penalty shoot-out against Chelsea. | 35646386 |
Her name is Faith Wood-Blagrove, she's 10-years-old and is from the UK, Warner Bros. has exclusively told Newsround.
She was one of thousands of girls, aged eight to 12 years, who auditioned for the part.
Film bosses were looking for an actress who could bring a 'haunted' character with 'inner strength and stillness' to life.
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them is due to be released in November 2016.
Faith will be working alongside a star-studded cast, including Eddie Redmayne, who'll play Newt Scamander.
Harry Potter is one of the most successful film franchises of all time.
JK Rowling, the author of both Harry Potter and Fantastic Beasts, is to make her screenwriting debut on the spin-off.
Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, and Emma Watson all went on to become international stars after working on the films as kids.
Rupert was given the part of Ron Weasley in the movies after taking part in open auditions. He heard about the opportunity on the Newsround website.
Faith Wood-Blagrove will start working on the film later this month. | The actress who'll play Modesty in the new Harry Potter spin-off, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, has been chosen. | 33790004 |
The cloned site is online and fully functioning, according to users.
The Pirate Bay, one of the world's most visited websites, has been closed since a police raid in Sweden last week.
Isohunt, which was banned in the UK last month, says it made the move in order to "save the Freedom of information on the Internet".
If The Pirate Bay returns, the cloned site will be taken down, Isohunt added.
The Pirate Bay offered an expansive list of links to pirated content including films, TV shows and music.
The Swedish police carried out a raid near Stockholm last week, seizing servers from The Pirate Bay following an investigation which had lasted "years", the force said.
While its founders have already been convicted of copyright infringement offences and some have been jailed, the site has proved difficult to close down permanently.
In 2012, The Pirate Bay changed its structure to make itself more portable and easy to clone.
When he heard about the raid last week Peter Sunde, one of the site's original founders, said that he did not like what the site had become.
"The site was ugly, full of bugs, old code and old design," he wrote in a blog post.
Mr Sunde went on to criticise the explicit nature of the adverts which appeared on it.
"It never changed except for one thing - the ads. More and more ads were filling the site, and somehow when it felt unimaginable to make these ads more distasteful they somehow ended up even worse." | Isohunt, a website providing access to mostly pirated material, has cloned the database of its competitor, The Pirate Bay, after it was shut down last week. | 30477678 |
The Sark First group approached the court in July seeking "a more proportional system of representation" on the island.
But the ECHR said the application was "unanimously declared as inadmissible".
Sark First said it was in "no way disheartened".
Sark First was set up in October 2014 with the aim of replacing the current structure with an alternative electoral system.
Sark is run by Chief Pleas - made up of 28 Conseillers, a president and the seigneur, a hereditary title.
The group said it aimed to put "an end to the divisions that are tearing the island apart".
But, the ECHR said the group's concern relating to fairness of the electoral system was "manifestly ill-founded".
It also said in relation to the group's complaint that the electoral system "discriminates against those holding minority viewpoints", that the group had "not provided any precise definition of what constitutes a minority viewpoint" and it was "similarly manifestly ill-founded".
The ECHR added that in Sark there were no formal political parties, and with an electorate of just under 500, designing a "proportional system would prove difficult".
Despite the rejections, Sark First said: "Sark is still not working and we will not rest until the introduction of a system of real democratic change that allows for the true representation of all residents." | The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has deemed invalid an application by a campaign group calling for electoral reform on the island of Sark. | 35899220 |
County rejected an offer for the 23-year-old from English Championship newcomers Burton Albion last week.
"We're not looking to sell Jackson," County manager Jim McIntyre told BBC Scotland.
"He's one of our best players. He's getting game time under his belt and is developing."
Irvine, who joined County permanently from Celtic last summer after a season on loan, helped the Dingwall club finish sixth in the Scottish Premiership and beat Hibernian in the League Cup final.
It was their first national trophy and there was more joy in recent weeks for the midfielder as he won his 10th cap as a substitute in a 1-0 win over Greece.
"When he plays the way he has, like in the League Cup final, people sit up and take note," said McIntyre of the Brewers' failed bid.
McIntyre has signed three defenders - Christopher Routis, formerly of Bradford City, Kenny van der Weg, previously of Breda, and Erik Cikos, who was with Slovan Bratislava - and former Wolverhampton Wanderers goalkeeper Aaron McCarey already this summer.
However, he confirmed that he is still looking to make one or two changes to his squad in preparation for the new season. | Ross County are not interested in cashing in on Jackson Irvine, despite interest growing in the midfielder who is establishing himself with Australia. | 36561972 |
Prime Minister David Cameron will hold an "in-out" referendum on Britain's membership of the EU by the end of 2017.
The Beaufort Wales Omnibus survey found 26% of more than 1,000 adults want to stay.
The figure is double the proportion of people who said they want an EU exit.
Others say their vote will depend on the outcome of renegotiations on Britain's membership with EU leaders and there are some who are undecided or will not vote. | More people in Wales are likely to vote for the UK to stay in the European Union than those who want to leave, a poll has suggested. | 33484029 |
One blast took place near the former military academy for women, while the other struck close to the interior ministry.
Emergency crews rushed to the scenes of the blasts, which were cordoned off.
It is the first deadly bomb attack since the toppling of Muammar Gaddafi last year.
The bombs struck at dawn close to the interior ministry's administrative offices and near the military academy on Omar al-Mokhtar Avenue.
The city's head of security, Col Mahmoud Sherif, said the blast outside the military academy left two people dead and four or five injured.
No casualties were reported from the other explosion, he said.
Mr Sherif blamed Gaddafi supporters for the attacks, who he alleged were receiving financial backing from contacts based in neighbouring countries.
The attacks took place as crowds prepared for mass morning prayers to mark Eid al-Fitr, the Muslim celebration at the end of the fasting month Ramadan.
Earlier this month, Libya's interim National Transitional Council handed power to a newly elected assembly, in the first peaceful transition in the country's modern history.
But violence remains a challenge for the government, with several attacks taking place in the eastern city of Benghazi in recent months.
The BBC's Rana Jawad, in Tripoli, says that the government has often blamed these attacks on Gaddafi loyalists.
For many Libyans, she says, it is easier and more plausible to believe that loyalists of the former regime are behind them, but this is difficult to assess.
Security forces have also struggled to assert control over armed men who took part in last year's uprising and who refuse to lay down their weapons. | At least two people have been killed in a twin car bomb attack in the Libyan capital, Tripoli, security officials say. | 19310528 |
Deliveries to a number of addresses have been halted in the Kinnerton Crescent and Dormston Drive B29 postcode area in Weoley Castle.
Royal Mail said it could not guarantee the safety of staff until action was taken to secure the dogs.
Suspending deliveries was "always a last resort," it said.
In the first incident a postman had to defend himself from two dogs off the lead.
The postman and his delivery postman partner were threatened the next day by the dogs outside an address in Dormston Drive, Royal Mail said.
It said it had taken the "difficult decision to temporarily suspend deliveries" and the incidents had been reported to police.
A Royal Mail spokesperson said: "Suspension of delivery is always a last resort and we sincerely apologise to customers for the inconvenience caused by this temporary suspension."
On average eight postmen and women a day are attacked by dogs across the UK with more than 2,960 attacks taking place from April 2014 to April last year, some leading to a permanent disabling injury, Royal Mail said.
Steve Reid, of the Communication Workers Union in Birmingham, said: "We had two colleagues of mine, one in Sheffield and one in Cambridge, who had life-threatening injuries where one guy nearly lost a limb.
"Many years ago I was delivering in Hall Green. I actually got pinned against a shed by an Alsatian and it's very frightening."
The Royal Mail spokesperson said: "Affected customers can collect their mail from the local delivery office or they can arrange for their mail to be redirected to another local address at no cost, if that is more convenient." | Mail deliveries to some houses in Birmingham have been suspended after two postmen were threatened by dogs off their leads, Royal Mail said. | 35690352 |
3 July 2016 Last updated at 11:32 BST
So why has the team done so well and how will they do against hosts France?
We've asked pupils at a school in Iceland to send us their thoughts on the team.
Here's what they think. | Iceland, who beat in England in the last round of the European Championships, are the lowest ranked side in the tournament. | 36697894 |
The woman was attacked while walking her dog on an isolated path in Peatlands Park, Dungannon, at about 14:45 BST on Wednesday.
The area is known for being popular with families.
The 23-year-old is expected to appear in court on Monday. | A 23-year-old man has been charged with the rape of a woman in County Tyrone. | 36167279 |
The incident happened between Lydney and Gloucester on Wednesday morning.
Trains travelling from south Wales to London are currently diverted through Lydney after the Severn Tunnel was closed for work ahead of rail electrification.
A replacement bus service was put in place to take passengers between Severn Tunnel Junction and Cheltenham Spa. | The rail line between Newport and Gloucester has reopened after it closed when a person was hit by a train. | 37701309 |
Network Rail has announced 31 projects in the city over the next five years including the electrification of the line between Bristol and London.
Doubling the track has been described as "fundamental" to the expansion of services in and around Bristol.
It will also allow for extra high speed trains between Bristol and London.
New platforms
"Reinstating the four lines between Temple Meads and Parkway is the arterial route around which the rest of the Bristol growing railway is going to be hung," said Mike Gallop, Network Rail's Route Asset Director.
The new tracks will be built on Filton Bank, making it possible for local passenger services to use the line.
"It's a very significant first step but it is a first step," said Rob Dixon from the campaign group Friends of Suburban Bristol Railways.
"Without this investment there can be no improvements in local services - things like the reopening of the line to Portishead, the Henbury Loop, improvements on the Severn Beach line and from Weston to Yate - which all need extra capacity and without that they just couldn't run. So these changes are a first step to what we want and need to see."
Charlotte Leslie, Conservative MP for Bristol North West, has campaigned for the reopening of the Henbury Loop.
"The four-tracking of Filton Bank is the basic infrastructure which makes other things possible," said Ms Leslie.
"But what I'd like to see is more ambition in getting Henbury station and Henbury Loop and our network of rail around the city open faster because Bristol is growing and our transport infrastructure isn't keeping up."
The package also includes building new platforms at Bristol Parkway and upgrading Bristol Temple Meads station. | Reinstating four tracks between Bristol Parkway and Bristol Temple Meads is part of a £700m investment in the city's railway infrastructure. | 26815987 |
Stephen Vaughan admitted perverting the course of justice by giving Timmy Donovan, 30, his Mercedes in which he fled to Germany.
PC Doyle was killed while off duty on a Christmas night out in Liverpool in December 2014.
Vaughan, 31, was sentenced to 15 months at Liverpool Crown Court.
Donovan and Andrew Taylor, 29, both of Huyton, were jailed for PC Doyle's manslaughter in September 2015.
Vaughan, of Tower Way, Woolton, started his football career at Liverpool as a reserve and went on to play for Chester City.
He is now a boxing promoter. | A former Liverpool reserve player who helped one of the killers of Merseyside police officer Neil Doyle has been jailed. | 35934194 |
The firm has cracked down on third-party websites such as Pokevision that let players see where characters in the augmented reality game were located.
A tracking feature intended to help players find the colourful creatures has also had its functionality reduced.
The changes have been criticised by many of the game's fans.
Pokemon Go previously showed players a list of nearby creatures, each with a number of footprints beside it representing its proximity to the player's smartphone.
However, the footprints system was criticised because it did not work as intended and it has now been removed.
Unofficial third-party tracking services, such as Pokevision and Pokeradar, have also had their functionality limited.
Pokevision used data from Pokemon Go to create real-time maps that allowed players to locate specific creatures.
Writing on Twitter, its developer said the site had been disabled.
"We wish we had some news for you," Pokevision tweeted.
"At this moment, we are respecting Niantic and Nintendo's wishes."
The removal of the footprints feature, along with the halting of third-party tracking apps, has caused a stir within the game's community.
"It's so ridiculous that a simple feature could be handled this badly and cause all this backlash," wrote member CA_dot on online discussion forum Reddit.
"I always thought Niantic should have fixed the game instead of removing features."
The updated app also adds a warning not to play Pokemon Go while driving, lets players edit their avatar and fixes a number of bugs. | Pokemon Go players have been left disappointed after developer Niantic made significant changes to the app's Pokemon-tracking functionality. | 36941965 |
The interior ministry did not identify who was killed, but said the offences were committed in the Qatif region of the oil-rich Eastern Province.
Qatif has witnessed protests and bouts of violent unrest in recent years.
It is home to many of the kingdom's Shia Muslim minority, who complain that they are marginalised and discriminated against by the Sunni monarchy.
In the past two months, a series of attacks in Qatif have targeted security forces.
Two officers were killed in separate bombings in the town of Awamiya last Tuesday and Thursday, while another two were wounded in an attack on Saturday.
In June, a third officer and two other people died in bombings.
Activists have meanwhile accused security forces of opening fire on protesters, and say others are being jailed or sentenced to death for protest-related crimes.
Protests and attacks in Qatif have become more frequent since the January 2016 execution of the prominent Shia cleric Nimr al-Nimr, who supported the protests. | Saudi Arabia has executed four people who were convicted of carrying out terrorist attacks. | 40572319 |
The Tennis Integrity Unit (TIU), which was set up in 2008 to detect any corruption, has not revealed which match it is investigating.
The TIU is already investigating a US Open first-round match between Vitalia Diatchenko and Timea Bacsinszky.
"Both are the subject of routine, confidential investigation," it said.
The TIU said it received 96 alerts from July to September, including the two alerts from Wimbledon and the US Open.
Alerts come from regulators and betting organisations, who can report matches if they notice suspicious betting patterns.
"It is important to appreciate that an alert on its own is not evidence of match-fixing," added the TIU.
It states that unusual gambling patterns can be explained by factors other than fixing, such as incorrect odds setting, player fitness, playing conditions and well-informed betting. | Tennis investigators are examining whether a match at this year's Wimbledon was fixed after suspicious betting patterns were reported. | 37574422 |
The males, called Casper, Babati and Karumwa, are returning to Dijbouti as part of a conservation project about the environment.
They have begun their 20-hour journey from Port Lympne Wild Animal Park near Hythe to the Decan Sanctuary.
Adrian Harland, Port Lympne's animal director, said: "Our three boys will act as ambassadors for biodiversity."
He said the trio would help demonstrate the role zebras and other species play in maintaining the environment.
The project is backed by the Aspinall Foundation, which owns Port Lympne and Howletts animal parks in Kent. | Three zebras from a Kent wildlife park are on their way to east Africa as part of an education programme. | 30809944 |
Rosa King, 34, died at Hamerton Zoo Park in Cambridgeshire on Monday.
It is understood she died after a tiger entered an enclosure, but police and the council are still investigating and an inquest has yet to take place.
Her parents Peter and Andrea King said an "abundance of love" had been shown by all for their daughter Rosa.
Ms King, whose family home is in Chippenham, Wiltshire, was dedicated to her job at the zoo where she had worked for 14 years, her parents said.
"She lived and breathed a vocation that meant the world to her", her parents said in a statement released through Cambridgeshire Police.
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Referring to their "beloved daughter", Mr and Mrs King said she was a "dedicated professional when it came to her work".
"Rosa was passionate about animals from the age of two when she first sat on the back of a horse. After that, her life was always going to be about animals," they added.
Details of how Ms King died have not yet been released, and an inquest is expected to take place next week.
A joint investigation by police and Huntingdonshire District Council - which is responsible for licensing the zoo - is currently under way.
Meanwhile the zoo remains closed to the public and staff have not said when it might reopen.
The tiger that killed Ms King has not been put down and was unharmed, police said.
Get news from the BBC in your inbox, each weekday morning | The parents of a zookeeper killed by a tiger have said her love of animals was "a joy and privilege to behold" and their daughter was "living her dream". | 40123898 |
Swansea East MP Carolyn Harris struggled to afford funeral costs after her eight-year-old son Martin was killed in a road accident in 1989.
Ms Harris has called for the UK government to set aside £10m to automatically cover costs.
Council leader Rob Stewart said the authority would do the right thing.
The fees payable for burial and cremations, on top of additional funeral costs, vary, with no charge in Conwy but a fee of up to £200 in Gwynedd.
Mr Stewart said the council would scrap the charge for parents when it sets its budget in February, adding the cost was small and could be easily absorbed.
"When you are in that position you are just focused on doing the right thing for your child and giving them the funeral they would want," he said.
"We just knew it was very much the right thing to do."
Ms Harris - who only managed to pay for her child's funeral after a whip-round from friends and taking out a loan - welcomed the move but said not all local authorities would be able to scrap the fees.
The Labour MP said the funeral fund could be used by cash-strapped councils.
"Local authorities budgets have been slashed and they still have to keep cemeteries and crematoriums open, they still have to tend graves and have grave diggers," said Ms Harris.
"These people are working class people who need to be paid, so I'm not asking local authorities to do this."
The Department for Work and Pensions previously said it was "modernising bereavement benefits, introducing a simpler and fairer scheme that will better assist people in what can be an extremely difficult time". | Swansea council has vowed to scrap child burial fees after an emotional campaign by an MP who had to take out a loan to bury her son. | 38352462 |
Councillors are to consider the possibility of adding a £1 surcharge to fares, to compensate taxi drivers for new airport drop-off rules.
The airport introduced a £1 fee to drop off passengers at the forecourt in January.
Although official airport taxis are unaffected by the new rules, other cabs have to pay the charge.
Aberdeen City Council is reviewing fares and the new surcharge is being considered to compensate cab drivers.
Under the proposal, passengers not wishing to pay the surcharge would be given the option of being dropped off at the long-stay car park.
The airport charge came into effect on 7 January. | Additional charges could be added to taxi journeys to Aberdeen International Airport. | 31921418 |
The number of shares to be offered and the price range for the offering has not yet been determined, Square said in a release.
The start-up says it aims to "enable anyone with a mobile device to accept card payments, anywhere, anytime."
Reports have valued the tech firm, founded in 2009, at $6bn (£3.87bn).
In the firm's filing to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Mr Dorsey said: "We've built one of the fairest and most efficient payments businesses in the world."
"We made it possible to accept card payments in less than five minutes," he added.
He ended his note with: "We intend to make this big!"
Square said in its SEC filing that its total net revenue grew to $560.6m for the six months to June, from $371.9m in the same period last year.
The company, which has been described as a financial payments shop, said it would depend on key management and its employees to grow its business, but warned Mr Dorsey's role as chief executive of Twitter "may at times adversely affect his ability to devote time, attention, and effort to Square."
Earlier this month, Twitter confirmed Mr Dorsey as the firm's permanent chief executive. He had served as the interim boss of the company for three months after Dick Costolo stepped down on 1 July.
Twitter had previously said the chief executive job would be a full-time position, which seemed to exclude Mr Dorsey as long as he continued to run Square.
Mr Dorsey also serves on the board of The Walt Disney Company.
San Francisco-based Square has offices in the US, Canada, Japan and Australia. | Twitter co-founder and new chief executive Jack Dorsey has filed for an initial public offering in the US for his mobile payments firm Square. | 34535875 |
Since 2000 the tournament has culminated in March, with Ross County and Hibernian meeting in this season's final at Hampden next month.
Plans for a competition reformat were announced last year, beginning in July and with group stages introduced.
It has also been confirmed that the planned three-week winter break for the Premiership will start immediately after the new-year fixture round.
Top-flight teams will return to action in the Scottish Cup fourth round on the weekend of 21 January.
"The Scottish League Cup semi-finals and final will again be contested before the end of the year, which we know is something a large number of supporters and stakeholders, including the media, were very keen on," said Scottish Professional Football League chief executive Neil Doncaster. | The Scottish League Cup final will return to November from next season. | 35603501 |
The 30-year-old scored 22 goals in 187 appearances for the Shakes after moving to Gigg Lane in 2012.
Former Crystal Palace and Stoke man Soares becomes Wimbledon's first signing of the January transfer window.
"Tom is very powerful, has good aerial ability and I think he is in his prime now," Dons boss Neal Ardley told the club website.
The south-west London club have not disclosed the length of Soares' deal at Kingsmeadow.
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page or visit our Premier League tracker here. | AFC Wimbledon have signed midfielder Tom Soares from fellow League One side Bury for an undisclosed fee. | 38814751 |
The helicopter was carrying pilgrims to the Vaishno Devi shrine, considered one of India's holiest temples.
The helicopter caught fire soon after taking off and services have been suspended in the area, police say.
"Seven people - six pilgrims and the lady pilot - died in the crash. We are investigating," Police Inspector General Danish Rana told AFP.
Television footage showed charred wreckage strewn over a field.
Thousands of Hindu devotees visit the town of Katra each year, climbing for miles to worship a Hindu goddess at the Vaishno Devi cave shrine, which is 37 miles (60 km) north-east of the city of Jammu.
Helicopter services are popular among pilgrims who want to avoid the strenuous hike. | At least seven people have been killed in a helicopter crash in Indian-administered Kashmir. | 34897458 |
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It will be the equivalent of 23 storeys high and will sit on top of a five-storey "nest".
Andy Gill from BBC North West Tonight reports. | A group of architects hope a giant Liver Bird will eventually be added to Liverpool's waterfront. | 34181153 |
The 27-year-old was walking along Dickson Drive in Irvine at about 00:25 on Friday when he was approached from behind by a man who then assaulted him.
The victim was taken to Crosshouse Hospital where he received treatment for a cut to his face. He was later released.
The suspect was described as being a white man with a local accent, who was wearing dark clothes.
Det Con Fionntan Rankin, of Police Scotland. said: "At this time inquiries are ongoing to establish more detail on this attack and to trace the man responsible.
"I would urge any witnesses, or anyone with information that may assist the police investigation to contact Police Scotland." | A man's face has been slashed in a serious assault in North Ayrshire. | 30469245 |
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Mr Wozniak did consultancy work for the film, but had expressed reservations about it after seeing its trailer.
Read the full interview | In an exclusive interview, Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak has praised a new movie about the tech firm's former chief executive Steve Jobs. | 34200232 |
The Dow Jones closed at 16,510.19, up 0.77%, while the S&P 500 closed up almost 0.5% at 1,967.22.
The Nasdaq closed up 0.04% at 4,828.95, dented by losses in biotech firms.
Biotech shares fell sharply after Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton pledged to take action against firms hiking prices for specialty drugs.
Shares in Immunogen ended the day down 15.9%, while Advaxis ended down 14.86%.
Oil prices were up after data showed a slowdown in drilling in the US.
West Texas Intermediate crude closed up 1.44% after a report showed that US firms have cut the number of oil rigs in operation for the third week in a row.
"The fall in rig counts (is) supporting an otherwise bearish market," said Tamas Varga, an oil analyst at London brokerage PVM Oil Associates.
Shares in GoPro tumbled 8.19% after a gloomy report on the outlook for the video camera maker appeared in the business magazine Barron's on Sunday.
The report said GoPro shares could fall sharply as new products have been underwhelming and competition in its market is growing.
On Friday US shares fell sharply after US Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen said there were worries about "a risk of a more abrupt slowdown than most analysts expect".
The central bank next meets to decide interest rate policy on 27-28 October, but many economists now think it will delay raising the cost of borrowing until next year. | (Close): US shares recovered some of Friday's sharp losses but biotech shares dragged down the Nasdaq's gains. | 34314229 |
Zero Waste Scotland said the total value of meat and fish discarded annually was about £190m.
The group estimates reducing food waste could save every household £460 a year.
It has joined forces with an Ayrshire-based butchers chain in promoting leftover recipes and tips to encourage people to discard less food.
Zero Waste Scotland said research carried out for the sustainable economy group WRAP revealed the extent and value of wasted food:
Ylva Haglund, food waste campaign manager for Zero Waste Scotland, said: "Our research has shown that despite our love of beef in Scotland, we still throw away millions of pounds worth every year, with an equivalent weight to 26 million burgers, or the weight of 13 million steaks."
Carlyn Paton, joint founder of the butchers chain We Hae Meat, which helped compile the leftover recipes, said: "There are also lots of way to make it go further through using up leftovers, utilising unused portions in a wide range of recipes or freezing it for future use, so there's no real excuse for wasting it if you have some that hasn't been used up."
The Scottish government this month announced a new target to reduce food waste by 33% by 2025.
Jim McLaren, chairman of Quality Meat Scotland (QMS), said initiatives which encourage people to make the most of quality meat and reduce food waste "made total sense".
"QMS has been promoting the use of leftover beef, lamb and pork for more than a decade and the 300 members of our Scotch Butchers Club all use our leftover campaign information and recipes to encourage their customers to make the most of meat," he added.
Zero Waste Scotland is funded by the Scottish government to promote its Zero Waste Plan. | Scottish households throw away the equivalent of 26 million beefburgers a year, according to food waste campaigners. | 35852729 |
Matthew Nicklin QC told the High Court hacking was "unlawful and wrong" but none of the victims in the case claimed their lives had been "ruined".
The firm has admitted publishing more than 100 stories based on hacking the victims' voicemails from 1999 to 2009.
The court will decide on damages to be paid to victims including ex-footballer Paul Gascoigne and actor Shane Ritchie.
The other six claimants are BBC creative director Alan Yentob, actress Sadie Frost, soap stars Shobna Gulati and Lucy Taggart, TV producer Robert Ashworth and flight attendant Lauren Alcorn.
Mr Nicklin said hacking was an "unwarranted and unacceptable intrusion into people's private lives and it shouldn't have happened".
He did not suggest what damages should be paid, but said none of the claimants had their ability to work impaired or needed psychiatric care as a result.
"While they may be upset and even angry", he said, "not one of them has claimed - nor could they - that their lives have been ruined".
The case was adjourned until Wednesday.
The judge, Mr Justice Mann, is expected to take several weeks to assess the damages.
His decision on damages will influence the outcome of around 100 more hacking cases against the company which have been filed so far. | Phone hacking by the Mirror Group did not cause "permanent harm" to eight people suing the firm, its lawyer says. | 32029778 |
Shephard, who made his Swansea debut in the FA Cup third round defeat by Oxford in January, made 20 appearances for the Glovers in a loan spell last season.
The 21-year-old has won two caps for Wales at under-21 level.
He will not be available for Friday's game against Carlisle, as international clearance has not been received in time.
"Both The FA and FAW are assisting the club in trying to contact FIFA offices, who are now closed due to the holiday season in Switzerland," the club said in a statement.
"With today being the final day of the loan window, the club are very disappointed that the offices at FIFA closed early, causing problems for clubs ahead of a busy weekend of football."
Yeovil are 20th in the League Two table, 11 points above the relegation zone with nine games to play.
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page. | League Two side Yeovil have re-signed Swansea and Wales Under-21 right-back Liam Shephard on a one-month loan deal. | 35891521 |
The 62,000 sq ft grade A office at Ebrington "could cater for up to 500 people". It will be built on top of an existing underground car park.
Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness said it was "part of a drive to attract investment to the north west".
The Department of Finance has approved the project's business case.
A developer will now be sought for the building.
Ebrington is the largest regeneration site in the city, having been formerly owned by the Ministry of Defence.
The Executive Office said the office development "is an incentive for potential investors". | The Executive Office is to spend up to £5m on a new, high quality office block in Londonderry. | 38252818 |
About 70 people attended the meeting at Kesgrave Town Council on Monday night.
On Thursday evening residents blocked green spaces with wheelie bins and cars amid reports of more travellers descending on the town, after 13 caravans arrived last month.
The Gypsy Council called the blockades "pathetic" and "shameful".
Caravans were already in Kesgrave when rumours on social media last week suggested 100 more travellers were set to join an unauthorised camp at Grange Farm.
It led to dozens of people blockading parks, verges and gardens, with agricultural machinery also used to block off an access road.
But despite the reports, just five children and their families attended Holy Family Church for a normal daily Mass on Friday morning.
The travellers at the site are expected to leave soon, but if they do not go, the local council is due to attend another court hearing later to get them evicted.
After the meeting, one resident told the BBC: "The police have got no intention of moving them on. It's like they're scared of them, it's just a big joke really.
Suffolk Coastal District Council leader Ray Herring, who oversaw the meeting, said: "When the last caravan goes we will put in a team to clean up the site and put some temporary measures in to restrict travellers returning."
Speaking about last week's blockades, Candy Sheridan from the Gypsy Council said it was "pathetic" and "un-Christian" when people had travelled miles to celebrate a first communion for the children.
There are 185 authorised travellers pitches in Suffolk, but none in the Suffolk Coastal area. | A meeting to discuss travellers in a Suffolk town had to be held in a car park because so many residents turned up. | 33517955 |
Sam and Chris Ogrizovic will set off from Ravenshead, Nottinghamshire and walk or hitchhike to Brolg, Croatia.
The pair will emulate grandfather Nicola, who escaped the village aged 14 as it came under siege from Nazi soldiers during WWII.
Mr Ogrizovic, known as Nick, died from Alzheimer's last year, aged 86.
Sam and Chris will take just £20, and use no maps on the trek in their grandfather's memory.
Under the name Papa's Journey, the pair are hoping to raise more than £2,000 for the Alzheimer's Society when they embark on the challenge in May.
Mr Ogrizovic had seen his father shot dead by Nazi soldiers when he fled Brolg, then in Yugoslavia, in the 1940s, leaving behind his mother and two sisters.
It took him five years to make his way to Nottinghamshire, having been captured and sent to a Prisoner of War camp in Italy.
However, the two cousins are hoping to retrace his steps in eight days.
Sam, 30, from Hoveringham, Nottinghamshire, said: "We are trying to replicate it as much as we can with no planning, no maps, no planes and only £20.
"Unskilled and with little education, he came here to work in the mines purely because he thought he would be closer to get back to Yugoslavia. But he never returned."
Cousin Chris, from Birmingham, and son of Coventry City goalkeeper Steve Ogrizovic, said they were nervous about the trip.
"There's always a curiosity of where grandpa came from, where your heritage is, and it's a great opportunity to go back and find out," said the 31-year-old.
The pair have been given letters by the Alzheimer's Society written in several different languages to explain to people they meet along the way what they are doing. | Two cousins are set to retrace the 1,100-mile (1,770 km) journey their late grandfather took when he fled the Nazis as a teenager. | 32231151 |
Hazlehead crematorium was removed from the list of council properties being opened to the public after complaints from families affected by the scandal.
The council was heavily criticised in a report by Dame Elish Angiolini for cremating babies with unrelated adults.
The former lord advocate described the routine practice as "abhorrent".
A council spokesman confirmed Hazlehead would not be part of the annual Open Doors Day event on 10 September.
He said: "Due to the timing of the event, and as a mark of respect to families affected by historical practices at Hazlehead Crematorium, we have taken the decision to remove the crematorium from this year's Doors Open Day schedule."
BBC Scotland revealed in 2013 that no ashes had been offered to the families of infants cremated in Aberdeen over a five-year period.
Baby and adult ashes were mixed together and given back to relatives of the adult, while the parents of infants were told there were no ashes.
The Aberdeen crematorium was among those investigated after it emerged staff at the Mortonhall crematorium in Edinburgh had been burying baby ashes in secret for decades. | The Aberdeen crematorium at the centre of the baby ashes scandal will not be included in this year's Open Doors Day event, the city council has confirmed. | 37261756 |
The 27-year-old, who was part of the Germany squad that won the 2014 World Cup, has agreed a four-year deal.
"I heard about the great atmosphere and the fans, so my first impression is very good," he told the club website.
Zieler began his professional career at Manchester United, but never played a first-team game.
He was sent out loan to League One side Northampton in 2009, for whom he played two games.
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page. | Premier League champions Leicester City have signed goalkeeper Ron-Robert Zieler from Hannover 96 for an undisclosed fee. | 36409771 |
The temporary law would give the government more control over the number of migrants coming to the island.
Assistant Chief Minister, Senator Paul Routier, said: "We are controlling the number of licences to non-locals.
"But it is important to keep a level of immigration, so that we have a workforce that can support an ageing population."
Senator Sarah Ferugson, of the Corporate Services Scrutiny Panel, said the States needed to look at the "big issue of inadequate border control".
Islanders have been asked for their input before a 20-year plan is proposed. | Jersey States has revealed a new population policy - to limit immigration to 325 people a year. | 25944342 |
27 February 2017 Last updated at 18:04 GMT
Gary Barlow led the search for the cast of a Take That musical and these guys didn't disappoint!
But how much do you know about them?
Find out about AJ's hair, who's the funny one and who snores... | Five To Five are the winners of BBC One's singing programme Let It Shine. | 39104366 |
Hundreds of pupils vacated Hounsdown School in Totton, Hampshire, at about 10:30 BST after the alarm was raised.
A "number of smoke grenades or similar objects had been set off on the school grounds", a Hampshire Police spokesman said.
Two boys, aged 16, have been held on suspicion of criminal damage. No one was injured in the incident.
Local councillor David Harrison said he had been told "about half a dozen" masked youths "entered the school, terrorist fashion" and set off the bombs as an end-of-term prank.
He added: "At one point this morning it seemed like the entire Hampshire Constabulary had descended on the area, with sirens from vehicles coming in from all directions.
"End of school pranks are something of a tradition but this particular action was badly ill-judged.
"It would have caused real alarm and might well have led to some serious consequences.
"We all have the capacity to cause mayhem with stupid, irresponsible behaviour. It isn't clever."
Hounsdown School, which teaches 1,251 pupils aged between 11 and 16, was unavailable for comment. | Two boys have been arrested after an alleged end-of-term smoke grenade prank saw an entire school evacuated. | 33631345 |
The Grantham and District Hospital unit began closing early in August, in a trial expected to last three months.
But a shortage of A&E doctors has forced United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust (ULHT) to keep it closed.
The trust says it is committed to reopening the unit and is trying to recruit staff.
Dr Suneil Kapadia, medical director at ULHT, said the trust needed to meet minimum staffing requirements without an overreliance on agency staff.
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"I recognise people want Grantham A&E to reopen 24/7... [but] it's important we aren't in a situation where we reopen A&E one day and then need to close it again the next week due to doctors leaving," he said.
"The reality is agency staff have the pick of places to work and can often leave a placement at short notice."
The trust said it was continuing to recruit staff both in the UK and overseas.
ULHT employs about 17 doctors across its three sites in Lincoln, Boston and Grantham, and needs a minimum of 21 to keep all of them open for 24 hours.
The trust previously took the decision to close the Grantham unit at night to enable it to maintain safe staffing levels at its two other A&E departments, both of which take a higher number of patients.
It acknowledged the decision was unpopular and added it supported the right of people to protest against it.
Campaigners have also branded plans to extend the A&E's opening times by an hour as "ridiculous".
The trust plans to open the unit from 08:00 to 18:30 at the end of March, instead of opening at 09:00. | A hospital's A&E unit is to remain closed at night until enough doctors can be found to staff it, health bosses have said. | 38892508 |
Dozens of people in paramilitary-style uniform attended Peggy O'Hara's funeral in the city in July. Her son was an INLA member who died on hunger strike.
Police said a 53-year-old man was arrested in the city on Saturday.
A number of other people have been questioned as part of the police investigation.
Mrs O'Hara's son, Patsy, was one of 10 republican prisoners who died on hunger strike in the Maze Prison in 1981.
He was a senior member of the Irish National Liberation Army (INLA) - a republican paramilitary group believed to have been responsible for more than 120 murders from its formation in 1975 until its ceasefire in 1998. | A man has been arrested by police in Londonderry investigating paramilitary displays during the wake and funeral of a veteran republican. | 34563696 |
Anglesey council used to run tours of South Stack lighthouse but surrendered its lease on the building in March.
A new not-for-profit organisation, Ynys Lawd Heritage Group, said it has struck a deal with owners Trinity House and hopes to welcome visitors again within a few weeks.
Trinity House said it was still in the last stages of the tender process.
The local authority gave notice on the lease in November 2016 as part of a plan to make almost £3m of budget savings.
It was estimated the move would save about £13,000 in running costs.
John Cave, one of eight members of the new heritage group, said they were waiting on final paperwork from Trinity House but aimed to start running tours "within four weeks".
"We feel the lighthouse is a gem, for Anglesey and for Wales," he said.
"We all thought it would be a great shame if it was to close to the public so we formed this group.
"We will keep on the six part-time guides who worked here and any profit we make will be reinvested into South Stack and into other local community projects."
The 91ft (28m) lighthouse was built just off Holy Island in 1809 and is visible for 28 miles out to sea.
It attracts up to up to 19,000 visitors a year between Easter and early October.
Access to the whitewashed buildings and its tower requires some effort - with 400 steps down onto the South Stack island outcrop itself.
"We are delighted," Mr Cave added. "It's great for tourism in north Wales, the island and especially for Holyhead, which really needs people to come and visit." | One of Wales' best-known landmarks could reopen to visitors this summer, a local community group has said. | 40108568 |
Wukan, in southern Guangdong province, has come to symbolise the anger felt over land seizures by rural officials.
It ousted local officials three months ago and won the right to elections as part of a deal to end unrest there.
Respected elder Lin Zuluan was voted in as village chief, with Yang Semao his deputy.
After his landslide victory, with 6,205 votes on an 80% turnout, Mr Lin said: "With this kind of recognition from the villagers, I'll work doubly hard for them."
Some 6,800 residents had turned up at a local school to cast their ballots.
Five other seats on the village committee will be filled in a run-off vote on Sunday.
Activists from other parts of the country had travelled to Wukan to observe the polls and to try to highlight their own grievances.
"Wukan is an example for us," Hua Youjuan, a village chief from Huangshan in eastern China where residents have also protested against corruption, told Reuters.
"What Wukan has achieved through its solidarity is something we can also learn from," he added.
Protests had been simmering in Wukan since September.
Villagers said officials had sold off their land to developers and failed to compensate them properly.
The unrest escalated after the death of a village negotiator in police custody in December.
Police say he died of a "sudden illness", but his family say he was beaten to death.
The granting of elections was seen as a surprising concession from the Guangdong authorities, led by ambitious Communist Party head Wang Yang. | Thousands of people turned out to elect a new leader in a Chinese village that staged a high-profile revolt over perceived local corruption. | 17243103 |
Room 13 International started at Caol Primary School in Caol, near Fort William, more than 20 years ago.
At that time a group of pupils set up their own studio so they could work with artists on projects such as painting and photography.
There are now more than 80 studios based on the same model worldwide.
The grant from Young Start Fund will help roll out the project to more schools in Lochaber. | An arts initiative in Lochaber has been awarded a grant of almost £50,000 to expand the work it does with young people. | 38730044 |
Northampton Town chairman Kelvin Thomas said phase one of the redevelopment would be completed by early April.
The East Stand at Sixfields will include 1,924 seats when completed.
Police are investigating alleged financial irregularities associated with the development. It relates to a period of time before Mr Thomas took over the running of the club.
In 2013, Northampton Borough Council lent the club £10.25m for the work, none of which was completed.
Former club chairman David Cardoza was arrested in January as part of the investigation, which police say is ongoing.
Mr Thomas, who took over the club at the end of last year, said the Cobblers had worked closely with builders Buckingham Group.
"It is important to us all that the club has a four-sided stadium again and this is the beginning of that work," he said.
He hopes work on the East Stand will be completed in time for the final home games of the season, so the club can benefit from "possible increased income".
Planning permission for the redevelopment of the stadium was granted in November 2013.
It will increase the capacity of the ground to just under 8,000. A conference centre and hotel might also be built as part of the redevelopment.
Work began in May 2014, but has been halted on a number of occasions, most recently in May 2015. | Builders will resume work on a football stadium nine months after they downed tools in a dispute over payment. | 35653526 |
Robert Lee was scheduled to cover a University of Virginia game in the city for the broadcaster on 2 September.
ESPN said it had moved Mr Lee "simply because of the coincidence of his name".
White nationalists marched through the college during a rally this month.
The rally was organised to protest against the removal of a statue of General Lee, who commanded the pro-slavery Confederate forces during the American Civil War.
It descended into violent street brawls and one woman was killed when a car ploughed through a crowd of counter-protesters.
In a statement, ESPN said: "We collectively made the decision with Robert to switch games as the tragic events in Charlottesville were unfolding, simply because of the coincidence of his name.
"It's a shame that this is even a topic of conversation and we regret that who calls play by play for a football game has become an issue."
However, the decision to move Mr Lee has been ridiculed on social media.
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Mr Lee was set to cover the University of Virginia's first game of the season against the College of William and Mary.
He has been reassigned to a game between Youngstown State and Pittsburgh which takes place on the same day. | ESPN has removed a sports commentator from covering an American football game in Charlottesville because he has the same name as Civil War General Robert E Lee. | 41022954 |
FanDuel has signed up for new accommodation being built at the Quartermile, on the site of the former Edinburgh Royal Infirmary.
It already employs about 150 people in Scotland and as many in the US.
Its new office will have capacity for 500 Edinburgh staff, and it is also opening a Glasgow base.
The company is a leading player in the US fantasy sports business, a sector which has more than 40m followers.
FanDuel has more than a million users, and expects this year to give away prizes totalling more than $2 billion. It has been growing fast, with significant new investment announced earlier this month, as well as the acquisition of an app design studio.
The property deal is being portrayed as a sign of the technology firm's confidence in its future and also in the Quartermile development, where the pre-lease is one of the biggest for ten years.
The Infirmary site re-development is due to complete in 2018, with four, seven-storey office blocks, retail and leisure, and it has already seen occupation of half the thousand homes that are planned.
Another big hope for Scottish digital technology, Skyscanner, is also based in the development. | One of the big hopes for Scotland's digital sector is to expand into an office which could see its workforce multiply up to three-fold. | 33685208 |
They say they will write off about $5.5m (£4.2m) in medical care expenses.
After the attack by Omar Mateen on 12 June, 53 people needed immediate medical attention.
The so-called Islamic State group has said it was behind the attack, but the extent of its involvement is not clear.
Mateen, 29, was shot dead by police after what was the deadliest mass shooting in modern US history.
Of the 53 people injured, 44 were treated at the Orlando Regional Medical Center (ORMC), managed by Orlando Health. None will be charged for their medical expenses, the company said.
Likewise, the families of nine Pulse nightclub patients who died shortly after arriving at ORMC will also not be charged.
"The Pulse shooting was a horrendous tragedy for the victims, their families and our entire community," Orlando Health President and CEO David Strong was quoted by the Orlando Sentinel as saying.
"During this very trying time, many organisations, individuals and charities have reached out to Orlando Health to show their support. This is simply our way of paying that kindness forward."
Orlando Health officials say that some bills will be sent to health insurers for patients who had cover, but whatever injuries that are uncovered by those policies will be absorbed by the hospital chain.
However, officials at Florida Hospital, where other injured club-goers were treated, say that they will not even bill the victims' insurance companies for the treatment.
One uninsured victim who was hit by a bullet in the attack told the Orlando Sentinel that it was a huge relief not to have to worry about a potential $20,000 (£15,000) bill. | Hospitals in the US city of Orlando say they will not charge for treatment provided to survivors of the Pulse nightclub massacre in which 49 people were killed by a gunman in June. | 37182608 |
Transport Minister Warren Truss said the rules would apply to all domestic and international passenger planes carrying 50 people or more.
The rules would take effect immediately, he said in a statement.
Investigators believe the co-pilot of the Germanwings plane deliberately crashed the aircraft.
Flight 4U 9525, heading to Dusseldorf from Barcelona, came down on Tuesday in the French Alps killing all 150 on board.
A German newspaper has reported that the pilot of the plane, locked out of the cockpit by the co-pilot while he went to the toilet, tried desperately to get back in as the plane descended.
The Australian move to implement what is known as the "rule of two" will affect carriers including Qantas, Jetstar and Virgin Australia.
"The airlines will be acting immediately to implement this change and we'd expect to see this policy in place within hours on our major airlines," Warren Truss, who is also the deputy prime minister, told journalists.
The rules would be reviewed in 12 months, he said.
The "rule of two" is common in the US, where members of the cabin crew enter the cockpit while one of the pilots is absent.
Airlines in Canada and New Zealand have also adopted the rule in recent days. On Friday, the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) also recommended airlines adopt such a system.
Unanswered questions
What drives people to murder-suicide?
Who was Andreas Lubitz? | Australia has ordered that two people remain in the cockpit at all times during commercial flights, after last week's Germanwings crash. | 32111857 |
The New Zealander, 31, submitted an early guilty plea to the Rugby Football League for his part in the clash.
Flower faces a tribunal on Tuesday, and is facing a minimum eight-game ban.
Flower punched Hohaia to the ground and then landed a second blow to the face of his opponent as he lay on the pitch.
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Police are investigating the incident, but have not received any complaints from members of the public.
However, they will continue to liaise with relevant parties - including the Rugby Football League, the Criminal Prosecution Service and St Helens - before deciding on a course of action.
Hohaia had been charged with a grade B offence of striking, which normally carries a ban of one or two matches,
But because of his previous record, Hohaia was entitled to submit an early guilty plea to receive the smallest sanction and avoid a hearing.
"Lance Hohaia has accepted the EGP and will miss the first warm-up game of next season," a St Helens spokesman said.
Saints have also announced that forward Richard Beaumont has left the club - he failed to play a game after joining on a two-year deal from Hull KR. | St Helens half-back Lance Hohaia has accepted a one-match ban for striking Ben Flower with his forearm during the Grand Final, in an incident which led to the Wigan prop's sending off. | 29613571 |
Daly, who plays for Houston Dash in the National Women's Soccer League, was taken to hospital after the side's 2-0 defeat by Seattle Reign.
The televised game at Houston's Compass Stadium was played in high humidity, with temperatures reaching over 32C.
The league said in a statement that it would review start times for its games.
Daly, who has been released from hospital, described the experience as "frightening".
"Everyone who knows me knows I'm a player who will give everything and those conditions are not safe to play at your maximum," she said.
The National Women's Soccer League said it had worked with Houston Dash on scheduling before the season started in an attempt to avoid the heat.
"The safety of our players is always our top priority and, due to the high temperature in Houston, we implemented water breaks to provide additional opportunities to help the players stay hydrated," it added.
"We will immediately review these measures to prevent this situation from occurring in the future." | England forward Rachel Daly has been treated for heat exhaustion after collapsing at the end of a match in the United States on Saturday. | 40075500 |
Marathon runners Wilson Loyanae Erupe and Nixon Kiplagat Cherutich face two-year bans while Moses Kiptoo Kurgat has been suspended for a year.
As soon as we establish any athlete has doped, we shall expose them
Erupe tested positive for EPO in an out-of-competition test last year and Cherutich failed a test for anabolic steroid Nandrolone.
"We are taking doping seriously," said AK Secretary General David Okeyo.
A fourth athlete, Francis Kibiwott, was cleared after his case was reviewed by the medical commission of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF).
Moses Kiptanui, one of most successful runners in Kenyan history, recently claimed that doping is rife among athletes in the country.
Although Okeyo said: "Those are the athletes we have banned in the past two months. But that still does not mean doping is widespread among our athletes."
"We have nothing to hide. As soon as we establish any athlete has doped, we shall expose them." | Three Kenyan athletes have tested positive for banned substances and have been suspended by Athletics Kenya. | 21551397 |
More than 200,000 people played last season, and you can register to take part now - it takes less than a minute to get set up.
If you played last season's version, you will have automatically been entered into the new game, along with any leagues you were involved in.
The leagues start again with everyone on zero points, so whether you were top of the table or bottom of the pile, we all begin with a clean slate.
This season, BBC Sport's Lawrenson will be entering predictions from his weekly column into the game so you'll be able to see whether you can outperform our expert.
Find out everything you need to know about the game here, along with details of how to play and answers to frequently asked questions. | BBC Sport's Premier League Predictor game is back - and this season you can take on pundit Mark Lawrenson. | 40744770 |
Police said the victim was grabbed and attacked in the People's Park in Ashington, between 18:00 and 19:00 BST on 26 April.
A spokesman for the Northumbria force said a 24-year-old man had been arrested on suspicion of rape and released pending further inquiries.
After the attack police put on extra patrols in the park. | A man has been arrested after a 16-year-old girl was raped in a Northumberland park. | 39817841 |
The votes, which took place alongside the presidential election, legalise the growth and consumption of cannabis for those over 21 years old.
Arizona rejected legalising recreational use. Florida and North Dakota legalised medicinal use.
The drug will be an option in the management of conditions including cancer, Aids and hepatitis C.
California said the taxes on the sale and farming of cannabis would support youth programmes, environmental protection and law enforcement.
In other ballot initiatives across the US on election night:
Legal marijuana is among the fastest growing industries in America, with some analysts suggesting sales could reach $22bn (£17.6bn) by 2020.
Opponents, however, had said the proposition opened the way for promotion of the drug on shows watched by young people, exhibiting "reckless disregard for child health and safety".
In Massachusetts, the legislation is set to take effect in December, with similar taxation measures to those in California.
California was one of the first states to legalise the drug for medicinal purposes in 1996.
On Tuesday, voters in Florida and North Dakota followed suit, making medicinal use legal in a majority of US states.
Many states used the general election as an opportunity to put a range of questions to the public on matters such as tax, the minimum wage or the death penalty. | Maine has joined California, Nevada and Massachusetts in backing recreational marijuana use in state-wide polls. | 37917472 |
Brennan reached the landmark on the 13-8 favourite, trained by Fergal O'Brien, in the mares' novices hurdle.
The 35-year-old Irishman, who won the Cheltenham Gold Cup in 2010 on Imperial Commander, said: "My ambition ever since I came to England was to ride 1,000 winners and win a Gold Cup.
"I count myself very lucky. It's a landmark I'm very proud of."
As well as Imperial Commander, Brennan has ridden top-class horses including Cue Card, Inglis Drever and Tidal Bay.
He is one of an elite group to pass the 1,000 winners mark, although he is a long way short of the all-time record of 4,358 held by Sir Anthony McCoy. | Jockey Paddy Brennan has clocked up his 1,000th jumps win in Britain and Ireland - on Colin's Sister at Warwick. | 38003260 |
Robert Fleming, 21, is believed to have been involved in an altercation outside Bakers nightclub in John Finnie Street between 00:30 and 01:00 on 7 February.
He was later found dead at his home in the Ayrshire town's Lammermuir Road.
Police Scotland confirmed a man was being detained and a report would be sent to the procurator fiscal. | A 27-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the death of a man in Kilmarnock. | 35591918 |
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