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The victim was 21-year-old Joseph Deacy, from St Albans, Hertfordshire.
A passer-by called the emergency services after finding Mr Deacy with head injuries outside the house in Gortnasillagh, Swinford, on Saturday.
He was taken to hospital in Mayo and later transferred to Dublin's Beaumont Hospital, where he died on Sunday.
The state pathologist carried out a post-mortem examination and on Tuesday, Gardaà (Irish police) said the death was being treated as murder.
Investigators have carried out a forensic examination of the scene and an incident room has been set up at Claremorris Garda Station.
Mr Deacy was understood to be visiting a friend in the Republic of Ireland at the time of his death.
At his home in Hertfordshire, he was heavily involved in Gaelic football and was a senior player for his local club, St Colmcilles.
His fellow players paid a warm tribute on the club's website, describing Mr Deacy as a teammate and a friend.
"He has been a key member of the squad in recent years and has been very important to the success that the team has achieved recently", the website said.
"It is difficult to say goodbye to anyone at any age but when it happens to someone so young it is especially difficult.
"He will be sorely missed by us all." | A murder inquiry has begun into the death of an English man who was found injured outside a house in County Mayo in the Republic of Ireland. | 40941392 |
The 24-year-old was twice approached by a man in his 40s and touched in an inappropriate manner after she got on the train at Newcastle, police said.
The assaults happened on the 12:00 service from London Kings Cross to Inverness on 16 August.
The man, who left the train at Perth, was about 6ft tall and had a shaved head and tattoos on his arms.
He was wearing blue jeans and a black and white polo shirt with a pocket and a logo.
British Transport Police said he was drunk and appeared to have been travelling with another man.
Det Con Andrew Egan described the assaults as "extremely unsavoury and unwarranted".
He said: "This was a busy service and I am anxious to speak with anyone who was on the train and has information which can help me identify the man responsible to contact BTP as a matter of urgency." | A woman has been sexually assaulted on a train travelling between Newcastle and Perth. | 34001475 |
New York Liberty, Phoenix Mercury and Indiana Fever were fined $5,000 (£3,773) while their players each received a $500 (£377) fine.
The teams wore the #BlackLivesMatter shirts following the deaths of two men and five police officers on 7 July.
WNBA rules state that uniforms may not be altered in any way.
"Don't say we have a voice and then fine us because we use it," Phoenix Mercury forward Mistie Bass tweeted. | The Women's NBA has fined three teams and their players for wearing black warm-up shirts to commemorate the recent shootings in America. | 36853353 |
She went to hospital in New York City on the advice of her doctor on Friday evening.
Sean Lennon and her spokesperson were quick to quash reports that she had suffered a stroke, saying that she was only experiencing "flu-like symptoms".
"She's home and running about as usual. Just the flu in the end," Sean tweeted on Saturday evening.
Ono, 83, was married to former Beatle John Lennon until he was murdered in 1980 outside New York's Dakota Building, where she still lives.
An ambulance was called to the building at 21:00 on Friday (02:00 GMT Saturday), a Fire Department spokesman said.
Ono spent the night in Mount Sinai Roosevelt Hospital in Manhattan. | Artist and musician Yoko Ono is back at home after spending a night in hospital, her son Sean Lennon says. | 35677094 |
They say they believe the 1.45m (5ft) remains are those of Louise de Quengo - a noblewoman who died in 1656.
"We've got soft tissue - organs - to work with. This is unprecedented in archaeology," forensic doctor Fabrice Dedouit said.
The body of the woman - still wearing her cap and shoes - was found in 2014.
It was discovered at a construction site for a convention centre.
The forensic team says a post-mortem examination and scans showed "significant kidney stones" and "lung adhesions", according to the AFP news agency.
The woman's heart was also taken out "with real surgical mastery", say the scientists.
The woman is believed to have been in her 60s when she died.
The remains were discovered in a lead sarcophagus in March last year.
The heart of Toussaint de Perrein - believed to be the woman's husband - was found in a heart-shaped urn nearby.
There were about 800 other graves at the site, but they only contained skeletons.
The scientists say the clothes on the woman's body have been restored and are expected to be put on display. | French scientists have carried out tests on the remarkably well-preserved body of a 17th Century woman found in the north-western city of Rennes. | 32991324 |
The fire started at a property in Tower Lane, off Cowbit Road, in Spalding, shortly after midnight.
Lincolnshire Police said the cause of the fire was not yet known, but a joint investigation with the fire service had started.
The force said: "We are not in a position to provide any further details about the deceased at this stage."
Lincolnshire Fire Service said it sent six crews at the height of the blaze. Firefighters are expected to remain at the scene for "some time".
Station manager Matthew Perrin said the huge fire had spread from the ground floor to the first floor area.
Officers had attempted to rescue one of the victims, but failed to resuscitate them.
"The building was heavily involved in fire," he said.
"Crews were quick to enter the property. We located one casualty and removed them, unfortunately we were unable to save them. Then in the early hours of this morning, again we located a second casualty." | Two people have died in a fire at a house in Lincolnshire, police have said. | 36181607 |
Full Tilt Poker, an American-run site registered on the Channel Island of Alderney, has been closed down by the authorities there.
A US investigation into money laundering, illegal gambling and bank fraud was launched back in April.
Eleven people, among them the founders of Full Tilt Poker, were charged over the offences.
In 2006, American authorities tried to crack down on the practice.
The Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act was legislation introduced to try to put the brakes on the emerging industry.
It was designed to halt money transfers to online gaming sites.
As a result several big poker sites worried about the new law pulled out of America.
For example, PokerStars is based on the Isle of Man, Absolute Poker is in Canada with Full Tilt in Alderney.
Now, the commission there has said an internal investigation showed that Full Tilt employees and associates have operated contrary to its gambling laws with a hearing due in London on 26 July.
"The decision to suspend the eGambling License was in the public interest," said Andre Wilsenach, the commission's executive director.
"Because of the seriousness and urgency of the matter, it required that immediate action was taken ahead of the regulatory hearing."
There's been no comment so far from Full Tilt Poker. | One of the world's largest online poker sites has been suspended. | 13973280 |
The 22-year-old, who has won seven caps for Wales but was not part of the Euro 2016 squad, signs for an undisclosed fee from Championship rivals Wigan.
"I'm chuffed to be back in South Wales and really happy to join a big club like Cardiff," said Huws, who spent last season on loan at Huddersfield.
"I know most of the coaching staff from Wales, and can't wait to join up with the boys now and get started."
Llanelli-born Huws left Swansea City as a youngster and started his professional career at Manchester City, where he made one first team appearance.
He joined Wigan Athletic in July 2014 but has failed to secure a regular first team spot.
City manager Paul Trollope is keen to add to his squad before the transfer window closes at the end of the month with a striker now the priority.
"We are still looking in other areas as well, we know what we need and why we need them," Trollope added.
"We are aware of where we need to improve."
Trollope said midfielder Stuart O'Keefe suffered a suspected broken arm in Cardiff's 1-0 defeat to Bristol Rovers in the EFL Cup first round while the Bluebirds have also confirmed the departure of defender Fabio.
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page. | Wales midfielder Emyr Huws has joined Cardiff on a three-year deal. | 37053361 |
Former international Laurence Docherty led the complaints after English hockey's Players' Player of the Year Alan Forsyth - a Scot - was left out.
"This is the most outrageous situation I have heard of," Docherty said.
But GB Hockey responded that squad selection was "based on performance criteria only, not on nationality".
It added: "Selection is exceptionally difficult and every decision is taken with due diligence and in the best interests of Great Britain Hockey."
Scot Docherty himself switched allegiance to the Netherlands after being left out of the Great Britain squad for Sydney 2000.
Docherty believes Forsyth - who was also the top scorer in England's top league in 2014-15 - is just one of the Scots who deserved a place in the men's or women's squads.
The 23-year-old was recently capped by Great Britain at the World League Finals in India.
"Twenty-plus goals and not selected - mental," Docherty added.
In a statement, Scottish Hockey expressed its disappointment, saying: "Our athletes have worked exceptionally hard, made significant personal and professional sacrifices and shown a fantastic commitment to competing in a sport they love.
"We are disappointed for them that they have not been rewarded for their efforts. They are a credit to Scottish Hockey and the sport." | Great Britain Hockey has defended its Olympic squad selection, after it was criticised for an absence of Scottish players. | 36656313 |
At least 10 people were killed and hundreds injured in 1819 when troops charged a crowd at St Peter's Field who were demanding political reform.
Talks are ongoing about creating a permanent memorial, the Peterloo Massacre Campaign said.
Ms Peake, from Bolton, said the event highlighted the importance of "democracy and liberty".
More than 60,000 people, who were reported to be unarmed, attended a meeting on 16 August 1819 that called for voting rights for working men.
But local magistrates sent in an armed cavalry through the crowd to arrest speakers, including the political reformer Henry Hunt.
The consequent carnage, dubbed Peterloo after the battle at Waterloo a few years earlier, inspired the protest poem The Mask of Anarchy by the English Romantic writer Percy Bysshe Shelley and the birth of the Guardian newspaper in Manchester.
Ms Peake, famous for her roles in Silk and Dinner Ladies, said: "I think we should never forget events like this. It is not just about remembering... a historical event. It is about how it affects our future and how in some ways things haven't changed that much and in some ways they have.
"But it's about the importance of protest, the importance of people having a voice. The importance of democracy and liberty, it is something that should never be forgotten and the fact that Manchester is a really progressive city and it should be really proud of that."
Organiser Martin Gittins said: "It is one of the most significant events in political history, and in the story of democracy in the world, it happened here. Three years before the bi-centenary we are hoping and expecting there will be a suitable memorial in place in time for that." | Actress Maxine Peake has joined the annual Peterloo massacre commemorations in Manchester City Centre. | 37077885 |
SpaceX confirmed it was from the first stage of its successful Falcon 9 CRS-4 mission from September last year.
The section of the spacecraft, measuring about 10m (32ft) by 4m (13ft), was spotted on the surface between Bryher and Tresco.
Coastguards believed it was from the SpaceX Falcon 9 which exploded after take-off in Florida in June.
Get updates on this and other stories today on our Local Live pages.
The later CRS-4 mission successfully docked with the International Space Station after its launch from Cape Canaveral in Florida.
The first stage landed in the Atlantic Ocean and part of it was found floating off the Isles of Scilly by local boatman Joe Thomas.
It was towed Tresco where it has now been removed from the beach. | A chunk of space debris found off the Isles of Scilly was not from a rocket that exploded after take-off. | 34975182 |
The 26-year-old joins after leaving Panathinaikos in Greece.
The midfielder has extensive experience of playing in Spain, having previously turned out for Granada, Las Palmas, Espanyol, Villareal and Elche.
Wakaso has played for the Black Stars since 2012 and played five matches at this year's Africa Cup of Nations.
"Deportivo Alaves want to welcome Wakaso and wish him much luck in this new stage," the club said in a statement.
Wakaso has also played in Russia, with Rubin Kazan, and Scotland, with reigning champions Celtic.
Alaves finished in La Liga last season. | Ghana international Mubarak Wakaso has signed a three-year deal with La Liga side Alaves. | 40634435 |
The wrought-iron structure in Kennington was the largest gasholder in the world when it was built in 1847.
Gasholder No. 1 was rebuilt in 1877-79, just before the first Test match in England was played at the Oval in 1880.
The historical, architectural and technical background of the gasholder and its importance to the landscape led to it being granted protected status.
Emily Gee, head of designation at government heritage agency Historic England, which recommended the structure for listing, said it marked an important moment in gasholder technology.
"We consider our industrial heritage very carefully, and must be rigorous when assessing these once ubiquitous, now redundant, holders for listing.
"It is unlikely that many more will be listed, but we are delighted that this special one is now listed at Grade II," she added.
Heritage minister David Evennett said: "A lot of cricket fans will recognise this structure which provides an iconic backdrop to a world-famous cricket ground."
As their name suggests, gasholders - also sometimes known as gasometers - were used to store large volumes of gas. | The Victorian gasholder that looms over the Oval cricket ground in south London has been granted Grade II status. | 35709747 |
Suffolk police has recovered the original case files relating to Kesgrave Hall and is contacting people who claimed to have been abused.
No charges were brought as a result of the investigation in 1992.
Kesgrave Hall, a privately-owned school near Ipswich for pupils with behavioural problems, closed in 1993.
Children were placed there by local education authorities.
An allegation of mistreatment at the school was made to police earlier this month.
"Suffolk Police have now begun an investigation into other complaints of abuse," a police spokesperson said.
"We are now in the process of contacting those who alleged abuse as part of the original investigation to ensure that we have captured all relevant complaints and a full and thorough investigation can be carried out."
The allegations dated back to the 1980s and 1990s. | An investigation into complaints of abuse at a former Suffolk boarding school has reopened, 20 years after the initial inquiry. | 21142786 |
St Philip's Church in Leeds is swapping Mary and Joseph for Princess Leia and Han Solo during its service.
Traditional carols will be mixed with Star Wars quotes and the congregation has been invited to dress in costume, organiser Jon Bliss said.
He said he aimed to make the service "fun and engaging for young families" - but said it was not a nativity parody.
Mr Bliss said there were similarities between the stories.
"Both Star Wars and the nativity are about good overcoming evil and that's what we will focus on," he said.
"There are lots of parallels to be drawn out but what I do not want to do is parody the nativity, that might be appropriate elsewhere but not in a church.
"I believe worship should be fun and what we're trying to do is engage the children with Bible stories but make them interesting."
The nativity at the church in Scholes will culminate in a light sabre battle between the congregation and Darth Vader.
Mr Bliss said worshippers would be asked to take on the roles of some of the main characters from the latest film, The Force Awakens, to help tell the story.
"The traditional story will be punctuated by cameo roles from Star Wars characters along with a Darth Vader narrator," he said. | A church is hoping the force will be with it when it tells the nativity story using Star Wars characters. | 35170017 |
Shivy, 18, who prefers to be identified by his first name, is an Indian citizen but has been living in the US since the age of three.
He has alleged that his parents tricked him into coming to India on holiday and then took away his passport and green card.
He says that they then tried to forcibly marry him off to a man.
His parents have refused to comment on the allegations.
Shivy, who was born female but identifies as male, told BBC Hindi that his parents brought him to the north Indian city of Agra to "fix" him, once they found out that he had a girlfriend.
"They took away my mobile phone and laptop even while we were in America, but I still never imagined then that our annual holiday to India in July would have any other motive," he said.
The Delhi High Court termed the alleged harassment as nothing short of "bigotry" and said that India was a land of tolerance.
Transgender activists and the support group Nazariya arranged legal counsel and shelter for Shivy in Delhi after he ran away from Agra earlier this month.
Shivy has alleged in his petition that his father and some unknown men posing as police officers came to the residence of the activists who helped him, adding that he fears for their, and his own, safety.
He has asked the Delhi High Court to help him get his passport and green card back so that he can return to the United States where he is pursuing a neurobiology course at the University of California.
The Delhi High Court has asked his parents and state police to respond to the allegations. | An Indian court has given police protection to a transgender man from the US. | 34332922 |
The Dumfries and Galloway authority switched from a single bin to a multi-bin system in Wigtownshire last year.
In April it was flagged up that the costs had proved much higher than initially anticipated.
However, an exact figure will not be put on that increase until later this year.
A council statement said: "The household waste and recycling collection service in the Wigtown area is a new service and both the operations and financial costs are under review.
"The outcome of this review will be first presented to members in autumn.
"The review process will help inform the future schemes to be rolled out over the rest of Dumfries and Galloway."
Dumfries and Galloway Council used to run a single wheelie-bin system thanks to an Eco Deco plant which separated waste so householders did not have to.
New regulations prompted the council to move to the multi-bin system with five new recycling containers issued. | A council has said the scale of a "significant increase" in the cost of a new multi-bin waste collection system will not be revealed until the autumn. | 33463102 |
The advice from Wales' chief medical officer Dr Ruth Hussey comes after a rise in meningococcal group W cases.
Available from Monday, it replaces the meningitis C vaccine and also offers protection from A and Y strains of the disease.
Children aged 13 to 18 and students are eligible.
Dr Hussey said secondary school-aged children were at an increased risk of getting the disease and said those who have already had the MenC vaccine should get the latest jab too.
All students under 25 who are attending university for the first time in the autumn are advised to get the vaccine from their GP surgery at least two weeks before they start.
People born between 1 September, 1996, and 31 August, 1997, can get it from their GP, while younger people will have it at their surgery or in school in the next two years.
•Meningitis is an infection of the meninges - the membrane that surrounds the brain and spinal cord
•Meningococcal bacteria are common and carried harmlessly in the nose or throat by about one in 10 people
•They are passed on through close contact
•Anyone can get meningitis but babies and young children are most vulnerable
•Symptoms include a high fever with cold hands and feet, agitation, confusion, vomiting and headaches.
Q&A: Meningitis B vaccine | Young people have been urged to have a new vaccine protecting them from potentially life-threatening meningitis. | 33734323 |
Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk tweeted he would build a test track for his Hyperloop "most likely in Texas".
He provided few details about timetable or cost, although he said that he planned to use the test track to hold annual pod racer competitions.
Mr Musk envisages the system operating between cities.
There has not been much development since the founder of PayPal announced his plans in 2013.
But this week he tweeted :
And later added:
Later he told the Texas Tribune that the expected the test track would be about five miles long.
Mr Musk, founder of Space X and chief executive of Tesla Motors, first announced plans for the Hyperloop in August 2013.
The system, he suggested, could transport passengers between Los Angeles and San Francisco in less than 30 minutes thanks to an innovative design that Musk has described as a cross between Concorde, a railgun and an air hockey table.
This would see passengers sit in cars that were then fired down a tube which had had most of its air removed. A system of magnets would accelerate and brake the capsules, and also keep them from touching the sides of the tube.
Mr Musk said that a passenger-only model would cost about $6bn and that a prototype would take three or four years to complete.
Already there is a crowd-funded California-based project - Hyperloop Transportation Technologies - that has begun thinking about how such a system could be constructed, although they have not yet produced a working prototype.
Some 100 engineers from across the US are working on the development of the system but say that they are at least 10 years away from a commercially operating Hyperloop. | An ambitious plan to build a transport system that could theoretically travel at speeds of up to 700 miles per hour has taken a step closer to reality. | 30849171 |
Lena Paahlsson had long ago lost hope of finding the ring, which she designed herself, reports Dagens Nyheter.
The white-gold band, set with seven small diamonds, went missing in her kitchen in 1995, she told the paper.
Although the ring no longer fits, she hopes to have it enlarged so she can wear it again.
Mrs Paahlsson and her family live on a farm near Mora in central Sweden.
She took the ring off to do some Christmas baking with her daughters, but it disappeared from the work surface where it had been left, she explained to Dagens Nyheter.
The family searched everywhere and years later took up the tiling on the floor during renovations, in the hope of finding the ring.
It was not until 16 years later when Mrs Paahlsson was pulling up carrots in her garden that she noticed one with the gold band fastened tightly around it.
"The carrot was sprouting in the middle of the ring. It is quite incredible," her husband Ola said to the newspaper.
The couple believe the ring fell into a sink back in 1995 and was lost in vegetable peelings that were turned into compost or fed to their sheep.
"I had given up hope," Mrs Paahlsson told Dagens Nyheter, adding that she wanted to have the ring adjusted to fit her.
"Now that I have found the ring again I want to be able to use it," she said. | A Swedish woman has discovered her wedding ring on a carrot growing in her garden, 16 years after she lost it, says a newspaper. | 16374283 |
4 August 2016 Last updated at 18:12 BST
The BBC's Chris Foxx explains what it is and how you can protect yourself. | Phishing remains one of the most common ways that cybercriminals get hold of your personal details. | 36981625 |
7 October 2016 Last updated at 15:00 BST
Operation Torus, which began at the start of September, has so far resulted in the seizure of drugs worth £2.7m.
As of last week, officers had conducted 297 searches across Northern Ireland.
Seventy-five people were arrested, and 19 of those have been charged or reported to prosecutors.
Video courtesy of the Police Service of Northern Ireland. | Police have released footage of drugs busts carried out as part of a six-week crackdown on street-level dealing across Northern Ireland. | 37585389 |
They are urging shoppers to steer clear of scam websites and fake goods as they look for gifts for friends and family.
People are advised to buy from internet traders they have dealt with before and ensure they have a landline number for the website.
They should also look out for the padlock sign and https in the web address, which indicates a secure site.
Service manager for the area, Sarah Harkness said: "We have complaints all year about this type of thing and unfortunately if there's a scam website or a fake website there's very little we can do.
"It's very difficult to trace back the supplier of the goods if they turn out to be fake, or if goods don't turn up at all it's very difficult to get any form of payment back because these websites can be from anywhere in the world." | Trading Standards officers in Dumfries and Galloway are warning people to stay safe online in the run up to Christmas. | 30346334 |
According to Reuters, a US senator had planned to block the arms purchase over concerns about human rights violations.
On Monday, Mr Duterte said he would look for a "cheaper source" to buy rifles, saying he "didn't need" the US.
Thousands have been killed as part of Mr Duterte's bloody crackdown on drugs.
Mr Duterte, who once promised to kill 100,000 criminals, has brushed off criticism, including by the UN, which said the killings could be crimes under international law, the US, and numerous human rights bodies.
In a televised speech on Monday, Mr Duterte said: "We will not insist on buying expensive arms from the United States. We don't need them.
"We will just have to look for another source that is cheaper and maybe as durable and as good as those made in the place we are ordering them."
The US State Department did not commented on the sale of rifles to the Philippines, but spokesman John Kirby said Mr Duterte's rhetoric was "inexplicably at odds" with US-Philippine relations.
Last week, Mr Duterte accused his American counterparts of "rude" treatment and said he could alternatively source rifles from Russia or China.
"Look at these monkeys, the 26,000 firearms we wanted to buy, they don't want to sell. These American fools."
Philippine police chief Ronald dela Rosa reiterated the president's position saying the it was the US which had lost out on sale of the rifles. | Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has cancelled an order of some 26,000 police assault rifles from the US after rumours Washington stopped the sale last week. | 37901045 |
Gen Bruno Dogbo Ble was convicted at the murder trial for four foreign businessmen, who were abducted from a top hotel in the main city of Abidjan.
Only one body was ever found, dumped in a lagoon in the city.
Some 3,000 people died in the conflict that followed elections in 2010.
The BBC's Tamasin Ford in Abidjan says there are still many unanswered questions about the case which was long shrouded in doubt and mystery.
A unit of the elite presidential guard was found to have stormed the Novotel Hotel in Abidjan's financial district on 4 April, 2011, as fighting raged for control of the commercial capital.
They abducted the French hotel manager along with the French head of Sifca, the country's biggest agro-industrial group, his Beninoise assistant and a Malaysian colleague.
The prosecution said that the victims were taken to the presidential palace, where they were tortured and killed.
After a 10-month trial in Abidjan, five others were also jailed for their role in the killing, including the country's former police chief.
But it remains unclear why they were killed and on whose orders.
Violence broke out when then President Gbagbo, now on trial at the International Criminal Court for crimes against humanity, refused to accept defeat to President Alassane Ouattara.
President Ouattara has been criticised for only prosecuting his opponents following the country's civil conflict, despite both sides being accused of atrocities. | The head of the presidential guard under Ivory Coast's ex-leader Laurent Gbagbo has been sentenced to 18 years in prison over killings during the country's civil conflict in 2011. | 39599099 |
Among the festive issue are scenes of children singing carols, posting Christmas cards and building snowmen.
Five different drawings commissioned from illustrator Andrew Bannecker were selected for the first and second class stamps.
The latest recommended posting dates for UK mail are 18 December for second class and 20 December for first.
There is no Christian imagery among the designs, as the theme for Royal Mail's main stamp issue alternates annually between secular and religious designs.
A spokesman for the company said stamps depicting Madonna and Child would also be available.
Christmas stamps were first issued in 1966 when Royal Mail ran a children's competition to select the design.
Since then the festive stamps have only been designed by children twice, in 1981 and 2013.
This year's issue will be available online and in Post Offices from Tuesday and - as with all British stamp designs - were approved by the Queen before being printed.
Andrew Hammond from Royal Mail Stamps said: "Christmas is a stamp issue we particularly look forward to and the charming style of these designs sets the perfect tone for the festive season."
There are no deliveries on Christmas Day, Boxing Day, New Year's Day or, in Scotland, on 2 January.
Royal Mail said last December it delivered 115m parcels, handling 10m on its busiest day of the month. | Royal Mail has published the designs for its 2014 Christmas stamps. | 29886446 |
Mr Macri said the two countries should not let their bitter football rivalry spill over into the Olympic Games.
Brazilian fans have been loudly supporting any athlete competing against their southern neighbours.
Argentine fans have often responded with disrespectful chants against the Brazilians.
As the former president of Argentina's popular football club, Boca Juniors, Mauricio Macri is familiar with the problems caused by bitter rivalries in sports.
In a message posted on Facebook, he said he enjoyed supporting his country and his club.
But he warned that things were getting out of control at the Rio Olympics and could end badly.
"The sports rivalry between Argentines and Brazilians has turned into a verbal confrontation that could end badly," said Mr Macri in the message.
"Neither we, Argentines, nor the Brazilians are like that."
Brazilian fans have been booing Argentine athletes in any competition they take part in.
Tennis player Juan Martin del Potro was constantly booed by the Brazilian crowd during a match against his Portuguese rival, Joao Sousa.
Two fans ended up being expelled from the stands for exchanging punches.
Mr Macri quoted the Argentine basketball team captain, Luis Scola, who said during the week: "I don't want Brazil to lose. I just want them to lose when they play Argentina. It seems silly to me to sing chants against a team that is not even on the court."
The Argentine president's message came ahead of a much-awaited men's basketball match between the two South American rivals on Saturday afternoon in Rio.
The match, which Argentina narrowly won 111 to 107, was emotional and thrilling but supporters from both sides danced and cheered their teams throughout, winning praise for their supportive behaviour. | Argentine President Mauricio Macri has asked Brazilian and Argentine fans at the Rio Olympics to cease their hostile chants and name-calling. | 37072437 |
Figures showed fashion, outdoor living and health and beauty sales all improved in May.
Grocery retailers also enjoyed a better month, according to the latest Scottish Retail Consortium (SRC) - KPMG retail sales monitor.
However, in-store sales declined overall.
Total Scottish sales fell by 0.3% last month compared with a year ago. However, May's performance was the best since December.
Overall food sales were down 0.7% over the year, while non-food sales held virtually steady with a drop of 0.1%.
But when adjusted for the effect of online sales, total non-food sales were found to have increased by 2.6% - the best performance since August 2014.
Clothing retailers reported increasing demand for dresses, swimwear and summer accessories. Canvas shoes and sandals performed well, as did children's footwear.
Skincare and slimming products helped to drive growth in the health and beauty category.
SRC director David Lonsdale said: "These figures are a welcome improvement on April's rather poor results, however despite one month's positive data the retail market in Scotland continues to struggle to show sustained growth."
David McCorquodale, head of retail at KPMG, said: "Rays of sunshine boosted Scottish sales in May, lifting 12-month averages across the board and providing some long-sought relief for retailers.
"Despite the relatively improved performance, total in-store sales in Scotland still declined, providing evidence that the sector, as a whole, still has its challenges." | Warmer weather gave retailers a lift last month but Scotland's high streets are still struggling to show sustained growth, according to a report. | 36527606 |
The unidentified man was carrying several firearms when he stormed the family house in Campinas, some 100km (60 miles) from Sao Paulo, police said.
Another three people were wounded. The man killed himself afterwards.
The murder occurred just before midnight, police said. Neighbours had heard blasts but thought they were fireworks.
They were alerted after one of those injured escaped to a neighbour's house to plead for help.
"When we opened the gate to go into the street to see the fireworks, the celebrations, a wounded person came into our yard. He entered, asking for help,'' the neighbour, Christiano Machado, said. | A man in Brazil has killed his ex-wife, his son and 10 other people celebrating the arrival of the new year. | 38484796 |
In a statement, the court service said two magistrates' courts scheduled to sit on Thursday would be relocated to Antrim to facilitate the cleaning.
They said the action was a precautionary measure following an infestation at Musgrave police station. | A "deep clean" of the custody suite and criminal court rooms at Belfast's Laganside Court is taking place after an infestation of lice at a police station. | 40193782 |
Sion Bedwyr Evans, 41, of Llanrug, and Garry Vaughan Roberts, 43, Caernarfon, face 50 charges between them.
Magistrates in Caernarfon heard the offences took place at Canolfan Brynffynnon in Felinheli between September 2006 and March 2014.
No pleas were entered and both men were bailed to appear before Caernarfon Crown Court on 12 October. | Two members of staff at a Gwynedd education referral unit have appeared in court charged with child cruelty. | 34425205 |
Ryan Counsell, 28, denies four charges, including trying to join an Islamic terrorist group in the Philippines.
Woolwich Crown Court heard the e-book suggested using a fake beard or moustache as a disguise and playing console games like Call of Duty.
It also advised against going Paintballing "because they write down the names of every Muslim who goes".
Counsell, who worked at the Hyson Green branch of Asda, in Nottingham, used annual leave to travel to remote parts of South-East Asia, prosecutors said.
Dan Pawson-Pounds, for the Crown, said the defendant spent two years stockpiling equipment for his trip.
Items included Kevlar-lined underpants called "Blast Boxers" and badges with the words, "Zombie Response Team," "I love my beard," and "We do bad things to bad people", he added.
Counsell is charged with preparing acts of terrorism by obtaining information about Islamic terrorist groups in the Philippines, arranging to travel to the Philippines to join and fight for an Islamic terrorist group, and purchasing equipment and clothing for use when having joined such a group.
The married father, from Nottingham, also faces a charge of possession of electronic documents containing information likely to be useful to a person committing or preparing an act of terrorism.
The trial continues. | A supermarket worker downloaded a terrorism guide in preparation for joining extremists, a court heard. | 38587697 |
Four adults and three children were taken to the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital as a precaution.
Fire crews were called to the three-storey property in Elder Street in Govan in the early hours of Saturday morning.
The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service said all the flats within the block were affected by smoke.
A spokesman added: "Firefighters extinguished the fire and then swept the premises after the alarm was raised just after midnight.
"A six-strong crew located all the residents, who were transferred to the care of ambulance staff."
The cause of the blaze is being investigated. | Fifteen people have been evacuated from a Glasgow block of flats after a fire in the close area. | 40542103 |
Tweli Griffiths told BBC Radio Cymru's Post Cyntaf the move would be inclusive and could attract more viewers.
He said the idea has been prompted by the "continuing decline in the number of Welsh speakers".
S4C said the idea was "interesting" and it provided subtitles for more than 78% of its current programme output.
Mr Griffiths, who spent two years as a commissioner for factual language programming at S4C, called on the broadcaster to follow the example of a Gaelic language channel where English subtitles were included automatically on screen for all programmes.
He also said it was time for Welsh speakers to "adopt measures that will attract more people who don't speak the language to show an interest and be entertained by it".
He added: "In Ireland, there is a different philosophy. It's not just a channel for Irish speakers. It is for the whole population. That's the kind of message we need to get across here in Wales."
Rachel Evans, S4C deputy director for content and broadcasting, said: "We haven't received feedback that the audience want to see automatic subtitles on screen, and we have no plans at the moment to introduce them.
"During 2014-15, subtitles were available for 78.05% of our programmes, on both our TV and online platforms, and we provide subtitling on screen for a number of our repeats e.g. dramas." | A former S4C executive has called on the Welsh language broadcaster to display English subtitles automatically on all its programmes. | 35154607 |
James Brokenshire was appearing in front of a Lords Select Committee.
He was asked if the government accepted that EU funding has provided a "positive transformational effect" on border regions.
He was also asked how the government would assess the impact of the loss of that funding after leaving the EU.
The secretary of state reiterated pledges previously made by the chancellor to stand by commitments to EU peace and cross border projects in the period 2014 - 2020, which he estimated at around 469m euros (£427m).
Looking to the future, Mr Brokenshire said the government was considering the position carefully, but had formed no guarantees so far.
He talked about "a number of different funding lines and programmes" after the UK's departure. However he stressed the Treasury's work in this area was "very much analysis and work in progress".
Asked to guarantee the existing rights of Irish citizens living in the UK, Mr Brokenshire said the government would stand by the Good Friday Agreement and pointed to the Ireland Act 1949 which says Irish citizens should not be treated as foreigners.
He said there was no reason to suppose the UK's exit from the EU would effect those obligations and that is "very much the approach we are taking". | The secretary of state has said the government is giving consideration to future funding for Northern Ireland's border regions after it leaves the EU. | 37624494 |
Burgess, 21, made a combined 49 appearances in the 2016-17 season while on loan at Oldham and Bury.
The centre-back, who has also had loan spells with Ross County and Cheltenham, has represented both Scotland and Australia at youth level.
He becomes Graham Alexander's first summer signing and replaces David Mirfin, who joined Mansfield on 23 May.
"He's a player who is desperate to kick his career on now. He's been out on loan from Fulham and wants to go out and be his own man, and find the best club to do that," manager Alexander told the club website.
"Cameron ticks a lot of boxes for us, he has great stature and can play."
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page. | Scunthorpe United have signed defender Cameron Burgess from Fulham on a three-year contract for an undisclosed fee. | 40176154 |
The incinerator near Connah's Quay on Deeside aims to create enough energy to power 30,000 homes.
But before it is given a permit, Natural Resources Wales (NRW) wants to examine any potential impact and hear from residents and health bodies.
A drop-in session will be held on Wednesday.
US company Wheelabrator has said its Parc Adfer facility would process up to 200,000 tonnes of household waste a year.
If all goes to plan, building work could begin on the site on the Deeside Industrial Park later this year and the incinerator could start operating in 2018.
The drop-in session will be held at Deeside Leisure Centre from 13:00-20:00 GMT. The public will have a month to comment.
Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board and Public Health Wales will also be asked to look at any impact on people's health.
Sian Williams, NRW head of operations for North Wales, said: "We will only grant the permit if we are satisfied that the proposed facility can operate without harming the environment or the health of people nearby."
Waste would arrive by lorry from Anglesey, Conwy, Denbighshire, Flintshire and Gwynedd. Any recyclable material would be weeded out.
Combined heat and power technology would then incinerate the waste, while at the same time generating steam, which would produce electricity through a turbine and generator.
Plans were submitted last October. | The public is getting a say on plans to burn hundreds of thousands of tonnes of waste a year collected by five councils across north Wales. | 30696836 |
Violence broke out at Saturday's event, which was staged in an off-licence shortly before a Sunderland-Celtic match being held the same day.
Police attended Fletcher's News and Booze, where an 18-year-old man suffered a head injury and needed hospital treatment.
Twenty-one arrests were made in total.
Officers said the majority were unrelated to Mr Robinson's book signing and included people being drunk and disorderly, committing a breach of the peace and using illegal pyrotechnics.
Emergency services had been called to the off-licence in Hendon at about 13:40 BST.
The force said Mr Robinson was wearing a Glasgow Rangers shirt - the arch rivals of Celtic.
Footage posted on social media showed a flare and other objects being thrown towards the shop before fighting broke out on the street.
The pre-season match was organised to mark 20 years since the opening of Sunderland's Stadium of Light and 50 years since Celtic won the European Cup.
Assistant Chief Constable Helen McMillan said: "Unfortunately, we did have some incidents of disorder in and around Sunderland between Sunderland and Celtic fans and, while police dealt with them quickly, it is a shame these type of incidents happen at all."
Sunderland were beaten by Celtic 5-0. | Police were called in after trouble flared at a book signing in Sunderland by the English Defence League founder Tommy Robinson. | 40768511 |
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But these defences can make it hard for wildlife to find a place to live.
Now, a new project will be turning 27 kilometres of Scotland's coastline into a living laboratory to help.
Some Edinburgh school pupils have been telling Newsround what they've been trying to do. | Powerful waves can be a big problem for the UK coastline so a lot is done to defend the land against the sea. | 39403367 |
Russell Hobby was responding to warnings that more young people from the UK could travel to the conflict in Syria during the school holidays.
He said schools would alert parents and "appropriate authorities" if they found evidence of extremism.
"We cannot reasonably expect schools to perform police functions," he said.
Mr Hobby, general secretary of the National Association of Head Teachers, said that schools would respond to any information they received, but would need the support of other agencies, if young people vulnerable to extremism were to be identified and intercepted.
He was responding to warnings from a senior prosecutor, Nazir Afzal, that some schools feared the Easter holidays would be used as a time for radicalised pupils to try to join the conflict in Syria.
Mr Afzal, who stepped down this week as chief prosecutor for north-west England, said two London head teachers had raised such concerns with him:
"They are worried that some of their children and some of the people they have care over will not be there when they return from the Easter break - and that must worry us all."
In February, three schoolgirls from Bethnal Green Academy in east London disappeared from their homes and flew to Turkey. They are believed to have crossed into Syria.
Head teachers' leader Mr Hobby said that where there was evidence of extremism or plans to travel to Syria heads would act, but there were limits to what could be expected of schools.
"Schools' duty of protection involves educating people well and sharing what information they do have with other agencies.
"Beyond that, they need clear guidance and somewhere to turn to for help. We cannot reasonably expect schools to perform police functions." | Head teachers cannot be expected to be "counter-terrorism experts" or "conduct surveillance" on young people, said a head teachers' leader. | 32146111 |
Captain Eoin Morgan criticised the umpiring in England's defeat in the second T20 after Joe Root was given out lbw in the last over of the match despite an inside edge.
Shamshuddin will act as third umpire in Bangalore, switching with Nitin Menon.
The three-match series is level at 1-1, with Wednesday's match the decider. | Umpire Chettithody Shamshuddin has voluntarily withdrawn from on-field duties in England's third Twenty20 international against India. | 38829855 |
The 24-year-old was approached by three men and a woman on Rose Street at about 19:30 on Wednesday.
After a brief conversation two of the men in the group carried out the assault.
Police are to review CCTV footage and are carrying out door-to-door inquiries in the area but asked anyone with information to come forward.
They have issued descriptions of the group who stopped and talked to the man.
One is described as white, in his late 20s to early 30s, tall and slim, with blond/brown hair cut short and a slim face.
He was wearing an unzipped dark jacket with a white T-shirt underneath.
The other men were also white, Scottish, in their early 20s and of average height and slim build.
One of them was wearing a green/grey woollen beanie hat with no turn-up part and a dark jacket.
The woman has been described as white and Scottish, with long, brown hair in a ponytail. She was of slim build and was wearing a dark hooded top. | A takeaway delivery man has suffered facial injuries in an apparently unprovoked attack in Annan. | 39219949 |
Set in Los Angeles, The End of Longing tells of "four broken people yearning for love".
Lindsey Posner will direct Perry's playwriting debut, reuniting them after previously working together in 2003 on the West End production of David Mamet's Sexual Perversity in Chicago.
It will run at the Playhouse Theatre from 2 February to 14 May.
Perry announced the new production in a video he posted on Twitter.
He said: "I've written a play called The End of Longing which I'm very excited about. I will also be starring in the play so I'm very narcissistic.
"It's about 12 years since I performed in a play in the West End so I'm very excited for my come back."
Talking about the upcoming production, Perry said: "Being on stage makes you feel naked.
"Being on stage in a play that I have written will make me feel doubly naked. So if you'd like to see me doubly naked, tickets go on sale today."
The actor told the Daily Mail the play - which he wrote in 10 days - was about "a drunk, a prostitute, a woman who's extremely neurotic and addicted to antidepressants, and a simpleton".
"When we meet them in a bar in Los Angeles, they're pretty severely broken, and they set off on a path to be less broken. Their path is bumpy and, hopefully, funny," he said.
Perry, who plays "the drunk", said the role was "sort of an exaggerated form of myself" but added it was not autobiographical.
Rehearsals will begin in January, although casting for the other roles have yet to be announced. | Friends star Matthew Perry is to return to London's West End stage to appear in a new play he has penned himself. | 35004551 |
The ruling follows last month's move by the government to suspend all activities of the Wefaq National Islamic Society.
Funds will be transferred to Bahrain's government, al-Arabiya TV said.
Wefaq has helped lead pro-democracy protests in the country since 2011.
That February, demonstrators took to the streets to demand greater political rights and an end to discrimination against the Shia majority.
The following month, King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa brought in troops from neighbouring Sunni-led Gulf states to restore order and crush dissent. The unrest left at least 30 civilians and five policemen dead.
Opposition activists say dozens of people have been killed in ongoing clashes between protesters and security forces, while bomb attacks blamed on Iran-backed militants have killed a number of police officers.
Last month the justice ministry said it had filed a request with a court to suspend Wefaq to "safeguard the security of the kingdom" .
The government also stripped the kingdom's most prominent Shia cleric, Sheikh Isa Qassim, of his citizenship, accusing him of using his position to "serve foreign interests" and promote "sectarianism and violence".
Wefaq is Bahrain's largest legally recognised opposition political society, it says it advocates non-violent activism.
Last month, an appeal court more than doubled the prison sentence of Wefaq's secretary-general from four years to nine, overturning a trial court's decision to acquit Sheikh Salman of advocating the overthrow of the government by force.
Human Rights Watch said there was strong evidence that his trial was unfair and that two of the charges on which he was convicted violated his right to freedom of expression. | A court in Bahrain has ordered the Sunni Muslim-ruled country's leading Shia opposition group dissolved and its assets seized, reports say. | 36818610 |
Administrators FRP Advisory confirmed the Banbury-based team had folded after failed efforts to find a buyer.
Marussia will not take part in the two remaining championship races in Sao Paulo and Abu Dhabi this month.
Another struggling team, Caterham, has turned to crowd funding in an attempt to run in the final race.
Finbarr O'Connell, interim principal for Caterham, based in Leafield, Oxfordshire, said it needed to raise £2.4m.
He added: "I can't think of a better way to get us all together and show our support to the team than this."
Rewards for backers include having their names printed on a competing car.
Joint administrator for Marussia Geoff Rowley said the team's plight was "deeply regrettable".
It was placed in administration on 27 October and had been in talks with two potential investors.
An anonymous employee said staff were "very, very disappointed" and "quite bitter about it".
"Whilst the team made significant progress during its relatively short period of operation, operating a F1 team requires significant ongoing investment," said Mr Rowley.
"Sadly no solution could be achieved to allow for the business to continue in its current form.
"We would like to thank all the staff for their support during this difficult process."
FRP Advisory confirmed staff had been paid up until the end of October.
Marussia became the second F1 team to be placed in administration last month after the Caterham team also folded. | F1 team Marussia has ceased trading nearly two weeks after being placed in administration, making about 200 staff redundant. | 29949509 |
The "tri-council partnership" of Weymouth & Portland Borough Council, North Dorset and West Dorset district councils hopes to save £6m by 2020.
West Dorset District Council leader Robert Gould said there were "no plans for large-scale job reductions".
The government funding is to facilitate the cost of the merger.
This includes developing an IT system compatible across the councils.
But Ken Attwooll, assistant branch secretary of the union Unison, said it had been given "little information and detail".
According to Mr Gould, most savings will come from removing senior management roles.
"All our services will be under review, but it is about working more efficiently and having a single chief executive and management team which will make significant ongoing savings."
The councils are also looking to move from older offices, which they will sell to raise additional capital.
"North Dorset have a very old headquarters in Blandford, which is inefficient and wasteful and an asset that can be used for the regeneration and redevelopment of the local economy," Mr Gould said.
"They will move some of their staff into our headquarters in Dorchester, a modern efficient building.
"Weymouth and Portland have agreed to dispose of their North Quay offices, a prime site on the edge of the harbour which can bring great economic benefits."
In a statement about the merger Unison South West said it recognised the "opportunities it may create" and that "such arrangements may help to secure the long-term viability of the councils".
It said: "Staff have already been hit by significant reductions in the workforce, increased workloads, job evaluation, service reviews, relocations, a lack of pay awards.
"Therefore, managing any future changes without causing further detrimental impacts on the remaining core staff will be critical." | The leader of a council merging with others in Dorset, and awarded £1.5m by the government, has said he does not foresee big job losses. | 30244994 |
All children born in the US - even if their parents are illegal immigrants - get citizenship under the constitution.
Other measures he outlined would include raising visa fees to pay for a wall along the Mexican border.
Immigration is a central plank of Mr Trump's campaign to be the Republican contender in next year's election.
"They have to go," he told NBC.
A tough deportation policy was needed, he said, because "there's definitely evidence" of crimes linked to immigrants living in the country illegally.
Mr Trump - a front-runner in the field of Republican candidates - said he would also deport all undocumented immigrants, and pay for a tripling of the number of immigration officers by eliminating tax credit payments to immigrant families residing illegally in the US.
He added families with US-born children could return quickly if deemed worthy by the government.
"We're going to try and bring them back rapidly, the good ones," he said, adding: "We will expedite it so people can come back in.
"The good people can come back," he said, without elaborating. | Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump says he wants to end the automatic right to citizenship for all children born in the United States. | 33962029 |
The Scottish House Condition Survey - covering the period from 2012 to 2014 - showed that that 63% of households in the the islands were spending 10% or more of their household income on fuel supplies.
This was up from a previous figure of 58%.
The Western Isles had previously topped the figures for fuel poverty.
Across Scotland, an average of 35% of households were deemed to be fuel poor.
The figure is based on households spending more than 10% of their income on fuel costs. | Orkney has the highest level of fuel poverty in Scotland, according to new figures. | 35462928 |
The dairy worker agreed to undergo a partial amputation at Dumfries Infirmary in order to return to work as quickly as possible.
A different operation, with a longer recovery time, was carried out instead.
The Scottish Public Services Ombudsman has told NHS Dumfries and Galloway to apologise for the failings it found.
A report concluded the health board's records of the consent process were "inadequate" and that the operation performed had not been the one the patient - named only as Miss C - had consented to.
Instead of a partial amputation, a "terminalisation" had been carried out which involved the surgical shortening of the finger and closure of the wound with stitching.
"The board were unable to explain this, instead maintaining that Miss C had undergone the appropriate surgery," the ombudsman said.
The SPSO also found that the board's investigations of her complaint had been inadequate.
It had failed to identify the lack of records supporting her consent as a concern and failed to obtain a statement from the doctor involved.
In addition, the board's complaint response was found to have misrepresented records of Miss C's interactions with staff and failed to address her concerns about the financial impact of the surgery.
NHS Dumfries and Galloway was ordered to review its processes for obtaining consent and provide training to improve one doctor's communication skills.
It was also told to ensure another doctor reviewed his understanding of the consent process and the definition of a finger terminalisation procedure.
The SPSO sought evidence that both doctors had "reflected on the failings identified" as part of their appraisal process.
NHS Dumfries and Galloway was told to review its handling of the complaint and apologise for its failings. | A health board has been ordered to apologise after failing to carry out the operation a woman with a crushed finger had consented to. | 37703887 |
A public inquiry will open into the possible upgrading of the road between Pembury and Tonbridge, in west Kent, into to dual carriageway.
Businesses have said the scheme is needed to reduce a bottleneck and government money could be available from 2015.
However, the Woodland Trust said the scheme would damage the environment.
Oliver Newham, from the trust, said: "There are over 1,000 species of fungi in here, 10 species of ladybird, 24 species of bee - I could go on.
"We're talking about a woodland that's been here for 400 years - that's a lot of history to lose."
The section of the A21 under consideration carries more than 35,000 vehicles every day.
The widening scheme would cost £21m.
Jackie Matthias, who is from the West Kent Chamber of Commerce, said: "We in business just can't understand how things can take so long and cost so much.
"It's slightly worrying - you do wonder who is looking at it and scrutinising it."
The inquiry is scheduled to start on 14 May. | Conservationists have warned that plans to widen the A21 would destroy 22 acres of woodland. | 22492572 |
The major search was launched after Moira Morrison, 62, was last seen close to the River Dee in Garthdee on Tuesday afternoon.
Police Scotland said a body was discovered in the River Dee area on Thursday morning.
Insp Steve McEwan said: "Formal identification has yet to take place. The family of Moira has been updated." | A body has been found in a river area during a police search for a missing woman. | 40203593 |
Spieth birdied the final hole to lift the duo alongside Australian Ryan Ruffels and American Kyle Stanley.
The event changed to a team format this year with 80 pairs competing.
They play foursomes (alternate shots with the same ball) in the first and third rounds and fourballs (playing your own ball) in the other two rounds.
Stanley, whose lone PGA victory came at the 2012 Phoenix Open, and 18-year-old Ruffels reeled off four consecutive birdies to begin their round before also shooting 66.
England's Ian Poulter, who lost his PGA tour card last week, carded a three-under-par 69 with Australian Geoff Ogilvy, to sit in an eight-way-tie for 11th place.
Olympic champion Justin Rose, playing with the man he beat in Rio, Open winner Henrik Stenson of Sweden, carded an opening round of 72.
The Professional Golf Association (PGA) is trying to create renewed interest in the sport by introducing varied tournament formats.
The Classic of New Orleans is an official counting tournament for the rankings worth $7.1m (£5.5m) and has attracted six of the world's top 10 players to the TPC Louisiana course.
Find out how to get into golf with our special guide. | Americans Jordan Spieth and Ryan Palmer combined for a first-round six-under 66 to share the lead at the revamped New Orleans Classic team event. | 39742906 |
An opponent for Cordina has yet to be named for the bout at Bramall Lane, Sheffield on Saturday, 27 May.
In April the 25-year-old super-featherweight claimed two stoppages in seven days.
He overpowered Sergej Vib at Wembley Stadium after stopping Jose Aguilar on his professional debut on 22 April.
Get all the latest boxing news sent straight to your device with notifications in the BBC Sport app. Find out more here.
Find out how to get into boxing with our special guide. | Welsh boxer Joe Cordina is set for his third professional fight, on the undercard of Kell Brook's meeting with Errol Spence Junior. | 39871369 |
The UK-wide scheme was instigated by the Prince of Wales to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Queen's Coronation.
Flower-rich grasslands have decreased by 97% in the UK since the 1930s.
New meadows have been created in Gwynedd and Pembrokeshire and work is due to begin in Conwy county.
Flagship "Coronation meadows" are being identified for each county in the UK so seed from them can be used to create new meadows within the area.
The project has received funding from Biffa Award, Natural Resources Wales and Grantscape. | Twelve wildflower meadows have been restored in Wales following a mission to reverse their decline. | 34283692 |
In a recent update, it had listed Paint as a feature that would be either removed or no longer developed.
Paint, renowned for its simplicity, has been part of the Windows operating system since its launch in 1985.
Microsoft suggested it would not remain on Windows 10 by default but did say it would be available for free on the Windows Store.
Its successor, Paint 3D, will be part of the Windows 10 package.
There had been an outpouring of support for the program on social media, following the publication of the list on 24 July.
"If there's anything we learned, it's that after 32 years, MS Paint has a lot of fans," Microsoft wrote in a blog.
"It's been amazing to see so much love for our trusty old app."
There does not appear to have been a similar reprieve for other features on the list of casualties.
These included the Outlook Express email client, now replaced by Mail. | Microsoft has confirmed that it will continue to offer its graphics program Paint. | 40714395 |
Ronald Cooke, of Granville Road, Cradley Heath, in the West Midlands, attacked his partner Tina Billingham at their home on February 6, before driving her to a doctor's surgery claiming she had "stabbed herself".
Ms Billingham, a mother of two, died in hospital later that day.
Cooke, 55, was convicted of murder at Wolverhampton Crown Court and ordered to serve a minimum of 24 years.
West Midlands Police described Cooke's 20-year relationship with 54-year-old Ms Billingham as "abusive and controlling".
He had previous convictions for assault and actual bodily harm against two former partners, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said.
The court heard neighbours had witnessed Cooke shouting at his partner before ordering her to get into his van. The argument continued in his vehicle where he stabbed Ms Billingham twice, piercing her heart.
He then drove to the surgery. Staff there found her bleeding heavily from her injuries.
Cooke told them Ms Billingham had stabbed herself in his van with an ornamental sword stick - a weapon with a blade screwed into the scabbard - following an argument, police said.
A post-mortem examination confirmed Ms Billingham had died as a result of stab wounds to the chest and stomach area.
Det Insp Harry Harrison said: "Cooke was clearly a bully and was the root cause of an awful lot of misery in Tina's life.
"Arrogant to the end, he has shown no remorse.
"Men with his character traits have no place in a civilised society. He has now rightly been brought to justice." | A "controlling bully" has been jailed for life for murdering his partner. | 40969963 |
The Mercedes he was driving was travelling "very fast" and "swerving and swinging" across the road before the crash, the minicab driver said.
Afterwards, Mr Cipriani admitted he had been drinking and could not stand or speak properly, the prosecution said.
The Sale Sharks fly-half, 28, denies drinking and driving.
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The minicab driver, Muhammad Qasim, told Westminster Magistrates' Court that the sportsman hit his Toyota Prius on Imperial Road in Fulham, west London, at 05:15 BST on 1 June last year.
He said: "When I saw that the car was swerving and swinging here and there I slowed my car very slowly and during that moment the car hit me."
He told the court he went over and spoke to Mr Cipriani and asked him why he hit his car, to which the player responded that the minicab driver had hit him.
PC Shane Elsworth told the court that he went to speak to the rugby player following the crash.
"I noticed that I could smell alcohol or liquor on his breath. His eyes were slightly glazed and he had the appearance of having consumed alcohol, of being intoxicated," he said.
He added that Mr Cipriani, who will rejoin former club Wasps from next season, admitted drinking alcohol "about an hour" before the crash and then handed over his car keys.
Mr Cipriani, from Raynes Park in south-west London, was breathalysed and found to have 67 micrograms of alcohol in 100ml of breath, it is alleged.
The legal limit in England and Wales is 35 micrograms.
The trial continues. | England rugby player Danny Cipriani had "glazed" eyes and smelt of alcohol after he crashed his car into a minicab, a court has heard. | 36072864 |
Comley returned to the R's at the start of January after a four-month loan spell with the Mariners.
The 21-year-old made 22 appearances for Grimsby in all competitions, starting in 19 of those games.
"Athletically, he can get round a pitch really well - on the ball, there is a lot more to come from him," Grimsby manager Marcus Bignot said.
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page or visit our Premier League tracker here. | League Two side Grimsby have re-signed QPR midfielder Brandon Comley on loan until the end of the season. | 38611584 |
Nabi, 20, came through the West Bromwich Albion academy before leaving last summer and then had a spell with Indian Super League club Delhi Dynamos.
He has agreed a deal for the rest of the season, while Tomlinson, 27, has arrived on non-contract terms after leaving Barnet in January after two years with the League Two club.
Keith Curle's Carlisle are sixth in League Two with eight games remaining.
As well as playing for Delhi, attacking midfielder Nabi also gained experience with Premier League side West Brom's Under-23s.
"Samir's had an excellent grounding and he's another who has something slightly different to what we already have in the group," Curle said.
Tomlinson has trained with the Cumbrians over the last week and has impressed former England international Curle.
"He has good habits and dynamics and he likes scoring goals and causing opposition defences as many problems as possible," he said.
"He's integrated quickly and well and he's shown us he has a good physical presence."
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page. | Carlisle United have signed midfielder Samir Nabi and striker Ben Tomlinson. | 39380309 |
At least five children are said to be among the dead. More than 20 people were also reported injured.
The blast happened on Monday night in San Isidro Huilotepec as villagers were preparing for a saint's day celebration next week.
The authorities say a lit rocket was thrown into a building where the pyrotechnics were kept.
The entire structure, which local media says was an inhabited house, was destroyed by the blast.
In December, more than 30 people were killed in a huge fireworks explosion in a Tultepec, just outside Mexico City.
Tultepec is seen by many Mexicans as "the country's capital of pyrotechnics", and survivors spoke of "hellish scenes" as fireworks took off in all directions, causing panic and destruction. | Mexican officials say 14 people have been killed after a store of fireworks exploded in a village in Puebla state. | 39859781 |
Bale scored 24 goals in 42 appearances for club and country this season as he led Real Madrid to an eleventh Champions League title.
However, it was his heroics with Wales that caught the eye as he inspired them to the semi finals of Euro 2016 in their first major finals in 58 years.
Bale is part of a 10-man shortlist.
Journalists from each of Uefa's 55 member associations provided a list of their five best-ranked players.
Three finalists from the shortlist of 10 will be announced on 5 August.
The UEFA jury will then cast their votes for the outright winner, which will be announced during the UEFA Champions League group stage draw in Monaco on 25 August.
Bale's inclusion caps a memorable 24 hours for the 27-year old who announced his engagement over the weekend on social media. | Gareth Bale has been rewarded for a stellar season after being named on the shortlist nominated for the Uefa Best Player in Europe award. | 36825741 |
Two police officers tried to rescue the pair after they spotted the blaze in Seacombe at about 20:30 GMT, but the heat and smoke was too intense.
The woman was later rescued from the house in James Street but died later in hospital while a man's body was discovered inside the property.
Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service is investigating the cause of the blaze.
The service's area manager Dave Mottram said: "Police officers made valiant attempts to save the occupiers, forcing entry through the front door, but unfortunately they were unable to do so due to the effects of severe heat and smoke.
"Firefighters were quickly on scene and made entry into the property wearing breathing apparatus, where they found the ground floor was well alight."
He said they tackled the fire and stopped it spreading to neighbouring properties and had put it out by 21:30. | A man and woman, believed to be in their 80s, have died after a fire at a house in Wirral on Friday night. | 34953063 |
Three men were arrested after a black Ford Focus was shot at, at about 20:00 GMT on Friday.
A 22-year-old man was taken to an east London hospital with head injuries, but has since been discharged.
The arrested men, believed to be 22, 23 and 24, are being held on suspicion of firearm offences.
Police said the bridge's southbound carriageway was closed until about 02:00.
Scotland Yard's Trident gang crime unit is investigating the shooting.
London Ambulance said the victim was "conscious and breathing" at the scene.
Student Ben Jackson said he saw the aftermath of the shooting as he walked down The Strand, in central London.
"The area was cordoned off and there were lots of people around," said the 21-year-old.
"I saw three men being led away in handcuffs by police." | A gunman on the back of a motorbike shot a man in a suspected drive-by shooting on London's Waterloo Bridge. | 26299437 |
Kirklees Council voted in October to close the Grade II-listed Dewsbury Museum in West Yorkshire.
The authority is due to close a second museum, the Red House in Gomersal - which has close links to the Brontes, on 21 December.
It said it did not want to close Dewsbury Museum but had to make austerity savings.
The museum, which opened in 1896 features a toy gallery and a 1940s classroom.
Museum Heritage Manager Linda Levick said: "We've had a lot of visitors coming to say goodbye on our last day, which is nice but sad."
Kirklees Council said the Dewsbury Museum and Red House closures are part of its museums service reorganisation, which will save £531,000.
The council will now see if anyone is willing to take over the running of the building and a decision will be announced next year.
However, if no-one comes forward with a viable plan the building may be sold on the open market.
Councillor Graham Turner said: "The council did not want to be in this position. Nobody wants to close museums but we do need to react to these times of austerity and make savings.
"I am sorry people will no longer be able to access these museums, but I can assure you we will do everything possible to look after the collections."
He added: "Museums are not just about buildings, it's about using the collections to tell the story of our past and how they influence what we do today."
The café will remain open, along with the greenhouse and playground.
An information pack about running the building will be available from the end of November. | A museum which was renovated at a cost of £1m in 2010 has been closed because of austerity cuts. | 37889059 |
Cormit Avital said she had turned down the vaccination because she was a "healthy, fit, organic woman".
She caught the disease shortly before giving birth and passed it to Eva, who has spent a month in intensive care.
Ms Avital recorded a video warning about her "nightmare" experience.
"If I could turn back time I would protect myself," she said, in the video released by Gold Coast Health, the regional health authority.
Ms Avital contracted whooping cough, also known as pertussis, around the time she gave birth, and was told she had passed it to Eva.
Within two weeks, Eva's cough "became pretty scary, horror movie, coughing to the point of going blue, flopping in my hands, can't breathe," she said.
"For a moment there you think they're dead in your hands. [It's] a lot of suffering for a tiny little cute thing you love so much."
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Gold Coast Health Staff Specialist Dr Paul Van Buynder told the BBC that Eva's condition was improving.
She is likely to be released from hospital in coming weeks.
Dr Buynder said more than 20,000 pertussis cases were recorded in Australia last year, and "sadly this is becoming more common".
"There's always a feeling of pregnancy being this special state and you don't want to put anything into your body, but what's really bad for your baby is to get whooping cough or influenza", Dr Buynder added.
Newborns are highly susceptible to the infection until they start vaccination at two months old. | An Australian mother has said she regrets refusing the whooping cough vaccination during pregnancy after she passed the potentially fatal infection to her newborn baby. | 35975011 |
A court in Paris ruled that the internet search firm's Irish subsidiary was not liable for tax in France.
Google employs 700 people in France, but advertising contracts sold for display in France are booked through its subsidiary in low-tax Ireland.
In 2015 the company paid just 6.7m euros in corporate taxes in France.
The court was advised that Google did not have a "permanent establishment" or sufficient taxable presence in France to justify the bill.
"Google Ireland Ltd isn't taxable in France over the period 2005-2010" the court said in a statement.
European authorities have become increasingly tough on American technology giants including Google and its parent company Alphabet.
In June the EU fined Google a record 2.4bn euro for abusing its dominant position in the search engine business.
France's newly elected administration, led by Emmanuel Macron, has also reiterated the intention to pursue international companies they perceive as not paying their fair share of tax.
Italian and British authorities have struck deals with Google to reclaim some of the tax they believe the search giant owed. But the figures agreed were much smaller, amounting to hundreds of millions of dollars rather than the $1.3bn claimed by France. | Google will not have to pay 1.1bn euros (£970m) in back taxes, after the technology giant won a legal case brought by the French authorities. | 40584402 |
Amina Begun was found by police in Fambridge Close, Maldon, Essex, shortly after 14:00 GMT on Thursday. She was declared dead at the scene.
Javid Ahmed, 25, of Fambridge Close, Maldon, was charged on Friday night.
He appeared before magistrates in Chelmsford, where he was remanded in custody to appear before the city's crown court on Tuesday. | A 25-year-old man has been charged with murdering a woman who was found lying in a road with "significant injuries". | 35903516 |
The man was killed when his Suzuki motorcycle was in collision with a Nissan Almera and subsequently a Kia Picanto.
The crash happened on Coach Lane in Brading at about 20:20 BST on Wednesday Hampshire Constabulary said.
The biker was taken to hospital but later died from his injuries. Police have appealed for witnesses to the collision to come forward. | A motorcyclist has died in a crash with two cars on the Isle of Wight. | 37304365 |
The wreck is the final resting place of as many as 700 US sailors and marines, the Navy said.
US and Indonesian divers discovered evidence that pieces of the hull and unexploded ordnance had been removed.
The site is a popular underwater dive spot, and officials are co-ordinating its conservation.
"In my discussions with our Indonesian navy partners, they share our sense of obligation to protect this and other gravesites," Adm Harry Harris, commander of the US Pacific Fleet, said in a statement.
The Houston, nicknamed "the Galloping Ghost of the Java Coast", sank during the Battle of Sunda Strait on 28 February 1942. Its commanding officer, Capt Albert Rooks, was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor, the highest US military decoration, for extraordinary heroism during the battle.
All 1,068 sailors and marines on board were presumed dead after the sinking. But when the war ended in 1945, 291 sailors and marines who survived the sinking and three years in prisoner of war camps were repatriated to the US.
US officials laid a wreath at the site in June to commemorate the loss of the ship, but it was only on Monday that the Navy's History and Heritage Command confirmed the wreck was consistent with the sunken warship. | The US Navy has confirmed a wreck found on the bottom of the Java Sea is the USS Houston, a cruiser sunk by the Japanese in World War Two. | 28857195 |
Carmarthenshire developer Enzo's Homes is in the process of buying the Penllergaer civic centre site.
Money from the sale will go to build new schools and modernise council buildings.
Council leader Rob Stewart said the scheme, if approved, would provide much-needed housing in the area.
Enzo Sauro, of Enzo's Homes, said the firm was working on the finer details of the planning application.
He added the company would also gift three pieces of land to the Penllergare Trust, which manages the adjoining Penllergare Valley Woods.
The three-storey Penllergaer civic centre building first opened in 1982 for the former Lliw Valley Borough Council.
Staff at the building have been relocated. | Plans to build 80 homes on the site of council offices in Swansea have moved a step closer after contracts were exchanged for the sale of the land. | 37152572 |
James Spence, 47, who served with the Scots Guards, has suffered from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.
He left his home in Easterhill Road in Glasgow's Tollcross at 03:00 on Friday.
His car, a blue Vauxhall Tigra, was spotted in Yorkhill Street later. | Police have traced a missing former soldier after an appeal following the discovery of his car in the centre of Glasgow. | 38275289 |
Thick smoke could be seen rising from the area, where there is also a base for African Union (AU) peacekeepers.
Local journalists said one of the bombs was detonated by a suicide attacker near a checkpoint. Another blast hit the airport's perimeter wall.
Those killed were believed to include security guards at the checkpoint.
The militant Islamist group, al-Shabab, has said it was behind the blasts and its target was the AU force's headquarters.
The AU mission in Somalia condemned "these senseless attacks that aim to disrupt and cripple the lives of ordinary Somalis".
Al-Shabab has carried out frequent attacks in Somalia, including in Mogadishu, in an attempt to oust the UN-backed government.
The group, which is allied to al-Qaeda, has been pushed out of most of the main towns it once controlled, but analysts say it remains a potent threat.
It has been increasing its attacks ahead of planned elections in Somalia.
Hotels have been attacked by car bombs and then armed assault teams over the past few weeks.
The large airport area in Mogadishu is a secure "green zone" for UN operations, the AU peacekeeping force and foreign embassies.
The Somali government, with the help of AU forces, is fighting al-Shabab militants in several parts of the country. | At least 13 people have been killed in two car bomb attacks near an entrance to the airport in Mogadishu, Somali police say. | 36892048 |
Hassan Saada, 22, was held on suspicion of committing the assaults on Wednesday, a police statement said.
The boxer, who fights in the light-heavyweight category, was due to take part in his first bout on Saturday.
A Brazilian judge has ordered he be detained for 15 days, pending an investigation, media reports said.
His detention could mean Saada is unable to take part in the Games.
Brazilian media reports (in Portuguese) quoted police as saying the boxer had pushed one of the maids against a wall, pressing her with his thighs, and tried to kiss her.
He is accused of squeezing the breast of the second maid and making obscene hand gestures to her.
There has been no immediate comment from Saada or Moroccan Olympic officials.
The judge, Larissa Nunes Saly, said the boxer must remain in detention while the allegations were investigated because of the risks he could reoffend or try to flee the country.
The 2016 Olympic Games officially start in Rio on Friday with the opening ceremony at the Maracana Stadium.
Athletes from 206 nations and a refugee team are in Brazil to compete in 28 sports. They will be watched by a global audience of billions.
The build-up has been dominated by a Russian doping scandal, the Zika virus and issues with the city's security, infrastructure and venues. | A Moroccan boxer has been arrested by Brazilian police over allegations of sexually assaulting two female cleaners in the Rio de Janeiro Olympic village. | 36989897 |
Mr Nesbitt and SDLP leader Colum Eastwood said last month they would not join the Northern Ireland Executive.
On Sunday, Mr Nesbitt said the two parties have had talks about taking a joint approach to their opposition.
"If we are going to work together, it will be as co-equals on this," he said.
"I've already gone out of my way to say to Colum: 'You are the leader of the SDLP, you're not the deputy leader of anything.'"
Mr Nesbitt told the BBC's Sunday Politics programme that while the parties have yet to reach a formal agreement has been made, he hoped they could strike a deal.
"We're not going to be rushed into anything," he said.
"The Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) and Sinn Féin have been working on their relationship for nine years, so I think we can take a little bit of time to get this right."
The DUP and Sinn Féin have formed an executive at Stormont, with independent unionist Claire Sugden appointed as justice minister.
Monday will be the first full day of business in the new assembly term and Mr Nesbitt said the Ulster Unionist Party was "unshackled" in opposition.
"What we had in the past two mandates was nine years where you had five and then four parties in government but actually the smaller parties being bossed by the two big ones," he said.
"The fact that we now have the two parties themselves alone in government is a more honest, open and transparent way to do business.
"We are unshackled now and we can say exactly what we think about what the executive is doing." | Ulster Unionist leader Mike Nesbitt has called on his Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) counterpart to work with him as "co-equals" in opposition in the Northern Ireland Assembly. | 36455078 |
The 77-year-old MP announced in February she would retire after more than 30 years in Parliament but said in September she had changed her mind.
Ms Clwyd faced three other contenders on an all-women shortlist.
Labour officials had said she would have to seek re-selection as the party had already started the process of replacing her.
The other candidates were PCS union official Katie Antippas, from Cardiff; Rhondda Cynon Taf councillor Sue Pickering; and scientist Aysha Raza, a Labour councillor in Ealing, west London, originally from Aberdare.
Ms Clwyd has represented the Cynon Valley seat in south Wales since winning a by-election there in 1984.
She said in September that local voters had asked her to reconsider her retirement, adding that she then received a "very enthusiastic" reaction to her change of heart.
It followed a row over Labour's decision to use an all-women shortlist to select her successor, which had been strongly opposed by local party officials. | MP Ann Clwyd has won the selection process to defend her Cynon Valley seat at the 2015 General Election. | 30446938 |
8 December 2015 Last updated at 11:16 GMT
Storm Desmond battered parts of northern England and some areas of Scotland at the weekend, leaving thousands of homes without electricity and forcing emergency services to use boats to get people to safety.
Newsround spoke to two kids who had to climb out of their bedroom window to reach a rescue boat because the flood water had filled the downstairs of their house.
Watch their incredible story here. | Kids in Cumbria have been explaining how they were rescued from the major floods that have hit the area. | 35027342 |
Robert Ellis, 50, denied one charge of meeting a boy aged under 16 after grooming and six counts of sexual activity with a boy aged under 15.
Ellis, of Church End, Harlow, also denied three counts of sexual touching. He was convicted of all the charges at Chelmsford Crown Court in February.
The court heard Ellis met one 15-year-old victim online in April 2015.
He invited him to football matches, claimed to have talent-spotted goalkeepers and offered to coach the teenager, who was from Lincolnshire.
Ellis, a civil servant, arranged to meet him in a park in July 2015 where they played football and later went for a meal.
The boy's mother reported Ellis to local police after finding out and banned her son from contacting him again.
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However, they resumed contact in December 2015 and arranged to meet.
This was reported to police and Ellis was arrested in January 2016, before the meeting could take place.
During the course of their inquiries, officers spoke to another young man who said he had been in a sexual relationship with Ellis when he was 15 after they met online.
During the police investigation, it was also found Ellis had been banned by the Football Association from taking part in any FA-football related activity involving under-18s, since December 2013.
However, he continued to take part in informal football sessions in Harlow that were not covered by this ban. | A football coach has been jailed for nine years for grooming and sexual activity with teenage boys. | 39526818 |
Vishal Chopra, an accountant from Glasgow, is believed to have been on the Indonesian island to attend a family wedding.
He reportedly died after getting into difficulty while swimming offshore.
The Foreign and Commonwealth Office said: "We are supporting the family of a British national who has died in Bali, and have provided bereavement information at this difficult time." | A 42-year-old man from Scotland has died after a swimming accident on Bali. | 36683487 |
It comes as the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said not enough people are switching their current accounts.
After an 18-month study, the CMA concluded that only 3% of customers moved account in 2014.
The government said consumers should have better access to their personal data, to help them change supplier.
And it launched a public consultation, to see how switching rates can be improved.
In the last 12 months, the number of people in the UK switching their bank account has fallen by 14%, according to figures.
In the year to September 2015, the Current Account Switching Service (CASS) said 1.03 million had changed provider.
That is little more than were switching before September 2013, when the seven-day switching service was launched.
The CMA previously said that only 8% of consumers had switched accounts in the last three years, compared with 45% of consumers who had switched car insurance provider.
The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) published new "principles "for switching, including:
Most of the large banks already offer a service known as Midata. This enables account holders to see a summary of all their transactions, as well as the charges they have paid.
Barclays, HSBC, Lloyds, Nationwide, RBS, Santander and Tesco Bank provide such downloads to their customers.
The data can then be used on a price comparison site, Gocompare, to make switching easier.
In addition, Tesco Bank tells customers what interest they would have earned, had they put their money in a savings account rather than leaving it in a current account.
Consumers are now being asked for their own ideas on how switching could be improved. The consultation ends on 4 December. | The government has set out a series of ways to make it easier for people to switch providers - for energy, bank accounts or telecoms. | 34592764 |
The airlines plan to use only Blue Island's planes to fly the Guernsey-Jersey route but both will take bookings for the seats.
Channel Islands regulatory authorities gave permission but imposed conditions.
Each airline has to market seats independently and Aurigny must tell customers Blue Islands is the operator.
Channel Islands Competition and Regulatory Authorities Chief Executive, Andrew Riseley, said he gave permission as the airlines had both said competition would go without it.
He said: "On balance our judgement is that the best means of protecting customers is to ensure that competition on the route remains as vigorous as possible and the conditions we have set for agreeing this exemption should achieve this."
Under the agreement, which will run for two years, Aurigny will buy a fixed block of seats on flights operated by Blue Islands.
The airlines will fly six or seven flights in each direction on weekdays, four flights in each direction on Saturdays and three flights in each direction on Sundays.
Mr Riseley said responses to a consultation focused more on quality of services and level of capacity rather than fare structures.
He said the airlines had been told they must increase capacity where it is necessary to meet demand.
"The airlines have provided future forecasts under the joint operation which show financial improvements for both parties.
"[We] are of the view that, without this financial improvement, one of the parties would exit the route altogether." | Channel Islands airlines Aurigny and Blue Islands have been given permission to code-share on the inter-island route. | 25683121 |
The 23-year-old, who has hinted at retirement, won double gold in Beijing, but had to settle for bronze in London.
She recently criticised the governing body British Swimming, saying she felt "insulted" by a review into the team's under-performance at the London Games.
She claimed two of only three medals won by GB, who had a target of five.
The Mansfield-born swimmer has also been critical of the delay in appointing a new head coach following the departure of Dennis Pursley after the Games in August.
"Why is it taking so long? We've been dying for them to appoint a head coach for months," Adlington told BBC Sport in December.
"Surely, it would make more sense for the head coach to be appointed before the review."
British Swimming is also without a national performance director since Michael Scott resigned following the review into London 2012.
While Adlington, whose 2008 Beijing triumphs came in the 400m and 800m freestyle, has decided against competing at Rio 2016, the swimmer has not made public any decision over competing at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.
Her coach Bill Furniss has guided her since the age of 12, and is expected to be key to any decision on her future.
He has also been heavily linked with the GB head coach role. | Double Olympic gold medallist Rebecca Adlington is set to make a major announcement at a news conference on Tuesday, 5 February. | 21267504 |
About 20 men boarded the Manchester Airport to Glasgow Central service at Lancaster at about 10:15 on Saturday.
They sang offensive songs until the train arrived in Glasgow at 12:30. BTP have appealed for witnesses.
Rangers later beat Alloa 4-0 at Ibrox. A minute's silence was held beforehand to commemorate Remembrance Day. | British Transport Police (BTP) are attempting to trace Rangers fans who sang "religiously offensive songs" on a train from England to Scotland. | 34766794 |
Ronald Chigunwe worked for Wessex Heartbeat, which supports the cardiac centre at Southampton General Hospital.
The 40-year-old, of Breadels Field, Basingstoke, is charged with offences relating to fraud by abuse of position, converting criminal property and money laundering, police said.
He is due to appear before Southampton magistrates on 11 July. | A former financial controller has been charged over the alleged theft of more than £440,000 from a hospital charity. | 40238513 |
The process, which involves chemical signals instead of words, allows the bacteria to thrive, according to Edinburgh University researchers.
They said insights into how bacteria "talk" to each other may help experts halt their growing resistance to antibiotics.
By interpreting the language they hope to find new drugs to fight infections.
The scientists said the number of dangerous bacteria becoming resistant to antibiotics is growing, posing a serious threat to human health.
Infections that are currently manageable could become life-threatening without effective drugs.
The Edinburgh University researchers found bacteria recognised their physical and social environment by producing and responding to chemical compounds which act as messages.
The team found bacteria responded differently to a combination of two messages than they did to either by itself.
Until recently, only humans and other primates were known to engage in this form of dialogue, known as combinatorial communication, in which signals can have different meanings depending on their context.
Researchers said most remedies for infections block all talk between bacteria, but these can drastically alter the way they act and aid the survival of resistant strains.
It is thought more subtle interventions, only blocking specific signals that can harm people, may be equally effective at treating infections without leading to resistance.
Dr Sam Brown, from the university's school of biological sciences, said: "We're only beginning to scratch the surface of the complexity of bacterial social life and its consequences for disease.
"Decoding their language is an important step towards placing our own communication in a broader biological context, as well as opening a new front in the search for mechanisms to control infections."
The study, a collaboration with Nottingham and Durham universities, has been published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. | A new study has suggested bacteria use a form of communication similar to human language. | 26514242 |
Sinn Féin, the SDLP, Ulster Unionists, Alliance and Green Party all spoke at the launch of the local campaign for the UK to remain in the EU.
The Stronger In campaign said Northern Ireland is a net beneficiary of EU funds.
It warned there are no guarantees the UK government would replace that money in the event of a Brexit.
The Leave campaign point out that the UK as a whole is a net contributor and claim that leaving would free up extra resources.
The referendum to decide whether the UK should leave or remain in the European Union is being held on Thursday, 23 June. | A cross-party groups of MLAs has warned that leaving the EU would damage the Northern Ireland economy. | 36390266 |
He was assaulted by a man in his 30s at New Campbell's Bridge in Cabra at about 05:30 local time on Tuesday.
The officer was taken to hospital where he received a number of stitches in his leg before being discharged.
The suspect was arrested and is currently detained at a police station in Finglas, north Dublin. | A police officer has been attacked with a bottle as he arrived at the scene of a car fire in Dublin. | 34775464 |
The court said impeachment proceedings launched last month had "no legal foundation" and that the president had not violated the constitution.
The opposition, which controls parliament, rejected the ruling.
Mr Rajaonarimampianina has been in office for 16 months and it was hoped his election would end years of political unrest in the country.
Under Madagascar's constitution, an impeachment vote requires a two-thirds majority of the 151 members of the national assembly.
Mr Rajaonarimampianina had challenged the validity of last month's impeachment saying many MPs who said they had voted were not in parliament at the time.
Reacting to Saturday's court decision to throw out the vote, the head of the president's HVM party, Rivo Rakotovao, said: "Everyone must submit to the decision of the constitutional court."
In a comment issued just after the ruling, opposition spokesman Pierre Houleder called it "ridiculous".
The parliamentary opposition to President Rajaonarimampianina is led by former strongman Andry Rajoelina.
Correspondents say the president is being attacked by both Mr Rajoelina and another former president, Marc Ravalomanana - both of whom were forced to withdraw from the 2013 presidential election won by Mr Rajaonarimampianina.
Madagascar suffered years of political turmoil beginning in 2009, when Mr Rajoelina ousted Mr Ravalomanana.
The coup left the country isolated in the international community and deprived of foreign aid. | Madagascar's constitutional court has thrown out parliament's bid to dismiss President Hery Rajaonarimampianina. | 33122020 |
The man died at the Gunmakers Arms, in Aston, Birmingham, on 10 December.
He had been drinking heavily and was sprayed with water to sober up and then placed on the floor, unconscious, before the manager left to get food.
A coroner's inquest later ruled the customer died from acute ethyl alcohol intoxication and a pre-existing heart condition.
The inquest heard the customer, who has not been named, had been in the pub since about 18:00 GMT on 9 December, drinking cider and spirits.
At about 23:30 GMT he fell asleep in a chair. He was still asleep at 00:30 GMT when the manager and another customer decided to get some food.
When they returned, the man was cold and was moved next to a radiator and an ambulance was called when he did not come round.
Reviewing the pub's licence, Birmingham City Council's Licensing Committee said he had consumed "an excessive amount of alcohol, directly from a bottle of Jack Daniels in one go, in circumstances when there had been a clear management failing in prohibiting any such action from arising in the first place".
A number of non-duty paid bottles of spirits were also on display and there was evidence spirits had been decanted from some bottles to others on display on the optics, the committee said.
Councillor Lynda Clinton, chair of the committee, said it was "entirely appropriate" to revoke the premises' licence given concerns raised by West Midlands Police and Birmingham Trading Standards. | A pub where a drunken customer died while the bar manager went out to get food has lost its licence. | 33164030 |
The watchdog NICE says although there is limited evidence, transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) may help ease symptoms in some patients.
It says that the procedure is still relatively new and that more data is needed about its long-term safety and efficacy.
But it may be useful for patients for whom other treatments have failed.
Migraine is common - it affects about one in four women and one in 12 men in the UK.
There are several types - with and without aura and with or without headache - and several treatment options, including common painkillers, such as paracetamol.
Although there is no cure for migraine, it is often possible to prevent or lessen the severity of attacks.
NICE recommends various medications, as well as acupuncture, and now also TMS, under the supervision of a specialist doctor - although it has not assessed whether it would be a cost effective therapy for the NHS.
TMS involves using a portable device that is placed on the scalp to deliver a brief magnetic pulse.
NICE says doctors and patients might wish to try TMS, but they should be aware about the treatment's uncertainties. Reduction in migraine symptoms may be moderate, it says.
Prof Peter Goadsby, chairman of the British Association for the Study of Headache, said many migraine patients stood to benefit from trying TMS.
In a trial in 164 patients, TMS worked twice as well as sham or placebo therapy and about 40% were pain-free two hours after using the device.
Wendy Thomas, chief executive at the charity the Migraine Trust, said: "Huge numbers of sufferers find their lives blighted by migraine. We welcome NICE guidance that may help deliver brighter futures to many people for whom other treatments have not worked." | A magnet device can be used to treat some types of migraine, new UK guidance advises. | 25811460 |
The 44-year-old's departure follows quarter-final defeat in both the One-Day Cup and T20 Blast.
He was promoted from second-team coach in July 2007 and guided them to Friends Provident Trophy victory in 2008.
Essex have since failed to win any silverware, and are sixth in County Championship Division Two with four games left to play this season.
Assistant head coach Chris Silverwood, a former England pace bowler, will take temporary charge until the end of the season.
"I have had 19 wonderful years at Essex, both as a player and as a coach, but I now feel the time is right for a new challenge," Grayson told the club website.
"I have always been a strong supporter of the club's policy of developing our own players into first-class cricketers and it is a pleasure to see so many doing well in the game.
"I would like to thank the players for their hard work and dedication, particularly the three captains I have worked with; Mark Pettini, James Foster and Ryan ten Doeschate." | Essex head coach Paul Grayson has left the county by mutual consent after eight years in charge. | 33960213 |
Southwark Council in London expressed its "sincere regret" as it pleaded guilty to the four charges last week.
A £400,000 fine was reduced to £270,000 because the council pleaded guilty at the earliest opportunity.
The fire started in Lakanal House, Camberwell, due an electrical fault with a television.
Southwark Council must also pay £300,000 costs, Southwark Crown Court ruled.
The victims all lived on the 11th floor.
They were: Dayana Francisquini, 26, and her children, six-year-old Thais, and Felipe, three; Helen Udoaka, 34, and her three-week-old daughter Michelle; and 31-year-old Catherine Hickman.
The charges, dating from 1 October 2006 to 3 July 2009, included a failure to carry out a suitable and sufficient risk assessment, failure to take general fire precautions - including in relation to safety of employees - and a failure to ensure that premises were subject to a suitable system of maintenance.
The council was taken to court by London Fire Brigade.
The court heard deficiencies included:
Richard Matthews QC, for the council, expressed "sincere regret for the failures that were present in the building".
The court heard there had been a major refurbishment on the building in 2006 and 2007.
Mr Matthews said it was a matter of "enormous disappointment and regret" that those works did not identify failures in boxing-in, failures in the ceilings and failures regarding signage on balconies.
London Fire Brigade's assistant commissioner for fire safety Dan Daly said: "The fire at Lakanal House was a particularly harrowing incident and our thoughts remain with the families and loved ones of those who died."
He added he hoped lessons would be learned "so we can reduce the likelihood of such a devastating fire ever happening again". | A council has been fined for breaching fire safety regulations after a tower block blaze in 2009 killed three women and three children. | 39116172 |
Police said they were called to Welley Road in Horton, Berkshire, at about 22:40 BST, where they found two men in their 30s with serious injuries.
Four men have been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder, after what detectives said was an "isolated incident".
Police said three men from Slough, aged 24, 25 and 28, and a fourth suspect, remain in custody.
Det Sgt Dean Brown, said: "There will be an increased police presence in the area whilst our inquiry is ongoing and for reassurance.
"We are asking anyone who might have information in connection with this incident to please call 101." | Two men are critically ill in hospital following an assault on Saturday night. | 40318892 |
The details were revealed in a response by the local authority to a Freedom of Information request.
Storms Desmond, Eva, Frank and Gertrude all caused major issues in the area, as did poor weather on 27 January.
Previous estimates put the costs at above £3.5m but that figure has now risen by another £2m at least.
The figure includes £3.5m in revenue and £900,000 in capital repairs to roads, bridges and embankments.
In addition, £1,500 flat-rate compensation payments, underwritten by the Scottish government, have been made to 165 householders and 117 businesses at a cost of £422,500.
Further discretionary payments to 51 flood-affected homes and 126 businesses have totalled £817,000 while £114,000 has been disbursed in "loss of trade" payments to businesses.
The final tally of the costs will not be known until next month. | The latest estimate of the repairs cost of severe flooding in the Scottish Borders over the winter has put the figure at above £5.5m. | 37365382 |
Taylor's stylish innings came at a run a ball, while Jonny Bairstow smashed 58 off 30, including six sixes, as the tourists posted 368-7 in Kimberley.
Reece Topley, Adil Rashid and Chris Jordan took three wickets each to help dismiss South Africa A for 205.
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England's five-match one-day series against South Africa begins on Wednesday in Bloemfontein.
The form of opener Alex Hales - dismissed on Saturday for 23 following a lean run in the 2-1 Test series victory - is perhaps the biggest concern for England.
They must also decide whether to include the impressive Bairstow, who enjoyed a fine Test series with the bat but has not featured in England's last four one-day internationals. | James Taylor hit 116 as England cruised to a 163-run victory in their 50-over warm-up match against South Africa A. | 35451665 |
The protest was prompted by the news that a rabbi in Bavaria was being investigated over the practice.
The ruling on circumcision was handed down by a court in Cologne in June.
However, the German government has since announced it will legislate to explicitly legalise the practice.
About a thousand people joined the protest to hear speeches from the chief rabbi of Berlin and other religious leaders.
"I'm here to stand for the freedom of religious rights," protester Fereshta Ludin told the BBC.
The court in Cologne had declared that the ritual circumcision of a Muslim boy, in accordance with his parents' faith, had caused the child bodily harm.
The German Medical Association then told doctors across the country to stop performing the procedure.
Both Jews and Muslims feel that, whatever the court intended, the ruling will be used as a way of attacking their religions, the BBC's Stephen Evans in Berlin reports.
On Wednesday, the state government in Berlin announced that circumcision was legal there, as long as it was properly carried out.
The federal government, perhaps in response to international condemnation, has also said it wants to legalise the procedure explicitly, our correspondent adds.
There has also been renewed debate over the practice in the US, one of the countries where it is most prevalent.
Last month, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) published a review of scientific evidence on the circumcision, saying that "the health benefits of newborn male circumcision outweigh the risks of the procedure".
However, the AAP added it did not recommend it for all newborn boys, saying the decision was best left to parents, in consultation with doctors. | Jewish and Muslim organisations have staged a joint protest in the German capital Berlin over a regional court's ruling that the circumcision of young boys constituted bodily harm. | 19535090 |
The crash happened between junctions 1 for Rugby and 2 for Coventry at about 05:00 BST.
A man driving a Sprinter van, aged in his 40s, was confirmed dead at the scene, ambulance crews said. The driver of a Mercedes box van was uninjured.
The motorway was shut until about 10:00 BST and drivers were advised to find other routes, Highways England said.
More updates on this and other stories in Coventry and Warwickshire
A West Midlands Ambulance Service spokeswoman said driver who died was found in cardiac arrest and it was not possible to save him.
Warwickshire Police is investigating and asked anyone who witnessed the crash to make contact. | A man has died in a crash involving two vans on the M6 motorway which closed the southbound carriageway. | 37550228 |
Earlier, Cook had made a battling 52 for the visitors but Essex lost 8-69 as they were bowled out for 129, with Roelof van der Merwe taking 3-26.
Neil Wagner then took 6-48 as the hosts faltered, but Jack Leach and Craig Overton's 50-run last-wicket stand propelled Somerset to 174 all out.
Cook and Nick Browne survived a testing seven overs as Essex closed on 10-0.
Left-hander Cook resumed his first innings on 39 and looked uneasy at the crease as he slashed at a ball from spinner Leach, sending it just wide of Lewis Gregory at first slip.
A misfield allowed the 32-year-old to scamper through for his half-century, which came off 85 balls with nine fours, but was bowled via an inside edge shortly afterwards by Gregory.
Somerset's young English quartet of Craig and Jamie Overton, Leach and Gregory all impressed with the ball as the away side were bundled out still trailing by 80 runs.
Following lunch, Wagner collected his maiden five-wicket haul for Essex as he attacked the Somerset batsmen's off stump.
However, Leach (27 not out) and Craig Overton (22) put the home side in a commanding position on a spinning pitch, leaving Cook and his Essex team-mates a tough task ahead to secure a win on day three. | Former England captain Alastair Cook will resume unbeaten on four as Essex chase 255 to beat Somerset at Taunton. | 39608585 |
Tyrone Henry, 31, of Phoenix Close, Hackney, has also been charged with possession of a firearm with intent to endanger life and being a prohibited person in possession of a firearm.
The detective was shot in the shoulder on Thursday afternoon in Hackney.
Mr Henry is due to appear at Thames Magistrates' Court on Saturday morning.
Met Commissioner Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe paid tribute to the officer saying he had shown "great bravery" and that colleagues had described him as "exceptional".
He remains in a stable condition in hospital. | A man has been charged with the attempted murder of a Metropolitan Police detective during an undercover operation in east London. | 34557161 |
Brian Crickitt, 63, killed Christine Crickitt, 61, with the fast-acting hormone at their home in Sydney.
He did an internet search for "intentional insulin overdose" two days before the murder, the New South Wales Supreme Court heard.
Prosecutors said Crickitt planned to claim her life insurance and continue a relationship with his mistress.
The court heard the GP injected his wife in the bottom sometime on either 31 December 2009 or 1 January 2010.
Crickitt obtained the insulin by using a prescription he had written for a diabetic patient earlier on 31 December.
After administering the lethal dose, he spent the rest of the night with his mistress, Linda Livermore.
Justice Clifton Hoeben, who heard the trial without a jury, found Crickitt guilty of murder on Thursday.
"An increasing dislike for the deceased and his infatuation with Ms Livermore provided a motive for the accused to murder the deceased," he said.
"The only rational explanation for the internet searches relating to insulin death was that the accused was seeking to obtain information to further his plan to murder his wife by an injection of insulin."
Crickitt will be sentenced next year. | An Australian doctor who gave his wife a fatal injection of insulin has been found guilty of murder. | 38258263 |
England are joined by Wales in Pool B, while Scotland take on the likes of France and Portugal in Pool C.
Fiji lead the standings despite a thrilling 29-26 defeat by Samoa in the ninth round of fixtures in Paris.
All times in BST
Pool A
Samoa v USA (10:14)
South Africa v Canada (10:36)
Samoa v Canada (13:20)
South Africa v USA (13:42)
USA v Canada (16:26)
Samoa v South Africa (16:48)
Pool B
Australia v Wales (11:42)
Fiji v England (12:04)
Fiji v Wales (14:48)
Australia v England (15:10)
Fiji v Australia (17:54)
England v Wales (18:16)
Pool C
France v Scotland (09:30)
Kenya v Portugal (09:52)
France v Portugal (12:36)
Kenya v Scotland (12:58)
Scotland v Portugal (15:42)
France v Kenya (16:04)
Pool D
Argentina v Russia (10:58)
New Zealand v Brazil (11:20)
Argentina v Brazil (14:04)
New Zealand v Russia (14:26)
Russia v Brazil (17:10)
Argentina v New Zealand (17:32)
All times in BST
Quarter-finals (from 09:30)
Semi-finals (from 12:36)
Shield final (16:02)
Bowl final (16:32)
Plate final (17:02)
Cup final (17:57) | The 10th and final round of matches in the World Rugby Sevens Series takes place at Twickenham 21-22 May. | 36304250 |
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