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US national William Vahey, 64, taught history and geography at Southbank International School in London from 2009 until 2013.
Since his death last month it has emerged he preyed on dozens of boys.
The investigation is being led by the FBI, with help from the Metropolitan Police.
The teacher, who is also believed to have abused children at other schools around the world, killed himself two days after police in the US filed a warrant to search a computer drive belonging to him containing pornographic images of at least 90 boys aged from 12 to 14, who appeared to be drugged and unconscious.
The FBI revealed it has been "contacted by several hundred individuals from around the globe wishing either to reach out as potential victims or provide information in the ongoing investigation".
Images of between 50 and 60 students at Southbank were found on the computer drive, with the school's chairman of governors, Sir Chris Woodhead, saying he had been left sickened by the revelations which emerged in April.
Many parents at the school have said they do not want to be informed of any details relating to possible offences against their children.
On April 22 officers executed a search warrant at Vahey's address in north London, where officers recovered a laptop and 11 memory sticks.
Vahey was convicted over a child sex offence in California in 1969 but appears to have failed to sign the sexual offenders' register, which allowed him to slip through the net and go on to work in several schools around the world.
He was found dead in Luverne, Minnesota, on 21 March. | Hundreds of potential victims have come forward with information on a convicted paedophile who abused children at a London independent school. | 27408554 |
The 46-year-old will sign a four-year contract it is reported will earn him between £1.5m and £2m per year.
Southgate, who had a four-game stint as interim manager following Sam Allardyce's departure, was interviewed last week by a five-person panel.
The decision to appoint the former England Under-21 coach as permanent boss will be ratified at a Football Association board meeting.
England won two World Cup qualifiers - 2-0 against Malta and 3-0 against Scotland - and drew 0-0 in Slovenia during Southgate's short spell in interim charge.
They also drew 2-2 with Spain in a friendly.
Wednesday's FA board meeting is also likely to dedicate a large amount of time to discussing football's historical sexual abuse scandal and safeguarding measures in the sport.
Subscribe to the BBC Sport newsletter to get our pick of news, features and video sent to your inbox. | Gareth Southgate will be confirmed as permanent England manager on Wednesday. | 38152861 |
City do not have an experienced right-back after releasing out-of-contract duo Pablo Zabaleta and Bacary Sagna.
Guardiola has been linked with Tottenham's Kyle Walker but is understood to be considering whether to bid for 34-year-old Alves, who played for Juve in their Champions League final loss to Real Madrid on 3 June.
It is thought Juve want £5m for Alves.
Guardiola knows Alves well having brought the Brazil international to Barcelona from Sevilla for £23m in 2008.
The pair won three La Liga titles, two Spanish Cups and two Champions Leagues together before Guardiola left the Nou Camp in 2012. | Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola could turn to Juventus' Dani Alves to strengthen his full-back options. | 40321586 |
The 21-year-old local man was in the front seat of a BMW 318 which crashed with another car on the A281 north of Cowfold on Saturday.
He was flown to St George's Hospital in Tooting, south London, where he died from his injuries.
The car crashed with a VW Polo between Cowfold and the A281 junction with Picts Lane.
Three people trapped in the cars were freed by West Sussex Fire and Rescue Service.
The two drivers, both women in their 20s, were taken by ambulance to the Royal Sussex County Hospital, Brighton, with serious injuries.
Sussex Police have renewed their appeal for any witnesses to the crash to come forward. | A passenger in a car which crashed in West Sussex has died in hospital. | 34841098 |
The country's official news agency, WAM, announced the disappearance without giving further details.
The Saudi-led coalition of which UAE is a part has been carrying out airstrikes in Yemen since March 2015 in support of President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi.
Some 6,000 people have been killed in the Yemen conflict.
It is the first known loss of an Emirati jet in the conflict.
In December, a Bahraini F-16 crashed in Saudi Arabia due to a "technical error", while in May a Moroccan warplane came down over Yemen.
Both jets were taking part in the Yemen campaign, which has the codename "Operation Decisive Storm" | The United Arab Emirates has said that one of its warplane taking part in a mission against Houthi rebels in Yemen is missing. | 35800511 |
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The club had produced top divers in the past, but by 1990 it had fallen by the wayside.
Peter Smith, who competed in the 1986 and 1990 Commonwealth Games, revived the school in 2004.
The former club member, who is set to be an official on the 10m platform at Glasgow 2014, said the club had grown so big recently, that there was now a waiting list.
If you would like to know more about getting into diving, take a look at our dedicated guide. | Ayr Diving Club is enjoying a boom following the success of British divers like Tom Daley and James Heatly. | 28233325 |
She said five months of escalating bullying has had a "terrible effect" on her daughter.
The school said it took the attack "very seriously" and had expelled the pupil concerned and apologised to the girl's parents.
Greater Manchester Police confirmed it was investigating the shooting.
The woman told BBC Radio Manchester her daughter was shot by another pupil but was unhurt.
She said the girl had been physically attacked several times and was regularly abused and insulted.
"Our child came home to us in December and said she couldn't take any more and was going to throw herself off a bridge," said the mother.
"I had emailed the school about the escalation of the bullying and I don't think they dealt with it quickly enough - if they dealt with it sooner I don't think it would have escalated to this point."
A statement from the school confirmed a ball bearing pellet gun was fired at a pupil.
It added: "The matter has been treated very seriously and the pupil who fired the BB gun has been permanently excluded.
"We wish to send a message out to our community that this behaviour is completely unacceptable and will result in removal from our school.
"We have enlisted the support of a national organisation to help us further with our training of staff and pupils and support for our transgender pupils.
"We have met with the parents of the pupil to apologise and to see what we can do further as a school." | The mother of an 11-year-old transgender girl who was shot with a BB gun claims her school has not done enough to stop the bullying. | 38909360 |
The result leaves Arsenal behind in the race for a top-four league spot, which gets a team in to next season's Champions League competition.
Palace led through Andros Townsend's close-range finish, doubling their lead when Yohan Cabaye's shot looped in.
Luka Milivojevic clinched victory with a penalty as Palace moved six points clear of the relegation zone.
Sixth-placed Arsenal did not manage a shot on target in a poor second half.
Some travelling Arsenal fans again called for manager Wenger, who has led Arsenal to top-four finishes in each of his previous 20 seasons as boss, to leave the club.
The Frenchman's side are seven points behind fourth-placed Manchester City with eight games remaining. | Crystal Palace boosted their Premier League survival hopes with a strong win against Arsenal. | 39563311 |
Shoppers were barred from entering Rhyl's White Rose Centre while police began an investigation.
North Wales Police said a number of shops have been burgled, but it is unclear how much has been stolen.
The centre was also forced to close last August after several shops were targeted by thieves. | A shopping centre in Denbighshire was forced to shut for two hours on Friday after a series of break-ins. | 38343174 |
People are due to gather at Portobello Beach in Edinburgh to see the 149-metre-tall towers brought down at noon on Saturday.
A second controlled explosion will then demolish the turbine hall.
Cockenzie, which generated 150 terawatt hours of electricity every year, was decommissioned in March 2013.
Its towers have been a landmark in the area for almost 50 years.
Scottish Power project manager George Camps said 150 holes had been drilled in each tower, then filled with explosives.
"The drill holes weaken the structure when the charges go off," he explained.
"They are on one side, which causes the chimneys to come in towards each other."
The "button press", which will start demolition of both chimneys, will be carried out by East Lothian resident Donald McCulloch, who won a charity raffle.
An exclusion zone will be in place from 09:00 to ensure that the demolition can be carried out safely.
The safety restrictions will cover the Greenhills, sections of Edinburgh Road and the John Muir Way, as well as extending into the Firth of Forth.
There will also be traffic restrictions around the power station from 07:00.
Scottish Power said viewing locations in the immediate vicinity of the power station would be very limited.
The twin chimney stacks were constructed in time for the coal station opening in 1967. The turbine hall structure is predominantly made of steel.
Craig Yorkston, who worked at Cockenzie Power Station for 30 years, said: "I think its quite a pretty power station.
"I've seen many power stations, and Cockenzie seemed to be designed and built to try and fit as much as possible into the local surroundings." | Thousands of people are expected to watch the demolition of the twin chimney stacks at the former Cockenzie Power Station in East Lothian. | 34346997 |
Vital Energi stopped construction on the John Radcliffe and Churchill hospital pipe after Oxford City Council said it had no planning permission.
Oxfordshire County Council said the firm should start repairing the hole if the work does not resume.
The NHS said the existing hole will now be temporarily filled in.
Mark Neal, the head of estates for Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, said its contractor would "clarify its planning requirements".
He added: "The public road, where initial digging has taken place, is being reinstated with a temporary road surface as requested."
The ??14.8m scheme is to take 18 months and aims to upgrade the hospitals' heating systems, resulting in a 1.6-mile (2.2 km) pipeline.
But Oxford City Council said the company needed planning permission so on Wednesday work was suspended.
Oxfordshire County Council said: "We have asked Vital Energi if they are going to be in a position to restart their work on All Saints Road.
"If they aren't, we have requested they fill the dug-up trench and reinstate the road with a temporary surface so the closure can be removed and the road reopened."
Residents have previously complained about a lack of information regarding the project.
Works are planned in Woodlands Road, Sandfield Road, London Road, Latimer Road, All Saints Road, Stapleton Road, Old Road and Churchill Drive.
The BBC has contacted Vital Energi for comment. | A contractor installing an underground pipeline between two Oxford hospitals is filling a trench after a demand from the county council. | 35253978 |
The man, in his 70s, was clocked driving at high speed on the M55 towards Blackpool on Monday evening.
Police said a patrol car signalled for him to stop but he came off the motorway and pulled into a Tesco car park at Clifton Retail Park.
He told police he "knew they were there" but needed the toilet. He has been reported for speeding.
Lancashire Police said: "We followed him and signalled for him to stop at junction four. He didn't stop - but didn't speed off either - and turned towards Tesco.
"We again signalled for him to stop and caught up with him at the retail park.
"He told us he knew we were there but was desperate for the toilet so didn't stop."
Sir Alex Ferguson was found not guilty of illegally driving on a motorway hard shoulder in 1999 after he told a court he was rushing to get to a lavatory.
Magistrates agreed with the then Manchester United manager's defence that it was an "emergency," and cleared him.
Bury Magistrates' Court was told he had been suffering from severe diarrhoea while driving on the M602, in Eccles, Greater Manchester. | A motorist caught driving at 115mph failed to stop for police because he was "desperate for the toilet". | 36853861 |
West Devon Councillors voted unanimously in favour of the scheme for Hatherleigh.
Campaigners had argued the market was the "soul" of the town.
Alongside the houses, the project would see a new area of public space allowing the town's general market on a Tuesday to continue.
The family which owned the cattle market said with livestock numbers dropping, it was no longer viable.
Planning consultants have been brought in to work with the council and local people to develop the scheme.
Richard May, the agent representing the owners, said: "We've got it right after four years of consultation.
"The market will remain and go forward. Towns need to evolve and change. We want the market to be the centre of the scheme."
West Devon Borough Council said the proposed scheme would help to address an increase in housing need in the borough.
About 10% of the proposed homes will be affordable.
Planners described the scheme, which also includes a small supermarket, as "good and appropriate".
Local newsagent Nick Lang-Taylor, said while it was a "scary and massive" change, on the whole he believed it was a positive one.
However, Neil Pryce, a resident who has campaigned against the proposal, said: "Once a week the town comes alive. You can buy anything from a duck to a loaf of bread.
"The market is the soul of Hatherleigh. The plan has 230-odd parking spaces. Last week we counted 435 cars in the car park.
"We don't mind change, but we don't want revolution."
The charter for a weekly market in Hatherleigh was granted by Henry III in 1220, according to the town's community website.
Over the centuries a variety of auctions have been held at the market including cattle, sheep, poultry and more recently machinery sales. | Plans to close and demolish an ancient Devon cattle market and build more than 100 houses on the site have been approved. | 26438961 |
The couple had escaped from traffickers after arriving in Dover, Kent, and eventually settled in Bournemouth.
The children were placed in foster care over social services' concerns about the family home, domestic violence and the woman's mental health.
The parents were later evicted and returned to Slovakia.
Their current whereabouts are unknown and Mr Justice Baker said it was unrealistic to return the two-year-old girl and one-year-old boy to Slovakia.
The judge, who sits in the Family Division of the High Court, described the family's background as "sad and disturbing".
He said the couple, who are both in their 30s, married in Slovakia four years ago.
The woman, who is Hungarian and of "Roma origin", is illiterate, has learning difficulties and was raised on the street in Slovakia as part of a homeless family.
The man is also Hungarian and has a "low IQ", the judge said.
The woman gave birth in May 2013 and May 2014 after arriving in England.
The children were placed in foster care in July 2014 after social services raised a number of worries, including the conditions of their home.
The couple were evicted from the home in early 2015 and returned to Slovakia.
The judge heard evidence from social workers in the country who said the children would probably go into a children's home while efforts were made to place them with relatives.
If that was unsuccessful, they would be fostered or placed for adoption.
Mr Justice Baker said a move to Slovakia would be a "sudden interruption" for the children and deemed that their "cultural needs" were outweighed by their need for security and stability, which were being met by their current foster carers. | Two children born in England to parents who were trafficked from Slovakia should be placed for adoption in England, a High Court judge has ruled. | 35587000 |
She announced on Sunday that she will continue as MP for Brighton Pavilion, and hopes to "dedicate even more of my work to the political front line".
She was elected as the party's first solo leader for England and Wales in 2008, after it switched from a system of having two principal speakers.
She became the party's first MP in the 2010 general election.
She tweeted
that she was "standing down as Leader to open doors to new Green Party Leader".
"The reason that I've decided not to re-stand... is because I want to give other people the opportunity to get well known, to have some profile in the party, hopefully to use that to get themselves elected as well," she explained further to BBC Radio 4's Westminster Hour.
In her statement, she praised party gains in the past few years, including its first Westminster seat, first local council and its share of the vote in this month's London mayoral election and council elections.
"I'm hugely honoured to have served as the first leader of the Green Party and I'm proud that during the four years of my term, we've moved Green politics forward to a higher level, with the party by far the most influential it has ever been," she said.
"I look forward to continuing to do all I can in my very demanding role as the MP for Brighton Pavilion, representing my constituents and defending them against the coalition government's disastrous economic policies and its refusal to accept its environmental and social responsibilities."
Before she became leader she was the MEP for South East England. | Green Party leader Caroline Lucas says she will not be seeking re-election when her second term ends in September. | 18054725 |
Best, 33, was reported to have a tight calf but the Ireland management are confident the hooker will resume training on Thursday.
"The medics feel like he should be fine and ready to go for Thursday," said Ireland's skills coach Richie Murphy.
"He was a little tight in the calf at the end of training yesterday."
Murphy described Best's absence from Tuesday's session as precautionary, although the Ireland captain will need to prove his fitness on Thursday when the team for the Scotland game will be announced.
Simon Zebo looks certain to remain at full-back with Rob Kearney again ruled out by the hamstring injury that forced him to miss the 58-15 win over Italy.
Eoin Reddan and Cian Healy, who also missed the Italy game, will be in contention to feature against the Scots after resuming training this week.
Prop Healy was ruled out against Italy with a hamstring issue while scrum-half Reddan was sidelined with a calf problem.
"Eoin Reddan returned to training on Tuesday. Cian Healy trained Monday and Tuesday as well," added Murphy.
Ireland could well field the same starting XV as against Italy should Best come through his fitness worry, with the return of Leinster duo Healy and Reddan potentially bolstering resources on the bench. | Ireland captain Rory Best missed training on Tuesday but is still expected to be fit for Saturday's Six Nations game against Scotland. | 35815950 |
However, football's world governing body will open disciplinary proceedings against the Italian champions after asking both clubs last month for "clarification on the deal".
The enquiry was believed to concern who was involved in the £89.3m transfer, and how much they were paid.
It has been reported Pogba's agent, Mino Raiola, earned £41m from the deal.
A Fifa spokesman said: "We can confirm that disciplinary proceedings have been opened against Juventus FC. We cannot comment further as proceedings are ongoing.
"We can confirm that no disciplinary proceedings have been opened against Manchester United."
It has been alleged Fifa's interest in the transfer could be related to the issue of third-party ownership, although that has been denied by Raiola.
France midfielder Pogba, 24, is in his second spell at Old Trafford, having left the club for Juventus for £1.5m in 2012.
The France midfielder first joined United from French side Le Havre in acrimonious circumstances in 2009. He returned to the club last summer for a world record fee of 105m euros.
United also agreed to pay Juventus 5m euros (£4.5m) in performance-related bonuses plus other costs, including 5m euros if Pogba signs a new contract.
When they confirmed the transfer, Juventus said the "economic effect" to their club was "about 72.6m euros".
A book published in Germany last month - The Football Leaks: The Dirty Business of Football - and reproduced in media reports, included what it says is a breakdown of the fee for the France international.
When contacted by the BBC last month, Raiola declined to comment and said the matter was in the hands of his lawyers. | Manchester United have been cleared by Fifa of wrongdoing in the deal to sign Paul Pogba from Juventus last August. | 40349361 |
The Dow Jones was down 57.32 points at 16,639.97, while the S&P 500 fell 3.65 points at 1,948.05.
The tech-heavy Nasdaq index climbed 8.27 points to 4,590.47.
Shares in oil firms fell after US crude fell 0.9% to trade at $32.79 a barrel, Exxon Mobil was 0.32 lower and Chevron fell by 1.11%.
Shares in Caterpillar, the world's largest construction and mining equipment maker, were up 0.6%.
Earlier in the week, the company gave more details of a major restructuring, which will see it combine two divisions dealing with power and energy. | (Close): US shares were mixed at the close after the growth estimate for the fourth quarter of 2015 was revised up to 1% from 0.7%. | 35666995 |
Police said a man, 71, was in custody after his arrest on Thursday morning in the Wisbech area of Cambridgeshire.
Officers are searching a property in Norfolk.
Mr Martin lived alone at a farmhouse in Emneth Hungate, Norfolk, when he caught Brendon Fearon and Fred Barras inside.
Live updates: Tony Martin arrested on suspicion of firearm offence
He fired his shotgun three times towards the intruders, killing Mr Barras, 16.
The case provoked a national debate about the measures homeowners can take to defend their property.
Mr Martin was released in 2003 after serving two-thirds of a five-year sentence.
He was found guilty of murder in 2000, but his conviction was reduced on appeal to manslaughter.
Norfolk police said in a statement: "As part of a planned operation, a 71-year-old man has been arrested in Wisbech this morning on suspicion of possession of an illegal firearm.
"A police search of a property in Emneth Hungate is currently being undertaken." | Farmer Tony Martin, who was jailed after a fatal shooting in 1999, has been arrested on suspicion of illegal firearm possession, the BBC understands. | 35206113 |
Karen Lamplugh's Facebook post went viral as she tried to find the woman who gave train tickets to the pair, who had been at the Ariana Grande concert.
The post by Ms Lamplugh, from Holytown, was shared more than 4,000 times.
She later posted an update to say it had helped her identify the Good Samaritan as Joanna Forrester.
The post said: "Asking for fb help here to find the kind woman from today as many of you know my daughter Nicola Lamplugh and her best friend Chelsea Aitchison were at the Ariana Grande concert in Manchester arena last night.
"This very kind lady who is from this area Glasgow/Lanarkshire who gave them her tickets to Glasgow central as her husband was driving down to Manchester to pick her and her 2 daughters up.
"I'm asking for the power of here to see if I can trace her as I would like to thank her, These are the tickets she gave them. Thanks xx"
She later added: "We have now found this kind woman who gave her tickets to my daughter Nicola and Chelsea her name is Joanna Forrester.
"I would like to thank her so much for her act of kindness it restores my faith in humanity when things like this happen and also to the kind people of Manchester who help everyone involved." | A mother has thanked the woman who helped her daughter and best friend get back to Glasgow after the terror attack in Manchester. | 40026570 |
3 November 2015 Last updated at 15:53 GMT
They appear to show a huge burning meteor flying through the night sky.
The green fireball is seen falling from the sky and burning up, until it disappears.
It was seen by lots of people across the capital city Bangkok and other areas.
The Thai Astronomical Society believe it could be a "fireball" because of it's brightness. | These exciting pictures were captured by a driver in Bangkok in Thailand on his dashboard camera or 'dashcam'. | 34710747 |
The march is scheduled to take place on Sunday 7 August.
But the Parades Commission has banned it from passing the Lower Falls area.
The ruling follows trouble at last year's parade. The commission cited "deliberate breaches" of conditions for the 2015 parade and the "extremely high risks of public disorder" as reasons.
Three men and a woman were arrested after petrol bombs, stones and bottles were thrown at police after they stopped the parade entering Belfast city centre last year.
The Parades Commission said the group had not abided by parade conditions in the past and did not give enough assurances about this year's event.
However, the parade organisers said Irish republicans were being excluded from what should be a shared city centre space.
AIL spokesperson Gerard Fitzpatrick said: "We have absolutely no real explanation of why we cannot march into the city centre which is our city centre. We are told we live in a society of equals. Why can we not then march into our city centre?"
The parade's organisers expect to be in court for their challenge by the middle of next week. | The organisers of a republican anti-internment parade are to seek a judicial review of a ruling barring them from Belfast city centre. | 36927470 |
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The 28-year-old was released from hospital on Sunday after being struck by a straight drive from Birmingham Bears' Sam Hain during Saturday's game.
The decision was taken after further tests in hospital on Tuesday.
It will allow Fletcher, who suffered a concussion, "adequate time to recover and complete a monitored care plan".
"While we are all obviously very disappointed, Luke's health is of paramount importance and comes first," said Nottinghamshire director of cricket Mick Newell.
"We will continue to give him every support as he undergoes his recovery."
Fletcher told BBC East Midlands Today: "I am disappointed, but after the head scan, one of the doctors did mention that I might not feature again this season.
"I got my head around it pretty early on. I went back to see the surgeon in Birmingham and he just told me that it would be it for the season.
"It is hard to take. I worked hard this winter to make sure I could put the performances in to help Notts.
"But if you look back at the footage, I feel lucky in other ways to still be around." | Nottinghamshire bowler Luke Fletcher has been ruled out for the rest of the season after being hit in the head by the ball in a T20 Blast match. | 40580846 |
Members of the RMT union in Penzance walked out at about 04:00 GMT and are also set to take 48 hours of industrial action from 06:00 GMT on Easter Sunday.
FGW said the man was sacked for breaching safety guidelines but RMT urged the train company to "see sense and reinstate" him.
Delays to services have been reported.
RMT General Secretary Mick Cash said: "It is clear that there is a culture of bullying and intimidation of staff in the money-spinning operation which is First Great Western.
"We will not allow this culture to go unchallenged." | Train passengers are facing delays to services after a 24-hour strike by First Great Western (FGW) staff over the dismissal of a manager. | 32083086 |
Inflatables resembling characters from the popular game have been deployed to ward off nuisance gulls that cause mess in Rhyl during the warmer months.
Firms using the balloons say they keep gulls from street level.
But the council says they are now being removed by people "who take a fancy to them".
Angry Birds, which was created in Finland, is hugely popular with millions of people playing the game on smart phones, tablets, computers and games consoles.
Denbighshire council said a raptor-style kite it flew over Rhyl's streets to deter gulls last year had "worked well" but kept getting tangled on a post. And now its latest deterrent is also encountering problems.
"Yes, we know these weird 'Angry Bird'-type scare balloons look a bit daft but they do seem to work," says a council spokesperson.
"The only problem is that, while they may scare the seagulls away, not so for people who take a fancy to them and take them home with them." | 'Angry Birds' balloons being used to scare off a Denbighshire town's seagulls are also being taken by passersby, the county council has said. | 32531466 |
The woman, believed to be in her 30s, was found dead at a house on Bankholme Court in the Holmewood area on Boxing Day.
West Yorkshire Police arrested two men, aged 33 and 42, on suspicion of murder.
The 33-year-old man has been released without charge, while the other man remains in custody, the force said.
Officers are appealing for anyone with information to contact them.
A cause of death is yet to be established and a post-mortem is due to take place later, police said.
More on this and other local stories from across West Yorkshire | One of two men arrested on suspicion of murder after a woman was found dead in Bradford has been released without charge, police have said. | 38452915 |
The iconic silkscreen portrait fetched $11m in the sale at Sotheby's on Sunday.
It was bought by an unnamed Asian collector.
In the past, Chinese officials had stopped versions of the painting being exhibited on the mainland, where censors closely guard Mao's depiction.
Just four years ago, during the first comprehensive survey of Warhol's art in China, the Mao portraits were nowhere to be seen.
The portraits, based on a photo in Mao's Little Red Book, are among the most famous images of the 20th Century.
The images immortalised the founder of China's Communist Party as a Pop Art commodity, in the vein of Warhol's Marilyn Monroe and Campbell's Soup Cans.
Warhol began the Mao series in 1972 when ties between then Cold War foes China and the US began to thaw after the historic trip to Beijing by US President Richard Nixon.
Chairman Mao was a political leader both deeply revered and feared, and certainly an unlikely subject for the bold colour contrasts of the Pop Art movement.
This particular Mao portrait was sold in 2014 in London for £7.6m ($9.4m) to an also unnamed buyer. | An Andy Warhol portrait of Chairman Mao has been sold at a historic auction in Hong Kong - but fell short of its top estimate of $15m (£12m; HK$116m). | 39472630 |
The Orfordness lighthouse, in Suffolk, is 10m (32ft) from the sea after the gap halved over the past four years.
Nicholas Gold, of the Orfordness Lighthouse Trust, said a £10,000 appeal had been set up for urgent repairs.
Storms forecast for this week pose a "real risk" of causing "significant damage" to the lighthouse, he said.
The trust said strong winds and high tides had eroded the shore around the Grade II-listed building, built in 1792.
"If the work is not carried out in the next few weeks, the lighthouse will, in all likelihood, not be standing in a year's time," said Mr Gold.
"It's perilously close to falling in the sea."
The appeal hopes to raise cash to shore up the beach with bags of shingle.
The lighthouse was purchased by Mr Gold in 2013 from Trinity House, the country's general lighthouse authority.
The trust has spent £20,000 bolstering the sea defences over the past two years.
But it said a long-term solution was necessary involving building a steel wall around the around the front of the lighthouse and its outbuildings - at a cost of about £190,000.
The beach around the lighthouse is owned by the trust and is on a nature reserve owned by the National Trust. | A lighthouse is "perilously close" to falling into the sea after being exposed by coastal erosion, a charity trust has warned. | 35231897 |
The 57-year-old told an audience in New York on Friday it would start "from [his] first memory" and "hopefully... go all the way up to the Super Bowl" half-time performance he gave in 2007.
The book is tentatively titled The Beautiful Ones, after a track from Prince's 1984 Purple Rain album.
Publisher Spiegel & Grau said it would "take readers on an unconventional and poetic journey" through Prince's life.
The publishing house, an imprint of Random House, said the memoir would include stories about Prince's music, "the family that shaped him and the people, places and ideas that fired his creative imagination."
"The good people of Random House have made me an offer that I can't refuse," Prince is reported by the New York Times to have said.
The singer said he was working on the book with his "brother Dan" - a reference to Dan Piepenbring, web editor of The Paris Review.
"He's a good critic and that's what I need," Prince continued on Friday. "He's not a 'yes man' at all and he's really helping me get through this."
"We're thrilled to be publishing Prince's powerful reflections on his own life in his own incandescently vivid, witty and poetic voice," said Chris Jackson, Spiegel & Grau's executive editor. | Pop star Prince has said he is writing a memoir, to be published next year. | 35856420 |
His appointment was ratified earlier after he was chosen by new Police and Crime Commissioner Sue Mountstevens.
Mr Gargan, the former chief constable and chief executive of the National Policing Improvement Agency (NPIA), is due to start work on 1 March.
He replaces Colin Port who is retiring at the end of the month after refusing to re-apply for his own job.
Mr Gargan's appointment was officially confirmed by a meeting of the force's police and crime panel following his selection last week.
The selection process was threatened when the current chief constable, Mr Port, mounted a legal challenge to the decision by the commissioner to open up his job for interview when his existing contract runs out on 26 January.
Mr Port's application for an injunction to stop the selection process for his successor was refused by a high court judge.
Mr Gargan, who is also a previous assistant chief constable of the Thames Valley force, said it had been a "turbulent time" but he hoped to repay the confidence of the PCC and the panel through "hard work and common sense".
He said: "I acknowledge the contribution of Colin Port - we go back a long way and I have nothing but respect for him and his achievements.
"But I do understand that as the new chief, people will be looking at me to settle things down and basically just get on with the job." | Nick Gargan has been officially confirmed as the new Chief Constable of Avon and Somerset Police. | 21048446 |
Members of the EIS union had been taking industrial action in support of a colleague they claimed had been "sacked unfairly via a flawed disciplinary process".
A ballot of EIS members at the college recorded 76% support for the strike.
In place of the strike planned for Tuesday, union officials and college management will hold talks with the conciliation service Acas. | A planned strike by lecturers at Edinburgh College has been suspended. | 39242955 |
The 26-year-old has signed a four-year deal at The Hawthorns.
The Wales international played 156 league games for Hull, who were relegated from the Premier League in May.
Baggies boss Tony Pulis said: "James did very well for Hull City. I've had a good chat with him and he's the type of player I like."
Fellow Premier League side Leicester City were also interested in Chester, who started his career at Manchester United, making one appearance.
He joined Hull in 2011 following loan spells at Peterborough, Plymouth and Carlisle.
Hull manager Steve Bruce earlier told BBC Radio Humberside: "We've said all summer that it is inevitable that we are going to lose a few players because that is the fallout of relegation.
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"He has served the club fantastically well in the time he has been here and how can you deny him the opportunity to play in the Premier League?
"The money we get from him we will re-invest back into the squad."
Bruce added that he expects winger Robbie Brady, 23, to be the next departure from the KC Stadium.
The Republic of Ireland international has been heavily linked with a transfer to Norwich City.
"We said from day one that if the price is right then we are not going to stand in anybody's way," he said.
"James and Robbie had one year left on their contracts and they made it clear they wanted to play in the Premier League. We have to look after the club."
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page. | West Bromwich Albion have signed Hull City defender James Chester for a fee of £8m. | 33689365 |
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The 33-year-old former Leeds United, Manchester United and Newcastle United man, who started his career as a striker but now plays in midfield, will also take on a coaching role.
Smith, capped 19 times by England, was not offered new terms by MK Dons for next season.
He told BBC East Midlands Today: "I'll bring a drive to succeed at all costs."
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The former Leeds academy product started 18 games for MK Dons last season and made 11 substitute appearances.
He is relishing the chance to play for manager Shaun Derry.
"We seem to get on as people," Smith said. "We are both very honest. We are both very passionate and committed to what we do, and when the opportunity came I jumped at the chance.
"We are trying to create an environment that breeds a winning mentality."
Derry is convinced Smith, who has played 498 domestic games and scored 71 goals during a 15-year, four-club career, will have a huge impact on the dressing room.
"I am absolutely delighted," Derry told BBC Radio Nottingham. "Everyone is aware of what he is as a player and where he has been and the fantastic clubs he has been at.
"But he is not just joining to be a player who can produce the performances, he will be a fantastic influence in the dressing room - which is where I felt we struggled." | Notts County have completed the signing of former England international Alan Smith on a one-year contract. | 27483689 |
Billy Monger, 17, was airlifted to hospital after crashing with another car on the track mid-race on 16 April.
From hospital, he posted on Facebook that Bonny "gave me the will to keep fighting" and thanked everyone for their "love and generosity".
A campaign to raise money for his future has raised more than £750,000.
Billy, from Charlwood in Surrey, wrote the support he had received from fellow motor racers, fans, and everyone has been "awesome and truly inspirational".
"Your kind words have given me and my family the strength to get through this past week," he posted from the Queen's Medical Centre in Nottingham.
The Formula 4 driver also said that without emergency crews at the Leicestershire track and medical staff "I wouldn't be here today".
"I will always thank you all for saving my life," he said.
"The one true hero of this tragic event has been my sister, Bonny who gave me the will to keep fighting.
"A value that I will continue to hold now... and for the rest of my life."
The Just Giving page was set up by Steven Hunter, head of Billy's team Derbyshire-based JHR Developments, to help the 17-year-old "return to a full and active life".
The donations came in swiftly, including one from Formula 1 driver Jenson Button and F1 driver Max Verstappen, who both donated £15,000.
Billy's F4 former rival Devlin DeFrancesco made a donation of £26,000.
Hundreds of people have sent messages of support to the teenager and a hashtag, #billywhizz, has been widely shared on social media.
Billy was competing in the Formula 4 British Championship, a motor racing series which features a mix of professional motor racing teams and privately funded drivers. | A teenage racing driver who had both legs amputated after a crash at Donington Park has said his sister has been his "one true hero". | 39714167 |
Joy Ballard scooped the Plato trophy at the Pearson Teaching Awards ceremony in London on Sunday evening in the secondary head teachers' category.
Mrs Ballard is credited with making Willows High School in Cardiff one of Wales' most improved schools.
After three years there, she now runs an academy in the Isle of Wight.
The awards are given to 11 teachers in different categories.
Pearson called Mrs Ballard an "outstanding head teacher who has brought new life to a school which needed a fresh vision to improve the lives of its pupils and its community".
Mrs Ballard left school with no qualifications but was inspired to become a teacher when she returned to education as an adult.
One of her students at Willows said: "A few years ago, it was definitely not cool to do well at our school. Now we all help each other."
The Pearson awards were founded in 1998 by Lord Puttnam to celebrate excellence in education.
The ceremony will be broadcast as "Britain's Classroom Heroes" on BBC2 at 18:00 GMT on Sunday 25 October 2015. | The head teacher who rose to fame in the Channel 4 television series Educating Cardiff has won a head teacher of the year award. | 34568971 |
The £89m signing from Juventus played the full 90 minutes, 1,616 days after his previous appearance for the club.
He had more passes (71), touches (103), shots (4) and won more duels (20) than any other United player.
Mourinho said the France international had "such an ego, such a personality".
Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored both goals for United, to take his record to three Premier League goals in two games. He also scored in the Community Shield.
After the game Mourinho was asked about Pogba, the 23-year-old midfielder who left United for about £1.5m in 2012 to Juventus, before returning this summer.
His first touch for the club since playing in a 5-0 win at Wolves in March 2012 saw him concede possession.
Mourinho told BBC Sport: "It just shows the personality of the player. His first match, his first touch was a bad one and led to a counter-attack and a free-kick and an opportunity for the opponent but he was not affected. The boy is fantastic."
Pogba, whose last game was France's Euro 2016 final defeat by Portugal, ran 11.2km, the third most of any player.
"He could have played 30 minutes more, he could have played extra-time, no problem," added Mourinho.
Pogba said: "It's a great feeling. I was relaxed, didn't have nerves and played my game. I came here to win, that is what I always wanted. It's a top club.
"The first ball, I lost it, but got used to it. After that I felt better, touched the ball and played with the team.
"We dream big. United are a big club. I know we will do big things this season."
Subscribe to the BBC Sport newsletter to get our pick of news, features and video sent to your inbox. | Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho praised "fantastic" midfielder Paul Pogba after the world's most expensive player made his first start in the 2-0 win over Southampton. | 37138339 |
One of the soldiers was from the Queen's Royal Lancers and the other was from the Royal Engineers. Their next of kin have been informed.
Task Force Helmand spokesman Lt Col James Carr-Smith said the two, who died on Saturday, would be "greatly missed".
The deaths took the number of British military personnel killed in operations in Afghanistan since 2001 to 337.
Lt Col Carr-Smith added: "It is with great sadness I must inform you that a soldier from the Queen's Royal Lancers and a soldier from the Royal Engineers were killed this afternoon west of Lashkar Gah.
"They were attached to the 1st Battalion Scots Guards Battlegroup. The soldiers were part of a ground domination patrol when they were struck by an explosion.
"They will be greatly missed and their sacrifice will not be forgotten. We will remember them."
An MoD spokesman said the deaths were not a result of insurgent activity aiming to disrupt the Afghan parliamentary elections. | Two British soldiers have been killed in an explosion in Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) has said. | 11361450 |
Ryan Gray, 24, was discovered with stab wounds by police on Horsell Road, Islington, on 4 June. Mr Gray, who is from Islington, died four days later.
The teenager, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was found guilty of murder and sentenced at the Old Bailey earlier.
Met Police described the stabbing as "shocking and violent".
A post-mortem confirmed the cause of death as a stab wound to the chest. | A 17-year-old boy who stabbed a man to death in north London has been sentenced to 15 years detention. | 31816051 |
Mark Jones, 45, of Cwmbran, has pleaded not guilty to murder and is being tried at Newport Crown Court.
Amelia Rose Jones died in November 2012, two days after police were called to a home in Pontnewydd, Cwmbran, following concerns over her health, the court heard.
The trial has been adjourned for the day and will restart on Wednesday. | A jury has been sworn in for the trial of a man accused of killing his five-week-old granddaughter. | 32037224 |
Scotland have lost nine consecutive matches against Wales since winning 21-9 at Murrayfield in 2007.
Vern Cotter's team beat Ireland 27-22 in a the opening round of the Six Nations, but lost 22-16 to France.
"I think it's going to be one heck of a game," said former Wales and British and Irish Lions captain Bennett.
"They are going to want to beat them badly because Wales have given them some hidings over the last few years.
"Scotland are revived and Murrayfield will be packed out.
"The passion, the singing when they were beating Ireland. I haven't seen that from a Scottish crowd for a long time."
Bennett was in the Wales team that lost in Murrayfield in 1973, and came on as a replacement in the 12-10 defeat in 1975.
He was captain of the Wales team that won 18-9 in 1977, scoring one of the great tries in the history of the Five Nations Championship.
He believes Wales' coaching staff will resist calls for changes after their 21-16 home loss to England.
"I've been to Murrayfield and it's a tough place to play, so I can't see Wales making many changes," he said.
"I think the influence of Glasgow and their coach Gregor Townsend is obvious on this Scotland team.
"They're playing with excitement and flair.
"But it will be a heck of a game and it's one I'm looking forward to because Scotland won't change the way they play, they'll run it, and I wonder if Wales will take up the challenge and say 'come on. let's have a go back against them'."
Meanwhile, Scotland will be without captain Grieg Laidlaw who has been ruled out of the tournament with an ankle injury. | Rugby legend Phil Bennett says Scotland will "want to beat Wales badly" when the teams meet in Edinburgh on 25 February. | 38981760 |
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Burnett won the IBF world bantamweight title by split decision as two judges had him a 119-107 winner but Clark Sammartino had him losing 118-108.
"His scorecard was excellent: it was just the wrong way around," Hearn said.
British Boxing Board of Control general secretary Robert Smith told BBC Sport the judge "won't be coming back".
Smith said he had not spoken to Sammartino but would be speaking to the IBF next week about the American's performance.
"He got it wrong," Smith added. "Luckily, the right man won.
"I will advise the IBF of our dissatisfaction."
Burnett, 25, knocked down defending champion Haskins, 33, in the sixth and 11th rounds during Saturday's fight in Belfast.
"I've never seen anything like it," said Hearn.
"I presume the split decision will be revoked. It'll be a unanimous decision, it must be."
Belfast boxer Burnett was taking part in only his 17th professional fight.
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Asked if he would be bothered by the result being declared a split decision, Burnett said: "Absolutely not."
He added: "I almost fainted in the ring. I thought, 'they're going to take it off me here'.
"Thank God the decision went in the right direction." | Promoter Eddie Hearn believes the judge who scored Lee Haskins as the winner against Ryan Burnett got the two identities of the boxers mixed up. | 40237875 |
Ferns played Trevor Morgan in the London soap from 2000 to 2002 and was at the centre of a harrowing domestic violence storyline.
He will take on the character of menacing criminal Rick Harper in the Shieldinch show.
The actor said Rick was going "to bring some heat" to the programme.
"He's old school, definitely not afraid of anybody in any sense," he said.
"I think he's going to be quite charming and funny but he can turn violent if he has to. Obviously, I'm nothing like that."
Ferns, who was born in Lennoxtown in East Dunbartonshire but grew up mainly in South Africa, won "Villain of the Year" at the British Soap Awards in 2002 after the EastEnders storyline involving his wife Mo Slater [Kacey Ainsworth].
On his return to Scotland, he said: "I always feel better when I come back, more at home.
"It's going to be great working on a show that's Scottish, made for Scotland. The River City set is incredible and everyone here seems really friendly. I'm a bit like the new boy which is to be expected really."
Another new face to join River City is Glasgow actor Iain Robertson who takes on the role of Stevie Adams, the wayward eldest son of Scarlett.
Stevie was last seen in 2005 when he was sent to jail.
He will make his debut in May and Ferns should be seen at the end of March. | Scottish actor Alex Ferns, who played one of EastEnders' most memorable villains, has joined the cast of BBC Scotland's weekly drama River City. | 38998103 |
Adrian Mullan was killed in the collision involving a van on the Redcastle to Gleneely Road.
A second cyclist was also injured in the crash and was taken to Letterkenny General Hospital. However, his injuries are not thought to be life-threatening.
Mr Mullan was a member of the Foyle Cycling Club. | The 42-year-old cyclist, who died in County Donegal on Saturday, was a father of three from Londonderry. | 34569181 |
About 14% of nursing posts in the capital are unfilled, up from 11% a year ago, the RCN said.
Most London hospital trusts have increased the number of nursing posts, with 2,500 more jobs compared with 2013.
NHS England said steps were being taken to "help meet future demand".
There are now about 1,000 more nurses working in London's NHS compared with 2013, the RCN London Safe Staffing Report 2014 said.
But in "many cases it seems employers are unable to find enough staff to fill the new posts", the RCN said.
RCN London is calling for system-wide action to ensure London employers are able to recruit enough nurses to keep staffing numbers at the level they believe is needed to keep patients safe.
Director of the RCN for London Bernell Bussue said: "An inescapable link is now established between staffing levels, skill mix and patient safety, and the number of nursing posts across London has increased sharply this year.
"However, London still suffers from a critical shortage of nurses and only 40% of the new posts have been filled."
An NHS England spokeswoman said: "We are working closely with Health Education England and Trusts to ensure that adequate numbers are recruited into nurse education places at universities, which will help us meet future demand.
"We are also actively working to attract nurses who have left the profession to return to the health service through additional return to practice courses." | London is facing a "critical" shortage of nurses, with more than 8,000 posts vacant, according to the Royal College of Nursing (RCN). | 30428018 |
It took seven people to help lift the male Staffordshire bull terrier out of the waterway near Litherland Road in Bootle, Liverpool on Saturday.
A blue rope was tied around its neck and tests indicated it had been strangled, the RSPCA said.
An examination at Greater Manchester Animal Hospital found the dog had been fed and walked before it died.
He was in a good condition with short nails and had eaten recently, the animal welfare charity confirmed.
RSPCA Inspector Helen Smith said it was not clear if the dog was alive when it was thrown in the canal.
She said: "If he was dead when he was thrown in, it would have taken at least two people to get him in there as the dog was heavy, as was the rucksack.
"He could have also been walked down there alive, thrown into the canal and choked by the weight around his neck."
Anyone with information is urged to contact the RSPCA. | The body of a dog has been pulled out of a canal with a rucksack full of cement tied to its neck. | 39856394 |
The company hoped the Switch would be a viable competitor against Sony's PS4 and Microsoft's Xbox One.
Nintendo posted an operating profit of 16.21bn yen ($144.95 million; £111.39 million) for the first quarter.
That's up by about a third over the previous quarter and reverses losses from the same quarter last year.
Nintendo released a hybrid console called the Switch in March, hoping it would find more success than its predecessor the Wii U, which was widely considered a flop.
It's primarily a home console, but with a tablet-like device that can be removed and played as a standalone portable unit.
The company aimed to sell 10 million units within a year, which would make it Nintendo's biggest hit since the Wii launched in November 2006.
The Switch sold 2.74 million in its launch month.
The company also made its first foray into mobile gaming late last year, releasing Super Mario Run.
Although the game was a huge hit with more than 150 million downloads, it didn't generate as much revenue as the company hoped.
The move to digital came after the huge success of Pokémon Go, which was jointly developed by Nintendo, Niantic and the Pokémon Company. | Japanese gaming giant Nintendo said it returned to profit in the first quarter due to strong demand for its Switch console. | 40725618 |
The company makes tyre pressure gauges for the car industry. It employs about 1,000 people in Northern Ireland.
Schrader said it had increased its workforce temporarily towards the end of last year to meet increased demand.
It said it was undertaking a phased return to its "standard manufacturing pattern" as demand had now stabilised. | The US firm Schrader Electronics is to release 42 temporary employees from its Carrickfergus, County Antrim, plant before the end of the year. | 34785262 |
The East of England Energy Group (EEEG) told an oil and gas skills conference at Great Yarmouth engineers were coming from the EU and eastern Europe.
County business leaders said it was a short-term solution and companies needed to improve the industry's image.
Last week a Northamptonshire sandwich firm said it was recruiting workers in Hungary instead of Britain.
The hosts of the energy industry conference, Norfolk Chamber of Commerce, said firms had to work with schools to attract young women and men into the industry.
Caroline Williams said recruiting from abroad was a short-term answer.
There had been errors on both sides, she said, as the industry has not invested in skills and education had not funded science and maths subjects.
Simon Gray, chief executive of EEEG said: "The growing oil, gas and renewables sector is screaming out for engineers and is having to fly in recruits from across Europe."
He told the conference that the industry, schools and families needed to focus on training for the skills needed.
"Engineering is looked on as nasty, greasy and horrible but we need to work on that perception with our children for the next generation."
John Moore of international energy group Gardline said he would prefer to recruit locally as a commitment to the community where the firm is based.
But the interests of the business must come first and that has meant recruiting from abroad.
Sacha Persiyanov, a trainee electronics technician from Ukraine, said young people in Britain appeared to be "too laid back and had no sense of urgency".
"People come to Britain and expect to work hard to pursue their personal goals," he said. | A shortage of skilled engineers is forcing growing energy companies in Norfolk to look abroad for employees. | 30085241 |
Konta, 25, occupies the eighth and final slot for the tournament which starts on Sunday in Singapore.
Kuznetsova must win Saturday's final to overtake the British number one, who is not playing this week as she continues to recover from an injury.
The 31-year-old Russian will play world number 49 Daria Gavrilova in the final.
Australian Gavrilova defeated Germany's Julia Goerges 7-5 6-1 to set up a meeting with top seed Kuznetsova, who beat Ukraine's Elina Svitolina 6-1 6-7 (1-7) 6-4.
Konta moved up to eighth in the rankings following the withdrawal of world number two Serena Williams.
BBC tennis correspondent Russell Fuller said she has arrived in Singapore, and appears fit to play.
Konta was present for the WTA Finals draw in Singapore on Friday, when she was named most improved player for 2016.
If she qualifies, she will face Agnieszka Radwanska, Karolina Pliskova and Garbine Muguruza in the group stage.
Angelique Kerber, Simona Halep, Madison Keys and Dominika Cibulkova line up in the other group.
Kuznetsova is the only player who can deny Konta a place at the Finals, because ninth-ranked Carla Suarez Navarro retired with a wrist injury after round two of the Kremlin Cup. | Svetlana Kuznetsova is one win away from denying Britain's Johanna Konta a place in the WTA Finals after reaching the final of the Kremlin Cup. | 37729464 |
The city centre road was closed from Waverley Bridge to the Mound for more than an hour.
Officers were called to the 200ft Gothic tower in East Princes Street Gardens at about 14:00.
A Police Scotland spokeswoman said: "We were called because of reports of concern for a person at the monument."
A woman involved in the incident was said to be safe and well.
A spokesman for Police Scotland said: "We can confirm that the incident at the Scott Monument came to a peaceful conclusion at around 15:30."
"Officers are now working to reinstate traffic in and around the area of Princes Street." | A section of Edinburgh's Princes Street has reopened following an incident at the Scott Monument. | 34680443 |
The precautionary measure was put in place following concern over the taste and smell of their mains supply.
The alert affects about 2,000 homes and businesses in parts of Carfin, Newarthill, Chapelhall, New Stevenston and Dalziel Park.
Scottish Water said it was investigating the issue.
It has advised people not to use boiled tap water, and to only mains water to flush toilets.
Bottled water was distributed to the affected properties overnight.
A Scottish Water spokeswoman said: "After receiving contacts from customers about the taste and smell of tap water, we investigated thoroughly and examined our network.
"We have advised customers in Carfin, Newarthill, Chapelhall, New Stevenston and Dalziel Park not to use their water for any purpose - other than flushing toilets - as a precautionary measure.
"We apologise for the inconvenience this has caused and we have been distributing bottled water to affected properties during the night."
She said teams had been out in the affected areas all night helping customers, with extra support also being given to elderly or disabled people, care homes and hospitals.
Scottish Water said further updates would be issued when more information becomes available, and affected residents will be told when their water is back to normal.
Customers seeking more information can check Scottish Water's website or call its customer support number on 0800 0778 778. | People in parts of North Lanarkshire have been being advised not to cook, drink or wash with tap water. | 33179576 |
QPR defenders Clint Hill and Grant Hall both had efforts cleared off the line during a goalless first period, while Lee Tomlin hit the crossbar for City.
Midfielder Henry put the hosts ahead after the break with a curling shot from the edge of the area.
Sebastian Polter struck the woodwork as the home side pressed for a second goal in the closing stages.
The result means QPR achieve a top-half finish in their first season back in the Championship with the victory taking them a point above Leeds United into 12th place.
Bristol City end the season in 18th place, 12 points off the relegation places, ensuring another campaign in the second tier.
QPR head coach Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink: "Obviously there is more work to be done. We all know we are in transition.
"We've got some good characters here at the club and we have a base. We now want to work from that base.
"There are going to be some changes at this club, but we also have to understand that it's not going to be about only throwing money at it."
Bristol City head coach Lee Johnson: "I've got to take stock of the bigger picture and congratulate everybody on their contribution.
"I thought we had enough chances and had the better play, but we've been done by a fantastic strike - in fairness you've got to give credit for that goal." | Karl Henry's second-half goal ensured Queens Park Rangers ended their season with victory over Bristol City. | 36176259 |
They predict economic growth will fall from 1.8% in 2016 to 0.9% in 2017.
Growth for the UK is also forecast to fall, from 2.1% this year to 1.2%.
PwC's latest UK Economic Outlook report blamed the UK-wide slowdown on "the drag on investment from increased political and economic uncertainty following the Brexit vote".
However, it predicted that both Scotland and the UK should manage to avoid recession.
Scotland is expected to be the only part of the UK to see continued negative figures for employment growth.
The report said more people would be "economically inactive" in the coming year.
PwC partner Paul Brewer said official job figures for June to August showed the economic inactivity rate for working-age adults fell UK-wide compared with the previous year.
But he pointed out that the trend had moved in the other direction for Scotland.
Mr Brewer said: "When you break down the Scottish figures, you see that the inactivity rate for men has only increased very slightly over this period from 17.9% to 18%, but the female rate has risen much more markedly from 24.5% to 26.5%.
"Our recent work...suggests that the health of the working age population is one factor but there is a challenge here to identify why this is happening and what - if anything - can be done to address it."
PwC said it expected UK inflation to rise to about 2.7% by the end of 2017 as the effects of a weaker pound fed through to consumers, squeezing real spending power. | The Scottish economy is expected to slow down next year as employment growth continues to be negative, according to business advisers PwC. | 37978615 |
The men fled the scene as soon as they came out fearing they would be arrested for illegal mining, police said.
Others though remain trapped. It is not clear how many are stuck as the site is a popular location for illegal mining.
On Sunday four miners were rescued from the shaft, which is Johannesburg's oldest.
Rescue workers say the only way to reach the miners is to crawl through 1.5km (0.9 miles) of small tunnels.
But operations have been halted and the mine cordoned off after a fire broke out on Sunday.
Those that crept out of the mine were helped by an accomplice, who told them no police were there and it was safe to emerge, News24.com reported.
Illegal mining is rife in South Africa, a major producer of gold and platinum. It can be punished with fines and prison sentences. | Three miners who have been trapped in an abandoned gold mine in the South African city of Johannesburg since Wednesday have emerged alive. | 37339739 |
In December 2011 the regions - Cardiff Blues, Dragons, Ospreys and Scarlets - imposed a salary cap of £3.5m a year when all four were posting losses.
The rise reflects improved finances, with extra money from Europe and a new deal with the Welsh Rugby Union.
Pro Rugby Wales declined to comment, but it is understood the decision was mutually agreed after a review.
It is hoped the extra cash will help the regions retain star players and potentially bring more "Welsh exiles" home.
Leigh Halfpenny, Jonathan Davies, George North and Luke Charteris are thought to be considering returning to Wales next season.
The Ospreys are hoping Dan Biggar and Alun Wyn Jones will agree to extend their current National Dual Contracts.
However, the regions - represented by Pro Rugby Wales - are expected to make building squad depth a priority, and not necessarily spend big figures on marquee signings.
The new ceiling - which is self-imposed - is still some way below that of England's Aviva Premiership.
Premiership Rugby Limited - the umbrella body that governs England's Premiership clubs - announced in October they would be raising their cap next season from £5.1m to £6.5m, and to £7m the season after that.
These figures exclude the salaries of two so-called "marquee signings" that remain outside the cap. | The four Welsh rugby regions have raised the amount they can spend on players' wages by £1m to £4.5m. | 34750027 |
James Woodhouse's body was not discovered for 10 days until police forced their way into the flat where he was murdered, Exeter Crown Court heard.
Brett Edwards, 37, and Tommy Killen, 32, both from Exeter, deny murder.
The court was told the victim owed Mr Killen £700 for cocaine and was lured to Mr Edwards's flat "for a beating".
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Mr Woodhouse was a former solider and charity worker from York who had become a drug dealer, the jury heard.
He was "kicked and punched" and died from a blow to his head on 11 November last year.
Simon Laws, prosecuting, said Mr Edwards, of Okehampton Road, had stolen the wheelie bin the day before the body was discovered in "a desperate plan" to get rid of it.
"He was attempting to conceal it in the bin so that he could move it out of the flat, having attracted the least possible amount of attention," he said.
The court also heard how Mr Woodhouse was "scared" of Mr Killen, of North Lawn Court, who had previously "tried to stab him with a knife in the course of trying to rob him".
The trial continues. | A former soldier was attacked and killed and his body dumped in a wheelie bin over a £700 drugs debt, a jury heard. | 40573009 |
The flag has been hoist above the City Chambers in George Square in a show of solidarity with the French people.
On Wednesday, suspected Islamists killed 12 people at the office of the satirical magazine.
Glasgow made a similar gesture with the Pakistan flag last month after the Peshawar school massacre.
Council leader Gordon Matheson described the killings at the Charlie Hebdo magazine office as "a brutal attack on democracy and freedom of expression".
"Glasgow unites in unequivocal condemnation," he said.
"Our thoughts and prayers are with the victims and their loved ones.
"The murderous actions of perverse and unrepresentative extremists will never overcome a free press which is so fundamental to the values of a democratic society."
He added: "We are flying the flag of France at half-mast from the City Chambers today as a mark of respect for those who have died and to show our solidarity with the people of France and journalists everywhere."
Councillor Matheson and Lord Provost Sadie Docherty plans to write jointly to the mayor of Paris and the French consulate in Edinburgh to express condolences on behalf of the city of Glasgow. | Glasgow City Council is flying the French flag at half-mast as a mark of respect for those who died in the Charlie Hebdo atrocity in Paris. | 30725298 |
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8 December 2014 Last updated at 22:33 GMT
The Commons Environmental Audit Committee is calling for drastic measures to be introduced to reduce the harmful effects in a new report.
BBC London's Tom Edwards spoke to Debbie Bourne of St Paul's Primary School, chairman of Environmental Audit Committee, Joan Walley MP, Simon Birkett of Clean Air for London and Matthew Pencharz, the Mayor of London's environment adviser. | A group of MPs has described air pollution as "a public health crisis" - 62 years after London was struck by the great smog. | 30386281 |
Two of the three matches are expected to be played in the north of England, with the final one at Wembley.
The opponents have been identified by manager Roy Hodgson, with Portugal likely to be another.
England last played Australia in February 2003, when they were beaten 3-1 at West Ham's Upton Park.
Warm-up games will be staged in the north east and north west at the request of Hodgson, who wishes to recreate a tournament feel before Euro 2016, which begins on 10 June and is being hosted by France.
The Football Association, which hopes the fixtures will reward England's fans around the country for their support, is expected to confirm all three opponents and venues later this month.
Officials are in talks with European football's governing body Uefa over the opposition for England's third fixture.
Previously under Uefa rules, teams could only play one other Euro 2016 side in the month before the tournament and none from the same group.
However, new regulations state two friendly matches can take place against other participating teams, provided that they are not in the same tournament group. | England are set to face Australia in one of three warm-up matches before this summer's European Championship. | 35473870 |
The Met Police and British Transport Police said they worked together to monitor the protest at St Pancras International Station between 17:00 and 20:30 BST.
The demonstrators held placards reading "borders kill" and "no-one is illegal".
One person was arrested on suspicion of assaulting a police officer.
MEP and leader of UKIP Scotland, David Coburn, was at the station having travelled on the Eurostar.
He said the protest had "frightened passengers, including children".
It was organised by three groups - The London Latinxs, a Latin-American anti-oppression activist group, Black Dissidents and Sisters Uncut, which campaigns for domestic violence services. | Protesters threw fake blood during a rush hour demonstration in support of migrants and refugees at one of London's busiest railway stations. | 34555076 |
It follows an effort to get people not covered by existing commercial networks access to internet speeds greater than 24mbps (megabits per second).
The UK-wide scheme has passed three million homes and businesses at a rate of 40,000 per week.
Wales Office Minister Alun Cairns said: "The UK government will continue to do all it can to support the rollout." | Superfast broadband is now available to 500,000 more homes and businesses, the UK government has said. | 33893511 |
Strictly Come Dancing picked up best TV entertainment programme from consumer group, which champions public service broadcasting.
Other winners included Martha Kearney and Professor Brian Cox, named best radio and TV presenter respectively.
The Telegraph's radio critic Gillian Reynolds was honoured with the VLV trustees' special award.
The award recognised her contribution to public service broadcasting throughout her career.
Now in its 23rd year, the awards ceremony was hosted in London by Radio 4 Today programme presenter James Naughtie.
Hit period drama Downton Abbey, which returns for its sixth and final series later this year, was the only ITV programme to win an award.
TV awards were also handed to BBC One's Countryfile, CBBC's Newsround, Springwatch and the BBC News Channel.
The News Quiz on Radio 4 won best radio drama and comedy programme, while Germany: Memories Of A Nation won best radio factual programme.
BBC World Service was also honoured, as was Radio 3's Composer Of The Week.
Neil MacGregor, who recently announced he was stepping down as director of the British Museum and has presented several TV and radio programmes on the arts, was honoured with a special award, as was TV doctor Michael Mosley.
"The wide range of nominations proposed by our members illustrate the tremendous quality and diversity to be found in UK broadcasting," said VLV chairman Colin Browne.
"Winners tell us they particularly value these awards as they are chosen by the people who really matter - engaged listeners and viewers."
The full list of winners: | Downton Abbey has been voted the best TV drama of 2014 at the Voice of the Listener and Viewer Awards. | 32972066 |
The Kawasaki motorbike and Toyota Land Cruiser collided in Teddesley Road, Penkridge, at 17:40 BST on Monday.
"Despite the efforts of the police officers, paramedics and doctors, the motorcyclist was confirmed to have died after arriving at hospital by air ambulance," Staffordshire Police said.
The Toyota driver was not hurt in the crash, which closed the road for three hours. Police appealed for witnesses. | A motorcyclist has died after a crash with a 4x4 vehicle in Staffordshire. | 32205796 |
Wakefield Council plans to eventually close Knottingley Sports Centre, Castleford and Pontefract pools.
They would be replaced by the Pontefract Park complex with a 10-lane swimming pool and sports facilities.
Dr Karen Forshaw said: "I do think there will be a massive impact on people's abilities to exercise."
The GP, who lives in Pontefract, said: "Swimming is an excellent form of exercise and physical activity is one of the most important things that we can do to improve our health."
There are fears people would be put off travelling to the new leisure centre.
Steve Tulley, councillor for South Emsall and South Kirkby ward, said although he supported the plans in principle he was worried "some of our poorer people will struggle to get to the new centre".
Knottingley Sports Centre (built in 1969), and Castleford Swimming Pool (1983) would close in January 2017 with Pontefract Swimming Pool (built in 1985) staying open until the new centre was open, said the council.
The new complex would also have a gym, exercise studios, outside tennis courts and five-a-side pitches.
Les Shaw, council cabinet member, said: "Updating the current pools is not an option."
Modernising the existing premises would require major construction works and refurbishment would be "extremely expensive", he added.
A consultation on the plans runs until November. | Plans to replace three sports centres with a new £15m complex in Pontefract could have a "massive impact" on fitness, a doctor has warned. | 37550272 |
Essex Fire and Rescue Service estimates it cost £476,000 to put out the smouldering 50ft-high (15m) woodpile in Thoby Lane, Mountnessing, in 2014.
Joshua O'Malley, 26, of Vale Court, Wheathampstead, denied breaching environmental laws.
He will face a trial at Chelmsford Crown Court next June.
Firefighters remained at the site for more than 1,500 hours between 18 August and 16 October last year while the fire was being put out.
Mr O'Malley denied charges of operating a waste storage and treatment facility without being authorised by an environmental permit and one of treating waste "in a manner likely to cause pollution of the environment or harm to human health".
Creative Developments and Construction faces the same charges, and company director Mr O'Malley entered not guilty pleas on its behalf.
He was released on bail and will next appear in court on 20 June 2016. | A man has denied responsibility for a fire in a 5,000-tonne woodpile in Essex that took more than two months to fully extinguish. | 34967450 |
The British Boxing Board of Control warned Haye and Bellew about comments at a pre-fight news conference.
Former WBA heavyweight champion Haye meets WBC cruiserweight champion Bellew at London's O2 Arena on Saturday.
"Trash talking is OK but being disrespectful is something totally different," Mayweather told BBC Sport.
"I heard he was talking about the fans. He should focus on the fighter."
Retired five-weight world champion Mayweather, 40, also told a BBC Sport Facebook Live he had "done his part" regarding a much-anticipated fight with Irish UFC star Conor McGregor.
"I'm just waiting - if they really want the fight to happen, let's see," said the American.
WBO world welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao will fight Great Britain's Amir Khan on 23 April and Mayweather, who outpointed Pacquiao when the two met in 2015, wished them both luck.
"May the best man win," he said. "We saw what both boxers did in their last fights." | David Haye should "focus on the fighter" rather than "trash talk" before his bout with Tony Bellew, says former world champion Floyd Mayweather. | 39153134 |
John Rooney had an early opportunity for the home side, but failed to test Southport goalkeeper Max Crocombe, instead hitting the side netting.
Southport's Luke Foster then fired straight at home keeper Jon Worsnop after Chester failed to clear a corner.
The hosts had the best chance of all, but top scorer Ross Hannah fired over from six yards after Crocombe fumbled.
Chester, in 17th, are just eight points clear of trouble, having now failed to win in four National League games. Southport are two places, and three points, above them in 15th,
Chester manager Steve Burr told BBC Radio Merseyside:
"That's probably as good a 0-0 draw as you'll see. I was a lot more pleased with the way we played, following our win in the FA Trophy against Hungerford last week.
"But you can tell Southport have lots of confidence. You can see that from the results they've been having.
"The chances we did create we just didn't finish them. But, at the end, there was also a concern that they might go and pinch it." | Southport stretched their unbeaten National League run to eight matches with a goalless draw at Chester. | 35331183 |
The 21-year-old has played in eight events since returning from a 17-month lay-off in June, and had to end her season early after suffering a relapse.
She played in an exhibition in Los Angeles last weekend and is planning to return to the WTA Tour in the new year.
"It's going to be a long way back. But if I didn't want to do it I would have quit a long time ago," she said.
"I'm very happy with the progress that's been made.
The former British number one - now ranked 553 in the world - decided not to use her protected ranking of 58 to gain direct entry into January's Australian Open.
She will miss the first Grand Slam of the year and instead is aiming to build up her ranking at smaller events in preparation for the French Open in May.
"I get two Slams with my protected ranking. One I used in New York (at the US Open). I figured I'd get as many matches behind me as possible and use the second one in Paris," she told WTA Insider.
"I could have asked for a wildcard but, at this point, I think it's better for me to get in as many matches as I can and get my ranking up to where I can get into tournaments by myself." | Laura Robson says she is pleased with her recovery from a wrist injury and has no intention of quitting tennis. | 35108641 |
The benchmark FTSE 100 index closed up 1.18%, or 71.58 points, at 6,146.10.
Whitbread shares lost 1.4%, the biggest faller on the FTSE, after it said it would have to cut costs and raise prices to pay its staff the new government recommended Living Wage.
Housebuilders Redrow shares rose 1.9%. Profits rose 53% helped by government's Help to Buy subsidy for some buyers.
Shareholders in fellow builder Berkeley were also in the money after its shares climbed 2.3% on news it was on track to meet its profit targets.
Outside the top 100, Punch Taverns' shares were up 3.2% after it said it would sell its 50% stake in its UK-based drinks wholesaler for £100.7m.
On the currency markets, the pound rose 0.65% against the dollar to $1.5373 and also gained 0.45% against the euro to €1.3738. | (Close): London's leading shares rose for a second day, led by mining firms Glencore and Anglo American. | 34183656 |
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Many countries have shown that they're standing side by side with France, by sending messages of support and lighting their iconic buildings with the colours of the French flag.
Here's what's happening around the world... | People all over the world have been shocked by the attacks which took place in Paris, on Friday. | 34819605 |
Gross mortgage lending for the first quarter of this year was down 12% from the previous three months at £44.9bn, the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) said.
This marked a 3% decrease on the same period in 2014.
But the CML said that lending in March was much higher than February.
Total lending through home loans reached £16.5bn in March, some 21% higher than February and 7% higher than March last year.
"The underlying lending picture is stabilising," said Bob Pannell, chief economist of the CML.
"Sentiment and activity are showing early signs of improvement, and should be further supported by the effects of stamp duty reform. We expect to see lending strengthen over the next few months, albeit from a relatively sluggish start in 2015."
Lenders have been cutting their mortgage rates in recent weeks, with little prospect of the Bank of England's base rate rising during the rest of the year.
The National Association of Estate Agents (NAEA) said that stricter affordability checks were slowing down the process of home buying.
The changes, which came into force a year ago, require lenders to study mortgage applicants' incomings and outgoings, and test whether buyers can cover repayments if interest rates were to rise.
"A drop in the number of buyers is the direct result of a slow-down in acceptance of mortgages, with it now taking an average of 50 days to receive a mortgage offer," said Mark Hayward, managing director of the NAEA.
"This increases the risk that sales won't go through and puts unnecessary pressure on any chain transactions."
There are an estimated 11.1 million residential mortgages in the UK, with loans worth over £1.3 trillion | Mortgage lending suffered a "sluggish start" to the year but lending has picked up in recent weeks, according to a trade body. | 32427679 |
Gavin Samuels, 26, was convicted after two trials at Luton Crown Court.
Sentencing Samuels on Friday Judge Lynn Tayton QC described him as "predatory and manipulative".
Samuels, the 2011 winner of the Faldo Series Grand Final and who coached two of the victims at a Bedfordshire golf club, was jailed for 14 and a half years.
Samuels, of Melfort Drive, Linslade, near Leighton Buzzard, was convicted of four counts of rape and six charges of various sexual assaults on two girls aged under 16.
Judge Tayton QC said: "I have been told that golf was your life but you were not deterred that you could lose your career. You were in a position of trust.
"There is evidence of a long history of your interest in young girls which manifested itself when you were 15 and continued until you were reported to police," said the judge.
The offences were committed between 2006 and 2014.
The first victim was about 12 when the abuse began and he was aged between 15 and 16 years.
She was 13 when he first raped her.
The two other victims were aged between 14 and 16.
He urged the girls not to tell anyone, saying it would ruin his career.
Sasha Bailey, defending, said before the sentence was passed: "Golf has been a major part of his life and career. He knows he is going to receive a lengthy sentence."
Det Insp Grant Maxted said after the case: "Samuels took advantage of the youth and naivety of his victims in a bid to sexually abuse them.
"He gave them gifts and items such as cigarettes in exchange for attention and sexual acts, as well as bombarding them with inappropriate messages." | A former professional golfer who raped a teenage girl and sexually assaulted two others has been jailed. | 39747126 |
British 100m record-holder Dina Asher-Smith is up against world 200m champion Dafne Schippers in the women's 100m.
Adam Gemili, who ran a time of 9.97 seconds in 2015, will compete in the men's 100m race again.
The 800m world record-holder David Rudisha of Kenya will step down to the men's 600m, a race he won in 2014.
European 800m champion Lynsey Sharp, who has won three British titles at the Alexander Stadium, will be looking to emulate her 2014 performance when she won with a time of 1:59.14.
Further British interest comes from European 100m hurdles champion Tiffany Porter, who claimed a third successive World Indoor medal in Portland last month by finishing third in the women's 60m hurdles. | Double Olympic and world champion Mo Farah is among a number of elite athletes to compete at the Birmingham Diamond League on 5 June. | 35989967 |
More than 4,000 people attended the course's first ever greyhound meeting on Saturday.
"If this place is going to survive and prosper, it's going to have to operate for more than 17 days a year," owner Lord Hesketh told BBC Look East.
"There's a lot of money been spent here - you're looking north of £15m."
The Towcester greyhound track is the first to be opened in the UK for almost 20 years and makes it the only venue to host both horse and dog racing.
Entrance to greyhound meetings, like the horse racing, will be free at the south Northamptonshire track.
The greyhound circuit cost £1.8m to create, with the rest of the money spent since 2006 to redevelop facilities at the course.
Greyhound racing has been a sport in decline, with stadiums at Portsmouth, Milton Keynes, Oxford, Reading and Walthamstow having closed in the past decade.
"It's a sport which is much bigger than most people think and it's had a very rough time," said Hesketh.
"It needs a showpiece and we will hopefully do well out of it.
"What we've tried to do is move horse racing into the 21st century.
"Give it 12 months and I think you will start to see what it is all about. The exciting thing in the short-term is we've taken on nearly 80 people, now we have to justify it and I think we will." | The owner of Towcester racecourse believes introducing greyhound racing as part of a £15m redevelopment will secure the track's long-term future. | 30395903 |
Posh needed an injury-time equaliser from Marcus Maddison to earn a point, their fifth draw in six league games.
"If I'm honest, I thought we were a bit individualised up there. There was no combination," said McCann.
"I think once (Paul) Taylor played Marcus in and we nearly scored. We're never going to be perfect at this stage but we'll continue to work hard."
Neither of McCann's preferred forward pairing of Tom Nichols and Paul Taylor have scored since 20 August.
Maddison scored his fifth goal of the campaign, but McCann said it only made up for his error which allowed Southend's Anthony Wordsworth to score the opener at Roots Hall.
"It was a great finish, he had to do that to be fair because he lost his runner for the goal," McCann told BBC Radio Cambridgeshire.
"He's held his hands up in the changing room because that's the sort of person he is and he's produced a great strike. He can produce that on any given day with the talent he's got." | Peterborough United played too much like individuals when going forward at Southend, said boss Grant McCann. | 37540056 |
"Light Through Tall Windows" was recorded in the Mackintosh library by the GSA choir on Sunday.
It will be released next year to help pay for the restoration of the the Grade A-listed building whose upper floors were gutted by fire in 2014.
It will also fund a planned expansion of the art school's Garnethill campus.
"Light Through Tall Windows" is a collaborative work between two GSA alumni.
The lyrics were penned by writer and broadcaster Muriel Gray while the music was composed by Jamie Sansbury, founder and musical director of the GSA Choir.
Describing the work, Mr Sansbury said: "This piece is an attempt to set down, in a more tangible way, the joy the Mackintosh building instils in students and staff at the school, the enduring enlightenment it represents, and the impact that has upon them for the rest of their lives.
"The work is dedicated to the staff, students and alumni of the GSA.
"When we completed the piece we knew that we wanted the choir to premiere the work, and we hoped that it would be an important creative response to the fire, but it was only much later that the possibility of recording in the library itself - the very heart of the building - came about."
The work is now on pre-order with a release scheduled for early 2017.
All proceeds of sale will go directly to the Mackintosh Campus Appeal.
The art nouveau Mackintosh building was badly damaged by fire on 23 May 2014.
An investigation by the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service concluded the blaze was caused by flammable gases from a canister of expanding foam.
The report said the gases ignited as they came into contact with the hot surface of a projector. | A new choral work, inspired by the fire which damaged Glasgow School of Art's (GSA) Mackintosh building, has been recorded to help fund its restoration. | 36526639 |
The Lib Dems' John Leech won the Didsbury West, ending Labour's 100% control of the authority.
Labour had held all 96 seats since 2014. Its candidate Barnaby Lane was beaten by 702 votes.
Mr Leech, who was an MP for Manchester Withington before he lost his seat in the 2015 General Election, took 53% of the vote.
"I couldn't be happier to be back on the council and back in a position to help local residents," he said.
"Thank you so much to everyone who voted, supported and campaigned. This is a dream." | Labour has lost full control of Manchester City Council after the Liberal Democrats won one seat. | 36229047 |
Gray, 26, previously played club rugby for Newcastle Falcons and London Irish.
Bath-born defensive end Alex Jenkins, 24, will train with the New Orleans Saints, while London-raised Efe Obada, 25, will join the Carolina Panthers.
They will be ineligible to play in the NFL in 2017, but will train full-time.
Their signings come after the NFL opened up an 11th practice squad place for franchises in the NFC South division - which was chosen at random - to be used on an overseas player, who will hope to earn a contract for 2018.
Before converting to American football, Gray signed for English Championship rugby outfit Yorkshire Carnegie for 2016-17, after an injury ruled him out of representing Great Britain in rugby sevens at Rio 2016.
He previously captained an England Under-20s side that included current senior national team stars George Ford, Owen Farrell, Elliot Daly, Jonathan Joseph and Mako Vunipola.
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Jenkins has previously played for Bath City Academy and the Bristol Aztecs before earning a scholarship to play college football at the University of the Incarnate Word in San Antonio, Texas.
In April, the former supermarket worker revealed to BBC Points West that he took up the sport after watching Adam Sandler's 2005 movie 'The Longest Yard'.
"It feels too good to be true," he told the NFL website. "The fact that the Saints will be playing in London this season [at Wembley Stadium on 1 October] makes it even more exciting for me." | Former England Sevens captain Alex Gray has joined the Atlanta Falcons, as one of three UK-based men to sign as overseas players for NFL practice squads on Thursday. | 40051164 |
A firearm was discharged at a parked vehicle in The Murrays Brae at about 21:30 on Saturday.
A short time later shots were also fired at a house in Gilmerton Dykes Drive.
Police are linking this to another incident in which an address in Walter Scott Avenue was approached at about 22:00.
There are no reports of injuries in connection with any of the incidents.
Det Ch Insp Stuart Houston said: "This is a significant police inquiry and I would appeal for anyone who has any information that could assist with this investigation to come forward.
"I would also appeal to anyone who was in the area or immediate streets surrounding the addresses, at the time, and may have seen anything suspicious, to contact police immediately."
Ch Insp Mark Patterson said: "Incidents like this are extremely rare but in light of this we have stepped up high visibility patrols in the area of Gilmerton and the Inch.
"Members of the public can also be reassured that we have a dedicated inquiry team actively pursuing those responsible." | Police are investigating after shots were fired at two addresses in Edinburgh. | 29300597 |
Some are ancient ones made out of stone, hundreds of years old, while others are famous for their huge size and design.
The oldest bridge is the Tarr Steps, over the River Barle in Exmoor National Park.
The most recently completed is the Peace Bridge, across the River Foyle in Northern Ireland, finished in 2011.
Royal Mail, who make the stamps, say The Menai Suspension Bridge, which links the island of Anglesey to the mainland in North Wales, is one of the most breathtaking ever built in Britain.
Andrew Hammond, head of stamps and collectibles at Royal Mail, said: "These new stamps celebrate 10 beautiful and ground-breaking landmarks that span centuries of our history". | A new set of first class stamps show 10 of the most amazing bridges around the UK. | 31748713 |
Mr Paisley, founder of the Democratic Unionist Party, died on 12 September.
His funeral was strictly private, limited to immediate family members. However, the Paisleys let it be known they planned a bigger memorial service.
They have now confirmed it will take place at the Ulster Hall on Sunday 19 October. The ceremony will be broadcast live by BBC Northern Ireland.
Due to the number of people wishing to attend, the service will be by invitation only.
In a brief statement, Baroness Eileen Paisley thanked the press for respecting the family's desire for privacy during what she described as the "very sacred days" after her husband's death.
Mr Paisley was one of the best-known and longest-serving figures in British politics.
He was a preacher who founded his own church and later his own political party.
The hardline unionist leader was famous for his opposition to Irish republicanism and any involvement of the Republic of Ireland in Northern Ireland's affairs.
Mr Paisley was both loved and loathed for his outspoken views on politics and religion.
In 2007, after decades of opposing power-sharing agreements, he entered government with his former enemies, Sinn Féin.
Mr Paisley stepped down from politics the following year and delivered his last church sermon in 2011.
He died a fortnight ago at the age of 88 after a long illness.
He was buried in County Down, following the private funeral service at his family home in east Belfast.
Ian Paisley's memorial service will be broadcast live on BBC Northern Ireland on Sunday 19 October from 15:00 BST. | A memorial service for former Northern Ireland First Minister Ian Paisley will be held in Belfast next month. | 29371763 |
The 60 minute episode, called The Return of Doctor Mysterio, will be written by Steven Moffat and broadcast on BBC One on Christmas Day.
The Doctor, played by Peter Capaldi, will work with the superhero to save New York from a deadly alien threat.
Doctor Mysterio will be played by Justin Chatwin, who has previously appeared in Orphan Black.
The pair will be joined on their quest by an investigative journalist, played by Wolf Hall actress Charity Wakefield.
Matt Lucas, who announced his return to Doctor Who earlier this year, will also appear in the episode.
Chatwin said: "Working with the amazing people at Doctor Who has been one of the most fun and rewarding projects I've ever had the pleasure of being involved with."
Moffat hinted that he was interested to explore the character of Grant, the man who becomes Doctor Mysterio.
Moffat said: "I've always loved superheroes and this Christmas Doctor Who dives into that world. My favourite superhero is Clark Kent. Not Superman, Clark Kent."
Follow us on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, on Instagram, or if you have a story suggestion email [email protected]. | This year's Christmas special of Doctor Who will see the Doctor team up with a comic book superhero. | 37591556 |
The man, who was suffering from back pain, was on the Wipeout ride at Pleasurewood Hills in Suffolk.
Firefighters had to use a cherry picker to reach him on Sunday afternoon.
Park-goer Bryony Davies said the incident lasted at least two hours. "Wipeout got stuck at the top and staff did incredibly well to get people down," she added.
Around 20 firefighters rescued the man in his 40s, who was taken to hospital in Gorleston from the park, near Lowestoft.
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Group Commander Ali Moseley said by the time fire crews had arrived, park staff had "managed to get the rollercoaster car down to an elevated platform after it seemed to get stuck in a very high position".
He added: "The car was about three metres off the ground in an awkward position as there was only an angled platform to stand on around the car to get access to him.
"The incident was caused because there seemed to be a fault with the ride. It didn't result in any massive injury, but there was some injury to the individual."
Mr Moseley said the other people on the ride were "quickly evacuated before the fire service arrived".
Suffolk Fire and Rescue Service described it as an "unusual" call-out.
A spokeswoman for Pleasurewood Hills said it was "a minor incident that was dealt with by [our] team". | A man had to be rescued by firefighters after a rollercoaster became stuck "in a very high position" on its tracks. | 40628317 |
A trial will begin on the NSW north coast where there have been several attacks in the past 12 months.
The drones will feed images back to operators looking for sharks using GPS co-ordinates.
The measures are part of a shark management strategy which also includes barriers and helicopter surveillance.
"There is no easy way to reduce risks for swimmers and surfers," NSW minister for primary industries Niall Blair, said in a statement.
"We are delivering on a commitment to test the best science available, including new technologies, as we try to find a long term-term solution to keep our beaches safe," he said.
A field test of the drones will begin at Coffs Harbour and a "smart" drum line will be trialled at Ballina, near where a surfer was mauled to death in February.
These lines alert officials immediately when a shark has been snagged on a baited hook, unlike traditional lines that are checked intermittently.
Mr Blair said they were more humane than lines used to catch sharks in other states such as Western Australia and Queensland.
The measures come after a "shark summit" held by the state government at which experts presented various methods to prevent attacks.
The state Labor opposition's shadow primary industries minster Mick Veitch said more details were needed about the trials.
"This almost seems to have been plucked from the sky, the trial," he said, according to ABC. | Beachgoers will be protected from sharks by drones and "smart" drum lines, according to the New South Wales (NSW) government. | 34918377 |
The announcement came with the release of results for 2015. The bank made a pre-tax loss for the year of 2.4bn Swiss francs ($2.4bn; £1.6bn), which was its first annual loss since 2008.
It said that included "substantial charges which are not reflective of our underlying business performance".
It has written off 3.8bn Swiss francs linked to its acquisition of Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette in 2000.
Credit Suisse said it planned to save 900m Swiss francs "from workforce strategy and the rightsizing of the bank's London presence".
The bank said that the job losses announced with the results were an acceleration of cuts that were already planned.
Its shares fell 10% in Zurich to their lowest level since 1992, because of a gloomy outlook for the current year.
"Market conditions in January 2016 have remained challenging and we expect markets to remain volatile throughout the remainder of the first quarter of 2016 as macroeconomic issues persist," chief executive Tidjane Thiam said. | Credit Suisse has announced that it is going to cut 4,000 jobs. | 35490480 |
The 300 tonne, 98ft (30m) horse head sculptures were created by Glasgow artist Andy Scott and sit in Helix Park, Falkirk, near the M9.
Work to erect the sculptures began last year and the public will now be allowed around and inside the Kelpies.
Falkirk Community Trust will take people on guided tours of the £5m sculptures.
It is hoped 350,000 visitors will visit the area each year, bringing £1.5m of extra tourism revenue.
When Mr Scott designed the steel structures he took inspiration from Scotland's history of working horses which once pulled barges along the nearby Forth and Clyde Canal.
A new extension linking the canal to the North Sea is expected to open up the inland waterways to more boating traffic in central Scotland.
Mr Scott is also responsible for the Heavy Horse, which overlooks the M8 at Glasgow Business Park, and the Arria statue, which can be seen from the A80 and has been dubbed "the Angel of the Nauld".
When construction work finished on the Kelpies, he said: "It is almost eight years since I did the first sketches on the kitchen table of my then girlfriend, now wife, in Amsterdam. So to see them completed is both humbling and fantastic.
"I have always been fascinated with horses and the heavy horse was at one time the driving force in industry until after the industrial revolution."
The Kelpies have attracted international attention with two 15ft scale models of the horses displayed in New York along with a time-lapse video of the construction.
A light show last week helped unveil the finished work. The sculptures were brought to life with a pyrotechnic display involving fire and music. | The Kelpies, Scotland's largest art installation, has opened to the public. | 27101681 |
They had already faced heavy criticism for a rape awareness film that seemed to partly blame the victim.
Safety advice from Vas county police on Tuesday said that flirting by young women could "elicit violence."
Women's groups and civil rights organisations have condemned the statement.
The safety advice was published to mark the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women.
Reka Safrany, of the Hungarian Women's Lobby, said she was shocked by the "unprofessional" campaigns that "very much blame the victims".
The incident comes four days after Hungarian police were heavily criticised for releasing a public safety film with the slogan: "You can do something about it, you can do something against it."
The film features a group of young women drinking and dancing with men at a nightclub after which one of them is sexually assaulted by a stranger.
The video was called "harmful and dangerous" by Keret, a group of Hungarian women's rights organisations, in a statement (in Hungarian) published on social media on Monday.
"It's not clothes that cause victims," the statement said.
The group urged the police to take down the film and to change the angle of its safety campaigns. | Police in Hungary have been accused of victim blaming after releasing rape prevention advice that warns women of the risks of flirting. | 30198319 |
14 July 2017 Last updated at 12:24 BST
She's been to visit some professional horse riders at the Event Rider Masters - a new type of horse riding competition, similar to eventing but with a difference.
This competition aims to make traditional horse eventing more exciting and even uses technology to get the audience involved and music to keep the energy up.
Like all horse competitions riders compete in three different stages: dressage, cross-country and show jumping.
Check out the video... | Izzy has been riding since she was five and loves to compete. | 40579602 |
The England striker, who is yet to sign the new contract, has more than two years to run on his current deal.
Vardy, 29, joined Leicester from Fleetwood for £1m in 2012.
Speaking after scoring twice in the Foxes' 2-0 win over Liverpool, he said: "It's nothing people don't know. I'd like to be here for a long time."
Victory kept Leicester three points clear of Manchester City, who they visit on Saturday.
In November, Vardy became the first player to score in 11 successive Premier League matches.
He broke the record, previously held by Ruud van Nistelrooy, when he put Leicester ahead in their 1-1 draw with Manchester United.
Media playback is not supported on this device | Jamie Vardy says he plans to stay at Leicester for a long time after agreeing a new three-and-a-half-year deal with the Premier League leaders. | 35472897 |
Tries from Kurt Gidley, Stefan Ratchford and Tom Lineham secured an 18-10 win for Wolves, a week after they secured the League Leaders' Shield.
Wire have reached two Grand Finals previously, in 2012 and 2013, but have never won the showpiece event.
"Our boys just had that determination," Smith told 5 Live Sports Extra.
"I thought we made it a bit hard on ourselves as our kicking game wasn't fantastic and we made a couple of errors here and there - even where we attacked wasn't the smartest at times.
"But I just had that feeling that no matter what happened tonight they were going to work hard for each other and that's a really big ingredient in rugby league.
"You might not be squeaky clean or perfect in some areas but if you work really hard for each other you can cover over a lot of cracks." | Warrington head coach Tony Smith has praised the character of his players after they beat St Helens to reach the Grand Final. | 37517548 |
Che Labastide-Wellington, 17, was stabbed in the heart at the 16th birthday party in Kenton, north-west London, on 7 November 2015.
Walker Sesay, 19, of Wembley, north-west London, was found guilty at the Old Bailey of manslaughter.
Three other men, aged between 18 and 23, were found guilty of wounding with intent.
The trial heard a "small army" of men attacked Che and one of his friends, who was also stabbed several times.
The attack was the result of a feud between people on neighbouring north-west London estates, the jury was told.
Prosecuting, Crispin Aylett QC said a flyer for the event was posted on Instagram which meant "inevitably a number of people who had not been invited got to hear about it".
He added: "Once the defendants' group had arrived... they immediately attacked as a group - surrounding Che and his friends.
Mr Labastide-Wellington, who was believed to have been carrying a knife himself, was stabbed once in the chest and collapsed in a nearby alleyway.
Rimmel Williams, 18, of Willesden, north-west London, Calvin Tudor, 22, of Willesden, and Marlon Tudor, 23, of no fixed address, were found guilty of wounding with intent.
Omar Afrah, 22, and Olamilekan Onafowokan, 23, both of Wembley, were found guilty of conspiracy to commit violent disorder.
They will all be sentenced on 6 December.
Ibrahim Mansaray, 18, of Acton, west London, and a 15-year-old from Willesden, who cannot be named, were acquitted of all charges. | A man has been found guilty of killing a teenager at a party advertised on social media platform Instagram. | 37927199 |
21 November 2014 Last updated at 10:46 GMT
Norma Peace lives with her husband in the Yorkshire village of Sutton-in-Craven.
Although she has often been abroad to ski, she was inspired by her grandson Sam to give snowboarding a try.
She took up her new hobby in April and now totally loves it.
She told BBC Sport reporter Nick Hope she would recommend "anyone, of any age" to give snowboarding a go. | Meet the 75-year-old super-gran who has taken up the extreme sport snowboarding. | 30145520 |
Ballater was one of the communities worst affected.
Some local people there have said flood prevention measures have failed to tackle the greatest dangers.
Aberdeenshire Council said it has spent £40,000 on rebuilding a section of river bank in Ballater.
More than 170 households in Aberdeenshire are still in temporary accommodation.
Ballater flood group volunteer Tony Cox thinks the council has concentrated on the wrong part of the river bank.
He said: "We're standing more or less on the repair section that the council inserted which is known as the '40 metre section'.
"It repairs an area here but unfortunately this is not where the flood made its entrance onto the golf course.
"That's further round the river, further upstream, and that has not yet been addressed."
Aberdeenshire Council chief executive Jim Savage agreed that it has taken a while for flooded-out residents to get back home.
He said: "It's really sad to see that it does take a long time to get people back in.
"That can be for many different reasons in terms of the level of damage to the house, their personal circumstances, insurance situation, whatever it may be.
"It's very sad to see that happening. I hope and think that whatever we need to do collectively we'll do so, to get people back in as soon as possible."
For 63-year-old local resident Josephine Hazley that cannot come soon enough.
"We are hoping to come at the end of January," she said. "We've been promised that and we're very much looking forward to that." | Nearly a year after serious flooding brought misery to parts of Aberdeenshire, doubts have been expressed about work intended to prevent future floods. | 38332590 |
Gaming International (GI), under subsidiary firm Riviera Stadium Limited, agreed a deal to buy the club before Christmas.
The National League did not approve the takeover at Thursday's monthly meeting for 'administrative reasons'.
"We have been assured by the National League that all of the financial and other requirements have been satisfied," a Torquay statement said.
And the club expect the takeover to be ratified by the National League at their next board meeting in February.
"In recent times, I don't think that anyone would disagree that the club has lost focus and consequently, has suffered both financial and organisational instability," Torquay United director and GI chairman Clarke Osborne said in a statement.
"Our short-term objectives are to bring us back to a stable footing as soon as possible and certainly by the end of this season.
Meanwhile, Torquay have appointed former academy boss Geoff Harrop as general manager.
Harrop, who left the club when the academy was shut down in the summer of 2015, had been in charge of Yeovil Town's academy.
"Geoff knows football, the club and Torquay; he is ambitious and committed to the successful future of the club," added Osborne.
"As general manager, he will oversee our operations and will be tasked with managing the development of a five-year plan and the re-establishment of a football academy and integrated youth football network.
"(Manager) Kevin Nicholson and Geoff will work closely together in developing this brilliant club, and improve every aspect of what we do on, and off the pitch, and report to the board of directors.
"We have spent a rather hectic few weeks working with the management team, meeting many people connected with supporting the club, and started to get to grips with the short-term challenges." | Torquay United's takeover has yet to be ratified by the National League. | 38692064 |
Speaking in the House of Lords, Lord Dunlop said the government is fully committed to the Agreement.
His statement came following the collapse of the Stormont executive over a botched green energy scheme.
SDLP leader Colum Eastwood has called for "joint authority" instead of direct rule.
He said that joint authority between the UK and Irish governments was the only "acceptable position for the nationalist community" should the Stormont institutions fail to be re-established after the election.
On Sunday, the Northern Ireland secretary of state said he was not contemplating any alternatives to a devolved government.
James Brokenshire refused to be drawn on the prospect of direct rule or joint authority with the Irish government. | A Northern Ireland Office spokesman has said "any form of joint authority" would be incompatible with the consent principle in the Good Friday Agreement. | 38669564 |
Patrick Marshall, 70, denies carrying out the abuse while working at Windsor Grammar School in Berkshire and St Paul's School in London.
Southwark Crown Court was told 24 offences against at least nine boys occurred between 1969 and 1981.
One witness told the trial he "lay there quietly" while he was assaulted by the married father-of-three.
He said the former geography teacher and rowing coach attacked him several times at a "secluded" building used by the school.
"I just felt intense discomfort. I did not know how to stop it from happening," he said.
The former Windsor Grammar pupil, who cannot be named, said Mr Marshall had come across as "a charismatic and charming" person who had showed him friendship and encouragement.
Brian Stork, defending, argued the witness had a "good deal of direct contact" with Mr Marshall for two or three years after the teacher left the school, and had gone on holiday with him.
"Nobody would have forced you to go on a trip abroad with Patrick Marshall. So it's not unreasonable to assume that if you did go on such a trip you went on it voluntarily.
"At no time did Mr Marshall touch you sexually," he said.
The witness replied: "That's completely incorrect."
Mr Marshall, of Farnham, Surrey, faces 24 counts of indecent assault against nine boys, and one count of indecency with a child.
The offences allegedly took place in the defendant's car, the alleged victims' homes and abroad.
The trial continues. | A former teacher carried out a string of sex attacks on boys for more than a decade, a court has heard. | 38574796 |
Liam Laing, of Brookside, Chacewater, admitted killing 20-year-old David Curnow on 21 September in Redruth.
Mr Curnow was found injured after "a disturbance" outside The Zone nightclub and later died in hospital, Truro Crown Court heard.
A second man, Connor Hammond, 21, of Johns Park, Redruth, pleaded not guilty to murder and is expected to go on trial in April.
Laing will be sentenced at a later date.
Mr Hammond was remanded in custody. | A man has pleaded guilty to the murder of a soldier in Cornwall. | 35443758 |
The 24 year-old, who came through Manchester City's academy, left Shrewsbury in December after agreeing with the club to cancel his contract.
Before joining Shrewsbury in July, Sarcevic spent three years at Fleetwood Town where he scored 18 goals in 118 league appearances.
He becomes Derek Adams' third signing in January after Nathan Blissett and Jakub Sokolik arrived at Home Park.
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page or visit our Premier League tracker here. | Midfielder Antoni Sarcevic has joined League Two side Plymouth Argyle. | 38757399 |
Four people were injured after stones were thrown at the bus and smashed a number of windows.
One woman had to be treated in hospital for serious facial injuries.
Fr Aidan Mullan told the BBC's Sunday News programme that the attack "did not represent the views of the people in Dungiven".
He said he was getting ready for a vigil mass at Dungiven Parish Church when he heard about the attack.
"What is very annoying is that it was pre-meditated, these people had to be there, armed with these stones in a pre-meditated, cold-blooded fashion," he said.
"They do not represent the good people of Dungiven and that was what people were saying to me in the church, one woman had tears in her eyes saying 'we get painted in a bad name and it's not fair, it's not right, that doesn't represent us'.
"It is shameful, we're rightly ashamed, and this attack does not represent the feelings of the vast majority of people in Dungiven."
A 16-year-old boy arrested after the attack on suspicion of causing grievous bodily harm has since been released on bail pending further inquiries.
You can listen back to The Sunday News programme on the BBC iPlayer. | An attack on a bus carrying spectators of the Apprentice Boys parade in Londonderry on Saturday was "shameful", the parish priest of Dungiven has said. | 33841341 |
The 23-year-old defender will join the Women's Super League side on 3 January from French club Montpellier.
The daughter of former British Lions rugby union player John and sister of Scotland rugby international Johnnie moved to France in 2013 after four successful years at Arsenal Ladies.
Beattie said: "City have their targets set on winning trophies and that's the kind of club I want to be at."
The Blues won their first major trophy last season as they beat holders Arsenal 1-0 to lift the 2014 Continental Cup. | Scotland international Jennifer Beattie has signed for Manchester City Women. | 30588602 |
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