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The body of John Utley was discovered at an address in Royds Avenue, in the Paddock area, at about 06:30 BST on Wednesday.
A post-mortem examination found he died as a result of serious head injuries.
Wayne Thornton, 55, of Royds Avenue, appeared at Kirklees Magistrates' Court earlier and was remanded to appear at Leeds Crown Court on 4 July.
More stories from across Yorkshire | A man has appeared in court charged with the murder of a 79-year-old found dead at a property in Huddersfield. | 40453929 |
But the broader S&P 500 and the tech-based Nasdaq closed lower, ending a busy week of earnings results.
The Dow added 0.2% to 21,830.31, while the S&P and Nasdaq were both down 0.1% to close at 2,472.09 and 6,374.68.
Shares in online retail giant Amazon fell 2.56% after it surprised investors by reporting lower-than-expected profits.
Profits for the April-to-June period fell 77% to $197m as the company invested in overseas expansion and new products and services.
Shares in Goodyear sank more than 8% after the tyre maker's second-quarter sales fell short of expectations and the company cut its forecasts.
Goodyear now expects sales at its tyre unit to fall by about 3.5% this year, compared with its previous forecast of no change. | The blue-chip Dow Jones held on to slim gains to close at a third consecutive record on Friday. | 40755744 |
The judge in the south-eastern town of Diyarbakir found Leyla Zana guilty of violating Turkey's anti-terror law.
As an MP she has immunity from prosecution. The sentence will not take effect until she leaves parliament.
The charges relate to nine speeches she gave between 2007 and 2008.
Mrs Zana is seen as a hero by many Kurds for her criticisms of Turkey's treatment of their community.
A previous conviction on the same charges in 2008 was overturned on appeal. Thursday's sentence is the result of a fresh trial for the same charges.
Mrs Zana is also accused of praising Abdullah Ocalan, the PKK leader who has been held in solitary confinement since his capture in 1999.
The PKK has been fighting the Turkish state for nearly 30 years and is listed as a terrorist group by Turkey, the United States and the European Union.
Mrs Zana, 51, became a leading campaigner for Kurdish prisoners in the 1990s. She was first elected to parliament in 1991, becoming Turkey's first woman Kurdish MP.
Back then, she caused an outcry in Turkey's parliament when she spoke Kurdish while taking the parliamentary oath.
She has already spent a decade in jail, between 1994 and 2004, for alleged links to the PKK.
Mrs Zana was elected again in June 2011, along with 35 other Kurdish-backed candidates.
Many Kurdish politicians, including Mrs Zana, have campaigned for political autonomy for Kurds in south-east Turkey.
About 40,000 people have been killed in the conflict between the Turkish state and PKK guerrillas, but in recent years the government has introduced some reforms to improve the rights of Kurds.
Mrs Zana has been nominated twice for the Nobel Peace Prize and was awarded the Andrei Sakharov prize for human rights in 1995. | A Turkish court has sentenced a high-profile Kurdish MP to 10 years in prison for spreading propaganda on behalf of the Kurdish People's Party (PKK) militant group. | 18188426 |
The Black Cats are bottom of the Premier League, two points from safety after three wins in 15 games.
Bain described Sunderland's level of debt as "not healthy" and said manager David Moyes would not make big-money signings next month.
"We have very limited transfer funds available for January," he said.
Bain highlighted Sunderland's high turnover of players in recent seasons as one of the reasons for the club's "difficult financial backdrop".
He said they had made a profit on just three of the 46 players they have sold since 2009.
"It's not a statistic that anyone can be proud about," he added.
The Black Cats have also had a high turnover of managers in the past few seasons.
Since Steve Bruce was sacked in November 2011, Martin O'Neill, Paolo di Canio, Gus Poyet, Dick Advocaat, Sam Allardyce and Moyes have managed the club.
"This is the time where we have to deal with the cards we have been dealt and get on with it," said Bain.
"The funds are limited and it'll be a difficult journey, there is no doubt about that. These are times when you dig deep together." | Sunderland will not spend their way out of trouble in the January transfer window, says chief executive Martin Bain. | 38307332 |
After slipping to 34-2 early on the final day chasing 329 for victory, Rob Key (67) and skipper Sam Northeast (76) took Kent to 139-3 with a stand of 105.
Ben Harmison's breezy knock of 50 took the visitors to 231-4 before he was dismissed on the stroke of tea.
Rain then prevented any further action with Kent needing 98 more runs and Derbyshire five more wickets to win.
On a fluctuating last day, Derbyshire seized the early initiative after Ben Cotton bowled Daniel Bell-Drummond for 19 and England hopeful Mark Footit (2-64) had Joe Denly caught behind by teenage wicketkeeper Harvey Hosein for a single inside their first three overs.
Key and Northeast's century partnership led a Kent recovery before Tony Palladino trapped Key lbw. Harmison kept the momentum up until Hosein and Footit combined again to remove Northeast, 24 runs short of his first century of the season.
The match was back in the balance when Harmison was dismissed immediately after reaching the 15th first-class half-century of his career off 63 balls, including eight fours.
The home side reached tea on 231-5, but persistent drizzle meant they players never returned to the field with the match abandoned as a draw at 17:30 BST.
Kent remain second-bottom of Division Two with Derbyshire one place and 12 points above them. | Derbyshire and Kent had to settle for a draw after rain ended both sides' hopes of winning their finely-poised match. | 34036205 |
Kirmond, 30, has made 83 appearances for Wakefield, scoring 39 tries since joining them in 2012.
He began his professional career with Huddersfield Giants, scoring 10 tries in 55 games before moving to Wakefield after a loan spell in 2010.
Wakefield are currently sixth in the Super League table with 14 points, having won seven of their 14 games. | Wakefield Wildcats second-rower Danny Kirmond has signed a new two-year contract with the Super League side. | 36333446 |
The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) confirmed it was investigating "a recent flight" involving the Vulcan.
The aircraft was captured on camera by an amateur enthusiast flying over Grantham, Lincolnshire on 4 October.
Restrictions on ex-military aircraft were put in place after the Shoreham air crash in August.
A spokesman for the CAA said it was looking whether the Vulcan "may have performed a roll manoeuvre".
He added: "This did not occur during an air display. Although not normally allowed under its current permissions to fly, a roll is a benign manoeuvre and the Vulcan's maintenance support organisation has confirmed that the aircraft is safe to fly."
The CAA said the measures taken in the wake of the Shoreham air crash were primarily applicable to air displays.
The aircraft, which is maintained and operated by the Leicestershire-based charity Vulcan to the Sky Trust, has now been grounded after engineering backers, including Rolls Royce, withdrew support.
The trust said it was was co-operating fully with the CAA investigation.
The Vulcan made its final flight on Wednesday.
Vulcans, which once operated from RAF Waddington in Lincolnshire, saw action during the 1982 Falklands War. | Footage purportedly showing the UK's last flying Vulcan bomber carrying out a prohibited barrel roll is being investigated by officials. | 34712346 |
The 22-year-old scored an unbeaten 140 as the Red Rose drew their opening County Championship match at Essex.
He had spent 11 months out of the game with a knee problem that required an operation last season.
"There were a couple of dark moments during that time," Davies told BBC Radio Lancashire.
"You have to stay positive and have belief in your own ability, belief that you will get back fit and you will get back playing.
"It was tough to watch Lancashire last season and see people move ahead of me, but I had that belief deep down.
"This (first century) was really amazing and it's good to get it off my back really. I've had a lot of chances in the past and not quite got over the line." | Lancashire wicketkeeper Alex Davies says his maiden first-class century was reward for his hard work during the winter after a long-term injury. | 39564794 |
In an Instagram post, Mr Navalny said "sadly, I've been told I will only recover my sight in several months".
A photo he posted shows his right eye looking bloodshot, and skin damage.
Last month green antiseptic was thrown at Mr Navalny, an outspoken critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
He is recovering at an eye clinic in Barcelona, a city he described as "a European centre for ophthalmology".
Commenting on his vision now, he said that his right eye could only make out the largest letters on the optician's test card.
But he said he was happy to dispense with "pirate accessories" like an eye patch.
He said the liquid had contained a caustic substance that caused him to lose 85% of his sight in that eye.
He had also been attacked in March with the dye called zelyonka ("brilliant green" in English).
Presidential ambitions
He intends to challenge Mr Putin in next year's presidential elections. He campaigns against what he calls systematic government corruption, vowing to rid Russia of its powerful "thieves".
This month a Russian court upheld a five-year suspended sentence imposed on Mr Navalny.
The ruling by a court in Kirov related to his conviction for embezzlement in a timber deal. He was convicted again in February after a retrial.
He condemned the case as political, designed to prevent him standing in next year's presidential election. | Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny says he has had surgery on his right eye by a doctor in Spain, after suffering chemical burns from green dye that was thrown in his face. | 39862598 |
The men, who were suspected of illegal fishing, were caught in the blaze after the coastguard officers threw a "flashbang" or stun grenade into part of their boat where they were hiding.
It is believed they died of smoke inhalation, an official said, and an autopsy has been ordered.
Fourteen other fishermen survived and are being questioned by authorities.
The incident began when a coastguard vessel identified the fishing boat in South Korean waters, and ordered it to stop for inspection.
A coastguard official said the men ignored the commands, and barricaded themselves inside the wheel-house while the boat continued to travel. Officers then fired "flashbang" or stun grenades into the space, after which a fire broke out.
Flashbang grenades are designed to be non-lethal, producing a very loud noise and intense light which temporarily affects vision and hearing. They can also disrupt a person's balance by affecting fluids in the inner ear.
Chinese authorities have requested a full investigation, and South Korea's coastguard has said one is already under way.
Fishing in South Korean waters by Chinese vessels is permitted with the proper authorisation, but illegal fishing has become a point of contention between the two countries in recent years. | Three Chinese fishermen have died in a fire after their boat was boarded by the South Korean coastguard. | 37516098 |
There are currently seven statues in the Teesside town, all of which depict men.
They include D-Day VC soldier Stan Hollis and footballers Brian Clough, George Hardwick and Wilf Mannion.
Campaigner Emma Chesworth said: "Woman are very often ignored and erased from history."
She added: "A statue is a very visible and powerful symbol and there are some fantastic women who have lived and are living in Middlesbrough.
"Their achievements are incredible, but they haven't been recognised publically."
The team behind the campaign said a statue could be paid for through fundraising and lottery grants.
Ellen Wilkinson, the town's first female MP, and Mary Jaques, founder of its first cottage hospital, have been suggested as deserving of a permanent memorial.
Elected mayor Dave Budd has backed the plan.
He said: "It's a great idea and, like many great ideas, I wonder why no-one thought of it before."
A list of candidates will be published in May with a public vote following. | A campaign has been launched to build a statue honouring the achievements by women of Middlesbrough. | 35826507 |
The former The Only Way Is Essex star thanked fans for their "lovely messages" on Twitter after she rolled the car on Wednesday evening.
The 24-year-old's tweet added: "God was definitely watching down on me."
Police told Newsbeat they had been called to Woodford New Road, E18, at 22:00 BST "following reports of an over-turned car".
A spokesman added: "At this early stage it is believed that the vehicle was in collision with some traffic lights.
"There are no reported injuries at this time and enquiries are continuing."
They also said there have been no arrests.
The reality TV show star's brother tweeted: "Love my sister so much so glad she is ok."
Amy appeared first appeared in Towie in 2010.
Since leaving the show in 2011, she has gone on to launch her own boutique, clothing line and perfume.
Follow @BBCNewsbeat on Twitter and Radio1Newsbeat on YouTube | Amy Childs had said she's "lucky to be alive" after flipping her Range Rover onto its roof. | 29642946 |
Anonymous Africa said it had also hacked into the sites of Zimbabwe's defence ministry and the state-run Herald newspaper.
The ANC said its site had been "flooded" by a Distributed Denial of Service (DDS), which overwhelms sites with huge amounts of traffic.
Mr Mugabe has called elections in July.
South Africa's President Jacob Zuma is the lead mediator between Zimbabwe's leader and his long-time rival, Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai.
At 12:30 BST (11:30 GMT) all three websites were working again.
ANC spokesman Jackson Mthembu said the party's website team was "currently working on the problem, including assessing means to strengthen our security so that such does not recur in future".
On its Twitter feed @zim4thewin, Anonymous Africa said the ANC was an "enabler" of Mr Mugabe's government.
It said it had targeted the Zimbabwe defence ministry because of the "genocide" of 20,000 Ndebele people in the 1980s.
Zimbabwe's government has always denied accusations that it deliberately killed civilians because they were ethnic Ndebeles, seen as supporters of Mr Mugabe's rival, the late Joshua Nkomo.
It says it was targeting criminals.
Some of Mr Tsvangirai's supporters want South Africa to put more pressure on Mr Mugabe to ensure that elections are free and fair.
On Thursday, Mr Tsvangirai accused Mr Mugabe of acting "unlawfully" by saying elections would be held on 31 July.
The prime minister wants more time to ensure that reforms are in place before polling day.
Mr Mugabe says he is complying with a court order, which said the elections must be held by the end of July. | Opponents of President Robert Mugabe have targeted the website of South Africa's governing ANC, accusing it of backing Zimbabwe's leader. | 22902168 |
The coaches have accused each other of illegal scrummaging in the build up to the potential tournament decider.
England coach Eddie Jones said referees did not penalise Wales' scrum for fear of being accused of ruining games.
"Craig's been one of the best for a long time period and he'll assess the scrums as he sees them," said Jenkins.
"Irrelevant of what coaches say there will always be things said in the press, whether it be attack, scrummaging or contact area.
"It makes no difference to us, it's a humungous game irrelevant of anything else. Whatever the coaches say we've got a game to focus on tomorrow and a big Test match to win.
"I think very highly of Craig as a referee and I'm sure he'll have a good game tomorrow."
The two teams go into the game unbeaten, with England topping the table with three wins.
Jones claims Wales have scrummaged illegally throughout the tournament, saying: "100%. Terribly illegally."
Wales forwards coach Robin McBryde highlighted England's Joe Marler as a frequent infringer at the scrum.
A former fly-half and Wales' record international points scorer, Jenkins said the scrum was not his area of expertise.
"I leave that up to Warren Gatland and Robin McBryde," he added.
The last time referee Joubert officiated at Twickenham was the World Cup quarter final between Australia and Scotland where he awarded a controversial late penalty which the Wallabies kicked to win the match.
Jenkins said that incident would have no bearing on Saturday.
"When I first saw the incident I thought it was a penalty," Wales' kicking coach explained.
"Hindsight and replays are wonderful, but it was it is. I think very highly of Craig as a referee and I'm sure he'll have a good game tomorrow." | Neil Jenkins has backed referee Craig Joubert ahead of Saturday's key Six Nations match between England and Wales. | 35787194 |
The soldier was found injured and unconscious on Lion Street at about 01:00 BST on Sunday, and was taken to hospital but later died.
Dyfed-Powys Police said the serviceman, from the Royal Gibraltar Regiment, was wearing civilian clothing.
The Ministry of Defence confirmed the death "with great sadness and regret" and said thoughts were with his family.
An area in Brecon town centre was cordoned off as police investigated the incident.
A police spokesman said: "Today in Brecon a 23-year-old man has been arrested in relation to the death of a man who was a serving member of the armed forces.
"He is being held in custody on suspicion of murder and the investigation is ongoing."
A Ministry of Defence spokesman said: "It is with great sadness and regret that the MoD can confirm a soldier from the Royal Gibraltar Regiment died in Brecon in the early hours of this morning.
"Dyfed-Powys Police are currently investigating and it would therefore be inappropriate to comment further on the circumstances.
"Our thoughts are with his family and friends and the regiment asks that their privacy is respected at this difficult time."
Dyfed Powys Police confirmed the arrested man is not a serving soldier. | A 23-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after the death of a soldier in Brecon. | 36244270 |
The heat has been compounded by power cuts, which have prevented many people from using air conditioning.
In Santiago del Estero and other northern provinces temperatures have soared to over 45C (113F).
Meteorologists say it has been the worst heatwave in the region since records began in 1906.
The victims of the extreme weather lived in Santiago del Estero, located 1,100km (680 miles) north of Buenos Aires.
Hundreds of people in the province have required medical help and doctors have warned people to stay indoors during the hottest hours.
Argentina's ageing power grid has been struggling to keep up with increased demand for air-conditioning.
Ice cream parlours and other businesses have lost their stocks due to the power cuts
Authorities are blaming the energy shortages on the hot weather. But the opposition accuses the government of mismanaging the crisis.
Many people are protesting about the lack of services, says the BBC's Irene Caselli in Buenos Aires. Some parts of the city have been without power for two weeks.
Residents have set fire to rubbish bags and tyres on the roads, causing traffic jams as many left the capital for the new year festivities.
Buenos Aires Mayor Mauricio Macri, a former ally of President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, said private energy suppliers could not take all the blame.
"The main responsibility is with the federal government," he said. "The government must make sure there is an investment programme, which has not happened in the last decade." | A heatwave affecting Argentina has left at least seven people dead - most of them elderly - in the past week, officials say. | 25564633 |
The parents of Srirasmi Suwadee, who was recently divorced from Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn, admitted misusing their royal connections 12 years ago.
Nine of Ms Srirasmi's relatives have been arrested since last year.
Thailand's royal family is protected by some of the strictest lese majeste laws in the world.
On Wednesday, a court sentenced Apiruj Suwadee, 72, and his wife Wanthanee, 66, for insulting the royal family, lodging a malicious claim and asking authorities to file false charges against their neighbour in 2003.
Ms Srirasmi gave up all her royal titles last December.
Various members of her family, including her sister and two brothers, have now been convicted and jailed for lese majeste.
The army staged a coup last year, and has since ramped up the use of the charge.
The law prohibits any negative comments about the king, queen, heir or regent. It carries a maximum sentence of 15 years in prison.
Media organisations cannot report the full details of any case without risking prosecution under the law.
Critics say the law restricts free speech and is used as a tool to silence political opposition. | The parents of a former Thai princess have been sentenced to two-and-a-half years in prison after pleading guilty to defaming the monarchy. | 31828475 |
Goals from Kyle Bennett, Michael Doyle and a Matt Pearson own goal gave Pompey a 3-1 win in the League two match - their third victory in four games.
Portsmouth have lost only one of their last seven matches and are six points behind third-placed Plymouth.
"The first half was probably the best performance we have had in relation to the magnitude of the game," said Cook.
"We absolutely dominated a team that have been excellent at home," he told BBC Radio Solent.
"We took a lot of criticism at Barnet away and we have taken that criticism properly - we have stood up like men."
Portsmouth, who are now fourth in the division, host Newport at Fratton Park on Saturday. | Portsmouth manager Paul Cook described his side's first-half performance at Accrington as their best this season. | 35763679 |
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The 2014 Commonwealth Games champion lost to France's Kilian Le Blouch after a penalty in golden score.
"People say to me 'you're only 33', but 33 in judo is old. In February I was almost on the verge of not wanting to come," the Norfolk athlete said.
"I had a good few months, won European silver, but now it's time to reassess and see what comes next."
He continued: "I never say never (about competing at Tokyo 2020). I think my staff may say it's a bit out of reach, maybe British Judo will look to youth for the next four years and maybe they're right to do so."
Neither Oates nor his opponent scored a point in the match, and Oates was eight seconds from victory before being penalised by the referee to level the scores and taking it to a golden score, where he was penalised again.
Oates continued: "I left it down to the referees, unfortunately. It was a scrappy fight, it's his style of fighting, he doesn't really want to score, he wants to win on shidos (penalties) and I played into that a little bit.
"The worst thing is I've been feeling the best I've ever felt going into these Olympics but I've not produced the performance I think my training and work ethic has deserved." | Judoka Colin Oates says he is considering his future after losing in the 2016 Rio Olympic -66kg first round. | 37008997 |
Robert Bavington, 28, of Rugby, fell to the ground in the attack and hit his head. He died in hospital.
Vijay Masih, 31, of Willenhall, West Midlands, denied his manslaughter in April last year but was found guilty at Warwick Crown Court.
Police said it was an unprovoked attack and described it as "a senseless act... with no real meaning or justification".
Mr Bavington was attacked in the early hours of 10 April outside Moo Bar on Russell Street in Leamington.
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Det Ch Insp Liam Barry, of Warwickshire Police, said Mr Bavington was "a young man of fine character with his life very much ahead of him".
"The sentence handed to the defendant will not bring Robert back or take away the trauma, pain and suffering caused but I hope they will be able to take comfort from the fact Masih will be behind bars and will not be able to cause harm to another family," he said. | A man who killed another with a single punch outside a bar in Leamington Spa has been jailed for six years. | 40285229 |
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Mr Neil, who was from north Belfast, died after he was stabbed following a barbecue in Comber, County Down, last weekend.
The minister who conducted the service told mourners the murder was "utterly reprehensible".
BBC Newsline's Helen Jones reports. | Hundreds of people have attended the funeral of 23-year-old Kyle Neil, whose body was found in the boot of a car in south Belfast. | 32366056 |
Radio Free Europe-Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) said that armed police ordered employees to leave the building of its Azerbaijani service Radio Azadliq.
The raid comes amid a crackdown on journalists and human rights activists in the oil-rich ex-Soviet state.
Earlier this month, Azerbaijani officials arrested an investigative reporter working for Radio Azadliq.
The director of the radio station, Kenan Aliyev, told AFP news agency that armed police had shut the station early on Friday.
"Our equipment and computers are being confiscated," he said. "Journalists are being forced out of the office."
A video posted on Twitter by RFE/RL showed prosecutors and police seizing folders and documents.
The Prosecutor General's Office told AP news agency that the search was conducted to investigate a "grave crime" but would not give any details.
A spokesman for President Ilham Aliyev accused Radio Azadliq of working for a foreign security service in December, just before the arrest of one of its journalists.
Investigative reporter Khadija Ismayilova was arrested earlier in December on charges that she drove a man to commit suicide. She is in pre-trial detention for two months.
In recent months, Azerbaijan has been accused of putting pressure on journalists and activists who have criticised the government for its failure to comply with international human rights standards and for arresting protesters.
Ilham Aliyev was elected for a third term as president in 2013, in a vote that the opposition rejected as fraudulent and undemocratic. Azerbaijan said the vote was fair. | Prosecutors in Azerbaijan have raided the offices of a US-funded radio station in the capital, Baku. | 30606466 |
The Azeri fighter, silver medallist at last year's World Championships, proved far too elusive for the Mullingar man.
Selimov won on all three judges cards and the Irishman could have few complaints with the unanimous verdict.
Joyce's defeat came after news that team-mate Michael O'Reilly had opted not to contest a failed drugs test.
Middleweight O'Reilly, 23, is now out of the Games after being handed a suspension.
In a statement handed to Irish broadcaster RTE, O'Reilly said he unintentionally took a supplement that may have contained a banned substance.
On Monday, big Irish medal hope Paddy Barnes made a shock exit in the light-flyweight division as he was edged out by Spain's Samuel Carmona.
Barnes, who won bronze medals at the last two games, said that difficulties in making the 49 kilogram limit had left him totally bereft of energy during the contest.
Joe Ward will hope to give the Irish boxing team a badly needed boost by accounting for Ecuador's Carlos Mina in the light-heavyweight division on Wednesday evening (23:15 BST).
Westmeath fight Ward reached the final at last year's World Championships in Doha and is regarded as a strong Irish medal hope in Rio.
Ireland's other fighters still in the tournament are defending women's lightweight champion Katie Taylor and Northern Ireland trio Michael Conlan, Steven Donnelly and Brendan Irvine.
Subscribe to the BBC Sport newsletter to get our pick of news, features and video sent to your inbox. | Ireland's Olympic boxing woes continued as lightweight David Oliver Joyce bowed out in the last 16 of his division against Azerbaijan's Albert Selimov. | 37032993 |
Overall second-quarter sales rose 0.7%, beating expectations, after an 11.4% jump from its Directory catalogue and internet business.
However, full-price sales at Next Retail fell 7.4%, and it said it remained "cautious" about its outlook, given the current consumer environment.
Next shares topped the FTSE 100 in morning trading, rising more than 6.3%.
The company also confirmed it would pay a special quarterly dividend of 45p.
Neil Wilson of ETX Capital said: "Next said it now expects to deliver £307m of surplus cash this year, having guided that to be £255m in May.
"The leap in surplus cash has investors eyeing up more dividends."
Next said its second-quarter sales were better than expected after it improved its product ranges and made its website more user-friendly.
It also said a spell of warm weather had helped sales.
George Salmon, an equity analyst at Hargreaves Lansdown, said: "After the steady flow of bad news over the last 18 months or so, which has seen the shares halve from their 2015 highs, sales trends at Next have improved in recent weeks.
"While this update provides a welcome tonic to shareholders, it's clear Next is still feeling the heat."
He said even with the "solar-powered boost" to its second-quarter sales, the company was still expecting second half sales to fall.
Next now expects full-year sales to be between 3% down and 0.5% up, narrowing the lower end of its sales guidance range by 0.5%.
It left its profit guidance unchanged, after reducing it in January and May. | Next sales have had a big boost from the retailer's Directory catalogue and internet business. | 40811147 |
Haag, 47, was appointed to succeed Glenn Delaney in July 2012 and led the Green & Whites to second place in the second tier the following year.
The ex-England lock previously played 315 games for Bath and later became forwards coach at the Rec.
"I have thoroughly enjoyed my time at Nottingham," Haag said.
His first task at Twickenham will be to guide the Under-20s through the World Rugby Championship in June.
"Martin is held in high esteem in the rugby world," said the Rugby Football Union's head of international player development Joe Lydon.
"We were impressed with his vision for both player and coach development and his philosophies and values align with those that are in place for the programme."
Nottingham are currently fifth in the second-tier, nine points behind Yorkshire Carnegie and Bedford above them.
Have you added the new Top Story alerts in the BBC Sport app? Simply head to the menu in the app - and don't forget you can also add alerts for the Six Nations, cricket scores, your football team and more. | Head coach Martin Haag will leave Nottingham at the end of the current Championship campaign to take up the same role with England's Under-20 side. | 35719062 |
The crash happened on Bourges Boulevard in Peterborough, close to the Bright Street roundabout, at about 00:50 BST.
The cyclist, a woman in her 20s, died at the scene, Cambridgeshire Police said. The driver of the taxi, a 59-year-old man from Peterborough, was not injured.
Police have appealed for anyone with information and witnesses to the crash to contact the force. | A cyclist has died after a collision involving a black cab. | 32428541 |
The country has endured two years of failed rains, with this year's problems linked to the El Nino weather pattern.
Last month, President Robert Mugabe declared a state of disaster in rural parts of the country hit by a drought.
In January, nearly three million Zimbabweans needed food aid, but that figure may have risen.
The UN's children's agency, Unicef, said nearly 33,000 children were suffering from severe acute malnutrition, and they were in urgent need of treatment.
"We have not seen these levels of malnutrition in more than 15 years," Unicef's Zimbabwe representative Jane Muita said.
"Although the government and its partners are doing their best to assist, more needs to be done to prevent this crisis from spiralling out of control."
According to the most recent survey, published last month but carried out in January, 37% of households are hungry, twice the figure from May last year.
Unicef has appealed for $21m (£15m) to help continue its work supporting children.
Zimbabwe Unicef spokesman Victor Chinyama told the BBC that there might be a very low yield from this year's harvest, which could mean that things would be a lot worse by the end of the year. | Malnutrition rates in Zimbabwe are at risk of "spiralling out of control" if more is not done to prevent the crisis, the UN has warned. | 35812724 |
The attack happened in a car in Rossnareen Avenue in the Shaws Road area of the city. Two men have been arrested.
The victim is in his 40s and understood to be from the traveller community.
He had been in a car along with a woman when the attack happened. The shooting was reported shortly before 09:00 GMT on Thursday.
A spokesperson for the Northern Ireland Ambulance Service said they received a report at 08.55 BST that a man had been shot in the head.
Sinn Féin MLA Rosie McCorley said that whoever carried out the attack had no regard for the local community.
"The car stopped at the junction of Rosgoill Park, a very busy junction, especially at this time of the morning because there is a local school there and people would have been dropping their children off.
"Local people are shocked and concerned that this happened at a very busy time."
Police are appealing for information about the crime. | A man who was shot in the head in west Belfast is in a critical condition in hospital. | 34866194 |
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The sport was rugby not football; Wales, not England, were the home team while a new stadium was being built in Cardiff.
The game also turned expectation on its head when un-fancied Wales thwarted England's Grand Slam hopes in the final Five Nations match of all time. And in one of the great climaxes.
"To quote Bill McClaren: "A burst by Scott Gibbs . . . Scott Gibbs is through . . ." | It was a day England met Wales at Wembley when everything was topsy-turvy. | 35712339 |
20 November 2016 Last updated at 11:08 GMT
Whilst on his journey he was interviewed on Vietnam's national TV station.
He spoke about his experiences with wildlife, and also about his children Prince George who is three years old, and Princess Charlotte who is one.
He said he would like them to grow up: "treating others as they would like to be treated themselves".
The Duke of Cambridge also said that: "George is a right little rascal sometimes...but he's a sweet boy." | Prince William is on a special tour of Vietnam at the moment spreading the word about stopping the illegal wildlife trade. | 38043140 |
Thompson, 36, was Buddies captain last season but missed much of the campaign due to injury, with St Mirren relegated to the Scottish Championship.
He joined the Paisley club in 2011 following spells at Dundee United, Rangers, Cardiff City and Burnley.
And Thompson, who won 16 Scotland caps between 2002 and 2004, says he is "super motivated" to help St Mirren challenge in the second tier.
"Last season was hugely disappointing missing half the season through injury but with a good pre-season behind me this summer and having worked really hard over the close season I am confident I can be an asset to the team," he told St Mirren's website.
Thompson has made almost 600 senior appearances in club football, scoring 141 goals. He netted three times for Scotland.
St Mirren manager Ian Murray said: "I am delighted to have Thommo on board for the season ahead.
"I know him very well having played together in the past and know he will be a big goal threat for us in the new season, and his experience will be invaluable for the younger players." | Striker Steven Thompson has signed a new one-year contract with St Mirren. | 33291955 |
Last year's Black Friday saw shoppers in the UK fighting over bargains, websites crashing and delivery companies struggling to cope.
This year some retailers have brought in more security to prevent customers fighting over discounted items, while others such as Asda have withdrawn from the event completely.
People have been sharing their memes and comments about the day on social media.
Many of you, including @IamHappyToast and @Memz_Dogi have been tweeting about the "supposed" chaos in east London where even Batman got involved:
@lee_parnell's tweet of a bloodied Rocky Balboa with a TV has also been shared this year. @spursy79tweets this version:
Bargain hunters or zombies? @gaushell's tweet compares the two:
Countering #BlackFriday, #BuyNothingDay has been trending on social media.
@dreamatrobs tweets about the amount of money you can save:
@GrahamMallaghan tweets his support:
Don't worry if you haven't yet found that bargain, @evansakes highlights some other key sales:
Compiled by Andree Massiah | Black Friday, when stores sell goods at knock-down prices the day after Thanksgiving Day in the US seems to be a trend in the UK as well. | 34946525 |
Members of the Further Education Lecturers Association, within the EIS union, started three days of strike action on Tuesday at the college's Kilwinning and Nethermains campuses.
They accuse the college of trying to make changes without consultation.
The college said it was disappointed by the strike and both campuses affected would remain open.
The college said "38 of 77 union members balloted had voted to reject a proposal to resolve the industrial dispute".
It said the proposal, "which supported the principle that session lengths would be agreed jointly with staff, was negotiated with the trade union in a series of constructive meetings in the days leading up to the festive break".
A college spokesman said: "It is very disappointing that a small group of lecturers has chosen to continue strike action which may impact negatively on some students' learning experience.
"All campuses will be open as normal this week and the college will work hard to limit the impact of the strike on students."
A spokesman for the EIS said: "While some progress was made during recent discussions, the programme of industrial action has now been reinstated due to a failure to agree a negotiated agreement with college management.
"A further negotiating meeting is scheduled for the end of the week where further discussions will be held to attempt to reach agreement." | Ayrshire College lecturers have begun fresh strike action in an ongoing dispute over new working patterns. | 30796458 |
The Evolution site closed as its administrators went offline reportedly taking with them bitcoins people had deposited with the underground bazaar.
The two administrators are believed to have absconded with about $12m (£8m) in bitcoins.
Evolution was one of several drug-selling sites that filled the gap created when a similar site, the Silk Road, was closed down in 2013.
The Evolution marketplace was a hidden site on the Tor network. This system is used by many people to hide their identity and location and others have found ways to host sites on it in a similar fashion to those found on the wider web. The Tor network conceals information by bouncing data through several different machines and encrypting it at every step.
According to tech news site Ars Technica the marketplace let people buy illegal drugs, stolen ID information, weapons and hacking services. Payment for these goods and services was only made using bitcoins. Evolution offered an "escrow" service which let people deposit bitcoins on the site to help speed up the sales process.
Security expert Brian Krebs said this meant the administrators had "direct access to a tempting amount of virtually untraceable currency".
The temptation appears to have been irresistible, said Mr Krebs, as many people who bought and sold via the site took to social news site Reddit to report the administrators had absconded with their escrowed bitcoins.
Evolution rose to prominence following the closure of the Silk Road site in 2013 following raids by the FBI and other US law enforcement agencies. It also prospered when the Silk Road 2.0 went offline. | One of the biggest drug marketplaces on the dark web has abruptly shut down. | 31960156 |
Michael Donald put the visitors in front before Craig Moore and a brace from Jordan Preston sealed the win for the rampant visitors.
Donald struck in the first minute before Moore's effort flew beyond the helpless goalkeeper Colin McCabe.
Preston scored from the spot after Ciaran Summers tripped Robby McCrorie and added a fourth late on. | Promotion-chasing Ayr United proved too strong for Stenhousemuir with a convincing display. | 36004398 |
The Social Security and Treasury departments have finished a two-year review of the tax system in the island.
Deputy Gavin St Pier said the review found anomalies in the way the island treats certain incomes for certain ages.
He said: "There are many people who are self employed who would say they are already paying too much."
The review, which started in 2013 looked at ways to incentivise people to work and support themselves.
It also examined how to ensure the tax system was competitive with other areas and States expenditure is controlled.
Deputy St Pier said: "If you are self employed your tax and social insurance burden is 30.5% up to the upper earnings limit of £132,000.
"One thing the survey has identified is that some of those anomalies, particularly in the way we treat certain incomes for certain ages and how social insurance is attached to those incomes, is something that needs to be looked at."
He said the departments plan to publish their findings in February for debate by the States in March. | Some people in Guernsey may be paying too much tax, according to the treasury minister. | 30767458 |
20 May 2017 Last updated at 12:29 BST
An office in Japan is encouraging the people that work there to bring their cats in with them each day.
The workers say the friendly felines make them feel less stressed, but there has been some issues.
The kitties have been walking on keyboards, knocking things over, and even turning off computers!
Less of the cat-titude, please.
Watch the video to see the cheeky felines making themselves at home. | Do you think you would work better in school if you could bring your pet along with you? | 39985507 |
Police said an unknown amount of money was stolen from the machine next to the McDonalds burger restaurant near the Headington roundabout.
According to employees a white car was seen fleeing the scene. No-one has been arrested.
A witness told the BBC debris was found 15ft (4.5m) away from the cash machine, which was broken into at about 05:00 BST on Saturday.
Police cordoned off the area until about midday. | A cash machine was reportedly "blown up" in a morning raid in Oxford. | 36119863 |
The group, which is based in Leamington Spa, and has been manufacturing its stoves in Coalbrookdale, Shropshire, since 1930, said it had agreed a sale with the Middleby Corporation.
The US firm said it would carry out a strategic review of operations later in the year, once the deal is completed.
It said it planned to keep Aga's manufacturing in the UK.
Last year, Aga announced a fall in profits, mainly because of pension costs, shop closures and site rationalisation, although revenues rose.
However, it said markets for its appliances had strengthened at the start of the year.
The group, which also owns the Fired Earth tiles brand, recently began sales in China after spending more than two years gaining the right accreditations.
Selim Bassoul, chairman and chief executive of Illinois-based Middleby, said the takeover would strengthen the company's global reach.
Aga said the deal would help increase sales of its brands in North America, while the British firm would offer Middleby a "European platform".
The first Aga oven was designed by Swedish Nobel Prize-winning physicist Gustaf Dalen in 1922 and production started in the West Midlands seven years later. | The cast-iron cooker maker Aga Rangemaster is to be sold to a US firm in a deal valued at £129m. | 33532957 |
Charles Pickering, 69, from Driffield, had not contacted his family since 4 July.
His yacht, Equinox, which is based in Scarborough, left Kiel in northern Germany last week, heading for the UK.
Humber Coastguard said he had been found 80 miles off Spurn Point after he set off an emergency positioning beacon from onboard his 17ft (5m) yacht.
Mr Pickering's family reported him missing on Thursday after he failed to contact them.
A police investigation found he had not used his bank cards since 3 July, said Humber Coastguard.
A huge search operation, involving a rescue helicopter from RAF Leconfield, scoured the area from Scarborough to the median line in the middle of the North Sea.
Coastguards in Germany also carried out a similar search from Helgoland, a small island in the North Sea, and French, Belgian and Dutch authorities were alerted to his disappearance.
An appeal to all vessels in the North Sea was put out before the shipping forecast on BBC Radio 4 earlier.
People were asked to look out for the yacht, and the skipper was urged to make contact with the coastguard.
Mike Green, watch manager at Humber Coastguard, said: "We are all absolutely delighted that this gentleman has been found alive and well.
"It is important that yachtsmen planning this sort of passage have adequate communications and log a passage plan with a shore contact." | A lone yachtsman from East Yorkshire who went missing in the North Sea has been found alive and well. | 28258843 |
Customs officers found 7.4 million hidden cigarettes when they stopped Hans Verhoeven at a truck stop off the M25 near Waltham Abbey in Essex.
HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) said Verhoeven admitted making at least 18 smuggling runs in the past.
He received jail sentences totalling six years and 10 months.
Verhoeven was bailed following the Waltham Abbey stop, but four months later, in November 2014, he was stopped again at the Port of Dover in Kent.
Paperwork in his cab linked him to a lorry load of 8.1 million cigarettes, this time hidden behind boxes of apples.
He admitted to making several trips, bringing in similar sized consignments each time.
HMRC said the smuggled cigarettes represented an estimated £32m in lost UK excise duty.
Verhoeven, who runs a transport company in Leuven, Belgium, pleaded guilty to three counts of evading UK excise duty at an earlier hearing at Maidstone Crown Court.
He was jailed for 51 months on each of two charges, to run concurrently, and 31 months on the third charge, to run consecutively - a total of six years and 10 months.
Stuart Taylor, HMRC Fraud Investigation Service assistant director, said: "Verhoeven smuggled huge quantities of cigarettes into the UK, costing the taxpayer tens of millions of pounds in lost duty, money that should have been providing vital public services.
"These offences have a devastating impact on honest retailers who struggle to compete with the black market in illicit cigarettes and tobacco." | A lorry driver who smuggled more than 146 million cigarettes into the UK hidden behind crates of rotting pears has been jailed. | 34747684 |
About 150 people waved placards and flags at the Ferrybridge Multifuel 2 building site in West Yorkshire.
Protesters claim the general contactor Hitachi Zosen Inova (HZI) had contracted work out to some employers who were not taking on local workers.
An HZI spokesman said it was committed to using UK labour for the project.
Neil Dawson, who helped organise the protest, said: "There's a deep anger from these lads, a lot of them unemployed, who want to secure employment on the project.
"They have the skills, ability and want to make it a success.
"This dispute isn't about foreign workers, it's about the contractor giving these lads a fair opportunity to secure work."
Workers claim guidelines about using local labour under the National Agreement for the Engineering Construction Industry have been bypassed.
Keith Gibson, a construction worker from Hull, said: "At the minute, the construction industry is in crisis.
"We've got no worries whatsoever about European workers, what we're concerned about is companies undercutting terms and conditions."
But HZI said two thirds of workers on the site are from the UK.
It added: "We are confident that the majority of workers, representing hundreds of construction jobs, engaged over the lifetime of the project will be from the UK."
Multifuel Energy Ltd, a joint venture between SSE and Wheelabrator Technologies, opened the power station Ferrybridge Multifuel 1 in 2015.
A second power station, which aims to generate more than 50 megawatts of energy, is now under construction at the site.
SSE said it supported HZI's approach of "trying to maximise local employment opportunities where possible". | Construction workers have protested at an energy-from-waste plant over the alleged use of cheap labour from abroad. | 39427982 |
The 29-year-old was found guilty of the "cynical and calculated plot" following a trial at Perth Sheriff Court.
The child's father was told his former partner had had an abortion, and that the baby in question had been supplied by a fictional surrogate mother.
The woman's 35-year-old friend were also jailed for three years.
During a six-day trial, the court heard that the child's mother and her friend had signed a birth certificate and claimed to be the child's natural parents, but DNA tests later proved this was not the case.
The con came to light when the real biological father was told the baby looked very like him, and he went to police.
It came to light that the supposed surrogate mother, a lawyer called Clare Green, had been invented by the two accused, who set up a fake Facebook account in that name.
The father has since taken custody of his child.
Jailing the duo, Sheriff William Wood said: "In all respects this was an elaborate and cynical scheme.
"Neither of you have accepted responsibility for your conduct. You have little insight into your actions and the consequences for others. The maintenance of your innocence does neither of you any credit.
"You persisted in this wicked scheme for a period of almost three years, until the father was able to get to the truth. Had it not been for his determination there may well have been further damage to this child.
"The social work report says your conduct is likely to have caused lasting psychological damage, or at least trauma, to this child. You denied the father the opportunity to parent his child for a significant period of time." | A mother who duped her former partner into thinking she had an abortion in order to give his child to her gay friend has been jailed for three years. | 33151245 |
Thurso-based O'Brien Construction will construct the £1.9m building at Forsinard in Sutherland for the Peatlands Partnership.
The partnership involves several organisations including RSPB Scotland and Scottish Natural Heritage.
Conservation workers and university groups will use the field centre.
Designed by Colin Armstrong Associates in Inverness, the building was given planning consent by Highland Council's north planning applications committee.
It is being built on land owned by RSPB Scotland between the existing railway line and the A897. | A contractor has been appointed to build a new research centre in the Flow Country, a vast area of peatland in Scotland's Far North. | 33904545 |
I wonder if anyone's mentioned this to the European Court of Human Rights, who seem to be in the process of setting rather an interesting precedent.
The Grand Chamber of the ECHR has issued what amounts to a preliminary judgement overturning disciplinary action by the Parliament of Hungary against two groups of opposition MPs who staged demonstrations against the ruling FIDESZ party. Among other things they unfurled banners, used megaphones in the chamber and placed a small wheelbarrow full of soil in front of the prime minister.
The Parliament punished them with fines ranging from 170 to 600 euros - and the MPs complained to the court that the decision violated their rights under Article 10 of the European Convention (Freedom of Speech) and under Article 13 (right to an effective remedy) because they had no mechanism to appeal against their fines.
The Court upheld their complaints and ordered the fines to be repaid.
Now, this may all have taken place in a faraway country, of which we know nothing, but imagine the fun if the ECHR did something similar to an MP who had been named by the Speaker, sent out of the Chamber and "suspended from the service of the House"; a punishment which includes a loss of salary.
For centuries, Parliament and the UK courts have gone to some trouble to avoid treading on each others' toes; it's hard to imagine an incursion by the ECHR not causing quite a detonation. | One of the over-arching constitutional principles of the UK - set down in the 1688 Bill of Rights is this: "That the Freedome of Speech and Debates or Proceedings in Parlyament ought not to be impeached or questioned in any Court or Place out of Parlyament." | 33344183 |
The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has also suspended the visually impaired 40-year-old until June 2020.
He tested positive for anabolic steroids stanozolol and oxandrolone after competing in the discus at the IPC Athletics Grand Prix in Rio in May.
Dos Santos Pereira competed at the London 2012 Paralympics in the discus, shot put and triple jump. | Brazilian thrower Luciano Dos Santos Pereira has been banned from the Rio 2016 Paralympics for doping. | 37085205 |
The Scottish Social Services Council hearing has heard that Lesley Bate was erratic, disorganised and chaotic.
The 60-year-old faces 13 conduct charges relating to her work at Fife Council, two of which involve two-year-old Liam.
She has chosen not to appear at the hearing but denies the charges.
Ms Bate is accused of failing to take the necessary steps to minimise actual or the potential risk of harm to Liam Fee and a number of other children between December 2011 and August 2014.
The hearing has been told Ms Bate failed to follow up on a referral that Liam had bruising to his face and concerns he had a sore neck.
Liam's mother Rachel Trelfa, 31, and her partner Nyomi Fee, 29, were found guilty of murdering the toddler at a house near Glenrothes in Fife on 22 March 2014.
Rachel Trelfa was ordered to spend a minimum of 23-and-a-half years in jail and Nyomi Fee, a minimum of 24 years.
The Scottish Social Services Council's lawyer has told the hearing that the witnesses who have given evidence were highly-credible and experienced, and the charges were supported by documentary evidence.
The committee has been told Ms Bate has relinquished her social work registration but does not admit any of the charges.
The hearing has also been told that the child protection team in Glenrothes was divided and dysfunctional, some staff would not speak to others unless they had to and that had an impact on two other cases.
The committee will deliver its findings at a later date. | A hearing into a social worker who allegedly failed the murdered toddler Liam Fee has been told it should find every charge against her proven. | 37258319 |
Election officials announced the date after violent protests erupted last month over fears that President Joseph Kabila was trying to delay polls.
The government denied the claim, and dropped plans for a controversial census to be held before elections.
Mr Kabila is constitutionally barred from contesting the poll.
He took power in 2001 after his father Laurent Kabila was assassinated.
He has won two disputed elections since then, and cannot stand for a third elected term.
Both the presidential and parliamentary elections would take place on 27 November 2016, election commission official Jean-Pierre Kalamba said in the capital, Kinshasa.
At least 42 people died in the protests in Kinshasa and other cities last month.
The demonstrators wanted to block parliament from adopting a new electoral law which would have required that a national census be held before elections.
The opposition said the plan amounted to a "constitutional coup" by Mr Kabila, as it would have taken about three years for a census to be conducted in DR Congo, which is two-thirds of the size of western Europe, has very little infrastructure and is hit by instability in the east. | The Democratic Republic of Congo will hold presidential elections in November 2016, satisfying a key demand of the opposition. | 31448143 |
Rick Jones, from Catford in London, will set off from London Bridge later and dance through Essex and Suffolk before arriving in Norwich on 1 May.
The journey was first undertaken by Shakespeare actor Will Kemp.
Mr Jones' dance begins on what is believed to be the day Shakespeare was born in 1564.
It is thought the actor and clown Kemp embarked on his trip to prove how popular he was with the public, after falling out with Shakespeare.
Mr Jones intends to complete Kemp's "Nine Daies Wonder" 100-mile (160 km) journey in nine days, although it actually took Kemp about a month.
"He danced very vigorously so had to take three or four days off at a time before starting again," Mr Jones said.
"I won't be dancing like that."
In fact, he admits he has only attended two sessions with Blackheath Morris Men who taught him a "few steps".
The troupe will dance with him on London Bridge before waving him off on his solo journey.
Wearing a doublet, hose, a hat with bells and carrying his lute and ribbons, Mr Jones said he intends to morris dance on the way in and out of the towns on his route.
These will be Southwark, Romford, Brentwood, Chelmsford, Braintree, Long Melford, Bury St Edmunds, Thetford, Hingham and eventually Norwich.
"I'll sort of skip the rest of the time," he said. | A man is morris dancing his way from London to Norwich to recreate the journey undertaken by William Shakespeare's clown in 1600. | 32399055 |
The Black Lives Matter UK movement said it was responsible for the demonstration on Tuesday morning.
Five men and four women, aged between 23 and 32, are charged with aggravated trespass and being unlawfully airside within a restricted area of a plane.
They were released on bail until next Wednesday, when they will appear before Westminster magistrates.
Protesters occupied the runway shortly after 05.30 BST and it was closed until about 12:00.
The demonstration meant a number of flights in and out of City Airport were either cancelled, delayed or diverted. | Nine people have been charged after a protest at London City Airport led to flights being heavily disrupted. | 37297440 |
Hundreds of candidates were found to have cheated to gain admission to medical colleges between 2008 and 2013.
The Vyapam scandal has seen thousands of arrests and many mysterious deaths.
Vyapam is the Hindi acronym for an office that conducts examinations for government jobs and medical school admissions in the state.
In its verdict, the Supreme Court said the accused had engaged in "acts of deceit" and "mass fraud".
The scandal involved leaking question papers, rigging answer sheets and hiring bright students as impersonators to sit for candidates, as well as selling medical school seats to the highest bidder.
Anything between 1m rupees ($15,764; £10,168) and 7m rupees was paid for a seat, correspondents say.
More than 2,000 people have been accused in connection with the scandal since 2012.
Some 33 people - mostly accused in connection with the scam - have died in the past three years, raising suspicions of foul play. It is not clear how many of the deaths are linked to the scandal. | India's Supreme Court has cancelled the licenses of 634 doctors embroiled in a medical school admissions scandal in central Madhya Pradesh state. | 38965725 |
Charlie Dunn died in hospital after being found submerged at Bosworth Water Park in Leicestershire on 23 July.
A police statement said the couple, believed to be Charlie's mother Lynsey Dunn and stepfather Paul Smith, were "effectively no longer under arrest".
However, the force emphasised the investigation into the boy's death was still ongoing.
The couple were arrested on suspicion of manslaughter by gross negligence. | Two people arrested over the death of a five-year-old boy in a lake have had their bail conditions cancelled. | 38248873 |
The Roughyeds, who beat last season's finalists Hull KR in round five, are ninth in the Championship.
The lowest-ranked team in the draw, French side Toulouse, who are fourth in League 1, go to Wakefield.
Holders Leeds Rhinos travel to Super League's bottom side Huddersfield, while Championship club Dewsbury host 19-time winners Wigan.
Catalans Dragons, who are second in the top flight, also face Championship opposition with a trip to Batley Bulldogs.
The sixth round draw, which took place on BBC Radio 4's Today programme, sees the top eight sides from last season's Super League enter the competition.
All ties will be played on 6-8 May and BBC Sport will televise two of the matches live.
Sixth-round draw
Castleford v Salford
Oldham v Warrington
Dewsbury v Wigan
Batley v Catalans
Halifax v Widnes
St Helens v Hull FC
Huddersfield v Leeds
Wakefield v Toulouse | Giant-killers Oldham will face Super League leaders Warrington Wolves in the sixth round of the Challenge Cup. | 36099614 |
The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) spoke out last week against a ScotRail ban on all firearms on its train.
ScotRail said it introduced the ban for safety reasons.
Rupert Soames tweeted at the weekend that lawful guns could be taken on the Serco-run sleeper service.
Mr Soames is Serco's CEO.
The company has confirmed the rules on firearms on the Caledonian Sleeper, which travels between London and destinations in Scotland including Aberdeen and Inverness.
A spokesman said passengers were allowed to travel with licensed firearms if they had contacted the sleeper's guest service centre and a letter of authority had been issued.
He added: "They are allowed to carry them in their cabins and must remain in their cabins with the firearms at all times."
BASC has argued that a ban on the transporting of unloaded, lawful firearms on trains would affect Scotland's fieldsports tourism industry, and harm the Glorious Twelfth.
Chairman Peter Glenser said: "The operators of the Caledonian Sleeper clearly recognise the benefits to their brand and Scotland of welcoming responsible, safety-conscious shooters on their trains.
"This service takes passengers direct into the heart of rural Scotland and into the areas that rely on fieldsports tourism.
"It is estimated that £155m per year is injected into Scotland's economy by country sports tourism."
ScotRail said the decision to introduce the ban was made for safety reasons after a licensed firearm was left unattended on one of its trains earlier this year. | The UK's largest shooting organisation has welcomed a public statement from a Caledonian Sleeper boss on the transporting of licensed firearms. | 40715482 |
The ceasefire will begin at midday (0900 GMT), the Saudi government announced via state media.
The coalition said the truce could be renewed if the Houthis observed it and allowed aid to be delivered to rebel-held areas in the southwest.
More than 10,000 people have died in 20 months of civil war in the country.
There has been no word yet from the Houthis and several previous ceasefires have broken down.
US Secretary of State John Kerry said earlier this week that the coalition and Houthis had agreed on a ceasefire to begin on Thursday.
But the internationally recognised Yemeni government, led by exiled president Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi, rejected the move, complaining that it had been being bypassed.
The truce announced by Mr Kerry held in some parts of the country but not others. More than 20 civilians were killed on Friday in the shelling of a busy market in the war-torn city of Taiz.
International medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) said one of its staff was also killed, calling it "another heartbreaking example of a hard-working citizen affected by this ongoing conflict".
Taiz has been one of the worst-affected cities in Yemen's conflict, witnessing some of the heaviest and most sustained fighting in the country.
The UN estimates that more than three million people have been displaced from the conflict and 21 million are in need of some form of humanitarian assistance.
Two million people are malnourished nationwide, including 370,000 children who are severely malnourished.
The conflict has also ravaged Yemen's health system. More than half of the health facilities the country are closed or partially functioning, a survey by the World Health Organisation found earlier this month. | The Saudi-led military coalition supporting Yemen's government against the Houthi rebels has declared a 48-hour ceasefire to begin on Saturday. | 38036254 |
Mr Magilton, 47, who is currently the manager of Northern Ireland's Under-21 team, was charged with common assault.
The court heard that Mr Magilton allegedly gave the teenager "a couple of slaps to the head and dragged her down the stairs by the arms".
A defence lawyer said the accused did not accept the allegations.
The charge would be contested in full, he said, adding that his client gave a "full account" during police interviews.
District Judge Peter King at Antrim Magistrates' Court turned down a request for a ban on the press naming Mr Magilton.
The defence requested the reporting restriction.
However, the judge said he would not make the anonymity order as it was a physical assault rather than a sexual assault, and his "preference is for open justice".
The accused, of Aberfoyle Gardens, Belfast, was released on bail but barred from contacting the alleged victim and from entering a specific area of Crumlin, County Antrim.
Mr Magilton began his playing career at Liverpool before joining Oxford United, Southampton, Sheffield Wednesday and Ipswich Town.
He appeared 52 times for Northern Ireland, scoring five goals.
He also formerly managed Ipswich Town and Queens Park Rangers.
As well as managing the Northern Ireland Under-21 team, Mr Magilton is the Irish Football Association's elite performance director. | Former Northern Ireland and Premier League footballer Jim Magilton has appeared in court accused of assaulting his 14-year-old stepdaughter. | 38808041 |
West Yorkshire Police said the bodies - believed to be two women and a man - were found in the East End Park area of the city after officers were called shortly before midday.
The force said there appeared to have been a small fire at the property.
Acting Detective Inspector Mark Atkinson said: "We believe the deaths are likely to have occurred in the early hours of Saturday".
He said: "We would like to hear from anyone who has seen the occupants of the address on Friday."
A cordon is in place at the address in East Park Street and police remain at the scene.
Post-mortem examinations are due to be carried out to establish a cause of death, the force said. | Three people have been found dead at a house in Leeds. | 35907980 |
The Bluebirds lost 1-0 at home to Wigan on Saturday despite creating several chances.
Lambert, 34, suffered an "horrific" leg injury at Nottingham Forest a week earlier which means he is set to miss Cardiff's next match at Newcastle too.
"You miss your talisman in the games we've played," said Warnock.
"That's life in the Championship - you get injuries and you have to get on with it. I still think we created enough chances."
Having won two and drawn one of his first three matches in charge, the defeat at Cardiff City Stadium was Warnock's first since succeeding Paul Trollope earlier this month.
Although the match against Wigan suffered from an overall lack of quality, Cardiff had 19 shots to their opponents' seven and squandered some promising opportunities.
Warnock was also frustrated by the performance of referee Oliver Langford.
"I thought we could have got a few more decisions against [Cardiff forward Anthony] Pilkington - he was molested a few times and not got the decisions," the 67-year-old added.
"They seemed to go very easily the opposite way, which disappointed me."
Warnock had caused a stir the day before the Wigan game by claiming Cardiff are the "biggest club in Wales".
So it was perhaps fitting that Wigan's goal was scored by former Swansea City midfielder Jordi Gomez, who also struck the winner in a south Wales derby between the Swans and Cardiff in 2008.
"It was just a bit of tongue in cheek. I just thought I'd stir the Swans up," said Warnock.
"They've done brilliantly over the years and I just think it's a great club in Cardiff. Somebody said it's the main club in Wales so I must have just slipped my tongue." | Neil Warnock was left to rue the absence of striker Rickie Lambert after losing his unbeaten record as Cardiff City manager. | 37812315 |
The 1,186 people taking part exceeded the 869 holders of the current record.
The fight took place at the annual Another Fine Fest in Ulverston, held in honour of comic actor Stan Laurel, who was born in the town.
Ceri Hutton, from Team Pie, said it was "a moment of pure joy when the pies started to fly".
"Just the sound of over 1,000 people squealing and laughing," she said.
"It's only right that Ulverston, birthplace of comedy legend Stan Laurel, should hold this record."
Organisers have to send evidence to Guinness to confirm the new world record, they said.
They said they were confident of validation having followed official counting protocol with a "huge electronic turnstile" and thrown nearly 3,000 pies of the regulation size of 16.5cm (6.4") for one minute.
The previous record was set in Belfast in 2015. | More than 1,000 people got "pie faced" and broke a world record for the largest shaving-cream pie fight. | 36568207 |
They say consumers will be spending more in the run up to Christmas.
The report shows consumer confidence levels bounced back in the third quarter of the year bringing the index to the highest level since 2008.
There was a dip in confidence earlier this year as a result of uncertainty surrounding the general election and ongoing problems at Stormont.
Low inflation and rises in real wages means people are feeling better off and that they have more money in their pockets.
Consumers are enjoying low prices for items like petrol, energy, food and drink.
Confidence rose across all parts of Northern Ireland; Belfast city is the most confident while the least confident areas are the south and the north west. | Consumer confidence in Northern is at its highest level since 2008 according to a report by Danske Bank. | 34637760 |
Designed by Diebedo Francis Kere, the tree-inspired structure - which opens on Friday - has a dish-shaped roof that will act as a funnel when it rains.
Kere, the 17th artist invited to design a summer pavilion for the gallery, hails from Gando in Burkina Faso.
"Fundamental to my architecture is a sense of openness," he explained.
"In times of rain, the roof becomes a funnel channelling water into the heart of the structure.
"This rain collection acts symbolically, highlighting water as a fundamental resource for human survival and prosperity."
The Evening Standard called the asymmetric structure displays "admirable precision and concision".
"The initial impression is of loose, flowing curves," Robert Bevan said, going on to praise its "millimetre accuracy."
Ai Weiwei, Frank Gehry and Sou Fujimoto are among the other artists who have designed a pavilion for the gallery's Kensington Gardens site.
The temporary structure, which will host a cafe during the day and talks and events at night, will remain open to the public until 8 October.
Follow us on Facebook, on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, or on Instagram at bbcnewsents. If you have a story suggestion email [email protected]. | This year's pavilion at the Serpentine Gallery in London will be ready for whatever the great British weather has in store for it. | 40345458 |
The upright piano appears in one of the film's most iconic scenes, in which Humphrey Bogart's character Rick utters the line: "Here's looking at you, kid."
It was sold to an unknown buyer at Sotheby's in New York.
The piano had been offered for sale by its Japanese collector owner to mark the film's 70th anniversary.
It was expected to sell for as much as $1.2m, The owner originally paid about $154,000 for the piano at auction in the late 1980s.
It is used in the film by pianist Sam, played by Dooley Wilson, to play the song As Time Goes By during a key flashback scene set in a Paris bar.
Rick Blaine, played by Humphrey Bogart, delivers the famous line as he and Ingrid Bergman's character Ilsa Lund lean on the piano, toasting with glasses of champagne.
The piano's sale marks the 70th anniversary of the Oscar-winning World War II classic, which is largely set in the Moroccan port city of Casablanca, then part of unoccupied French North Africa. | A piano that features in the classic 1940s film Casablanca has been sold for more than $600,000 (£370,000) at an auction in New York. | 20734605 |
The attackers forced open the door of a house at Moore Street at about 20:00 BST on Thursday and assaulted the 23-year-old man.
He did not need hospital treatment. Police said the men gave the appearance of being armed, although no weapon was seen.
No reason for the attack was mentioned. It is believed they left in a vehicle.
Police have appealed for witnesses. | A man has been assaulted at his home in Londonderry's Waterside area by two masked men. | 32173686 |
They also say two top-flight English clubs have joined West Ham United in making enquiries about 20-year-old left-back Stephen Hendrie.
Accies on Thursday revealed that a £2m transfer to Upton Park had collapsed.
Meanwhile, defender Michael Devlin, 21, has signed a three-year contract extension to remain with Hamilton.
The news came as Accies revealed that defender Martin Canning had been appointed player-manager after a short spell as caretaker, with Chris Swailes joining as assistant and another former Hamilton player, Guillaume Beuzelin, as head coach.
But Accies vice-chairman Ronnie MacDonald refused to comment on a reported offer for 26-year-old Falkirk striker Rory Loy.
Loy, who began his career with Rangers, has been with the Scottish Championship club since 2013 after leaving Carlisle United.
MacDonald did reveal that a Chinese club had been in touch about 26-year-old midfielder Tony Andreu but that nothing had come of that interest.
Frenchman Andreu joined Accies in 2013 having previously been with Stade Nyonnais and Livingston.
The 21-year-old Gordon, along with Hendrie and Devlin, is a product of the New Douglas Park youth system. | Hamilton Academical say they have turned down a bid of £300,000 for right-back Ziggy Gordon from Polish top-flight club Jagiellonia Bialystok. | 30955886 |
Ian Johnston said the government had not accepted PCCs and often dealt with the chief constable on matters which should have been referred to him.
But PCC Alun Michael said the Welsh government had been "very supportive".
A spokesman for the public services minister said the government had worked well with PCCs but believed there were "better models of police governance".
It is three years this weekend since PCCs were first elected, with a turnout of almost 15% across Wales.
Independents Ian Johnston and Winston Roddick were elected in the Gwent and North Wales police areas respectively, Labour's Alun Michael in South Wales, and Conservative Christopher Salmon in Dyfed-Powys.
Mr Johnston said Labour's attitude to PCCs was "not helpful".
"It's a really difficult job if the ministers aren't engaging with you and are still engaging with chief constables," he added.
Mr Michael said: "Some organisations are muddled over the responsibilities of chief constables and PCCs but the Welsh government has been very supportive.
"I'm very satisfied with the co-operation we've had from the Welsh government.
The Welsh government said it worked closely with police and had developed a productive working relationships with commissioners.
The role of PCCs is to set police budgets and appoint chief constables. It was created to make policing more accountable to the public.
The second round of elections for the posts will happen on the same day as the assembly election next May.
Labour opposed their creation but in September the shadow home secretary Andy Burnham said the party now accepts they are "part of the policing landscape". | A police and crime commissioner has said the Welsh government's attitude to the role has "made life difficult". | 34778668 |
Clodagh Cogley posted on Facebook about her injuries sustained in the tragedy, that killed six students last week.
"The fall from the balcony left me with two collapsed lungs, a broken shoulder, a broken knee, five broken ribs and a broken spinal cord... meaning the chances of me using my legs again are pretty bleak," she wrote.
"Not the best odds but I'm moving to a great rehabilitation centre here in San Francisco for two months (it has dog therapy) and intend to give it everything I've got."
The incident happened during a 21st birthday party in the Californian city in the early hours of 16 June.
Inspectors have confirmed that wooden beams supporting the balcony had been badly rotted by water damage.
Clodagh said she was determined to live life to the full.
"The thing I'm taking from this tragedy is that life is short and I intend to honour those who died by living the happiest and most fulfilling life possible.
"Enjoy a good dance and the feeling of grass beneath your feet like it's the last time because in this crazy world you never know when it might be."
Five of the six people who died were Irish students based in the US as part of a work exchange programme. | An Irish student seriously injured in the Berkeley balcony collapse has said she intends "to honour those who died by living the happiest and most fulfilling life possible". | 33265498 |
Police were called to a property in Heol Cae Gurwen, Gwaun Cae Gurwen, shortly after 10:30 GMT on Thursday.
A South Wales Police spokesman said a cordon was set up as a precaution and to ensure public safety while officers searched the house.
The guns and swords have been confirmed as being imitation or ornamental, lawfully held by a collector.
Diversions in the area have now been lifted. | A road was closed in Neath Port Talbot after an electricity board worker found weapons in a house. | 30437048 |
Newmarket FC player Shaun Whiter, 27, had the amputations following the crash in Newmarket, on 1 July.
Jan Adamec, 40, of Shetland Road, Haverhill, has been charged with two counts of causing serious injury by dangerous driving.
He remains in custody and will appear at Cambridge Magistrates' Court on Monday.
Mr Whiter's friend, Joey Abbs, who plays for Soham Town Rangers, was also "seriously injured" in the crash, police said.
At the time of the accident, Mr Abbs' Vauxhall Astra had a flat tyre and Mr Whiter, an estate agent in Stansted, had pulled over to help. | A man has been charged in connection with a crash which led to a footballer losing both of his legs. | 36757838 |
The council said the incident at Cae Ddol fields in Ruthin could have had "serious consequences" for the young girl's health, although there were no "lasting effects".
David Smith, Denbighshire's cabinet member for environment, said he was "disgusted and disappointed".
"We would urge everyone to be responsible and clean up," he said. | A warning has been issued to pet owners in Denbighshire after dog poo ended up on a rugby player's gum shield. | 38129194 |
Cathro was asked about information passed down from Levein.
"I work in a certain way, I'm very much used to working with a collective staff," explained Cathro.
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"I've always been involved with technical staff that has people in different vantage points connected to us throughout the game."
It was an eighth defeat in 17 matches since Cathro took over from Robbie Neilson in December, with that sequence including four wins.
"I think what's happening is you're trying to search for an alternative storyline which I know has been used before with the previous head coach," said Cathro of Levein's input.
"Everything that you see or focus on or want to try and create as a story are entirely normal things.
"I would suggest that today's stories are related to what's happened inside the 90 minutes and to not waste too much time inventing other things.
"You've probably got to look at the schematics of Pittodrie - there's not that much space. We work in a very, very clear way."
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Aberdeen were comfortable winners, moving 17 points clear of Hearts, who drop to fifth in the table.
Shay Logan and Jonny Hayes were on target for the Dons, who maintained their eight-point advantage over Rangers in the race for second place.
"It's a situation where Aberdeen have shown they're in a position where they're stronger, more routined, and managed to take the victory," added Cathro.
"There were some positive parts to our play, we had some opportunities, and it comes down to clinical finishing, sometimes clinical defending, the ruthlessness, the quickness in dealing with things, and we suffered from that today." | Hearts head coach Ian Cathro played down input from director of football Craig Levein during the 2-0 defeat by Aberdeen at Pittodrie. | 39316439 |
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights said the country's prisons were impoverished, overcrowded and corrupt.
It called on the authorities to deal with what it called a deep structural crisis.
The report comes after a fire killed some 360 prisoners in February 2012.
Inmates at the Comayagua prison north of Tegucigalpa were trapped in their cells when the blaze broke out.
Government figures show more than 12,000 people in Honduras are currently incarcerated in prisons that were built for just 8,000.
The Washington-based Inter-American Commission on Human Rights said the jails are under the de-facto command of inmates - often belonging the country's violent criminal gangs - who even set rules and enforce physical punishments.
It also said women share prisons with men and are often victims of abuse.
"The prison system in Honduras is dehumanised, miserly, and corrupt," said commission spokesman Escobar Gil.
"It is essential that the state take on this crisis in the prison system as one of its priorities, because the system has totally collapsed."
The report highlighted a lack of staffing, resources and organisation, saying the government had abandoned its responsibilities towards funding and rehabilitation programmes.
"The state's response to problems of crime and citizen insecurity must not consist exclusively of repressive measures, but also of preventive ones," said the spokesman.
"We should include prison-system improvement programmes designed to promote work and education in prisons as an appropriate means to reintegrate prisoners into society."
It criticised the government's response to the Comayagua prison fire and urged further investigation into the cause.
The authorities are yet to comment. | The Honduras government has effectively given up on rehabilitating criminals and left prisons to be controlled by their inmates, according to a new report. | 23558360 |
But when pressed for an answer on Donald Trump's controversial refugee ban she first of all, uncomfortably, avoided the question.
Then on the third time of asking she would only say that on the United States policy on refugees it was for the US.
Her refusal to comment was immediately condemned by the former Labour leader, Ed Miliband, who said it was shocking and wrong. The UN has expressed dismay and France and Germany have reported concerns.
Downing Street had been delighted with its visit to Washington. But the PM returns to a row over her refusal to give her view.
Having boasted that the virtue of the special relationship is that friends can be candid with each other, Theresa May's silence on President Trump's executive order will raise suspicion that in fact, as the junior partner, she is unwilling to speak her mind. | Before this trip Theresa May promised to be frank with the American president when she disagreed. | 38786190 |
The Victoria Line is closed between Seven Sisters and Walthamstow Central, and services will not be as frequent between Seven Sisters and Brixton.
Transport for London (TfL) said the work would mean an extra 12 trains per hour running on the line.
The line carries more than 200 million passengers a year.
TfL said at present 24 trains per hour were able to travel beyond Seven Sisters, but the work will mean 36 trains can pass through.
London Overground Services are expected to be full on departure from Walthamstow Central, and so will not stop at Clapton, while St James Street will be exit only.
TfL said the three-week closure meant the rest of the Victoria Line, the Central Line between Bond Street and Leyton and bus services in north-east London were expected to be exceptionally busy.
Rail replacement buses will run from Walthamstow Central to Seven Sisters as well as from Walthamstow Central to Stratford and Stratford International. | Thousands of London commuters are facing three weeks of travel chaos after a large section of the Victoria Line was closed for refurbishment. | 33833827 |
Maj Taj Sareen was killed when his jet came down at Temple Farm in Redmere, Cambridgeshire, on 21 October.
A Marine Corps spokesman said a celebration of life ceremony was being planned in commemoration of Maj Sareen, but no date has been set for it as yet.
He said the crash inquiry at the site near RAF Lakenheath "is still ongoing".
A memorial page in honour of Maj Sareen, set up by his friend Capt Annie Driscoll - who served at RAF Lakenheath between 2011 and 2014, has so far raised more than $65,000 (£43,000) for his 14-month-old daughter Jade.
Last week Peter Sizer said he was working in his shed with his son when the pilot crashed, just missing the building.
He phoned the emergency services when he heard the explosion.
"I heard a bang and saw this fireball, it was a huge shock. It was only 200m from our shed," he said.
"I would say that he is a hero. He saved our lives by swerving around the shed to miss us. It makes us both feel lucky to be alive."
Maj Sareen, from Hillsborough, California, was returning home from a six-month tour against Islamic State (IS) in Iraq and Syria when the accident happened.
His plane is reported to have encountered issues with refuelling before he took off from RAF Lakenheath in Suffolk. However, the cause of the crash will not be known until an investigation by the Marine Corps finishes in around two to three months.
Mr Sizer said there has been a lot of activity on his farm, with US officials joining UK police to search the area for clues. | The body of a US Marine Corps pilot who died when his jet crashed in a field in Cambridgeshire has been repatriated to the United States. | 34743346 |
On Wednesday, Newsround will be lucky enough to chat to Jack Laugher and Chris Mears, who won gold in the 3m synchronised diving, as well as a silver individual medal for Jack.
We'll also be speaking with Bryony Page, who impressed judges to win a silver in the trampolining.
And we need your questions for them!
Thanks for your questions - this page is now closed. | Great Britain's great athletes have now arrived back in the country - and everyone wants to speak to them! | 37165186 |
Coastguards were alerted to the incident between Port Eynon Bay and Mewslade Bay at about 1:30 BST.
Horton and Port Eynon RNLI launched its lifeboat and two crew went ashore to help the rescue helicopter winch the men aboard.
One man was said to have suffered head injuries and the other leg injuries.
The RNLI said they had been camping with friends near the cliff point known locally as Boilers Slab.
Lifeboat operations manager Lawrie Grove said the rescue was an "excellent example of emergency and rescue services working closely and effectively together". | Two men were airlifted to hospital after falling from cliffs in Swansea early on Sunday. | 40078519 |
MIT said its algorithm analysed video of a still object to detect "tiny, almost invisible vibrations" that determined how it moved.
The technique, called interactive dynamic video (IDV), does not require any special cameras.
It could be used to create special effects in video games or films.
"This technique lets us capture the physical behaviour of objects, which gives us a way to play with them in virtual space," said Abe Davis, a PhD student at MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory.
Demonstration footage showed a wobbling wire mannequin, playground climbing frame, and a shrub that swayed when virtually tugged.
One potential application for the technology could be to improve the realism in augmented reality games such as Pokemon Go, the research team said.
Pokemon Go superimposes virtual monsters over a live view of the world from a smartphone's camera, although the Pokemon do not interact with real-world objects.
The MIT team has released a video showing how the likes of Pikachu and Snorlax could interact with other real-world objects, using the IDV technique.
Doug James, a professor of computer science at Stanford University, said IDV could also be a useful alternative to traditional animation processes used in the film industry. | Interactive photographs in which still objects can be manipulated have been developed at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). | 36966949 |
Police Scotland said a 27-year-old man would appear at Selkirk Sheriff Court at a later date.
The incident happened during the final which Edinburgh won against Jedforest.
Police said four other spectators were charged with minor assaults or disorder but praised the 12,000-strong crowd's general behaviour.
Insp Robbie Noble said: "We worked closely with event organisers, Scottish Borders Council and British Transport Police to ensure a safe and enjoyable tournament for all.
"I want to thank the vast majority of supporters and the local community for their exemplary behaviour and co-operation with staff, stewards and officers throughout." | A man has been charged with a breach of the peace after allegedly running onto the pitch naked during the final of the Melrose rugby sevens at the weekend. | 36023598 |
Plans have been submitted to Ceredigion council to paint a mural on the side of a building in Aberystwyth.
It would feature Richard Harrington, who plays the lead role in the programme, which is filmed in the area.
If approved, the mural would be painted on the exterior wall of the Art Shop on Pier Street.
The bilingual S4C drama - called Y Gwyll in Welsh and Hinterland in English - has been exported to the US and was first screened on TV there in June. | The brooding face of Det Ch Insp Tom Mathias from TV drama Hinterland could soon be staring out at people in Ceredigion. | 37379524 |
Scientists have measured its grip and found that its claw is stupendously strong!
The coconut crab has the most powerful claw of any crustacean, that's creatures like crabs, shrimps and lobsters.
The projects lead scientist, Shin-ichiro Oka said that the crabs' grip is almost as strong as a lion's bite.
This puts the coconut crabs claws strength higher than most other land hunters.
The coconut crab uses its powerful claws for a number of things, but mainly for eating.
The powerful creatures are fierce and their claws are used to kill smaller crabs to eat and also to crack open hard food like coconuts.
They also come in handy when they have to fight off things trying to eat them.
They live alone in burrows or in cracks in the rocks and will attack other crabs if they meet them. | Meet the coconut crab, a massive species of crab which lives on the land. | 38096770 |
Replacement buses will operate between 15 and 23 July.
Four miles of track is being renewed along the line from Mauchline in the north to Dumfries in the south.
Work in Mauchline will also see two bridges over Ayr Road strengthened and repaired with further bridge works planned at Annan viaduct.
Specialists have been working at that site since May to carry out masonry repairs and strengthening works.
Due to the complexity of the engineering work and the heavy machinery involved, Network Rail said the projects could not be delivered without the short-term closure of the line.
Additional track works will also be delivered on Sundays into August with buses replacing trains between Kilmarnock and Dumfries on 30 July and every Sunday in August.
Lindsay Saddler, head of maintenance delivery for the ScotRail Alliance, said: "The work we are undertaking is vital for the long-term future reliability of the line and part of our commitment to delivering the best railway Scotland has ever had.
"Our engineers will be working around-the-clock to complete this complex programme as quickly as possible.
"We understand the inconvenience these works will cause to some passengers, residents and motorists and we are working hard to keep disruption to a minimum." | The rail line between Kilmarnock and Carlisle is to shut for nine days for upgrade work along the route. | 40567634 |
Smith, 29, succeeded Glen Chapple as captain of the Red Rose last year but only skippered the side once before suffering a back injury.
Croft, 31, stood in during his absence and takes over on a permanent basis.
"This has been an incredibly tough decision for Tom to make," said cricket director Ashley Giles.
He told BBC Radio Lancashire: "Tom's experience will be crucial to Steven and he will very much remain a key member of our leadership team.
"I'd also like to congratulate Steven on his appointment - he showed great maturity in what was a successful season for Lancashire."
Spinner Simon Kerrigan meanwhile will continue a period of rest and rehabilitation into the new year after suffering a back injury towards the end of last season. | Lancashire have appointed Steven Croft as their captain for next season after Tom Smith stepped down from the role to continue his recovery from injury. | 34931445 |
The British Retail Consortium (BRC) and consultants Springboard said the number of shoppers on UK high streets fell 3.4% in November compared with the same month last year.
Visits to all shops, including shopping centres and retail parks, dropped 2.1%.
The BRC said better online discounts for Black Friday "dampened" business.
Helen Dickinson, BRC chief executive, said: "Shopper footfall wilted once again last month, as consumers shunned High Streets and instead sought to take advantage of online 'Black Friday' promotions and discounts which often ranged across several days."
It was the eighth monthly decline in a row and a much steeper fall than the 0.2% drop seen in October.
However, retail parks continued to the buck the trend with a 2% increase in footfall, the 23rd consecutive monthly growth.
Diane Wehrle, marketing and insights director at Springboard, said the shopping destinations had embraced "the three C's of convenience, choice and customer service".
Another BRC survey released last week indicated that sales in November at all shops open for more than a year fell 0.4% compared with the same month in 2014.
The BRC/KPMG survey found shoppers held back in the hope of big savings on Black Friday, which took place on 28 November.
But many retailers did not make the discounts in-store that shoppers had been hoping for. | A rise in shoppers seeking out Black Friday deals online led to a sharp drop in trips to the High Street in November, according to a survey. | 35090524 |
"With one less ground, you could say that the competition won't be quite as tough," Bransgrove told BBC Sport.
Durham's Test status was withdrawn on Monday as part of a series of sanctions over the county's financial problems.
They also included Durham's relegation from County Championship Division One, with Hampshire reinstated.
Hampshire's Ageas Bowl near Southampton is yet to stage an Ashes Test, whereas Durham's Riverside hosted one in 2013.
Its next chance to host an Ashes Test will come in 2023 after it was overlooked for the next series in 2019.
"There's a lot of very good grounds in the country and they all deserve plenty of opportunities," Bransgrove told BBC South Today.
"I've always felt that we've been more than unlucky in the allocation of international cricket in the past. This (the Ageas Bowl) is an amazing venue and everyone who visits here says so."
Hampshire last staged a Test match in 2014 when England beat India. This season, it hosted a T20 match against Sri Lanka and a one-day international against Pakistan.
"I don't have any bad feelings towards any of the other grounds at all," Bransgrove added. "Everyone is trying to do the same as what we're trying to do here, which is the best we can with our ground." | Hampshire chairman Rod Bransgrove says the county's hopes of staging an Ashes Test match can only be boosted by Durham losing their Test ground status. | 37562890 |
The cyclists were struck by a pickup truck that was seen being driven erratically only minutes earlier, police in Kalamazoo said.
The driver of the truck, a 50-year-old man from Michigan, fled the scene and was arrested nearby soon afterwards.
A hospital spokesman said one of the injured cyclists was in a serious condition.
Kalamazoo County Prosecutor Jeffrey Getting told a news conference there had been a number of alerts about the blue Chevrolet's erratic driving, but that a police chase was not under way when it crashed.
One witness, Markus Eberhard, told Kalamazoo broadcaster WOOD the truck almost drove over his foot before heading towards the cyclists.
"I saw a bunch of bikes hit the front of his truck and a couple of them flew," he said. | Five cyclists were killed and another four hurt in a hit-and-run incident in the US state of Michigan, police say. | 36476440 |
The Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) rescued the man after he capsized off the coast at Redcar on Saturday.
The man, 35, from Middlesbrough, had bought the boat for £40.
He had set out from the South Gare but was carried by the wind and tide towards the Teesside Wind Farm.
He was spotted struggling by a member of the public who contacted UK Coastguard and taken to James Cook University Hospital in Middlesbrough for treatment for hypothermia.
Dave Cocks, lifeboat operations manager at Redcar RNLI, said: "This could so nearly have ended as another tragedy at sea.
"While the craft may have been very inexpensive it could have cost the man his life.
"The North Sea is a dangerous place, even when the weather is as fine as we have seen in the past few days.
"The man was thrown into very cold water, he was only wearing a T-shirt and shorts and didn't have a lifejacket on.
"At one point his body temperature was measured at less than 34C (93F). He was suffering from hypothermia and was becoming very weak.
"If he'd got into difficulties and he hadn't been found he may not have been able to save himself." | A man has been hospitalised with hypothermia after going fishing in the North Sea on an inflatable kayak bought from a supermarket. | 33400561 |
The 20-year-old had a loan spell with Port Vale earlier this season, making three appearances in all competitions.
He could make his debut for the Tykes in Saturday's trip to Swindon.
Meanwhile, the League One side have extended 20-year-old Manchester United striker Ashley Fletcher's loan spell until the end of the season.
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page. | Barnsley have signed Leicester City midfielder Jak McCourt for an undisclosed fee until the end of the season. | 35438990 |
Liam Hill, 44, was seen at the Bar Bow pub in Rhyl on the night it was screening the Everton-Manchester City 2-1 game on Wednesday 6 January.
Officers are hoping Wednesday's League Cup semi-final return match could jog the memories of fans and drinkers.
North Wales Police have also released CCTV images of Mr Hill whose body was discovered two days later at his flat.
Area commander, Supt Mark Pierce said Mr Hill sustained significant head, upper and lower body injuries consistent with a sustained and deliberate attack.
"This is a murder enquiry and we need the local community and public to come forward and help identify who is responsible," he said.
"Whilst there may be some within the community who did not witness any act of violence we still need help to piece together Mr Hill's movements and whereabouts in the two days leading up to the discovery of his body on the Friday 8 January.
"Any piece of information, no matter how insignificant, you may think it is, may help."
Mr Hill was also seen on Thursday 7 January at Asher Indian Restaurant close to the town's police station.
The CCTV images show he was wearing black denim jeans and a dark blue Columbia embossed jacket.
People with any information are asked to call police on 101 or call Crimestoppers, anonymously, on 0800 555 111 | Police hope football fans can help pinpoint the last movements of a man found murdered in Denbighshire. | 35420433 |
Rachel Williams, 42, took time out of her big day to visit the ballot box at a Newport polling station in a white wedding gown on Thursday.
She voted separately from fiance, Mike Court, so he would not see her before they tied the knot.
The Newport couple celebrated their marriage at the St Pierre Marriott Hotel in Chepstow, Monmouthshire.
The bride said: "It drives me nuts when people say they are not going to vote.
"If you waste your vote you lose your entitlement to moan at the result." | A bride-to-be stopped off on her way to the church to cast her general election vote. | 32625283 |
Many fled Mosul after the Islamic State (IS) group which seized much of northern Iraq told them to convert to Islam, pay a tax or face death.
Iraq is home to one of the world's most ancient Christian communities.
Two top ministers said, "We are ready, if they so desire, to help facilitate asylum on our territory."
It was a joint message from Laurent Fabius and Bernard Cazeneuve, respectively foreign minister and interior minister in the Socialist government.
A senior Christian cleric in Iraq, Patriarch Louis Sako, estimated that before the advance of IS, Mosul had a Christian community of 35,000 - compared with 60,000 prior to 2003.
According to the UN, just 20 families from the ancient Christian minority now remain in the city, which Isis has taken as the capital of its Islamic state.
Islamic State was previously known as Isis (Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant).
On Saturday, France's far right opposition party the National Front organised a rally in Paris in support of Iraqi Christians. | The French government says it is ready to offer asylum to Iraqi Christians forced to flee by Islamist militants in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul. | 28521778 |
Emergency services were called to the A272 Goldbridge Road, in Newick, near Lewes, just after 13:00 BST on Thursday.
The driver of a Renault Megane, who was aged in his 70s, died from his injuries, police said. The tanker driver was unhurt.
Anyone who witnessed the incident has been asked to contact Sussex Police. | An elderly motorist has died following a collision between his car and a tanker in East Sussex. | 32174166 |
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28 July 2015 Last updated at 21:39 BST
The ships were destroyed during storms in 1588, and more than four centuries later, a man walking along the County Sligo coast found a washed-up piece of timber that turned out to be a rudder from one of the wrecks.
The cannon are now being treated at the National Museum in Dublin where it is hoped they will eventually go on public display.
BBC Newsline's Dublin correspondent Shane Harrison reports. | A chance discovery during storms along the west coast of Ireland earlier this year has led to nine Spanish Armada cannon being recovered from shipwrecks. | 33697918 |
Wins from Catriona Matthew of Scotland and England's Georgia Hall and Florentyna Parker helped Europe to a 9-7 win over Australia, who again finished last in the four-team event.
It came down to the last hole of the final match, with Swede Linda Wessberg edging out Stacey Keating.
Korea avenged last year's defeat by Japan with a 15-1 rout in the final.
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The Queens tournament, which began last year, returned to the Miyoshi Country Club in Nagoya and the Koreans won the first seven matches of the final against the hosts, with Kotone Hori sparing Japan a whitewash by halving the final game with Lee Seung-hyun.
In the third-place play-off, Matthew defeated Rachel Hetherington two up to make it three wins out of three over the weekend, while Parker beat Sarah Kemp 5&4 and Hall saw off Katherine Kirk 2&1.
Sarah Jane Smith, Cathryn Bristow and Whitney Hillier won points for Australia, with Hillier beating Wales' Becky Morgan on the 18th hole.
"It's one of the best events I've ever been to - the whole team have performed admirably," said first-time captain Johnson.
"You've got a mixture of young players and players that have never played before.
"They've all been an absolute pleasure to spend a week with." | Trish Johnson's Ladies European Tour side secured third place for the second year in a row at The Queens in Japan. | 38199697 |
Govanhill Baths closed in 2001 despite a local campaign to save it. It reopened in 2013 as a community hub, run by Govanhill Baths Community Trust.
The group has secured enough funding to re-open the venue as a swimming and wellbeing centre in late 2018.
The architect's designs for the revamped building will be on public display at the baths from 15:00-20:00.
The open day will feature live music and art installations and volunteer tour guides will show people around the building.
Visitors will also be able to experience a 3D digital tour of the new building, which has been designed by Hall Black Douglas Architects and Alistair Coey Conservation Architects.
The cash is now in place to carry out the renovations work with the main funding coming from the Heritage Lottery Fund, Big Lottery, Historic and Environment Scotland and Glasgow City Council.
A new reception will be formed within the existing ground floor foyer space that will lead directly into a community cafe with access to the garden, facing onto Calder Street.
The learner and ladies pools will be restored and refurbished.
Changing facilities, including family and accessible cubicles, will be added as well as a new Turkish suite featuring both a sauna and steam-room.
The existing first floor slipper baths will be re-developed to create a community gym and activity space, with a number of historic cubicles retained and restored to accommodate private bathing and changing. | Designs have been published showing the planned transformation of a popular Edwardian public bath house in Glasgow. | 36433953 |
The party says the move would save an average rail season ticket holder £349 a year by 2022.
It said the change could be funded by the "absolute fortune" saved by bringing the railways back into public ownership.
But the Tories said nationalisation would add billions to the UK's debt or lead to an increase in taxes.
"It's yet more economic shambles from Labour," a spokesman said.
Labour's plan for ticket prices would apply to regulated fares, which account for about 40% of all fares, including most season tickets.
These are currently capped at the retail price index (RPI) measure of inflation, and Labour says it instead use the lower consumer price index (CPI) rate.
Its pledge would apply in England, as the setting of regulated fares is devolved.
Shadow transport secretary Andy McDonald told BBC Breakfast the "very significant difference" between the two measures would have a "huge impact".
Once the network returned to public ownership, Labour would "start exploring a reduction in fares", he said.
Paul Plummer, chief executive of the Rail Delivery Group, representing train operators, said politicians had to decide on the balance between taxpayers and passengers funding the railways.
He defended the current franchising model, saying it had led to a £2.2bn improvement in rail finances.
The Conservative are promising what they call the "largest investment in railways since Victorian times", focusing on increasing capacity on key routes.
This issue includes transport infrastructure, energy supply, climate change and air and water quality. | Labour is promising to save money for rail commuters by changing the way fare increases are calculated. | 40116533 |
South Wales Police are investigating how a silver Ford Ka collided with a tree on Neath Road, Tonna, at about 03:30 GMT on Tuesday.
A 20-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of causing serious injury by dangerous driving.
A girl, 15, is in a serious but stable condition and a man, 21, has non life-threatening injuries.
A 20-year-old man and 17-year-old girl, were discharged from hospital on Tuesday.
Police want to hear from anyone who witnessed the collision or saw the car in the area before the crash. | Two people remain in hospital following a crash which left four hurt in Neath Port Talbot. | 35198758 |
The Swede headed his 24th goal of the season after David Luiz flicked on a corner 17 minutes from time.
PSG maintained their bid to become the first team to complete an entire French top-flight season unbeaten.
Monaco can go second and trim the champions' lead to 21 points with victory at Lorient on Sunday.
Laurent Blanc's side were made to work hard for a ninth consecutive victory.
But once Ibrahimovic had broken the deadlock, they could have gone on to win by a bigger margin as Toulouse left gaps at the back in search of an equaliser.
The sides meet again in Paris on Tuesday in the French Cup.
PSG have lost just once in 31 competitive games this season, a 1-0 defeat by Real Madrid in the Champions League in November.
Toulouse drop to second-bottom after a six-game unbeaten run came to an end. | Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored a late winner as Paris St-Germain moved 23 points clear at the top of Ligue 1 with a 1-0 victory at Toulouse. | 35327584 |
The 21-year-old's former club Santos received the other £14.6m.
Former Barca president Sandro Rosell has resigned over claims that the actual amount paid was more than £48.6m and he misappropriated funds.
Rosell denies any wrongdoing and a Spanish judge has brought against him by Barcelona club member Jordi Cases.
Neymar has scored 11 goals in 26 games for Spanish league leaders Barcelona this season
Confidentiality clauses had prevented Barca from revealing the exact amount of the 57m euros received by Santos and those who owned shares of Neymar's rights.
But Neymar's father authorised the Spanish champions to lift the clause in his son's contract and go public with the fees.
The club have also confirmed that, with the signing-on fee, wages and agents fees, Neymar will cost them an additional £47m over his five-year contract.
Cases had alleged that the amount paid for Neymar was more than the reported fee.
Rosell maintained the accusation was "unfair and reckless" but quit his role, with vice-president Josep Maria Bartomeu taking over.
Bartomeu has said that Rosell's resignation was for several reasons and not just over the Neymar case.
Neymar has scored 11 goals in 26 games for Barcelona this season. | Barcelona have confirmed that Neymar's parents got £34m of the £48.6m paid for the Brazil striker in June. | 25887952 |
Keane Wallis-Bennett died when a changing room wall in a PE block collapsed on 1 April 2014.
Preparations for the inquiry have been discussed at a preliminary hearing at Edinburgh Sheriff Court before Sheriff Principal Mhairi Stephen.
A further hearing will be held on 13 April. | A fatal accident inquiry into the death of a 12-year old girl at Liberton High School in Edinburgh is to be held on 5 June. | 39157315 |
Marcelino has signed a two-year contract with the two-time Champions League finalists.
Interim boss Voro will remain in charge of the Spanish club for the last two games away to Espanyol on Saturday and at home to Villarreal on 21 May.
Valencia are 13th in La Liga, closer to relegation than a European spot.
They started the season with former Liverpool assistant Pako Ayestaran in charge but he was sacked with the side bottom of La Liga after losing their opening four games of the season.
Marcelino, 51, had been a candidate to replace Ayestaran.
However, league rules do not allow coaches to manage more than one club in the same season and Marcelino was deemed to have started the campaign at Villarreal, although he was sacked before their first game of the season in August.
Former Italy boss Cesare Prandelli, 59, took charge of Valencia instead but resigned after 10 games in charge.
Voro led the team to safety but has since confirmed he will leave at the end of the season.
Former Manchester United and England defender Gary Neville, 42, was sacked by Valencia after less than four months in charge in March 2016. | Former Villarreal and Sevilla boss Marcelino Garcia Toral will take charge of Valencia, the sixth coach hired by owner Peter Lim in two years. | 39893859 |
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