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A ring, a complete Roman pot and a soldier's boot sole were found near the south-west corner of Arbeia Roman Fort as part of a community project.
The team, which was excavating the site as part of the WallQuest project, also unearthed a 7m (23ft) wide defensive ditch close to the fort's wall.
Project manager Nick Hodgson said the finds provide "priceless information".
The Arbeia pot, which is patterned with scales, is believed to have been made near Peterborough in the 3rd Century AD.
Mr Hodgson said it would have been a "prized part" of a Roman dinner service until it broke and was thrown into a ditch as "rubbish" in about AD 250. | Ancient Roman artefacts have been unearthed by volunteers carrying out a dig at a Roman fort in South Shields. | 2.281602 | 2 |
The Outlaws, who have been beaten in the T20 quarter-finals in the last four years, go into the game in fifth place.
Notts need to beat the Foxes and hope either Lancashire or Northants slip up in their final games on Friday.
"Friday night is a massive game for the club and the team," Newell told BBC Radio Nottingham.
"We want to win that match and put some pressure on other teams - and make them win their games."
T20 captain James Taylor and bowler Harry Gurney are set to face their former club, while batsman Greg Smith, who made the move across the East Midlands in the winter, may also feature.
Gurney took 23 wickets for the Foxes when they won the Twenty20 in 2011, while Taylor scored a century on his Championship debut for Leicestershire against Middlesex back in 2009.
"It's a special place for myself, Titch (James Taylor) and Greg (Smith)," said Gurney. "It's always nice to go back there, if slightly weird.
"After losing the fixture to them at home, from a Nottinghamshire perspective we do need to get down there and put one over on them.
"We will go to Grace Road and priority number one is to get the two points and if we don't do that, we won't qualify.
"We just need the points and then hope one or two results around the country go our way."
Nottinghamshire's game at Grace Road gets under way at 17:30 BST, as does Lancashire's trip to already-qualified Worcestershire, while Northants against Durham begins an hour later. | Nottinghamshire director of cricket Mick Newell says Friday's T20 Blast North Group game at Leicestershire is so important for the cricket club. | 0.874308 | 1 |
Noel Jones served 12 years for the manslaughter of 15-year-old Janet Commins.
But he told a fresh murder trial at Mold Crown Court that he was not responsible - and a confession was made up by police.
Stephen Hough, 58, denies rape, sexual assault, murder and manslaughter
On Tuesday, the jury heard evidence from retired police officer Albert Roberts, who left the north Wales force in 1981.
In 1976, he was a detective inspector who interviewed the chief suspect Jones.
In one interview, Mr Roberts told Jones: "You told us a number of things which only the person that was with Janet at the time...would be able to say. How can you explain that?".
The court heard Jones replied it "must have been in the papers" - despite later agreeing that he could only read "a little".
The jury was told that Jones later walked police through a reconstruction, describing where and how the attack took place.
But under cross-examination by the prosecution, the former detective rejected claims made by Jones that he put the suspect under pressure.
He said that was "absolute nonsense".
Asked if he bombarded Jones with questions, Mr Roberts said: "He seemed all right to me. He seemed to be answering them all right without any difficulty."
The questioning followed defence evidence on Monday from Mr Hough, who was arrested in 2016 after DNA matching his was found on the dead schoolgirl's body.
But he told the jury he could not explain the DNA findings, and also denied once telling his ex-wife that he had killed someone.
Asked by his barrister, Patrick Harrington QC: "Did you have anything to do with her death?"
"No sir," he replied.
The trial is continuing. | A detective who helped investigate how a Flint schoolgirl was killed in 1976 has denied putting a man jailed under pressure. | 0.609188 | 1 |
Head coach Warren Gatland is leading the British and Irish Lions in New Zealand and has named interim coach Rob Howley as part of his backroom team.
Forwards coach McBryde assumes head coach responsibilities for the third time after leading Wales on tours in 2009 and 2013.
"It is an honour to represent your country and to do so overseas carries extra responsibility," said McBryde.
"For me it is another exciting opportunity to lead the team. It is something I have thoroughly enjoyed in the past and I'm really looking forward to doing it again at the end of the season."
The Welsh Rugby Union (WRU) will appoint assistant coaches for the summer tour to assist McBryde.
"We are also at an advanced stage in discussions with a number of other individuals about the summer tour and hope to be in a position to confirm the full make-up of the management team next week," said WRU chief executive Martyn Phillips.
Union chairman Gareth Davies, who is also on the Lions' selection panel, believes the involvement of Welsh coaches will benefit the national team.
"2017 is a real summer of opportunity for Welsh coaches and should benefit the whole of Welsh rugby in the years ahead," he said.
"It is not often that you get the opportunity to develop coaches in different environments.
"Our coaches and players have been invigorated by their Lions experiences on previous campaigns and there is little doubt that a tour of New Zealand will provide the ultimate test and so once again both mentally stimulate and inspire each individual." | Robin McBryde will coach Wales on their summer tour of the Pacific Islands. | 1.044436 | 1 |
Police said a 51-year-old woman was arrested on suspicion of fraud in Scotland on Thursday, and is being questioned by officers in Preston.
The Space Centre in Ashton thought it had secured £800,000 in grants, only to find they never existed.
About 200 groups a month use the centre's facilities, which include multi-sensory areas. | A woman has been arrested over an alleged fraud at a charity for disabled people in Lancashire. | 0.641366 | 1 |
The Somali nationals, doing work paid for by the World Health Organization (WHO), were abducted in the town of Luuq in the southwestern Gedo province.
Negotiations are said to be under way for their release.
Al-Shabab, which is behind many attacks in Somalia and neighbouring Kenya, is also known for using kidnappings to raise money.
The four who were taken were carrying out a WHO-funded vaccination programme.
Gedo province, where the kidnappings occurred, is one of several areas where al-Shabab militants say they have been delivering aid to people facing starvation. | Four aid workers have been kidnapped by members of the Somali Islamist militant group, al-Shabab. | 1.733569 | 2 |
The 37-year-old was attacked in Guildhall Square, Southampton at about 21:00 BST on Friday.
Police said they wanted to trace Billy and Geoffrey Midmore, 22 and 26, both from London.
Acting Det Insp Will Whale said the pair had contacts in Southampton, Basingstoke, London and were considered "dangerous individuals".
"I would appeal to Billy and Geoffrey to give themselves up now. We will carry on with our manhunt until we find you, so make it easier on yourselves and come forward," he added
The woman remains in hospital being treated for burns to her face, neck and arms.
Earlier police said they were investigating if she had previously reported she was worried for her safety.
A Hampshire police spokesman said: "We have instigated a review in relation to any previous reports made by the victim to the police."
The woman, who is believed to be from the city, was the victim of a targeted attack by a group of men, police said.
The force has reassured local residents and visitors to the city it was a rare and "isolated incident". | Two brothers being sought after a woman had acid thrown in her face in Southampton have been named by police. | 1.020729 | 1 |
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Russia, Olympic silver medallists in 2008, led 10-7 after the first half and, although France fought back to 14-14, the Russians would not be denied.
Norway, gold medallists at Beijing 2008 and London 2012, beat the Netherlands 36-26 to clinch the bronze medal.
There could still be Olympic glory for France as their men's side - Olympic champions in 2008 and 2012 - play Denmark for the gold medal on Sunday.
Find out how to get into handball with our special guide.
Subscribe to the BBC Sport newsletter to get our pick of news, features and video sent to your inbox. | Russia beat France 22-19 to win women's handball gold at Rio 2016. | 1.070909 | 1 |
Meet Singh Kapoor, 40, was found dead at Tilbury docks in Essex last August.
Timothy Murphy, 33, of Elmgrove in Londonderry, Northern Ireland, was cleared at Basildon Crown Court.
Taha Sharif, 38, of High Cross Road, Tottenham, was convicted last week. The jury has yet to decide on two other men.
The four all pleaded not guilty to conspiracy to facilitate illegal entry into the UK.
The two still to be decided upon are Stephen McLaughlin, 34, of Limavady in Londonderry, and Martin McGlinchey, 47, of Derryloughan Road in Coalisland, County Tyrone.
During the trial jurors were told the migrants were found distressed and in cramped conditions.
The group of Afghan Sikh migrants, which included 15 children, arrived in the UK on a ship from Belgium on 16 August, 2014. They are believed to have fled Afghanistan after suffering persecution.
All of the immigrants are now claiming asylum in the UK, the court heard. | One of four men accused of attempting to smuggle 35 immigrants into the UK in a shipping container, in which one man died, has been found not guilty. | 0.759251 | 1 |
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School in Worcester is charging for tickets due to "tightening budgets".
Head teacher Louise Bury said there had been "mixed feelings" in response to the charge, with some teachers suffering verbal abuse.
The money will be used to buy books and equipment, Mrs Bury said.
"Hardly breaking the bank" - parents react
The school, in Warndon, is charging for three performances by pupils in Key Stage One, Reception and nursery.
In a letter to parents, Mrs Bury said: "I know that for some of you, paying to see your child perform doesn't feel right.
"With ever tightening budgets and growing numbers, we saw this as an opportunity to be able to invest in some valuable reading and learning resources for Key Stage One and Early Years."
The resources would help improve children's reading progress, particularly learning at home, she said.
Mrs Bury voiced concerns about the reaction of parents to the move.
She said in the letter: "I have been extremely concerned about the conduct of some parents towards my staff which in some cases I can only describe as verbal abuse."
Mrs Bury added the "partnership" between the school and parents was very important and she would arrange to meet anyone to discuss any issues of concern.
Several people backed the school on the BBC Hereford and Worcester Facebook page.
Philip Bannister wrote: "Nothing wrong with it at all. Schools are struggling financially due to funding cuts and if this helps even just a little, it seems a sensible thing to do."
Michael Leighton wrote: "Can't believe parents moaning about paying a £1 then you see them queuing at the drive through at McDonald's." | A primary school is charging parents £1 to watch their children in its nativity play, sparking outrage from parents. | 1.17169 | 1 |
McCormack has signed a four-year contract with the Cottagers, with the option of a further 12 months.
The 27-year-old told BBC Radio Leeds he felt he had been "hung out to dry" over the move.
Leeds said last week they were under no pressure to sell their captain after he handed in a transfer request.
McCormack, the subject of a failed bid from West Ham in January, was last season's top scorer in the Championship, netting 28 goals as Leeds finished 16th.
He said the Elland Road club would "always have a special place in my heart" but was "no longer the Leeds United I fell in love with".
The Glasgow-born forward started his career at Rangers, before spells at Motherwell and Cardiff City prior to his switch to Leeds in 2010.
McCormack has been capped 11 times by Scotland and has scored twice for his country.
He is Fulham's fifth summer signing following their relegation last season after a 13-year stay in the Premier League.
Cottagers manager Felix Magath has already recruited former Schalke defender Tim Hoogland, Australia striker Adam Taggart, defender Kay Voser from Basel and Motherwell defender Shaun Hutchinson. | Leeds United's Scotland international striker Ross McCormack has joined Championship rivals Fulham for an undisclosed fee, believed to be £11m. | 0.92509 | 1 |
Commentators say Mr Abbott's choice was out of step with public attitudes and raised doubts about his judgement.
Mr Abbott re-introduced knighthood and damehood honours last year, nearly 20 years after they had been discontinued.
Australia, a parliamentary democracy, has Britain's monarch as head of state.
The prime minister's decision to grant a knighthood to the Prince - announced on Australia Day on Monday - has been described by the press as a "captain's call", which failed to take into account the opinion of party colleagues.
The leader of the opposition Labor party, Bill Shorten, said the decision to honour a British royal was "anachronistic". He has called for Australians to rally behind declaring their country a republic.
Australia's honours system
At a conference on Wednesday, Mr Abbott defended his choice but also said he had listened to the criticism.
"I understand why some people don't like it," he said. "I take it on the chin but I want to assure people that I have heard and there will be more consultation around these awards in the future."
Mr Abbott had praised the Prince's work as a campaigner, highlighting the achievements in Australia of his youth charity, the Duke of Edinburgh Award.
Many politicians - including some from Mr Abbott's party - said they were bewildered by the award.
Queensland Premier and Mr Abbott's conservative colleague, Campbell Newman, has described the knighthood as a "bolt from the blue".
Mr Newman goes to the polls on Saturday for the state's general election. Mr Abbott's widespread unpopularity is considered to be a drawback for the campaign.
The prime minister, who has not appeared in Queensland during the campaign, did not answer a journalist's question about whether he owed Mr Newman an apology, saying only that his federal government had done much that had benefitted Queenslanders. | Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott has said he will consult more widely before announcing knights and dames, after criticism of his knighthood for Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh. | 1.314029 | 1 |
The 34-year-old fell ill in his changing room and was carried out on a stretcher and taken to hospital.
Gutknecht is in a stable condition and will continue to be monitored after having surgery and being sedated, the British Boxing Board of Control said.
Groves scored a unanimous points win in the fight at Wembley's SSE Arena.
It moves him closer to a shot at the vacant WBA super-middleweight title.
The Londoner said he was "deeply concerned" for his opponent in a social media post on Saturday morning.
"Out of respect to Eduard Gutknecht and his family's privacy, I don't want to say too much but we are all deeply concerned to hear that he was taken to hospital after the fight last night," he said.
"I sincerely hope it is nothing too serious and I would like to send out all my support and best wishes to him and his family at this difficult time."
The judges awarded the fight to Groves, 28, with one scoring it 119-110 in his favour and two 119-109.
Groves has now won his past four fights since losing two world title bouts - one to Carl Froch and one against Badou Jack.
"I am very happy with how I fought - it went exactly to plan," Groves told Channel 5 before news emerged of Gutknecht being taken to hospital. "I set a great tempo and busted him up badly. I am surprised he made it to the bell - Gutknecht is a tough character.
"We want real, big, proper fights. There was no world title on the line, but we knew Gutknecht was going to give me a tough fight. It will push me on for a world title fight and, ideally, I would love a rematch with Badou Jack."
The Londoner looked confident against Gutknecht and hurt his opponent with a couple of blows to the head in the fourth round.
He continued to find the target with his combinations and cut open Gutknecht's right eye in the 10th, but the 34-year-old managed to make it through the full 12 rounds.
Meanwhile, Welshman Andrew Selby stopped Jake Bornea of the Philippines in the seventh round in London.
Selby, the brother of IBF featherweight champion Lee, has now won all seven of his fights since turning professional in September 2015. | German Eduard Gutknecht was taken to hospital after Britain's George Groves defended his WBA International super-middleweight title in London. | 0.908217 | 1 |
Joe Howlett succeeded in rescuing the whale, only to be struck by it moments later as it flipped into the water.
He was a lobster fisherman by trade and a founder of the whale rescue group on Campobello Island, New Brunswick.
Friends told the Canadian Press he had saved some two dozen whales over 15 years.
Mackie Green, a friend of Mr Howlett who had founded the rescue team with him, said: "They got the whale totally disentangled and then some kind of freak thing happened and the whale made a big flip."
"Joe definitely would not want us to stop because of this," he added. "This is something he loved and there's no better feeling than getting a whale untangled, and I know how good he was feeling after cutting that whale clear."
The animal was a North Atlantic right whale - an endangered species that may grow to about 15m (50 feet) in length and weigh up to 70 tonnes.
The species is "critically endangered", with about 500 left alive, according to the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Seven were found dead in Canada's Gulf of St Laurence in the last month - a significant blow to the global population.
Mr Howlett was on board a government response vessel at the time of his death.
The Department of Fisheries and Oceans said he had rescued another whale days before, on 5 July. Rescuers like Mr Howlett had "immense bravery and a passion for the welfare of marine mammals", it said.
"There are serious risks involved with any disentanglement attempt. Each situation is unique, and entangled whales can be unpredictable."
Mr Howlett lived on Campobello Island, a small community on the border with the US, where locals have been paying tribute to the well-known rescue worker.
"There's only 850 people here on Campobello Island now and Joe was a very lively character, he had a great sense of humour," mayor Stephen Smart told the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
"Everybody knew Joe Howlett and everybody respected Joe Howlett... it's a big blow." | A Canadian man has been killed during a rescue operation after he cut an endangered whale free from tangled fishing lines. | 2.300169 | 2 |
In his last Christmas message before retiring, Dr Barry Morgan described "bitterness in the air" in the UK.
Urging people to "build bridges not walls", he called 2016 "extraordinary" with Syria's conflict, the refugee crisis, Brexit and Donald Trump votes.
Dr Morgan will preach at Llandaff Cathedral, Cardiff, on Christmas Day.
He will stand down at the end of January after almost 14 years at the helm of the Church in Wales, making him the longest serving archbishop in the worldwide Anglican Communion.
Dr Morgan described bitterness in the UK "about Brexit" and in the United States about "a president who has come to power despite his appalling remarks about women, people of other faiths and Mexicans".
He added: "The fact is that in spite of all the outrageous revelations about him, Donald Trump was still elected.
"What does that say about those who voted for him in a country where most people still claim to be religious?"
He described the challenge in a divided world being to show "tolerance and grace" to people with whose views they may totally disagree.
A service at Llandaff Cathedral on Christmas Day starts at 11:00 GMT. | We live in a "brutal, bloody, divided, torn world" which can seem "out of control and unpredictable", the Archbishop of Wales has said. | 1.408499 | 1 |
Two men were left in hospital after they were assaulted in Bath Street at about 03:30 on Saturday 26 September.
They had been involved in an argument with a group of people and were seriously injured in an ensuing fight.
Police appealed for any witnesses who recognise the men in the images issued to come forward.
The first man is described as being white, 20 to 25 years old, 5ft 10in to 6ft tall and with short hair. He was wearing a long-sleeved polo top and dark-coloured jeans.
The second man was of similar age, 6ft to 6ft 2in tall, with dark hair. He was wearing a dark-coloured polo top.
Det Con Blair Duncan, of Police Scotland, said Bath Street was busy at the time of the incident, and appealed for members of the public who assisted the victims or who saw the suspects to make contact with officers. | Detectives have issued pictures of two men in a fresh appeal for witnesses to a serious assault in Glasgow in September. | 0.676795 | 1 |
Jorge Arreaza also said his country was a victim of "fake news" that exaggerated its economic difficulties.
The US accuses President Nicolás Maduro's government of violating human rights and subverting democracy.
President Trump's order bans trade in Venezuelan debt and blocks its state oil firm from selling bonds in the US.
Mr Arreaza said that the sanctions and "threats" amounted to "uncivilised politics".
President Maduro would not attend the UN General Assembly in New York next month, he said.
Announcing the new sanctions, the White House said the "Maduro dictatorship" was denying Venezuelans food and medicine.
It said the controversial new constituent assembly - which has voted to take powers from the opposition-led parliament - amounted to a "fundamental break in Venezuela's legitimate constitutional order".
Earlier this month, the US imposed sanctions on President Maduro and some of his closest aides.
Separately on Friday, National Security Adviser HR McMaster said that the US was not planning military action in Venezuela "in the near future".
President Trump had controversially raised that possibility two weeks ago.
Inside the anti-government protests | Venezuela has denounced new US sanctions against it, with its foreign minister saying the US was trying to promote a humanitarian crisis. | 1.882256 | 2 |
For a second time, he's giving up a role he didn't inherit, but gained on merit.
After stints in the RAF and the air ambulance, his days as a pilot are coming to an end.
He will miss them. He's spoken of how he's loved working in a team. Something, he said, "his other job" didn't necessarily offer.
The prince is the only senior royal to have a deep understanding of the National Health Service the majority of the population experience.
With his family moving from Norfolk to London, Prince George will go to a private school from September.
And Prince William and his wife will be available to do more royal work. The demands will increase now the Queen has turned 90.
The future king's exclusive focus will very soon be on his role as a Windsor and a destiny he'll one day embrace.
Read full article | This will not have been an easy decision for Prince William to make. | 1.162383 | 1 |
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It will take the price of a first class stamp to 65p, and second class to 56p.
Royal Mail said the price rises were necessary to maintain the universal service - the principle that it delivers letters across the whole of the UK for the same price.
A stamp for large first class letter will rise by 2p to 98p. A large second class letter will go up by 1p to 76p.
The increases are in line with the rise in the Consumer Prices Index (CPI), which rose by 1.8% in the year to January.
Royal Mail said it understood how hard it was for many companies and households in the current economic environment.
For that reason, it said it had considered any pricing changes very carefully.
However, it added that UK stamps represented good value compared to the rest of Europe.
The average price of a first class stamp in Europe is 87p it said, while an average second class stamp is 67p.
Fewer people are sending letters, but Royal Mail is handling more parcels.
Letter usage declined by 6% in the nine months to December, the company said at the end of last year. | The prices of first and second class stamps are to rise by 1p from 27 March, Royal Mail has announced. | 1.574434 | 2 |
The information was seized at the Zurich headquarters of world football's governing body from offices which included that of its president Sepp Blatter, the BBC understands.
Fifa said it had co-operated fully with the authorities.
Swiss police said last month that they were looking into how the forthcoming World Cups were allocated.
The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is also carrying out an investigation into corruption at Fifa. So far 14 people have been indicted, nine of whom are current or former Fifa officials.
IT data from the offices of secretary general Jerome Valcke and the organisation's financial chief Markus Kattner is also believed to have been released to Swiss police.
Fifa reiterated that it had instigated the inquiry and the organisation was, according to the Swiss Attorney General, the "injured party".
Q&A: Could Fifa really take the World Cup from Russia or Qatar?
The criminal investigation focuses on the mismanagement of funds in relation to the 2018 World Cup in Russia and the 2022 tournament in Qatar.
Both countries have denied any wrongdoing.
The bidding process for the 2026 World Cup has been postponed. Mr Valcke said on Wednesday that it was "a nonsense" to begin the process in the current climate.
Mr Blatter has announced he will step down from his role as president, amid the ongoing allegations.
He is expected to be replaced at an election on 16 December. | Fifa has handed over computer data to the Swiss authorities investigating the World Cup bids for 2018 and 2022. | 1.425166 | 1 |
The rise of 513,300 in the year to June 2015 was in line with average annual rises over the last decade, it said.
The increase was driven by "natural growth" (excess of births over deaths) of 171,800 people, and net migration of 335,600, according to the ONS.
The largest percentage increase was in England and the lowest was in Wales.
An increase of 5,800, covering armed forces personnel stationed in the UK and the prison population, was also a factor in the estimated growth of the population, according to the ONS.
The older population has continued to rise, with more than 11.6 million people (17.8% of the population) now aged 65 and over, and 1.5 million people (2.3% of the population) aged 85 and over in mid-2015.
Elsewhere, the figure for natural growth was at its lowest for 10 years.
This was caused by an increase in the number of deaths combined with a continuing decrease in the number of births - down 1,900 on the previous year.
An increase in immigration (up 53,700) and a smaller decrease in emigration (down 22,300) have both contributed to an increase in net international migration - the difference between the numbers of people coming to live in Britain and those emigrating. | The UK population grew by half a million last year to 65.1 million, according to the latest Office for National Statistics official estimate. | 2.466001 | 2 |
Michael Prest lost the latest round of a legal fight, which means his wife can now appeal against an earlier ruling.
Judges ruled seven properties at the centre of the dispute could effectively be counted as assets of Mr Prest.
Yasmin Prest said she was "delighted and relieved" by the judgement.
Mr Prest has argued his properties, worth millions of pounds, are not personally owned by him but by off-shore companies.
The High Court had ordered Mr Prest to transfer the properties to his wife, but the Court of Appeal then decided in October that this ruling was wrong.
Mrs Prest then asked the Supreme Court - the highest court in the UK for civil cases - to review the Court of Appeal's decision.
In allowing her appeal, the Supreme Court ruled the homes were "held on trust" for Mr Prest by the companies.
The ruling was a unanimous decision of seven Justices of the Supreme Court.
Yasmin Prest's lawyer Caroline Holley welcomed the verdict.
"The Supreme Court has dealt a blow to dishonest spouses everywhere and taken this important opportunity to send a clear message that those seeking to avoid responsibilities to their divorcing spouses and children will not be allowed to succeed," she said.
The case will be watched by some wealthy couples, particularly those from outside the UK, said William Longrigg, head of the family sector at law firm Charles Russell.
He said the Supreme Court had in this case "shown itself to come down on the side of fairness... in favour of the financially weaker party".
But he said the facts of the case were quite specific, adding: "Assets held by a company will still be regarded as company assets - not those of the husband."
The couple, both in their 50s, married in 1993 and spent most of their time in London.
They had properties in Nigeria and the Caribbean and lived their life to a "very high standard", judges heard.
The court was told Mr Prest claimed to be worth about £48m, but Mrs Prest said he could be worth hundreds of millions.
During the legal proceedings, Mr Prest has been criticised for failing to be frank about the true extent of his wealth.
His conduct had been "characterised by persistent obstruction, obfuscation and deceit", Lord Sumption said in his judgement. | The Supreme Court has ruled in favour of the English estranged wife of a Nigerian oil tycoon in a case lawyers say could have implications for some wealthy divorcing couples. | 1.311563 | 1 |
English Heritage gave permission for work to be done on the 16th Century Charminster bridge, near Dorchester, after serious flooding in January 2014.
Damage estimated to be about £50,000 was caused to St Mary the Virgin church and nearby homes.
The bridge's original stones were used to enlarge its arches to improve the flow of the River Cerne beneath.
Access through the village has been off limits for five months because of the work, which cost about £260,000.
Dorset County Council has worked with the Environment Agency and English Heritage on the project.
Jill Haynes, councillor for three valleys, said: "I am very impressed with the work that's been done. The bridge looks great, using stone from the original structure."
Additional flood prevention works are due to be carried out over the next few months, the Environment Agency said.
Records show the 16th Century stone bridge was rebuilt in the early 19th Century and at least one side of it was rebuilt in 1933. | A listed bridge, blamed for the flooding of a Dorset church last year, has opened after being rebuilt. | 2.525184 | 3 |
United Lincolnshire Hospital Trust (ULHT) has said from Wednesday 17 August the department will only open from 09:00 to 18:30 daily.
The trust says it does not have enough doctors to staff the department safely and also maintain services in Lincoln and Boston.
Protesters claim the decision will put lives at risk, which the trust denies.
Charmaine Morgan, the Labour County Councillor for Grantham South, said she hoped the protest would make the trust rethink.
"This is one of the most serious situations the people of Grantham could face and is potentially life-threatening for some of our residents.
"This is a drastic change and it is not even only a night time closure but from the early evening."
The trust said the temporary closure at Grantham would enable to it maintain safe staffing levels at its two other A&E departments, both of which take a higher number of A&E patients.
Emergency departments at the hospital normally work based on having 15 consultants and 28 registrar or middle grade doctors.
However, it currently has just 14 consultants - 10 of whom are locums - and 12 middle grades.
Dr Suneil Kapadia, medical director at ULHT, said: "We have not made this decision lightly, but we've made it for the right reasons - to maintain patient safety in all three A&Es.
"We know this will be an unpopular decision but reducing the opening hours of Grantham A&E is the safest option for Lincolnshire."
He said the trust was actively trying to recruit more doctors and would fully reopen Grantham's A&E as soon as possible. | A protest has taken place against the planned overnight closure of Grantham hospital's accident and emergency unit. | 1.355715 | 1 |
Cafodd ei wahardd o'r cyngor am fis gan y Panel.
Ond mae'r panel wedi dweud nad oedd wedi dwyn anfri ar swydd cynghorydd nac ar enw da Cyngor Caerdydd.
Ym marn y tribiwnlys, roedd Mr McEvoy wedi bwlio aelod o staff yr awdurdod gyda'r bwriad o beri gofid iddi, ac o ddangos diffyg parch at y swyddog.
Mae Mr McEvoy bellach yn Aelod Cynulliad Plaid Cymru dros Ddwyrain De Cymru hefyd.
Dywedodd y tribiwnlys fod Mr McEvoy wedi bwlio Deborah Carter drwy fygwth diogelwch ei swydd mewn digwyddiad yng Ngorffennaf 2015.
Bydd y panel yn penderfynu ar gosb Mr McEvoy, ac fe all hynny amrywio o'i wahardd fel cynghorydd am flwyddyn, neu ei ddiarddel am hyd at bum mlynedd.
Bu'r panel annibynnol yn clywed tystiolaeth am honiad fod Mr McEvoy wedi bygwth diogelwch swydd yr aelod staff mewn digwyddiad yng Ngorffennaf 2015.
Roedd Mr McEvoy wedi'i gyhuddo o dorri cod ymddygiad y cyngor wedi iddo fynd i'r llys i gefnogi tenant cyngor oedd yn wynebu cael ei gyrru o'i chartref.
Cyn i'r tribiwnlys gyhoeddi'r dyfarniad llawn, roedd Mr McEvoy wedi bod yn trydar i ddangos ei ddicter at y broses gyfan.
Dywedodd: "Hoffwn fynegi fy nirmyg llwyr at y ffars sydd newydd gymryd lle."
Wrth gyhoeddi'r dyfarniad, dywedodd y tribiwnlys bod tystiolaeth Ms Carter wedi bod yn gredadwy tra bod Mr McEvoy wedi bod yn aneglur ac yn tueddu i osgoi ateb ar adegau.
Wedi'r gwrandawiad fe alwodd un aelod cynulliad Llafur ar arweinydd Plaid Cymru, Leanne Wood, i wahardd Mr McEvoy o'r blaid. Dywedodd Rhiannon Passmore AC: "Dylai Leanne Wood wahardd Neil McEvoy o Blaid Cymru am ei fod wedi bwlio swyddog cyngor ym marn y Panel.
"Mae hon yn drosedd ddifrifol iawn ac fe ddylai ddangos nad yw ei phlaid ddiodde' bwlio o gwbl. Mae gan bob aelod o staff yr hawl i deimlo'n ddiogel yn y gwaith ac fe ddylai Leanne Wood ddangos ei bod hi'n credu hyn hefyd."
Mewn datganiad dywedodd Cadeirydd Plaid Cymru, Alun Ffred Jones:
In a statement, Plaid Cymru chair Alun Ffred Jones said: "Fe fyddwn ni'n adolygu penderfyniad y panel yr wythnos nesaf... rydym yn ystyried y mater o ddifri oherwydd, fel plaid, rydym yn disgwyl y safonau uchaf oddi wrth ein cynrychiolwyr etholedig.
"Does dim dadlau bod Neil yn gynghorydd gydag arddeliad sy'n gweithio'n galed iawn. Byddaf yn cwrdd wyneb yn wyneb gydag ef yr wythnos nesaf." | Mae panel disgyblu wedi barnu fod Neil McEvoy - yn ei rôl fel cynghorydd Plaid Cymru ar Gyngor Dinas Caerdydd - wedi torri cod ymddygiad Cyngor Caerdydd. | 0.580669 | 1 |
The plan by Lord Foulkes of Cumnock would see the setting up of a Scottish Senate to revise Holyrood legislation.
It would consist of 46 members elected using proportional representation.
The peer's idea will be examined by members of the House Lords later who are currently examining the details of the Scotland Bill.
The Scottish National Party said the idea was a "non-starter" and there was "no desire" for such a move.
Lord Foulkes believes elections for the second chamber could be held on the same day as elections for the Scottish Parliament.
At present there are controversial plans to turn the vacant school building into a luxury hotel.
The Calton Hill site was a one-time contender for the Scottish Parliament.
However, that plan was vetoed by senior Labour figures and a new building was constructed at Holyrood instead. | A Labour peer has proposed turning the former Royal High School in Edinburgh into a second chamber for the Scottish Parliament. | 1.774119 | 2 |
A search is continuing for four other people missing at the site.
Reports say an initial collapse caused a crane to fall, bringing down more of the multi-storey building.
At least 20 people were treated for injuries following the incident in Ramat Hahayil, a commercial area in the north of the city.
Pictures from the scene show clouds of dust rising from a huge crater, with large amounts of debris at the bottom.
Dozens of firefighters, rescue and security services were dispatched to the site to help the injured and search for those feared missing.
Israel's Haaretz newspaper quoted a fire service spokesman as saying there were "people buried beneath the sand".
Police moved people away from the area, fearing other parts of the building might also collapse. | The death toll after a car park collapsed while under construction in the Israeli city of Tel Aviv has risen to three, rescue workers say. | 1.50844 | 2 |
13 November 2015 Last updated at 08:44 GMT
The fires are bad news for the people and animals who live near the forests.
Wildlife experts are worried that up to a third of the world's orangutans could be at risk because of the fires.
Watch Ricky's report to find out how people are trying to put the fires out. | Huge forest fires have spread through Indonesia in Southeast Asia. | 1.961465 | 2 |
A yellow "be aware" warning is in place from 01:00 on Friday to 09:00 BST on Saturday.
The Met Office has said thunderstorms in the south and mid are likely to be followed by widespread heavy rain, which will move up to Gwynedd.
There could be localised disruption from surface water flooding. Lightning and hail could also affect the area. | Forecasters have warned of severe thunderstorms and torrential rain for most of Wales. | 0.969844 | 1 |
Events such as TweedLove, the Tour o' the Borders and the Enduro World Series have all made the area popular with cyclists.
Scottish Borders Council said it wanted to develop existing events and build on consumer demand.
It comes after research by Visit Scotland showed cyclists and mountain bikers spent more than £155m in 2015.
The local authority has produced a draft Cycle Tourism Strategy document detailing the challenges and ambitions of developing cycling as a means of delivering economic benefits to the region.
The council is now calling for those with an interest to take part in a consultation on the issue. | A five-year plan to boost cycling tourism in the Scottish Borders has been unveiled. | 1.406846 | 1 |
The Brewers were beaten 2-1 at home by the Magpies on Saturday and are only two points clear of the bottom three.
Clough told BBC Radio Derby: "We played well enough to get a point out of the game and it should have been three.
"I'm incredibly proud, one of the great things was the quality of our some of our play and the quality performance."
Burton, who go to Aston Villa on Boxing Day, now have 22 points from 22 games and lost to Brentford, Huddersfield and Newcastle in an eight-day spell.
Clough feels his side deserved a better return than taking zero points from the three games.
"If we had sat here with six points after Huddersfield and Newcastle, I don't think anyone would've felt that was an unfair reflection on the two performances," continued Clough.
"If we ever get a break in the second half of the season, we get a point or three." | Manager Nigel Clough says Burton can be proud of their showing against leaders Newcastle, despite slipping to their third straight Championship defeat. | 0.713682 | 1 |
A police officer was slightly injured during the 27-year-old's arrest but no members of the public were hurt.
Witnesses said the man was wearing a balaclava and running back and forth by St Aloysius College on Hill Street.
He was arrested for alleged breach of the peace and carrying two offensive weapons.
There were reports the man threatened a lollipop man and tried to attack a janitor at the Glasgow School of Art during the incident which happened at about 08:30.
Ch Insp Mark Sutherland, of Police Scotland, said: "I would like to thank the many members of the public who acted quickly to ensure the safety of others.
"Through their quick and decisive action my officers were on scene within minutes and acted immediately to ensure this incident was brought to a swift conclusion.
"From our investigations so far we do not believe that the 27-year-old man's actions were targeting any particular individual or premises in the area and a full investigation is currently ongoing to establish the full circumstances that led to today's events."
A report will be prepared for the procurator fiscal.
Privately-run St Aloysius has both primary and secondary school pupils.
A school spokeswoman said: "All pupils and staff are safe as the situation was identified and quickly defused by police.
"The safety and wellbeing of our pupils is, as always, paramount and staff have met with pupils to reassure them.
"The college, along with other local businesses and residents, are now assisting Police Scotland with their inquiries."
A Glasgow School of Art spokeswoman said: "The Glasgow School of Art can confirm that a member of our staff did encounter the individual described, whilst parking his car near to a GSA building.
"The member of staff is shaken, but unharmed." | A man carrying machetes who was arrested near a Glasgow school was not targeting any particular individual or premises, police believe. | 1.007644 | 1 |
At the beginning of a regional tour, he said President Trump was showing "his resolve not to stand by and let a neighbour collapse into dictatorship".
Mr Pence said the US would use its "full economic and diplomatic weight to help restore democracy in Venezuela".
He was speaking in the Colombian city of Cartagena.
Mr Pence said the US would involve countries across the world to pressure the Venezuelan government to allow elections.
When asked by reporters whether pressure would include oil sanctions, Mr Pence said the US was looking at a "full range of economic sanctions" .
Many analysts have questioned the timing of President Trump's comments last Friday, ahead of Mr Pence's visit.
The statement was immediately rejected from all quarters in Latin America.
The opposition MUD coalition in Venezuela which has organised months of protests in favour of elections said the only way forward was to "re-establish democracy through free and fair elections".
There was also criticism from the South American trade bloc, Mercosur and individually from Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru - some of Venezuela's severest critics.
There were also concerns that Mr Trump might have weakened regional pressure on the Venezuelan government by giving President Nicolás Maduro a chance to intensify his frequently made allegations that the US is plotting with the opposition calling for his removal.
Mr Maduro has consistently argued that the US is trying to remove him to get hold of Venezuela's oil reserves - the largest in the world. | US Vice President Mike Pence has defended Donald Trump's comments that military intervention could be used to solve the crisis in Venezuela. | 1.834349 | 2 |
Written after President John F Kennedy was assassinated, the song's success prompted the split duo to re-form.
Alongside 1960s dance hit The Twist by Chubby Checker, it is among several songs selected by the library for their cultural and artistic significance.
Spanning from 1918-1980, the recordings include audio from US presidents.
Garfunkel, 71, told the Associated Press that he had hoped his performances would have enduring appeal.
He recalled thinking in the 1960s: "If we do really good and give a very special performance to these great Paul Simon songs, we might last right into the next century and be appreciated."
James Billington, Librarian of Congress, said the purpose was to choose sounds that have acquired a special significance in American culture "to celebrate the richness and variety of our audio heritage".
Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of the Moon received the most public nominations for this year's registry.
The soundtrack for the 1977 film Saturday Night Fever, and the original cast album for the musical South Pacific from 1949 were among the other tracks selected.
A 1940 Jimmie Davis recording of You Are My Sunshine - which is one of the most popular country music hits ever and became Louisiana's state song in 1977 - was also added to the registry.
A 1931 radio broadcast of a folksy chat between entertainer Will Rogers and President Herbert Hoover, about an unemployment-relief campaign, was among the non-musical audio added.
A message from President Dwight Eisenhower, recorded in 1958, that was carried by the first US communications satellite and broadcast from space was included.
The registry also chose the recording of American pianist Van Cliburn playing in Moscow in 1958 when he won the Tchaikovsky International Piano Competition at the age of 23.
The Library of Congress is engaged in a programme to help libraries and archives preserve recorded sound, and guard against losing key recordings. | Simon & Garfunkel's song The Sound of Silence has become one of 25 recordings to be preserved in the US Library of Congress National Recording Registry. | 2.104313 | 2 |
Fenner, who had been commentating on gymnastics for the BBC since 1979 - and every Olympic Games since 1984 - had been seriously ill with cancer.
He acted as a consultant to the Dutch gymnastics squad from 2010 and took over as head coach two years later.
Barbara Slater, director of BBC Sport, said: "He will be missed by all of us at BBC Sport and our thoughts are with his family and friends at this time."
Technical director of the Dutch Gymnastic Union Hans Gootjes said: "It is a black day for gymnastics in the Netherlands, Great Britain and beyond."
Fenner helped the Dutch team qualify for Rio 2016 in April, the first time the full men's team had qualified for the Olympics.
But it was as a commentator that he was best known to gymnastics fans in Britain.
"For many years Mitch has used his first-hand experience of working within the sport to provide our viewers with an expertise and detailed insight that was second to none," Slater added. | BBC gymnastics commentator Mitch Fenner has died at the age of 70. | 0.954593 | 1 |
Rashford went down under a challenge from Swansea goalkeeper Lukasz Fabianski just before half-time.
Wayne Rooney scored the spot-kick to give United the lead, but Gylfi Sigurdsson equalised with a free-kick.
"You want players to be honest and give their best and play hard, but not to do those kind of things," said Clement.
"Having seen it again, the player deceives the referee. It's clear.
"It's not even falling into the challenge. The fall is before the tackle so the referee was deceived."
The result leaves Swansea two points adrift of safety with three games remaining.
Clement believes his team are playing with "a lot of confidence" after coming through a spell of six matches without a win to take four points from their past two games.
He felt Swansea had opportunities to win at Old Trafford, particularly a late chance that fell to Fernando Llorente.
"I've spoken to the players and told them how tremendously proud I am of them," he said.
"It's hard enough conceding a goal at that point of the game because it changes the whole complexion, and the fact the penalty was unjustly awarded as well showed that we've got character.
"We had to dig in, we had to defend.
"But it was a fantastic moment of quality from Gylfi, and after that another wonderful chance for Llorente from another set-play, so we're happy with the way we performed."
Swansea host Everton in their next match, then travel to relegated Sunderland, before hosting West Brom on the final day of the season.
"We've come off a rough spell where we didn't play well, particularly against Watford and West Ham," said Clement.
"We have turned the corner now and we're playing better." | Marcus Rashford "deceived" referee Neil Swarbrick to earn a penalty during Manchester United's 1-1 draw with Swansea, said Swans boss Paul Clement. | 0.985512 | 1 |
Christine Pascoe was nine when the eight low-flying aircraft fired cannons and dropped their bombs on Chapel Street in Newport on 7 April 1943.
She was found under a mattress unconscious in the garden of the two-bedroom home where she was born.
The house next door in the terrace had taken a direct hit.
"I was in bed, the bomb threw me out of the house, they found me in the garden with the bed on top of me which they think saved my life," said Mrs Pascoe, now 79.
Her 36-year-old mother Eva Palmer, who had been downstairs preparing breakfast, was killed in the blast but her father had already gone to work and escaped the devastation.
Mrs Pascoe, who was at the time a schoolgirl named Christine Palmer, was taken to hospital with serious head injuries and was unconscious for a month.
She remembers waking up in hospital unable to see.
"Mortar from the bricks was in my eyes, I can remember them washing and washing my eyes out until I could see," she said.
"I know my mum by her photographs but I don't remember her."
The raid killed 17 civilians and one off-duty airman and two more civilians died later as a result of their injuries.
Chapel Street, Clarence Road and Terrace Road had the greatest fatalities.
At Moreys timber yard in Medina Avenue four workers died.
A memorial service is being held at St John's Church, at the heart of where the bombs hit, for survivors and their families to mark the date.
A remembrance plaque for those who lost their lives that morning is also planned for the area.
Mrs Pascoe said most people in the town today were unaware of that fateful day,
She said: "They don't know it even happened.
"We need to remember that civilians die in war too. We're too quick to try to sort things out by fighting.
"We all need to remember what happens in war, and those who died.
"A plaque will mean a lot to me - I do think that they have been forgotten.
"It was such a waste of life." | After a wave of German bombers attacked the Isle of Wight 70 years ago, the life of one little girl was changed forever. | 1.908581 | 2 |
Gianmarco Peschiera, 14, and Carlos Gonzales, 15, died when the car they were in crashed into a parked lorry on the A9 at Inverness in July 2006.
The church was involved in arranging the trip and the car's driver, Donald MacLeod, 82, was a church member.
Gianmarco's parents wanted to sue the church on the grounds of negligence.
Mr MacLeod had been driving the boys to North Kessock where they were to meet up with the rest of their group for a day trip to Stornoway.
The former rector at Fortrose Academy, in the Black Isle, suffered a fatal heart attack while behind the wheel of his Honda CRV 4x4, which then crashed into a Tesco lorry.
Gianmarco's parents took legal action against the church, the Colegio San Andres school in Lima and the school's former headmaster in 2010.
In a statement, the Free Church of Scotland said: "We can confirm that the legal case in Peru was resolved several months ago.
"This was a tragic accident for all concerned and in particular for the families in both Peru and Scotland who lost loved ones.
"We are pleased that this long running legal process is now at an end." | Legal action taken against the Free Church of Scotland by the parents of a Peruvian boy who died on a trip to Scotland has been settled. | 1.236948 | 1 |
Huws, 23, spent the final four months of last season on loan at Portman Road, scoring three goals in 13 appearances.
"He was outstanding when he came last season, one of the best players from January onwards," said McCarthy.
Celina, 20, spent last season on loan at Dutch club FC Twente.
The Kosovo international, who has featured four times for City's first team, scored five times in 27 appearances for the top-flight side.
McCarthy told BBC Radio Suffolk: "We've been looking for a replacement for Tom Lawrence - no pressure on him there, player of the year in every department.
"He's a similar type, right-footed left winger and can play in behind the striker."
Wales international Huws joined Cardiff in August 2016 on a three-year deal but struggled to break into the Bluebirds first team, and Warnock revealed that the player dipped into his own pocket to ensure he could go on loan to Ipswich to play regularly.
"Right on the [transfer] deadline day I said: 'I want you to stay, but if Ipswich don't come up with the wages you're going to have to stay'," Warnock told BBC Wales Sport.
"He ended up paying some of the wages himself, which I found incredible and I can't take my hat off to him enough.
"It's paid off for him, because he's going to get himself a club and a contract where he'll be happy playing."
Huws made his senior debut for Wales in a friendly against Iceland in March 2014 and has won 11 caps, scoring one goal.
Cardiff manager Warnock has also confirmed he wants to sign a further three players ahead of the new season.
Last week Cardiff signed striker Danny Ward from Rotherham United and the Bluebirds have also recruited goalkeepers Lee Camp and Neil Etheridge this summer on free transfers, as well as Scotland defender Callum Paterson and winger Nathaniel Mendez-Laing.
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page. | Ipswich Town have had a bid accepted for Cardiff City midfielder Emyr Huws and hope to conclude the loan signing Manchester City midfielder Bersant Celina, says boss Mick McCarthy. | 0.958918 | 1 |
There were three so-called "never events" in March and April and another in November at Derriford Hospital in Plymouth, it has revealed.
The last incident meant surgical equipment was inserted into the wrong side of a patient's body.
The patient was unharmed. Medical director Phil Hughes said it was essential to learn from any mistakes.
Read more on this story as it develops throughout the day on our Local Live pages.
The surgery involved putting dye into the patient so the kidneys could be seen on X-ray.
The report said the team carried out the correct procedure immediately.
"This incident is currently being investigated. Immediate actions have been taken to prevent recurrence," the hospital trust's latest report said.
Phil Hughes, consultant radiologist and medical director for Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust, said: "We see and treat nearly half-a-million patients per year and for hundreds of thousands of people their investigations and treatment go well and they report being highly satisfied with their care.
"But, for a small minority, mistakes happen and things do not go as planned. When mistakes happen it is essential that we are open and honest about them and, importantly, that we use them as learning opportunities to help us improve our services and make them safer."
The latest report by health watchdogs the Care Quality Commission says that Derriford requires improvement in surgery.
"Never events" is the terminology used within the NHS to describe serious but preventable instances where errors take place. | A major South West hospital failed to ensure the safety of patients four times during surgeries last year. | 1.688785 | 2 |
Gulam Chowdhury, 24, from Barking, was convicted of murdering Mohammed Yasser Afzal at the Old Bailey.
Mr Afzal, from Forest Gate, was killed outside a cab office in Broadway, Stratford, in March 2014.
Police said Chowdhury, of Heenan Close, had plotted to kill Mr Afzal because of a row over a woman they had both been in a relationship with.
The court heard the woman had told Chowdhury that Mr Afzal had compromising pictures of her on a mobile phone.
Police said he was threatening to expose their relationship to her parents, who did not approve.
Mr Afzal was working at E20 Cars when he was stabbed 20 times in the attack on 24 March. He never regained consciousness.
Officers managed to place Chowdhury at the scene of the murder through mobile phone records.
Det Insp Euan McKeeve said: "The level of violence used was shocking and ensured that Mohammed would not survive the attack.
"Whatever Mohammed's motives were for the actions he took in attempting to maintain his relationship with a woman, he did not deserve to be murdered."
Another man - Mohammed Khan, 24, of Lindsey Road, Dagenham - was found not guilty of assisting an offender.
The jury was discharged having failed to reach a verdict over charges against Nargis Riaz, 22, from Barking, who was accused of murder. She denied the charge.
Correction 23 April: The verdict in the case against Mohammed Khan has been amended in light of a clarification from the court. | A man has been found guilty of stabbing a minicab dispatcher to death in east London. | 0.904741 | 1 |
Edgbaston's return to England's home Test match schedule helped the county turn in a profit of £2.266m.
In chief executive Colin Povey's final year in charge at Edgbaston, it surpassed the previous best record operating profit of £1.15m in 2009.
The county suffered a loss of £668,000 in their County Championship-winning year of 2012, but have now returned a profit in three straight years.
They made a small profit of £4,500 in 2013, then recorded a £230,000 profit for 2014 - the season in which the Bears won the T20 Blast.
New Warwickshire chief executive Neil Snowball, who took over on 6 January following Povey's farewell on 16 December, also points to an 86 per cent increase in attendances and a consequent 43 per cent increase in revenue.
"Whilst hosting an Ashes Test is a great opportunity, the club had to work very hard to maximise this opportunity," he said. "It is also very encouraging to be rewarded for the increased investment in T20 cricket.
"The regular opportunity to watch Birmingham Bears on a Friday night, allowing under-16s in for free has made T20 cricket at Edgbaston a very exciting proposition. We have ambitious plans to grow further in 2016."
Edgbaston is scheduled to host England's One-Day International against Sri Lanka on Friday, 24 June. The 25,000 capacity ground is also to host the second Test against Pakistan from 3-7 August. Warwickshire's home will also hosts T20 Blast Finals Day on Saturday, 20 August.
In the second year of their latest four-year agreement which goes up to 2018, it will be the eighth time the county have been chosen as hosts in the 14 seasons of domestic Twenty20 cricket.
Edgbaston, which hosted Finals Day in 2004, 2007, 2009 and 2011, has now hosted it consecutively since 2013. After a six-year run at Birmingham, Trent Bridge will have it in 2019.
From 2016 to 2019, Edgbaston is scheduled to host 35 days of big-match cricket: A Test match each year - including one of the Ashes Tests in 2019) - as well as five matches, including one of the semi-finals, in both the 2017 ICC Champions Trophy and the ICC Cricket World Cup in 2019. | Warwickshire have reported a record operating profit for 2015. | 1.076289 | 1 |
The side from the NASL - the second tier division below the MLS - fielded three goalkeepers during the game, with Brian Sylvestre, Macklin Robinson, and Matias Reynares all making good saves.
Leroy Fer, Jordan Ayew, Mike van der Hoorn and Oli McBurnie all went close to breaking the deadlock for Swansea.
"We made hard work of the game at times tonight," Swans boss Paul Clement said.
"We got in behind them early on, but for some reason our level of play deteriorated.
"In the second half we started okay. Then I made the changes and it became very stretched and disorganised in the end - it was almost like a basketball game with it going end to end.
"It is unbelievable we didn't convert any of our chances.
"We limited them to one good opportunity in the first half and a half chance in the second half, so that was an encouraging element of our game."
Swansea will return home to continue their pre-season, with a match at Birmingham City on Saturday, 29 July next up. | Swansea City ended their pre-season tour to America with a goalless draw against North Carolina in Raleigh. | 0.925999 | 1 |
The right-back, who will join the Bees when the transfer window opens on 10 June, has signed a three-year contract with the Championship club.
The 27-year-old has won three caps for Denmark, having made his debut against Iceland in March 2016.
"Henrik is a player that we have been looking at for some time," head coach Dean Smith said.
"We have watched him quite a few times and we like his qualities on the pitch."
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page. | Brentford have signed Zulte Waregem's Danish international Henrik Dalsgaard for an undisclosed fee. | 0.643782 | 1 |
The attack happened near The Garage nightclub in Sauchiehall Street at about 03:00 on Wednesday 27 July.
A 21-year-old man suffered injuries that required hospital treatment.
The man police want to speak to is described as being white, fair haired, of slim-to-medium build and with tattoos on his forearms. | Police have released CCTV images of a man they want to trace in connection with a serious assault outside a nightclub in Glasgow city centre. | 0.037152 | 0 |
Loughborough Lightning's Ella Clark is included despite missing the Super League Grand Final with a serious knee injury.
Two come from champions Wasps, while 12 play in the top domestic leagues in Australia and New Zealand.
Additionally, 11 players have been selected into the England Futures programme.
The 2017-18 international calendar will include two editions of the Quad Series, a three-match series in New Zealand, the 2017 Fast5 tournament, a home international series and next year's Commonwealth Games in the Gold Coast, Australia.
England's players went full-time from June 2016 as part of a mission to reach the 2019 World Cup final.
England Roses: Ama Agbeze (Adelaide Thunderbirds), Summer Artman (Herts Mavericks), Sara Bayman (Central Pulse), Eleanor Cardwell (Severn Stars), Ella Clark (Loughborough Lightning), Jade Clarke (Adelaide Thunderbirds), Beth Cobden (Loughborough Lightning), Kadeen Corbin (Mainland Tactix), Sasha Corbin (Northern Mystics), George Fisher (Wasps), Stacey Francis (West Coast Fever), Jodie Gibson (Severn Stars), Serena Guthrie (Giants), Natalie Haythornthwaite (Wasps), Joanne Harten (Giants), Helen Housby (New South Wales Swifts), Hannah Joseph (Loughborough Lightning), Leah Kennedy (Team Northumberland), Gabby Marshall (Manchester Thunder), Laura Malcolm (Severn Stars), Geva Mentor (Sunshine Coast Lightning), Chelsea Pitman (Adelaide Thunderbirds), Natalie Panagarry (Loughborough Lightning), Razia Quashie (Herts Mavericks).
England Futures: Rebekah Airey (Loughborough Lightning), Halimat Adio (Herts Mavericks), Amy Carter (Manchester Thunder), Brittany Coleman (Loughborough Lightning), Amy Clinton (Manchester Thunder), Iona Darroch (Severn Stars), Sophie Drakeford-Lewis (Herts Mavericks), Zara Everitt (Herts Mavericks), Josie Huckle (Wasps), Vicki Oyesola (Loughborough Lightning), Francesca Williams (Wasps). | England Netball have awarded 24 players full-time contracts as the build-up to the 2018 Commonwealth Games continues. | 1.011061 | 1 |
The 51-year-old is the first managerial departure in the Premier League and English Football League this season.
Orient are 14th in the table after suffering back-to-back defeats, having won three of their nine league games.
Hessenthaler signed a one-year deal in the summer after taking charge for the final five games of last season.
Former Dover and Gillingham boss Hessenthaler was the seventh Orient manager since Italian businessman Francesco Becchetti bought the east London club in the summer of 2014.
The O's finished eighth last season, just six points outside the play-off places.
Hessenthaler was previously assistant to Ian Hendon and then Kevin Nolan at the Matchroom Stadium, and was initially appointed on a caretaker basis in April after former West Ham midfielder Nolan departed.
Assistant manager Andy Edwards, 45, will take charge of the side for Tuesday's home match against Plymouth Argyle. | Leyton Orient have sacked manager Andy Hessenthaler after just five months in charge, the League Two club have confirmed. | 0.784756 | 1 |
The body of Christopher Butler, 27, from Southsea, was discovered at a flat in Waverley Road in the early hours of Friday.
A 23-year-old woman and a 33-year-old man, both from Portsmouth, are being held, Hampshire Constabulary said.
A post-mortem examination on Friday was inconclusive. | Two people have been arrested on suspicion of murder following the death of a man in Portsmouth on New Year's Day. | 0.057725 | 0 |
The 41-year-old woman, from Cambridge, was charged with two counts of fraud by abuse of position.
Cambridgeshire Police said she was arrested on suspicion of theft from an employer following a report from Pembroke College.
The woman, who has been bailed, is also charged with stealing more than £3,000 from Girton Social Club.
She has also been charged with one count of false accounting.
The woman is expected to appear before magistrates in Cambridge on 1 December. | A Cambridge University employee has been charged with stealing more than £285,000 from a college. | 0.518127 | 1 |
Damien 'Dee' Fennell made an application to Belfast Crown Court to amend his conditions so he could go to Co Donegal for a week.
The 34-year-old faces three charges for a speech he gave during an Easter Rising commemoration event last year.
Mr Fennell has denied the charges. He is due to go on trial later this year.
He was charged with encouraging acts of terrorism, inviting support for the IRA and addressing a meeting to encourage support for the IRA after speaking at the event in Lurgan, County Armagh.
His lawyer pointed out that Mr Fennell had been on bail "for a significant period without breaching his conditions" and that his client would adhere to any requirements, such as reporting to the Gardaà (Irish police).
"He is not going to abscond," said a defence lawyer.
The judge granted the bail variation if a cash surety of £2,000 was lodged.
He also ordered Mr Fennell, of Torrens Avenue, Belfast, to report to Gardaà in Donegal twice a week and said both the house number and phone number of his accommodation should be provided to police. | A prominent dissident republican facing trial over charges of encouraging terrorism has had his bail conditions changed so he can go on holiday. | 1.201207 | 1 |
Silicone Engineering Kawasaki rider Harrison edged out runner-up, Manxman Dan Kneen, by 0.131 seconds, with Michael Dunlop third on his Suzuki.
Dunlop set a new absolute lap record with an average speed of 115.707mph.
Harrison took a hat-trick of wins over the course of the meeting, with Dunlop also securing a treble of victories.
Harrison, Dunlop and BMW pilot Kneen each enjoyed spells at the front as they traded positions regularly throughout the feature event.
"I've been trying to win that race for five years and I'm over the moon," said Bradford man Harrison after his 'big race' success.
"Everyone is pushing really hard so it's a hard race to win. The lead swapped and changed a few times but I just kept braking as late as I could and kept the head down.
"I had some bad luck issues with the bike over the last few days and missed two races but this makes it all worthwhile," added the Yorkshire rider.
Earlier in the day, Dunlop, 28, surpassed the previous best lap benchmark with a speed of 115.267 in winning a keenly fought Senior race.
The Ballymoney man enjoyed an advantage of less than a second over Kneen at the chequered flag, with Jamie Coward completing the podium, some 25 seconds behind Dunlop.
Dunlop also narrowly saw off Kneen in Tuesday's opening 1000cc race and continued his fine form by winning Wednesday's seven-lap Senior race.
Harrison won the 600cc opener on Wednesday and then got the better of runner-up Dunlop and third-place finisher Cowton in the second event for that class on Thursday, Dunlop having the consolation of a new lap record at 111.335.
Ivan Lintin took a slender triumph over Cowton in Thursday's Supertwins outing to complete a double in that class, Rob Hodson occupying the final rostrum position.
Ballymoney's Darryl Tweed made it two wins from two by ending 5.6 seconds in front of Seamus Elliott in the 400cc/125cc, with Paul Gartland third.
In the Sidecar Championship race, John Holden and Lee Cain were declared the winners over Wayne Lockey and Mark Sayers, after brothers Ben and Tom Birchall and Tim Reeves and Mark Wilkes crashed at Cross Four Ways while battling for the lead.
The Birchalls set a new lap record for the class at 101.545mph. | Dean Harrison clinched his maiden Southern 100 Solo Championship crown by taking victory in Thursday's thrilling nine-lap race on the Billown circuit. | 1.064442 | 1 |
The award-winning British actress will take part in a special Shakespeare episode, marking the 400th anniversary of the death of the playwright.
Alongside John Craven, Dame Judi filmed a report in which she followed in the footsteps of Shakespeare's touring players, The King's Men, who travelled the countryside performing his plays.
"I'm a huge fan of Countryfile. It was lovely to be part of it," she said.
"It was wonderful to learn that Shakespeare had toured with his company."
Dame Judi made her professional debut as Ophelia in Shakespeare's Hamlet.
For the special programme, she and Craven embarked on a journey by foot and by boat to discover where Shakespeare may have performed, looking into documents from the time.
"In my long career few things have topped the experience of standing in a 16th century hall where Shakespeare's touring company once played and doing a bit of the balcony scene from Romeo and Juliet with Dame Judi Dench," Craven said.
"She was a delightful companion as we traced the Bard's journey by foot and boat through rural Kent and her lifelong passion for Shakespeare's work really shone through. She's great fun, too."
Countryfile's Shakespeare special airs on 24 April at 7pm on BBC One. | Dame Judi Dench is set to appear on BBC One's Countryfile. | 1.155609 | 1 |
The collision, on New Road in Boldon, happened when both were responding to an incident.
Each vehicle had two officers inside and two people were taken to hospital with non life-threatening injuries. The other two officers were uninjured.
No one else was involved in the crash at 14:36 GMT. The force has appealed for witnesses. | Two Northumbria Police officers have been hurt in a crash between two patrol cars on South Tyneside. | 0.265023 | 0 |
Pre-tax profits fell to $1.82bn (£1.17bn) in the first half of the year as "adverse loan impairment trends continued to impact performance".
Revenue for the first half of 2015 was $8.5bn, down 8% from the previous year.
The UK-listed bank halved its dividend to 14.4 cents per share, and did not rule out the possibility of raising more money from investors.
As well as declining revenue, higher charges for bad loans hit its profits, the bank said.
Hit by slowing growth in emerging markets, the bank hired former JP Morgan banker Bill Winters as chief executive, replacing former chief Peter Sands in June.
Mr Winters used his first results presentation in charge to outline some of his plans for the bank. He said he would simplify Standard Chartered with a "new management team and simpler organisational structure".
The bank has already exited some businesses in Hong Kong, China and Korea, booking a gain of $219m dollars and improving its capital position.
The bank hired Mark Smith from Asia-focused rival HSBC to join as new chief risk officer.
The dividend cut will help the bank strengthen its capital base - a safety net protecting it from unexpected financial knocks.
The lender's core tier-1 measure of high-quality capital compared with assets rose to 11.5%, hitting its target six months early.
Even so, Mr Winters would not rule out raising more if needed.
"If we decide we need capital for the long-term benefit of the group, we will raise capital," he said. | Asia-focused bank Standard Chartered has reported a 44% drop in half-year profits. | 1.005478 | 1 |
It took ??1.6m in its opening weekend, but could not topple Doctor Strange or Trolls from the first two spots.
The Marvel film starring Benedict Cumberbatch topped the chart for a second week, taking ??3.4m, while Trolls stayed at number two, with ??2m.
There was another new entry for A Street Cat Named Bob, based on the true story of a homeless man and his cat.
It entered the UK box office at number four taking ??990,000.
The Accountant sees Ben Affleck appear as Christian Wolff, who uses his accountancy office as a front for his work for criminal organisations.
The thriller, also starring Anna Kendrick, topped the US box office on its opening weekend there.
Nocturnal Animals, by fashion designer and director Tom Ford, was another new entry in the top five, taking ??760,000.
The film, starring Amy Adams and Jake Gyllenhaal, is the second from Ford, after A Single Man, which was released in 2009.
Elsewhere in the top 10, The Light Between Oceans - a period romance starring Michael Fassbender and Alicia Vikander - entered the chart at number six, taking ??730,000 on its opening weekend.
The Girl on the Train stayed in the top 10 for a fifth week, at number seven, followed by Jack Reacher: Never Go Back, Storks and Bridget Jones's Baby, which is now in its eighth week.
Follow us on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, on Instagram at bbcnewsents, or if you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk. | The Accountant has entered the UK box office at number three, making it the highest new entry this week. | 0.943666 | 1 |
Tory Pigott was out with friends when she spotted the injured pigeon off Devon's south coast at Ladram Bay.
The hapless bird had originally set off from Dorset a month before, but was found injured in Plymouth and nursed back to health and released again.
Ms Pigott traced the pigeon's original owner in Hertfordshire, who has sent a courier to collect the bird.
She said: "We suddenly heard a flapping sound in the water and saw this pigeon desperately trying to crawl up the side of the rocks."
Ms Pigott jumped into the water to rescue the pigeon which was "completely sodden" and "distressed" with a cut to its neck.
She used the pigeon's identification number to trace the bird's owners, Ray Eccles and his son Brendan from Baldock, near Stevenage in Hertfordshire.
Brendan Eccles said the pigeon was released in a race from Blandford, Dorset, on 01 August and should have been home "in a few hours".
He said the four-month-old pigeon could have become disoriented and headed in the wrong direction.
The pigeon was thought to have been attacked by a hawk before being found injured in a garden in Plymouth.
Racing pigeon enthusiast Terry Luscombe, from Plymouth, looked after the bird for three weeks and "got him back to fitness" before releasing him on Monday to return to Hertfordshire.
Mr Luscombe said it appeared from the cut to the pigeon's neck he had been the victim of a second hawk attack that resulted in him landing in the water. | An unlucky racing pigeon twice attacked by hawks has been rescued at sea by a paddleboarder. | 1.381653 | 1 |
The cuts are needed because of a fall in the amount of coal being transported on the rail network, the company said.
It is understood there are plans to close its depot in Worksop and merge depots in Gateshead and on Teesside.
Jobs are also expected to go at the firm's headquarters in Doncaster and at sites in Carlisle and Warrington, said BBC political reporter David Rhodes.
DB Schenker Rail UK said it would not confirm which roles and locations were affected until it had concluded consultations with staff and the RMT and Aslef trade unions.
An Aslef spokesman said redundancies among clerical and depot staff were nearly unavoidable.
However, the union added that sacking any of its 118 train drivers was not permissible as its members had a three-year no compulsory redundancy clause in their contracts.
DB Schenker Rail UK said in a statement: "The demand for coal is declining much faster than the industry and our customers could have reasonably predicted.
"Our customers in the energy sector remain hugely important to us and we are committed to continuing to compete in this volatile market and to maintain and increase our share where possible."
Chief executive Geoff Spencer added: "We must transform and reshape our organisation to ensure our long term success by evolving to meet the needs of a rapidly changing market.
"I know this is an unsettling time for colleagues who may be affected and we are committed to keeping them fully informed and supported throughout this process."
The company said it would try to protect jobs "wherever possible".
This would include not backfilling a number of existing vacancies and looking at the possibility of offering some staff relocation. | Rail freight company DB Schenker has announced plans to cut 234 jobs, mainly across the north of England. | 1.25921 | 1 |
The 30-year-old is expected to appear at Edinburgh Sheriff Court on Monday.
Earlier this month, a 16-year-old man was arrested in connection with the incident.
Peter Stewart, 43, and his brother James, 45, told police they had travelled from Aberdeen to buy a car and were subsequently stabbed in the Wardieburn area of the city on 8 April. | A man has been arrested following the attempted murder of two brothers in Edinburgh. | 0.396794 | 0 |
The film took £5.9m over the weekend - bringing its overall UK total to £52.1m.
On the last day of 2016, the movie overtook Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them to become the UK's highest grossing film of the calendar year.
Disney said the film took £50.7m up to and including 31 December, just enough to beat the Harry Potter spin-off.
Official UK box office figures for 2016, which will be released later this month, are expected to show Rogue One and Fantastic Beasts were the only two films to cross the £50m threshold in the course of the year.
Their success is particularly notable for the fact both films were released late in the year. Rogue One in particular achieved the feat in less than three weeks.
Over the New Year weekend, Rogue One took more than twice its closest competitor - the Bryan Cranston comedy Why Him?
The film, which also stars James Franco, entered the chart at number two after taking £2.2m on its first weekend of release.
Passengers, which stars Jennifer Lawrence and Chris Pratt, was the third most popular film, taking £1.9m.
Sci-fi film Monster Trucks debuted at number four with £1.7m, while the animated children's film Moana rounded off the top five, taking £1.6m.
The only other new entry in the top 10 was Collateral Beauty - which stars Will Smith, Keira Knightley and Dame Helen Mirren.
The film, which has received poor reviews from critics, took £1.2m to debut at number seven.
Follow us on Facebook, on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, or on Instagram at bbcnewsents. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk. | Rogue One: A Star Wars Story has topped the UK box office for the third consecutive week. | 0.963651 | 1 |
An inquiry is being held into the death of Stuart Sandeman during the Struan Road raid in May 2011.
The "extremely fat" 37-year-old struggled with officers, who had to sit on his legs while arresting him.
Perth Sheriff Court earlier heard the convicted cocaine dealer had been seen putting a bag of white powder in his mouth and chewing it before he died.
The fatal accident inquiry also heard that traces of the Class A drug were found in Mr Sandeman's stomach.
Three known drug users were in the flat with Mr Sandeman at the time of the raid, one of whom was carrying £1,715 in cash.
Mr Sandeman attempted to stop officers from getting into his home, and struggled with them before falling to the floor.
One officer sat on his legs to stop him from kicking out, and officers had to link three pairs of handcuffs together because the 37-year-old could not get his arms close enough together behind his back.
Convicted drug user Roddy Moncrieffe told the inquiry that Mr Sandeman had "spewed" after being taken down to the floor of his living room, claiming the vomit had looked "meaty" - rather than the mix of plastic and powder officers had described to the court.
He said: "They were sticking their fingers in his mouth, he's going to resist.
"People were lying on his back and stomach. He was struggling because they pulled him."
Fellow drug user Mario Foy, 29, told the court he had been taking cocaine since he was 15, but insisted he had no idea Mr Sandeman was a dealer and denied bringing the £1,715 to his flat to buy drugs.
Officers previously told the inquiry that Mr Sandeman was seen putting a "fairly large" bag of white powder in his mouth and chewing on it as officers urged him "20 or 30 times" not to swallow it.
Mr Sandeman, who had been convicted of dealing cocaine at the T in the Park festival several years earlier, was pronounced dead within an hour of the raid on his home on 6 May, 2011.
The fatal accident inquiry, which is expected to last about two weeks, continues before Sheriff Fiona Tait. | A cocaine dealer who died during a police drugs raid at his Perth home weighed 33 stone, a court has heard. | 0.883026 | 1 |
The crash happened in Edinburgh's Cowgate at about 21:30 on Saturday.
The passengers, all women, are receiving treatment for non-life threatening injuries at the Royal Edinburgh Infirmary.
Police said a 64-year-old man has been charged under Section 3 of the Road Traffic Act.
A report will be submitted to the procurator fiscal.
A Police Scotland spokesman said: "Anyone with information is asked to contact Edinburgh Road Policing Unit quoting incident number 4400 of April 29." | A taxi driver has been charged under the road traffic act after a crash in which his three passengers were injured. | 0.558999 | 1 |
Kruis had ankle surgery less than a month ago but will replace the suspended Joe Launchbury in the third leg of England's autumn series.
Flanker Tom Wood, full-back Mike Brown and winger Jonny May all return after missing last week's win over Fiji.
May replaces Semesa Rokoduguni, man-of-the-match against Fiji.
Elliot Daly gets another start on the left wing, rather than his normal position of centre, while Teimana Harrison is named among the replacements in place of Nathan Hughes, who has a leg injury.
England have already beaten South Africa and Fiji in the autumn series, taking their record under Jones to 11 wins and no defeats.
"This game against Argentina is a big step up for us as they were probably the second best team in the Rugby Championship and played some exceptional rugby," Jones said.
"They are a quality team, have power in the forwards, speed and guile in the backs as well as great experience.
"We appreciate they have threats across the field and they have always been a physical, tough side. They still have their set-piece armoury in the scrum and line-outs so we're looking forward to a great game of rugby against them."
England team to face Argentina:
Brown; May, Joseph, Farrell, Daly; Ford, Youngs; Vunipola, Hartley (capt), Cole, Lawes, Kruis, Robshaw, Wood, Vunipola.
Replacements: George, Marler, Sinckler, Ewels, Harrison, Care, Te'o, Slade. | Saracens second row George Kruis will start for England against Argentina as coach Eddie Jones makes four changes for Saturday's match at Twickenham. | 0.979626 | 1 |
The raccoon was apparently also spotted taking The Tube on Saturday night.
In the picture captured near Oxford Street, the pet appears to be dressed in a jacket to protect it from the cold.
London is no stranger to curious animal sightings. A ferret was spotted being taken for a walk in Camden last year.
Hopping on the Central Line in June you may have seen what looked like a red-dyed pigeon contentedly snoozing on its owner's shoulder.
These sheep were spotted going for a stroll in Brockwell Park near Brixton this summer.
A receptionist contacted BBC News to say she saw the raccoon out with its owner on the Tube.
She said: "It was about five o'clock on Saturday night. I think I was on the Central Line. This raccoon was just sitting happily on her lap. She seemed to be very loving towards it and some people wanted to hold it, and she let them, but most people just left them to themselves."
Transport for London initially said taking racoons on the Tube was "probably not in our conditions of carriage", however, a spokesman later clarified there was no specific restriction as such.
"Inoffensive animals" that do not appear to present a danger to passengers may be transported on the Tube providing the owner keeps them on a lead and under control as Tube staff are not allowed to handle them.
The RSPCA warned raccoons do not make good pets and it is difficult for the charity to re-home them adequately.
A spokesman said: "We would strongly discourage anyone from buying or keeping them. Sadly, the needs of raccoons cannot adequately be met within typical household environments.
They need a great deal of space, can be carriers of diseases including rabies and if they escape or are released into the wild they are a high invasive non-native species risk to the UK." | If you were out and about near Oxford Street earlier you may have come across an unusual sight - a raccoon apparently being walked in central London. | 1.792964 | 2 |
The Football Leaks: The Dirty Business of Football discloses some eye-popping sums apparently involved in football's biggest transfers, from Manchester United's world-record signing of Paul Pogba to Ezequiel Lavezzi's lucrative move from Paris St-Germain to the Chinese Super League.
We have delved into the book and put together this quiz from its alleged sums, so get playing. | A book published in Germany this week claims to reveal some of the astronomical sums being spent in world football. | 0.471281 | 0 |
Shiv Kumar Yadav has also been convicted of criminal intimidation and kidnapping. He had pleaded not guilty.
A 26-year-old woman was taken to a secluded area and raped after booking a journey home with Uber in December.
Delhi later banned Uber and several other web-based taxi firms, accusing them of failing to carry out adequate driver checks.
The company apologised for the incident at the time and acknowledged that it "must do better".
The president of Uber India, Amit Jain, welcomed the verdict.
"Sexual assault is a terrible crime and we're pleased he has now been brought to justice.
"Safety is a priority for Uber and we've made many improvements - in terms of new technology, enhanced background checks and better 24/7 customer support - as a result of the lessons we learned from this awful case."
The woman had also filed a lawsuit against the service in a US court, which was later settled out of court.
The issue of sexual assault has been high on the agenda in India since a 23-year-old student was gang-raped and murdered on a bus in Delhi in December 2012.
The case prompted global outrage and a tightening of laws on sexual violence.
Correspondents say tougher laws have failed to bring down the number of rape cases and a series of high-profile crimes have taken place since then.
Last week there was outrage in the capital after two children were raped on the same day.
A week earlier, a child was raped and slashed with a sharp object, and found unconscious near a railway track. | An Indian court has found an Uber taxi driver guilty of raping a female passenger last year in Delhi. | 1.359191 | 1 |
Hill, 17, cut 0.08 of a second off the 2002 mark set by Douglas as she clocked 25.94 seconds in Bangor.
Her Larne team-mate Conor Brines, 21 set his first Irish long course record in the 100m butterfly at the Swim Ulster Dave McCullough Memorial Gala.
Brines' time of 53.34 took 0.25 off Brendan Hyland's previous mark.
Curtis Coulter completed a 50m and 100m freestyle double with him comfortably holding off Loughborough's Sam Irvine (23.63) to win over the shorter distance in 23.29 seconds.
Mona McSharry completed a hall of five wins at the meeting as she triumphed in the 50m breaststroke (31.56).
The Sligo woman had earlier taken breaststroke gold over the 100m and 200m in addition to victories in the 100m freestyle and 200m individual medley.
Stirling's swimmers Charlie Boldison and Kathleen Dawson both completed backstroke clean sweeps at the Bangor meeting as they won the 50m, 100m and 200m events.
Another visitor, Loughborough's Charlotte Atkinson ducked under 60 seconds in the 100m butterfly as she took victory in 59.09 ahead of Ards' Emma Reid (1:01.77).
The next major home meeting for Ireland's swimmers will be the Irish Open Championships in Dublin from 6-9 April. | Larne teenager Danielle Hill became Ireland's fastest ever female swimmer as she broke Julie Douglas' 15-year-old national 50m freestyle record. | 0.837079 | 1 |
Enthusiasts in Wales will be encouraged to share their finds and stories with museums and local communities.
The five-year Saving Treasures, Telling Stories project is backed by £349,000 from the Heritage Lottery Fund.
Peter Wakelin, director of collections and research at National Museum Wales, said the aim was to save treasures and make them more accessible.
"Each year hundreds of objects of archaeological significance are found by metal detectorists in Wales and there are some 20-30 discoveries of treasure," said Mr Wakelin.
"This is a crucial resource for understanding the past."
The lottery funding will pay for:
Mark Lodwick, finds co-ordinator in Wales for the Portable Antiquities Scheme, added: "We'll celebrate all the good news of people's discoveries, working with communities and finders, and make sure every find is reported for the benefit of archaeologists."
Delwyn Samuel, from the Gwent Metal Detecting Club, said the scheme would enhance the "very good relationship" detectorists already had with the authorities.
He added: "I would love to see more young people involved - they're all sitting behind their screens but we need them on the ground." | Metal detecting enthusiasts hunting buried treasure are to be encouraged to showcase their discoveries. | 2.230402 | 2 |
Paul Charles Wilkins, of Littleport in Cambridgeshire, travelled to California in January to "engage in illicit sexual conduct" with boys aged 10 and 12, US officials claim.
US Attorney Eileen M. Decker described the 70-year-old as a predator.
Wilkins was jailed in the UK in 2011 for child pornography offences.
He pleaded guilty to 16 charges and was jailed for 56 months at Cambridge Crown Court, the Crown Prosecution Service for East of England said.
In January, Wilkins arrived in the Coachella Valley in southern California with the intention of having sex with pre-teen boys, according to US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials.
The Cambridgeshire man, who holds dual UK and US citizenship, was arrested on 11 February at a rented apartment in Palm Springs after allegedly paying an undercover Homelands Security Investigations (HSI) officer $250 (£170) to have sex with a nine-year-old boy.
He was charged with travelling with intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct with boys and attempted sex trafficking.
Ms Decker, chief federal law enforcement officer in the Central District of California, said: "When this defendant's original plan was thwarted, he made other arrangements to sexually abuse a child.
"He must be held accountable for these crimes."
Wilkins has been detained in custody in the US since his arrest, but two further charges of transporting and possessing child pornography were added to the indictment on 17 June.
The images were found on a laptop computer and storage device seized when he was arrested in Palm Springs, an ICE official said.
Wilkins was detained as part of HSI's Operation Predator, an international initiative to protect children from sexual predators.
He is expected to face trial in the US on 19 July. | A convicted child sex offender could be facing the rest of his life in jail after he was caught trying to pay US undercover officers for sex with a boy. | 0.913638 | 1 |
It was announced after Presidents Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin met for the first time at G20 talks on Friday. The truce is also backed by Jordan.
It is in force along a line agreed by Syrian government forces and rebels.
About 300,000 people have been killed in Syria's conflict, which began with protests in 2011. Another 11 million have been forced from their homes.
Russia and the US have backed opposing sides, with Moscow supporting the Damascus government while Washington has called for the removal of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
Russian forces and a US-led coalition have been carrying out air strikes in their respective campaigns.
The ceasefire, which Russia has said covers the regions of Deraa, Quneitra and Sweida, was reported to result from months of undisclosed talks between Russian and US officials.
Speaking after the meeting between Mr Putin and Mr Trump in the German city of Hamburg, US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said: "This is our first indication of the US and Russia being able to work together in Syria."
Mr Tillerson said Friday's meeting also showed that the two countries eventual aims for Syria were "exactly the same" - but they differed on how they should be achieved. | A ceasefire brokered by the US and Russia has come into force in south-western Syria. | 2.513741 | 3 |
Joshua was named on Dale's bench for their EFL Trophy tie at Hartlepool in November and was also given an honorary player of the month award by the EFL.
After he was too ill to attend the game, players visited him in hospital to present his personalised shirt.
Rochdale have also retired the number 55 that they registered for Joshua.
"Staff at the club first met Joshua last year and he touched the hearts of everyone," said a club statement.
"Our thoughts are with his mum Nicola and his dad Kevin at this very difficult time. We send Nicola, Kevin and their family our sincerest condolences and love.
"We will continue to offer our support to the family at this time."
Rochdale boss Keith Hill said Joshua's story had "touched the hearts" of everyone after the team first met him in February. | League One side Rochdale have announced that five-year-old supporter Joshua McCormack has died after his battle with a brain tumour. | 0.742851 | 1 |
The gunmen who stormed Njaba targeted men and boys before setting the village on fire, survivors added.
The raid happened early on Tuesday but was not reported immediately because of the remoteness of the area.
Boko Haram has killed thousands of people in its drive to establish an Islamic state.
Many survivors of the attack on Njaba fled to the nearby town of Damboa.
A resident of the town told the BBC the dead had been left to decompose because the villagers feared returning to Njaba.
The total number of dead remains unclear, with some reports suggesting the figure may be as high as 100.
Information often travels slowly from regions where Boko Haram is active, partly because the militants have damaged communications infrastructure.
Njaba is about 100km (62 miles) south of the state capital, Maiduguri. There were no security forces in the village at the time of the attack.
Many villagers were attending morning prayers when the attack happened, a witness quoted by news website Sahara Reporters said.
Fatima Abaka said there was "pandemonium" when the shooting started.
"I ran into the bush. Since then I [have] never seen my husband and three children," she said. "[I] came back to our village in the afternoon, dead bodies were scattered everywhere."
Another witness, Aminatu Mommodu, said the bodies of victims, including many men with their throats slit, were in the mosque.
Other villagers caught by the gunmen outside the mosque had been shot, she said.
Ibrahim Wagu, a Maiduguri resident who comes from Njaba, told Reuters news agency that two of his relatives had been killed.
"My older brother and my sister's first son were killed," he said.
Boko Haram controls large areas of Borno state but in recent months has also carried out cross-border raids into Chad, Cameroon and Niger.
The three countries have joined Nigeria to form a military coalition, which has recaptured several towns and villages in recent weeks.
Chadian forces have recently helped the Nigerian army recapture several towns and villages from Boko Haram. | Suspected Boko Haram militants have killed at least 45 people in a village in Borno state, north-east Nigeria, witnesses have said. | 1.358483 | 1 |
It the latest stage of a bitter row over UK ministers' Trade Union Bill.
Welsh ministers want some clauses removed - including a required 40% turnout of members to make a public sector strike ballot valid.
They say the reforms involve devolved services such as the NHS, although employment law is not devolved.
Carwyn Jones told AMs on Tuesday that the Welsh government could put that issue to the test in the courts.
"If it comes to the point where that bill is passed, and its provisions are applied to devolved public services, we will seek to introduce a bill in this chamber to overturn the sections of the bill that impact on devolved areas," he said.
"It's a matter for the UK government if they then want to go to the Supreme Court in order to frustrate the will of this democratically elected assembly."
UK ministers have said they want to ensure that essential services are not disrupted at short notice by strikes supported by a small proportion of union members. | Welsh ministers could introduce Welsh laws on public sector strikes even if it means a Supreme Court fight with the UK government, the first minister says. | 1.216679 | 1 |
The 24-year-old had a previous loan spell at Roots Hall in January 2014 but only played once before it was curtailed by injury.
He joined the Clarets from Leicester in 2012 but has only made two first-team appearances, and has had loan spells at York, Scunthorpe and Leyton Orient.
He started on the bench in Saturday's League One match against Swindon.
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page. | League One side Southend United have re-signed Burnley defender Luke O'Neill on a one-month loan. | 0.508048 | 1 |
Lavinia Woodward, 24, attacked the man at Christ Church college, while she was under the influence of drink and drugs.
She admitted inflicting grievous body harm, the Oxford Mail reported.
At Oxford Crown Court, Judge Ian Pringle QC said he believed the attack was "a complete one-off".
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"To prevent this extraordinary, able young lady from following her long-held desire to enter the profession she wishes to, would be a sentence which would be too severe," he said.
"What you did will never, I know, leave you, but it was pretty awful, and normally it would attract a custodial sentence."
Medical student Woodward met the Cambridge University student on dating app Tinder, the court heard.
During the attack at the college, she thumped him, lunged at him with a bread knife, and stabbed him in the leg.
She also threw a laptop, glass, and jam jar at him before stabbing herself, the court heard.
Judge Pringle was told Woodward had become addicted to drugs and had previously been in an abusive relationship with a previous boyfriend.
He said he would take an "exceptional" course of action and defer sentencing until September.
Defence barrister James Sturman QC had argued it would be "almost impossible" for Woodward to become a surgeon once she had disclosed her conviction to employers.
The judge ordered Woodward to remain drug-free, and told her she would be sentenced on 25 September.
Francis FitzGibbon, the chair of the Criminal Bar Association, told the BBC's Today programme the case was "unusual".
"The judge must take into account determination or demonstration of steps to address addiction, so it sounds as though he's giving her a chance and I think the judge would do that for anyone wherever they came from in the right circumstances.
"I don't know if her future prospects are the critical factor in this.
"Maybe if she does really badly [on her drug rehabilitation] he'll think again."
Get news from the BBC in your inbox, each weekday morning | An "extraordinary" Oxford University student who stabbed her ex-boyfriend in the leg may avoid jail as it would affect her career prospects, a judge has said. | 0.882661 | 1 |
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Officials were looking for documents which would support the company's previous claims that it had not meant to deceive car buyers.
Last month Suzuki said it found "discrepancies" in its fuel emissions testing, but denied it was cheating.
Suzuki added the issue did not apply to products sold outside of Japan.
The company issued a statement earlier this week, and clarified that it failed to use testing methods that would comply with Japanese regulations due a lack of manpower, and also a failure on its part to invest in the necessary infrastructure.
Suzuki's shares were down by almost 1% on the Tokyo stock exchange on Friday.
Suzuki is the fourth-largest car company in Japan, after Toyota, Nissan and Honda.
Earlier this year, Japan's transport ministry raided the offices of Mitsubishi Motors, after the carmaker admitted to falsifying its fuel economy data.
The scandal led to the president stepping down, and rival Nissan Motor later stepped in to gain a controlling stake in the embattled company.
Last year Volkswagen admitted to cheating emissions tests in the US.
Authorities found the German carmaker was installing a cheating software in its diesel vehicles that could detect when the cars were being tested and would change emission levels accordingly to improve the results. | Japanese authorities have raided the headquarters of Suzuki, as part of an ongoing probe into the carmaker's use of improper fuel economy tests. | 1.410759 | 1 |
They have received £35m from mobile operators, infrastructure providers and the UK Research Partnership Investment Fund to fund research into 5G.
The money would be used to create a 5G Innovation Centre, said the university.
Prof Rahim Tafozolli said work had already begun.
"The boundaries between mobile communication and the internet are blurring, so the fifth generation is internet on the move," he told the BBC.
Prof Tafozolli, professor of mobile wireless communications and the director of Surrey University's Centre for Communications Systems Research, said: "4G for us is old hat. We started working on 4G 10 years ago.
"Being a university we have to be one step ahead of industry."
Statistics showed mobile data traffic is soaring, he added.
"It looks like every year the traffic is doubling. Unfortunately capacity is not doubling every year. We need to come up with technology, within the limited radio spectrum that we have, to accommodate this huge surge."
5G would also need to be more economical than its predecessor, he said.
"The cost of electricity of running the networks is very high," Prof Tafozolli said.
"We are facing systems which are too expensive. We need something extremely energy efficient and cost efficient."
5G would be in place by the year 2020, he added.
"What we have is good for the next 10 years. We need to be progressive, we can't be complacent, the area is extremely dynamic." | The UK has only just seen the launch of 4G (fourth generation) mobile communication technology, but academics at Surrey University are already looking at its successor. | 2.542037 | 3 |
Former Real Madrid manager Del Bosque, 64, guided Spain to victory at both the 2010 World Cup and the Euro 2012 finals.
"My retirement is close. If everything goes according to plan it [Euro 2016] will be the end," he said.
"I am a man of the Federation and I have to speak to them before taking a final decision."
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Spain are two-time defending champions having also won Euro 2008 under the late Luis Aragones, Del Bosque's predecessor.
They could become the most successful side in European Championship history if they can win the title for a third consecutive time, and fourth overall, in France next year.
Barcelona coach Luis Enrique has said in the past he would like to replace Del Bosque as manager of the national team. | Spain coach Vicente del Bosque plans to retire after next summer's Euro 2016 finals in France. | 1.126705 | 1 |
The inquiry studied allegations of abuse in 22 homes and other residential institutions between 1922 to 1995.
Its verdict recommended compensation, a memorial and a public apology to abuse survivors.
The panel was chaired by Sir Anthony Hart.
Sir Anthony said a tax-free payment should be made to all survivors, including in homes and institutions that were not covered by the inquiry.
He added a number of people who had given evidence had since died and it was only "just and humane" that their spouses or children should receive a payment of 75% of the total lump sum.
The payments will range from £7,500 to £100,000.
Sir Anthony also recommended that a permanent memorial be established at Stormont and a commissioner for survivors of institutional abuse be appointed.
He has now said, that since talks at Stormont have reconvened, it is a "matter of urgency" that the inquiry's recommendations are implemented.
The panel investigated facilities which were run by the state, local authorities, the Catholic Church, the Church of Ireland and the children's charity Barnardo's.
Sir Anthony Hart emphasised that if an executive is not formed, the parties should "publicly call upon the secretary of state" to take action.
"The implementation of our recommendations is urgent because so many of those who waited many years for their voices to be heard, and who anxiously await the implementation of our recommendations, are now advancing in years and, or in poor health, and for them the prospect of more delay adds to the burden so many have carried for so long," he added.
In April, a protest group said there had been "no progress" due to a failure to form a power-sharing executive.
Talks aimed at reaching an agreement were put on hold until after the snap general election on 8 June.
The deadline for parties to reach an agreement to be reached was extended to 29 June. | The Historical Institutional Abuse (HIA) Inquiry panel has written to political party leaders urging a "speedy implementation" of its recommendations. | 1.508565 | 2 |
"Three people have been arrested, but unfortunately we did not get the paintings back," a Dutch police spokeswoman confirmed.
Seven masterpieces by artists including Picasso and Monet were stolen from the Kunsthal Museum in Rotterdam.
They had been shown as part of the gallery's 20th anniversary exhibition.
The missing works include Monet's Waterloo Bridge, Picasso's Tete d'Arlequin, Matisse's La Liseuse en Blanc et Jaune and Freud's Woman with Eyes Closed.
It was the biggest art theft in the Netherlands since 20 works disappeared from Amsterdam's Van Gogh museum in 1991.
Three suspects have been detained at the request of prosecutors from the Romanian Directorate for Investigating Organised Crime and Terrorism (DIICOT), the Romanian Mediafax news agency reports.
Rotterdam police spokeswoman Yvette van den Heerik confirmed the arrests, adding that the suspects' involvement in the heist was still being investigated,
The robbery took place before daybreak on 16 October last year.
Police were alerted during the night when the gallery's state-of-the-art alarm system went off but the thieves had already left the premises by the time officers arrived at the scene.
Experts estimate the items taken could be worth "hundreds of millions of euros" if sold legally at auction. But this is unlikely, seeing as the seven paintings have been registered internationally as stolen. | Police in Romania have detained three suspects linked to a major art heist, which took place at a Dutch art gallery last October, officials say. | 1.686393 | 2 |
The woman was taken to hospital after the incident involving a male inmate at Maghaberry Prison, near Lisburn, on Monday.
Adrian Smith from the Prison Officers Association (POA) told BBC News NI the woman was one of the newer prison officers.
He said he believed she was attacked with a weapon "made from a razor".
"She has an approximately three inch deep cut below her left ear," he said.
"With the ever increasing budget cuts, I believe this will happen more often," he added.
A Prison Service spokesperson said: "The Prison Service utterly condemns this attack and has referred the incident to the PSNI". | A prison officer has suffered a serious neck wound after she was attacked at a jail in County Antrim. | 1.013311 | 1 |
The alert began after a suspicious object was found in the Andersonstown Road area.
It was examined by Army bomb disposal experts who declared it "a small viable explosive device". It has been removed for further forensic examination.
Police have appealed for anyone with any information to contact them. All roads have now reopened. | A small bomb has been found during an alert in west Belfast. | 0.901784 | 1 |
Michel Samaha was convicted of smuggling explosives into the country and plotting assassinations with the help of Syrian security services.
His sentence amounts to about 10 years in jail under Lebanese law.
Syria's conflict has had a major impact on neighbouring Lebanon, with parties split on supporting Mr Assad.
Lebanon hosts more than one million Syrian refugees and has seen sporadic violence since the outbreak of the war.
Samaha was arrested in 2012 by a branch of the security forces known to be close to anti-Syrian factions. At the time his family said the detention was blatantly political.
He was initially sentenced to four-and-a-half years in 2015 but that conviction was quashed and a retrial ordered.
Samaha admitted transporting explosives during the trial but said he was the victim of entrapment, AFP news agency reported. | A former Lebanese information minister who had close ties to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has been jailed for planning attacks. | 1.503817 | 2 |
Pujara, who averages 51.32 in 48 Test matches, will join Notts in mid-May.
The 29-year-old will be available for four County Championship matches - two against Gloucestershire, as well as games against Glamorgan and Derbyshire.
Notts will be without Pattinson following the fast bowler's call-up for the ICC Champions Trophy in June.
Pattinson has taken 20 wickets in three four-day matches since joining, at an average of 11.15.
Director of cricket Mick Newell said Pattinson's replacement did not have to be a bowler, and that signing someone with the quality to make the team better was the most important factor in Notts' decision.
He added: "We have depth in our squad with regards bowling and - particularly as we'll be without Alex Hales during that period - we're more than happy to welcome a world-class batsman to the club."
Pujara's previous stints in red-ball cricket in England saw him amass 483 runs at an average of 54 for Derbyshire and Yorkshire.
"I love playing county cricket and Trent Bridge is a great venue. I'm really looking forward to my first experience there as a home player," Pujara added.
The Champions Trophy takes place between 1 and 18 June in England and Wales. | Nottinghamshire have signed India batsman Cheteshwar Pujara to provide short-term cover when James Pattinson joins up with Australia this month. | 0.727929 | 1 |
The Iranian billionaire, 60, has been announced as the club's new major shareholder after selling his 15% share in Arsenal to Alisher Usmanov.
The deal, and its ratification, ends a decade-long search for investment by chairman Bill Kenwright.
Moshiri may attend his first game since the deal when Everton host Chelsea in the FA Cup on Saturday evening.
Moshiri's approval was a formality given his association with Arsenal but the Premier League needed to conduct checks for the Owners' and Directors' Test before confirming the deal.
Moshiri bought the 23% holding of former Everton director Robert Earl while Kenwright and board member Jon Woods diluted their shares to make up the rest of Moshiri's purchase
Kenwright, who bought Everton from Peter Johnson for £20m in 1999 and indicated his willingness to sell as far back as November 2007, has described Moshiri as "the perfect partner to take the club forward". | Farhad Moshiri's 49.9% investment in Everton has been formally approved by the Premier League. | 0.781004 | 1 |
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He's been featured in recent adverts for a well known drinks brand - and his inspiring and perhaps surprising story has gone viral.
Chris became deaf as a child after suffering from meningitis. He is profoundly deaf in both ears and wears a cochlear implant.
He fell in love with dancing at a young age, and now runs workshops in South London teaching both deaf and hearing people to dance, focusing on lyrical hip hop. He's also a freelance dancer, appearing in music videos, adverts and more.
He dances by feeling the beat through vibrations in the floor, and interprets and then incorporates the lyrics into his dance moves.
Want to get into dance, but not sure how to start? Check out Get Inspired's handy guide.
Now we'd like to hear from you! Join in and post your stories and videos on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter - what's your story? | Chris Fonseca is a dancer, a dance teacher, and a choreographer - and he's profoundly deaf. | 1.194167 | 1 |
Delhi police spokesman Deependra Pathak told the BBC Mr Verma was being questioned by the cyber police.
He said Mr Verma had claimed that the women in his video were actors.
Mr Verma apologised and deleted his "prank video" after a severe public backlash. A case was registered against him last week.
The video was posted at the same time as multiple reports of groping in the southern city of Bangalore on New Year's Eve were causing anger in India.
The YouTuber, who has more than 150,000 subscribers to his "Crazy Sumit" channel, said at the time that he had made the video "for entertainment and had no intention of hurting anybody".
Mr Varma has now told police that the women in the clip were paid actors, as he gave them a share of the money he made from posting the video to YouTube, Mr Pathak said.
"We will have to question the women in the video to see if what he is saying is true," he added.
No women have come forward to register a complaint against Mr Varma despite a police appeal. However police decided to register a case after watching the video.
News of Mr Varma's detention has caused some comment on Twitter, with many welcoming the news.
India has many popular YouTube channels and stars who make entertainment videos.
One such channel, TroubleSeekerTeam, severely criticised Mr Verma in a video, saying "harassing women or anybody can never be taken as entertainment".
"It's simply molestation," the channel said. | Indian YouTuber Sumit Verma has been detained after posting a video in which he walked up to women in public places, kissed them and ran away. | 0.779394 | 1 |
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Steve Wilcox, who ran a crowd-funding campaign to recreate the rubbery keys, told the BBC his team had received what was likely to be the final product.
He said the project had been delayed after the team decided to support Android tablets as well as Apple's iOS devices.
The new keyboard can be connected to a tablet computer with Bluetooth and used to control retro gaming apps.
A majority of the computing is done by the tablet, not the keyboard.
Mr Wilcox said the company had the necessary licence to use the ZX Spectrum name and the software it was offering in the keyboard's companion app.
He said he hoped the finished keyboards would be delivered within six weeks and sent to those who had backed the project.
The initial production run of 5,000 units has already sold out. | Fans of the ZX Spectrum's spongy keyboard are one step closer to typing on it again. | 1.316852 | 1 |
Featuring controversial speaker Faith Goldy, the event was organised by a visiting Ryerson University tutor.
But on Wednesday, the school cancelled the 22 August event because it said it could not guarantee public safety.
The clashes in the US claimed one woman's life when a car ploughed into a crowd of anti-fascists.
A spokesperson said the university was "prioritising safety" over free speech "in light of recent events".
"There is often a tension at universities resulting from our commitment to be a place for free speech and our commitment to be a place that is civil, safe, and welcoming. In light of recent events, Ryerson University is prioritising campus safety," said university spokesperson Michael Forbes in an email.
Mr Forbes said a part-time instructor had rented a room on campus to host the event, but that after conducting a standard safety review, the university decided that "Ryerson is not equipped to provide the necessary level of public safety for the event to go forward".
The event was to feature controversial speakers Faith Goldy, Jordan Peterson and Gad Saad.
Faith Goldy is a journalist and political commentator with Canada's right-wing digital news site Rebel Media. In June, Goldy broadcast a YouTube video arguing that immigration policies were contributing to a "white genocide" in Canada.
While covering Charlottesville over the weekend for Rebel Media, she appeared to sympathize with many of the ideas espoused by the protesters.
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Since then, the Rebel's founder Ezra Levant has publically denounced the so-called "alt-right," and a number of freelance journalists with the Rebel have announced they will no longer work for the organization.
University of Toronto psychology professor Jordan Peterson has made a name for himself campaigning against Canada's new transgender rights laws.
Gad Saad is a business professor who writes about how sex differences affect the consumer and argues against political correctness. | A Canadian university has cancelled an event on the "stifling of free speech", citing safety concerns following the violent protests in Charlottesville. | 1.657284 | 2 |
The British star won best supporting actress in a series, mini-series or TV movie for her role as an intelligence officer in the BBC drama.
Colman chose not to attend as she is about to start filming a new adaptation of Murder on the Orient Express.
"It was a gamble not to go but I thought 'I bet I don't win'".
She is starring opposite Dame Judi Dench in Sir Kenneth Branagh's version of the famous Agatha Christie tale.
She said: "I can't believe I was not there but it feels like the wrong thing not being there for the first week of a new job.
"I'm playing Judi Dench's maid and I want her to be so impressed because she is my hero. I have to be good and I don't want to be that person who turns up jetlagged but now I sort of think they would have forgiven me."
Colman said she was in bed at home by 2200 on Sunday and only found out about her win when she switched her phone on at 0700.
She said: "I had all these voicemails from the director Susanne Bier saying, 'turn your phone on!' Now I'm so gutted I'm not there. It's such an enormous honour, I'm beside myself."
Colman beat fellow Brits Lena Headey (Game Of Thrones) and Thandie Newton (Westworld) as well as This Is Us actresses Chrissy Metz and Mandy Moore to her award.
The Broadchurch star said: "I looked at the list and thought 'I won't win in that group'."
Colman said she regretted she had missed the chance to celebrate with her co-stars, Tom Hiddleston and Hugh Laurie, who also won Globes.
"I bet they know how to have a good time. I was always pregnant when we were filming but I could have got wellied with them all last night."
Her award was collected for her by presenters Kristen Bell and Cuba Gooding Jr.
Colman joked: "Don't wash it! Don't polish it if they have touched it!
"I'm clearing everything off the mantelpiece, it's going right in the middle.
"Cool people put their Baftas and things in the downstairs loo but mine are on the mantelpiece."
Follow us on Facebook, on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, or on Instagram at bbcnewsents. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk. | The Night Manager star Olivia Colman said she was "gutted" she missed the chance to pick up an award in person at the Golden Globes in the US on Sunday. | 0.946224 | 1 |
The Federal Reserve statement caused US stocks to climb the most since 2013.
Japan's Nikkei rallied 2.3% to close at 17,210.05 points while the broader Topix rose 1.8% to 1,376.32.
Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index closed up 246.37 points at 22,821.43 but the Shanghai Composite slipped 3.5 points to 3,057.52.
Australia's S&P/ASX200 index rose nearly 1% to close at 5,210.80 points, led by mining and energy stocks.
Japan's Sony was one of the big stock movers of the morning.
Its shares rose by 3.5% in Tokyo trading after its entertainment unit cancelled the release of "The Interview" following a cyber-security attack, which US investigators reportedly believes stemmed from North Korea.
The comedy movie is about plans to assassinate North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
Hackers incensed by the film leaked Sony documents and had threatened attacks on cinemas planning to show the film.
In South Korea, the Samsung Group's Cheil Industries made a strong trading debut, rising 6.6%, after pricing its initial public offering at the top end of the range.
Cheil operates theme parks and fashion outlets in the country and saw its shares double, outperforming the benchmark Kospi index which closed down 2.66 points at 1,897.50. | Markets in Asia were mostly higher after the US Federal Reserve pledged to be "patient" on raising interest rates from record lows. | 1.122259 | 1 |
Danish firm Dong Energy intends to add 90 turbines to the existing 102 at the Walney facility off the Cumbria coast.
Of an annual £600,000 fund, £100,000 will be ring-fenced to support engineering training.
The money recognised local co-operation on which the company relies, it said.
"We believe it is important to support local communities in the areas around our developments," UK chairman Brent Cheshire said.
The Walney Extension had a "long-term relationship" with the region, he added.
The expanded wind farm, which is one of four in the area, is expected to be fully commissioned by 2019 when it will be the world's largest, Dong said.
Covering about 55 sq miles (145 sq km) it will be capable of supplying energy to more than 500,000 homes.
Dong said the new fund would last for the 25-year life of the project. | The company building one of the world's largest offshore wind farms will invest £15m in community and environmental projects, it has said. | 1.652242 | 2 |
William Kerr, 53, is wanted by police after he absconded from a bail hostel in Hull following his release on 23 January.
He was jailed for life for murder at Leeds Crown Court in June 1998.
North Yorkshire Police said Kerr was known to have links to the Humberside Police force area, as well as West Yorkshire and London.
A spokesperson for the force said his current whereabouts were unknown and he needed to be arrested and returned to prison "as a matter of urgency".
Police issued a recent photo of Kerr and urged people to "keep an eye out for him".
Det Insp Eamonn Clarke said: "We ask that you do not approach Kerr, as he is considered dangerous. You should contact the police straight away on 999 and officers will be despatched to arrest him or investigate the sighting."
Det Insp Clarke also urged Kerr "to do the right thing and hand yourself in to the police".
North Yorkshire Police said it was leading the hunt for Kerr as his probation officer was based in Selby but there was "no evidence at this time to suggest that he is currently in North Yorkshire". | People have been warned not to approach a "dangerous" convicted murderer who breached his prison release licence. | 0.885456 | 1 |
The club's captain John Welsh and players Keith Keane, Bailey Wright, David Buchanan, Ben Davies and Graham Cummins were arrested on Thursday.
All six have expressed their innocence to the club and have been bailed.
Barnsley midfielder Stephen Dawson was also arrested and bailed. He has been unavailable for comment.
The investigation concerns matches this season and last season.
A Preston North End spokesman said: "We are disappointed that individual player names are in the public domain given that none of these individuals have been charged with any offence.
"Having had time to meet with all the individuals concerned we reiterate our position that all players will remain available for selection by the manager and that until or unless the current situation changes it will be business as usual."
In a statement, Barnsley Football Club said it was "aware of reports in media in connection with an investigation into individuals suspected of conspiracy to commit acts of bribery and money laundering relating to conduct during football matches".
The BBC understands three of the Preston players are expected to play on Saturday.
Ben Davies and Graham Cummins are on loan at League Two sides York City and Rochdale respectively.
On Thursday, the National Crime Agency said six other men arrested in December on suspicion of involvement in spot-fixing and later bailed, had been re-arrested.
Those arrested in December - including former Premier League player DJ Campbell - had been bailed to return on 8 April.
Spot-fixing is where a player corruptly influences a specific element of a match, for example by intentionally getting a yellow card or conceding a corner, without trying to fix the final score. | Six Preston North End footballers were among seven players arrested in connection with a spot-fixing investigation, the BBC understands. | 0.91806 | 1 |
The bodies of a man and a woman were found between Salhouse Broad and Wroxham Broad after a search by divers.
The boat was found on Saturday tied to a tree, close to Salhouse Little Broad, after police were called because it had not been returned as arranged.
Police are not looking for anyone else in connection with the deaths.
The woman's body was found just after 14:00 BST on Sunday while the man's body was found after 16:35 BST.
Police said the girl - who was found on the boat unharmed - had been told about the deaths and was being comforted by relatives.
Post-mortem examinations are due to be carried out on Monday while formal identification of the bodies has yet to be carried out, police said.
Head of the investigation, Det Supt Pete Hornby, said officers were in the early stages of their inquiries "working to establish the sequence of events which led to this evening's tragic outcome".
"The motives surrounding the incident remain unclear but at this time we are not looking for anyone else in connection with the deaths," he added.
Police said they were called at 17:00 BST on Saturday by a member of the public concerned about the whereabouts of the boat and that it was found shortly afterwards.
The girl, who was found on board alone but unharmed, spent Saturday night in protective custody.
The craft was taken to Le Boat boatyard in Horning where it continues to be examined by police.
A mile-long section of the River Bure between Salhouse and Wroxham broads - closed while police searched the area - has reopened to boating traffic. | Police searching a river for the parents of a 13-year-old girl found alone on a hired boat in the Norfolk Broads have recovered two bodies. | 0.917856 | 1 |
Warren Gatland's side will take on the All Blacks in a three-game Test series, as well facing Chiefs on 14 June.
"The way they play, the speed of the ball, numbers in contact, it's a completely different game," North said.
"Which is why it is such a hard task to try and match that with what we play up in the northern hemisphere."
North says it has been beneficial for Wales to arrive in New Zealand ten days ahead of the first Test against the three-time world champions, following a long season which included a World Cup campaign last autumn.
"It's a huge task for us. We know that especially after a long season as well, but to come and play the world champions at home was always going to a massive task," North told BBC Wales Sport.
"We needed some time to get over the jet-lag, which is a nightmare, recharge and then turn our minds to the first test on Saturday. It's been good for us and good for the boys to have this time here.
"A three test series in such a short period is going to be tough but we're all ready for it."
Armed with the task of beating the All Blacks after 26 unsuccessful attempts, it will prove a formidable task for North his teammates, but he is looking forward to the challenge.
"We've got to try and contain and defend really. It'll be good so see where we are at the end of it," North added.
"The team have been working hard now for more than a year what with the World Cup and now we've come here.
"It's a huge challenge and to win here would be a huge achievement for the team." | Wales wing George North says it will be hard to match the southern hemisphere style of play when they face New Zealand in the first Test on Saturday. | 1.147756 | 1 |
Gregory Campbell told DUP members at the weekend the party would treat Sinn Féin's "entire wish list" as no more than toilet paper.
He also made reference to the 'curry my yoghurt' row from earlier this month.
Mr McGuinness said he was "very disappointed" that Mr Campbell had not been reprimanded by the DUP leadership.
"Under no circumstances can this be passed over as comedy. It was absolutely appalling and there was nothing funny about it," he said.
"It's time to grow up, time to show some maturity, time to stop playing to the lowest common denominator, time to show some leadership."
He said the only thing people would remember about the DUP conference was Mr Campbell's remarks.
"If the DUP don't see how damaging that is for them as a political party then I think that sends out a very negative message."
Earlier in the assembly, DUP leader Peter Robinson said Mr Campbell had a dry sense of humour and claimed some people were playing politics with the Irish language.
"The language and culture surrounding it must be protected; when it starts to get drawn into the political realm we start to undermine and dilute the importance of the language," the first minister added.
Mr Robinson said there was a need to differentiate between "lampooning those who are involved in a political campaign related to the Irish language and those who genuinely speak the Irish language".
He said Mr Campbell's "finger was being pointed at those who politically abuse the Irish language".
Earlier this month, Mr Campbell began an address to the assembly with: "Curry my yoghurt can coca coalyer" in imitation of the Irish sentence "go raibh maith agat, Ceann Comhairle" which translates as "thank you, Speaker".
On Monday he said: Mr Campbell said: "Exposing those politicising the Irish language, as well as those making unrealistic political demands at the talks table is the right thing to do.
"How dare anyone try to suggest that it is something to be ashamed of?
"I will not be apologising for, or deviating from doing the right thing." | Sinn Féin's Martin McGuinness has said it was "absolutely appalling" to hear Gregory Campbell's remarks about the Irish language at the DUP conference. | 0.890067 | 1 |
Sales volumes were up 3.1% in the fourth quarter of 2016 when compared with the same period the previous year.
The value of those sales, without adjusting for inflation, grew by 2.7% annually.
Equivalent growth in volume and value across Britain was 5.6% and 5.9% respectively.
The Retail Sales Index figures were compiled by Scotland's chief statistician.
They showed the volume of retail sales in Scotland fell by 0.5% - after seasonal adjustment - in the last three months of 2016, when set against the previous quarter.
This compared with growth of 1.2% in Britain as a whole.
The value of sales grew by 0.3% from the third quarter to the fourth, and by 1.9% in Britain.
Scottish Retail Consortium director David Lonsdale said: "These figures broadly mirror the findings of our own surveys which noted a more positive trading environment for Scottish retailers in the final quarter of last year.
"Shopkeepers witnessed a second successive quarter of growth in retail sales values in Scotland, albeit the pace eased compared to last autumn.
"These figures are welcome at a time when retailers are continuing to grapple with changing shopping habits and with predictions of choppier times ahead for consumer spending, with inflation set to pick up in earnest over this year and act as a drag on consumer spending." | The value and volume of retail sales grew in Scotland last year but lagged behind Great Britain as a whole, according to new figures. | 1.308503 | 1 |
The Russian, 31, who qualified for the event ahead of Britain's Johanna Konta, cut her thick plait in half with scissors at the start of the third set.
"It was bothering me a lot. When I was hitting the forehands I hit a good shot and it would hit my eye," she said.
"I thought, 'what's more important? My hair, which can grow, or the match?'"
Kuznetsova asked the umpire to supply her with a pair of scissors to carry out her impromptu haircut.
Defending champion Radwanska said she was unaware of the incident, but agreed with her opponent's priorities.
"I didn't even know that," said the Pole. "Good thing she didn't cut her anything else. I think hair is not very important."
It was just one dramatic moment in a three-hour match in which Kuznetsova recovered from 4-1 down to take the first set, saved a match point in the third and was tearful at a changeover before prevailing.
Kuznetsova endured a hectic build-up to the season finale, winning the Kremlin Cup in Moscow on Saturday to collect the ranking points she needed to edge out Konta in the race for the eighth and final qualifying spot before flying to Singapore.
It is not the first time a tennis player has taken action after being distracted by their own locks on court. Britain's Andy Murray snipped his fringe during his defeat by Rafael Nadal at last season's ATP Finals.
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In the White Group's other match in Singapore, Karolina Pliskova also saved a match point as she overcame French Open champion Garbine Muguruza 6-2 6-7 (4-7) 7-5.
World number one Angelique Kerber, who beat Dominika Cibulkova in her Red Group opener on Monday, takes on Simona Halep in the pick of Tuesday's matches, with Cibulkova playing Madison Keys in the other match.
Two players will progress from both the Red and White Groups to contest the semi-finals. | Svetlana Kuznetsova hacked off part of her own hair at a changeover as she beat Agnieszka Radwanska 7-5 1-6 7-5 at the WTA Finals in Singapore. | 0.99032 | 1 |
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