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Perfect Illusion is the lead single from the singer's forthcoming album Joanne, which is released next month.
The top four singles this week remained unchanged, with Closer by Chainsmokers holding the number one spot.
In contrast, the top four albums this week are all new entries - with Bastille's Wild World debuting at number one.
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds were placed second with Skeleton Tree, while Live at the Hollywood Bowl by The Beatles debuted at number three.
The Fab Four's album was released to coincide with the new documentary The Beatles: Eight Days A Week.
Meat Loaf's Braver Than We Are entered the album chart at number four, while last week's number one - Cartwheels by Ward Thomas - dropped to number five.
New entries on this week's singles chart include Say You Won't Let Go by former X Factor winner James Arthur.
It marks Arthur's first appearance on the singles chart since 2013, when two singles from his debut self-titled debut album made the top 20.
Follow us on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, on Instagram at bbcnewsents, or if you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk. | Lady Gaga's first single in three years has missed the top 10 in the singles chart, debuting at number 12. | 37385495 |
Three men also died, and four people were injured.
The accident happened when a tourist boat and a speedboat collided off the island of Aegina.
Private vessels are said to be helping the coastguard rescue survivors, 21 of whom have been pulled from the water so far.
Aegina Mayor Dimitris Mourtzis has been quoted as saying others remain missing.
The tourist boat was said to have been carrying about 20 people from Aegina to a popular cove on Moni, an uninhabited small island very nearby.
It is so far unclear how the accident happened. The nationalities of the victims have also not yet been given.
Greece country profile | Four people - including a nine-year-old child - have been killed in an accident in the Aegean sea near Athens, according to the Greek coastguard. | 37093852 |
Members of the RMT union in Penzance walked out at about 04:00 GMT and are also set to take 48 hours of industrial action from 06:00 GMT on Easter Sunday.
FGW said the man was sacked for breaching safety guidelines but RMT urged the train company to "see sense and reinstate" him.
Delays to services have been reported.
RMT General Secretary Mick Cash said: "It is clear that there is a culture of bullying and intimidation of staff in the money-spinning operation which is First Great Western.
"We will not allow this culture to go unchallenged." | Train passengers are facing delays to services after a 24-hour strike by First Great Western (FGW) staff over the dismissal of a manager. | 32083086 |
Ms Roberts, of Grassmere Close, Felpham, was outside the Post Office in Felpham Road, Bognor Regis, when the crash happened on 13 January.
The Nissan Micra, driven by an 87-year-old Bognor Regis woman, was leaving a parking space near the local shops.
Paramedics and an air ambulance doctor were unable to save Ms Roberts. She was pronounced dead at 13:16 GMT. | A 92-year-old pedestrian who died after being hit by a car in West Sussex has been named by police as Dulcie Roberts. | 35356207 |
Lynette and John Rodgers, from Holywood, County Down, drowned at Plettenberg Bay in the Western Cape last Friday.
The service was held there on Thursday morning.
Their families hope their bodies will be returned to Northern Ireland later this week.
Mr Rodgers, who was 28, was originally from Ballygowan, County Down, and worked for a printing company in Holywood.
Mrs Rodgers, 26, was a physiotherapist. | A wreath-laying service has been held in South Africa in memory of a couple from Northern Ireland who drowned while on honeymoon. | 34663817 |
Porsche's second car took the victory after the German manufacturer's first suffered a terminal problem while leading with four hours to go.
Film star Jackie Chan's DC Racing Oreca team were second, while Toyota's top two cars retired.
German Timo Bernhard and New Zealanders Brendon Hartley and Earl Bamber shared the drive in Porsche's 19th outright win at the Circuit de la Sarthe. | Porsche won the 24 Hours of Le Mans for the third year in a row on Sunday. | 40319871 |
Here's everything you need to know about the final three.
Mentor: Rita Ora
Age: 17
First audition: Jackson 5's Who's Loving You
Comments: 'I think you are really, really special. This competition wouldn't be the same without you. You are potentially one of the best we have ever had', said Simon.
Fun fact: Louisa is the youngest in the competition this year.
She said she's inspired by previous X Factor winner, Leona Lewis.
Mentor: Nick Grimshaw
Age: 19
First audition: Jessie J's ballad, Who You Are
Comments: Nick Grimshaw said he thinks Che Chesterman has "one of the best voices" he's ever heard.
Fun fact: Che has been working in a supermarket, stacking shelves, until now.
He says he's on a mission to inject some genuine soul back in to the charts.
Mentor: Cheryl Fernandez-Versini
Ages: Reggie, 31 and Bollie, 29
First Audition: Original song, Turn It Up
Comments: "I feel like every day will be sunny with you guys", said Simon.
Fun fact: The pair, who moved from Ghana to the UK five years ago, have never been in the bottom two of the competition.
They say 'we would use our story to inspire anyone who thinks they aren't good enough - you don't have to be the best, you just have to work hard.' | Lauren Murray narrowly missed out on a spot in next week's finale, after a deadlock vote saw Ché Chesterman getting saved. | 35024490 |
The move follows the departure of its well-known co-founder Bill Gross in September, who had run the world's largest bond fund for Pimco since 1987.
More than $123bn (£80bn) has been withdrawn from Pimco's funds since Mr Gross left, according to Reuters.
Mr. Bernanke was the chairman of the US central bank during the global financial crisis that began in 2008.
He served as the chair from February 2006 to February 2014.
The investment firm said Mr Bernanke would contribute his economic expertise to the firm and periodically engage with its clients.
"His unrivalled experience in navigating the global economy through the financial crisis will provide Pimco's investment professionals with unique insights as we help our clients amidst a challenging and uncertain period for global markets in coming years," said chief executive Douglas Hodge in a statement on Wednesday.
Last week, Mr Bernanke, 61, also announced that he would consult for hedge fund Citadel and would continue to work full-time at think-tank Brookings Institution.
His new role with Pimco, which oversees nearly $1.6tn in assets, does not come without controversy.
During Mr Bernanke's tenure as Fed chief, the central bank had been criticised for being too close to Pimco, suggesting it may have given the Californian firm an advantage in understanding monetary policy.
But, Mr Bernanke dismissed the claims and told Reuters that "the Fed does not regulate Pimco" or Citadel, maintaining "there is no contact". | US bond giant Pimco has hired former US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke as a senior advisor, the company said. | 32527545 |
The airline will also pay a final dividend to shareholders for the first time since 2009.
Qantas has been though major restructuring after posting record losses in 2014.
To achieve the turnaround, the carrier has cut capacity, reduced staff and benefited from a slump in oil prices.
"Transformation has made us a more agile business, created value for our shareholders and given us a platform to invest for the future," Qantas chief executive Alan Joyce said in a statement.
The record results come despite much of aviation business seeing a downturn in business in the wake of a global economic slowdown.
The profit before tax of A$1.42bn for the year ending 30 June was nearly double the previous year's A$789m, but still came short of analysts' forecasts.
Qantas shares rose by more than 4% on the news.
The airline said each of its main operating divisions - its domestic, international and budget carrier subsidiaries - saw record underlying earnings for the past year.
Qantas announced a dividend of 7 cents per share.
The company also said it will give staff a A$3,000 "record result bonus". | Australia's national carrier Qantas has posted record annual profits of A$1.42bn ($1.1bn, £820m), nearly doubling last year's result. | 37171850 |
He tweeted: "F-35 program and cost is out of control. Billions of dollars can and will be saved on military (and other) purchases after January 20."
The F-35 is the Pentagon's most expensive weapons programme, costing about $400bn (£316bn).
Lockheed shares were down 4.2% at $248.51 in morning trading.
Jeff Babione, Lockheed's F-35 chief, said the company understood concerns about affordability, but added: "It's an amazing programme. It's great value and I look forward to any questions that the President-elect may have."
He was in Israel on Monday with US Defence Secretary Ash Carter as the country prepared to take delivery of first F-35 fighters.
Israel is among a small number of US allies to buy the plane.
Mr Trump's missive comes a week after he condemned as "out of control" the cost of a new Air Force One plane being built by Boeing.
Israel - which signed a deal this year for $38bn in US military aid - has ordered 50 of the new fighter jets, each priced at around $100m.
Donald Trump's Twitter account wasn't always the powerful spectacle it has become.
His interaction with Twitter began much like any other high profile account managed by a group of marketing professionals.
Read in full - The Commander in Tweet | Shares in Lockheed Martin have fallen after President-elect Donald Trump said he would cut the cost of its F-35 Joint Strike Fighter after taking office. | 38286750 |
Mr Hemingway, his wife Gerardine, and the HemingwayDesign team will create the overall scheme and branding for the disused Dreamland site in Margate.
It is hoped that stage one of the project to turn the site into a £10m heritage park will open in 2014.
Mr Hemingway said he was "excited about bringing a new vibrant life to an iconic British seaside institution".
"Having visited Margate over the past few months and seen the grassroots creative revolution that is taking place, we are thrilled, nay cock a hoop, at the potential of the place and can't wait to get stuck in," he said.
"We fully understand the scale of the task but with the creative community of Margate and environs we can deliver something of international significance."
The park will be run by the Dreamland Trust, which will be given the site by Thanet District Council for a peppercorn rent.
Chairman Nick Laister said he had no doubt HemingwayDesign would bring the trust's proposals for the site to life, exceeding its expectations.
"Wayne and Gerardine and their team have a genuine passion for the British seaside and for the Dreamland Margate project," he said.
"I am delighted to welcome them on to our team."
The heritage amusement park is seen as vital in the regeneration of Margate, along with the Turner Contemporary art gallery which opened further along the seafront last year. | Wayne Hemingway has been announced as the designer for the revival of a historic theme park in Kent. | 20230338 |
DNA tests showed the bones belonged to the men, who went missing on the mountain in August 1970, police say.
The remains were discovered at an altitude of about 2,800m (9,200ft) in the Alps last September.
They are the latest to be found on the 4,478-metre (14,692-foot) Matterhorn as ice melts.
The Japanese consulate in Geneva identified the climbers as Michio Oikawa and Masayuki Kobayashi, AFP news agency reports. They were 22 and 21 respectively when they went missing.
The consulate assisted police to track down family members to help compare their DNA profiles.
As Alpine glaciers melt because of global warming, the remains of long-lost climbers have increasingly been emerging from the shrinking mountain ice.
A mountain rescue pilot discovered remains and climbing equipment belonging to British climber Jonathan Conville, missing since 1979, in 2013 near the peak of the Matterhorn.
Last year the body of a Czech climber who disappeared 40 years ago following an accident was found in the Bernese Alps. | Remains found at the foot of Switzerland's Matterhorn glacier have been identified as two Japanese climbers who disappeared 45 years ago. | 33802458 |
The weather phenomenon, which is similar to a tornado, could be seen swirling off the coast around Thorpeness and Aldeburgh.
Jackie Butler, of Leiston, watched the waterspout while walking her dogs on Sizewell beach on Saturday evening.
"All of a sudden we could see there was a spout coming down into the water," she said.
"It literally drew the water up into itself and continued for 30 minutes and then stopped. As we stood and watched it, it reformed again.
"It was amazing, absolutely amazing."
Meteorologist and BBC Look East weather forecaster Dan Holley said: "Essentially a waterspout is just a tornado but over water.
"Both begin life as a funnel cloud - a rotating column of air underneath a shower or thunderstorm - which, once it's extended to the ground becomes a tornado if it's on land, or named a waterspout if over water.
"On Saturday we had a line of wind convergence where northwesterly winds inland met an easterly sea breeze from the North Sea.
"Where the two opposing winds meet, the air gets forced upwards to create showers, and with a little spin can occasionally create funnel clouds." | A waterspout spiralling above the sea in Suffolk provided a stunning sight on Saturday. | 36941468 |
Konta, 25, occupies the eighth and final slot for the tournament which starts on Sunday in Singapore.
Kuznetsova must win Saturday's final to overtake the British number one, who is not playing this week as she continues to recover from an injury.
The 31-year-old Russian will play world number 49 Daria Gavrilova in the final.
Australian Gavrilova defeated Germany's Julia Goerges 7-5 6-1 to set up a meeting with top seed Kuznetsova, who beat Ukraine's Elina Svitolina 6-1 6-7 (1-7) 6-4.
Konta moved up to eighth in the rankings following the withdrawal of world number two Serena Williams.
BBC tennis correspondent Russell Fuller said she has arrived in Singapore, and appears fit to play.
Konta was present for the WTA Finals draw in Singapore on Friday, when she was named most improved player for 2016.
If she qualifies, she will face Agnieszka Radwanska, Karolina Pliskova and Garbine Muguruza in the group stage.
Angelique Kerber, Simona Halep, Madison Keys and Dominika Cibulkova line up in the other group.
Kuznetsova is the only player who can deny Konta a place at the Finals, because ninth-ranked Carla Suarez Navarro retired with a wrist injury after round two of the Kremlin Cup. | Svetlana Kuznetsova is one win away from denying Britain's Johanna Konta a place in the WTA Finals after reaching the final of the Kremlin Cup. | 37729464 |
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Video streaming site Vevo says its users watched more than 200 billion videos this year - and the UK's top 10 most-watched artists include Adele, Zayn and Justin Bieber.
But who was number one? Music reporter Mark Savage has the countdown. | Music videos account for nine of the 10 most-watched videos online, and their popularity shows no sign of slowing down. | 38256441 |
It is the first time since 2006 a Welsh artist has made the cut.
Mr Williams, based in Caernarfon, Gwynedd, draws on his own experiences to develop his sculptures.
In 2015, the prize was won by Theaster Gates who vowed to share his £40,000 prize with the other shortlisted artists. The next winner will be announced in 2017.
"It feels great to be part of an international exhibition like Artes Mundi with fantastic artists and to be doing it in Wales makes it even better," said Mr Williams.
"Artes Mundi brings artists from the rest of the world into a country and arts community that I'm really proud to be an artist in".
THE ARTES MUNDI SHORTLISTED ARTISTS | Welsh conceptual artist Bedwyr Williams is among seven shortlisted for the next Artes Mundi prize. | 34270902 |
Martin Shannon, 43, pleaded to guilty at the Old Bailey to 15 charges relating to firearms and explosives.
The court heard Shannon, of Hayley Close, Hythe near Southampton, sold some of the weapons, which he took from RM Poole naval base in Dorset.
He was arrested following a covert operation by the National Crime Agency.
At the time of his arrest on 1 September, the agency described Shannon as "a significant risk to the public" but said there was no link to terrorism.
Shannon pleaded guilty to transferring the assault rifle, pistol and sawn-off shotgun and cartridges.
The married defendant also admitted two counts of having an explosive substance, eight counts of possessing ammunition and one charge of possessing a shotgun without a firearms certificate.
He was remanded in custody to be sentenced on 16 December, following the preparation of psychiatric reports, after his lawyers argued he could be suffering from post traumatic stress disorder.
Judge Richard Marks QC warned Shannon he could expect "immediate imprisonment".
A Ministry of Defence spokesperson said: "We take the security of weaponry very seriously and have robust procedures to deter and prevent losses and thefts which are constantly reviewed." | A Royal Marine reservist has pleaded guilty to possessing an arsenal of weapons including an assault rifle, grenades and plastic explosives. | 36212247 |
The 45-year-old American was taken from the water at Jeffreys Bay and rushed to hospital after he was struck by his board prior to his second-round heat.
Slater said the incident was "like smashing my foot with a big hammer".
Writing on Instagram, he said he is likely to need between four and six months to recover.
In an earlier post, which included an X-ray of his foot, he wrote: "You ever folded your entire foot backwards? If you try it sometime, this is what it might look like.
"Sorta feels like I'm giving birth out of my foot right now.
"It sucks but so many people deal with such horrible things around this world every day that a broken foot is pretty minor in the scheme of things. Sometimes a bad thing is a good thing."
Meanwhile, Australia's Mick Fanning and Brazilian Gabriel Medina were pulled from the water in Jeffreys Bay after a shark was spotted swimming into the competition zone.
Fanning, 36, escaped a shark attack while competing in the same event two years ago.
Surfing is one of five new sports confirmed for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. | Eleven-time world surfing champion Kelly Slater will be out for up to six months after breaking his foot in the J-Bay Open in South Africa. | 40673059 |
An agreement was reached in the early hours of the morning after 12 hours of negotiations.
The draft deal between Colleges Scotland and the EIS Further Education Lecturers Association covers differences in pay between colleges.
About 4,000 lecturers went on strike on Thursday and the union was threatening to intensify action after Easter.
Lecturers began the rolling industrial action over claims that there are disparities of up to £10,000 a year in pay at different colleges.
Charlie Montgomery, salaries convenor of the EIS-FELA, said: "We are pleased to have made this breakthrough in the early hours that will set a sound foundation going forward."
Shona Struthers, chief executive of Colleges Scotland said: "The management side has worked tirelessly to achieve this outcome which will see an end to any further disruption to students and start to address harmonisation of terms and conditions for college lecturers."
Plans for strikes at colleges in Glasgow over a separate issue were called off on Friday.
It follows a decision by the city's three further education colleges to join a national pay bargaining system. | Planned strikes at Scotland's colleges next week have been called off after a breakthrough in pay talks. | 35851169 |
The GMB claimed the firm was failing to pay corporation tax and was not offering a "living wage" to employees.
Protests were held outside sites at Doncaster, Swansea, Glenrothes, Gourock, Hemel Hempstead, Peterborough, Milton Keynes, Rugeley and Slough.
Amazon said it paid "all applicable taxes" and offered a "competitive package" to all its employees.
About 20 protesters outside the company's Doncaster site were dressed as grim reapers, wore masks of David Cameron and Nick Clegg and carried a giant mock Anti-social Behaviour Order (Asbo).
Paul Clarke, GMB national officer, said where Amazon differed from other retailers was its "refusal to pay proper taxes or to treat its workers properly".
"Profitable companies like Amazon, dodging fair taxes while failing to pay their staff a living wage and treat them properly, deserve a corporate Asbo," he said.
Mr Clarke said the retailer also denied staff the right to union representation and collective bargaining.
In a statement, Amazon said it employs more than 5,000 permanent employees across the UK as well as thousands of temporary staff, adding it paid "all applicable taxes in every jurisdiction that it operates within".
"We are proud of providing our associates with a safe and positive working environment, which includes on-the-job training and opportunities for career progression," the firm said.
The retailer offered its employees a "competitive package" including performance-related pay, with permanent employees also offered benefits including healthcare and a personal pension plan, it added. | A union has held protests outside nine sites run by online retailer Amazon in a row over workers' pay and conditions. | 21444710 |
The existing Castle Station in Northampton will be replaced by a £20m glass and steel building in 2014.
In medieval times a royal castle was situated on part of the site, and last year items from Saxon times were unearthed in an initial trench.
The dig will be done by experts from Northamptonshire Archaeology and will take about 12 weeks.
It will record any remains before the new station is built.
Councillor Jim Harker, leader of Northamptonshire County Council said: "Northampton's unique selling point over many of its neighbours is its long and important history and heritage.
"It had one of the first universities in England and its castle was the scene of many important historical events."
Last October, a 12th Century ironstone wall, pottery fragments and a Saxon brooch were unearthed during a preliminary investigation on the site.
During the next two weeks hoarding will be put around the site and it will be prepared for the dig.
The short-stay car park will be relocated to a new area alongside the station. | Preparations for an archaeological dig at a site earmarked for a new railway station are due to begin. | 21755941 |
The targets, for what are known as "access services", were set by the 2003 Communications Act.
The BBC must subtitle 100% of its programmes, audio describe 10% and provide sign language on 5%.
Channel 4 and ITV, STV and UTV must all subtitle at least 90% of broadcasts.
"To help people with hearing or visual impairments enjoy a choice of TV programmes, a number of broadcasters are required to provide subtitling, signing and audio description services," said Ofcom on publishing 2014's Television Access Services report.
"Of the 72 UK channels required to provide these services, all met or exceeded their targets for 2014."
Last year, the broadcasting watchdog began a regular audit of the quality of subtitles, following complaints by viewers about inaccuracies and subtitles which were delayed or had frozen or disappeared.
One report said poor subtitling on live programmes could often make viewing "frustrating" or even "unwatchable".
It cited mistakes such as Star Wars character Princess Leia being called "Present Cesc lay ya", lemon transcribed as "lepl on" and the phrase "be given to our toddlers" translated as "be given to ayatollahs".
Another report published in June 2014 said subtitles were often too slow and lagged far behind speech on live programmes.
Ofcom found the average delay between speech being heard and the corresponding subtitles appearing on screen is 5.6 seconds - almost double the recommended maximum of three seconds. | The UK's domestic TV channels all "met or exceeded" their 2014 targets for providing subtitles, signing and audio description on programmes, according to a report by watchdog Ofcom. | 32234499 |
The rise at Royal Preston Hospital coincides with the downgrading of Chorley Hospital's emergency department to an urgent care centre in April.
In the month following, waiting times rose inside and outside the hospital.
The trust that runs both hospitals denies the situation at Preston's A&E is linked to Chorley's closure.
A month after the downgrading of Chorley, the overall attendance at Royal Preston went up by more than a quarter compared to May last year from 6,426 to 8,147.
The number of those patients waiting more than an hour in ambulances outside A&E rose from 62 in March to 141 in May.
Once inside the emergency department, 95% of patients are meant to be dealt with in four hours. In May, that figure reached just 82%.
Figures showing the situation at the Royal Preston since May are not available.
The trust's operations director Suzanne Hargreaves said in a statement: "2016 has been an extremely busy year for hospitals.
"We have only seen an average of 13 extra patients a day coming to Preston from the Chorley area."
"We are working closely with the North West Ambulance Service to reduce any delays."
Chairman of Lancashire County Council's health scrutiny committee, Steve Holgate, described the situation as "chaotic" after witnessing nine A&E ambulances waiting at Royal Preston.
He said Chorley's A&E needs to be reinstated or the operating hours of the urgent care centre extended.
"It is no longer a Chorley issue. It is a Lancashire-wide issue and to some extent the north of Manchester with Wigan and Bolton affected.
"When those are under pressure anyway, it is the sort of thing that tips them over the edge. It is putting lives at risk." | The number of patients waiting in ambulances over an hour outside an A&E department in Lancashire more than doubled, new figures show. | 37375296 |
It is the former Wham! star's seventh solo number one.
"Thank you so much... it's so nice to be able to savour this wonderful moment. I am a lucky man," Michael told OfficialCharts.com.
His album sold 20,000 copies more than Minogue's. Meanwhile, Duke Dumont scored his second number one single with I Got U featuring Jax Jones.
His last - Need U (100%) featuring A*M*E - kept Ding Dong The Witch is Dead off the top of the album chart following the death of Margaret Thatcher last April.
Also in this week's chart, The Human League have landed their highest charting single for almost 20 years following a campaign by fans of Aberdeen Football Club.
The group's 1981 number one Don't You Want Me has become a fan anthem and climbed to number 19 following Aberdeen's Scottish League Cup win last weekend.
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Symphonica is Michael's first new album for almost 10 years and was recorded during the singer's 2011/12 world tour.
Route 94's My Love featuring Jess Glynne kept its place at number two, while John Legend's ballad All Of Me climbed three places to third spot.
Pharrell Williams' Happy and last week's number one - Tsunami (Jump) by Dvbbs, Borgeous and Tinie Tempah - rounded out the top five.
Little Mix's official Sport Relief single, a cover of Cameo's Word Up, was the second highest new entry at number six.
On the album chart, Pharrell Williams' GIRL remained at number three, Paloma Faith's A Perfect Contradiction dropped two places to number four and last week's number one, Elbow's The Take Off And Landing Of Everything, fell to number five. | George Michael's Symphonica has beaten Kylie Minogue's Kiss Me Once to the top of the UK album chart. | 26706230 |
The "Spy Booth" artwork, showing three figures "snooping" on a telephone box, appeared in Hewlett Road last April.
Local businessman Hekmat Kaveh has applied for the work, satellite dish and phone booth, to be included in the property's Grade II* listed status.
It would mean any unauthorised work affecting the listed mural would be a criminal offence.
The house itself is already Grade II listed and is located about three miles from government listening post GCHQ.
The mural has been a source of controversy ever since it appeared - with people trying to steal it, vandals painting over it and business and communities fighting over ownership.
Mr Kaveh, who does not own the building, has been financially supporting a campaign group which wants to keep the artwork in place.
Cheltenham Borough Council chief executive Andrew North said: "Council officers have been working with the owner of the building and a local resident who has made a listed building consent application to regularise the unusual situation with the Banksy and associated satellite dish.
"We intend to continue working with both parties to seek the best resolution possible for Cheltenham, but it must be appreciated that the council has to act within the legal powers available to it."
Planning officer Martin Chandler has written in his recommendation that the application be approved for a "limited period of six months" to allow further assessment of the state of the wall and necessary repair work.
His report will be considered by the council's planning committee on 19 February. | A Banksy mural painted on a Cheltenham house has been recommended for listed building consent by planning officers. | 31413988 |
The suspected thief also suffered a cardiac arrest in the altercation in The Shires car park in Trowbridge, Wiltshire, on Thursday afternoon.
He was treated by paramedics but died at the scene, police said.
The 20-year-old security guard, from Trowbridge, was arrested shortly after.
He was later released on unconditional bail.
Det Ch Insp Jeremy Carter said: "He tackled the suspected shoplifter causing a number of glass bottles he was concealing to smash.
"He suffered significant bleeding from which he died."
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He said the victim, who was aged 30 and thought to be from Cornwall, was suspected of committing a number of shoplifting offences in the town and there had been "various episodes involving this individual and security staff from surrounding stores during the day".
"We need to understand whether or not the force being used was proportionate to the circumstances that unravelled during the course of the day," added Mr Carter.
"Formal identification is yet to be carried out and a post-mortem is due to be carried out later today [Friday]."
An Asda spokesman told BBC News its security staff were not involved. | A security guard was arrested on suspicion of manslaughter after an alleged shoplifter was tackled to the ground and bled to death when bottles he was carrying smashed. | 38932180 |
Ipswich Town's Tyrone Mings made the promise to two people on Twitter after his number changed from 15 to three.
The 21-year-old responded to one tweet by saying: "I'll get one made up and sent to you mate."
In March 2013, Mings gave away two match tickets after a fan commented about being "skint".
Ipswich Town's new squad numbers for the 2014-15 season were announced by the Championship club on Monday.
Tom Pullen, 18, from Mersea Island, Essex, had recently bought the club's new shirt and had "Mings" and "15" printed on the back.
After one of his friends commented about Mings' change of number on Twitter, the footballer replied: "I'll buy him a new one."
Mr Pullen said: "Tyrone made a great gesture. It's a great feeling, it just shows what a great community club Ipswich Town is.
"It's brilliant to see the interaction between the Town players and fans.
"I'd like to say thank you to Tyrone, and wish every success to him and the team this season."
Another fan told he would be receiving a new shirt was Glenn Parker, 26, an Ipswich Town season ticket holder for 19 years.
Mr Parker, from Mendlesham Green, Suffolk, tweeted a photograph of his shirt.
He said: "It was my decision to put 'Mings 15' on my shirt before waiting for the club to announce squad numbers so it was very generous of him to offer to replace my shirt if he did change his number." | A footballer has been praised for a "great gesture" after pledging to buy new shirts for fans who had his old squad number printed on their new kits. | 28416351 |
Neath MP Christina Rees's bill would give mothers of the bride and groom parity with their fathers.
Currently, in Wales and England, only the father's name is legally required.
Ms Rees said it was time to modernise marriage. The bill stands little chance of becoming law without government support, but she said cross-party support could lead to change.
"It's nearing the end of 2015 and, despite a few previous attempts to rectify this, we are still following this archaic tradition," she said.
"The recognition of women in society is improving day-by-day, and this next step will be seen as a milestone for equality." | Mothers should be recognised on marriage certificates by law, a MP has said. | 34721775 |
Judge Richard Rundell said serious delays stopped Child B making contact with his extended family.
The judge said it was appropriate compensation for the "lost opportunity over three years to develop a relationship with at least one of his half-siblings".
The case was at Worcester Family Court.
A care order was made for B in February 2011, and Worcester County Council was ordered to withhold contact with his mother following concerns that she could have a potentially "harmful impact" on him.
The man thought to be his father had refused to take a DNA test and played no part in the case.
The court heard the council initially decided that B, who has behavioural difficulties, should be adopted.
When no appropriate adopters were found the plan was changed to allow long-term foster care in 2012.
The judge said the original adoption placement order should have been revoked and the matter returned to court, with members of his family given a fresh chance to contact him.
But that did not happen for three years, until February 2015.
During the intervening period there were seven "looked-after child" (LAC) reviews and a failure by an independent reviewing officer (IRO) to take adequate action.
The judge said both the local authority and the IRO now conceded they had breached B's rights under Article 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) to a fair hearing, and his Article 8 right to "private and family life".
Both the authority and IRO have apologised for failing for three years to "take the obvious step" and say there would be "no repetition of such a lengthy failure", Judge Rundell said. | A 10-year-old boy has been awarded £5,000 after a judge ruled his human rights had been breached while in local authority care. | 35788085 |
The 27-year-old surpassed Belarus' Vadzim Straltsou (395kg) with two attempts left, but failed to break the 233kg clean and jerk world record - finishing with 221kg.
Aurimas Didzbalis of Lithuania took bronze, lifting a combined 392kg.
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Sonny Webster, Britain's only male weightlifter at Rio, finished sixth in his group, lifting a combined 333kg.
"That was the most amazing experience of my life," said Webster.
"You only get six minutes up there so I wanted to make sure I looked around and took it all in."
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Find out how to get into weightlifting with our special guide. | Iran's Sohrab Moradi lifted a combined 403kg to win -94kg weightlifting gold at the Rio Olympics. | 36688139 |
The 30-year-old Port Vale and ex-Wales international had verbally agreed to join Eastleigh on a two-year deal once his Vale contract expired on 30 June.
But the National League outfit have now agreed to release the defender after he was given the chance to continue his career in the Football League.
"I hope to bring a bit of experience and leadership," said Duffy.
Eastleigh manager Chris Todd told his club's website: "Whilst I am clearly disappointed that Richard will not be joining my squad for the 2016-17 campaign, it is vital that the whole team are here in soul as well as body.
"I felt it was best that we allowed Richard to go elsewhere."
Duffy made his Wales debut in 2005 and won 13 caps over a three-year period.
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page. | Richard Duffy has joined Notts County on a one-year contract - just a month after agreeing a move to Eastleigh. | 36641989 |
The club is the first to provide the training and counselling to all its young male and female players.
In 2013 four current and former Brighton players were cleared of sexual assault charges at the Old Bailey.
The Protect, Inform and Prevent (PIP) programme aims to explain when, in law, consent can be said to have been given.
It involves players taking part in confidential question and answer sessions about their previous encounters and is led by a former police detective and a psychotherapist.
The Brighton players were all found not guilty in May 2013 of sexually assaulting a 19-year-old woman at a hotel in Brighton. They were also cleared of voyeurism. | Young footballers at the English Championship club Brighton and Hove Albion are being trained in the law and ethics surrounding sexual consent. | 32156858 |
The Walkley Library building, on the corner of South Road, will continue to house a library.
But True North Brew Company, which owns several pubs in the city including the York in Broomhill, plans to renovate and extend the 1904 building to accommodate a bar.
The plans were passed by Sheffield City Council on Monday.
Chris Reece, chair of the Walkley Carnegie Library charity, said it had been run by volunteers since November 2014.
He said the decision would allow the group "to concentrate on maintaining the service".
True North Brew Company plans to build a two storey rear extension with a mezzanine floor.
Mr Reece said although the library area would be reduced, increased opening hours and more events in the building would make it "vibrant".
True North Brew Company will address maintenance issues and implement health and safety legislation, such as creating level access to the building.
The front, currently the children's library, will remain a library while the cafe bar will be situated at the back in the new extension.
In July 2014 Walkley was one of 10 "associate" libraries to which the council committed to provide financial support.
He said: "The new arrangement means the library can finally receive the attention that this Grade II-listed building deserves."
Community groups objected to initial plans to create a bar in the library but Walkley Carnegie Group said it was the most sustainable way to keep the library. | Part of a Grade II-listed library in Sheffield will become a cafe bar under plans approved by the council. | 36143741 |
It's another away Challenge Cup game the following day with Fife Flyers their opponents.
The first home match at the SSE Arena comes against newcomers Guildford Flames on 9 September.
"We have a tough run of road games leading up to Christmas that will play a big part in our success," said Steve Thornton, Head of Hockey Operations.
Travelling fans will again enjoy the famous Belfast double-header weekends against the Giants conference rivals - Cardiff Devils, Nottingham Panthers and Sheffield Steelers, as well as Coventry Blaze.
"We are happy with the schedule this year and the number of weekend dates that we have secured," added Thornton.
"We want to take advantage of some big crowds and turn the SSE Arena into a fortress."
Head coach Adam Keefe is preparing for his first season behind the Giants bench.
"I am really happy that we have secured so many Saturday home games. The atmosphere on Saturday nights at the SSE is always great," he said.
"I am confident in the group of players we have and everyone will have their work boots on. We will need to be road warriors, particularly in November and December, but this gives us the opportunity to set ourselves up nicely going into the home stretch." | Belfast Giants will take on Dundee Stars in Scotland in their opening game of the season on Saturday, 2 September. | 40681176 |
The Ireland captain, 30, struck a century as Warwickshire beat Sussex on Monday to stay in the hunt for a quarter-final spot in the One-Day Cup.
"We're going well in red-ball cricket and you've got to get runs to get back into the side," said Porterfield.
"I feel in decent nick and I've just got to be ready for the opportunity."
Porterfield played the last of his four Championship matches in the Bears' defeat by Durham in late May but, with the side third in the Division One table, he understands why it has been hard getting another crack.
"When you're winning and playing good cricket, then you can't complain," Porterfield told BBC Coventry & Warwickshire.
"All you can do is look after your own game and make sure that's in order for when that opportunity comes along.
"It's a long season and we've still got four big games left in the Championship to go as high as we can."
With the Bears now 50 points adrift of Yorkshire in the Division One table and having played a game more, their most realistic chance of silverware comes in one-day cricket.
The defending T20 Blast champions have clinched their place back at Finals Day and know a win against Kent in Wednesday's last pool game should see them through to the quarter-finals of the One-Day Cup.
"We're playing well and winning games in all formats and up there in all competitions," added Porterfield.
"When the side's like that you've got to stay on top of your game." | Warwickshire batsman William Porterfield says he hopes his one-day form will give him the chance to get back into the Bears' Championship side. | 33974288 |
Several others are being treated with bullet wounds in hospital in the region's main city, Bamenda.
Lawyers are opposed to the employment of court workers who do not understand the application of British common law.
Areas controlled by Britain and France joined to form Cameroon after the colonial powers withdrew in the 1960s.
The country has 10 semi-autonomous administrative regions - eight are Francophone and use the French civil law.
English-speakers have long complained that they face discrimination.
They often complain that they are excluded from top civil service jobs and that government documents are often only published in French, even though English is also an official language.
Bamenda is the founding place of Cameroon's largest opposition political party, the Social Democratic Front.
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The BBC's Frederic Takang in Bamenda says there is tension in the north-western city and businesses and schools have been closed.
At least one person was shot dead on the first day of the protests, 10 others were admitted to hospital with four in critical condition, he says.
Teachers and local residents joined the protests which started on Monday.
Educators in the English-speaking regions have been opposed to the employment of teachers who only speak French in technical schools.
Cameroon was colonised by Germany and then split into British and French areas after World War One.
Following a referendum, British-run Southern Cameroons joined the French-speaking Republic of Cameroon in 1961, while Northern Cameroons voted to join English-speaking Nigeria. | At least 100 people have been arrested following days of protests against the use of French in courts and schools in English-speaking parts of Cameroon. | 38078238 |
A murder investigation was launched after one man, now known as Dennis Kelly, 59, of Slough was found with fatal stab wounds in Lower Cippenham Lane on Friday.
A second man, who was taken to hospital with life-threatening stab wounds, died on Sunday evening.
The second man is yet to be formally identified. Police said they do not believe anyone else was involved.
A post mortem into the second death is due to take place on Thursday.
Det Ch Insp Ailsa Kent: "At this stage of the investigation no arrests have been made.
"I understand that this incident will have caused concern but I can reassure the community that although no arrests have been made, I believe the only two people involved were the two men who have sadly died." | A man has died in hospital following a stabbing in Slough. | 38961224 |
Female rebels were compelled to have abortions so as not to undermine their fighting ability, Attorney General Eduardo Montealegre told reporters.
The left-wing rebels have denied this in the past, saying contraception was readily available.
The Farc has fought a five-decade insurgency in Colombia but peace talks in Cuba have made significant progress.
Agreement has been reached in four broad areas during three years of talks with the Colombian government.
These include how the justice system deals with crimes committed by the rebels and government forces.
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Mr Montealegre said 150 former fighters had testified to being forced to have abortions.
"We have evidence to prove that forced abortion was a policy of the Farc that was based on forcing a female fighter to abort so as not to lose her as an instrument of war," he said.
Government figures suggest there are up to 8,000 fighters, a third of them women.
More than 220,000 people have been killed in the conflict, the majority civilians.
The Farc, which was formed in 1964 with a vow to install a Marxist regime, once controlled a swathe of Colombian territory the size of Switzerland.
But the group has suffered a number of setbacks in recent years and has become increasingly involved in the drug trade. | Colombia is investigating more than 150 cases of forced abortion by Farc rebels, the chief prosecutor says. | 35082412 |
The Ascent consortium, who provide the training, is moving it from RAF Linton on Ouse in North Yorkshire to RAF Valley on Anglesey.
The Ministry of Defence (MOD) confirmed that basic flight training would take place at the island base.
Councillor Aled Morris Jones said: "This is very good news, it ensures the future of the RAF base on Anglesey."
Mr Jones, who holds the economic development portfolio on Anglesey council, added: "We have very close links as the community of Anglesey with the base.
"We celebrate the freedom given to the base once a year and there is always a warm reception when they march through the county town.
"But this is very good news... that something is taking the place of the search and rescue facility."
Advanced flight training has been conducted at Valley since 1950.
Pilots at RAF Valley are currently learning to fly Hawk T2 fast jets.
Announcing its preferred bidder to supply new basic training aircraft, Ascent said American Beechcraft T-6C aircraft would be based at RAF Valley in future.
A consolidation of flight training on Anglesey could create new jobs on the island in engineering and support roles.
RAF Search and Rescue, which has its headquarters at RAF Valley, is due to be wound down over the next two years as the private company Bristow has won the UK Government contract to replace the service.
The Duke of Cambridge spent three years as an RAF search and rescue pilot at Valley on Anglesey.
Prince William completed his last shift in 2013 and said the island has been a "special place" for him. | The move to bring basic pilot training for the RAF and Royal Navy to Anglesey has been warmly welcomed. | 29766179 |
The singer was shooting a video for his first solo single, Sign Of The Times.
Mitchell Partridge, who runs the firm Skye Ghillie, was taking clients fishing at the Storr Lochs when scenes for the music video were shot.
Wednesday's stunt in north east Skye saw Styles dangling from a helicopter while being filmed from another.
In April last year, Kanye West visited Skye to make a music video.
The US musician's trip prompted a pun-filled tweet from Police Scotland and tongue in cheek report in a local newspaper.
Sign Of The Times is Styles' first material since One Direction declared a hiatus in January 2016. | A stunt involving One Direction's Harry Styles dangling from a helicopter on Skye has been captured by a local photographer. | 39526765 |
The force has appealed for witnesses to the incident that happened on the A5104 main road in Broughton, at the junction with Queensway, on Saturday.
Following the accident, involving a Ford Transit panel van at 21:40 GMT, the road was closed for four hours.
The pedestrian was taken to the Countess of Chester Hospital with serious injuries. | A pedestrian was seriously injured after being hit by a van in Flintshire, North Wales Police has said. | 38549129 |
Senegal are reported to have complained to Fifa after striker Sakho, 25, missed the Africa Cup of Nations with a back injury, but then played for his club.
Fifa rules say a player cannot play for a club if he is meant to be on international duty.
Allardyce said: "It is not conducive for us to be putting him on the field until it is resolved, sadly."
Sakho played and scored in last Sunday's 1-0 FA Cup win over Bristol City but was not part of the squad for Saturday's 2-0 Premier League defeat at Liverpool.
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Allardyce said: "We have covered all the rules and regulations but at this moment in time it is sensible to do the right thing and not get involved any more - that is what I was told yesterday.
"If you speak to the lad you would know how angry and disappointed he is at being denied the opportunity to play football when it is not our fault."
Senegal boss Alain Giresse, who was told Sakho had withdrawn as he could not fly because of a back injury, claimed West Ham had "set a dangerous precedent" by playing him.
With Senegal eliminated, Allardyce hoped Sakho's countryman Cheikhou Kouyate would be on the bench for West Ham at Anfield.
But he said the 25-year-old midfielder told the club he was injured after they went to "great lengths" to get him back to England. | West Ham boss Sam Allardyce says he has been advised not to play Diafra Sakho until a row with Senegal is resolved. | 31078276 |
Stefan Jacoby, 54, is handing the reins over to Jan Gurander, the chief financial officer, who will serve as the acting chief executive.
The Zhejiang Geely owned Volvo has admitted that it is struggling to build up its retail operation in China.
Volvo cars are currently imported to China from factories overseas.
Volvo has high hopes that China will account for about a quarter of its global sales by 2020.
Last year the automotive manufacturer sold almost 450,000 cars across the world, but wants that to increase to 800,000 by 2020.
Stefan Jacoby has been the chief executive at Volvo since August 2010, joining the company after being the president and chief executive of Volkswagen's American arm.
"I was lucky that it was a mild stroke," Jacoby said, "I am currently experiencing limited movement abilities in my right arm and, to some extent, also in my right leg."
He is determined to return to work soon. "Now I will focus on resting and exercising, in order to get back to work as soon as possible," he said.
The iconic Swedish car brand was bought in 2010 by the Chinese carmaker Zhejiang Geely Holding Group for $1.8bn, from Ford Motor Company. | The chief executive of the Chinese owned car company Volvo is temporarily standing down from his post for a month, after suffering a mild stroke. | 19696997 |
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Cat Carr hit 24 points to lead Sevenoaks while Anne Pedersen and Gabi Nikitinaite added 21 and 13 points respectively for the Suns.
Riders held an early lead but struggled to stay in touch once the Suns established a 10-point lead in the third quarter.
Erika Livermore was Leicester's top scorer with 19 points.
"It was a great win for us, we deserved it," Pedersen, named MVP for the final, told BBC Sport.
"We came out a bit slow, but we got into our rhythm and started to play our game. Once we got going, I thought we played very well."
Leicester Riders coach Matt Harber said: "The game played out perfectly for them. We turned the ball over 25 times and they're a very dangerous team in transition." | Sevenoaks Suns won their first WBBL title when they beat the Leicester Riders 82-67 in the Trophy final. | 39320929 |
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The demonstration came after al-Qaeda-linked al-Shabab gunmen killed 28 people in a bus attack on Saturday.
Meanwhile, hundreds of people have fled to a military airstrip in Kenya's Mandera region amid fears that militants could launch a new assault. | About 100 people protested in Kenya's capital Nairobi on Tuesday, chanting: "Mr President, we demand security." | 30194825 |
Several of them died around the Syrian border town of Kobane, Attorney General George Brandis.
Mr Brandis said Islamic State (IS) militants were using Australian recruits as "cannon fodder".
About 70 Australians are still believed to be fighting in the Middle East, while another 20 have returned home.
Australia has introduced legislation to combat the threat from those fighters who come back home.
Propaganda had fooled Australian recruits who believed they were playing an important role in a religious crusade, Mr Brandis said.
"They are simply using them as frontline cannon fodder, suicide bombers and propaganda tools."
Among those reportedly killed in Syria is Sydney man Mohammad Ali Baryalei, an alleged IS recruiter who was accused of masterminding a terror plot to behead random members of the Australian public.
Under a Foreign Fighters Bill that adopted by the Australian parliament in October, it is an offence for Australians to visit areas declared as "terror hot-spots".
Last week, Foreign Minister Julie Bishop used this provision to declare it an offence for Australians to visit the de-facto IS capital of Raqqa in Syria without a valid reason.
Australians face up to 10 years in prison for illegally visiting the region. | At least 20 Australians have been killed fighting alongside militants in Iraq and Syria, the Australian government has said. | 30389736 |
The plans include a new propylene production unit, with sites in Belgium among locations being considered.
It also plans to increase the ethylene capacity of its crackers at Grangemouth in Scotland and Rafnes in Norway.
Both rely on fracked shale gas being shipped across to Europe from the US.
Ethylene and propylene are key building blocks in the manufacture of plastics.
In a statement, Ineos said its investment would boost the amount of ethylene it can produce at each plant in Grangemouth and Rafnes by about 50%, to more than one million tonnes.
About 150 new jobs are expected to be created at each location, once the expansion of processing units is completed in three to four years' time.
Gerd Franken, from Ineos, said: "These expansions and new-builds will increase our self-sufficiency in all key olefin products and give further support to our derivative businesses and polymer plants in Europe.
"All our assets will benefit from our capability to import competitive raw materials from the US and the rest of the world." | Ineos has announced plans to build a new European petrochemical production plant and boost capacity at plants in Scotland and Norway at a cost of about two billion euros (£1.8bn). | 40249088 |
Freelance reporter Frederike Geerdink, based in the city of Diyarbakir, tweeted as her house was searched by police. She was later released.
Turkey and its Western allies call the Kurdish rebel PKK group "terrorists".
The EU has criticised the Turkish authorities for harassing journalists.
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan insisted on Tuesday that "nowhere in Europe or in other countries is there a media as free as the press in Turkey".
Dutch Foreign Minister Bert Koenders, visiting Turkey, said he was "shocked" by the treatment of Geerdink.
On Twitter he said that he was speaking to his counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu about the incident.
"Freedom of press in Turkey, and this case, continue to be points of concern," he added.
The head of the bar association in Diyarbakir told Reuters the case was connected to Geerdink's tweets and other issues but did not give further details.
The Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), striving for self-rule, has been fighting Turkish security forces since the 1980s. A fragile truce has been in place since March 2013.
Last month at least 24 people in Turkey were arrested in police raids on a leading newspaper and TV station said to have close links with a US-based cleric.
The Zaman newspaper and Samanyolu TV channel are described as close to Islamic cleric Fethullah Gulen, the spiritual leader of the Hizmet movement, who lives in self-imposed exile in the US. | Turkish police have briefly detained a Dutch journalist on suspicion of "propaganda for a terrorist organisation" in Turkey's mainly Kurdish south-east. | 30702508 |
A CCTV image of the young woman was issued earlier along with details of her movements in the city on 12 April.
Ms Buckley went missing after leaving a nightclub on 11 April. Her body was found four days later near Milngavie.
Alexander Pacteau, 21, from Glasgow, has appeared in court charged with the 24-year-old's murder.
Ms Buckley, who was from Cork, went missing following a night out at the Sanctuary nightclub in Glasgow's west end on 11 April.
Her body was later found by police at High Craigton Farm, near Milngavie.
Police Scotland said they wanted to trace a woman, described as between 18 and 25 years old, with long brown straight hair, who was seen near the Sanctuary nightclub.
In a statement, the force said: "The woman in the CCTV image has now been traced. We would like to thank the media and the public for their assistance with this matter." | Police investigating the murder of Irish student Karen Buckley in Glasgow have traced a woman they believe may be a potential witness to their inquiry. | 33004899 |
Messi's contract expires in 2018 and he is expected to command a new deal on a par with the reported £21m a year earned by Luis Suarez and Neymar.
But La Liga's salary cap means Barca must exercise common sense, Grau said.
"We want the best players but perhaps we have to prioritise," he added.
La Liga agrees budgetary limits with each club at the start of every season, which prevents boards from spending more than 70% of their budget on wages.
The big-money contracts awarded to Messi's fellow forwards Suarez and Neymar, which run until 2021, eat into a significant part of their wage budget, which must also absorb an average player salary of £5.6m - the highest in La Liga.
Messi, 29, reportedly earns about £19m and Grau admitted any increase had to be considered with a "cool head".
"We have to make the numbers add up," he added. "One option is to increase our revenues, as our economic strategy forecasts.
"The club wants the best player in the world to stay at Barca. I would like to ease the concerns of club members and supporters but we have to use common sense." | Barcelona's ability to offer Lionel Messi an improved contract will rest on their capacity to raise revenue from sponsorship deals and player sales, chief executive Oscar Grau says. | 38588145 |
Gateshead midfielder JJ O'Donnell, 23, is suffering from Sesamoiditis, a condition which causes inflammation in the bones under his toes.
After an online appeal he has reached the £7,000 needed for surgery which could help him resume his career.
"Hope the operation is a success," Gateshead-born Graham, 29, wrote.
O'Donnell - formerly of Luton Town - had thanked Gateshead for their support in funding treatment when the Conference club explained it could no longer pay.
A group of supporters began fundraising on 2 May and an online charity appeal was set up for donations, with Graham's paid on Monday.
O'Donnell, who has never met Graham, tweeted: "Three weeks ago I was totally lost and hopeless. I'll forever be in great debt and appreciate every single penny.
"I'm not singling Danny out as without everybody I'd not have reached my target, but a donation like that has left me speechless.
"Premier League players take a lot of stick about being role models but this shows just how much of a role model someone can be." | Sunderland striker Danny Graham has donated £2,690 to help fund an operation that could save the career of a non-league footballer. | 32795650 |
The 37-year-old club captain has played for the Ashton Gate outfit since 2014.
The former Crystal Palace player has scored 34 goals in 126 appearances in all competitions for the Robins so far.
"His personality and positive influence, both on and off the pitch, is greatly valued," head coach Lee Johnson told the club website. | Veteran Bristol City striker Aaron Wilbraham has signed a new one-year deal with the Championship club, which includes non-playing responsibilities. | 40537595 |
Mushin Ahmed was assaulted on Monday in the area around Fitzwilliam Road and Mushroom Roundabout.
Mr Ahmed is believed to have been on his way to early morning prayers at a mosque. He is in a critical but stable condition in hospital.
South Yorkshire Police said two men aged 21 and 29 have been arrested on suspicion of assault.
Det Ch Insp Zaf Ali has appealed for any witnesses to come forward. | Two men have been arrested in connection with a "brutal" assault on an 81-year-old man in Rotherham. | 33910623 |
The three-time champion held off the challenge of Ducati's Andrea Dovizioso after passing the Italian on lap nine.
Spain's Marc Marquez came third on his Honda, while Italy's seven-time world champion Valentino Rossi, 37, finished fourth on his Yamaha.
Britain's Cal Crutchlow crashed his Honda on the seventh lap following a mistake on turn four.
Fellow Briton Bradley Smith, who will join Austrian manufacturer KTM in 2017, finished eighth on his Yamaha, while Scott Redding was 10th on his Ducati.
Northern Ireland's Eugene Laverty, who equalled his best MotoGP performance in qualifying, finished 12th.
Spanish rider Lorenzo, 28, was pleased that his gamble of switching to a soft tyre following an off-the-pace warm-up lap paid off.
"To choose the right tyre was very important" he said.
"I tried the warm-up lap with a hard tyre but I did not get the best feeling.
"It was very risky to go for the soft tyre, as our main rivals Rossi and Marquez chose the hard one.
"But it turned out well, as I made the fastest lap of 1:54.9 seconds [late in the race], which was impressive."
Qatar result:
1. Jorge Lorenzo (Spain) Yamaha 42:28.452
2. Andrea Dovizioso (Italy) Ducati +2.019
3. Marc Marquez (Spain) Honda +2.287
4. Valentino Rossi (Italy) Yamaha +2.387
5. Dani Pedrosa (Spain) Honda +14.083
6. Maverick Vinales (Spain) Suzuki +15.423
7. Pol Espargaro (Spain) Yamaha +18.629
8. Bradley Smith (Great Britain) Yamaha +18.652
9. Hector Barbera (Spain) Ducati +21.160
10. Scott Redding (Great Britain) Ducati +24.435 | Yamaha's Jorge Lorenzo got the defence of his MotoGP title off to a winning start with victory in Qatar. | 35857796 |
The former Llanelli scrum-half won his only cap for Wales in a 6-0 win over Australia in December 1947, selected in place of the injured Haydn Tanner.
Greville died on Friday evening at Prince Phillip Hospital, Llanelli.
In 2008, aged 87, he was the oldest living captain to attend the final game parade at Stradey Park.
Greville was born in Drefach and played for clubs including Carmarthen Athletic RFC and Swansea RFC before joining Llanelli.
He captained the team in the 1948/49 season and later served as secretary, chairman and president of Llanelli RFC - the only man to hold all three positions.
Scarlets expressed their deepest sympathies following his death and the club said Greville's funeral will be held in his home town. | Handel Greville, who was the oldest-living Wales rugby union international, has died at the age of 92. | 27965518 |
Harriers chief executive Colin Gordon, who picked the team prior to Hockaday's arrival in October, will again take on team selection responsibility.
Harriers lie bottom of the National League, 12 points adrift of safety, having won just twice all season.
"We've talked at length and both agree that this is the right move forward," said Harriers chairman Rod Brown.
"We'd like to thank Dave for his hard work and contribution to the club during his time with us."
The 57 year old former Blackpool, Swindon, Hull, Stoke and Shrewsbury defender took over after Gary Whild's exit from Aggborough. in September.
He spent seven years at Watford from 2000 as Under-18s coach, then first-team coach, after which he worked briefly under Martin Allen at MK Dons.
He had two years as Southampton youth coach, then worked again under Allen at Cheltenham before four years at Forest Green.
He was given the manager's job by Championship club Leeds United in August 2014, only to be sacked by Massimo Cellino after only six games and 70 days in charge.
He worked for non-League side Swindon Supermarine, then had two months at League One side Coventry before moving to Kidderminster. | Kidderminster Harriers have parted company with head coach Dave Hockaday after just three months in charge. | 35252459 |
Wales, showing 14 changes from the 39-21 first Test defeat by New Zealand, were beaten 40-7.
Cardiff Blues back row Turnbull said Wales could not afford to make the same mistakes against the All Blacks.
"We'll have to look at our game because the standard of the Welsh jersey wasn't good enough," he said.
"We'll all have to look at that and take responsibility for it because it wasn't good enough."
Head coach Warren Gatland will name his team for the Saturday's second Test in Wellington on Wednesday.
Gatland said fringe players missed a chance to push their selection claims against the Chiefs.
Scrum-half Gareth Davies said Wales have "no excuses" following the defeat in Hamilton and they now have to focus on preparations for Saturday's game.
"No-one's played well enough to put their hands up to start at the weekend," Scarlets' Davies said.
"We've been with each other day in, day out training so we can't really blame that.
"We've got to take a good look at ourselves in the review and we've got a big day's training on Thursday.
"We've got to look forward to that now." | Flanker Josh Turnbull says Wales' standard of play was simply not good enough in their heavy defeat against the Chiefs. | 36533500 |
The emergency services were called to the scene on the A525 link road between Denbigh and Ruthin at 07:15 BST.
The motorcyclist, a man in his 60s from the Mold area, was pronounced dead at the scene.
The road was closed for several hours to allow investigation work to take place. | A motorcyclist has died following a road crash in Denbighshire on Friday morning. | 40826867 |
The decision leaves in place a lower court ruling that allows local governments some leeway in regulating the high-powered weapons.
Two conservative justices said that they would have heard the case, and had they done so, struck down the ban.
The decision comes days after mass shootings in California and Colorado.
The city of Highland Park, a suburb of Chicago, passed a law that bans semi-automatic weapons and large-capacity magazines in 2013.
A federal appeals court upheld that law in a ruling that was challenged by an Illinois gun owners association.
The high court has considered taking on the case for two months, and a delay in deciding whether to take it on seems to be because Justice Clarence Thomas was finishing his opinion.
He and Justice Antonin Scalia said the federal appeals court's ruling "flouts two of our Second Amendment precedents".
In the opinion, Mr Thomas did not mention any mass shootings that involved semi-automatic weapons, and said the Chicago-area ban "is highly suspect because it broadly prohibits common semi-automatic firearms used for lawful purposes" by about five million US citizens.
Similar laws in Connecticut and New York were upheld by a New York federal appeals court in October.
In all, seven states plus Washington DC have passed laws that ban the weapons.
Since two landmark rulings that ensured the right to own a handgun to defend one's home, the Supreme Court has regularly turned away challenges to gun laws. | The US Supreme Court has refused to take up a case brought by gun owners challenging an Illinois city's ban on so-called assault weapons. | 35031293 |
The long-serving midfielder, 25, played 203 games for Rovers in seven years.
Defenders Adam Henley, Wes Brown, Gordon Greer and Joshua Askew, midfielders Hope Akpan and Danny Guthrie and striker Ramirez Howarth are also leaving the club on June 30th.
New contracts have been offered to youth defender Lewis Travis, 19, and midfielder Connor Mahoney, 20. | Captain Jason Lowe is one of eight players released by Blackburn following their relegation to League One. | 39962912 |
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One in every 6,500 babies has severe mitochondrial disease.
"They did warn us she may not reach her toddler years," her mother Victoria Holliday said.
She and partner Keith Newell want more children but are unwilling to risk another child suffering in the same way as Jessica.
"It's not fair that if there's a scientific technique out there that could stop this happening in the future that we're not using it," Victoria said. | Baby Jessica was born with Leigh's disease, a type of mitochondrial disease, and she has to be fed through a tube. | 31111857 |
Leutwiler, 28, is reunited with former boss Tony Mowbray, who signed him for Middlesbrough in July 2012 where he made just five appearances.
The Swiss-born keeper played 140 games for Shrewsbury in three seasons at the Meadow and has two Canada caps.
He comes in to replace Jason Steele, who joined Sunderland last week.
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page. | Blackburn Rovers have signed Canada goalkeeper Jayson Leutwiler from fellow League One side Shrewsbury Town on a two-year deal for an undisclosed fee. | 40802767 |
The body of Austin Bellew, 41, from Llandudno, Conwy county, was found off Hoylake, Wirral, in February.
His sister, Sandra, told the hearing officers were "dismissive" of the threat claim and did not investigate.
The inquest at Ruthin, Denbighshire, was adjourned with North Wales Police given 28 days to provide a statement.
Mr Bellew had been missing for a month when his body was found six miles off shore by a boat crew.
His sister said: "There are too many question marks about how he ended upon the sea", with the family raising concerns about an "insufficient police investigation".
Adjourning the inquest, North Wales East and Central assistant coroner Nicola Jones said: "We might not get any further and if the police did carry out an investigation, then fine." | Claims a man received a death threat over a drug debt before he was found dead at sea have halted an inquest. | 39490146 |
Grenville Ham, who has launched his party's manifesto, pushed the potential of renewable energy to "kickstart a green revolution" of the Welsh economy.
He hailed the "abundance" of natural resources in Wales but stress the need for investing public money in projects.
The Greens, who had one MP in England, are putting up candidates in 10 of the 40 Welsh constituencies.
"It is vital we face up to the challenges as well as the opportunities provided by climate change to ensure we can live sustainably on our one beautiful planet," Mr Ham, who launched the manifesto in Cardiff on Tuesday, said.
"Other parties talk about these things as an after-thought - we use them as a starting point for our vision of a fairer world with economic and social justice for everyone.
"Our focus is on the policies that offer hope for young people in Wales.
"Investing in renewable energy will not only create many skilled jobs but can also provide revenue for community groups and farmers."
The Greens are also calling for the introduction of a universal basic income for all adults as a solution to poverty among working people.
Deputy spokesperson Pippa Bartolotti said: "It is the great enabler for society, giving people the opportunity to start businesses, look after their children, train, upskill, wait for a suitable job locally and have peace of mind.
"In a world of increasing automation, we must make sure no single citizen gets left behind, or gets trapped in a slave economy of zero hours contracts." | The challenge of climate change is "bigger than Brexit", the leader of the Wales Green Party has said. | 40065526 |
A deal with the National Aeronautical Centre (NAC) in Wales will see aircraft tested for military or civilian use.
The NAC, which has authority to fly drones, said it was attracted to Newquay because its 3,000m runway is bigger than in Wales.
Testing will take place in a 3,000 sq mile segregated area for unmanned aircraft over the sea.
Ray Mann, from the National Aeronautical Centre, said: "We fly about three or four missions a day in west Wales.
"We have a 1,200m runway, but Newquay has one of the longest runways in the UK which is a huge advantage."
The NAC's agreement could see a number of its clients, which include the Ministry of Defence and Thales, operate their aircraft from Newquay.
Mr Mann said the firm was attracted by the prospect of office, hangar and security at the Aerohub enterprise zone, launched there in 2012.
He predicted huge growth in the sector with demand for drones in fisheries protection, air sea rescue and border controls, as well military use.
"We have to recognise where the sector is going," he said.
"We know there is demand and we have to be prepared to meet that."
Al Titterington, managing director of Newquay Cornwall Airport, said: "The UK aerospace industry has a major opportunity in the UAS (Unmanned Air Systems) market but first it must develop, demonstrate and prove that systems and sub-systems can contribute to ensuring safe and reliable operations, whilst being properly regulated." | Unmanned aircraft, or drones, could soon be flying out of Newquay Airport in Cornwall. | 24039036 |
Andrew Gray said no-one had ever reported a fault with the modesty wall in the gym at Edinburgh's Liberton High School to him.
Keane Wallis-Bennett died after the wall fell on her in 2014.
Mr Gray, 55, was giving evidence at the fatal accident inquiry for Keane, who was 12 when she died.
A former janitor and a cleaner also gave evidence on the fourth day of the inquiry at Edinburgh Sheriff Court.
Angela Young had cleaned the girls changing rooms on the morning the wall collapsed on the 1 April 2014.
She said she was not aware of anything untoward with it. Ms Young agreed she had a reputation for reporting problems, but had never had any reason to report a concern about the gym wall.
Retired janitor Walter Thompson also told the inquiry he had not been aware of any issues with the wall that killed Keane.
The inquiry at Edinburgh Sheriff Court continues. | The head janitor at a school where a pupil died when a wall collapsed has told a court he would have "had it down" if he knew there was a problem. | 40201137 |
The Mountaineering Council of Scotland has flagged up information from communications watchdog Ofcom about the denial of GPS during Joint Warrior.
Jammers will be in place at Faraid Head at Durness and Loch Ewe.
Jamming during Joint Warrior in October 2011 was suspended after complaints from Western Isles fishermen.
Relying on GPS for navigation in Scotland's hills and mountains is usually discouraged by the mountaineering council.
It would rather people attained skills in the use of a map and compass.
Ofcom said signals would not be jammed if GPS was required by the emergency services.
Joint Warrior, which involves army, navy and air force personnel, ships and aircraft from the UK, USA, Canada and European nations, is held twice a year.
The first exercise this year, in April, was the biggest in its history.
This month's exercise will be held from 4 to 16 October, with jamming happening periodically from 5 October. | Outdoor pursuits enthusiasts have been warned about military jamming of GPS services during UK-led Nato war games later this month. | 34413696 |
Police said no-one was injured when a lorry hit the central reservation after a tyre blew out near the Calder junction on the A720, at about 07:20.
Footage from a dashcam filmed from on the other side of the road shows the lorry hurtling down the steel barrier.
The lorry appears to have mounted the central barrier and comes close to crossing into oncoming traffic.
The bypass was closed eastbound throughout the morning but reopened at about 14:30.
There were queues several miles long following the crash, which also affected the M8 heading into Edinburgh, back to Junction 3 at Livingston.
There were also queues on the M9 southbound heading down to the M8, with traffic back to 1a at Kirkliston.
There were further queues on all routes heading to the bypass, the A71, the A70 and the A772 Gilmerton Road. | The Edinburgh city bypass has reopened after being closed for seven hours causing massive delays. | 36081671 |
Rodney was stuck for about an hour and a half in a field off La Rue du Sud in Jersey.
The 18-year-old was comforted by his owner Loraine Rolland as Jersey Fire and Rescue crews pulled him free from the ditch.
Thomas Rolland said after the event: "Rodney seems to be fine, apart from being a plonker."
A vet from New Era was called to attend to help give advice and deliver any treatment necessary.
Station Commander Marc Le Cornu said: "Rodney seems fine apart from an initially sore leg and the crews and owners were delighted to see him back on his feet in his field.
"These types of rescues are always challenging and really make us think outside the box on how best to achieve a successful rescue." | Firefighters rescued a retired racehorse from a ditch on Friday after he got stuck on his back. | 32093998 |
Mary Ann Cotton, from West Auckland, County Durham, was hanged in Durham Prison in 1873 for poisoning her stepson with arsenic.
She is widely believed to have also killed three husbands, 10 children, a lover and her mother, collecting life insurance for each.
The batch of letters found in her prison cell have sold for £1,050.
They had been estimated to fetch £500-700.
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Eight other letters, written to a lodger at Cotton's home, were sold to a private collector in 2013.
Victoria House, originally from Hartlepool, failed to raise enough to buy them and donate them to the Durham County Records Office.
She had been "very upset" and said it was a case of "here we go again" with this latest sale.
"If I could save them, I would, but I haven't got the money and it's too short notice to ask people to help," she said.
As she was pregnant during her trial, Cotton's execution was delayed until after the birth of her 11th child.
The latest of her letters to be sold include one from William and Sarah Edwards, saying this daughter was being cared for.
Others relate to selling her possessions to pay for legal costs and instructing lawyers to defend her.
They were sold by a descendent of the matron at Durham Jail, who is believed to have cleared out Cotton's cell.
Tennants Auctioneers valuer Steven Stockton said there had been "a lot of interest from around the globe".
"There's a lot of beautiful things in this sale and the one thing that everyone's asking about is these letters to this awful monster," he said.
"I suppose it's something in human nature," he added. | Letters to a Victorian serial killer have been sold after a campaign to keep a previous set publicly owned failed. | 37429239 |
The new positions will be based at the company's call centre at Springtown business park.
The jobs will bring the total local workforce at the firm to over 300. Axa has operated in the city since 2007.
In February, the company confirmed it would be relocating some roles from Dublin to the north west.
Centre manager Sean Harnett said their customer contact centre in Derry "efficiently services the company's business operations across the Island of Ireland while, at the same time, building on AXA's strong presence with 15 branches across Northern Ireland".
The jobs are a mixture of part-time and full-time permanent posts. | More than 80 new jobs will be created in Londonderry by the insurance company, Axa. | 36245441 |
The 27-year-old asked to leave to focus on a potential appeal against the judgement by an Edinburgh civil court.
Goodwillie and David Robertson did not face criminal trial but were ordered to pay £100,000 damages to Denise Clair.
The League Two club said they will make no further comment on the matter.
Robertson announced on Monday that he was retiring from professional football.
Ms Clair, who has waived her right to anonymity, sued the pair after being "devastated" by the Crown's decision not to prosecute following the incident in January 2011.
She claimed Goodwillie and Robertson, 30, raped her at a flat in Armadale, in West Lothian, following a night out.
She said she could not remember what happened after being in a Bathgate bar and woke up in a strange flat the following morning.
The two players claimed the sex was consensual.
Goodwillie began his career with Dundee United and cost Blackburn £2m when he joined the Lancashire side back in August 2011.
He joined Plymouth from Aberdeen last summer. | Scotland international striker David Goodwillie has left Plymouth Argyle by mutual consent after he was adjudged to have raped a woman alongside a former Dundee United team-mate. | 38743687 |
Jonray Sánchez-Iglesias from Portishead ran the Casamia restaurant in Westbury-on-Trym with his brother Peter.
The pair were named chefs of the year in the Good Food Guide 2015, and were described as "two little geniuses" by top chef Gordon Ramsay in 2010.
Hundreds of people attended the funeral at St Mary Redcliffe church. | The funeral has been held of a chef who ran a Michelin-starred restaurant in Bristol, who died of skin cancer at the age of 32. | 34906066 |
Mark Doggrell, 45, has been charged with recklessly causing grievous bodily harm, the BBC has learned.
The offence relates to a woman who suffered seven broken ribs and a collapsed lung during a Blackmore and Sparkford Vale Hunt meeting.
He will appear in court at a date yet to be fixed.
The hunt has said the collision last August, at the meeting on the border of Somerset and Dorset, was an accident.
The Crown Prosecution Service said the charges were made under the CPS's Victims' Right of Review scheme.
Rachael Scott, Head of the CPS South West Complex Casework Unit, said: "After careful consideration of all the evidence in this case, including additional new evidence, I have decided that there is sufficient evidence to provide a realistic prospect of conviction and that it is in the public interest to charge Mark Doggrell with recklessly causing grievous bodily harm." | A rider who was previously told he would not face prosecution after his horse trampled a hunt saboteur now faces criminal charges. | 33389074 |
Ayling, who played 33 league games for the Robins last season as they finished 18th in the second tier, has signed a three-year contract at Elland Road.
The 24-year-old joined Bristol City in July 2014 from Yeovil, where he had played in 162 league matches.
He started his career at Arsenal, but failed to make a senior appearance before joining the Glovers in 2010.
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page. | Leeds United have signed right-back Luke Ayling from Championship rivals Bristol City for an undisclosed fee. | 37050490 |
Peter Dutton said the decision was designed to protect Australian jobs.
Since 2012, more than 500 foreign staff have been granted a visa - known as 457 - to work at businesses including McDonald's, KFC and Hungry Jack's.
The skilled worker visa, designed to fill Australian shortages, also extends to family members.
"Australian workers, particularly young Australians, must be given priority," Mr Dutton said in explaining the change.
He said visas would still be granted under exceptional circumstances.
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According to government statistics, 95,758 people were living in Australia on 457 visas in September last year, compared with 103,862 in 2015.
The highest proportion came from India (24.6%), the UK (19.5%) and China (5.8%).
Foreign workers had been able to apply for fast-food industry jobs since an agreement in 2012, when the opposition Labor Party was in power.
But Labor's employment spokesman Brendan O'Connor queried the new decision, saying the visa did not apply to unskilled workers.
"The notion that 457s can take jobs of flipping burgers means either Peter Dutton is lying or they are misapplying the 457 visa," he said.
Mr Dutton conceded the change mostly affected managerial staff, but said the current arrangement did not put Australian workers first.
"Genuine business needs for overseas workers which contribute to economic growth will still be considered," he said.
More than half of the 500 workers granted visas since 2012 were employed at McDonald's, while almost 100 found work at both KFC and Hungry Jack's.
Mr Dutton in December ordered a review of Australia's Consolidated Sponsored Occupational List, which lists more than 650 professions, to ensure that overseas workers "supplement rather than provide a substitute" for Australians. | Australia will largely end granting visas to foreign workers to fill jobs in the fast food industry, the nation's immigration minister has said. | 39137029 |
Warwickshire's Willis, 25, beat Sugita, seeded fourth in the Roehampton tournament, 1-6 6-4 6-1.
The British number 23 needs to win another two matches - starting with Russian teenager Andrey Rublev - to secure his main-draw place.
Compatriot Joe Salisbury, ranked 706th in the world, caused another upset, beating Italian Alessandro Giannessi.
On Monday Britain's world number 554 Dan Cox overcame 16th seed Thiemo de Bakker.
Britain's Katie Boulter, Edward Corrie and Gabriella Taylor also won their first-round matches, but Daniel Smethurst is out after a 6-3 7-6 (8-6) defeat by France's Calvin Hemery and Maia Lumsden lost to Czech Tereza Smitkova 2-6 6-2 6-2.
Media playback is not supported on this device | British world number 708 Marcus Willis beat Japan's 99th-ranked Yuichi Sugita in their Wimbledon qualifying opener. | 36591038 |
The Oban lifeboat was sent to the scene at about 16:55 after Stornoway coastguard reported that a vessel was in "serious trouble".
The man had put down his anchor to avoid hitting rocks on the Falls of Lora at the mouth of Loch Etive.
His boat was towed out of the current to safety. He was taken to hospital for treatment to a hand injury.
The Falls of Lora are a set of overfalls which form white water rapids when a particularly high tide runs out from the loch. | A man has been rescued after his motorboat got caught in strong currents at Connel Bridge near Oban. | 36582577 |
About 50 people blocked the path of lorries carrying sheep as they entered the Kent port for first shipment of live animals of the year.
Live animal exports were banned in 2012 after the deaths of more than 40 sheep. The ban by Thanet District Council was later overturned by the High Court.
Former Green Thanet councillor Ian Driver called the trade "barbaric".
Speaking to protesters, Mr Driver said he was at the port demonstrating his opposition to "this cruel and barbaric trade".
He said: "Brexit will allow the laws to be changed and for this evil trade to be stopped.
"I'd like to hope this trade is stopped within two years with the Brexit negotiations. It would be nice if the government tried to bring it forward in the negotiations."
Craig Mackinlay, the Conservative MP for South Thanet, said: "Single market rules will be the deciding factor once we can leave the EU and we will have complete freedom to stop this trade from local council owned ports, which Ramsgate is."
He said the transport boat MV Joline used to carry live animals to Europe was not a suitable vessel.
NFU spokesman Frank Langrish, who farms sheep on Romney Marsh, said: "I don't think anyone would dispute that Ramsgate and Joline are not ideal, but the protesters are looking at this in completely the wrong way.
"They need to be persuading the large ferry companies to carry our local livestock."
Two sheep drowned at Ramsgate in September 2012, and 44 had to be destroyed after the lorry carrying them was stopped at Ramsgate by animal health inspectors.
In a separate accident six fell in the water, with four being rescued by RSPCA officers while two animals drowned. | Protesters at the Port of Ramsgate say they hope the vote to leave the EU will allow live animal exports to be banned. | 36854529 |
The attack happened in the north of the country, in the Kidal region.
The deaths of the soldiers, who were all from Chad, brings the number of UN peacekeepers in Mali killed so far this month to ten.
Mali descended into conflict after a coup in 2012, and has faced an insurgency led by Islamist militants.
French troops intervened to halt a subsequent advance by Islamist rebels but separatist violence has flared in recent months, despite the deployment of UN forces.
"We lost five comrades today in the north towards Aguelhok. Their vehicle hit an explosive device. It's terrible," a Chadian officer told AFP news agency.
The UN mission, known as Minusma, said the blast happened between the desert towns of Aguelhok and Tessalit.
"This incident follows many other attacks in the Kidal region in which too many UN peacekeepers have been killed or wounded," the UN mission said in a statement. | The United Nations mission in Mali says five of its peacekeepers have died and another three were wounded by an explosive device. | 29262832 |
Llandudno and Conwy Quay has seen a growth in numbers of herring gulls feeding on waste food.
Councillors said the issue was people "deliberately feeding" the birds and the issue had got "out of hand".
Experts will advise the authority while a report said it would cost about £50,000 to erect signage and launch an education campaign..
Speaking at a scrutiny committee meeting councillor Adrian Tansley said: "I have also noticed that the birds have started nesting in chimney pots.
"The kids won't have a chance because they will start dive-bombing them.
"It has got a bit out of hand. The seagulls are coming in droves. I have lived in the area for 69 years and I have never seen it so bad."
Graeme Cotterill from North Wales Wildlife Trust said the public needs to think before feeding gulls food such as chips and ice cream, as this makes the problem worse.
He added: "People should also remember that seagulls are protected under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 so it is an offence to deliberately harm them." | Problems with seagulls in Conwy are to be tackled by a dedicated committee which is being created. | 36112101 |
Suffolk Police said the taxpayer paid for the 95% of never-claimed items to be stored or disposed of.
Police forces have no legal duty to provide a lost and found service.
Inspector Bob Cracknell, of Suffolk Police, said it would only accept items that relate to crime, contain sensitive details or pose a public threat.
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"It is time to look at the practicalities of lost and found property," he said. "The constabulary handles a large amount each year and it costs a significant amount to process."
The idea has been criticised by some residents on the BBC Suffolk Facebook page.
Clara Hines said not being able to hand in valuables to the police was "not very good way of teaching kids" while Simon Rigo suggested it would mean a "finders keepers" society. | Police in Suffolk say they will no longer take in general lost property because most items are never reunited with their rightful owners. | 35967901 |
The opposition has been calling for his resignation over allegations that his wife owned an offshore company in Panama.
Mr Muscat and his wife, Michelle, deny the claims. A magisterial inquiry is under way.
He said "truth is on my side" but that he wanted to protect Malta from uncertainty.
The current scandal erupted earlier this month when the blogger Daphne Caruna Galizia made the claims, which she based on documents from the so-called Panama Papers, a leak of millions of files from the offshore law firm Mossack Fonseca.
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"Everybody knows about the attacks made in the past few days on me and my family. I have nothing to fear because truth is on my side and I am clean," Mr Muscat said on Monday.
"My duty, however, is not just to protect myself but also to safeguard my country... We cannot allow uncertainty to slow the rhythm of Malta's economic miracle," he said.
The country is enjoying record low unemployment and economic growth of more than 3.5 percent.
But anti-corruption protesters took to the streets against Mr Muscat's government last week.
Opposition leader Simon Busuttil said on Monday that Mr Muscat was "the dirty past of four corrupt years," local media reported.
The Panama Papers last year revealed that both Malta's energy minister and the government's chief of staff had opened offshore companies in Panama.
Malta currently holds the rotating presidency of the European Union. | Malta's Prime Minister Joseph Muscat has called a snap general election for 3 June, a year before his term ends. | 39771645 |
Geoffrey Mark Ball has a history of sexual assaults on women and is due to be released from prison.
The 44-year-old, who has lived in Middlesbrough and Wales, defrauded his victims and lied about his identity.
Cleveland Police applied for the sexual harm prevention order "due to the risk he poses to vulnerable females", they said.
Ball was convicted of indecently assaulting a woman in 1989 and jailed for six months.
He was sent to prison for four years in 2006 for grievous bodily harm.
Following a prison sentence in 2010 for sexual assault he was was put on the sex offenders register until 2017.
In 2013 a police manhunt was launched for Ball after he breached the requirements of the Sexual Offences Act.
He is due to be released from Holme House Prison in County Durham. | A sex offender has been banned from making friends with women without telling police. | 35246943 |
The duo were chosen after taking bronze in the World Cup event in Poznan at the weekend ahead of team-mates Nathaniel Reilly-O'Donnell and Matthew Tarrant.
They were named in a group of 12 this month from which the men's eight, pair and two reserves were to be confirmed.
Reilly-O'Donnell and Tarrant will travel to the Olympics as support.
Innes said: "Everything has hung in the balance for the last few months and finally being selected to race the men's pair for Team GB in Rio is a dream come true.
"We now have a big job in front of us and look forward to the challenge."
Scotland's Sam Scrimgeour will also travel to Rio as the lightweight men's reserve.
The announcements mean 44 of the 47 available places have now been filled. | European Championship silver medallists Alan Sinclair and Stewart Innes have been confirmed as Team GB's men's pair for this summer's Rio Olympics. | 36620196 |
Collector Murray Orr found the 30cm-long (12 inch) fossil at Beaumaris Bay near Melbourne in February.
Mr Orr donated the fossil to Museum Victoria, which unveiled it to the public on Thursday.
Museum Victoria said the five-million-year-old fossil belonged to an extinct species of "killer sperm whale".
"Until this find at Beaumaris all fossils of giant killer sperm whales were found on the west coast of South and North America," palaeontologist Erich Fitzgerald told the Australian Broadcasting Corp.
The museum said the whale, a predecessor to today's sperm whales, may have measured up to 18m in length and weighed up to 40 tonnes. | A giant tooth discovered on a beach in Australia is the first evidence that enormous "killer" whales lived outside the Americas, researchers say. | 36108566 |
The incident happened at Summerhill Brae on Saturday morning.
Police were alerted that a car was on fire outside the family's property at about 02:40 BST.
When officers arrived at the scene the blaze had spread to the house causing damage to the property.
Police are appealing for information. | A couple and their young child have escaped injury after an arson attack in Banbridge. | 36177661 |
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Next week Pink Floyd release their new album The Endless River in a bid to kick start the winter sales figures for the industry during its busiest period.
But with digital downloads and streaming, how far can so-called "Dad Rock" go towards boosting those album sales figures over Christmas?
Mike Peters, lead singer of Welsh rock band The Alarm, looked to expose music industry ageism in 2004 when the group recorded a comeback single.
But he recruited a young local band to release it under the name of The Poppyfields and it entered the charts at number 24.
It also inspired a recent film called Vinyl, starring Keith Allen.
Peters was asked by BBC Radio Wales' Oliver Hides if it was easier making music when he started 30 years ago. | Against a backdrop of record low album sales the music industry has been coming to terms with the changing way we buy music for quite some time. | 29847954 |
The Segunda Liga is set to be rebranded as the Ledman Proliga from next season, with plans to use the Portuguese system for helping to train Chinese talent, on and off the pitch.
Chinese multinational Ledman initially said the top 10 clubs must include Chinese players and assistant coaches.
But that proposal was withdrawn amid Portuguese players' union concerns.
Instead, a spokesman for the league told BBC Sport that its board will vote to decide the number of Chinese and Asian players and which clubs they will play for.
"Liga Portugal is open to help develop Chinese football, in forming young players, as the new Proliga is focused in promoting young talents," said a statement. | Portugal's second division could see an influx of Chinese players due to a clause in a major sponsorship deal. | 35415217 |
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Since the first version of the game was launched six years ago, around 2.5bn people have downloaded the game.
But are all these gamers likely to flock to the new version?
Jeremy Howell reports. | Rovio Entertainment, the creator of the smash hit mobile game Angry Birds, is set to release its new game Angry Birds 2. | 33690564 |
David Worrall almost put Southend ahead, nodding against the post before keeper Tommy Lee saved his rebound.
Chesterfield's Ollie Banks and the hosts' Tyrone Barnett both threatened, while Southend had a penalty turned down when Sam Hird felled David Mooney.
With time running out, Banks teed up Novak to win it with a neat finish. | Lee Novak scored a last-minute winner as Chesterfield beat League One play-off chasers Southend to move six points clear of the relegation zone. | 35675551 |
The Teifi Coracle Netsmen have called on other anglers to also catch and release, as concerns mount about fish stocks in the River Teifi.
Natural Resources Wales figures show a decline in numbers, with just over 40 declared net catches on the river in 2015 compared to about 115 in 2014.
Declared rod catches were down from 300 in 2014 to just over 200 in 2015.
An NRW spokesman said the situation was approaching crisis point.
"It is coming to a fairly critical position, especially in light of salmon stocks.
"We're getting very close to being a crisis situation."
Mark Dellar, a licensed coracleman from Cilgerran, told BBC Wales the decision was prompted by "the decline in the fish we're catching".
He added: "We want to make sure this fishing style is kept for our children in generations to come."
"I've been fishing for 15 years with the coracles and there's been a steady decline in salmon stocks over that period of time with numerous things going on in the river... pollution, predation at sea," he said.
"All the information we're getting from NRW indicates that salmon stocks are in decline, and we need to try and do something about that."
NRW plans to hold a consultation in May on widening catch and release practices across Wales, to help deal with declining stocks. | Coracle fishermen have said they will start returning any salmon they catch because of concerns about fish stocks. | 39445368 |
The #WordsAtWork campaign by the country's Diversity Council asks people to avoid expressions they say exclude minority groups.
Using "girls" for women, and "walk the talk" to people in wheelchairs, are among terms they say are offensive.
Mr Morrison was awarded the role of Australian of the Year partly for his equality campaigning.
The former military man - once chief of the Australian Army - admitted he had used some of the terms himself.
But of "guys" Mr Morrison said "I have now removed that from my lexicon as best I can. I think it's important."
Insisting the campaign was not intended to create a "language police", he said: "People use language to denigrate others and to take away their self-respect. Sometimes it happens unconsciously, but the effect is the same."
While some praised the inclusive language drive, not everyone agreed that "guys" was offensive, or that it was the most urgent problem that the Australian of the Year could be tackling.
Some wondered if the thoroughly Australian greeting "mate" - often used by and for men - would be next.
Australian National University language expert Catherine Travis also questioned whether "guys" was still a gender-specific term, telling Australia's ABC that "you guys" was now widely used of all genders.
There was broader agreement on some other terms though, including against using "gay" in a negative fashion. | Australian of the Year David Morrison is leading a drive against the use of the term "guys" in the workplace. | 36423336 |
The grouse shooting license , granted by Bradford City Council, is due to expire in April.
Ban Bloodsports on Ilkley Moor (BBIM) said the practice is "a conservation calamity".
Bingley Moor Partnership, which has the contract to run eight days of grouse shooting per year, said the events helps fund moorland preservation.
Luke Steele from BBIM said: "Bradford Council can achieve so much better with this land than grouse shooting, which causes so much damage," he said.
"We want it to be used for the public's interests, to contribute to the local economy, to improve biodiversity and mitigate flood risk in the valleys below.
"Anything short will only ensure this conservation calamity continues."
Edward Bromet of Bingley Moor Partnership said the shoots help fund the moor.
"We've sprayed back the bracken, reduced sheep numbers, we're allowing the heather to restore... the pest and predator control allows the birds to take advantage of the restored vegetation," he said.
"The red- and amber-listed birds like lapwing and curlew can come back to the moor again and everybody can come up and enjoy it."
The council said: "The current contract to allow shooting on the moor will come to an end in April next year.
"All representations will be taken into account before any decision is made on whether to renew the contract or not." | A protest ramble to the top of Ilkley Moor has been held to oppose grouse shooting on council land. | 40910811 |
The boy band's film made £3.47m including £1.2m from Thursday previews, well ahead of the week's other new release, Mark Wahlberg's Pain and Gain which made £1m.
This Is Us, directed by Super Size Me's Morgan Spurlock shows One Direction in concert in London.
The 3D film also topped the weekend US box office taking $17m (£10.9m).
It has now earned $32m (£20.5m) worldwide.
Matt Damon and Jodie Foster's sci-fi thriller, Elysium, added a further £1.2m to its tally after two weeks on release to take second place in this week's chart.
It was followed by road-trip comedy We're The Millers, starring Jennifer Aniston as a stripper, which took £1.1m.
1. One Direction: This is Us - £3.47m
2. Elysium - £1.2m
3. We're The Millers - £1.1m
4. Pain and Gain - £1m
5. Planes - £797,311
Source - Rentrak
Rounding off the top five was Disney's animated Cars spin-off, Planes, with £797,000.
Takings for the weekend were £11.4m - down 8% on last week and marginally down from £11.8m the same period last year.
There were two other new releases - comedy drama The Way, Way Back with Steve Carell and horror movie You're Next - which claimed sixth and seventh place respectively.
Carell's other film, Despicable Me 2, in which he provides the voice of Gru, the villain with a soft side, was still in the top 10 after 10 weeks on release.
The animated film earned £395,000 between Friday and Sunday to land ninth place.
Rounding off the chart was Pixar's Monsters University which earned £389,000. | One Direction have shot to the top of the UK and Ireland box office chart with their documentary This Is Us. | 23956536 |
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They were joined by more than 200 Alaskan and Siberian Huskies on the Fjallraven Polar expedition from Norway to Sweden in Europe.
The participants slept in the open, braving snow storms and freezing cold temperatures. Brrrr!
Watch Martin's report. | Dog-sled racers pushed themselves to the limits to complete a pawsome journey across the Arctic wilderness. | 39575649 |
The Football Association of Wales has launched its Become a Champion campaign to find people to help with transport, marketing, ticketing and VIP services.
Another 500 people could perform in a pre-match ceremony at the Principality Stadium - which will be called the National Stadium of Wales for the game.
The volunteers are wanted in the days before and on the final on 3 June.
They are also needed to help with the Women's Champions League final at the Cardiff City Stadium on 1 June.
FAW chief executive Jonathan Ford said: "The Uefa Champions League final and Uefa Women's Champions League final represent the pinnacle of European club football.
"Our aim is that everyone in Wales also has an opportunity to experience unforgettable moments when these iconic events come to Cardiff."
Officials said recruitment credentials would not only be based on professional qualifications.
They will also look at volunteers' "motivation, availability and team spirit". | More than 1,000 volunteers are being sought for the 2017 Champions League final in Cardiff. | 38657264 |
Mr Robinson, 66, was taken to the Ulster Hospital, Dundonald, on Monday morning after he suffered a suspected heart attack.
He was transferred to the Royal Victoria Hospital where he underwent a procedure.
Mr McGuinness said he took Mr Robinson a bowl of fruit during his visit on Wednesday night.
"It was my bowl of fruit, because I hadn't eaten anything all day yesterday, so I sacrificed that in the interests of the first minister's health," he joked.
The deputy first minister said: "But hopefully he's on the mend, I would hope he will be out of hospital very shortly.
"I'm not going to speak about his physical condition. I think, knowing Peter, he will talk to the media about that whenever he's able to do so and I'll leave that to him.
"But I obviously felt it was important to go and see him and wish him well and his family well." | Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness has visited First minister Peter Robinson in hospital. | 32917741 |
Gerard Bradley, who was 29 and from Ringsend, was buried after Requiem Mass in St Malachy's Church in Coleraine.
He was killed alongside Omagh man Joe McDermott after a concrete slab fell on them both in Perth.
Hundreds of people attended Mr Bradley's funeral.
In his homily, Fr Brendan Mulhall spoke of how one single moment in time had changed the lives of the Bradley family forever.
"In one single moment they found themselves caught up in the middle of a situation that you would not wish on anyone," he said.
"There's always something immensely painful about the death of a young person."
The body of Mr McDermott, who was 24, arrived home on Friday.
His funeral is due to take place on Monday. | The funeral of a County Londonderry man who was killed in an accident on a building site in Western Australia has taken place. | 35014989 |
Lord Wigley dismissed claims housing pressures were because of immigration in a heated BBC Radio Wales debate on the EU referendum on Wednesday.
But UKIP MEP and AM Nathan Gill said immigration was the "number one issue" brought up on doors and in the street.
"We're an island, we're not making any more land," he said.
Lord Wigley said: "We have pressure in the housing market in all parts of Wales, and it's not because of immigrants in all parts of Wales.
"We have pressure on schools, and in certain areas of England particularly, there are really serious problems. But that means building more schools and greater capacity.
"In pointing a finger towards the outsider as the basis of the faults that exist within our economy and within our society, its a very dangerous road to go down
"I don't want to see the United Kingdom going down that road."
In response, Mr Gill said: "The reality is that immigration is a real concern for a lot of people.
"Its the number one issue that gets brought up whenever we go knocking on doors and speak to people in the streets.
"One of the founding principles of the EU is free movement of people. It's the reality, it will never change. We've been told categorically that will not change.
"If we vote to remain, the EU is going to take that to mean full speed ahead chaps, there's no way these people are ever going to get a referendum again." | A former leader of Plaid Cymru has warned Britain will go down a "dangerous road" if it blames outsiders for the country's economic faults. | 36538250 |
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