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Six Nations: Scotland's Josh Strauss ruled out of rest of campaign - BBC Sport | 2017-02-17 | null | Scotland suffer a second injury blow as Josh Strauss follows Greig Laidlaw in being ruled out of the remainder of the Six Nations campaign. | null | Last updated on .From the section Rugby Union
Scotland number eight Josh Strauss has been ruled out of the rest of the Six Nations campaign through injury.
It represents a second injury blow for the Scots after captain Greig Laidlaw was also ruled out of the remainder of the championship.
Strauss, 30, suffered a kid... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/39007432 |
Is Iceland now cool? - BBC News | 2017-02-17 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Iceland is the UK's favourite online supermarket, says consumer group Which? so is it now "cool"? | Business | Is this cool? Yes, it's ICE COLD
What thoughts do the store Iceland conjure up? Luxury goods, lobsters for £6 and award-winning mince pies, considered better than Fortnum and Mason or Selfridges?
Or rows of freezing aisles stalked by former girl band members in track suits, and your mum, who can't be found elsewhere,... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-38991243 |
Zealandia: Is there an eighth continent under New Zealand? - BBC News | 2017-02-17 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | It's almost all under water, but Zealandia should be considered a continent, say researchers. | Asia | Mount Cook, the highest peak of New Zealand - and Zealandia
You think you know your seven continents? Think again, as there's a new contender hoping to join that club.
Say hello to Zealandia, a huge landmass almost entirely submerged in the southwest Pacific.
It's not a complete stranger, you might have heard of its... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-39000936 |
Who are the nurdle hunters on Britain's beaches? - BBC News | 2017-02-18 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | People who collect the microplastics explain why and how they are collected. | UK | Nurdles may sound cute and often look beautiful but the small plastic pellets are a sinister presence on three-quarters of beaches in the UK.
Volunteer nurdle hunters on the Great Winter Nurdle Hunt searched their local shorelines in early February and the survey has found that 73% of 279 shorelines contain the plasti... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-39003885 |
What's next after one month of Trump drama - BBC News | 2017-02-18 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Donald Trump is exhausting the news-hungry journalists. What he is doing to the rest of the world? | US & Canada | Four weeks. Twenty-eight days. It feels like 280 days. I feel 280. If Donald Trump is exhausting even the news-hungry political journalists, I wonder what he is doing to the rest of the world.
For the first three weeks I started the day repeating a mantra, "watch what he does, not what he says." I've discarded that no... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-38986349 |
Welsh Open 2017: Judd Trump to face Stuart Bingham in final - BBC Sport | 2017-02-18 | null | Judd Trump will face Stuart Bingham in the Welsh Open final after the Englishmen enjoy comfortable wins in the last four. | null | Last updated on .From the section Snooker
Judd Trump will face Stuart Bingham in Sunday's Welsh Open final after the Englishmen enjoyed comfortable wins in the last four in Cardiff.
Trump, the world number four, beat Scotland's Scott Donaldson 6-3 in the first of the semi-finals.
"It's always special when you reach ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/snooker/39014906 |
Week in pictures: 11-17 February 2017 - BBC News | 2017-02-18 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A selection of the best news photographs from around the world, taken over the past week. | In Pictures | Visitors and enthusiasts photographed the Tornado locomotive at Appleby station before it pulled the first timetabled main line steam-hauled service for half a century across the Ribblehead viaduct in North Yorkshire. The service was part of a celebration of the reopening of the Settle to Carlisle line in Cumbria which... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-39005579 |
Protest against Mexico border wall - BBC News | 2017-02-18 | null | They formed a "human wall" to protest US President Donald Trump's plans for a wall between the countries. | null | They formed a "human wall" to protest US President Donald Trump's plans for a wall between the countries. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-39014561 |
Quiz of the week's news - BBC News | 2017-02-18 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A weekly quiz of the news, 7 days 7 questions. | Magazine | It's the weekly news quiz - have you been paying attention to what's been going on in the world over the past seven days?
If you missed last week's quiz, try it here
Join the conversation - find us on Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat and Twitter | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-38997118 |
Anna LeBaron: How I escaped my father's murderous polygamous cult - BBC News | 2017-02-18 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Anna LeBaron - whose father Ervil was one of the most infamous cult leaders in American history - tells of how she escaped his murderous grip and now wants to "redeem" the family name. | Magazine | Anna LeBaron's father, Ervil, was the leader of a polygamous cult responsible for more than 20 murders. The killings continued even after his death thanks to a hit list he had left behind. Here Anna speaks for the first time about how she escaped from the cult - and her hope to "redeem" the LeBaron name.
"We were taug... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-38526255 |
World Club Series: Warrington Wolves 27-18 Brisbane Broncos - BBC Sport | 2017-02-18 | null | Warrington get the first win for an English club over Australian opponents since 2012, beating Brisbane in the World Club Series. | null | Last updated on .From the section Rugby League
Warrington Wolves achieved the first win for an English club over Australian opponents since 2012 as they beat Brisbane Broncos in the first match of the 2017 World Club Series.
Kevin Brown excelled on his Wire debut, scoring a try in the second minute.
Ryan Atkins and ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/38971476 |
Unilever: Profile of a consumer goods giant - BBC News | 2017-02-18 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Profile of Unilever, the business behind brands from Marmite to Pot Noodle and Persil. | Business | Unilever is behind some of Britain's best-known brands
UK-based household goods maker Unilever has rejected a takeover bid of about $143bn (£115bn), one of the biggest in corporate history, from US giant Kraft Heinz.
The deal - if it was to eventually succeed - would be the biggest acquisition of a British company on... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-39009072 |
Russian media no longer dazzled by Trump - BBC News | 2017-02-18 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Russian media euphoria about Donald Trump has turned to scepticism, Steve Rosenberg reports. | Europe | 28 January: President Trump (left) speaks to Vladimir Putin on the White House phone
For several months, the pro-Kremlin media had nothing but praise for Donald Trump.
During the US election campaign, Russian state TV bulletins and pro-government newspapers portrayed him as some kind of David taking on the Goliath of... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-39004987 |
The corpse factory and the birth of fake news - BBC News | 2017-02-18 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | How did a gruesome story fool the world 100 years ago? | Entertainment & Arts | Think fake news is a new phenomenon? Think again. Dr David Clarke from Sheffield Hallam University looks at a 100-year-old story that fooled the world.
Fake news, false stories that masquerade as real news are not new.
In the spring of 1917 some of Britain's most influential newspapers published a gruesome story that... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-38995205 |
Hidden Figures: How Nasa hired its first black women 'computers' - BBC News | 2017-02-18 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The history of black women working for Nasa goes back much further than the 1960s - the period of the film Hidden Figures - and their struggles continued afterwards. | Magazine | The Oscar-nominated film Hidden Figures tells the story of African-American women whose maths skills helped put a US astronaut into orbit in the 1960s. But the history of black women working for Nasa goes back much further - and they were still struggling to get the best jobs in the 1970s.
In 1943, two years after the... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-39003904 |
Who is trolling the Pope? - BBC News | 2017-02-18 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Posters and spoof news stories criticising the Pope have been springing up across Rome. What's going on? | Magazine | Earlier this month posters criticising the Pope sprang up across Rome, and a spoof news story mocking the pontiff was sent to the city's cardinals. Christopher Lamb asks what it's all about.
I was shocked when I saw them.
I was sitting just a few rows behind a nun on a tram, when it stopped alongside some posters of ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-38995877 |
Call for brain donors - BBC News | 2017-02-18 | null | Scientists are calling for more people to donate their brains to research to help find cures for mental and psychological disorders. | null | Scientists are calling for more people to donate their brains to research to help find cures for mental and psychological disorders. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-39001591 |
Newspaper headlines: Russia 'assassination plot' and Brexit 'limbo' - BBC News | 2017-02-18 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Claims Moscow planned a coup in Montenegro and fears EU nationals could be caught in a legal no man's land after Brexit make the front pages. | The Papers | The Daily Telegraph carries claims from senior Whitehall sources that Russia plotted to assassinate the prime minister of Montenegro and overthrow its government last year.
Montenegro's PM Milo Djukanovic is said to have been the targeted on election day last October
It is claimed the plot was designed to sabotage Mo... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-the-papers-39018510 |
Ray Woodhall survives 27 heart attacks after walking football - BBC News | 2017-02-18 | null | Father-of-three Ray Woodhall survived 27 heart attacks in 24 hours. He first became ill during a game of "walking football". | null | Father-of-three Ray Woodhall survived 27 heart attacks in 24 hours. He first became ill during a game of "walking football".
He was taken to hospital, where two stents were put in his main artery, but then he began to suffer multiple heart attacks.
The 54-year-old told 5 live he thought he had been asleep but had act... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-39014563 |
Forbidden love: The WW2 letters between two men - BBC News | 2017-02-18 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Love letters written during World War Two and discovered in a trunk in Brighton reveal a forbidden relationship between two men. | England | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. "My own darling boy" - a greeting in one of the letters
While on military training during World War Two, Gilbert Bradley was in love. He exchanged hundreds of letters with his sweetheart - who merely signed with the initial ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-38932955 |
FA Cup: Lincoln City win is 'football miracle' on dramatic fifth-round day - BBC Sport | 2017-02-18 | null | Non-league side Lincoln achieve a 'football miracle' by reaching the FA Cup quarter-finals, while Millwall knock out Leicester. | null | Last updated on .From the section Football
Lincoln achieved a "football miracle" as they knocked out Burnley on a dramatic day of FA Cup fifth-round action, with 10-man Millwall beating Premier League champions Leicester.
The Imps became the first non-league side in 103 years to reach the last eight with their win ov... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/39017152 |
Richard Osman's Fulham - fake news or facts? - BBC Sport | 2017-02-18 | null | Lifelong Fulham fan Richard Osman reveals a number of fascinating facts about his beloved club, but are they truthful or 'fake news'? | null | BBC TV presenter and lifelong Fulham fan Richard Osman reveals a number of fascinating facts about his beloved club, but are they truthful or 'fake news'?
Watch live coverage of the FA Cup fifth round across BBC Sport this weekend - including Fulham v Tottenham live on BBC One on Sunday 19 February. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/39006468 |
Is school funding the next crisis? - BBC News | 2017-02-18 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | After the NHS and social care, is the next funding crisis going to be in England's schools? | Education & Family | Schools have been warning the prime minister that the sums for school budgets do not add up
After the NHS and social care, is the next funding crisis going to be in England's schools?
Like a snowball getting bigger as it rolls downhill, momentum is gathering around the warnings of school leaders about impending cash ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-38993715 |
Celtic 2-0 Motherwell - BBC Sport | 2017-02-18 | null | Celtic restore a 27-point advantage at the top of the Scottish Premiership with victory over Motherwell. | null | Last updated on .From the section Football
Celtic restored a 27-point advantage at the top of the Scottish Premiership with victory over Motherwell.
Substitute Zak Jules, who had replaced Stephen McManus early on, fouled Moussa Dembele and the Frenchman scored the resulting penalty.
Dembele and Scott Sinclair threat... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/38940456 |
Exploring Glasgow's secret 'ghost station' - BBC News | 2017-02-18 | null | A forgotten and abandoned platform hidden beneath Glasgow Central Station could be given new life. | null | A disused and forgotten platform beneath Glasgow Central station offers a glimpse of the past.
Guided tours of the tunnels have attracted thousands of people over the past couple of years.
But plans are afoot to try and restore part of the platform to how it looked in its heyday.
Paul Lyons of Glasgow Central Tours ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-39008682 |
10 things we didn't know last week - BBC News | 2017-02-18 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Mick Jagger can't remember writing his autobiography and more news nuggets. | Magazine | You cannot drink alcohol between 09:00 and 17:00 if you work at Lloyd's of London
Some expat Bolivians and Peruvians are prepared to pay $30 for a guinea pig that they eat on special occasions
Vicious Valentine's cards were more popular than romantic ones in Victorian England
A typical Tupperware party in the US wil... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-38983991 |
Jose Mourinho: Manchester United boss learned from 'throwing away' FA Cup games - BBC Sport | 2017-02-18 | null | Jose Mourinho says he "threw away" FA Cup games in the past but will not make the same mistake against Blackburn in the fifth round. | null | Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho says he has learned from "throwing away" FA Cup games in the past and will not make that mistake at Blackburn Rovers in the fifth round on Sunday.
In 2005, Mourinho's Chelsea went out to Newcastle in the same week as wins in the League Cup final over Liverpool and Champions League ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/39006889 |
Pakistan's bloody week: Who is really to blame? - BBC News | 2017-02-18 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The Pakistani military points the finger at Afghanistan and India, but some believe the answer is more complex. | Asia | More than 100 people have been killed across Pakistan since Sunday in a series of deadly militant attacks
As Pakistan picks up the pieces from Thursday evening's devastating bomb attack at the 800-year-old shrine of Lal Shahbaz Qalandar, the country's managers are looking for scapegoats abroad.
And the military has o... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-39003673 |
Donald Trump aide accuses BBC of 'fake news' - BBC News | 2017-02-18 | null | Watch the heated exchange between Newsnight's Evan Davis and an aide to the president. | null | In a heated exchange between Newsnight's Evan Davis and an aide to President Trump, both the presenter and the BBC were accused of "fake news".
First broadcast on Thursday 16 February - watch the full interview here | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-39000118 |
Paris unrest: Banlieue youths see French state as the enemy - BBC News | 2017-02-18 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The BBC's James Longman assesses the mood in the deprived suburbs of Paris after days of unrest. | Europe | Paris suburbs have seen violent protests after Theo's alleged sexual assault
In the Paris suburbs, youth sits idle. Young men chat and smoke. Some deal drugs. Most days are spent like this.
But today the talk is still about the alleged sexual assault on one of their friends, 22-year-old Theo, a young black man, who w... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-39011298 |
Reality Check: Are there more winners than losers on business rates? - BBC News | 2017-02-18 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Some businesses will see their rates change on 1 April 2017. | Business | The claim: More businesses will win than lose as a result of business rates revaluation.
Reality Check verdict: More businesses will see their bills fall than will see their rates rise.
On 1 April 2017, the amount that businesses have to pay in rates will change to reflect a revaluation of premises that has been carr... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-39005502 |
Best-selling Miffy the rabbit author Dick Bruna dies - BBC News | 2017-02-18 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The Dutch author who sold more than 80 million children's books dies in the city of Utrecht. | Entertainment & Arts | Dick Bruna (above) was still writing Miffy stories in his old age
The Dutch creator of Miffy the cartoon rabbit has died aged 89, his publishers have announced.
Writer and illustrator Dick Bruna died peacefully in his sleep on Thursday night in the Dutch city of Utrecht.
He created the much loved character in 1955 a... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-39007462 |
The Bachelorette: the most eligible black woman in America? - BBC News | 2017-02-18 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Social media reacts to a black woman being cast for the first time as a popular reality TV dating show lead. | BBC Trending | One of the most popular reality TV programmes in the US has cast an African-American lead. People are asking: what took so long?
It was no huge surprise that Monday night's announcement of the latest lead in America's most popular reality TV dating show franchise, The Bachelorette, got Twitter excited. But this announ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-trending-38992643 |
This 14-year-old made the best Facebook Messenger chatbot - BBC News | 2017-02-18 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A simple-yet-clever chatbot gives Dave Lee hope that this immature technology will be worth while. | Technology | Alec Jones aspires to one day work for 'exciting' tech giants
It's been nearly a year since Microsoft's Satya Nadella proclaimed "bots are the new apps".
Yet despite the promise of a revolution in how we interact with services and companies online, progress has been utterly miserable - the vast majority of chatbots a... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-39013950 |
'Enemies of the people': Trump remark echoes history's worst tyrants - BBC News | 2017-02-18 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The US president calls the media "enemies of the people" - a phrase favoured by Stalin and Mao. | US & Canada | At a different time, in another country, it was effectively a death sentence.
Being branded an "enemy of the people" by the likes of Stalin or Mao brought at best suspicion and stigma, at worst hard labour or death.
Now the chilling phrase - which is at least as old as Emperor Nero, who was called "hostis publicus", ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-39015559 |
Facebook bereavement leave: How long is long enough? - BBC News | 2017-02-18 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Facebook last week doubled its bereavement leave allowance for its staff. Employees can now take up to 20 days off on full pay. Is it enough? | Business | Facebook's new bereavement leave policy was announced by Sheryl Sandberg
Facebook last week doubled its bereavement leave allowance for its staff. Employees can now take up to 20 days off with pay to mourn the death of an immediate family member.
The new policy was announced by Facebook's chief operating officer, She... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-38915693 |
FA Cup: Sean Raggett heads Lincoln ahead against Burnley - BBC Sport | 2017-02-18 | null | Sean Raggett heads Lincoln City ahead in the 89th minute against Burnley in the FA Cup fifth round at Turf Moor. | null | Sean Raggett heads Lincoln City ahead in the 89th minute against Burnley in the FA Cup fifth round at Turf Moor.
Watch all the best action from the FA Cup fifth round here.
Available to UK users only. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/39016443 |
FA Cup: Best fifth-round goals include Rudy Gestede's acrobatic volley - BBC Sport | 2017-02-18 | null | Watch the FA Cup fifth round's best goals, including Rudy Gestede's acrobatic volley for Middlesbrough and a lovely finish from Blackburn's Danny Graham. | null | Watch the best of the goals from the FA Cup fifth round, including Rudy Gestede's acrobatic volley for Middlesbrough, a cheeky free-kick from Oxford's Chris Maguire and a lovely finish from Blackburn's Danny Graham.
Watch all the best action from the FA Cup fifth round here.
Available to UK users only. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/39018249 |
Track World Cup: Emily Nelson wins omnium silver in Colombia - BBC Sport | 2017-02-18 | null | Emily Nelson wins silver for Great Britain in the omnium at the Track Cycling World Cup in Colombia. | null | Last updated on .From the section Cycling
Emily Nelson won silver for Great Britain in the omnium at the Track Cycling World Cup in Colombia.
The race includes scratch, tempo, elimination and points races, with Nelson third going into the last of those events.
In her first omnium at world level, the 20-year-old was ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/39014220 |
Harry Redknapp: Tottenham to win title within four years, says former Spurs boss - BBC Sport | 2017-02-18 | null | Tottenham Hotspur will win the Premier League in the next "three of four years", says former manager Harry Redknapp. | null | Last updated on .From the section Football
Tottenham Hotspur will win the Premier League within the next four years, says former manager Harry Redknapp.
Spurs made the Champions League for the first time during Redknapp's four-year tenure at the club, reaching the quarter-finals in 2011.
The 69-year-old says he woul... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/39009491 |
FA Cup: Shaun Cummings scores late winner for Millwall against Leicester - BBC Sport | 2017-02-18 | null | Late drama as Shaun Cummings puts 10-man Millwall ahead in the last minute against Leicester City in their FA Cup fifth-round tie. | null | Late drama as Shaun Cummings puts 10-man Millwall ahead in the last minute against Leicester City in their FA Cup fifth-round tie.
Watch all the best action from the FA Cup fifth round here.
FA PEOPLE'S CUP: Sign up for free five-a-side competition – entries close midnight on Sunday!
Available to UK users only. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/39017539 |
Sutton v Arsenal: Clem tours the Gunners' dressing room - BBC Sport | 2017-02-18 | null | Mark Clemmit is shown around the away dressing room at Sutton United by manager Paul Doswell, which Premier League side Arsenal will be using during their FA Cup fifth-round match on Monday. | null | Mark Clemmit is shown around the away dressing room at Sutton United by manager Paul Doswell, which Premier League side Arsenal will be using during their FA Cup fifth-round match on Monday.
Watch live coverage of Sutton v Arsenal, Monday 20 February, 19:30 GMT on BBC One and the BBC Sport website. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/39006470 |
Cars fall into Los Angeles sinkhole - BBC News | 2017-02-18 | null | The drama of cars tumbling into a sinkhole is shown on live TV. | null | Two cars have fallen down a sinkhole in Studio City, a Los Angeles neighbourhood in the US.
The drama of the second one, teetering on the edge and then tumbling down, was shown on live television.
One of the strongest storms in years - dubbed a "bombogenesis" or "weather bomb" - has hit California. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-39014359 |
Mo Farah wins 5,000m and Laura Muir breaks record at British Grand Prix - BBC Sport | 2017-02-18 | null | Mo Farah takes victory in the 5,000m at the Birmingham Grand Prix to win the final indoor race of his career. | null | Last updated on .From the section Athletics
Mo Farah took victory in the 5,000m at the Birmingham Grand Prix to win the final indoor race of his career.
The 33-year-old, who will retire from the track this year, set a European record of 13 minutes 9.16 seconds.
Laura Muir won the 1,000m in a British record of 2:31:9... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/39016328 |
Viewpoint: Let's smash crime by scrapping big banknotes - BBC News | 2017-02-18 | null | Economist Ken Rogoff on why it makes sense to get rid of large banknotes. | null | The man who came up with "demonetisation" on whether India did it right. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-38973042 |
Newspaper headlines: House sales 'slump', Tony Blair Brexit speech and NHS staff 'crisis' - BBC News | 2017-02-18 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A slowdown in home sales, fears over recruitment of GPs and nurses, and Tony Blair's Brexit speech attract headlines. | The Papers | Tony Blair's rallying cry to people who want to defy Brexit goes down like a lead balloon in many of Saturday's papers.
According to the Daily Express, "yesterday's man has no place in modern Britain".
The paper cites a poll which, it says, demonstrates that more than two-thirds of voters now want the government to p... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-the-papers-39011206 |
Music matters: Choosing the violin over walking - BBC News | 2017-02-18 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The 3ft violinist who chose music over life-changing surgery. | Disability | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.
Violinist Gaelynn Lea chose her musical craft over surgery which might have changed her life, but it is a decision she does not regret.
She now tours America and Europe with her haunting electro-folk music, but at just 3ft ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/disability-36315689 |
Kim Jong-nam: Will killing derail North Korea-China ties? - BBC News | 2017-02-18 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Some see Kim Jong-nam's death as a slap in the face for Beijing from the North Korean leader. | China | The apparent killing of Kim Jong-nam raises tricky questions for China
Beijing needs to do more to rein in North Korea: that's the view of US President Donald Trump and his new team. But how much leverage does China really have there and what are the chances of it being used, asks the BBC's Stephen McDonell in Beijing... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-39000681 |
Rich rewards in tricky treasure hunt - BBC News | 2017-02-18 | null | Five objects, each worth at least £2,500, have been hidden around Scunthorpe, and the deal is finders keepers. | null | Five objects, each worth at least £2,500, have been hidden around Scunthorpe, and the deal is finders keepers. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-39014559 |
Premiership: Gloucester 31-23 Saracens - BBC Sport | 2017-02-18 | null | Mako Vunipola returns from injury to stake a claim for an England return, but it is not enough as Gloucester beat Saracens. | null | Last updated on .From the section Rugby Union
Saracens suffered a second straight Premiership defeat but fit-again prop Mako Vunipola staked a claim to rejoin England as he played 70 minutes of their loss at an inspired Gloucester.
Vunipola, returning after nine weeks out, proved his fitness in a game won by Richard ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/38971141 |
World Ski Championships: Haitian skier competes in Switzerland - BBC Sport | 2017-02-19 | null | Haiti's Celine Marti competes in the skiing World Championships, despite only starting training for the event three months ago. | null | Haiti's Celine Marti, a full-time police officer, competes in the skiing World Championships, despite only starting training for the event three months ago.
Available to UK users only. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/winter-sports/39016069 |
Welsh Open 2017: Judd Trump to face Stuart Bingham in final - BBC Sport | 2017-02-19 | null | Judd Trump will face Stuart Bingham in the Welsh Open final after the Englishmen enjoy comfortable wins in the last four. | null | Last updated on .From the section Snooker
Judd Trump will face Stuart Bingham in Sunday's Welsh Open final after the Englishmen enjoyed comfortable wins in the last four in Cardiff.
Trump, the world number four, beat Scotland's Scott Donaldson 6-3 in the first of the semi-finals.
"It's always special when you reach ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/snooker/39014906 |
FA Cup: Harry Kane fires Tottenham ahead against Fulham - BBC Sport | 2017-02-19 | null | Harry Kane guides home a Christian Eriksen cross to give Tottenham an early lead against Fulham in the FA Cup fifth round tie at Craven Cottage. | null | Harry Kane guides home Christian Eriksen's cross to give Tottenham an early lead against Fulham in the FA Cup fifth round tie at Craven Cottage.
Watch all the best action from the FA Cup fifth round here.
FA PEOPLE'S CUP: Sign up for free five-a-side competition – entries close midnight on Sunday!
Available to UK us... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/39021504 |
World Club Series: Warrington Wolves 27-18 Brisbane Broncos - BBC Sport | 2017-02-19 | null | Warrington get the first win for an English club over Australian opponents since 2012, beating Brisbane in the World Club Series. | null | Last updated on .From the section Rugby League
Warrington Wolves achieved the first win for an English club over Australian opponents since 2012 as they beat Brisbane Broncos in the first match of the 2017 World Club Series.
Kevin Brown excelled on his Wire debut, scoring a try in the second minute.
Ryan Atkins and ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/38971476 |
Princess Diana's changing fashion style explored in exhibition - BBC News | 2017-02-19 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The Kensington Palace exhibition will bring together clothing from throughout Princess Diana's life. | London | An exhibition tracing the changing styles of Diana, Princess of Wales is due to open in Kensington Palace.
Diana: Her Fashion Story will display iconic outfits from throughout her life - from before she was married to after her divorce in the 1990s.
Curator Eleri Lynn said the exhibition showed how the princess was "... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-38994105 |
Welsh Open 2017: Stuart Bingham beats Judd Trump 9-8 in final - BBC Sport | 2017-02-19 | null | Stuart Bingham holds his nerve in a tense final frame to beat Judd Trump 9-8 and win his first Welsh Open title. | null | Stuart Bingham held his nerve in a tense final frame to beat Judd Trump 9-8 and win his first Welsh Open title.
The Englishman, 40, took the last two frames, sealing victory with a break of 55 to claim his first ranking title since the 2015 World Championship.
Bingham had led 4-0 in the early stages and came through ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/snooker/39022490 |
Hidden Figures: How Nasa hired its first black women 'computers' - BBC News | 2017-02-19 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The history of black women working for Nasa goes back much further than the 1960s - the period of the film Hidden Figures - and their struggles continued afterwards. | Magazine | The Oscar-nominated film Hidden Figures tells the story of African-American women whose maths skills helped put a US astronaut into orbit in the 1960s. But the history of black women working for Nasa goes back much further - and they were still struggling to get the best jobs in the 1970s.
In 1943, two years after the... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-39003904 |
FA Cup: Harry Kane completes hat-trick for Tottenham at Fulham - BBC Sport | 2017-02-19 | null | Watch as Tottenham striker Harry Kane rifles home to seal his hat-trick in the FA Cup fifth round tie against Fulham at Craven Cottage. | null | Tottenham striker Harry Kane rifles home to seal his hat-trick in the FA Cup fifth round tie against Fulham at Craven Cottage.
Watch all the best action from the FA Cup fifth round here.
Available to UK users only. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/39022212 |
Newspaper headlines: Russia 'assassination plot' and Brexit 'limbo' - BBC News | 2017-02-19 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Claims Moscow planned a coup in Montenegro and fears EU nationals could be caught in a legal no man's land after Brexit make the front pages. | The Papers | The Daily Telegraph carries claims from senior Whitehall sources that Russia plotted to assassinate the prime minister of Montenegro and overthrow its government last year.
Montenegro's PM Milo Djukanovic is said to have been the targeted on election day last October
It is claimed the plot was designed to sabotage Mo... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-the-papers-39018510 |
Ray Woodhall survives 27 heart attacks after walking football - BBC News | 2017-02-19 | null | Father-of-three Ray Woodhall survived 27 heart attacks in 24 hours. He first became ill during a game of "walking football". | null | Father-of-three Ray Woodhall survived 27 heart attacks in 24 hours. He first became ill during a game of "walking football".
He was taken to hospital, where two stents were put in his main artery, but then he began to suffer multiple heart attacks.
The 54-year-old told 5 live he thought he had been asleep but had act... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-39014563 |
Blackburn Rovers 1-2 Manchester United - BBC Sport | 2017-02-19 | null | Zlatan Ibrahimovic comes off the bench to score the winner as Manchester United are made to work hard to beat Blackburn in the FA Cup fifth round. | null | Last updated on .From the section Football
Zlatan Ibrahimovic came off the bench to score the winner as holders Manchester United had to work hard to beat Championship strugglers Blackburn in the FA Cup fifth round.
Striker Ibrahimovic was allowed too much time in the box to latch on to fellow substitute Paul Pogba's... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/38947530 |
FA Cup: Lincoln City win is 'football miracle' on dramatic fifth-round day - BBC Sport | 2017-02-19 | null | Non-league side Lincoln achieve a 'football miracle' by reaching the FA Cup quarter-finals, while Millwall knock out Leicester. | null | Last updated on .From the section Football
Lincoln achieved a "football miracle" as they knocked out Burnley on a dramatic day of FA Cup fifth-round action, with 10-man Millwall beating Premier League champions Leicester.
The Imps became the first non-league side in 103 years to reach the last eight with their win ov... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/39017152 |
FA Cup: Fulham 0-3 Tottenham Hotspur highlights - BBC Sport | 2017-02-19 | null | Harry Kane scores a hat-trick as Tottenham reach the FA Cup quarter-finals with a comfortable 3-0 win over Championship side Fulham. | null | Harry Kane scores a hat-trick as Tottenham reach the FA Cup quarter-finals with a comfortable 3-0 win over Championship side Fulham.
Watch all the best action from the FA Cup fifth round here.
Available to UK users only. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/39018304 |
Spencer Oliver on boxer Michael Watson, after suspected car-jack - BBC News | 2017-02-19 | null | Former boxing champion Spencer Oliver describes the attack on friend and former boxer Michael Watson. | null | Former boxing champion Spencer Oliver has described a suspected car-jacking attack on his friend and fellow former boxer Michael Watson.
Oliver told 5 live: “Michael has some burns when he was dragged down the road in the car. It was a crazy incident and thankfully no one was seriously hurt.”
A police spokesman confi... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-39020156 |
Welsh council staff 'should check pets for microchips' - BBC News | 2017-02-19 | null | Animal lovers hope to make it mandatory for pets found by council workers to be checked for microchips. | null | Animal lovers hope to make it mandatory for pets found by council workers to be checked for microchips so they can be returned to their owners.
A petition to the assembly wants it to be mandatory to scan microchips of all pets, dead or alive.
Rebecca Baker, assistant manager at Dogs Trust Bridgend, urged anyone who f... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-39007976 |
Jeanette Winterson: 'Character of London will disappear' - BBC News | 2017-02-19 | null | Award winning author Jeanette Winterson has been speaking to the BBC about having to close her deli in Spitalfields because of rising rates. | null | Award winning author Jeanette Winterson has been speaking to the BBC about having to close her deli in Spitalfields because of rising rates.
Her business rates will rise from £21,500 to £54,000 in April. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/39009724 |
Dan Vickerman: Former Australia lock dies at the age of 37 - BBC Sport | 2017-02-19 | null | Former Australia and Northampton lock Dan Vickerman, who won 63 caps, has died at the age of 37. | null | Last updated on .From the section Rugby Union
Former Australia lock Dan Vickerman has died at the age of 37, the Australian Rugby Union (ARU) has confirmed.
South Africa-born Vickerman played 63 Tests for Australia after his 2002 debut and featured in three World Cups.
"The rugby world is in shock after news of the ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/39019288 |
Don Juan role shows David Tennant 'as you've never seen him before' - BBC News | 2017-02-19 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The actor's role in Don Juan in Soho will see him play 'an anti-hero', says writer and director Patrick Marber. | Entertainment & Arts | David Tennant's new West End role will show him in a new light, according to the play's writer and director.
The Broadchurch and Doctor Who star is going to be a "real anti-hero" in Don Juan in Soho, says Patrick Marber - the man behind Oscar-nominated film Closer.
It's been described as a "savagely funny and filthy"... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-38895605 |
Bill Gates: Pathogen could kill 30m in a year - BBC News | 2017-02-19 | null | Microsoft's founder warns a virus, possibly created by terrorists, could have a catastrophic effect. | null | Microsoft founder Bill Gates has warned a deadly pathogen could easily wipe out 30m people in a year, and that the example of Ebola was one to heed.
Speaking at the Munich Security Conference, Mr Gates said there was a "reasonable probability" of such a virus spreading, and that it would most likely do so in fragile s... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-39016180 |
Thousands vie for Naked Man title in Japan - BBC News | 2017-02-19 | null | Thousands of men wearing just loincloths gathered at the Saidaiji Kannon-in Temple, Okayama, Japan for an annual festival. | null | Thousands of men wearing just loincloths gathered at the Saidaiji Kannon-in Temple, Okayama, Japan for an annual festival. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-39019390 |
Wrong national anthem played for gold medallists - BBC News | 2017-02-19 | null | Russian gold medallists at the biathlon world championship in Austria had to sing their national anthem after the wrong one was played. | null | Russian gold medal winners at the biathlon world championship in Austria had to sing their national anthem after an old, Yeltsin-era anthem was played by mistake.
Aleksei Volkov, Maksim Tsvetkov, Anton Babikov, and Anton Shipulin were handed the microphone when organisers played the old anthem. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-39020854 |
FA Cup: Marcus Rashford equalises for Manchester United with cool finish - BBC Sport | 2017-02-19 | null | Marcus Rashford slots home to equalise for Manchester United in their FA Cup fifth-round tie against Blackburn Rovers at Ewood Park. | null | Manchester United striker Marcus Rashford beats goalkeeper Jason Steele to cancel out Danny Graham's opener in their FA Cup fifth-round tie at Blackburn Rovers.
Watch all the best action from the FA Cup fifth round here.
FA PEOPLE'S CUP: Sign up for free five-a-side competition – entries close midnight on Sunday!
Av... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/39022934 |
Paris unrest: Banlieue youths see French state as the enemy - BBC News | 2017-02-19 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The BBC's James Longman assesses the mood in the deprived suburbs of Paris after days of unrest. | Europe | Paris suburbs have seen violent protests after Theo's alleged sexual assault
In the Paris suburbs, youth sits idle. Young men chat and smoke. Some deal drugs. Most days are spent like this.
But today the talk is still about the alleged sexual assault on one of their friends, 22-year-old Theo, a young black man, who w... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-39011298 |
Sister of Paris police 'rape victim' speaks out - BBC News | 2017-02-19 | null | The sister of the young man who was allegedly sexually assaulted by French police, calls for justice in a BBC interview. | null | The sister of the young man who was allegedly sexually assaulted by French police, has spoken to the BBC.
Eleanor has said that there will be further violence unless justice is seen to be done. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-39020154 |
South Africa's amputee homeless artist - BBC News | 2017-02-19 | null | Chuma Somdaka, a disabled artist living in a South African park, gets her own exhibition. | null | Becoming a successful artist is hard enough without being homeless and disabled. But Chuma Somdaka, who has been living in a park in South Africa for three years, has not let her circumstances discourage her and is now preparing for her first exhibition. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-38991130 |
Trump: 'I'm only worried he's gonna give me a kiss' - BBC News | 2017-02-19 | null | The US president invited a supporter on to the stage at his rally in Florida. | null | US President Trump invited one of his supporters on stage during his "campaign rally for America" event in Florida.
While the Republican was giving a speech, he recognised the man in the crowd that he had seen "on television just now", and let him deliver a few words at the podium to the Trump supporters. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-39018776 |
Facebook bereavement leave: How long is long enough? - BBC News | 2017-02-19 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Facebook last week doubled its bereavement leave allowance for its staff. Employees can now take up to 20 days off on full pay. Is it enough? | Business | Facebook's new bereavement leave policy was announced by Sheryl Sandberg
Facebook last week doubled its bereavement leave allowance for its staff. Employees can now take up to 20 days off with pay to mourn the death of an immediate family member.
The new policy was announced by Facebook's chief operating officer, She... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-38915693 |
Premiership: Sale Sharks 34-28 Wasps - BBC Sport | 2017-02-19 | null | A hat-trick from Denny Solomona helps push Sale to victory in a high-scoring affair against leaders Wasps. | null | Last updated on .From the section Rugby Union
A hat-trick from Denny Solomona pushed Sale to victory in a high-scoring affair against leaders Wasps.
Sale had raced to a 31-9 lead just after half-time at AJ Bell Stadium before Wasps found their groove.
Tries from Josh Bassett and Ashley Johnson put them back in touch... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/38971933 |
First scheduled steam train service used by 5,500 people - BBC News | 2017-02-19 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Tornado, the newest steam locomotive in Britain, pulled 12 Northern services over three days. | Cumbria | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.
More than 5,000 people travelled on the first timetabled steam train service on the Settle to Carlisle railway line in 50 years, Northern Rail has said.
Tornado, the newest steam locomotive in Britain, pulled 12 Northern se... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cumbria-39020181 |
FA Cup: Best fifth-round goals include Rudy Gestede's acrobatic volley - BBC Sport | 2017-02-19 | null | Watch the FA Cup fifth round's best goals, including Rudy Gestede's acrobatic volley for Middlesbrough and a lovely finish from Blackburn's Danny Graham. | null | Watch the best of the goals from the FA Cup fifth round, including Rudy Gestede's acrobatic volley for Middlesbrough, a cheeky free-kick from Oxford's Chris Maguire and a lovely finish from Blackburn's Danny Graham.
Watch all the best action from the FA Cup fifth round here.
Available to UK users only. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/39018249 |
World Ski Championships 2017: Marcel Hirsher wins slalom gold - Dave Ryding misses out - BBC Sport | 2017-02-19 | null | Austrian Marcel Hirscher wins men's slalom gold as Britain's Dave Ryding misses out on a medal after finishing 11th at the Alpine World Championships. | null | Austrian Marcel Hirscher wins men's slalom gold as Britain's Dave Ryding misses out on a medal after finishing 11th at the Alpine World Championships in St Moritz, Switzerland.
Available to UK users only. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/winter-sports/39021464 |
Newspaper headlines: Brexit 'blackmail' and 'plotting' peers - BBC News | 2017-02-19 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Stories on pre-negotiation warnings from European politicians and to "remainer" peers make the front pages. | The Papers | As peers begin debating the Brexit legislation, the Guardian says it has been told by European politicians that British attempts to "blackmail and divide" EU countries in the run-up to Brexit negotiations will lead to a disastrous "crash landing" out of the bloc.
They say the approach being pursued by Theresa May's go... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-the-papers-39023937 |
Sutton v Arsenal: Clem tours the Gunners' dressing room - BBC Sport | 2017-02-19 | null | Mark Clemmit is shown around the away dressing room at Sutton United by manager Paul Doswell, which Premier League side Arsenal will be using during their FA Cup fifth-round match on Monday. | null | Mark Clemmit is shown around the away dressing room at Sutton United by manager Paul Doswell, which Premier League side Arsenal will be using during their FA Cup fifth-round match on Monday.
Watch live coverage of Sutton v Arsenal, Monday 20 February, 19:30 GMT on BBC One and the BBC Sport website. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/39006470 |
Cars fall into Los Angeles sinkhole - BBC News | 2017-02-19 | null | The drama of cars tumbling into a sinkhole is shown on live TV. | null | Two cars have fallen down a sinkhole in Studio City, a Los Angeles neighbourhood in the US.
The drama of the second one, teetering on the edge and then tumbling down, was shown on live television.
One of the strongest storms in years - dubbed a "bombogenesis" or "weather bomb" - has hit California. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-39014359 |
Mo Farah wins 5,000m and Laura Muir breaks record at British Grand Prix - BBC Sport | 2017-02-19 | null | Mo Farah takes victory in the 5,000m at the Birmingham Grand Prix to win the final indoor race of his career. | null | Last updated on .From the section Athletics
Mo Farah took victory in the 5,000m at the Birmingham Grand Prix to win the final indoor race of his career.
The 33-year-old, who will retire from the track this year, set a European record of 13 minutes 9.16 seconds.
Laura Muir won the 1,000m in a British record of 2:31:9... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/39016328 |
FA Cup quarter-final draw: Lincoln City to play Arsenal - BBC Sport | 2017-02-19 | null | Lincoln City will play Arsenal in the FA Cup quarter-finals as reward for their fifth-round victory over Burnley. | null | Last updated on .From the section Football
Lincoln City will play Arsenal in the FA Cup quarter-finals as reward for their stunning fifth-round victory over Burnley.
The fifth-tier club became the first non-league team in 103 years to reach the last eight with the biggest shock of the competition so far on Saturday.
... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/39018105 |
SpaceX successfully launches rocket after Saturday setback - BBC News | 2017-02-19 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The US rocket company sends a cargo ship to resupply the International Space Station. | Science & Environment | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The SpaceX rocket was launched from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida
Private rocket firm SpaceX has successfully launched a rocket carrying a cargo ship for the International Space Station following the postponement of ta... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-39021729 |
Munich Security Conference: Europe's concerns with Trump government far from over - BBC News | 2017-02-19 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Vice-President Mike Pence represents the new Donald Trump administration at the Munich Security Conference. | Europe | Germany's Angela Merkel, seen here with US Vice-President Mike Pence, asked in a speech whether countries would return to "parochial policies"
The Munich Security Conference is at one and the same time an annual jamboree for senior officials and think-tankers and a place where former officials and corporate movers-and... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-39017879 |
World Club Challenge: Wigan Warriors 22-6 Cronulla Sharks - BBC Sport | 2017-02-19 | null | Joe Burgess scores a hat-trick of tries as Wigan beat Cronulla Sharks to win a record fourth World Club Challenge. | null | Last updated on .From the section Rugby League
Joe Burgess scored a hat-trick of tries as Wigan beat Cronulla Sharks to win a record fourth World Club Challenge.
Victory for the Warriors also completed a 2-0 World Club Series win for Super League over Australia's NRL.
Oliver Gildart also crossed as an English club b... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/38971535 |
Music matters: Choosing the violin over walking - BBC News | 2017-02-19 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The 3ft violinist who chose music over life-changing surgery. | Disability | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.
Violinist Gaelynn Lea chose her musical craft over surgery which might have changed her life, but it is a decision she does not regret.
She now tours America and Europe with her haunting electro-folk music, but at just 3ft ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/disability-36315689 |
Roadkill and lawnmower exhibitions: The weird ways museums are finding funding - BBC News | 2017-02-19 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | As our arts centres and museums suffer funding cuts, several are seeking innovative ways to increase their income and footfall. But can quirky fundraisers keep our tourist attractions afloat? | England | Museums are searching for unusual ways to raise money
Fancy learning how to practise taxidermy on roadkill? Or visiting the lawnmowers of the rich and famous? As our arts centres and museums suffer funding cuts, several are seeking innovative ways to increase income and footfall. But can quirky fundraisers keep our to... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-38920364 |
Kim Jong-nam: Will killing derail North Korea-China ties? - BBC News | 2017-02-19 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Some see Kim Jong-nam's death as a slap in the face for Beijing from the North Korean leader. | China | The apparent killing of Kim Jong-nam raises tricky questions for China
Beijing needs to do more to rein in North Korea: that's the view of US President Donald Trump and his new team. But how much leverage does China really have there and what are the chances of it being used, asks the BBC's Stephen McDonell in Beijing... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-39000681 |
World Ski Championships 2017: Dave Ryding in contention after opening run - BBC Sport | 2017-02-19 | null | British skier Dave Ryding puts himself in contention for a medal with a strong opening run in the men's slalom at the Alpine World Championships. | null | British skier Dave Ryding puts himself in contention for a medal with a strong opening run in the men's slalom at the Alpine World Championships in St Moritz, Switzerland.
Available to UK users only.
Watch the second run of the men's slalom from 11:45 GMT on the BBC Red Button and the BBC Sport website. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/winter-sports/39020082 |
Rich rewards in tricky treasure hunt - BBC News | 2017-02-19 | null | Five objects, each worth at least £2,500, have been hidden around Scunthorpe, and the deal is finders keepers. | null | Five objects, each worth at least £2,500, have been hidden around Scunthorpe, and the deal is finders keepers. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-39014559 |
Lincoln City: How Imps became FA Cup legends - BBC Sport | 2017-02-19 | null | BBC Sport takes a look at how non-league side Lincoln City became FA Cup legends after beating Premier League side Burnley 1-0 in the fifth round. | null | BBC Sport takes a look at how non-league side Lincoln City became FA Cup legends after beating Premier League side Burnley 1-0 in the fifth round, becoming the first non-league side in 103 years to reach the quarter-finals.
Watch all the best action from the FA Cup fifth round here.
Available to UK users only. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/39018109 |
The cost of Punjab's heroin 'epidemic' - BBC News | 2017-02-02 | null | Drug addiction has become a major campaign issue ahead of state polls in Punjab. | null | The north Indian state of Punjab is due to hold polls on Saturday for a new government.
However, the biggest issue confronting voters is not jobs or the economy, but a massive drugs problem.
Nearly two thirds of households in the state are said to have at least one user of hard drugs, such as heroin.
Filmed and prod... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-38831563 |
Halal snack pack: The kebab that defined Australia in 2016 - BBC News | 2017-02-02 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | After bursting onto the political scene in 2016, "halal snack pack" becomes Australians' Word of the Year. | Australia | "Halal snack pack" has been named People's Choice Word of the Year 2016 by Australia's Macquarie Dictionary.
A snack pack, also known as an HSP, is a hearty pile of kebab meat, chips and sauce which has become a staple of Australian takeaway shops.
It's perhaps an unlikely platform for political debate, but this year... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-38824058 |
Dan Roan asks whether welfare should come before winning - BBC Sport | 2017-02-02 | null | In light of recent accusations made within cycling, Dan Roan asks whether it is more than just the sport's reputation that is on the line. | null | It may have started out as a dispute between a track cyclist and her former coach.
But 10 months after Jess Varnish first made allegations of sexism, discrimination and bullying against Shane Sutton - and British Cycling - it is not just the reputation of the country's most successful and best-funded Olympic sport tha... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/38833749 |
Six Nations 2017 - England v France: Elliot Daly starts on wing - BBC Sport | 2017-02-02 | null | England pick Wasps' Elliot Daly ahead of in-form Jack Nowell to face France in the Six Nations. | null | Last updated on .From the section Rugby Union
Elliot Daly has been named on the wing for England's Six Nations opener against France on Saturday, with the in-form Jack Nowell on the bench.
Nowell missed two days of training this week for personal reasons.
Maro Itoje will start a Test for the first time on the flank,... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/38839946 |
Hockney redesigns the Sun's logo - BBC News | 2017-02-02 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The Yorkshire artist has redesigned the newspaper's logo for a one-off souvenir edition | Entertainment & Arts | Here's an exclusive first look at David Hockney's masthead for Friday's edition of the Sun. What do you think?
Newspapers are forever doing cool stunts with their front pages and mastheads.
When he was editor of the Independent (my former parish), Simon Kelner designed several memorable front pages, often with the he... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-38842491 |
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