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'I've given up my life to care for my mum' - BBC News | 2017-04-24 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | For Sue Jenkins, whose 88-year-old mother needs round-the-clock care, life can be very difficult. | Health | The life of a carer can be very difficult. For Sue Jenkins, whose 88-year-old mother Patricia needs round-the-clock care, it is very hard indeed.
Two years ago, Patricia was diagnosed with dementia. An accident four years earlier broke her back and since then she has been disabled, doubly incontinent and using a wheel... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-39654596 |
Real Madrid 2-3 Barcelona - BBC Sport | 2017-04-24 | null | Lionel Messi scores his 500th Barcelona goal to send them top of La Liga with a last-minute winner against Real Madrid. | null | Last updated on .From the section European Football
Lionel Messi scored his 500th Barcelona goal to send them top of La Liga with an injury-time winner against 10-man Real Madrid at the Bernabeu.
Barca, whose win put them top because of a better head-to-head record, have five games left, Real have six to play.
Casem... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/39668462 |
Reality Check: Are a quarter of Scottish children in poverty? - BBC News | 2017-04-24 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Official figures suggest that the number of children in poverty in Scotland has jumped to 260,000. | UK Politics | The claim: 260,000 children in Scotland are living in poverty, 40,000 up on last year.
Reality Check verdict: The best available figures suggest he is right to say there has been a jump in child poverty in Scotland to 260,000 after several years of little change.
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn addressed the Scottish Tra... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-39696117 |
'Everything's on fire' - the scramble to organise an election - BBC News | 2017-04-24 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | News of a snap poll means many late nights and cancelled weekends for some over the coming weeks. | UK Politics | When Theresa May announced on Tuesday she was seeking an early general election, scores of people saw their weekends and half-term holidays vanish in a giant puff of electioneering, manifesto-writing and the mammoth admin task of staging a nationwide ballot.
By anyone's estimations, the general election of 2015 was an... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-39660686 |
Will NHS stats spark polling day debate? - BBC News | 2017-04-24 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Key statistics on NHS performance are due to be published on the day of the general election. | Health | On general election polling day, broadcasters are obliged to refrain from coverage of campaigning and stick to uncontroversial accounts of politicians voting or the weather.
But there could be an important news story that day relating to one of the main issues of the campaign - the state of the health service.
Thursd... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-39695598 |
Target Somalia: The new scramble for Africa? - BBC News | 2017-04-24 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Many different countries are trying to get a toehold in Somalia as it slowly emerges from chaos. | Africa | I know some rather annoying crows in the Somali port town of Berbera. Every morning, as I eat my breakfast by the beach, they swoop down and steal my bread, my jam, even my butter.
Then they fly back up to their perches on a tall metal fence. They look like sentries, their black feathers gleaming, beaks curved and sha... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-39654795 |
Newcastle United 4-1 Preston North End - BBC Sport | 2017-04-24 | null | Newcastle United secure an immediate return to the Premier League with a convincing home win over 10-man Preston. | null | Last updated on .From the section Football
Newcastle United secured an immediate return to the Premier League with a convincing home victory over Preston.
Christian Atsu put the Magpies 2-1 up at half-time after Jordan Hugill had cancelled out an Ayoze Perez opener.
On a tense evening at St James' Park, Newcastle ne... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/39618289 |
Barcelona Open: Dan Evans and Kyle Edmund through to second round - BBC Sport | 2017-04-24 | null | Dan Evans claims his first ATP Tour win on Clay at the Barcelona Open as fellow Briton Kyle Edmund also progresses to the second round. | null | Last updated on .From the section Tennis
Britain's Dan Evans claimed his first ATP Tour win on clay to reach the second round of the Barcelona Open, as compatriot Kyle Edmund also progressed.
World number 43 Evans took a final-set tie-break against Thiago Monteiro to triumph 6-7 (4-7) 6-2 7-6 (7-2).
The 26-year-old'... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/39696317 |
Lib Dem membership tops 100,000 after snap election call - BBC News | 2017-04-24 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Leader Tim Farron says the party is the only one opposing Theresa May's "hard Brexit". | UK Politics | Lib Dem membership has passed the 100,000 mark following a surge of new joiners since Theresa May announced a snap general election.
The party said it has signed up 12,500 new members since last week - and is expected to reach its highest total in its history "within days".
Leader Tim Farron said Lib Dems are the onl... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-39694417 |
Arsenal 2-1 Manchester City - BBC Sport | 2017-04-24 | null | Alexis Sanchez's extra-time winner sees Arsenal beat Manchester City at Wembley to reach a third FA Cup final in four seasons. | null | Last updated on .From the section FA Cup
Alexis Sanchez's scrambled extra-time winner secured Arsenal an FA Cup final date with Chelsea - and ensured Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola will end a season without a trophy for the first time in his coaching career.
Sanchez settled a contentious semi-final 11 minutes ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/39612222 |
Geeks v government: The battle over public key cryptography - BBC News | 2017-04-24 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The technology which underpins the internet's security has always been disputed. | Business | Two graduate students stood silently beside a lectern, listening as their professor presented their work to a conference.
Usually, the students would want the glory. And they had, just a couple of days previously. But their families talked them out of it.
A few weeks earlier, the Stanford researchers had received an ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-39341663 |
World Championship 2017: Mark Selby beats Xiao Guodong - best shots - BBC Sport | 2017-04-24 | null | Watch five of the best shots from Mark Selby's 13-6 win over Xiao Guodong 13-6 to reach to reach the World Championship quarter-finals. | null | Watch five of the best shots from Mark Selby's 13-6 win over Xiao Guodong 13-6 to reach to reach the World Championship quarter-finals.
Available to UK users only. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/snooker/39698776 |
Anthony Joshua v Wladimir Klitschko: 'Father Time' has caught up with Ukrainian - BBC Sport | 2017-04-24 | null | Briton Anthony Joshua says "Father Time has caught up with Wladimir Klitschko" as the two prepare for Saturday's heavyweight world title bout. | null | Last updated on .From the section Boxing
Coverage: Live radio commentary on BBC Radio 5 live and text commentary on the BBC Sport website and app from 21:00 BST.
Briton Anthony Joshua says "Father Time has caught up with Wladimir Klitschko" as the two prepare for Saturday's heavyweight world title bout.
Klitschko, 4... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/boxing/39690692 |
Munch inspired by 'screaming clouds' - BBC News | 2017-04-24 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A new theory may explain the background to one of the most famous works of art ever produced. | Science & Environment | Edvard Munch's The Scream: One of the world's most famous works of art
Norwegian scientists have put forward a new theory to explain the inspiration behind one of the most famous works of art ever produced.
The Scream (1892), by Edvard Munch, depicts a figure holding its face, which is making an agonised expression.
... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-39697256 |
The Holocaust: Who are the missing million? - BBC News | 2017-04-24 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Researchers have so far named nearly five million victims, but now they are in a race against time. | Middle East | Two-thirds of European Jewry was murdered by the Nazis
Giselle Cycowicz (born Friedman) remembers her father, Wolf, as a warm, kind and religious man. "He was a scholar," she says, "he always had a book open, studying Talmud [compendium of Jewish law], but he was also a businessman and he looked after his family."
Be... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-39062221 |
UKIP: Full face veils are 'barrier to integration' - BBC News | 2017-04-24 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | UKIP's proposed ban on full veils worn by some Muslim women has "great public support", it claims. | UK Politics | UKIP's proposed ban on full veils worn by some Muslim women has "great public support", the party's deputy leader has claimed.
Peter Whittle said wearing a burka or niqab is "an absolute symbol of the subjectification of women".
UKIP wants no new Islamic schools in the state system until the Muslim community "is bett... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-39693154 |
To Ray Davies, America is a 'beautiful but dangerous' place - BBC News | 2017-04-24 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | America is "a beautiful but dangerous place," says Ray Davies, as he discusses his new album. | Entertainment & Arts | Ray Davies' new album contrasts the America of his childhood dreams to the reality he discovered while living in New Orleans
"Sorry, I'm chewing gum," says Ray Davies five minutes into our interview, before extracting the offending substance from his mouth.
It's a fitting interruption. We're here to talk about his la... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-39665367 |
Kelly Sotherton: Ex-heptathlete to get Beijing Olympic bronze upgrade - BBC Sport | 2017-04-24 | null | Britain's Kelly Sotherton is set to be upgraded to an Olympic bronze medal for the second time in five months after retrospective drug tests. | null | Last updated on .From the section Athletics
Britain's Kelly Sotherton is set to be upgraded to an Olympic bronze medal for the second time in five months after retrospective drug tests.
Russian Tatyana Chernova has been stripped of the heptathlon bronze she won at Beijing in 2008 after testing positive for a steroid.... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/39695739 |
The seats that could decide the election - BBC News | 2017-04-24 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Where do the Conservatives, Labour and the Lib Dems have to fight hardest to win the general election? | UK Politics | Note: Battleground seats are defined as those where the winning party had a majority of less than 10%
There are 650 constituencies in the United Kingdom. But the election campaign over the coming weeks will be concentrated in the marginal battleground seats - the ones with small majorities that are most likely to chan... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-39655379 |
'The grief can damage your mental health' - BBC News | 2017-04-24 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Survivors say the pain of bereavement can easily push people into mental illness without proper support. | Health | It is a sunny Saturday afternoon and sausages are sizzling on the barbecue, wine is flowing and children shuttle between the swings and a plate of cupcakes.
This gathering in Nottingham looks like any group of friends, but the adults have one thing in common - they have all been widowed.
Way: Widowed and Young is a p... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-39653676 |
General election 2017: Where UK's parties stand on Brexit - BBC News | 2017-04-24 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The issue of Brexit looms large over the general election - here's where the parties stand. | UK Politics | Brexit is a major issue at the UK general election - here's what we know about where the main parties across the UK stand.
In short: Prime Minister Theresa May was against Brexit before the EU referendum but now says there can be no turning back and that "Brexit means Brexit". The reason she gave for calling a general... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-39665835 |
French election: Why EU should not count its chickens on Macron - BBC News | 2017-04-24 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | But the EU should not count its chickens just yet, warns the BBC's Europe editor Katya Adler. | Europe | The relief in Brussels is palpable. It believes it is (almost) back from the brink.
A passionate Europhile, Emmanuel Macron's presidential campaign is as much blue and yellow as it is the "tricolour" of France.
The EU, he believes, should to be at the heart of French politics, with more integration in finance, defenc... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-39697005 |
Celtic 2-0 Rangers - BBC Sport | 2017-04-24 | null | Celtic beat Rangers to set up a Scottish Cup final meeting with Aberdeen and the chance to complete a domestic treble. | null | Last updated on .From the section Football
Celtic beat Rangers at Hampden to set up a Scottish Cup final against Aberdeen and the chance to complete a domestic treble.
Callum McGregor's superbly placed finish put the Premiership champions ahead during a dominant first half from Brendan Rodgers' side.
Scott Sinclair ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/39612250 |
General election 2017: Women's Equality Party leader to challenge MP Philip Davies - BBC News | 2017-04-24 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Sophie Walker accuses Philip Davies of misogyny but he calls her plans "extreme political correctness". | UK Politics | The Women's Equality Party leader says many women are being shut out of the political debate
The leader of the Women's Equality Party, Sophie Walker, is to stand against Tory MP and male rights advocate Philip Davies in the election.
If elected in the West Yorkshire seat of Shipley, she said she would be a "voice for... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-39683982 |
London Marathon: Why do some runners get 'jelly legs'? - BBC News | 2017-04-24 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Why do some runners experience "jelly legs" at the end of a marathon? | UK | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Matthew Rees helped David Wyeth up The Mall to the finish line of the London Marathon
It's been hailed as the defining image of this year's London Marathon: runner Matthew Rees stopping to help fellow competitor David Wyeth ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-39693082 |
Ched Evans: Sheffield United set to re-sign striker from Chesterfield - BBC Sport | 2017-04-24 | null | League One champions Sheffield United are set to re-sign striker Ched Evans from Chesterfield, reports BBC Radio Sheffield. | null | Last updated on .From the section Football
League One champions Sheffield United are set to re-sign striker Ched Evans from Chesterfield.
BBC Radio Sheffield reports the clubs have agreed a fee of about £500,000.
Evans, 28, last played for the Blades in 2012 before he was found guilty of raping a 19-year-old woman i... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/39697804 |
UKIP 'gets radical' with return to right-wing policies - BBC News | 2017-04-24 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | UKIP searches for a new unique selling point after Theresa May steals a march on Brexit. | UK Politics | What do you do when the central policy on which your party was formed and has long campaigned becomes the domain of a political rival? If you're UKIP, get radical.
Theresa May has framed this election in terms of Brexit. The Conservatives are the party which will deliver on the referendum result, she has said, while o... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-39698976 |
Fears over fake Bieber and Styles accounts - BBC News | 2017-04-24 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Law enforcement agencies around the world are concerned about an increase in fake celebrity social media accounts. | BBC Trending | Law enforcement officers have been warning BBC Trending radio about a growing number of social media accounts wrongly purporting to be teen idols like Harry Styles and Justin Bieber, speaking inappropriately to young children.
The growing world of social media apps with big teenage audiences has made the situation eve... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-trending-39670673 |
Fed Cup: GB beaten in Romania as Johanna Konta and Heather Watson lose - BBC Sport | 2017-04-24 | null | Great Britain are consigned back to the Europe/Africa Zone group after losing their Fed Cup World Group II play-off in Romania. | null | Last updated on .From the section Tennis
Great Britain have lost their Fed Cup World Cup Group II play-off in Romania, consigning them back to the Europe/Africa Zone.
It was 1-1 after Saturday's play, when host captain Ilie Nastase was banned for swearing at the umpire, Johanna Konta and her captain Anne Keothavong.
... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/39684043 |
World Championship 2017: Marco Fu beats Neil Robertson, faces Mark Selby next - BBC Sport | 2017-04-24 | null | Marco Fu edges past 2010 champion Neil Robertson 13-11 to reach his fourth World Championship quarter-final. | null | Last updated on .From the section Snooker
Fu lost the first two frames of the final session to trail 10-8, but breaks of 78 and 115 pulled him level.
Robertson took an error-strewn 21st frame on the black, but Fu remained the calmer player and took the next three.
The world number eight from Hong Kong plays Mark Sel... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/snooker/39695301 |
Seven bands from the 80s we wish would reunite - BBC News | 2017-04-24 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | As Bananarama's original line-up get back together, what other 80s bands would we like to see reunite? | Entertainment & Arts | Children of the 1980s, rejoice - the original Bananarama line-up is back together at last. Which got us thinking - lots of 80s bands have reformed over recent years but which ones are we still wishing would reunite?
Frankie says relax - still the best slogan T-shirt ever
Liverpool band Frankie Goes to Hollywood, fron... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-39692931 |
General Election 2017: Would you support a burka ban? - BBC News | 2017-04-24 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | UKIP's manifesto will include plans to ban the burka, sparking strong reactions on both sides of the debate. | UK | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.
UKIP's manifesto will include proposals to ban full veils, the party's leader Paul Nuttall has told the BBC.
The announcement has sparked strong reaction on both sides of the debate.
Nazif, 37, is Muslim. Originally from A... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-39684530 |
Arsene Wenger: Arsenal answered their critics in FA Cup win over Manchester City - BBC Sport | 2017-04-24 | null | Arsene Wenger says Arsenal answered their critics with a "strong and united" performance as they reach a third FA Cup final in four years. | null | Last updated on .From the section FA Cup
Arsene Wenger believes Arsenal answered their critics with a "strong and united" performance as they beat Manchester City to reach a third FA Cup final in four years.
Alexis Sanchez scored an extra-time winner as the Gunners came from behind to win 2-1 and reach a record 20th ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/39688031 |
Is Maria Sharapova still a box office draw for sponsors? - BBC News | 2017-04-24 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Russian tennis star Maria Sharapova returns to action next week looking to boost her sponsor appeal. | Business | The player's kit suppliers Head and Nike have stood by her
Maria Sharapova faces the biggest challenge of her tennis career - namely her return to the sport after a 15-month drugs ban - and it is not just her continued sporting success that is in the spotlight.
Off the court, where she makes the bulk of her earnings,... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-39512639 |
How would the Tory energy price cap work? - BBC News | 2017-04-24 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The Tories have said they want an 'absolute' cap on prices, rather than a 'relative' limit. | Business | The Tories have announced a key new detail in how their proposed energy price cap would work.
It will be an "absolute" cap, based on the way limits for pre-payment meters have worked since the beginning of April.
The party has rejected the idea of a relative cap, which would limit the difference between the cheapest ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-39694183 |
What does French result mean for Brexit? - BBC News | 2017-04-24 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | With Emmanuel Macron installed as favourite to be French President - what does that mean for Brexit? | Business | French presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron is the favourite to win the next round
Emmanuel Macron has been installed as the overwhelming favourite to be the next French President - but what does that mean for business and Brexit?
For the bigger economic picture, a Macron win removes the chance of a political and e... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-39691352 |
What is superfoetation? - BBC News | 2017-04-24 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | It's when someone conceives and then gets pregnant again between two weeks and a month later. | Newsbeat | We're as confused as these guys...
A British woman's revealed she fell pregnant with twins, then conceived while carrying them and gave birth to triplets.
It's called superfoetation - when someone conceives then conceives again between two weeks and a month later.
It's extremely rare in humans. This is only the sixt... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/articles/39692070 |
World Championship 2017: Ding Junhui takes charge against Ronnie O'Sullivan - BBC Sport | 2017-04-25 | null | Ding Junhui dominates the second session of his World Championship quarter-final with Ronnie O'Sullivan to take a 10-6 lead. | null | Last updated on .From the section Snooker
World number four Ding Junhui dominated the second session of his World Championship quarter-final with Ronnie O'Sullivan to take a 10-6 lead.
Having shared eight frames in the opening session, the pair began Tuesday evening by winning a frame each.
But breaks of 64, 65, 120... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/snooker/39708569 |
Reality Check: Have we seen record numbers of jobs? - BBC News | 2017-04-25 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The prime minister says the record number of jobs is evidence of her strong leadership. | UK Politics | The claim: There is a record number of jobs in the UK.
Reality Check verdict: The number of jobs in the UK is indeed at a record level as are the numbers of people employed and the proportion of those aged between 16 and 64 who are in work.
Prime Minister Theresa May has been speaking to a Conservative rally in south... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-39710052 |
Alexis Sanchez: Arsenal forward will not move to Premier League club - Arsene Wenger - BBC Sport | 2017-04-25 | null | Arsenal forward Alexis Sanchez will not be sold to a Premier League rival, according to manager Arsene Wenger. | null | Last updated on .From the section Arsenal
Arsenal forward Alexis Sanchez will not be sold to a Premier League rival, according to manager Arsene Wenger.
The 28-year-old Chile international, who scored Sunday's FA Cup semi-final winner against Manchester City, has a year left on his Gunners contract but is yet to sign... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/39703517 |
Anthony Joshua surprises former coach with a car - BBC Sport | 2017-04-25 | null | IBF heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua surprises his former coach, Sean Murphy, with a car to say thank you for introducing him to boxing. | null | IBF heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua surprises his former coach, Sean Murphy, with a car to say thank you for introducing him to boxing.
Watch more in Anthony Joshua: The Road to Klitschko on BBC One, the BBC Sport website & mobile app from 22:45 BST on Tuesday, 25 April. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/boxing/39699356 |
Serena Williams calls Ilie Nastase comments 'racist' and backs investigation - BBC Sport | 2017-04-25 | null | Serena Williams says Ilie Nastase's comments about her unborn child are "racist" and backs an International Tennis Federation investigation. | null | Last updated on .From the section Tennis
Serena Williams says Ilie Nastase's recent comments about her unborn child are "racist" and has given her backing to a full investigation.
Nastase, a former world number one, was heard speculating whether Williams' child would be "chocolate with milk?"
"It disappoints me to k... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/39700229 |
Maria Sharapova: Stuttgart opponent Roberta Vinci questions wildcard - BBC Sport | 2017-04-25 | null | Maria Sharapova's first opponent following her 15-month doping ban questions the decision to give the Russian wildcards on the WTA Tour. | null | Last updated on .From the section Tennis
Coverage: Live commentary from 17:30 BST on BBC Radio 5 live sports extra, BBC Sport website and mobile app.
Maria Sharapova's first opponent following her 15-month doping ban has questioned the decision to give the Russian wildcards on the WTA Tour.
Sharapova plays Italy's R... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/39699807 |
Reality Check: Are a quarter of Scottish children in poverty? - BBC News | 2017-04-25 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Official figures suggest that the number of children in poverty in Scotland has jumped to 260,000. | UK Politics | The claim: 260,000 children in Scotland are living in poverty, 40,000 up on last year.
Reality Check verdict: The best available figures suggest he is right to say there has been a jump in child poverty in Scotland to 260,000 after several years of little change.
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn addressed the Scottish Tra... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-39696117 |
Kelly Sotherton: British athlete feels third Olympic medal gives career 'more meaning' - BBC Sport | 2017-04-25 | null | Kelly Sotherton feels her career has "more meaning" after she is upgraded to a three-time Olympic medallist following retrospective drug tests. | null | Last updated on .From the section Athletics
Kelly Sotherton feels her career has "more meaning" after she was upgraded to a three-time Olympic medallist following retrospective drug tests.
Sotherton, who won heptathlon bronze in 2004, has been given third for the same event in Beijing 2008 after Tatyana Chernova test... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/39713814 |
Will NHS stats spark polling day debate? - BBC News | 2017-04-25 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Key statistics on NHS performance are due to be published on the day of the general election. | Health | On general election polling day, broadcasters are obliged to refrain from coverage of campaigning and stick to uncontroversial accounts of politicians voting or the weather.
But there could be an important news story that day relating to one of the main issues of the campaign - the state of the health service.
Thursd... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-39695598 |
Meeting an organ trafficker who preys on Syrian refugees - BBC News | 2017-04-25 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Abu Jaafar's job is to find people desperate enough to give up parts of their body for money. | Magazine | There's a glint of pride in Abu Jaafar's eyes as he explains what he does for a living.
He used to work as a security guard in a pub but then he met a group which trades in organs. His job is to find people desperate enough to give up parts of their body for money, and the influx of refugees from Syria to Lebanon has ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-39272511 |
General Election 2017: Lib Dems to keep 'nuclear deterrent' - BBC News | 2017-04-25 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Leader Tim Farron also accuses Jeremy Corbyn of being "weak and dangerous" on defence matters. | UK Politics | The Liberal Democrats would "maintain a credible nuclear deterrent" if they won power, leader Tim Farron says.
"Our nuclear deterrent keeps us at the top table in this post-Brexit world," he said.
But Mr Farron also advocated replacing the current system of continuous-at-sea deterrence with more irregular patrolling ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-39702865 |
Rafael Benitez: Newcastle boss needs transfer funds - Alan Shearer - BBC Sport | 2017-04-25 | null | Newcastle boss Rafael Benitez must be given money for new players before their Premier League return, says club legend Alan Shearer. | null | Last updated on .From the section Football
Newcastle manager Rafael Benitez must be given money to improve the team before their Premier League return next season, says club legend Alan Shearer.
Benitez spent over £50m last summer after relegation, but Shearer says there is a risk of losing the Spaniard if he is not ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/39699186 |
Joshua v Klitschko: Why Mihai Nistor won't cash in on beating a champion - BBC News | 2017-04-25 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Mihai Nistor was the last fighter to stop Anthony Joshua - but while Joshua earns millions, Nistor remains an amateur on a modest income. Why? | Magazine | Mihai Nistor was the last - and only - fighter to stop world heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua. But while Joshua now earns millions, Nistor survives in his Bucharest apartment, still an amateur on a modest income. Why has he spurned boxing's riches?
He sits alone on a park bench, surrounded by an endless sprawl of d... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-39640173 |
Lib Dem membership tops 100,000 after snap election call - BBC News | 2017-04-25 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Leader Tim Farron says the party is the only one opposing Theresa May's "hard Brexit". | UK Politics | Lib Dem membership has passed the 100,000 mark following a surge of new joiners since Theresa May announced a snap general election.
The party said it has signed up 12,500 new members since last week - and is expected to reach its highest total in its history "within days".
Leader Tim Farron said Lib Dems are the onl... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-39694417 |
The Holocaust: Who are the missing million? - BBC News | 2017-04-25 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Researchers have so far named nearly five million victims, but now they are in a race against time. | Middle East | Two-thirds of European Jewry was murdered by the Nazis
Giselle Cycowicz (born Friedman) remembers her father, Wolf, as a warm, kind and religious man. "He was a scholar," she says, "he always had a book open, studying Talmud [compendium of Jewish law], but he was also a businessman and he looked after his family."
Be... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-39062221 |
Tyson Fury: Former heavyweight champion targets July return - BBC Sport | 2017-04-25 | null | Former heavyweight champion Tyson Fury targets a July return on the Billy Joe Saunders-Avtandil Khurtsidze undercard. | null | Last updated on .From the section Boxing
Former heavyweight champion Tyson Fury is targeting a July return to boxing.
The 28-year-old said in a post on social media he was aiming to return on the Billy Joe Saunders-Avtandil Khurtsidze undercard.
Fury, who has not fought since he beat Wladmir Klitschko in November 20... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/boxing/39709069 |
Chris Ofili is weaving magic - BBC News | 2017-04-25 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | How the Turner Prize-winning artist has moved on from elephant dung to lyrical tapestry. | Entertainment & Arts | Chris Ofili's tapestry took three years to create
I know some folk think Chris Ofili has gone off the boil since his Turner Prize-winning heyday, when he was considered one of Charles Saatchi's gang of Young British Artists.
Back then, Ofili incorporated elephant dung and cut-outs from porn mags in his paintings, whi... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-39710402 |
Chelsea 4-2 Southampton - BBC Sport | 2017-04-25 | null | Diego Costa scores twice as Premier League leaders Chelsea edge closer to the title with victory over Southampton. | null | Last updated on .From the section Football
Chelsea restored their lead at the top of the Premier League to seven points with a convincing win over Southampton at Stamford Bridge.
Antonio Conte's side had seen their advantage cut by Tottenham after the Blues' loss at Manchester United - but this was an emphatic respon... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/39625846 |
Kelly Sotherton: Ex-heptathlete to get Beijing Olympic bronze upgrade - BBC Sport | 2017-04-25 | null | Britain's Kelly Sotherton is set to be upgraded to an Olympic bronze medal for the second time in five months after retrospective drug tests. | null | Last updated on .From the section Athletics
Britain's Kelly Sotherton is set to be upgraded to an Olympic bronze medal for the second time in five months after retrospective drug tests.
Russian Tatyana Chernova has been stripped of the heptathlon bronze she won at Beijing in 2008 after testing positive for a steroid.... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/39695739 |
Has Trump kept his campaign promises? - BBC News | 2017-04-25 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Donald Trump gave out promises like candy during his campaign. It's time to visit the dentist. | US & Canada | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Donald Trump: First 100 days in 100 of his own words
Determining a presidency's success by inspecting its "first hundred days" is a bit of an artificial construct. If humans were born with 12 fingers, then perhaps we'd be ev... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-39697637 |
Challenge Cup sixth round-draw: Castleford Tigers host St Helens - BBC Sport | 2017-04-25 | null | Super League leaders Castleford Tigers are drawn at home to St Helens in the sixth round of the Challenge Cup. | null | Last updated on .From the section Rugby League
Super League leaders Castleford Tigers will host St Helens in the sixth round of the Challenge Cup.
Holders Hull FC entertain Catalans Dragons while Warrington Wolves, last year's losing finalists, are at home to local rivals Widnes Vikings.
League One side Barrow Raide... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/39712156 |
The seats that could decide the election - BBC News | 2017-04-25 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Where do the Conservatives, Labour and the Lib Dems have to fight hardest to win the general election? | UK Politics | Note: Battleground seats are defined as those where the winning party had a majority of less than 10%
There are 650 constituencies in the United Kingdom. But the election campaign over the coming weeks will be concentrated in the marginal battleground seats - the ones with small majorities that are most likely to chan... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-39655379 |
General election 2017: Where UK's parties stand on Brexit - BBC News | 2017-04-25 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The issue of Brexit looms large over the general election - here's where the parties stand. | UK Politics | Brexit is a major issue at the UK general election - here's what we know about where the main parties across the UK stand.
In short: Prime Minister Theresa May was against Brexit before the EU referendum but now says there can be no turning back and that "Brexit means Brexit". The reason she gave for calling a general... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-39665835 |
Wolverhampton Wanderers 0-1 Huddersfield Town - BBC Sport | 2017-04-25 | null | Izzy Brown's strike is enough to give Huddersfield Town a narrow win at Wolves to secure a Championship play-off spot. | null | Last updated on .From the section Football
Izzy Brown's strike was enough to give Huddersfield Town a narrow victory at Wolves and secure the Terriers a Championship play-off spot.
Brown curled home in the first half, his fifth Terriers goal, as David Wagner's side moved eight points clear of seventh with two games t... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/39035260 |
French election: Why EU should not count its chickens on Macron - BBC News | 2017-04-25 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | But the EU should not count its chickens just yet, warns the BBC's Europe editor Katya Adler. | Europe | The relief in Brussels is palpable. It believes it is (almost) back from the brink.
A passionate Europhile, Emmanuel Macron's presidential campaign is as much blue and yellow as it is the "tricolour" of France.
The EU, he believes, should to be at the heart of French politics, with more integration in finance, defenc... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-39697005 |
Sir Rod Stewart's son Liam Stewart stars for Great Britain - BBC Sport | 2017-04-25 | null | Liam Stewart - the son of Sir Rod Stewart and Rachel Hunter - scores his first international goal as Great Britain beat Estonia 5-1. | null | Liam Stewart - the son of music legend Sir Rod Stewart and former model Rachel Hunter - scores his first international goal as Great Britain beat Estonia 5-1 at the ice hockey World Championship Division 1 Group B in Belfast. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/ice-hockey/39704274 |
Women's World Cup 2019: England face Wales in qualifying group - BBC Sport | 2017-04-25 | null | England and Wales women have been drawn in the same group for European qualifying for the 2019 Women's World Cup. | null | Last updated on .From the section Women's Football
England women have been drawn in the same qualifying group as Wales for the 2019 Women's World Cup.
Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland are also together, in a group featuring Norway and the Netherlands, while Scotland will face fellow Euro 2017 qualifiers S... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/39706004 |
How Nepal quake turned women into builders - BBC News | 2017-04-25 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Women are breaking with tradition and helping rebuild Nepal after the earthquake two years ago. | Asia | Nepal needs women like Sanumaya to help rebuild
Reconstruction in Nepal has been slow since a devastating earthquake two years ago. But in some rural areas women are breaking with tradition and picking up tools to speed things up.
Sanumaya Kumal does everything from carrying sand and bricks, to digging foundations.
... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-39694171 |
Is Labour's Brexit plan too subtle? - BBC News | 2017-04-25 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Labour has a clear Brexit plan but some in the party would prefer more robust opposition to the Tory position. | UK Politics | If in years to come, students are asked an essay question - Is Nuance an Effective Weapon In Politics? - they might cite Labour's position on Brexit in 2017 in their answer.
As things stand, with the party trailing in the polls, it would appear that if it is a weapon at all, it's been decommissioned.
On the surface, ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-39709403 |
Eight ways intelligent machines are already in your life - BBC News | 2017-04-25 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Many people are unsure about what machine learning is, but the chances are they are using it every day. | Technology | Voice recognition allows virtual personal assistants to carry out commands
Many people are unsure about exactly what machine learning is. But the reality is that it is already part of everyday life.
A form of artificial intelligence, it allows computers to learn from examples rather than having to follow step-by-step... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-39657382 |
Nine ways to organise your life in your lunchtime - BBC News | 2017-04-25 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Rushed off your feet? Not enough hours in the day? Here are some apps to help you take control. | Business | Busy tech entrepreneur and mum Colleen Wong likes any apps that can save her time
With two children under the age of four and a tech start-up to run, Colleen Wong has her hands full.
She is happy to use any technology that can help her manage her hectic lifestyle, including family activity planning app Hoop and food-... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-39657640 |
London Marathon: Why do some runners get 'jelly legs'? - BBC News | 2017-04-25 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Why do some runners experience "jelly legs" at the end of a marathon? | UK | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Matthew Rees helped David Wyeth up The Mall to the finish line of the London Marathon
It's been hailed as the defining image of this year's London Marathon: runner Matthew Rees stopping to help fellow competitor David Wyeth ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-39693082 |
Dani King considering Wales switch for 2018 Commonwealth Games - BBC Sport | 2017-04-25 | null | Olympic gold medallist Dani King could cycle for Wales at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, having previously represented England. | null | Last updated on .From the section Wales
Olympic gold medallist Dani King could cycle for Wales at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, having previously represented England.
King, who won team pursuit gold with GB at London 2012 and is a three-time world champion in the discipline, has focused on the road since 2014.
Southa... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/39704623 |
Ched Evans: Sheffield United set to re-sign striker from Chesterfield - BBC Sport | 2017-04-25 | null | League One champions Sheffield United are set to re-sign striker Ched Evans from Chesterfield, reports BBC Radio Sheffield. | null | Last updated on .From the section Football
League One champions Sheffield United are set to re-sign striker Ched Evans from Chesterfield.
BBC Radio Sheffield reports the clubs have agreed a fee of about £500,000.
Evans, 28, last played for the Blades in 2012 before he was found guilty of raping a 19-year-old woman i... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/39697804 |
Macron - not the only young achiever - BBC News | 2017-04-25 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Emmanuel Macron will be the youngest ever president of France at just 39. Who else has achieved at such a young age? | World | He's young and he looks it. And at 39, Emmanuel Macron has won the final round of the French presidential election to become the country's youngest president - ever.
But he's not the youngest young achiever, by a long way. From ancient warriors to high-tech wizards, here's a random selection to rival Mr Macron.
The c... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-39694634 |
UKIP 'gets radical' with return to right-wing policies - BBC News | 2017-04-25 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | UKIP searches for a new unique selling point after Theresa May steals a march on Brexit. | UK Politics | What do you do when the central policy on which your party was formed and has long campaigned becomes the domain of a political rival? If you're UKIP, get radical.
Theresa May has framed this election in terms of Brexit. The Conservatives are the party which will deliver on the referendum result, she has said, while o... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-39698976 |
Labour's Brexit plan takes shape - BBC News | 2017-04-25 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The Labour Party are backing Brexit but setting out a very different approach to the Conservatives. | UK Politics | Dividing lines. Now, where have we heard that before?
Gordon Brown loved them. George Osborne relished them. In an era that had been dominated by centre ground politics where everyone fought over the middle, those lines were important to answer voters' claims that "they're all the same".
Today, Labour is spelling out... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-39703633 |
World Championship 2017: Marco Fu beats Neil Robertson, faces Mark Selby next - BBC Sport | 2017-04-25 | null | Marco Fu edges past 2010 champion Neil Robertson 13-11 to reach his fourth World Championship quarter-final. | null | Last updated on .From the section Snooker
Fu lost the first two frames of the final session to trail 10-8, but breaks of 78 and 115 pulled him level.
Robertson took an error-strewn 21st frame on the black, but Fu remained the calmer player and took the next three.
The world number eight from Hong Kong plays Mark Sel... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/snooker/39695301 |
Seven bands from the 80s we wish would reunite - BBC News | 2017-04-25 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | As Bananarama's original line-up get back together, what other 80s bands would we like to see reunite? | Entertainment & Arts | Children of the 1980s, rejoice - the original Bananarama line-up is back together at last. Which got us thinking - lots of 80s bands have reformed over recent years but which ones are we still wishing would reunite?
Frankie says relax - still the best slogan T-shirt ever
Liverpool band Frankie Goes to Hollywood, fron... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-39692931 |
Battle for Welsh votes shows Tory ambitions - BBC News | 2017-04-25 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Theresa May knows it will be difficult but she is deadly serious about a potential reshaping of Britain at this election. | UK Politics | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Labour voters in Porthcawl weigh up their options
She hardly cuts the jib of a radical. But despite warnings against complacency from the prime minister's own lips today, be in no doubt - the Tories are deadly serious about ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-39713864 |
Anthony Joshua v Wladimir Klitschko: Title fight is a whole new level, says Briton - BBC Sport | 2017-04-25 | null | Anthony Joshua says he is competing at a "whole new level" against former champion Wladimir Klitschko in Saturday's world title fight. | null | Coverage: Live radio commentary on BBC Radio 5 live and text commentary on the BBC Sport website and app from 21:00 BST.
Anthony Joshua says he will be competing at a "whole new level" when he takes on Wladimir Klitschko in Saturday's world title bout.
The two heavyweights fight for the IBF title and vacant WBA belt ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/boxing/39709199 |
What is superfoetation? - BBC News | 2017-04-25 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | It's when someone conceives and then gets pregnant again between two weeks and a month later. | Newsbeat | We're as confused as these guys...
A British woman's revealed she fell pregnant with twins, then conceived while carrying them and gave birth to triplets.
It's called superfoetation - when someone conceives then conceives again between two weeks and a month later.
It's extremely rare in humans. This is only the sixt... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/articles/39692070 |
World Championship 2017: Ding Junhui takes charge against Ronnie O'Sullivan - BBC Sport | 2017-04-26 | null | Ding Junhui dominates the second session of his World Championship quarter-final with Ronnie O'Sullivan to take a 10-6 lead. | null | Last updated on .From the section Snooker
World number four Ding Junhui dominated the second session of his World Championship quarter-final with Ronnie O'Sullivan to take a 10-6 lead.
Having shared eight frames in the opening session, the pair began Tuesday evening by winning a frame each.
But breaks of 64, 65, 120... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/snooker/39708569 |
Reality Check: Have we seen record numbers of jobs? - BBC News | 2017-04-26 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The prime minister says the record number of jobs is evidence of her strong leadership. | UK Politics | The claim: There is a record number of jobs in the UK.
Reality Check verdict: The number of jobs in the UK is indeed at a record level as are the numbers of people employed and the proportion of those aged between 16 and 64 who are in work.
Prime Minister Theresa May has been speaking to a Conservative rally in south... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-39710052 |
The people who know what colour you'll like in 2019 - BBC News | 2017-04-26 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Working out what colour is going to be popular in future is crucial for industries across the world. | Business | As director of colour at WGSN Jane Monnington Boddy's remit is to know what colours will be in demand in the future
Korean retailers don't mind you taking lots of photos in their shops, says Jane Monnington Boddy.
For Mrs Monnington Boddy that's a good thing. Before her trip to Asia last month she bought a new iPhone... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-39693181 |
World Championship 2017: Mark Selby, John Higgins reach semis - BBC Sport | 2017-04-26 | null | Mark Selby twice hits tournament high breaks to crush Marco Fu 13-3 and reach the World Championship semi-finals with a session to spare. | null | Last updated on .From the section Snooker
Mark Selby twice hit tournament high breaks to crush Marco Fu 13-3 and reach the World Championship semi-finals with a session to spare.
Resuming with a 6-2 advantage, Selby hit back-to-back tons of 139 and 132 in winning five frames in a row.
World number eight Fu stopped t... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/snooker/39720225 |
France says City at risk post-Brexit - BBC News | 2017-04-26 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The French finance minister tells the BBC that euro-denominated financial services activity will need to move to the continent. | Business | One of the most important sectors at the heart of the Brexit negotiations will be financial services.
As Mark Carney said, London is "effectively, the investment banker for Europe" and the City is the financial capital of the European Union.
Nearly 80% of foreign exchange trading and 30% of all bank lending in the EU... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-39716951 |
Serena Williams: World number one revealed pregnancy news by accident - BBC Sport | 2017-04-26 | null | Serena Williams says she revealed her pregnancy on social media by accident, after mistakenly uploading a photograph on Snapchat. | null | Last updated on .From the section Tennis
Serena Williams says she revealed her pregnancy by accident, after mistakenly uploading a photograph on Snapchat.
The 23-time Grand Slam winner posted a picture on the social media app, posing in a mirror with the message: "20 weeks", before deleting it, with her publicist lat... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/39716319 |
Joey Barton: 18-month ban adds more controversy to complex career - BBC Sport | 2017-04-26 | null | A player as controversial and contradictory as Joey Barton was never going to leave the game quietly - Phil McNulty reflects on a career now seemingly at an end. | null | Joey Barton was never destined to leave football by going quietly into the sunset - so it should come as no surprise that one of the game's most complex, contradictory and divisive personalities has effectively been forced into retirement by an 18-month Football Association suspension for betting offences.
The 34-year... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/39724535 |
Kelly Sotherton: British athlete feels third Olympic medal gives career 'more meaning' - BBC Sport | 2017-04-26 | null | Kelly Sotherton feels her career has "more meaning" after she is upgraded to a three-time Olympic medallist following retrospective drug tests. | null | Last updated on .From the section Athletics
Kelly Sotherton feels her career has "more meaning" after she was upgraded to a three-time Olympic medallist following retrospective drug tests.
Sotherton, who won heptathlon bronze in 2004, has been given third for the same event in Beijing 2008 after Tatyana Chernova test... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/39713814 |
Bolivar goalkeeper scores spectacular goal from own area - BBC Sport | 2017-04-26 | null | Bolivar goalkeeper Matias Dituro scores a spectacular goal from inside his own area against San Jose de Oruro in the Bolivian top flight. | null | Bolivar goalkeeper Matias Dituro scores a spectacular goal from inside his own area against San Jose de Oruro in the Bolivian top flight.
Available to UK users only. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/39717794 |
How to make everyone hate you on email - BBC News | 2017-04-26 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | When email goes wrong... how it can irritate and annoy everyone in the office. | Business | Stop before you copy your boss into that email.
It's not going to make you look good - it's going to make everyone else in the office distrust you.
That's the finding of research into the pernicious "cc effect", carried out by a professor of management studies at Cambridge University's Judge Business School.
David D... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-39704997 |
Meeting an organ trafficker who preys on Syrian refugees - BBC News | 2017-04-26 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Abu Jaafar's job is to find people desperate enough to give up parts of their body for money. | Magazine | There's a glint of pride in Abu Jaafar's eyes as he explains what he does for a living.
He used to work as a security guard in a pub but then he met a group which trades in organs. His job is to find people desperate enough to give up parts of their body for money, and the influx of refugees from Syria to Lebanon has ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-39272511 |
Would visiting Parliament inspire you to vote? - BBC News | 2017-04-26 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Two women who don't like politics paid a visit to Parliament, but did it convince them to vote? | UK Politics | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Can you convince people to vote in one day?
With a general election weeks away, figures suggest voter apathy remains unchanged. Two women who don't like politics paid a visit to Parliament, but did it convince them to vote?
... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-39706755 |
Moussa Dembele: Celtic striker to miss Scottish Cup final through injury - BBC Sport | 2017-04-26 | null | Celtic striker Moussa Dembele will miss the Scottish Cup final after picking up a hamstring injury at the weekend. | null | Last updated on .From the section Football
Celtic striker Moussa Dembele will miss the Scottish Cup final against Aberdeen on 27 May through injury.
The 20-year-old suffered a hamstring problem in the first half of Sunday's semi-final win over Rangers.
The France U21 international is expected to be sidelined for up ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/39714090 |
Chelsea: Tottenham will feel the pressure - Eden Hazard & Gary Cahill - BBC Sport | 2017-04-26 | null | Chelsea's Eden Hazard and Gary Cahill say Tottenham will feel the pressure after the Blues beat Southampton to edge closer to the title. | null | Last updated on .From the section Football
Tottenham will be feeling the heat after Chelsea beat Southampton 4-2 to edge closer to the Premier League title, say Blues goalscorers Eden Hazard and Gary Cahill.
The win put Antonio Conte's team seven points ahead of second-placed Spurs, who are at Crystal Palace on Wedne... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/39714476 |
Joshua v Klitschko: Why Mihai Nistor won't cash in on beating a champion - BBC News | 2017-04-26 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Mihai Nistor was the last fighter to stop Anthony Joshua - but while Joshua earns millions, Nistor remains an amateur on a modest income. Why? | Magazine | Mihai Nistor was the last - and only - fighter to stop world heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua. But while Joshua now earns millions, Nistor survives in his Bucharest apartment, still an amateur on a modest income. Why has he spurned boxing's riches?
He sits alone on a park bench, surrounded by an endless sprawl of d... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-39640173 |
World Championship 2017: Ronnie O'Sullivan knocked out by Ding Junhui - BBC Sport | 2017-04-26 | null | Five-time champion Ronnie O'Sullivan is knocked out of the World Championship, beaten 13-10 by Ding Junhui in the quarter-finals. | null | Five-time champion Ronnie O'Sullivan has been knocked out of the World Championship, losing 13-10 to China's Ding Junhui in the quarter-finals.
O'Sullivan's tournament had been overshadowed by his claims that he had been bullied by snooker bosses.
But he seemed unaffected by the controversy as he scored a tournament-... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/snooker/39723593 |
Facebook baby killing: Grief and questions after shocking murder - BBC News | 2017-04-26 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | It comes after a Thai man broadcast the murder of his 11-month daughter on Facebook Live. | Asia | Jiranuch Trirat next to a picture of her daughter
An incident as shocking as a man murdering his 11-month-old daughter live on Facebook before killing himself was bound to provoke heated debate.
The 21-year-old man broadcast himself hanging his daughter from a half-finished building on the island of Phuket in Thailan... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-39715659 |
Maria Sharapova: Russian to learn French Open fate on 16 May - BBC Sport | 2017-04-26 | null | Former world number one Maria Sharapova will find out on 16 May if she has been given a wildcard for the French Open. | null | Last updated on .From the section Tennis
Former world number one Maria Sharapova will find out on 16 May if she has been given a wildcard for the French Open.
The 30-year-old Russian's 15-month ban for using meldonium ends on Wednesday when she plays in the first round of the Stuttgart Open as a wildcard entry.
Fren... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/39717053 |
Chris Ofili is weaving magic - BBC News | 2017-04-26 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | How the Turner Prize-winning artist has moved on from elephant dung to lyrical tapestry. | Entertainment & Arts | Chris Ofili's tapestry took three years to create
I know some folk think Chris Ofili has gone off the boil since his Turner Prize-winning heyday, when he was considered one of Charles Saatchi's gang of Young British Artists.
Back then, Ofili incorporated elephant dung and cut-outs from porn mags in his paintings, whi... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-39710402 |
Chelsea 4-2 Southampton - BBC Sport | 2017-04-26 | null | Diego Costa scores twice as Premier League leaders Chelsea edge closer to the title with victory over Southampton. | null | Last updated on .From the section Football
Chelsea restored their lead at the top of the Premier League to seven points with a convincing win over Southampton at Stamford Bridge.
Antonio Conte's side had seen their advantage cut by Tottenham after the Blues' loss at Manchester United - but this was an emphatic respon... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/39625846 |
Reality Check: How much will Labour's NHS plans cost? - BBC News | 2017-04-26 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Reality Check looks at how much aspects of Labour's NHS proposals could cost. | Health | Labour has begun setting out its plan for the NHS in England if the party wins in June.
This includes a pay increase for staff, putting into law the mandatory minimum number of staff per patient and funding training for health professionals.
Speaking to BBC Radio 4's Today programme, Labour's shadow health secretary ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-39720085 |
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