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32,093,238 | "After eight wonderful years on The X Factor it's time for me to move on," he said in a statement.
"I'd like to thank ITV, Simon [Cowell], The X Factor family and particularly the viewers, all of whom have been a big part of my life for so long."
The 41-year-old took over from Kate Thornton in 2007 as host of the popul... | Dermot O'Leary will no longer host ITV's The X Factor after eight years on the programme. |
17,469,878 | Gunfire was heard near the apartment block in the city of Toulouse, with reports police had met resistance but that the suspect was now dead.
The siege of the building where Mohammed Merah, 23, is holed up has lasted more than a day.
Interior Minister Claude Gueant had said Merah wanted to die "gun in hand" and there w... | The siege of a gunman suspected of seven killings in southern France is nearing its end, police sources say. |
34,089,731 | The Vulcan XH558 took part in the North Wales Air Show at Rhyl, Denbighshire, on Saturday as part of a final series of displays which end in September.
More than 180,000 people are expected at the air show over the weekend.
The aircraft was operational from the 1950s to 1985. Charity Vulcan to the Sky Trust said the re... | An iconic Cold War British Vulcan bomber has made its final flight over Welsh skies. |
38,099,534 | The College of Policing advises officers to respond "in a proportionate way" to children sharing indecent imagery of themselves or their peers.
Police should consider the long-term impact of investigation - such as labelling a child a "sex offender", the advice says.
The NSPCC welcomed the change.
National Police Chief... | Sexting cases involving children should not always be handled with a full-scale criminal investigation, new police advice says. |
38,826,868 | She said equality for women was "at the heart of the Scottish government".
More details about the competition, which is being run by the Young Scot organisation, will be released at a later date.
Ms Sturgeon has also called on women in leadership roles to follow her example and become mentors.
Speaking at a diversity e... | Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has launched a competition to find a woman aged between 18 and 23 to mentor for a year. |
34,357,834 | The Portadown Times published results from what it said was an "independent" poll ahead of May's general election.
But it failed to acknowledge that the survey had actually been commissioned by the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP).
Mr Nesbitt said the article "appears to have skewed" the election result.
The article sug... | Ulster Unionist leader Mike Nesbitt has called for a by-election in Upper Bann after a press standards body ruled voters had been misled about a poll published in a local newspaper. |
38,372,453 | 19 December 2016 Last updated at 16:54 GMT | RHI at Stormont - Watch the key moments in 60 seconds. |
29,221,468 | Regulator Ofwat has named Southern Water as an "underperformer" after discharges from sewage treatment works and flooding to properties.
Southern Water, which serves customers from east Kent to Hampshire, has an £806m annual turnover.
The company said it was in discussions with Ofwat over the proposed penalties.
A shor... | A water company could face a financial penalty of £176m for failings in customer services and managing sewerage systems, BBC South East has learned. |
36,083,635 | The Tigers, two-time winners of the previous incarnation as the Heineken Cup, went out in the group stage of last year's inaugural Champions Cup.
Racing have never before made it to the last four.
The winners will play Saracens in the final in Lyon on 14 May after they beat Wasps in Saturday's other semi-final.
Leicest... | Leicester Tigers will look to reach their first European Cup final since 2009 when they meet French side Racing 92 at Welford Road on Sunday. |
40,075,872 | The helicopter had to land on the sand and a doctor and paramedic treated the assaulted boy before he was taken to hospital by South East Coast ambulance.
Kent Police said they were alerted to the disturbance at about 17:05 BST on Saturday and inquiries were ongoing.
Reports said it followed a row about a girl, but pol... | A brawl involving about 50 young people on Margate beach led to the air ambulance being called to help an injured teenage boy. |
36,077,052 | The five Katyusha rockets came from part of Syria controlled by Islamic State (IS) militants, the Kilis governor's office said.
Turkish artillery fired back at IS positions across the border, Turkey's Hurriyet news daily reported.
Kilis has a Syrian refugee camp and shells have landed from Syria before.
Four of the roc... | Rockets fired from northern Syria have killed four Syrians, three of them children, in the Turkish border town of Kilis, local officials say. |
34,783,221 | Edward James, 75, was convicted of fraudulent trading at Crown Currency Exchange, where he was a director.
He used new customer cash to pay off old clients for two years, Southwark Crown Court was told.
More than 12,000 people were left £20m out of pocket after the Cornwall-based firm collapsed in October 2010.
Three o... | A former mayor of Glastonbury has been jailed for 42 months for his involvement in a foreign currency exchange scam. |
40,812,196 | The varsity, which has educated more US presidents than any other, will take 50.8% of its freshmen from minority groups.
That compares to 47.3% last year.
Asian Americans make up 22.2%, followed by African Americans at 14.6%, Hispanic or Latino students at 11.6%, and Native American or Pacific Islanders at 2.5%.
The mi... | More than half of Harvard University's next student intake will not be white, for the first time in its 380-year history, official figures show. |
36,041,635 | The footage, apparently filmed in December, shows 15 girls in black robes identifying themselves.
The girls were taken from a school in the town of Chibok by members of the Islamist group Boko Haram.
Relatives of the girls marched in the capital, Abuja, on Thursday, the second anniversary of their abduction.
The kidnap... | Friends and family members of Nigerian schoolgirls kidnapped two years ago say they have identified some of them in a new video obtained by CNN. |
35,652,436 | The announcement came after a pact was agreed between the Socialists and centre-right Ciudadanos (Citizens).
"What has been agreed with Ciudadanos is incompatible with us," said Podemos's Inigo Errejon.
It deals a blow to Socialist leader Pedro Sanchez's hopes of becoming PM.
Between them, the Socialists and Ciudadanos... | Spain's anti-austerity party, Podemos, says it is suspending negotiations over forming a government with the Socialists as the country struggles to resolve inconclusive elections. |
34,031,432 | Criticised by fans last term, Slade entered this campaign under pressure, and the Bluebirds drew their first three games.
But a 2-0 win against Wolves came as a relief to Slade.
"Everybody thought I would be down the road by the end of August, I suspect," he said.
"The pressure was on to deliver at home… and we've mana... | Russell Slade believes Cardiff's first league win of the season against Wolves can lift the team's confidence after a turbulent previous season. |
39,457,860 | Dr Mark Lang spent six months studying the Lansbury Park Estate, near Caerphilly town centre.
He said many policies aimed at reducing poverty in Wales had failed to work.
Council officials have accepted Dr Lang's findings which include offering learning opportunities outside the classroom.
Lansbury Park has already liv... | A new approach is needed to tackle poverty, a report into the most deprived community in Wales has suggested. |
27,505,829 | The match, in Montevideo on Friday, 30 May, will be broadcast on the Red Button and also be streamed on the BBC Sport website. You can press the Red Button on either BBC One NI or BBC Two NI to watch the match.
Kick-off for the match at the Estadio Centenario is 00:30 BST and the commentator will be Michael McNamee.
Ur... | Northern Ireland's friendly against Uruguay is to be shown live on the BBC. |
36,143,265 | HM Inspectorate of Prisons (HMIP) said assaults at HMP Leeds had increased significantly since 2013.
On average there are now 32 assaults on inmates and staff each month, of which about 10% result in serious injury.
The National Offender Management Service said it was taking "concerted action" to combat legal highs.
HM... | Legal highs are a "major factor" behind a sharp rise in rates of violence at a prison to almost double that of similar jails, a report has found. |
40,293,705 | Bayley, 29, defeated Ukraine's world number one Maksym Nikolenko 3-2 in the class 7 final.
Wilson, 21, overcame former world champion Richard Csejtey, from Slovakia, 3-2 in the class 8 final.
Another Briton, Martin Perry, lost to France's Bastien Grundeler in the class 6 semi-final, but took bronze.
Find out how to get... | British Paralympic table tennis champion Will Bayley and Rio 2016 team-mate Ross Wilson both won singles gold at the PTT Bayreuth Open in Germany. |
35,459,365 | She has been replaced on the ticket by the current MLA, Phil Flanagan, who missed out on selection at a previous selection convention six weeks ago.
In December, Ms Gildernew was selected to run alongside sitting MLA Sean Lynch and local councillor John Feely.
However, Sinn Fein's ruling council (Ard Comhairle) ordered... | The former MP Michelle Gildernew has been dropped as a Sinn Féin candidate for the Fermanagh and South Tyrone constituency in the Stormont elections. |
19,769,384 | Kyle Sheehan was stabbed in the leg in Jiggins Lane, Bartley Green, at about 22:15 BST on 21 September.
A man, 23, has been arrested on suspicion of murder. Three people, aged 16, 18 and 29, arrested on suspicion of wounding have been released on bail.
Kyle had been in intensive care but died on Friday night, West Midl... | A 16-year-old boy who was stabbed in Birmingham has died, prompting a murder investigation. |
35,462,289 | Kurt Jewson's Facebook post, which also shows his colostomy bag, scars and hormone implants, was shared by more than 185,000 people within four days.
The 44-year-old said he had exposed himself in his "tubby, pale & middle aged glory" in the hope "just one other man" might then get symptoms checked.
He also wants to al... | A prostate cancer patient has been hailed a "total hero" after a photo of him in his underwear showing his catheter bag went viral. |
19,646,068 | The vessel has been called the world's best example of a 15th Century ship by archaeologists.
And new evidence has found that the timbers from the ship have been matched to projects built in the Basque region.
It includes new data from medieval buildings in the Araba and Navarra areas of Spain.
"The mystery of the orig... | A medieval ship discovered on the banks of the River Usk in Newport in 2002 may have come from the Basque country in Spain. |
39,493,145 | Henson, 35, will play for a Welsh team for the first time since he was sacked by Cardiff Blues in 2012.
"He talks to you and says: 'I played against Jamie Roberts for 20 minutes and I had the upper hand then and I just got injured'," said Jones.
"And it just shows that he still has his edge."
Dragons' future may be in ... | Gavin Henson "still has an edge" that can boost Newport Gwent Dragons when he joins them for 2017-18 from Bristol, says head coach Kingsley Jones. |
37,081,683 | The Airlander 10 - part plane, part airship - was due to take off from Cardington Airfield in Bedfordshire on Sunday.
The aircraft measures 302ft (92m) long and is about 50ft (15m) longer than the biggest passenger jets.
It is not known when another attempt at a test flight will be made.
Christened the Martha Gwyn, the... | The maiden flight of the world's longest aircraft has been postponed at the last minute because of a "technical issue". |
38,733,091 | They said there had been 63 confirmed cases of the mosquito-borne illness so far this year, up from seven in the whole of 2016.
Most of the cases have been in rural areas of Minas Gerais state, a Ministry of Health statement said.
The government has sent two million doses of yellow fever vaccines to the state.
The gove... | Health officials in Brazil say there has been a sharp rise in the cases of yellow fever in the country. |
31,989,916 | The move reflects concerns from local residents and businesses about air quality, Westminster City Council said.
A team of traffic marshals will patrol the borough and ask car idlers to switch off their engines, it said.
The London Taxi Drivers' Association (LTDA) said the move would not help abate London's air polluti... | Motorists in Westminster who sit in a stationary car with the engine running and refuse to turn it off are to be fined £20. |
37,626,129 | Jayne Hickey, 30, and her son Christian, now aged eight, were both shot in the leg when two men knocked on their front door in Salford.
Police said both are continuing to recover after numerous operations.
The shootings were linked to armed gang feuds in the city including the murder of Salford's "Mr Big" Paul Massey.
... | A renewed appeal to find the men who shot a seven-year-old boy and his mother on their doorstep a year ago has been launched. |
22,661,553 | Matthew Tvrdon, 31, of no fixed abode, admitted manslaughter on grounds of diminished responsibility. He also admitted seven attempted murder charges and one of dangerous driving.
Prosecutors will consult the victims' families over the next seven days.
At the moment Mr Tvrdon is still due to be tried next month.
Mr Tvr... | A van driver has admitted killing mother-of-three Karina Menzies in a series of hit-and-run incidents around Cardiff in October. |
32,206,618 | All 54 countries at the organisation's congress in Cairo agreed to change the statutes which previously stopped officials serving past the age of 70.
It was proposed Caf should bring its rules in line with those of world football's governing body Fifa.
Hayatou, 68, will now be able to stand for another term in office i... | The Confederation of African Football voted on Tuesday to remove an age limit on its officials, paving the way for Issa Hayatou to stay on as president. |
35,266,032 | Prof Bryn Hubbard is being honoured for his work as a polar scholar in "glaciology, glacial geology and the structure and motion of ice masses".
Prof Hubbard, who spent nine weeks drilling on the Larsen C ice shelf in Antarctica, will receive the award at a ceremony at Buckingham Palace.
The director of the centre for ... | An Aberystwyth University glaciologist is to be awarded a Polar Medal. |
25,971,435 | Medway NHS Foundation Trust said chairman Denise Harker and chief executive Mark Devlin had decided the time was right for them to move on.
The trust was criticised as failing and put in special measures following the Keogh Review in June.
It said a new chairman and chief executive were expected to be announced next mo... | Two bosses at a Kent hospital foundation trust put into special measures last year have resigned. |
19,653,707 | Alzheimer's Research UK says more government help is needed to ensure the industry does not "retreat" from the challenge of finding new drugs.
The warning follows disappointing results in recent clinical trials.
The pharmaceutical industry body, the ABPI, says there are over 200 medicines under development for Alzheime... | A leading health research charity says drugs companies may "retreat" from dementia research without more support. |
32,028,170 | The principal of Saint Ignatius College in the northern Sydney suburb of Riverview has informed former and current pupils of the allegations.
Paul Hine said in his letter that the allegations concerned "child sexual abuse over 30 years ago".
The Roman Catholic college is among the country's top private schools.
Mr Hine... | Police in Australia have received allegations of sexual abuse at a school attended by Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott. |
39,960,941 | A minority group of independent councillors ran the local authority before the local council elections earlier this month.
The new coalition was formally set up at the first full meeting of the new council in Inverness.
Independent Margaret Davidson was re-elected as leader and Lib Dem Alasdair Christie as depute leade... | A Highland Council administration made up of independent, Liberal Democrat and Labour councillors has been agreed. |
28,226,582 | The verdict threatens Apple's ability to offer its voice-controlled virtual assistant, Siri, in the country.
Shanghai-based Zhizhen Network Technology has sought to block Apple from selling products with the app installed, saying it infringed its rights.
Apple said it would pursue an appeal with the Beijing Higher Peop... | Apple has failed in its attempt to get a Chinese company's voice-recognition patent ruled invalid. |
30,273,037 | TV presenter and columnist Peaches Geldof was the most popular term, according to new research from Microsoft's search engine Bing.
The 25-year-old died in April after suffering a heroin overdose at her home in Wrotham, Kent.
Hollywood star Robin Williams came second on the list after he took his own life in August.
Bi... | The death of the world's biggest celebrities made them some of Britain's most searched-for stars in 2014. |
40,825,923 | The 19-year-old, who has yet to make a competitive first-team appearance for the Premier League club, scored eight goals on loan at Poole last season.
Glovers manager Darren Way said: "We feel this next move is a fantastic move for Sam and Yeovil.
"We must thank (Bournemouth manager) Eddie Howe for trusting us with the... | Bournemouth forward Sam Surridge has joined League Two side Yeovil Town on a season-long loan deal. |
39,630,139 | The Prime Minister's plan to call a snap general election is a sharp U-turn that could throw Stormont's faltering institutions even further off course.
Talks to save devolution stalled before Easter with little hope of a deal.
With the Democratic Unionist Party warning Northern Ireland was heading towards direct rule, ... | Northern Ireland parties have been arguing over the prospect of a second Stormont election within two months, but they now have another challenge. |
33,563,565 | When the Turkish Empire in the region disintegrated - consumed in the desert storms of the Great War - Britain and France were still, just about, major imperial powers.
The blood of a lost generation of young men and the riches built up over centuries had been poured into a narrow strip of European land on the Western ... | The last time an old order collapsed in the Middle East it seemed obvious who should be invited to construct a new one. |
39,143,384 | The non-denominational school with community sports facilities is to be built on the site of the former North Kelvinside Secondary School at the top of Queen Margaret Drive.
Last year, Glasgow City Glasgow held a consultation and now the proposal has been agreed by councillors.
Changes to the surrounding schools' catch... | A new primary school is to be built in the Maryhill area of Glasgow to meet a projected rise in the school roll. |
32,972,889 | Severino Seeger won €500,000 (£360,000; $530,900) on the show, Germany's Quest for a Superstar (DSDS) last month.
The 28-year-old was accused of being part of a gang that tricked victims, mainly elderly women, out about €19,000 using a bank card scam.
Reports say the court hearing in Frankfurt was delayed until af... | The newly-crowned winner of a German TV singing contest has admitted in court to defrauding pensioners. |
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Clark watched his side lose 4-0 to Hearts at Tynecastle and said the scoreline could have been worse.
His squad is debilitated by injuries and the Killie boss believes he must add fresh faces next month to pull his team out of "the rut" they are in.
"It just highlights tha... | Kilmarnock manager Lee Clark admits he needs to quickly find the answers to his team's struggling form. |
33,650,231 | Rachel Booth, from New Milton, Hampshire, lost the rings in the water at Avon Beach, Christchurch, on Sunday.
Following a failed search using a snorkel, mask and rakes, she enlisted the help of two metal detectorists.
The rings were eventually discovered two days later at low tide. They were buried under four inches (1... | A woman has been reunited with her wedding and engagement rings after losing them on a beach in Dorset. |
40,379,614 | In a prosecution case running to 12,000 pages, the charges against him cover a 16-year period between 1991 and 2007.
On 23 June 2017 the Loyalist supergrass pleaded guilty to the following charges:
Between 16 May 1997 and 19 May 1997 he murdered John Harbinson.
On 24 February 1994 he murdered Sean McParland.
On 17 May ... | The list of 200 charges Gary Haggarty has admitted runs to 82 pages. |
25,356,603 | On Saturday afternoon (GMT), a landing module used thrusters to touch down, marking the latest step in China's ambitious space exploration programme.
Several hours later, the lander will deploy a robotic rover called Yutu, which translates as "Jade Rabbit".
The touchdown took place on a flat plain called Sinus Iridum.
... | China says it has successfully landed a craft carrying a robotic rover on the surface of the Moon, the first soft landing there for 37 years. |
18,248,841 | The cars were wirelessly linked to each other and "mimicked" a lead vehicle, driven by a professional driver.
The so-called road train has been developed by Volvo. The firm is confident that they will be widely available in future.
The project aims to herald a new age of relaxed driving.
According to Volvo, drivers "ca... | A convoy of self-driven cars has completed a 200km (125-mile) journey on a Spanish motorway, in the first public test of such vehicles. |
12,633,980 | At least eight others were wounded in the midday blast, which is said to have hit people waiting at the al-Rafidain bank to collect their salaries.
Security personnel were said to be among those killed in the blast, which was confirmed by the town mayor, police and hospital sources.
It is thought to be the first major ... | A suicide bomber has targeted a bank in the northern Iraqi town of Haditha, killing at least nine people. |
35,525,693 | Jermaine Easter nodded Rovers ahead from Lee Brown's cross before Ollie Clarke doubled the lead with a low right-footed shot.
Jon Meades' header gave Wimbledon hope but Matt Taylor's 12-yard finish, his 19th of the season, sealed victory.
Wimbledon, who are seventh, had substitute Adebayo Akinfenwa sent off for dissent... | Bristol Rovers strengthened their promotion hopes with victory over AFC Wimbledon, their third in a row. |
35,377,484 | The gunmen had approached the restaurant from Lido beach on Thursday evening, firing on diners.
Twenty people were killed. Militants also detonated two car bombs nearby.
Al-Shabab said it was behind the attack. The group has carried out frequent assaults on the Somali capital.
Who are al-Shabab?
Al-Shabab divided by IS... | Somali security forces have retaken control of a popular beachside restaurant in Mogadishu after a deadly attack there by Islamist militants. |
35,239,779 | The Blues went ahead when Cesar Azpilicueta turned in fellow full-back Branislav Ivanovic's low cross.
Craig Gardner's skimming shot levelled, but it seemed Chelsea had done enough when Gareth McAuley prodded Willian's cross into his own net.
But when the home defence failed to clear McClean made them pay with a pinpoi... | James McClean's late equaliser earned West Brom a share of the points as they refused to accept defeat at Chelsea. |
40,239,313 | Mr Davies is widely known as Welsh Conservative leader but his authority does not extend beyond the assembly Tory group, under party rules.
Speaking on BBC One's Sunday Politics Wales, the AM admitted the Welsh party lacked clear leadership.
The Tories lost three seats in Wales at the general election, leaving them wit... | The Welsh Tories need a designated leader that can make key decisions for the party, Andrew RT Davies has said. |
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The Reds said goodbye to captain Gerrard with a 6-1 thrashing at Stoke to finish sixth in the Premier League.
"I've always said if the owners want me to go, then I go," said Rodgers, who has won two of his last nine games.
"For everybody connected with Liverpool, we are al... | Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers accepted his future at the club is in doubt after Steven Gerrard's final match ended in a humiliating defeat. |
36,402,110 | Slovenia-born Bedene, who plays world number one Novak Djokovic in the third round of the French Open on Saturday, credits his work with Martin Skinner as the platform for his recent success.
"I was really unfit when I started to play grand slams," said Bedene, 26.
"Whenever I played a fourth set I was just losing them... | British number two Aljaz Bedene says he had to employ a strength and conditioning coach to specifically prepare him for grand slam tennis. |
36,230,769 | The two sides will attempt to resolve outstanding differences, which include Saturday pay and unsocial hours.
The government has put on hold, for five days, its plans to impose the contract.
The British Medical Association (BMA) has suspended its threat of further industrial action while the talks last.
This latest rou... | Fresh talks aimed at ending the dispute over a new contract for junior doctors in England will get under way later. |
32,585,930 | "For all its faults", it said, "another Lib-Con Coalition would both prolong recovery and give our kingdom a better chance of continued existence".
But it hoped it would be "much less conservative, and much more liberal".
The Guardian has backed Labour and the Sun the Conservatives - with its sister paper the Scottish ... | The Independent newspaper has given its backing to another coalition of the Conservative and Liberal Democrat parties after the general election. |
35,128,059 | SDLP and Alliance Party ministers voted against the Northern Ireland Executive's budget on Thursday.
"People give more consideration to their family's Christmas budget than the executive gave to Northern Ireland's budget," said Mr Ford.
SDLP leader Colum Eastwood said it had "five years of undeliverable promises, five ... | Stormont's 2016/17 budget is "bereft of strategic planning", Alliance Party leader David Ford has said. |
34,260,436 | Lawro's opponent for this weekend's Premier League fixtures is England cricket star Stuart Broad.
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The Ashes hero is a Nottingham Forest fan who saw his team beaten 8-1 by Manchester United on his first trip to the City Ground in 1999.
"I remember the guy who was sat in fro... | BBC Sport's football expert Mark Lawrenson is pitting his wits against a different guest each week this season. |
38,301,039 | The drug Perjeta can reduce the need for mastectomies among breast cancer patients.
But the Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC) recommended it was not routinely used by the NHS amid concerns about long-term survival benefits.
Campaigners branded the move "the ultimate postcode lottery".
The drug, which is also known as... | Breast cancer sufferers in Scotland have been denied routine access to a treatment which is available to patients south of the border. |
35,549,933 | Shelly Wu, six, and Lily Wu, seven, were hit by Michael Junior in Handsworth, Birmingham, last June.
Junior, 35, had admitted two charges of causing death by dangerous driving and three charges of causing serious injury by dangerous driving.
The sisters were hit by his car while holding hands as they crossed the road o... | A driver who knocked down and killed two sisters on a pedestrian crossing has been jailed for four years. |
40,319,735 | Police said the 30-year-old was being treated for serious injuries at Glasgow Royal Infirmary. His condition has been described as "stable".
The incident, which happened in the Maryhill area at about 20:25 on Saturday, is being treated as attempted murder.
It involved between six and 10 men and women carrying weapons.
... | A man has been stabbed during an incident in Glasgow which involved up to 10 people. |
33,181,475 | The paper apologised for "insensitive language" in its report that linked the accident to previous "drunken partying and the wrecking of apartments".
Five of the six people who died were Irish students temporarily in the US as part of a work exchange programme.
In a letter, Mrs McAleese said the report used "lazy tablo... | The New York Times "should be hanging its head in shame" over a report on the California balcony collapse, former Irish President Mary McAleese has said. |
34,185,669 | Mark Avis and Aaron Saddleton produced the rare feat while playing on the Royal Norwich Golf Club course.
Bookmaker Paddy Power gave the odds of two amateur golfers scoring aces at the same hole as 25 million-to-one.
Morgan Thompson, assistant professional at the club, said the achievement, reported first in the Easter... | Two golfers from Norfolk have achieved a 25 million-to-one double hole-in-one at the same hole. |
33,955,894 | The laws establish special courts and offer additional protection from legal consequences for military and police officers who have used force.
They also impose the death penalty for anyone found guilty of setting up or leading a terrorist group.
Rights groups say the legislation will be used by Mr Sisi to crush dissen... | Egyptian President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi has approved stringent new counter-terrorism laws to fight a growing jihadist insurgency. |
35,650,508 | She said, if the party was re-elected in May's Scottish Parliament election, it would introduce a more "progressive" local tax from April 2017.
The reforms could see councils given a share of income tax revenues in an effort to give them an "incentive" to boost economic growth.
Last year, a commission on reform called ... | The SNP will set out details of its plans on council tax reform next week, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said. |
40,072,711 | Jimmy Geddes was waiting outside the Manchester Arena when the suicide bomber struck on Monday night.
His daughter Annalyse, 14, was inside with a friend, listening to Ariana Grande.
Twenty-two people died in the attack, including Eilidh MacLeod, from Barra.
Fourteen-year-old Eilidh's friend Laura MacIntyre, 15, was se... | A father from Wishaw has told BBC Scotland of his shock at witnessing the immediate aftermath of the Manchester bomb attack - as he desperately tried to find his daughter. |
36,775,394 | The Duke of Rutland - who lives in Belvoir Castle - was caught speeding twice in Nottinghamshire, once in North Yorkshire and again in Derbyshire in an eight-month period.
He was banned for a year and 15 points were added to the nine he already had.
He was also ordered to pay £3,025 in fines and costs.
The Duke, who wa... | One of the wealthiest aristocrats in the UK has been banned from driving after amassing 24 points on his licence. |
34,429,992 | Richard Glossip's execution was delayed on Wednesday after officials discovered they did not have the correct drugs to perform the procedure.
Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt had requested the freeze on executions to give the state time to investigate.
The Oklahoma's highest criminal court agreed on Friday.
In ad... | Three impending executions in Oklahoma have been halted after prison officials nearly administered the wrong lethal injection drug to a death row inmate. |
26,383,058 | Special Report: The Technology of Business
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Good question. After all, we've always had large amounts of data haven't we, from loyalty card schemes, ... | As Technology of Business begins a month-long series of features on the theme of Big Data, we kick off with a Q&A backgrounder answering some of those basic questions you were too afraid to ask. |
20,834,860 | It has estimated that £5bn will have been spent in Britain's shops over the weekend, as millions of people stocked up on food, drink and presents.
The BRC says many shoppers waited until the last minute to pick up a bargain.
Meanwhile, several retailers are reportedly bringing their online sales forward to Christmas E... | Christmas sales figures are likely to be "acceptable" rather than "exceptional", the British Retail Consortium (BRC) has predicted. |
34,399,767 | Officers were called to the house in Willowbrook Park, Celbridge, at about 20:50 local time on Tuesday.
The man, who was in his 30s, was pronounced dead shortly before 22:30.
A man in his 20s was arrested at the scene and has been taken to Leixlip Garda (police) station for questioning.
The body remains at the house, w... | Police have made an arrest after the death of a man who was found with head injuries at a house in County Kildare. |
34,220,291 | Emergency services told the AFP news agency that the blast was caused by an improvised explosive device.
It occurred at the Malkohi camp for internally displaced persons (IDPs) on the outskirts of Yola in Adamawa state.
Yola has been seen as a relative safe place for those fleeing the violence.
The BBC's Chris Ewokor i... | At least three people have died when a bomb exploded at a camp in north-eastern Nigeria for people who have fled their homes because of the Boko Haram Islamist insurgency. |
24,157,391 | The motto Nil Satis Nisi Optimum, which means "nothing but the best is good enough", dates back 75 years but disappeared as part of a redesign.
The club apologised in May after 22,000 fans signed an online petition condemning the "awful" 2013-2014 badge.
Fans can vote on three new designs on the club website from Monda... | Everton FC are to restore the club's motto to their crest after its removal prompted outrage from thousands of fans. |
32,482,711 | The Markinch-based firm has seen European exports suffer from the value of sterling in relation to the euro.
It has also been hit by rising raw material costs and by a major customer becoming insolvent.
Only last month, a new biomass plant was officially opened at Tullis's Markinch site.
The £200m facility was built b... | Fife-based paper maker Tullis Russell has gone into administration with the loss of 325 jobs, and putting a further 149 at risk. |
35,712,401 | Belfast man Frampton, 28, outpointed Scott Quigg on Saturday to add the WBA world title to his IBF belt.
On Wednesday, WBA bosses said that their former champion Rigondeaux, 35, must be Frampton's next opponent.
Frampton's manager Barry McGuigan has consistently ruled out the Cuban as a possible opponent for his fighte... | Carl Frampton must fight Cuban Guillermo Rigondeaux by 27 July to avoid being stripped of one of his two world super-bantamweight titles. |
39,777,346 | Carl Marsh, 46, of Knutsford, Cheshire suffered fatal injuries at Black Knights Parachute Centre in Cockerham, near Lancaster on Saturday.
He was pronounced dead at the scene.
The British Parachute Association (BPA) said the jump Mr Marsh was executing could only have been attempted by an experienced parachutist like M... | A parachutist who died performing a jump in Lancashire was attempting a "complicated manoeuvre", the man investigating his death has said. |
24,654,565 | Brighton and Hove City Council has set up a cross-party panel to look into the issue of the "party houses".
There are about 300 in the city, with concerns about the problems they cause most evident in the Queen's Park area.
Chair of the panel Geoffrey Bowden said: "We don't want to be killjoys... but there are responsi... | Houses let out to groups for stag and hen weekends are to be the subject of a council investigation amid complaints about noise and anti-social behaviour. |
40,442,232 | The 25-year-old former Ipswich Town youngster has made more than 230 appearances for the U's, but was hampered by injury last season.
Contract options have also been taken up for defenders Lewis Kinsella, Kane Vincent-Young and winger Drey Wright.
Wright, 22, has featured 101 times for the U's, while Kinsella, also 22,... | Colchester United defender Tom Eastman has signed a new two-year contract with the League Two side. |
39,605,061 | The result saw the Cumbrians slip to 10th in the table, but they remain just one point outside the play-off places with two games remaining.
Carlisle, 2-0 down after 25 minutes, were level before the interval and led through Reggie Lamb before Smith had the final say.
Carlisle midfielder Jamie Davitt fired against the ... | A stoppage-time equaliser by captain Jimmy Smith denied Carlisle a crucial victory in their play-off challenge as Crawley salvaged a draw at home. |
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They added 96 for the third wicket at Chester-le-Street after Alastair Cook (15) fell five short of reaching 10,000 Test runs and under-pressure Nick Compton (9) continued his poor run.
Hales, seeking his first Test hundred, was caught at slip, while Root spooned to cover ... | Alex Hales hit 83 and Joe Root 80 as England reached 310-6 against Sri Lanka on day one of the second Test. |
35,809,107 | Kanhaiya Kumar was arrested last month, after a rally against the execution of a Kashmiri separatist convicted over the 2001 Indian parliament attack.
A panel from Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) probing the incident reportedly recommended the expulsion of five students, including Mr Kumar.
Mr Kumar was released from... | A student leader from a top university in India charged with sedition may be expelled from campus, reports say. |
38,715,524 | She had been widely tipped as the politician who would take over from the former deputy first minister, who retired partly due to illness.
The 40-year-old County Tyrone woman is the current health minister having previously been agriculture minister.
She paid a warm tribute to Mr McGuinness and said she was "following ... | Sinn Féin has announced that Michelle O'Neill is to replace Martin McGuinness as its leader north of the border. |
38,844,453 | The DUP says up to 90% of the PSNI legacy investigation branch's caseload is focused on killings by the Army.
The PM, secretary of state and other unionist and Conservative politicians also say there is an imbalance.
But PSNI figures show investigations into killings by the Army account for about 30% of its legacy work... | Figures obtained by the BBC challenge claims that investigations into Troubles killings are unduly focused on those committed by the Army. |
32,535,087 | The incident happened at about 23:00 on Wednesday.
The 21-year-old victim was walking along the road from the top of Baker Street when an unknown man shouted racially-aggravated abuse at him.
The suspect is white, in his late teens or early 20s, between 5ft 7in and 6ft tall, with red or blond short hair.
He is of a sto... | Police are appealing for witnesses after a young man suffered "shocking" racial abuse while walking on Hawick's High Street. |
39,266,393 | Andrew Buchanan, 46, from Inverness, died at Raigmore Hospital on Monday.
The crash, involving a black Seat Altea car, happened at about 18:15 on Saturday 4 March at the junction of Kenneth Street and Tomnahurich Street.
Police Scotland said a report had been sent to the procurator fiscal. | A 46-year-old pedestrian has died nine days after being struck by a car on the A82 in Inverness. |
39,229,735 | The 20-year-old made his Warriors debut in the win against Leigh and his start at Wolves was just his second outing.
He scored 20 tries in 22 games on loan at Championship side Swinton in 2016 on a dual registration deal, while also working as a trainee accountant.
"I'm really, really pleased for Liam," Wane told BBC R... | Wigan Warriors head coach Shaun Wane has praised the finishing of Liam Marshall after he scored four tries in Thursday's 38-16 win at Warrington. |
40,068,109 | The 28-year-old failed to make a appearance for the Australian side after joining on a two-year deal from St Helens at the start of the season.
Turner, a title winner with Saints in 2014, did however play in the NRL All Stars game earlier this year.
"I'm excited to be returning home to the UK with Huddersfield," he sai... | Huddersfield have signed Super League Grand Final-winning utility back Jordan Turner on a three-and-a-half-year deal after he was released by Canberra. |
39,530,515 | Greece is now part way through its third eurozone bailout programme, worth up to 86bn euros (£74bn).
The programme has encountered repeated delays as the lenders monitor compliance with policy conditions.
Technical officials are expected to return to Athens soon to complete the negotiations.
The "in principle" deal, a... | Eurozone finance ministers say they have agreed with Greece the main elements of a deal to unlock a delayed bailout payment. |
27,483,219 | Mrs Banda came to power two years ago after the sudden death of President Bingu wa Mutharika.
Her reputation has been dented by a corruption scandal, known as Cashgate, which has led donors to cut aid.
Her main challengers are Mr Mutharika's brother, Peter, Atupele Muluzi - the son of another former president - and a f... | Malawians have voted in a tight election, with President Joyce Banda facing three strong challengers. |
34,272,251 | Eoin Farrell and his friend died in the single-car collision in Rostrevor just before midnight on Monday. Another of their friends was critically injured.
They all attended courses at the Southern Regional College in Armagh.
Eoin's father, Gerard Farrell, paid tribute to all three, adding he had lost a "great son" who ... | The father of one of the two teenagers killed in a County Down car crash has said they lived life to the full and had become inseparable friends. |
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The pupils, from Sussex, have designed and built their own high-tech vehicle and will now compete in the three thousand kilometre race.
Only solar-powered cars are allowed in the competition, which involves the teams driving from D... | A group of school students will be the first team from Europe to take part in a big solar powered car race in Australia. |
35,742,473 | The engine was driven from Larne fire station at about 04:00 GMT on Saturday and crashed into cars and houses a short time later.
Robert Duffin, 66, from Green Link in Larne, appeared at Coleraine Magistrates' Court on Monday facing five charges linked to the incident.
Ross Clarke, 19, from Fairway in Larne, also appea... | Two men have been remanded in custody over the theft of a fire engine in County Antrim. |
35,151,967 | They told the militants "to kill them together or leave them alone", a local governor told Kenyan media.
At least two people were killed in the attack, near the north-eastern village of El Wak on the Somali border.
The Somali based al-Shabab group is the main suspect for the attack.
It has not said if it was responsibl... | A group of Kenyan Muslims travelling on a bus ambushed by Islamist gunmen protected Christian passengers by refusing to be split into groups, according to eyewitnesses. |
35,800,450 | India-born Rajat Gupta had leaked boardroom secrets to Raj Rajaratnam, a former hedge fund manager who is serving 11 years in prison.
Gupta, 67, was released on Friday, the Press Trust of India said, quoting his record at Federal Bureau of Prisons.
The US court has agreed to re-hear his appeal against his 2012 convicti... | A former Goldman Sachs board member has been released after serving a two year sentence for insider trading in the US. |
39,445,156 | The Intercontinental Cup loss drops Ireland from first to second in the table with two matches to go, Ireland next playing the Netherlands in August.
The winner of the group will play off against the lowest ranked Test side (currently Zimbabwe) in 2018 for full status.
The three-day loss is only Ireland's third in the ... | Ireland's hopes of qualifying for the Test Challenge - and the chance to become a full-member nation of the ICC - suffered a serious blow as they slumped to an innings and 172-run defeat by Afghanistan in Greater Noida. |
37,407,529 | He was a reserve player at Derby before his career was ended by injury.
Guthrie became the Rams' trainer and then kit manager, working with more than a dozen managers including Brian Clough over the course of six decades.
He was appointed an MBE in 2009 for services to football and has a stand named after him at the iP... | Derby County's longest-serving staff member Gordon Guthrie MBE, who spent more than 60 years with the club, has died at the age of 86. |
35,704,681 | William Roache, who has played Ken Barlow since the first episode, said he would be "so desperately missed".
Coronation Street executive producer Kieran Roberts called Warren "a pioneer, a revolutionary, a true genius [and] a giant of British television".
Warren, who started the Granada Television show when he was 24, ... | Tributes have been paid to Tony Warren, the Coronation Street creator and writer who has died aged 79. |
29,572,228 | Police support unit vehicles and officers wearing protective clothing have been seen at the scene.
The reports were made at about 10:50 on Friday morning. Police officers are at the scene and inquiries are continuing.
It is understood that police were responding to reports of a man barricading himself in a flat. | Police have confirmed that they are currently responding to reports of a disturbance in Ashburn Gardens, Gourock, Inverclyde. |
36,169,006 | State media said rebels shelled a mosque in the government-held district of Bab al-Faraj, killing 15 people.
In the rebel-held east, government air strikes reportedly left at least 11 dead and destroyed a medical facility - the second to be hit in a week.
The military meanwhile said a "regime of calm" would begin elsew... | Syria's divided second city of Aleppo had endured another day of deadly clashes. |
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