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Weekend Edition: The week's best reads - BBC News | 2017-01-09 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Stories you may have missed in the past seven days, including the women who invented the "Brazilian" wax and the spy who was an imposter son. | Magazine | "Are you crazy? I'm not touching you there." That was the response when Brazilian Janea Padilha asked a beautician to remove most of her pubic hair in the late 1970s. But that was then and Janea, who went home and did it herself, so inventing the Brazilian wax, is one of the J Sisters. Their salon in New York now turns... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-38522061 | |
Why RBS's recovery is lagging Lloyds' - BBC News | 2017-01-09 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Lloyds Banking Group is returning to 'near normality' as the government's stake dips below 6%, but RBS's road to recovery looks set to take many, many years. | Business | Eight years ago the government rescued Lloyds by taking a 43% stake for just over £20bn.
The fact that the government is no longer even the biggest shareholder marks an important return to near normality.
Since 2013, the government stake has been sold off at first in a couple of big chunks and then in a gradual trick... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-38552831 | |
The 'muesli queen' who built a $60m food business - BBC News | 2017-01-09 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | How not wanting to lose her job started an Australian teenager on the path to creating a breakfast cereal empire. | Business | Carolyn struggled in her first years of business
When an 18-year-old Carolyn Creswell was told she might lose her job, she decided to take a leap of faith.
While at university in Melbourne, Australia, she supported herself by working part-time for a little company that made muesli for a handful of cafes and shops.
T... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-38510041 | |
Liverpool 0-0 Plymouth Argyle - BBC Sport | 2017-01-09 | null | Liverpool's youngest ever starting line-up are held to a frustrating draw by resolute League Two side Plymouth Argyle in their FA Cup third-round tie at Anfield. | null | Last updated on .From the section Football
The youngest Liverpool starting line-up in the club's history were held to a frustrating draw by resolute League Two side Plymouth Argyle in their FA Cup third-round tie at Anfield.
The hosts, whose side had an average age of 21 years and 296 days, had 80.3% possession in th... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/38481646 | |
The Donald Trump tweets that say so much and reveal so little - BBC News | 2017-01-09 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | James Naughtie reflects on the tweets of Donald Trump ahead of his inauguration as US president. | US & Canada | It is as if the campaign is still going on.
Two weeks away from his inauguration, Donald Trump seems to prefer the role of "candidate" - flaying his opponents and aiming arrows at the federal government from the enemy camp.
It is almost as if he does not want to accept fully that he is the new chief executive who wil... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-38534308 | |
Beyond 'Brogrammers': Can AI create a meritocracy? - BBC News | 2017-01-09 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Can a new system of artificial intelligence mean more women are recruited into IT? | Business | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. "There's a dominant face of a programmer - young, male, they've gone to a top school"
Silicon Valley is so male-dominated that there's a name for the young, brash men who populate the region's many start-ups and high-tech fi... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-38393802 | |
Viewpoint: The 'delicious spectacle' of President Trump - BBC News | 2017-01-19 | null | The first of two animated opinion pieces for BBC Newsnight looking ahead to Donald Trump's presidency. Roger Kimball, art critic, social commentator and editor of The New Criterion, says the moral panic needs to stop. | null | The inauguration of Donald Trump as president of the US is on Friday.
What does he represent? What might his presidency bring? In the first of two very personal viewpoints for BBC Newsnight, Roger Kimball, art critic, social commentator and editor of the magazine The New Criterion, says the moral panic needs to stop.
... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-38664788 | |
Moneysupermarket and Paddy Power lead advert complaints - BBC News | 2017-01-19 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Adverts for Moneysupermarket and Paddy Power were among the most-complained-about last year. | UK | Moneysupermarket's twerking businessman in high heels and Paddy Power's cat-kicking blind footballers were some of the most-complained-about ads of 2016.
Moneysupermarket's dancing bodyguard Gary, twerking businessman Dave and dancing builder Colin were all in the top 10, the advertising watchdog said.
The Paddy Powe... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-38672439 | |
India v England: Yuvraj Singh and MS Dhoni seal series in Cuttack - BBC Sport | 2017-01-19 | null | Brilliant centuries from Yuvraj Singh and MS Dhoni give India a series-clinching 15-run win over England in a thrilling second ODI. | null | Brilliant centuries from Yuvraj Singh and MS Dhoni gave India a series-clinching 15-run win over England in a thrilling second one-day international.
India were reduced to 25-3 in Cuttack before Yuvraj, who struck 150, and Dhoni (134) shared a stand of 256.
They helped India to 381-6, the third-highest total made aga... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/38679657 | |
Studying at the Bahai secret university - BBC News | 2017-01-19 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Iran's Bahai minority is forbidden from studying at university - but they have a way round it, at least until it comes to postgraduate degrees. | Magazine | Mona studied at the underground Bahai university 10 years after Shirin
The largest non-Muslim minority in Iran, the Bahais, are persecuted in many ways - one being that they are forbidden from attending university. Some study in secret, but for those who want to do a postgraduate degree the only solution is to leave t... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-38656871 | |
Putin spokesman denies US election hack - BBC News | 2017-01-19 | null | President Vladimir Putin’s spokesman denies any Russian government involvement in hacking to influence the 2016 US election result. | null | President Vladimir Putin’s spokesman has told the BBC that neither the Russian government nor the president himself were involved in hacking to influence the 2016 US election result.
Speaking exclusively to Hardtalk, Dmitry Peskov added that Russia suffered “hundreds and thousands of cyberattacks every day” emanating ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-38684643 | |
US frisbee team captures frozen lake crossing - BBC News | 2017-01-19 | null | Unusual mobile phone footage shows the frisbee skittering across the ice in the US. | null | A youth frisbee team has filmed a frisbee crossing a frozen Maine lake in the wind.
Falmouth Rogue coach Shea Gunther captured the action on his phone while skating behind the frisbee.
He told the BBC: "I noticed how the wind would catch an errant throw, so I turned my camera on and threw it into the wind so it would... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-38684425 | |
Primates 'sliding towards extinction', say scientists - BBC News | 2017-01-19 | null | A report says that 60% of the world's primate species are under threat of extinction. | null | The world's primates face "crisis" with 60% of species now threatened with extinction, according to research.
A global study, involving more than 30 scientists, assessed the conservation status of more than 500 individual species, including apes, monkeys, lemurs and lorises.
The findings are published in the journal ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-38670097 | |
Netflix's gamble pays off as subscriptions soar - BBC News | 2017-01-19 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Netflix's choice to bin old films and shows in favour of ploughing money into original content is, for now at least, reaping rewards. | Technology | Netflix took a decision to invest in original content
Hundreds of movies disappeared from Netflix over 2016, the result of the streaming service’s decision to end several key content deals with top studios and distributors.
It was a brave move - particularly given that its main rivals, such as Hulu, jumped at the cha... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-38672837 | |
Vegemite back in Australian ownership after A$460m Bega deal - BBC News | 2017-01-19 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The iconic brand of salty yeast spread is bought by Bega Cheese from US giant Mondelez in $A460m deal | Australia | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Vegemite is back under Australian ownership after it is sold by US food giant Mondelez.
Vegemite will return to Australian ownership after Bega Cheese agreed to buy a range of well-known food brands in a deal worth A$460m (£... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-38672758 | |
Who will host the Brit Awards, as Michael Buble takes time off for his ill son? - BBC News | 2017-01-19 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | As Michael Buble takes time off to care for his son, who could replace him as host of the Brit Awards? | Entertainment & Arts | With only five weeks to go, it looks like the Brit Awards have no host.
Canadian crooner Michael Buble was due to present - but that's been in doubt since his three-year-old son Noah was diagnosed with cancer last year.
At the time, the distraught singer cancelled all future engagements, saying he was determined to f... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-38662210 | |
Supermarket introduces 'relaxed' lane - BBC News | 2017-01-19 | null | A supermarket in Moray introduces a "relaxed" lane aimed at making life at the checkout less stressful for some of its more vulnerable customers. | null | A supermarket in Moray has introduced a "relaxed" lane aimed at making life at the checkout less stressful for some of its more vulnerable customers.
Checkout staff at Tesco in Forres have been trained to identify any special needs of customers and operate at a speed that suits them.
Tesco has developed the scheme wi... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-38671867 | |
Trafalgar Square's Fourth Plinth artwork shortlist announced - BBC News | 2017-01-19 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A scoop of ice cream covered in parasites and an empty robe are some of the new proposals for the Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square. | London | The End by Heather Phillipson: Described as exploring the extremes of shared experience, from commemorations and celebrations to mass protests, all while being observed by a drone's camera
A scoop of ice cream covered in parasites and an empty robe are some of the new proposals for the Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Squar... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-38670797 | |
NHS staff shortages: Why so persistent? - BBC News | 2017-01-19 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Why is it that the NHS always seems to be short of staff, and is there anything that can be done to resolve the problem? | Health | The NHS has relied on nurses from home and abroad since its birth
NHS staff shortages seem an everyday fact of life - or at least a factor mentioned in several news stories each week. But why do these shortages persist and is there anything that can be done to get rid of them?
In this week's In Business on BBC Radio ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-38640068 | |
Italy avalanche aerials show stranded rescuers - BBC News | 2017-01-19 | null | Aerial footage reveals the wall of snow blocking rescuers from reaching a hotel engulfed by an avalanche in central Italy. | null | Rescuers have struggled to reach the hotel engulfed by an avalanche in central Italy because of heavy snow.
Aerial pictures show scores of rescue vehicles lined up as a snow-plough tries to break through. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-38682034 | |
Cunning or clueless? Europe reacts in Brexit bout with May - BBC News | 2017-01-19 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The BBC's Kevin Connolly gauges reaction in the European Parliament to the UK PM's Brexit pledges. | Europe | If Brexit is going to end up feeling like a long toe-to-toe boxing match then at last we can say that the first round is over.
Theresa May has come out jabbing - offering crisp points about the UK's plans to leave the single market and its readiness to walk away from a bad deal if that's all that's on offer.
The Euro... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-38669476 | |
Windsor Castle undergoes two-week 'high clean' - BBC News | 2017-01-19 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Chandeliers and suits of armour are just some of the features being dusted down. | Berkshire | The chandelier, one of five in the Waterloo Chamber, dates from 1862 and was made by the Birmingham glass makers F and C Osler
Windsor Castle is undergoing a two week spring clean before it is re-opened to the public over the weekend.
Experts ensure the castle's State Apartments are cleaned from floor to ceiling duri... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-berkshire-38674610 | |
Trump and the nuclear codes - BBC News | 2017-01-19 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | What are the checks on a US president launching a strategic nuclear strike? | US & Canada | On 20 January, inauguration day in the United States, a nameless, unknown military aide was seen accompanying President Barack Obama to the handover ceremony at the US Capitol in Washington.
That military aide was carrying a satchel over his or her shoulder containing a briefcase known as "the nuclear football". Insid... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-38651616 | |
Masters 2017: Ronnie O'Sullivan beats Neil Robertson, Fu beats Allen - BBC Sport | 2017-01-19 | null | Defending champion Ronnie O'Sullivan beats Neil Robertson 6-3 to reach the semi-finals of the Masters at Alexandra Palace. | null | Last updated on .From the section Snooker
Defending champion Ronnie O'Sullivan beat Neil Robertson 6-3 to reach the semi-finals of the Masters at Alexandra Palace in London.
Australia's Robertson started with 74, but O'Sullivan made 63 and 51 as the pair shared the first six frames.
Neither player were at their best... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/snooker/38680221 | |
Planes, trains and McDonald's: Your stories of porn in public - BBC News | 2017-01-19 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The BBC's Siobhann Tighe was unsure what to do when she boarded a bus and sat next to a man watching porn on his mobile phone. Here readers tell their own stories of porn in public. | Magazine | The BBC's Siobhann Tighe was unsure what to do when she sat down on a bus beside a man who was watching porn on his mobile phone, as she wrote last Saturday.
Her story provoked a fiery debate - while some deplored the man's behaviour, others said what he chose to watch was his own business. Many readers also described... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-38638339 | |
Chinese billionaire offers biggest education prize - BBC News | 2017-01-19 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Internet entrepreneur Charles Chen Yidan is going to award $8m per year to education projects. | Business | Charles Chen Yidan is putting his technology fortune back into education
A Chinese technology billionaire is offering the world's most valuable education prize.
The Yidan Prize will award nearly $8m (£6.64m) every year to two research projects that have the potential to "transform" global education.
Charles Chen Yid... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-38639891 | |
Hong Kong: Twenty years later - BBC News | 2017-01-19 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Hong Kong has spent 20 years under Chinese sovereignty. What's changed? | China | This year marks the 20th anniversary of Hong Kong's handover from the UK to China. The BBC's Helier Cheung, who sang in the handover ceremony, shares her personal reflections on the last two decades.
As a child, you don't always appreciate when you're witnessing history.
On 1 July 1997, I was part of the choir singin... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-38489435 | |
Mexico's Colima volcano in fiery explosion - BBC News | 2017-01-19 | null | Webcams have caught the dramatic eruption of Mexico's Colima volcano, which has seen an increase in activity since October. | null | Webcams have caught the dramatic eruption of Mexico's Colima volcano, which has seen an increase in activity since October.
The explosion sent a large plume of ash and smoke 2,000m (6,561 feet) above the crater.
Mexico has more than 3,000 volcanoes, but only 14 are considered active. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-38674298 | |
Theresa May's Brexit speech: What does it mean for free trade? - BBC News | 2017-01-19 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | BBC Economics Correspondent Andrew Walker answers your questions on Theresa May's Brexit speech. | UK | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Theresa May confirmed that the final deal would be put to the vote in Parliament
Following Theresa May's widely anticipated speech on Brexit on Tuesday, you sent us your questions.
The impact on free trade was the most aske... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-38658697 | |
Novak Djokovic: Australian Open champion knocked out by world 117 Denis Istomin - BBC Sport | 2017-01-19 | null | Defending champion Novak Djokovic is beaten in five sets by world number 117 Denis Istomin in the Australian Open second round. | null | Last updated on .From the section Tennis
Defending champion Novak Djokovic suffered a shock defeat by world number 117 Denis Istomin in the second round of the Australian Open.
The six-time winner struggled for rhythm and lost 7-6 (10-8) 5-7 2-6 7-6 (7-5) 6-4 in four hours and 48 minutes.
It is the first time Djokov... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/38673905 | |
Daily Politics coverage of PMQs - BBC News | 2017-01-19 | null | Prime Minister's Questions on the BBC's Daily Politics. | null | This video can not be played. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-27901933 | |
GCHQ seeks teenage girls to join cyber security fight - BBC News | 2017-01-19 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Web-savvy teenage girls could become the UK's spies of the future, Britain's intelligence agency hopes. | UK | The CyberFirst competition aims to get more girls to consider a career fighting online crime
Teenage girls who spend a lot of time online and on social media could become the UK's spies of the future, Britain's intelligence agency hopes.
GCHQ is launching a competition with the aim of encouraging more girls to think ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-38664703 | |
Northern Ireland Assembly Election 2017 | BBC News | 2017-01-19 | null | All the BBC's coverage of the 2017 Northern Ireland Assembly Election including news, analysis and results. | null | MPs agree to a government proposal to extend the deadline to restore devolution until 29 June. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election/ni2017 | |
Lewis Hamilton: Mercedes driver backs new team-mate Valtteri Bottas - BBC Sport | 2017-01-19 | null | Lewis Hamilton backs Mercedes' choice of Valtteri Bottas as a replacement for Nico Rosberg, team boss Toto Wolff has said. | null | Lewis Hamilton has backed Mercedes replacing Nico Rosberg with Valtteri Bottas, says team boss Toto Wolff.
Mercedes signed the Finn this week after agreeing a deal to buy him out of his Williams contract to replace Rosberg, who retired after winning last year's world title.
Wolff said: "Lewis said he thought Valtteri... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/38671931 | |
Trump's inauguration: An insider's tour - BBC News | 2017-01-19 | null | The day begins early for President-elect Trump at the exclusive White House guest residence. | null | The day begins early for President-elect Trump at the exclusive White House guest residence.
And from there it's a day of tradition and ceremony throughout Washington DC. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-38658917 | |
Jan Vertonghen: Tottenham defender expected to be out for six weeks - BBC Sport | 2017-01-19 | null | Tottenham defender Jan Vertonghen is expected to be out for six weeks with an ankle ligament injury. | null | Last updated on .From the section Football
Tottenham defender Jan Vertonghen is expected to be out for six weeks with an ankle ligament injury, according to his manager Mauricio Pochettino.
The 29-year-old centre-back turned his left ankle during the second half of last Saturday's 4-0 win over West Brom.
"When your ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/38685142 | |
Teetotal Trump and the drinking presidents - BBC News | 2017-01-19 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | What the chief executive's relationship with alcohol reveals about the occupants of the White House. | US & Canada | As Donald Trump becomes US president on Friday many will reach for a drink. Washington DC will be whirl of parties, galas and balls.
The celebrities may be skipping it this year but the US capital will still swing to the sound of clinking glasses and popping corks. Across the country, celebrating Trump supporters will... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-38651623 | |
The vegan trying to make the perfect burger - BBC News | 2017-01-19 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The vegan aiming to make the perfect meatless burger to please even "the hardcore meat lover". | Business | The "impossible burger" - as good as the real thing?
"My company's goal is to wipe out the animal farming industry and take them down," Patrick Brown tells me.
The grey-haired, former paediatrician turned professor at Stanford University School of Medicine, now turned start-up founder, may be softly spoken but he doe... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-38664353 | |
Travelling from China to London - BBC News | 2017-01-19 | null | China has launched a direct rail freight service to London, as part of its drive to develop trade. | null | China has launched a direct rail freight service to London, as part of its drive to develop trade and investment ties with Europe.
London will become the 15th European city to join what the Chinese government calls the New Silk Route. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-38659170 | |
President-elect Trump arrives in Washington - BBC News | 2017-01-19 | null | President-elect Donald Trump and his wife Melania have arrived in Washington ahead of his inauguration on Friday. | null | President-elect Donald Trump and his wife Melania have arrived in Washington ahead of his inauguration on Friday. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-38684420 | |
What Mrs Trump's hometown tells us about the next first lady - BBC News | 2017-01-19 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Guy Delauney visits Melania Trump's hometown of Sevnica in Slovenia to meet those who knew her. | US & Canada | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. What was Melania Trump like in Slovenia?
The President Burger is presented with a flourish - on a wooden board, surrounded by circular "dollar fries" and topped with a yellow crust of cheese "hair" which looks as if it might... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-38642889 | |
The man correcting stories about Muslims - BBC News | 2017-01-19 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Every day, Miqdaad Versi searches newspapers looking for errors concerning Muslims and Islam, looking to challenge them. | UK | Every day, Miqdaad Versi searches newspapers looking for errors concerning Muslims and Islam
When one newspaper reported last year that "enclaves of Islam see UK as 75% Muslim" last year, Miqdaad Versi's instinct was to challenge it. He believes errors in the reporting of Muslims have become all too common, and has ma... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-38655760 | |
Rachael Heyhoe Flint dies aged 77 - BBC News | 2017-01-19 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The women's cricket pioneer and Wolves vice-president dies aged 77 after a short illness. | Birmingham & Black Country | Rachael Heyhoe Flint, the former England women's cricket captain, has died aged 77.
Baroness Heyhoe Flint, vice-president of Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club, passed away in the early hours of Wednesday after a short illness.
She leaves behind husband Derrick, their son Ben, and her stepchildren Rowan, Hazel and... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-38664893 | |
Australian Open 2017: Johanna Konta wins but Heather Watson and Kyle Edmund lose - BBC Sport | 2017-01-19 | null | Johanna Konta reaches the third round of the Australian Open but fellow Britons Heather Watson and Kyle Edmund go out. | null | Last updated on .From the section Tennis
Konta reached the semi-finals in Melbourne last year Coverage: Daily live commentary on BBC Radio 5 live sports extra; live text on selected matches on the BBC Sport website. Britain's Johanna Konta eased through to the Australian Open third round but Heather Watson and Kyle Ed... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/38673037 | |
Viewpoint: Does democracy lead to tyranny? - BBC News | 2017-01-19 | null | The second of two animated opinion pieces for BBC Newsnight looking ahead to Donald Trump's presidency. British-American author and blogger Andrew Sullivan argues there are lessons to be learnt from Plato. | null | The inauguration of Donald Trump as President of the US is on Friday.
What does he represent? What might his presidency bring? In the second of two very personal viewpoints for BBC Newsnight, British-American author and blogger Andrew Sullivan argues there are lessons to be learnt from Plato.
Watch the first opinion ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-38664789 | |
FA Cup: Cracking goals from the third-round replays - BBC Sport | 2017-01-19 | null | Watch a selection of the best goals from the FA Cup third-round replays, including a great finish from Newcastle's Yoan Gouffran and Nathan Arnold's last-gasp winner for Lincoln City. | null | Watch a selection of the best goals from the FA Cup third-round replays, including a great finish from Newcastle's Yoan Gouffran and Nathan Arnold's last-gasp winner for Lincoln City.
Watch all the best action from the FA Cup third-round replays here.
Available to UK users only. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/38672657 | |
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Dunelm venetian blind thief gets community order - BBC News | 2017-01-19 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Jessie Bellham, who stuffed the stolen Dunelm shade in his trousers, is sentenced for his troubles. | Northampton | Jessie Bellham stuffed the shade down his trousers
A thief who stole a Venetian blind by stuffing it in his trousers and jacket has been given a community order.
Jessie Bellham admitted stealing the £48.99 blind from the Dunelm Mill store in St James Retail Park, Northampton, last October.
He was given a 12-month or... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-northamptonshire-38682424 | |
Squash Tournament of Champions: Laura Massaro beats Sarah-Jane Perry to reach final - BBC Sport | 2017-01-19 | https://www.facebook.com/BBCSport/ | Laura Massaro beats fellow Briton Sarah-Jane Perry to reach the women's final of the Tournament of Champions but James Willstrop loses. | Squash | Massaro, a former world number one, is through to the final in New York
England's Laura Massaro beat compatriot Sarah-Jane Perry to reach the women's final of the Tournament of Champions. Massaro, 33, took 40 minutes to beat Perry 3-0 in New York and will now face France's Camille Serme. "Sarah-Jane has been in great ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/squash/38674176 | |
Johnny Wright: The Instagram star who cuts Michelle Obama's hair - BBC News | 2017-01-19 | null | Throughout his time in the White House, Michelle Obama's personal hairdresser has become a flamboyant social media star. | null | Johnny Wright has several celebrity clients but perhaps none is as famous as the First Lady.
Throughout his time in the White House, Wright - Michelle Obama's personal hairdresser - has become a flamboyant social media star, with nearly 24,000 Instagram followers.
He admits he's sometimes had to tone down his pics be... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-38666098 | |
Aleppo ‘haunted by violence and death’ - BBC News | 2017-01-19 | null | Jeremy Bowen reports from the ruins of eastern Aleppo where 40,000 people have returned home. | null | Jeremy Bowen reports from the ruins of eastern Aleppo where 40,000 people have returned home. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-38668377 | |
Lawro's Premier League predictions v James McAvoy - BBC Sport | 2017-01-19 | null | Actor and lifelong Celtic fan James McAvoy predicts this weekend's Premier League results and reveals his favourite players from the Scottish side. | null | Actor and lifelong Celtic fan James McAvoy predicts this weekend's Premier League results and reveals his favourite players from the Scottish side.
Watch Football Focus at 12:00 GMT on Saturday, 21 January on BBC One, the BBC Sport website & mobile app.
Available to UK users only. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/38679851 | |
Footage shows rescuers inside Italy avalanche hotel - BBC News | 2017-01-19 | null | Rescuers battled overnight to reach the Rigopiano hotel, with the first of them arriving on skis. | null | An Italian rescue official has said that a number of people have been killed after a hotel was hit by an avalanche, apparently triggered by an earthquake on Wednesday.
Rescuers battled overnight to reach the hotel close to the Gran Sasso mountain in the Abruzzo region. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-38674302 | |
Is free trade good or bad? - BBC News | 2017-01-19 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Free trade has been a dominant part of the post-WW2 global economy, but it is now being challenged. | Business | Trade makes the world go round, but how free can it remain?
Free trade is something of a sacred cow in the economics profession.
Moving towards it, rather slowly, has also been one of the dominant features of the post-World War Two global economy.
Now there are new challenges to that development.
The UK is leaving ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-38209407 | |
Donald Trump's mother: From a Scottish island to New York's elite - BBC News | 2017-01-19 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Donald Trump's mother Mary Anne MacLeod grew up on the Hebridean island of Lewis. | Scotland | By 1934 Mary Anne MacLeod had become a glamorous New Yorker. This photo, was taken on the steps of a Long Island swimming pool
Donald Trump's mother, Mary Anne MacLeod, was born and brought up on the Hebridean island of Lewis but emigrated to New York to live a very different life.
Mary Anne was one of tens of thousa... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-38648877 | |
Westmonster: Arron Banks launches anti-establishment website - BBC News | 2017-01-19 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The businessman who bankrolled the Brexit campaign reveals his latest venture to shake up the political landscape. | Entertainment & Arts | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Amol Rajan reports on the launch of the Westmonster website
Arron Banks, the former UKIP donor who bankrolled the campaign for Britain to leave the European Union, is making a move into the media sector by backing an anti-es... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-38650596 | |
Kidnapped girl Lexis Manigo defends abductor 'mother' - BBC News | 2017-01-19 | null | A girl, who was kidnapped as a baby 18 years ago, has defended the woman who took her from a Florida hospital. | null | A girl, who was kidnapped as a baby 18 years ago, has defended the woman who took her from a Florida hospital.
Lexis Manigo, whose birth name is Kamiyah Mobley was abducted by Gloria Williams, a woman she considers her mother in 1998. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-38674296 | |
James Ellington & Nigel Levine: British sprinters 'truly blessed' to be alive - BBC Sport | 2017-01-19 | null | British sprinter James Ellington says he does not know how he or team-mate Nigel Levine survived a motorbike accident in Spain. | null | Last updated on .From the section Athletics
British sprinter James Ellington says he does not know how he or team-mate Nigel Levine survived a motorbike accident in Spain.
The pair will miss the 2017 season - including the World Championships - and Ellington posted on Instagram that he is "truly blessed" to be alive.... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/38663811 | |
Plymouth Argyle 0-1 Liverpool - BBC Sport | 2017-01-19 | null | Lucas Leiva's first goal in seven years sends Liverpool into the FA Cup fourth round at the expense of League Two Plymouth. | null | Last updated on .From the section Football
Lucas Leiva scored his first goal in seven years to send Liverpool into the fourth round of the FA Cup at the expense of League Two Plymouth.
Jurgen Klopp's side had to make the 293-mile trip to Home Park after they were held to a frustrating goalless draw in the initial mee... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/38579212 | |
Rebecca Gallantree: World champion diver retires - BBC Sport | 2017-01-19 | https://www.facebook.com/BBCSport/ | World champion Rebecca Gallantree retires from diving after competing in three Olympic Games. | Diving | British world champion Rebecca Gallantree, who also attended three Olympic Games, has retired from diving.
Gallantree competed in her first international event in 2004 and won gold at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in the women's 3m synchronised springboard alongside Alicia Blagg.
The 32-year-old from Chelmsford won the... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/diving/38677339 | |
Novak Djokovic: The waning of his winning obsession has led to a lost sense of direction - BBC Sport | 2017-01-19 | null | Novak Djokovic's ferocious focus took him to the top of the game but it is hard to see him rekindling the flames of that obsession, writes Russell Fuller. | null | When asked what he would take away from his stunning defeat by Denis Istomin in the second round of the Australian Open, Novak Djokovic said he would take his bags and go home.
The world number two exuded the utmost class in the aftermath of Istomin's five-set victory in the Rod Laver Arena. He signed autographs, offe... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/38681767 | |
Donald Trump's big day: Who is performing? - BBC News | 2017-01-19 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Donald Trump has put together a star-studded line-up for his official inauguration celebrations. | Entertainment & Arts | Although a host of big names have turned him down, Donald Trump has gathered a number of stars for his official inauguration celebrations. Meanwhile, other stars are appearing at alternative and anti-Trump events.
The official inauguration celebrations kicked off on Thursday with the Make America Great Again! concert ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-38678102 | |
The dying officer treated for cancer with baking soda - BBC News | 2017-01-19 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Naima Houder-Mohammed believed Robert O Young, the father of the alkaline diet, could cure her. It didn't turn out as she hoped. | Magazine | The father of the alkaline diet, Robert O Young, is hailed as an inspiration by one of the UK's most popular food writers, Natasha Corrett, but he faces a jail sentence for practising medicine without a licence. One patient who believed he could cure her cancer, British army officer Naima Houder-Mohammed, paid thousand... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-38650739 | |
Australian Open 2017: Konta, Edmund & Watson aim for last 32 - BBC Sport | 2017-01-19 | null | British trio Johanna Konta, Heather Watson and Kyle Edmund attempt to make the Australian Open third round on Thursday. | null | Last updated on .From the section Tennis
Coverage: Daily live commentary on BBC Radio 5 live sports extra; live text on selected matches on the BBC Sport website.
British trio Johanna Konta, Kyle Edmund and Heather Watson will attempt to reach the Australian Open third round on Thursday.
Konta, who won the Sydney In... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/38660203 | |
Brexit memo to Boris Johnson: Don't mention the War - BBC News | 2017-01-19 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The foreign secretary's evocation of the Great Escape didn't go down well in Europe. | UK Politics | Basil Fawlty discovered that some subjects were taboo
Like some latter-day Basil Fawlty, Boris Johnson mentioned the War and didn't get away with it.
The foreign secretary urged the French president not to "administer punishment beatings" on Britain for choosing to escape the EU "rather in the manner of some World Wa... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-38670349 | |
Novak Djokovic has 'lost his edge' says Pat Cash after Australian Open defeat - BBC Sport | 2017-01-19 | null | Novak Djokovic has "lost his edge" and is "a shadow of what he was at his peak", says Pat Cash after the Serb's shock Australian Open exit | null | Last updated on .From the section Tennis
Novak Djokovic has "lost his edge" and is "a shadow of what he was at his peak", says 1987 Wimbledon champion Pat Cash.
The defending champion lost in five sets in round two of the Australian Open to world number 117 Denis Istomin.
The Serb, 29, won four Grand Slams in a row ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/38675984 | |
Life and death on Thailand's lethal roads - BBC News | 2017-01-19 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The BBC's Jonathan Head looks into why Thailand's roads are among the most lethal in the world. | Asia | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The BBC's Jonathan Head looks at the cost to human lives of Thailand's poor road safety record.
There is a ritual that is now very familiar to Thais, before the two big holiday seasons of the year, in late December for the n... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-38660283 | |
Alanis Morissette's manager admits stealing almost $5m from artist - BBC News | 2017-01-19 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Jonathan Schwartz admits stealing over $7m from the singer and other celebrities, prosecutors say. | Entertainment & Arts | Morissette's former business manager has admitted stealing $4.8m from the singer
The former business manager of pop star Alanis Morissette has admitted stealing over $7m (£5.7m) from the singer and other celebrities, US prosecutors say.
Jonathan Schwartz was charged with fraud over claims he transferred the singer's ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-38673219 | |
Brexit: The mind games - BBC News | 2017-01-19 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Why Britain's negotiations to leave the EU are psychological as well as practical. | UK Politics | Psychology is always part of tense negotiations. In her Lancaster House speech this week Theresa May sought to seize back the advantage before the real battles start at the end of March. She wanted Europe to know that Britain would not be coming to meetings on the defensive, cap in hand.
During the 40 minutes of her s... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-38676889 | |
Trump prods reluctant Melania to speak - BBC News | 2017-01-19 | null | Donald Trump persuaded wife Melania to address a group of supporters at a lunch in Washington. | null | Donald Trump and his wife Melania visited a group of supporters at the Trump International Hotel in Washington.
"This is a gorgeous room. A total genius must have built this place," the 45th US president remarked.
Mr Trump thanked his wife, who suffered through "fake news" throughout the campaign, he said.
He also i... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-38681430 | |
BBC Breakfast presenters meet 'Orangu-cam' - BBC News | 2017-01-19 | null | The Breakfast team have been monkeying around with one of the stars of new series 'Spy in the Wild'. | null | 'Spy in the Wild' uses life-like animatronics to infiltrate the animal world and capture wildlife from a unique perspective.
BBC Breakfast's Steph and Charlie met one of the stars of the series. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-38673839 | |
Does living to 100 mean we'll work forever? - BBC News | 2017-01-19 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | With more and more people expected to live until 100, how does that affect our working lives? | Business | Living longer may also mean working longer
Will you live to be 100 years old? Even if you don't - it's pretty likely your children or your grandchildren will.
While Brexit, China and Trump may be dominating the news out of this year's World Economic Forum in Davos, living longer is a hot topic in the cold and snowy m... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-38652359 | |
Australian Open 2017: Serena Williams and Rafael Nadal reach round three - BBC Sport | 2017-01-19 | null | Six-time Australian Open winner Serena Williams stays on course for a 23rd Grand Slam, while Rafael Nadal also reaches round three. | null | Last updated on .From the section Tennis
Coverage: Daily live commentary on BBC Radio 5 live sports extra; live text on selected matches on the BBC Sport website; TV highlights on BBC Two and online from 21 January.
Six-time champion Serena Williams and former winner Rafael Nadal both reached the Australian Open thir... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/38674306 | |
Kim Kardashian will appear in the all-female Ocean's Eight - BBC News | 2017-01-19 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The all-female Ocean's Eight film adds two new cast members - Kim Kardashian and Kendall Jenner. | Entertainment & Arts | Kardashian has reportedly already shot her scenes for Ocean's Eight
The upcoming all-female Ocean's Eight film has just added a new cast member - Kim Kardashian.
The reality TV star and her half-sister Kendall Jenner will make cameo appearances in the film.
It will be the fourth movie in the Ocean's franchise in 17 ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-38662090 | |
Katie Hopkins invited for tea by Muslim family - BBC News | 2017-01-19 | null | Zahid Mahmood, wrongly accused by columnist Katie Hopkins of being a Muslim extremist, has invited her to his house for tea. Catrin Nye reports. | null | Zahid Mahmood, who was accused by Mail Online columnist Katie Hopkins of being a Muslim extremist, has invited her to his house to have tea and meet his family.
Hopkins wrongly said the family had links to al-Qaeda in two articles published in December 2015. The Mail Online paid £150,000 in libel damages.
The Victori... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-38670716 | |
Newspaper headlines: Boris Johnson, NHS drugs, Gambia crisis and Dylan painting - BBC News | 2017-01-19 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Boris Johnson's Brexit reference to World War Two comes under consideration in the newspapers. | The Papers | If you ever wanted to see what Boris Johnson would look like mocked up as Steve McQueen in The Great Escape, then look no further than the Sun.
It says the foreign secretary was "defiant" after being criticised for comparing French President Francois Hollande to a guard in a World War Two escape movie.
The paper mock... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-the-papers-38672427 | |
Andy Murray column on Dan Evans, injury worries and inspiring the next generation - BBC Sport | 2017-01-19 | null | World number one Andy Murray on fellow Briton Dan Evans, injuring his ankle and inspiring kids to take up tennis. | null | Coverage: Live radio and text commentary of every Andy Murray match on BBC Radio, BBC Sport website and BBC Sport app. Watch highlights on BBC Two and online from 21 January.
I'm really happy and excited for Dan Evans, who is getting closer and closer to the top of the game.
I've known him a long time. I first met hi... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/38661264 | |
How May's Brexit speech played out on the front pages - BBC News | 2017-01-19 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A look at how UK newspapers wrote up the PM's speech, in line with their own views on Brexit. | Entertainment & Arts | Britain's newspapers are for the most part deeply hostile to the EU, and committed to making a success of Brexit.
At the same time, they have created a narrative about the referendum result which casts it as a victory for the common man and woman against a liberal, metropolitan establishment that counts the mainstream... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-38666066 | |
Man creates carousel on Helsinki open water - BBC News | 2017-01-19 | null | A 200-tonne ice carousel has been created on a frozen bay in Helsinki. The carousel is said to be 36 metres in diameter. | null | A 200-tonne ice carousel has been created on a frozen bay in Helsinki. It is said to be 36 metres in diameter. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-38668375 | |
Sir Patrick Stewart: Poo emoji role for Shakespearean actor - BBC News | 2017-01-19 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | From Captain Picard to poo - the surprising new role for Sir Patrick Stewart. | Entertainment & Arts | Sir Patrick Stewart is joined by James Corden in the cast of the animated film
He has played many of Shakespeare's greats and been lauded for film roles in Star Trek and X-Men.
But now, Sir Patrick Stewart is to tackle perhaps his most surprising role to date - becoming the voice of the poo emoji.
He will take on th... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-38675616 | |
Line of cyclists in Bangladesh sets Guinness World Record - BBC News | 2017-01-19 | null | Bangladesh cyclists set a world record for the longest single line of moving bikes. | null | A group of more than 1,000 cyclists in Bangladesh set a Guinness World Record for the longest single line of moving bikes. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/38668336 | |
Inside lab where Mers vaccine made - BBC News | 2017-01-19 | null | Tulip Mazumdar visits the Jenner Institute at the University of Oxford where scientists are developing vaccines for all three of the shortlisted viruses. | null | Tulip Mazumdar visits the Jenner Institute at the University of Oxford where scientists are developing vaccines for all three of the shortlisted viruses.
Their Mers vaccine is at the most advanced stage. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-38672514 | |
Man Utd: Premier League club named world's leading revenue-generating club - BBC Sport | 2017-01-19 | null | Manchester United top the Deloitte Football Money League for the first time since 2003-04 after generating record revenue in the 2015-16 season. | null | Last updated on .From the section Football
Manchester United generated the most revenue of any football club in the world last season, according to a report published by Deloitte.
United dethrone Real Madrid - who held top spot for 11 years - after accumulating a record revenue of 689m euros (£515m) during the 2015-1... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/38655480 | |
CES 2017: The hi-tech exercise bike for three-year-olds - BBC News | 2017-01-06 | null | Fisher-Price has unveiled a "smart" exercise bicycle for three-year-olds that tries to educate them as they work out. | null | Fisher-Price has created an exercise bicycle for three-year-olds, which it has put on show at the CES tech expo in Las Vegas.
The Smart Cycle plugs into a TV, so that the youngsters can be shown educational games as they build up a sweat.
But the BBC's Chris Foxx wondered if parents should be encouraging their childr... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-38526192 | |
FA Cup: West Ham 0-5 Manchester City highlights - BBC Sport | 2017-01-06 | null | Pep Guardiola's first taste of the FA Cup ends triumphantly as Manchester City thrash Premier League rivals West Ham 5-0 in the FA Cup third round at London Stadium. | null | Pep Guardiola's first taste of the FA Cup ends triumphantly as Manchester City thrash Premier League rivals West Ham 5-0 in the FA Cup third round at London Stadium. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/38536413 | |
After Brexit: What happens next for the UK's farmers? - BBC News | 2017-01-06 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | From the environment to subsidies, trade tariffs to animal welfare, farming has the most to lose - and gain - from Brexit. | Business | Farming has the most to gain - and lose from Brexit
Of all UK industries, farming could lose or gain the most from Brexit.
At worst Brexit could devastate the farming sector; on average 60% of farm incomes come in the form of EU subsidies.
The report by Informa Agribusiness Intelligence estimates that without subsid... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-38510423 | |
Terminally-ill man seeks law change over assisted suicide - BBC News | 2017-01-06 | null | Motor neurone disease patient Noel Conway wants a review of the law so he can end his life when his condition deteriorates. | null | Motor neurone disease patient Noel Conway is seeking a review of the law on assisted suicide. The terminally-ill man wants to have medical assistance to end his life when his condition deteriorates to a point that he feels is insufferable. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-38532004 | |
Search on to find friend for Scotland's only elephant - BBC News | 2017-01-06 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The home of Scotland's only elephant launches a search for a friend after the death of her companion. | Tayside and Central Scotland | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Scotland's only elephant is in search of a new companion
The home of Scotland's only elephant has launched a search to find her a friend after the death of her long-term companion.
Mondula, known as Mondy, has been on her o... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-38530025 | |
How Japan has almost eradicated gun crime - BBC News | 2017-01-06 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Japan has one of the lowest rates of gun crime in the world, and the rules around ownership are very strict. | Magazine | Shotguns and air rifles are the only firearms you can legally buy in Japan
Japan has one of the lowest rates of gun crime in the world. In 2014 there were just six gun deaths, compared to 33,599 in the US.
If you want to buy a gun in Japan you need patience and determination. You have to attend an all-day class, take... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-38365729 | |
One man's search for diamonds - BBC News | 2017-01-06 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Photographing the men who sieve for diamonds in Sierra Leone | In Pictures | During its 11-year-long civil war, Sierra Leone became famous for blood diamonds.
Rebel and government groups fought brutally over diamond-rich territory in the north of the country and funded themselves by selling the stones to international buyers.
Fourteen years after the conflict ended, diamond mining operations ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-38302289 | |
Ed Sheeran lyric 'driving at 90' prompts Suffolk Police plea - BBC News | 2017-01-06 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A new song by Ed Sheeran which features the lyrics "driving at 90" prompts police to say, "please slow down". | Suffolk | Ed Sheeran describes "driving at 90" in his new song Castle on the Hill
A new song by Ed Sheeran which features the lyrics "driving at 90" has prompted a safety warning by police.
Castle on the Hill, released on Friday, has been described as a "love song for Suffolk".
In addition to describing the Framlingham area w... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-suffolk-38532571 | |
Premiership: Newcastle Falcons 24-22 Bath - BBC Sport | 2017-01-06 | null | Newcastle produce a superb late comeback to stun Bath and condemn the visitors to their third straight Premiership loss. | null | Last updated on .From the section Rugby Union
Newcastle produced a superb late comeback at Kingston Park to stun Bath and condemn the visitors to their third straight Premiership defeat.
The Falcons trailed 22-10 in the final 10 minutes, but forwards Mark Wilson and Ben Harris both bundled over after relentless press... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/38500627 | |
CES 2017: AmpMe app offers free alternative to wireless speakers - BBC News | 2017-01-06 | null | A free app synchs smartphones so they play music in unison, creating a free alternative to expensive wireless sound systems. | null | A start-up is promoting a free app that syncs smartphones so they play music in unison, at the CES tech show.
AmpMe is being pitched as a free alternative to Sonos and other brands of wireless speakers.
Chris Foxx tied out the tech in Las Vegas.
Follow all our CES coverage at bbc.co.uk/ces2017 | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-38526187 | |
Qatar Open: Sir Andy Murray to face Novak Djokovic in final - BBC Sport | 2017-01-06 | null | Sir Andy Murray is to meet Novak Djokovic in the Qatar Open final after the world number one beat Tomas Berdych in the semis. | null | Last updated on .From the section Tennis
Sir Andy Murray will face defending champion Novak Djokovic in the Qatar Open final on Saturday after beating third seed Tomas Berdych in the semis.
Murray won 6-3 6-4 against Czech Berdych, who needed treatment on an ankle injury after the first set.
It will be the 19th ATP ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/38535586 | |
Tesco shrugs off pyjama complaint - BBC News | 2017-01-06 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Tesco says shoppers wearing nightclothes in its stores is "not a big issue" after one customer objected. | Business | Tesco has said shoppers wearing nightclothes in its stores is "not a big issue", after one customer asked it to refuse to serve such people.
A customer at the Salford store posted his request on Tesco's Facebook page alongside a picture of two women wearing pyjamas and dressing gowns.
Chris Cooke said he had seen sho... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-38529285 | |
The Last Shadow Puppets beat David Bowie to win album art prize - BBC News | 2017-01-06 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A record cover featuring a 1969 image of Tina Turner beats David Bowie's final release to a prize for the year's best album artwork. | Entertainment & Arts | Everything You've Come to Expect came top of the poll while Blackstar (right) came second
A record cover featuring a 1969 image of Tina Turner has beaten David Bowie's final release Blackstar to a prize for the year's best album artwork.
The Last Shadow Puppets' Everything You've Come to Expect was selected from 50 e... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-38519733 | |
Taiwan politician's funeral features 50 pole dancers - BBC News | 2017-01-06 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A Taiwanese politician is sent off in style with 50 pole dancers performing at his funeral. | Asia | The convoy of 50 jeeps with pole dancers brought traffic in Chiayi city to a standstill
A Taiwanese funeral featuring 50 pole dancers has become the talk of the Chinese internet this week.
Videos of the funeral procession, which took place on Tuesday, have been circulating online showing skimpily-clad women gyrating ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-38528122 | |
Denny Solomona: Castleford Tigers to seek £500,000 compensation - BBC Sport | 2017-01-06 | null | Castleford Tigers will claim they should receive £500,000 in compensation after winger Denny Solomona walked out on the club to join Sale Sharks. | null | Last updated on .From the section Rugby League
Castleford Tigers will claim they should receive £500,000 in compensation after winger Denny Solomona left to join Sale Sharks in December.
Solomona, 23, is alleged to have demanded his wages were doubled before his controversial rugby code switch.
Court papers seen by ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/38525994 | |
2017 tech trends: 'A major bank will fail' - BBC News | 2017-01-06 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Cybersecurity promises to be major tech theme for 2017, but what are the others? | Business | Could a bank go under following a major hacking theft in 2017?
If 2016 seemed politically tumultuous, 2017 promises to be equally tumultuous on the technology front.
The pace of change is accelerating at a dizzying rate, with profound implications for the way we work, play and communicate.
So what are the big techno... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-38517517 | |
John Mikel Obi: Chelsea midfielder makes Chinese Super League move - BBC Sport | 2017-01-06 | null | Midfielder John Mikel Obi leaves Chelsea after a decade to join Chinese Super League side Tianjin TEDA. | null | Last updated on .From the section Football
The 29-year-old Nigerian has played 372 times for Chelsea since joining in 2006 but has not featured this season.
He said it had been "an honour" to play for the Stamford Bridge club but it was time to "seek a new challenge".
Mikel has won two Premier League titles, four FA... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/38528144 |
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