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Eddie Jones: England lack leaders because modern players are too 'sheltered' - BBC Sport | 2017-01-20 | null | England head coach Eddie Jones believes modern players are too 'sheltered' - causing a potential leadership drought in the national team in future. | null | Last updated on .From the section Rugby Union
Eddie Jones believes England lack leadership figures because of the "sheltered" nature of modern sport.
Jones says his squad has a "small and good group", but need to develop more if they are to win the World Cup in 2019.
"We need to get eight or nine guys who are consis... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/38692947 | |
Donald Trump's mother: From a Scottish island to New York's elite - BBC News | 2017-01-20 | 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 | |
Fewer beds, higher patient demand - NHS pressure mounts - BBC News | 2017-01-20 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Was the NHS right to reduce bed numbers at time of unprecedented demand for its services? | Health | With many hospitals close to full in these difficult winter weeks, there has been much debate about the resources available in the health service.
Patient demand is rising faster than the budget increases allocated to the NHS in England.
Yet the number of hospital bed numbers has fallen steadily in recent years. So w... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-38681383 | |
Donald Trump: 'America first, America first' - BBC News | 2017-01-20 | null | "A new vision will govern... it's going to be only America first, America first", the US president told the crowd at his inauguration. | null | "From this day forward, a new vision will govern... it's going to be only America first, America first", the US president told the crowd at his inauguration. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-38698654 | |
From bombs to bytes: How Beirut's tech scene is thriving - BBC News | 2017-01-20 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Lebanon's capital Beirut has had a troubled past, but it's now becoming the Middle East's tech hub. | Business | Hookah pipe smoking is an integral part of Lebanese culture
One of the most familiar sights in the Middle East is of local citizens gathering in cafes smoking hookah pipes as they drink coffee strong enough to knock out an Arabian horse.
But in Beirut, Lebanon's capital, such traditional pastimes are being given a hi... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-38663134 | |
James Paget Hospital patient evicted after two years - BBC News | 2017-01-20 | null | A hospital patient who occupied a bed for more than years was evicted after a hospital applied for a court order. | null | A patient who occupied a bed for more than two years was evicted after a hospital applied for a court order.
The unnamed man was treated at the James Paget Hospital, in Gorleston, Norfolk.
The hospital said he had been "fit for discharge". | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-38698757 | |
Novak Djokovic: The waning of his winning obsession has led to a lost sense of direction - BBC Sport | 2017-01-20 | 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 | |
The dying officer treated for cancer with baking soda - BBC News | 2017-01-20 | 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 | |
Donald Trump's big day: Who is performing? - BBC News | 2017-01-20 | 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 | |
Newspaper headlines: Donald Trump inauguration in focus - BBC News | 2017-01-20 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Donald Trump's inauguration as US president on Friday comes into focus on the front pages. | The Papers | It is show time for the showman, the Times declares, as the papers look ahead to the inauguration of America's 45th president.
For the Mail, Mirror and the Sun, it is the Day of the Donald.
But the Sun says the inauguration is set to be the most divisive and volatile ever, with more than 25,000 police and secret serv... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-the-papers-38686228 | |
Melbourne car deaths: Mobile footage shows driver - BBC News | 2017-01-20 | null | A bystander films the driver of a car arrested in Melbourne in connection with the death of three pedestrians struck by a vehicle. | null | Three people, including a young child, have died after a car deliberately hit pedestrians in central Melbourne, police say.
At least 29 people were injured, among them a baby who is in a critical condition after the car hit a pram.
Police have arrested the driver but say the incident was not terror-related.
Footage ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-38688521 | |
Martin McGuinness: In pictures - BBC News | 2017-01-20 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A look at the career of Martin McGuinness in pictures. | Northern Ireland | Ian Paisley and Martin McGuinness are pictured after being sworn in as first and deputy first ministers of the Northern Ireland Assembly in 2007 - they were later to be dubbed the 'Chuckle Brothers' | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-38681038 | |
Bake Off: Angus Deayton to present Creme de la Creme - BBC News | 2017-01-20 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Angus Deayton will take over from chef Tom Kerridge as host of the Bake Off spin-off. | Entertainment & Arts | Deayton previously hosted Have I Got News For You
Angus Deayton is to host Great British Bake Off spin-off Creme de la Creme.
The show, for professional pastry chefs, is staying on the BBC despite the main show moving from BBC One to Channel 4.
The first series, broadcast on BBC Two in 2016, was hosted by chef Tom K... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-38688912 | |
Trump inauguration: 'I'm so excited' - BBC News | 2017-01-20 | null | People in the US describe their feelings about going to Donald Trump's inauguration in Washington DC | null | US President-Elect Donald Trump will be inaugurated on January 20.
People are travelling from near and far to see history being made in Washington DC.
Here, Mr Trump's supporters, who will be making the journey to the capital, share their excitement about the event. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-38685470 | |
Steven Gerrard: Liverpool to hire former captain as youth coach - BBC Sport | 2017-01-20 | null | Former Liverpool and England captain Steven Gerrard is to return to the Premier League club as a youth coach. | null | Last updated on .From the section Football
Former Liverpool and England captain Steven Gerrard is to return to the Premier League club as a youth coach.
Gerrard, 36, who made his Liverpool debut in 1998, will begin the job in February.
The midfielder left Anfield at the end of the 2014-15 season to join MLS side LA ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/38698045 | |
One solution to two big social problems - BBC News | 2017-01-20 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | In France, some students are snapping up cheap rents in exchange for helping old people out in their homes | Magazine | Here's a solution that could tackle two of the West's most urgent problems: a young generation priced out of affordable housing, and the loneliness and isolation of a rapidly ageing population.
For so-called millennials, like Mikyoung Ahn, a large home is a seemingly unattainable dream. She could not imagine living in... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-38399246 | |
Newspaper headlines: President Trump's 'message to the world' - BBC News | 2017-01-20 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | US President Donald Trump's inaugural address comes under focus on Saturday's front pages. | The Papers | The papers are dominated by coverage of the US presidential inauguration - with every front page featuring a picture of Donald Trump.
Mr Trump, says the Times, unveiled a new era - but it notes that the imagery was unusually dark for an inaugural address, with the president describing crime-ridden inner cities, catast... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-the-papers-38700109 | |
Australian Open 2017: Champion Angelique Kerber cruises into last 16 - BBC Sport | 2017-01-20 | null | Defending champion Angelique Kerber beats Czech Kristyna Pliskova for the loss of just four games at the Australian Open. | 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.
Defending champion Angelique Kerber gave a much-improved performance as she beat Czech Kristyna Plisko... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/38687216 | |
Trump inauguration's only black marching band braves backlash - BBC News | 2017-01-20 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The only black college marching band to play at the Trump inauguration reaches Washington, braving an intense backlash. | US & Canada | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The Marching Tornado Band has travelled all the way from Alabama.
The only marching band from a historically black college to perform at the Trump presidential inauguration has experienced intense backlash. Regardless, on Th... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-38685680 | |
Donald Trump inauguration speech was ‘angriest ever’ - BBC News | 2017-01-20 | null | An expert in US politics has claimed President Donald Trump’s inauguration speech was the angriest he had ever heard. | null | An expert in US politics has claimed President Donald Trump’s inauguration speech was the angriest he had ever heard.
Dr Mike Cornfield, associate professor of Political Management at the George Washington University, told BBC Radio 5 live's Anna Foster he thought President Trump's address was “extraordinary for a man... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-38699639 | |
Saroo Brierley: The real-life search behind the film Lion - BBC News | 2017-01-20 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The man whose Google Earth hunt inspired a Hollywood film says his life has changed once more. | Australia | Sunny Pawar as five-year-old Saroo in the new film Lion
He was the tiny boy from a poor family in India who fell asleep on a train and woke up 1,000 miles from home.
After fending for himself on the streets, five-year-old Saroo made it to an orphanage, where he was adopted by Australian couple Sue and John Brierley t... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-38645840 | |
Trump prods reluctant Melania to speak - BBC News | 2017-01-20 | 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 | |
England: Alex Hales to miss rest of India tour through injury - BBC Sport | 2017-01-20 | null | England opener Alex Hales will miss the remainder of the tour of India after suffering a hand fracture. | null | Last updated on .From the section Cricket
England opener Alex Hales will miss the remainder of the tour of India after scans showed he has suffered a hand fracture.
The 28-year-old damaged his right hand during the second one-day international defeat by India on Thursday in Cuttack.
Right-hander Hales sustained the ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/38694820 | |
Who will succeed Sinn Féin's Martin McGuinness? - BBC News | 2017-01-20 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | As Martin McGuinness steps down, who will take over as Sinn Féin's leader in Northern Ireland? | Northern Ireland | Sinn Féin's successor as Northern Ireland leader of the party will be announced next week
Former deputy first minister Martin McGuinness has confirmed he will not stand in the Northern Ireland Assembly election.
His successor as Sinn Féin's leader in Northern Ireland will be announced next week.
So who will replace ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-38684941 | |
Davos 2017: The bosses obsessed with exercise - BBC News | 2017-01-20 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Many of the bosses at the World Economic Forum in Davos are not just obsessed by corporate success, but also physical fitness. | Business | Chip Bergh usually does between 12 and 14 hours of sport a week
Ask Levi boss Chip Bergh how he's finding his first trip to the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, and his immediate response is to say how frustrated he is by the lack of time to exercise.
The sports-obsessed chief executive - who competes in triathlo... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-38677104 | |
Australian Open 2017: Dan Evans joins Andy Murray in fourth round - BBC Sport | 2017-01-20 | null | Dan Evans joins Andy Murray in the last 16 of the Australian Open with a brilliant win over Australia's Bernard Tomic. | 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.
Dan Evans joined Andy Murray in the last 16 of the Australian Open with a brilliant performance to giv... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/38687231 | |
Trump and Obama: Two characters in search of a legacy - BBC News | 2017-01-20 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Will Barack Obama's legacy rest on that of Donald Trump? | US & Canada | So the pendulum swings again. They are polar opposites, inversions, thesis and antithesis, from the skinny kid with the funny name to the old guy with the funny hair, chalk to his cheese. It says a lot about the Disunited States of America that two such different brands are its best-selling political products.
In his ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-38663825 | |
Tight security for El Chapo extradition - BBC News | 2017-01-20 | null | Notorious Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman has been extradited to the US under tight security. | null | Notorious Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman has been extradited to the US, the Mexican government announced on Thursday.
He arrived in New York on a flight from Ciudad Juarez under tight security and is expected to appear in a US federal court in Brooklyn on Friday. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-38688523 | |
Should all countries use the Shanghai maths method? - BBC News | 2017-01-20 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | When children in Shanghai took part in the Pisa tests of educational attainment, the world was shocked by their maths results. Should the rest of the world be teaching maths the same way? | Magazine | When the Chinese city of Shanghai took part in the three-yearly Pisa test of 15-year-olds' academic ability in 2009 and 2012 it topped the table in maths, leaving countries such as Germany the UK and the US - and even Singapore and Japan - trailing in its wake. What is its secret?
The life of a teacher in a Shanghai p... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-38568538 | |
Woody Harrelson shoots live movie hours after 'WW2 bomb' discovery - BBC News | 2017-01-20 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Woody Harrelson says he has no intention of making another live movie like Lost in London. | Entertainment & Arts | The film is loosely based on a chaotic night out Woody Harrelson had in London in 2002
Woody Harrelson said directing his ground-breaking live film project was like "walking on a high wire".
Lost in London was filmed in multiple locations in the capital in the early hours of Friday.
In a cinematic first, the film wa... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-38686697 | |
How May's Brexit speech played out on the front pages - BBC News | 2017-01-20 | 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 | |
Utah couple's life transformed by quadruplets - BBC News | 2017-01-20 | null | Ashley and Tyson Gardner had two sets of identical twins by IVF. | null | When Ashley and Tyson Gardner found out they were going to have quadruplets, a photo of Ashley holding the ultrasound scans went viral.
The couple, from Utah, had struggled to conceive for eight years, but they eventually had two sets of identical twin girls by IVF treatment.
"When we first found out we were having q... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-38684920 | |
Quiz of the week's news - BBC News | 2017-01-20 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A weekly quiz of the news, 7 days 7 questions. | Magazine | It's the weekly news quiz - have you been paying attention to what's been going on in the world over the past seven days?
If you missed last week's 7 days quiz, try it here
Join the conversation - find us on Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat and Twitter | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-38679701 | |
Past presidents taking the oath of office - BBC News | 2017-01-20 | null | Before you can become commander in chief, you must first take the oath of office. | null | Before you can become commander in chief, you must first take the oath of office.
BBC News looks back at the famous words, as spoken by some former presidents of the United States. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-38651876 | |
What next for Paul Nuttall's UKIP? - BBC News | 2017-01-02 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | After a tumultuous 2016 and a Brexit victory, what are UKIP's challenges for the year ahead? | UK Politics | Paul Nuttall, left, is hoping to push Labour hard in UKIP's post-Farage era
Is UKIP the most successful party in the history of British politics? Or an amateurish rabble which has lost its reason to exist? Or maybe a bit of both?
The UK Independence Party was founded in 1993 with one main goal: to take the UK out of ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-38408815 | |
Arsene Wenger: Olivier Giroud scorpion goal one of Arsenal manager's top five - BBC Sport | 2017-01-02 | null | Olivier Giroud's 'scorpion' goal in Arsenal's 2-0 win over Crystal Palace is one of "the top five" strikes of Arsene Wenger's 21-year reign. | null | Last updated on .From the section Football
Olivier Giroud's 'scorpion' goal in Arsenal's 2-0 win over Crystal Palace is one of "the top five" strikes of manager Arsene Wenger's 21-year reign.
Thierry Henry and Dennis Bergkamp goals are among Wenger's favourites but he said "this will be the Giroud goal".
He added: "... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/38486130 | |
What to look out for in Africa during 2017 - BBC News | 2017-01-02 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | In our series of letters from African journalists, Joseph Warungu identifies key people, places and events to watch out for in Africa in 2017. | Africa | After the New Year festivities, what will 2017 hold for countries across Africa?
In our series of letters from African journalists, media and communications trainer Joseph Warungu gives a personal guide to some of the key people, places and events to watch out for in Africa in 2017.
Africa will go through six human a... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-38458406 | |
Rory Cellan-Jones becomes video game character - BBC News | 2017-01-02 | null | A video games developer digitises BBC's Rory Cellan-Jones to appear in its next blockbuster game. | null | One of the UK's leading independent video game companies has digitised BBC's technology correspondent for a forthcoming blockbuster.
Rebellion shared a first look at what it had done with Rory Cellan-Jones' features for Sniper Elite 4. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-38403943 | |
Manu Tuilagi out of England training camp after injury in Leicester defeat - BBC Sport | 2017-01-02 | null | Manu Tuilagi is withdrawn from England's two-day training camp after suffering a knee injury playing for Leicester Tigers. | null | Last updated on .From the section Rugby Union
Manu Tuilagi has withdrawn from England's two-day training camp after suffering a knee injury playing for Leicester Tigers.
The 25-year-old centre was forced off inside the opening eight minutes of Sunday's 16-12 defeat by Saracens.
Tigers expect to find out the full ext... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/38485970 | |
Man City 2-1 Burnley: Pep Guardiola's awkward post-match interview - BBC Sport | 2017-01-02 | null | A tetchy Pep Guardiola engages in an awkward post-match interview with BBC Sport's Damian Johnson after Man City's 2-1 win over Burnley. | null | A tetchy Pep Guardiola engages in an awkward post-match interview with BBC Sport's Damian Johnson after Manchester City's 2-1 victory over Burnley at the Etihad Stadium.
Watch highlights on Match of the Day, 22:30 GMT, on BBC One, the BBC Sport app and this website. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/38490825 | |
Watford 1-4 Tottenham Hotspur - BBC Sport | 2017-01-02 | null | Tottenham outclass Watford at Vicarage Road as two goals apiece for Harry Kane and Dele Alli take them into the top four. | null | Last updated on .From the section Football
Harry Kane and Dele Alli scored two goals apiece as Tottenham thrashed lacklustre Watford to move into the Premier League's top four for the first time since October.
Spurs dominated from the off at Vicarage Road - having 13 shots in the first half alone - and seconds after ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/38429666 | |
Losing the most precious thing I own, 7,000km from home - BBC News | 2017-01-02 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Eloise Dicker lost her late mother's treasured gold bracelet. Then a Facebook message changed everything. | Magazine | While travelling through Kyrgyzstan, Eloise Dicker lost her late mother's treasured gold bracelet. Then a Facebook message changed everything.
It was on the second day of our five-day trek that I realised it was missing.
We had packed up the tents and loaded the horses. I reached up to the horse's mane to pull myself... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-38385480 | |
PDC World Darts Championship: Michael van Gerwen to meet Gary Anderson - BBC Sport | 2017-01-02 | https://www.facebook.com/BBCSport/ | Michael van Gerwen posts the highest average in PDC World Darts Championship history to book a final meeting with defending champion Gary Anderson. | Darts | Michael van Gerwen posted the highest average in PDC World Darts Championship history to defeat Raymond van Barneveld and book a meeting in Monday's final with defending champion Gary Anderson.
Van Gerwen, the world number one, averaged 114.05 to beat Phil Taylor's previous best of 111.21.
Fellow Dutchman Van Barneve... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/darts/38486633 | |
Manchester City 2-1 Burnley - BBC Sport | 2017-01-02 | null | Ten-man Manchester City move up to third as they withstand a spirited Burnley fightback in front of a relieved Etihad Stadium. | null | Last updated on .From the section Football
Ten-man Manchester City moved up to third as they withstood a spirited Burnley fightback in front of a relieved Etihad Stadium.
Fernandinho was dismissed towards the end of an even first half for a two-footed challenge on Johan Gudmundsson.
But the hosts improved after the ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/38433598 | |
Rail fares: Hike 'result of success' - rail boss - BBC News | 2017-01-02 | null | Chief Executive of the Rail Delivery Group says increase in rail fare is for investment | null | Rail passengers are facing up to higher fares across the UK as average prices increases of 2.3% are introduced on the first weekday of the new year.
Paul Plummer is the chief executive of the Rail Delivery Group which represents train operators and Network Rail. He told the Today programme ticket prices are rising bec... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-38487659 | |
Where are the black dolls in High Street stores? - BBC News | 2017-01-02 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | An internet search for black dolls will bring up millions of results in less than a second - but parents have discovered the toys to be increasingly hard to find on the shelves of High Street stores. Why is this? | Nottingham | While black dolls can be bought online, they are absent from the shelves of many British toy stores
An internet search for black dolls will bring up about 20 million results in less than a second - but parents have discovered the toys to be increasingly hard to find on the shelves of High Street stores. Why is this?
... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-38065205 | |
Garth Crooks' team of the week: Kane, Alli, Pogba, Cahill, Milner, Valencia - BBC Sport | 2017-01-02 | null | Who descended like the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse? And who is 'in the mood' like Glenn Miller? It's Garth's team of the week. | null | The festive football action keeps coming, with no sign of the Chelsea juggernaut slowing down.
The Premier League leaders extended their winning run to 13 matches, but Liverpool and Arsenal remain in pursuit, with Manchester City out of the top four after Tottenham's thumping win at Watford.
At the other end of the t... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/38486043 | |
Roger Federer beats Dan Evans on return from injury in Hopman Cup - BBC Sport | 2017-01-02 | null | Roger Federer marks his return from injury with victory against Dan Evans as Switzerland beat Great Britain in the Hopman Cup. | null | Last updated on .From the section Tennis
Roger Federer marked his return from injury with a 6-3 6-4 victory against Dan Evans as Switzerland beat Great Britain 3-0 in the Hopman Cup.
Federer, 35, made short work of the British number three in his first match after a six-month knee injury setback.
World number 76 Hea... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/38488915 | |
The psychological secrets to successful resolutions - BBC News | 2017-01-02 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | There are psychological tricks which can help people achieve and stick to their new year goals. | Health | It's important to have achievable goals
After the excesses of the festive season, the thoughts of many turn to making resolutions to stop bad habits and take up healthier ones.
Unfortunately, quite a few fail.
But there are some psychological tactics which can be employed to increase the chances of success.
Psychol... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-38470263 | |
Sheringham New Year's Day dip revived after a decade - BBC News | 2017-01-02 | null | Swimmers make a splash about the start of 2017 by reviving a seaside dip for the first time in a decade to raise money for the RNLI. | null | Swimmers made a splash about the start of 2017 by reviving a Norfolk seaside dip for the first time in a decade to raise money for the RNLI.
In biting cold winds, about 50 people took the New Year's Day North Sea plunge off the coast at Sheringham with many in fancy dress and some ticking the activity "off the bucket ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-38489364 | |
In pictures: Secrets of French diplomacy - BBC News | 2017-01-02 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | War gets plenty of artistic representation - but what about the art of peace? An exhibition at the Petit Palais in Paris explores the imagery of peace-making over the centuries. For history-lovers, it is a rare chance to see the originals of scores of treaties, concordats and other diplomatic treasures preserved in the... | Europe | Officially this document is a memorandum of understanding between France and the UK over fishing rights in Newfoundland, some islands off Guinea, and zones of influence in Madagascar and Egypt. In fact, it is the physical embodiment of the entente cordiale - the friendly compact agreed in 1904 between the two countries... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-38320567 | |
Diego Costa: Chelsea striker says he wanted to leave club in summer - BBC Sport | 2017-01-02 | null | Chelsea striker Diego Costa says he wanted to leave the club in the summer but "continues to be happy" at Stamford Bridge. | null | Last updated on .From the section Football
Chelsea striker Diego Costa has said he wanted to leave the club in the summer.
Costa joined the Blues for £32m in 2014, and was understood to be close to a return to former club Atletico Madrid after a difficult 2015-16 campaign.
The Spain international has since scored 14... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/38487554 | |
Sherlock beats the Queen in festive TV ratings - BBC News | 2017-01-02 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Eight million people saw the return of Sherlock on BBC One - more than watched the Queen's Christmas message. | Entertainment & Arts | Benedict Cumberbatch is back as Sherlock for the new three-part series
More than eight million people tuned in to see the return of Sherlock on BBC One on Sunday, overnight ratings show.
That means it was the UK's second-most watched programme of the festive period - behind the New Year's Eve fireworks, which were wa... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-38488141 | |
Myanmar police officers detained over Rohingya beatings video - BBC News | 2017-01-02 | null | A video posted online showing Myanmar police officers beating boys from the Muslim Rohingya minority has led to several arrests, as David Campanale reports. | null | A video that appears to show Myanmar police officers beating members of the Muslim Rohingya minority during a security operation has emerged on Burmese social media.
The government said the incident, apparently filmed by a police officer, happened in restive Rakhine state in November and several officers had been deta... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-38490957 | |
India in 2016: Cash crisis, alcohol ban and cheapest phone - BBC News | 2017-01-02 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The BBC's in-house cartoonist Kirtish Bhat picks five news events to give his humorous take on 2016. | India | In India, 2016 has been a year of political surprises, alcohol ban and heated debates about nationalism, and plenty of other news in between.
The BBC's in-house cartoonist Kirtish Bhat picks five news events to give his humorous take on 2016.
Two news events in February were all about freedom. One firm launched the w... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-38465632 | |
The A-Z of Brexit - BBC News | 2017-01-02 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | An alphabetical guide to the biggest story of the next two and a half years. | UK Politics | "Brexit means Brexit" is something we've all heard many times. But it's still not entirely clear what it actually means. If you're feeling lost, help is at hand: here's our handy guide to the A-Z of Brexit.
Known as the "exit clause", Article 50 sets out the process the UK will go through to leave the European Union.
... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-37761607 | |
Premiership: Leicester Tigers 12-16 Saracens - BBC Sport | 2017-01-02 | null | Owen Farrell scores all of Saracens' points against Leicester, but victory is not enough to send the Londoners top. | null | Last updated on .From the section Rugby Union
Owen Farrell scored all of Saracens' points against Leicester, but victory was not enough to return the London club to the top of the Premiership.
In a tense first half, during which Leicester's injury-plagued England winger Manu Tuilagi limped off, the scores were locked... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/38445575 | |
Belfast chip shop goes viral after delivery order for cold and flu tablets - BBC News | 2017-01-02 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A Belfast chip shop goes viral after receiving an order for cold medicine from a customer. | Northern Ireland | The unusual chip shop order has attracted more than 8,000 likes on Facebook
Takeaway chip shops are used to getting orders for burgers, fish and sausages - but one in Belfast has gone viral after a flu-stricken customer asked them to deliver medicine.
Feeley's Fish and Chip Shop revealed the unusual request on its Fa... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-38485402 | |
Michael van Gerwen beats Gary Anderson to win PDC World Darts Championship - BBC Sport | 2017-01-02 | https://www.facebook.com/BBCSport/ | Michael van Gerwen outclasses defending champion Gary Anderson to win his second PDC World Darts Championship. | Darts | Michael van Gerwen first won the World Championship in 2014
Michael van Gerwen outclassed defending champion Gary Anderson to win his second PDC World Darts Championship. The world number one won 7-3 at the Alexandra Palace in a match that contained 42 180s, a record for a single darts match. Scotland's Anderson, winn... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/darts/38492223 | |
Sunderland 2-2 Liverpool - BBC Sport | 2017-01-02 | null | Jermain Defoe scores two penalties as Sunderland twice come from behind to earn a point against second-placed Liverpool. | null | Last updated on .From the section Football
Jermain Defoe scored two penalties as Sunderland twice came from behind to earn a point against second-placed Liverpool.
The Reds took a deserved lead when Daniel Sturridge flicked in a header after Dejan Lovren's mishit shot.
Sunderland equalised six minutes later as Defoe... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/38433522 | |
Newspaper headlines: George Michael 'wanted to die' & Istanbul attack manhunt - BBC News | 2017-01-02 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Some newspapers lead on tweets apparently suggesting George Michael "wanted to die", while others focus on the hunt for the Istanbul terror attack gunman. | The Papers | The death of George Michael continues to dominate several newspaper front pages.
The Daily Mirror leads with an exclusive interview with Michael's partner, Fadi Fawaz, who reveals he slept in a car on the night the star died.
It also says Mr Fawaz denied he was responsible for several posts that appeared on his Twitt... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-the-papers-38486528 | |
TV and radio stars we lost in 2016 - BBC News | 2017-01-02 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A look back at some of the faces and voices from TV and radio we lost in 2016. | Entertainment & Arts | Magician Paul Daniels died in March aged 77, after being diagnosed with a brain tumour. He was at his Berkshire home with wife Debbie McGee when he died. Daniels presented a variety of game shows in the 1980s and 1990s, including Wipeout, Every Second Counts and Odd One Out and took over the primetime Saturday night sl... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-37975077 | |
Nazanin Zaghari Ratcliffe family 'treated like a bargaining chip' - BBC News | 2017-01-02 | null | Political prisoner Nazanin Zaghari Ratcliffe released from solitary confinement | null | An Iranian court will hear an appeal this week over the imprisonment of Nazanin Zaghari Ratcliffe, a British-Iranian mother accused of a plot to topple the Iranian government. Her family insist she is innocent.
After spending 10 months in solitary confinement Nazanin has now been moved to a unit for political prisoner... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-38487662 | |
Paul Clement: Bayern Munich assistant given permission to speak to Swansea City - BBC Sport | 2017-01-02 | null | Bayern Munich give assistant boss Paul Clement permission to speak to Swansea City over their vacant manager's job and he is set to be appointed at the Welsh club. | null | Paul Clement: Bayern Munich assistant given permission to speak to Swansea City Last updated on .From the section Football
Paul Clement left Derby in February after eight months in charge Bayern Munich assistant manager Paul Clement has been given permission to speak to Swansea City. The Swans, bottom of the Premier L... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/38489937 | |
360 video: London New Year's Eve fireworks - BBC News | 2017-01-02 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | 360 video | UK | If you couldn't get to the New Year's Eve fireworks in London, you can still get a 360-degree experience of the celebrations.
Clicking on the image below will play the 360 video on the BBC News YouTube channel.
Tap here to see the 360 video
To watch 360 video you will need the latest version of Chrome, Opera, Firefo... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-38463678 | |
Istanbul nightclub attack: Gunman 'caught on camera' - BBC News | 2017-01-02 | null | Footage from the Dogan News Agency shows a gunman shooting outside Istanbul's Reina nightclub. | null | Footage from the Dogan News Agency shows a gunman shooting outside Istanbul's Reina nightclub.
At least 39 people, including at least 15 foreigners, were killed in an attack inside the club, as revellers marked the new year. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-38483230 | |
Istanbul attack: Footage shows lone 'gunman' in nightclub - BBC News | 2017-01-02 | null | Unverified video footage on Turkish media apparently shows a gunman in a nightclub in Istanbul. | null | Police in Istanbul are hunting for a gunman who opened fire at a night club, killing at least 39 people.
The attack happened at Reina nightclub early on Sunday, as hundreds of revellers marked the new year.
Unverified video footage on Turkish media apparently shows the killer in the club. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-38483233 | |
The Chinese burger designed by Asia's 'best female chef' - BBC News | 2017-01-02 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | May Chow has just been voted Asia's best female chef. She shares her story with the BBC. | China | May Chow secretly interned at restaurants to pursue her dream of becoming a chef
The humble steamed bun is taking Hong Kong's culinary scene by storm - and scooping up awards along the way.
May Chow, the owner of restaurant Little Bao, has just been voted Asia's best female chef by a panel of over 300 experts.
The 3... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-38391848 | |
North Dakota Pipeline protesters scale stadium - BBC News | 2017-01-02 | null | Two people are held after unfurling a giant banner protesting against the North Dakota Access Pipeline. | null | Two people have been arrested after scaling the US Bank Stadium in Minnesota to unfurl a giant banner protesting against the North Dakota Access Pipeline.
Karl Mayo, 32, and Sen Holiday, 26, lowered a sign with the word "Divest" calling for U.S. Bank to sever ties with the project.
Officers waited for The Vikings to ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-38487931 | |
Richard Cockerill: Leicester Tigers sack director of rugby - BBC Sport | 2017-01-02 | null | Leicester Tigers sack director of rugby Richard Cockerill after nearly eight years in charge. | null | Leicester Tigers have sacked director of rugby Richard Cockerill after nearly eight years in charge.
The 46-year-old has been on the Premiership club's coaching staff since 2004, took over as head coach in 2009 and became director of rugby in 2010.
"It is with great sadness and regret that I leave my position. I stil... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/38489596 | |
Joel Sartore: The man who takes studio photos of endangered species - BBC News | 2017-01-02 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | American wildlife photographer, Joel Sartore, is fighting to save endangered species by making us fall in love with them. | Magazine | American wildlife photographer Joel Sartore is fighting to save endangered species by making us fall in love with them.
Joel Sartore had been a National Geographic wildlife photographer for 15 years when his wife, Kathy, was diagnosed with breast cancer. With three young children at home, he took a year off work to nu... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-37991269 | |
Usain Bolt calls Manchester United phone-in show - BBC Sport | 2017-01-02 | null | Usain Bolt calls a Manchester United TV phone-in show to say how Saturday's 2-1 victory over Middlesbrough was like watching the Red Devils "of old". | null | Nine-time Olympic gold medallist Usain Bolt calls a Manchester United TV phone-in show to say how Saturday's 2-1 victory over Middlesbrough was like watching the Red Devils "of old". | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/38480275 | |
Reflections on Africa - BBC News | 2017-01-02 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The BBC's Southern Africa correspondent looks back on nearly 12 years of reporting from the continent. | Africa | As she moves on from her posting, the BBC's Southern Africa correspondent Karen Allen looks back on nearly 12 years of reporting from the continent.
Africa is not a country. It is a continent that feels like it has come of age. Despite the very real problems of poverty, corruption and the sense you sometimes get in so... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-38393661 | |
Acton pub gutted in new year party fire - BBC News | 2017-01-02 | null | Footage shows the interior of a pub engulfed by flames during new year celebrations. | null | Footage of a blaze ripping through the interior of a pub during new year celebrations has been captured by a witness.
People had to flee from the Aeronaut in Acton, west London, before it was gutted by a fire that started just 30 minutes into 2017.
London Fire Brigade said it rescued six people from a first-floor fla... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-38486775 | |
Arts news in 2016: Knocking on death's door - BBC News | 2017-01-02 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | BBC arts editor reflects on a year spent reporting on the deaths of so many major arts figures. | Entertainment & Arts | Will Gompertz appeared with Huw Edwards on the BBC One Ten O'Clock News on the night of David Bowie's death
Each specialism within journalism has its area of breaking news.
For foreign correspondents, it tends to be a conflict or catastrophe. Politicos deal in shock resignations or revelations. For us in the arts uni... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-38394697 | |
How a dead gorilla became the meme of 2016 - BBC News | 2017-01-02 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | After Harambe was shot in a sad incident in Cincinnati, he lived on in a million memes online. Why? | BBC Trending | His was the face which launched a thousand memes - so why did Harambe the gorilla capture 2016's collective online psyche?
It was a sad story that could have been even sadder. In May, a three-year-old child fell into an enclosure at Cincinnati Zoo. One of the Western lowland gorillas inside started dragging the boy ar... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-trending-38383126 | |
Rebecca Ferguson asked to perform at Donald Trump's inauguration ceremony - BBC News | 2017-01-02 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The 2010 X Factor runner-up wrote she would "graciously accept" the invitation on the understanding she can sing "controversial" song Strange Fruit. | Newsbeat | Rebecca Ferguson says she's been asked to perform at Donald Trump's inauguration ceremony.
The singer tweeted she would "graciously accept" the invitation from the American president-elect if she can perform Strange Fruit.
"[It's] a song that has huge historical importance, a song that was blacklisted in the United S... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/articles/38491238 | |
How are Australia's Syrian refugees coping? - BBC News | 2017-01-02 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Australia has so far resettled about half of the 12,000 Syrian refugees it agreed to take last year. | Australia | Australia has resettled about half of the 12,000 refugees it agreed to take in over the past 13 months from the conflict in Syria, but how are they adapting to life in their new country?
It is a year since Iymen Baerli, a refugee from Syria, arrived in Sydney with his wife and three young children.
Within days, the s... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-38301489 | |
Mariah Carey: Row over New Year's Eve performance - BBC News | 2017-01-02 | null | This video has been removed for rights reasons. | null | This video has been removed for rights reasons.
Watch an excerpt from Mariah Carey's New Year's Eve performance, which went wrong with the singer complaining of sound difficulties.
Her representative has since told Billboard the producers "set her up to fail", which Dick Clark Productions has furiously denied. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-38487939 | |
Lib Dems: Bouncing back from the dead in 2017? - BBC News | 2017-01-02 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The Brexit vote has breathed new life into the UK's most pro-European major party, but can they capitalise on it? | UK Politics | A by-election win in Richmond Park was welcome news for the Liberal Democrats
In 2015, the Liberal Democrats had a near death experience. But 2016 was the year there were signs of life - will 2017 be their year of resurrection?
The vote to leave the EU has breathed fresh life into the UK's most pro-European major par... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-38408199 | |
Turkey nightclub attack: 'I played dead' - BBC News | 2017-01-02 | null | Francois al-Asmar says he played dead to survive the attack on an Istanbul nightclub that left 39 people dead. | null | So-called Islamic State says it was behind the new year attack on a Turkish nightclub that killed 39 people. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-38488572 | |
'Hollywood' sign changed to 'Hollyweed' in new year prank - BBC News | 2017-01-02 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A prankster changes the world-famous Hollywood sign to read "Hollyweed" on New Year's Day. | US & Canada | The iconic sign was changed overnight on New Year's Eve
Residents of Los Angeles' most famous neighbourhood woke up on New Year's Day to find the world-famous Hollywood sign had been changed to read "Hollyweed".
Local media reported that police were treating the incident as minor trespass and were investigating.
The... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-38484733 | |
Labour in 2017: Can Corbyn ride anti-elitism wave? - BBC News | 2017-01-02 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Can Labour make Jeremy Corbyn the Left's Trump and reach out to the wider electorate in 2017? | UK Politics | Can Jeremy Corbyn reach out beyond Labour Party members?
"Our job is to make Jeremy Corbyn the Left's Donald Trump", whispered a political adviser over cold sausage rolls at Labour's annual Christmas party,
"Trump shows if we take the anti-establishment message and run with it, anything is possible".
This most unlik... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-38408198 | |
West Ham United 0-2 Manchester United - BBC Sport | 2017-01-02 | null | Manchester United move level on points with fifth-placed Tottenham by beating West Ham, who had Sofiane Feghouli controversially sent off. | null | Last updated on .From the section Football
Manchester United moved level on points with fifth-placed Tottenham after victory at West Ham, who played for 75 minutes with 10 men following the controversial dismissal of Sofiane Feghouli.
Referee Mike Dean showed Feghouli a straight red card after the midfielder's 15th-m... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/38433519 | |
Turkey nightclub attack: 'I thought I would die' - BBC News | 2017-01-02 | null | A woman who was in the bathroom during the Turkish nightclub attack says she feared she would die. | null | One of the survivors of the Istanbul nightclub attack says she feared she would "die in the bathroom".
Tuvana Tugsavul spoke to the BBC's Mark Lowen about the attack which killed 39 people. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-38492668 | |
Johanna Konta: British number one wins opening match in China - BBC Sport | 2017-01-02 | null | British number one Johanna Konta beats Turkey's Cagla Buyukakcay 6-2 6-0 in the Shenzhen Open first round. | null | Last updated on .From the section Tennis
British number one Johanna Konta powered through her first match of the new season, beating Turkey's Cagla Buyukakcay 6-2 6-0 in the first round of the Shenzhen Open.
Konta, the world number 10, conceded just nine points on her first serve in her 56-minute triumph.
She will p... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/38487368 | |
Paul Clement: Bayern Munich assistant agrees deal to be Swansea City boss - BBC Sport | 2017-01-02 | null | Bayern Munich assistant boss Paul Clement agrees a two-and-a-half year deal to be Swansea City's next manager. | null | Last updated on .From the section Football
Bayern Munich assistant Paul Clement has agreed a two-and-a-half year deal to become Swansea City's next manager.
The German side allowed the 44-year-old speak to the Swans, who are bottom of the Premier League.
Clement was interviewed by the club before Bob Bradley was app... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/38490554 | |
Belfast chip shop owner says tablets order reaction 'crazy' - BBC News | 2017-01-02 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The owner of a Belfast takeaway shop that delivered medicine to an ailing customer along with their dinner has said reaction to it has been "absolutely crazy". | Northern Ireland | The unusual chip shop order has now attracted more than 11,000 likes on Facebook
The owner of a Belfast takeaway shop that delivered medicine to an ailing customer, along with their dinner, has said reaction to it has been "absolutely crazy".
Feeley's Fish and Chip Shop revealed the unusual request on its Facebook pa... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-38489696 |
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