FPFL news: May 2013

Wednesday, 29 May 2013

Everton apologise to fans after more than 22,000 people sign a petition criticising the football club's newly-launched badge.

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A dog which attacked and killed a 79-year-old man in Liverpool was not a banned breed under the Dangerous Dogs Act, police say.

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DNA tests are being carried out on a body found on the Spanish island of Lanzarote where a Merseyside woman went missing in 2011.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-22708155

Singer George Michael leaves hospital nearly two weeks after suffering head injuries in a crash on the M1.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-22706468

A house is destroyed and two more are badly damaged in a suspected gas explosion in Sheffield.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-22701234

The disappearance of a 17-year-old girl from Shropshire is "completely out of character" say police after a man is arrested on suspicion of kidnap in Glasgow.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-shropshire-22698899

Iraq violence: Baghdad bomb attacks leave 15 dead

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-22706900

A leading security expert says he has seen evidence that criminals are suffering as a consequence of the Liberty Reserve arrests.

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The Pakistani Taliban's second-in-command has been killed in a suspected US drone strike, a senior militant source tells the BBC.

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The UN Human Rights Council condemns Syrian troops' attacks on the town of Qusair, and the use of foreign fighters in the offensive.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-22710061

Chinese baby 'fell into sewage pipe accidentally'

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-22700607

The Pakistani Taliban's second-in-command has been killed in a suspected US drone strike, a senior militant source tells the BBC.

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A post-mortem examination finds Lee Rigby died of "multiple incised wounds", police say as they make a new appeal for information about the soldier's killing

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22703063

France's first gay wedding takes place amid tight security, just days after the controversial same-sex marriage bill was signed into law.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-22706351

The European Commission has said it will allow some EU member states to slow their pace of austerity cuts, amid concerns over growth

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-22704729

Up to 90 Afghans held at Camp Bastion are set to be returned to the Afghan authorities, the Ministry of Defence says, after their lawyers argue their detention could be unlawful.

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Friday, 24 May 2013

The M6 is closed in both directions in Warwickshire because of what police describe as a "suspicious vehicle".

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A man is jailed for life for stabbing to death his wife as she was getting ready for a weekend away with her new boyfriend

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A Spanish judge has ordered an investigation into the tax affairs of King Juan Carlos' daughter, Princess Cristina, over suspected fraud.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-22659222

The lawyer leading the UN's inquiry into drones welcomes President Obama's speech as a "significant step towards increased transparency".

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-22653476

Afghan security forces battle insurgents for several hours in the centre of the capital, Kabul, following an attack claimed by the Taliban

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-22656758

A woman has been seriously injured by a tiger at a zoo in Cumbria.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-22661642

The BBC is to close its Digital Media Initiative, with director general Tony Hall saying it had "wasted a huge amount of licence fee payers' money".

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-22651126

Two men are held on suspicion of endangerment of an aircraft after RAF jets were scrambled to escort a Pakistan Airlines plane in UK airspace.

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Rebecca Rigby at the family's press conference Previous image | Pause | Next image1 / 4The wife of the soldier murdered in a London street says she expected her husband to be safe in the UK.

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Thursday, 23 May 2013

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A woman who took to Twitter to say she had knocked a cyclist off his bike tells the BBC it was the "biggest mistake of my life

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A family doctor who used a secret camera inside his wristwatch to record himself abusing female patients at his surgery is jailed for 12 years.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-wiltshire-22636726

Five men are arrested after a child tells of being sexually assaulted at a children's nursery in Worcestershire.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hereford-worcester-22638645

Uefa announces a series of new measures designed to combat the use of performance-enhancing drugs in European football

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/22643157

Recovery efforts in an Oklahoma city hit by a huge tornado are hampered by thunderstorms, as the first victim's funeral is held.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-22644981

President Obama is expected to defend US drone strikes and promise more transparency over the attacks, in a major counter-terrorism speech.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-22638533

Suicide bombers target a military camp and a French-run uranium mine in north-western Niger leaving at least 20 people dead, officials say.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-22637084

President Obama is expected to defend US drone strikes and promise more transparency over the attacks, in a major counter-terrorism speech

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-22638533

A man accused of murdering five-year-old April Jones in a sexually motivated attack tells a court he is not a paedophile.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-22644007

The soldier killed on a London street is named as Drummer Lee Rigby of the 2nd Battalion the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers, as two more people are arrested.

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Sunday, 19 May 2013

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Liverpool's Central Library reopens to the public after a £50m refurbishment that has taken more than two years.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-22565782

A man believed to be missing French national Christophe Borgye died as a result of "blunt force trauma", post-mortem tests reveal.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-22567296

A 51-year-old pedestrian dies after he was struck by a car in the early hours in Tarporley, Cheshire.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-22581248

A guitar played by John Lennon and George Harrison of the Beatles in 1967 fetches $408,000 (£269,000) at auction in New York

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-22586301

Three teenagers are arrested on suspicion of supplying drugs after a 16-year-old girl dies in Warrington.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-22586437

Two charged in connection with missing Frenchman's death

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A man has died and two other people, all from the same Lancashire family, are critically ill after a light aircraft crashes.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-22586020

Sir Alex Ferguson is denied victory in his 1,500th and final game in charge of Manchester United by a 5-5 draw at West Brom

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/22499117

A 31-year-old man dies in hospital Brighton after a gunman fires at three people, in an attack described by police as "horrific".

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-22585499

Two charged in connection with missing Frenchman's death

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-22592114

Arsenal finish fourth in the Premier League to qualify for the Champions League and deny north London rivals Spurs a place in the competition

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/22499138

The health secretary rebuffs claims the PM is losing control of his backbenchers over Europe - as Tory activists complain of a "crisis" destroying the party.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-22586142

The world's largest camel herd - in Australia

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-22522695

Yahoo's board approves a deal to buy New York-based blogging service Tumblr for $1.1bn (£725m), US media reports say.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-22591026

Hundreds of people attend the funeral of the murdered vice-president of Pakistan's PTI party, Zahra Shahid Hussain, at a mosque in Karachi.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-22587895

Heavy fighting is reported in the besieged Syrian town of Qusair as state forces launch a major offensive to re-capture the rebel stronghold.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-22586378

An explosion injures four people, destroys a house and severely damages another, in Nottinghamshire

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-22591002

The UK astronaut Tim Peake is given a date to fly to the International Space Station.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-22579023

Heavy fighting is reported in the besieged Syrian town of Qusair as state forces launch a major offensive to re-capture the rebel stronghold

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-22586378

The health secretary rebuffs claims the PM is losing control of his backbenchers over Europe - as Tory activists complain of a "crisis" destroying the party.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-22586142

Wednesday, 15 May 2013

Margate traders' Ofcom complaint follows Portas show

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-22545066

A widower is awarded £150,000 in a settlement from the NHS after suffering brain damage linked to alcohol abuse following his wife's death

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-22539641

Queens Park Rangers striker Loic Remy is arrested along with two other men on suspicion of rape

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-22537941

Urgent changes must be made to the way A&E units are run - or the system could collapse, doctors and managers say

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-22529561

Snow is reported on Dartmoor as winds of up to 65mph hit Devon and Cornwall.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-22536139

Cardinal Keith O'Brien is to leave Scotland for several months after admitting improper sexual conduct, the Vatican confirms

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-22542597

The French economy has gone back into recession, official figures show, on the first anniversary of President Hollande's coming to power. 653

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-22536197

Ariel Castro's lawyers say their client, accused of imprisoning three women for about a decade in his Ohio house, will plead not guilty to all charges

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-22543247

Syrian rebel fighters launch an attack on Aleppo prison, and government forces respond with air raids and tank shells, reports say

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-22536489

Nigeria declares a "massive" campaign to combat militants in the country's border territories, amid a flourishing Islamist insurgency.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-22544056

Rory McGrath arrested in Redruth over alleged assault

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-22546080

David Cameron is "deeply" concerned by claims of price fixing by major oil firms, as the energy secretary promises tough sanctions if they are true

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-22540650

The Bank of England upgrades its economic growth forecast, but separate figures show a rise in UK unemployment.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-22539965

Human cloning is used to produce early embryos, marking a "significant step" for medicine, say US scientists.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-22540374

Saturday, 11 May 2013

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A 23-year-old woman has been arrested on suspicion of murder after an injured man was found in a Swansea road early on Saturday

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-west-wales-22492119

The new Star Wars film is to be made in the UK in what Chancellor George Osborne is hailing as a coup for British tax breaks.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-22491025

Carers should be routinely screened for signs of depression by their GP to ensure their health needs are not neglected, doctors' leaders say.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-22478706

Elections take place amid tight security in Pakistan, in the first-ever transition of democratic power, but a bomb kills 10 people in Karachi

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-22487805

A man has died after he was found collapsed on a beach in Cornwall

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-22492054

Preview followed by live coverage of Saturday's game between Man City and Wigan in the FA Cup Final.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/22491410

A man who faked pilot's qualifications to get a job as a commercial airline pilot is believed to be on the run after failing to turn up at court

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-22487205

Cleveland Police agrees to pay over £500,000 in damages after prominent defence lawyer James Watson and his family were falsely imprisoned, BBC Newsnight learns.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22452157

Tuesday, 7 May 2013

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An elderly woman is killed in a crash on the M62 on Merseyside.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-22430797

Liverpool-born comedian Jimmy Tarbuck is arrested over an allegation of child sex abuse dating back to the 1970s

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22429904

Liverpool-born comedian Jimmy Tarbuck is arrested over an allegation of child sex abuse dating back to the 1970s

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22429904

Two men have been arrested after a van dumped at a Gatwick Airport car park caused a major security alert

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-22441372

A woman dressed as the Incredible Hulk is believed to have attacked a teenager outside a McDonald's during a night out in York.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-22440123

A father and son are jailed for keeping vulnerable men, who were often out of work and homeless, captive and forcing them to work.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-22433982

Students are being urged to have the MMR vaccination after a case of measles is confirmed at Cardiff University.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-east-wales-22443020

A friend of April Jones who was playing with the five-year-old before she went missing told police she had a "happy face" as she got into a vehicle, a jury hears

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-22403116

Leading Pakistani politician Imran Khan is injured after falling off a makeshift lift that was taking him onto a stage at an election rally in Lahore.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-22440518

A gas tanker explodes on a highway in the Mexico City suburb of Ecatepec, killing at least 20 people and injuring dozens more, officials say.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-22438925

The man accused of murdering schoolgirl Tia Sharp took a photograph of the naked 12-year-old dead on her bed, the Old Bailey hears

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-22433295

North Korea will no longer be rewarded for provocative behaviour, warn US President Barack Obama and his South Korean counterpart, Park Geun-hye

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-22443305

Visual effects master Ray Harryhausen, whose stop-motion wizardry graced such films as Jason and the Argonauts and Clash of the Titans, dies in London at the age of 92.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-22441567

David Cameron promises to give voters "a proper choice" between staying in a reformed EU and leaving, after ex-Chancellor Lord Lawson urged him to speed up a referendum

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-22440886

Officials praise three women found alive along with a six-year-old girl in a Cleveland home, after vanishing about a decade ago.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-22438417

Monday, 6 May 2013

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A herd of escaped cattle has returned to a neighbouring field just over a week after a rampaging bull smashed its way into a house in west Norfolk.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-22428225

A man is charged following the escape of two men from a prison van in Salford.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-22428019

Giulio Andreotti, who served seven times as Christian Democrat prime minister, and was dogged by corruption allegations, dies at the age of 94

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-22426199

UN investigator Carla Del Ponte says there are strong suspicions Syrian rebels have used sarin nerve agent - her commission says it's not conclusive.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-22424188

An alleged member of a German neo-Nazi cell, Beate Zschaepe, goes on trial over racially motivated murders - but the case is later adjourned for a week.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-22423785

A 93-year-old alleged ex-guard at the Auschwitz extermination camp, Hans Lipschis, is arrested in Germany on suspicion of complicity in murder.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-22427976

UN investigator Carla Del Ponte says there are strong suspicions Syrian rebels have used sarin nerve agent - her commission says it's not conclusive.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-22424188

A TV executive who died in a speedboat crash off the Cornish coast which also killed his daughter was a devoted family man, his brother says

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-22423877

Thursday, 2 May 2013

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A 38-year-old man from Liverpool is one of two people jailed over the seizure of heroin with an estimated street value of £100,000 in Aberdeen.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-22379334

An SAS sniper charged with illegally possessing a pistol and ammunition is recommended to be medically discharged from the Army.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-22387128

The Olympic Stadium will host five games at the 2015 Rugby World Cup, one of 13 venues in England and Wales, including eight football stadiums

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/rugby-union/22379872

The jury in the trial of the man accused of murdering five-year-old April Jones in a sexually motivated attack visits his home.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-22371540

April 2013 was Iraq's deadliest month since June 2008, the United Nations mission in Iraq says

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-22386778

The US calls on North Korea to grant amnesty to US citizen Kenneth Bae, who was sentenced to 15 years of hard labour for anti-government crimes

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-22385151

The UN food agency says action should have been taken earlier, after a study finds nearly 260,000 people died during the recent famine in Somalia.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-22380352

The European Central Bank says it's 'ready to act if needed', as it cuts its benchmark interest rate to a new record low of 0.5%.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-22369765

Coronation Street star William Roache "strenuously" denies raping a 15-year-old girl in the 1960s

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-22378146

Former Pope Benedict returns to a new home in the Vatican, two months after becoming the first pontiff to resign in 600 years

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-22385252

The European Central Bank says it's 'ready to act if needed', as it cuts its benchmark interest rate to a new record low of 0.5%.

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BBC broadcaster Stuart Hall pleads guilty to 14 charges of indecently assaulting girls, including one as young as nine, between 1967 and 1985.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-22379286

Wednesday, 1 May 2013

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A charity aims to put Harwich back at the heart of the Pilgrim Fathers story by building a replica of the ship that sailed to America in 1620

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Major private finance initiative projects in Devon will cost nearly five times more than the initial price, figures show.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-22355993

Rescue crews end their search for a British sailor who went missing after falling from a yacht in the Pacific Ocean.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-22362751

Fistfights break out in Venezuela's parliament over the recent disputed presidential election, leaving several lawmakers bloodied and bruised.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-22362760

A report into a Hong Kong boat crash which killed 39 people says a "litany of errors" and "systemic failings" in the marine department contributed to the accident.

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A general strike against tough austerity measures is under way in Greece, with trade unions calling for "mass mobilisation" of protesters amid a series of May Day demos around the world

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-22362757

The rest of the UK faces damage to its international reputation if Scotland becomes independent, according to a committee of MPs.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-22358118

A British man has died during a trek across Greenland's ice sheet, the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office says.

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The number of cross-border family legal disputes referred to a UK judge who offers global assistance in such cases is rising sharply.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22358741

Three British soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan after their vehicle was hit by an improvised explosive device, the Ministry of Defence says.

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