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Ethiopian girl band Yegna's funding axed by UK 7 January 2017 From the section UK Image copyright PA Image caption International Development Secretary Priti Patel announced a review of the girl band's funding last month British taxpayers' money will no longer be used to fund an Ethiopian girl band, the government has said. International Development Secretary Priti Patel announced a review of the funding last month after reports th…

Children 'fending for themselves online' By Hannah Richardson BBC News education and social affairs reporter 5 January 2017 From the section Education & Family Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Young people are spending more and more time online Youngsters are being left to fend for themselves on the internet against dangers such as bullying and grooming, a report has said. The Children'…

Football child sex abuse scandal one of FA's biggest crises - Greg ClarkeJunior football clubs in England face suspension from the Football Association if their coaches have not been cleared to work with children. The warning, in a letter to clubs from the FA, follows allegations of historical child abuse in the sport. It is FA policy that all coaches of youth teams must have an FA accepted in-date criminal records check (CRC). The FA says while 99.7% of clubs have been compliant, there are more than 2,500 coaches without an in-date CRC. There are also nearly 5,000 youth teams without a named coach. FA chairman Greg Clarke has written to clubs demanding they update …

Football child sex abuse scandal one of FA's biggest crises - Greg ClarkeJunior football clubs in England face suspension from the Football Association if their coaches have not been cleared to work with children. The warning, in a letter to clubs from the FA, follows allegations of historical child abuse in the sport. It is FA policy that all coaches of youth teams must have an FA accepted in-date criminal records check (CRC). The FA says while 99.7% of clubs have been compliant, there are more than 2,500 coaches without an in-date CRC. There are also nearly 5,000 youth teams without a named coach. FA chairman Greg Clarke has written to clubs demanding they update …

Ambulance system failure 'might have led to patient death' By Jon Ironmonger BBC News 6 January 2017 From the section Health Image copyright Science Photo Library The London Ambulance Service is investigating whether computer failure in the early hours of New Year's Day may have contributed to the death of a patient. BBC News can reveal that at least one 999 patient died during the period that the computers were down. A major investigation is being carried out to d…

Ambulance system failure 'might have led to patient death' By Jon Ironmonger BBC News 6 January 2017 From the section Health Image copyright Science Photo Library The London Ambulance Service is investigating whether computer failure in the early hours of New Year's Day may have contributed to the death of a patient. BBC News can reveal that at least one 999 patient died during the period that the computers were down. A major investigation is being carried out to d…

New Year ambulance service hit by fault 1 January 2017 From the section UK London Ambulance Service logged calls manually overnight on New Year's Eve due to control room "technical" issues. This breaking news story is being updated and more details will be published shortly. Please refresh the page for the fullest version. If you want to receive Breaking News alerts via email, or on a smartphone or tablet via the BBC News App then details on how to do so are available on this help page. You can also follow @BBCBreaking on Twitter to get the latest alerts. View the full article

US 'identifies agents behind Russian DNC attack' 6 January 2017 From the section US & Canada Image copyright Getty Images/AP Image caption Top US intelligence officials are due to brief Mr Trump about alleged Russian interference in the election The US has identified the Russian agents behind alleged hacking ahead of the presidential election won by Donald Trump in November, reports say. The agents, whose names have not been r…

Jamie Oliver closes six Jamie's Italian UK restaurants 6 January 2017 From the section Business Image copyright Getty Images Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver is closing six of his 42 UK Jamie's Italian restaurants. The Aberdeen, Cheltenham, Exeter, Tunbridge Wells and in London, the Ludgate and Richmond outlets are all scheduled to close soon. The move will affect 120 staff, whom the company said it would try to place in other parts of the chain. The company said that the market was "tough" and the un…

M62 police shooting: Funeral of Yassar Yaqub to take place 6 January 2017 From the section Leeds & West Yorkshire Image copyright Facebook Image caption Yassar Yaqub was shot when police stopped a car at junction 24 of the M62 on Monday The funeral of a man shot dead by police on a motorway slip road is expected to take place later today. Yassar Yaqub, 28, from Huddersfield, was shot in a car stopped near junction 24 of the M6…

Ealing vicarage rape victim Jill Saward dies 5 January 2017 From the section England Image caption Jill Saward was the first rape victim in the UK to waive her anonymity. A woman who became a sexual assault campaigner after she was raped during a burglary at her father's vicarage in 1986 has died. Jill Saward, then 21, was sexually assaulted by two men in Ealing, west London. Her boyfriend and father Michael were severely beaten. At the end of the trial of her rapists, the j…

Ealing vicarage rape victim Jill Saward dies 5 January 2017 From the section England Image caption Jill Saward was the first rape victim in the UK to waive her anonymity. A woman who became a sexual assault campaigner after she was raped during a burglary at her father's vicarage in 1986 has died. Jill Saward, then 21, was sexually assaulted by two men in Ealing, west London. Her boyfriend and father Michael were severely beaten. At the end of the trial of her rapists, the j…

Ealing vicarage rape victim Jill Saward dies 5 January 2017 From the section England Image caption Jill Saward was the first rape victim in the UK to waive her anonymity. A woman who became a sexual assault campaigner after she was raped during a burglary at her father's vicarage in 1986 has died. Jill Saward, then 21, was sexually assaulted by two men in Ealing, west London. Her boyfriend and father Michael were severely beaten. At the end of the trial of her rapists, the j…

Turkey car bomb and gun attack near courthouse in Izmir 5 January 2017 From the section Europe Image copyright AFP Image caption It is not known who was behind the attack Two attackers, a policeman and a civilian have been killed in a car bomb and gun assault on a courthouse in the Turkish city of Izmir, state media say. At least 10 people were reportedly wounded in the explosion. Images showed two cars ablaze and the body of one…