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New Edinburgh Gateway interchange opens in capital 11 December 2016 From the section Edinburgh, Fife & East Scotland Image copyright Network Rail Image caption The £41m station is next to the Gogar roundabout on the A8 A new £41m railway station has opened in the outskirts of Edinburgh. The Edinburgh Gateway interchange, situated between South Gyle and Dalmeny, will serve passengers from Fife and the north of the city. The st…

Newspaper headlines: PM's trousers and 'fat is good for you' By UK staff BBC News 11 December 2016 Image caption The Mail on Sunday is reporting on "vitriolic" texts it claims have been sent between the Prime Minister's joint chief of staff and former education secretary Nicky Morgan. The newspaper says Fiona Hill told the MP not to come to Downing Street because she had pu…

Teenager charged with double murder after Ipswich stabbings 10 December 2016 From the section Suffolk Image caption A slip road onto the A14 from the Whitehouse interchange was closed by police on Thursday A teenage boy has been charged with the murder of two men who were stabbed at a travellers' site in Ipswich. The 17-year-old, who has not been named, was arrested in connection with the deaths of Barry Street, 32, and Nathan Oakley, aged 18, on Thursday. Post-mortem tests …

Istanbul Besiktas: Stadium blasts kill at least 13 people - reports 10 December 2016 From the section Europe Media captionAmbulances and police were seen rushing to Besiktas sports stadiumExplosions near a stadium after a football game in Istanbul, Turkey, killed at least 13 people and injured others, reports say. Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu said it was thought a car bomb had specifically targeted riot police. Witnesses heard gunfire after the attack, and ambulances and police vehicles rushed to the scene. Turkey has seen a recent spate of militant attacks in major cities t…

Media playback is unsupported on your device 'Historic' Sandhurst role for Pakistani officer 10 December 2016 Last updated at 20:50 GMT An officer from Pakistan has returned to the Royal Military College at Sandhurst to help train its cadets fight militants. Major Ukbah Malik - a graduate of the college - has become the first instructor from Pakistan in Sandhurst's 300-year history. BBC Asian Network's Shabnam Mahmood reports. View the full article

AA Gill: Sunday Times critic dies after cancer diagnosis 10 December 2016 From the section UK Image copyright Getty Images Sunday Times restaurant critic AA Gill has died, aged 62, three weeks after revealing he had cancer. The columnist told the newspaper last month that he had been diagnosed with the "full English" of cancers. Gill, who had been having chemotherapy, said that he did not "feel cheated" and had been "very lucky" in his life. Sunday Times editor Martin Ivens said Gill had been "a g…

Jamie Vardy scored his first hat-trick since his three goals for Fleetwood against Ebbsfleet on 21 February 2012Jamie Vardy scored a hat-trick as Leicester City pulled off a stunning victory over an out-of-sorts Manchester City. The Foxes were 2-0 up in five minutes as Vardy ended his 10-game run without a Premier League goal by slotting home, and Andy King curled in moments later. It was 3-0 within 20 minutes as Vardy added another after skipping past visiting keeper Claudio Bravo, and he completed his hat-trick by intercepting a misplaced John Stones pass and finishing from a narrow angle. Aleksandar Kolarov, with a free-kick, and Nolito scored late consolation goals…

Scots awarded Nobel Prize in Physics 10 December 2016 From the section Scotland Image copyright Other Image caption (L-R) David Thouless, Duncan Haldane and Michael Kosterlitz Two Scottish-born scientists have been awarded the 2016 Nobel Prize in Physics for their discoveries about strange forms of matter. David Thouless and Michael Kosterlitz will share the 8m kronor (£727,000) prize with their fellow scientist Duncan Haldane. T…

AA Gill: Sunday Times critic dies after cancer diagnosis 10 December 2016 From the section UK Image copyright Getty Images Sunday Times restaurant critic AA Gill has died, aged 62, three weeks after revealing he had cancer. The columnist told the newspaper last month that he had been diagnosed with the "full English" of cancers. Gill, who had been having chemotherapy, said that he did not "feel cheated" and had been "very lucky" in his life. Sunday Times editor Martin Ivens said Gill had been "a g…

Islamic State fighters 're-enter ancient Palmyra' in Syria 10 December 2016 From the section Middle East Islamic State group fighters have re-entered Palmyra, nine months after losing the ancient Syrian desert city, activists say. IS held Palmyra and its nearby ruins for 10 months before it was recaptured by Syrian government forces in March. But the jihadist group launched an offensive earlier this week. "IS entered Palmyra on Saturday and now occupies its north-west," said Rami Abdel Rahman of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. "There is also fighting with the army in the city centre," he…

David Lloyd George's 30-year mistress By Carolyn Hitt and Peter Shuttleworth BBC Wales News 10 December 2016 From the section Wales Image copyright Ruth Longford Image caption David Lloyd George and his mistress Frances Stevenson were 'together' for 30 years To some he was greatest figure in Welsh history. A man who inspired Britain in World War One and regarded as the architect of the welfare state. …

Media playback is unsupported on your device Archive: AA Gill appears on Desert Island Discs 10 December 2016 Last updated at 16:57 GMT Sunday Times critic AA Gill has died at the age of 62, three weeks after revealing he had cancer. In 2006, he was Sue Lawley's castaway on BBC Radio 4's Desert Island Discs. He said of his recovery from alcoholism: "I still have a feeling that I'm going to wake up one morning and there's going to be an angel at the end of the bed saying, 'Look, I'm terribly sorry but there's been an awful mistake, you've been given someone else's life'." Listen to the full interview here …

Redhill rail users' bid to charter train on strike days fails 10 December 2016 From the section England Image caption Passengers across the South East have been severely affected by strike action A group of rail users have failed in an attempt to charter a train from Surrey to London on strike days next week. Reigate, Redhill & District Rail Users Association (RRDRUA) began talks with the Train Chartering Company about a service from Redhill to Victoria. Commuter Antony …

'Ecstasy' teenager found dead in Manchester hotel 10 December 2016 From the section Manchester Image copyright Google Image caption The teenager was found at City Warehouse ApartHotel on Great Ancoats Street A teenager has been found dead in a city centre hotel after apparently taking ecstasy, police have said. The woman, 19, was found at City Warehouse ApartHotel on Great Ancoats Street, Manchester, at about 06:30 GMT. Greater M…

Media playback is unsupported on your device Gove: Friendship with Camerons 'strained' over Brexit 10 December 2016 Last updated at 16:08 GMT Former cabinet minister Michael Gove has said that his decision to back Leave in the EU referendum put "a significant strain" on his friendship with David and Samantha Cameron. He and his wife, Daily Mail journalist Sarah Vine, made the remarks in an interview with Fern Britton. Fern Britton meets Michael Gove can be seen on BBC One at 10:00 GMT on Sunday, 11 December View the full article