Migration Commissioner open to EU finance for border walls and fences
The European Commissioner for Home Affairs has left the door open to use of EU money to finance barriers at the bloc's external borders.
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Sailing-Skipper Ainslie parts ways with British America's Cup team
LONDON : Ben Ainslie has parted ways with Britain's America's Cup team after his third attempt to skipper his country to the trophy ended in failure in October, Ineos Britannia said on Thursday.
People with severe mental illness twice as likely to die early in Manchester than anywhere else
People with severe mental illness are more likely to die prematurely in Manchester than anywhere else in the country.
PGA Tour storylines heading into Torrey Pines - ESPN
The PGA Tour's West Coast swing hits the halfway point at this week's Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines in La Jolla, California.
Thailand's First-Ever Olympic Gold Medalist Sentenced For Attempted Rape
A Thai court on Thursday sentenced the country's first Olympic gold medallist to just over three years in prison for the abduction and attempted rape of a teenager. Somluck Kamsing, now 52, became a national hero when he won featherweight boxing gold at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta. The Khon Kaen provincial court found Somluck guilty of child abduction for molestation and attempted rape, before granting him an appeal and bail. "For attempted rape by force and taking a person over the age of 15 but not over 18 for the purpose of indecency, the first defendant's actions constitute a single offence that violates multiple laws," a court statement said.
Man City sign Egyptian forward Marmoush from Frankfurt
:Manchester City have signed Egyptian forward Omar Marmoush from Bundesliga side Eintracht Frankfurt on a four-and-a-half-year contract, the Premier League club announced on Thursday.
Met Office says where and when snow will fall in UK as Storm Éowyn 'blizzard' to hit
As Storm Éowyn sweeps in on the early hours of Friday morning parts of the country are expected to see snow with the Met Office issuing a yellow weather warning.
Storm Eowyn hour-by-hour weather forecast as it batters UK with 'exceptionally dangerous' winds
Greater Manchester is braced for strong gales and heavy rain as Storm Eowyn is set to batter the UK on Friday.