Watford 1 Tottenham 1: When one thinks of managerial spats in the Premier League, it is usually Jose Mourinho, Arsene Wenger, or Pep Guardiola, but now we have a new contest on the cards: in the blue corner, Big Sam Allardyce, the heavyweight from Dudley, against Marco Silva, the Portuguese middleweight.

The chairman of BP has announced plans to step down from the oil major, sparking a hunt for his successor.

The age of persistently weak oil prices is nearing its end, with demand booming and a supply squeeze in the offing, according to trading giant Trafigura.

JK Rowling’s books promote friendship, loyalty, courage, and learning, writes Colette Keane, who commends her for getting children excited about reading

BP says it will need a crude price of about $40 a barrel in 2021 to cover spending and dividends, down from $60 this year, as chief executive Bob Dudley seeks to reassure investors on the oil major’s growth outlook and finances.

USA: A long-time inmate who was recently released from prison pleaded guilty in federal court to robbing a bank in Wyoming and asked a judge to impose the maximum sentence, saying going back to prison would be like going home.

BP said it could cut capital spending further after reporting an 80% drop in profits in the first quarter of the year, when oil prices touched a near 13-year low.

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Wales: The oldest McDonald’s employee in Europe is celebrating his 90th birthday with a party at the restaurant where he works, saying he has no plans to retire just yet.

Federal Reserve Bank of New York president William C Dudley says the pace of interest-rate increases is likely to be shallow once the Fed starts to tighten, and recent weakness in the economy was largely the result of temporary conditions.

A homeless deaf mute man has been sentenced to seven years in prison for killing an acquaintance by knocking him under a bus in Dublin on December 2012.

A homeless, deaf man has been jailed for seven years for killing an acquaintance by knocking him under a bus in Dublin.

A homeless man who killed an acquaintance by knocking him under a Dublin Bus in the city centre a year-and-a-half ago may avoid a jail term.

The mother of a man who died after being punched in front of a Dublin bus has told a court that her "life and heart broke" when she heard the news.

A man has been convicted of killing an acquaintance by knocking him under a Dublin Bus in Dublin city centre a year and a half ago.

A man has gone on trial charged with killing another man by causing him to fall under a bus in Dublin two years ago.

BP, the UK’s second-largest oil producer, has said profit has fallen because of lower output and a drop in earnings at refineries.

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Cuba Gooding Jr. hides his Oscar in his theatre room.

A deaf man replied “I am sorry about him, it was an accident” when he was charged with killing a man who died after he was hit by a bus in Dublin City centre.

A deaf man has apologised for the death of a man who was hit by a bus following an alleged roadside altercation.

Police in Wales and “hundreds” of local residents have spent the night searching for a missing five-year-old girl who was abducted while out playing near her home.

Despite the creepy bug-eyed cover, Love Monster by Rachel Bright (HarperCollins; €8.35) is the story of an ugly monster, unloved and the butt of children’s jibes.

BP ratcheted up the rhetoric around multi-billion dollar claims from the Gulf oil spill by warning it would vigorously contest lawsuits over one of the world’s worst environmental disasters.

BP signalled a further step in its recovery today by hiking its payout for shareholders for the first time since the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.

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Rihanna's 'We Found Love' music video has been banned in France.

BP, the operator of the Gulf of Mexico well that caused the worst ever US oil spill last year, said profit declined less than expected as it increased an asset sales target 50% to $45 billion (€32.3bn).

The under-pressure boss of BP today insisted the beleaguered oil giant had reached a “turning point” despite production falling as it continues to sell off billions of dollars worth of assets in the wake of last year’s Gulf of Mexico oil disaster.

BP boss Bob Dudley said today that the embattled oil giant had reached a “definite turning point” following last year’s Gulf of Mexico disaster as he revealed a boost to third-quarter profits.

A helicopter carrying five people on a private tour for a birthday celebration crashed into the East River in New York shortly after take-off yesterday, killing a British woman and injuring three others.

Rihanna made a 2am dash for an emergency bikini wax in Belfast.

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BP’s hopes of making the Arctic a key part of its recovery plan were dealt a major blow today by the failure of a share swap and exploration deal with Russian oil group Rosneft.

BP faced protests from angry fishermen and disgruntled shareholders at its first annual general meeting since the devastating oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

BP’s €11.3bn share-swap with Russian government-owned Rosneft was dealt another blow today after a tribunal blocked the deal until further notice.