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Independence site makes changes

BBC - News - Fri, 2024-11-29 03:46
The company behind the "Yes Scotland" campaign to win independence has been forced to make changes to its website, just days after being launched.
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Ireland votes on EU fiscal pact

BBC - News - Fri, 2024-11-29 03:46
People in the Republic of Ireland vote in the eurozone's only referendum on the EU fiscal pact, which limits budget deficits.
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UN confirms new killings in Syria

BBC - News - Fri, 2024-11-29 03:46
Observers from the UN confirm the discovery of 13 bodies of men bound and shot in Syria as concern over civilian suffering continues.
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Injured Roach replaced by Narine

BBC - News - Fri, 2024-11-29 03:46
West Indies' injured pace bowler Kemar Roach is replaced on the tour of England by rookie spinner and IPL winner Sunil Narine.
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1975: What happened when doctors last went on strike?

BBC - News - Fri, 2024-11-29 03:46
What happened the last time doctors took action?
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Genome promises tastier tomatoes

BBC - News - Fri, 2024-11-29 03:46
Scientists have sequenced the tomato genome and say it will yield tastier fruit as a result.
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VIDEO: Afghan veteran carries 2012 torch

BBC - News - Fri, 2024-11-29 03:46
Injured Afghanistan war veteran Ricky Furgusson carried the Olympic flame through Broseley on day 12 of the torch relay from Chester to Stoke-on-Trent.
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New sprinkler law 'despite cost'

BBC - News - Fri, 2024-11-29 03:46
The Welsh government is to press ahead with its policy of fire sprinkers in all new homes from 2013 - despite being told that it is not cost effective.
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Jail term for Royal Academy fraud

BBC - News - Fri, 2024-11-29 03:46
A former finance director at the Royal Academy of Music is sentenced to 20 months in prison after admitting she defrauded the institution of £236,000.
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Detective found guilty of rape

BBC - News - Fri, 2024-11-29 03:46
A Nottingham detective is convicted of raping a woman in her home after forcing his way in.
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Foursquare and Amex join up in UK

BBC - News - Fri, 2024-11-29 03:46
The social network and credit card company challenge existing firms offering location-based discounts in the UK.
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Obama death camp slip riles Poles

BBC - News - Fri, 2024-11-29 03:46
US President Barack Obama has caused an outcry in Poland after referring to a Nazi death camp as "Polish".
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Why a eurozone banking union is messy for Britain

BBC - News - Fri, 2024-11-29 03:46
Why a eurozone banking union is messy for Britain
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AUDIO: 'Forgive me' begs woman who lied about rape

BBC - News - Fri, 2024-11-29 03:46
A US teenager who was sentenced for a crime he did not commit has been exonorated after his alleged victim admitted she lied.
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Rodgers is new Liverpool manager

BBC - News - Fri, 2024-11-29 03:46
Carnlough's Brendan Rodgers has agreed a deal to become the new manager of Liverpool Football Club.
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'No countries ready to join euro'

BBC - News - Fri, 2024-11-29 03:46
The European Central Bank says that none of the eight countries that are supposed to join the euro are ready yet.
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Ministers in U-turn over buzzards

BBC - News - Fri, 2024-11-29 03:46
Plans which could have allowed some gamekeepers in England to capture buzzards and destroy their nests to stop them eating pheasants are abandoned.
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Fire officers cleared over deaths

BBC - News - Fri, 2024-11-29 03:46
Two senior fire officers are acquitted of the manslaughter of four colleagues who died in a blaze in Warwickshire in 2007.
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Orient eye West Ham groundshare

BBC - News - Fri, 2024-11-29 03:46
Leyton Orient chairman Barry Hearn is interested in bidding for the Olympic Stadium as a ground share with West Ham United.
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AM's cancer diagnosis 'delayed'

BBC - News - Fri, 2024-11-29 03:46
A Conservative assembly member may have lived longer but for a five month delay in his colon cancer diagnosis, an inquest hears.
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