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Fans hail Stone Roses comeback

BBC - News - Sat, 2024-11-30 04:47
Seminal indie band The Stone Roses play their first reunion gig to an ecstatic reception - but opinion is divided over singer Ian Brown's voice.
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Arts A-list gathers for the Queen

BBC - News - Sat, 2024-11-30 04:47
Sir Paul McCartney, Dame Judi Dench and David Hockney were among 850 cultural figures who joined the Queen at a Diamond Jubilee reception.
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US agents in 64 misconduct cases

BBC - News - Sat, 2024-11-30 04:47
Sixty-four allegations of sexual misconduct have been made against the US Secret Service over the past five years, a congressional panel hears.
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Shafilea Ahmed 'gasped for air'

BBC - News - Sat, 2024-11-30 04:47
Shafilea Ahmed's sister breaks down in tears as she tells a court how the schoolgirl gasped for air as their parents suffocated her.
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New clot drug for heart patients

BBC - News - Sat, 2024-11-30 04:47
Hundreds of thousands of heart patients could benefit from new blood thinning drugs to cut their risk of stroke, guidelines recommend
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4G disruption threatens millions

BBC - News - Sat, 2024-11-30 04:47
When 4G services start rolling out next year, two million homes will find it affects their TV signal, Freeview boss warns.
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Rail line 'needs business case'

BBC - News - Sat, 2024-11-30 04:47
Welsh Secretary Cheryl Gillan says she wants to electrify the Great Western railway line to Swansea, but there needs to be a business case behind the plan.
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UK to fight prisoner votes ruling

BBC - News - Sat, 2024-11-30 04:47
The prime minister tells MPs he will resist a European Court ruling to give prisoners the right to vote in UK elections.
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Hospital shake-up Senedd protest

BBC - News - Sat, 2024-11-30 04:47
Hundreds of campaigners demand protection for services at Prince Phillip Hospital in Llanelli in a protest on the steps of the Welsh assembly.
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VIDEO: Beijing's two fly limit toilet rule

BBC - News - Sat, 2024-11-30 04:47
Beijing's city government has decreed that no public toilet should have more than two flies flying around at any time.
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VIDEO: 'Piers warned me to protect phone'

BBC - News - Sat, 2024-11-30 04:47
Piers Morgan warned Jeremy Paxman that he would be a fool if he did not use the security settings on his mobile phone to protect his voicemail messages, according to the Newsnight host.
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Facebook and banks face lawsuit

BBC - News - Sat, 2024-11-30 04:47
Facebook, its founder Mark Zuckerberg, and the banks leading its flotation are sued over claims that financial information was not disclosed.
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How hard do you work?

BBC - News - Sat, 2024-11-30 04:47
Do you work more or fewer hours than the average in your country? And how does that compare with leading developed nations? Type in your hours and we'll give you the answer.
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Finn one of world's best - Broad

BBC - News - Sat, 2024-11-30 04:47
Stuart Broad says Steven Finn is good enough to "get in most teams in the world" despite being kept out of England's Test side.
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On the Road is unveiled at Cannes

BBC - News - Sat, 2024-11-30 04:47
A long-awaited film adaptation of Jack Kerouac's novel On the Road is screened for the first time at the Cannes Film Festival.
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Thousands flee Somalia advance

BBC - News - Sat, 2024-11-30 04:47
Thousands of Somalis flee fighting as African Union troops advance on Afgoye, a stronghold near the capital of the Islamist militant group al-Shabab.
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The cult of lawn

BBC - News - Sat, 2024-11-30 04:47
Why are people obsessed with the perfect lawn?
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Four quizzed over police 'bribes'

BBC - News - Sat, 2024-11-30 04:47
One Scotland Yard detective and three former officers are questioned in connection with claims that anti-corruption officers were bribed.
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Lebanese pilgrims 'to be freed'

BBC - News - Sat, 2024-11-30 04:47
Lebanese Foreign Minister Adnan Mansour announces that 13 Lebanese Shia pilgrims kidnapped in Syria have been found and should be released soon.
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Welsh promotion bid turned down

BBC - News - Sat, 2024-11-30 04:47
The RFU announce London Welsh do not meet the minimum standards criteria required for promotion to the Premiership.
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