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New light bulb to last 23 years

BBC - News - Sat, 2025-05-17 01:47
Light bulbs meant to last for more than two decades while consuming very little energy may go on sale later this year.
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Libya PM office suffers gun attack

BBC - News - Sat, 2025-05-17 01:47
The office of Libyan PM Abdurrahim al-Keib is attacked by ex-rebels demanding compensation promised by the government, leaving at least one guard dead.
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Signals to IRA claim 'ridiculous'

BBC - News - Sat, 2025-05-17 01:47
A retired Dundalk garda sergeant describes as 'ridiculous' suggestions he used hand signals to notify the IRA of the presence of RUC officers at the garda station.
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Al-Qaeda bomb 'foiled by insider'

BBC - News - Sat, 2025-05-17 01:47
A bomb plot by a Yemen-based al-Qaeda group involving an updated "underwear bomb" was foiled by insider infiltrating a terror cell, US officials say.
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Palestinian negotiator has heart attack

BBC - News - Sat, 2025-05-17 01:47
Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat is in hospital in Ramallah after suffering a heart attack, his wife says.
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Gaia creator rows back on climate

BBC - News - Sat, 2025-05-17 01:47
The scientific maverick James Lovelock says climate catastrophe is not so certain as he previously suggested.
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Manet painting campaign gets £6m

BBC - News - Sat, 2025-05-17 01:47
A campaign by the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford to buy a painting by French Impressionist Edouard Manet receives a £5.9m donation.
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Take-away delivery man 'murdered'

BBC - News - Sat, 2025-05-17 01:47
A murder trial hears how a Chinese take-away delivery driver was punched, kicked and stamped to death by two men.
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VIDEO: 'Bionic' woman's London Marathon joy

BBC - News - Sat, 2025-05-17 01:47
A paralysed woman has become the first person to complete a marathon in a "bionic" suit.
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Murder accused 'was impersonated'

BBC - News - Sat, 2025-05-17 01:47
A woman accused of killing Belfast man Christopher Mackin in March was "impersonated" to put in her in the frame, a court hears.
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AUDIO: Warren defends Haye-Chisora fight

BBC - News - Sat, 2025-05-17 01:47
Frank Warren has told BBC Radio 5 live Breakfast that David Haye and Derek Chisora will fight at Upton Park in July.
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Wild Things author Sendak dies

BBC - News - Sat, 2025-05-17 01:47
Maurice Sendak, the US author of the best-selling children's book Where the Wild Things Are, dies aged 83.
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Plea over attack on 94-year-old

BBC - News - Sat, 2025-05-17 01:47
The daughter of a 94-year-old Birmingham woman who was attacked in her bed said her mother "screamed for help" but no-one came.
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Petrol station canopies listed

BBC - News - Sat, 2025-05-17 01:47
Two 1960s petrol station canopies in Nottinghamshire and Leicestershire are given listed status by English Heritage.
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More Olympic tickets to be sold

BBC - News - Sat, 2025-05-17 01:47
Some 900,000 tickets for this summer's London Olympics are going back on sale, starting on Friday for people who were unsuccessful in both ballots.
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SA ruling over Zimbabwe torture

BBC - News - Sat, 2025-05-17 01:47
South Africa must investigate Zimbabwean officials over allegations they tortured opposition figures in 2007, a Pretoria high court rules.
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MI6 screening possible over spy

BBC - News - Sat, 2025-05-17 01:47
MI6 staff may have their DNA screened as police reinvestigate the death of spy Gareth Williams, Met Police Commissioner Bernard Hogan-Howe confirms.
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Madeleine photo use dubbed 'vile'

BBC - News - Sat, 2025-05-17 01:47
The use of a photograph of Madeleine McCann to advertise holidays on an independent website is described as "vile" by the travel firm.
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Huge wind farm backed by minister

BBC - News - Sat, 2025-05-17 01:47
The highest-generating onshore wind farm in England and Wales is given the go-ahead for development in south Wales.
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Ai can challenge $2.4m tax bill

BBC - News - Sat, 2025-05-17 01:47
Chinese authorities announce that artist Ai Weiwei will be allowed to challenge a huge fine for alleged tax evasion.
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