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SPL star held over 'club assault'

BBC - News - Fri, 2025-05-16 23:22
SPL footballer Derek Riordan is arrested over an alleged disturbance at a nightclub in Edinburgh.
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AUDIO: Listed status for two petrol stations

BBC - News - Fri, 2025-05-16 23:22
John Minnis from English Heritage, explains why two 1960s petrol station canopies are to be given listed building status.
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Horse origins mystery 'solved'

BBC - News - Fri, 2025-05-16 23:22
The horse was first domesticated 6,000 years ago on the grasslands of the Ukraine, southwest Russia and west Kazakhstan, genetic evidence suggests.
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Three rescued from boat in Strait

BBC - News - Fri, 2025-05-16 23:22
Three poorly-equipped anglers are criticised after being rescued by helicopter and lifeboats after their boat breaks down in rough conditions in the Menai Strait.
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Santorum formally endorses Romney

BBC - News - Fri, 2025-05-16 23:22
Failed US Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum announces support for his former rival Mitt Romney, in a late-night email to supporters.
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VIDEO: Tornado whips through Oxfordshire

BBC - News - Fri, 2025-05-16 23:22
A tornado has been reported in parts of Oxfordshire during a storm which caused damage to trees and roof tiles on Monday.
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Explosion carried out on beach

BBC - News - Fri, 2025-05-16 23:22
A shell containing phosphorus which was washed up on a Sussex beach is blown-up by bomb disposal experts.
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Environment chief backs fracking

BBC - News - Fri, 2025-05-16 23:22
The chairman of the Environment Agency, Lord Smith, backs the expansion of the controversial "fracking" method of extracting natural gas from shale rock.
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VIDEO: 'Climatic time machine' tests CO2 effect

BBC - News - Fri, 2025-05-16 23:22
The world's biggest open-air experiment to see what effects rising levels of carbon dioxide will have on our planet has begun in Australia.
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Aviva boss Andrew Moss steps down

BBC - News - Fri, 2025-05-16 23:22
Insurance firm Aviva announces that chief executive Andrew Moss will be leaving with immediate effect following a shareholder revolt over executive pay.
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Haye & Chisora to fight in London

BBC - News - Fri, 2025-05-16 23:22
David Haye and Dereck Chisora will fight at Upton Park on 14 July in a bout sanctioned by the Luxembourg Boxing Federation.
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Plea to cut surplus school places

BBC - News - Fri, 2025-05-16 23:22
The number of empty school places needs to be cut to save money and improve standards in Wales, an education watchdog urges.
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Labour and SNP to run Edinburgh

BBC - News - Fri, 2025-05-16 23:22
Labour and the Scottish National Party strike a coalition deal to run Edinburgh City Council as administration talks continue across Scotland.
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VIDEO: Humanitarian award for Prince Harry

BBC - News - Fri, 2025-05-16 23:22
Prince Harry has received the Atlantic Council's 2012 award for distinguished humanitarian leadership, for his charitable work with wounded armed service members.
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Airbus finds solution for cracks

BBC - News - Fri, 2025-05-16 23:22
An Airbus boss says the company has found a long-term solution to small cracks in some of the A380 super jumbo wings, which are made in Flintshire.
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Snooker needs O'Sullivan - Hendry

BBC - News - Fri, 2025-05-16 23:22
Stephen Hendry warns snooker chief Barry Hearn that the sport without world champion Ronnie O'Sullivan would be far less attractive.
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VIDEO: Expats turning away from Spanish dream

BBC - News - Fri, 2025-05-16 23:22
Spain has long been the destination of choice for Britons who want to make a new life in the sun, but last year emigration rose above immigration for the first time since 1990.
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Australian budget set for surplus

BBC - News - Fri, 2025-05-16 23:22
The Australian government is set to end four years of public spending deficits and return to a surplus this year, as it sets out its budget.
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Khan-Peterson rematch called off

BBC - News - Fri, 2025-05-16 23:22
Amir Khan's rematch with Lamont Peterson on 19 May is called off after the American champion's failed drugs test.
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'Signs of hope' in housing market

BBC - News - Fri, 2025-05-16 23:22
There has been a slight increase in housing transactions in Northern Ireland but prices have continued to fall, according to a survey by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RCIS).
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