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VIDEO: David Toole on challenging dance

BBC - News - Wed, 2025-05-14 16:38
David Toole, who was born without legs, has been dancing professionally for 20 years and is set to perform as part of the London 2012 Festival.
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Eyewitness to a Libyan massacre

BBC - News - Wed, 2025-05-14 16:38
Survivors of Libyan prison massacre confront suspect
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Concerns over fishing quota texts

BBC - News - Wed, 2025-05-14 16:38
Changes to fishing quotas will in future be emailed or texted to fishing crews, prompting concerns from fishermen in Cornwall.
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VIDEO: Floods threaten wide parts of England

BBC - News - Wed, 2025-05-14 16:38
More than a hundred flood alerts remain in place across the country today including the south-west of England.
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Is Mr Potato Head to blame for 'pester power' ads?

BBC - News - Wed, 2025-05-14 16:38
It is 60 years since Mr Potato Head starred in the world's first television toy advert. Did the plastic spud unleash the era of pester power?
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Probation for assault footballer

BBC - News - Wed, 2025-05-14 16:38
Scotland and Blackburn striker David Goodwillie is handed a 12-month probation order for assaulting a man in Glasgow city centre.
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Man dies as floods create havoc

BBC - News - Wed, 2025-05-14 16:38
A man dies after his car becomes submerged at a swollen ford as heavy rainfall raises the threat of flooding across large parts of England.
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Ukraine hit by widening boycott

BBC - News - Wed, 2025-05-14 16:38
Several European leaders cancel visits to Ukraine amid growing concern over alleged mistreatment of the jailed opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko.
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I wish Hodgson well says Redknapp

BBC - News - Wed, 2025-05-14 16:38
Harry Redknapp wishes Roy Hodgson well after the FA approaches the West Brom manager to coach England.
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Call for clarity on wind turbines

BBC - News - Wed, 2025-05-14 16:38
Campaigners call on the government to say how many onshore wind turbines will be built in England, while the wind power industry says local opponents already have enough of a voice.
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BGT tops The Voice in ratings war

BBC - News - Wed, 2025-05-14 16:38
Britain's Got Talent edges ahead in ratings battle with BBC One's The Voice, a week after the ITV talent show was moved to avoid a head-on clash.
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Badminton Horse Trials cancelled

BBC - News - Wed, 2025-05-14 16:38
The Badminton Horse Trials, which would have served as a key Olympic build-up event, have been cancelled.
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Olympic security test is unveiled

BBC - News - Wed, 2025-05-14 16:38
Preparations begin for a major Olympics security exercise as it revealed surface-to-air missiles could be deployed at six sites across London.
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Footballer on drink-drive charge

BBC - News - Wed, 2025-05-14 16:38
Footballer Jermaine Pennant is charged with drinking and driving after a crash in Sale, Greater Manchester.
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Pensioner burglary death 'murder'

BBC - News - Wed, 2025-05-14 16:38
The police are treating the death of a 72-year-old man in the Mountsandel area of Coleraine as murder.
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AUDIO: Blind dissident escape 'a miracle'

BBC - News - Wed, 2025-05-14 16:38
Friends and family of Chen Guangcheng, the blind Chinese dissident who escaped from house arrest, are being put under great pressure by the authorities and some of them have been detained.
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Tevez wants Manchester City stay

BBC - News - Wed, 2025-05-14 16:38
Carlos Tevez wants to stay with Manchester City and insists he has resolved his problems with manager Roberto Mancini.
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What a future cyberwar will look like

BBC - News - Wed, 2025-05-14 16:38
What the next cyberwar might be like
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Google staff 'knew of snooping'

BBC - News - Wed, 2025-05-14 16:38
A Google employee told colleagues, including a senior manager, about plans to collect personal data from people's home wi-fi, a report says.
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Deadly blasts rock northern Syria

BBC - News - Wed, 2025-05-14 16:38
A number of people are killed in twin explosions targeting security offices in the north-western Syrian city of Idlib, activists and state TV say.
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