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Ruling halts £100m in tax relief

BBC - News - Fri, 2025-05-09 01:02
Tax officials welcome ruling that prevents a group of wealthy investors from claiming more than £100m in tax relief.
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'No leadership' on cycling, Snow

BBC - News - Fri, 2025-05-09 01:02
Channel 4 News presenter and cycling enthusiast Jon Snow has told MPs there is "no leadership from the state" on cycle safety.
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Padilla appeals to Supreme Court

BBC - News - Fri, 2025-05-09 01:02
Jailed American Jose Padilla, held an "enemy combatant" for three years, asks the US Supreme Court to reinstate his "torture" lawsuit against top officials.
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3D images may help treat cancer

BBC - News - Fri, 2025-05-09 01:02
Three-dimensional images of tissue samples could help spot cancer early, say researchers.
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Witness trauma at Breivik trial

BBC - News - Fri, 2025-05-09 01:02
A security guard at Norway's government headquarters describes the moment he saw Anders Behring Breivik's car bomb explode.
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Van Persie is FWA Player of Year

BBC - News - Fri, 2025-05-09 01:02
Arsenal captain Robin van Persie wins FWA Footballer of the Year award, having already collected the PFA prize.
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Viewpoint: Why Africa's international image is unfair

BBC - News - Fri, 2025-05-09 01:02
What if the world's image of Africa was accurate?
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Government hits borrowing target

BBC - News - Fri, 2025-05-09 01:02
The UK government borrowed more than expected in March, official figures show, but still met its borrowing target for the year.
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Plaid leader's overture to Labour

BBC - News - Fri, 2025-05-09 01:02
New Plaid Cymru leader Leanne Wood makes an overture to Labour to build a "united alternative" to the Conservatives.
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Gibb 'beat the odds', family say

BBC - News - Fri, 2025-05-09 01:02
Bee Gees star Robin Gibb, who woke from a coma at the weekend, has been laughing and joking and wants to get out of hospital, his family say.
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VIDEO: Put a robot in charge of yourself

BBC - News - Fri, 2025-05-09 01:02
Click's Spencer Kelly surrenders to the will of a machine which has its own ideas about where he should walk.
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Ornamental fish 'thief' was otter

BBC - News - Fri, 2025-05-09 01:02
Police withdraw an appeal for information over an ornamental fish theft after discovering an otter was probably to blame.
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Syria violence tests UN mission

BBC - News - Fri, 2025-05-09 01:02
A sharp rise in the number of deaths in the Syrian uprising casts fresh doubt on the future success of a UN ceasefire monitoring scheme.
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Chelsea can defeat Barca - Torres

BBC - News - Fri, 2025-05-09 01:02
Chelsea's Fernando Torres says the club's battling qualities can help beat Barcelona in their Champions League semi-final.
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Peter Hain contempt case begins

BBC - News - Fri, 2025-05-09 01:02
Contempt of court proceedings against the former Northern Ireland Secretary Peter Hain are due to begin on Tuesday at the High Court in Belfast.
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Carpetright in new profit warning

BBC - News - Fri, 2025-05-09 01:02
Carpetright warns again that its profits will be lower than previously forecast, blaming disappointing bed sales and weak trading in Europe.
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VIDEO: How oil is being stolen in Nigeria

BBC - News - Fri, 2025-05-09 01:02
Mark Doyle flies over the Niger Delta to see how much oil is being stolen.
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AUDIO: The legal perils of Twitter

BBC - News - Fri, 2025-05-09 01:02
Solicitor Jonathan Armstrong outlines the offences that can be committed on Twitter after a footballer revealed the identity of a rape victim on the social networking site.
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VIDEO: On board the restored Cutty Sark

BBC - News - Fri, 2025-05-09 01:02
Five years after she was gutted by fire, London's famous 19th century tea clipper the Cutty Sark will reopen to the public this week.
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VIDEO: Marathon runner donations still rising

BBC - News - Fri, 2025-05-09 01:02
Donations to a fund-raising page set up by a 30-year-old woman who collapsed close to the London Marathon finish line have surged since her death.
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