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VIDEO: Parents demand rickets death inquiry

BBC - News - Wed, 2025-05-07 17:32
A young couple acquitted of murdering their baby son have called for an inquiry into two London hospitals responsible for his care.
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Travel firms hear disabled plight

BBC - News - Wed, 2025-05-07 17:32
Disabled people air their grievances about the difficulties they face using public transport at a meeting attended by bus, rail and taxi chiefs.
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Hoy wants BOA drugs ban to remain

BBC - News - Wed, 2025-05-07 17:32
Sir Chris Hoy says the fight to keep sport clean could take a backwards step if the lifetime Olympic ban imposed on British drugs cheats is overturned.
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VIDEO: Huge fire at US oil storage depot

BBC - News - Wed, 2025-05-07 17:32
A huge fire has broken out at an oil company in the United States. Fire crews battled the flames at an oil depot in Springfield, Ohio.
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Uncomfortable reading for Theresa May

BBC - News - Wed, 2025-05-07 17:32
Uncomfortable reading for home secretary as headlines remain focused on Abu Qatada
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Alderdice to lead parade group

BBC - News - Wed, 2025-05-07 17:32
The former speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly, Lord Alderdice, has been asked to lead a new initiative aimed at resolving parade disputes in the Ardoyne area of north Belfast.
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'Huge' water resource in Africa

BBC - News - Wed, 2025-05-07 17:32
Scientists say the notoriously dry continent of Africa is sitting on a vast reservoir of groundwater.
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Tory unease at Lords reform plan

BBC - News - Wed, 2025-05-07 17:32
David Cameron is "committed" to House of Lords reform, Downing Street says, despite the prospect of a rebellion by his own MPs.
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Olympus investors approve board

BBC - News - Wed, 2025-05-07 17:32
Olympus shareholders approve the appointment of a new board of directors at an extraordinary general meeting.
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Security stepped up at Bahrain F1

BBC - News - Wed, 2025-05-07 17:32
Security is tightened in Bahrain in preparation for protests, as Formula 1 cars take to the track for practice sessions ahead of Sunday's Grand Prix.
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Demand for rickets death inquiry

BBC - News - Wed, 2025-05-07 17:32
A couple acquitted of murdering their four-month-old son call for an inquiry into two London hospitals responsible for his care.
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VIDEO: Africa Beats: Moroccan singer Ahmed Soultan

BBC - News - Wed, 2025-05-07 17:32
Singing to fight West's ignorance and rediscover African roots
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Burma leader in Japan to talk aid

BBC - News - Wed, 2025-05-07 17:32
Burmese President Thein Sein is in Japan for a visit expected to focus on financial aid and debt relief, as the EU prepares to suspend sanctions.
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UK terror convict 'met Bin Laden'

BBC - News - Wed, 2025-05-07 17:32
A British man jailed for plotting to blow up a plane says he met Osama Bin Laden, in a landmark testimony at a New York terror trial.
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Charity warns on policing changes

BBC - News - Wed, 2025-05-07 17:32
Planned changes to policing in England and Wales will lead to millions of pounds being spent on red tape instead of crime victims, a charity warns.
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Art theft police 'jog memories'

BBC - News - Wed, 2025-05-07 17:32
Police hope to "jog memories" by questioning people one week after Chinese art worth more than £18m was stolen from a Cambridge Museum.
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Test day for Olympic torch relay

BBC - News - Wed, 2025-05-07 17:32
A full dress rehearsal of the Olympic torch relay is being staged on an 80-mile section from Leicester to Peterborough.
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People's Daily site raises $222m

BBC - News - Wed, 2025-05-07 17:32
The website of China's People's Daily newspaper raises 1.4bn yuan ($222m; £138m) via its initial public offering.
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Cruise firm sorry over castaways

BBC - News - Wed, 2025-05-07 17:32
Princess Cruises says it is sorry that one of its ships sailed past an adrift fishing boat in the Pacific Ocean, leaving two of the men to die.
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Are language cops losing war against 'wrongly' used words?

BBC - News - Wed, 2025-05-07 17:32
Will "improper" meanings of words take over?
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