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Clock change 'hits teens' sleep'

BBC - News - Tue, 2025-05-06 21:04
Teenagers get only six hours of sleep during the week after the clocks change, say researchers at the University of Surrey.
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Spain king sorry for hunting trip

BBC - News - Tue, 2025-05-06 21:04
King Juan Carlos apologises to the Spanish people for going on a hunting trip in Africa while his country was in economic crisis.
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Labour bid to block 50p cut fails

BBC - News - Tue, 2025-05-06 21:04
The government defeats Labour's bid to stop the 50p tax rate being reduced in a Commons vote, following clashes between David Cameron and Ed Miliband.
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Family 'kept homeless in squalor'

BBC - News - Tue, 2025-05-06 21:04
Seven people from one traveller family abused and beat vulnerable men who were kept in captivity and made to work without pay, a court hears.
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Parking fines to increase by 50%

BBC - News - Tue, 2025-05-06 21:04
The penalty for illegal street parking in Northern Ireland is set to increase from £60 to £90.
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VIDEO: House of Commons

BBC - News - Tue, 2025-05-06 21:04
Prime Minister David Cameron acknowledged that it had been a "tough month" for him as opposition leader Ed Miliband branded the Budget an "omni-shambles".
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Yahoo axes products in shake-up

BBC - News - Tue, 2025-05-06 21:04
Yahoo's new chief executive says about 50 products will be shut down or "transitioned" as part of his turnaround plan.
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Expelled MSP makes smear claims

BBC - News - Tue, 2025-05-06 21:04
An MSP thrown out of the SNP amid domestic abuse allegations has claimed an "orchestrated smear campaign" is being conducted against him.
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Leader in billion-euro space bid

BBC - News - Tue, 2025-05-06 21:04
A proposal to study Jupiter's icy moons - known as Juice - is now the front runner in the competition to select Europe's next big space mission.
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Saudi court 'convicts activist'

BBC - News - Tue, 2025-05-06 21:04
A prominent human rights campaigner has been sentenced to four years in prison by a state security tribunal in Saudi Arabia, campaigners says.
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Saudi Arabia: Readers respond to princess

BBC - News - Tue, 2025-05-06 21:04
Readers' responses to Saudi princess’s call for change
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Museum burns art in cuts protest

BBC - News - Tue, 2025-05-06 21:04
A museum in Italy has started burning its artworks in protest at budget cuts which it says have left cultural institutions out of pocket.
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UK unemployment falls by 35,000

BBC - News - Tue, 2025-05-06 21:04
UK unemployment has fallen by 35,000 to 2.65 million, the first fall since last spring, according to the Office for National Statistics.
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Elgin gas tests: No contamination

BBC - News - Tue, 2025-05-06 21:04
Chemical testing of samples from near the North Sea platform leaking gas indicate "no direct marine contamination", the Scottish government says.
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Phone hacking charges considered

BBC - News - Tue, 2025-05-06 21:04
Four files relating to alleged offences committed by journalists have been sent to the Crown Prosecution Service to consider if charges can be brought.
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Hollioake reveals burglary hurt

BBC - News - Tue, 2025-05-06 21:04
Adam Hollioake says the theft of his late brother Ben's England cricket kit left his parents distraught.
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'New front' in Sudan border clash

BBC - News - Tue, 2025-05-06 21:04
Sudan and South Sudan accuse each other of opening up a new front along the disputed border, raising fears of all-out war.
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Day in pictures: 18 April 2012

BBC - News - Tue, 2025-05-06 21:04
Twenty-four hours of news photos: 18 April
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Scots unemployment down by 12,000

BBC - News - Tue, 2025-05-06 21:04
Unemployment in Scotland fell by 12,000 to 219,000 in the three months to February 2012, according to official figures.
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Give a 'hoodie' a job - Grayling

BBC - News - Tue, 2025-05-06 21:04
The employment minister says firms should hire young British people "from a poor background" rather than more experienced foreign workers.
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