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Plans to extend free 0800 calls

BBC - News - Wed, 2025-04-30 02:18
Free calls to 0800 telephone numbers will be extended to anyone using a mobile phone, under plans announced by the regulator.
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Kate and William waxworks on show

BBC - News - Wed, 2025-04-30 02:18
The first wax figures of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are unveiled today at Madame Tussauds in London.
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GB make changes in Olympic season

BBC - News - Wed, 2025-04-30 02:18
Great Britain's world-title winning men's coxless four is broken up at the start of a season that culminates with the Olympics.
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VIDEO: HMS Dauntless sets sail for Falklands

BBC - News - Wed, 2025-04-30 02:18
HMS Dauntless, one of the UK's largest and most powerful air defence destroyers, has set sail for the Falkland Islands.
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Fuel arrives in Gaza after deal

BBC - News - Wed, 2025-04-30 02:18
Fuel from Israel arrives in the Gaza Strip as a result of a deal between the territory's Hamas-led government and the rival Palestinian Authority.
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Indecent images school man jailed

BBC - News - Wed, 2025-04-30 02:18
A school IT manager is jailed for two years after being caught with nearly 400,000 indecent images of children.
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VIDEO: Tornado eyewitness: 'I was in shock'

BBC - News - Wed, 2025-04-30 02:18
Julie Kinnaird in Arlington, Texas describes seeing and filming a tornado up close.
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The US prisoners in solitary for 40 years

BBC - News - Wed, 2025-04-30 02:18
The rise of solitary confinement in US prisons
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Nature's weirdest mating practices

BBC - News - Wed, 2025-04-30 02:18
Let's talk about six... of nature's weirdest mating practices
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Syria rebels 'will not beat army'

BBC - News - Wed, 2025-04-30 02:18
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says Syria's opposition will never defeat the country's armed forces even if it is "armed to the teeth".
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Bomb kills Somali sport officials

BBC - News - Wed, 2025-04-30 02:18
The heads of Somalia's Olympic committee and football association are among eight people killed by a bomb blast in Mogadishu's newly reopened national theatre.
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Shetland wind farm plans approved

BBC - News - Wed, 2025-04-30 02:18
Controversial plans to build a 103-turbine wind farm in the centre of Shetland are approved.
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GB take superb team pursuit gold

BBC - News - Wed, 2025-04-30 02:18
Britain's team pursuit men win a spectacular gold at the World Track Championships as they beat Australia with a world record.
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Blizzard conditions as snow falls

BBC - News - Wed, 2025-04-30 02:18
Snow falls in parts of mid and north Wales as Arctic winds bring a drop in temperatures.
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UK services sector 'rebounding'

BBC - News - Wed, 2025-04-30 02:18
The UK's services sector accelerated in March, a survey suggests, pointing to first-quarter UK economic growth of 0.5%.
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Watchdog backs A-level overhaul

BBC - News - Wed, 2025-04-30 02:18
Academics and teachers back a return to more traditional A-levels, with pupils sitting fewer "module" papers throughout their course, a study finds.
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New tram derailed on first trip

BBC - News - Wed, 2025-04-30 02:18
One of the first of Blackpool's new fleet of trams is derailed on its first journey after the famous attraction underwent a £100m upgrade.
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Afghan suicide bomber 'kills 10'

BBC - News - Wed, 2025-04-30 02:18
A suicide bomb attack in the northern Afghan province of Faryab leaves at least 10 people dead and more than 20 injured, officials say.
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Housing market 'broadly stable'

BBC - News - Wed, 2025-04-30 02:18
House prices are "broadly stable", the Halifax says, despite recording a 2.2% rise between February and March.
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The mystery over who attacked the Holy Thorn Tree

BBC - News - Wed, 2025-04-30 02:18
Two year ago the Holy Thorn Tree of Glastonbury was cut down. Was it an act of mindless vandalism, or something more significant?
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