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Last Titanic menu fetches £76,000

BBC - News - Sat, 2025-04-26 00:07
A menu of the last meal served to first-class passengers on board the Titanic sells for £76,000 at auction.
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Mali rebels seize garrison town

BBC - News - Sat, 2025-04-26 00:07
Mali's coup leader confirms Tuareg-led rebels have taken control of the town of Gao, which has the largest military base in the north.
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'Friends' raise pressure on Syria

BBC - News - Sat, 2025-04-26 00:07
The "Friends of Syria" summit in Istanbul tries to increase pressure on Damascus to implement a UN-Arab League peace plan.
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Dates of potential jamming issued

BBC - News - Sat, 2025-04-26 00:07
Potential dates and times when GPS could be jammed in the north of Scotland during a major Nato exercise are published.
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Low paid 'fail to get pay rise'

BBC - News - Sat, 2025-04-26 00:07
Union leaders accuse ministers of reneging on a promise to give low-paid council workers a pay rise of £250, saying they have not received the money.
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'Training for all' scheme active

BBC - News - Sat, 2025-04-26 00:07
A scheme which offers training "opportunities for all" is now active, the youth employment minister says.
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The modern-day Shakespearean fools

BBC - News - Sat, 2025-04-26 00:07
Shakespeare loved a fool and not just on April 1, but who would their modern equivalents be?
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UK air passenger duty rises by 8%

BBC - News - Sat, 2025-04-26 00:07
Air passenger duty rises by 8%, as announced by the government in the Autumn Statement last year, but airlines call for the tax to be reviewed.
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Falklands 30: Hanrahan's memories

BBC - News - Sat, 2025-04-26 00:07
Key moments of the Falklands conflict, in sound and pictures
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Weapons out at Tripoli's rubbish-strewn pet market

BBC - News - Sat, 2025-04-26 00:07
Tensions high at Libya's rubbish-strewn pet market
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History and expectation at the Olympic Park

BBC - News - Sat, 2025-04-26 00:07
With the BBC's Christine Jeavans on final straight of Olympic track
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Do referees favour big football teams?

BBC - News - Sat, 2025-04-26 00:07
Do referees really favour big football teams at home?
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Mafia banker 'held in Thailand'

BBC - News - Sat, 2025-04-26 00:07
An Italian banker wanted in Rome to serve a jail term for mafia links is arrested in Thailand after almost three decades on the run, authorities say.
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Man held in actress murder probe

BBC - News - Sat, 2025-04-26 00:07
A second man is arrested in connection with the death of former EastEnders actress Gemma McCluskie, whose torso was found in a London canal.
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VIDEO: Search is on for US lottery winners

BBC - News - Sat, 2025-04-26 00:07
The search is on for the winners of the £400m US lottery jackpot.
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Chavez resumes Cuba radiotherapy

BBC - News - Sat, 2025-04-26 00:07
Hugo Chavez goes back to Cuba for more cancer treatment, but says he is still determined to win Venezuela's next election.
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Brotherhood names Egypt candidate

BBC - News - Sat, 2025-04-26 00:07
Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood names Khairat al-Shatir as its presidential candidate, reversing a pledge not to compete and raising concern over its ambitions.
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Investment firm set to save Game

BBC - News - Sat, 2025-04-26 00:07
The investment group, Opcapita, will announce on Sunday it is buying a large part of the troubled Game Group out of administration, the BBC understands.
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Cardiff Blues sack Gavin Henson

BBC - News - Sat, 2025-04-26 00:07
Cardiff Blues dismiss Gavin Henson following his alcohol-fuelled misbehaviour on a weekend flight from Scotland to Cardiff.
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Bomb team moves V2 rocket section

BBC - News - Sat, 2025-04-26 00:07
Army and navy teams recover a section of a German V2 rocket from World War II buried nose down in the mudflats at Harwich Harbour.
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