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Army training to deliver petrol

BBC - News - Thu, 2025-04-24 04:00
Army drivers are being trained to deliver fuel to petrol stations around the country in anticipation of a possible strike by tanker drivers.
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Santorum wins Louisiana primary

BBC - News - Thu, 2025-04-24 04:00
Rick Santorum wins the Republican presidential primary in Louisiana, as he tries to close the gap on front-runner Mitt Romney.
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Top up on sunshine 'vitamin'

BBC - News - Thu, 2025-04-24 04:00
Go outside and soak up some sunshine for 15 minutes on every sunny day to help increase vitamin D levels, an arthritis charity is urging.
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Sir Bobby's foundation raises £4m

BBC - News - Thu, 2025-04-24 04:00
The Sir Bobby Robson Foundation toasts its fourth anniversary by revealing it has raised more than £4m.
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GPS jamming expected in war games

BBC - News - Thu, 2025-04-24 04:00
The military says GPS jamming which caused a row last year is likely during the latest staging of Europe's largest military exercise.
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Lochhead voices tug cover concern

BBC - News - Thu, 2025-04-24 04:00
The environment secretary writes to the UK government voicing concerns over the removal of an emergency towing vessel from Stornoway.
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Plans for Scots rural parliament

BBC - News - Thu, 2025-04-24 04:00
The Scottish government is moving ahead with plans for a rural parliament, in order to give rural communities "a greater voice".
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SNP to table fuel duty amendment

BBC - News - Thu, 2025-04-24 04:00
The SNP says it will propose a Budget amendment at Westminster which will freeze future rises in fuel duty.
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Top Tory quits over donor claims

BBC - News - Thu, 2025-04-24 04:00
Conservative Party co-treasurer Peter Cruddas resigns after a secretly-filmed video shows him apparently selling access to the PM for £250,000.
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Dick Cheney has heart transplant

BBC - News - Thu, 2025-04-24 04:00
Former US Vice-President Dick Cheney is recovering well following heart transplant surgery in Virginia, his office says.
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Chavez in Cuba for cancer therapy

BBC - News - Thu, 2025-04-24 04:00
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is in Cuba for radiotherapy following a recurrence of his cancer first treated last year.
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Obama visits tense Koreas border

BBC - News - Thu, 2025-04-24 04:00
US President Barack Obama visits the Demilitarised Zone (DMZ) separating the Koreas, amid rising tensions over a planned rocket launch by the North.
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AUDIO: Murray more 'mature' under Lendl

BBC - News - Thu, 2025-04-24 04:00
British number one Andy Murray admits he is better equipped to deal with a "bad loss" under new coach Ivan Lendl, as he prepares to face Canada's Milos Raonic on Sunday in Miami.
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VIDEO: Fatal coach crash driver arrested

BBC - News - Thu, 2025-04-24 04:00
A coach driver has been arrested after a crash on the M5 in the West Midlands in which one man died and dozens were injured.
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VIDEO: Top Tory quits over donor claims

BBC - News - Thu, 2025-04-24 04:00
Conservative Party co-treasurer Peter Cruddas has resigned with immediate effect after a newspaper claimed he was prepared to arrange access to the prime minister and chancellor for £250,000.
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Woods takes sole lead at Bay Hill

BBC - News - Thu, 2025-04-24 04:00
Tiger Woods fires a one-under 71 to edge into a one-shot lead going into the final round of the Arnold Palmer Invitational.
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Tory Cruddas 'sold access to PM'

BBC - News - Thu, 2025-04-24 04:00
The Sunday Times says it has film footage of Tory Party co-treasurer Peter Cruddas offering access to the prime minister for payments up to £250,000.
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All fuel removed from Concordia

BBC - News - Thu, 2025-04-24 04:00
Work to remove fuel from the wreck of the Italian cruise ship Costa Concordia has been completed, Italian officials announce.
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Bertie Ahern to resign from party

BBC - News - Thu, 2025-04-24 04:00
Former Irish prime minister Bertie Ahern is to resign from the Fianna Fail party in the wake of the Mahon Tribunal.
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Guatemala raises legalising drugs

BBC - News - Thu, 2025-04-24 04:00
Guatemalan President Otto Perez Molina tells a regional summit that the war on drugs has failed, and it is time to consider decriminalisation.
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