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MPs promise to fight 'pasty tax'

BBC - News - Wed, 2025-04-23 18:02
The plight of the humble pasty is raised in the House of Commons after the chancellor announced plans to slap VAT on the snack.
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London 2012: A stylish Olympics?

BBC - News - Wed, 2025-04-23 18:02
Fashion expert casts critical eye over look of 2012
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Submarine death officer honoured

BBC - News - Wed, 2025-04-23 18:02
A posthumous George Medal is awarded to a Royal Navy officer who was shot dead on board a nuclear submarine as it was docked in Southampton.
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Saints' Clark given 32-week ban

BBC - News - Wed, 2025-04-23 18:02
Northampton flanker Calum Clark is suspended for 32 weeks after an incident which saw Leicester's Rob Hawkins suffer a broken elbow.
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Soldier 'saved wounded comrades'

BBC - News - Wed, 2025-04-23 18:02
A soldier with the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards who risked his life to save wounded comrades in Afghanistan gets the Military Cross.
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Legal battle over Megaupload data

BBC - News - Wed, 2025-04-23 18:02
Legal action starts to force a decision about what to do with 25 petabytes of data from closed file-sharing site Megaupload.
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British banks need fresh capital

BBC - News - Wed, 2025-04-23 18:02
The Bank of England says British banks need to raise fresh capital as early as feasible, as concerns remain over the stability of the global financial system.
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Pietersen wants cheats 'finished'

BBC - News - Wed, 2025-04-23 18:02
England batsman Kevin Pietersen calls for anybody who gets caught being involved in match fixing to be "finished" in the game.
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Australia deports British rapist

BBC - News - Wed, 2025-04-23 18:02
A British man convicted of raping a woman in Australia in 1999 is deported to the UK after losing an appeal.
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BT pays £2bn into pension scheme

BBC - News - Wed, 2025-04-23 18:02
BT says it will pay £2bn into its pension scheme under a new nine year plan to wipe out the scheme's deficit.
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Peacocks boss pledges added value

BBC - News - Wed, 2025-04-23 18:02
The new chief executive of Peacocks says the clothes store chain will look at giving "added value" to win customers back.
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Battles over Libya's dangerous migrant smuggling routes

BBC - News - Wed, 2025-04-23 18:02
Will a desert wall of wrecked cars stop Libya's migrant trafficking?
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The Spanish link in cracking the Enigma code

BBC - News - Wed, 2025-04-23 18:02
How the Spanish Civil War helped Britain break Hitler’s codes
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VIDEO: Servicemen and women honoured

BBC - News - Wed, 2025-04-23 18:02
Servicemen and women have been honoured for their bravery.
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Tea and statistics: Digesting the Budget

BBC - News - Wed, 2025-04-23 18:02
A tour of the think tanks chewing over the Budget
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Three pension tales

BBC - News - Wed, 2025-04-23 18:02
The telling tale of three pension schemes
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VIDEO: Australia hit by flash flood deluge

BBC - News - Wed, 2025-04-23 18:02
Flash floods sweep through towns on the Sunshine Coast, north of Brisbane, Australia, causing damage to cars and property.
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VIDEO: Smartphone app identifies potholes

BBC - News - Wed, 2025-04-23 18:02
A new piece of technology called Street Bump could use a mobile phone to identify potholes, and sends the information directly to local councils.
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VIDEO: Public's verdict on GB Olympic kit

BBC - News - Wed, 2025-04-23 18:02
Members of the public give their reaction to the dark indigo blue kit that Team GB's athletes will be wearing at the London Olympics.
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Stevie Wonder headlining Bestival

BBC - News - Wed, 2025-04-23 18:02
Soul legend Stevie Wonder has been named as the Sunday night headliner for Bestival on the Isle of Wight.
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