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Barclays swap 'mis-selling' probe

BBC - News - Tue, 2025-04-22 15:27
The Financial Services Authority is investigating claims that Barclays mis-sold complex financial contracts called swaps to clients.
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Bikers show respect for soldiers

BBC - News - Tue, 2025-04-22 15:27
About 4,000 motorcyclists ride through Royal Wootton Bassett in thanks to the town for supporting the families of soldiers killed in action.
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Bolton-Aston Villa game postponed

BBC - News - Tue, 2025-04-22 15:27
Bolton's Premier League match at Aston Villa on Tuesday is postponed amid concern over the health of Trotters midfielder Fabrice Muamba.
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Navy gets 'versatile' new uniform

BBC - News - Tue, 2025-04-22 15:27
Royal Navy sailors in the Gulf begin wearing a "versatile" new uniform designed for quicker dressing while on operations.
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Oprah Winfrey axes The Rosie Show

BBC - News - Tue, 2025-04-22 15:27
Rosie O'Donnell's daily US talk show is axed from Oprah Winfrey's TV channel after five months for failing to attract high ratings.
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Budget targets house tax loophole

BBC - News - Tue, 2025-04-22 15:27
Chancellor George Osborne confirms he will target stamp duty avoidance with "aggressive" new measures in this week's Budget.
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The legacy of the Olympics for NI

BBC - News - Tue, 2025-04-22 15:27
What the 2012 London Olympics means for Northern Ireland
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'Deadly car bomb' in Syrian city

BBC - News - Tue, 2025-04-22 15:27
A car bomb has exploded in the Syrian city of Aleppo, with reports of dead and injured, a day after two blasts in the capital Damascus.
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Body found in Mournes was a woman

BBC - News - Tue, 2025-04-22 15:27
Police confirm that a body found in County Down on Saturday was a woman.
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Indian Maoists 'kidnap Italians'

BBC - News - Tue, 2025-04-22 15:27
Indian Maoists kidnap two Italians in eastern Orissa state, the first time Westerners have been abducted there, and demand the release of leaders.
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German pastor elected president

BBC - News - Tue, 2025-04-22 15:27
Joachim Gauck - an outspoken anti-communist pastor from the East - is elected Germany's new president by lawmakers.
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Bacon reveals abuse by 'trolls'

BBC - News - Tue, 2025-04-22 15:27
BBC Radio 5 live presenter Richard Bacon has suffered two years of anonymous abuse directed at him, his wife and his baby son, he reveals.
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Man still quizzed on fatal crash

BBC - News - Tue, 2025-04-22 15:27
Police continue to question a 27-year-old man following a crash on the A55 in Gwynedd in which one man died and three people were seriously hurt.
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VIDEO: Bolton fans lay Muamba tributes

BBC - News - Tue, 2025-04-22 15:27
Bolton fans have been laying tributes to midfielder Fabrice Muamba, who remains critically ill after collapsing during a match on Saturday night.
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Davidson launches pro-Union group

BBC - News - Tue, 2025-04-22 15:27
The leader of the Scottish Conservatives is to launch a new group aimed at keeping Scotland in the Union.
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Thousands mourn Egypt Coptic Pope

BBC - News - Tue, 2025-04-22 15:27
Tens of thousands of Egypt's Coptic Christians hold an overnight vigil and attend a Mass for Pope Shenouda III, who died on Saturday aged 88.
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Forth bridge works finished early

BBC - News - Tue, 2025-04-22 15:27
Emergency repair work being carried out on the Forth Road Bridge over the weekend is finished ahead of schedule.
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Iran 'blocks' Foreign Office site

BBC - News - Tue, 2025-04-22 15:27
Tehran has blocked a UK Foreign Office website in Iran as part of its "ever-tightening stranglehold of censorship", the foreign secretary says.
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Button revels in dream 2012 start

BBC - News - Tue, 2025-04-22 15:27
Jenson Button says his victory in the Australian Grand Prix is a dream start to the new season for McLaren.
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Rivron wins BBC Let's Dance show

BBC - News - Tue, 2025-04-22 15:27
Comedian Rowland Rivron wins the Let's Dance for Sport Relief title with his routine performed to Fatboy Slim's Weapons of Choice.
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