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County holding pasty competition

BBC - News - Fri, 2025-04-11 06:19
Cooks from around the world arrive in Cornwall for the first World Pasty Championships.
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New Homs delay for Red Cross aid

BBC - News - Fri, 2025-04-11 06:19
The Red Cross is denied entry to the devastated Baba Amr area of the Syrian city of Homs for a second day, as new shelling is reported elsewhere.
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Boat towed to safety after blaze

BBC - News - Fri, 2025-04-11 06:19
A pilot boat is towed to shore after a fire broke out on board in the middle of the First of Forth.
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Chavez says tumour was malignant

BBC - News - Fri, 2025-04-11 06:19
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez says a lesion he had removed from his pelvic region earlier this week was malignant.
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VIDEO: How to survive being struck by lightning

BBC - News - Fri, 2025-04-11 06:19
Presenter Greg Foot allowed himself to be struck by lightning to demonstrate how you can survive it.
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Clegg calls for Lib Dem 'courage'

BBC - News - Fri, 2025-04-11 06:19
Nick Clegg tells Welsh Liberal Democrats they should have "courage" to see through difficult decisions as they help people in tough times.
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Hearing on Costa Concordia wreck

BBC - News - Fri, 2025-04-11 06:19
Key information about the capsizing of the Costa Concordia cruise ship is handed over to a panel of experts as part of a pre-trial hearing in Italy.
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England rumours 'worry' for Spurs

BBC - News - Fri, 2025-04-11 06:19
Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson says Tottenham directors will be 'worried' about Harry Redknapp's future.
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China protest village elects head

BBC - News - Fri, 2025-04-11 06:19
Thousands turn out to elect a new leader for a Chinese village that staged a high-profile revolt over perceived local corruption.
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Hundreds of murder cases reviewed

BBC - News - Fri, 2025-04-11 06:19
Scotland Yard launches a review of hundreds of unsolved murders, amid hopes forensic science will provide breakthroughs.
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Papers maintain focus on Baba Amr

BBC - News - Fri, 2025-04-11 06:19
Papers maintain focus on Syrian district Baba Amr
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BP reaches $7.8bn oil spill deal

BBC - News - Fri, 2025-04-11 06:19
BP says it has reached a $7.8bn (£4.9bn) deal with the largest group of plaintiffs suing it over the 2010 Deepwater Horizon spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
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Turbulent times for carrier aircraft

BBC - News - Fri, 2025-04-11 06:19
The difficult birth of new UK aircraft carriers
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VIDEO: Five Minutes With: Lord Prescott

BBC - News - Fri, 2025-04-11 06:19
Former Deputy Prime Minister Lord Prescott talks to Matthew Stadlen about the Labour government's relationship with News International, whether he would have wanted to be prime minister, his trouble with words, and what he felt like when a man hit him with an egg in 2001.
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Harry names royal road in Belize

BBC - News - Fri, 2025-04-11 06:19
Prince Harry has officially named a new road in Belize after his grandmother, the Queen, on the first day of a seven-day jubilee trip on her behalf.
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Broken Windows crime expert dies

BBC - News - Fri, 2025-04-11 06:19
Political scientist James Wilson, whose "Broken Windows" theory on policing changed crime-fighting in major US cities, dies at the age of 80.
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Carson funeral is held in Belfast

BBC - News - Fri, 2025-04-11 06:19
The funeral of the comedian Frank Carson takes place in his home city of Belfast.
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Cusack: Con Air 2 'would be fun'

BBC - News - Fri, 2025-04-11 06:19
Hollywood actor John Cusack says he would be happy to star in a sequel to the 1997 action thriller Con Air.
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Calls for '2p-a-cigarette' rise

BBC - News - Fri, 2025-04-11 06:19
Health campaigners are asking for more substantial rises in cigarette duty in this month's Budget.
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In pictures: Revisiting the Gujarat riots

BBC - News - Fri, 2025-04-11 06:19
Arko Datta returns to Ahmedabad
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