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From inmate to entrepreneur

BBC - News - Thu, 2024-11-28 01:36
The inmates learning about IT without access to the internet
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Jail for forced marriage parents

BBC - News - Thu, 2024-11-28 01:36
New laws are to be introduced for England, Wales and Northern Ireland by the home secretary to jail parents who force their children to marry.
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Aston Martin returns to Le Mans

BBC - News - Thu, 2024-11-28 01:36
Aston Martin returns to endurance race after 2011 fiasco
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Pensions gender gap 'narrowing'

BBC - News - Thu, 2024-11-28 01:36
A survey has found that the gap between men's and women's pensions is shrinking because male incomes are falling.
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Denmark backs same-sex marriage

BBC - News - Thu, 2024-11-28 01:36
Denmark's parliament approves a bill allowing same-sex couples to get married, including in formal church weddings.
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Drone strikes 'raise questions'

BBC - News - Thu, 2024-11-28 01:36
UN human rights chief Navi Pillay says during a visit to Pakistan that US drone strikes inside the country raise serious legal questions.
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VIDEO: Boris talks London on Letterman

BBC - News - Thu, 2024-11-28 01:36
London mayor Boris Johnson has been in the US talking about London on The Late Show with David Letterman.
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Deal on Egypt constitution panel

BBC - News - Thu, 2024-11-28 01:36
Political parties in Egypt agree to the make-up of the panel that will write the country's new constitution, ending weeks of deadlock.
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Mite helps virus to wipe out bees

BBC - News - Thu, 2024-11-28 01:36
A parasitic mite has helped spread a lethal virus that has wiped out millions of honeybee colonies worldwide, say scientists.
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Euro 2012 ready for kick-off

BBC - News - Thu, 2024-11-28 01:36
After weeks of anticipation, speculation and debate, Euro 2012 finally gets under way on Friday when co-hosts Poland take on Greece.
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VIDEO: When Lenny pranked Lizo - it's Odd Box

BBC - News - Thu, 2024-11-28 01:36
The sport of shin kicking, the joy of base jumping and lots of random Jubilee fun. It's the week's weird and wonderful video stories in Newsbeat's Odd Box with Dominic Byrne.
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Town has first nationalist mayor

BBC - News - Thu, 2024-11-28 01:36
Ballymena Borough Council elects its first ever nationalist mayor, SDLP councillor PJ McAvoy.
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Bolt edges out Powell in Oslo

BBC - News - Thu, 2024-11-28 01:36
Usain Bolt is pushed all the way in the 100m before powering home to take victory at the Diamond League in Oslo in 9.79 seconds.
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Police job: Winsor 'best choice'

BBC - News - Thu, 2024-11-28 01:36
Ministers "will not flinch" from the planned appointment of Tom Winsor as Chief Inspector of Constabulary for England and Wales, sources say.
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'Economic blockade' on Falklands

BBC - News - Thu, 2024-11-28 01:36
Argentina is trying to impose an "economic blockade" on the Falkland Islands, Foreign Office Minister Jeremy Browne says.
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Murder charges over Sharkey fire

BBC - News - Thu, 2024-11-28 01:36
Two men appear in court in connection with the deaths of three members of the same family in 2011.
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Olympic flame on tour of Scotland

BBC - News - Thu, 2024-11-28 01:36
Scotland welcomes the Olympic flame for the first time as the torch relay travels from Stranraer to Glasgow.
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VIDEO: Euro 2012: What UK fans can expect

BBC - News - Thu, 2024-11-28 01:36
Hundreds of England fans have headed to Ukraine for Euro 2012, the first major football championship to be held in the former Soviet Union.
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'Anti-Semitic attacker' detained

BBC - News - Thu, 2024-11-28 01:36
French police detain a man suspected of attacking three young Jews with a hammer during an assault in the town of Villeurbanne, reports say.
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VIDEO: Olympic transport: Can London cope?

BBC - News - Thu, 2024-11-28 01:36
With just 50 days to go until the Olympics there are still fears that the transport system will buckle under the strain.
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