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Museum thefts: Are cuts to blame?

BBC - News - Sat, 2026-05-02 13:01
Are cuts in council funding to blame for recent museum thefts?
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Rapists have jail terms doubled

BBC - News - Sat, 2026-05-02 13:01
Two men who raped an 11-year-old girl in Luton have their "unduly lenient" sentences more than doubled.
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Bank eyed case for more stimulus

BBC - News - Sat, 2026-05-02 13:01
Bank of England policymakers voted by 8-1 this month against pumping more money into the economy, but the decision was "finely balanced" for some.
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Guinea-Bissau army cedes control

BBC - News - Sat, 2026-05-02 13:01
Guinea-Bissau's military junta hands back power to civilians, six weeks after staging a coup that derailed presidential elections - but retains a position in the new cabinet.
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Dell focuses on touchscreen PCs

BBC - News - Sat, 2026-05-02 13:01
The US computer maker hopes new Windows 8 touchscreen computers can turn around a slump in sales to consumers.
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Lambert angry at exit speculation

BBC - News - Sat, 2026-05-02 13:01
Norwich City boss Paul Lambert describes speculation he is ready to leave Carrow Road as "absolute nonsense".
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Obama airing ads on veterans, seniors

AP - Politics - Sat, 2026-05-02 13:01
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama's re-election campaign is airing two new ads, one focusing on his work with veterans returning home from wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and another aimed at seniors dependent on Medicare....

Obama airing ads on veterans, seniors

AP - Politics - Sat, 2026-05-02 13:01
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama's re-election campaign is airing two new ads, one focusing on his work with veterans returning home from wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and another aimed at seniors dependent on Medicare....

Obama airing ads on veterans, seniors

AP - Politics - Sat, 2026-05-02 13:01
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama's re-election campaign is airing two new ads, one focusing on his work with veterans returning home from wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and another aimed at seniors dependent on Medicare....

Welfare 'letting addicts down'

BBC - News - Sat, 2026-05-02 13:01
The state should do more to help addicts and make them employable, Iain Duncan Smith will say, with removing benefits a "hypothetical" option.
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Donna Summer track joins registry

BBC - News - Sat, 2026-05-02 13:01
The Donna Summer classic I Feel Love is one of 25 songs and other sounds to be inducted into the US National Recording Registry.
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Lifelong order for serial rapist

BBC - News - Sat, 2026-05-02 13:01
A serial rapist is given a lifelong restriction order for attacking women across Scotland over a 15-year period.
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Murphy announces Irish retirement

BBC - News - Sat, 2026-05-02 13:01
Geordan Murphy quits international rugby after failing to make the Ireland squad for the tour to New Zealand.
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Hospital 'failed' overdose babies

BBC - News - Sat, 2026-05-02 13:01
There were "failings" in the care of premature twins who died after being given an overdose of morphine, a coroner rules.
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The end of the Asbo era

BBC - News - Sat, 2026-05-02 13:01
Ministers are scrapping the anti-social behaviour order, but its acronym will take longer to shift from common parlance.
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BAE signs £1.9bn Saudi jet deal

BBC - News - Sat, 2026-05-02 13:01
British defence giant BAE signs a £1.9bn ($3bn) deal with Saudi Arabia to supply Hawk trainer jets, saving over 200 UK jobs.
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Senator: Prostitution scandal wider than believed

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2026-05-02 13:01
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Several small groups of Secret Service employees separately visited clubs, bars and brothels in Colombia prior to a visit by President Barack Obama last month and engaged in reckless, "morally repugnant" behavior, Sen. Susan Collins says....
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'Killer bride' seized at banquet

BBC - News - Sat, 2026-05-02 13:01
Police in the Russian region of Udmurtia arrest a woman at her wedding reception on suspicion of kicking a man to death the day before.
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Merkel challenged over EU growth

BBC - News - Sat, 2026-05-02 13:01
EU leaders are continuing talks in Brussels with Germany resisting pressure to launch eurobonds as a way to ease the debt crisis and revive growth.
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Indian films make mark in Cannes

BBC - News - Sat, 2026-05-02 13:01
The director of one of several Indian films at the Cannes film festival says he hopes to change the country's reputation as "a joke" at the event.
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