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BT and TalkTalk lag in speed test

BBC - News - Tue, 2026-05-05 05:13
Mystery shopper tests have revealed that customers are not always told what speed they can expect from broadband services.
Categories: BBC, News

Miliband reshuffles Labour team

BBC - News - Tue, 2026-05-05 05:13
Jon Cruddas is put in charge of Labour's policy review in a minor reshuffle of Ed Miliband's shadow cabinet.
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Lineker backs Crouch for England

BBC - News - Tue, 2026-05-05 05:13
Gary Lineker expects Peter Crouch to be included in England's Euro 2012 squad, which will be announced on Wednesday.
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Wrong Paul mix-up costs £20,000

BBC - News - Tue, 2026-05-05 05:13
Human error is blamed for a mix-up over payments to Kent County Council leader Paul Carter which cost the authority £20,000.
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Gems from largest diamond on show

BBC - News - Tue, 2026-05-05 05:13
Jewellery made with stones cut from the world's biggest diamond will go on display for the Queen's Diamond Jubilee.
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Leveson warns over Hunt documents

BBC - News - Tue, 2026-05-05 05:13
Papers relating to the way the culture secretary handled News Corp's bid to take over BSkyB should not be published, Lord Justice Leveson urges.
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April 2012 heats up as 5th warmest month globally

AP - U.S. News - Tue, 2026-05-05 05:13
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Unseasonable weather pushed last month to the fifth warmest April on record worldwide, federal weather statistics show....
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Bush touts Arab spring, says US can't fear freedom

AP - Politics - Tue, 2026-05-05 05:13
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Former President George W. Bush is praising the Arab spring movement and says the U.S. shouldn't fear the spread of freedom, even if it doesn't know what policies newly liberated countries will pursue....

April 2012 heats up as 5th warmest month globally

WASHINGTON — Unseasonable weather pushed last month to the fifth warmest April on record worldwide, federal weather statistics show.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's National Climatic Data Center calculated that April's average temperature of 57.9 degrees (14.4 degrees Celsius) was nearly 1.2 degrees (0.7 degrees Celsius) above the 20th ...

Zimmerman evidence list released

CNN - Top Stories - Tue, 2026-05-05 05:13
Prosecutors released a summary of evidence Tuesday in the case against neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman, who is accused of second-degree murder in the death of Trayvon Martin.
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Congress threatens health services survey

CNN - Politics - Tue, 2026-05-05 05:13
Americans needing health insurance or disability services could be overlooked by their local governments if a bill now being considered by the Senate passes. It would eliminate a survey that some call a vital source of information about health indicators of millions of Americans, but which House Republicans say is too expensive and raises privacy concerns.
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Singing fish man keeps on 'breaming'

BBC - News - Tue, 2026-05-05 05:13
Fish man's song an internet phenomenon
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Greece gets caretaker PM until new vote in June

AP - World News - Tue, 2026-05-05 05:13
ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- A senior judge has been sworn in to head Greece's caretaker government for a month as the debt-crippled country lurches through a political crisis that threatens its membership in the 17-nation eurozone....

Somali pirate: EU airstrike destroyed equipment

AP - World News - Tue, 2026-05-05 05:13
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) -- European Union naval forces and attack helicopters conducted their first onshore raid on a suspected pirate lair in Somalia Tuesday. A pirate said the strike destroyed a supply center and set back their operations....

Greece pays bond swap hold-outs

BBC - News - Tue, 2026-05-05 05:13
Greece agrees to pay off some of the investors who rejected its bond swap earlier this year.
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King James Bible gift to schools

BBC - News - Tue, 2026-05-05 05:13
Schools in England will sent copies of the King James Bible from this week to mark the 400th anniversary of its publication.
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NATO invites Pakistan to summit

AP - World News - Tue, 2026-05-05 05:13
ISLAMABAD (AP) -- NATO on Tuesday invited Pakistan's president to the upcoming Chicago summit on Afghanistan, the strongest sign yet that Islamabad is ready to reopen its western border to U.S. and NATO military supplies heading to the war in the neighboring country....

Clock ticking with new plan to fight Alzheimer's

AP - U.S. News - Tue, 2026-05-05 05:13
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Obama administration declared Alzheimer's one of the country's biggest health challenges on Tuesday, adopting a national strategy that sets the clock ticking toward better treatments by 2025 - along with help for suffering families today....
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