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Calls grow for 'snoopers' charter'

BBC News - 28 min 53 sec ago
London Mayor Boris Johnson adds his voice to suggestions the Communications Data Bill could be revived after the murder of a soldier in a London street.
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Cabinet Office to fly rainbow flag

BBC News - 28 min 58 sec ago
The rainbow flag will fly from the Cabinet Office during gay Pride week to show the government's commitment to same sex marriage.
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VIDEO: 'My fiancé died on hard shoulder'

BBC News - 30 min 28 sec ago
Research into deaths on motorway hard shoulders suggests more than 800 people a year have been killed or injured in such incidents since 2000.
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Plane 'fire' closes Heathrow runway

BBC News - 36 min 12 sec ago
A plane with smoke billowing from one of its engines makes an emergency landing at Heathrow Airport.
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Bercow's McAlpine tweet libellous

BBC News - 37 min 5 sec ago
Sally Bercow's tweet about Lord McAlpine was libellous, the High Court rules.
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Woolwich: Security services defended

BBC News - 41 min 32 sec ago
The government defends security services against criticism they missed signs which might have helped prevent the murder of a soldier in London.
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Third day of April accused evidence

BBC News - 41 min 37 sec ago
The cross-examination of a man accused of murdering five-year-old April Jones and covering it up in a "web of lies" continues into a third day.
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Headingley Test delayed by rain

BBC News - 44 min 59 sec ago
The start of the second Test between England and New Zealand is delayed by persistent rain at Headingley.
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British hopefuls up for US TV awards

BBC News - 46 min 18 sec ago
Damian Lewis and Sienna Miller are among the British stars nominated for the annual US Critics' Choice Awards.
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US road bridge falls into river

BBC News - 47 min 44 sec ago
Three people are rescued after part of a US road bridge on the main route between Seattle and Vancouver collapsed into a river in Washington state.
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Cyclist Di Luca fails doping test

BBC News - 53 min 58 sec ago
Former Giro d'Italia winner Danilo Di Luca, who is 26th in this year's race, tests positive for EPO.
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Syria 'to attend peace conference'

BBC News - 57 min 30 sec ago
Russia says the Syrian government has agreed "in principle" to attend an international peace conference set to be held in Geneva in June.
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VIDEO: Cockroaches evolve to beat traps

BBC News - 59 min 27 sec ago
A mutant strain of cockroach that can outsmart the sugar traps used to kill them has evolved, scientists in the US have found.
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Service for killed soldier Lee Rigby

BBC News - 1 hour 4 min ago
A prayer service for Drummer Lee Rigby, the soldier killed by two assailants in south-east London on Wednesday, is held in Middleton.
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New curriculum workload 'too high'

BBC News - 1 hour 13 min ago
More than 80% of nursery and primary school teachers in Scotland have warned of high workloads as a result of the new curriculum, a union claims.
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Sex education struggles with porn

BBC News - 1 hour 14 min ago
In an age when "extremely violent and sadistic imagery is two clicks away", school sex education is struggling to keep pace, suggests a study.
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Germany reports sluggish growth

BBC News - 1 hour 26 min ago
Germany's economy barely grew in the first quarter of the year, figures show, as private consumption helped offset shrinking exports and investment.
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VIDEO: Openly gay US Boy Scouts allowed

BBC News - 1 hour 27 min ago
The Boy Scouts of America organisation has voted to welcome openly gay scouts from January 2014, but a ban on openly gay adult scout leaders will remain in place.
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Giro stage cancelled because of snow

BBC News - 1 hour 33 min ago
Friday's 19th stage of the Giro d'Italia is cancelled because of heavy snow as the race continues to be hit by unseasonal weather.
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Drug linked to teenage girl's death

BBC News - 1 hour 48 min ago
A 16-year-old girl who died after suffering breathing difficulties in Warrington had an ecstasy-like drug in her system, police say.
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