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Qualifications shake-up proposed

BBC - News - Sat, 2025-06-07 14:02
The head of a review into Wales' qualifications system says there needs to be a "significant" cut in the number of courses offered to teenagers, while questioning the future of GCSEs.
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GCSE future question in shake-up

BBC - News - Sat, 2025-06-07 14:02
The future of GCSEs is questioned by the head of a review into whether major changes should be made to the qualifications sat by teenagers in Wales.
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"Touchless" technology in surgery

BBC - News - Sat, 2025-06-07 14:02
Doctors in London are trialling "touchless" gaming technology to help them carry out delicate surgery.
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"Touchless" technology in surgery

BBC - News - Sat, 2025-06-07 14:02
Doctors in London are trialling "touchless" gaming technology to help them carry out delicate surgery.
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Ireland votes on Europe's deficit-fighting treaty

AP - World News - Sat, 2025-06-07 14:02
DUBLIN (AP) -- Irish voters are deciding whether their government can ratify the European Union's fiscal treaty, a deficit-fighting pact designed to bind Ireland and other debt-crippled eurozone members to tighter spending limits....

Ireland votes on Europe's deficit-fighting treaty

AP - World News - Sat, 2025-06-07 14:02
DUBLIN (AP) -- Irish voters are deciding whether their government can ratify the European Union's fiscal treaty, a deficit-fighting pact designed to bind Ireland and other debt-crippled eurozone members to tighter spending limits....

VIDEO: Royal Britannia's barge in pageant

BBC - News - Sat, 2025-06-07 14:02
Preparations for Sunday's Diamond Jubilee River Pageant in London where a thousand boats will travel down the River Thames are almost complete.
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Hero hurled barstools at gunman

CNN - Top Stories - Sat, 2025-06-07 14:02
The man, whom Seattle police call a hero for going after a gunman in a cafe, said his brother died in the World Trade Center terror attacks and he made a vow: "I promised myself ... I would never hide under a table."
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Gunman, 5 others dead in Seattle shootings

CNN - Top Stories - Sat, 2025-06-07 14:02
The suspect in a string of fatal shootings in Seattle died Wednesday evening, several hours after he shot himself in the head at the end of a five-hour manhunt, police said.
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Barnes backs Rodgers at Liverpool

BBC - News - Sat, 2025-06-07 14:02
Liverpool legend John Barnes backs Brendan Rodgers' move from Swansea City to become the new manager at Anfield.
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Barnes urges patience for Rodgers

BBC - News - Sat, 2025-06-07 14:02
Liverpool legend John Barnes backs the club's approach of Brendan Rodgers, but believes he will need time.
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Revered Jerusalem church comes alive at night

AP - World News - Sat, 2025-06-07 14:02
JERUSALEM (AP) -- After the last tourists leave the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem's Old City at nightfall, a little-known but centuries-old tradition unfolds at one of Christianity's holiest sites....

Revered Jerusalem church comes alive at night

AP - World News - Sat, 2025-06-07 14:02
JERUSALEM (AP) -- After the last tourists leave the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem's Old City at nightfall, a little-known but centuries-old tradition unfolds at one of Christianity's holiest sites....

Children in care 'lagging behind'

BBC - News - Sat, 2025-06-07 14:02
Children in care are lagging behind their classmates in Scottish schools to an "unacceptable" degree, a report suggests.
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Children in care 'lagging behind'

BBC - News - Sat, 2025-06-07 14:02
Children in care are lagging behind their classmates in Scottish schools to an "unacceptable" degree, a report has suggested.
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For Obama and Romney, Syria is no-win situation

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2025-06-07 14:02
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Escalating violence in Syria has become the ultimate no-win political situation for President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney: The deepening crisis is impossible for their campaigns to ignore but too complex for them to articulate an easy solution....
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For Obama and Romney, Syria is no-win situation

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2025-06-07 14:02
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Escalating violence in Syria has become the ultimate no-win political situation for President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney: The deepening crisis is impossible for their campaigns to ignore but too complex for them to articulate an easy solution....
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For Obama and Romney, Syria is no-win situation

AP - Politics - Sat, 2025-06-07 14:02
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Escalating violence in Syria has become the ultimate no-win political situation for President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney: The deepening crisis is impossible for their campaigns to ignore but too complex for them to articulate an easy solution....

For Obama and Romney, Syria is no-win situation

AP - Politics - Sat, 2025-06-07 14:02
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Escalating violence in Syria has become the ultimate no-win political situation for President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney: The deepening crisis is impossible for their campaigns to ignore but too complex for them to articulate an easy solution....

Bush is back: Portrait event stirs up odd politics

AP - Politics - Sat, 2025-06-07 14:02
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Keep your friends close, and your former presidents closer....
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