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Virgin Atlantic allows air calls

BBC - News - Thu, 2025-05-15 23:31
Passengers flying Virgin Atlantic from London to New York will soon be able to make in-flight phone calls using personal devices.
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Sausage protection turned down

BBC - News - Thu, 2025-05-15 23:31
An application to give the Lincolnshire sausage special protection is turned down by the government.
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VIDEO: Professor Green and presenter battle

BBC - News - Thu, 2025-05-15 23:31
BBC Breakfast Presenter Bill Turnbull appears in rapper Professor Green's new music video, Remedy.
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Gerrard is named England captain

BBC - News - Thu, 2025-05-15 23:31
England manager Roy Hodgson names Steven Gerrard as his captain for the European Championship campaign.
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Convicted murderer handed freedom

BBC - News - Thu, 2025-05-15 23:31
A man convicted of a 2004 murder is freed after the prosecution said it would not oppose his appeal against the conviction.
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Memorial service for Marie Colvin

BBC - News - Thu, 2025-05-15 23:31
Politicians and journalists take part in a service to celebrate the life of Sunday Times journalist Marie Colvin, killed in Syria in February.
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Jury out in Google Oracle dispute

BBC - News - Thu, 2025-05-15 23:31
A jury has retired to consider claims that Google wilfully infringed patents belonging to Java developer Oracle.
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Ferdinand 'gutted' at Euro snub

BBC - News - Thu, 2025-05-15 23:31
Former captain Rio Ferdinand says he is "gutted" to have been left out of England's 23-man squad for Euro 2012.
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Finance firm creates 164 new jobs

BBC - News - Thu, 2025-05-15 23:31
A London-based financial service firm, Augentius Fund Administration, is to create up to 164 new jobs in Belfast.
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'Savage' killers set man on fire

BBC - News - Thu, 2025-05-15 23:31
Two men who beat a Lithuanian man and set him on fire after stuffing his clothes with paper are jailed for life for his "savage" murder.
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Obama bid raises $44m in April

BBC - News - Thu, 2025-05-15 23:31
US President Barack Obama and the Democratic Party raise a combined $43.6m in April, down from a total of $53m a month earlier.
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VIDEO: Will Smith's Team GB Olympic workout

BBC - News - Thu, 2025-05-15 23:31
Actor Will Smith tried his hand at Olympic sports when he met members from Team GB at the Ethos Centre at Imperial College in London.
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Election lost over names mix-up

BBC - News - Thu, 2025-05-15 23:31
A council apologises after a Labour candidate lost an election when votes were wrongly given to a Conservative rival with a similar name.
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AUDIO: Could you be a Facebook 'addict'?

BBC - News - Thu, 2025-05-15 23:31
The BBC's Gareth Mitchell discusses whether it is possible to be addicted to social networks like Facebook with psychologist Dr Cecilie Andreassen.
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Flight delay payments move closer

BBC - News - Thu, 2025-05-15 23:31
Airlines are likely to be told they must pay compensation to passengers whose flights are delayed by three hours or more.
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VIDEO: 'Petrol used' in Derby fire tragedy

BBC - News - Thu, 2025-05-15 23:31
Petrol was used to start a fire at a house in Derby in which six children died, police have said at a news conference alongside the grief-stricken parents.
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Early school entry 'detrimental'

BBC - News - Thu, 2025-05-15 23:31
Schooling in England should not start until the age of six because having formal lessons too early can put bright children off learning, research claims.
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PM: Euro to 'make-up or break-up'

BBC - News - Thu, 2025-05-15 23:31
Prime Minister David Cameron says the eurozone must make a decision soon on whether to stay together.
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Assad says Syrians back reforms

BBC - News - Thu, 2025-05-15 23:31
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad says the results of last week's widely-criticised parliamentary elections prove people support his reforms.
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Sexting threat comes from peers

BBC - News - Thu, 2025-05-15 23:31
A report commissioned by the NSPCC suggests that children are coming under pressure from friends to post explicit pictures
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