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VIDEO: Lollipop man studies 12th degree

BBC - News - Mon, 2025-05-19 16:28
A West Yorkshire lollipop man is studying for a second PhD, on top of 11 degrees.
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VIDEO: Muamba thanks fans for support

BBC - News - Mon, 2025-05-19 16:28
Bolton's Fabrice Muamba says he is "overwhelmed" by the support he has received from fans, as he returns to the Reebok Stadium to watch his side take on Tottenham.
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Muamba back at 'special' Bolton

BBC - News - Mon, 2025-05-19 16:28
Fabrice Muamba says he is delighted to be back at Bolton after arriving for their meeting with Tottenham at the Reebok Stadium.
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MI6 spy death 'clean-up' theory

BBC - News - Mon, 2025-05-19 16:28
An intelligence expert says a cover up by British Secret Services cannot be ruled out in the death of MI6 officer Gareth Williams.
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VIDEO: Europe selects Jupiter mission

BBC - News - Mon, 2025-05-19 16:28
The European Space Agency (Esa) is to mount a billion-euro mission to Jupiter and its icy moons.
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VIDEO: Scuffles over Chen at hospital

BBC - News - Mon, 2025-05-19 16:28
Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng says he gave up his refuge in the US embassy in Beijing after Chinese authorities made threats to family members.
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VIDEO: Civil servants use tax loopholes

BBC - News - Mon, 2025-05-19 16:28
More than 2,000 public sector workers could be avoiding the full rate of income tax by being paid by the government on special contracts, reports Newsnight's Peter Marshall.
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Pensioner to have sex change op

BBC - News - Mon, 2025-05-19 16:28
A 78-year-old from East Sussex is to become the oldest person ever to have a sex change operation on the NHS.
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'Threats' ousted China activist

BBC - News - Mon, 2025-05-19 16:28
Leading Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng says he left his refuge in the US embassy in Beijing after Chinese authorities made threats to his family.
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Civil servants use tax loopholes

BBC - News - Mon, 2025-05-19 16:28
More than 2,000 public sector workers could be avoiding the full rate of income tax by being paid by the government on special contracts, reports Newsnight's Peter Marshall.
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UN threatens sanctions on Sudans

BBC - News - Mon, 2025-05-19 16:28
The UN Security Council passes a resolution threatening sanctions on Sudan and South Sudan if the two nations fail to halt recent violence.
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Libya lifts religious parties ban

BBC - News - Mon, 2025-05-19 16:28
Libya's NTC lifts its ban on religious parties as Libyans register to vote in June's congressional elections.
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Gingrich suspends presidency bid

BBC - News - Mon, 2025-05-19 16:28
Newt Gingrich halts his White House campaign, but falls short of a full-throated endorsement for presumptive Republican nominee Mitt Romney.
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Climate makes even earlier blooms

BBC - News - Mon, 2025-05-19 16:28
Researchers are surprised by how much earlier plants begin flowering when at elevated temperatures - a far greater effect than models predict.
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Mali hunt for counter-coup troops

BBC - News - Mon, 2025-05-19 16:28
Gunfire is heard in Mali's capital Bamako for a third day as junta patrols hunt down soldiers who tried to stage an counter-coup earlier in the week.
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Research censorship 'problematic'

BBC - News - Mon, 2025-05-19 16:28
The editor of the world-leading scientific journal Nature says current procedures to assess and censor research potentially useful to bioterrorists are "problematic" and need to be improved.
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Austria boycott over Tymoshenko

BBC - News - Mon, 2025-05-19 16:28
Austria's government is to boycott Euro 2012 matches in Ukraine amid concern over the treatment of jailed opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko.
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Hodgson headline 'unacceptable'

BBC - News - Mon, 2025-05-19 16:28
The Football Association says a headline in The Sun about England manager Roy Hodgson's manner of speech was "in poor taste".
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Munch's The Scream sold for $120m

BBC - News - Mon, 2025-05-19 16:28
Norwegian expressionist Edvard Munch's The Scream becomes the most expensive art work sold at auction as it is bought in New York for $119.9m (£74m).
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Immigration union orders walkout

BBC - News - Mon, 2025-05-19 16:28
The Immigration Services Union (ISU) is set to go on a strike next Thursday in a row over pensions, joining members of the Public and Commercial Services Union.
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