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United Kingdom: news

Engineers battle to restore power

Saturday, January 10th 2015, 19:06

Thousands of homes remain without power following the storms that have been battering Scotland.
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Pietersen wants to take on England

Saturday, January 10th 2015, 17:07
related countries: Australia

Ex-England batsman Kevin Pietersen says he wants to play against his old side next week during their tour of Australia.
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VIDEO: In an Ebola treatment centre

Saturday, January 10th 2015, 8:19
related countries: Sierra Leone
related places: Kerry Town

Save The Children says it is confident about the safety procedures at its Ebola treatment centre at Kerry Town in Sierra Leone where a British nurse Pauline Cafferkey caught the disease.
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Shetland given 100mph gusts warning

Saturday, January 10th 2015, 4:35

Shetland is issued with a Met Office amber wind warning amid concerns that it might experience gusts of up to 100mph.
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Pensioners 'could run out of cash'

Saturday, January 10th 2015, 1:34

Pensioners could run out of cash by the age of 75, as a result of rule changes coming into effect in April, the charity Age UK has warned.
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UK businessman loses bid for retrial

Friday, January 9th 2015, 22:14

A Florida judge has rejected a bid for a new trial by a British businessman serving a life sentence for two murders in the 1980s.
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Aer Lingus rebuffs higher offer

Friday, January 9th 2015, 21:30
related countries: Ireland

Ireland's flagship carrier, Aer Lingus, has rejected a revised offer from British Airways owner IAG.
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Cleric Abu Hamza jailed for life

Friday, January 9th 2015, 20:46
related places: New York

Radical Muslim cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri is jailed for life by a New York court for multiple terror offences, following his extradition from the UK.
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Tackling terror 'national priority'

Friday, January 9th 2015, 20:05

Tackling terror is "the national priority", Chancellor George Osborne says, as it emerges suspects in the Charlie Hebdo attack in Paris were on a UK terror watch list.
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Pellegrini defends English referees

Friday, January 9th 2015, 17:44

Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini says the standard of refereeing in England is "good" despite recent criticism.
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Low oil price narrows UK trade gap

Friday, January 9th 2015, 10:54

The falling price of oil helped to narrow the UK's trade gap with the rest of the world in November to its lowest since June 2013, figures show.
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Hawking and Budapest lead Bafta field

Friday, January 9th 2015, 8:48

Eddie Redmayne and Felicity Jones receive major acting nominations for Stephen Hawking biopic The Theory of Everything, while The Grand Budapest Hotel is up for 11 awards.
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MI5 'cannot stop every threat to UK'

Friday, January 9th 2015, 8:29

The threat of a terror attack in the UK is increasing but security services cannot be expected to stop every plot, the head of MI5 warns.
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Cosby faces rape heckle in Canada

Friday, January 9th 2015, 7:05
related countries: Canada
related places: London

Bill Cosby is heckled by a man who shouts "you are a rapist" during a show in London, Ontario.
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Man out of coma after Sydney fight

Friday, January 9th 2015, 6:52

Patrick Lyttle, a 31-year-old man from Northern Ireland, has come out of a coma after allegedly being knocked unconscious by his brother in Sydney.
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Costa Rica boat accident kills three

Friday, January 9th 2015, 1:36
related countries: Canada, Costa Rica, United States

A boat carrying more than 100 people sinks on Costa Rica's Pacific Coast killing a British, an American and a Canadian tourist.
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Children's mental health service cut

Friday, January 9th 2015, 0:04

NHS spending on children's mental health services in England has fallen by more than 6% in real terms since 2010, according to official figures.
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Tesco to close 43 stores across UK

Thursday, January 8th 2015, 21:20

The beleaguered supermarket Tesco has said it will close 43 unprofitable stores, and look to make cuts of £250m, despite enjoying better Christmas sales.
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Greek masterpiece comes to London

Thursday, January 8th 2015, 16:44
related countries: Greece
related places: London

A new exhibition at the British Museum will include what was once dubbed "the most famous Greek body in Europe".
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Bank keeps UK interest rates on hold

Thursday, January 8th 2015, 12:35

UK interest rates have been kept on hold for another month by the Bank of England at a record low of 0.5%.
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Miller returns to Broadway in Cabaret

Thursday, January 8th 2015, 11:10
related places: Broadway

British actress Sienna Miller will return to Broadway to play nightclub singer Sally Bowles in the hit musical Cabaret, replacing Emma Stone.
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VIDEO: First look at largest container ship

Thursday, January 8th 2015, 5:57
related places: Felixstowe

The world's largest container ship has arrived in the UK for the first time at the Port of Felixstowe.
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PM vows co-operation on Paris attack

Wednesday, January 7th 2015, 21:48
related countries: France
related places: Paris

The UK's political leaders and the Queen offer statements of support and solidarity following the Paris terror attack.
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Trott finds form with 79 for Lions

Wednesday, January 7th 2015, 15:56

Jonathan Trott hits 79 from 127 balls as England Lions draw their opening tour game against a Gauteng Invitation XI in Soweto.
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The Interview to receive UK release

Wednesday, January 7th 2015, 12:10
related countries: Ireland

Controversial comedy The Interview is to have "a wide release" in the UK and Ireland, Sony Pictures confirms.
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Top Gear tops iPlayer over Christmas

Wednesday, January 7th 2015, 10:10
related countries: Argentina

The controversial Top Gear special set in Argentina was the most popular BBC iPlayer show over the UK's Christmas period, with demand for the catch-up service rising 25%.
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Bank 'unaware' of financial crisis

Wednesday, January 7th 2015, 7:54

A month before the start of the financial crisis, the Bank of England was apparently unaware of impending trouble, new documents reveal.
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Pryce heads Globe summer season

Tuesday, January 6th 2015, 17:41
related places: London

Actor Jonathan Pryce is to play Shylock in The Merchant of Venice as part of the 2015 summer season at Shakespeare's Globe in London.
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A&E waiting is worst for a decade

Tuesday, January 6th 2015, 13:47

The NHS in England has missed its four-hour A&E waiting time target with performance dropping to its lowest level for a decade, figures show.
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UK services sector loses momentum

Tuesday, January 6th 2015, 10:15

The UK services sector lost momentum at the end of the year, growing at its slowest rate for a year-and-a-half, an influential survey suggests.
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Hospitals declare 'major incidents'

Monday, January 5th 2015, 23:51

Major incidents are declared at a number of hospitals in England as medics struggle to deal with patient numbers.
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Trott falls cheaply on Lions return

Monday, January 5th 2015, 17:36
related countries: South Africa

Batsman Jonathan Trott makes only six on his return to international cricket with England Lions in South Africa.
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UK Ebola nurse has 'stabilised'

Monday, January 5th 2015, 17:32

A British nurse who was diagnosed with Ebola is critically ill but her condition has stabilised, health secretary Jeremy Hunt says.
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Woman's body found at junior school

Monday, January 5th 2015, 14:37
related places: Shrewsbury

Three people are arrested after body of woman in her 20s is found in the grounds of a school in Shrewsbury.
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Gay banner removed from Pride DVD

Monday, January 5th 2015, 12:12
related countries: United States
related places: Pride

CBS Films is examining why references to homosexuality were removed from the DVD cover of the US release of British film Pride.
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UK construction output slows down

Monday, January 5th 2015, 11:16

Activity in the UK's construction sector grew at its slowest pace for 17 months in December but remains robust thanks to continued growth in housebuilding, a survey finds.
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Charity to probe UK Ebola nurse case

Monday, January 5th 2015, 10:29
related countries: Sierra Leone

Save the Children says "no stone will be left unturned" as it investigates how a British nurse contracted Ebola while volunteering in Sierra Leone.
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BBC Sound Of 2015 countdown begins

Monday, January 5th 2015, 7:16

London MC George the Poet takes fifth place in the BBC's Sound Of 2015 list, as the countdown to this year's winner begins.
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Life-saving baby screening expanded

Monday, January 5th 2015, 0:11

Newborn babies across England will be screened for more rare, debilitating genetic diseases from Monday.
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Parties trade early election blows

Sunday, January 4th 2015, 18:25

Prime Minister David Cameron defends his record as Labour says the NHS would not "survive" five more years of his government.
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Coastguard suspends ship crew search

Sunday, January 4th 2015, 16:53

The search for the eight missing crew of the cargo ship Cemfjord in the Pentland Firth is suspended by coastguards.
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Major search after ship overturns

Saturday, January 3rd 2015, 21:50

A major search operation is launched after a ship believed to have had eight crew on board overturns off the north of Scotland.
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British Ebola nurse 'deteriorating'

Saturday, January 3rd 2015, 21:41
related countries: Sierra Leone

UK nurse Pauline Cafferkey, who was diagnosed with Ebola after returning from Sierra Leone, is now in a critical condition, the Royal Free Hospital says.
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Premature baby pair 'stranded in US'

Saturday, January 3rd 2015, 1:03
related countries: United States

A British couple whose baby was born prematurely during a trip to the USA say they expect to be stranded there for three months.
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Ebola flights' UK passengers traced

Friday, January 2nd 2015, 23:47

All the UK-based passengers and crew from two flights taken by a British nurse who contracted Ebola have now received health advice, officials say.
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Engine fire fears ground plane

Friday, January 2nd 2015, 11:45

A plane is forced to make an emergency landing at London Southend Airport after fears one of its engines was on fire.
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Rail fare rises come into effect

Friday, January 2nd 2015, 9:26

Rail fares in England and Wales rise by an average of 2.2%, with trade unions complaining the increase continues to outstrip average wage growth.
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Goldman Sachs UK staff get top bonus

Thursday, January 1st 2015, 14:59
related countries: United States

US investment bank Goldman Sachs paid the highest bonuses to senior staff among banks operating in the UK in 2013, according to research by Reuters.
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Huge UK crowds welcome in new year

Thursday, January 1st 2015, 8:39
related places: London

Thousands of people gather in towns and cities across the UK as firework displays are held to celebrate New Year's Eve.
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Man and woman die in house fire

Thursday, January 1st 2015, 5:39
related places: London

The bodies of a man and a woman are found inside a burned-out house in south-east London after neighbours attempt to rescue the pair but are unable to reach them.
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British acts fill out album top 10

Thursday, January 1st 2015, 0:50

British acts dominate the top 10 best-selling artist albums of the year for the first time in chart history, according to new figures.
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Welby: UK must keep looking outwards

Thursday, January 1st 2015, 0:25
related places: Canterbury

Britons must not turn their backs on all the suffering in the world, the Archbishop of Canterbury will say in his new year address.
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Experimental drug for UK Ebola nurse

Wednesday, December 31st 2014, 16:38

Pauline Cafferkey, the nurse being treated for Ebola, is receiving an experimental anti-viral drug and blood from survivors of the disease, doctors say.
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Ebola screening tests under scrutiny

Wednesday, December 31st 2014, 9:10

Checks for medics returning to the UK after treating Ebola patients are to be reviewed after they cleared a nurse later diagnosed with the virus.
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Nuclear secrets in the Australian outback

Wednesday, December 31st 2014, 7:11
related countries: Aruba

Australians living with the impact of UK nuclear tests
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Poppy duo and acting stars honoured

Wednesday, December 31st 2014, 1:59
related places: London

The creators of the World War One ceramic poppy display at the Tower of London join acting grandees Joan Collins and John Hurt on the New Year Honours list.
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Ebola patient may get plasma therapy

Tuesday, December 30th 2014, 23:07
related places: London

Healthcare worker Pauline Cafferkey, who is battling Ebola at a London hospital, could be offered plasma from patients who have fought off the disease.
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Network Rail boss will not take bonus

Tuesday, December 30th 2014, 17:26

Network Rail chief executive Mark Carne says he will not take his bonus, following recent major rail disruption.
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Ebola patient arrives in London

Tuesday, December 30th 2014, 16:20
related countries: Sierra Leone
related places: Glasgow, London

Healthcare worker Pauline Cafferkey, who was diagnosed with Ebola after returning to Glasgow from Sierra Leone, arrives for specialist care at London's Royal Free Hospital.
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British thank Japan grave family

Tuesday, December 30th 2014, 15:13
related countries: Japan

The ambassador to Japan thanks a family who have tended to a British teacher's grave for 143 years.
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House price growth 'slows again'

Tuesday, December 30th 2014, 10:30

The UK housing market continues to slow down, Nationwide says, with annual house price inflation falling to 7.2% in December.
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Prescription fraud plan criticised

Tuesday, December 30th 2014, 8:44

Pharmacists strongly criticised plans to strengthen checks at the counter for entitlement to free prescriptions in England.
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VIDEO: Amir Khan: 'Pakistan's pupils must stay strong'

Tuesday, December 30th 2014, 0:32
related countries: Pakistan
related places: Amir Khan, Taliban

British boxer Amir Khan has visited a school in Pakistan where Taliban militants massacred 152 people earlier this month.
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Holder Van Gerwen reaches last eight

Monday, December 29th 2014, 23:31

Defending PDC world champion Michael van Gerwen will play Scotland's Robert Thornton in the quarter-finals.
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Virgin jet makes emergency landing

Monday, December 29th 2014, 20:40
related places: London

A Virgin Atlantic Boeing 747 with more than 450 people onboard lands safely at London Gatwick after a "technical issue" with its landing gear.
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Briton tells of 'scary' ferry blaze

Monday, December 29th 2014, 16:27
related countries: Greece

A British man who was aboard an Italian ferry which caught fire near Greece, says he thought he might not make it off the ship alive.
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Ex-Bank governor in new warning

Monday, December 29th 2014, 12:32

Former Bank of England governor Mervyn King says the financial system is still not safe from another crisis.
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Record 2014 freeze for parts of UK

Monday, December 29th 2014, 12:21

Temperatures plunge as England, Wales and Northern Ireland record their lowest temperatures of 2014, BBC Weather says.
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Hodgson sets up England meeting

Monday, December 29th 2014, 12:00

England manager Roy Hodgson arranges a meeting with his players at the end of January so they can look ahead to 2015
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Anglo-Irish language row in 1986

Monday, December 29th 2014, 10:09
related countries: Ireland

Newly-released documents show how the UK and Irish governments clashed over Irish language policy in the 1980s.
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VIDEO: Robot-assisted surgery gains ground

Monday, December 29th 2014, 8:03
related countries: Seychelles

Robot-assisted surgery is becoming increasingly common in UK hospitals, as the BBC's Victoria Gill reports.
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Further rail disruption at stations

Monday, December 29th 2014, 1:42
related places: London

Rail passengers are hit by further delays at London stations as over-running engineering works continued to cause disruption on Sunday night.
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Briton on missing AirAsia flight named

Sunday, December 28th 2014, 19:14

The British national on AirAsia flight QZ8501, which has gone missing with 162 passengers on board, is Chi-Man Choi, the BBC understands.
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Rail chief says passengers let down

Saturday, December 27th 2014, 18:44
related places: London

A senior Network Rail executive apologises for letting passengers down after overrunning engineering works cause chaos for passengers in London.
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Wind blows down Calais migrant fence

Saturday, December 27th 2014, 18:41
related countries: France
related places: Calais

High winds topple part of a new metal fence erected in the French port of Calais to prevent migrants from slipping on to UK-bound ferries.
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Regulator to probe rail work delays

Saturday, December 27th 2014, 17:56
related places: Cross

The Office of Rail Regulation launches an investigation into major disruption to passengers caused by overrunning engineering work at two London stations.
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Celtic 0-0 Ross County

Saturday, December 27th 2014, 17:19

Ross County put the shackles on Celtic as they hold the champions to a point in the Scottish Premiership.
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Motorists stranded by snowfall

Saturday, December 27th 2014, 10:34

Dozens of coach passengers and drivers are left stranded in Yorkshire after snowfall sweeps parts of the UK.
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One man's deportation story

Saturday, December 27th 2014, 0:18
related countries: Zimbabwe
related places: London

Deportation story - one man's journey from London to Zimbabwe
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Snow falls amid weather warnings

Saturday, December 27th 2014, 0:11

Snow, sleet and rain fall in parts of the UK with one airport diverting flights, and forecasters warning of further travel disruption.
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VIDEO: Thai murder testimony put on hold

Friday, December 26th 2014, 14:58
related countries: Thailand

The trial of two men accused of murdering two British holidaymakers on the Thai island of Koh Tao has got under way, the BBC's Jonathan Head reports.
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Former England cricketer Pullar dies

Friday, December 26th 2014, 14:02

Former Lancashire and Gloucestershire batsman Geoff Pullar, who played 28 Tests for England, dies aged 79.
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Judge postpones Thai murder testimony

Friday, December 26th 2014, 12:01
related countries: Burma, Thailand

The judge in the trial of two Burmese men accused of the murder of two British tourists in Thailand postpones witness testimony until July.
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Life choices 'behind many cancers'

Friday, December 26th 2014, 2:40
related places: More

More than four in 10 cancers - 600,000 in the UK alone - could be prevented if people led healthier lives, say experts.
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VIDEO: Catholic leaders pray for persecuted

Thursday, December 25th 2014, 9:49

Cardinal Vincent Nichols, leader of the Roman Catholic Church in England and Wales, asked the congregation at midnight Mass in Westminster Cathedral to pray for victims of persecution.
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Leaders kick off Boxing Day action

Thursday, December 25th 2014, 9:30
related places: Chelsea, Stamford Bridge, West Ham

Chelsea meet West Ham at Stamford Bridge in the first of Boxing Day's 46 fixtures across England's top four divisions.
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SFA rejects Ashley's Gers stake hike

Wednesday, December 24th 2014, 13:41
related places: Ashley

The Scottish FA board rejects Mike Ashley's request to raise his shareholding in Rangers International Football Club to 29.9%.
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UK productivity shows small rise

Wednesday, December 24th 2014, 13:07

UK workers managed to increase their output per hour by 0.6% in the July-to-September period, the Office for National Statistics has said.
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Broad agreement brokered in NI talks

Tuesday, December 23rd 2014, 22:33

A broad agreement is brokered on some key issues in the cross-party Northern Ireland talks.
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Hartley banned for three weeks

Tuesday, December 23rd 2014, 19:53
related places: Leicester, Northampton

Northampton and England hooker Dylan Hartley is banned for three weeks for elbowing Leicester's Matt Smith.
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Syria strikes 'kill 1,100 militants'

Tuesday, December 23rd 2014, 15:43
related countries: Syria, United States

Three months of US-led air strikes have killed at least 1,171 people, mostly Islamic State militants in Syria, a UK-based monitoring group says.
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UK economic growth revised down

Tuesday, December 23rd 2014, 12:45

The UK economy has grown more slowly than previously thought, official figures show, and the current account deficit has widened.
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Ebola nurse to deliver C4 message

Tuesday, December 23rd 2014, 10:31

British Ebola survivor William Pooley is to deliver The Alternative Christmas Message on Channel 4 this year.
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NI talks continue through the night

Tuesday, December 23rd 2014, 10:08

Northern Ireland politicians negotiate through the night in a last-ditch attempt to reach agreement on key issues, including flags, parades and welfare reform.
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Cook aiming to 'enjoy cricket again'

Monday, December 22nd 2014, 21:41

Alastair Cook says he wants to start "enjoying my cricket again" after losing his position as England one-day captain.
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Carrick is England's best - Ferguson

Monday, December 22nd 2014, 20:39

Sir Alex Ferguson describes Manchester United midfielder Michael Carrick as "the best English player in the game".
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NFL player donates pay to ill child

Monday, December 22nd 2014, 14:33

British NFL player Menelik Watson donates his match payment to the family of an ill four-year-old girl.
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Qatar sponsorship deal for Goodwood

Monday, December 22nd 2014, 13:22
related countries: Qatar

Glorious Goodwood will be rebranded the Qatar Goodwood Festival in a 10-year sponsorship deal, the biggest in British racing.
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England remain grounded - Hodgson

Monday, December 22nd 2014, 12:52

Roy Hodgson says England are not getting carried away despite the positive start they have made to Euro 2016 qualifying.
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IMF cuts blamed for Ebola spread

Monday, December 22nd 2014, 11:09

Spending cuts imposed by the International Monetary Fund may have contributed to the rapid spread of Ebola in West Africa, UK-based researchers say.
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