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US storms: Tornadoes wreak havoc in Mississippi - BBC News | 2017-01-23 | null | Aerial footage shows the extent of devastation caused by tornadoes in Mississippi in the US, which claimed the lives of four people | null | Aerial footage shows the extent of devastation caused by tornadoes in Mississippi in the US, which claimed the lives of four people
And a state of emergency has been declared in seven counties in south-central Georgia, where 14 people were killed. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-38715832 |
The English vet saving Sri Lanka’s street dogs - BBC News | 2017-01-23 | null | The vet who left behind her home in England to care for Sri Lanka’s street dogs. | null | A vet has left behind her home in England to care for Sri Lanka’s street dogs.
Janey Lowes from Barnard Castle, County Durham, has spent the past two years caring for the neglected animals.
There are about three million street dogs on the island – about 60% of puppies born on the street do not survive to adulthood.
... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-38691375 |
Thomas Friedman, NYT: 'I fear a 'chaos presidency' - BBC News | 2017-01-23 | null | New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman says he fears there will be a 'chaos presidency' | null | "I think they're going to pay a big price" - that's what Donald Trump said about journalists whom he described as "the most dishonest human beings on earth".
Thomas Friedman, a New York Times columnist and three times Pulitzer-prize winner, tells the Today programme that President Trump was a "chaos candidate" and he ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-38718266 |
Australian Open: Jo-Wilfried Tsonga shares heartfelt letter from ball girl - BBC News | 2017-01-23 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Jo-Wilfried Tsonga shares a thank you note from a ball girl named Giuliana, whom he helped at the 2016 Australian Open. | Australia | It was the gesture at last year's Australian Open tennis tournament that made headlines around the world.
During his second-round match, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga noticed a ball girl was fighting back tears after being struck by a ball.
The Frenchman stopped play to check on the girl before looping his arm through hers and ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-38713952 |
What executive actions has Trump taken? - BBC News | 2017-01-23 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | President Trump signs a flurry of orders as he lays out his presidential agenda. | US & Canada | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. What exactly is an executive order, and how significant are they to a president's legacy?
One of the first ways a new president is able to exercise political power is through unilateral executive orders.
While legislative e... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-38695593 |
Newmarket organ donor baby, Hope Lee, was UK's youngest - BBC News | 2017-01-23 | null | The parents of the UK's youngest organ donor want to meet the woman whose life their baby daughter saved. | null | The parents of the UK's youngest organ donor want to meet the woman whose life their baby daughter saved.
Her parents Andrew and Emma Lee have received a letter from the 26-year-old woman, who received liver cells from their baby, saying how "thankful" she is.
Mr Lee said they "would love" to meet her.
For more on t... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-suffolk-38716199 |
Your pictures: My diet - BBC News | 2017-01-23 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Each week, we publish a gallery of readers' pictures on a set theme. This week it is "My diet". | In Pictures | And finally Teddy Everett sent in an image titled Fruit ninja. The next theme is "Winter views" and the deadline for your entries is 24 January. If you would like to enter, send your pictures to yourpics@bbc.co.uk. Further details and terms can be found by following the link to "We set the theme; you take the pictures,... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-38676099 |
Ten seconds to demolish 19 buildings - BBC News | 2017-01-23 | null | Five tonnes of explosives are used to demolish a series of tower blocks in Wuhan, China. | null | In just ten seconds, 19 buildings were demolished in Wuhan, China, in an operation using five tonnes of explosives. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-38714059 |
Virtually cycling the length of Britain - BBC News | 2017-01-23 | null | A digital games programmer from Angus is thought to be the first person to cycle from Land's End to John o'Groats in virtual reality (VR). | null | A digital games programmer from Angus is thought to be the first person to cycle from Land's End to John o'Groats in virtual reality (VR).
Aaron Puzey did it without leaving home. He used an exercise bike, publicly available images and a smartphone app he wrote himself.
He rode more than 900 miles, burning 50,000 cal... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-38688618 |
Lagos living: Solving Nigeria's megacity housing crisis - BBC News | 2017-01-23 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Nigeria's largest city Lagos is facing a housing crisis. The BBC's Nancy Kacungira looks at how entrepreneurs are trying to solve the crisis. | Africa | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. New Nigerian homes are being built on land reclaimed from the Atlantic Ocean
Nigeria's largest city Lagos is facing a housing crisis. The BBC's Nancy Kacungira looks at how entrepreneurs are trying to solve the crisis.
Affo... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-38688796 |
'How we built India's biggest robot company' - BBC News | 2017-01-23 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | GreyOrange is India's biggest robotics company, making machines which support the country's booming online retail industry. | Business | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. How GreyOrange is becoming India's home-grown robotics giant
In 2008, engineering student Samay Kohli wanted to build a humanoid robot, but his professor told him it would not be possible.
Along with his fellow student Akas... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-38664034 |
UK-EU trade deal: Another WTO issue - BBC News | 2017-01-23 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | If the UK and the EU are going to have a trade agreement, it is best to get as many sectors covered as possible to reduce the chances of a WTO challenge. | Business | The UK is set for a hard Brexit from the EU
So the UK, it seems, is headed out of the European Union's single market, perhaps also out of the customs union.
Prime Minister Theresa May has said she wants to preserve barrier-free trade between the UK and the EU as far as possible.
One option that has been floated, if ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-38658025 |
Golf must speed up to attract new fans - and a 54-hole cut can help - BBC Sport | 2017-01-23 | null | Golf needs to reach out to new audiences - and a second cut after 54 holes is one way of speeding up the game, argues Iain Carter. | null | Watching Tommy Fleetwood smashing a three-wood to the home green, imploring it to reach its distant target to help him clinch a prestigious title, was outstanding sporting theatre.
Here was a 26-year-old English star confirming his golfing renaissance by seizing the moment in champion style. He held off major winners ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/golf/38713186 |
Family of Brighton cancer vlogger Charlotte Eades finds unseen videos - BBC News | 2017-01-23 | null | The family of a teenager who died from a brain tumour has discovered dozens of previously unseen videos she made. | null | The family of a teenager who died from a brain tumour has discovered dozens of previously unseen videos she made.
Charlotte Eades, who died last February at the age of 19, was diagnosed with glioblastoma when she was 16.
On her YouTube channel the teenager from Brighton shared more than 100 inspirational videos about... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-38697237 |
Jetpack firefighting system showcased in Dubai - BBC News | 2017-01-23 | null | A firefighting system involving a jet ski and water-powered jetpack has been showcased in Dubai. | null | This video can not be played
To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-38711494 |
James Haskell: There were times when I thought I was never going to recover - BBC Sport | 2017-01-23 | null | England flanker James Haskell admits there were times he feared his career might be over as he tried to regain fitness after a toe operation. | null | England flanker James Haskell admits he doubted whether he would ever return from the foot injury which kept him out of action for six months.
After his long-awaited comeback a fortnight ago was curtailed because of concussion, he played for almost an hour in Wasps' win at Zebre on Sunday.
"It's been the hardest six ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/38720899 |
Australian Open 2017: Johanna Konta 'prepared' for Serena Williams quarter-final - BBC Sport | 2017-01-23 | null | British number one Johanna Konta believes she has done everything she can to be ready for her first meeting with Serena Williams. | null | Last updated on .From the section Tennis
Williams v Konta coverage: Wednesday, 02:00 GMT: Live commentary on BBC Radio 5 live; live text commentary on the BBC Sport website. Wednesday, 16:45 GMT: TV highlights on BBC Two.
British number one Johanna Konta believes she has done everything she can to be ready for her fi... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/38716313 |
Austria teaches asylum seekers how to ski - BBC News | 2017-01-23 | null | Austria is working to integrate asylum seekers by teaching them how to ski. | null | Austria is trying to integrate asylum seekers after over 90,000 arrived in 2015 – around 1% of the country's population.
In Tyrol, a ski school is providing free lessons, as Bethany Bell reports from the resort of Seefeld. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-38653076 |
Can selfies really be art? London's Saatchi Gallery thinks so - BBC News | 2017-01-23 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Ahead of a London gallery opening its first selfie exhibition, can such pictures really be considered art? | Entertainment & Arts | "Selfie" was named Oxford Dictionaries' word of the year in 2013
The next time you snap a selfie with your friends on holiday or a night out - you might just be creating the next artistic masterpiece.
London's Saatchi Gallery is planning a new exhibition to explore the importance of selfies as an art form.
It will f... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-38716722 |
The dental nurse who became an alligator catcher - BBC News | 2017-01-23 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Texan Christy Kroboth used to have a quiet job in a dentist's surgery. Now she spends her time jumping on animals many times her size - and taping their jaws tightly shut. | Magazine | Christy Kroboth gave up her career as a dental nurse to focus on animals with a lot more teeth - alligators. When she started training as an alligator catcher she was the only woman in her class, but - as she describes here - that made her even more determined to show she could jump on an animal many times her size, an... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-38641709 |
10 things we didn't know last week - BBC News | 2017-01-23 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Cambridge University has a professor of play, and more news nuggets. | Magazine | 3. Some drugs used to treat Parkinson's disease have had the side-effect of turning patients into gambling addicts.
4. Vladimir Putin thinks Russian prostitutes are "undoubtedly the best in the world".
5. The expression to "shed crocodile tears" exists in 45 European languages as well as Arabic, Swahili, Persian, Ind... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-38662601 |
The Australian Muslim MP fighting the trolls - BBC News | 2017-01-23 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Dr Mehreen Faruqi uses social media to expose those who bombard her with sexist and racist abuse. | Australia | The first Muslim woman to be a member of parliament in Australia is fighting back against social media trolls who bombard her with sexist and racist abuse.
Dr Mehreen Faruqi is an Australian Greens Party MP in the New South Wales Upper House, and a former environmental engineer, who fled an "oppressive regime in Pakis... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-38676799 |
Formula 1 takeover by Liberty Media: Can F1 be liberated from its 'dysfunction'? - BBC Sport | 2017-01-23 | null | From races in New York to a fairer share of the earnings for the teams, changes in Formula 1 could soon come. Big changes. | null | Formula 1 is about to be under new ownership - and it could lead to profound changes in the sport.
US group Liberty Media is poised to complete its takeover of the commercial side of F1, possibly as early as this week, and has big plans to grow the sport in a number of areas.
At the same time, it has problems to sort... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/38679158 |
Cambridge scientists consider fake news 'vaccine' - BBC News | 2017-01-23 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Concern at fabricated stories on websites prompts a psychological study to help people spot fake news. | UK | The appearance of fake news on websites and social media has inspired scientists to develop a "vaccine" to immunise people against the problem.
Researchers suggest "pre-emptively exposing" readers to a small "dose" of the misinformation can help organisations cancel out bogus claims.
Stories on the US election and Sy... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-38714404 |
Land Rover thefts 'rise after Defender production ends' - BBC News | 2017-01-23 | null | Thieves are using tracking devices to steal Land Rovers which are then broken down and exported. | null | Thieves are using tracking devices to steal Land Rovers which are then broken down and exported.
The final Land Rover Defender rolled off the production line in January 2016 - the NFU Mutual insurance company says since then there has been a surge in theft claims.
Some Land Rover owners are now fighting back by using... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-38697243 |
Michelle O'Neill: The Sinn Féin Northern leader's political career - BBC News | 2017-01-23 | null | As Michelle O'Neill becomes the new Sinn Féin leader north of the border, BBC News NI looks at her career to date. | null | As Michelle O'Neill becomes the new Sinn Féin leader north of the border, BBC News NI looks at her career to date. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-38716818 |
Dave Ryding records Britain's best alpine World Cup result for 35 years - BBC Sport | 2017-01-23 | null | Skier Dave Ryding matches Britain's best alpine World Cup result by finishing second in the Kitzbuhel slalom in Austria. | null | Skier Dave Ryding matches Britain's best alpine World Cup result by finishing second in the Kitzbuhel slalom in Austria, equalling Konrad Bartelski's placing in the downhill in Italy in 1981. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/winter-sports/38721316 |
Trump inauguration: Two Americas in 24 hours - BBC News | 2017-01-23 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | In the space of 24 hours, events in Washington showed two Americas, poles apart. | US & Canada | In the space of 24 hours, Washington was the scene of two Americas.
President Trump's supporters came feeling they've just taken their country back.
The protesters on the women's march feel they have just lost theirs. It is that stark.
The mood at the march was determinedly cheerful, there were men, children and lot... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-38707721 |
How the barcode changed retailing and manufacturing - BBC News | 2017-01-23 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | How a design originally drawn in the sand led to the growth of giant supermarkets. | Business | In 1948, N Joseph Woodland - a graduate student at the Drexel Institute in Philadelphia - was pondering a challenge from a local retailer: how to speed up the tedious process of checking out in his stores by automating transactions.
A smart young man, Woodland - known as Joseph - had worked on the Manhattan Project du... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-38498700 |
The Gambia: 'Concern' over missing state millions - BBC News | 2017-01-23 | null | More than $11m (£8.8m) is missing from The Gambia's state coffers after its leader's departure. | null | More than $11m (£8.8m) is missing from The Gambia's state coffers following the departure of long-time leader Yahya Jammeh.
Mr Jammeh flew into exile on Saturday, ending his 22 years in power. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-38715834 |
Who will succeed Sinn Féin's Martin McGuinness? - BBC News | 2017-01-23 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | As Martin McGuinness steps down, who will take over as Sinn Féin's leader in Northern Ireland? | Northern Ireland | Sinn Féin's successor as Northern Ireland leader of the party will be announced next week
Former deputy first minister Martin McGuinness has confirmed he will not stand in the Northern Ireland Assembly election.
His successor as Sinn Féin's leader in Northern Ireland will be announced next week.
So who will replace ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-38684941 |
Stars appear at Trainspotting sequel premiere - BBC News | 2017-01-23 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Ewan McGregor leads the cast of the Trainspotting sequel at the film's world premiere in Edinburgh. | Edinburgh, Fife & East Scotland | T2 stars Kelly Macdonald and Ewan McGregor at the Edinburgh premiere
The cast of the Trainspotting sequel have gathered in Edinburgh for the film's world premiere.
Original cast members Ewan McGregor, Robert Carlyle, Jonny Lee Miller and Ewen Bremner all feature in T2 Trainspotting.
The sequel has been made 21 years... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-38710168 |
Newspaper headlines: May's 'missile crisis' over Trident failure - BBC News | 2017-01-23 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Reaction to the reported failure of a Trident missile test is widely reported, while the prime minister's upcoming meeting with Donald Trump stays in the headlines. | The Papers | The revelation of a reported malfunction during the test firing of a Trident missile in June is widely covered in Monday's press.
The Daily Mail says it is likely the unarmed missile was made to crash harmlessly into the sea but the "fiasco" caused major panic in Downing Street.
Prime Minister Theresa May, reports th... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-the-papers-38714029 |
Ronnie O'Sullivan beats Joe Perry to win record seventh Masters title - BBC Sport | 2017-01-23 | null | Ronnie O'Sullivan fights back to beat Joe Perry 10-7 and secure a record seventh Masters title. | null | Last updated on .From the section Snooker
Ronnie O'Sullivan won a record seventh Masters title by coming from behind to beat Joe Perry 10-7 in the final at London's Alexandra Palace.
Perry, in his first Triple Crown final at the age of 42, led 4-1 but missed a straightforward red for a 5-1 lead.
O'Sullivan won seven... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/snooker/38710379 |
Nicola Adams: Could two-time Olympic champion headline Las Vegas? - BBC Sport | 2017-01-23 | null | Two-time Olympic champion Nicola Adams has turned professional and will make her debut on 8 April, but how far could she go? | null | Two-time Olympic champion Nicola Adams has turned professional and will make her debut on 8 April, but how far could she go? | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/boxing/38721406 |
What will happen in Donald Trump's first 100 days? - BBC News | 2017-01-23 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A new BBC News series will analyse the all-important first weeks of Donald Trump's presidency | US & Canada | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Can Trump accomplish what he wants?
Donald Trump has promised to take Washington by storm.
There is almost nothing the new American president does not want to change - policy, tone, foreign relations, the press pool. Mr Tru... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-38720658 |
Australian Open: Johanna Konta beats Ekaterina Makarova in straight sets - BBC Sport | 2017-01-23 | null | Britain's Johanna Konta beats Russian Ekaterina Makarova 6-1 6-4 to set up an Australian Open quarter-final against Serena Williams. | null | Britain's Johanna Konta produces a terrific performance to beat Russian Ekaterina Makarova 6-1 6-4 and set up an Australian Open quarter-final against Serena Williams. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/38725228 |
Ryan Mason: Hull City midfielder talking again after fracturing skull - BBC Sport | 2017-01-23 | null | Hull midfielder Ryan Mason is conscious and has been speaking about the incident in which he fractured his skull during Sunday's game at Chelsea. | null | Last updated on .From the section Football
Hull City midfielder Ryan Mason is conscious and has been speaking about the incident in which he fractured his skull during Sunday's game at Chelsea, the club said in a statement.
Mason, 25, clashed heads with Blues defender Gary Cahill 13 minutes into the Premier League ma... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/38718324 |
'New town' Milton Keynes celebrates 50th anniversary - BBC News | 2017-01-23 | null | In January 1967 a new town was born, in what had been a cluster of sleepy Buckinghamshire villages. | null | Conceived as a new town to ease the London housing shortage, Milton Keynes is celebrating its 50th anniversary.
Love it or loathe it, Milton Keynes has successfully attracted families and businesses and is used as a model for new towns across the world. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-38716423 |
'Allo 'Allo! star Gorden Kaye dies at 75 - BBC News | 2017-01-23 | null | Gorden Kaye, best known for playing Rene Artois in the long-running BBC sitcom 'Allo 'Allo!, has died aged 75. | null | Gorden Kaye, best known for playing Rene Artois in the long-running BBC sitcom 'Allo 'Allo!, has died aged 75.
The star's former agency confirmed to BBC News he died at a care home on Monday morning.
David Sillito looks back at his career. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-38724051 |
Bernie Ecclestone removed as Liberty Media completes $8bn takeover - BBC Sport | 2017-01-23 | null | Bernie Ecclestone is removed from his position running F1 as US giant Liberty Media completes its $8bn (£6.4bn) takeover of the sport. | null | Bernie Ecclestone has been removed from his position running Formula 1 as US giant Liberty Media completed its $8bn (£6.4bn) takeover of the sport.
Ecclestone, 86, who has been in charge for nearly 40 years, has been appointed chairman emeritus and will act as an adviser to the board.
Chase Carey has had Ecclestone's... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/38723001 |
Chapecoense: Brazilian team play first game since plane crash - BBC News | 2017-01-23 | null | Chapecoense football team has played its first match since the plane crash that killed most of its athletes. | null | Chapecoense football team has played its first match since the plane crash that killed most of its players.
Before the game’s start, the three players who survived the accident and families of the victims received medals and the Copa Sudamericana trophy.
The team was heading to Colombia to play in the first leg of th... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-38710231 |
2,000 guitars in mini scale - BBC News | 2017-01-23 | null | A musician from Opole in Poland has made 2,000 mini guitars. | null | This video can not be played
To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-38712423 |
Sean Spicer: Who is President Trump's spin doctor? - BBC News | 2017-01-23 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | New White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer has warned that the media will be held "accountable". | US & Canada | In a 2014 lecture to students at his former high school, Sean Spicer outlined a set of 17 "rules for life" that they would be wise to follow.
Rule number 16, he told the students at Portsmouth Abbey in Rhode Island: "Follow your mom's advice: It's not what you say, but how you say it. The tone and tenor of your words ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-38711850 |
Australian Open 2017: Rafael Nadal, Milos Raonic, Grigor Dimitrov, David Goffin in last eight - BBC Sport | 2017-01-23 | null | Rafael Nadal reaches the Australian Open quarter-finals with a hard-fought four-set victory over Gael Monfils. | null | Last updated on .From the section Tennis
Coverage: Daily live commentary on BBC Radio 5 live sports extra; live text on selected matches on the BBC Sport website; TV highlights on BBC Two and online from 21 January.
Rafael Nadal reached the Australian Open quarter-finals with a hard-fought four-set victory over Gael ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/38715060 |
Anti-Trump rant woman removed from Alaska Airlines plane - BBC News | 2017-01-23 | null | A passenger is removed from an Alaska Airlines flight for berating the President Trump supporter seated next to her. | null | A woman has been removed from an Alaska Airlines flight after berating the President Trump supporter seated next to her.
Scott Koteskey - the man she confronted - filmed the incident and uploaded it to Facebook.
The airline told the BBC the woman had insulted other passengers before boarding the plane, and that it st... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-38723929 |
The NHS mental health chief who had a nervous breakdown - BBC News | 2017-01-23 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A social media post written by a former NHS director of mental health about her own depression has gone viral | BBC Trending | "Perhaps not the most flattering photo of me, but I'm sharing this awful picture and my story to help increase understanding of the impact of mental illness and to celebrate my recovery."
"As I have worked in mental health services for 29 years, one would think I would be immune to mental illness."
In a LinkedIn post... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-trending-38720826 |
Eurovision 2017: Which former X Factor contestant will represent the UK? - BBC News | 2017-01-23 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Every one of this year's UK Eurovision hopefuls is a former X Factor contestant. | Entertainment & Arts | Lucie Jones and Danyl Johnson both competed on X Factor in 2009
This year's UK Eurovision hopefuls have been revealed - and every one of them is a former X Factor contestant.
Among the more recognisable names are Lucie Jones and Danyl Johnson, who both featured in the 2009 series, which was eventually won by Joe McEl... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-38718362 |
Arsene Wenger: Arsenal manager is charged with misconduct by FA - BBC Sport | 2017-01-23 | null | Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger is charged by the Football Association for verbally abusing and pushing a fourth official. | null | Last updated on .From the section Football
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has been charged by the Football Association with verbal abusing and pushing fourth official Anthony Taylor during Sunday's Premier League game against Burnley.
Wenger, 67, pushed Taylor after being sent off in the closing stages of the Gunners'... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/38722906 |
Thatcher secret test drive revealed in newly released files - BBC News | 2017-01-23 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Newly released personal files shed new light on the ex-PM's time at Number 10. | UK Politics | Margaret Thatcher test-drove the new Rover outside 10 Downing Street - but not before a practice session
Officials feared Margaret Thatcher could crash Rover's new car when she test-drove it for a photocall, newly released papers suggest.
A secret rehearsal was arranged at Chequers for the then PM to "familiarise" he... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-38717028 |
Sam Warburton: Wales flanker reflects on losing captaincy - BBC Sport | 2017-01-23 | null | Sam Warburton says he is "more hungry" after losing the Wales captaincy and backs Alun Wyn Jones as a capable successor. | null | Last updated on .From the section Welsh Rugby
Sam Warburton says he remains as hungry as ever to play for Wales despite losing the captaincy to Alun Wyn Jones.
Wales start their Six Nations campaign in Italy on 5 February with Warburton endorsing interim head coach Rob Howley's decision to appoint Jones.
Warburton, ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/38724392 |
Premature babies benefit from compact MRI scanner - BBC News | 2017-01-23 | null | Doctors in Sheffield are pioneering the use of a compact neonatal MRI scanner, one of only two in the world. | null | Doctors in Sheffield are pioneering the use of a compact neonatal MRI scanner to scan the brains of premature babies.
The machine at the Royal Hallamshire Hospital, one of only two in the world, is being used instead of ultrasound. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-38724048 |
Leicester defeat shows when a diamond does not work - Danny Murphy - BBC Sport | 2017-01-23 | null | Leicester's latest away defeat came because they got their tactics wrong, says Match of the Day 2 pundit Danny Murphy | null | Leicester's defeat at Southampton was a great example of how tactics, rather than players, are hugely important in deciding football matches.
You still need a talented, intelligent team with the ability to carry those tactics out for you, of course, but your system can win or lose a game for you - just the same as an ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/38713714 |
Supreme Court judgement on Brexit - BBC News | 2017-01-24 | null | The Supreme Court rules on whether Parliament or ministers have the power to begin the Brexit process. | null | The Supreme Court rules on whether Parliament or ministers have the power to begin the Brexit process. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-38729017 |
France's Benoit Hamon rouses Socialists with basic income plan - BBC News | 2017-01-24 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | What does the rise of left-wing presidential hopeful Benoit Hamon say about France's Socialists? | Europe | Benoit Hamon has been short on detail with his plan for basic income in France
He's been called the "French Bernie Sanders". After his decisive win in the first round of France's Socialist party primary, left-wing rebel, Benoit Hamon is suddenly the centre of attention.
But what do his rapid rise and eye-catching pol... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-38723219 |
Australian Open 2017: Roger Federer 'surprised' by semi-final run - BBC Sport | 2017-01-24 | null | Roger Federer says he did not expect to reach the Australian Open semi-finals after a six-month injury lay-off. | null | Last updated on .From the section Tennis
Williams v Konta coverage: Wednesday, 02:00 GMT: Live commentary on BBC Radio 5 live sports extra; live text commentary on the BBC Sport website. Wednesday, 16:45 GMT: TV highlights on BBC Two.
Seventeen-time Grand Slam winner Roger Federer says he did not expect to reach the ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/38732740 |
Cable warns of 'appalling' record on skills - BBC News | 2017-01-24 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Britain has done appallingly badly at vocational education for many years, says Sir Vince Cable. | Education & Family | Vince Cable says the low status of vocational qualifications has deep roots
"Britain has done appallingly badly at vocational education for many years," says Sir Vince Cable, former business secretary, as Theresa May's industrial strategy promises to regenerate technical training and tackle the skills shortage.
But w... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-38723070 |
Is Saatchi Gallery selfie exhibition just self-promotion? - BBC News | 2017-01-24 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | What happens when an art gallery gets together with a PR company and a smartphone manufacturer? | Entertainment & Arts | Taj Mahal Self-Portrait, a 1966 photograph by George Harrison that features in the exhibition
I have never taken a selfie. I'm far too ugly.
That said, I have ruined other people's, on those occasions when asked by a friend or arts fan to join them in a smartphone photo.
I'm happy to say yes - it's not as if I'm eve... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-38724303 |
Carl Frampton ready to conquer Leo Santa Cruz for the second time in Las Vegas - BBC Sport | 2017-01-24 | null | Carl Frampton plans to emphasise his growing status in boxing by beating Leo Santa Cruz for a second time this weekend says BBC Sport NI's Thomas Kane. | null | Last updated on .From the section Boxing
Coverage: Live commentary on BBC Radio 5 live, plus live text commentary on the BBC Sport website and BBC Sport app
Recently Carl Frampton joked that when he had Julius Caesar's words tattooed on his chest at 18-years-old, he hadn't achieved much. How times have changed.
As h... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/boxing/38735706 |
Western Sahara: Forty years in a refugee camp - BBC News | 2017-01-24 | null | Thousands of Sahrawis, natives of Western Sahara, have been living in refugee camps in Algeria for some 40 years. As the political deadlock continues, they face a cut in aid. | null | Thousands of Sahrawis, natives of Western Sahara, have been living in refugee camps in Algeria for more than 40 years.
As the political deadlock continues, they face a cut in aid and some fear renewed conflict. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-38717078 |
Voter fraud claims: White House defends Trump's stance - BBC News | 2017-01-24 | null | White House press secretary Sean Spicer spars with reporters over unproven voter fraud claims. | null | This video can not be played
To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-38735858 |
Trainspotting: Using Born Slippy 'serendipitous' - BBC News | 2017-01-24 | null | Underworld talks about how life has changed since Trainspotting | null | Born Slippy by Underworld, from the original Trainspotting, was released in 1996. It was co-written by Rick Smith who went on to work with Trainspotting's director Danny Boyle on the opening ceremony of the Olympics.
Rick Smith tells the Today programme life for the band completely changed after Born Slippy was used i... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-38729414 |
Oscar nominations 2017: How diverse is this year's line-up? - BBC News | 2017-01-24 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | After the #OscarsSoWhite controversies of the last two years, 2017 promises to be a more diverse affair. | Entertainment & Arts | Dev Patel is nominated for Lion and Viola Davis is nominated for Fences
After the #OscarsSoWhite controversies of the last two years, 2017 promises to be a more diverse affair.
In the acting categories there are a total of seven nominees from ethnic minority backgrounds.
Denzel Washington is nominated as best actor ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-38730038 |
Sir Alex Ferguson: Manchester United making progress under Jose Mourinho - BBC Sport | 2017-01-24 | null | Manchester United are making progress under Jose Mourinho and are "unlucky" not to be challenging league leaders Chelsea, says Sir Alex Ferguson. | null | Manchester United are making progress under Jose Mourinho and are "unlucky" not to be challenging Chelsea, says their former boss Sir Alex Ferguson.
Ferguson, 75, stepped down in 2013 but retains close ties to Old Trafford and attends most games.
"I think he has done a great job," said the Scot in an exclusive interv... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/38735437 |
Oscars winners 2017: The full list - BBC News | 2017-01-24 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | All the winners at this year's Academy Awards. | Entertainment & Arts | The full list of winners at the 89th Academy Awards.
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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-38716725 |
In pictures: The Pole who works in a UK hospital - BBC News | 2017-01-24 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Photographer Ed Gold spends a day in the life of a Pole working in a UK hospital. | In Pictures | Anna Maria Bak, 27, is Polish and works in A&E at Colchester General Hospital. Here, photographer Ed Gold takes a snapshot of her life in Britain.
"I came to the UK for the first time in 2010. I had studied English philology at university in the Polish town of Krosno. Philology is the study of language in historical l... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-38637627 |
2018 Paralympics: Russia could miss Games, says IPC president Sir Philip Craven - BBC Sport | 2017-01-24 | null | Russian athletes could be banned from next year's Winter Paralympics, says the president of the International Paralympic Committee. | null | Last updated on .From the section Disability Sport
Russian athletes may still be banned at next year's Winter Paralympics, says the president of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC).
Sir Philip Craven also said the achievements of athletes at the Sochi Games in 2014 have been "tarnished" by the Russian doping... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/winter-sports/38728407 |
Freezing fog covers London landmarks - BBC News | 2017-01-24 | null | Freezing fog has covered most of southern England, cancelling flights at London airports and raising pollution levels. | null | Freezing fog has covered most of southern England, cancelling flights at London airports and raising pollution levels. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-38723923 |
Why Bill Clinton helped a 33-year-old build a $1bn firm - BBC News | 2017-01-24 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | How Andy Kuper built investment firm Leapfrog, which aims to help pull people out of poverty in the developing world by investing in insurance and healthcare firms. | Business | It took Andy Kuper a year and a half before he secured any investment for his company
If you are going to get someone famous to launch your global business officially, it is hard to do better than President Bill Clinton.
Yet as Andy Kuper will attest, it can be a nerve-racking experience.
Back in September 2008, Pre... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-38650096 |
Milton Keynes: The middle-aged new town - BBC News | 2017-01-24 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Milton Keynes is perhaps the best known of the 20th Century's "new towns", but how has it changed over the past 50 years? | Beds, Herts & Bucks | The rhythm of the tree planting and its relationship to the columns of the buildings they stand near are "not accidental", says Mr Shostak
Most towns grow and evolve over hundreds if not thousands of years. Not so Milton Keynes, which is 50 years old. Perhaps the best known of the 20th Century "new towns", it has its ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-38594140 |
Newspaper headlines: Trident 'cover-up' and food cancer risk - BBC News | 2017-01-24 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Fall-out from the reported malfunction of a Trident missile test continues to lead a number of papers, while the cancer risk of certain foods is among the other stories to appear. | The Papers | The papers look at whether Prime Minister Theresa May will have to give MPs a vote before triggering Article 50
The Trident missile row is the lead for the Times, the Guardian and the Mirror.
According to the Times, the Obama administration asked Britain to keep details of the botched test secret.
It quotes a Britis... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-the-papers-38726376 |
Mel Giedroyc: Why I turned down Strictly Come Dancing - BBC News | 2017-01-24 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Ex-Bake Off host Mel Giedroyc says she is too young to be Strictly Come Dancing's "comedy old bag". | Entertainment & Arts | Mel Giedroyc can currently be seen on a different Saturday night show - Let It Shine
Former Great British Bake Off host Mel Giedroyc has revealed she was once offered the chance to appear as a contestant on Strictly Come Dancing - but turned it down.
"I love watching it so much I almost didn't want to spoil the pleas... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-38718281 |
What executive actions has Trump taken? - BBC News | 2017-01-24 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | President Trump signs a flurry of orders as he lays out his presidential agenda. | US & Canada | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. What exactly is an executive order, and how significant are they to a president's legacy?
One of the first ways a new president is able to exercise political power is through unilateral executive orders.
While legislative e... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-38695593 |
Trump and truth - BBC News | 2017-01-24 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Why the struggle over who defines the facts will be a central feature of the Trump administration | US & Canada | This is a critical moment for journalism, particularly in the United States.
More than 40 years ago, the unmasking of the Watergate break-in inspired journalists around the world.
Reporters appeared as tireless investigators holding the most powerful to account.
Now, a new president declares the fourth estate "disho... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-38731191 |
Chase Carey says Bernie Ecclestone exit means Formula 1 can be run differently - BBC Sport | 2017-01-24 | null | Bernie Ecclestone has been removed as boss of F1 because the sport "needs a fresh start", new chairman Chase Carey tells BBC Sport. | null | Bernie Ecclestone has been removed as Formula 1's boss because the sport "needs a fresh start", says new chairman Chase Carey.
Carey has been put in charge by Liberty Media, the US group which completed its $8bn (£6.4bn) takeover of the sport.
The American told BBC Sport he had "tremendous respect" for Ecclestone, bu... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/38731760 |
Why Brexit ruling is a relief for the government - BBC News | 2017-01-24 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The government lost its Supreme Court appeal, but ministers will still be relieved at the ruling. | UK Politics | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The BBC's Laura Kuenssberg sets out three key points from the ruling
Certainly, the prime minister did not want to find herself in the position of having to ask MPs for permission to start our divorce from the European Union... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-38730907 |
Lagos living: Solving Nigeria's megacity housing crisis - BBC News | 2017-01-24 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Nigeria's largest city Lagos is facing a housing crisis. The BBC's Nancy Kacungira looks at how entrepreneurs are trying to solve the crisis. | Africa | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. New Nigerian homes are being built on land reclaimed from the Atlantic Ocean
Nigeria's largest city Lagos is facing a housing crisis. The BBC's Nancy Kacungira looks at how entrepreneurs are trying to solve the crisis.
Affo... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-38688796 |
British Grand Prix staying on the calendar, says new F1 boss Chase Carey - BBC Sport | 2017-01-24 | null | New Formula 1 boss Chase Carey says there will be a race in Britain despite speculation Silverstone could be dropped by 2019. | null | Last updated on .From the section Formula 1
New Formula 1 boss Chase Carey says there will be a British Grand Prix despite speculation Silverstone could be dropped by 2019.
The circuit's presence on the calendar had been under threat because of the "potentially ruinous risk" of staging the loss-making race.
However,... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/38730606 |
'How we built India's biggest robot company' - BBC News | 2017-01-24 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | GreyOrange is India's biggest robotics company, making machines which support the country's booming online retail industry. | Business | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. How GreyOrange is becoming India's home-grown robotics giant
In 2008, engineering student Samay Kohli wanted to build a humanoid robot, but his professor told him it would not be possible.
Along with his fellow student Akas... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-38664034 |
'Help me find my birth family' - BBC News | 2017-01-24 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | How a 19-year-old Swiss man's appeal for information on his birth family led to a huge response. | Europe | Marco has this image of his mother, who has been missing since 2000
For one young Swiss man looking for his birth family, official channels had turned up nothing. So Marco Hauenstein, 19, turned to Facebook to try to find out more - not anticipating how widely his post would be shared.
Marco did not have an easy star... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-38717880 |
A trip through an underwater museum - BBC News | 2017-01-24 | null | Exhibits about climate change and migration are just two of 12 installations in Museo Atlantico, an underwater museum off the coast of Lanzarote. | null | Exhibits about climate change and migration are just two of 12 installations in Museo Atlantico, an underwater museum off the coast of Lanzarote in the Canary Islands.
Jason deCaires Taylor describes the museum and how the installations have changed just one year after being placed underwater. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-38733683 |
Ross Brawn eyes Formula 1 changes to make sport 'purer & simpler' - BBC Sport | 2017-01-24 | null | The new racing boss of F1, Ross Brawn, says he wants to make changes that will make the sport "purer & simpler". | null | Formula 1's new racing boss Ross Brawn says he wants to develop a purer, simpler sport in which more teams and drivers can win.
The ex-Mercedes team boss, who has been appointed managing director of racing by F1's new owner, was critical of some rule changes of recent years.
Brawn said he wanted to "narrow the gap be... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/38734708 |
Rubbish including a bathtub and toilet strewn in Houghton Conquest road - BBC News | 2017-01-24 | null | Fly-tippers have left a Bedfordshire road littered with rubbish, including a toilet, a bathtub and a fridge. | null | A road was left blocked with fly-tipped rubbish including a toilet, bathtub and pool table.
Police say the person responsible for the fly-tip along London Lane in Houghton Conquest, Bedfordshire, may have struck locally before.
Cyclist Martin Galpin, who came across the debris, described it as "obscene". | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-38735164 |
London pollution: 'Very high' air pollution warning alert - BBC News | 2017-01-24 | null | A "very high" air pollution warning has been issued for London for the first time under a new alert system. | null | Pollution alert warnings are being issued to the public at bus stops, tube stations and on roadside signs, under the new system set up by London Mayor Sadiq Khan.
Many Londoners, however, are going about their daily business undeterred. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-38737820 |
Australian Open 2017: Johanna Konta 'prepared' for Serena Williams quarter-final - BBC Sport | 2017-01-24 | null | British number one Johanna Konta believes she has done everything she can to be ready for her first meeting with Serena Williams. | null | Last updated on .From the section Tennis
Williams v Konta coverage: Wednesday, 02:00 GMT: Live commentary on BBC Radio 5 live; live text commentary on the BBC Sport website. Wednesday, 16:45 GMT: TV highlights on BBC Two.
British number one Johanna Konta believes she has done everything she can to be ready for her fi... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/38716313 |
Bernie Ecclestone: Why F1's titanic leader was loved and loathed - BBC Sport | 2017-01-24 | null | Bye, bye, Bernie. F1's revolutionary, roguish leader has finally vacated the throne he created - so how will he be remembered? | null | Bernie Ecclestone stands a little under 5ft 3in tall but for 40 years has wielded a giant influence in Formula 1 with canniness, wit and not a little menace.
At times, Ecclestone has had close to absolute power. So the end of his reign following the takeover of the sport by US giant Liberty Media represents a seismic ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/38721123 |
The dental nurse who became an alligator catcher - BBC News | 2017-01-24 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Texan Christy Kroboth used to have a quiet job in a dentist's surgery. Now she spends her time jumping on animals many times her size - and taping their jaws tightly shut. | Magazine | Christy Kroboth gave up her career as a dental nurse to focus on animals with a lot more teeth - alligators. When she started training as an alligator catcher she was the only woman in her class, but - as she describes here - that made her even more determined to show she could jump on an animal many times her size, an... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-38641709 |
Nicole Cooke 'sceptical' of Team Sky and Sir Bradley Wiggins - BBC Sport | 2017-01-24 | null | Ex-Olympic champion Nicole Cooke says she is "sceptical" of Team Sky's drug-free credentials and Sir Bradley Wiggins' therapeutic use exemptions. | null | Last updated on .From the section Cycling
Ex-Olympic champion Nicole Cooke says she is "sceptical" of Team Sky's drug-free credentials and Sir Bradley Wiggins' therapeutic use exemptions.
Wiggins was granted three TUEs to take anti-inflammatory drug triamcinolone before the 2011 and 2012 Tour de France and the 2013 G... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/38728410 |
Is hotel art a waste of time? - BBC News | 2017-01-24 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Chinese hotels are using art to try and stand out from their competitors, but does it make business sense? | Business | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Does using art to sell hotels make good business sense?
If you visit the Emperor Qianmen hotel, near the Forbidden City in Beijing, be sure to bring an umbrella - otherwise you may get drenched. That's because it sometimes r... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-38719405 |
Driving standing up conviction for tall Newcastle man - BBC News | 2017-01-24 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A 6ft 7in (2m) Newcastle man admits driving standing up but later claims he was "just tall". | Tyne & Wear | Adam Elliott had photographs taken to show his height in relation to the size of his car
A tall man has been convicted of driving while standing up after admitting dangerous driving.
Adam Elliott was accused of showing off to other motorists with his head poking out of the roof of a convertible Ford Ka.
The 26-year-... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-38730051 |
Oscars 2017: Best actress nominees - BBC News | 2017-01-24 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A look at the best actress nominees for the 89th Academy Awards on 26 February 2017. | Entertainment & Arts | Find out more about the nominees for the 89th Academy Awards, which will take place on 26 February 2017.
The character: Michele Leblanc, the head of a video game company, who is raped in her home.
The critics said: "Huppert gives a performance of imperious fury, holding the audience at bay, almost goading us to disow... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-38536718 |
Davis Cup: Andy Murray set to miss Britain's World Group tie in Canada - BBC Sport | 2017-01-24 | null | Andy Murray is set to miss Britain's Davis Cup tie in Canada as he recuperates following his shock Australian Open loss. | null | Last updated on .From the section Tennis
World number one Andy Murray has not been included in Britain's Davis Cup team for next month's tie in Canada as he recuperates following his shock exit from the Australian Open.
The team, captained by Leon Smith, includes Kyle Edmund, Dan Evans, Jamie Murray and Dominic Inglo... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/38728268 |
Oscar nominations 2017: Seven non-white actors recognised - BBC News | 2017-01-24 | null | Diversity in the 2017 Oscar nominations and how it compares to last year's crop. | null | The last two Oscars suffered a backlash due to the lack of non-white nominations.
This year's nominations in the acting categories are more diverse. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-38737641 |
How the barcode changed retailing and manufacturing - BBC News | 2017-01-24 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | How a design originally drawn in the sand led to the growth of giant supermarkets. | Business | In 1948, N Joseph Woodland - a graduate student at the Drexel Institute in Philadelphia - was pondering a challenge from a local retailer: how to speed up the tedious process of checking out in his stores by automating transactions.
A smart young man, Woodland - known as Joseph - had worked on the Manhattan Project du... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-38498700 |
US man hails wife's pregnancy with blue smoke explosion - BBC News | 2017-01-24 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Jon Sterkel faces charges after arranging smoke from the blast to be blue, in celebration of a boy. | US & Canada | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Explosives set off by US tree surgeon Jon Sterkel to celebrate his wife's pregnancy.
A US man who celebrated news that his wife was expecting a baby boy by setting off an explosion in Nebraska is facing police action which c... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-38730611 |
Reality Check: Is North of England getting a big boost? - BBC News | 2017-01-24 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Is the government announcing a fresh cash boost for the North of England? | Business | The claim: The government is announcing a cash boost for the North of England.
Reality Check verdict: The money has already been announced twice.
Prime Minister Theresa May is to continue former chancellor George Osborne's plans to create a Northern Powerhouse.
On Monday, she held a cabinet meeting in Daresbury in C... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-38723772 |
Newspaper headlines: MPs' 'new plot to thwart Brexit' - BBC News | 2017-01-24 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The Supreme Court's ruling that Parliament must vote on whether the government can start the Brexit process dominates Wednesday's front pages. | The Papers | Most of the papers lead on the fall-out from the government's Brexit court defeat
The Brexit Supreme Court ruling makes the lead for nearly all the papers, but one of the most eye-catching headlines can be found in the inside pages of the Daily Mail.
"Champions of the People", it proclaims, praising the three justice... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-the-papers-38739900 |
Nicola Adams: Could two-time Olympic champion headline Las Vegas? - BBC Sport | 2017-01-24 | null | Two-time Olympic champion Nicola Adams has turned professional and will make her debut on 8 April, but how far could she go? | null | Two-time Olympic champion Nicola Adams has turned professional and will make her debut on 8 April, but how far could she go? | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/boxing/38721406 |
Dundee boy's balloon flies 370 miles to Banbury - BBC News | 2017-01-24 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A boy's balloon released in Dundee has been found 370 miles (595km) away. | Oxford | A boy's balloon released in Dundee as part of a telescope experiment has been found 370 miles (595km) away.
Lucas Muir, aged four, had signed the McDonald's-branded balloon with his name, age and hometown.
A week later it was found in Banbury, north Oxfordshire. It is now being sent back to Lucas.
Bryan Tomlin, who ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-38722432 |
What will happen in Donald Trump's first 100 days? - BBC News | 2017-01-24 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A new BBC News series will analyse the all-important first weeks of Donald Trump's presidency | US & Canada | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Can Trump accomplish what he wants?
Donald Trump has promised to take Washington by storm.
There is almost nothing the new American president does not want to change - policy, tone, foreign relations, the press pool. Mr Tru... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-38720658 |
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