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Obamas to get Freedom of the City of Dublin - BBC News | 2017-02-07 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The couple are honoured in recognition of their "progressive" influence and human rights work. | Europe | Former US President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle last visited the Republic of Ireland in 2011
Former US President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle are to be granted the Freedom of the City of Dublin.
Dublin City councillors voted to award the honour in recognition of Mr Obama's "moderating and progressive" ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-38891178 |
Six Nations: England 'can compare' to New Zealand - Sam Warburton - BBC Sport | 2017-02-07 | null | Sam Warburton says Six Nations rivals England are justifiably regarded as being on a par with world champions New Zealand. | null | Last updated on .From the section Welsh Rugby
Coverage: Live on BBC One Wales, S4C, BBC Radio Wales, BBC Radio Cymru & BBC Sport website and BBC Sport app, plus live text commentary
Wales flanker Sam Warburton says Six Nations rivals England are justifiably regarded as being the equal of world champions New Zealand.
... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/38893904 |
CV test pits Adam against Mohamed - BBC News | 2017-02-07 | null | A BBC test pitted Adam's CV against Mohamed's. Here's what happened. | 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/business-38887860 |
'Last Concorde' makes its final journey - BBC News | 2017-02-07 | null | As the 'last Concorde' made its final journey, we look back at the iconic plane's history. | null | As the 'last Concorde' made its final journey, we look back at the iconic plane's history.
It will be the centrepiece of the £16m Bristol Aerospace Centre, which has been built around a listed WW1 hangar. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-38899344 |
Why bother with seven-day GP opening? - BBC News | 2017-02-07 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The government is setting out its plans to boost GP numbers to help achieve a seven-day service. But is this all really worth it? | Health | There is a simple way to make a job more attractive. Attach more money to it.
But, of course, that is not really an option for GPs. Average pay - for those that run practices as partners at least - is already in the six figures so there would be an outcry if pay started going up dramatically when the rest of the publi... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-33201182 |
Wigan Athletic 2-2 Norwich City - BBC Sport | 2017-02-07 | null | Two Omar Bogle goals on his first Wigan start help earn the Championship strugglers a draw against Norwich City. | null | Last updated on .From the section Football
Norwich missed the chance to climb into the Championship's top six after Omar Bogle's second-half double earned struggling Wigan a point.
Nelson Oliveira's looping header from Alex Pritchard's set-piece had given Norwich a deserved first-half lead.
But Bogle's near-post hea... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/38805571 |
Towering teen Brandon Marshall closes in on record - BBC News | 2017-02-07 | null | Brandon Marshall, who is 6ft 11.5ins (2.12m) tall, hopes to become a professional basketball player. | null | A 15-year-old boy is closing in on being the tallest teenager in the world.
Brandon Marshall, who is 6ft 11.5ins (2.12m) tall, hopes to become a professional basketball player.
But he says his height comes with issues, like having to sleep diagonally across king size bed.
His mother Lynne Quelch said buying clothes ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-suffolk-38892632 |
Freddy Tylicki: Paralysed rider has no regrets on becoming a jockey - BBC Sport | 2017-02-07 | null | Freddy Tylicki says he has no regrets about becoming a jockey despite a fall which left him paralysed from the waist down. | null | Last updated on .From the section Horse Racing
Freddy Tylicki says he has no regrets about becoming a jockey despite a fall last year that left him paralysed from the waist down.
Tylicki was injured in a four-horse pile-up at Kempton on 31 October.
Speaking to the BBC's 5 live Daily, he says he was born to be a jock... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/horse-racing/38852344 |
Laura Muir hails strength of Scottish athletics with another record in her sights - BBC Sport | 2017-02-07 | null | Laura Muir is thrilled by the strength of Scottish athletics as she bids to break another British indoor record next month. | null | Last updated on .From the section Scotland
As Laura Muir eyes another British and perhaps even a world record later this month, she believes Scottish athletics is in a stronger position than at any time she can recall.
Muir, Callum Hawkins and Andrew Butchart all hit the headlines at the weekend with landmark runs.
... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/scotland/38888223 |
A look inside Number 10 at Theresa May's top team - BBC News | 2017-02-07 | null | Who is in Theresa May's new Downing Street team? | null | Since Theresa May's team moved into Downing Street last July, pretty much all of her predecessor's advisers were given their marching orders.
So who is in her new team?
As part of the Daily Politics series Westminster Village, reporter Mark Lobel takes a look inside that famous door.
For rights reasons, this film is... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-38896276 |
NHS Health Check: How one GP practice tackled waiting times - BBC News | 2017-02-07 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A GP practice in Plymouth is using paramedics and pharmacists to free up doctors to see more patients. | Health | Dr Cope believes new ways of working have been a success
A GP practice in Plymouth has reduced the time it takes to get a routine appointment with a doctor from three-to-four weeks to under seven days.
The Beacon Medical Group cares for more than 30,000 patients and was formed in 2014 after three practices merged.
D... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-38891481 |
Alastair Cook: Playing under new England captain 'not an issue' following resignation - BBC Sport | 2017-02-07 | null | Alastair Cook says playing under another England captain will "not be an issue" following his resignation as skipper on Monday. | null | Alastair Cook says playing under another England captain will "not be an issue" following his resignation as skipper on Monday.
"I hope I can help the next captain with whatever he needs and drive England forward," Cook told BBC Sport.
"I can't see, for me, it being an issue being led by someone else. I hope I can be... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/38897347 |
Petition started for retiring officer to keep his police dog - BBC News | 2017-02-07 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The officer is upset at the prospect of not being able to keep four-year-old Ivy when he retires. | Shropshire | Sgt David Evans has offered to buy Ivy and cover the cost of replacing her
More than 15,000 people have signed a petition to allow a police dog to retire with her handler.
Sgt David Evans, from Shropshire, is "heartbroken" at the prospect of not being able to keep four-year-old Ivy when he retires, his daughter said.... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-shropshire-38878259 |
Huge meteor blazes across US skies - BBC News | 2017-02-07 | null | Dashcam footage captures a fireball over US Midwestern states on Monday. | null | A bright meteor streaked across skies over US Midwestern states early on Monday morning.
Hundreds of witnesses reported seeing the glowing object, which was visible in seven US states and Ontario, Canada, according to the American Meteor Society.
The fireball was also reportedly accompanied by a sonic boom that rattl... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-38887748 |
The village aiming to create a white utopia - BBC News | 2017-02-07 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A Hungarian village is leading "the war against Muslim culture" with its own laws. | Europe | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The village where Muslims and gays are unwelcome
A village in Hungary has banned the wearing of Muslim dress and the call to prayer. By leading what it calls "the war against Muslim culture", it hopes to attract other Christ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-38881349 |
Paris tries to seduce the City - BBC News | 2017-02-07 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The French capital is aiming to win billions in business and thousands of jobs from London in the months ahead. | Business | "When was the last time you thought of taking your partner for a nice weekend in Frankfurt?".
That was one of the more memorable lines of a heavy sales pitch from politicians and business leaders from Paris. A raiding party touched down in London this morning determined to cart off billions in business and tens of tho... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-38885058 |
Obama chills with Branson: What about other post-presidency wind downs? - BBC News | 2017-02-07 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | As Barack Obama enjoys a five-star Caribbean break, how did past presidents unwind from the big job? | US & Canada | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Barack Obama is on holiday learning to kitesurf with Richard Branson
Whether after four years or eight, all US presidents must eventually confront the question: What happens when I leave the Oval Office?
For Barack Obama, t... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-38896417 |
Russia to remain suspended for World Athletics Championships - BBC Sport | 2017-02-07 | null | Russia will not be eligible to compete at this summer's World Championships in London, says athletics' world governing body. | null | Last updated on .From the section Athletics
Russia will miss this summer's World Championships after athletics' governing body voted to extend their suspension from international competition for state-sponsored doping.
However, some Russians may be able to compete under a neutral banner, if they can satisfy testing c... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/38887556 |
The president and the bathrobe - BBC News | 2017-02-07 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The US president's spokesman has caused a bit of a Twitter storm by claiming Mr Trump does not own a bathrobe. | US & Canada | The US president's spokesman has caused a bit of a Twitter storm by claiming Mr Trump does not own a bathrobe.
White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer accused the New York Times of printing inaccuracies, specifically referring to him watching TV in his bathrobe, saying the paper owed President Trump an apology.
The p... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-38893302 |
David Hockney on Tate Britain retrospective - BBC News | 2017-02-07 | null | David Hockney reflects on his career as the Tate Britain puts on the biggest ever retrospective of the artist's work. | null | David Hockney has told the BBC he's "not that good, but not that terrible either", as the Tate Britain puts on the biggest ever retrospective of the artist's work.
He spoke to the BBC's arts editor Will Gompertz. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-38888772 |
Crossing the border - BBC News | 2017-02-07 | null | null | Among Grassani's subjects were a large group of Central Americans, walking hundreds of miles from homes in Guatemala and Honduras to the US:
“They were very strong at the beginning, walking like crazy. I spent four days with them – day by day you could see them getting tired because they had no food, nothing with them... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-3a67db15-0018-40ad-97d3-51cd3b920487 | |
Retiring mole catcher in Calderdale seeks apprentice - BBC News | 2017-02-07 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Albert Morton, who started catching moles in 1963, is looking to pass his skills on before retiring. | Leeds & West Yorkshire | Albert Morton is looking for someone to carry out the mole catching when he retires
An experienced mole catcher is looking for an apprentice willing to take up the traditional trade so he can retire.
Albert Morton, 69, from Sowerby Bridge, West Yorkshire, started his business in 1963 and is one of the few remaining m... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-38892604 |
Alastair Cook had toughest ride as skipper - Jonathan Agnew - BBC Sport | 2017-02-07 | null | Alastair Cook had a rough ride as England captain with some up-and-down results, says BBC cricket correspondent Jonathan Agnew. | null | Alastair Cook never had it easy. He's had the toughest ride of all recent England captains.
As England's highest Test run-scorer he has always been admired for his batting, but there have always been questions, particularly over his tactics, during his 59-match reign as skipper, which he ended on Monday.
In a funny w... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/38554063 |
Ticket inspector attack man jailed after train assault filmed - BBC News | 2017-02-07 | null | The fare dodger ranted and lashed out at London Midland staff after refusing to buy a £2.20 ticket. | null | A fare dodger who attacked a rail ticket inspector has been jailed for 15 weeks.
British Transport Police has released video of Elliot Nash ranting at a female train worker before kicking and lashing out at her colleague on a London Midland service.
The 32-year-old, from Northfield, Birmingham, verbally abused three ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-38878886 |
Donald Trump, media saviour - BBC News | 2017-02-07 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Could the new president benefit the mainstream media? | Entertainment & Arts | Donald Trump is, by sheer force of character, destroying the mainstream media as we know it.
His relentless barrage of abuse, not least about "fake news", has fatally undermined the trust of the American people in their traditional sources of news; and by denying the Washington press corps access to his administration... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-38854711 |
Sascha Kindred: Paralympic swimming champion announces retirement - BBC Sport | 2017-02-07 | null | Seven-time Paralympic swimming champion Sascha Kindred announces his retirement after a 23-year international career. | null | Last updated on .From the section Disability Sport
Seven-time Paralympic swimming champion Sascha Kindred has announced his retirement after a 23-year international career.
The 39-year-old has been one of the leading figures in the sport since he made his international debut in 1994.
Last year, he won gold in the SM... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/disability-sport/38887549 |
FA reforms: Chairman Greg Clarke to quit if government does not back plans - BBC Sport | 2017-02-07 | null | Football Association chairman Greg Clarke says he will quit if the government does not support the organisation's own plans to reform the way it is run. | null | Last updated on .From the section Football
Football Association chairman Greg Clarke says he will quit if the organisation cannot win government support for its reform plans.
A motion of no confidence in the FA is to be debated in the House of Commons on Thursday after five former FA executives said the governing bod... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/38900974 |
The Ocado warehouse run by robots - BBC News | 2017-02-07 | null | The BBC visits online grocery retailer Ocado's factory | null | In its distribution warehouse in Hampshire, swarms of robots collect groceries.
The BBC had a look at some of the robotics the firm is working on. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-38897417 |
Will robots replace workers by 2030? - BBC News | 2017-02-07 | null | According to some predictions, robots will go on to replace people in a third of UK jobs by 2030. | null | According to some predictions, robots will go on to replace people in a third of UK jobs by 2030.
So should we be worried by the rise of the machines? | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-38890905 |
NHS Health Check: 'How NHS changed our lives' - BBC News | 2017-02-07 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Patients and families discuss their recent experience of NHS services. | Health | The NHS has come under intense pressure this winter, with record numbers of patients facing long waits in accident and emergency units among other challenges.
We asked some of those who have fallen ill, and the families of others, to share their experiences of winter 2016-17.
Sue's father's life changed dramatically ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-38832993 |
Women's Sport Week backed by minister Tracey Crouch - BBC Sport | 2017-02-07 | null | Women's Sport Week will "encourage more women to try a new sport", says minister for sport Tracey Crouch. | null | Last updated on .From the section Sport
Women's Sport Week will be "a fantastic campaign" and "encourage more women to try a new sport", says minister for sport Tracey Crouch.
The initiative returns from 19-25 June ahead of a busy summer of elite sport which includes the cricket and rugby World Cups in the UK and Ire... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/38893943 |
Comedian says Simon Cowell 'furious' about BGT prank - BBC News | 2017-02-07 | null | Simon Brodkin, known for his comedy character Lee Nelson, posed as a fake act on Britain's Got Talent. He said he thought Simon Cowell would 'find the whole thing funny'. | null | The comedian who pretended to be a "rapping rabbi" on Britain's Got Talent has told 5 live he thought Simon Cowell would be amused by his stunt.
Simon Brodkin told 5 live's Afternoon Edition: "I thought Simon Cowell would have a sense of humour about it and would find the whole thing funny", but he has been told he is... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-38892452 |
How to own a home by the age of 25 - BBC News | 2017-02-07 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Budget meals and foregoing holidays are among four couples' tips for getting on the property ladder by 25. | UK | Mark Hepburn and his partner Laura bought a house with a 5% deposit
Owning a home by the age of 25 has become an unachievable dream for many over the last two decades.
Soaring property prices mean just one in five 25-year-olds own a property, compared to nearly half two decades ago, according to one recent study.
Bu... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-38564137 |
Muppet gaffe by Breakfast presenter Dan Walker - BBC News | 2017-02-07 | null | BBC Breakfast presenter Dan Walker was left red-faced after getting a reporter's name wrong. | null | BBC Breakfast presenter Dan Walker was left red-faced after getting a reporter's name wrong.
Click on the video to hear what he called him. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-38890903 |
What will the BP board decide to pay Bob Dudley this year? - BBC News | 2017-02-07 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The group chief executive's pay award will shed light on the executive pay debate. | Business | If BP group chief executive Bob Dudley was paid £14m for delivering a $6.5bn (£5.3bn)* loss last year, what on earth will he get paid for delivering a profit in 2017?
The answer to this will shed a lot of light on the politically current and intense debate around executive pay.
A year ago, Mr Dudley became the unwill... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-38895706 |
Oscars class photo: Seven things we spotted - BBC News | 2017-02-07 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | There are several quirks and questionable outfits in this year's Oscars "class photo". | Entertainment & Arts | This year's Oscars "class photo" has been released - and as usual there are several quirks and questionable outfits.
The picture sees 163 of this year's nominees gathered together and smiling away, but zoom in and there is a whole lot more going on.
Here are just seven of the things we spotted in this year's photo.
... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-38892322 |
Davis Cup: Denis Shapovalov fined over Great Britain default - BBC Sport | 2017-02-07 | null | Canada's Denis Shapovalov is fined after being defaulted from his match against Great Britain's Kyle Edmund in the Davis Cup. | null | Last updated on .From the section Tennis
Canada's Denis Shapovalov has been fined $7,000 (£5,600) after hitting an umpire in the eye with a ball.
The 17-year-old was trailing Great Britain's Kyle Edmund 6-3 6-4 2-1 when he struck the ball in anger and hit Arnaud Gabas - and defaulted the match.
He must pay $2,000 fo... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/38884448 |
Traditional retail markets and the battle to stay afloat - BBC News | 2017-02-07 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | BBC News visits the winner of "Britain's Favourite Market" to see how these community cornerstones are coping in the competitive world of modern retail. | Leeds & West Yorkshire | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.
British markets are seen as a microcosm of the city or town in which they are based, encapsulating the diversity of communities and skills a place has to offer. But with some being sold off due to their prime locations and o... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-38768838 |
Lonely pensioner flies 1,600km to join new 'fishing mate' - BBC News | 2017-02-08 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Ray Johnstone was flown across Australia by a 22-year-old man moved by his online post. | Australia | Ray Johnstone flew across Australia to join his new "fishing mate" for a trip
Two weeks ago, lonely Australian grandfather Ray Johnstone decided to try his luck at finding a "fishing mate" online, on the suggestion of a care nurse.
Now the 75-year-old pensioner finds himself on the other side of Australia with a new ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-38900563 |
Do you have an underactive thyroid? - BBC News | 2017-02-08 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Hypothyroidism affects one in 70 women and one in 1,000 men, but it can be tricky to diagnose and treat | Health | Tiredness and 'brain fog' are common symptoms of the condition
Hypothyroidism - or an underactive thyroid - affects one in 70 women and one in 1,000 men according to the NHS. But it can be a tricky disease to diagnose and treat. Dr Michael Mosley, of Trust Me I'm a Doctor, asks if sufferers are slipping through the ne... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-38895877 |
Children dying of starvation in Yemen's conflict - BBC News | 2017-02-08 | null | The United Nations has launched an emergency appeal for Yemen, warning that its population is on the brink of famine after two years of war. The BBC's Our World filmed and first broadcast this report in September 2016. It shows some of the suffering endured by children in the country. | null | This video contains distressing scenes from the start.
The United Nations has launched an emergency appeal for Yemen, warning that its population is on the brink of famine after two years of war.
This BBC's Our World filmed and first broadcast this report in September 2016, and shows some of the suffering endured by ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-37423263 |
Public finances and the shadow of Osborne - BBC News | 2017-02-08 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The IFS’s Green Budget reveals that the financial crisis and austerity still cast a long shadow over the UK economy. | Business | Philip Hammond knows all about the government's attempts to "get the public finances in order" following the financial crisis of 2008.
He was the man, as shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury, credited by many for the tough detail of the austerity plan laid before voters in the run up to the 2010 election.
George Os... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-38891441 |
Apple boss Tim Cook criticises Trump travel ban - BBC News | 2017-02-08 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Apple chief executive Tim Cook repeats his opposition to US President Donald Trump's travel ban. | Glasgow & West Scotland | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The Apple boss answered questions from university students and staff
Apple chief executive Tim Cook has repeated his opposition to US President Donald Trump's travel ban.
He was speaking after he collected an honorary docto... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-38904058 |
Alpine World Ski Championships: Canada's Erik Guay wins super-G gold - BBC Sport | 2017-02-08 | null | Canada's Erik Guay wins super-G gold at the Alpine World Ski Championships in St Moritz with a time of 1:25.38. | null | Canada's Erik Guay wins super-G gold at the Alpine World Ski Championships in St Mortiz with a time of 1:25.38.
Follow the Alpine World Ski Championships across the BBC from 7 February - 19 February.
Available to UK users only. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/winter-sports/38905683 |
How will blue collar France vote? - BBC News | 2017-02-08 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Who will France's working-class voters back in the forthcoming presidential election? | Europe | Hayange is not a place of metaphors, but the relics of its shuttered steel furnaces seem to signal something unresolved. They stalk the landscape around France's north-eastern villages, looming over a new political age.
This was once the thriving heart of France's steel industry. In the past decade, unemployment has r... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-38895086 |
Is a 'seven-day NHS' feasible? - BBC News | 2017-02-08 | null | The "seven-day NHS" has been a key pledge of the Conservative government. But is it feasible? | null | The "seven-day NHS" was a key pledge of former Prime Minister David Cameron, and has been taken on by Theresa May.
Her government envisages people having access to local GPs seven days a week. It also wants patients to receive the same level of urgent and emergency care in hospitals in England at weekends, as on Monda... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-38882876 |
Raising children 'in a box room' - BBC News | 2017-02-08 | null | Mums Abigail Tumfo, Sheila Navacroft and Shakeria Wright describe the difficulties of raising their children in one room. | null | Mums Abigail Tumfo, Sheila Navacroft and Shakeria Wright have told BBC Newsnight about the difficulties of raising their children in one room.
They are all living in a 45-room development in Welwyn Garden City, after being forced to leave private rented accommodation in Waltham Forest in London, where council housing ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-38902881 |
Housing White Paper: Radical or feeble? - BBC News | 2017-02-08 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Many "ground-breaking" housing initiatives prove to be business as usual - is this any different? | UK | Over the last three decades, governments of various stripes have promised radical change to solve England's housing crisis and today's White Paper is no exception.
The problem is that so many of the initiatives and ideas sold to the country as ground-breaking prove to be business as usual.
So the Communities Secretar... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-38901296 |
NBA: LeBron James' 'jaw-dropping' three-pointer - BBC Sport | 2017-02-08 | null | Watch Cleveland Cavaliers star LeBron James score a "jaw-dropping" three-pointer in the last second to force overtime against the Washington Wizards. | null | Watch Cleveland Cavaliers star LeBron James score a "jaw-dropping" three-pointer in the last second to force overtime against the Washington Wizards, with his side going on to win 140-135.
Available to UK users only. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/basketball/38887735 |
'Melbhenge' sun spectacle wins fans in Australia - BBC News | 2017-02-08 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The setting sun perfectly aligned with Melbourne streets to cast a golden light between skyscrapers. | Australia | Sunlight fills central Melbourne during the event on Tuesday
It may not rival "Manhattanhenge", but the Australian city of Melbourne has enjoyed its own spectacular solar phenomenon.
At 20:27 local time on Tuesday, the setting sun perfectly aligned with the city's east-west streets to cast a golden light between skys... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-38902668 |
Joe Root is 'obvious candidate' for England captaincy says James Anderson - BBC Sport | 2017-02-08 | null | Joe Root is the "obvious candidate" to be named as England Test captain - but the role must not affect his batting, says James Anderson. | null | Last updated on .From the section Cricket
Joe Root is the "obvious candidate" to be named as England Test captain - but the role must not affect his batting, says pace bowler James Anderson.
Batsman Root is the favourite to take over from Alastair Cook, who stepped down on Monday after a record 59 Tests.
The Yorkshi... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/38900248 |
Trump used the term 'Easy D'. What did he mean? - BBC News | 2017-02-08 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The president tweeted about an 'EASY D', which immediately had people guessing what he meant. | US & Canada | President Donald Trump has again lambasted the judicial rulings keeping him from enforcing his travel ban - but this time his tweet had a curious turn of phrase.
"Big increase in traffic into our country from certain areas, while our people are far more vulnerable, as we wait for what should be EASY D!" he wrote at 12... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-38847792 |
The health workers that help patients stay at home - BBC News | 2017-02-08 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Wakefield is seen as a pioneer in helping more patients stay at home and saving the NHS money. | Health | June Lord, 82, is one of those helped home from hospital under the Wakefield project
Every Monday morning, in a meeting room within earshot of the bells of Wakefield cathedral, a group of healthcare workers help to stage a mini-revolution.
Nothing that you read in the next few minutes may strike you as particularly s... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-38897257 |
Six Nations: Will Georgia always be on the outside looking in? - BBC Sport | 2017-02-08 | null | As Italy’s poor start fans the flames of the Six Nations relegation debate, Joe Wilson asks if the likes of Georgia will always be on the outside looking in. | null | Dates: Coverage: Live across BBC One, BBC Radio 5 live, BBC Red Button, Connected TV and online.
Worcester Warriors are the epitome of a modern, professional rugby union club.
In a purpose built stadium, near a motorway, players from a dozen different nations train on an artificial pitch so new it uses the very lates... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/38907843 |
Barack Obama goes kitesurfing with Richard Branson - BBC News | 2017-02-08 | null | The former US president Barack Obama has enjoyed a spot of kitesurfing with Richard Branson. | null | Former US President Barack Obama has enjoyed a spot of kitesurfing with Richard Branson. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-38899343 |
Sports Illustrated: Christie Brinkley praised for posing aged 63 - BBC News | 2017-02-08 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Model Christie Brinkley appears with her daughters on the latest cover of Sports Illustrated. | Entertainment & Arts | Christie Brinkley has proved age is just a number by appearing on the cover of Sports Illustrated's annual Swimsuit Issue.
This year's cover sees the 63-year-old posing alongside her two daughters - Sailor Brinkley Cook, and Alexa Ray Joel.
Writing on Instagram, Brinkley said: "Thank you Sports Illustrated for sendin... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-38895224 |
Why carmakers have the most to fear from protectionism - BBC News | 2017-02-08 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | From Trump to Brexit, globalisation is under threat, and it's the car industry that has the most to lose, writes Jamie Robertson. | Business | The Dodge Ram 1500 - made in the USA? Not entirely
Few places have "Made in America" written all over them like the Warren Truck Assembly Plant.
They have been making trucks at the factory, outside Detroit, since 1938, and you don't get much more American than the chunky, no-nonsense, big-tyred Dodge Ram 1500s that r... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-38570387 |
The late Hans Rosling tells the modern world's story - BBC News | 2017-02-08 | null | Hans Rosling, who has died in Sweden aged 68, tells 200 years of world history in four minutes. | null | In this spectacular section of The Joy Of Stats, broadcast by the BBC in 2010, he tells the story of the world in 200 countries over 200 years using 120,000 numbers - in just four minutes. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-38902490 |
Face of Orkney's St Magnus reconstructed - BBC News | 2017-02-08 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A facial reconstruction has been made of Orkney's St Magnus by a forensic artist to help mark the 900th anniversary of his death. | NE Scotland, Orkney & Shetland | Forensic artist Hew Morrison used specialist computer software for his reconstruction of St Magnus
A facial reconstruction has been made of Orkney's St Magnus to help mark the 900th anniversary of his death.
Forensic artist Hew Morrison's research included studies of photographs taken in the 1920s of what is said to ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-38892669 |
Reality Check: Will it be easier to build on green belt? - BBC News | 2017-02-08 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The government has said that the green belt remains safe in its hands. Is it right? | UK Politics | The claim: The green belt is safe from an increase in development.
Reality Check verdict: The rules for developing green belt previously said that it was allowed only in exceptional circumstances. The government has now specified what would count as exceptional circumstances. It is not clear whether the new rules will... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-38899301 |
Family rescued from dangling cliff-edge truck - BBC News | 2017-02-08 | null | A family has been rescued from their truck that was dangling over a cliff-edge in southern China. | null | A family has been rescued from their truck that was dangling over a cliff-edge in southern China.
The father, who was driving, said the road was slippery. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-38913506 |
Sean Spicer: 'I don't think the President owns a bathrobe' - BBC News | 2017-02-08 | null | The New York Times has referred to President Trump wearing a bathrobe but his press secretary Sean Spicer has come out to refute that. | null | The New York Times has referred to President Trump wearing a bathrobe and his press secretary Sean Spicer has come out to refute that, calling it 'fake news'.
Social media, meanwhile, has been flooded with photos of a younger Mr Trump clad in a robe. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-38899342 |
Winter Olympics 2018: Team GB medal chances 'exciting' - BBC Sport | 2017-02-08 | null | Great Britain should be excited about their medal chances at the 2018 Winter Olympics, says chef de mission Mike Hay. | null | Great Britain should be excited about its medal chances at the 2018 Winter Olympics, according to chef de mission Mike Hay.
It would be a record-breaking Games for Team GB in Pyeongchang if they win more than the four medals they have taken home on two occasions, in 1924 and 2014.
UK Sport has doubled its investment ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/winter-sports/38868480 |
Newspaper headlines: Barack Obama kitesurfing and Brexit hard talk - BBC News | 2017-02-08 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A photograph of Barack Obama learning to kitesurf is printed on a number of Wednesday's front pages. | The Papers | For the Times, MPs have been given a "concession" after they were promised the chance to vote on Theresa May's deal with EU negotiators six months before the UK leaves the EU.
The paper says Number 10 was "forced into the move to avoid defeat" at the hands of Labour and Tory rebels.
Before the government's move to he... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-the-papers-38902468 |
Six Nations: England 'can compare' to New Zealand - Sam Warburton - BBC Sport | 2017-02-08 | null | Sam Warburton says Six Nations rivals England are justifiably regarded as being on a par with world champions New Zealand. | null | Last updated on .From the section Welsh Rugby
Coverage: Live on BBC One Wales, S4C, BBC Radio Wales, BBC Radio Cymru & BBC Sport website and BBC Sport app, plus live text commentary
Wales flanker Sam Warburton says Six Nations rivals England are justifiably regarded as being the equal of world champions New Zealand.
... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/38893904 |
Fire rages through shanty town - BBC News | 2017-02-08 | null | Thousands of slum dwellers in Manila have lost their homes after a fire raged overnight. | null | Thousands of slum dwellers in Manila have lost their homes after a fire raged overnight. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-38906821 |
The Moorside: Sheridan Smith drama praised by critics - BBC News | 2017-02-08 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Sheridan Smith plays Julie Bushby, the mother who led the community search for missing Shannon. | Entertainment & Arts | Sheridan Smith plays Julie Bushby, the mother who led the community search for missing Shannon
The first episode of BBC One drama The Moorside, which stars Sheridan Smith, has been warmly received by critics.
The series tells the true story of the disappearance of Shannon Matthews and the repercussions on the local c... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-38904580 |
Fed Cup: Heather Watson & Johanna Konta help Great Britain to win over Portugal - BBC Sport | 2017-02-08 | null | Heather Watson and Johanna Konta win singles matches as Great Britain beat Portugal at the Fed Cup in Estonia. | null | Last updated on .From the section Tennis
Great Britain made a winning start to their Fed Cup campaign with victory over Portugal in Tallinn, Estonia.
Singles wins for Heather Watson and Johanna Konta, and a doubles victory for Jocelyn Rae and Laura Robson, gave Britain a 3-0 win in Group C.
They go on to face Latvia... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/38907104 |
'Last Concorde' makes its final journey - BBC News | 2017-02-08 | null | As the 'last Concorde' made its final journey, we look back at the iconic plane's history. | null | As the 'last Concorde' made its final journey, we look back at the iconic plane's history.
It will be the centrepiece of the £16m Bristol Aerospace Centre, which has been built around a listed WW1 hangar. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-38899344 |
Leicester City 3-1 Derby County - BBC Sport | 2017-02-08 | null | Leicester secure a first home win of 2017 as Demarai Gray's superb goal seals an extra-time victory over Derby in their FA Cup replay. | null | Last updated on .From the section Football
Leicester secured a first home win of 2017 as Demarai Gray's superb solo goal sealed an extra-time victory over Derby in their FA Cup fourth-round replay.
Andy King headed the hosts, who made 10 changes, ahead after Gray's clever cross was nodded back across goal by Marc Alb... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/38822191 |
Wigan Athletic 2-2 Norwich City - BBC Sport | 2017-02-08 | null | Two Omar Bogle goals on his first Wigan start help earn the Championship strugglers a draw against Norwich City. | null | Last updated on .From the section Football
Norwich missed the chance to climb into the Championship's top six after Omar Bogle's second-half double earned struggling Wigan a point.
Nelson Oliveira's looping header from Alex Pritchard's set-piece had given Norwich a deserved first-half lead.
But Bogle's near-post hea... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/38805571 |
FA Cup: Derby level against Leicester through Abdoul Camara - BBC Sport | 2017-02-08 | null | Abdoul Camara's deflected strike brings Derby level against Leicester in their FA Cup fourth-round replay. | null | Abdoul Camara's deflected strike brings Derby level against Leicester in their FA Cup fourth-round replay.
Watch all the best action from this season's FA Cup here.
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Miriam Gonzalez Durantez: Don't call me Mrs Clegg - BBC News | 2017-02-08 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Lawyer whose husband is ex-deputy PM notes the "irony" of women's day invite in her married name. | UK Politics | Miriam Gonzalez Durantez, whose husband is former Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg, has complained after being invited to an International Women's Day event in her married name.
Posting a picture of a letter addressed to "Mrs Clegg" on Instagram, she noted the "irony" of the situation.
The event, on 8 March, is desig... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-38904863 |
Mark Simpson: How Karen Matthews made a fool out of me - BBC News | 2017-02-08 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | As Shannon Matthews 2008 disappearance is dramatised, Mark Simpson looks back on her mother's deception. | UK | Karen Matthews came out of her house to talk to Mark Simpson
Shannon Matthews's disappearance in a 2008 hoax-kidnapping is being recounted in a BBC drama. BBC News's Mark Simpson, who reported on the case, looks back at the deception.
Karen Matthews made a fool out of me.
I looked into her sunken eyes, saw that she ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-38906967 |
What really happened when Swedes tried six-hour days? - BBC News | 2017-02-08 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Sweden has been experimenting with six-hour days but now the trials are over, has it really worked? | Business | Emilie Telander (right) says she is more tired now she is back on eight-hour days
Sweden has been experimenting with six-hour days, with workers getting the chance to work fewer hours on full pay, but now the most high-profile two-year trial has ended - has it all been too good to be true?
Assistant nurse Emilie Tela... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-38843341 |
NHS Health Check: How one GP practice tackled waiting times - BBC News | 2017-02-08 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A GP practice in Plymouth is using paramedics and pharmacists to free up doctors to see more patients. | Health | Dr Cope believes new ways of working have been a success
A GP practice in Plymouth has reduced the time it takes to get a routine appointment with a doctor from three-to-four weeks to under seven days.
The Beacon Medical Group cares for more than 30,000 patients and was formed in 2014 after three practices merged.
D... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-38891481 |
Six Nations 2017: Wales' Faletau fit for England, North and Biggar doubtful - BBC Sport | 2017-02-08 | null | Taulupe Faletau will be available for Wales' match against England while George North and Dan Biggar will have time to prove their fitness. | null | Last updated on .From the section Welsh Rugby
Coverage: Live on BBC One Wales, S4C, BBC Radio Wales, BBC Radio Cymru & BBC Sport website and BBC Sport app, plus live text commentary
Wales number eight Taulupe Faletau is available for Saturday's Six Nations match against England in Cardiff.
The 26-year-old Bath back-... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/38909812 |
Obama chills with Branson: What about other post-presidency wind downs? - BBC News | 2017-02-08 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | As Barack Obama enjoys a five-star Caribbean break, how did past presidents unwind from the big job? | US & Canada | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Barack Obama is on holiday learning to kitesurf with Richard Branson
Whether after four years or eight, all US presidents must eventually confront the question: What happens when I leave the Oval Office?
For Barack Obama, t... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-38896417 |
Why Dutch populist Geert Wilders is scenting victory - BBC News | 2017-02-08 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Geert Wilders promises to stop Islam and make the Netherlands great again and is leading in the polls. | Europe | Almere began as a city in 1976 and now has 200,000 residents
When Dutch populist Geert Wilders promises to stop Islam and make the Netherlands great again, his message finds a ready audience in the country's newest city of Almere.
"It's too easy for people to come here," says Joost, a 60-year-old market trader. "Too ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-38891753 |
Rowan Cheshire: Concussions left me with panic attacks, but Olympic hope remains - BBC Sport | 2017-02-08 | null | British halfpipe skier Rowan Cheshire describes the difficulties of life after a series of concussions and how her Olympic dream has been rekindled following Sochi disappointment. | null | The Sochi Olympics were historic for Team GB. They won a record-equalling four medals, including a first ever medal on snow in Jenny Jones' snowboard slopestyle bronze.
Halfpipe skier Rowan Cheshire was also being talked about as a medal prospect in Russia having won a World Cup a month earlier. But her Games ended dr... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/winter-sports/38858495 |
Does India have a problem with false rape claims? - BBC News | 2017-02-08 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | There has been an increase in false rape reports against men in India - but do the figures tell the real story behind India's rape crisis? | Magazine | After the infamous 2012 gang rape of a student on a bus in Delhi, the number of rape cases reported to police in India rose sharply. But one survey concluded that in Delhi, in 2013-14, more than half of these reports were "false" - fuelling claims by male activists that women are alleging rape in order to extort money ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-38796457 |
The president and the bathrobe - BBC News | 2017-02-08 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The US president's spokesman has caused a bit of a Twitter storm by claiming Mr Trump does not own a bathrobe. | US & Canada | The US president's spokesman has caused a bit of a Twitter storm by claiming Mr Trump does not own a bathrobe.
White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer accused the New York Times of printing inaccuracies, specifically referring to him watching TV in his bathrobe, saying the paper owed President Trump an apology.
The p... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-38893302 |
Coming to America: One translator's harrowing journey - BBC News | 2017-02-08 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | One week. One family. One goal: To immigrate to Donald Trump's America. | Magazine | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: How Munther Alaskry got his family to the US
An Iraqi translator who worked extensively with the US military spent almost seven years trying to get his family to America. But with days to go before their departure, Pr... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-38885611 |
Tara Palmer-Tomkinson describes a privileged life - BBC News | 2017-02-08 | null | Tara Palmer-Tomkinson, who has died at the age of 45, described living a privileged life, in an interview with Jane Garvey on BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour in 2010. | null | Tara Palmer-Tomkinson described when she realised she was living a privileged life, in an interview with Jane Garvey on BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour.
It followed the launch of her novel 'Inheritance'.
The former Sunday Times columnist, reality TV star, and goddaughter of Prince Charles was found dead on Wednesday aged ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-38912978 |
Crossing the border - BBC News | 2017-02-08 | null | null | Among Grassani's subjects were a large group of Central Americans, walking hundreds of miles from homes in Guatemala and Honduras to the US:
“They were very strong at the beginning, walking like crazy. I spent four days with them – day by day you could see them getting tired because they had no food, nothing with them... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-3a67db15-0018-40ad-97d3-51cd3b920487 | |
Shirley Collins: Star who couldn't sing for 30 years is nominated for two awards - BBC News | 2017-02-08 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Folk star Shirley Collins, who was unable to sing for 30 years, is nominated for two Radio 2 Folk Awards. | Entertainment & Arts | Shirley Collins is best known for the album Anthems in Eden, which she recorded in 1969 with her sister, Dorothy
Folk star Shirley Collins, who was robbed of her voice for 30 years by an emotional crisis, has been nominated for two Radio 2 Folk Awards.
The 81-year-old is up for singer of the year, while Lodestar, her... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-38910195 |
Philipp Lahm: Bayern Munich caught cold by German World Cup winner's announcement - BBC Sport | 2017-02-08 | null | Bayern Munich say they were surprised by the timing of captain Philipp Lahm's retirement announcement. | null | Last updated on .From the section European Football
Bayern Munich were taken by surprise by the timing of captain Philipp Lahm's decision to announce his retirement.
Lahm, 33, joined Bayern aged 11 and has spent almost his entire career there, but will exit at the end of the season.
The German World Cup winner was u... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/38905754 |
FA Cup: Wilfred Ndidi's wonder strike puts Leicester ahead - BBC Sport | 2017-02-08 | null | Wilfred Ndidi scores a spectacular goal to put Leicester 2-1 up in extra-time against Derby County in their FA Cup fourth-round replay. | null | Wilfred Ndidi scores a spectacular goal to put Leicester 2-1 up in extra-time against Derby County in their FA Cup fourth-round replay.
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Available to UK users only. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/38914586 |
Bank warns 'lax financial rules' are a route to failure - BBC News | 2017-02-08 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The BoE's deputy governor warns against abandoning bank rules amid claims the UK could become an offshore tax haven. | Business | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Sir Jon Cunliffe: "The UK, in order to be a successful financial centre, needs robust regulation"
The man responsible for financial stability at the Bank of England has warned against relaxing banking regulation, saying that... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-38913306 |
FA Cup: Demarai Gray's moment of magic for Leicester - BBC Sport | 2017-02-08 | null | Demarai Gray produces a moment of magic as he slaloms past Derby defenders to score for Leicester in their FA Cup fourth-round replay. | null | Demarai Gray produces a moment of magic as he slaloms past Derby defenders to score for Leicester in their FA Cup fourth-round replay.
Watch all the best action from this season's FA Cup here.
Available to UK users only. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/38914589 |
Tiger Woods: Injuries and operations mean I'll never feel great - BBC Sport | 2017-02-08 | null | Fourteen-time major winner Tiger Woods says he will always feel "a little sore" due to the injuries he has suffered. | null | Last updated on .From the section Golf
Fourteen-time major winner Tiger Woods says he will "never feel great" again because of the number of injuries suffered during his career.
Woods, 41, pulled out of the Dubai Desert Classic before the second round this month because of a back spasm.
He only returned to action in... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/golf/38912329 |
Snow church for Russia village - BBC News | 2017-02-08 | null | Villager Alexander Batyokhtin has built a church out of snow in Sosnovka in Siberia. | null | Villager Alexander Batyokhtin has built a church out of snow in Sosnovka in Siberia. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-38909867 |
Fireman, wrestler, politician? What do footballers do in retirement? - BBC Sport | 2017-02-08 | null | Ex-Liverpool striker Djibril Cisse has quit football to become a DJ, but what other careers have ex-players done in retirement. Play our quiz to find out. | null | Fireman, wrestler, politician? What do footballers do in retirement? Last updated on .From the section Football
Following ex-Liverpool and QPR striker Djibril Cisse's announcement that he is to retire to focus on a career as a DJ, BBC Sport has unearthed a few more career paths taken by former players. Play along with... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/38911128 |
Rosy signs for quality journalism market - BBC News | 2017-02-08 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Two weekly political magazines have upped their circulation, suggesting a growing appetite for analytical news. | Entertainment & Arts | So perhaps people will pay for quality journalism after all.
Subscriptions to leading British current affairs magazines, due to be published tomorrow, show a combination of Brexit, Trump and other cultural factors has led to an increase in the number of people handing over money to read smart stuff.
Advance sighting ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-38905558 |
Donald Trump, media saviour - BBC News | 2017-02-08 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Could the new president benefit the mainstream media? | Entertainment & Arts | Donald Trump is, by sheer force of character, destroying the mainstream media as we know it.
His relentless barrage of abuse, not least about "fake news", has fatally undermined the trust of the American people in their traditional sources of news; and by denying the Washington press corps access to his administration... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-38854711 |
Sidmouth summerhouse crashes over cliff edge - BBC News | 2017-02-08 | null | It used to have one of the best views in England - now a Devon summerhouse is a pile of splintered wood at the bottom of a cliff. | null | It used to have one of the best views in England - now a Devon summerhouse is a pile of splintered wood at the bottom of a cliff.
The structure had been Paul Griew's garden sanctuary where he could observe the beautiful coastline off Sidmouth. But over the years the cliff edge has been encroaching on his property.
Mr... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-38910778 |
NHS Health Check: 'How NHS changed our lives' - BBC News | 2017-02-08 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Patients and families discuss their recent experience of NHS services. | Health | The NHS has come under intense pressure this winter, with record numbers of patients facing long waits in accident and emergency units among other challenges.
We asked some of those who have fallen ill, and the families of others, to share their experiences of winter 2016-17.
Sue's father's life changed dramatically ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-38832993 |
Indian cricketer Mohit Ahlawat scores T20 triple hundred - BBC Sport | 2017-02-08 | null | Indian cricketer Mohit Ahlawat hits an extraordinary 72-ball triple century in a local Twenty20 match in Delhi. | null | Last updated on .From the section Cricket
Indian cricketer Mohit Ahlawat hit an extraordinary 72-ball triple century in a local Twenty20 match in Delhi.
The 21-year-old hit 39 sixes, including five off the final over, as he posted a round 300 and his team Maavi finished on 416-2.
His total dwarfs the top-tier record... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/38904731 |
Tara Palmer-Tomkinson - the ultimate It girl in pictures - BBC News | 2017-02-08 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The classic "It girl", Tara Palmer-Tomkinson spent much of her life facing a camera lens. | UK | While her life as a London socialite in her early 20s was being documented in her own Sunday Times column, it was accompanied by a growing problem with cocaine use. It all came to a head with an appearance on the Frank Skinner Show in 1999, in which she slurred her words, struggled to remember her host's name and asked... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-38912628 |
Davis Cup: Denis Shapovalov 'very lucky' umpire Arnaud Gabas not seriously injured - BBC Sport | 2017-02-08 | null | Canada's Denis Shapovalov says he would not have forgiven himself if the umpire he hit in the eye with a ball had been seriously hurt. | null | Last updated on .From the section Tennis
Canada's Denis Shapovalov says he would not have been able to forgive himself if the umpire he hit in the eye with a ball had been seriously injured.
Shapovalov was fined $7,000 (£5,600) for his actions during a Davis Cup match with Great Britain's Kyle Edmund.
The 17-year-ol... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/38897801 |
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