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• Jasmine Harrison on being youngest solo female to row Atlantic Ocean

  21-02-2021 20:05 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Jasmine Harrison, 21, on becoming the youngest woman to row solo across the Atlantic Ocean.
  
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• Covid: Christian group fined £10k for Bulwell car park meet

  21-02-2021 17:39 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Police say the site is "evidently not a place of worship" but the church plans to contest the fine.
  
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• Jo Whiley: It's been the worst week of our lives as Frances struggles with Covid

  21-02-2021 17:33 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The DJ says her sister Frances, who has a learning disability and diabetes, is "fighting for her life" with Covid.
  
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• Exeter house fire: Girl, 4, and couple die

  21-02-2021 17:31 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Police call it a "tragic incident" and say no-one is being sought in connection with the fire.
  
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• Coronavirus: Medical regulator investigates £30m Covid contract firm

  21-02-2021 17:18 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Hinpack, which makes test tubes, is run by the former landlord of a pub near Matt Hancock's old home.
  
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• Coronavirus: Latest data shows vaccine reduces transmission - Hancock

  21-02-2021 17:16 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Matt Hancock says hospital admissions are falling more sharply than the first wave of the pandemic.
  
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• Lloyd's seeks archivist to investigate slave trade links

  21-02-2021 15:47 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The specialist insurance market has previously apologised for historical links to the slave trade.
  
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• Health chiefs say NI vaccine programme is on target

  21-02-2021 15:47 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Four more Covid-related deaths have been confirmed, bringing the number of deaths in NI to 2,033.
  
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• Coronavirus: 'Right' to delay contract transparency in pandemic, says Hancock

  21-02-2021 15:12 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The health secretary defends his team after a court rules he acted unlawfully during the pandemic.
  
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• Teenagers arrested after car stolen with two young children inside

  21-02-2021 14:30 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The "distraught" father says his car was taken with his sons, aged two and four, inside.
  
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• Covid in Scotland: Safety assurance ahead of pupils' return to schools

  21-02-2021 13:47 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Education Secretary John Swinney says it is safe for Scotland's youngest pupils to return to the classroom.
  
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• Cambridge moonflower: Team 'overwhelmed' by global response

  21-02-2021 13:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Having thousands watch a rare cactus bloom online leaves the team that planted it "overwhelmed".
  
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• Minister confident about Welsh pupils' return to school

  21-02-2021 13:32 via bbc.co.uk
  
  But there is a warning that this does not mean a return to "sleepovers or birthday parties".
  
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• Beaumaris house fire: Two people arrested

  21-02-2021 12:45 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Police take one woman and one man into custody after the fire on Saturday morning.
  
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• Painting every sunrise teaches Leeds artist to 'live presently'

  21-02-2021 11:57 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Tom Newhouse aims to capture every sunrise in 2021 in oils to create "one grand display of colour".
  
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• Jo Whiley on sister's Covid: 'It's been the worst week of our lives'

  21-02-2021 11:30 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Jo Whiley was offered a vaccine before her disabled sister, who is now "fighting for her life" with Covid.
  
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• Cambridge moonflower: Time-lapse video captures 'UK first'

  21-02-2021 11:30 via bbc.co.uk
  
  See the bloom of an Amazonian moonflower that captured interest from around the world.
  
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• Covid vaccine: All UK adults to be offered jab by 31 July - PM

  21-02-2021 10:11 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Boris Johnson says there will be "no let up", as he prepares to set out his plan to ease lockdown.
  
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• Hospitality suppliers: 'It’s not just a case of turning on a switch'

  21-02-2021 09:35 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Firms across the supply chain say notice and certainty are key to a full menu being available post-lockdown.
  
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• Foot and mouth 20 years on: what an animal virus epidemic taught UK science

  21-02-2021 08:45 via theguardian.com
  
  Britain’s top vet was newly qualified when the outbreak hit. Here, she talks about the devastating slaughter and tracking virus variantsChristine Middlemiss was a young vet working in Scotland in February 2001 when foot and mouth disease struck Britain. Having grown up on a farm, and having later worked in veterinary care in Cumbria, she volunteered to help battle an affliction that would eventually take a terrible toll on UK livestock.“I volunteered as a temporary veterinary inspect
  
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• Covid-19: PM's new vaccine target, and the special effects livening up lockdown

  21-02-2021 08:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Five things you need to know about the coronavirus pandemic this Sunday.
  
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• The big picture: Cristina de Middel's fantastical take on the migrant story

  21-02-2021 08:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The Spanish photographer reimagines the journey through Mexico to the US as a magical questFor the past few years, the Spanish photographer Cristina de Middel has been documenting the caravans of migrants who have travelled through Mexico from its southern border with Guatemala to reach a small town in California called Felicity. A monument in Felicity proclaims it boldly as the “Center of the World”. Inspired by that fact, De Middel has used Jules Verne’s book Journey to the C
  
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• Child heart transplants: 'I'm ecstatic I got such an amazing gift'

  21-02-2021 07:19 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Freya Heddington, 14, had a new type of transplant where "non-beating donor hearts" are revived.
  
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• Texas freeze shows a chilling truth – how the rich use climate change to divide us | Robert Reich

  21-02-2021 07:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The Lone Star State is aptly named. If you’re not part of the Republican oil elite with Cruz and Abbott, you’re on your ownTexas has long represented a wild west individualism that elevates personal freedom – this week, the freedom to freeze – above all else. Related: Why the cold weather caused huge Texas blackouts – a visual explainerContinue reading...
  
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• RAF sonic boom: Ministry of Defence receives TV and window damage claims

  21-02-2021 02:33 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Homes were shaken across eastern England after RAF Typhoons were launched to intercept a plane.
  
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• Bloodlands: 'A foot in both the present and the past'

  21-02-2021 01:44 via bbc.co.uk
  
  James Nesbitt stars as a veteran detective hunting an assassin in the new BBC drama Bloodlands.
  
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• Coronavirus doctor's diary: Don't ask me which vaccine is best, please

  21-02-2021 01:11 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Dr John Wright says he's often asked which vaccine is best, but the answer is it's too early to say.
  
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• Lockdown rules: What are the risks of schools, pubs and shops reopening?

  21-02-2021 01:06 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Lockdown could slowly be lifted soon but what are the risks associated with relaxing certain restrictions?
  
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• May Willis: 'I'm almost 111 and make the most of what I've got'

  21-02-2021 01:05 via bbc.co.uk
  
  May Willis, from Bexhill, credits her long life to no smoking, no alcohol - and lots of chocolate.
  
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• The homemade special effects livening up lockdown

  21-02-2021 01:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Peter Quinn moved from Northern Ireland to America to work in the VFX industry over a decade ago.
  
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• How European businesses are adapting to Brexit

  21-02-2021 00:45 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Companies doing business between Europe and the UK talk to the BBC about the impact of the new rules.
  
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