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• Addingham crash: Tributes paid to Maisie Ryan and Oliver Knott

  22-02-2021 21:58 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Maisie Ryan, 27, and Oliver Knott, 21, are named as victims of a fatal collision in West Yorkshire.
  
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• No confidence vote looming over Salmond legal advice

  28-02-2021 20:38 via bbc.co.uk
  
  John Swinney could face a no confidence vote over the release of legal advice ministers were given about Alex Salmond's civil case.
  
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• Covid-19: Brazil 'variant of concern' detected in UK

  28-02-2021 20:38 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Six cases of the variant first detected in Brazil have now been found in England and Scotland.
  
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• Covid: Beach car parks shut to stop lockdown rule-breakers

  28-02-2021 20:15 via bbc.co.uk
  
  'Crowds' reported as people also fined for travelling to "take pictures of their dogs together"
  
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• Glenn Roeder: Former West Ham and Newcastle manager dies aged 65

  28-02-2021 20:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Former Watford, West Ham, Newcastle and Norwich manager Glenn Roeder dies aged 65, says the League Managers Association.
  
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• Exeter WW2 bomb: People not able to go home on Sunday

  28-02-2021 19:15 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Police said the 2,200lb (1,000kg) device blast left a crater the size of a double-decker bus.
  
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• Benburb: Police break up crowd of 250 watching fight

  28-02-2021 19:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  An "organised fight" in a yard in County Tyrone was a clear breach of Covid-19 rules, say police.
  
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• Brexit: Why Irish freight trade is avoiding Britain

  28-02-2021 18:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Irish freight is being shipped directly to Europe to avoid Brexit bureaucracy.
  
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• Family found camping on 'dangerous' cliff edge in North Yorkshire

  28-02-2021 18:19 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A couple with a child had set up camp on a cliff edge in an area known for landslips.
  
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• Three men stabbed in group attack at Glasgow football centre

  28-02-2021 18:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Police are investigating two attempted murders and a serious assault at a Glasgow car park.
  
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• Covid-19: More than 20 million in UK have had first jab

  28-02-2021 17:47 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The milestone is a "huge national achievement" and "every jab makes a difference", Boris Johnson says.
  
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• Covid in Wales: 'Lessons to learn' on anniversary of first case

  28-02-2021 17:46 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Health Minister reflects on the pandemic response, a year on from the first reported case in Wales.
  
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• Budget: Rishi Sunak promises help as Covid restrictions ease

  28-02-2021 16:35 via bbc.co.uk
  
  But the chancellor says he wants "to be honest" with the public about the shock suffered by the economy.
  
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• Paddington stabbing: Victim was 'cousin of murdered teen'

  28-02-2021 15:24 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Police found Ahmed Beker, 19, with fatal stab wounds on Paddington Green on Friday night.
  
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• Coronation Street star Johnny Briggs dies aged 85

  28-02-2021 14:48 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The actor, who played Mike Baldwin in the soap, died after a long illness, his family said.
  
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• Selby crash widow says 'tired driving' still a problem

  28-02-2021 14:38 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Mary Dunn's husband died in the rail crash caused by a driver who fell asleep at the wheel of his car.
  
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• BBC condemns online abuse of Six Nations reporter Sonja McLaughlan

  28-02-2021 13:40 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Online abuse sent to reporter Sonja McLaughlan after the live broadcast of Wales' Six Nations win over England is strongly condemned by the BBC.
  
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• Covid: Police hand out £70k fines at two Mayfair parties

  28-02-2021 13:31 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A total of 70 guests were caught at two parties less than 1,600ft (500m) apart on Sunday morning.
  
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• Dymchurch: Digger used in failed bid to steal cash machine

  28-02-2021 13:24 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A shop front in Dymchurch, Kent, was left with "significant damage", police say.
  
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• Military secrets leaked 'on Facebook' by personnel in security blunder

  28-02-2021 12:50 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  DEFENCE chiefs are being hit by a record number of security breaches with many triggered by staff posting military secrets on social media websites.
  
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• Rishi Sunak poised to copy Joe Biden's plan for tax rises: 'It never made sense'

  28-02-2021 12:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  RISHI SUNAK is expected to copy Joe Biden's strategy in next week's Budget - as the US President's election will provide a partial cover for a big increase in corporation tax rates.
  
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• Rishi Sunak poised to copy Joe Biden's plan for huge corporation tax rise

  28-02-2021 12:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  RISHI SUNAK is expected to copy Joe Biden's strategy in next week's Budget - as the US President's election will provide a partial cover for a big increase in corporation tax rates.
  
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• Budget 2021: No tax rises immediately, says shadow chancellor

  28-02-2021 12:22 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Labour's Anneliese Dodds tells the BBC's Andrew Marr there should be no immediate tax rise on businesses.
  
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• Rishi Sunak: 'Shock to economy won't be fixed overnight'

  28-02-2021 12:18 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Chancellor says he wants to level with people about the economic challenges ahead.
  
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• Sir Winston Churchill: Former PMs birthplace is losing £1million a month during pandemic

  28-02-2021 12:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  SIR Winston Churchill's birthplace, Blenheim Palace, is losing £1million a month as a result of lockdown and things are now so bad human resources staff have had to help with lambing.
  
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• Schools must redouble efforts to recoup lost childhoods, says Education Secretary

  28-02-2021 11:36 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  SCHOOLS and society must redouble efforts to recoup the lost childhood suffered by Britain's young people during lockdown, Education Secretary Gavin Williamson has said.
  
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• BBC TV licence bailiff shame: Tables turned on Beeb in fine row

  28-02-2021 11:09 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  BAILIFFS were instructed to collect a debt from the BBC after they refused to reimburse a pensioner for a TV licence he should have had free.
  
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• Restless nation laps up the sun as jab total hits 20 million milestone

  28-02-2021 10:39 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  MORE than 20 million jabs have been given out as the vaccine roll-out reached another milestone.
  
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• COVID-19 computer modelling may have led to dire decisions

  28-02-2021 10:34 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  BRITAIN could be facing "catastrophe by computer" because the Government is too reliant on pandemic modelling, experts fear. Last week Boris Johnson published a cautious roadmap to normality after scientists warned him there could be 91,000 extra deaths if he scrapped all lockdown curbs at the end of April.
  
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• Stonehenge mystery: UK's stone circles mapped after Wales breakthrough

  28-02-2021 10:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  STONEHENGE and its mysteries continue to elude researchers despite recent groundbreaking evidence for the original location of its famous bluestone, with similar structures dotted around Britain - many remaining untouched.
  
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