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• Bees in danger: Epidemic of colony collapses is linked to stressed out honeybees

  09-02-2015 23:59
  
  The sharp decline in honeybees has been linked with a change in the foraging behaviour of young bees brought on by some kind of environmental stress such as parasitic attacks or pesticides, a study has found.
  
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• Who made it into greatest ODI XI?

  09-02-2015 23:53 via bbc.co.uk
  
  There are four Australians, three West Indians, two South Africans, one Indian & one Pakistani in the greatest ODI XI.
  
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• Alan Barnes' attacker to appear in court after being charged with assault - Daily Mail

  09-02-2015 23:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
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  Richard Gatiss, 25, was arrested early this morning and he will appear at Gateshead Magistrates' Court tomorrow. Frail Mr Barnes, 67, was pushing his bin outside his home in Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, earlier this month when he was knocked to the ground ...
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• Rotherham warning 'ignored in 2002'

  09-02-2015 23:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A former Home Office researcher says a bullying culture at Rotherham Council led to her warnings of child sexual exploitation being suppressed years before action was finally taken.
  
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• Nationwide poster campaign aims to 'celebrate, not vilify' immigrants

  09-02-2015 23:27
  
  Amid a climate of xenophobia as we head towards the general election, a campaign has been launched to celebrate the positive effects migrants have on our everyday lives through a series of posters and billboards.
  
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• Young girl among truck crash dead

  09-02-2015 23:21
  
  A young girl is one of the four people who died when a tipper truck collided with vehicles and pedestrians on a hill, police said.
  
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• Donald Macintyre's Sketch: Question evasion and a tax blame game

  09-02-2015 23:17
  
  As a man who in 2011 won the title of Tax Personality of the Year, Treasury Financial Secretary David Gauke no doubt has many qualities. But rigidly logical argument isn’t always one. Summoned to the Commons over the HSBC scandal, he was at pains to say what a “successful” minister Lord (Stephen) Green had been.
  
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• Tax officials defended over HSBC

  09-02-2015 23:11 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Ministers defend the UK's record on dealing with tax evasion, amid a political row over reports HSBC helped wealthy clients dodge UK taxes.
  
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• Broadchurch series 2 episode 6, TV review: More clues - and even a few laughs - but not enough of an emotional buy-in

  09-02-2015 23:08
  Finally! After weeks of wondering about those blasted bluebells, looking into the puppy dog eyes of the mysterious Claire Ripley and watching Lee Ashworth lurk in fields, we have at last learned something about Sandbrook. And tonight proved a considerable improvement on last week’s hair-tearingly tedious instalment. There were even (dare I say it considering the general misery?) a few laugh-out-loud moments.
  
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• Moyes praises Burnley striker Ings

  09-02-2015 23:07 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Real Sociedad boss David Moyes says Burnley striker Danny Ings is a player "anyone would like to have".
  
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• McGuinness 'rocket attack threat'

  09-02-2015 23:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Northern Ireland's Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness says police have warned him of a threat to kill him in a "rocket attack".
  
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• Photos: London Mayor Boris Johnson stays in snowy Boston

  09-02-2015 22:59
  
  London Mayor Boris Johnson opted not to cut short his visit in Boston on Monday, instead walking around the city during Winter Storm Marcus, the third winter storm to hit the area in two weeks.
  
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• MPs to launch inquiry into HSBC

  09-02-2015 22:58 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Public Accounts Committee will be launching an "urgent" inquiry into tax evasion by wealthy clients of HSBC.
  
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• VIDEO: Could London roads go underground?

  09-02-2015 22:57 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Could some of London's busiest roads go underground, to allow traffic to flow more freely?
  
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• Girl Among Four Dead As Truck Careers Down Hill

  09-02-2015 22:54
  
  The truck, which was carrying aggregate, hit a number of vehicles as it travelled down hill in Lansdown Lane, Upper Weston, just after 4pm on Monday, Avon and Somerset Police said. Four people were injured and were taken to the Royal United Hospital in Bath and Southmead Hospital in Bristol. A spokesman from Avon and Somerset Police said: "Four people have died at the scene and there are several people injured. A spokeswoman for South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust said: &qu
  
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• Baby ashes inquiry finds 60 cases

  09-02-2015 22:51 via bbc.co.uk
  
  An inquiry into the failure of a Shrewsbury crematorium to return the ashes of dead babies to their families finds at least 60 cases over the last 15 years.
  
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• A meeting of minds in Cairo: Billion-dollar arms deal on table as Putin and Abdel Fattah al-Sisi seek closer trade links and alliance against 'terror'

  09-02-2015 22:44
  Vladimir Putin arrived in Egypt last night for talks with his Egyptian opposite number on new roubles-only trade deals, the sale of billions of dollars’ worth of guns and tanks, and quite probably a new “anti-terrorist” alliance of the kind Russia already boasts in Syria. 
  
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• Alan Barnes: Richard Gatiss, 25, charged with assaulting disabled pensioner

  09-02-2015 22:31
  
  A man has been charged with assaulting disabled pensioner Alan Barnes.
  
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• Police sorry for Charlie Hebdo investigation - The Times (subscription)

  09-02-2015 22:14 via thetimes.co.uk
  
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  Police have apologised for gathering information about people who bought copies of Charlie Hebdo in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks in Paris. An officer in Wiltshire visited newsagents, issuing security advice and asking who had purchased the ...
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• Four killed in tipper truck crash

  09-02-2015 22:11
  
  Four people have died, four are in hospital and several others have been injured after a tipper truck collided with vehicles and pedestrians on a hill, police said.
  
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• Andy McSmith's Diary: An hour debating the use of 'the' – no wonder our noble Lords nod off

  09-02-2015 21:56
  
  I am sorry I missed Friday’s session in the House of Lords, the first riveting hour of which was spent debating a proposal to remove the word “the” from a piece of proposed legislation, and to replace it with “a”.
  
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• Charge after mugging of disabled man

  09-02-2015 21:55 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A man is charged with assaulting disabled pensioner Alan Barnes in Gateshead, for whom £300,000 was subsequently raised in donations.
  
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• Sterling offered 'incredible' deal

  09-02-2015 21:52 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Liverpool forward Raheem Sterling has been offered an "incredible" new deal, says boss Brendan Rodgers.
  
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• Alan Barnes: Man Charged Over Mugging

  09-02-2015 21:47
  
  A man has been charged with assault with intent to rob after an attack on disabled pensioner Alan Barnes, Northumbria Police said. Richard Gatiss, 25, from Gateshead, will appear at Gateshead Magistrates' Court on Tuesday. Mr Barnes, 67, suffered a broken collarbone when he was shoved to the ground during the attack in Gateshead on 25 January. After reading about the mugging, beautician Katie Cutler, 21, set up an online fundraising page hoping to raise £500 to help Mr Barnes move into a
  
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• Man charged over pensioner attack

  09-02-2015 21:38
  
  A 25-year-old man has been charged with assaulting pensioner Alan Barnes.
  
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• 'Godlike Genius' gong for Suede

  09-02-2015 21:38
  
  Guitar band Suede are to be crowned as a Godlike Genius at the NME awards.
  
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• Drew Peterson Charged In Murder-For-Hire Plot

  09-02-2015 21:37
  
  Drew Peterson - the brash ex-cop convicted of killing his third wife - has been charged in a murder-for-hire plot against the man who helped put him behind bars. His attorney, Steve Greenberg, told the Chicago Tribune the allegations are "absurd". "Drew would have nothing to gain and everything to lose by doing that," Mr Greenberg told the newspaper. Peterson was charged in Ms Savio's death after investigators reopened the case following the disappearance of his fourth
  
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• Ukraine crisis analysis: The US and Nato cannot solve this – only Ukrainians can do that

  09-02-2015 21:33
  
  The severed section of the fuselage lay 20 yards from a part of the undercarriage, beyond that were two upturned seats. Across the road, an open suitcase was gathering rain, next to pairs of children’s shoes, magazines and a set of keys. These were the remains of Flight MH17 spread on fields around Debaltseve on the day the official inquiry report into the destruction of the Malaysian Airliner two months previously was issued.
  
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• Four Killed As Truck Careers Down Hill

  09-02-2015 21:25
  
  The truck, which was carrying aggregate, hit a number of vehicles as it travelled down hill in Lansdown Lane, Upper Weston, just after 4pm on Monday, Avon and Somerset Police said. Four people were injured and were taken to the Royal United Hospital in Bath and Southmead Hospital in Bristol. A spokesman from Avon and Somerset Police said: "Four people have died at the scene and there are several people injured. A spokeswoman for South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust said: &qu
  
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• Anti-gay leader Scott Lively planning run for US Congress

  09-02-2015 21:20
  
  Fresh off his defeat for the gubernatorial seat of Massachusetts – in which he got less than 1 per cent of the vote – anti-gay minister Scott Lively has said he is considering a run for the US House of Representatives.
  
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• VIDEO: Who should govern the UK's cities?

  09-02-2015 21:19 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Those in charge of some of the biggest councils think they have the answer to who should govern the city.
  
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• Husband given life sentence for 'ferocious and chilling' screwdriver attack against his wife

  09-02-2015 21:15
  
  A husband who tortured and killed his wife has been handed a life sentence, after he left her with at least 270 injuries following a “ferocious and chilling” attack.
  
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• Stressed bees 'behind decline'

  09-02-2015 21:00
  
  Stressed young bees that are forced to grow up too fast could largely account for disastrous declines in populations of the insects around the world, research suggests.
  
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• Paternity leave: Do the figures actually add up?

  09-02-2015 20:53
  
  In a shameless attempt to corner the "People Who Are Too Tired to Operate" vote, Ed Miliband has proposed doubling the period of paid paternity leave to four weeks. As a dad who has relatively recently returned from paternity leave, the only reaction to this news is a weary, sleepless thumbs-up.
  
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• Why Bob Hoskins didn't make the final cut of Bafta's in memoriam slot

  09-02-2015 20:48
  
  A maudlin ritual with its roots in Oscar history entered the modern age of outrage yesterday. When Stephen Fry introduced the Baftas memorial montage (the "death reel", if you will) during the luvvie awards ceremony on Sunday night, some viewers were incensed that Bob Hoskins, a Bafta winner and stalwart of British cinema, did not feature alongside, among 27 other names, Lauren Bacall and Mickey Rooney.
  
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• VIDEO: Music teacher 'proud' of Sam Smith

  09-02-2015 20:48 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The BBC's David Sillito has met Sam Smith's childhood music teacher Joanna Eden, who said she ''shed a few tears'' at his success in winning four Grammy Awards.
  
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• The game changer: US health group eyes up NHS contracts

  09-02-2015 20:46
  
  One of America’s leading hospital groups, which is known for treating world leaders and celebrities, has set its sights on the UK and the lucrative opportunities that could emerge if the NHS is opened up to further private-sector involvement.
  
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• After James Blunt row, Chris Bryant takes aim at ‘black-free’ Baftas

  09-02-2015 20:44
  
  The shadow minister for the arts, Chris Bryant, has criticised the “disturbing” lack of diversity in British film-making, after no black or ethnic minority performers were honoured at the Baftas.
  
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• Coincidence or infiltration? Trial of alleged 9/11 plotters halted after accused 'recognises interpreter' from CIA 'black site'

  09-02-2015 20:39
  A hearing for five alleged 9/11 plotters held at Guantanamo Bay came to an abrupt halt today, after two of the defendants said they recognised a court interpreter as having worked at a secret CIA prison where they were previously detained.
  
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• Gay couples in Alabama make history as controversial judge fails to stop same-sex marriage

  09-02-2015 20:36
  
  Gay couples in Alabama started making history on Monday as they lined up to get married – overcoming a last ditch effort by the state’s conservative chief justice who had appealed to judges not to hand out licences.
  
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• Vet jailed over bestiality images

  09-02-2015 20:35 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A former vet who was struck off after being filmed having sex with a horse and a dog is jailed for possessing images of bestiality.
  
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• AUDIO: Dench on preventing memory loss

  09-02-2015 20:35 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Dame Judi Dench has tells the BBC Radio 4's PM programme she has been taking a health supplement as a "preventative" to memory loss, but not as a cure, as suggested by some newspaper reports.
  
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• It's political reasons - not financial ones - that are stopping a new bailout deal with eurozone, says Greek PM

  09-02-2015 20:24
  After Greece’s new Prime Minister laid out an end to “bailout barbarity” in a rousing speech to parliament, the country’s finance heads now plan to propose a “bridge deal” to ease fears of a eurozone exit.
  
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• HSBC leaks Q&A: A global scandal or a storm in a Swiss tea-cup?

  09-02-2015 20:22
  
  It has been described as the “biggest banking leak in history” – not least by the various European media outlets, including the BBC, that have been publishing some of the details this week. But where have the hundreds of thousands of files, which apparently detail industrial-scale tax evasion, come from? And what is the wider significance of the leak? Finally, where can we expect this scandal to go next?
  
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• Police officers defend stop-search

  09-02-2015 20:17 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Rank and file police officers accuse politicians of "ignorance" over the controversial practice of consensual stop and searches.
  
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• Charles Manson wedding off after it emerges that fiancee Afton Elaine Burton 'just wanted his corpse for display'

  09-02-2015 20:10
  
  Serial killer Charles Manson's supposed budding romance with a woman 53 years his junior has been allegedly exposed as a money-making scheme.
  
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• Charles Manson wedding off after it emerges that fiance Afton Elaine Burton 'just wanted his corpse for display'

  09-02-2015 20:10
  
  Serial killer Charles Manson's supposed budding romance with a woman 53 years his junior has been allegedly exposed as a money-making scheme.
  
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• Paying £15,000-a-table, just who are the donors funding the Tories’ election campaign?

  09-02-2015 20:05
  
  The embossed invitations began dropping through the letter boxes of some of the richest men and women in Britain in October.
  
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• Brian Williams: British news executive facing credibility crisis over NBC anchorman's lies

  09-02-2015 20:05
  
  A deep unease at NBC News has taken hold since Brian Williams, its nightly news anchor, came under attack for making up a story about a life-and-death escape in Iraq. And caught squarely in the maelstrom is Deborah Turness, a Briton who left ITV to become President of NBC News just eighteen months ago.
  
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• Austrian architect begs Pope Francis for help, as he plans to sue bell-ringing cathedral

  09-02-2015 20:03
  
  An exhausted Austrian architect, who has begged Pope Francis to help him stop the cathedral bells near his home ringing at night, is suing the catholic institution.
  
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