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• More public sector pay strikes if NI falls behind UK, unions warn

  13-07-2023 20:14 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Budget pressures and the Stormont stalemate means it is not clear if pay awards can be introduced in NI.
  
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• New wave of strikes on way, Unite leader Sharon Graham warns

  13-07-2023 20:10 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Strikes will continue unless ministers and big firms increase their pay offers, Ms Graham warns.
  
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• Teacher strikes likely to end in England

  13-07-2023 20:05 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Union leaders have come out in support of a new 6.5% pay offer and will recommend members accept it.
  
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• Former Falmouth School deputy head jailed for sex offences

  13-07-2023 19:31 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Terry Burke, who worked at Falmouth School for 30 years, has been jailed for 18 years.
  
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• Dubai cash mules who smuggled millions in suitcases sentenced

  13-07-2023 19:08 via bbc.co.uk
  
  They were part of a wider scheme which saw £104m leave the UK in flights from London, the NCA says.
  
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• Kilmarnock kit pays tribute to inventor of penicillin

  13-07-2023 18:54 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The world's first antibiotic was discovered in 1928 by Sir Alexander Fleming, who studied in the town.
  
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• Covid Inquiry: Brexit helped prepare government for pandemic, says Gove

  13-07-2023 18:49 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Civil servants "honed and refined" crisis skills while preparing to leave the EU, Mr Gove argues.
  
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• Public sector pay: Workers offered pay rises of around 6%

  13-07-2023 18:27 via bbc.co.uk
  
  PM Rishi Sunak said the offer to workers was final and there would be "no more talks on pay".
  
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• Using agency staff to cover strikes ruled unlawful

  13-07-2023 18:17 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Bosses can no longer use agency staff to cover striking workers during walkouts, the High Court rules.
  
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• Ronan Kanda: Teens sentenced for boy's mistaken identity murder

  13-07-2023 18:13 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Ronan Kanda, 16, had been buying a PlayStation controller when he was stabbed close to his home.
  
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• UK approach to China spy threat inadequate, ISC report warns

  13-07-2023 17:34 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A damning new report says China has penetrated "every sector" of the UK's economy.
  
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• Murdered teenger had strangling injuries, court told

  13-07-2023 17:29 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A forensic pathologist tells a murder trial that Amber Niven died from compression to her neck.
  
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• Kevin Spacey: Touch was romantic, says actor as he denies assault

  13-07-2023 17:19 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The two-time Oscar-winning actor denies sex offences between 2001 and 2013.
  
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• King Charles and Queen Camilla meet crowds during visit to St Ives

  13-07-2023 17:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The King and Queen have been met with crowds at St Ives Harbour during their visit.
  
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• Nottingham attacks: Foundations to be set up for student victims

  13-07-2023 16:45 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The families of Grace O'Malley-Kumar and Barnaby Webber want to fundraise in their memory.
  
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• Dalbeattie farmer died after attack by cow with her calf

  13-07-2023 16:39 via bbc.co.uk
  
  An inquiry finds no precautions could have avoided Derek Roan's death on his farm near Dalbeattie.
  
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• Burry Port manslaughter accused was scared, court hears

  13-07-2023 15:58 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Hywel Williams says he was acting in self-defence when he pushed Peter Ormerod, who later died.
  
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• Public sector pay: Will rises for doctors and teachers cause inflation?

  13-07-2023 15:45 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The government warns that increasing public sector pay could cause inflation.
  
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• Tim Westwood interviewed under police caution again

  13-07-2023 15:19 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Ex-BBC DJ Tim Westwood is questioned for a third time over alleged sex offences, BBC News understands.
  
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• Aircraft struck lorry as it came into land in Somerset - report

  13-07-2023 15:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Vans RV-9A aircraft hit the ground and rolled onto its roof short of the runway in Somerset.
  
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• Ministers could be fined for breaching lobbying rules under Labour

  13-07-2023 14:33 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The party says it will create a new watchdog with powers to propose sanctions against ministers.
  
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• Where has the summer gone?

  13-07-2023 14:24 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Flaming June has given way to a mixed July. It’s just the latest chapter in a year of big weather changes.
  
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• BBC resumes Huw Edwards inquiry as no criminality found by police

  13-07-2023 13:51 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Police say no evidence of criminal behaviour over claims he paid a young person for explicit photos.
  
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• Olivia Perks: Mother slams 'toxic army culture' after cadet death

  13-07-2023 13:33 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Olivia Perks, 21, was found dead in her room at Royal Military Academy Sandhurst in 2019.
  
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• Mortgage rates: 'I have £50,000 but can't buy a house'

  13-07-2023 11:48 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Young people say buying feels hopeless and they are penalised as renters are unable to save.
  
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• UK economy 'listless' with little growth in four years

  13-07-2023 10:58 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The economy shrank by 0.1% in May and has barely grown since 2019 before the pandemic.
  
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• Why Barcelona’s beaches are disappearing – video

  13-07-2023 10:46 via theguardian.com
  
  In 2010, Barcelona’s nine city beaches were topped up with 700,000 cubic metres of sand. Since then, 70% of that sand has disappeared. In the past 20 years the rate of erosion along Spain’s east coast has been accelerating. It is partly to do with storms and rising sea levels but there are also other factors at play. The local authorities are in a bind, trying to balance economic needs and the environment, with no viable solutions to choose from. It is a tricky situation that co
  
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• Feeling the 'Kenergy' on Barbie movie pink carpet

  13-07-2023 09:21 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Stars from the hotly-anticipated film attend its premiere in London's Leicester Square.
  
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• 'I was on a mission to stop this man'

  13-07-2023 07:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Three women speak of their relief after the man who repeatedly raped them was jailed.
  
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• Has a 25-year-old bet taken us a step closer to understanding consciousness? – podcast

  13-07-2023 06:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Twenty-five years ago in a German bar, neuroscientist Christof Koch bet philosopher David Chalmers that we’d understand the neural basis for consciousness by 2023. Last month, the winner of the bet received a case of wine. Ian Sample talks to Christof and David about why they made the bet, who won, and where we are now in our understanding of this most fundamental aspect of existence.Learn more about the science of consciousness by joining leading neuroscientist professor Anil Seth for a G
  
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