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• Three men jailed over bin worker attacks

  10-04-2025 22:13 via bbc.com
  
  Joe Corden, Jack Spackman and Kyle Worthington attacked four bin collectors with an axe and a metal pole.
  
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• Driver who blamed crash on dog admits pooch was innocent

  15-01-2026 19:44 via bbc.com
  Jody Lovatt's runaway van crashed through the level crossing at Knaresborough Station.
  
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• Tour de France Femmes 'will boost women's cycling'

  15-01-2026 19:37 via bbc.com
  The start of the annual elite women’s cycling race will take place in Yorkshire.
  
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• Richarlison out for seven weeks with hamstring injury

  15-01-2026 19:07 via bbc.com
  Tottenham forward Richarlison is ruled out for up to seven weeks with a hamstring injury.
  
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• No 10 no longer has confidence in police chief

  15-01-2026 18:55 via bbc.com
  Chief Constable Craig Guildford is facing calls to resign or be sacked by senior politicians.
  
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• Fake Deliveroo driver jailed for shooting family

  15-01-2026 18:40 via bbc.com
  Jazz Reid shot an eight-year-old girl and her father while pretending to be a Deliveroo driver in north-west London.
  
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• Ship's crew recall moment of North Sea crash

  15-01-2026 18:33 via bbc.com
  Vladimir Motin has pleaded not guilty to gross negligence manslaughter over the collision in March.
  
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• Fraud trial hears councillor 'just wanted to help'

  15-01-2026 18:25 via bbc.com
  Five people are on trial in Bradford accused of operating a bogus coronavirus testing firm in 2021.
  
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• Drug 'top dog' caught fleeing police raids in taxi

  15-01-2026 18:04 via bbc.com
  Police say raids found drugs hidden in a teddy bear and evidence from a phone dropped into paint.
  
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• Jenrick sacking not surprising, constituents say

  15-01-2026 17:56 via bbc.com
  Robert Jenrick was sacked by the Tory party on Thursday, and later announced he was joining Reform.
  
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• Our man from the prune - William on farming duty

  15-01-2026 17:05 via bbc.com
  The Prince of Wales has been highlighting mental health support for the farming community.
  
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• Car thieves jailed after gang member filmed himself

  15-01-2026 17:05 via bbc.com
  The gang stole luxury cars from across Lancashire, often while the vehicles' owners were sleeping.
  
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• Island community 'outshines itself' after storm

  15-01-2026 16:56 via bbc.com
  Residents of St Mary's in the Isles of Scilly are working together following Storm Goretti.
  
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• Ofwat launches investigation into South East Water

  15-01-2026 16:38 via bbc.com
  Anger is high after thousands of customers in Kent and Sussex have experienced days of water chaos.
  
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• Farmers dismayed at 'pouring milk down the drain'

  15-01-2026 16:14 via bbc.com
  Farmers say global surplus of milk means 'catastrophic' price cuts.
  
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• Paqueta could move but be loaned back to West Ham

  15-01-2026 15:58 via bbc.com
  Flamengo are exploring the possibility of loaning Lucas Paqueta back to West Ham as they try to sign the Brazil international this month.
  
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• Letby trust pays £1.4m damages to ex CEO

  15-01-2026 15:56 via bbc.com
  Dr Susan Gilby told the BBC she was relieved the case was over and that it "was never about the money."
  
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• Sheeran ticket touts ordered to pay back £3m or face jail

  15-01-2026 15:35 via bbc.com
  A Norfolk couple are ordered to pay the money after a Proceeds of Crime Act hearing.
  
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• Woman jailed over feud e-bike crash murder

  15-01-2026 15:33 via bbc.com
  Zoe Treadwell mowed down and killed Joey Johnstone in her Range Rover.
  
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• Managers' authority is being eroded - Southgate

  15-01-2026 15:13 via bbc.com
  Football managers' authority is being steadily eroded, Sir Gareth Southgate says, but the switch to head coaching still brings a "significant melting pot of problems and pressure".
  
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• Mum goes into labour after laughing at panto

  15-01-2026 12:15 via bbc.com
  Abbie Foord said she laughed so much her waters broke in the theatre during the performance.
  
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• England spinner Bashir swaps Somerset for Derbyshire

  15-01-2026 11:44 via bbc.com
  England spin bowler Shoaib Bashir leaves Somerset to join Derbyshire in Division Two of the County Championship.
  
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• Care home residents' 'banter' turned into podcast

  15-01-2026 07:14 via bbc.com
  Three elderly women launch a podcast to discuss relationships, growing older and the changing world.
  
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• Agatha Christie show filmed across West Country

  15-01-2026 07:13 via bbc.com
  The Seven Dials Mystery stars Helena Bonham-Carter and Martin Freeman - who stayed in West Somerset.
  
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• 'Every hospital corridor I saw had people in beds'

  15-01-2026 07:10 via bbc.com
  Lucy Buckle says she was told by NHS 111 to attend A&E and says the hospital was "very chaotic".
  
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• Childcare search is 'mission impossible', says mum

  15-01-2026 07:03 via bbc.com
  A charity says the sector is at "breaking point" and is calling on the government to intervene.
  
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• Gambling addict consumed by predatory websites, inquest told

  13-01-2026 21:24 via bbc.com
  Oliver Long's family tells a hearing into his death that he had been "consumed" by his addiction.
  
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• Carrick confirmed as Man Utd caretaker head coach

  13-01-2026 20:28 via bbc.com
  Manchester United appoint former player Michael Carrick as caretaker head coach until the end of the season.
  
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• Bulger killer Jon Venables set for parole hearing

  13-01-2026 20:28 via bbc.com
  Jon Venables, 10 when he killed James Bulger in 1993, failed in a previous bid for parole in 2023.
  
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• Teen killed in crash pictured as tributes paid

  13-01-2026 20:10 via bbc.com
  Tributes are paid after three teenagers and a taxi-driver died in the collision in Bolton on Sunday.
  
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