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• Man murdered partner and neighbour on Christmas Day

  15-04-2025 16:55 via bbc.com
  
  Police describe 49-year-old Jazwell Brown's attack on the two women as "brutal".
  
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• Nine arrested over 'Hitler birthday party' in pub

  07-05-2025 21:58 via bbc.com
  
  Those arrested are accused of displaying written material intended to stir up racial hatred.
  
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• Mum who campaigned for cannabis law change dies

  07-05-2025 21:13 via bbc.com
  
  Hannah Deacon fought for permission to treat her son Alfie's epilepsy with cannabis.
  
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• Olivia's mum backs sentencing refusal law change

  07-05-2025 20:56 via bbc.com
  
  Cheryl Korbel say she was not able to look her daughter's killer in the eye when he was jailed.
  
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• VE Day at 80: What's to come - and what you might have missed

  07-05-2025 20:26 via bbc.com
  
  A guide to the celebrations marking the 80th anniversary of VE day.
  
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• Woman catches stalker with SmartWater spray

  07-05-2025 18:52 via bbc.com
  
  "Relentless" Neil Leddon followed his victim and drove into her car, Humberside Police says.
  
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• Manx bomb disposal specialist killed in Ukraine

  07-05-2025 18:49 via bbc.com
  
  Chris Garrett, 40, had been volunteering clearing mines in the country when he was killed on Tuesday.
  
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• UK’s South West Coast Path Unveils Majestic Views and Rich Heritage Across Somerset, Devon, Cornwall, and Dorset, Offering a Once-in-a-Lifetime Adventure for Nature Lovers and Hikers - Travel And Tour World

  07-05-2025 17:47 via news.google.com
  UK’s South West Coast Path Unveils Majestic Views and Rich Heritage Across Somerset, Devon, Cornwall, and Dorset, Offering a Once-in-a-Lifetime Adventure for Nature Lovers and Hikers  Travel And Tour World
  
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• Dangerous overtaking move 'could have been fatal'

  07-05-2025 17:12 via bbc.com
  
  Dashcam footage shows Emmanuel Sylva almost hitting another lorry during the "reckless" incident.
  
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• Sycamore Gap felling 'bit of a laugh' - prosecutor

  07-05-2025 17:11 via bbc.com
  
  Lawyers are giving closing speeches in the trial of two men who deny felling the world famous tree.
  
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• Man stabbed to death in bank identified

  07-05-2025 17:08 via bbc.com
  
  Two suspects have been arrested by Derbyshire Police.
  
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• Knitted VE Day party appears in village

  07-05-2025 16:26 via bbc.com
  
  The display popped up in Fillongley ahead of VE Day celebrations.
  
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• NHS worker likened to Darth Vader awarded £29,000

  07-05-2025 16:18 via bbc.com
  
  An NHS employee is compared to the Star Wars villain in a personality test and made to feel "unpopular".
  
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• Amorim wants to keep Fernandes at Man Utd

  07-05-2025 16:11 via bbc.com
  
  Manchester United head coach Ruben Amorim wants to keep captain Bruno Fernandes at the club amid interest from Saudi Arabia.
  
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• 'Rats the size of cats' postbox topper appears in Birmingham

  07-05-2025 15:51 via bbc.com
  
  A postbox topper featuring a king rat, bin bags and pizza boxes, is on display in Moseley.
  
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• Suitcase remains victim had raped teen, jury told

  07-05-2025 15:45 via bbc.com
  
  Albert Alfonso, whose dismembered body was found in Bristol, sexually assaulted and blackmailed a teenager years earlier, a court hears.
  
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• Calls for hometown tribute to WWE wrestler

  07-05-2025 15:17 via bbc.com
  
  Davey Boy Smith gained international fame during his career in the 1980s and 1990s.
  
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• 'European trophy would prove Chelsea are back'

  07-05-2025 15:01 via bbc.com
  
  Winning the Conference League would be " a good place to start to build a winners' mentality", says Chelsea manager Enzo Maresca.
  
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• Dealer imported crystal meth as 'weight loss shakes'

  07-05-2025 14:08 via bbc.com
  
  Davante James and his associates are jailed after police seize crystal meth worth more than £7m.
  
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• Payroll firm with UK HQ in the South West to be acquired by Vistra - Insider Media Ltd

  07-05-2025 12:32 via news.google.com
  Payroll firm with UK HQ in the South West to be acquired by Vistra  Insider Media Ltd
  
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• How street sex workers are helping police stop child abuse

  07-05-2025 11:53 via bbc.com
  As darkness falls across Bristol, street sex workers are helping to protect its most at-risk children.
  
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• Dancing enthusiast celebrates 104th birthday

  07-05-2025 11:07 via bbc.com
  Dinkie Flowers has been dancing for 101 years, having taken up the hobby at the age of three.
  
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• Cruise ship murder suspect released on bail

  07-05-2025 08:20 via bbc.com
  
  A 60-year-old man died on the Southampton-based cruise ship on Saturday night.
  
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• 'We dropped chocolate for children despite orders'

  07-05-2025 07:32 via bbc.com
  An RAF veteran recalls defying orders to air-drop chocolates and sweets for starving Dutch children.
  
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• Decision day for beach electricity cable plans

  07-05-2025 07:31 via bbc.com
  
  Developers want to bring an electricity cable from an offshore wind farm onshore at a Devon beach.
  
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• Four ways Arteta can mastermind Arsenal comeback v PSG

  07-05-2025 07:25 via bbc.com
  BBC Sport takes a tactical look at Arsenal v PSG in the Champions League semi-final second leg in Paris.
  
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• 'Doctors told my mum poison symptoms were anxiety'

  07-05-2025 07:19 via bbc.com
  Ellena Baxter says watching her mother's health deteriorate was devastating.
  
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• School pioneers scheme to prevent child sex abuse

  07-05-2025 07:18 via bbc.com
  
  Children's charity the NSPCC hopes the approach "normalises talking about healthy relationships".
  
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• School granted rights for Frozen's West End show

  07-05-2025 07:17 via bbc.com
  
  Students in Torquay are rehearsing for a full West End-scale performance of Disney's Frozen.
  
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• 'I adored being a Land Girl during the war'

  07-05-2025 07:17 via bbc.com
  Eileen Webster recalls the happy years she spent in the Women's Land Army.
  
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