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• Police capture drones near high-security prison

  06-04-2025 07:52 via bbc.com
  
  West Mercia Police say tackling drones smuggling items into HMP Long Lartin is a top priority.
  
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• Price wins while Littler booed in Liverpool loss

  25-04-2025 00:21 via bbc.com
  
  Gerwyn Price wins night 12 of the Premier League darts in Liverpool, while Luke Littler is booed and suffers an agonising defeat by Michael van Gerwen.
  
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• 'My father thinks I'm a disgrace' - Eubank reveals pain

  24-04-2025 22:18 via bbc.com
  
  Chris Eubank Jr opens up on the pain of his estranged relationship with his father at a news conference.
  
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• Reform UK criticised for local election candidates' offensive posts

  24-04-2025 20:40 via bbc.com
  
  Nigel Farage says his party has the best vetting - but campaigners find candidates who appear to have slipped through the net.
  
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• Uganda the white lion dies at wildlife park

  24-04-2025 20:13 via bbc.com
  
  A post-mortem examination of the 16-year-old finds that his pancreas was in a really bad state".
  
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• Girl's mudslide death on school trip 'could not be avoided'

  24-04-2025 20:05 via bbc.com
  
  An inquest into the 10-year-old's death is told the risk of a mudslide was "totally unforeseen".
  
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• Tanning shop owner jailed over girl's sunbed burns

  24-04-2025 19:58 via bbc.com
  
  The 15-year-old suffered burns to her face, shoulder and legs, leaving her feeling 'like a monster'.
  
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• Crew on yacht for sailors with disabilities 'insufficiently trained' to save woman

  24-04-2025 19:29 via bbc.com
  
  An investigation finds the charity for sailors with disabilities was ill-prepared to save the woman.
  
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• Man guilty of murdering woman as she tried to leave

  24-04-2025 19:15 via bbc.com
  
  On the night Olivia Wood was killed by Kieron Goodwin, she had packed her belongings into a case and rucksack, jurors heard.
  
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• Inquest told of Cusack family transparency concerns

  24-04-2025 18:59 via bbc.com
  The inquest into the death of Sheffield United footballer Maddy Cusack is delayed until July at the earliest - and may not take place until the end of the year.
  
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• 'A very unique character' - Vardy will 'never be forgotten' by Foxes

  24-04-2025 18:36 via bbc.com
  
  Described as Leicester City's "greatest ever player", when Jamie Vardy departs, he will leave a legacy at the club he has served so well since his arrival 13 years ago.
  
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• 'Don't let it be your best friend that dies from methanol poisoning'

  24-04-2025 18:32 via bbc.com
  
  Bethany Clarke wants more done to educate people about the dangers of bootleg alcohol abroad.
  
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• Former Britain's Got Talent singer accused of raping two women

  24-04-2025 17:51 via bbc.com
  Andrew Johnston, who appeared on the show in 2008, denies the charges against him.
  
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• Footballer jailed for causing cyclist's death

  24-04-2025 17:51 via bbc.com
  Mansfield Town footballer Lucas Akins crashed into Adrian Daniel, 33, near Huddersfield in 2024.
  
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• 'We've got nothing,' family says after suspected boiler blast destroys home

  24-04-2025 16:35 via bbc.com
  One resident says she only has the clothes that she was wearing when she ran out of her home.
  
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• Woman denies self-medicating to induce miscarriage

  24-04-2025 16:07 via bbc.com
  Nicola Packer is accused of having an illegal abortion but told doctors she miscarried, court hears.
  
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• Fake paramedic jailed for Tinder date rapes

  24-04-2025 16:05 via bbc.com
  One of his victims says she is a "shadow of who I once was" and had tried to take her own life.
  
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• Race Across the World 'a different way of trying to bond with a sibling'

  24-04-2025 15:51 via bbc.com
  Two sisters from West Sussex are among five teams competing in the BBC reality show.
  
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• Man pleads guilty to arson after fire behind shop

  24-04-2025 15:35 via bbc.com
  
  A man in his 40s pleads guilty to arson at Plymouth Magistrates' Court.
  
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• We have been eating chocolate digestives wrong for 100 years, McVitie's manager says

  24-04-2025 15:17 via bbc.com
  The digestive biscuits were originally intended to be eaten with the chocolate side facing down.
  
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• Man discovers he has bought his own stolen car

  24-04-2025 14:49 via bbc.com
  Ewan Valentine bought a replacement Honda Civic after his original car was stolen in February.
  
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• Argyle get Talovierov boost ahead of key Preston trip

  24-04-2025 14:45 via bbc.com
  
  Plymouth Argyle's Ukraine defender Maksym Talovierov returns to fitness in time for the final two games of the season.
  
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• Long-serving Yeandle agrees new Exeter deal

  24-04-2025 13:37 via bbc.com
  
  Exeter Chiefs club captain Jack Yeandle signs a new contract to stay with the Premiership side.
  
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• Man arrested after sexual assault in village street

  24-04-2025 13:05 via bbc.com
  
  Devon and Cornwall Police say the attack happened on Bridge Street in Uffculme.
  
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• Shopkeeper, 100, may retire 'in a year or two'

  24-04-2025 12:55 via bbc.com
  War veteran Arthur Ferguson runs a haberdashery, which he has been doing so since the 1950s.
  
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• Disciplinary over 999 call before man killed family

  24-04-2025 11:55 via bbc.com
  The man said he had a knife just over an hour before the bodies were found, a court hears.
  
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• Axminster stone-balancer's Chelsea exhibit

  24-04-2025 11:25 via bbc.co.uk
  
  At the Chelsea Flower Show Adrian will display a three boulder artwork
  
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• Schools reopen after all water supplies restored

  24-04-2025 10:24 via bbc.com
  
  South West Water say its teams have worked "very hard" to restore water supplies after a burst main.
  
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• Leader of church in England and Wales on choosing the next Pope: 'The conclave is intimidating'

  24-04-2025 10:21 via bbc.com
  Cardinal Vincent Nichols rules himself out of being the next pontiff as he prepares to vote.
  
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• Woman charged after suspected acid attack

  24-04-2025 08:15 via bbc.com
  
  Police say the victim, a man in his 30s, remains in a serious condition in hospital.
  
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