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Wolves sack Edwards after seven months

Wolves sack Edwards after seven months

Wolves sack head coach Rob Edwards just seven months after appointing him....

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Mahomes to become NFL's first $500m player

Mahomes to become NFL's first $500m player

Patrick Mahomes is called a "generational talent and elite human being" by Kansas City Chiefs boss Clark Hunt....

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Ryanair investigated over charging parents to sit with children

Ryanair investigated over charging parents to sit with children

The UK's competition regulator is investigating the airline over charges it imposes on parents to sit next to their chil...

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Knicks fans go wild as New York team makes biggest comeback in NBA Finals history

Knicks fans go wild as New York team makes biggest comeback in NBA Finals history

A star-studded crowd, including actor Timothee Chalamet and pop icon Taylor Swift, sees the Knicks clinch a record comeb...

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Social media on trial: Four important cases to watch

Social media on trial: Four important cases to watch

Social media firms face thousands of lawsuits, the BBC looks at four which could be significant....

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Facing a seismic by-election, the people of Makerfield tell us what matters to them

Facing a seismic by-election, the people of Makerfield tell us what matters to them

In conversations with residents, business owners and campaigners in Makerfield, the BBC found a mixed mood....

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Met Police calls on tech firms to make stolen phones unusable

Met Police calls on tech firms to make stolen phones unusable

Sir Mark Rowley has asked the home secretary to introduce legislation forcing companies to publish data on stolen device...

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Bellingham at number 10? Will Saka start? It's decision time for Tuchel

Bellingham at number 10? Will Saka start? It's decision time for Tuchel

England's World Cup preparations are complete, so who will now make it into Thomas Tuchel's team to face Croatia?...

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Which World Cup Cup stars have roots near you?

Which World Cup Cup stars have roots near you?

Which World Cup stars have roots near you? Find out with our interactive lookup tool...

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Mike Ashley's Frasers offers £1.73bn to buy all of Hugo Boss

Mike Ashley's Frasers offers £1.73bn to buy all of Hugo Boss

The retail group already owns just over a quarter of the German fashion brand but wants to buy the rest of it....

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Infantino could have stood up for the World Cup - but he said 'chill, relax'

Infantino could have stood up for the World Cup - but he said 'chill, relax'

Gianni Infantino faced the media for the first time in three years, but he did little to convince that Fifa has lost its...

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US launches new strikes on Iran after Trump vows to hit 'hard'

US launches new strikes on Iran after Trump vows to hit 'hard'

US Central Comand said its latest airstrikes were responding to "unwarranted and continued aggression" from Iran....

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Bill Gates says Epstein wanted personal relationship, but he 'never reciprocated'

Bill Gates says Epstein wanted personal relationship, but he 'never reciprocated'

The Microsoft co-founder spent hours talking to lawmakers behind closed doors, where he also said Epstein used his marit...

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Essex Police given new information on West Ham co-owner David Sullivan

Essex Police given new information on West Ham co-owner David Sullivan

Police have been contacted with new information about the West Ham co-owner following a BBC Panorama and Times investiga...

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World Cup expected to be the biggest betting event in history

World Cup expected to be the biggest betting event in history

The expansion of the number of games being played is set to drive a surge in the amount of bets placed on this year's Wo...

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Whale graveyard dating back five million years discovered

Whale graveyard dating back five million years discovered

The Indian Ocean site is "far beyond anything we had imagined", one researcher says....

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Changing visa rules for care workers is wrong, says Rayner

Changing visa rules for care workers is wrong, says Rayner

The former deputy prime minister says changing visa rules for migrants already living in the UK would be "un-British"....

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Sara Sharif's siblings to stay in Pakistan

Sara Sharif's siblings to stay in Pakistan

Surrey County Council has withdrawn from the case to bring the five children back to the UK....

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McKenna steps down as Ipswich boss

McKenna steps down as Ipswich boss

Ipswich Town announce that Kieran McKenna will step down as manager and leave the club this summer....

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Williams' Queen's campaign in doubt after Mboko injury

Williams' Queen's campaign in doubt after Mboko injury

Serena Williams' doubles campaign at Queen's is in doubt after Victoria Mboko suffers a knee injury in her singles match...

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The destruction left behind after homes set alight in Belfast unrest

The destruction left behind after homes set alight in Belfast unrest

Houses, vehicles and a bus were set on fire during violent protests on Tuesday night after a knife attack in Belfast....

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Belfast knife attack disorder 'destabilising', says terror adviser

Belfast knife attack disorder 'destabilising', says terror adviser

Jonathan Hall KC tells the BBC it was "absolutely legitimate" to talk about immigration in relation to national security...

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Trump says US will hit Iran 'hard' again on Wednesday

Trump says US will hit Iran 'hard' again on Wednesday

The US president warns Iran "will have to pay the price" for taking too long to agree a deal, after Tehran vows retaliat...

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What the data does and doesn't tell us about asylum seekers in Northern Ireland

What the data does and doesn't tell us about asylum seekers in Northern Ireland

Belfast police say a refugee charged with the attempted murder of a man on Monday initially entered the country from the...

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Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon kill 17, reports say

Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon kill 17, reports say

Nine of them were killed in a series of attacks in the town of Tayr Debba, according to Lebanon's state news agency....

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Stokes out of England squad, Root named captain

Stokes out of England squad, Root named captain

Ben Stokes will miss England’s second Test against New Zealand at The Oval following an incident in a London nightclub, ...

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Three arrested over Glasgow unrest and racist assaults after Belfast knife attack

Three arrested over Glasgow unrest and racist assaults after Belfast knife attack

Police Scotland said members of the public were attacked "because of the colour of their skin" on Tuesday evening....

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'I'll never get over watching my home burn': Belfast residents reel after night of unrest

'I'll never get over watching my home burn': Belfast residents reel after night of unrest

A night of disorder in Belfast saw people forced to flee their homes, in protests that followed a knife attack in the no...

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US inflation surges to three-year high of 4.2%

US inflation surges to three-year high of 4.2%

Consumers are increasingly feeling the strain of the US Israel war in Iran....

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What we know about Belfast attack and disorder

What we know about Belfast attack and disorder

Houses across the city have been set on fire following a knife attack earlier this week....

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Uptick in children and teenagers enjoying reading for first time in 5 years

Uptick in children and teenagers enjoying reading for first time in 5 years

More than one in three now say they like picking up books in their spare time, according to a literacy charity....

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Texas teen sentenced to 35 years for killing fellow student at athletics event

Texas teen sentenced to 35 years for killing fellow student at athletics event

The fatal incident during a high school athletics event in a Dallas suburb drew national attention....

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BBC cancels planned Doctor Who Christmas special

BBC cancels planned Doctor Who Christmas special

The BBC said the decision was made "after careful consideration" and had "not been taken lightly"....

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Pakistan launches deadly air strikes in Afghanistan, reigniting tensions

Pakistan launches deadly air strikes in Afghanistan, reigniting tensions

The fresh strikes come after weeks of relative calm in the restive border region between the two countries....

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World Cup referee denied US entry arrives home to hero's welcome in Somalia

World Cup referee denied US entry arrives home to hero's welcome in Somalia

Omar Artan vows to officiate at the 2030 World Cup instead after arriving home in Somalia in the wake of being banned fr...

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Protests across Scotland follow Belfast knife attack

Protests across Scotland follow Belfast knife attack

Hundreds of demonstrators gathered at locations across the central belt with their faces covered and many holding Union ...

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Can Sale recover after season of strife?

Can Sale recover after season of strife?

Sale Sharks finished seventh in The Prem and lost 13 of 18 games in a miserable season at CorpAcq Stadium....

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Twelve killed in mass shooting in Johannesburg, police say

Twelve killed in mass shooting in Johannesburg, police say

Another nine people were injured at an informal settlement in Cleveland late on Tuesday....

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The UK could hit 28C this weekend - is another heatwave on the way?

The UK could hit 28C this weekend - is another heatwave on the way?

Temperatures are expected to rise by the end of the week where we could see another heatwave developing, Simon King expl...

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Who will win the World Cup? BBC pundits make their predictions

Who will win the World Cup? BBC pundits make their predictions

Who will win, who might spring a surprise and how will England and Scotland do? BBC pundits predict what will happen at ...

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