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Rail customers 'unable to collect pre-paid tickets'
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Several rail firms are reporting problems with pre-paid ticket collection from machines across the country. Greater Anglia, Thameslink, Stansted Express, Southern, Southeastern, and ScotRail all confirmed
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Honda confirms Swindon car plant closure
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Honda has confirmed it will close its Swindon car plant in 2021, with the loss of about 3,500 jobs. The Japanese company builds 150,000 Honda Civics a year in Swindon, its only car factory in the EU. decision
Derek Hatton rejoins Labour after 34 years
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Derek Hatton has been readmitted to the Labour Party, 34 years after he was expelled by then-leader Neil Kinnock. The 71-year-old former deputy leader of Liverpool City Council was kicked out for belonging
Replacing failed shops 'won't save city centres'
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Authorities should focus on attracting high-paying office jobs to support city centres rather than replacing "failed shops", according to a think tank. The Centre for Cities suggests that people will back
Emergency Medicine
Euston stabbing: Eleven held after man dies in hotel reception
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Eleven people have been arrested after a man was stabbed several times in the street in London and collapsed and died in a hotel reception. The victim entered the hotel on Euston Street, near London's
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SeaWorld rescue: Firefighters rescue 16 people from San Diego ride
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Firefighters released a photo of the malfunctioning gondola ride Firefighters have rescued 16 people trapped in gondolas for several hours on a ride at the SeaWorld amusement park in San Diego. Some of
Asia
HSBC profits hit by China slowdown
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HSBC has reported a lower-than-expected 15.9% rise in pre-tax profits for 2018, partly because of an economic slowdown in China and Hong Kong. Europe's largest bank made $19.9bn (£15.4bn) before tax last
FA Cup
FA Cup: Vote for best goal of fifth round
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Manchester United beat Chelsea to join Manchester City in the FA Cup quarter-finals - and goals from both teams' games make our selection of the best of the fifth round. Watch our choice of the six best
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News Daily: Corbyn warned of resignations and Trump threatened over wall plan
bbc.co.uk - By Justin Parkinson
More Labour MPs 'thinking hard' about future He's seven MPs down, following the resignation from the Labour Party of a group of parliamentarians unhappy with his leadership. But could Jeremy Corbyn be
Entertainment (UK)
Pop music's growing gender gap revealed in the collaboration age
bbc.co.uk - By Ian Youngs
Three times as many male as female pop stars appeared on last year's biggest hit singles, BBC research has found. Ninety-one men or all-male groups were credited on the Official Chart Company's top 100
Technology
Child abuse images being traded via secure apps
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Images of child sexual abuse and stolen credit card numbers are being openly traded on encrypted apps, a BBC investigation has found. Security experts told Radio 4's File on 4 programme that the encrypted
Entertainment (UK)
Hollywood hitmaker's fight for an Oscar
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Thirty-one years ago Diane Warren scored her first Oscar nomination with Nothings Gonna Stop Us Now, from the movie Mannequin. This year she's nominated for a 10th time in the original song category, I'll
Health (UK)
Sepsis: New rapid test 'could save thousands of lives'
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A new rapid test for earlier diagnosis of sepsis has been developed by University of Strathclyde researchers, which they say could save thousands of lives. A microelectrode device analyses the patient's
Asia
India-Pakistan crisis: Saudi Arabia aims to de-escalate tensions
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Saudi Arabia has said it will work to de-escalate tensions between India and Pakistan, ahead of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's arrival in Delhi. The prince, known as MBS, is on a tour of Asia and just
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UK and French tourists missing in Australia beach search
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A British man and a French man have gone missing while backpacking in Australia, sparking a police search. The alarm was raised when passersby found items belonging to Hugo Palmer and Erwan Ferrieux, 20,
World News
Ex-Russia probe overseer Rod Rosenstein 'to step down by March'
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Rod Rosenstein, the US deputy attorney general who oversaw the inquiry into alleged Russian meddling, is to step down by mid-March, US media say. Reports emerged last month that Mr Rosenstein planned quit
World News
Mexico border wall: US states sue over emergency declaration
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A coalition of 16 US states led by California is suing President Donald Trump's administration over his decision to declare an emergency to raise funds for a Mexican border wall. Mr Trump made the declaration
Politics
Labour warned more MPs 'thinking hard' about futures
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More Labour MPs could quit the party unless it listens to their concerns, Jeremy Corbyn has been warned. Following the decision of seven Labour MPs to walk out on Monday, colleagues expressed anger with
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Birmingham bin row: Workers start latest strike action
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More than 300 Birmingham bin workers have started the first of a series of strikes in a dispute with the council. It stems from claims some staff have been "blacklisted" for taking part in industrial in
Policing
Stephen Lawrence: How has his murder changed policing?
bbc.co.uk - By Danny Shaw
Twenty years ago, an inquiry into the death of teenager Stephen Lawrence led to widespread changes of police procedures and their attitudes towards race. But how much has changed? One of the first acts
Great Britain
Sheela-na-gigs: The naked women adorning Britain's churches
bbc.co.uk - By Sarah Jones
For hundreds of years carvings of naked women have sat provocatively on churches across Britain. But who created them - and why? Look at these, my child-bearing hips Look at these, my ruby red ruby lips...
Asia
Australia's drought leading to 'suffering' of children, UN warns
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A prolonged drought in Australia is having a devastating impact on children and forcing them to "grow up" prematurely, a UN report warns. Large parts of eastern Australia have endured severe drought for
Female mechanic helps women learn about cars
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Mechanic Louise Baker said she was fed up with her female friends and family being ripped off or feeling intimidated when they took their cars to be fixed. So the 37-year-old from Birmingham set up a aimed
Asia
Viewpoint: Should Britain apologise for Amritsar massacre?
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Hundreds of Indians attending a public meeting were shot dead by British troops in the northern Indian city of Amritsar in 1919. Historian Kim Wagner sifts fact from fiction as the UK House of Lords prepares
'Crossing the Channel by boat is risky - we came by lorry'
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Azis Hanna, from Iraq, was about to pay smugglers to get his family across the English Channel in an inflatable boat. But when his friends nearly died he thought again, says the BBC's Sue Mitchell. Azis
Health (UK)
Meet the women helping fill Russia's rural healthcare gap
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In vast, sprawling Russia, many people still live in small villages far from the nearest medical clinic. The government has been busy 'optimising' medical care, a euphemism for the closure of thousands
World News
The Syrians returning home after years of fleeing war
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After years of people fleeing Syria and its civil war, there are now long queues to enter the country each day. Jordan opened its Jaber border crossing last October after Syrian government troops defeated
Welsh Government
Parts of public sector 'not ready' for no-deal Brexit
bbc.co.uk - By James Williams
Some parts of the Welsh public sector have only made limited plans for a potential no-deal Brexit, a public spending watchdog has warned. The Wales Audit Office (WAO) said councils in particular have spent
World News
Alysa Liu: 'I’m the youngest lady to land a triple axel'
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Thirteen-year-old Alysa Liu recently became the youngest female to land a triple axel - a move that few in the sport have accomplished. That achievement helped her to become the youngest ever US women's
Yellow Vests Movement
Gilets jaunes: How much anti-Semitism is beneath the yellow vests?
bbc.co.uk - By Lucy Williamson
The French far-right leader, Marine Le Pen, has said she won't join other political parties in a march against anti-Semitism on Tuesday, accusing France's leaders of doing nothing to tackle Islamist networks

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Rail customers 'unable to collect pre-paid tickets'

Honda confirms Swindon car plant closure

Derek Hatton rejoins Labour after 34 years

Replacing failed shops 'won't save city centres'

Euston stabbing: Eleven held after man dies in hotel reception

SeaWorld rescue: Firefighters rescue 16 people from San Diego ride

HSBC profits hit by China slowdown

FA Cup: Vote for best goal of fifth round

News Daily: Corbyn warned of resignations and Trump threatened over wall plan

Pop music's growing gender gap revealed in the collaboration age

Child abuse images being traded via secure apps

Hollywood hitmaker's fight for an Oscar

Sepsis: New rapid test 'could save thousands of lives'

India-Pakistan crisis: Saudi Arabia aims to de-escalate tensions

UK and French tourists missing in Australia beach search

Ex-Russia probe overseer Rod Rosenstein 'to step down by March'

Mexico border wall: US states sue over emergency declaration

Labour warned more MPs 'thinking hard' about futures

Birmingham bin row: Workers start latest strike action

Stephen Lawrence: How has his murder changed policing?

Sheela-na-gigs: The naked women adorning Britain's churches

Australia's drought leading to 'suffering' of children, UN warns

Female mechanic helps women learn about cars

Viewpoint: Should Britain apologise for Amritsar massacre?

'Crossing the Channel by boat is risky - we came by lorry'

Meet the women helping fill Russia's rural healthcare gap

The Syrians returning home after years of fleeing war

Parts of public sector 'not ready' for no-deal Brexit

Alysa Liu: 'I’m the youngest lady to land a triple axel'

Gilets jaunes: How much anti-Semitism is beneath the yellow vests?