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'Hollywood' sign changed to 'Hollyweed' in new year prank - BBC News | 2017-01-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A prankster changes the world-famous Hollywood sign to read "Hollyweed" on New Year's Day. | US & Canada | The iconic sign was changed overnight on New Year's Eve
Residents of Los Angeles' most famous neighbourhood woke up on New Year's Day to find the world-famous Hollywood sign had been changed to read "Hollyweed".
Local media reported that police were treating the incident as minor trespass and were investigating.
The... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-38484733 |
Premier League in 2016: Alternative league tables for the calendar year - BBC Sport | 2017-01-01 | null | What if the Premier League was played over a calendar year? We take a look at who performed best - and worst - in 2016. | null | Last updated on .From the section Football
What if the Premier League was played over a calendar year?
Who would be champions of 2016, which uncapped Englishman would finish above Jamie Vardy in the scoring charts, and which players would be in the running for individual awards?
We take a look at who performed best ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/38467274 |
100 things we didn't know last year - BBC News | 2017-01-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Each week we publish a list of 10 things we didn't know the week before. Here are 100 of our favourites from 2016. | Magazine | Interesting and unexpected facts from daily news stories are collected in the BBC's regular feature, 10 things we didn't know last week. Here is a selection of the best from 2016.
1. You could probably outrun a Tyrannosaurus Rex.
2. Ronald Reagan suggested that Margaret Thatcher read Red Storm Rising by Tom Clancy in... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-38315407 |
Billions of pounds that you fail to claim - BBC News | 2017-01-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Huge payouts - from benefits and compensation to pensions and lottery wins - go unclaimed. Why do you not receive what you are entitled to? | Business | A bumper lottery draw was organised following Team GB's success in the Rio Olympics
A glorious summer of sunshine and sporting success should have been even better for more than a dozen lottery players.
Thirteen winning tickets in the National Lottery draw of 27 August remain unclaimed - five of them are £1m wins.
I... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-38318435 |
TV and radio stars we lost in 2016 - BBC News | 2017-01-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A look back at some of the faces and voices from TV and radio we lost in 2016. | Entertainment & Arts | Magician Paul Daniels died in March aged 77, after being diagnosed with a brain tumour. He was at his Berkshire home with wife Debbie McGee when he died. Daniels presented a variety of game shows in the 1980s and 1990s, including Wipeout, Every Second Counts and Odd One Out and took over the primetime Saturday night sl... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-37975077 |
Istanbul nightclub attack: Gunman 'caught on camera' - BBC News | 2017-01-01 | null | Footage from the Dogan News Agency shows a gunman shooting outside Istanbul's Reina nightclub. | null | Footage from the Dogan News Agency shows a gunman shooting outside Istanbul's Reina nightclub.
At least 39 people, including at least 15 foreigners, were killed in an attack inside the club, as revellers marked the new year. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-38483230 |
Anthony Martial: Man Utd boss Jose Mourinho tells forward to listen to him - BBC Sport | 2017-01-01 | null | Manchester United forward Anthony Martial should "listen to me and not his agent", says manager Jose Mourinho. | null | Last updated on .From the section Football
Manchester United forward Anthony Martial should "listen to me and not his agent", says manager Jose Mourinho.
The Frenchman's agent was reported to have said he is "studying" an option for his client to move to Sevilla.
Martial, 21, was United's top scorer last season with... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/38480502 |
Have more famous people died in 2016? - BBC News | 2017-01-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The year 2016 been held up as a particularly gloomy year for celebrity deaths. But has the grim reaper really been working overtime? | Magazine | It's been held up as a particularly gloomy year for celebrity deaths. But has the grim reaper really claimed the souls of more notable people than usual in 2016?
For their admirers, 2016 has been a sad year.
Back in April, the BBC's Obituaries Editor Nick Serpell was tasked with checking if there was anything unusual... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-38329740 |
How a dead gorilla became the meme of 2016 - BBC News | 2017-01-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | After Harambe was shot in a sad incident in Cincinnati, he lived on in a million memes online. Why? | BBC Trending | His was the face which launched a thousand memes - so why did Harambe the gorilla capture 2016's collective online psyche?
It was a sad story that could have been even sadder. In May, a three-year-old child fell into an enclosure at Cincinnati Zoo. One of the Western lowland gorillas inside started dragging the boy ar... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-trending-38383126 |
In pictures: Secrets of French diplomacy - BBC News | 2017-01-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | War gets plenty of artistic representation - but what about the art of peace? An exhibition at the Petit Palais in Paris explores the imagery of peace-making over the centuries. For history-lovers, it is a rare chance to see the originals of scores of treaties, concordats and other diplomatic treasures preserved in the... | Europe | Officially this document is a memorandum of understanding between France and the UK over fishing rights in Newfoundland, some islands off Guinea, and zones of influence in Madagascar and Egypt. In fact, it is the physical embodiment of the entente cordiale - the friendly compact agreed in 1904 between the two countries... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-38320567 |
Entertainer Ken Dodd reacts to receiving a New Year Honour - BBC News | 2017-01-01 | null | Comedian Ken Dodd has been made a knight in the Queen's New Year Honours. | null | Comedian Ken Dodd has been made a knight in the Queen's New Year Honours for services to entertainment and charity.
The Liverpool star, 89, was made an OBE in 1982 spoke of his pride after being named in the honours list and said he would "wear it in bed". | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-38472743 |
Wayde van Niekerk relives Rio Olympics 400m gold - BBC Sport | 2017-01-01 | null | South Africa's Wayde van Niekerk relives his historic 400m gold at the Rio Olympics, when he smashed Michael Johnson's 17-year-old world record. | null | South Africa's Wayde van Niekerk relives his historic 400m gold at the Rio Olympics, when he smashed Michael Johnson's 17-year-old world record. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/38418992 |
Reflections on Africa - BBC News | 2017-01-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The BBC's Southern Africa correspondent looks back on nearly 12 years of reporting from the continent. | Africa | As she moves on from her posting, the BBC's Southern Africa correspondent Karen Allen looks back on nearly 12 years of reporting from the continent.
Africa is not a country. It is a continent that feels like it has come of age. Despite the very real problems of poverty, corruption and the sense you sometimes get in so... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-38393661 |
Watford 1-4 Tottenham Hotspur - BBC Sport | 2017-01-01 | null | Tottenham outclass Watford at Vicarage Road as two goals apiece for Harry Kane and Dele Alli take them into the top four. | null | Last updated on .From the section Football
Harry Kane and Dele Alli scored two goals apiece as Tottenham thrashed lacklustre Watford to move into the Premier League's top four for the first time since October.
Spurs dominated from the off at Vicarage Road - having 13 shots in the first half alone - and seconds after ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/38429666 |
Premiership: Sale Sharks 23-24 Bristol - BBC Sport | 2017-01-01 | null | Tom Varndell becomes the Premiership's joint top try scorer of all time to help bottom side Bristol overcome Sale. | null | Last updated on .From the section Rugby Union
Tom Varndell became the Premiership's joint top try scorer of all time to help bottom side Bristol overcome Sale for a second straight league win.
Varndell equalled Mark Cueto's record of 90 tries to edge Bristol back into the contest at half-time, after a penalty try and... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/38445717 |
Manu Tuilagi out of England training camp after injury in Leicester defeat - BBC Sport | 2017-01-01 | null | Manu Tuilagi is withdrawn from England's two-day training camp after suffering a knee injury playing for Leicester Tigers. | null | Last updated on .From the section Rugby Union
Manu Tuilagi has withdrawn from England's two-day training camp after suffering a knee injury playing for Leicester Tigers.
The 25-year-old centre was forced off inside the opening eight minutes of Sunday's 16-12 defeat by Saracens.
Tigers expect to find out the full ext... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/38485970 |
Roger Federer can win another Grand Slam, says former coach Paul Annacone - BBC Sport | 2017-01-01 | null | Roger Federer can return from a six-month injury absence and win another Grand Slam aged 35, says his former coach Paul Annacone. | null | Roger Federer can return from six months out and win another Grand Slam, says his former coach Paul Annacone.
The 35-year-old, who has won 17 majors, is due to make his comeback from a knee injury against Britain's Dan Evans in the Hopman Cup in Perth on Monday.
Annacone, who coached the Swiss from 2010 to 2013, told... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/38390891 |
Darlington manager Martin Gray misses game to get married - BBC Sport | 2017-01-01 | null | Darlington boss Martin Gray missed his side's National League North game at Halifax on Sunday - because he was getting married. | null | Last updated on .From the section Football
Darlington boss Martin Gray missed his side's game at Halifax on New Year's Day - because he was getting married.
His assistant Brian Atkinson wasn't there either because he was best man.
It may look like poor planning from the Quakers manager, but the date of the wedding w... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/38485008 |
New Year Honours 2017: Andy Murray 'honoured' by knighthood - BBC News | 2017-01-01 | null | Tennis star Sir Andy Murray says he still feels "like Andy" after being given a knighthood in the New Year Honours list. | null | Tennis star Sir Andy Murray said he still feels "like Andy" after being given a knighthood in the New Year Honours list.
He ended 2016 with a win over Milos Raonic at the Mubadala World Tennis Championship. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-38481089 |
Arsene Wenger: Olivier Giroud scorpion goal one of Arsenal manager's top five - BBC Sport | 2017-01-01 | null | Olivier Giroud's 'scorpion' goal in Arsenal's 2-0 win over Crystal Palace is one of "the top five" strikes of Arsene Wenger's 21-year reign. | null | Last updated on .From the section Football
Olivier Giroud's 'scorpion' goal in Arsenal's 2-0 win over Crystal Palace is one of "the top five" strikes of manager Arsene Wenger's 21-year reign.
Thierry Henry and Dennis Bergkamp goals are among Wenger's favourites but he said "this will be the Giroud goal".
He added: "... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/38486130 |
Acton pub gutted in New Year's Eve fire - BBC News | 2017-01-01 | null | Footage shows a fire blazing in the Aeronaut pub in Acton, west London. | null | New Year revellers had to flee from a pub before it was gutted by a fire that started just 30 minutes into 2017.
Partygoers had to be evacuated from the Aeronaut in Acton, west London, when the fire broke out.
London Fire Brigade said it rescued six people from a first-floor flat above the pub. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-38483228 |
Love Island’s Olivia Buckland and Alex Bowen get engaged - BBC News | 2017-01-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The couple, who met on the reality show this summer, announced the big news on social media | Newsbeat | The couple, who're in New York to celebrate New Year, broke the news on Twitter and Instagram.
Olivia posted a picture of her new ring, saying she was "speechless". Alex summed things up by simply saying: "She said yes."
The two got together on the ITV2 reality dating show earlier this summer and came second to winni... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/articles/38477751 |
Istanbul attack: Footage shows lone 'gunman' in nightclub - BBC News | 2017-01-01 | null | Unverified video footage on Turkish media apparently shows a gunman in a nightclub in Istanbul. | null | Police in Istanbul are hunting for a gunman who opened fire at a night club, killing at least 39 people.
The attack happened at Reina nightclub early on Sunday, as hundreds of revellers marked the new year.
Unverified video footage on Turkish media apparently shows the killer in the club. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-38483233 |
Drone photography: on top of the world - BBC News | 2017-01-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Amazing drone photography captures extraordinary views around the globe. | In Pictures | Sighisoara, Transylvania, is the birthplace of Vlad the Impaler - otherwise known as Dracula - and this shot imagines what he might have seen on his nocturnal flights. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-38390897 |
Chris Coleman revealed as Nos Galan mystery runner - BBC News | 2017-01-01 | null | Wales football manager Chris Coleman is revealed as the mystery runner in the annual Nos Galan race. | null | Wales football manager Chris Coleman has been revealed as the mystery runner in the annual Nos Galan race.
Fresh from getting an OBE in the New Year Honours, Coleman joined more than 1,000 other runners in the race in Mountain Ash, Rhondda Cynon Taff.
The race is held every New Year's Eve.
Coleman, 46, told BBC Wale... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-38478492 |
Losing the most precious thing I own, 7,000km from home - BBC News | 2017-01-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Eloise Dicker lost her late mother's treasured gold bracelet. Then a Facebook message changed everything. | Magazine | While travelling through Kyrgyzstan, Eloise Dicker lost her late mother's treasured gold bracelet. Then a Facebook message changed everything.
It was on the second day of our five-day trek that I realised it was missing.
We had packed up the tents and loaded the horses. I reached up to the horse's mane to pull myself... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-38385480 |
Rangers 1-2 Celtic - BBC Sport | 2017-01-01 | null | Celtic come from behind to beat Rangers and move 19 points clear at the top of the Scottish Premiership. | null | Last updated on .From the section Football
Celtic came from behind to beat Old Firm rivals Rangers and move 19 points clear at the top of the Premiership.
Kenny Miller slid in to convert James Tavernier's cross and put the home side ahead early on.
Moussa Dembele's powerful shot from a Scott Sinclair corner flashed ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/38424555 |
The women who invented the Brazilian wax - BBC News | 2017-01-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Waxing pubic hair has become increasingly common, but how did the trend for the "Brazilian" wax begin? | Magazine | Waxing pubic hair has become increasingly common, but how did the trend for the "Brazilian" wax begin?
In an office toilet in London, young women discuss their grooming regimes. Jennifer, 19, waxes off all her pubic hair every month. "The pain is the worst thing I've ever been through, but I'm kind of used to it now,"... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-37896963 |
The psychological secrets to successful resolutions - BBC News | 2017-01-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | There are psychological tricks which can help people achieve and stick to their new year goals. | Health | It's important to have achievable goals
After the excesses of the festive season, the thoughts of many turn to making resolutions to stop bad habits and take up healthier ones.
Unfortunately, quite a few fail.
But there are some psychological tactics which can be employed to increase the chances of success.
Psychol... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-38470263 |
National Archives: Thatcher's poll tax miscalculation - BBC News | 2017-01-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Newly released cabinet papers shed light on Margaret Thatcher and the poll tax controversy | UK | It was Margaret Thatcher's biggest political misjudgement - and brought her career as prime minister to an ignominious end.
The poll tax (or community charge) was supposed to make local council finance fairer and more accountable. Instead it triggered civil disobedience and riots and a rebellion in the Conservative Pa... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-38382416 |
How are Australia's Syrian refugees coping? - BBC News | 2017-01-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Australia has so far resettled about half of the 12,000 Syrian refugees it agreed to take last year. | Australia | Australia has resettled about half of the 12,000 refugees it agreed to take in over the past 13 months from the conflict in Syria, but how are they adapting to life in their new country?
It is a year since Iymen Baerli, a refugee from Syria, arrived in Sydney with his wife and three young children.
Within days, the s... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-38301489 |
Belfast chip shop goes viral after delivery order for cold and flu tablets - BBC News | 2017-01-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A Belfast chip shop goes viral after receiving an order for cold medicine from a customer. | Northern Ireland | The unusual chip shop order has attracted more than 8,000 likes on Facebook
Takeaway chip shops are used to getting orders for burgers, fish and sausages - but one in Belfast has gone viral after a flu-stricken customer asked them to deliver medicine.
Feeley's Fish and Chip Shop revealed the unusual request on its Fa... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-38485402 |
Second calling: New lives for red telephone boxes - BBC News | 2017-01-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The weird and wonderful street lives of decommissioned red telephone kiosks. | England | Most of the red phone boxes seen on the streets are the K6 model, known as the Jubilee Kiosk because it was designed in honour of the Silver Jubilee of King George V
The red telephone box was once a common sight across the land, a design so associated with Britishness that tourists would be as likely to pose beside on... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-36148287 |
Ambassador's wife accused of murder plot with lover - BBC News | 2017-01-01 | null | The wife of the Greek ambassador to Brazil is accused of colluding with her lover in his murder . | null | Police in Brazil have accused the Greek ambassador's wife of colluding with her lover in the murder of her husband, Kyriakos Amiridis.
An investigator said Francoise Amiridis had admitted having an affair with a policeman, whom she blamed for the killing. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-38476907 |
Newspaper headlines: IS 'plotting UK chemical attack' and education reforms 'revolt' - BBC News | 2017-01-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The Sunday newspapers report on warnings that so-called IS is plotting a UK chemical attack, and cross-party attempts to delay higher education reforms. | The Papers | Events in Turkey came too late for the early editions of the morning papers.
The Sunday Times leads with a warning from Home Office minister Ben Wallace that the self-styled Islamic State group could be planning a chemical weapons attack on the UK.
In an interview, Mr Wallace - who is responsible for security - says ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-the-papers-38481409 |
Premiership: Leicester Tigers 12-16 Saracens - BBC Sport | 2017-01-01 | null | Owen Farrell scores all of Saracens' points against Leicester, but victory is not enough to send the Londoners top. | null | Last updated on .From the section Rugby Union
Owen Farrell scored all of Saracens' points against Leicester, but victory was not enough to return the London club to the top of the Premiership.
In a tense first half, during which Leicester's injury-plagued England winger Manu Tuilagi limped off, the scores were locked... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/38445575 |
Arsenal 2-0 Crystal Palace - BBC Sport | 2017-01-01 | null | Olivier Giroud's incredible scorpion kick sets Arsenal on the way to a 2-0 victory over Crystal Palace which moves them up to third. | null | Last updated on .From the section Football
Olivier Giroud's incredible scorpion kick set Arsenal on the way to a victory over Crystal Palace which moved them up to third in the Premier League.
With a cross from Alexis Sanchez delivered behind him, Frenchman Giroud elastically reached the ball with his left foot, loop... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/38429686 |
360 video: London New Year's Eve fireworks - BBC News | 2017-01-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | 360 video | UK | If you couldn't get to the New Year's Eve fireworks in London, you can still get a 360-degree experience of the celebrations.
Clicking on the image below will play the 360 video on the BBC News YouTube channel.
Tap here to see the 360 video
To watch 360 video you will need the latest version of Chrome, Opera, Firefo... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-38463678 |
One man's surprising defiance on Chinese legal rights - BBC News | 2017-01-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | BBC China editor Carrie Gracie witnesses one well-to-do man's surprising battle for legal rights. | China | In a one-party state, principles for citizens often seem like a dangerous and expensive luxury
The year 2016 has been another grim year for those campaigning for human rights in China.
On freedom of speech, religious expression, trades unions and a host of other issues, China's one-party state continues to punish tho... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-38395706 |
The lifeline for dads coping with the loss of a child - BBC News | 2017-01-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | How one parent's experience is helping dads cope with the loss of a child. | Northampton | When toddler TJ Scully-Sloan died suddenly, his mum and siblings were offered support and a shoulder to cry on. But his dad was asked how he was feeling just once, by an undertaker. The experience led to him setting up a group to help fathers address a question no-one wants to have to answer - how do you cope after the... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-northamptonshire-38061338 |
Five issues which shaped the Middle East in 2016 - BBC News | 2017-01-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Jeremy Bowen highlights five issues which shaped the Middle East in 2016 | Middle East | The past 12 months have marked another restive year for the Middle East, with wars raging, populations suffering and militancy on the rampage. Here the BBC's Middle East editor, Jeremy Bowen, highlights five issues which helped shaped the region in 2016.
Some hoped that 2016 would be the beginning of the end for the j... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/38342793 |
Gareth Southgate: England manager fears for young, wealthy players - BBC Sport | 2017-01-01 | null | England boss Gareth Southgate is concerned by how much young players are paid, but excited about the national team's future. | null | England manager Gareth Southgate fears young players are not reaching their potential because they get "big money for achieving nothing".
Former England Under-21 boss Southgate, 46, says youngsters thinking they have "already made it" is a "concern".
However, he believes "top" players will still come through - becaus... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/38460221 |
Liverpool 1-0 Manchester City - BBC Sport | 2017-01-01 | null | Georginio Wijnaldum's header ensures Liverpool beat Manchester City and move clear in the pursuit of Premier League leaders Chelsea. | null | Last updated on .From the section Football
Liverpool maintained their pursuit of Premier League leaders Chelsea as they moved to within six points of the pacesetters with victory over Manchester City at Anfield.
Georginio Wijnaldum's soaring eighth-minute header from Adam Lallana's cross was enough to put Liverpool i... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/38424665 |
Usain Bolt calls Manchester United phone-in show - BBC Sport | 2017-01-01 | null | Usain Bolt calls a Manchester United TV phone-in show to say how Saturday's 2-1 victory over Middlesbrough was like watching the Red Devils "of old". | null | Nine-time Olympic gold medallist Usain Bolt calls a Manchester United TV phone-in show to say how Saturday's 2-1 victory over Middlesbrough was like watching the Red Devils "of old". | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/38480275 |
Is a personal tank the latest luxury must-have? - BBC News | 2017-01-10 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Could a tank developed by twin brothers Mike and Geoff Howe become the latest luxury must-have? | Business | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Dealing with the luxury market is "a learning curve", says Geoff Howe
Some of the very rich like to go further than just displaying their wealth. They want things that few others can have, such as vehicles like an armour-pla... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-38561556 |
Could a national maximum wage work? - BBC News | 2017-01-10 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Jeremy Corbyn’s call on Radio 4’s Today programme for a high earnings cap is not a unique position. Franklin D Roosevelt called for something similar. | Business | In 1942, Franklin D Roosevelt - not known as a Socialist radical, though he had his moments - proposed that anyone earning over $25,000 should be taxed at 100%.
Effectively, the President of the United States was calling for a high pay cap of, in today's money, just under $400,000 or £330,000.
Interviewed this mornin... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-38570434 |
Falling in love in wartime Iraq - BBC News | 2017-01-10 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | When two Iraqi men fell in love during intense fighting in the city of Ramadi in 2003, it was the beginning of a long, long struggle to live together as a couple. | Magazine | US Army interpreter Nayyef Hrebid and Iraqi soldier Btoo Allami fell in love at the height of the Iraq War. It was the start of a dangerous 12-year struggle to live together as a couple.
In 2003, Nayyef Hrebid found himself in the midst of the Iraq war. The fine art graduate had signed up to be a translator for the US... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-38506269 |
Society and the Conservative Party - BBC News | 2017-01-10 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A look at how Conservative leaders have attempted to define what society should, and should not, be. | UK Politics | Theresa May has set out her vision for a "shared society" in which the state has a role in helping people who are struggling to get by. It marks the latest attempt by a Conservative leader to spell out what society should, or should not, be.
Margaret Thatcher's remark about society was one of her most famous
In a 198... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-38553797 |
Morgan Schneiderlin: Man Utd and Everton agree £22m fee for midfielder - BBC Sport | 2017-01-10 | null | Manchester United agree to sell France midfielder Morgan Schneiderlin to Everton for £22m. | null | Last updated on .From the section Football
Manchester United have agreed to sell midfielder Morgan Schneiderlin to Everton for £22m.
France international Schneiderlin, 27, was signed for United by Louis van Gaal for £25m from Southampton in July 2015.
He has played 47 times for the club but has only featured eight t... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/38577591 |
Brazil: Clash of cultures over Amazon dams - BBC News | 2017-01-10 | null | Indigenous groups and river dwellers are battling the government and big corporations over the huge dams being built to meet Brazil's energy needs. | null | Indigenous groups and river dwellers are battling the government and big corporations over the huge dams being built to meet Brazil's energy needs.
The Belo Monte hydroelectric dam is the world's fourth largest dam, capable of generating 11,000 MW of energy, and more are planned. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-38565028 |
Newspaper headlines: 'Broken' A&E and Streep takes on Trump - BBC News | 2017-01-10 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Many of the UK front pages focus on the NHS's accident and emergency departments and the actress Meryl Streep takes centre stage on others, after her comments about Donald Trump. | The Papers | Many papers agree there is a "crisis" in accident and emergency departments in England, with some saying patient safety is at risk.
The Daily Mail is outraged by the government's suggestion that 30% of people turning up at casualty don't need to be there and says the reason so many people go to hospital is that they f... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-the-papers-38565081 |
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