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Musical mates
Mon, 09/06/2010 - 03:42Mercury prize-winner Guy Garvey talks to nominees I Am Kloot
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Elbow and Kloot talk Mercury Prize
Mon, 09/06/2010 - 03:42I Am Kloot singer John Bramwell talks to Elbow's Guy Garvey about Kloot's Mercury Music Prize-nominated album, which Garvey and bandmate Craig Potter produced.
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Brilliant ideas
Mon, 09/06/2010 - 03:23The secrets behind some of the UK’s newest inventions
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Male victims of domestic violence
Mon, 09/06/2010 - 03:1940% of domestic violence victims are male but a new study suggests victims are often ignored by police and there are only a handful of refuge places for abused men across the UK. Ian McNicholl was abused by a partner and told his story to BBC Breakfast
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Diabetes drug used despite advice
Mon, 09/06/2010 - 03:10Senior doctors are calling for a drug used to treat type two diabetes to be withdrawn on safety grounds.
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'Many dead' in DR Congo accidents
Mon, 09/06/2010 - 02:53Many people are feared dead in the Democratic Republic of Congo after two boats capsize in separate incidents.
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Edinburgh Festival closes with a bang
Mon, 09/06/2010 - 02:44The Edinburgh International Festival finished with a bang on Sunday as more than 100,000 fireworks lit up the night sky.
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Wife accused of husband's murder
Mon, 09/06/2010 - 02:39A 67-year-old woman is charged with murdering her husband who died from a single stab wound to the heart at the family home in Surrey.
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New M4 link 'to create 600 jobs'
Mon, 09/06/2010 - 02:38Up to 600 jobs are expected to be created during the construction of a £107m motorway link near Port Talbot.
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Strike starts at S African mine
Mon, 09/06/2010 - 02:25Thousands of South African platinum miners at the Northam mine begin a strike in support of a 15% pay claim.
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Toshack ready to quit Wales job
Mon, 09/06/2010 - 02:23John Toshack is on the verge of quitting as Wales manager after the defeat in Montenegro, BBC Sport understands.
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Record breaker enjoys dinner at 100 mph
Mon, 09/06/2010 - 02:15Perry Watkins from Buckinghamshire has set what he hopes is a new world record for the fastest piece of furniture, a Queen Anne dining table.
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Life for Roma expelled from France
Mon, 09/06/2010 - 01:28Nick Thorpe has been visiting some of the families in western Romania, who were sent back from France.
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Human trafficking - four in court
Mon, 09/06/2010 - 01:16Two men and two women are due in court following a series of raids on suspected brothels in Belfast in a UK-wide operation.
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NI parties divided on vote reform
Mon, 09/06/2010 - 01:14NI political parties are divided over proposals to change the voting system for Westminster elections and to have fewer MPs.
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Moldova vote on president 'fails'
Mon, 09/06/2010 - 01:01Moldova's prime minister acknowledges that a referendum to make presidents directly elected has failed to gain enough voters.
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Paper review
Mon, 09/06/2010 - 00:52Phone-hacking allegations continue to be reported widely
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Indian Maoists release policemen
Mon, 09/06/2010 - 00:30Maoist rebels in the eastern Indian state of Bihar release three policemen they were holding hostage for eight days, police say.
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Murray baffled by US Open defeat
Sun, 09/05/2010 - 21:59Andy Murray is at a loss to explain the physical problems behind his surprise defeat by Stanislas Wawrinka in the third round of the US Open.
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Cloak and dagger
Sun, 09/05/2010 - 21:57How the BBC learned that Eta was calling a ceasefire
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