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    2022 Champions League final

    This year's Champions League final - sort of like "soccer's" equivalent of the Super Bowl - is between Liverpool and Real Madrid. The game should have kicked off a few minutes ago in Paris but has been delayed by 15 minutes due to thousands of fans still trying to get into the Stade de France to...
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    Platinum Jubilee: Falklands capital Stanley to be made a city

    Platinum Jubilee: Eight towns to be made cities for Platinum Jubilee By Mary O'Connor BBC News 20th May 2022 The Queen visited the Coast Guard station headquarters in Bangor, Northern Ireland, back in May 2009 Eight new cities have been named for the Queen's Platinum Jubilee, with at least...
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    Ukraine pip UK to Eurovision victory

    Ukraine have won the Eurovision Song Contest for the first time tonight in Turin. The country, currently at war with Russia, triumphed in the European music tournament final with the song "Stefania" by Kalush Orchestra. The United Kingdom, one of the most successful Eurovision nations with...
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    The Queen prepares to mark record-breaking Platinum Jubilee year

    On Sunday 6th February, the Queen is expected to privately mark Accession Day - the day that her father King George VI died in 1952, and she became Queen. Her Majesty viewed jubilee memorabilia and cards from well-wishers ahead of a weekend that will mark the start of her record-breaking...
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    Anne Frank betrayal suspect identified after 77 years

    A suspect who may have betrayed Anne Frank and her family to the Nazis has been identified in a new investigation. The Dutch Jewish diarist died in a Nazi concentration camp in 1945, aged 15, after two years in hiding.
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    The Queen delivers her first Christmas speech since the death of her husband

    The Queen has shared her personal grief over the death of her husband Prince Philip in her Christmas Day message, saying there was “one familiar laugh missing” this year. In her most fulsome tribute yet, the monarch said his “mischievous, enquiring twinkle was as bright at the end as when I...
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    Largest-ever millipede fossil found on Northumberland beach

    Largest-ever millipede fossil found on Northumberland beach By Jonah Fisher Environment Correspondent BBC Science 21st December 2021 Scientists say they have discovered the largest-ever fossil of a giant millipede on a beach in Northumberland, totally by chance. The millipede, known as...
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    First example of Roman crucifixion found in UK

    Roman crucifixion: First example in UK found in Cambridgeshire BBC News Wednesday 8th December 2021 The skeleton of the crucified man was uncovered alongside other burials The first example of a Roman crucifixion in the UK has been unearthed in a small Cambridgeshire village, archaeologists...
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    Mystery as Santa hats appear on college chapel statues

    Mystery as Santa hats appear on college chapel statues BBC News 23 November 2021 Photographer Martin Bond said at least three hats could be seen on the chapel tower A photographer says he believes a "rascal student" is responsible for attaching festive hats to carved figures high on a...
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    Roman mosaic and villa complex found in Rutland farmer's field

    Roman mosaic and villa complex found in Rutland farmer's field BBC News Thursday 25th November 2021 The villa is thought to have been occupied by a wealthy individual from the late Roman period A Roman villa containing a rare mosaic that depicts scenes from Homer's Iliad has been found...
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    33 migrants die crossing the Channel from France to Britain

    Boris Johnson calls on France to smash slave gangs who are 'getting away with murder' as at least 33 migrants including five women and a girl drown in deadliest-ever Channel crossing after French police sit and watch boats leave their shore Boris Johnson has called on France to smash slave...
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    33 migrants due crossing the Channel from France to Britain

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    Replica Sutton Hoo ship could change view of Anglo-Saxons say builders

    Replica Sutton Hoo ship could change view of Anglo-Saxons say builders BBC News 21st November 2021 Two finished pieces of the replica ship were recently joined together and work will now begin to clad it Volunteers constructing a full-size replica of an Anglo-Saxon king's burial ship said it...
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    King Athelstan who ruled from 925 to 939 AD is named Britain's top monarch

    King Athelstan who ruled from 925 to 939 AD is named Britain's top monarch ahead of both Elizabeths, Victoria and Henry V and VII in podcast poll History buffs cast 84,000 votes in poll run by Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook on their podcast The Rest Is History Mr Holland said: ’ It’s like...
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    Did Neanderthals once live on Princess Diana's childhood estate?

    Did NEANDERTHALS once live on Princess Diana's childhood estate? Archaeologists searching for 'lost' medieval village at Althorp stumble across ancient rubbish tip containing artefacts dating back at least 40,000 years Pieces of worked sea shell and antler were found in grounds of Althorp Park...
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    The room where Roman gladiators waited to die in Britain

    The room where Roman gladiators waited to die in Britain: Holding cell is discovered in an amphitheatre in Kent where wild animals and fighters were held ahead of their fights 2,000 years ago Archaeologists have found a room at Kent amphitheatre where Roman gladiators waited to meet their...
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    Musket balls unearthed at Culloden Battlefield

    Musket balls unearthed in digs at Culloden battlefield BBC News 4 November 2021 Two musket balls were found in the digs at Culloden, with the one on the left showing signs of impact Two lead musket balls - one showing signs of impact - are among finds made in new archaeological digs at...
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    Anti-Tory lefties and police clash outside British Parliament in Guy Fawkes Night protests

    Parliament Square protesters clash with police on Bonfire Night BBC News 5th November 2021 Masked protesters faced police on Parliament Square Hundreds of anti-establishment activists have clashed with police in central London on Bonfire Night. Protesters wearing Guy Fawkes-style masks...
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    Who is the redhead living in the Tower of London?

    Who is the redhead living in the Tower of London? By Jennifer McKiernan BBC News 27th October 2021 Megan Clawson: "It's just your average house, apart from the arrow slits and the swords" With her flaming red curls, Megan Clawson looks like a fairy-tale princess. So when she walks around the...
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    Attenborough polar ship makes London debut

    The BBC’s Rebecca Morelle takes a tour of RRS Sir David Attenborough The UK's new polar research ship, the RRS Sir David Attenborough, has completed basic sea trials and is ready to undertake her first expedition.The vessel - which the British public voted to be named Boaty McBoatface - came up...