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Tiangong-1: China space lab's return approaches By Jonathan Amos BBC Science Correspondent 1 April 2018 Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionChina's space lab Tiangong-1 tracked on radarThe estimated window of re-entry for the defunct Chinese space lab Tiangong-1 has narrowed sharply. The timeframe for the fall to Earth is centred on 01:07 Monday GMT (02:07 BST), plu…
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Child poverty: Pale and hungry pupils 'fill pockets with school food' By Hannah Richardson BBC News Education Reporter in Brighton 2 April 2018 Image copyright Getty Images Malnourished pupils with grey skin are "filling their pockets" with food from school canteens in poor areas due to poverty, head teachers say. The heads, from various part…
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Thick black smoke billowing into the sky could be seen for miles as dozens of fire fighters tackled a huge fire at a warehouse in east London. Six fire engines and 58 firefighters were at the scene in Hackney on Easter Sunday. Dramatic images posted on social media showed huge plumes of thick smoke billow into the sky above the Olympic park. https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/hackney-fire-thick-black-smoke-billows-over-olympic-stadium-as-blaze-breaks-out-in-east-london-a3803746.html
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Trump steel tariffs: IMF warns plan would hurt US 3 March 2018 Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionTrump on new tariffs: 'We haven't been treated fairly'The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has joined criticism of Donald Trump's plan to impose a 25% tariff on steel imports and 10% on aluminium. The body warned that such a move would hurt the US as well as other countries. It said others coul…
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South Korea's K-pop heavyweights set to perform in North 1 April 2018 Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Girl group Red Velvet are among the South Korean bands that have headed to the North South Korea's K-pop stars are due to perform in North Korea for the first time in more than a decade as the …
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Russia Kemerovo fire: Aman Tuleyev quits as governor 1 April 2018 Related TopicsRussian shopping centre fire Image copyright Reuters Image caption Most of the victims of the Winter Cherry mall fire were children The long-serving governor of the Russian region where a shopping mall fire left dozens of peo…
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Special needs cash shortfall 'leaves thousands of pupils unplaced' By Hannah Richardson BBC News education reporter in Brighton 1 April 2018 Image copyright Getty Images A shortage of special needs funding means growing numbers of children are being left without suitable school places, a teachers' leader has warned. National Education Union l…
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Syria war: 'Deal struck' to take critically injured out of Douma 1 April 2018 Related TopicsSyrian civil war Image copyright AFP/Getty Images Image caption A deal has been reached to allow seriously injured people to leave the besieged Eastern Ghouta region A deal has been reached to evacuate critically …
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Islamic State 'Beatles' duo complain about losing UK citizenship 31 March 2018 Image copyright Reuters Image caption Alexanda Kotey (left) and El Shafee Elsheikh were captured by Syrian Kurdish forces Two Britons accused of being Islamic State members have complained they will not get a fair trial because…
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French armed officers spark Italy migrant centre row 31 March 2018 Related TopicsEurope migrant crisis Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Migrants from Guinea don winter clothes donated by a charity in Bardonecchia Armed French customs officers have provoked widespread anger by entering a migrant…
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UK soldier killed in Syria fighting IS 30 March 2018 Image copyright PA Image caption The British soldier was embedded with US forces A UK soldier has been killed in combat in Syria, the Ministry of Defence has said. The serviceman - embedded with US forces as part of a counter-terrorism operation agains…
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Malala returns to home town in Pakistan for first time since shooting 31 March 2018 Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionMalala Yousafzai: "My focus is only working for the good"Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai has returned to her home town in Pakistan for the first time since she was shot there by Taliban militants, security officials say. Ms Yousafzai, 20, was shot in the head by a gunm…
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US may tie social media to visa applications 31 March 2018 Image copyright Reuters Image caption If approved, the US state department proposal could affect around 14.7 million people a year The Trump administration has said it wants to start collecting the social media history of nearly everyone seeking a…
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Rugby rape trial juror's comments investigated 30 March 2018 Image copyright Pacemaker Image caption Blane McIlroy, Stuart Olding, Paddy Jackson and Rory Harrison were all cleared of all charges Comments posted online by a juror in the rugby rape trial have been referred to Northern Ireland's attorney gen…
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Heartbeat actor Bill Maynard has died at the age of 89, his family has confirmed. Hinckley celebrity Bill, real name Walter Williams, was best known for playing Greengrass in Heartbeat. The star died in hospital in Leicestershire shortly after breaking his hip in a fall off his mobility scooter, his daughter-in-law said. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/bill-maynard-dead-heartbeats-greengrass-family-pay-tribute-to-larger-than-life-star-who-died-in-hospital-after-falling-off-mobility-scooter/ar-AAvhsMc?li=AAmiR2Z&MSCC=1522421341&ocid=spartandhp
