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BBC News - Leicester
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Posted: 02:19 PM
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People are encouraged to get involved in work to improve stretches of the river Welland in Northamptonshire, Leicestershire and Lincolnshire.
Posted: 12:56 PM
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Leicestershire's Division Two match with Essex ended in a draw despite both sides' efforts to make a game of it.
Posted: 12:25 PM
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Beckie Herbert says she is "heart-broken" at missing out on selection for Great Britain's Olympic hockey squad again.
Posted: 11:07 AM
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Monarch Airlines confirms it will start running flights to Spain and Portugal from East Midlands Airport from late summer.
Posted: 09:58 AM
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The owner of a restored Romany caravan says he is "gutted" his home has been stolen.
Posted: 08:31 AM
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Train operator East Midlands Trains urges RMT union members not to vote for strike action after Aslef drivers walk out for six days.
BBC News - Technology
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Posted: 09:03 AM
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LJ Rich takes a look at the low-cost tablets battling Apple's dominance in India.
BBC News - UK
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Posted: 09:32 PM
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Chelsea achieve a dramatic Champions League final victory over Bayern Munich following a penalty shoot-out at the home of the German side.
Posted: 08:41 PM
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Twenty people are charged with drug offences following a Metropolitan Police operation in the West End.
Posted: 05:59 PM
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Leinster crush a spirited Ulster by a record Heineken Cup final-winning margin to become the first side to win three titles in four years.
Posted: 05:36 PM
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A competitor has been killed in an accident on the last day of North West 200 road races.
Posted: 05:20 PM
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The search for two fishermen missing off the Dorset coast has been called off, after a life-raft was found with the wreck of their boat.
Posted: 04:56 PM
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Police and the fire service are investigating the death of a man following a fire in Cardiff.
Posted: 04:43 PM
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Thousands of members of the Royal Navy, Army and Royal Air Force have taken part in a parade and flypast to mark the Queen's Diamond Jubilee.
Posted: 04:34 PM
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Thousands of Chelsea fans have been soaking up the sunshine in Munich ahead of Saturday's Champions League final.
Posted: 04:23 PM
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Ricardo Vaz Te strikes a late winner as West Ham defeat Blackpool in an absorbing Championship play-off final.
Posted: 03:48 PM
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Rudi Skacel scores twice as Hearts hammer Edinburgh rivals Hibernian to claim the Scottish Cup in a goal-laden Hampden final.
Posted: 03:39 PM
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TV chef Jamie Oliver says he has given up on trying to change governments' attitudes to healthy eating, as he visits New York in a bid to tackle obesity there.
Posted: 03:37 PM
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Live text commentary as Chelsea face Bayern Munich in the Champions League final at the Allianz Arena in Munich.
Posted: 03:11 PM
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Olympic tickets will be sent to households in the coming weeks, ticketholders have been informed.
Posted: 02:33 PM
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The search ends for two fishermen missing off the Dorset coast, after a life-raft was found on-board the wreck of their boat.
Posted: 02:24 PM
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A rally is held to oppose the relocation of 32 ScottishPower office jobs across north Wales.
Posted: 01:47 PM
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Spanish police are investigating the death of a man, reported to be a 26-year-old Scot, on the Costa Brava in Spain.
Posted: 01:35 PM
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Hibernian and Hearts meet at Hampden in the first all-Edinburgh Scottish Cup final since 1896.
Posted: 01:30 PM
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West Indies close day three of the first Test at Lord's on 120-4, needing a further 35 to avoid an innings defeat by England.
Posted: 01:25 PM
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Live text commentary as Blackpool play West Ham at Wembley in Saturday's Championship play-off final.
Posted: 01:05 PM
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Three men and a woman appear in court in Omagh on charges linked to an alleged terrorist training camp in County Tyrone.
Posted: 12:46 PM
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UK PM David Cameron says "progress" is being made in the G8 summit before world leaders says they want debt-stricken Greece to remain in the eurozone.
Posted: 12:42 PM
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A gun and ammunition are found in follow up searches after Army bomb officers dealt with a viable pipe bomb on the outskirts of Belfast.
Posted: 11:24 AM
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A teenager is shot dead and her sister is seriously wounded in County Londonderry.
Posted: 11:16 AM
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Premier League victors Manchester City get their title-winning ball back from a teenager who stole it during a pitch invasion.
Posted: 10:47 AM
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A pilot suffers "life-threatening injuries" when his light aircraft crashes into a field in Hertfordshire.
Posted: 10:41 AM
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Two men from Rochdale are arrested in connection with an ongoing investigation into grooming and child sexual exploitation in the town.
Posted: 10:26 AM
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Three relatives of prominent Lurgan dissident republican Colin Duffy appear in court in Lisburn charged with terrorism offences.
Posted: 10:21 AM
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An appeal is launched for donations to help residents whose homes were damaged by a gas explosion in Cheltenham.
Posted: 10:05 AM
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Stoke City chairman Peter Coates and Dave Bassett, former manager of Wimbledon and Sheffield United, discuss the impact f foreign owners on the English domestic game.
Posted: 09:54 AM
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A mother and child escape injury as a fire breaks out at a neighbour's house in Ballymoney on Saturday.
Posted: 09:28 AM
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An off-duty police officer is charged with a sectarian breach of the peace following a disturbance at Celtic Park that was posted on YouTube.
Posted: 09:20 AM
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The prospect of high student debt and increased pension contributions could discourage young people from entering medicine, a senior doctor warns.
Posted: 08:42 AM
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Two men are due in Omagh Magistrates Court after cannabis worth £250,000 was seized in Dungannon on Friday.
Posted: 08:39 AM
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Visitors to the Roman Baths are now able to drink Bath's famous spa water for free.
Posted: 08:34 AM
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A teenager is arrested following the discovery of suspicious material in the Aberdeenshire town of Banff on Friday.
Posted: 08:08 AM
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Sailing champion Ben Ainslie starts the London 2012 Olympic torch relay from Land's End amid tight security.
Posted: 07:43 AM
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Charges for single use carrier bags is a burden on small businesses and harming tourism in Wales, it is claimed by the TaxPayers' Alliance .
Posted: 03:34 AM
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A wreck found off the Dorset coast is identified as the missing Purbeck Isle fishing boat.
Posted: 02:14 AM
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Thousands of members of the Royal Navy, Army and Royal Air Force have taken part in a parade and flypast for the Diamond Jubilee celebrations.
Posted: 01:29 AM
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About 100,000 people thronged the streets to see the first day of the torch relay.
Posted: 12:53 AM
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Schools should keep detailed records of the languages spoken by ethnic minority pupils urges a report.
Posted: 12:40 AM
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Mother-of-two Kirstie Allsopp said it is difficult for some people to be good parents, because they didn't have good parents themselves. It comes after David Cameron dismissed claims that a new scheme to teach parenting skills amount to a 'nanny state'.
Posted: 12:13 AM
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Doctor Who producer and Sherlock co-creator Steven Moffat is to receive a special prize at this year's Bafta TV awards, organisers announce.
The Register
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Posted: 11:00 AM
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Auto Hop has content industry hopping mad
In the latest episode of the US ad-skipping saga, Dish Networks is facing the wrath of broadcasters such as NBC and Fox, but winning praise from customers and no doubt causing a little churn among competitors. That at least is the intention of the Dish PVR ad skipping feature called Auto Hop, with the company gambling that the gain in subscription revenue will make the pain of having to defend a possibly protracted case against it from broadcasters worthwhile.…
Posted: 09:31 AM
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Computer said no: New attempt expected on Tuesday
The Falcon 9 rocket from private space company SpaceX, intended to launch this morning and send a Dragon capsule loaded with supplies to the International Space Station, has failed to take off. The rocket's computer aborted the launch automatically at almost the final possible moment, when its engines had already ignited but the vehicle had not yet been released from the pad.…
Posted: 07:00 AM
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Pushy types
Product round-up As the speedy texter generation grows longer in the Bluetooth and touchscreen technologies improve, the range of Qwerty phones on offer gets smaller by the day. But for many, they wouldn't use anything else. Indeed, for RIM, Qwerty keys have been the hallmark of it BlackBerry handsets.…
BBC News - Leicester
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Posted: 05:14 PM
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A Leicester hospital admits a woman whose baby was declared dead after being born in a waiting room should have been seen earlier.
Posted: 03:51 PM
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Divers examining a lake at a caravan site for a Leicester woman who went missing eight years ago end their search.
Posted: 01:24 PM
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Leicester City complete the signing of Fleetwood striker Jamie Vardy for an undisclosed fee, believed to be around £1m.
Posted: 12:09 PM
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Leicester Lions appoint former track curator Glyn Taylor as their new manager after the shock departure of Jason Attwood.
Posted: 10:28 AM
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Engelbert Humperdinck is all set to leave for the Eurovision Song Contest in Azerbaijan where he will represent the UK.
Posted: 10:21 AM
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Essex teenager Ben Foakes narrowly misses out on a century on debut as their game with Leicestershire is left in the balance.
Posted: 08:13 AM
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Crista Cullen is one of four Leicester Ladies and two local students named in the Team GB hockey squad for London 2012.
BBC News - Technology
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Posted: 09:11 PM
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Facebook shares ended their first day of trading at $38.23, barely above the company's initial pricing of $38.
Posted: 01:08 PM
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MPs have had their fingers burned by texting and technology, and may have regretted the odd text or tweet.
Posted: 12:20 PM
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Micro-blogging service Twitter will support an initiative that lets people browse the web without being monitored.
Posted: 12:20 PM
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Facebook shares end a volatile first day of trading at $38.23, barely above the company's initial pricing, having initially jumped more than 10%.
Posted: 11:09 AM
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Researchers reveal details of a promising way to make a fundamentally different kind of computer memory chip.
Posted: 10:44 AM
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Hacker group Anonymous has carried out a series of attacks against government and political websites in India.
Posted: 10:35 AM
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Honda Motors unveils a new auto-balancing unicycle that can be controlled hands free - and other technology news stories.
Posted: 10:17 AM
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As Facebook floats itself on the stock exchange, technology experts attending the Future Everything conference in Manchester give their views on the company's worth.
Posted: 07:19 AM
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One of the biggest floatations ever seen on world stock markets will take place today when shares in the social networking site Facebook go on sale.
Posted: 02:07 AM
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Japan completes its first successful commercial launch of a foreign-made satellite early on Friday, marking its entry into the launch business.
Posted: 01:06 AM
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How the social network’s first female engineer beat old-fashioned views in Silicon Valley
BBC News - UK
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Posted: 11:30 PM
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Chelsea captain Frank Lampard is relishing the task of leading his team into the Champions League final against Bayern Munich.
Posted: 11:23 PM
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Hibs fail to secure their first Scottish Cup Final win in 110 years after losing 5-1 at Hampden to their Edinburgh rivals Hearts.
Posted: 11:22 PM
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The Smith Museum in Stirling is unlocking the display case and letting fans hold the oldest football in the world.
Posted: 10:37 PM
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More than 20,000 rugby fans from Belfast and Dublin are descending on Twickenham for the first ever all-Ireland final of Europe's premier club competition, the Heineken Cup.
Posted: 10:18 PM
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UK PM David Cameron joins other world leaders at the G8 summit for talks set to focus on the eurozone crisis, amid signs a deal is unlikely to be reached.
Posted: 08:46 PM
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Thieves have stolen a metal plaque erected in memory of two young boys who were killed in an IRA bomb attack in Warrington, Cheshire.
Posted: 08:41 PM
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Royals from around the world have gathered in Britain to mark the Queen's Diamond Jubilee.
Posted: 08:03 PM
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A head teacher is banned from teaching for a year after a conduct hearing is told she humiliated and manhandled children as young as four.
Posted: 07:17 PM
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Coastguard officers recover a man's body from the sea during the search for a missing Dorset fishing vessel.
Posted: 06:50 PM
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Colin McIntyre, founding editor of the BBC's Ceefax service, the world's first teletext service, has died at the age of 85, his family confirms.
Posted: 06:40 PM
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Hooker Rory Best insists Ulster have no interest in playing the 'brave losers' role in Saturday's Heineken Cup final against Leinster.
Posted: 06:40 PM
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A ship moored in Bristol as a visitor attraction is "floated" in a sea of neon-green jelly as part of a cultural festival.
Posted: 05:41 PM
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Greek officials say Germany's Chancellor Merkel has suggested a euro referendum, but Berlin denies the report, as world leaders gather in the US for a G8 summit meeting.
Posted: 05:27 PM
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Online government petitions will harm trust if they are not reformed, the Hansard Society think tank warns.
Posted: 05:21 PM
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Captain Andrew Strauss scores his first century in 18 months as England dominate West Indies on the second day of the first Test.
Posted: 05:07 PM
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Sinn Fein says the deputy first minister pressed the justice minister to ensure police co-operated with a cross-border inquiry into the crimes of paedophile priest Brendan Smyth.
Posted: 05:00 PM
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George Osborne calls on the international community not to withdraw financial support from countries in transition following the Arab Spring.
Posted: 04:52 PM
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One of the two men accused of killing a Chinese take-away driver told police they were "Good Samaritans" trying to help him, a jury hears.
Posted: 04:50 PM
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Six men and one woman in Northern Ireland are charged with a series of terrorist offences, including conspiracy to murder and cause explosions.