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BBC World News, Nov 25, 2011

Jamie Oliver says healthy school food standards 'eroded'
BBC News
By Angela Harrison Education correspondent, BBC News The TV chef Jamie Oliver has accused the Education Secretary Michael Gove of eroding healthy school food standards. A campaign by the chef led to tough new legal standards for meals in England's ...
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BBC defends Today over housing minister Grant Shapps spat
Telegraph.co.uk
The BBC has defended Today presenter John Humphrys after a live on-air spat with housing minister Grant Shapps - who accused the programme of producing a "misleading" report. By John-Paul Ford Rojas Mr Shapps angrily rejected claims that the Government ...
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Telegraph.co.uk
North MPs angry at BBC plan to cut local radio and TV
BBC News
Stories about cuts have been plentiful in the last year, but this week I've had to deal with some that are happening very close to home - in the BBC. The corporation is under financial pressure because as well as the licence fee being frozen for five ...
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BBC to apologise for One Show report about Dale Farm
BBC News
The BBC is to apologise to Basildon Council over a report which was broadcast on The One Show in February. The local authority said the piece, about the travellers' site at Dale Farm, was "inaccurate, misleading and biased in favour of the travellers". ...
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Arab unrest: As it happened
BBC News
Stay here for the latest news updates, reaction, video and analysis from the BBCand beyond. tweets: Very difficult now to cover #Egypt crisis in many cities. Reports of many reporters being robbed, harrassed and intimidated. ...
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BBC reveals F1 coverage schedule for 2012
BBC Sport
Ten races will be shown live on BBC One, including the British, Monaco and season-ending Brazilian Grands Prix. Of the other 10, there will be extended highlights programmes on BBC One, of either 90-minute or two-hour duration depending on race ...
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BBC Sport
BBC strike threat to Strictly Come Dancing averted
The Guardian
The BBC has headed off strike action that could have threatened the Strictly Come Dancing final and Christmas programming after reaching an agreement with broadcasting unions over the handling of talks to implement planned cuts. ...
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The Guardian
Strictly Come Dancing 2011: Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, visits set of hit ...
Daily Mail
By Lauren Paxman Camilla invited Strictly Come Dancing's Craig Revel Horwood to St James' Palace on Monday night to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the National Osteoporosis Society - a charity close to both of their hearts. ...
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Daily Mail
Nasa ready to launch Mars rover
BBC News
By Jonathan Amos Science correspondent, BBC News Nasa is about to launch its latest Mars rover, nicknamed Curiosity, from Cape Canaveral, Florida. At nearly a tonne, the six-wheeled vehicle dwarfs all previous robots sent to the surface of the planet. ...
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Syria: BBC goes undercover in Homs
BBC News
The BBC's Paul Wood and cameraman Fred Scott have spent the past week undercover in the city of Homs, a major focus of protests. Paul Wood is now in Beirut. This is his report that starts in Lebanon before being smuggled across the Syria border. ...
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BBC warms up Shakespeare for Olympics
C21Media
The BBC has lined up new seasons of programming celebrating Shakespeare and London to coincide with next year's Olympic Games. The Shakespeare season includes adaptations of Richard II, Henry IV (Parts I and II) and Henry V, which will star a host of ...
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BBC WiFi Dalek demos Internet of Things TV potential
SlashGear
The BBC has developed a WiFi-enabled toy Dalek that can mimic the on-screen actions of the Doctor Who arch-villain, though fans hoping for a living room invasion will be disappointed. The “synchronised Dalek” project, the BBC's R&D team reveals, ...
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Epilepsy rises 38% in Scotland, BBC investigation shows
BBC News
A BBC Scotland investigation found there were now about 54000 people living with the condition. The Joint Epilepsy Council (JEC), which did the research, said it highlighted the need for more specialist provision. It is thought better reporting of ...
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'Disabled' wedding dance man jailed for benefit fraud
BBC News
By Guy Smith BBC London's Home Affairs Correspondent A benefits fraudster who claimed he was bed-ridden yet was filmed dancing at a wedding has been jailed. Mohamed Bouzalim, 37, cheated the authorities out of nearly £400000, Isleworth Crown Court ...
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A Redo for Q in New James Bond Movie
New York Times (blog)
By DAVE ITZKOFF BBC Ben Whishaw, who played a television reporter in “The Hour,” will take over the role of James Bond's gadget designer. Even if you can't remember who James Bond's adversary was in a given movie or what Agent 007 was supposed to be ...
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New York Times (blog)
BBC Three 'Making Love'
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BBC Three has announced that Zai Bennett, Controller BBC Three and Sean Hancock, Executive Producer, Entertainment Commissioning, have commissioned The Year Of Making Love from Fever Media. In the first experiment of its kind, The Year Of Making Love ...
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Interpol seeks West Papuan tribal leader living in UK
BBC News
By Danny Shaw Home affairs correspondent, BBC News A tribal leader from an Indonesian province who has been granted asylum in the UK has been named on an Interpol wanted list, the BBC has learned. Benny Wenda, who is 36 and living in Oxford, ...
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BBC News
Public sector strike could see Heathrow 'grind to halt'
BBC News
BBC transport correspondent Richard Lister said aviation officials were working on the basis that immigration staffing levels would be at a maximum of 30-50%, and that most of those checking passports would have no experience and little training. ...
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Sky announces the launch of dedicated Formula One channel for next season
Telegraph.co.uk
Sky and the BBC have made key announcements about how they intend to cover Formula One next season in the first year of their controversial new rights-sharing agreement, with Sky immediately upping the ante on the terrestrial broadcaster with the ...
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Telegraph.co.uk
BBC wins back World Athletics Championships from Channel 4
Digital Spy UK
The BBC has won back the rights to broadcast the IAAF World Athletics Championships, as part of a new deal covering the 2015 and 2017 tournaments. Channel 4 secured the rights to the tournament for the first time this year, but its coverage of the ...
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Environment body merger fears of wood industry in Wales
BBC News
By Iolo ap Dafydd BBC Wales environment correspondent Companies involved in forestry are warning of cuts in jobs and investment if plans to merge bodies which look after the environment go ahead. Commercial companies involved in forestry are warning of...
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Bahrain unrest continues after king's reform promises
BBC News
By Bill Law BBC News Reports from Bahrain suggest continuing violence this week, despite a promise from King Hamad to prevent further abuses from security forces. An activist said police had fired tear gas and rubber bullets on Thursday at a funeral ...
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CO2 climate sensitivity 'overestimated'
BBC News
By Jennifer Carpenter Science reporter, BBC News Global temperatures could be less sensitive to changing atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) levels than previously thought, a study suggests. The researchers said people should still expect to see "drastic ...
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Welsh police sex checks among 85 data protection breaches
BBC News
By Alun Jones BBC Wales News Checks on women for sexual purposes are among 85 recorded breaches of data protection in Wales' four police forces, BBCWales has learned. Details obtained under the Freedom of Information Act show a range of breaches over ...
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JK Rowling tells Leveson inquiry press targeted children
BBC News
JK Rowling has told an inquiry into press ethics how she tried to protect her children from media intrusion into her private family life, reports BBC News. The Harry Potter author said a reporter had tried to contact her by slipping a note into her ...
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BBC - Magazine Monitor: Popular Elsewhere
By Clare Spencer
A look at the stories ranking highly on various news sites. Friday means one thing for online readers of broadsheets - they allow ... British Broadcasting CorporationBBC Home. Accessibility links. Skip to content; Skip to local navigation; Skip to ...
BBC NEWS | Magazine Monitor
BBC reveals 2012 F1 coverage plans - F1 news - AUTOSPORT.com
The BBC has announced its coverage plans for 2012 - revealing the 10 races it will broadcast live and outlining its plans for highlights programmes.
autosport.com
BBC News - IMF says Chinese banks face risks, urges quick action ...
By Gary Null
BBC News. 15 November 2011. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-15732276?print=true. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned that China's financial system "faces a steady build up in vulnerabilities". In a review, publicly ...
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BBC News: Belgium credit rating downgraded
By BBC News
Belgium has its credit rating downgraded by ratings agency Standard & Poor's, on concerns about government debt. More...
the Benche | Your Financial Community
UK cybersecurity plan a 'promising step' but with risks – BBC News ...
By Blackmere
UK cybersecurity plan a 'promising step' but with risks – BBC News. Published November 25, 2011. The UK government has today released its 2011 Cyber Security Strategy. With an increased focus on cybercrime, and renewed focus on...
Blackmere Consulting
The Broadside » BBC News – Shakespeare 'could help doctors ...
By Sharon
BBC News – Shakespeare 'could help doctors become better'. bbc.co.uk. Reading Shakespeare could give physicians a fresh insight into the links between emotion and illness, a retired doctor and scholar believes. Noted by. @emmajolly on ...
The Broadside
BBC News – JK Rowling tells Leveson inquiry of press intrusion ...
By tinkerputt
JK Rowling has told an inquiry into media ethics of the scale of media intrusion into her private family life. The Harry Potter author said a reporter had once tried ...
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BBC News - Facebook Is Down
By fidadmin
BBC News The German drugmaker Merck KGaA has begun legal action against Facebook after discovering what its lawyer described as the "the apparent takeover of its Facebook page". The webpage is being used by the German firm's US ...
Facebook Is Down
YEMEN: Q&A: Yemen crisis > BBC News - NEO•GRIOT
Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh has signed a deal to transfer power to his vice-president following nine months of protests. The agreement, brokered by Gulf Arab states, ends his rule of more than 30 years. Mr Saleh had been clinging to ...
NEO•GRIOT
BBC News - #Morocco Sees Limits of Reform in Rapper's Case ...
BBC News - #Morocco Sees Limits of Reform in Rapper's Case #FreeHaked #Feb20 · Feb20. For Morocco's protest movement, the case of rapper Mouad Belrhouate shows that the regime's authoritarian reflexes die hard. The rapper, who...
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BBC News - Bionic contact lens 'to project emails before eyes'
Scientists say a new generation of contact lenses that project images in front of the eyes is a step closer after successful animal trials.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-15817316
BBC Nature - 'Brinicle' ice finger of death filmed in Antarctic
Skip to content; Skip to local navigation; Skip to bbc.co.uk navigation; Skip to ...2011, NEWS; Orcas make waves to prey on seals 18 OCTOBER 2011, NEWS ...
www.bbc.co.uk/nature/15835017
Firm in BBC news-fixing row targeted poverty guru - TV & Radio ...
The London-based television company being investigated by Ofcom over a globalnews fixing row tried to “cultivate” a world-famous environmental economist ...
www.independent.co.uk/.../firm-in-bbc-newsfixing-row-target...
BBC Sport - Saturday's Scottish gossip
British Broadcasting Corporation BBC ... Skip to content; Skip to local navigation; Skip to bbc.co.uk navigation; Skip to .... TOP NEWS FRONT PAGE STORIES ...
kochhars.com/sport2/hi/scotland/15803438.stm
Lumiappaday #3: BBC News Mobile demoed on the Nokia Lumia ...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CrwY034Kbdc. This is a dedicated BBC Newsbrowsing app. It ties in with the metro panoramic UI and has some tiles for the ...
mynokiablog.com/.../lumiappaday-3-bbc-news-mobile-demoe...
Record £26m for Children in Need
The BBC's annual Children in Need show raises a record £26332334 - £8 million more than last year - with acts including Will Young, Gok Wan and the cast of ...
www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/.../entertainment-arts-15790669
Independence vote uncertainty 'damaging the UK economy'
Scotland's Finance Secretary John Swinney accuses the UK government of hysteria when it comes to the independence question.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-15848760
Polio in Nigeria 'shows big increase'
A four-fold increase in polio is reported in northern Nigeria, with the disease spreading to neighbouring countries, a World Health Organisation official says.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-15819797
Twitter / BBC News (UK): Across the UK cities, town ...
Across the UK cities, towns and villages mark two-minute silence this # Remembrance Sunday. Watch events at Cenotaph http://t.co/Q82ENABa.
twitter.com/BBCNews/status/135673287048052736
Egypt protests and the Arab Spring: live - Telegraph
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/egypt/ 8903443/... 13.54 The BBC is reporting that there is a large pro-army demonstration ...
www.telegraph.co.uk/.../Egypt-protests-and-the-Arab-Spring-l...

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