Tag: bbc.com
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Sixty police officers recruited for new Bee Network unit
[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/e6e3/live/b7b12f80-d36b-11f1-a2f1-9d8bc53db834.jpg”] GMP A new transport police squad is being formed, with 60 officers recruited Sixty police officer have been recruited to patrol Greater Manchester’s trams and buses. The new Transport Policing and Crime Command has been created to tackle crime and antisocial behaviour on the Bee Network. The new squad will deliver a…
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Mum pilots daughter and Framlingham classmates on Iceland flight
[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/e7d9/live/3f4a5df0-d3ac-11f1-93e1-3b657b665bcf.jpg”] Jet2 Marnie Munns started her flying career through the Royal Air Force’s University Air Squadron An airline pilot had a flight to remember when she flew her daughter, classmates and teachers to Iceland for a school trip. Marnie Munns captained a flight from Stansted Airport to Reykjavik with her 17-year-old daughter Lillian…
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The hospital accordion player who has been busking for 35 years
[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/d95d/live/4e903130-d2cc-11f1-8e79-5381b0a9d682.jpg”] East Cheshire NHS Trust John Jones taught himself to play the accordion after his father passed away For 35 years, volunteer John Jones has been entertaining patients and visitors at Macclesfield District General Hospital by playing the accordion. The 84-year-old retired engineer discovered his love of the accordion as a child, watching…
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Spain train crash: What we know after two trains crashed with dozens feared dead
[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/81f7/live/e4acc800-d302-11f1-a701-fddedf244c16.jpg”] Watch: Aerial footage shows train crash scene Two trains have crashed in Spain just south of the capital Madrid on Wednesday morning. Rail operator Adif says the incident occurred between a Renfe train and another of the Iryo company, which covers the Madrid to Seville route. So far at least 68 people…
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Park Hall Countryside Experience owners seek successors
[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/47eb/live/fcd93390-d222-11f1-b8e4-17c9744a7f8e.png”] BBC Richard Powell (left) and Martyn Hughes are looking for a successor to take their farm attraction into its next chapter For more than a quarter of a century, Richard Powell and Martyn Hughes have welcomed families through the gates of Park Hall Countryside Experience. They have watched children grow up, return…
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Norwich Airport relies on £8 drop-off fees, says boss
[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/10ae/live/b9ab6ca0-d21d-11f1-b8e4-17c9744a7f8e.jpg”] Martin Giles/BBC Richard Pace is the managing director of Norwich Airport An airport boss said a government review into drop-off charges came at a time when it was relying on revenue streams to make it “a viable local airport”. The Department for Transport is expected to review charges after analysis showed that…
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Study to investigate sexual messaging between children and adults
[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/20d0/live/38aebfd0-d227-11f1-b441-2b33b063138f.jpg”] Thinkstock About 1,500 young people aged 12-18 will take part in the survey A study has been commissioned to examine sexual communication between children and adults on direct messaging platforms, and how it can lead to exploitation. Anglia Ruskin University (ARU) has been commissioned to carry out the research project by the…
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M25 turning 40: Keeping Britain’s busiest motorway moving
[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/7f46/live/742208a0-d1fb-11f1-93e1-3b657b665bcf.jpg”] BBC Margaret Thatcher said Britons ought to be congratulating the “magnificent achievement” of the M25 Sometimes referred to as “The Road to Hell” or “Europe’s largest car park”, the M25 remains an essential part of Britain’s transport network. Since it officially opened on 29 October 1986, many workers over the years have…
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Luxury cruise passengers stranded in Cambodia due to soaring fuel costs
[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/7eaf/live/69ded4d0-d26f-11f1-a4f1-4fff2e6cf5f3.jpg”] Villa Vie Residences The Villa Vie Odyssey was more than 750 days into its voyage around the world when it came to a stop in Cambodia A luxury cruise ship on a years-long voyage around the world said it suspended operations due to extraordinarily high fuel costs, leaving passengers stranded in Cambodia.…
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The maths bust-up fuelling fears that AI is undermining science
[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/e1f6/live/c49501d0-cdf4-11f1-a64c-550be9e3c66b.jpg”] Getty A bank of white freezers hums away at a former watch factory in central London. Inside: dozens of small boxes with barcoded glass tubes, collectively containing one hundred billion genes. Just two boxes may hold 10 times more information than all the text on the internet, says Dr Oliver Vince, the…