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Benedict Cumberbatch: Drawing helps fame 'nonsense'

9 November 2014 Last updated at 11:26 GMT Painting and drawing help the Sherlock actor Benedict Cumberbatch cope with fame, and media speculation. He told Andrew Marr how he tried to "normalise things...

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Josh Hodgson: England hooker faces action over party video

England are to discipline hooker Josh Hodgson after a video emerged of the player smashing a door at a party. The ex-Hull KR man, 25, is seen running and throwing himself through a closed door before...

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Harry Belafonte handed honorary Oscar

A host of stars turned out to see four cinematic veterans honoured at the Governor's Awards in Los Angeles. Actor and musician Harry Belafonte, Irish actress Maureen O'Hara, Japanese director Hayao...

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Low bridge in Grantham struck 15 times is reinforced

A railway bridge that has been struck 15 times in two years is being reinforced against future damage. Impact beams are being fitted to the Springfield Road bridge in Grantham, Lincolnshire, in a bid...

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World War One Veterans' Association founders Brenda and Dennis Goodwin

9 November 2014 Last updated at 11:42 GMT The founders of the World War One Veterans' Association talk about how the organisation grew to more than 400 veterans over 20 years after they took a small...

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In discussion: SNP deputy leadership

9 November 2014 Last updated at 12:04 GMT Candidates for the deputy leadership of the SNP have been speaking to BBC Radio Scotland's Crossfire programme. Keith Brown, Angela Constance and Stewart Hosie...

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Henry Lamont Simpson's WW1 poems made into song

The poems of a soldier who died in World War One have been turned into a song called Remembrance Day. Henry Lamont Simpson was killed by a sniper in No Man's Land in Belgium in 1918. His writings were...

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World War Two: Emma Smith on canal coal and steel jobs

9 November 2014 Last updated at 12:07 GMT Emma Smith, 91, recalls the wartime role that women played transporting coal and steel around the canals of England. She told Sophie Raworth how she asked to...

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Living posthumous VC winner John Davies honoured

A World War One soldier thought to be the only person ever to receive a posthumous Victoria Cross while alive is to have a road named in his honour. Cpl John Thomas Davies was thought to have died at...

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TV election debates: Greens, SNP and Plaid demands

10 November 2014 Last updated at 11:27 GMT The Greens, Scottish Nationalists and Plaid Cymru have joined forces to demand they are included in the leaders debates ahead of the 2015 general election....

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Bad weather cancels ferry services at Holyhead

Adverse weather has led to the cancellation of...

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Belfast International Airport: Date set for Aer Lingus case

A £20m legal action involving Aer Lingus and Belfast International Airport is due to be heard in...

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'Live the dream' ads target GPs for island life

10 November 2014 Last updated at 11:42 GMT General practitioners working in cities in the north of England are being targeted in an advertising campaign designed to fill vacant posts on Scottish...

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Why southern England is enjoying a wine renaissance

10 November 2014 Last updated at 07:09 GMT BBC Inside Out discovers why southern England is enjoying a wine renaissance with an explosion in wine production. Over the last year commercial vineyards in...

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Counting the cost of horse 'nuisance'

10 November 2014 Last updated at 06:51 GMT Horse nuisance is an increasing problem in towns with animals being kept in flats, front gardens, and tethered illegally on council land. The problem stems...

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Fair deal for Londoners with disabilities?

10 November 2014 Last updated at 07:08 GMT When the Paralympics were held in London in 2012, they were hailed as transforming attitudes towards disability. But more than two years on, how much progress...

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Hospital staff 'betrayed' by paedophile Myles Bradbury

10 November 2014 Last updated at 07:08 GMT Dr Myles Bradbury was found guilty of 25 counts of sex offences against children and making thousands of indecent images of young people in September 2014....

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Tower Bridge unveils glass walkway above River Thames

A glass walkway which gives visitors a bird's eye view of traffic has been unveiled at London's Tower Bridge. Tourists can test their head for heights by venturing on to the structure which soars 42m...

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London's property millionaires swap for 'good life'

10 November 2014 Last updated at 07:09 GMT BBC Inside Out meets the Londoners living their dreams after making millions from the sale of their properties following the 2014 property boom. Hackney has...

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FA Cup: Chester boss Steve Burr wants home second-round tie

Chester manager Steve Burr hopes his side are given a home tie in the FA Cup second round after knocking out League Two's Southend United. The trip to Essex followed an away win at Stockport in the...

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