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Students in Leicester take part in rapid coronavirus test

UK News BBC News Feed - Wed, 11/11/2020 - 17:09
De Montfort University students are some of the first to try tests which give a result in 20-30 minutes.

Quorn man arrested after 'gun pointed at children'

UK News BBC News Feed - Wed, 11/11/2020 - 16:05
A man is arrested after being shot with rubber bullets by armed police in a Leicestershire village.

Claudia Webbe: Leicester MP denies harassment charge

UK News BBC News Feed - Wed, 11/11/2020 - 15:12
Claudia Webbe, Labour MP for Leicester East, is due to stand trial in March.

I am desperate to go home, says student with vulnerable family

UK News BBC News Feed - Wed, 11/11/2020 - 14:43
As students' Christmas return plans are revealed, one tells of her desperation to be at home.

Oil whistleblower trapped in Croatia 'bewildered' by UK government response

UK News BBC News Feed - Wed, 11/11/2020 - 14:17
The UK government does not plan to intervene in the case of Jonathan Taylor who is stuck in Croatia.

Graham Norton to leave BBC Radio 2

UK News BBC News Feed - Wed, 11/11/2020 - 14:16
The presenter is to exit his Saturday morning programme before the end of this year.

Harry Dunn: Suspect never entitled to immunity court told

UK News BBC News Feed - Wed, 11/11/2020 - 14:14
The Foreign Office "unlawfully decided" Anne Sacoolas was immune from prosecution, a court hears.

Covid in Scotland: Concern over Test and Protect 'coding error'

UK News BBC News Feed - Wed, 11/11/2020 - 13:56
The error led to contact tracing staff overestimating the number of people contacted within 24 hours.

Armistice Day: Two-minute silence held

UK News BBC News Feed - Wed, 11/11/2020 - 12:41
Members of the Royal Family joined government officials and the armed forces for an Armistice Day service.

Stockton boy spread McDonald's drive-thru kindness

UK News BBC News Feed - Wed, 11/11/2020 - 11:51
Blake paid for the food of the man behind him, prompting everyone in the queue to follow suit.

Clothes and book sellers furious at lockdown rules

UK News BBC News Feed - Wed, 11/11/2020 - 11:37
Shops forced to close during England's second lockdown say they are being unfairly targeted.

Student Covid-19 testing: BBC takes a look at one of the first university facilities

UK News BBC News Feed - Wed, 11/11/2020 - 11:07
A look around a university testing centre after mass testing is announced to help get students home for Christmas.

Covid-19 vaccine: Prof Van-Tam says he would take the vaccine

UK News BBC News Feed - Wed, 11/11/2020 - 11:06
England's Deputy Chief Medical Officer says he has "absolute trust" in the safety of a vaccine.

Millie Bobby Brown says 'Alzheimer's is evil' in tribute to grandmother

UK News BBC News Feed - Wed, 11/11/2020 - 10:08
The Stranger Things star attacks the brain condition while paying tribute to her late grandmother.

Covid-19: Universities to oversee student exodus for Christmas

UK News BBC News Feed - Wed, 11/11/2020 - 09:56
They are being asked to travel in the seven days after the national lockdown in England ends.

Nóra Quoirin death: Mother heard voices in chalet, inquest told

UK News BBC News Feed - Wed, 11/11/2020 - 09:20
Nóra Quoirin and her family were staying at a jungle resort in Malaysia when she went missing.

Covid in Scotland: Cancelling Higher exams cannot be ruled out

UK News BBC News Feed - Wed, 11/11/2020 - 09:17
National 5 exams in Scotland have already been cancelled for 2021 but Highers are currently scheduled to go ahead.

Sheffield freight train derailment causes major travel disruption

UK News BBC News Feed - Wed, 11/11/2020 - 08:40
Disruption is expected to last all day due to the "low speed" freight train derailment in Sheffield.

Coronavirus: Wetherspoons calls rules 'baffling and confusing'

UK News BBC News Feed - Wed, 11/11/2020 - 08:39
The pub chain's boss says Covid restrictions are "a muddle" as first quarter sales fall 27.6%.

Covid-19: Universities plan, North 'hardest hit' and entrepreneurial dads

UK News BBC News Feed - Wed, 11/11/2020 - 07:21
Five things you need to know about the coronavirus pandemic this Wednesday morning.

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