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Vampires and veggie sausages in Foreign Office's oddest calls

UK News BBC News Feed - Sun, 12/30/2018 - 02:07
Consular staff were asked about vampires in Poland, vegetarian sausages and the Strictly results.

Child health record 'red book' to go online

UK News BBC News Feed - Sun, 12/30/2018 - 01:09
The measure is part of government plans in England to improve care from pregnancy to post-birth.

Singer Bessie Turner's crying selfie prompts talk plea

UK News BBC News Feed - Sun, 12/30/2018 - 00:55
Bessie Turner says there is often more to people's lives than their perfect social media profile.

Dinner for One: English comedy spices up German New Year

UK News BBC News Feed - Sun, 12/30/2018 - 00:44
The English film you've never seen - but Germans watch it adoringly every New Year's Eve.

Found: The plane wreck that could solve a 50-year-old mystery

UK News BBC News Feed - Sun, 12/30/2018 - 00:38
After 10 years of talking to fishermen in pubs, Grahame Knott has found the wreck of a plane that fell into the English Channel in 1969.

Why do we celebrate New Year on 1 January?

UK News BBC News Feed - Sun, 12/30/2018 - 00:30
Why does the year begin in January?

STEM: 'You can't be what you can't see'

UK News BBC News Feed - Sun, 12/30/2018 - 00:09
Women in Science, technology, engineering and maths are still underrepresented. Here STEM women share some top tips on how to get ahead in the field.

Newspaper headlines: Javid flies home, and tributes to 'legend' June

UK News BBC News Feed - Sat, 12/29/2018 - 23:31
The home secretary's handling of the migrant "crisis" is the focus for some papers, while Dame June Whitfield's death makes some of the early editions.

Dame June Whitfield, star of Absolutely Fabulous, dies aged 93

UK News BBC News Feed - Sat, 12/29/2018 - 22:56
The comedy actress was also celebrated for her role in BBC sitcom Terry and June.

Obituary: June Whitfield

UK News BBC News Feed - Sat, 12/29/2018 - 20:40
Comic actress who was rarely off British TV screens.

Liverpool 5-1 Arsenal: Roberto Firmino hits hat-trick as Jurgen Klopp's side thrash Arsenal

UK News BBC News Feed - Sat, 12/29/2018 - 20:16
Roberto Firmino scores a hat-trick as Liverpool extend their lead at the top of the Premier League by thrashing Arsenal.

Sheffield Wednesday's Fernando Forestieri 'unaware of court case'

UK News BBC News Feed - Sat, 12/29/2018 - 19:55
Sheffield Wednesday FC striker Fernando Forestieri failed to attend a magistrates' court hearing.

Starlings form bird-shaped murmuration at Attenborough

UK News BBC News Feed - Sat, 12/29/2018 - 17:47
Birdwatchers enjoyed the "real spectacle" at the Attenborough Nature Reserve in Nottinghamshire.

One dead and 23 hurt in minibus crash in Scottish Borders

UK News BBC News Feed - Sat, 12/29/2018 - 16:41
Police declared a major incident after the bus overturned into a field in the Scottish Borders.

Capt Lou Rudd is first Briton to cross Antarctic unaided

UK News BBC News Feed - Sat, 12/29/2018 - 16:18
A British Army officer has become the second person ever to trek unaided across Antarctica, after American Colin O'Brady completed the trip two days earlier.

New Year Honours 2019: Domestic abuse victim's dad appointed MBE

UK News BBC News Feed - Sat, 12/29/2018 - 14:25
John Clough fought to change the law after his daughter Jane was murdered by her bailed ex-partner.

Ruth Strauss dies aged 46 as a result of rare lung cancer

UK News BBC News Feed - Sat, 12/29/2018 - 14:18
Ruth Strauss, the wife of former England captain and director of cricket Andrew Strauss, dies at the age of 46.

Army captain is first Briton to cross Antarctica solo

UK News BBC News Feed - Sat, 12/29/2018 - 12:48
Capt Lou Rudd was just two days behind the first person to complete the gruelling 921-mile journey.

Clinical waste firm HES confirms it has ceased operations

UK News BBC News Feed - Sat, 12/29/2018 - 12:22
In its first public statement, HES confirms that all 400 UK staff are now redundant.

Strictly star AJ and his brother attacked at a nightclub

UK News BBC News Feed - Sat, 12/29/2018 - 11:41
Dancers AJ Pritchard and Curtis Pritchard are hurt after being assaulted on a night out in Cheshire.

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