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How Jamuna Tudu convinced women from her village to protect their forests and fight back against India's so-called timber mafia bbc.in/3HquZQR
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As civil war raged in Russia in 1918, the imprisoned royal family – the Romanovs – were told they were to be taken to a place of refuge. But the move was a trick.
📻 Tsar Nicholas II's great niece spoke to Witness History about that night: bbc.in/3GM3rFp
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Sultan and his two furry brothers were the first ever labradoodles.
In 1989, Wally Conron bred together a poodle and a Labrador, creating one of the world's best-loved breeds. So why does Wally think he'd made a "Frankenstein's monster"?
🎧 bbc.in/3QvhBQU
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Jane Seymour recalls taking to the catwalk as Freddie Mercury's bride @bbcworldservice #WitnessHistory
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In 2013 hundreds of people drowned a few hundred metres away from the shore of the Italian Island, Lampedusa.
I spoke with a survivor and the man who rescued him on @bbcworldservice
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"It was the darkest day of my life"
10 years ago the Egyptian army massacred hundreds of protesters in Rabaa Square, Cairo.
@samehelbarqy was there that day.
Listen to our conversation here or search for Witness History from the @bbcworldservice
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This is the day electricity came to rural Ireland. You can listen to the full version here: bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct4xg…
In the 1940s, an ambitious scheme offered electricity to rural Ireland.
But convincing people to get connected to the grid wasn't an easy feat
📻 bbc.in/3EdW3RM
George Crafer retweeted
Three years on from the COVID-19 pandemic, have we found the right balance between working from home and the office, our work and personnel lives?
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'It's the cruellest, nastiest, disease.. this is a very special young lady and she gets me in tears every time'
Former footballer Graeme Souness told #BBCBreakfast why he's swimming the Channel to raise funds for the charity DEBRA - details on their website
Another early start in Liverpool covering @Eurovision with @BBCBreakfast live.
That was an amazing episode
For the second year in a row File on 4 has won Gold at the @radioacademy #UKARIAS
This year’s prize was for the documentary Isobel’s Story - a young woman still being abused by a grooming gang, despite going to the police and Home Office for help.
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👇This is a step-by-step guide to how I found the man who bred the first labradoodle for @bbcworldservice 🐶🐩
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