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BBC News - Homes and temples glow across India to mark #Diwali bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cm70…
Diwali 2026: Indians celebrate festival with lights and fireworks

Diwali 2026: Indians celebrate festival with lights and fireworks

Millions of Indians will mark the festival of lights with glowing lamps, fireworks and traditional sweets

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Fashion and tradition: how #JohnSmedley is innovating in a tough market theguardian.com/business/202…
Fashion and tradition: how John Smedley is innovating in a tough market

Fashion and tradition: how John Smedley is innovating in a tough market

In the final article in a series on high-end British manufacturing we look at a clothing brand that dates to the 18th century but is increasingly on-trend

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Buried among the kings. #UnknownWarrior #UnknownSoldier #RemembranceDay westminster-abbey.org/histor…?
Buried among the kings | Westminster Abbey

Buried among the kings | Westminster Abbey

Honouring the Unknown Warrior, a centenary after his burial in Westminster Abbey.

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Eisenkot will now have 28 days to try to form a new administration, with a potential 14-day extension. BBC News - #Israel president asks opposition leader #Eisenkot to form government bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cmy8…
Israel president asks opposition leader Eisenkot to form government

Israel president asks opposition leader Eisenkot to form government

Neither PM Benjamin Netanyahu's bloc nor that of his rival secured a majority in last week's election.

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Warmest wishes and greetings to all those celebrating Diwali in the UAE and around the world. May this festival of lights bring you peace, hope, and goodness, and may your days be filled with safety, happiness, and prosperity. Happy Diwali!
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Barnet to mark #RemembranceSunday barnet.gov.uk/news/2026/barn… @BarnetCouncil
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"So when you find yourself standing in front of the biscuit tin at 9pm, it may not be a lack of willpower. Your biology is stacked against you." BBC News - Are you an evening snacker? What you need to know bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cq2e…
Are you an evening snacker? What you need to know

Are you an evening snacker? What you need to know

There are biological reasons why you may reach for sweet treats before bed, but you can change the habit.

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BBC News - This man refused life-saving treatment because of his religion, #JehovahsWitness, - days later the rules changed bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx5y…
Jehovah's Witness rules on blood transfusions have changed, but it's too late for my brother

Jehovah's Witness rules on blood transfusions have changed, but it's too late for my brother

Jehovah's Witness leaders relaxed strict rules on blood transfusions, but the change came 23 days too late for Isaac Valdez.

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A floating bus stop, also known as a bus stop bypass or bus stop island, is a road layout where a dedicated cycle lane runs behind the passenger waiting area, separating it from the main pavement. BBC News - Call...to pause installing #floatingbusstops bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvj6…
London Assembly urges TfL to pause floating bus stops

London Assembly urges TfL to pause floating bus stops

The scheme has prompted safety concerns from partially sighted, older and disabled Londoners.

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BBC News - #KingCharles sends #AungSanSuuKyi books, says #Myanmar government bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c6rr…
King Charles sends Aung San Suu Kyi books - Myanmar government

King Charles sends Aung San Suu Kyi books - Myanmar government

Nay Pyi Taw has released rare photographs of Suu Kyi receiving the books along with a sealed letter.

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Ranbir Kapoor plays Lord #Ram, the virtuous prince of #Ayodhya. Banished from his kingdom for 14 years, he retreats to the forest with his wife #Sita (played by Sai Pallavi), who is kidnapped by #Ravana, the 10-headed king of #Lanka bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cm93…
Ranbir Kapoor in Ramayana: India's costliest film retells a beloved Hindu epic - but divides critics

Ranbir Kapoor in Ramayana: India's costliest film retells a beloved Hindu epic - but divides critics

Easily the most anticipated Bollywood film of the year, Ramayana: Rise of a Legend is the first of two parts.

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The festival celebrates the return of Lord Ram to #Ayodhya after his victory over over Ravan, the main antagonist in the #Hindu epic #Ramayana, and symbolises the triumph of good over evil. Homes and temples glow across India as #Diwali celebrations begin bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cm70…
Diwali 2026: Indians celebrate festival with lights and fireworks

Diwali 2026: Indians celebrate festival with lights and fireworks

Millions of Indians will mark the festival of lights with glowing lamps, fireworks and traditional sweets

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Brian Devine, fielding at slip, clicked his fingers to mimic the noise of the ball taking the edge of the bat. Two-year ban for '#ClickyPonting' cricketer. #cheat bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/arti…
Clicky Ponting scandal: Cricketer banned and Saltburn CC relegated

Clicky Ponting scandal: Cricketer banned and Saltburn CC relegated

An amateur cricketer is banned for two years for his role in the ‘Clicky Ponting’ cheating scandal that made headlines across the globe.

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BBC News - #RighttoBuy split my estate. Now its days could be numbered bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c699…
Right to Buy split my estate. Now its days could be numbered

Right to Buy split my estate. Now its days could be numbered

Labour is weakening Margaret Thatcher's landmark housing policy. Will it really fix Britain's social housing woes?

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A Kenyan court has sentenced the leader of a #doomsday cult, Paul Mackenzie, to 200 years in prison for murdering 191 people, all but one of them children. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cm5y…
Paul Mackenzie: Kenya doomsday cult leader sentenced to 200 years in prison for Shakahola deaths

Paul Mackenzie: Kenya doomsday cult leader sentenced to 200 years in prison for Shakahola deaths

Paul Mackenzie ordered his followers to starve their children to death in a forest so they could "meet Jesus".

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The action will be taken in opposition to Transport for London (#TfL) plans to introduce changes to conditions, which would include a four-day working week. BBC News - Tube drivers to stage strikes in Christmas run-up bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ck7v…
London Underground drivers to stage new strikes in coming months

London Underground drivers to stage new strikes in coming months

The union is in dispute with London Underground over working arrangements for drivers.

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BBC News - #RighttoBuy split my estate. Now its days could be numbered bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c699…
Right to Buy split my estate. Now its days could be numbered

Right to Buy split my estate. Now its days could be numbered

Labour is weakening Margaret Thatcher's landmark housing policy. Will it really fix Britain's social housing woes?

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The St John's Wood Adventure Playground (15+ years ago)
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A proposed trial of a #hepatitisB vaccine on newborn babies in #GuineaBissau has been cancelled following accusations that the trial was "#unethical" and "#neocolonial". BBC News - Why a US-funded #vaccine trial on babies was cancelled in Guinea-Bissau bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cm0r…
US-funded vaccine trial on babies cancelled in Guinea-Bissau after uproar

US-funded vaccine trial on babies cancelled in Guinea-Bissau after uproar

The trial was condemned as "unethical" and "neocolonial" because half of the babies would not be given the vaccine.

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Does anyone remember the #Majdanek Massacre Walk held in 1984 to commorate the lives of the 18,400 #Jews who were killed on 3 November 1943?
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