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BBC News is an operational business division of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) responsible for the gathering and broadcasting of news and current affairs. The department is the world's largest broadcast news organisation and generates about 120 hours of radio and television output each day, as well as online news coverage.
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Auqib Javeed
I am an independent journalist based in Jammu and Kashmir, India, with over 10 years of experience. My reporting spans human rights, politics, insurgency, environment, and business. I hold both …
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AMY GOUGH - BRAND MARKETING LEADER
With a strategic-mindset and a flair for creativity, I have built my career as a Brand Marketing leader within the fast-paced retail industry over the last 7+ years and thrive …
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Stefania Gozzer
I'm a journalist at the BBC World Service. I´m currently based in Manchester after many years in Peru, Spain and London. I write and produce audio and video packages about …
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Fareeha Faheem
I am an experienced communications specialist with a demonstrated history of working within social media, PR and marketing.
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Wali Noori was working as an interpreter for the British Army in Afghanistan in 2009 when he stepped on an explosive device. The blast left him completely blind at the age of 20. Growing up, he loved running in the mountains of Kabul but Wali thought he would never be …
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Market Drayton club triples weekly earnings in one England game
A Royal British Legion (RBL) club says it is taking triple its weekly earnings during single England games, thanks to the popularity of the Euros football tournament.
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Cautious welcome for housing plan from Albrighton campaigners
Campaigners against plans for 800 new homes in the Shropshire countryside have urged the government to focus housing development on brownfield sites.
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Volunteers organise litter clean-up in Bridgnorth
Volunteers are set to go out litter picking and weed clearing in a bid to tidy up their area. Organiser Stu Biggs set up social media group Bridgnorth Volunteers, which has more than 90 member, and has organised the town tidy-up for Saturday. He said he wanted to try and …
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Market Drayton barber tapes up bench after anti-social behaviour
The owner of a Shropshire barbers has taped off a bench outside her shop, because it is regularly being used by people for taking drugs and engaging in sexual activity.
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Shrewsbury A&E patient, 88, faced 21-hour corridor wait
A patient with suspected heart problems has said she was left in a corridor for 21 hours without seeing a doctor or being admitted to a ward.
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Southwark brain tumour survivor says running changed her life
Ms Namaganda was referred to hospital after she attended her scheduled eye test at Specsavers in September 2020. It took eight months before she got a hospital appointment and scans revealed the brain tumour, which was causing her eyesight to deteriorate, she said. The non-cancerous tumour was removed two months …
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Telford school takes pupils on road safety walks
A Shropshire school has taken pupils on walks to learn about road safety as part of a speed reduction campaign by a national charity.
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Plea to reinstate Shropshire man's palliative care costs
A woman has said it is "cruel and unjust" of the NHS to stop funding for her husband's £1,200 a week palliative care costs.
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Dance and cookery uniting Telford estate's rival girls
Teenage girls who had been fighting on a housing estate have been united through dance, cookery and hair and beauty classes put on by police.
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Fined former Shrewsbury busker 'driven out of town'
A busker fined for street trading says he has been driven "out of the town that I love", after being ordered to pay more than £11,000.
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'I started drinking aged 11 and couldn't stop'
Chloe Ward had her first drink at age 11 and alcohol dominated her life for the next decade. She was kicked out of home in Royston, Hertfordshire and ended up living in a car. Two years ago, the now 23-year-old moved to Emmaus Norfolk and Waveney, a former convent where …
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Westbury woman, 80, waiting months for hip op as ward full
An 80-year-old woman has been waiting more than six months for a hip operation due to a hospital ward being full, her son says.
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Turkey hotel sickness family 'too traumatised' to holiday again
A woman has said she and her family never want to go on holiday again after illness left them all bed-bound and her baby in need of hospital treatment. Holly Parkin, 27, from Dagenham, east London, went to Turkey in September with her partner, Matthew Morris and their children Kaidan, …
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Council plans to improve "neglected" Bridgnorth bridge
Shropshire Council says it plans to refurbish Bridgnorth's Low Town bridge amid anger from residents over its peeling paint and lack of flowers.
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School parking scheme causing chaos, say Shrewsbury residents
Parents parking on a residential street to drop their children off at a nearby school are causing chaos, residents said.
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Disabled Bridgnorth veteran pays extra council tax for unlivable home
A Bridgnorth veteran is paying extra council tax for a home he cannot live in, due to it not yet being adapted for his needs.
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Traffic restrictions imposed outside Shropshire schools
Temporary traffic restrictions have been imposed outside several Shropshire schools as part of a pilot project.
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Telford mum says home education helps daughter flourish
A Telford mum has said home education has allowed her eight-year-old daughter's spirit to flourish.
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Your Voice, Your vote: People in Market Drayton have their say
Education, immigration and local roads have been raised as some of the biggest issued by voters in Market Drayton.
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Improved access work yet to happen at Wellington station despite funding
Improvements at a railway station has still not been carried out despite funding for it being granted five years ago. The money should have been used to create a new accessible route into Wellington station in Shropshire as well as installing a lift. The station was chosen as one of …
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Mystery Hebrew writing on slab is 'gibberish'
Mysterious Hebrew writing found by builders on a paving stone while renovating a home is essentially gibberish, a university academic has concluded.
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Drugs worth £130k seized in Telford raids
Twenty-four people have been arrested and drugs with an estimated street value of £130,000 have been seized in a police crackdown in Telford.
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Richards Castle Soap Box Derby celebrates 20th anniversary
A soap box derby is celebrating its 20th anniversary next month.
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Mystery of inscription found written under Shropshire patio slab
A homeowner is searching for answers after an obscure inscription was found written underneath a stone slab in his garden patio.
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Mobility scooter rider escorted off Telford dual carriageway
An elderly man found riding his mobility scooter down a dual carriageway was escorted from the road by police.
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Whitchurch: Frustration as TSB confirms closure of town's last bank
Businesses have expressed their frustration after the closure of a town’s last remaining bank was announced.
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Storm Babet: Man drowned as he tried to save dog, wife says
The wife of a man who drowned attempting to help his family escape their home during Storm Babet has told an inquest she believes he went back into flood water to rescue their dog.
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Oswestry market traders impressed by Street Rangers scheme
Traders in Oswestry market have said the introduction of a Street Rangers scheme has made them feel more secure.