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12 December 2021

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Yungblud festival draws fans from across the world

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Beds, Herts & Bucks
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One-minute World News

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People attend the Summer Solstice at Stonehenge

Watch: Thousands celebrate summer solstice at Stonehenge

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What to pack for Glastonbury Festival amid new rules

11 hrs ago
Somerset
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BBQ-ing this weekend? You need this super smooth hummus

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Watch: Sunken British superyacht raised from seabed

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Europe
An antique VW bug plows through a flooded street, headlights on and water churning around it.

Hurricane Erick hits Mexico resort towns killing two

1 day ago
Latin America
Director Danny Boyle joined North East actor Alfie Williams at the 28 years later black carpet

Cinema rolls out 'black carpet' for 28 Years Later

1 day ago
Tyne
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Watch: BBC looks at how activists breached RAF base Brize Norton

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Oxfordshire
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Jason Manford launches padel academy for children

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Manchester
Labour MP Jen Craft

Watch: The emotional debate between MPs on assisted dying

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UK
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Actor lands top role with help from his nan

1 day ago
Wales
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Doorbell captures murderer breaking into home

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Voices from both sides of debate on assisted dying bill

1 day ago
UK
Kim Leadbeater & James Cleverly

MPs set out their views as assisted dying debate begins

1 day ago
Politics
Ben has black hair, black glasses and a black shirt on. He sits in a classroom in front of a noticeboard.

SEN classroom assistants embrace school opportunity

2 days ago
Northern Ireland
An elderly woman in a wheel chair is next to a woman in black with a name tag holding a dachshund. A table with cake and drink is in the background.

Dozens of dachshunds attend woman's 102nd birthday

2 days ago
Gloucestershire
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Watch: Man gets stuck driving car down Rome's Spanish Steps

2 days ago
Europe
A woman with long blonde hair stands beside another with tied up dark hair both are smiling toward the camera

'I can't believe we were chosen to perform the Apple dance'

2 days ago
Northern Ireland

Shetland Viking Wind Farm landslide

Footage shows landslide at Shetland wind farm

No-one was hurt but work near a section of the project has been suspended while the extent of the damage is investigated.

8 May 2024
NE Scotland, Orkney & Shetland
Hazel Nairn

'Difficult' to find missing woman - diving unit

Relatives believe Hazel Nairn's body may still be caught somewhere in the River Don.

1 Oct 2023
NE Scotland, Orkney & Shetland
Mr Stewart and Mr McBride

'My patient helped to save my life'

The ambulance worker suffered a cardiac arrest but the patient raised the alarm and a nurse did CPR.

19 Sep 2023
NE Scotland, Orkney & Shetland
Taelor Shand

Woman without womb accuses NHS of discrimination

Taelor Shand is not able to have her eggs frozen through the NH and calls for revised fertility treatment guidelines.

28 Aug 2023
NE Scotland, Orkney & Shetland
Gordon Hay

Bible translated into Doric over 17 years

Gordon Hay has turned the Old - or Aul - and New Testaments into the north east Scotland dialect.

21 Jun 2023
NE Scotland, Orkney & Shetland
Dolphin returned to sea

Two dolphins returned to sea after beach rescue

Volunteers went to Fraserburgh beach to help what were believed to be a mother and young pup.

5 Jun 2023
NE Scotland, Orkney & Shetland
Aberdeen fans

The Aberdeen fans who sailed to see European glory

Supporters went by ferry and even fishing boat for the 1983 European Cup Winners' Cup Final win.

10 May 2023
NE Scotland, Orkney & Shetland
Orca spotted in Holm Pier, Orkney

Orca spotted at Orkney pier

An Orkney orca spotter has shared an 'amazing' close encounter at Holm Pier.

27 Apr 2023
NE Scotland, Orkney & Shetland
Sandra Geddes

'Everybody loved Alan' - sister of murdered Good Samaritan

The sister of a man who was murdered by the newly released remand prisoner he took pity on says her brother was loved by everyone.

9 Mar 2023
NE Scotland, Orkney & Shetland
Aberdeen fire

Footage shows Aberdeen fire take hold

It is thought a devastating Aberdeen recycling centre fire was linked to a battery put into a recycling bin.

1 Dec 2022
NE Scotland, Orkney & Shetland
Waves in Aberdeen

Waves crash against Torry Battery in Aberdeen

Waves crash against Torry Battery in Aberdeen as heavy rain and flooding brings disruption to eastern Scotland.

18 Nov 2022
NE Scotland, Orkney & Shetland
baby otter saved from side of road

Baby otter saved from side of busy road

The otter, only a few weeks old, will now be cared for at an Aberdeenshire rescue centre.

14 Nov 2022
NE Scotland, Orkney & Shetland
whale rescue Shetland

Whale feared dead helped back into the sea

Wildlife experts in Shetland managed to free a Minke whale which was initially feared to be dead.

17 Aug 2022
NE Scotland, Orkney & Shetland
MV Glen Sannox

Delayed CalMac ferry returns to Ferguson shipyard

The construction of the MV Glen Sannox, along with a second vessel, is running five years late.

9 Aug 2022
NE Scotland, Orkney & Shetland
Pauline Sinclair

Energy company refusing to connect my new home

People tell the BBC they cannot move into homes as firms are not connecting new customers.

27 Jul 2022
NE Scotland, Orkney & Shetland
Charlotte Milburn

Would you pick pedal power over petrol?

Families in Aberdeenshire find out if it is easy to swap the car in rural locations.

30 May 2022
NE Scotland, Orkney & Shetland
Alan Bruce

Cambo 'in better position' to start production

The new owners of the controversial Cambo oil field say they are confident of getting the go-ahead for production.

24 May 2022
NE Scotland, Orkney & Shetland
Alok Sharma

Pace on climate change needs to pick up - Alok Sharma

World leaders need to quicken the pace if they are going to fulfil their commitments made at the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow, its president says.

16 May 2022
NE Scotland, Orkney & Shetland
Rescue teams have successfully guided a forty-five foot sperm whale from shallow waters back into the open sea.

Rescue teams guide sperm whale back to safety

The mammal had been swimming in shallow waters close to the coast of Shetland for more than a week.

30 Mar 2022
NE Scotland, Orkney & Shetland
Matt Smith

Mountain rescuers find father and son in Cairngorms

A man in his 30s and his teenage son were found by Braemar Mountain Rescue Team at the Sheilin' O'Mark bothy, near Loch Muick, in the Cairngorms.

20 Feb 2022
NE Scotland, Orkney & Shetland

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