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BBCNews

  1. Former Chancellor Alistair Darling tells @BBCNewsnight that #SNP is "not shifting public opinion" in Scotland. #Newsnight now on BBC Two about 6 hours ago via BBC News
  2. He usually attends to the Pope, drives in the Popemobile, lives in a "grace and favour" home. Who is the Pope's butler? bbc.in/KpV2V9 about 7 hours ago via BBC News
  3. #Apple's boss Tim Cook - possibly the highest paid CEO in the US - turns down a payout worth $75m (£48m) bbc.in/KRmwW1 about 8 hours ago via BBC News
  4. Family of WPC Yvonne Fletcher meet #Libya's acting PM and welcome clearance for fresh probe into her murder bbc.in/KpHvgi about 8 hours ago via BBC News
  5. "Trying to impress" - Former police officer jailed for stealing money seized in raids on brothels bbc.in/KpGvIX about 8 hours ago via BBC News
  6. Hot, shaggy and sweaty: rare donkeys with knotted dreadlocks get a haircut in Hampshire bbc.in/KR5W8Q about 10 hours ago via BBC News
  7. Millionaire's daughter convicted for #London riots role will serve half her 2 year sentence in prison, minus 144 days bbc.in/Kpb9Cq about 11 hours ago via BBC News
  8. Labour MP calls train passenger a "lager-drinking oaf" and suggests he should "have been killed before he could breed" bbc.in/KoSoPk about 13 hours ago via BBC News
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