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  1. Police identify dead woman in Berkshire underpass as Bracknell resident aged 43, not in 20s as officers first thought bbc.in/Kwcrvw 20 minutes ago via BBC News
  2. Bosnian couple enslaved German girl, starving and beating her for eight years, Bosnia media reports bbc.in/KUNiwT about 1 hour ago via BBC News
  3. Thousands leave angry messages on #Facebook page of IMF head Lagarde over her comments suggesting Greeks avoiding taxes bbc.in/Kw5Gd1 about 1 hour ago via BBC News
  4. Man and young girl killed when racing driver crashes in Cavan Stages Rally in Ireland bbc.in/KvK1BM about 3 hours ago via BBC News
  5. Australian Mark Webber wins Monaco Grand Prix ahead of Nico Rosberg and Fernando Alonso bbc.in/KUBiLH For analysis follow @BBCSport about 3 hours ago via BBC News
  6. Anti-GM group Take the Flour Back protests near trial GM crop site in Hertfordshire. GM supporters also demonstrating bbc.in/Ku84B2 about 3 hours ago via BBC News
  7. GB rowers win three gold medals at Rowing World Cup in Switzerland - last competition before GB #Olympic squad named bbc.in/KvzWVm about 4 hours ago via BBC News
  8. Hundreds demonstrate at Rothamsted Research institute, Hertfordshire, over GM crop planting in open field. Details soon bbc.in/KUvlyl about 4 hours ago via BBC News
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  10. 101 years old and still running. Fauja Singh takes part in Edinburgh Marathon Festival bbc.in/Kvweeo about 4 hours ago via BBC News
  11. Watch: Baroness #Warsi's landlord says no money changed hands between him and peer who claimed expenses for London rent bbc.in/KUrSzY about 5 hours ago via BBC News
  12. 25-year-old man drowns in West Sussex after rescuing 2 children who got into difficulty in a rubber ring in the sea bbc.in/Kvp35T about 5 hours ago via BBC News
  13. Mark Webber starts Monaco Grand Prix on pole. Race begins 13:00 BST. Live coverage on BBC One, BBC One HD and online bbc.in/KUpYiG about 5 hours ago via BBC News
  14. Young woman found dead in underpass in #Bracknell, #Berkshire. Police treating death as suspicious bbc.in/KvnogP about 5 hours ago via BBC News
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