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    BBC Breaking News‏Verified account @BBCBreaking 12 Feb 2016

    UK's Independent and Independent on Sunday newspapers to cease print editions in March, owner announces http://bbc.in/20sfGs6 

    4:14 AM - 12 Feb 2016
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    • Hot News Skylark Brian Kerrigan Edward Yudinkov Dona Febee Adono ELEANOR Erick Njau Pherry• Mark Daly
    73 replies 905 retweets 266 likes
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      2. Jo Charlton_SBHG‏ @sbhg_jocharlton 12 Feb 2016
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking @LucyFerman A really sad day for quality journalism. Democracy and much else is the weaker for it.

        1 reply 1 retweet 0 likes
      3. Lucy Ferman‏ @LucyFerman 12 Feb 2016
        Replying to @sbhg_jocharlton

        @sbhg_jocharlton @BBCBreaking I think there may still be an on-line edition but I'll really miss the printed version, partic at weekends

        1 reply 1 retweet 1 like
      4. Jo Charlton_SBHG‏ @sbhg_jocharlton 12 Feb 2016
        Replying to @LucyFerman

        @LucyFerman @BBCBreaking Yes seems it will be online but that's not the same.

        0 replies 1 retweet 1 like
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      2. Stephen Griffith‏ @GriffithStephen 12 Feb 2016
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking @Doylech @BBCNews I'm reading this on my phone. That's what's killing newspapers.

        1 reply 2 retweets 5 likes
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      2. David Powell‏ @Kropotkin_alias 12 Feb 2016
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking No surprise - Express or Guardian next? Or maybe if we're lucky the Govt mouthpiece BBC

        2 replies 1 retweet 6 likes
      3. JonWoodhouse‏ @JonnyW1969 12 Feb 2016
        Replying to @Kropotkin_alias

        @Kropotkin_alias no such luck surely?

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      4. David Powell‏ @Kropotkin_alias 12 Feb 2016
        Replying to @JonnyW1969

        @JonnyW1969 if we all use the "off" switch it must happen.

        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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      1.  ❌ AmpersUK on "Minds" - - -  🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🇬🇧 🇿🇦‏ @AmpersUK 12 Feb 2016
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking "Indy folding March 2016" You lean to the left in business too much, and you topple over. Your time will come.

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      2. John Hunt  🇪🇺‏ @johnrh 12 Feb 2016
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking @James_Perrott good riddance to newspapers, waste of trees and most of the time just a bunch of lies.

        1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes
      3. James Perrott‏ @James_Perrott 12 Feb 2016
        Replying to @johnrh

        @johnrh @BBCBreaking they'll still publish online where more eyeballs are for their stories.

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      4. John Hunt  🇪🇺‏ @johnrh 12 Feb 2016
        Replying to @James_Perrott

        @James_Perrott it won't last online..

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      5. James Perrott‏ @James_Perrott 12 Feb 2016
        Replying to @johnrh

        @johnrh why?

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      6. John Hunt  🇪🇺‏ @johnrh 12 Feb 2016
        Replying to @James_Perrott

        @James_Perrott boring newspaper relic.. I give it 5 years.

        0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
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      1. Martin Gray‏ @MartGray 12 Feb 2016
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking @BBCNews This has Likes? Rotten news. And I can't see the i having a bright future

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      1. JonWoodhouse‏ @JonnyW1969 12 Feb 2016
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        @BBCBreaking I'm surprised that so many printed newspapers still exist!

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