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27 July 2017

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News imageConnor Sparrowhawk

Criticised NHS trust 'making progress'

Issues at Southern Health came to light after 18-year-old Connor Sparrowhawk drowned in a bath at an Oxford facility.

News imageGrace Page

'I always wanted to be a mermaid'

The BBC takes a look at the world of the competitive mermaid, as the UK's national competition is staged.

News imageCrashed Ferrari

Driver writes off new £200,000 Ferrari

He had the car for only an hour before he lost control on the M1 in South Yorkshire.

News imageAllan as a baby and at graduation

The blind refugee becoming a legal star

How did a man born blind in Iraq become a top law graduate at Cambridge University?

News imageAllan skydiving

Blind Ambition

Allan Hennessy was born totally blind in Iraq - and has just earned a first class honours degree at Cambridge.

News imageWomen practise saying their husband's names

Calling your husband by name for the first time

Millions of Indian women have never used their husband's name - it's a way of showing respect for him. But campaigners are now urging some of them to change their ways.

News imageTaylor Swift, Justin Bieber and Kanye West

7 days quiz: Who cancelled their tour?

7 days quiz: Who cancelled their tour?

News imageDiane Abbott

Abbott: 'Single market still an option'

Shadow Home Secretary Diane Abbott says Labour are not taking "any options off the table" after Brexit.

News imageElectrek garbage truck

Electric trucks and vans cut pollution faster than cars

The clock is ticking for petrol and diesel-powered cars, but electric vans, trucks and buses could reduce pollution quicker.

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