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Colonel Gaddafi aide cannot challenge PC Yvonne Fletcher ruling (BBC News)

A former aide to ex-Libyan leader Colonel Gaddafi has lost a bid to challenge a judge's conclusion he was jointly responsible for the killing of police ...

Mr Justice Martin Spencer ruled in November that Mr Mabrouk, who denied any wrongdoing, "clearly assisted in the commission of the shooting", although he was not alleged to have been the gunman. Mr Mabrouk was a member of the pro-Gaddafi Libyan Revolutionary Committee that ran the embassy at the time. A former aide to ex-Libyan leader Colonel Gaddafi has lost a bid to challenge a judge's conclusion he was jointly responsible for the killing of police officer Yvonne Fletcher in 1984.

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Trainee pilot from Suffolk died after mosquito bite, inquest hears (BBC News)

A trainee commercial airline pilot died after she was bitten by a mosquito and developed an infection that spread to her brain, an inquest heard.

"She had met someone she loved, she was training to be a commercial pilot and was fulfilling her dreams," he added. Mr Parsley, recording a narrative conclusion, said Miss Pepper died "as a result of a serious infection caused by an insect bite to the forehead". A trainee commercial airline pilot died after she was bitten by a mosquito and developed an infection that spread to her brain, an inquest heard.

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BBC announces new documentary, Unvaccinated, with Professor ... (BBC News)

With Covid infections on the rise again, there couldn't be a more important time to examine the reasons why so many adults are still not getting the vaccine ...

It’s an explosive debate that goes to the heart of modern life and growing mistrust in the establishment.” It’s an explosive debate that goes to the heart of modern life and growing mistrust in the establishment.” So why are five million adults in the UK still yet to receive a single dose of the vaccine?

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Somerset: Funds agreed to protect road from falling into sea (BBC News)

Somerset West and Taunton Council carried out emergency repairs to the sea defences at Blue Anchor, in Somerset, in late 2020 to protect the B3191 and a nearby ...

The £262,280 of outstanding funding needed for the scheme to proceed will also come from the county council. Somerset West and Taunton Council carried out emergency repairs to the sea defences at Blue Anchor, in Somerset, in late 2020 to protect the B3191 and a nearby pub. Work to protect a vital coastal road from falling into the sea is set to go ahead after the final funding was agreed.

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