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Don’t panic! Live grenade for Dad’s Army amateur theatre show
An amateur theatre group staging a production of Dad’s Army discover their hand grenade prop is still live. This article is from the BBC News website. © British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites. »
‘Right to live’ group targets MPs
A disability rights group is urging MPs to sign a charter against relaxing the laws on assisted dying This article is from the BBC News website. © British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites. »
How hedgehogs live the town life
Female hedgehogs prefer gardens of semi-detached and terraced houses, finds the first study of how they have adapted to urban life. This article is from the BBC News website. © British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites. »
Live – England v Bangladesh
Live video scorecard – England v Bangladesh LIVE TEXT COMMENTARY (all times BST) To get involved, e-mail tms@bbc.co.uk (with ‘For Ben Dirs’ in the subject), useor text us your views on 81111 (UK) or +44 7786200666 (worldwide) with "CRICKET" as the first word. (Not all comments can be used. Messages will be charged at your standard... »
Live – Turkish Grand Prix
LIVE TEXT COMMENTARY (all times GMT) To get involved use606or text us on 81111 (UK) or +44 7786200666 (worldwide) with F1 before your message. (Not all contributions can be used. Messages will be charged at your standard operator rate.) 1143: Talking of Eurovision, to be honest I’m still mentally scarred after last night’s antics. Russia, Serbia... »
Live – French Open
Live video – BBC coverage of the French Open from Roland Garros. LIVE TEXT COMMENTARY (all times BST)To get involved, please use606or text us your views & comments on 81111 (UK) or +44 7786200666 (worldwide). (Not all contributions can be used. Messages will be charged at your standard operator rate)1010: So what have we for... »
Live – Championship play-off final
GOALFLASHES AND MAJOR INCIDENTS (all times BST)To get involved, please useor text us your views & comments on 81111 (UK) or +44 7786200666 (worldwide). (Not all contributions can be used. Messages will be charged at your standard operator rate)A very serious Blackpool boss Ian Holloway: "I’d like to meet the people saying we’re underdogs…... »
Earthworms eat live rather than just dead plants
Earthworms eat seeds and seedlings, scientists have found. The discovery they eat live rather than just dead plants will change the way we think about earthworms, which had been thought to benefit plants by recycling soil nutrients. It may offer a way for gardeners and farmers to encourage more earthworms into their soil, for example.... »
Bangkok Live
Welcome to our live coverage of events in Bangkok, as troops and anti-government red-shirts clash following months of protests. Refresh this page to see the latest developments with breaking news and comment, your e-mails and Tweets and insights from BBC correspondents. Send us your views using the form on the right. All times are BST. 1756Rachel... »
Live – Monaco Grand Prix practice
LIVE TEXT COMMENTARY (all times GMT) To get involved use606or text us on 81111 (UK) or +44 7786200666 (worldwide) with F1 before your message. (Not all contributions can be used. Messages will be charged at your standard operator rate.) BBC Sport’s Sarah Holt in Monaco: "It’s hard to believe that it’s been just four days since... »
Live – Pakistan v South Africa
LIVE TEXT COMMENTARY (all times BST) To get involved, e-mail tms@bbc.co.uk (with ‘For Ben Dirs’ in the subject), useor text us your views on 81111 (UK) or +44 7786200666 (worldwide) with "CRICKET" as the first word. (Not all comments can be used. Messages will be charged at your standard operator rate) Play is due to start... »
Live – New Zealand v Pakistan
LIVE TEXT COMMENTARY (all times BST) To get involved, e-mail tms@bbc.co.uk (with ‘For Oliver Brett’ in the subject), useor text us your views on 81111 (UK) or +44 7786200666 (worldwide) with "CRICKET" as the first word. (Not all comments can be used. Messages will be charged at your standard operator rate) Play is due to start... »
Live – Pakistan v England
England win the toss and field first with an unchanged side in their ICC World Twenty20 Super Eights match against Pakistan, with South Africa meeting New Zealand later. This article is from the BBC News website. © British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites. »
Live – Barcelona v Inter Milan
GOALFLASHES AND MAJOR INCIDENTS (all times BST)To get involved useTwitteror text us your views & comments on 81111 (UK) or +44 7786200666 (worldwide). (Not all contributions can be used. Messages will be charged at your standard operator rate)1856: It simply could not be set up any better.needing to beat a side coached byIt is... »
Live video – The London Marathon
Watch live and extensive coverage of the 2010 London Marathon (UK users only). This article is from the BBC News website. © British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites. »
Live – Chinese Grand Prix
LIVE TEXT COMMENTARY (all times GMT) To get involved useTwitteror text us on 81111 (UK) or +44 7786200666 (worldwide) with FORMULA 1 before your message. (Not all contributions can be used. Messages will be charged at your standard operator rate.) 0642: At the moment it is dry in Shanghai but overcast. Rain is forecast for today... »
Live – Chinese GP practice
LIVE TEXT COMMENTARY (all times GMT) To get involved useor text us on 81111 (UK) or +44 7786200666 (worldwide) with FORMULA 1 before your message. (Not all contributions can be used. Messages will be charged at your standard operator rate.) 0230: "I’ve tried it this way, and I’ve tried it that way, but nothing beats the... »
Live text – Murray v Kohlschreiber
LIVE TEXT COMMENTARY (all times BST)To get involved, please useor text us your views & comments on 81111 (UK) or +44 7786200666 (worldwide). (Not all contributions can be used. Messages will be charged at your standard operator rate)1415: What’s that – you don’t know much about Murray’s second-round opponent, Philipp Kohlschreiber? The same Philipp... »
Live – Sunday football
GOALFLASHES AND MAJOR INCIDENTS (all times BST)To get involved, please useor text us your views & comments on 81111 (UK) or +44 7786200666 (worldwide). (Not all contributions can be used. Messages will be charged at your standard operator rate)1156: The teams are on their way out into the Midlands sunshine at Molineux. The captains... »
Live text – Real Madrid 0-1 Barcelona
GOALFLASHES AND MAJOR INCIDENTS (all times BST)To get involved, please useor text us your views & comments on 81111 (UK) or +44 7786200666 (worldwide). (Not all contributions can be used. Messages will be charged at your standard operator rate)1404: Yep: awesome football’s going to be on my telly all day long. We might only... »
Live – Masters day three
MAJOR INCIDENTS (all times BST) To get involved useTwitteror text via 81111 (UK) or +44 7786200666 (worldwide) with MASTERS before your message. (Not all contributions can be used. Messages will be charged at your standard operator rate.)Masters leaderboard (external website)Clubhouse scores 1520: Perhaps worth bearing in mind that as overnight leaders Westwood and Poulter do not... »
Scientists find the first animals able to live without oxygen
Scientists have found the first animals that can survive and reproduce entirely without oxygen, deep on the floor of the Mediterranean Sea. The team, led by Roberto Danovaro from Marche Polytechnic University in Ancona, Italy, found three new species from the Loricifera group. He told BBC World Service they were about a millimetre in size... »
Live – Saturday football
GOALFLASHES AND MAJOR INCIDENTS (all times BST)To get involved, please useor text us your views & comments on 81111 (UK) or +44 7786200666 (worldwide). (Not all contributions can be used. Messages will be charged at your standard operator rate)1156: BREAKING TEAM NEWS Didier Drogba is on the bench for Chelsea. 1155: Now if you wish... »
Live – Malaysian GP practice
LIVE TEXT COMMENTARY (all times GMT) To get involved useor text us on 81111 (UK) or +44 7786200666 (worldwide) with FORMULA 1 before your message. (Not all contributions can be used. Messages will be charged at your standard operator rate.) 0240: Oh – and before we get down to the brass tacks of it all, may... »
Live – Australian Grand Prix
LIVE TEXT COMMENTARY (all times BST) To get involved text us on 81111 (UK) or +44 7786200666 (worldwide) with FORMULA 1 before your message. (Not all contributions can be used. Messages will be charged at your standard operator rate.) By Mark Orlovac From Lynne in Cambridge via text on 81111 (UK) or +44 7786200666 (worldwide): ... »
Democracy Live wins web award
The BBC’s Democracy Live site was among the winners at the MediaGuardian Innovation Awards in London. The site, which covers political debate from around the UK and the European Parliament, won in the Use of Web Platforms category. It was praised for presenting material "consistently and attractively" and for being a "powerful, innovative" tool. Other... »
Live – Australian GP practice
LIVE TEXT COMMENTARY (all times GMT) To get involved text us on 81111 (UK) or +44 7786200666 (worldwide) with FORMULA 1 before your message. (Not all contributions can be used. Messages will be charged at your standard operator rate.) By Mark Orlovac 0241: Now this is your commentary and I know you wouldn’t want me to struggle... »
Live – Wednesday football
GOALFLASHES AND MAJOR INCIDENTS (all times GMT) To get involved, please use606,Twitteror text us your views & comments on 81111 (UK) or +44 7786200666 (worldwide). (Not all contributions can be used. Messages will be charged at your standard operator rate) By Sam Lyon 1912: TEAMS Aston Villa v SunderlandAston Villa: Friedel, Cuellar, Collins, Dunne, Warnock, Ashley Young,... »
Live – CIS Cup final
GOALFLASHES AND MAJOR INCIDENTS (all times GMT) MY SPORT: DEBATEYour thoughts on the action To get involved use My Sport or text us your views & comments on 80295. (Not all contributions can be used. Messages will be charged at your standard operator rate) By Thomas McGuigan 1424:1420: Good afternoon and a very warm welcome to our live... »
Live – Bangladesh v England
LIVE TEXT COMMENTARY (all times GMT) To get involved, e-mail tms@bbc.co.uk (with ‘For Mark Mitchener’ in the subject), use606 (from 0900 GMT)or text us your views on 81111 (UK) or +44 7786200666 (worldwide) with "CRICKET" as the first word. (Not all comments can be used. Messages will be charged at your standard operator rate) By Mark... »
Live – Saturday’s Scottish football
GOALFLASHES AND MAJOR INCIDENTS (all times GMT) MY SPORT: DEBATEYour thoughts on the action To get involved use My Sport or text us your views & comments on 80295. (Not all contributions can be used) By Keir Murray 1213: BBC Radio Scotland pundit Craig Paterson has gone for a 1-0 win for Hibs in thethe Predictor.1210: Our intrepid... »
Live – Europa League
GOALFLASHES AND MAJOR INCIDENTS (all times GMT) To get involved use606,Twitter,or text us your views & comments on 81111 (UK) or +44 7786200666 (worldwide). (Not all contributions can be used. Messages will be charged at your standard operator rate) By Chris Bevan 1720: Fulham are not the only English club looking to overturn a first-leg deficit tonight... »