New Posts to BBC News - Home on Oct 10, 2013:
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1) Driving test age rise considered
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-24485792#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
10 October 2013 Last updated at 19:01 ET
Young drivers are involved in about a fifth of deaths on British roads
Teenagers could have to wait a year longer than currently before they are allowed to take their driving test.
The government is considering issuing only 12-month probationary licences at the age of 18 in a bid to cut accidents involving young motorists.
New drivers would also face a curfew between 22:00 and 05:00 unless a passenger aged over 30 was in the vehicle.
Ministers are due to publish proposals in a Green Paper following a report by the Transport Research Laboratory.
It recommended a one-year "learner stage" during which drivers would have to total at least 100 hours of daytime and 20 hours of night-time practice under supervision.
Statistics show that more than a fifth of deaths on British roads in 2011 involved drivers aged 17-24.
'Improving safety'
A Department [...]
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2) Lampedusa divers end boat search
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-24485104#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
10 October 2013 Last updated at 17:54 ET
The bodies of 311 migrants have now been recovered from the boat
Continue reading the main story
Migrant tragedy
EU dilemma
Risky journey
European tragedy
In pictures
Italian divers say they have finished searching a boat that sank carrying migrants from Africa, as the death toll from the accident reached 311.
An Italian coast guard official said the hunt for victims would go on beyond the wreck near the island of Lampedusa.
Nine more bodies were recovered on Thursday, a week after the overcrowded boat caught fire, capsized and sank.
Only 155 people were rescued of more than 500 migrants, mostly Somalis and Eritreans, on the boat from Libya.
At least 50 passengers were still missing, according to those on board.
"There are no more bodies inside the wreckage. The search will continue in areas outside the wreckage," a coast guard official said, [...]
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3) Yeti classic among Doctor Who haul
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-24467337#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
10 October 2013 Last updated at 19:02 ET
By Tim Masters Entertainment and arts correspondent, BBC News
Yeti menace: Tina Packer as Anne Travers under attack in a scene from The Web of Fear
Nine missing episodes of 1960s Doctor Who have been found at a TV station in Nigeria, including most of the classic story The Web of Fear.
The black and white story sees Patrick Troughton's second Doctor battle robot yeti in the London underground.
Also recovered is a complete version of Troughton's six-part story The Enemy of the World.
It is thought to be the largest haul of missing episodes recovered in the last three decades.
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WHAT'S BEEN FOUND
The Enemy of the World (1967-68) - episodes 1,2,3,4,5,6 (episode 3 was already in archive)
The Web of Fear (1968) - episodes 1,2,4,5,6 (episode 1 was already in archive - episode 3 still missing)
"It's thrilling," said Mark [...]
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4) Refugees 'told to show they are gay'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-24479812#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
10 October 2013 Last updated at 19:08 ET
By Justin Parkinson Political reporter, BBC News
MPs complained about a backlog of asylum cases
Gay and lesbian people seeking asylum in the UK from persecution abroad are being ordered to "prove" their sexuality, MPs have said.
In extreme cases claimants had handed over photographic and video evidence of "highly personal sexual activity" in an effort to persuade officials, the Home Affairs Committee found.
The gay rights group Stonewall called the testing system "distressing".
The Home Office promised to monitor and maintain standards.
In its report on the asylum system, the committee said it was concerned by the quality of the UK Border Agency's decision-making, as 30% of appeals against initial decisions had been allowed in 2012.
And a backlog of 32,600 asylum cases that should have been resolved in 2011 was yet to be concluded, while the [...]
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5) 'Get flu vaccine this winter' plea
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-24478246#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
10 October 2013 Last updated at 19:17 ET
The nasal spray flu vaccine has been introduced this year
People at most risk from flu this winter should make sure they get vaccinated against the virus, says Public Health England.
For the first time, a nasal spray vaccine is being offered to all two- and three-year-old children because they are key "spreaders" of the virus.
People over 65, adults and children with long-term health conditions and pregnant women are known to be at risk.
Around 800 people were admitted to intensive care with flu last year.
A national advertising campaign is being launched by Public Health England to encourage parents of two- to three-year-old children, and other at-risk groups, to take up the offer of a vaccination.
This follows research which found that young children's close contact with each other means they are more likely to transmit the virus to other [...]
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6) Rise in council tax court summonses
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-24482948#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
10 October 2013 Last updated at 19:22 ET
By Mike Sergeant Local Government Correspondent
Council tax support (CTS) replaced council tax benefit (CTB) in April
Hundreds of thousands of people have been taken to court in England for non-payment of council tax owing to benefit changes, according to the Labour Party.
Labour said 112 English councils had reported issuing 156,000 court summonses since April to people paying more tax as a result of the changes.
That meant 450,000 individuals may have been taken to court across the whole of England in six months, it claimed.
But Local Government Minister Brandon Lewis said the survey was "misleading".
Labour asked all 326 billing authorities in England how many court summonses they had issued following the change to council tax benefit in April.
It said the 112 authorities that responded were from a representative cross-section of councils, [...]
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