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Josie Verghese retweeted
Social care reforms in pipeline for 2028, say ministers bbc.in/3ZYW9HE
❤️ Valentina!
And 👍 @BBCSteveR for continuing to share her stories with us wider audience🙏)
#heartwarming
"Recently something unexpected happened to produce a rare chink of light in dark times." From Moscow, my dispatch for BBC Radio's From Our Own Correspondent. Congratulations to the programme, which celebrates its 70th birthday in 2025. @BBCRadio4 @BBCSounds @bbcworldservice
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The happiest stories of 2024 - from the extraordinary achievement in raising Notre Dame Cathedral from the ashes, to the success of the chopsticks manoeuvre to catch a rocket booster; and the baby hippo who went viral. 🎧 #GlobalNewsPod bbc.in/4ftbFBa
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Our team is taking a well-deserved rest, so won’t be responding to comments or messages over the festive period.
For many, Christmas can be a difficult time of year. If you’re struggling, support is available.
Please share to help support those who need it 💚
As I regularly remind young people, news stories don't have to be negative - thet can make you smile too!
#PostiveNews
#NewsLiteracy
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As part of Baroness @FloellaBenjamin's guest edit, Baroness Kidron – crossbench peer and founder of 5Rights Foundation - tells #R4Today that 'not enough' is being done to create spaces that support 'childhood development'.
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TV pick of the day: @KirstyWark celebrates some of the actors, broadcasters, literary giants and sporting greats who sadly passed away this year in #LivesWellLived at 6pm on BBC Two and iPlayer ❤️
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Loved listening to @FloellaBenjamin on #R4Today - my first @bbc memory, when no shaped window would have helped me imagine I would spend time working for @cbbc!
Thanks for the virtual hug and cultivating creativity, imagination and curiousity 🙏
#Playschool
#Childhood
"I whip my wig off, and down came these beads... The rest is history."
Baroness @FloellaBenjamin, TV presenter and guest editor for #R4Today, tells @amolrajan about the screen audition that led to her becoming known as 'the lady with the blue beads'.
#R4Today
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Jimmy Carter: From peanut farmer to US president and Nobel peace prize winner bbc.in/4gFhjBB
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Former US President Jimmy Carter has died, aged 100.
In 1976, while a presidential candidate, he spoke to The Old Grey Whistle Test's 'Whispering' Bob Harris in Macon, Georgia, about rock music and its cultural influence.
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Today, America and the world lost an extraordinary leader, statesman and humanitarian.
ALT A statement from President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden on the passing of former president Jimmy Carter.
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Jimmy Carter has a long history with Habitat for Humanity – even pitching in on builds in his 90s
cbsn.ws/4gXTftz
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Former US president Jimmy Carter dies aged 100 bbc.in/3PdTGnN
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Jimmy Carter, the 39th president of the United States, has died at the age of 100. @NorahODonnell looks back at the life and times of the former president from Plains, Georgia. cbsn.ws/4gFhwVp
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President Carter taught all of us what it means to live a life of grace, dignity, justice, and service. Michelle and I send our thoughts and prayers to the Carter family, and everyone who loved and learned from this remarkable man. barackobama.medium.com/our-s…
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With the death of #JimmyCarter, Joe Biden, is now the oldest surviving US president.
And as the oldest living President, Mr Biden will now oversee the funeral for Carter, the longest lived President.
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Here’s what former President Jimmy Carter told @NorahODonnell in 2018 about how he wants to be remembered. Carter died on Sunday at the age of 100. cbsn.ws/4iZLQMb