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Six O'Clock News

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    Three men are cleared of murdering the journalist Lyra McKee

    2026/07/03 | 30 mins.
    Three men have been found not guilty of murdering the journalist and author, Lyra McKee, in Londonderry in 2019. Also: The United Nations has warned that another human rights catastrophe is unfolding in Sudan. And Taylor Swift fans surround Madison Square Garden in New York for what's billed as the wedding of the century.
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    Court of Appeal rules that sentences handed to two teenagers for rape were unduly lenient

    2026/07/02 | 30 mins.
    Two teenagers who avoided jail for raping two girls in Hampshire have been ordered to serve four years in detention after the Court of Appeal ruled their original sentences were unduly lenient. Also: The Prime Minister has apologised for the role of the British state in historical forced adoptions. And a man has been pulled alive from the rubble in Venezuela, more than a week after two powerful earthquakes hit the country.
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    Two police officers are being investigated over the arrest and handcuffing of Henry Nowak

    2026/07/01 | 27 mins.
    Two police officers who arrested Henry Nowak after he was fatally stabbed in Southampton, are being investigated for potential gross misconduct. Also: President Trump has rejected claims of a conflict of interest after it emerged he made more than a billion dollars from cryptocurrency last year. And tributes are paid to the frontman of the Village People, Victor Willis, who's died at the age of 74.
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    Sir Keir Starmer announces an extra 15 billion pounds of military spending

    2026/06/30 | 30 mins.
    The outgoing Prime Minister has hailed what he called "a generational transformation of our armed forces," after the government published its delayed Defence Investment Plan. Also: The US Supreme Court has struck down President Trump's attempt to end automatic citizenship for babies born in the US. And Shetland backs a plan to dig undersea tunnels between islands.
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    Andy Burnham sets out a vision to 'rewire Britain'

    2026/06/29 | 30 mins.
    The likely next prime minister, Andy Burnham, has set out a vision for what he says would be the biggest change in the way the country is run in our lifetime. Also: Resident doctors in England have accepted the government's latest pay offer, ending a series of strikes. And one of the leading comedy actresses of the 1970s and early 80s, Dame Penelope Keith, has died.
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