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Author: bbc.co.ukPublished on: November 2, 2026Country: United Kingdom

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The BBC News homepage lists several current stories, including an apology from Newcastle Hospitals NHS Trust after care fell short of expected standards when a mother was told to book an appointment to give birth to her dead baby. Other headlines report a suspected cyberattack affecting supermarket freezers in Belgium, Sweden and Luxembourg, and a small-jet crash on a Florida street that killed nine people. The page also features reports on false radiation alerts in Ukraine, Halloween party stabbings in Hampshire, and planned changes to settlement rules for legal migrants.

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