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Journalist for BBC News covering social media and user generated content ✌️

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Homeless man shamed for sleeping in McDonald's

Homeless man shamed for sleeping in McDonald's

A photograph of a man sleeping in a McDonald's in Fayette County, Georgia, has gone viral - but perhaps not f…

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Homeless man shamed for sleeping in McDonald's

Homeless man shamed for sleeping in McDonald's

A photograph of a man sleeping in a McDonald's in Fayette County, Georgia, has gone viral - but perhaps not f…

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'Two young women waiting to see who would die first'

'Two young women waiting to see who would die first'

Alin Gragossian, 31, was shaking as she opened the letter from the family of the woman whose heart had saved …

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The US students who want to pay slavery descendants

The US students who want to pay slavery descendants

Students at Georgetown University are voting on whether or not they should pay reparations to the descendants…

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Have US school shooting drills gone too far?

Have US school shooting drills gone too far?

A school in Indiana has been criticised for apparently shooting teachers "execution style" with pellets as pa…

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The 'controlled chaos' of raising sextuplets

The 'controlled chaos' of raising sextuplets

A woman in Houston has given birth to sextuplets in under 10 minutes. So what lies ahead when she brings her …

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Woodstock still sounds golden 50 years on

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By George Pierpoint BBC News Image source, Getty Images This summer marks 50 years since 400,000 people flocked to a field in upstate New York for "an Aquarian explosion" of "peace and music". The Woodstock music festival, held at a farm in Bethel, has come to symbolise much of the idealism of the 1960s. It is seen by many as the nexus of freedom, sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll which fuelled the countercultural movement of the decade.
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Woodstock: Euphoria, adrenaline, unbridled freedom

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By George Pierpoint Verified
| BBC Verified
Image copyright Getty Images This summer marks 50 years since 400,000 people flocked to a field in upstate New York for "an Aquarian explosion" of "peace and music". The Woodstock music festival, held at a farm in Bethel, has come to symbolise much of the idealism of the 1960s. It is seen by many as the nexus of freedom, sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll which fuelled the countercultural movement of the decade.
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Do Brits need to toughen up in a heatwave?

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By George Pierpoint Verified
| bbc.com
Image copyright Getty Images Why do Britons find it so hard to cope in a heatwave? With scientists saying that the late June heatwave in Europe was made "at least five times" more likely because of climate change, do us Brits just need to toughen up? Or is there a reason we seem to feel the heat so much? The definition of a heatwave varies depending on where you are.
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