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BBC News – The BBC Microcomputer and me, 30 years down the line
The tech industry is celebrating the 30th anniversary of the BBC Microcomputer.
The system was built by Acorn Computers as part of the BBC’s Computer Literacy Project.
It ran a new programming language, BBC Basic (beginners all-purpose symbolic instruction code), and helped bring computing into people’s homes and schools.
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The moment protesters found a plain-clothes cop in their midst – Crime – UK – The Independent
Usually, it is the police who kettle protesters. The tables were turned, though, when demonstrators unmasked and surrounded a plain-clothes officer who had infiltrated their midst during this week’s public sector protests.
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