bbc-news

Fetch and display BBC News stories from various sections and regions via RSS feeds. Use when the user asks for BBC news, UK news headlines, world news from BBC, or news from specific BBC sections (technology, business, politics, science, health, entertainment, regional UK news, or world regions).

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BBC News

Fetch top stories from BBC News across different sections and regions.

Quick Start

Fetch top stories:

python3 scripts/bbc_news.py

Fetch from specific section:

python3 scripts/bbc_news.py uk
python3 scripts/bbc_news.py world
python3 scripts/bbc_news.py technology

List all available sections:

python3 scripts/bbc_news.py --list

Available Sections

Main Sections

  • top - Top stories (default)
  • uk - UK news
  • world - World news
  • business - Business news
  • politics - Politics
  • health - Health news
  • education - Education
  • science - Science & Environment
  • technology - Technology news
  • entertainment - Entertainment & Arts

UK Regional

  • england - England news
  • scotland - Scotland news
  • wales - Wales news
  • northern-ireland - Northern Ireland news

World Regions

  • africa - Africa news
  • asia - Asia news
  • australia - Australia news
  • europe - Europe news
  • latin-america - Latin America news
  • middle-east - Middle East news
  • us-canada - US & Canada news

Options

Limit number of stories:

python3 scripts/bbc_news.py world --limit 5

JSON output:

python3 scripts/bbc_news.py technology --json

Examples

Get top 5 UK stories:

python3 scripts/bbc_news.py uk --limit 5

Get Scotland news in JSON:

python3 scripts/bbc_news.py scotland --json

Get latest technology headlines:

python3 scripts/bbc_news.py technology --limit 3

Dependencies

Requires feedparser:

pip3 install feedparser

Resources

scripts/bbc_news.py

Python CLI that fetches and displays BBC News stories from RSS feeds. Supports all major BBC sections and regions, with text and JSON output formats.

references/feeds.md

Complete list of BBC News RSS feed URLs organized by section and region.

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