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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).
Why this skill is useful
Adds a Python CLI script that fetches and displays BBC News stories, providing new capabilities for accessing news data.
What it needs
Requires feedparser installed locally. About 1k tokens when loaded. Last updated 2026-03-07. 639 stars on the source repository.
What this skill does
BBC News Fetch top stories from BBC News across different sections and regions. Quick Start Fetch top stories: Fetch from specific section: List all available sections: 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: JSON output: Examples Get top 5 UK stories: Get Scotland news in JSON: Get latest technology headlines: Dependencies Requires feedparser: Resources scripts/bbcnews.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.
How to use it
Reference it in AdaL, Claude Code, Cursor or any coding agent — nothing to install:
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