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bbc-news

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About bbc-news

bbc-news is a command-line tool that fetches BBC stories from RSS feeds. It is for users who want news by section or region, with options to limit story counts and return JSON.

Key features

  1. 01Fetches BBC top stories and sections
  2. 02Covers UK and world regions
  3. 03Lists available news sections
  4. 04Limits the number of stories
  5. 05Supports JSON output

Use cases

  1. 01Checking recent news from a selected region
  2. 02Getting headlines from technology or business
  3. 03Processing story results as JSON

Install

Copy the command and run it in a terminal.

$npx skills add https://github.com/kirkluokun/awesome-a-stock-openclawskills --skill bbc-news

After installing, type/bbc-newsin Claude Code to confirm it loaded.

Bundled files

References and scripts installed along with SKILL.md.

_meta.json
README.md
references/
feeds.md
scripts/
bbc_news.py

Details

From the project README

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

Output Requirements

  • Always translate headlines to Chinese in the final response.
  • If helpful, include the original English headline in parentheses after the Chinese title.

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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