---
dataset_info:
  features:
  - name: title
    dtype: string
  - name: published_date
    dtype: string
  - name: authors
    dtype: string
  - name: description
    dtype: string
  - name: section
    dtype: string
  - name: content
    dtype: string
  - name: link
    dtype: string
  splits:
  - name: train
    num_bytes: 1661764
    num_examples: 430
  download_size: 798637
  dataset_size: 1661764
configs:
- config_name: default
  data_files:
  - split: train
    path: data/train-*
---

# Latest BBC News

You could always access the latest BBC News articles via this dataset.

We update the dataset weekly, on every Sunday. So the dataset always provides the latest BBC News article from the last week.

The current dataset on main branch contains the latest BBC News articles submitted from 2023-09-25 to 2023-10-02.

The data collection is conducted on 2023-10-02.

Use the dataset via:
```
ds = datasets.load_dataset('RealTimeData/bbc_latest')
```

# Previsou versions

You could access previous versions by requesting different branches.

For example, you could find the 2023-08-20 version via:
```
ds = datasets.load_dataset('RealTimeData/bbc_latest', revision = '2023-08-20')
```

Check all available versions by clicking the "Files and versions" button on the top bar.