how does google get the latest news

[pheonixxx]

How does google get the latest news content from the bbc etc? Do they have a deal with google to get the site spidered a couple of times a day?
Where is there free info on the basics of getting listed and how it all works bobots.txt etc?

Thanks

[pmac]

Welcome [webmasterworld.com] to WebmasterWorld pheonixxx.

Google News FAQ [news.google.com]

[pheonixxx]

Thanks it all makes sense now :-)