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[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/3980/live/0ecbe1a0-c0cc-11f1-a64c-550be9e3c66b.png”] BBC In 2005, a young space engineer called Craig Clark moved back to his home city of Glasgow. He’d graduated from university just over a decade before, but the only jobs he could find were south of the border. Now Craig wanted to start a company of his own. He called it…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/a35e/live/e0345990-c0ca-11f1-a5b0-6f550c662e91.jpg”] First Scottish school to appoint AI teacher Some teenagers are already using artificial intelligence to tackle homework, revise for exams and sharpen coursework. Others are steering clear of it completely. At one Scottish school, staff have decided that pretending AI doesn’t exist is not an option. Mearns Castle High School in East…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/8aa2/live/fa669b60-c157-11f1-a64c-550be9e3c66b.jpg”] Phoebe Tesoriere Former Cardiff University student Phoebe Tesoriere has spent almost nine months “fighting to get an answer” from GWR A wheelchair user was left in tears as she crawled on her “hands and knees” through a train after being told a ramp could not be used to help her off. Phoebe…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/dade/live/80d767f0-c0ff-11f1-9ad7-a942b4893116.jpg”] Getty Images O’Brien was a renowned Irish dancer and married Flatley in 2006 Niamh O’Brien, a former lead performer in Lord of the Dance and the wife of Riverdance star Michael Flatley, has died at the age of 52. Announcing her death on social media on Monday, Flatley said his “heart is…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/6cdc/live/20e80d70-c14c-11f1-bc2e-018d645d8d21.jpg”] AFP via Getty Images As many have observed, Jeffrey Archer,who has died aged 86, led a life as colourful as the plot in one of his novels. He was, at one time or other, a senior Conservative politician, a best-selling author, a peer of the realm, and a convicted perjurer. Possessed of…

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[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/f330/live/184d35b0-c100-11f1-bc2e-018d645d8d21.jpg”] Watch: ‘I am so sorry’ – Caleb Flynn apologises to wife’s family A US man who once appeared on the TV talent competition American Idol has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole formurdering his wife. Caleb Flynn, 40, was found guilty last week after a short deliberation…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_sport/1200/cpsprodpb/6d7b/live/25236e70-c0a2-11f1-b72b-c3e328aa18ed.jpg”] England’s greatest international? Kane is now a serious contender Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Harry Kane is England’s greatest goalscorer and will equal Peter Shilton’s record of 125 caps if he features against the Czech Republic at Wembley By Phil McNulty Chief football writer Published 5 October 2026 Updated 37 minutes ago…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/8b12/live/b692d310-c0e7-11f1-a64c-550be9e3c66b.png”] Reuters The head of the British Museum has apologised for the experience some visitors have had at its blockbuster Bayeux Tapestry exhibition. The London institution has announced changes to how visitors see the historic work over concerns of overcrowding. “Anyone that doesn’t have a good experience, we’re really sorry about that and…