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  • Ramsey mural aims to ‘elevate’ famous Manx poet

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/34bb/live/be5054a0-bf3a-11f1-88b2-23b6d574e863.jpg”] Culture Vannin A new mural has been in unveiled in Ramsey A new mural in the north of the Isle of Man aims to “celebrate and elevate” a famous Manx poet, the artist behind the project has said. Located in Parliament Street, Ramsey, the five-metre (16ft) high mural depicts Josephine Kermode, who…

  • Tennessee prison chief to resign after Christa Pike’s failed execution

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/a5d3/live/7d12d1b0-bf45-11f1-babe-4199b0e7ccea.jpg”] Tennessee Department of Corrections The head of prisons in the US state of Tennessee is resigning after the failed execution of death row inmate Christa Pike on Wednesday. Governor Bill Lee announced the change on Saturday, sharing the news in a joint statement with Tennessee Department of Correction Commissioner Frank Strada. Strada…

  • Middlesbrough Turner Prize workshops hope to inspire youngsters

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/4d77/live/9cc0d400-bf39-11f1-88b2-23b6d574e863.jpg”] BBC Thousands of pupils from across the Tees Valley have signed up for the sessions School children have been taking part in workshops inspired by this year’s Turner Prize nominated artworks. Teesside University’s Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art (MIMA) is hosting work by four artists in the running for the prestigious award…

  • Noel Gallagher guitar sells for £12,000 at Oasis auction

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/e7db/live/9bdac220-bf2b-11f1-b10d-f956452c9061.jpg”] Marcus Bryan The Epiphone guitar is believed to be one of five gifted to Noel Gallagher A guitar which originally belonged to Noel Gallagher has been sold for £12,000 at auction. The limited edition Epiphone instrument in Manchester City blue was one of a number of items put up for sale by…

  • Alison Hammond returns home from hospital after rushing off This Morning

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/d175/live/03971280-bf2a-11f1-b10d-f956452c9061.jpg”] Getty Images Alison Hammond has said she is home and “feeling so much better” after she went to hospital for a heart check-up after leaving ITV’s This Morning midway through Friday’s show. The presenter, 51, left the programme during its live broadcast, appearing to clutch her chest as she was helped off…

  • I interviewed Tennessee death row inmate Christa Pike 20 years ago

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/3f5c/live/962e6a20-be63-11f1-b36c-81ad410b221e.jpg”] Helen Roberts says she “could not imagine the person I met to have been so horrifically violent” Two decades ago, Helen Roberts met Tennessee death row inmate Christa Pike to understand the woman behind the brutal murder of Colleen Slemmer. Aged 30, Pike had served 11 years on death row and was…

  • Sheffield artists give new meaning to ‘slow art’ – with tortoises

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/5a54/live/91fe9c90-be36-11f1-883b-cfbfbf424e7e.jpg”] Ay Up Art Raspberry the Greek tortoise proved a hit with beginners at an art class in Heeley, Sheffield Budding artists may prefer to focus on a still life as their first subject, rather than a live animal – and one Sheffield teacher is offering the best of both worlds. Claire Cort,…

  • Migration Museum given less space at 65 Crutched Friars

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/38be/live/929fdd90-7885-11f1-9510-1546718f668b.png”] Dominus Under amended plans, the museum will operate over two floors instead of three London’s Migration Museum will be given a third less space than originally agreed in a new 21-storey block, to allow for more student accommodation. The museum, which explores how movement to and from the UK shapes the nation,…

  • Guernsey hosts inter-island environment meeting

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/2367/live/15617120-be73-11f1-babe-4199b0e7ccea.jpg”] Kevin Lajoie/Aeriali The event included a field trip to Lihou Island exploring its ecology and archaeology Environmental experts, conservation groups and businesses from across the British Isles and France have gathered in Guernsey for the 26th Inter-Island Environment Meeting. The annual event, co-ordinated by the Guernsey Nature Commission, brings together delegates to…

  • ‘They didn’t see it coming’ – what does it take to be a traitor?

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/93fd/live/d2d05040-2672-11f0-804c-dd0e5522cf26.jpg”] BBC Minah described herself as a “massive nerd” when it came to The Traitors When Minah Shannon felt the tap on her shoulder to signify that she had been selected as a traitor in series three of the popular BBC show, she almost struggled to contain her excitement. “I literally could have…