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[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/26ce/live/cbea6cf0-80ff-11f1-b983-cbe246fcd5da.png”] Charlie Flint Actor and writer Emily Glaze is taking a one-woman show about alopecia to the Edinburgh Fringe “I thought ‘what would happen if I went on stage and just took my wig off?’ The reaction was quite big, people gasped and covered their mouths.” Actor and writer Emily Glaze has alopecia…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/c250/live/c2ee04d0-81d2-11f1-97b7-87871fc222bc.jpg”] BBC Faye (left) is the Northern Ireland team captain, while Mya (right) is also on the team. Northern Ireland may not have qualified for the FIFA World Cup, but a team of dancers have been on the road to success, representing Northern Ireland at the Dance World Cup (DWC). They were among…

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[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/3173/live/ad78f910-825a-11f1-9346-85db1a1d6a02.jpg”] Getty Images Wangchuk was sitting on a hunger strike in the scorching summer, consuming nothing but salt and water Indian activist and educationist Sonam Wangchuk, on hunger strike for the past 20 days in Delhi, has been forcibly removed from his protest site. The 59-year-old had been protesting in support of an…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_sport/1200/cpsprodpb/1f0f/live/aed0a990-8249-11f1-8192-1d2d6928ff6e.jpg”] Trump questions Kane’s ‘defensive’ role in semi-final loss Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Harry Kane has scored six goals in the 2026 World Cup ByAndy Cryer BBC Sport Senior Journalist Published 18 July 2026, 03:12 BST United States President Donald Trump has joined criticism of England’s tactics in their World Cup semi-final…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/27d7/live/d2a335d0-821d-11f1-b966-41edf3b346b4.jpg”] Kylee Lynn Photography Hannah (right) chose a combination of her mother’s maiden name and her husband’s surname after she got married For more than a decade, Hannah had been known by two surnames. On social media, sports rosters, email and restaurant bookings, she was Hannah Leonard, sharing her surname with her mother.…

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[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/847b/live/e25f5800-81e1-11f1-8b86-31ce3d5ecce7.jpg”] Getty Images Sarah was excitedly packing up to move out of the terraced house her family had outgrown to a four-bedroom home in the countryside. But the day before exchanging contracts the buyers of her house dropped their agreed offer by £15,000. “It was awful, your heart just drops to your stomach,”…