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[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/a92f/live/140bc0a0-be7d-11f1-8a45-cd59664d243b.jpg”] Getty Images Alison Hammond went to hospital for a heart check-up after leaving ITV’s This Morning midway through Friday’s show, but has assured followers she is “fine”. The presenter, 51, left the programme during its live broadcast, appearing to clutch her chest as she was assisted off the set by co-host Dermot…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_sport/1200/cpsprodpb/2ec1/live/bb150f80-bcb8-11f1-b3b2-8f83c947a78c.jpg”] Will Warrington or Wakefield be Super League’s sixth winner? Image source, SWPixImage caption, Warrington captain George Williams (left) and Wakefield skipper Mike McMeeken (right) are 80 minutes away from leading their respective sides to a first Super League Grand Final win ByJay Freeman, BBC Sport England and Matt Newsum, BBC Sport Rugby League journalist Published 2…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/203c/live/19116ee0-be75-11f1-bc2e-018d645d8d21.png”] Getty Images The volume of oil flowing from the Middle East region has almost returned to pre-war levels, data shows, despite the continued restrictions Iran is placing on vessels attempting to travel through the Strait of Hormuz. Seven months after the US-Israel war with Iran led to the effective closure of the…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/b383/live/9bf9c6a0-be8d-11f1-bc2e-018d645d8d21.jpg”] Reuters In the latest attack, a Russian drone hit cables of Kyiv’s Pivdennyi bridge Intensified Russian drone and missile strikes are “tearing Kyiv apart”, the mayor of Ukraine’s capital has warned. Vitaliy Klitschko said the city was now in a “very dramatic situation” as Moscow was battering its “critical infrastructure, logistics, housing”…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/810a/live/a7710370-be62-11f1-b36c-81ad410b221e.jpg”] AFP via Getty Images Before his bruising defeat, Pedro Sánchez made a last-ditch appeal to allies to back changes to the law Spain’s Congress has rejected a series of measures aimed at tackling the country’s housing crisis, in a defeat for the government of Pedro Sánchez that increases pressure on him to…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_sport/1200/cpsprodpb/03bf/live/2624e5d0-be66-11f1-babe-4199b0e7ccea.jpg”] Sabalenka ‘trying hard to be easier on myself’ Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Aryna Sabalenka’s last title came at the Miami Open in March Published 2 October 2026 Aryna Sabalenka said she was “trying so hard to be easier on myself” as she began her China Open campaign with victory over Renata…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/4fd3/live/d8bcc320-be70-11f1-babe-4199b0e7ccea.png”] AP Reporter Michael Graczyk has covered nearly 500 executions carried out in Texas, continuing even after his 2018 retirement from The Associated Press. He remembers two instances where needles popped out before reinsertion for successful execution – but never one in which an inmate survived. That’s what happened this week in Tennessee,…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/07c1/live/0f993500-be61-11f1-b36c-81ad410b221e.jpg”] Getty Images Dolly’s niece Jada Star and Welsh singer-songwriter Bronwen Lewis say the country singer was “proud” to sing in Welsh A new version of Dolly Parton’s Jolene is set to be released, with parts of the song sung in Welsh by the legendary country artist. The song was recorded before her…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/95cb/live/a53a7030-be69-11f1-a64c-550be9e3c66b.jpg”] Waverley Steam Navigation The world’s last sea-going paddle steamer has marked 80 years since it was first launched on Glasgow’s River Kelvin. The Waverley passed through London’s Tower Bridge earlier, as part of an anniversary voyage on the Thames. Now based on the River Clyde, the ship has been restored to its…

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