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[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/6ea3/live/46dcc390-be45-11f1-beff-83dd12d67cca.jpg”] Propstore Noel Gallagher’s signed guitar An acoustic guitar played by Noel Gallagher at Oasis’s 1996 MTV Unplugged gig, and signed by him, has sold at auction for £226,800 setting a “world record”. Hertfordshire-based Propstore said it was the “highest price achieved at auction for an Oasis acoustic guitar”. It also sold a…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/d501/live/a7f6f4c0-be40-11f1-883b-cfbfbf424e7e.jpg”] Hope Moor Wind Farm Action Group Ian Botham is backing a campaign against plans for the Hope Moor Wind Farm Former England cricketer Lord Ian Botham is set to join a protest walk against plans for a wind farm on moorland near the Yorkshire Dales. Campaigners opposing the proposed Hope Moor development…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/0d63/live/bac2f6c0-be4b-11f1-babe-4199b0e7ccea.jpg”] Cornell students voice frustration at public hearing over rape case Students have called for drastic change at Cornell University as a result of an alleged gang rape in 2024, with one using an emotional student assembly on Thursday to say: “We’re absolutely ashamed of the events that happened on campus.” Students and…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/c1fd/live/edad3980-0012-11f1-a8b8-bdd2c5f9bcad.jpg”] Getty Images The lawsuit seeks damages from Dean’s publisher and record label, but not from the star herself British pop star Olivia Dean has been accused of copying the melody of Bill Withers’ soul classic Just The Two of Us in a legal case filed in California. The complaint centres around Dean’s…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/b727/live/825286f0-552a-11f1-9e1e-29cb974f260a.jpg”] Getty Images Steve Backshall, from Bagshot, wants as many youngsters as possible to be exposed to the natural world Wildlife presenter Steve Backshall has told how he sets out to make nature “adventurous” and “cool” for children rather than preach to them. The presenter, known for programmes including Deadly 60, wants as…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/8316/live/441b8c40-be3b-11f1-a64c-550be9e3c66b.jpg”] Watch: Flydubai pilot speaks with Indian PM The Indian pilot of the Flydubai plane who was stabbed by his co-pilot and opened the cockpit door to let others in has said he was determined not to let others die. Capt Smit Machchhar said he was on the floor and still being attacked…

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