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[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/2909/live/9de8d0b0-bcb1-11f1-a3e9-bbda6f9b9e25.jpg”] MCA Architects Buckinghamshire Council previously rejected plans for two other data centres in Iver Amazon has been given the go-ahead to build a huge data centre beside the M25, despite concerns about its environmental impact. The development will replace 17 industrial and warehouse units on the Ridgeway Distribution Centre in Iver, Buckinghamshire.…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/e6d5/live/25e0d070-bd80-11f1-b334-051f03c4c6e2.png”] BBC Kyla Craig is the creative director at the Art Riot Collective in Coventry The decision to start the 10th edition of the British Art Show (BAS) in Coventry is an important moment for the West Midlands’ art scene, according to the head of an art collective in the city. The Hayward…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/e6dc/live/e52911f0-bdcf-11f1-adf8-551e3d46fd6b.jpg”] Verwood Concert Brass Cornet player Jan Tiller said the band had risen through the ranks A brass band is making final preparations for its first bid to become national champions. Dorset’s Verwood Concert Brass will play at the Royal Albert Hall in London on Saturday 3 October. It is the first time…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/863c/live/a92fd2a0-be2f-11f1-883b-cfbfbf424e7e.jpg”] Fashion London Gracie, 16, enjoys modelling but admits to loving business “that little bit more” A teenage model has launched her own fashion label while still studying for her A-levels. Gracie, 16, from Tavistock, said she had got the idea of setting up her own clothing company while modelling on the catwalk…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/15a0/live/ad9da6f0-bdd5-11f1-88d5-b903d805bdb1.png”] BBC Bradley Taylor said he would be shouting about Birmingham, the city he loved Birmingham’s new poet laureate has been revealed as Poetry on Demand performer Bradley Taylor. The 28-year-old said it felt great to take on the two-year role and meant he could “shout and celebrate the city that I love…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/d4e6/live/b12beee0-bdb6-11f1-b7d8-31573a2bd831.jpg”] ITV/ Shutterstock Charlotte Nott, from Oxford, made a memorable entrance to the Big Brother house An 18-year-old Big Brother contestant says she achieved her dream – but appearing on the show was a challenging experience. Charlotte Nott, who lost parts of her arms and legs to meningitis when she was two, made…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/ce72/live/44688620-bdbf-11f1-b7d8-31573a2bd831.jpg”] Universal History Archive via Getty Images Some of the people who arrived in the UK as children with their parents were later told – wrongly – they lived here illegally A theatre producer has used compensation awarded in her late father’s Windrush case to launch a national prize dedicated to British Caribbean…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/136d/live/561b92b0-bdf9-11f1-a76b-bdcdab65a1b7.jpg”] Getty Images OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman OpenAI has fired three researchers for allegedly mishandling information, including work that involved an external organisation that analyses artificial intelligence (AI) models. “Our investigation confirmed that these individuals mishandled sensitive information outside established company procedures, violating our policies and breaking the trust essential to our…

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[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/7422/live/0cbe79c0-bd7c-11f1-add9-b18e6ea43b60.jpg”] Reuters Ademba Allans is making it “cool” to vote in Kenya. The student journalist turned civic mobiliser launched a voter registration drive on social media earlier this year, using snappy selfies infused with music and humour to target young people. The result astonished him and many observers of Kenyan politics – by…