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[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/0535/live/2b154970-bc10-11f1-a524-3125ac41b7f5.jpg”] Jon Wright/BBC Baveen and Shanice focused on ideas to combat light pollution at the hackathon A group of young people have developed ideas to tackle the effects of climate change as part of a free touring exhibition. On Tuesday 16 young people took part in a hackathon – a timed event where…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/8a27/live/37eb2f00-bcad-11f1-a3e9-bbda6f9b9e25.jpg”] Getty Images US actor Chad Lowe and his wife, producer Kim Painter, have said they are “deeply heartbroken” following the death of their “beloved” 13-year-old daughter Fiona. “She was a loving young girl who was smart, creative and loved to dance,” the family said in a statement to Page Six and People.…

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[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/9194/live/96113040-bc15-11f1-937d-7774786f350e.jpg”] Penguin Nadia Shireen said she grew up in a family which loved reading An author who said she defied expectations to write children’s books believes her family’s love of reading helped her fulfil her dream. Nadia Shireen, from Wellington in Shropshire, has had a series of picture books published by Penguin, but…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/fa7a/live/db3c83b0-bb50-11f1-a071-65d2e11c8f4a.jpg”] BBC One of the animals Paul Keane says his rowing groups passed in the same spot day after day Residents in Brentford have raised concerns about sewage flowing into the local canal network, with dead animals washing up over the summer. Paul Keane, general manager of watersports charity Brentford Community Boathouse, told…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/b313/live/75e30660-bcae-11f1-a3e9-bbda6f9b9e25.jpg”] Eileen Bown Sunderland Pianoforte Society held its last piano recital at the city’s museum on Tuesday A piano society founded during World War Two has held its last recital at the museum it called home. Sunderland Pianoforte Society has for decades hosted performances at the city’s Museum and Winter Gardens, which shut…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/dde2/live/285748a0-bc15-11f1-a524-3125ac41b7f5.png”] Jamie Niblock/BBC West Suffolk MP Nick Timothy has questioned the suitability of the turbines plan Building a major wind farm near two air bases could invite “sabotage” from hostile nations, an MP has warned. Nick Timothy, the Conservative MP for West Suffolk, questioned the suitability of building Redmere Wind Farm near the…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/028c/live/57071760-bc89-11f1-bc1f-3f186ca4140c.jpg”] Watch: Meet ‘Backpack’, the chunky bear who won Fat Bear Week A brown bear known as 89 Backpack has won the annual Fat Bear Week competition, after what the US National Parks Service described as a “battle of size, skill, snack acquisition, and strategic loafing”. Backpack’s wideness narrowly defeated a bear known…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/747f/live/895c16d0-bcf1-11f1-babe-4199b0e7ccea.jpg”] BBC Andy Burnham has said it is “possible” a future Labour election manifesto could promise a new in-out referendum on the European Union. The prime minister told the BBC a referendum “wouldn’t be the right thing to do right now” but the UK needed to “consider the options” for its relationship with…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/af69/live/34e7c4c0-bc86-11f1-bc1f-3f186ca4140c.jpg”] Reuters Trump met top tech leaders at the White House on Tuesday to discuss AI US President Donald Trump hosted a meeting of top technology bosses on Tuesday for what he called “an extraordinary gathering” of the minds that are “building America’s Golden Age”. The guest list included leaders from OpenAI, Anthropic,…