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[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/fc20/live/9d00cda0-5074-11f1-89a3-d1f559421220.jpg”] BBC Jamiee-Leigh Tweed said taking part had been a big boost to her confidence It is the iconic stage which has hosted top acts from Led Zeppelin to AC/DC to Rory Gallagher. But on Sunday 140 adults with additional needs will perform a special new show at the Ulster Hall. Suitcases and…

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[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/7816/live/82d5a7f0-50bc-11f1-a365-3d2203a67fc4.jpg”] AP via Getty Images The US justice department is reportedly preparing to indict aging Cuban leader Raúl Castro in the coming days over the shooting down of two aircraft three decades ago. The reported charges, which would need to be approved by a US grand jury, emerged as the director of the…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/9668/live/e3028850-4a27-11f1-bfb3-af42b3144659.jpg”] Netflix In Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man, Tim Roth’s character attempts to introduce forged currency into the British economy Widely considered the largest counterfeiting operation in history, Nazi Germany’s plot to crash the British economy with fake banknotes sounds like a Hollywood script. Now, those true events have inspired the latest twist…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/d076/live/2b96eb40-5051-11f1-a5f3-5f5ecc46603b.jpg”] Getty Images Social media played a big role in how parties got their messages out to voters After dramatically losing her seat in Welsh Labour’s worst-ever Senedd election result, Eluned Morgan gave a concession speech mentioning – of all things – social media. The former first minister said it had “changed the…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/8bf1/live/53e4fc70-5044-11f1-89a3-d1f559421220.jpg”] Emma Lynch/BBC James Gallagher takes a break from packed lunches in the name of research I couldn’t resist. This week it was revealed a chicken sandwich is packing as much salt as five McDonald’s cheeseburgers – putting it top of a naughty list of more than 500 sandwiches analysed. The sarnie, sold…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/fc00/live/7c88bb30-5099-11f1-8eb4-7bbd1eefc905.png”] US Department of Justice Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood al-Saadi, right, pictured with Qasem Soleimani, an Iranian military commander killed in a US strike in 2020 A commander of an Iraqi militia has been arrested for his alleged role in planning more than a dozen terrorist attacks in North America and Europe, which…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/573b/live/7bb468b0-3fd9-11f1-ac78-2112837ce2aa.jpg”] John Hammond John Hammond had nearly £20,000 in child maintenance he did not owe taken from his bank Maths teacher John Hammond was a few weeks into his job at a new school, chatting to colleagues in the staff room during lunch break. He decided to check his banking app to make…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/225b/live/82ea4900-501a-11f1-b93e-efb33c791b69.jpg”] Reble/Homegrown Music In a short time, Reble has become one of the most recognisable voices in Indian hip-hop As a child, Reble often felt she was watching life from the sidelines. Now, at 24, the rapper has become one of the most compelling new voices in Indian hip-hop. Hailing from the rain-soaked…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/ea25/live/47fdbb60-5051-11f1-a5f3-5f5ecc46603b.jpg”] Getty Images Jonas Lovv will represent Norway at the contest with his song Ya Ya Ya The Eurovision Song Contest reaches its grand final on Saturday night, with Finland, Greece and Australia among the favourites to win. The show is taking place in Vienna, which seems to have prompted half of the…