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  • News media must stay relevant or ‘society will struggle’, says World News Day organiser

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/080b/live/13631ce0-bb01-11f1-ae00-bb8978b073d2.jpg”] Getty Images More than 1,000 news providers around the world have signed up to support World News Day on Monday, which aims to promote the role of journalism at a time when organisers say the industry faces an “existential threat”. Participating media organisations, including the New York Times, Reuters and the Kyiv…

  • You need £17,000 for a first home – here’s how to save it

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/e104/live/9d42c570-bb2c-11f1-bc1f-3f186ca4140c.jpg”] How much is in your savings account? If buying your own home is the finishing line, then saving up the money to get there is a marathon. The “Your First Home” scheme, announced on Saturday, aims to help first-time buyers in England get on the housing ladder with a small deposit. Currently…

  • My hometown shows that high streets have to change or die

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/d7eb/live/7686be90-b8cb-11f1-a430-4d16ee157c41.jpg”] BBC The empty building that used to be the home of Marks & Spencer in Aberdeen is one of the first things you see when you arrive off the train and come into the city centre. The sign has gone, though the shape of the lettering can still be made out; the…

  • John Healey to promise ‘new age of industrialisation’ for UK in conference speech

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/44ef/live/05e9aa10-bac1-11f1-b327-372771fd59f2.jpg”] PA Media John Healey will promise “a new age of industrialisation” for the UK, when he delivers his first Labour conference speech as chancellor on Monday. Healey will tell delegates “our coal mines are not coming back”, but that Labour will remake Britain’s industrial past “for the modern age” by backing advanced…

  • Tukaram Mundhe: Why some Indian civil servants become heroes for doing their jobs

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/9cf7/live/b0944a30-b80d-11f1-b205-219f899eccc7.jpg”] NurPhoto via Getty Images Tukaram Mundhe has led a series of enforcement drives since taking charge in May Among the thousands of civil servants who keep India’s vast government machinery running, a small number become unlikely public figures every few years. Tukaram Mundhe, 51, is one of them. The commissioner of Maharashtra’s…

  • Tourism tax needs to be revisited in Wales, expert says

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/9bcd/live/9a2413e0-1aaf-11f0-937a-b7563ef6ccc0.jpg”] Getty Images Gwynedd and Conwy have both postponed making any decisions on introducing a tourism tax Wales’ tourism tax needs to be more flexible, an expert has said. Last week, Anglesey council rejected introducing the visitor levy for now, over concerns for its tourism industry, while Gwynedd and Conwy councils both postponed…

  • More questions than answers after major incident near RAF Fairford

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/a0d5/live/b4d70ae0-baa8-11f1-96c0-052f341a8103.jpg”] Reuters A major incident was declared and five men arrested near the base after “suspicious vehicles” were seen driving towards it, police said RAF Fairford is a slice of America in the heart of England; a forward operating base for the US Air Force since the Cold War. Its two-mile runway is…

  • Israel v Republic of Ireland in Nations League: No handshakes between players before fixture

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_sport/1200/cpsprodpb/d6a0/live/2ebf9bd0-baa7-11f1-bc1f-3f186ca4140c.jpg”] Republic of Ireland ‘raised awareness worldwide’ in Israel game Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, The Republic of Ireland players bowed their heads during Israel’s national anthem Published 27 September 2026 Republic of Ireland head coach Heimir Hallgrimsson said his players “raised awareness worldwide” after they chose not to engage in pre-match formalities…

  • Weston-super-Mare cardboard pier sculpture falls after wind hits

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/a7a0/live/03fccf00-ba91-11f1-8b67-d15ca96e4c99.jpg”] Peter Barrington Safety concerns led to the sculpture being toppled early A giant cardboard model tower has fallen victim to strong sea winds. The six-storey-high art installation, inspired by Weston-Super-Mare’s crumbling Birnbeck Pier, was put up in the Prince Consort Gardens on Saturday by local people under the instruction of artist Olivier…

  • Woman faces 65 charges for stealing from patients and staff at Ontario hospitals

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/b0c4/live/3e58f1c0-ba81-11f1-bc1f-3f186ca4140c.png”] Supplied/Ontario Provincial Police Items seized from the suspect by police Police in Ontario, Canada, have charged a woman with 65 offences including fraud and theft for allegedly stealing from patients and staff at several healthcare centres in the province. Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) identified the suspect as Nassim Eronn, 34, from Burlington,…