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  • Meta and Snapchat ‘interested persons’ in Jools Sweeney inquest

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/0818/live/f221d8e0-d6c2-11f1-ac20-7783925c811f.jpg”] Ellen Roome Ellen Roome wants to find out why her son Jools Sweeney died A mother says she is pleased after a hearing named social media giants Meta and Snapchat as “interested persons” in the second inquest into her son’s death. Jools Sweeney, 14, from Cheltenham, died in April 2022 in what…

  • If hackers can take control of a supermarket freezer, how vulnerable is other tech?

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/db6d/live/6afb9b70-d6cd-11f1-ac20-7783925c811f.jpg”] Getty Images Supermarkets across Europe have been hit by a suspected cyber-attack affecting their fridges and freezers, and raising concern about the vulnerabilities of internet-connected hardware from industrial machinery to humble domestic appliances. Smart devices which are connected to the internet can include fridges, central heating, and even washing machines. And while…

  • Russian bombing kills 26 people at humanitarian aid centre in Ukraine, Kyiv says

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/ee1e/live/8480acc0-d6eb-11f1-a741-236ee91c2e25.png”] Video shows smoke rising from Komyshuvakha blast crater At least 26 people were killed after Russian bombs hit an aid distribution centre, in an attack that Ukraine’s leader has called “utterly horrific”. Five people were injured and 27 initially reported missing after at least nine 3,000kg aerial bombs hit the village of…

  • Battery fire on flight from Gatwick was ‘so fast’, passenger says

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/7635/live/8a8053c0-d6d5-11f1-b2be-0146bf989691.jpg”] Sandy Edwards Sandy Edwards (left) and Jackie Riggs were sitting behind a passenger whose power bank caught fire while their plane was in the air A plane passenger has described her fright as a traveller’s battery pack in the row in front of her burst into flames during a flight. Sisters Sandy…

  • Courteeners to headline the Ludlow Castle concerts

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/ab2c/live/40b07630-d6e4-11f1-a741-236ee91c2e25.jpg”] Getty Images Courteeners will take to the stage in Shropshire on 16 July 2027 Indie rock band Courteeners are the latest headlining act to be announced for a series of concerts in south Shropshire. The Manchester-based five piece will be joined by The Coral and The Guest List as supporting acts on…

  • Jamal Edwards’ sister on the 20-year legacy of SBTV

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/b7fd/live/05142230-d6bb-11f1-93e1-3b657b665bcf.png”] SBTV Pioneering DJ and entrepreneur Jamal Edwards founded SBTV in 2006 Launched in the early days of YouTube with homemade videos featuring emerging artists, online music channel SBTV went on to shake up the music industry. Pioneering DJ and entrepreneur Jamal Edwards founded the grime and rap music platform back in 2006…

  • Fighting returns to Kherson region after longest Ukraine war ceasefire

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/e5be/live/174cc760-d6d2-11f1-a701-fddedf244c16.jpg”] Reuters Hundreds of Oleshky evacuees arrived back in Ukraine on Saturday after years trapped on the frontline Fighting has resumed in Ukraine’s Kherson after a six-day truce brought quiet to the front-line region for the first time in years. The ceasefire – the longest since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion in…

  • Dutch police offer record €2m reward in hunt for drug lord Jos Leijdekkers

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/055d/live/20e151f0-d6dd-11f1-b2be-0146bf989691.jpg”] Netherlands police Dutch police say Jos Leijdekkers is a “key player” in the international cocaine trade Dutch authorities have offered a record award of €2m (£1.7m/$2.24m) for information leading to the arrest of Jos Leijdekkers, one of Europe’s most-wanted men. The 35-year-old, who is also known as Bolle Jos (Chubby Jos), was…

  • King’s role is not policy making, says Palace in slavery apology row

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/701f/live/c835bf90-d705-11f1-ac17-5d3d5470aaba.jpg”] Press Association The King and Prime Minister Andy Burnham at a business reception in Antigua on Monday The King’s role as head of the Commonwealth is about “inspiring and convening, rather than policy making”, says Buckingham Palace – distancing him from rows over whether the UK should apologise and make reparations for…

  • The Voice UK winner Cate McHugh says she wanted to be Taylor Swift growing up

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/b28b/live/7c8d9e30-d6d5-11f1-b2be-0146bf989691.jpg”] The Voice UK Cate McHugh became the first Welsh person to win The Voice UK on Saturday night The winner of the Voice UK says she decided “I was going to be Taylor Swift” as a teenager after being given a guitar, before busking on the streets of Cardiff. Welsh singer Cate…