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[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/f5a1/live/851e76e0-b35e-11f1-8f19-bd786ea30d0b.jpg”] Getty Images Grazeley Solar Farm could produce enough electricity to power at least 6,000 homes An authority has approved the development of its own solar farm on some of its agricultural land. West Berkshire Council’s £18.6m Grazeley Solar Farm could produce enough electricity to power at least 6,000 homes, council leader Jeff…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/8291/live/f0778150-b8d3-11f1-bc1f-3f186ca4140c.jpg”] EPA Copenhaver was one of three Trump rally attendees who was shot, as well as Trump, whose ear was grazed by a bullet One of the three attendees who was shot at Donald Trump’s 2024 presidential campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, has passed away from complications stemming from his injuries, according to…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/b50e/live/5b7ab3c0-b8dc-11f1-953d-97bd0803bc08.jpg”] AFP via Getty Images The internet was cut in Tigray during the two-year civil war which ended in 2022 (file photo) Internet and call services have been disrupted in Ethiopia’s northern region of Tigray following the outbreak of fighting this week between regional forces and the national army. Services provided by state-owned…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/1099/live/e10e9f20-b8d6-11f1-a430-4d16ee157c41.jpg”] ‘We can’t guarantee any programme or channel forever’ – BBC Director General Matt Brittin The BBC’s financial situation and changing audience habits “may well mean” some channels and radio stations have to close so resources can be invested in on-demand services, its director general has said. As the BBC seeks £500m savings,…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_sport/1200/cpsprodpb/03c3/live/d1b4e4b0-b8c4-11f1-ad1f-538855f30ba1.jpg”] Back and loving it – Pietersen on his history, Brook & helping win the Ashes Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Pietersen was dropped after the 2013-14 Ashes defeat and director of cricket Andrew Strauss later said there was a “massive trust issue” between the two ByMatthew Henry BBC Sport Journalist at Headingley…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/71f4/live/f2d4ac30-b8c8-11f1-ad1f-538855f30ba1.jpg”] Getty Images The Scottish government said there had been more than 6,700 payments from the scheme so far A fund set up to help lower income households that rely on heating oil and LPG to warm their homes has been extended into winter. The Scottish Emergency Heating Oil Scheme was introduced for…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/fb7f/live/7ac73620-b8c5-11f1-ad1f-538855f30ba1.jpg”] Getty Images Jay-Z, pictured at the Met Gala in May 2026, previously hit out at the “frivolous, fictitious and appalling allegations” A woman who accused Jay-Z of raping her when she was 13 has formally said her allegation was untrue. The unnamed woman filed a lawsuit in 2024 claiming she had been…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/e341/live/2442bc80-a5f5-11f1-a291-b542ee92de7c.png”] Warning over AI TikTok fake veteran scam videos Experts have warned of a growing wave of AI-generated “pity scams” using fake videos of injured ex-military personnel to sell products online. Army veteran Raymond Gilbert, 63, from Bradenstoke, Wiltshire, said he was scammed by a TikTok account claiming to belong to a fellow…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/d7d2/live/0ca469e0-b81d-11f1-b19f-05e2dfdadad2.jpg”] BBC James Winslade said the floodwater was on his land for three months in 2014 and ruined the soil A farmer who saw his land devastated by flooding has welcomed the allocation of funding towards flood prevention measures. Somerset Council has allocated a government grant of £50m on flood prevention work, including…