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[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/3248/live/9b679a30-b6b5-11f1-b1d1-571ed4d7ff2c.jpg”] BBC Harriet Sedrick-Ugo says the books have given daughter Sienna more confidence Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library, which posts children a free book every month until their fifth birthday, is to double the number of London boroughs it covers. The scheme, which runs in five boroughs, will expand to 10 boroughs. It comes…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/6aac/live/28dde790-b6a0-11f1-ba3d-1d5c8a47f823.jpg”] Neo Gilder/Booker Prize Foundation The Booker Prize 2026 judges are Rebecca Liu, Jarvis Cocker, Dame Mary Beard, Raymond Antrobus and Patricia Lockwood Past Booker Prize winners Marlon James and Douglas Stuart have been shortlisted for the prestigious literary award again, after a selection process that the judges described as “a tussle”. Jamaican…

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[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/2ce7/live/a35e4ee0-b6a2-11f1-ba3d-1d5c8a47f823.jpg”] Watch: Trump threatens to ‘annihilate’ Iran if no deal reached President Donald Trump has told the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) he faces a “big decision” on whether to strike Iran again or pursue a peace deal. A single member of Iran’s delegation watched on during the president’s speech on Tuesday in…

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[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/7808/live/dd755fe0-b672-11f1-a430-4d16ee157c41.png”] BBC Usman Muhammad survived but 33 others died in the cell and four others died later in hospital Usman Muhammad pauses by the entrance to a tiny Nigerian prison cell and leans his forehead against the wall unable to speak. The day before he had been trapped inside the stifling room, measuring…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/b583/live/2c1c4cb0-b67f-11f1-ba87-73dd9416d9df.jpg”] Getty Images Daisy Ridley has been announced as one of the judges for the Worcester Film Festival Film festival organisers say they were left “really surprised” after Star Wars Daisy Ridley agreed to join their judging panel. The 34-year-old – best known for playing Rey in the sci-fi franchise – agreed “almost…

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[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/dff2/live/3605f8d0-5db9-11f1-8b8c-6d33e1d5abb6.jpg”] BBC The proposals at St Sampson harbour include new waterfront walking and cycling routes Plans to make a seafront area a more attractive place to spend time have moved a step closer after politicians backed a series of improvement projects. The Guernsey Development Agency (GDA) has been given the go-ahead by senior…