Tag: bbc.com
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‘Human swan’ Sacha Dench warns of toxic lead ammunition danger
[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/b288/live/4ce14050-d2da-11f1-b677-b762d2f83f6e.jpg”] BBC Conservationist Sacha Dench welcomed the ban on lead ammunition A conservationist has welcomed new laws banning the sale of lead ammunition as she warns people are not aware of the scale of the problem affecting wildlife. Sacha Dench, who lives in Chagford, Devon, is a member of the Lead Ammunition Collective,…
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Crewe’s YSD Theatre School marks 75 years in show business
[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/db52/live/f2bcd300-d496-11f1-a9ca-ab9bec7eddbe.jpg”] YSD Theatre School YSD Theatre School is celebrating its 75th anniversary this year A performing arts and dance school is marking its 75th year with a special show recreating some its much-loved routines from decades past. YSD Theatre School in Crewe, Cheshire, which used to be known as the Yvonne School of…
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How one Shrewsbury musician turned disability and isolation into a song
[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/60d1/live/e0c398f0-d12b-11f1-9a61-7b8d75492b97.jpg”] Nikki Rous Singer-songwriter Nikki Rous hopes her latest song, No Space Left, will help people living with chronic illness feel less alone When people talk about disability, the conversation often focuses on symptoms, treatment and physical barriers. Less often discussed is the loneliness that can accompany chronic illness and disability. For singer-songwriter…
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Captain in UK’s worst helicopter crash recalls 1986 tragedy
[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/c505/live/9543efd0-d1fb-11f1-b093-bfeeb34f4026.jpg”] BBC Pushp Vaid was one of only two survivors from the 1986 helicopter crash A man who captained a helicopter which crashed with the loss of dozens of lives 40 years ago has told how he could not comprehend he was one of only two survivors. The Chinook carrying offshore workers crashed…
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Museum wing reopens after four year project
[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/15c8/live/406af6d0-d475-11f1-9dda-1ba6fcc7d159.png”] Emlyn Bainbridge The newly refurbished museum is open to visitors A museum has reopened its main wing after a four-year “major refurbishment project”. The Wilson Museum in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, will be regularly changing what is on display as they have over 250,000 items, many on local history, and cannot display them all…
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Kimi Antonelli becomes F1 world champion: How Mercedes driver clinched title in Mexico
[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_sport/1200/cpsprodpb/6698/live/f3d07d40-d654-11f1-93e1-3b657b665bcf.jpg”] How Antonelli ‘blew everyone away’ to make F1 history Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Twelve world titles on one podium – Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton hold Kimi Antonelli aloft By Andrew Benson F1 Correspondent Published 2 November 2026 Just after Kimi Antonelli clinched his first title to become the youngest world…
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Democrats have high hopes for midterms – but are the polls right?
[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/731d/live/ec723e90-d694-11f1-a701-fddedf244c16.jpg”] Bloomberg via Getty Images The Democratic Party has high expectations as it heads into these pivotal US midterm elections. A historically unpopular Republican president, an American public unhappy with the rising costs of food and bills, and months of favourable polls point to a good night for them on Tuesday. Democratic candidates…
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Liverpool v Arsenal player ratings: Whose mistake was costly? Who was the top Gunner?
[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_sport/1200/cpsprodpb/baf2/live/7872f5d0-d625-11f1-a701-fddedf244c16.png”] Rice rewarded, Wirtz must do more – Liverpool and Arsenal player ratings Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Declan Rice was lively in Arsenal’s midfield, while Liverpool’s Florian Wirtz had another unconvincing game ByAadam Patel, Football reporter at Anfield and Alex Howell, Football reporter Published 42 minutes ago Kai Havertz’s first-half goal made the difference as Arsenal…
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Democrat Haley Stevens endorses Republican in key Michigan Senate race
[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/6ea1/live/d9896430-d625-11f1-93e1-3b657b665bcf.jpg”] Reuters Haley Stevens, a sitting Democratic congresswoman, appeared alongside the Republican Senate candidate on Sunday A Democrat in Michigan has endorsed the Republican candidate in the state’s crucial US Senate contest, as a spat with her own party’s candidate Abdul El-Sayed escalated just days before the vote. Haley Stevens, a sitting congresswoman…
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Sydney armed police start street patrols after Bondi Beach attack
[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/ce75/live/a6edaf70-d618-11f1-93e1-3b657b665bcf.jpg”] NSW Police Armed police officers on patrol outside Sydney’s Luna Park Heavily-armed police officers have started patrolling Sydney’s streets, as part of heightened security measures following last year’s deadly shooting at Bondi Beach. The Armed Response Command (ARC) will see specially trained officers in busy tourist areas carrying long-arm rifles – an…