Tag: bbc.com
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Thousands of jobs at Virgin Media O2 to be cut
[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/ac17/live/9ec7c8b0-d610-11f1-bdc5-33a5057f63d4.jpg”] Getty Images Thousands of Virgin Media O2 staff face redundancy risk as the telecoms firm looks to save money in the face of billions of pounds of debt and tougher competition. The broadband provider has not finalised the number of roles to be cut but it is likely be a sizeable chunk…
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Israeli strikes in Gaza kill eight including child, hospitals say
[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/c922/live/4fe4c8d0-d5fa-11f1-a701-fddedf244c16.jpg”] Reuters Mourners attend the funeral of five Palestinians, who were killed in an Israeli strike Israeli strikes in Gaza have killed at least eight people, including a child, according to hospitals, despite a year-old ceasefire. In Gaza City to the north, hospital officials said a missile attack hit a group of civilians…
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East Carolina Pirates’ David Coleman Jr suffers fractured leg after slip by referee
[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_sport/1200/cpsprodpb/1882/live/eccbb630-d605-11f1-a790-6f04ef4f8c74.jpg”] Referee accidentally fractures college football player’s leg Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, The incident happened at East Carolina Pirates’ Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium ByPaul Battison BBC Sport Journalist Published 4 hours ago A referee accidentally fractured a college football player’s leg during a bizarre incident in the first half of East Carolina Pirates’ win…
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Golden State Valkyries win WNBA title with victory over Atlanta Dream
[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_sport/1200/cpsprodpb/a6ed/live/4a8dbd80-d5c6-11f1-ad3b-4728f23fc447.jpg”] Valkyries win WNBA title in their second season Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, The Golden State Valkyries were formed in 2024 ByFfion Wynne BBC Sport Journalist Published 1 November 2026 The Golden State Valkyries secured the Women’s NBA title in just their second season with a 68-63 victory over the Atlanta Dream.…
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Heidi Klum’s Halloween costume revealed as Traitors’ Maya Jama dresses as Mo Farah
[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/946c/live/79b0d500-d5cd-11f1-82ae-81055b9ae1cd.jpg”] Watch: Heidi Klum as a giant severed hand for 25th annual Halloween bash Supermodel and TV host Heidi Klum confirmed her position as the queen of Halloween by transforming into a giant, bloodied and severed hand for her annual costume party in New York. Klum, 53, was completely unrecognisable arriving at her…
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Cambridge scientist Marta Shahbazi dies in Spanish train crash
[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/ea05/live/c6f18070-d5ec-11f1-bfdd-73f39e6db31d.jpg”] MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology Dr Marta Shahbazi, pictured in 2024, was travelling to collect a prize at an awards ceremony in her native Spain when she died An award-winning University of Cambridge researcher died in the Spanish train disaster while on her way to collect a prize for scientific excellence. Dr…
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Cotswold Wildlife Park rhinos celebrate first birthday
[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/5b39/live/ac3e77f0-d485-11f1-80bc-6d398902272f.png”] Rhino siblings mark first birthday. Markus and Mo were treated to cakes made of soaked pellets and carrots at Cotswold Wildlife Park Two rhino calves have celebrated their first birthday with cakes made of pellets, carrots and salad leaves. Siblings Markus and Mo were born at Cotswold Wildlife Park, near Burford, last…
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Drivers urged to slow down after seven red squirrels hurt in a day
[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/8b12/live/66945760-d525-11f1-b9b6-63098f5263b3.jpg”] JSPCA JSPCA said the pictured squirrel escaped with just a split lip An animal shelter has issued a plea to drivers to slow down in woodland areas after seven red squirrels were injured on an island’s roads in one day. The JSPCA Animals’ Shelter, in St Helier, Jersey, said that it had…
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Crowfield emus’ dating woes leaves glut of 14 unfertilised eggs
[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/915c/live/9cbc6040-d24a-11f1-8ba3-9fd3e261415f.png”] Jamie Niblock/BBC Dexy the emu has seemingly been unimpressed romantically with his partner A farm has been left with more than a dozen emu eggs after a failed romance between their birds meant none of them had been fertilised. Dexy the male emu was seemingly unimpressed romantically after he failed to fertilise…
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‘Twitchers gathered to see northern nutcracker on our gutter’
[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/158c/live/5b808860-d2c0-11f1-8e79-5381b0a9d682.jpg”] Supplied Twitchers from all over the country have been gathering this week Looking out of your window to find “at least 50” photographers staring back at you isn’t the norm for many people. But that’s what teenager Max was faced with when a rare bird settled on the guttering of the Norfolk…