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[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/ffa2/live/5f80de00-d44c-11f1-97f9-27ebf08d99fe.png”] Getty Images Paul Heaton, who fronted The Beautiful South and The Housemartins, has been performing for more than 40 years Former Housemartins frontman Paul Heaton is set to perform in beautiful south Shropshire next year. Heaton will be joined by Scottish singer-songwriter Rianne Downey on 17 July, when he plays as part…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/b85a/live/484c0a90-d4b8-11f1-a701-fddedf244c16.jpg”] Reuters At the editorial offices of Novaya Gazeta, they are packing up and shutting down. Everywhere I look there are cardboard boxes and plastic bags. Everything must go. For thirty years this has been Russia’s most prominent independent newspaper, featuring investigative journalism fiercely critical of those in power. Now Novaya Gazeta is…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_sport/1200/cpsprodpb/5f71/live/a01588e0-d464-11f1-b441-2b33b063138f.jpg”] England edge towards World Cup exit despite PNG win Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, England have never previously failed to reach the knockout stages of the World Cup BySteve Sutcliffe BBC Sport journalist Published 30 October 2026, 11:17 GMT Updated 1 hour ago England (24) 34 Tries: Ashton, Brimson, Young, Smith, Knowles,…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/7dbf/live/d8f7e870-d44a-11f1-b441-2b33b063138f.jpg”] BBC Nicola Shaw had been criticised over Yorkshire Water’s pay and performance Yorkshire Water’s chief executive has announced she is to step down, just 24 hours after the company was given the lowest possible environmental rating by the Environment Agency. Nicola Shaw, who has led the firm since 2022, will leave the…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/574a/live/7a468c10-d3ae-11f1-8d02-39b68eca6add.jpg”] BBC/Studio Lambert/Euan Cherry Season 2 of The Celebrity Traitors will conclude on Friday Spoiler warning: This article reveals details from episode nine of The Celebrity Traitors, series two. From shock slip-ups to a murder by yawning – and a whole host of Jerry Hall one-liners along the way – the current series…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/9b27/live/54154e20-d3c0-11f1-a62f-fd53d503ac8d.jpg”] BBC Middlesbrough Empire owners Barry Faulkner Jr and Barry Faulkner Sr spoke to BBC Radio Tees The departing owners of one of Middlesbrough’s most famous nightclubs say they put the town “on the map with dance music”. Father and son Barry Faulkner Sr and Barry Faulkner Jr are handing over the keys…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/758b/live/7f0f9170-d2e0-11f1-8af5-e1db7ad65222.png”] Culture House Sunderland There are 72 chimes in total, which will be played over the course of a year in Sunderland’s Culture House An artwork which changes every hour will be aiming to celebrate a city’s identity and bring back memories of its past, the creators have said. Timepiece will see different…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/40a7/live/b7610e70-d441-11f1-97f9-27ebf08d99fe.jpg”] The Wildlife Trusts The Rothbury Estate, in Northumberland, covers a swathe of woodland and farmland Conservationists have completed the purchase of a huge upland estate following a two-year £30m public appeal backed by the likes of Sir David Attenborough. The Wildlife Trusts – a federation of 47 conservation charities – and Northumberland…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/3b88/live/1a8dbe70-d399-11f1-93e1-3b657b665bcf.jpg”] A scientist has chosen to sleep with bedbugs for the past five years – and says the bites “don’t bother him at all”. Entomologist Dr Richard Naylor breeds thousands of bedbugs to test pest control products from all over the world and allows himself to be the test subject. On a “feeding…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/92f8/live/fbb3c410-d39b-11f1-a012-7186932b0251.jpg”] Daniel Hargreaves The red-listed Barbastelle is one of the rarest bat species in England Britain’s largest ever woodland survey of bats would “simply not have been feasible” without AI, scientists say. Researchers left devices on poles among the trees of 310 woodlands across Britain, recording 98 million bat calls over three years,…