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[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/03d4/live/4a441ff0-d48a-11f1-9a20-f717db279e3e.jpg”] Powerlist 2027 Ian Thomas, chief executive of the City of London Corporation, has been named the UK’s most influential Black Briton in this year’s Black Powerlist awards. The 57-year old is the first Black person to oversee the Square Mile’s governing body in its more than 900-year history. The City of London…

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[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/aa26/live/0089e150-d459-11f1-93d9-89af68edb68a.jpg”] Forestry and Land Scotland Foresters fear that many older Scots pine trees could die because of fire damage. Mature Scots Pine trees may be lost from a Highland landscape hit by a huge summer wildfire, experts fear. Forestry and Land Scotland say the blaze around Glenmore in the Cairngorms may have led…

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[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/ae93/live/fbf12050-d44d-11f1-8780-edcbf4859104.jpg”] BBC Commissioner Brent Homan said the survey results highlighted gaps in people’s understanding about their rights Harm to children poses the greatest risk online, a survey by Guernsey’s data protection commissioner has suggested. Of those surveyed, 73% of people highlighted concerns about online harm to children. The Office of the Data Protection…