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  • AI makes Britain’s largest woodland bat survey possible, scientists say

    [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,…

  • Oxford-born writer’s ‘unknown’ spy thriller shortlisted for Waterstones award

    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/7db9/live/76461170-d3b9-11f1-8c27-87a7c72809db.jpg”] PR Handout Author and historian Ben Macintyre said he “had not realised just how important Redwood was” before writing his book A best-selling author has described the spy in his latest book as “unlike any I have come across before”. Oxford-born multimillion-selling writer and historian Ben Macintyre says he used never-before-seen material…

  • Former Traitors star from Southampton reviews season before final

    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/552b/live/ac8621a0-d3bc-11f1-a62f-fd53d503ac8d.jpg”] BBC/PA As a former Faithful, Joe Scott says Traitors are “a bit more cool, calm and collected” With millions poised to watch the second Celebrity Traitors final tonight former star Joe Scott looks back on how the series has played out so far. The series three Faithful and Southampton teacher spoke to…

  • Funds sought to recast slavery memorial sculptures in bronze

    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/f25b/live/01818910-d2eb-11f1-a701-fddedf244c16.png”] BBC All the World is Now Richer is made up of six life-size steel figures An artist with planning permission for a memorial to enslaved people in south London is trying to raise the money to make it permanent. Sokari Douglas Camp’s All the World is Now Richer is a set of…

  • Gareth Ward defends Michelin-star Ynyshir after food hygeine debacle

    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/c445/live/6b59f800-d470-11f1-a701-fddedf244c16.jpg”] Apple TV Chef Gareth Ward, who co-owns Ynyshir near Machynlleth in mid Wales, appears in an Apple TV documentary The chef at Wales’ only two-Michelin-star restaurant has defended the way he operates his kitchen after the venue came under scrutiny over food hygiene standards. While chasing a third Michelin star, Ynyshir was…

  • Premier League predictions: Chris Sutton v Bad Day At The Office star John Hannah – & AI

    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_sport/1200/cpsprodpb/089f/live/2e6abec0-d245-11f1-a701-fddedf244c16.png”] Sutton’s predictions v Bad Day At The Office star John Hannah Published 29 October 2026 Premier League champions Arsenal endured one of the most embarrassing nights in their history when they were knocked out of the Carabao Cup by League Two side Fleetwood Town on Tuesday, but can they bounce back at…

  • Canada ‘Crypto King’ Aiden Pleterski found guilty of fraud

    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/4d4e/live/f122c990-d3bb-11f1-a701-fddedf244c16.jpg”] Durham Regional Police Service Aiden Pleterski, seen in his arrest photo A Toronto jury has found self-described “Crypto King” Aiden Pleterski guilty of fraud, after hearing evidence he stole millions of dollars of investor money and spent it on private jets and other luxuries. The jury quickly reached its verdict on Thursday,…

  • DoorDash to buy Instacart in $17bn deal it says will expand options for customers

    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/bde4/live/a139f9d0-d3a2-11f1-a5cd-49637fcbd4e4.jpg”] Michael Nagle/Bloomberg via Getty Images DoorDash will acquire grocery delivery firm Instacart in a $17bn (£12.8bn) deal, creating a behemoth that will bring more meals, quick-need purchases and big weekly shops directly to customers. DoorDash said the deal, expected to be final in about a year, will expand options for customers and…

  • This Budget was micro and that was deliberate

    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/8ec0/live/8d883540-d3a3-11f1-a5cd-49637fcbd4e4.jpg”] Getty Images It was not a mini Budget, but it was rather small. It might be called the “micro Budget”. Small does not necessarily mean bad, but it clearly falls short of radical action to create a promised new economic model. A new “theory of growth” was not unveiled as promised by…

  • ‘Painful’ years ahead, think tanks warn, as living standards set to fall

    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/7565/live/8d520610-d3cf-11f1-b441-2b33b063138f.jpg”] Getty Images People are facing a “painful” and “depressing” few years ahead, economic think tanks have warned, after forecasts showed growth in living standards grinding almost to a halt. Typical working-age households would see their disposable income fall by £1,050, or 3%, between now and 2029, according to the Resolution Foundation, while…