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[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/85ee/live/37727430-7fb2-11f1-b976-0b9c15b0ccfc.png”] BBC Scott Mills’ earnings and those of other highly paid presenters may be making headlines, but there is a bigger story contained in the BBC’s annual report. Set against the backdrop of the BBC’s ongoing negotiations with the government over a new royal charter, the document features words such as “challenges”, “financial…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/dc52/live/57426eb0-7fac-11f1-bee8-53ce494e1abc.png”] Tyrannosaurus rex fossil sells for record price at auction A 67 million-year-old Tyrannosaurus rex has been sold for £37.4m ($50.1m) at a Sotheby’s auction in New York – the most ever paid for a dinosaur. The fossil of this infamous predator stands more than 12 feet (4m) tall, and with over 60%…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/630f/live/5d821940-7f04-11f1-bf9d-c5939b8ebb1d.jpg”] PAUL J. RICHARDS/AFP via Getty Images Tracking the origin of an outbreak in the US that causes explosive diarrhoea has proved a challenge for public health experts searching for answers about how it started – and how it’s spreading. Cyclosporiasis, a parasitic infection that spreads through contaminated water or food, often during…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_sport/1200/cpsprodpb/86fa/live/40004650-7f7f-11f1-b1fb-a927e22d7e8b.jpg”] Why do Argentina sing about England and the Falklands? Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Argentina and England will meet for the fifth time since the Falklands War in 1982 By Dale Johnson Football issues correspondent Published 14 July 2026 “For the Malvinas, for Diego, for Leo’s last one,” the Argentina players sang…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/c5c6/live/befad830-7f8e-11f1-a47a-d94293d2b0e4.jpg”] BBC Drone pilots have been reminded of restrictions around Jersey Airport Reported drone sightings have delayed Jersey Airport operations on Monday morning. Ports of Jersey confirmed services reassumed shortly after investigations were carried out and delays were brief. Jersey Police and Airport Fire Service both investigated the incident. A spokesperson from Ports…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/14a4/live/2908c770-7f92-11f1-b976-0b9c15b0ccfc.jpg”] Firefighters search lift shaft after deadly fire in Brussels construction site Six people have died in a fire at a building under construction in Brussels on Tuesday, local authorities have said. The bodies were recovered from a lift blocked in a shaft at the Oxy tower in the centre of the city,…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_sport/1200/cpsprodpb/749d/live/3fdf29c0-7f7f-11f1-b976-0b9c15b0ccfc.jpg”] Messi’s lucky charm? Elfath to ref England v Argentina Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Ismail Elfath sent off Uruguay midfielder Agustin Canobbio in their defeat against Spain Published 14 July 2026 Ismail Elfath, who has twice officiated matches in which Lionel Messi has won trophies, will referee England’s World Cup semi-final against…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/ee02/live/811c2bf0-7f7e-11f1-b1fb-a927e22d7e8b.png”] Bristol Museum A carved ivory Buddha and a belt buckle from the East India Company uniform were among the items taken A man has appeared before magistrates after hundreds of items were stolen from a city museum collection. Items including military badges and pins from the East India Company, and carved Buddha…