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[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/d033/live/5b8c8300-c16c-11f1-babe-4199b0e7ccea.jpg”] Getty Images Crime scene evidence is often not enough to identify suspects Randy Gail Sperino was last seen alive on the evening of 9 November 1993, as she was getting into a pickup truck in Granite City, Illinois. The 34-year-old’s body was found hours later in a field nearby, the victim of…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/35ad/live/de1f5220-cc84-11f1-9a39-31b474234113.jpg”] FAMILY HANDOUT Alice Webb died after becoming unwell following a liquid Brazilian Butt Lift procedure Only properly trained professionals will be allowed to offer high-risk cosmetic procedures like liquid Brazilian butt lifts (BBLs), vampire facials and chemical peels, under long-awaited government plans for England in 2027. The government said it wanted to…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/1ac3/live/e306fad0-ccad-11f1-a64c-550be9e3c66b.jpg”] Maddie Birch-Jackson Former civil servant Richard Jackson made headlines in 2008 when he left top secret files on a train Warning: This story contains a reference to suicide It was an ordinary Tuesday train ride to work when top civil servant Richard Jackson made the biggest mistake of his life. By the…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/8805/live/ba1e83f0-be4c-11f1-8828-9d9deece30a1.jpg”] Getty Images Ali G’s appearance at the Wimbledon men’s final on Centre Court went viral in July “This is the biggest gathering of cultural appropriators in history,” Sacha Baron Cohen tells the camera in his parody of a street accent. Behind him, hundreds of fans cram onto a London Underground escalator, all…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_sport/1200/cpsprodpb/9eff/live/5ab77310-cccd-11f1-a64c-550be9e3c66b.jpg”] No jeopardy but loads of fun – is new Champions League format a success? Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Phil Foden scored a hat-trick in Manchester City’s 5-1 win over AEK Athens ByAlex Brotherton BBC Sport journalist Published 21 October 2026, 00:03 BST More teams, more games – and more goals. Since…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/819f/live/f7b5d9b0-ccd0-11f1-b06b-25a52a186d15.png”] Courtesy/X Elon Musk is chief executive of both SpaceX and Tesla Elon Musk has said he is actively considering merging Tesla and SpaceX, his two biggest companies. “Do I think it would be a good idea? Yes,” Musk said during a call with financial analysts to discuss SpaceX’s latest results on Tuesday.…

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[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/b3de/live/3d6a1550-cc92-11f1-94e6-edd4c60b2e1d.jpg”] Watch: “Old, broken and dilapidated”? – Trump’s plan to renovate historic golf course For Jourdain Yardan, golfing at the East Potomac Golf Links on Washington DC’s waterfront is a twice-weekly ritual. “Anyone from any walk of life, whether they’re starting to play golf or whether they’re a … seasoned golfer, they can…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/ca83/live/3f595b00-ccba-11f1-a64c-550be9e3c66b.png”] EPA Witkoff and Zelensky met in the Norwegian capital The hug that Trump envoy Steve Witkoff offered Volodymyr Zelensky before talks in Oslo is unlikely to have dispelled the Ukrainian leader’s misgivings about the current direction of US policy towards his war-ravaged country. Zelensky posted a video of the moment on social…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/4b56/live/9be50560-cc9f-11f1-94e6-edd4c60b2e1d.jpg”] Minh Connors/Bloomberg via Getty Images OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman has won a dismissal of a lawsuit brought against him by his sister that claimed he had sexually abused her more than two decades ago. A US district judge dismissed the case after Ann Altman had refused to attend an independent medical…