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[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/76ab/live/18438a50-c967-11f1-a6e6-417671ef62cb.jpg”] Getty Images The proposed scheme, near Selby, has faced objections from residents Plans to build a battery energy storage system and 500MW solar farm across swathes of land near Selby could be changed following objections from people living nearby. Light Valley Solar Limited wants to build on 2,520 acres (1,020 hectares) of…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/5bff/live/9df7c880-ca1d-11f1-a64c-550be9e3c66b.png”] BBC Kitchen staff was instructed to use inedible paint to enhance the look of meals to attract more students, the court found A nursery owner and five members of her staff have been jailed after they were found to have poisoned more than 200 children with lead-tainted food. Li Huifang, who operated…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/fd21/live/d45f2a30-c888-11f1-a2e8-f71844f8002e.jpg”] BBC Jersey Heritage normally gathers 80 sacks of apples from its main orchard but had barely two sack this year Donations of apples have helped a cider festival go ahead after poor weather and heatwaves resulted in a severe fruit shortage for the organisers. Jersey Heritage said its apple harvest had been…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/37cc/live/14013ec0-ca01-11f1-bc2e-018d645d8d21.jpg”] L’École des Arts Joailliers, Benjamin Chelly The nine-carat, pear-shaped gemstone was one of few royal jewels to survive the French Revolution A rare pink diamond is going on display in France for the first time since it was stolen almost 100 years ago to the day – the last time it was…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/1100/live/56bb2cb0-c9ef-11f1-9a39-31b474234113.jpg”] Metropolitan Police via Press Association Stanislav Carpiuc was convicted over attacks against the former prime minister A man who plotted to carry out arson attacks on property connected to Sir Keir Starmer has been deported, the Home Office says. Stanislav Carpiuc, 28, was one of two men convicted over the attacks, which…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/a9c2/live/6ea1d380-c94d-11f1-8566-4db41fa77717.png”] Omar Mentesh Omar Mentesh features in the new BBC documentary, The Book That Changed My Life “A book club in prison is the best thing on planet Earth, it really is,” says Omar Mentesh, who spent nearly two decades in and out of jail from his teenage years. “It’s just people sharing,…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/8b9c/live/55f3fdd0-c70a-11f1-9783-ed95709f9dec.jpg”] BBC Nathalie Hildegarde Liege hopes to inspire others to take up stained glass making through her work and specialist library An artist is hoping to inspire others to take up stained glass-making to help preserve the craft and its creations for future generations. Nathalie Hildegarde Liege, a stained glass artist for about…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/396b/live/4827d750-c960-11f1-9081-f19b8af087ed.jpg”] BBC Ciiara Nyx said music helped her express feelings she found difficult to put into words A singer who won over all four coaches on The Voice UK has said music helped her make sense of the “complex” feelings she experienced growing up as a transgender woman. Ciiara Baker, 21, who performs…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/cdef/live/10b2c8b0-c2fe-11f1-b8c6-6d610e41a5d9.jpg”] Paul Shipper Film poster artist Paul Shipper has worked on projects including Avengers: Infinity War, The Rise of Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi A film fan who began creating his own movie poster artwork for fun has gone on to work on some of Hollywood’s biggest franchises, including Marvel, Indiana Jones and Star…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/e732/live/fd596470-c87c-11f1-8101-e3c2ed61ec71.jpg”] BBC Senior curator Matt Harvey said a Lego model of the London Blitz was his favourite Lego brick models have been shipped from the UK for an exhibition in Guernsey telling the stories of different moments in history. The Walk Through History in Lego bricks exhibition opened in the Brian White Gallery…