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[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/dddd/live/b610ac80-d9da-11f1-b441-2b33b063138f.jpg”] Reuters Passengers on this Aer Lingus flight to Rome were diverted to a military base in France after a bomb threat The “Male State”, an extremist misogynistic group named in this week’s hoax bomb threats to Italian airports, has denied any link to the false warnings causing flight disruption across Europe. The…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/045a/live/c771c820-d9ca-11f1-93e1-3b657b665bcf.jpg”] Cameron Brisbane Vagrant Real Estate – Nick Cronin – won £20,000 Aberdeen DJ and hip-hop producer Vagrant Real Estate has won the 2026 Scottish Album of the Year award. A moniker for Nick Cronin, Vagrant Real Estate triumphed with “Neither Collar Nor Crown”. He scooped the £20,000 first prize after emerging from…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/62e3/live/c7d3fff0-d857-11f1-a701-fddedf244c16.jpg”] BBC Izzy was diagnosed with cerebral palsy when he was two years old “Music takes me to a different place,” says a teenager with cerebral palsy who has landed the chance to perform on national television. Some days 16-year-old Izzy struggles to get around because of pain caused by his condition. But…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/9cad/live/1c6236a0-d947-11f1-b2ee-87d22b17ac74.png”] BBC The Scillonian III is getting a special send-off A ferry which has taken more than 5.3 million passengers between Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly is being given a special send-off as it retires from service. The Scillonian III started carrying passengers in 1977 and is making its last voyage on…

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