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[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/8f06/live/e06f8910-c7b5-11f1-9a39-31b474234113.jpg”] BBC Ray Winstone, who has starred most recently in Guy Ritchie’s The Gentlemen series, has been filming a new six-part action comedy for Amazon Prime in Cowbridge An actor renowned for his “hard man” image and London gangster roles looked at home filming on the more genteel streets of a south Wales…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/8d6b/live/880ad440-c79d-11f1-a64c-550be9e3c66b.jpg”] EPA/Shutterstock Ukrainian rescuers work at the site of a Russian air strike on a residential building in Kyiv At least 600,000 people across Ukraine are now without electricity after deadly overnight Russian missile and drone strikes, President Volodymyr Zelensky has said. He said “critical” energy infrastructure had been hit in Kyiv and…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/e70f/live/ab877350-c7a8-11f1-a624-a3d8608fc192.png”] Deniz Bayramoğlu A Halk TV staff member shared images of police stood beside a TV studio in its office early on Wednesday Turkish police have raided the headquarters of a pro-opposition TV channel, halting its live broadcasts. Halk TV said its employees were unable to enter the building in Istanbul on Wednesday…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/b052/live/df047440-c79d-11f1-bc2e-018d645d8d21.jpg”] Human Rights Watch The case sent shockwaves through Sri Lanka, spurring diplomatic efforts to seek clemency Saudi Arabia’s Supreme Court has set aside the death sentence handed to a Sri Lankan migrant worker over a comment he made on Facebook, Colombo’s Deputy Foreign Minister Arun Hemachandra said. Anojan Sivarasa, 27, was sentenced…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/c1b7/live/9a442f40-c710-11f1-9783-ed95709f9dec.jpg”] Wyvern Collection A silver-gilt reliquary box, similar to the ones Harold is shown swearing an oath on in the Bayeux Tapestry A collection of special objects with connections to scenes in the Bayeux Tapestry is to go on display – aptly in a Norman castle. Twenty-one items – including a rare silver-gilt…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_sport/1200/cpsprodpb/1e4f/live/5fa81060-c6eb-11f1-bc1b-8dfa7c975faa.jpg”] ‘No excuses’ – but is Villa’s stadium rebuild affecting team? Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Aston Villa’s rebuild of the North Stand is due to be completed next year By Nick Mashiter Football reporter Published 2 hours ago “No excuses,” said Unai Emery. The Aston Villa head coach was talking about his…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/5e91/live/133d3240-c71e-11f1-bc2e-018d645d8d21.jpg”] Claire Cornell Claire Cornell said her car, pictured before it was stolen, was taken despite her keeping the keys in a signal-blocking pouch Victims of car thefts in Essex have told the BBC it is a crime that “ruins people’s lives”. Home Office data showed Essex recorded the fourth highest rate of…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/d1c9/live/10fd9a40-9959-11f0-af33-e32b3939e8ca.jpg”] Helen Annan/UK Antarctic Heritage Trust The team will live on Goudier Island, working in sub-zero temperatures, 24-hour daylight and without running water A new team of UK specialists is embarking on a 9,000-mile journey to Antarctica to protect a British science base threatened by climate change. The UK Antarctic Heritage Trust (UKAHT),…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/f94f/live/30017ad0-c3e0-11f1-95ba-dba767ffba7e.jpg”] Crealy Theme and Resort Park New rides including the Pirates Plummet helped bring visitors to Crealy Theme and Resort Park, bosses said A hot summer has given some tourist attractions a “much-needed boost” after a difficult few years, bosses have said. Cornwall Visitor Alliance said sunny weather had “really helped” draw people…