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[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/a8ff/live/56831200-d91f-11f1-ad94-e17fee4cd332.jpg”] Getty Images Sir Tom Jones has had to postpone recent shows due to ill health George ZielinskiBBC Wales Sir Tom Jones has told fans he feared his life was “over” after being admitted to hospital in the US with flu. The 86-year-old from Pontypridd spent a week at the Ronald Regan UCLA…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/4cca/live/7b91b3d0-d90b-11f1-93e1-3b657b665bcf.jpg”] Press Association “Search elsewhere” was the message for the bosses at Google Protesters claim Google’s headquarters in London refused a petition of 54,000 signatories worried about the environmental impact of an Essex development. The tech giant plans to build four data centre buildings, covering 130,500 sqm, and an office building on the…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/e05a/live/7afdaf50-7ad3-11f1-a130-2b898c796aa9.png”] Norwich Apex An artist’s impression shows what the proposed data centre on the outskirts of Norwich could look like A developer has defended plans for a £1.2bn data centre on the edge of a city, insisting it will benefit the area despite thousands of objections. Matt Bartram, chief executive of Norwich Apex…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/130e/live/3fe68b20-bbdf-11f0-8252-53776b9338e4.jpg”] Suffolk Tractor Light Parade More than 190 tractor drivers have already signed up to take part in this year’s event A charity event organiser says Facebook needs to do more to protect its supporters from fake online profiles that have been set up for a third year running. The Suffolk Tractor Light…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/470c/live/7edf98b0-d77e-11f1-a391-ad4d37bef273.jpg”] BBC Vin Burnham has worked on multiple BBC productions Vin Burnham has made a name for herself as a costume designer behind some big Hollywood blockbusters and hits on both the stage and screen. And her decades-long career has seen her collect a rich seam of stories, including the time she nearly…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/6cca/live/56b2f880-d857-11f1-94f3-cf7d1e52bb8c.png”] Getty Images The government has said some EU rules on Artificial Intelligence will apply to Northern Ireland Some EU rules on Artificial Intelligence (AI) will apply in Northern Ireland, the UK government has said. However the regulation of AI in NI will largely be a matter for the UK government and Stormont.…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/6cd9/live/11a83860-d84b-11f1-b441-2b33b063138f.jpg”] Getty Images Phoebe Waller-Bridge is donating the London flat as part of the Writers’ Block scheme Fleabag creator, writer and actress Phoebe Waller-Bridge is offering a rent-free flat in London for writers early in their careers. The 41-year-old has bought and donated the flat as part of a new theatre initiative Writers’…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/c626/live/663dc860-d795-11f1-801d-cf196dc7232c.jpg”] Bespoke Auctions The pocket watch is made of gun metal and comes in a silver case A pocket watch belonging to a stoker who survived four shipwrecks, including the Titanic and its sister ship Britannic, has sold at auction for nearly £4,000. The watch was gifted to Arthur John Priest who was…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/0165/live/81674930-d827-11f1-be97-417dbcdedd32.jpg”] BBC Marc and Tony Stevenson have celebrated their 70th birthdays and 44 years in business The twin brothers behind a company making rocking horses in Kent have said they keep a tissue box to hand as customers get emotional about recapturing their childhoods. Marc Stevenson and Tony Stevenson, founders of Stevenson Brothers…