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[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/9c45/live/701466b0-c565-11f1-bd33-db1f7eaf2b30.jpg”] EPA/Shutterstock Houthi soldiers stand guard during a protest against Saudi Arabia, in Sana’a, Yemen, on Friday The attacks on King Khalid Airport in Riyadh mark another dangerous moment in a region that is already fraught with tension and conflict. Saudi Arabia wasn’t ready for this. In recent weeks the Houthis have stepped…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/724c/live/745b4a10-c563-11f1-bd33-db1f7eaf2b30.jpg”] Ella Ford An eyewitness took this photograph of the tiger minutes before the incident Fiona Callowand Julia Bryson,Yorkshire Yorkshire Wildlife Park remains closed after a man climbed into a tiger enclosure and was fatally attacked by the animal. Emergency services were called to the park near Doncaster, South Yorkshire, at about 13:30…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/13bb/live/c2ac8480-c569-11f1-bd33-db1f7eaf2b30.jpg”] Pope Leo announces he will undergo surgery for early-stage lung nodule Pope Leo XIV has announced he will be operated on “in the coming days” after a nodule was found on his lung during a medical check-up. “The doctors found an early, well-localised nodule on my lung,” he told the public during…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/7654/live/66ea4800-c33c-11f1-9a39-31b474234113.jpg”] Globe Theatre The Globe’s 1632 second folio lists the plays as comedies, histories and tragedies, with The Tempest first Shakespeare’s Globe has opened a new research centre on its Bankside site, which it says is London’s only dedicated Shakespeare library and archive open to the public. The Research and Collections Centre holds…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/f1b4/live/cbb90430-c3d0-11f1-8cee-d9704951662c.png”] Kan Lailey Author Matt Haig says reading Winnie The Pooh during his breakdown when he was young helped him through difficult times Books have a “magical way” of reaching you when you need them most – and when you are struggling, they “make you feel understood”, an author has said. The writer…

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[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/0193/live/1559b580-c340-11f1-9a39-31b474234113.png”] Jody Moore Ian McMillan will read poems from his new book at Ilkley Literature Festival Poet Ian McMillan says social media is helping the next generation of poets to breakthrough the “gatekeepers” of the “poetry establishment”. The 70-year-old will be appearing at Ilkley Literature Festival, alongside authors such as Jacqueline Wilson and…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/de96/live/7f12d210-c4c4-11f1-9ce9-55293bd7f0d9.jpg”] Mabel Edge Sadie has settled in well after a long wait for a new home A dog rescued from a property where she was being kept with 200 others has found a new home after nearly three years in kennels. Collie cross Sadie was rescued by the RSPCA after being found living…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/0412/live/cdb0fe80-c31e-11f1-bd97-fbe5a3482cde.jpg”] Martin Giles/BBC Children at St Augustine’s Junior School have lots of different lessons to encourage them to read A Peterborough headteacher says allowing children to choose what they want to read is an important part of improving literacy rates. St Augustine’s Junior School have been promoting a love of reading in their…