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[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/4adb/live/5a3dba60-a2f8-11f1-8d5b-155abe464768.jpg”] BBC The new working group is comprised of States members Steve Roberts as chair, Veronica Taylor and Kevin Gentle A new working group has been created to oversee a review of the air services between the Channel Islands and the UK. Alderney’s Policy and Finance Committee established the Air Connectivity Oversight Working…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/b102/live/22a17990-a2c9-11f1-941c-8741c1a72471.jpg”] BBC Courteeners frontman Liam Fray revisits The Briton’s Protection Pub in Manchester where he first performed more than 20 years ago The street outside legendary indie club 42s, a front garden on Burnage Lane and a pub’s function room with a tiny stage – all locations in Manchester where you could have…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/2ca2/live/6a46ecc0-9b09-11f1-bb80-c1b1e1adeea5.png”] Sam Divine Nightclub XOYO Birmingham is one of the venues which could be affected by the plans For fans of music and arts in Birmingham, Digbeth is area which inspires a lot of positive feelings as the graffiti-covered old industrial heartland that is home to the city’s main music, nightclub and art…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/0c60/live/61cbbe00-a2ec-11f1-a789-b16da4059b6b.jpg”] Claire Howard Claire Howard said extreme day tripping “makes you feel like you have done something kind of incredible” A woman has become hooked on extreme day-tripping, flying to about 50 destinations from Birmingham Airport. An extreme day trip is a travel trend where someone travels to a destination in a different…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/a749/live/fc9a9980-9fc5-11f1-b3e7-331c6d9a8046.jpg”] National Trust/Pete Huggins Nicola Heald said the dress could only be displayed for a month because the fabric could be damaged by light A dress designed to welcome in the 20th Century has gone on display for a month at a country house. The Cockleshell Dress was worn by Mary Vere Agar-Robartes,…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/d0cc/live/7a9e2000-9fbb-11f1-9828-47742d0f1032.jpg”] Torridge District Council Councillor Claire Hodson said the artwork could become “a valued landmark” in the village Artists are being encouraged to put themselves forward for a public art project. Torridge District Council has asked for expressions of interest from people keen to create an original artwork for and about Westward Ho!…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/7b3e/live/c2c07f20-a2e2-11f1-a4f5-c3e4a51a2b37.jpg”] BBC Tilly Davies says attending a festival alone “is not as scary as you think” It is the second time Tilly Davies is attending Reading Festival by herself. The 18-year-old, from Northamptonshire, said even though it could get “a bit lonely”, it was possible to make friends and, once you get to…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/2cb0/live/9d09bab0-a22b-11f1-bd6a-3d72a7f54a3e.jpg”] BBC Dolly Parton first launched Imagination Library in her home county in Tennessee One child in Denver called her “The Book Queen”. Another in Alabama calls her “Ms Dolly”. Across the globe in Australia, a toddler with speech delays delighted her family with her first word – “orange” – after she and…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/3575/live/40950170-a24b-11f1-b3a6-2bc501807fe4.jpg”] Getty Images Donald Trump and Mark Carney have both declared tariffs on each other’s country A raft of new tariffs have been announced during the latest escalation of the trade war between the US and Canada. The North American neighbours have been locked in a bitter economic conflict since US President Donald…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/6691/live/b40e7f80-a356-11f1-a291-b542ee92de7c.jpg”] AFP via Getty Images The US has reached a deal with Venezuela to control more than 65 billion barrels of its proven oil reserves, President Donald Trump announced. “This Historic Transaction MORE THAN DOUBLES American Oil Reserves, greatly increases our Oil Supply, and will substantially lower Gas Prices for all Americans,” Trump…