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Trending News: BCP Council Blue Flags awarded but one beach misses outCanadian from cruise ship tests positive for hantavirusIs it harder than ever to be prime minister?Rare Kentish plant makes comeback from brink of extinction.Life with PMDD: ‘Like the Grim Reaper coming every month’‘They took £20,000 I didn’t owe’: Parents hit by Child Maintenance Service errorsTech Now – High Tech Heart SurgeryFPV drone strikes show Hezbollah’s changing tactics against Israel.UK alcohol deaths fall for first time since Covid pandemicHantavirus: How are countries responding to the cruise virus?How worried should we be about getting Hantavirus?Armed groups launch coordinated attacks across MaliTrump cancels US envoys’ trip to Pakistan for talks on Iran warHow one orangutan braved new bridge to unite his split communitySotheby’s: 17th Century ‘supercomputer’ once owned by Jaipur royal family heads for auctionWhere, when and how can you get involved in Manx Wildlife Week?Sloth World: 31 sloths died before opening of Florida attractionUS justice department drops probe into Fed chairman Jerome PowellPalantir under fire for X ‘manifesto’ from co-founder Alex Karp.Zack Polanski calls for Trump to be ‘kicked out’ of his Scottish golf courses.OpenAI boss ‘deeply sorry’ for not telling police of Tumbler Ridge suspect’s accountChina car giant BYD says it can thrive without access to US marketNo 10 says Falklands sovereignty rests with UK after report of US ‘review’Biobank data leak caused by ‘a few bad apples’, boss tells BBCWhat are passkeys and why do UK cyber chiefs want us to use them?Assisted dying bill runs out of time but supporters vow to try againTV for dogs booms but are they watching?BBC Inside Science – Forty years on from nuclear disaster – BBC SoundsSenior midwife Donna Ockenden to lead Sussex maternity review.Covid jabs huge success, but work needed on trust in vaccines – key findings from Covid report.Julius Malema: South African opposition figure sentenced to five years.Minister considers banning over-the-counter flea treatments for pets.The FAA wants gamers to apply for air traffic control jobsNHS tracker: are hospital surgery wait times improving near you?Turkish police order 83 arrests over online praise for school shootings.I feared my son had a brain tumour but he’d been poisoned with vitamin DStarmer calls Downing Street meeting with social media bosses‘Breakthrough’ Alzheimer’s drugs unlikely to benefit patients, report suggestsSurrey Wildlife Trust fundraises to bring back wildlife to area.Wellbeing garden opens in Yarm to combat isolationRolls-Royce launches new two-seater electric convertible carSnapchat owner cuts 1,000 jobs as says AI will reduce repetitive workUS war on Iran was a ‘mistake’ says UK chancellor Rachel ReevesShabana Mahmood promises action against ‘sham lawyers’ abusing asylum systemBooking.com customers warned of ‘reservation hijack’ scams after data breachTerminal cancer patient has to sit in A&E when awaiting treatment.Back button hijacking to be penalised in Google crackdownUK butterflies declining after 50 years of dataSudan civil war: A chronicle of conflict pours in as reporter’s phone turns on after three yearsPalantir defends its record as MPs demand more scrutiny of data useInterstellar A&E: The Scottish doctor who is an expert on space medicineDon’t feel like exercising? Maybe it’s the wrong time of day for youWomen’s health strategy: ‘I still don’t feel listened to’Former Nato chief to say UK’s national security ‘in peril’.Tech Life – Sharing the road with driverless cars – BBC SoundsI was kicked out of nightclub because of my wheelchairSingle-sex space guidance to be published after May electionsFrench woman, 86, held by ICE after moving to US to reunite with long-lost loveUK faces biggest hit to growth from Iran war of major economies, IMF saysWhat is the UK Covid inquiry and when will it finish?User anger as Amazon ends support for some older KindlesPope Leo in Africa: Cameroon separatists to pause fighting ahead of pontiff’s visitRoblox defends expanded safety checks but parents are concernedSouth Korea jails 90-year-old woman for laundering son’s drug money.Quantum computing: A tech race Europe could win?Pakistan hospital at centre of child HIV outbreak caught reusing syringes in BBC film.Why are resident doctors striking and how much are they paid?Man charged with attempted murder over attack on home of OpenAI’s Sam AltmanWhy hospitals can run more smoothly on strike days (but it’s no long-term solution)Experts confirm fireball across England as meteorContraception on social media: Why posts are trying to scare me offGhana’s Dominic Frimpong dies in attack on Berekum Chelsea FC.Nurse in trans dispute wins settlement from NHS employerGTA-maker Rockstar Games hacked again but downplays impactSpider bite hospital admissions on the rise in EnglandThe ‘terrifying’ blood transfusion choice for Jehovah’s WitnessesTrump attacks Pope over criticism of Iran warDeep-fried food banned in new plans for school dinners.OpenAI boss Sam Altman’s home targeted with Molotov cocktailWes Streeting denies changing pay deal for resident doctorsOpenAI pauses UK investment deal over energy costs and regulation.British Steel needs nationalising ‘by the summer’ – Scunthorpe MPNigeria: Civilians feared dead after air strike at Borno marketWhite House staff warned not to place bets on prediction marketsRichard Tice tax row is ‘minor administrative error’, party claims.Justin Bieber headlines Coachella with nostalgia-fuelled set.Dancer with MND Performs on Stage Again Through Digital AvatarNasa’s Artemis crew welcomed back to Planet Earth in HoustonUS-Iran talks ending without deal disappointing, Streeting saysMayor warns of London ‘disinformation blizzard’ on social mediaFrom blast off to splashdown: My days following Nasa’s historic mission to the MoonGovernment backs permanent return of golden eagles to England.Ukraine and Russia accuse each other of thousands of ceasefire violations.Hopes more pine martens will be born in south-west England.Chagos Islands: UK shelves Diego Garcia deal after Trump opposition.West of England headlines: ‘Doctors strikes’ and ‘paw prints in space’.Meta pulls Facebook ads for social media addiction clientsDoomsday seed collectors aim to save Wales’ native speciesI tried 50 new things before turning 50 – it changed my mindsetArtemis II blasts closer to the far side of the Moon
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UK company sends factory with 1,000C furnace into space
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