Devon head teacher raising £100k for ‘essential upgrades’
Andrea Ormsby BBC News, Devon BBC Steve Hitchcock says he has had to “give up hope” of government funding A head teacher in Devon has launched a funding challenge to…
‘Online grooming was scariest moment of my life’
Stuart Maisner & Piers Hopkirk BBC News, South East BBC/Piers Hopkirk Danielle was groomed online aged 14 by a man who claimed he was 16 Warning: this story includes details…
Nepal hits climbers with higher permit fees
The price to climb Mount Everest will soon increase for the first time in nearly a decade, as Nepal announces a sharp mark-up in permit fees. From September, those seeking…
LinkedIn accused of using private messages to train AI
A US lawsuit filed on behalf of LinkedIn Premium users accuses the social media platform of sharing their private messages with other companies to train artificial intelligence (AI) models. It…
Ros Atkins on… the politics of pardons
On Inauguration Day, both the outgoing and incoming US presidents issued controversial pardons that expanded the power to new limits. Joe Biden gave family members pre-emptive pardons, while Donald Trump…
Starmer vows to curb ‘NIMBY’ legal blocks on infrastructure
Chas Geiger Politics reporter Sam Francis Political reporter Getty Images Major infrastructure projects like nuclear plants, train lines and wind farms will be built faster under new planning rules, the…
Collapsed funeral firm payments ‘a slap in the face’
Natasha Turney BBC Investigations, East Midlands Dan Martin BBC News, East Midlands BBC Denise Hudson said she now felt embarrassed to have given money to Safe Hands People who lost…
The Nigerian family who volunteer to dig graves in Kaduna
Mansur Abubakar BBC News, Kaduna Ifiokabasi Ettang / BBC For more than 50 years, one family has dedicated itself to caring for the biggest graveyard in Nigeria’s northern city of…
Toxic waste from deadly leak fuels protests in India
Vishnukant Tiwari BBC Hindi BBC Protests have broken out after a dozen containers containing toxic waste arrived for disposal at a local plant in Pithampur Vegetable vendor Shivnarayan Dasana had…
Demi Moore and Ariana Grande among predicted contenders
Steven McIntosh Entertainment reporter Getty Images Relative newcomer Mikey Madison could be nominated for her performance in Anora The Oscar nominations will be announced later, in an exciting year for…