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Blood tests find high level of cancer-causing forever chemical in residents near factory

Tony Jolliffe/BBCEsme Stallard, Tom Ingham and Jonah FisherClimate and science team29 minutes agoBlood tests have found "really high levels" of a cancer-causing forever chemical in dozens of people...

Brigitte Bardot's ballet flats and diamond rings to be sold at auction

Getty ImagesHugh SchofieldParis correspondent21 September 2026Personal possessions of late actress Brigitte Bardot – from Repetto ballet flats and diamond rings to her copy of the Kama Sutra –...

Brigitte Bardot's ballet flats and diamond rings to be sold at auction

Getty ImagesHugh SchofieldParis correspondent9 hours agoPersonal possessions of late actress Brigitte Bardot – from Repetto ballet flats and diamond rings to her copy of the Kama Sutra – are...

Spies, strategies and missed opportunities: How the lessons of 9/11 are still being learnt

Frank GardnerSecurity correspondentThe first duty of a government, countless leaders over the decades have said, is to safeguard its population. On 11 September 2001 the US manifestly failed to do...

Greenland says findings on genocide allegation not final

Inuit AtaqatigiitPatrick Jackson28 August 2026Greenland's justice minister has said the government cannot conclude whether genocide was committed against the Inuit community after experts examined...

Greenland says findings on genocide allegation not final

Inuit AtaqatigiitPatrick Jackson1 minute agoGreenland's justice minister has said the government cannot conclude whether genocide was committed against the Inuit community after experts examined the...

More than 70,000 social and affordable homes to be built across England as part of £39bn plan

Getty ImagesTarah Welsh, Housing correspondent and Jade Thompson , BBC News24 August 2026Updated 3 hours agoMinisters have announced where more than 70,000 social and affordable...

El Niño weather system set to be 'strongest in living memory', warns Met Office

Agung Parameswara/Getty ImagesBen Rich, Lead Weather Presenter and Mark Poynting, Climate Journalist1 hour agoThe El Niño event that is developing over the Pacific Ocean is...

Thunderstorm warnings issued for parts of UK with flash flooding expected

Getty ImagesAmy Walker and Stav Danaos, BBC Weather19 August 2026, 10:56 BSTUpdated 1 hour agoYellow thunderstorm warnings have been issued across the UK, with heavy showers expected...

Beloved singer tragically dies in hospital after suffering heart attack

Arlene Smith, the original member of 1950s girl group The Chantels, died on Wednesday (July 29) aged 84. Her friend Matt Beckoff told The Hollywood Reporter that Arlene died in hospital from natural...

Trump suggests new talks with Iran to begin on Monday

ReutersBernd Debusmann Jr, White House reporter, Air Force One and James Chater18 minutes agoUS President Donald Trump has said new talks with Iran will begin on Monday, after...

Beloved 50s music legend dies in hospice after tragic cancer battle

Beloved singer Freddy Cannon, who rose to fame in the 1950 with songs "Palisades Park" and "Tallahassee Lassie," has died aged 89. He passed away on July 17 in a hospice facility in Oxnard after a...

M&S shoppers hail £30 'beautiful' trousers as 'so comfortable and easy to wear'

Marks and Spencer shoppers have been snapping up a new pair of trousers from the high street store. Customers have branded the trousers as comfortable and ideal for a range of seasons.The Satin...

Seaside gem named 'most charming in UK - not Whitstable or Whitby

The town has beaches, ruins, local businesses, markets and a festival (Image: Tom McAtee via Getty Images)If you're a seasoned traveller, you may well have already explored some of the most...

Five big challenges facing Andy Burnham - and how he might tackle them

Ben ChuPolicy and Analysis correspondent, BBC Verify3 hours agoWhen Andy Burnham enters No 10 Downing Street, he will inherit some formidable and complex problems that successive prime ministers and...