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‘Huawei lobbyists’ held in raids in Belgium over EU corruption

Belgian police have raided several locations in the country as part of an investigation into corruption within the European Parliament. Prosecutors said the alleged corruption was “under the guise of commercial lobbying”, and that several people had been detained for questioning. According to officials, an address in Portugal was also searched by local police, while […]

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US influencer who snatched baby wombat has left Australia

Sam Jones, an American influencer who briefly snatched a baby wombat from its distressed mother and uploaded the footage to social media has left Australia. Australia’s Home Affairs minister Tony Burke had earlier said his department was reviewing if it could revoke Ms Jones’ visa, but the BBC understands that she left the country of […]

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Manslaughter probe at Countess of Chester Hospital widened

Cheshire Police Lucy Letby is serving 15 whole-life prison sentences for murdering seven babies and attempting to murder seven others (one of whom on two occasions) between June 2015 and June 2016 A police investigation at the hospital where nurse Lucy Letby murdered seven babies and attempted to kill seven others has been expanded to […]

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Warning Thames Water collapse could hit taxpayers and pensions

Simon Jack Business editor, BBC News Getty Images Taxpayers and the pension schemes of Thames Water workers would both suffer if the UK’s largest water company was temporarily nationalised, the water regulator and Thames’ pension trustees have warned. Ofwat has not disputed that placing Thames under government control in the event the debt-laden company collapsed […]

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Pressure grows to hold secret Apple privacy hearing in public

Tom Singleton Technology reporter Getty Images US politicians, civil rights campaigners and the BBC are all calling for a High Court hearing about a data privacy row between Apple and the UK government to be held in public. The tech giant is taking legal action after the Home Office demanded the right to access customer […]

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What does NHS England do? And why is it being abolished?

Nick Triggle Health correspondent Helen Catt Political correspondent PA Media The government has announced NHS England will be abolished to “cut bureaucracy” and reform how the National Health Service is run. The changes will not impact anyone’s access to the NHS – but Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said it would bring management of the […]

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Toxic town impact as most high-risk contaminated sites unchecked

Tomos Morgan BBC Wales Investigates Paul Lynch BBC Shared Data Unit Getty Images Sites with possible contaminated land could be where old factories, power stations, railway lines or landfill sites once were Thousands of sites potentially contaminated with toxic chemicals in Britain have never been checked by councils, a BBC investigation has found. Nine out […]

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