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BBC ask Huw Edwards to return part of salary

PA Media Huw Edwards was formerly the BBC’s most high-profile newsreader Huw Edwards has been asked by the BBC to hand back more than £200,000 salary he earned after being arrested in November on child abuse image charges. The ex-presenter “behaved in bad faith” in continuing to take his salary despite knowing what he had […]

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what are the risks for the NHS?

BBC Artificial intelligence is being used to carry out administrative tasks to help reduce pressure on NHS staff At a time when there are more than seven million patients on the NHS waiting list in England and around 100,000 staff vacancies, artificial intelligence could revolutionise the health service by improving patient care and freeing up […]

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Russia airspace ban forces BA to drop China flights

British Airways will drop its flights to Beijing from October, as it feels the impact of being banned from Russian airspace. Western airlines have been banned from flying over Russia since the invasion of Ukraine in 2022. This has forced them to fly longer routes, leading to longer flight times and higher costs, including for […]

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Merthyr Tydfil mine a case of epic mismanagement, report says

BBC Ffos-y-Fran was the UK’s last opencast coalmine Oversight of what was the UK’s largest opencast coalmine has been described as a case of “epic mismanagement” with “heart-rending” impacts for people affected. A Senedd committee warned of a “permanent scar” above Merthyr Tydfil if the vast Ffos-y-Fran site was not fully restored. Its report includes […]

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Stormont ministers condemn ‘violence, disorder and racism’

PA The First Minister talked about the “real human impact” of the violence Executive ministers condemned recent violence ahead of the Northern Ireland Assembly being recalled. First Minister Michelle O’Neill said the executive is “unequivocally” collective in its determination to say no to racism. She said there is “no place for racism in our society,” […]

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‘Show of unity’ from communities and police ‘defeated challenges we’ve seen’ from far-right riots, says Met chief – live | UK news

Rowley: police and communities together ‘defeated the challenges that we’ve seen’ The Metropolitan police commissioner has described Wednesday evening as a “successful operation” and said that communities and police working togehter In his statement Mark Rowley he said: It was a massive policing operation. I’m really pleased with how it went. We put thousands of […]

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