The Epsom rape crime that never happened
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Another viral post with almost half a million views claimed, without any evidence, that the parents of the young woman at the centre of the allegations were being silenced - and had been told they were "not allowed to talk to the media" and "will be arrested if they do".
UK steps up plans for potential shortages caused by Iran war
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Twice weekly meetings of the contingency planning group of ministers are being led by Darren Jones, Chief Secretary to the Prime Minister, who said: "This is not our war. The government made the right call to stay out of the conflict and only take defensive action to protect Britain's interests.
Noah Kahan was crowned a superstar. It messed with his head
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"I was always on stage thinking 'When is this going to end? How am I going to do this again?' instead of the thousands of people that were there - and that was really sad and lonely."
Newspaper headlines: A 'bruising week' for Sir Keir and 'Order Andrew to give evidence'
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The Sunday Telegraph leads with reports that Sir Keir did not record a meeting he had with tech firm Palantir and Lord Mandelson in 2025, despite a requirement for details of all meetings with external organisations to be published quarterly. The paper notes that breaking the ministerial code is "widely seen as a resignation offence". A government spokesman said ministers "engage with a range of companies as part of their international travel and Palantir is a longstanding investor in the UK", while Palantir said the meeting was "a typical government visit to a UK employer, organised by officials in the usual way".
Why the voice note craze is yet to truly explode in Britain
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"I think it possibly hangs on what used to be called media richness theory," he says. "[It] means that if you're sending 'rich media' – i.e. not just text, but you're sending voice as well – it conveys an emotion, and that might lead to what we call uncertainty reduction, so we're more sure of the person with whom we're talking."
We thought Gen Z weren't drinking alcohol. But do canned cocktails suggest otherwise?
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Those I spoke to said they did still like to drink and go out - but that it was becoming increasingly expensive. In the three years to January, the price of an average pint of lager on draught went up by 60p to £4.83, while a 175ml glass of wine rose 88p to £5.17, inflation data shows.
BBC visits Chernobyl ghost city 40 years after world's worst nuclear accident
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On Sunday, Ukraine marks the 40th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear accident. Reactor number 4 at the plant exploded on 26 April 1986, spewing out radioactive material that would spread across swathes of Europe.
The official death toll from the incident in Chornobyl - as it is known in Ukrainian - is 31, but the wider impact of the accident remains contested and difficult to determine.
In 2005, a study by several UN agencies concluded 4,000 people could die as a result of the accident. Other estimates suggest the number could be higher.
The BBC's Jessica Parker visited the nearby city of Pripyat where Chernobyl's workers lived, but was abandoned shortly after the disaster.
I didn't tell my boyfriend my age when we started dating. I worried he might end things
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When Lena did tell him her age - a few weeks after first meeting - Kjetil was undeterred. He made a point of meeting Lena's daughter, who is 11 years younger than he is, to ask if it was OK for him to date her mum.
King US visit: Camilla takes missing Winnie-the-Pooh stuffed toy to New York
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They had been in the Sussex home of author AA Milne, before touring the US in 1947, going on display in New York in 1956 and then becoming permanent residents at the library in 1987, after being donated by a US publisher.
Sotheby's: 17th Century 'supercomputer' once owned by Jaipur royal family heads for auction
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This level of detail reflects the extraordinary craftsmanship of the Lahore School, which at the time was "at its most refined", Carter says. Here, technical precision, functionality and artistic beauty converged in a way that set it apart from earlier astrolabes produced in parts of the Middle East, which might have only been functional.
I brought my husband back to his funeral as a hologram
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"It's like looking at photos, or old videos. It doesn't get boring," she said. "When you're hurting, it helps to feel like that person is still right there with you."