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Rugby chiefs have admitted to Sky News their sport is not “incredibly safe” due to the “high risk of injuries”, while insisting players should be encouraged they are prioritising addressing concussion concerns. The candour on the dangers from head collisions comes ahead of the Women’s Rugby World Cup starting in …

Shannen Headley BBC News, West Midlands Dudley Zoo Echo was found on Sunday, after flying away from a birds of prey display on Wednesday A barn owl that escaped from Dudley Zoo has been found. Echo, who flew from the castle courtyard last week during a birds of prey display, …

Watch: Can you un-bleach coral? BBC visits remote Australian reef to find out World-famous coral reefs along Western Australia’s (WA) coast have suffered the worst bleaching on record after the state’s “longest, largest and most intense” marine heatwave, scientists say. Between last August and this May, warmer water temperatures led …

Historic levels of rainfall in Wisconsin over the weekend led to submerged vehicles, power outages and the last day of the annual state fair being cancelled. Among the worst hit was Milwaukee, which saw over 10 inches of rain fall in some areas. The National Weather Service has issued a …

The number of people who have illegally crossed the Channel on small boats under the Labour government is on the brink of passing 50,000. Home Office figures show that up to and including Sunday, a total of 49,797 people had arrived since 5 July 2024. Politics Hub: Follow latest updates …

BBC Nicola Sturgeon’s memoir Frankly is now on sale, slightly earlier than expected after newspaper serialisations and interviews teased some tantalising extracts. True to its title, the book has Scotland’s former first minister writing candidly about the highs and lows of her time in office including challenges she says had …

Nepal will make 97 of its Himalayan mountains free to climb for the next two years in a bid to boost tourism in some of its more remote areas. It comes as permit fees to summit Mount Everest, the world’s highest peak, during peak season will go up to $15,000 …

Sarah Turnnidge BBC News, Bristol Joe McKenna Eleven-year-old Max was just months from meeting his owners’ first baby A dog has been mauled to death while on a mid-afternoon walk along Bristol’s harbourside. Eleven-year-old Max, who was blind and weighed just eight kilograms (1st 3lbs), died after being attacked by …

Apple is testing new features for its Siri assistant with popular apps — including Uber, Facebook and YouTube — that would make it possible to use third-party app features with voice commands, according to a report from Bloomberg. The testing is being done with the goal of releasing a revamped …

Campaigners have criticised a change to the rules around declarations of interest in the House of Lords as a “retrograde step” which will lead to a “significant loss of transparency”.  Since 2000, peers have had to register a list of “non-financial interests” – which includes declaring unpaid but often important …

Chloe Aslett BBC News, Yorkshire South Yorkshire Police Brothers Scott and Jason McGuire were each jailed for three years Two brothers have been jailed for three years each after taking part in a riot outside a hotel being used to house asylum seekers. Jason and Scott Maguire both pleaded guilty …

An explosion has killed one person and and injured 10 others at the US Steel Clairton plant outside Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on Monday, officials say. A major search and rescue operation is continuing for another person who is unaccounted for and believed to be under rubble. Officials said they still do …

ChatGPT‘s long-awaited new engine is here, and GPT-5 promises faster speeds and more time spent thinking. But the new generative AI model has turned off some users with a tone shift away from its casual, conversational style.   GPT-5 has been in the works for months. It’s a big step …

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Jennifer Aniston reflected on the “vulnerable time” in her life after her infamous split from ex-husband Brad Pitt and the divorce coverage she took “personally.” “The Morning Show” star recalled her first interview with Vanity Fair in 2005 and how “jarring” it …

Elizabeth Rizzini BBC Weather EPA Heat health alerts are coming into effect for the whole of England later, with amber warnings for most southern and central areas – meaning there could be travel disruption or increased demand on health services. Following a warm night, temperatures are set to rise across …

Raghvendra Rao BBC News, Dharamshala Sandeep Yadav/BBC Eighty-five-year-old Dawa Sangbo arrived in India from Tibet in 1970 What does it mean to live in exile? “When we were in school, our teachers used to say that there is an ‘R’ on our forehead – meaning refugees,” says Tibetan writer-activist Tenzin …

The US has extended its trade truce with China for 90 days just hours before a jump in tariffs had been set to kick in. An executive order signed by US President Donald Trump on Monday keeps in place an agreement from May, when the two sides temporarily suspended some …

Graeme Ogston BBC Scotland News Crown Office Tony Parsons was captured on CCTV on the day he set off on his charity cycle ride It was two months into their relationship when Dr Caroline Muirhead’s new boyfriend confessed he had killed a man and left him in a shallow grave. …

Lucy Gilder & Jake Horton BBC Verify BBC President Donald Trump has said he will deploy hundreds of National Guard troops to Washington DC and is taking control of its police department to fight crime. At a press conference, he declared “Liberation Day” for the city and pledged to “rescue …

On Monday, Anthropic released a hotly anticipated memory function for its Claude chatbot. In a YouTube video, the company demonstrated a user asking what they had been chatting about with Claude before their vacation. Claude searches past chats to read and summarize them for the user, then asks if they’d …