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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 ...

I can't wait to immerse myself in this fascinating world of music. — Rob Brydon The BBC is shining a light on country music this year across radio, TV and digital with a feast of programmes and ...

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A senior Islamic State (IS) group leader in Iraq and Syria has been killed in an operation by members of the Iraqi national intelligence service along with US-led coalition forces, the Iraqi prime ...

A university has proposed cuts to more than 200 jobs due to "financial challenges". The University of Bedfordshire, which has its main campuses in Bedford and Luton, said planned changes were due ...

The Isle of Man will feature in a major beach cleaning drive this weekend for the first time. The Big Channel Islands Beach Clean - which takes place in Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney and Sark - is ...

Lord Gus O’Donnell served under three prime ministers as cabinet secretary between 2005 and 2011, and he tells BBC’s Radio 4’s PM programme that Starmer’s rhetoric around the “flabby ...

A portable power bank likely caused a fire that engulfed and destroyed a passenger plane in South Korea in January, according to local authorities. The Air Busan plane caught fire at Gimhae ...

Mark Carney says Canada will "never" become part of the US in his first speech as the country's prime minister The new PM, who is facing a stand off with Donald Trump over an escalating trade war ...