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* More talks over Drumcree dispute as stalemate continues
[0 hours old]: Lawyers for the Garvaghy Road Residents Coalition issued a fresh legal bid on Tuesday to try to prevent the march from going ahead.

. The extreme engineering of aircraft windows
[344 hours old]: Few companies have the technology to make aircraft windows which are getting harder to make.

. Aviation faces hotter, stormier skies – and passengers might have to accept more disruption
[584 hours old]: Are people going to have to increasingly accept more delays and diversions as the effects of climate change intensify?

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- Watch: Burnham says UK could go 'all the way' towards rejoining EU
[1 hours old]: Andy Burnham says rejoining the EU is among options the government could look at - telling the BBC the current Brexit settlement has caused "more harm than good".

- One of the five men arrested near RAF Fairford called 999 himself
[8 hours old]: He made the call almost an hour before a farmer also called police after seeing men in balaclavas.

- Household energy bills forecast to see biggest rise in four years
[2 hours old]: A typical household faces an annual gas and electricity bill of £1,999 from January, based on a key forecast.

- Man City charges leave football fans questioning legitimacy of team's achievements
[1 hours old]: BBC Sport analyses Manchester City's dominance of English football during the period in which they were breaching financial rules.

- 'Mum sent them £140,000': How to spot the signs a loved one is being scammed
[9 hours old]: Helen discovered her mum was in the grip of a romance scam - here's how she found out and broke her free.

- Girl has multiple surgeries to control infections after strike in Gaza
[3 hours old]: Witnesses say Raseel's tent was hit by an Israeli helicopter strike. Israel’s military says it has no record of the attack.

- Antisemitism on the rise at universities, charity warns
[7 hours old]: The Community Security Trust says reported incidents are "substantially higher" than before the war in Gaza began.

- Huel ad banned for suggesting its products could replace all conventional food
[9 hours old]: The advertising watchdog said that viewers could assume from the ad that replacing all normal food with Huel was "nutritionally appropriate".


- Chinese AI tool told researchers how to make bioweapons
[9 hours old]: Mindgard said it discovered in July that Kimi models K2.6 and K3 Swarm could evade developer's safety limits.

* Israel-bound flight diverted after fight between pilots
[0 hours old]: Despite a brief emergency alert signalling a hijacking, the Israeli prime minister's office confirmed this had been ruled out.

- Chris Mason: Burnham delivers deeply political speech with a personal core
[13 hours old]: The key thing to understand about Andy Burnham's speech is these were the words and the delivery of both a new prime minister and a grieving son, the BBC's political editor writes.

- Could changing the pension triple lock pay for Burnham's big social care plan?
[12 hours old]: Burnham said he wants to change the pensions triple lock from 2030 to pay for his social care reform, but analysts have questioned whether it will raise enough money.

- Hidden habits that make your social anxiety worse - and how to break them
[7 hours old]: Social anxiety is more common than many think. Here's what you need to know about the condition.

- Ukraine's prized steel industry left in ruins by Russian missile campaign
[8 hours old]: Ukraine's remaining steelworks, a vital part of its economy, have all but ground to a halt because of relentless attacks.

- Gold beetles to Darwin's finds - the 70 million museum artefacts going online
[7 hours old]: More than 70 million specimens from 100 UK collections will be put into an online digital museum

- The intricate web Man City spun to con the Premier League
[11 hours old]: The 40-page document which confirmed Manchester City were found guilty of inflating sponsorship income makes fascinating reading. Here's what it sets out.

* People troll my DIY but they just spur me on
[0 hours old]: Female DIY experts and tradeswomen talk about their experiences of a traditionally male-dominated domain.

- From 999 fears to failed payments - life in UK's phone signal 'blackspots'
[2 hours old]: Most of the UK has access to 4G and 5G signal, but in some places the lack of it causes serious disruption.

- The Papers: 'Burnham's triple shock' and 'City face expulsion'
[7 hours old]: Every front page on Wednesday is dominated by Prime Minister Andy Burnham's speech at the Labour Party conference.

- 'He was deeply loved': Tribute to former UK school pupil killed in Ukraine
[3 hours old]: Arkadii Petrov, who attended Kirkcudbright Academy, was killed after returning to Ukraine to fight.

- Strikes not what we signed up for say Nottingham students as staff walk out
[5 hours old]: The University of Nottingham said it was "disappointed" by the timing of industrial action.

- Leaving your engine running in Wales could cost you £150
[2 hours old]: The previous punishment for idling was £20 and had not changed since its introduction in 2003.

- Norfolk village team triumphs in FA Cup row replay
[11 hours old]: The controversial replay follows the FA ruling a referee had made a mistake in the initial match.

- 'Backpack' declared Alaska's Fat Bear Week winner
[3 hours old]: "Backpack" defeated a bear known only as "910" in the final round of the annual competition.

- £1.2bn on transfers with £830m inflated in accounts - Man City's 'asterisk era'
[1 hours old]: BBC Sport analyses Manchester City's dominance of English football during the period in which they were breaching financial rules.

- Time for Tuchel to offer Alexander-Arnold some trust
[10 hours old]: Having been overlooked for so long, Trent Alexander-Arnold produced a world-class moment on his return, writes Phil McNulty.

- New coach, new players, but same old failings hamper Scotland
[9 hours old]: Self-inflicted wounds cost Scotland on Sebastien Pocognoli's Hampden debut, writes Tom English.

- The Premier League footballers studying to become sporting directors
[1 hours old]: Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall, Taiwo Awoniyi and others have been juggling education with a football career - even studying on the team bus during away trips.

- The part-timers who won three Wembley finals in a row
[2 hours old]: You probably knew Pep Guardiola's Manchester City won four League Cups on the bounce between 2018 and 2021 – but another side did the silverware hat-trick first.

* Tumultuous summer ends in success - what next for Stokes?
[1 hours old]: After concluding the county summer with Durham and the end of his England central contract, what is in store for Ben Stokes?

- Three takeaways from Trump's 'Super Intelligence' summit
[4 hours old]: The meeting at the White House came as some tech bosses and experts have called for tighter rules around AI.

- Faisal Islam: Triple lock move is significant, but it's a gamble
[15 hours old]: I had expected him to try to forge a political consensus on this thorny issue at this stage, but he has gone further than that.

- The start-ups hoping to return battery making to the US
[9 hours old]: Batteries based on sodium-ion technology could be made in the US with locally sourced materials.

- Soho House venue under investigation for food safety
[13 hours old]: A former chef contacted Hackney Council after complaining to managers at the members' club.

- OpenAI unveils AI assistant 'dots' while safety worries delay new model
[3 hours old]: Sam Altman spoke in San Francisco during OpenAI’s annual event for tech developers.

- Burnham vows to end existing pension triple lock in 2030 to help fund care
[14 hours old]: The PM was at times emotional during his conference speech in which he outlined his long-term plan for the UK.

- Oura pulls bn stock market listing days after announcement
[15 hours old]: The wearable technology company had been expected to list its shares in the US.

- What is the triple lock and why are people talking about it?
[15 hours old]: The triple lock guarantees that the state pension is not overtaken by inflation or wage increases.

- Drop in donations puts community pantry at risk
[2 hours old]: St Paul's Pantry in Norton Lees say things are looking "pretty grim" without support.

- Risks being taken with heating oil orders, firm says
[3 hours old]: Customers in Berkshire and Hampshire are leaving it late to refill their tanks, an oil firm says.

- Facing the future without the 'bank of mum and dad'
[3 hours old]: Young people struggling to make ends meet respond to the government's Your First Home scheme.

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. Five takeaways from Andy Burnham's Labour conference speech
[16 hours old]: Big policy announcements and emotional moments as the prime minister delivers a speech to Labour's conference.

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. Breast Cancer Scandal: Exposing the Harm
[297 hours old]: BBC Health correspondent Sharon Barbour investigates a deepening breast cancer scandal.

. Warning more homes will be uninsurable due to flood risk
[22 hours old]: Aviva boss Amanda Blanc said England was "for sure" building homes that might be uninsurable at some point in the future.

. What a US diesel export ban could mean for you
[37 hours old]: The threatened proposal aims to protect US consumers from rising costs, but it could trigger major economic waves if it were to happen.

. OpenAI scraps rollout of new model over safety concerns
[23 hours old]: The firm also issued an update on incidents in which its models accessed Australian government systems.

. US ban on Canadian alcohol and dairy takes effect as trade war drags on
[18 hours old]: It is the latest escalation in the Canada-US trade war after negotiations collapsed in late August, with no word on when talks may resume.

. I paid £30,000 for an 'influencer' degree. Here's why
[25 hours old]: Content creation degrees aim to help people make money from social media, but are they worth the money?

. UK tries to stop Trump's diesel export ban
[24 hours old]: John Healey said the government is in talks with the US over Donald Trump's threat to stop exports.

. Burnham says public body will invest in electricity grid
[17 hours old]: The prime minister said he wants to reduce energy costs in his first conference speech as Labour leader.

. Aldi boss says some of rivals' loyalty discounts 'dupe' customers
[38 hours old]: Aldi is the only major supermarket chain that doesn't operate a loyalty scheme, which are hugely popular and used by millions of shoppers.

. UK diesel price hits all-time high, the RAC says
[35 hours old]: The US-Israel war with Iran has caused fuel prices to soar due to disruption of global oil supplies.

. What is the Budget and what could be in it?
[39 hours old]: Chancellor John Healey will set out his plans for UK taxes in October.

. Why UK diesel prices have hit an all-time high
[35 hours old]: The average price of a litre of diesel at the pump stands at 198.32p, according to the RAC motoring body.

. Why the PM could finally drop the triple lock pension pledge
[48 hours old]: Andy Burnham said that he would make tough decisions to fund a new national care service.

. Best thing we can offer young people is a job, not benefits, says chancellor
[38 hours old]: John Healey's speech comes ahead of next month's Budget, as he faces pressure to bring down government borrowing costs.

. UK needs plan in case of 'unprecedented' AI job losses, says minister
[39 hours old]: Kanishka Narayan says one of his top priorities is to have a plan in place if job losses are as bad as some fear.

. Apple ordered to pay .7bn after losing vibration tech patent suit
[45 hours old]: Audio firm Taction Technology claimed Apple infringed its patents for tech used to power device vibrations.

. X-planes: Are they needed in the new era of drones?
[129 hours old]: Where do America's X-plane projects fit in an era of cheap drones?

. How the oil capital of the US welcomed a solar power boom
[153 hours old]: Texas is now the country's biggest producer of solar-farmed electricity.

. Spain battles climate change on several fronts
[191 hours old]: A summer of wildfires and heatwaves underlines the threats to the country's economy.

. The virtual worlds where robots are trained
[297 hours old]: Training systems that allow robots to negotiate the real world are getting more sophisticated.

. Would you buy branded clothing from your favourite tech firm?
[320 hours old]: Nvidia, OpenAI and Anthropic are all now selling their own limited edition fashion lines.

. Can Europe recharge its battery industry?
[465 hours old]: Europe has some promising battery tech, but can it make up ground lost to Chinese battery giants?

. I asked my husband to pay into my pension when we had a child - here's why
[465 hours old]: Molly and Taylor Haylett explain the changes to how they managed their finances when they started a family.

. Why some experts increasingly fear AI will take over
[489 hours old]: AI agents went on an uncontrolled hacking spree, leaving some in the industry worried

. Should promotion depend on how workers use AI?
[513 hours old]: More companies are tying career progression to AI use: is that fair?

. 'Tirana teeth': Albania hopes to be the new Turkey for dental work
[527 hours old]: The Balkan nation is aiming to become a new centre for medical tourism.

. From 'dog fruit' to darling: India's avocado boom
[627 hours old]: Demand for avocados is booming in India and local growers hope to grab more of the market.

. My hometown shows that high streets have to change or die
[57 hours old]: Aberdeen is launching an ambitious bid to revive its struggling centre. Could it offer lessons for other high streets?

. Europe's car makers are in crisis. Will the threat of war rescue them?
[119 hours old]: Auto executives across Europe hope rearmament can help them flex their industrial muscles once more.

. Why the UK is dithering over what to do about e-scooters
[1664 hours old]: Why is it taking so long for the government to regulate them, and what are the consequences of delay?

. Why Gen Z are planning for life without a state pension
[2193 hours old]: Many younger people do not believe the state pension will exist when they are older

. How much is in your savings account?
[50 hours old]: From £65 to ,000 - we talk savings with people in East London's Brick Lane.

. Save or Overpay? What to do with your mortgage if interest rates rise
[109 hours old]: Save or Overpay? What to do with your mortgage if interest rates rise

. What's the smallest amount you'd ask a friend to pay back?
[122 hours old]: We ask New Yorkers to share the smallest amount they'd ask a friend to pay back.

. Business Daily
[118 hours old]: Did trade frenemies find common ground at the White House?