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- TikTok award winner Max: 'It takes me hours to make the content you scroll on the toilet'
[9 hours old]: Max Klymenko won creator of the year while Bemi Orojuogun, better known as bus aunty, won video of the year.

. 'This is the big one' - tech firms bet on electrifying rail
[346 hours old]: Railway operators have new options for electric trains including getting rid of locomotives altogether.

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* Reeves decides against raising income tax rates
[0 hours old]: The chancellor had been widely expected to increase income tax rates, which would have broken a manifesto promise.

* BBC apologises to Trump over Panorama edit but refuses to pay compensation
[0 hours old]: Lawyers for the US president have threatened to sue the corporation for bn (£759m).

* Doctors begin five-day walkout in England
[0 hours old]: NHS bosses say they are aiming to keep nearly all services running during the strike.

* Amber warnings issued as Storm Claudia brings heavy rain and flooding to UK
[0 hours old]: Storm Claudia will bring heavy and persistent rain to parts of the UK on Friday. Amber warnings have been issued and there is a risk of flooding and disruption as Simon King explains.

- Four killed in wave of Russian strikes across Kyiv, officials say
[2 hours old]: At least 26 others are reported injured in drone and missile strikes in six areas of the capital.

* Man suspected of being fake admiral at Remembrance event investigated
[0 hours old]: Members of the Royal Naval Association in Llandudno spotted a man wearing an unusual uniform.

- Swiss hope to slash crippling Trump tariffs after golden charm offensive
[1 hours old]: Swiss ministers have had "very positive" talks in Washington, but a private business visit to the Oval Office may have made all the difference.

- Puffins return to island for first time in at least 25 years
[10 hours old]: Puffins have been seen on the Isle of Muck off Antrim for the first time in at least 25 years

- Man who grabbed Ariana Grande in Singapore charged in court
[3 hours old]: Johnson Wen rushed at the actress in Singapore, during the Asia-Pacific premiere of Wicked: For Good.

- 'I could hardly walk' - the issue that affects one in five mums
[9 hours old]: Two mothers who experienced pelvic girdle pain say being aware of the risk will help people seek treatment.

- The TikTok mum helping others from her son's hospital bedside
[3 hours old]: Kirsty Grandison is using social media to share her experience of caring for her severely brain damaged son.

- Our dogs' diversity can be traced back to the Stone Age
[15 hours old]: A new study suggests their physical transformation began much earlier than we previously thought.

- The Papers: 'BBC's apology to Trump' and '84 in, 113 out' on migrants deal
[5 hours old]: The BBC's apology to Donald Trump and stricter asylum reforms dominate Friday's papers.

- Better-targeted online marketing or 'creepy slop' - the dilemma of AI ads
[10 hours old]: Advertisers are using AI to personalise adverts but not everyone agrees that's a good idea.

- Councils warn of 'total collapse' in special needs system
[9 hours old]: The government is facing political pressure as it tries to reform the "broken" system of support for children with special educational needs.

* Fly-tippers bury field in mountain of waste
[0 hours old]: The enormous pile of rubbish is called an "environmental catastrophe unfolding in plain sight".

- No-fault evictions to be banned in England from May
[12 hours old]: The government confirms timeline for reforms to England’s rental market, including ending bidding wars.

* Bad Bunny wins five Latin Grammys ahead of Super Bowl
[1 hours old]: The Puerto Rican star wins album of the year, as Karol G and Gloria Estefan also celebrate big wins.

- Ex-Bangladesh leader tells BBC she's not guilty of crimes against humanity
[8 hours old]: Sheikh Hasina tells the BBC her trial in absentia is destined to deliver a "pre-ordained guilty verdict".

* Australian schools shut over asbestos risk in children's sand
[1 hours old]: The Australian regulator has recalled several sand products used by children for play, but says the risk from them is "low".

- Watch: Blue Origin rocket successfully lands booster for first time
[6 hours old]: Jeff Bezos' space company saw its first successful return landing of a reusable booster - a feat that SpaceX pioneered.

- 'Maybe I got in Ronaldo's head' - managers react to Portugal star's red
[10 hours old]: Portugal captain Cristiano Ronaldo was sent off in his side's defeat against the Republic of Ireland but was it deserved?

- 'Saka cements place alongside Kane as Tuchel's trusted lieutenants'
[10 hours old]: England head coach Thomas Tuchel still has selection questions to answer, but Bukayo Saka shows he is a World Cup starter, says chief football writer Phil McNulty.

- Church told me I was possessed by demons aged 12 - Benn
[3 hours old]: Conor Benn tells BBC Sport about growing up in an "extreme" Christian school, being told he was "demon-possessed" and how he had to rebuild a relationship with his father Nigel.

* Pope makes warm-up ton but Root and Brook miss out
[1 hours old]: Ollie Pope makes a century as the majority of England’s top order spend valuable time in the middle in their Ashes warm-up game, though Joe Root and Harry Brook miss out.

- 'Where do we look now?' Heskey on lack of England strikers
[4 hours old]: Emile Heskey feels it is difficult to see who the next main England striker will be, following the decline of the traditional number nine.

- Trump's granddaughter last after 'nervous' LPGA debut round
[11 hours old]: A "nervous" Kai Trump shoots a 13-over-par round on her LPGA debut as she ends the first day of the Annika tournament in last place.

* Government borrowing costs jump on reports Reeves to drop income tax rise
[0 hours old]: The 10-year gilt yield rises sharply in reaction to reports that an expected Budget income tax rise will not happen.


- 'Failings at every level' resulted in botched insulation scheme, MPs told
[15 hours old]: Wall insulation installed under two separate schemes was supposed to keep residents warm and dry, but instead left some homes damp and mouldy

- Guests ejected mid-stay from bankrupt hotel chain Sonder
[12 hours old]: Sonder guests have complained that they had to leave their accommodation as the firm files for a sudden bankruptcy.

- Will AI mean better adverts or 'creepy slop'?
[10 hours old]: Advertisers are using AI to personalise adverts but not everyone agrees that's a good idea.

- Trump to ease coffee and banana tariffs in Latin America trade deals
[11 hours old]: The Trump administration on Thursday announced frameworks for trade deals with four Latin American countries, which senior officials said will include tariff relief on coffee and bananas.

- What taxes could rise in the Budget?
[2 hours old]: Chancellor Rachel Reeves is considering both tax rises and spending cuts in the 26 November Budget.

- Renters' Rights Act: Here's what it means for you
[12 hours old]: The biggest shake up to renting rules in England for 30 years will affect millions of tenants.

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. How to limit the power of big tech
[28 hours old]: The deputy PM turned Meta executive on the influence of tech bosses like Mark Zuckerberg.

. Trump vs the BBC…what happens next?
[36 hours old]: And the US president is mentioned in new Epstein emails

. Faisal Islam: Slow growth raises stakes even higher for the Budget
[21 hours old]: The Budget somehow has to provide certainty, boost consumer and business confidence, and fill a large fiscal gap.

. British Gas boss voices concerns over Scotland's energy jobs
[21 hours old]: Chris O'Shea, the boss of Centrica, which owns British Gas, says the energy transition is correct, but worries over the impact on jobs.

. UK growth slows after big fall in car production
[24 hours old]: The cyber-attack on Jaguar Land Rover hit manufacturing and weighed on growth in the economy, figures show.

. UK's first small nuclear power station to be built in north Wales
[19 hours old]: Three small modular reactors are confirmed for the site, with the potential for up to eight.

. PC gaming giant Valve unveils new console to rival Xbox and PlayStation
[23 hours old]: The Steam Machine is a console designed to allow gamers to play PC games on their TV.

. Kim Kardashian's shapewear brand Skims hits bn valuation
[32 hours old]: The company says it plans to open more physical shops and expand the business around the world.

. Scottish government aiming to issue first bonds in 2026-27
[22 hours old]: Scottish ministers wants to use bonds to raise money from investors to fund infrastructure projects.

. £220 'for a cut-up sock' - Apple's new iPhone Pocket ridiculed online
[40 hours old]: Many took aim at the high price online, while others made fun of its striking likeness to a piece of footwear.

. Heineken UK cuts Foster's alcohol strength to 3.4%
[39 hours old]: The brewer said the change could lead to cheaper pints.

. SSE to invest £33bn in upgrading Scotland's electricity grid
[40 hours old]: The company plans to spend two-thirds of that to upgrade wiring and increase high-voltage grid capacity to get power from the north to customers in the south.

. Driving test rules to change in bid to stop bots booking slots
[41 hours old]: The Transport Secretary has announced new measures to tackle the continuing backlog of driving tests.

. AI will slash headcount by two-thirds - retail boss
[39 hours old]: Buy It Direct boss Nick Glynne said increased taxes on business in the UK had sped up the process.

. Thousands of NHS staff to lose jobs after Treasury approves £1bn pay-off deal
[49 hours old]: The compromise deal would allow the NHS to overspend this year.

. Ryanair scraps printed boarding passes to go fully digital
[44 hours old]: The airline is only accepting digital boarding passes from Wednesday.

. US ends penny-making run after more than 230 years
[42 hours old]: Pennies today cost nearly four cents each to make - more than twice the cost of a decade ago.

. Building society pledges to keep branches open
[58 hours old]: It says its current network of 696 branches will remain until at least 2030.

. UK toy sales up as 'kidults' buy Lego and Pokémon
[58 hours old]: Sales have risen by 6% so far this year, analysts say, after a string of post-pandemic falls.

. Two popular gay dating platforms removed from Apple app store in China
[55 hours old]: The removal of Blued and Finka has raised concerns amongst the LGBT community in the country.

. Will Starbucks staff strikes hit turnaround plans?
[42 hours old]: The coffee giant is returning to its roots to boost sales but labour tensions could derail the strategy.

. Jet2 to offer flights from Gatwick for first time
[48 hours old]: Flight destinations include Spain, Greece, Turkey, Portugal, Malta, Italy, Croatia, Bulgaria and Cyprus.

. Government to rethink rejection of Waspi compensation
[48 hours old]: Pensions Secretary Pat McFadden says that the rethink does not mean that payouts will necessarily follow.

. The Kenyan start-up aiming to electrify African transport
[82 hours old]: From fleets of e-bikes to individual riders, eWaka aims to sell across Africa's delivery market.

. Fire-blocking chemicals promise safer buildings
[178 hours old]: New treatments promise to make buildings fire-resistant without using older, toxic chemicals.

. Will quantum be bigger than AI?
[202 hours old]: The highly complex technology is increasingly being tipped to transform computing.

. The start-up creating science kits for young Africans
[250 hours old]: Stemaide's goal is to bring tech skills to young Africans and prepare them for future jobs.

. Businesses are running out of pennies in the US
[324 hours old]: Find a penny, pick it up, then what? Now the US has stopped making pennies, a shortage has emerged and created confusion.

. The US bet big with Argentina bailout - is it paying off?
[346 hours old]: US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has called the Argentine peso "undervalued". But not many people agree.

. Should K-beauty products have to come from South Korea?
[370 hours old]: Sales of Korean skincare treatments continue to soar, but some are now made by overseas companies.

. The South African start-up bringing tech to townships
[418 hours old]: Entrepreneur Talifhani Banks has bought a modern delivery system to smaller firms in South Africa.

. These robots can clean, exercise - and care for you in old age. Would you trust them to?
[418 hours old]: It sounds like something from a sci-fi film - but some scientists believe this clever new tech could help alleviate strains on the UK care system

. Why the 5G symbol on your phone doesn't mean you have 5G
[416 hours old]: New research shows that 40% of the time a phone displays the 5G symbol, it is actually using a 4G connection.

. The striking Swedish workers taking on carmaker Tesla
[442 hours old]: The industrial action against the company's operation in Sweden has reached its second anniversary.

. Can the plastic recycling industry be saved?
[515 hours old]: Plastic recycling plants in Europe are being shut as they struggle to find a business model

. How the outsourcing sector became South Africa's newest goldmine
[539 hours old]: South African firms that do remote work for North American and European businesses growing strongly.

. Protests and food poisonings test Indonesian president's first year in office
[611 hours old]: Prabowo Subianto's promises of dynamic economic growth and social change have faced major challenges.

. How good is the battery in a used electric vehicle?
[683 hours old]: Companies are offering tech they say can accurately test the health of batteries in used EVs.

. Netherlands' renewables drive putting pressure on its power grid
[707 hours old]: Homes asked to use less electricity as network is overloaded by the rush to wind and solar power.

. Why AI is being trained in rural India
[695 hours old]: Smaller Indian towns are becoming centres for training and correcting artificial intelligence models.

. Parents' 'laughter and tears' at adopting siblings
[27 hours old]: Emma and Mike, from North Yorkshire, urge others to consider adoption as the number doing so falls.

. Charity's appeal to give pushchairs to families
[28 hours old]: One mother was forced to use a shopping trolley to take her child to a health appointment.

. One in four missing meals due to cost pressures - report
[43 hours old]: New report says parents of under 18s are among the groups most affected by cost of living pressures.

. The £5.30 orange juice that tells the story of why supermarket prices are sky high
[555 hours old]: Butter, chocolate, coffee and milk have all seen prices rocket. Tracing back through the story of one particular supermarket staple begins to explain why

. How Milei's 'Thatcherite' economics divided his nation - but won over Trump
[742 hours old]: Ahead of Milei's visit to the White House - amid protests and anger on the streets back at home - Ione Wells unravels the paradox that Argentina's president has created

. Trump's state visit is mired with potential pitfalls despite careful planning
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. The UK car industry is at a tipping point - can it be saved?
[2243 hours old]: Tariffs, Brexit, pandemic havoc... All of this caused short-term disruption - but the impact concealed a deeper problem for the UK automotive industry

. Trump's global tariffs 'victory' may well come at a high price
[2531 hours old]: The US president considers it a win - but if this all triggers a foundational realignment, the results may not break in his favour

. The savings account offering a 50% bonus - with a catch
[162 hours old]: Martin Lewis explains Help to Save, which is open to some people on universal credit.

. Former shop worker has 'nightmares' over abuse at work
[232 hours old]: A former retail worker from Dundee backs a campaign asking shoppers to treat staff with respect.

. US and China's different reports of their trade meeting
[360 hours old]: Donald Trump says the US can sign a trade deal with China "pretty soon" following talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping in South Korea