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Radio 2 loses 1m listeners after departure of Ken Bruce

BBC Radio 2 has lost more than a million listeners since Ken Bruce left the station for its commercial rival Greatest Hits Radio, according to official audience data.

Tuition fees rise 'not going to happen', says minister

The higher education minister, Robert Halfon, has ruled out increasing the cap on tuition fees in England, despite increasingly urgent warnings about the impact of declining funding on universities.

Firefighters call for meeting with home secretary over 'deathtrap' asylum barge

Suella Braverman is facing demands from firefighters for an urgent meeting over the safety of a giant barge meant for asylum seekers amid a row over claims that it is a \"deathtrap.\"

Sewage in Lancashire seas force triathletes to train indoors

British triathletes preparing for next month's world championships have abandoned open-water swimming training because of sewage in the sea off Lancashire.

Make no bones about it. Colossus the whale was a real heavyweight

The fossilised bones of an ancient creature that patrolled coastal waters 40m years ago belong to a newly discovered species that is a contender for the heaviest animal ever to have existed on Earth.

'It will connect people' Shipwreck hunters on mission to retrieve anchor from Windrush

'We’re going to find it,” says the leading shipwreck hunter David Mearns. My confidence level is as high as it’s ever been for anything I’ve ever done.\" The mission to retrieve the Empire Windrush's anchor so it can stand as a public monument isn't foolproof, but Mearns's experience and conviction leave little room for doubt.

Deforestation in Brazilian Amazon falls 60% compared with July 2022

Deforestation zon decreased in the Brazilian Amaby at least 60% in July compared with the same month last year, the country's environment minister, Marina Silva, said.

Foreign aid cuts 'death sentence' for children

Cuts in the UK's aid budget are a \"death sentence\" for children in the world's most dangerous places, charities have warned, after a government report revealed the impact of the reductions on the most vulnerable.

Now for Nigeria - 'Special' James hailed as Lionesses hit six

Sarina Wiegman said Lauren James did \"special things\" after the forward's scintillating performance helped the Lionesses secure a last-16 tie against Nigeria with a 6-1 victory over China.

James fires England into last 16 as Wiegman's new formation pays off in style

Attempts have been made to dull Lauren James's star, to quell the excitement around the dynamic forward as she has developed.

McCullum says series is confidence booster that can inspire players

Brendon McCullum has said the \"tremendous confidence booster\" of seeing their methods pay off against Australia's World Test Championship winners can power England to greater success including in the next Ashes series in 30 months' time.

Golden series ends with some Ashes greats leaving the dancefloor

Major changes are likely as thirtysomethings will find it tricky to twist again like they did this summer

Rockets and Brave launch the Hundred in trippy style

What do you do after an Ashes series like that one? Well, if you're English cricket, you throw your kitbag in the back of your car and hotfoot it up the M1, stopping at Toddington services to change into your jazziest clothes.

Twenty dead and 27 missing in Beijing as typhoon lashes China with relentless rain

Twenty people have died as a result of heavy rainfall in Beijing, Chinese state media reported yesterday, as a relentless downpour stretched into a fourth day.

Myanmar junta pardons Aung San Suu Kyi on five charges

Myanmar's junta has pardoned Aung San Suu Kyi on five legal charges, military-controlled TV announced yesterday, but the deposed leader still faces more than 25 years in detention.

Moscow high-rise hit in drone attack as Kremlin is told: 'expect more war'

A Moscow high-rise housing Russian government ministries was hit by a drone for the second time in three days, the city's mayor said yesterday, as a Ukrainian presidential adviser said the Kremlin should expect more drone attacks and \"more war\".

Niger coup: France begins evacuation of its citizens and other Europeans

France has said it will immediately begin evacuating its citizens and other Europeans from Niger, days after a junta toppled the president, Mohamed Bazoum, and seized power.

Qur'an burnings: Sweden's freedoms being abused to spread hate, says PM

The Swedish prime minister, Ulf Kristersson, has accused outsiders of exploiting the country's freedom of expression laws and using them as \"a stage for spreading hateful messages\" amid a growing diplomatic crisis over Qur'an burning protests.

Digitised and diverse works of creativity to be put on the moon

A portrait assembled from Lego bricks, woodcuts printed in Ukrainian soil, and a collection of poetry from every continent are among thousands of works to be archived on the moon as a lasting record of human creativity.

Oldest species of swimming jellyfish found in 'wondrous' fossil record

The oldest species of swimming jellyfish ever recorded has been discovered in fossils that are 505 million years old, scientists have said.

New byelection looms as voters oust Covid rule-breaker Ferrier

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Fossil fuels - Major investor threatens to pull out of UK over 'clickbait cycle' policies

A billionaire global investor has led international condemnation of the UK's new oil rush, saying he would pull his major investment from the country if the prime minister pursued \"clickbait\" fossil fuel policies.

Clean air zone - Has Burnham bottled it or is he showing his political nous?

Vindicated: that is how Andy Burnham felt in the aftermath of the Uxbridge byelection, when Labour's narrow defeat was blamed on the determination of his London counterpart to extend the capital's ultra low emission zone (Ulez).

BP's £2bn profits anger climate campaigners after global heatwaves

BP has angered climate campaigners by reporting profits of $2.6bn (£2bn) for the second quarter of the year as the climate crisis triggers extreme heatwaves around the world.

Booker list transports readers to Penang, Lagos and Ireland

A longlist of 13 \"original and thrilling\" books offering \"startling portraits of the current\" are in contention for the 2023 Booker prize, the UK's most prestigious literary award.

PM heckled while pulling a pint to mark changes in alcohol duty

As a teetotaller who even dislikes the taste of alcohol-free beer, Rishi Sunak is not commonly seen in pubs. Yesterday's visit to a beer festival might thus have provided the prime minister with a useful lesson: a landlord always has the last say.

Refugee housing - Setback for Sunak as vessel's use is delayed

It should have been the week when another key element of Rishi Sunak's plans to tackle small boat crossings of the Channel finally fell into place. Instead, yet more delays have frustrated the movement of the first 50 migrants on to the Bibby Stockholm.

Van Gogh paintings that please adults captivate babies too, researchers find

Whether featuring rolling yellow wheat fields, gnarled and twisted olive trees or starry, starry nights, Vincent van Gogh's landscapes have long entranced art lovers. Now researchers have found the paintings deemed more pleasant by adults are also those most likely to captivate babies.

AI breast screening hopes for cancer care

The use of artificial intelligence in breast cancer screening is safe and can almost halve the workload of radiologists, according to the world's most comprehensive trial of its kind.

Asylum seeker barge may be 'deathtrap', firefighters warn

Pressure on PM grows 'cruel and inhumane' as plan hits fresh delay