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DEEP Underwater testing will begin later this year From a new university campus to a £107m city centre revamp, 2025 is going to be a year of transformative projects for Gloucestershire. As the county hits the quarter of the century mark, developers, political leaders and local communities are pushing forward with multi-million pound schemes. Here’s […]
The seven travel trends that will shape 2025
Getty Images Noctourism is expected to be a big travel trend in 2025 (Credit: Getty Images) As you start to look at the year ahead, have you thought about how you will be travelling? The world’s travel firms – from Airbnb to Booking.com – have. Their predictions, gathered from survey data, user behaviour and forward […]
‘Talking device will change my autistic son’s life’
Emma Baugh/BBC Sarah said she was excited for her son Jace to use the communication device The family of a six-year-old boy who is autistic and non-verbal said his “world is about to change” thanks to a new communication device. Dan Harris, from Peterborough, raised funds for 200 devices called Talkers. He said the software […]
Fishers trained to dissect fish to gather data
BBC Fisherman Stephen Andrews said a specific bone in fish could be analysed to detect its age and rate of growth Fishermen in Devon and Dorset are being trained in a new science to help better understand fish stocks. The project in Lyme Bay is teaching dozens of fishermen to dissect a specific bone in […]
Ghana country profile – BBC News
Some key dates in Ghana’s history: 12th Century – Various states established by the Akan people emerge and develop the gold trade. 1482 – Portuguese and later other European states set up posts to trade gold with the Akan states. 1500s – Transporting slaves overtakes gold as the main export in the region. 1600s – […]
Italian journalist Cecilia Sala freed by Iran
An Italian journalist detained in Iran last month has been freed and is on a flight back to Rome, the Italian government says. Cecilia Sala, 29, was arrested on 19 December, three days after an Iranian engineer was detained by Italian authorities in Milan on suspicion of supplying drone technology that led to the deaths […]
Waterlooville customer ‘livid’ over engineers’ break-in
A man has said he felt “violated” after an energy firm broke into his home to check whether his electricity meter had been tampered with. Alan Knight, 67, from Waterlooville, Hampshire, was at work when E.On engineers executed a warrant on 31 October 2024. In a private message to Mr Knight, the firm said its […]
OpenAI boss Sam Altman denies sexual abuse allegations made by sister
OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman’s sister, Ann Altman, has filed a lawsuit alleging that he regularly sexually abused her between 1997 and 2006. The lawsuit, which was filed on 6 January in a US District Court in the Eastern District of Missouri, alleges that the abuse started when she was three and Mr Altman was […]
Meta to replace ‘biased’ fact-checkers with moderation by users
Getty Images Meta is abandoning the use of independent fact checkers on Facebook and Instagram, replacing them with X-style “community notes” where commenting on the accuracy of posts is left to users. In a video posted alongside a blog post by the company on Tuesday, chief executive Mark Zuckerberg said third-party moderators were “too politically […]
Experts ‘encouraged’ by new prostate cancer test
BBC Prof Alan McNeill, a consultant urological surgeon at the Western General Hospital, was encouraged by results Researchers say they have been encouraged by trials of a new process to detect prostate cancer in men. It is hoped that the approach, developed at Heriot Watt University in Edinburgh, could lead to quicker diagnosis and earlier […]