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Watch: Couple tell of attempt to save drowning girl and mum
BBC News A couple have told the BBC how they attempted to save a mother and daughter who drowned off an Essex beach on Wednesday. Craig and Carly Bowe were on a day trip from Hertfordshire with their children when they heard screams for help from a family in distress. Despite the incoming tide, Craig […]
‘The dogs were getting upset’: How LA band Muna survived their worst ever gig
BBC News That explains why Muna’s music always feels propulsive. “If you’re not sweating after the first song, come on,” laughs McPherson. With an ever-growing fanbase, they’ll play their biggest ever tour this autumn, titled the Gets So Hot Tour after the album’s opening track – although the band previously joked it would be called […]
Five ways to make the most of the summer holidays with kids
BBC News Nilly Dahlia, a content creator and mum of three, says she prints out a six-week calendar with a range of activities for her kids during the holidays. As part of their “summer bucket list”, they are planning to check out all the parks in the local area and she is prioritising low-cost activities […]
Graduation outfits: Students tell us how to impress on a budget
BBC News Like Keerthana, Alicia Munhupedzi used the internet to find her dress – though it was a bit last minute. “I thought, ‘Where can I get a nice dress really quickly and cheaply?’” The answer? Depop, the second-hand clothing app popular among Gen Z shoppers that sold for $1.2bn (£890m) earlier this year. Like […]
Long overdue, life-changing or frivolous? Your thoughts on wedding rule changes
BBC News Carl Jones said he and his partner of 20 years haven’t wed because even the simplest weddings are too expensive. “We want to get married but won’t, as it costs too much. It’s cheaper if we just have two witnesses, but why should our [12-year-old] daughter not be allowed to attend… It’s wrong.” […]
Who could be the next Graham Norton, and does the BBC even need one?
BBC News “Everyone thought she could pull it off because she’s smart and funny, but a chat show with multiple guests is very difficult to handle,” the Telegraph’s arts and entertainment editor, Anita Singh, tells BBC News. “You have to marshall the conversation, give each guest equal time, help them to plug whatever they’re plugging, […]
Tintwistle Moor fire burning one month on is ‘the size of a small town’
BBC News She said: “You’ve got your full firefighting kits, you’ve got all your tools, you’re carrying water and you’re trying to put out flaming moorland. “It’s really hot, really hard work, you get really dirty, but also you feel like you’re doing good work and really helping the environment. “You get competing emotions, you’re […]
Warning shot or publicity stunt – how worried should we be about the OpenAI hack?
BBC News This event is the latest in a string of worrying and weird examples of AI agents going rogue. In recent research, the UK’s AI Security Institute (AISI) found frontier AI models are so fixated on completing tasks they “cheated” in tests to achieve their goals. The research from AISI came with this worrying […]