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'I felt like a freak because I didn't want children'

The number of women choosing not to start a family is growing and the global birth rate is plunging . While their reasons vary from climate worries...

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Sammy Jenkins

What happened when India banned TikTok

TikTok was one of India's most popular apps – until it was banned in 2020. It's a lesson for what might unfold if a US ban goes ahead. Four years...

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Thomas Germain

How is the King's cancer treatment going?

It has been almost three months since King Charles was diagnosed with an unspecified type of cancer. At the time the monarch, 75, said he remained...

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Smitha Mundasad

How I tempted a frog to live in our garden

When the BBC's Katherine Latham made a pond with just a plant pot, some rocks and a few native pond plants, she was amazed at the speed wildlife...

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Katherine Latham

Are you 'team skinny jean' or 'team baggy pant'?

"Four lads in skinny jeans" think it's over for tight trousers – but surprisingly, Gen Z are now into them. Where are you on your "trouser...

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Megan Lawton

A three-day paddle on the UK's newest canoe trail

The first official canoe trail in the south of Scotland just launched, covering a 30-mile stretch of the majestic River Tweed. The River Tweed...

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Stuart Kenny

'We're not less athletic because we wear sparkles'

Unity Allstars Black have won back-to-back titles at the Cheerleading Worlds, the sport's biggest competition. This weekend the south London-based...

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Eleanor Shearwood

A US TikTok ban could harm small businesses

Without the popular social media platform, some creators and small enterprises across the globe could see their revenue plummet. On 24 April, the...

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Stephanie Kaloi

Everyday EVs are taking a page from Formula E

The common electric vehicle doesn't need to hit lightning speed – but Formula E race cars could usher in a new era for all. When Formula E's Season...

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Brennan Doherty

Pet Shop Boys: 'We should call our next tour Farewell'

“I don't like spiral staircases,” says Chris Lowe. “And that’s the first time that’s come out in an interview.” Call it an exclusive. You...

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Mark Savage

The ex-flight attendant who now leads the airline

When Mitsuko Tottori was named as the new boss of Japan Airlines (JAL) in January, it sent a shockwave across the country's corporate sector. Not...

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Mariko Oi

Conservation saving species, global study suggests

Conservation actions are effective at reducing global biodiversity loss, according to a major study. International researchers spent 10 years...

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Esme Stallard

Can bird flu be stopped?

Bird flu is decimating wildlife around the world and is now spreading in cows. In the handful of human cases seen so far it has been extremely...

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India Bourke

First mRNA skin-cancer vaccine starts UK trial

An important trial of the world's first "personalised" mRNA vaccine against the deadliest form of skin cancer - melanoma - is now under way in the...

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Michelle Roberts

'Britain's Pompeii': UK's largest Bronze Age find

The discovery of a burnt-out village dubbed Britain's Pompeii revealed "an amazing time capsule" that captured an everyday moment in late Bronze...

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Katy Prickett

NewJeans: The controversy shaking the K-pop world

Audits, allegations of copying, an emotional press conference, confused fans - the latest controversy shaking the K-pop world has it all. At the...

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Fan Wang

The new brews from Roman Britain and beyond

Beer archaeologists are peering back millennia to recreate brews from ancient Egypt, Greece and Rome using ancient methods and ingredients. Some of...

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Norman Miller

Japan comes face to face with its own space junk

A satellite operated by Japanese company Astroscale has chased down a 15 year-old piece of space junk and taken an up-close image of it. The object...

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Jonathan Amos

11 of the best films to watch in May

Including the latest Mad Max and Planet of the Apes films and Jerry Seinfeld's comedy about Pop-Tarts – this month's unmissable movies to watch...

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Nicholas Barber

The film which beat Barbie at Italy's box office

Greta Gerwig's Barbie may be the most financially successful movie ever to be directed by a female filmmaker, and the highest-grossing film of...

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Emma Jones

The scavengers stalking the world's cities

From ibis to hyenas, a surprising variety of scavengers have been drawn to urban life. Here's how they're thriving in cities across the globe. On...

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Bbc Future Planet Team

Paris' most authentic and delicious bistros

From classic steak frites at Bistrot Paul Bert to French onion soup at La Poule au Pot, these seven diehard favourites will never go out of...

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Nicola Williams

Do societies grow more fragile?

An analysis of hundreds of pre-modern states suggests that they do – a pattern that holds lessons for today's ageing global powers. The rise and...

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Luke Kemp And Colleagues

England tops chart for child alcohol use - report

A third of 11-year-olds and more than half of 13-year-olds in England have drunk alcohol - putting it top out of 44 countries examined in a report...

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Philippa Roxby And Elena Bailey

How fraudsters are getting fake articles onto Facebook

I have been really busy recently, writing articles about famous people. I've done interviews with the likes of Zoe Ball, Jeremy Clarkson and Chris...

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Jane Wakefield

Paris's Moulin Rouge loses windmill sails overnight

The windmill on top of the world famous Moulin Rouge cabaret club in Paris has lost its sails. The blades fell onto the street below in the early...

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Nadia Ragozhina

The stunning Tuscan town even Italians don't know

The winner of this year's national "Borgo dei Borghi" competition blends its medieval past with an eye-catching contemporary art scene and...

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Lynn Brown

The 1980 song that prophesied the end of apartheid

Released during a grim period in its country's history, the groundbreaking crossover hit Paradise Road by black female group Joy promised "better...

thursday 10

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Fraser Morris

Four ways climate change affects extreme weather

Climate change is the most likely explanation for why Dubai has been experiencing increasingly heavy rainfall events, a new study says. Here are...

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Mark Poynting And Esme Stallard

'I want to erase my own footprint': The women looking after an island paradise

Kih'Nyiah McKay may be just 11 years old, but she is keenly aware of the climate crisis. She knows the loss of trees reduces oxygen and that dumped...

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Gemma Handy

What to know about the US push to ban TikTok

TikTok is getting closer to being kicked out of the US after the Senate approved a bill that would ban the platform unless its Chinese owner...

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Liv Mcmahon

The fate of Korea's 'first and biggest' sex festival

Lee Hee Tae had high hopes for his sex festival, which he proudly billed as South Korea's "first and largest". He envisaged 5,000 fans flocking to...

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Jean Mackenzie

Shogun: A guide to the hit Japanese epic

Shogun - the razor-sharp, critically-acclaimed samurai epic that's transported viewers back to feudal, war-torn Japan since February, reached its...

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Alex Taylor

UK court case launched over mining project in Brazil

In a small community deep in the remote, lush mountains of Bahia, Brazil, Catarina Oliveira de Silva points down at what used to be a lake. "After...

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Ione Wells

These hungry insects chomp on plastic as food

Wriggling critters armed with enzymes can break down plastics that would otherwise take decades, or even centuries to degrade. At first glance...

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Francis Agustin

Action needed on needless asthma deaths, says charity

Urgent government action is needed to stop preventable asthma deaths, a leading charity has said. More than 12,000 people in the UK have died from...

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Aurelia Foster

There's no need to shower every day - here's why

Is washing ourselves very frequently necessary? Some experts believe that everyday showering is based more on a 'social contract' than actual need....

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Matilda Welin

The return of the US' sandcastle championships

Located on a barrier island just off Texas' city of Corpus Christi, Port Aransas (population: 3,600) is barely more than a sleepy hamlet most of...

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David Perry

'I get overwhelmed by the noises and crowds of school'

The disruption and isolation of lockdown had a particularly profound impact on children with special needs, many of who did not receive the support...

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Lucy Watkinson

The women-only co-working spaces fighting to survive

Women-only business networking and co-working clubs like Chief in London and The Co-Working Space in Nottingham have recently closed their doors....

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Dougal Shaw

Voyager-1 sends readable data again from deep space

The US space agency says its Voyager-1 probe is once again sending usable information back to Earth after months of spouting gibberish.  The...

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Jonathan Amos

The rivers cleared by conveyor belt in Ecuador

To stop plastic reaching the ocean, a start-up in Ecuador is using a conveyor belt to skim off and remove plastic from rivers – and working to...

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Kimberley Brown

Where does Israel get its weapons?

Western governments are coming under growing pressure to halt arms sales to Israel over how it is waging the war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip....

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David Gritten

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