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  1. BBC halts civil servant scheme after impartiality row over government staff being sent into the newsroom to write and fact-check articles on Covid and boat migrants

    Since 2018, the corporation has offered six-month secondments for up to two civil servant statisticians to work with BBC News's head of statistics.

  2. Alison Hammond recalls iconic career defining moment in 'vulnerable' admission

    The presenter looked back at her 2008 interview with Beyoncé

  3. ''The first five years of my life were spent with a white family'

    "I thought those white people where my family."

  4. Plans to develop former town centre builders' merchants site approved

    Plans to develop a prominent town centre site into industrial units have been granted, despite previously being earmarked for flats.

  5. Carrot Top breaks silence following hospitalisation

    Ahead of his return to the stage, Carrot Top has thanked fans for their support in the wake of his reported suicide attempt.

  6. Russian oil terminal and data centre in St Petersburg ablaze as Kyiv launches massive drone attack after Trump's decision to waive sanctions and 'slow down' satellites

    One person was killed and five injured in the strike with fires spreading to industrial warehouses in the city, governor Alexander Beglov said on Sunday.

  7. Home Office begins recruiting staff for detention centre that could make town Britain's new migrant processing capital

    Seven jobs have been advertised at Haslar Immigration Removal Centre in Hampshire, as the Government presses ahead with plans expand the facility.

  8. Australia’s workforce is looking at companies at the heart of WA’s economy to act on climate change

    In Western Australia, the climate transition is not an abstract debate. It runs straight through the resources and energy industries the state’s prosperity is built on.

  9. Workers want company climate action – but don’t believe the hype

    A new West Australian survey asks workers if they believe their employer has a responsibility to address climate change – and whether companies are making meaningful progress.