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LIVEBonnie Tyler, singer of Total Eclipse of the Heart, dies aged 75The south Wales-born singer, whose other hits included Holding Out For a Hero, sold millions of records in the 1970s and 80s.

BBCIt’s hot and bright beneath the high intensity lights in a cavernous crash and safety testing laboratory, hidden away in a business park outside Newbury.A siren blares and a disembodied voice counts down: “Three, two, one.” A small white car trundles into view, rolls across the floor, and bumps into a barrier set against the wall.As crash tests go, this one is hardly spectacular. There is no torn metal or flying glass. At just 6mph, it replicates the kind of annoying prang you might well get in a car park or at a traffic light.But raise the slightly bent bonnet…

The show was part of the Fédération de la Haute Couture et de la Mode’s official scheduleThe Paris Haute Couture calendar is notoriously gatekept. For decades, its strict codes have been guarded by legacy French houses, making it the ultimate, elusive stage for global designers. But this season, a historic shift took over the Parisian runways, with unapologetic Indian craftsmanship written all over it.On July 8, Manish Malhotra made his long-awaited debut on the official Paris Haute Couture Week calendar with his Fall/Winter 2026–27 collection, a showcase that doubled as a heartfelt tribute to his mother, whom he simply called…

GoodLifeStudioOverwhelmed, irritable, dizzy, bloated, exhausted.These are the words coming up frequently in comments sent to the BBC by women who, having barely recovered from the record-breaking heat in June, are bracing for more hot weather.Extreme heat can affect anyone. But heatwaves are a “stress-test” for women’s cardiovascular systems, and hit them harder than men, Dr Nighat Arif, an NHS GP who specialises in women’s health, told the BBC.Women may also be marginally more vulnerable to heatwave-related death than men, though more evidence is needed, said Dr Cat Pinho-Gomes, an academic public health consultant at UCL’s Institute for Global Health.Hormone levels…

Getty ImagesLabour MPs are about to start nominating their next leader following Sir Keir Starmer’s resignation.Andy Burnham is so far the only MP who has announced their intention to stand, and is widely expected to become the prime minister later this month.It means the former Greater Manchester mayor could enter Downing Street just a few weeks after he returned to Parliament in a by-election in Makerfield. What happens next?Leadership candidates need 20% of the party’s MPs to nominate them. There are 403 Labour MPs, meaning the support of 81 is needed.They also need to be nominated by at least three…

BBC”They grabbed me from behind and started punching me, hitting me with spades and machetes,” says Daniel Uyirwoth Welo, one of four Red Cross volunteers injured when a crowd tried to open a coffin carrying someone who had died from Ebola.The 27-year-old and his colleagues were attempting to carry out a safe burial at a cemetery in Bunia, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, last month when they were attacked. The assault was triggered by rumours – circulating locally and online – that the coffin was empty.Some in the crowd said, “No Ebola doesn’t exist,” Welo told BBC Verify, adding that…

Getty ImagesMany of the babies have by now spent most of their lives in Singapore (Stock image of a family with toddler)When David and Ally first saw Marcus, they knew he was destined to be their son.”For me it was love at first sight,” said David. Their long adoption journey had come to an end. Months later, the baby from Indonesia was in their arms and the family was ready to start their life together.But now, years later, they face the possibility of losing Marcus because he is believed to have been trafficked into Singapore.He is one of at least…

Watch: Graham Platner announces he’s dropping out of Maine’s US Senate raceGraham Platner’s meteoric rise from relative obscurity to the Democratic nominee in this year’s marquee US Senate contest has now ended in catastrophic collapse.The oysterman and former Marine who bested a popular governor and built a grass-roots network of more than 15,000 supporters in Maine announced he was suspending his campaign on Wednesday night. The news came via recorded video posted on social media, just a little more than 48 hours after Politico published a story containing allegations from an ex-girlfriend that an intoxicated Platner had entered her home…

Do bees have feelings? Study reveals the insects’ ‘inner life’New research found bumblebees showed “emotion-like behaviours” previously only seen in mammals.2 hrs ago

Watch: Graham Platner announces he’s dropping out of Maine’s US Senate raceDemocrat Graham Platner has suspended his campaign for US Senate in Maine, following a series of scandals that included a woman accusing him of sexual assault.In the days since the accusation was made, Democrats have called on him to drop out of the race considered pivotal to their chances of gaining control of the US Senate.In a video posted online, Platner said his decision was not an admission of guilt but due to Democrats’ threats to cut off campaign support. He called the assault allegation “false”.He said he would…