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Tom RichardsonBBC NewsbeatSony PicturesI Know What You Did Last Summer is the latest big horror release out of HollywoodLights down, armrest gripped, teeth clenched – just an average evening at the cinema for a horror film fan.The genre is having a great year in 2025, with the top three examples – Sinners, Final Destination: Bloodlines and 28 Years Later – taking a total of £41.3m ($55.6m) in the UK.That’s compared with £39.5m ($53m) for the nine biggest horrors released throughout last year, according to Box Office Mojo.In North America, scary movies have accounted for 17% of ticket purchases this year…

Resident doctors say they have had “constructive discussions” with the Health Secretary, Wes Streeting, and talks will continue over the next few days, in an attempt to avert planned strike action.The doctors, previously known as junior doctors, announced last week that they will walk out for five consecutive days from 25 July until 30 July in a dispute about pay. Representatives of the doctors’ union, the BMA, said the discussions so far have involved looking at “creative solutions” and “nothing is off the table”.The government has insisted it cannot improve its offer of a 5.4% pay increase for this year…

Esme StallardClimate and science reporter, BBC NewsChristopher Furlong/Getty ImagesTreated waste water flows into the River Irwell from wastewater treatment works in Bolton in JuneSerious pollution incidents by water companies have risen 60% in a year, according to the Environment Agency.In total there were 2,801 pollution incidents in England in 2024, the highest on record, compared with 2,174 in 2023.Of these, 75 were considered to pose “serious or persistent” harm to fisheries, drinking water and human health – up from 47 last year.The Public Accounts Committee – a cross party group of MPs – called the level of pollution “woeful”.Industry group…

Netflix says it has used visual effects created by generative artificial intelligence (AI) in one of its original TV shows for the first time.The streaming giant’s co-chief executive Ted Sarandos said AI, which produces videos and images based on prompts, was used to create a scene of a building collapsing in the Argentine science fiction show, The Eternauts.He said the technology allowed the production team to complete sequences faster and at a lower cost.The use of generative AI is controversial in the entertainment industry over concerns it creates content using others’ work without their consent and fears that it will…

Fire engulfs main stage of Tomorrowland music festivalTens of thousands of campers have arrived at Tomorrowland in Belgium, a day after a fire destroyed the festival’s main stage.Festival organisers have insisted that the event in the town of Boom, south of Antwerp, will continue without the stage, adding that they are “focused on finding solutions”.Nobody was injured in Wednesday evening’s blaze and experts are working to determine a cause.The electronic dance music festival is due to start on Friday, with 400,000 people expected to attend over two weekends.Hundreds of artists, including David Guetta, Lost Frequencies, Swedish House Mafia and Charlotte…

Watch the moment DNA from a mum and dad is injected into the egg of another woman – the critical step in the creation of a baby made from three peopleEight babies have been born in the UK using genetic material from three people to prevent devastating and often fatal conditions, doctors say.The method, pioneered by UK scientists, combines the egg and sperm from a mum and dad with a second egg from a donor woman.The technique has been legal here for a decade but we now have the first proof it is leading to children born free of incurable…

Mitchell Labiak and Oliver SmithBusiness reporters, BBC NewsGetty ImagesThe UK jobs market has continued to weaken, making the prospect of an interest rate cut next month even more likely, analysts say.The unemployment rate has risen to 4.7%, its highest in four years, while the number of job vacancies has now been falling continuously for three years.The annual rate of pay growth in the three months between March and May also slowed to 5%, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said.The government said “we need to go further” to improve the economy, while the Conservatives said the unemployment rise was a…

Samsung boss Lee Jae-yong has been cleared by South Korea’s top court of fraud charges, concluding a years-long legal battle over his role in a 2015 merger deal.Lee, the grandson of Samsung’s founder and the de facto head of the company since 2014, had been accused of using stock and accounting fraud to try to gain control of the firm.In its final verdict, the Supreme Court in Seoul upheld a not guilty verdict, after Lee was acquitted of all charges in two earlier trials.The case drew widespread scrutiny of the technology giant, as the country grapples with corporate corruption scandals…

Jared Evitts & Yasmin MalikBBC NewsbeatGetty ImagesMiley Cyrus’ last major tour was in 2014 but she’s done stand alone gigs this year Miley Cyrus says she has “no desire” to go on tour, weeks after releasing her ninth album. The US singer says she’s put off by how hard it is to maintain sobriety and her mental health whilst touring.It’s been more than 10 years since Miley’s last major tour for her album Bangerz in 2014 and fans say it’s disappointing she doesn’t have plans for more shows.Speaking to Good Morning America, the Flowers and Party in the U.S.A singer…

Tom EdwardsBBC Hereford & WorcesterTanya GuptaBBC News, West MidlandsBBCThe charity offers counselling, exercise classes and trainingA health and wellbeing charity has said it is in desperate need of new premises after it was told to leave its current site.Simply Limitless offers counselling sessions to help support people’s mental health but must leave its base in Kidderminster by 8 August after the landlord found new tenants.The charity also runs group therapy, exercise classes to help with loneliness and training to help people find jobs, and operations manager Ralph Pars said staff were now in a race against time.Charity founders Paul and…