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Getty Images The former Honda site in Swindon will become a warehousing and logistics facilityAmid a vast expanse of rubble, dust and noise, a green crane yanks away at a corrugated roof like a frustrated dentist attempting to extract a particularly stubborn wisdom tooth.Swindon’s Honda factory – once one of the world’s most advanced car factories – is being demolished, three decades after it opened.This used to be one of the fastest-growing towns in Europe. It was one of the jewels in the crown of investments attracted to the UK by Margaret Thatcher’s brand of 1980s enterprise. Swindon voted for…

Getty ImagesThere was a lot to chew on in the party manifestos on health and the NHS, with promises to cut waiting lists, modernise hospitals and create more GP and dentist appointments.But plans around prevention were in short supply on these political menus – as were proposals about how to help us stay healthier.With a developing obesity and diabetes crisis, as well as increasing numbers of children needing emergency treatment because of rotting teeth, some experts say keeping people out of hospital is just as important as caring for them once they get ill. A recent report from the Health…

8 days agoBy Mark Savage, Music CorrespondentGetty ImagesSheryl Crow: “AI can do lots of things, but it can’t go out and play live”Sheryl Crow has something to get off her chest.Over the years, the nine-time Grammy winner has never been scared to voice her opinion. Known for the classic roots rock of songs like My Favourite Mistake and All I Wanna Do, she has also used her voice to campaign on issues like gun control and climate change. Now, she has her sights set on Artificial Intelligence.The title track of her new album, Evolution, grapples with the impact of AI on people…

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has renewed his appeal for more long-range weapons and air defences after a missile attack killed seven people including two children.The Russian attack on the town of Vilniansk, near the southeastern city of Zaporizhzhia, also injured 31 others, Ukrainian officials said. In total, at least 11 civilians were killed and a further 37 wounded in missile attacks across Ukraine on Saturday, Reuters reported.”Our cities and communities suffer daily from such Russian strikes,” Mr Zelensky wrote in a post on Telegram.But he added that there were “ways to overcome this”, including “destroying Russian missile launchers, striking with…

The 27-year-old stopped by for a performance at Glastonbury on the weekend of her new album release. Source link

Americans voice strong opinions on the sparring between Joe Biden and Donald Trump. Source link

Taylor Swift landed in London to perform a sell-out show at London’s Wembley Stadium on Friday – however, some fans went to the Eras Tour concert without tickets and instead ‘Taylor-gated’ outside the arena.BBC London’s Tom Edwards met some of those there. Source link

41 minutes agoBy Paul Kirby, BBC News, ParisANDREJ IVANOV/AFP Voting started early in Canada, part of France’s 11 constituencies for expats abroadFrance votes on Sunday in a parliamentary election that could make history, with the far right closer to power than it has ever been in modern times.The National Rally (RN) of Marine Le Pen and Jordan Bardella are well ahead in the polls – three weeks to the day since they won European elections and President Emmanuel Macron reacted by calling a national vote.More than 2.6 million people of France’s 49 million voters have registered to vote by proxy, an indication…

7 days agoBy Ruchira Sharma and Shola Lee, JournalistBBC/Moonage PicturesPip Fitz-Amobi (Emma Myers) investigates a murder in an upcoming BBC dramaFor Emma Myers, taking on the role of Pip Fitz-Amobi – the tenacious protagonist of A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder – was just a little bit “daunting”, she says. “There are so many book fans,” says the actor, known for her roles in Netflix’s Wednesday and Family Switch. Still, “it feels good” to take on such a beloved character, Emma adds.TikTok’s reading community, known as BookTok, has helped catapult titles to viral fame. And one of those is Holly Jackson’s 2019…

19 hours agoBy Ana Faguy, BBC News, WashingtonBBCPresident Joe Biden and former president Donald Trump squared off on Thursday night in the first presidential debate of the 2024 election cycle. Voters across the country have expressed concerned about the candidates’ ages – Mr Biden is 81 and Trump is 78 – and the debate supercharged that anxiety. Still, with weeks left until the conventions when each party will formalise their choice of candidate, supporters of both major parties feel they are left with few options. The BBC spoke to Democratic, Republican and independent voters who told us they are concerned about Mr…