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8 October 2019

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Jack Edgecombe

'Learning to fix bikes only reason I sat GCSEs'

Special constable Jack Edgecombe was thrown out of school three times before finding bicycle repairs.

A firefighter next to a fire at Long Gully Road in northern New South Wales on 9 September.

Up to 30 homes destroyed in Australian bushfires

Drought-affected parts of eastern Australia have been enduring blazes for more than a month.

Breast examination

The blind women checking for breast cancer

In an innovative project in Colombia, the power of touch is being used for early detection.

Metal gears

The spectacular power of interchangeable parts

One man's desire to create the perfect gun profoundly changed manufacturing.

John Vincent

'Don't treat business as war'

Doing business isn't like waging a war, says fast-food chain boss John Vincent.

The Senedd chamber

AMs back new bilingual name for Welsh Assembly

A majority of AMs have backed renaming the assembly the bilingual Senedd Cymru/Welsh Parliament.

Donald Tusk gesturing with a finger to his forehead

Brexit: The end for negotiations in Brussels?

Although efforts officially continue, nobody in the EU seems to be holding their breath.

Senedd

A new name for the National Assembly?

BBC Wales asks people what they think the name for the National Assembly should be.

Emma and Tevita Manaseitava

Meet the Welsh and Fijian couple divided by rugby

A house divided for 80 minutes on match day - Emma is Welsh and her husband Tevita is Fijian.

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