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18 April 2022

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A woman holds up a mask of PM Narendra Modi's face during his rally for Bihar assembly election on October 23, 2020 in Sasaram, India

What's behind Modi's soaring popularity among women

India's PM is an alpha male who leads a patriarchal party - so what's the appeal?

Heat pump installation

What are people doing to cut heating bills?

Alternatives to gas and oil heating are becoming more popular but are still expensive.

Woman doing a lateral flow test.

Calls grow for free Covid tests to keep staff safe

One trade body suggests three quarters of its members have had staff off sick in the last month.

Bodo tribal women harvests paddy in a field in Kokrajhar district of India's north eastern state of Assam on 16 Nov 2021.

Can India feed the world during Ukraine war?

India, one of the world's biggest wheat producers, has begun to export more food, but worries remain.

Elon Musk

What's Elon Musk's valuation of Twitter? Our timed quiz...

Test your knowledge of the news these last few days - 10 questions, 10 seconds each. Go!

Ben holding his phone showing his TikTok channel

'We should talk about our mental health every day'

Ben Ogden has spent months standing with a sign telling people it's ok to talk.

Graham Taylor and Elton John

VHS posted to the South Pacific - how football's data boom began

Richard Pollard was the first person to apply computer analysis to football data. His pioneering work helped shape the busy modern game.

Middle aged woman with blonde hair speaking

Nurse speaks out over forced adoptions

A former nurse says she witnessed "callous behaviour" towards unmarried mothers forced to give up their babies.

Keyframe #2

Police attacked with petrol bombs in Londonderry

Officers were targeted by a crowd after a parade linked to dissident republicans on Monday.

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