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8 April 2024

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A mum and her young daughter playing together at a community centre

Living near Sure Start boosted GCSEs - study

Children who grew up close to a centre achieved better GCSE grades than their peers, research suggests.

Percival Everett

'Why I rewrote Huckleberry Finn to give slave Jim a voice'

The author's new novel, James, is a re-imagining of Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.

damascus cafe

The Syria I came back to is not the one I left

BBC correspondent Lina Sinjab witnesses dramatic changes to her home country after eight years away.

Hundreds watch the sky on the viewing platform of the Edge in New York

Together in wonder: North America awed by total solar eclipse

Stunning spectacle is witnessed by millions across the continent. Here are some of the stories.

An engineer works on a hybrid direct air carbon capture technology pilot site in Bakersfield, California, USA

Boom times for US green energy as federal cash flows in

The US government has directed unprecedented sums of money at green energy projects.

A partial solar eclipse glimpsed in Gairloch, the Highlands of Scotland

Eclipse seen in Scotland but rest of UK misses out

Cloudy skies meant most in the UK were not able to view the phenomenon.

Mike Weir and Brennan Little

Inside the ropes - the life of a caddie

The furthest inside the ropes, the closest to the stars - a caddie's role extends far beyond carrying bags and wiping clubs.

William Wragg

Wragg quits Commons jobs over Westminster honeytrap

His resignations come after he shared fellow MPs' personal phone numbers with someone on a dating app.

Godoy Cruz v Sarmiento

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