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British Steel taken into public ownership to protect 'vital' UK supply

The Scunthorpe steelworks has been officially nationalised under new government powers passed this week.

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How J Paul Getty became the world's richest man

In 1963, the US oil tycoon talked to the BBC in his 16th-Century English mansion

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The picnic that led to the 'special relationship'

How an informal al fresco meal at the president's country home shaped history

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New monkey species with orange lips found 'hiding' in DR Congo forest

Scientists describe "amazing feeling" to look into the face of an animal that so few people knew existed.

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Big tech must deal with scam ads under Ofcom proposals

Ofcom says more than half of UK adults have encountered potentially fraudulent ads online.

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Extreme weather in the UK is the 'new normal'

Sarah Keith-Lucas details five things you need to know about how the UK climate has changed.

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24m tune in to watch England-Argentina

England's defeat to Argentina in the World Cup semi-final attracts an audience of 24 million on the BBC.

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UK heatwave delivers exceptional sunshine and persistent 30C temperatures

The current heatwave has been hot, dry and exceptionally sunny with some locations seeing double the number of sunshine hours usually recorded at this point in the month, as Darren Bett explains.

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Chip giant TSMC pledges another $100bn to expand US production

The company says it will create "high-tech, high-paying jobs", and raises its total commitment to the US to $265bn.

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The 1980s doomsday cult that ensnared models

The cult was led by a New York socialite who claimed to be an alien

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10 years of Pokémon Go and the millions still trying to catch 'em all

Michael Steranka, vice president at the mobile game's owner Scopely, says it has always been about bringing people together.

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Volunteer firefighter suspected of starting devastating France forest fire

President Macron said there would be no leniency for arsonists, as France - along with much of Europe - deals with a series of unusual heatwaves.

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NHS manager says trust wanted 4,000 reports 'gone'

He tells an inquiry he believed a trust was 'panicking' and was discouraged from raising rota issues.

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Climate we had in 20th Century 'has now gone' - Met Office

The latest report on the UK's climate warns cold mountainous areas are also being lost.

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Motherwell's Watt gets four-game ban for 'worst VAR decision in history' comment

Motherwell's Elliot Watt is handed a four-match suspension over comments he made after May's defeat by Celtic.

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UK economy returns to growth in May

The modest growth reverses a slight contraction that had been seen the previous month.

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