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Ex Paddy Power boss says online slot machines need to be slowed down

Stewart Kenny thinks plans to limit stakes for online slots don’t go far enough and games must be slowed down.

  17 Mar, 2025
  BBC News

Émilie Dequenne: Cannes award-winning actress dies at 43

Émilie Dequenne shot to fame when she won the best actress award at the film festival at the age of 18.

  17 Mar, 2025
  BBC News

Thames Water: Challenge to £3bn rescue deal dismissed

The funding allows the company to continue operating and attempt to restructure its massive debt pile.

  17 Mar, 2025
  BBC News

White House denies defying judge's order over deportations to El Salvador

An order to halt the removal of 261 people came too late and had "no legal basis" anyway, the White House says.

  17 Mar, 2025
  BBC News

Thailand boat fire: British tourist missing after Koh Tao blaze

Alexandra Clarke, 26, from London, was on a diving boat with 15 other tourists, local officials say.

  17 Mar, 2025
  BBC News

Retreat from Kursk: Ukrainian troops tell of catastrophe and panic

Five soldiers tell the BBC of their withdrawal in the face of overwhelming firepower and drones.

  17 Mar, 2025
  BBC News

Mark Carney: Canadian prime minister's first foreign visits - analysis

Mark Carney will be hoping to achieve solid support during his first overseas trip as prime minister.

  17 Mar, 2025
  BBC News

The major question thrown up by Labour's welfare plans

The debate has thrown up a wider conundrum about the broader purpose of welfare

  17 Mar, 2025
  BBC News

With the world heating up, why are more SUVs being sold?

Despite dire predictions of climate breakdown, more Sports Utility Vehicles are being spotted on, and off, the roads.

  17 Mar, 2025
  BBC News

Nacton giant warehouse leaves neighbours 'in tears'

Residents say the 'megashed' towers over their homes, dominating the skyline and blocking the sun.

  17 Mar, 2025
  BBC News