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Madonna announces sequel to Confessions On A Dancefloor album

The pop star confirms the follow-up to her classic 2005 album will be released in July.

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Life after Logan Roy - Brian Cox takes up directing just before turning 80

The Succession star says Glenrothan - his directorial debut - is a "love letter to Scotland".

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Spice Girls' outfits go on show in '90s exhibition

The show at the Barbican Music Library celebrates 1996 and includes Mel B's leopard-print catsuit

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Horse urine perfume: Why online bargains may be dangerous

Experts warn of hidden risk of counterfeits, while the government consults on stricter product safety rules.

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She was a folk-music genius. Then she vanished

Connie Converse was barely known in her time – but is now regarded as a pioneer

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Cheaper Doritos and Lays helps PepsiCo win back struggling snackers

The snack giant cut some of its prices by up to 15% ahead of the Super Bowl in February.

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South African opposition figure Malema sentenced to five years in prison for firing a gun

Malema is appealing against the decision, which means he is not going to prison immediately.

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World Athletics rejects 11 athlete transfers to Turkey

World Athletics rejects the applications of 11 elite athletes to switch their nationality to Turkey as the requests were "part of a coordinated recruitment strategy" by the country's government "to attract overseas athletes through lucrative contracts".

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A cold could kill my daughter - hospital visits feel like a death sentence

Rebecca Quayle, who has terminal cancer, has had to wait in A&E with people coughing and taking Covid tests.

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Russia launches deadliest aerial attack in months, killing 18 in Ukraine

A Ukrainian drone attack killed two people in Russia, Moscow says, after an Orthodox Easter truce.

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Breakthrough £90,000 Alzheimer's drugs unlikely to benefit patients, report suggests

A major review has provoked a backlash after concluding the medicines provide too little benefit to be noticed.

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Why cheap power could matter more than clean power in the push for net zero

The question of how important making our electricity clean is to going green is coming under increasing scrutiny

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Roblox defends expanded age‑checks after parents raise concerns over errors

With 144m daily users, the gaming company is extending its tech to introduce two age‑specific accounts.

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Senior midwife appointed to maternity inquiry

Senior midwife Donna Ockenden will review maternity services in Sussex after a campaign by families.

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I feared my son had a brain tumour but he'd been poisoned with vitamin D

Investigations found Roo had been accidentally poisoned with a dose of vitamin D prescribed for growing pains.

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From blast off to splashdown: My days following Nasa's historic mission to the Moon

BBC Science Editor Rebecca Morelle reflects on how it felt to watch history being made.

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