BBC World Service

The BBC World Service is the largest international broadcaster in the world, delivering news, discussions, and spoken content in 29 languages across various platforms. These include analogue and digital shortwave, Internet streaming, podcasts, satellites, DAB, FM, and MW relays. In November 2015, it was announced that the BBC World Service would expand its offerings to include broadcasts in Pidgin and Yoruba for audiences in Nigeria, increasing the total number of languages to 31. A year later, in November 2016, the BBC revealed plans to add more languages such as Amharic and Igbo, marking its most significant growth since the 1940s. In 2015, the World Service reached an average of 210 million listeners each week through TV, radio, and online channels. The English-language service operates around the clock.

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Mosquito-borne killer disease threatens blackbirds

8 hours ago | bbc.co.uk | Helen Briggs |Gwyndaf Hughes

Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, The blackbird is one of the UK's most common and familiar birds, known for its cheerful songBBC environment correspondentBBC climate and science teamA mosquito-borne disease freshly arrived in Britain has spread large distances, with scientists racing to understand the risks to wild birds. Infected insects can spread the deadly Usutu virus to blackbirds, raising fears for the famous songsters.
Shropshire traders worried about town centre regeneration

16 hours ago | bbc.co.uk | Kate Baldock

Image caption, Work to redevelop Oakengates started in 2023Businesses in a Shropshire town centre that is being redeveloped have asked for extra support from their local authority. Work in Oakengates, Telford, began in 2023, and traders have said it has caused shoppers to stay away. The work, which also involves the building of a new theatre, is due to continue until the end of 2026.
Anger after dozens of trees felled along Derbyshire railway line

1 day ago | bbc.co.uk | George Torr |James Lewer

Image caption, Residents close to the felling site in Higham said they were horrified at the resultResidents have described the felling of dozens of trees along a railway line in Derbyshire as "horrifying" and "tragic". Network Rail contractors were ordered to fell the trees for "essential vegetation management" along the Midland Mainline near the village of Higham last week.
Wales house price rise sees 'record' high in three areas

1 day ago | bbc.co.uk | Felicity Evans

Image caption, Ellis Price and Gemma Redmond want to buy their first house togetherMoney editor, BBC Wales NewsThe average house price in Wales has risen by 4% year on year to £238,483, according to the latest figures from the Principality Building Society. But the regional picture is more mixed, as 13 local authority areas have seen an annual increase in prices while nine experienced a drop.
Kim Kardashian thought she was "going to die" during Paris armed robbery

1 day ago | bbc.co.uk | Laura Gozzi

Her evidence was at times interrupted by apologies from two defendants. After one of the defendants, Aomar Ait Khedache, 71, sitting metres from Kardashian in the courtroom expressed his regret, she turned to him and said she forgave him. Referencing her activism in the US to improve the justice system and her dreams of becoming a lawyer, she thanked Khedache for his apology letter. "I do appreciate it, I forgive you," she said to him in the stand, while crying.
'Sleeping' officers in Stoke-on-Trent asked to reflect on actions

1 day ago | bbc.co.uk | Richard Price

Image source, Levi BrownImage caption, A video posted on Facebook showed a car pulled up at a junction with lights on and two officers apparently sleeping insideTwo police officers, who were spotted apparently asleep in a car, have been asked by their force to reflect on their actions. In February, Staffordshire Police said it was investigating after a video was posted on Facebook, in which two police officers appear to be slumped asleep in a car.
Breast cancer gene families given hope by drug trial

1 day ago | bbc.co.uk | Fergus Walsh

Image source, BBC NewsImage caption, Jackie and her three daughters have a family history of breast cancerA new treatment approach can significantly improve survival rates for patients with aggressive, inherited breast cancer, a study suggests. The trial, led by Addenbrookes Hospital in Cambridge, and published in Nature Communications, involved women with early-stage breast cancer who have inherited BRCA1 or BRCA2 gene mutations.
Warwickshire power plant bosses concerned as subsidy cuts loom

1 day ago | bbc.co.uk | David Gregory-Kumar

Image caption, David Rice is managing director of Melton CLP - the company that runs the Warwickshire site and 18 others across the countryScience, environment & rural affairs correspondent, BBC Midlands TodayBosses of a biogas power plant in Warwickshire say they are worried about its future after the government revealed subsidies for the industry are to be axed.
Stan Wawrinka: Former champion given wildcard for French Open aged 40

1 day ago | bbc.co.uk | Elizabeth Botcherby

Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Stan Wawrinka beat Novak Djokovic in four sets to win the 2015 French OpenFormer champion Stan Wawrinka has been awarded a wildcard entry into the men's singles draw at the 2025 French Open. Wawrinka defeated Novak Djokovic in four sets to lift the trophy in 2015, the second of his three Grand Slam titles. Now aged 40, the Swiss player has dropped to 132nd in the ATP rankings.
Carlo Ancelotti 'never had a problem' with Real Madrid

1 day ago | bbc.co.uk | Elizabeth Botcherby

On Madrid not issuing a statement, he added: "Madrid will release a statement whenever it wants. There is no problem whatsoever and they'll do it when they deem it appropriate."During two spells with Real Madrid, Ancelotti has won 15 trophies, including three Champions League titles. Last season, he led them to a Champions League and La Liga double, but is set to finish this campaign without silverware. Reflecting on his time at Madrid, he said: "I always kept in mind that one day it ends.