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9 February 2026

BBC journalist John Maguire stands outside RAF Fairfood. He is wearing a light jacket which has a microphone attached. Barbed wire can be seen around the entrance to the air base.

Why RAF Fairford is likely to be used by US for Iran strikes

The US will be able to use UK bases for defensive strikes on Iranian missile sites, Sir Keir Starmer says.

Caelan, 16, and Rowan, 15 on a snowy Helvellyn in the Lake District

Teens rescue unequipped walkers from snowy mountain

A group of walkers in jeans and trainers were escorted to safety from Helvellyn by two teenagers.

Two mountain rescue volunteers walk on the side of a craggy mountain in the dark, wearing headtorches. They are wearing red mountain rescue branded jackets and carrying rucksacks.

'Rescued men still owe hotel bill three weeks later'

The mountain rescue team says it feels obliged to settle the debt on their behalf.

Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team trial trialling out so-called “robot trousers” on the fells

'Wrong trousers' to help rescue teams on the fells

Mountain rescuers in Cumbria are testing the speedy leg attachments on the fells.

An aerial view of the landslip.

Railway works 'on target' after landslip

Caelan, 16, and Rowan, 15 on a snowy Helvellyn in the Lake District

Teens rescue unequipped walkers from snowy mountain

A group of walkers in jeans and trainers were escorted to safety from Helvellyn by two teenagers.

A view of the track dangling, where no land is supported it after a landslip.

Landslip railway line closure extended

Murmuration of starlings flying over a fen.

Watch: Murmuration of starlings dances above fen

The birds fly across the sky before moving together into the trees to roost.

Rubbish strewn on land bordering water in the background

Watch: Drone footage shows illegal waste dump hidden in English countryside

Hundreds of illegal dumps are operating across England, including at least 11 so-called "super sites" containing tens of thousands of tonnes of rubbish, a BBC investigation has found.

Scott Gillan and Steph Robinson, walking side by side smiling at each other, with a field and a beach in the background.

Geordie hiker turns content into full-time job

How the great outdoors went from an escape from the nine to five to a full-time social media job.

A figure made out of straw is set alight in a field.

Thousands of people attend Straw Bear Festival

A festival where a man dressed as a straw animal is paraded through a town returns for its 46th year.

An elderly woman in a yellow top.

Cancer patient still without water days later

Keir Starmer speaking in Parliament.

PM: South East Water chaos 'totally unacceptable'

Harriet Cree

Musician wows train passengers with pop-up concert

A musician is applauded by passengers as she plays her keyboard and takes requests in a carriage.

Sir Kier Starmer in a suit.

Water situation 'clearly totally unacceptable' - Sir Keir Starmer

A pallet of bottled water.

'Armageddon' as water issues hit 30,000 properties

Side by side photographs of a man before and after having surgery to have a brain tumour removed.

Relearning to walk and talk after a brain tumour

Ekam Dhaliwal discusses his experience following brain tumour surgery.

Whale

Watch: Rowers capture close encounter with whales

Footage shows the mammals diving alongside the boat, which one of the rowers called "surreal".

A small brown dog.

Seven-week-old smuggled puppy finds forever home

A parking warden in a hi-viz jacket looking at a phone.

We've been hit, abused and harassed, say parking wardens

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