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Travel & transport from BBC stories as at 11:35 26 Jun 2026
 
- Power banks and vapes now biggest fire risk on planes
[11 hours old]: Lithium battery fires are the number one safety risk to aircraft, yet the number of devices found in hold bags has nearly doubled in a year.


- UN pauses Strait of Hormuz evacuation plan after cargo ship attacked
[3 hours old]: The ship was reportedly struck by an "unknown projectile" near Oman but no casualties were reported.

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and in other news ...

- New bodycam footage shows Henry Nowak killer's arrest and repeated lies to police
[5 hours old]: Henry Nowak's killer is seen lying to police in bodycam video released after a request from the BBC.

* King becomes first monarch to reveal tax bill as royal public funding to double to £100m
[1 hours old]: New figures show the monarch paid £12.9m in tax last year, but do not give any detailed breakdown of how that tax was calculated.

* King and Queen will not live in Buckingham Palace after renovations
[1 hours old]: King Charles and Queen Camilla will continue to reside in Clarence House, Buckingham Palace says.

- Watch: Driver gives lift to armed officer chasing suspect
[13 hours old]: The chase was caught on camera as the motorist pulled over to help in Margate.

- I'm back at home again after uni - here's how I'm making it work
[11 hours old]: Rising costs are forcing more young adults to live with their parents, here's how not to come to blows.

- Starmer and home secretary in row over minister's future
[2 hours old]: Shabana Mahmood believes Mike Tapp should be sacked for writing an article but No 10 say he remains in post.

- Investigation after up to 40 hospital staff access records of boy attacked by crocodile
[5 hours old]: Cambridge University Hospitals refers itself to the Information Commissioner over the breach.

- Boy, 14, charged with murder after body found in search for girl in south Wales
[5 hours old]: The body was found during the search for a 14-year-old girl, Lilly, who was reported missing.

* BBC DJ and presenter Trevor Nelson taking a break from work due to health issues
[1 hours old]: The Radio 2 and 1Xtra presenter said he was now "concentrating on getting better".

- Quake is devastating blow at time of uncertainty
[8 hours old]: The twin quakes come less than six months after Venezuela's then-leader Nicolás Maduro was seized by US forces.

- What we know so far
[7 hours old]: The two quakes have killed at least 235 people and injured more than 4,300, with more feared trapped under rubble.

* New red heat warning in place but cooler weather on the way
[1 hours old]: A red warning for extreme heat remains in place for the south-east but cooler air is starting to move in from the west as Elizabeth Rizzinni explains.

- Paris restricts alcohol consumption and sales as Europe's heatwave shifts east
[10 hours old]: Temperatures in Germany could hit 40C in some areas while French officials bring in alcohol restrictions to ease pressure on hospitals.

- Inside the cold store where it's -18C in a heatwave
[5 hours old]: Staff at Magnavale, near Grantham, say the "giant freezer" is a great place to be in hot weather.

* Even young and fit urged to skip runs and too many beers in heatwave
[0 hours old]: Cardiac arrests have gone up during very hot weather, and it's not just among the elderly and frail, experts are warning.

- How male infertility is still not getting enough attention
[9 hours old]: How could the system better support men who have been told they might have a fertility issue?

- Chris Mason: The anatomy of the prime minister's downfall
[10 hours old]: Sir Keir, like his predecessors Liz Truss and Boris Johnson, lost the capacity to viably govern, our political editor writes.

- Missing Glastonbury? There's a festival on your doorstep this weekend
[10 hours old]: Stars like Fatboy Slim and Becky Hill will play small local venues to celebrate the UK music scene.

- Why the trail went cold in Nancy Guthrie case
[11 hours old]: The lack of a breakthrough in the abduction of a famous TV anchor's mother is puzzling given the huge publicity.

- From 42% to 5.26% - how Scotland's World Cup hopes are fading
[6 hours old]: Defeat against Brazil left Scotland in a precarious position, but little has gone their way since either.

- Why are World Cup underdogs doing so well?
[1 hours old]: Are the surprise results achieved by lower-ranked teams in the World Cup a matter of luck - or clever planning and execution?

- What is SkyJo? The card game being played in the England camp
[5 hours old]: As England try to get their game right on the pitch, the games they play off the field are performing a key role in team bonding - as Morgan Rogers reveals to BBC Sport.

- What each team need to reach World Cup knockouts
[6 hours old]: With the final round of group fixtures under way the path to the World Cup final on 19 July is starting to take shape.

- Reflecting Pool liner cut with sharp knife or razor, National Park Service says
[4 hours old]: Earlier in the week Donald Trump blamed vandals for "a 300 foot long gash" in the pool and accused someone of putting fertiliser in the water.

* Serena Williams to start Wimbledon comeback against Maya Joint
[1 hours old]: American superstar Serena Williams will make her highly-anticipated singles comeback at Wimbledon against Australia's Maya Joint in the first round.

- Home Office plan to use more military bases to house asylum seekers
[2 hours old]: Three new sites in Oxfordshire, Suffolk, and Yorkshire could house about 3,750 asylum seekers if permission is granted.

- New CCTV footage contradicts prison death evidence
[5 hours old]: Footage of Allan Marshall, who died after being restrained by prison officers, has been obtained by the BBC.

* Housing board votes to freeze New York rents in victory for Mamdani
[1 hours old]: The decision was welcomed by many tenants - but landlords fear it will worsen housing conditions.

* Williams given favourable Wimbledon start - who else plays who?
[1 hours old]: American superstar Serena Williams will make her highly-anticipated singles comeback at Wimbledon against Australia's Maya Joint in the first round.

* How to be a good tennis parent
[0 hours old]: Pushy parents are well documented in tennis - BBC Sport looks at when things get out of hand and what is being done to change this.

- Asia stock markets slide as tech shares slump
[3 hours old]: Trading on South Korea's Kospi index was halted for the third time this week to prevent panic selling.

- Teens who hacked TfL were known to police years before cyber-attack
[11 hours old]: Owen Flowers and Thalha Jubair were convicted for their roles in the attack, which led to large costs for Transport for London.

- Apple hikes some prices by nearly 20% while Xbox raises console cost
[15 hours old]: Apple said it had "never seen a component price increase this much, this quickly".

* The abundant but expensive energy source that's under your feet
[0 hours old]: Start-ups are taking fresh approaches to geothermal energy, but will the economics work?

* Record temperatures drives up home air conditioning sales
[0 hours old]: Companies see inquiries surge during heatwaves as UK households look to cool down their homes.

- Charity celebrates 50 years of 'transformative' holidays
[5 hours old]: Sheffield Family Holiday Fund provide much-needed holidays for families facing adversity.

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. Ryanair says it will reluctantly not charge parents to sit next to children
[22 hours old]: The airline had typically charged adults a fee of £8 each way to sit with their young children.

. How you can save money on your energy bill as debts rise
[23 hours old]: Experts say support is available as total debt and arrears to suppliers hit a new record.

. IBM hails new 'block of flats' design breakthrough for ultra tiny chips
[24 hours old]: IBM says it has created the world's first known chip tech below 1 nanometre - but it will be some time before it's ready for production.

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. Price cuts on family summer days out come into force
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. EasyJet rejects fourth takeover offer
[24 hours old]: The airline is questioning the "deliverability" of the offer.

. Oil price falls back to pre-Iran war levels
[19 hours old]: Signs that traffic through the key Strait of Hormuz shipping route is gradually resuming has helped to push the oil price down.

. Anthropic accuses Chinese rival Alibaba of illicitly extracting AI capabilities
[31 hours old]: The firm alleged that Alibaba used fraudulent accounts to access data from its Claude AI model.

. Ferrari marketing boss quits just weeks after EV launch backlash
[23 hours old]: The design of the luxury carmaker's first all-electric vehicle, the Luce, was heavily criticised.

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. Food kit warehouse closure puts 290 jobs at risk
[24 hours old]: Food company Gousto says it is closing its warehouse in Spalding, Lincolnshire.

. The heatwave workers 'like cats on a hot tin roof'
[29 hours old]: Many workers are downing tools early, but there is no legal limit to how hot a workplace can be.

. GTA 6 - all you need to know about Rockstar's blockbuster game
[27 hours old]: Rockstar's sixth game in the franchise is set to be the biggest game release of the year.

. Baroness Mone among individuals sued to recover PPE Medpro millions
[41 hours old]: The Baroness and her husband Doug Barrowman are among individuals being sued in a bid to recover some of the money owed to the government by the business.

. The legal fight to get equal pay for Germany's disabled workers
[35 hours old]: A test case is seeking the minimum wage for 300,000 disabled people who currently get paid less.

. Do you know your 'sweat score'? The rise of hydration tech
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. Is Germany looking again at coal-powered electricity?
[107 hours old]: It had planned to abandon the fuel, but the higher cost of natural gas may make it think again.

. The artificial ice pyramids saving India's mountain villages
[179 hours old]: Himalayan villages are creating artificial glaciers to guarantee water for their crops in the spring.

. 'We had to get out of the way': The backlash over delivery robots
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. Could humanoid robots be heading for the battlefield?
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. The threat to summer holidays looming from jet fuel shortages
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