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Image copyright Reuters Image caption Claude Monet completed the painting in 1890 A painting by Claude Monet has been bought for $110.7m (£85.7m), a new world record for a work by the French artist. Monet completed the oil painting in 1890 as part of his Meules (Haystacks) series, depicting rural life near his home in […]

1.5 degrees Keeping the rise in global average temperature below 1.5 degrees Celsius will avoid the worst impacts of climate change, scientists say. That’s compared with ‘pre-industrial’ times. The world has already warmed about 1C since then. 2 degrees The original target for limiting the rise in global average temperature. Recent research points to 1.5

Image caption BBC Breakfast is hitting the target In April last year, the BBC launched its 50:50 challenge, aiming for an equal number of male and female expert contributors on-air and online. A year on, the results of last month’s data have been revealed and show a big boost in female representation. Nearly three-quarters of

A 29-year-old man who once slept rough on the streets of Norwich has had his paintings showing his mental health struggles exhibited in New York. Siris Hill has battled crippling anxiety and he taught himself to draw when he failed to get therapy. He found the creative process helped his state of mind and he

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Madonna’s publicists announced her appearance last month Madonna’s performance at the Eurovision Song Contest has been thrown into doubt by organisers, who say she has yet to sign a contract for the show. Speaking on Monday, Eurovision’s executive supervisor Jon Ola Sand said: “The European Broadcasting Union has never

Image copyright ITV Image caption Clunes has travelled around the globe for the ITV series Actor Martin Clunes has been dropped as a patron of an animal welfare charity after footage emerged of him riding an elephant in Nepal. He faced fierce social media criticism after climbing on the creature during last week’s episode of

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Stan Lee (left) became close to Mr Morgan (right) after his wife’s death The former manager of comic book co-creator Stan Lee has been charged with elder abuse against the late writer. Kyle Morgan is facing five counts of abuse against Lee – including false imprisonment, fraud and forgery

Image copyright Steve Dymond/Facebook Image caption Steve Dymond took part in a recording for The Jeremy Kyle Show An MP who has spoken openly about his own mental health issues has urged ITV to axe The Jeremy Kyle show for good. Charles Walker MP told the BBC it would be “extremely sensible” if ITV said

Image copyright Anton Sucksdorff Image caption Darude (in front), real name Ville Virtanen, with singer Sebastian Rejman You may know the name. You definitely know the hit. Twenty years on, can DJ Darude mix up more success in Tel Aviv? From Australia’s pop-opera hybrid to Iceland’s leather-clad BDSM enthusiasts, this year’s Eurovision hopefuls are a

Image copyright Sotheby’s Image caption The sale included the judge’s damask bag and notes compiled by his wife The government has temporarily blocked the export of a book used by the judge in one of Britain’s most famous trials. DH Lawrence’s controversial novel, Lady Chatterley’s Lover, was at the centre of an obscenity trial in