Need a bit of Saturday cheer? Well, look no further: it's #TheHappyPod bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0h… produced by Anna Murphy and Siobhán Leahy, editor Karen Martin and sound by Nick Randell 💙

Former professor donates $1 billion to the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Also: the felines and felons providing mutual support in Chile, and do apes have a sense of humour? Presented by ⁦Jackie Leonard⁩ and ⁦⁦Harry Bligh⁩ Do 🎧 bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0…

This is the moment students at a New York medical school found out they wouldn't be paying any tuition fees. Dr Ruth Gottesman, a 93-year old former professor at the school made a donation of $1bn, the largest ever to a medical school Hear more bbc.in/3P3KMcP

This video, viewed nearly 400,000 times, falsely claims to show Palestinians at Al-Aqsa mosque celebrate Iranian retaliatory strikes against Israel tonight. The video is from last week, and shows Palestinians praying at Al-Aqsa on the last Friday of Ramadan.

Well, hello Times Square, New York #globalnewspod 🤩

Huw Edwards will appear in court on Wednesday charged with three counts of making indecent images of children.

Have you ever read a poem at a wedding? Or been witness to a reading of a wedding poem that landed perfectly (or sank despairingly)? We're looking for stories of the best, worst and most emotional poems-at-weddings for an upcoming programme on BBC Radio 4.

One year after this front page, Scarlet Howes has been vindicated in the face of an almighty and abusive backlash. This story led to a criminal conviction for a man who repeatedly viewed indecent images of children potentially as young as seven. That’s how it must be remembered.

BREAKING: Huw Edwards should return his BBC salary, Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy says Read more🔗 news.sky.com/story/huw-edwa…

Wow. It’s 2024 and I’ve just had to crawl along the floor of this LOT Polish airline to get to the toilet during a flight back from Warsaw as “we don’t have onboard wheelchairs. It’s airline policy”. If you’re disabled and you can’t walk this is just discriminatory.

"My name's Alex. But increasingly young people keep shouting 'Timmy' at me in the street. It’s not mistaken identity - it’s mockery because I use a wheelchair" - My personal piece on how South Park’s #disabled character is being manipulated on TikTok to fuel real-life hate

LUKE. LITTLER. IS. WORLD. CHAMPION!!!!

In Friday pm's #GlobalNewsPod bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0l… sebastian usher, Kasra Naji and Nomia Iqbal on #Israeli strikes on #Iran; Yogita Limaye on the day after the #AirIndiaCrash; Esme Stallard on the UN Oceans Conference; will ross on the #OgoniNine; producer Harry Bligh