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“I’m totally opposite to this character.”

US rock icon Alice Cooper spoke to Naga Munchetty and Charlie Stayt on BBC Breakfast about his memoir, Devil on my Shoulder, and how he’s very different to his on-stage persona.

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The Duchess of Sussex has made her first official public appearance since moving back to the UK, telling well-wishers “it’s great to be back”.

Along with her husband Prince Harry, Meghan has been visiting charities in Nottingham – the city where they made their first official engagement together nine years ago.

But after six years away, will the public welcome her back? And how will this all sit with the Royal Family now the Duke and Duchess of Sussex are private citizens?

BBC Senior Royal Correspondent, Daniela Relph, has been in Nottingham today following Meghan’s first day back.

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Saudi Arabia has said three people have been killed after the Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen attacked Riyadh airport on Thursday.

It’s the latest in series of attacks on airports across the country, as the conflict escalates between Saudi-supported Yemeni government forces and the Houthis.

Elsewhere a US Treasury official has told the BBC that economic pressure from America has Tehran ‘on its knees’, and they hope the tactic will end the current regime in Iran.

Meanwhile Iran’s president has said his country will not walk away from peace negotiations, despite threats from the United States.

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Booker prize winner Margaret Atwood describes herself as an “observer,” but in her many novels she has often offered us a portal to understanding, be it about totalitarianism, or the idea of other forms of life, future and past.

In her latest book, Old Babes in the Woods, she navigates death and the loss of loved ones, in short stories which are both acerbic and hilarious, as well as adding to her fantastical oeuvre, such as an octopus-like creature narrating its own interpretation of a folk tale.

Seven of the stories feature the characters Tig and Nell, a thinly-veiled portrayal of Atwood and her long-life partner Graeme Gibson who died four years ago. Margaret Atwood began her interview with Kirsty Wark with a reading from the darkly funny story, Widows.

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