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Former school in Crewe Green, Cheshire, 2025; not a Year 7 classroom and no identifiable children

Cheshire East secondary school applications have a 31 October deadline

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Education

Cheshire East Council opened applications on 1 September 2026 for school places starting in September 2027. Fo...

Born Audrey Faith Perry in Mississippi on 21 September 1967, Hill released Take Me as I Am in 1993 and Breathe in 1999.

Singer Faith Hill turns 59 on 21 September 2026

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Culture

American singer Faith Hill turns 59 on 21 September 2026. Born Audrey Faith Perry in Mississippi in 1967 — Enc...

Phoenix Park, Dublin, 2015; not the 2026 opening ceremony

European Week of Sport 2026 begins on 23 September under the message “#BeActive your way”

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Sport

The European Week of Sport 2026 runs from 23 to 30 September. The European Commission campaign, under the mess...

Antarctic ice, Copernicus satellite images from 2020; not the 2026 climate threshold

UNEP warns that exceeding 1.5°C is likely within the next few years

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Environment

The United Nations Environment Programme warns in “Limiting Overshoot”, published on 2 September 2026, that gl...

The Berlaymont building, European Commission headquarters, Brussels; not the 2026 storms

European Commission proposes €489 million for four countries hit by severe storms

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International

On 17 September 2026 the European Commission proposed mobilising €489 million from the European Union Solidari...

On 16 September 2026 the Commission welcomed pre-notification of the AI IPCEI by 19 states, including Romania; it is not…

Nineteen EU countries prepare first IPCEI dedicated to artificial intelligence

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Technology

The European Commission welcomed, on 16 September 2026, the initiative of 19 Member States to create and pre-n...

James Meredith escorted at the University of Mississippi, 1962, federal archive photograph

64 years since James Meredith was blocked from enrolling at the University of Mississippi

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Justice

On 20 September 1962, James Meredith tried to enrol at the University of Mississippi. Governor Ross Barnett, t...

Motto: Languages unite! The annual date is 26 September.

European Day of Languages 2026 is marked on 26 September

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Education

The European Day of Languages falls on 26 September 2026, under the motto “Languages unite!”. It was launched...

The European Commission building; not identifiable children

European Commission presents EU KIDS Act for a safer online environment for children

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Technology

The European Commission presented the EU KIDS Act proposal on 17 September 2026, describing it as a step towar...

Lufthansa Cargo Boeing 777F D-ALFC; the current model, not the 777-8F

FAA Allows Boeing to Sell 35 More 777F Freighters Under Temporary Waiver

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Transport

On 17 September the FAA approved a waiver from emissions rules that, from 1 January 2028, would have stopped s...

A Canadair CL-415 at Boise, 2016; a firefighting aircraft, not the announced EU fleet

European Union Plans Its Own Firefighting Aircraft Fleet

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Environment

In her 16 September State of the Union address, Ursula von der Leyen announced a European Heatwave Plan and a...

The Soyuz TMA-9 crew, a NASA photograph, not a private image

20 years since Anousheh Ansari became the first woman to fund her own spaceflight

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Science

18 September 2026 marks 20 years since Anousheh Ansari launched towards the International Space Station. ESA r...

Vanessa Williams photographed in 2007, after the career that followed her Miss America 1984 title

43 years since Vanessa Williams became the first African American woman named Miss America

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Culture

17 September 2026 marks 43 years since Vanessa Williams became the first African American woman to be named Mi...

The UN General Assembly hall, photographed after 1974

17 September 1974: Bangladesh, Grenada and Guinea-Bissau joined the United Nations on the same day

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International

On 17 September 1974 the UN General Assembly admitted three states on the same day: Bangladesh, Grenada and Gu...

Before-and-after view of McGetchin crater and ejecta in LRO imagery

NASA spacecraft identifies a new lunar crater about 222 metres wide

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Science

NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, which has studied the Moon since 2009, has identified a recently formed i...

The International Space Station photographed after STS-132 undocking, where the educational Astro Pi computers fly

Code written by European students will run aboard the International Space Station in the new Astro Pi challenge

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Education

Students and young programmers in Europe and Canada can again send code to run on the Astro Pi computers aboar...

A high-voltage power line in Île-de-France; electricity grids have become industrial infrastructure for AI and factories

The next industrial race is moving to the power socket as electricity becomes strategic for AI and manufacturing

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Energy

Ursula von der Leyen said in her State of the Union address on 16 September 2026 that Europe cannot remain an...

Ursula von der Leyen announcing the Middle Corridor project in the 2026 State of the Union address

EU announces Middle Corridor plan targeting up to €12 billion for Central Asia-Caucasus-Europe connectivity

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Economy

The European Union has announced an international connectivity project intended to link the South Caucasus and...

Ursula von der Leyen at the 2026 State of the Union address, where she announced a European climate-resilience framework

Europe to identify 100 of its most climate-vulnerable territories under new resilience framework

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Environment

The European Commission will present a new climate-resilience framework in October 2026, intended to identify...

Ursula von der Leyen delivering the 2026 State of the Union address at the European Parliament in Strasbourg

Von der Leyen urges caution at the AI frontier as self-improving models raise new risks

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Technology

Artificial intelligence took a central place in the State of the Union address delivered on 16 September 2026...

Green and purple aurora photographed from the ISS above Kyrgyzstan on 7 September 2026 (ISS075-E-88592)

Spectacular purple aurora photographed from the International Space Station above Central Asia

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Science

An aurora in shades of green, red and purple was photographed from the International Space Station as the orbi...

The Charity Commission has published updated accounting guidance for charities in England and Wales

New accounting rules for charities in England and Wales as thresholds rise from 30 September

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Society

The Charity Commission for England and Wales is urging charity trustees and their professional advisers to che...

B.B. King, one of the defining figures of American blues

101 years since B.B. King’s birth: the story of the man who made the guitar speak

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Culture

On 16 September 1925, Riley B. King was born on a plantation in Mississippi. The world would come to know him...

Mobile workers in the European Union and new initiatives on social-security documents and qualifications

EU proposes major changes for mobile workers: faster qualification recognition and digital social-security documents

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Economy

The European Commission has adopted a new package for fair labour mobility, with measures aimed at faster reco...

Greenway in Devon, the holiday home of British author Agatha Christie, creator of Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple

136 years since Agatha Christie's birth: the story of the “Queen of Crime” who created Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple

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Culture

Today, 15 September 2026, marks 136 years since the birth of Agatha Christie, one of the most famous writers i...

Historic depiction of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway at Parkside, around the time of the 1830 opening

196 years since the Liverpool–Manchester Railway opened: the line that helped launch the modern railway age

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History

Today, 15 September 2026, marks 196 years since the opening of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, an event...

Portrait of Roald Dahl, photographed in 1954 by Carl Van Vechten

110 years since the birth of Roald Dahl, creator of Matilda, Willy Wonka and the BFG

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Culture

On 13 September 1916 Roald Dahl was born in Llandaff, near Cardiff in Wales, the author who would become one o...

Illustrative image: Chuquicamata copper mine near Calama, Chile, 1 February 2016

EU examines how critical raw material mining can meet sustainable finance standards

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Economy

The European Commission held an online workshop on Friday, 11 September 2026, on mining and upstream extractio...

The Europa building in Brussels, seat of the Council of the European Union, with EU flags in front

EU discusses simplifying rules for medical devices and diagnostic tests

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Health

European Union Member States are continuing work on Friday, 11 September 2026, on changes to the rules for med...

NASA and IBM released on September 10, 2026 an open-source AI model for analysing the lunar surface, trained on large vo…

NASA and IBM launch AI model for lunar exploration that can identify ice, craters and geological features

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Technology

NASA and IBM have introduced an artificial intelligence model designed to analyse the lunar surface, in a proj...

September 10, 2026 marks 24 years since Switzerland became a UN member, after a close 2002 referendum and a long debate…

24 Years Since Switzerland Joined the UN: Why One of the World's Most Neutral Countries Waited Until 2002

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Politics

September 10, 2026 marks 24 years since Switzerland officially became a member of the United Nations, in an un...

Governor Tina Kotek announced on September 9, 2026 that the number of Oregon defendants waiting for a public defense att…

Oregon reports 66% drop in defendants waiting for public defense attorneys

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Justice

Oregon has reported a significant reduction in the number of people facing criminal charges who are waiting fo...

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