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Dinosaur extinction: 'Asteroid strike was real culprit' - BBC News | 2020-01-17 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | A team of scientists discounts the idea that large-scale volcanism drove the demise of the dinosaurs. | Science & Environment | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Prof Paul Wilson: "The impact event is exactly contemporaneous with the extinction"
Was it the asteroid or colossal volcanism that initiated the demise of the dinosaurs 66 million years ago?
This has been a bit of a "to and... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-51150001 | news_science-environment-51150001 | |
Labour leadership: Don't just blame 2019 campaign, Starmer warns - BBC News | 2020-01-17 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The leadership hopeful tells the BBC's Laura Kuenssberg he can restore trust in Labour as a "force for good". | UK Politics | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.
Sir Keir Starmer has warned against blaming Labour's historic election defeat on its 2019 campaign alone.
The leadership candidate said the party had been losing votes in its heartlands for a "long time" and had lost four g... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-51139619 | news_uk-politics-51139619 | |
Impeachment trial: How Trump lawyers set out their case - BBC News | 2020-01-25 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | In two hours of arguments, the Trump team accused the Democrats of bringing a wafer-thin impeachment case. | US & Canada | 'Read the transcript' has become a feature at Trump rallies Image caption: 'Read the transcript' has become a feature at Trump rallies
Mike Purpera, Deputy White House Counsel, is making the president's case to the Senate.
So far, he's sticking to the subject of the now-infamous 25 July call between President Trump a... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-us-canada-51243762 | news_live_world-us-canada-51243762 | |
Brexit: Boris Johnson signs withdrawal agreement in Downing Street - BBC News | 2020-01-25 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The PM hails a "fantastic moment" for the UK as he signs document paving the way for its EU exit. | UK Politics | Boris Johnson has signed the Brexit withdrawal agreement in Downing Street.
The prime minister hailed a "fantastic moment" for the country after he put his name to the historic agreement, which paves the way for the UK's exit from the European Union next Friday.
He said he hoped it would "bring to an end far too many... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-51244126 | news_uk-politics-51244126 | |
Labour leadership: I can sell 'hope for the future', says Long-Bailey - BBC News | 2020-01-22 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | She tells the BBC Labour had "a great set of policies" at the election but got its "messaging" wrong. | UK Politics | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Labour needs to sell a message of aspiration to voters, says Long-Bailey
Labour had "a great set of policies" at the general election but got its "messaging" wrong, Rebecca Long-Bailey has told the BBC.
"We should have been... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-51208545 | news_uk-politics-51208545 | |
Terry Jones: Monty Python stars pay tribute to comedy great - BBC News | 2020-01-22 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Members of the iconic comedy group lead tributes to their "outrageously funny" co-star, who has died aged 77. | Entertainment & Arts | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The BBC's David Sillito looks back at the Welsh comic actor, writer and director's life
Monty Python stars have led the tributes to their co-star Terry Jones, who has died at the age of 77.
The Welsh actor and writer played... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-51209197 | news_entertainment-arts-51209197 | |
Palin and Cleese remember 'strange and silly moments' with Terry Jones - BBC News | 2020-01-22 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | "He was a remarkable fellow because he had endless energy and enthusiasm," Cleese tells the BBC. | Entertainment & Arts | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Michael Palin on Terry Jones: "He was a wonderful companion"
Sir Michael Palin and John Cleese have been remembering their "warm" and "remarkable" Monty Python co-star Terry Jones, who has died at the age of 77.
"Terry was ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-51209872 | news_entertainment-arts-51209872 | |
Sian Green-Lord has prosthetic leg made from Louis Vuitton bag - BBC News | 2020-01-22 | [] | It is the first time Sian Green-Lord has been able to wear high heels since she was hit by a taxi. | null | A woman who lost part of her leg when she was hit by a taxi in New York has made a prosthetic leg out of a vintage Louis Vuitton bag.
Sian Green-Lord, from Leicester, was walking with a friend in Manhattan on holiday when the vehicle mounted the kerb in 2013.
The aspiring model can now also wear high heels for the fi... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershire-51181692 | news_uk-england-leicestershire-51181692 | |
Scottish independence: Johnson rejects Sturgeon's indyref2 demand - BBC News | 2020-01-14 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Boris Johnson confirms he will not agree to Nicola Sturgeon's request for a second independence referendum. | Scotland politics | Boris Johnson has rejected the request from Nicola Sturgeon
The UK government has formally rejected a call from Scotland's first minister for a second independence referendum.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson said a referendum would "continue the political stagnation Scotland has seen for the past decade".
And he said F... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-51106796 | news_uk-scotland-scotland-politics-51106796 | |
Boris Johnson: First speech as PM in full - BBC News | 2020-01-14 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Read the full text of Boris Johnson’s first speech in Downing Street as the UK’s prime minister. | UK Politics | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Boris Johnson's first speech as prime minister in full
Boris Johnson has delivered his first speech in Downing Street after becoming the UK's new prime minister.
You can read the full text of his speech below.
I have just ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-49102495 | news_uk-politics-49102495 | |
Samira Ahmed wins BBC equal pay tribunal - BBC News | 2020-01-10 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The judgement said "her work on Newswatch was like Jeremy Vine's work on Points of View". | Entertainment & Arts | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.
Presenter Samira Ahmed has won the employment tribunal she brought against the BBC in a dispute over equal pay.
Ahmed claimed she was underpaid by £700,000 for hosting audience feedback show Newswatch compared with Jeremy V... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-50599080 | news_entertainment-arts-50599080 | |
Stormzy stokes Wiley row as he hits number one - BBC News | 2020-01-04 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The rapper tells Radio 1 that his fellow British rapper is acting "like a drunk uncle" on Twitter. | Entertainment & Arts | Stormzy has scored the first number one of the decade, as his song Own It climbs to the top of the singles chart.
The track is a collaboration with Burna Boy and Ed Sheeran, and earns Stormzy his third UK number one in 12 months, knocking Ellie Goulding off the top.
But it follows a Twitter spat this week between Sto... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-50988633 | news_entertainment-arts-50988633 | |
Sir Rod Stewart charged over Florida hotel 'punch' - BBC News | 2020-01-04 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | A police report says the singer allegedly struck a security guard in a row at a Florida hotel. | UK | Sir Rod Stewart has been charged by police after allegedly punching a security guard at a hotel in Florida.
A police report says the altercation occurred after the singer and his companions, including his son Sean, failed to gain access to a private event on New Year's Eve.
Sean allegedly pushed the security guard an... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-50993128 | news_uk-50993128 | |
Labour leadership: Contenders set out stalls on leadership and Brexit - BBC News | 2020-01-05 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Keir Starmer and Lisa Nandy question manifesto choices as Jess Phillips does not rule out rejoining EU. | UK Politics | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Sir Keir Starmer: "We lost the public's trust in the Labour Party as a force for good"
Candidates hoping to succeed Jeremy Corbyn as Labour leader have questioned the party's manifesto choices while opening up dividing lines... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-50996799 | news_uk-politics-50996799 | |
Sir Rod Stewart charged over Florida hotel 'punch' - BBC News | 2020-01-05 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | A police report says the singer allegedly struck a security guard in a row at a Florida hotel. | UK | Sir Rod Stewart has been charged by police after allegedly punching a security guard at a hotel in Florida.
A police report says the altercation occurred after the singer and his companions, including his son Sean, failed to gain access to a private event on New Year's Eve.
Sean allegedly pushed the security guard an... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-50993128 | news_uk-50993128 | |
Voices from Iran: 'Qasem Soleimani did not deserve such a fate' - BBC News | 2020-01-11 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Iranians share their thoughts on the killing of General Qasem Soleimani in a US drone strike. | Middle East | The conflicts in Iraq and Syria turned Qasem Soleimani into something of a celebrity in Iran
Iranians have filled the centre of Tehran for the funeral procession of General Qasem Soleimani, who was killed in a US drone strike in Iraq last week.
Soleimani was the commander of the Revolutionary Guards' clandestine over... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-51009786 | news_world-middle-east-51009786 | |
Samira Ahmed wins BBC equal pay tribunal - BBC News | 2020-01-11 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The judgement said "her work on Newswatch was like Jeremy Vine's work on Points of View". | Entertainment & Arts | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.
Presenter Samira Ahmed has won the employment tribunal she brought against the BBC in a dispute over equal pay.
Ahmed claimed she was underpaid by £700,000 for hosting audience feedback show Newswatch compared with Jeremy V... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-50599080 | news_entertainment-arts-50599080 | |
Turner and the Thames: Will Gompertz reviews show at the house designed by the artist ★★★★☆ - BBC News | 2020-01-11 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | An exhibition of little-known JMW Turner works has opened at the house he built near the Thames. | Entertainment & Arts | Apparently, the great British romantic painter JMW Turner (1775-1851) once said if he could have his life again he would have been an architect: a statement that is as good an argument as any I've heard against reincarnation.
That's not to say London's finest landscape artist couldn't have become a decent architect fr... | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-51039965 | news_entertainment-arts-51039965 | |
Labour leadership: I can sell 'hope for the future', says Long-Bailey - BBC News | 2020-01-23 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | She tells the BBC Labour had "a great set of policies" at the election but got its "messaging" wrong. | UK Politics | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Labour needs to sell a message of aspiration to voters, says Long-Bailey
Labour had "a great set of policies" at the general election but got its "messaging" wrong, Rebecca Long-Bailey has told the BBC.
"We should have been... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-51208545 | news_uk-politics-51208545 | |
Terry Jones: Monty Python stars pay tribute to comedy great - BBC News | 2020-01-23 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Members of the iconic comedy group lead tributes to their "outrageously funny" co-star, who has died aged 77. | Entertainment & Arts | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The BBC's David Sillito looks back at the Welsh comic actor, writer and director's life
Monty Python stars have led the tributes to their co-star Terry Jones, who has died at the age of 77.
The Welsh actor and writer played... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-51209197 | news_entertainment-arts-51209197 | |
Louise Tiffney case: Sean Flynn to be retried over mother's murder - BBC News | 2020-01-09 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Prosecutors had applied to re-indict the case against Sean Flynn under double jeopardy laws. | Edinburgh, Fife & East Scotland | Louise Tiffney was 43 when she went missing in May 2002
Prosecutors have been given permission for a fresh prosecution of Sean Flynn, who was acquitted in 2005 of murdering his mother, Louise Tiffney.
Ms Tiffney was last seen in Edinburgh's Dean Village in May 2002. Her remains were found in East Lothian in 2017.
Th... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-51054613 | news_uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-51054613 | |
Labour leadership: Contenders set out stalls on leadership and Brexit - BBC News | 2020-01-06 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Keir Starmer and Lisa Nandy question manifesto choices as Jess Phillips does not rule out rejoining EU. | UK Politics | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Sir Keir Starmer: "We lost the public's trust in the Labour Party as a force for good"
Candidates hoping to succeed Jeremy Corbyn as Labour leader have questioned the party's manifesto choices while opening up dividing lines... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-50996799 | news_uk-politics-50996799 | |
Brexit: Boris Johnson signs withdrawal agreement in Downing Street - BBC News | 2020-01-24 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The PM hails a "fantastic moment" for the UK as he signs document paving the way for its EU exit. | UK Politics | Boris Johnson has signed the Brexit withdrawal agreement in Downing Street.
The prime minister hailed a "fantastic moment" for the country after he put his name to the historic agreement, which paves the way for the UK's exit from the European Union next Friday.
He said he hoped it would "bring to an end far too many... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-51244126 | news_uk-politics-51244126 | |
Trump impeachment: Senators play games and nap during trial - BBC News | 2020-01-24 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Senators have been seen chewing gum, handing out fidget spinners and sleeping during the trial. | US & Canada | US senators have been accused of falling asleep, playing games and breaking other rules during President Donald Trump's impeachment trial.
Jim Risch and Jim Inhofe are among members who have apparently nodded off during the lengthy hearings.
Crossword puzzles, fidget spinners and at least one paper plane have been sp... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-51231047 | news_world-us-canada-51231047 | |
TV cameras to be allowed in Crown Courts in England and Wales - BBC News | 2020-01-16 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Judges' sentencing remarks in high-profile criminal cases in England and Wales are to be filmed. | UK | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. From inside the Old Bailey, Clive Coleman explains what we can expect once cameras are allowed in
TV cameras are to be allowed to film in Crown Courts in England and Wales for the first time.
New legislation being laid befo... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-51110206 | news_uk-51110206 | |
Scottish independence: Labour candidate Lisa Nandy criticised for Catalonia remarks - BBC News | 2020-01-16 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Lisa Nandy claims that the UK should "look to Catalonia" for lessons on how to defeat Scottish nationalism. | Scotland politics | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Lisa Nandy said socialists across the world had been "beaten over and over" by nationalists
A Labour leadership candidate has claimed that the UK should "look to Catalonia" for lessons on how to defeat Scottish nationalism.
... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-51139519 | news_uk-scotland-scotland-politics-51139519 | |
Labour leadership: Don't just blame 2019 campaign, Starmer warns - BBC News | 2020-01-16 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The leadership hopeful tells the BBC's Laura Kuenssberg he can restore trust in Labour as a "force for good". | UK Politics | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.
Sir Keir Starmer has warned against blaming Labour's historic election defeat on its 2019 campaign alone.
The leadership candidate said the party had been losing votes in its heartlands for a "long time" and had lost four g... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-51139619 | news_uk-politics-51139619 | |
Mercenary 'Mad Mike' Hoare dies aged 100 - BBC News | 2020-02-03 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Mike Hoare, a controversial figure, became internationally famous for his campaigns in the Congo. | Africa | Mike Hoare, seen here with his bodyguard in 1964, was internationally renowned until his career ended in an embarrassing anti-climax
Michael "Mad Mike" Hoare, widely considered the world's best known mercenary, has died aged 100.
Born in India to Irish parents, he led campaigns in the Congo in the 1960s that earned h... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-51352075 | news_world-africa-51352075 | |
Crossbow murder trial: Witness denies sex with accused - BBC News | 2020-02-03 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Terence Whall had claimed they were having sex when Gerald Corrigan was shot with a crossbow. | Wales | Gerald Corrigan died three weeks after being shot outside his Anglesey home
A witness has denied having sex with a defendant on the night he is accused of killing a man with a crossbow.
Mr Whall had told police he was having sex with Thomas Barry Williams at the time.
But Mr Williams told Mold Crown Court their frie... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-51360832 | news_uk-wales-51360832 | |
Jessica Breeze cleared of father's murder after 'years of violence' - BBC News | 2020-02-03 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Jessica Breeze stabbed her father in the back during a violent row in the family home. | Tees | Jessica Breeze said she could not remember stabbing her father
A woman who stabbed her "controlling" father after suffering years of abuse has been found not guilty of his murder and manslaughter.
Jessica Breeze, 20, denied murdering Colin Brady, 49, at the family home in Keith Road, Middlesbrough, in June.
Miss Bre... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tees-51362733 | news_uk-england-tees-51362733 | |
Shock resignation poses challenge for Javid's successor - BBC News | 2020-02-13 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Relations between Number 10 and Number 11 are the foundation of any stable government. | Business | There was no hint of what was to come from the lips of Chancellor Sajid Javid.
He had been reassured of his future in post, when I spoke to him 48 hours ago.
He was planning not just the Budget, but also a Spending Review, and a finance white paper involving negotiations with the EU over the ongoing access of UK fina... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-51492694 | news_business-51492694 | |
Harvey Weinstein: How a Hollywood giant faced his reckoning - BBC News | 2020-02-25 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The judge said this was not a referendum on #MeToo. But at times, his trial felt like one. | US & Canada | As jurors were sworn in for Harvey Weinstein's trial in New York, the judge told them in no uncertain terms that this case was not intended to be a referendum on the #MeToo movement as a whole. But the trial, which ended with him being convicted of rape and sexual assault, at times felt like one.
Weinstein now faces a... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-51451977 | news_world-us-canada-51451977 | |
Jessica Breeze cleared of father's murder after 'years of violence' - BBC News | 2020-02-04 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Jessica Breeze stabbed her father in the back during a violent row in the family home. | Tees | Jessica Breeze said she could not remember stabbing her father
A woman who stabbed her "controlling" father after suffering years of abuse has been found not guilty of his murder and manslaughter.
Jessica Breeze, 20, denied murdering Colin Brady, 49, at the family home in Keith Road, Middlesbrough, in June.
Miss Bre... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tees-51362733 | news_uk-england-tees-51362733 | |
Michel Barnier: UK can't have Canada trade deal with EU - BBC News | 2020-02-18 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The chief negotiator says the UK's "particular proximity" to the bloc rules out a similar agreement. | UK Politics | Michel Barnier is the EU's chief negotiator for Brexit
The UK cannot have the same trade deal with the EU as Canada, according to the bloc's chief negotiator.
Michel Barnier said the EU was ready to offer an "ambitious partnership" with the UK post-Brexit, but its "particular proximity" meant it would be different.
... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-51549662 | news_uk-politics-51549662 | |
Huawei: Senior Tories want Huawei 'ruled out' of 5G plans - BBC News | 2020-02-08 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | They say there are alternatives to the Chinese firm and want Tory MPs to raise their concerns. | UK | Former Conservative leader Sir Iain Duncan Smith wants the UK to rethink its decision
Senior Conservatives have written to Tory MPs to raise concerns about the government's decision to allow Huawei to play a role in the UK's 5G network.
In a letter, the group - which includes four ex-cabinet ministers - said there we... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-51424133 | news_uk-51424133 | |
Trump impeachment trial: What you might have missed - BBC News | 2020-02-05 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | As senators prepare for the big vote on removing the president from office, here's how we got here. | US & Canada | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.
The impeachment trial of President Donald Trump is hurtling towards its conclusion as senators prepare to cast their final vote on Wednesday, with acquittal almost certain.
Democratic hopes were dealt a blow last Friday whe... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-51229748 | news_world-us-canada-51229748 | |
Drug consumption rooms are a 'distraction' says UK minister - BBC News | 2020-02-27 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | UK government minister Kit Malthouse dismisses calls for pilot scheme to take users off the streets. | Scotland | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. 'We're not convinced' on drug consumption rooms
Plans for drug consumption rooms to get addicts off the streets have been called a "distraction" by the UK government minister for crime.
Kit Malthouse said the drug deaths cr... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-51644786 | https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1632/idt2/idt2/5de9b602-5560-47e8-802e-be00fc752f40/image/816 | news_uk-scotland-51644786 |
Nicola Sturgeon: I have support to remain first minister - BBC News | 2020-02-23 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The SNP leader also defended her plans for a Scottish visa system on The Andrew Marr Show. | Scotland politics | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Nicola Sturgeon told the BBC's Andrew Marr she had the support of "party and of country" to hold her post
Nicola Sturgeon has said she "emphatically" wants to remain as first minister for at least a few years.
Appearing on ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-51600062 | news_uk-scotland-scotland-politics-51600062 | |
Brexit's happened... so what now? - BBC News | 2020-02-01 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | After the celebrations, the UK will start to find out what life outside the EU will really mean. | UK Politics | A dreary night didn't discourage those celebrating in Parliament Square. We wake this morning out of the European Union. But we follow their rules until the end of the year, without a say.
We are separate after more than 40 years, but remember much of the status quo will hold for now - the UK and the EU, the awkward c... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-51336075 | news_uk-politics-51336075 | |
Brexit: UK begins new chapter outside European Union - BBC News | 2020-02-01 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | France's Emmanuel Macron says he is deeply sad but David Davis says everybody will win from Brexit. | UK Politics | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Pre-recorded bongs from Big Ben played out as the UK left the European Union
European leaders have expressed sadness at the UK leaving the EU, with France's Emmanuel Macron emphasising Britain's "unrivalled ties" with the Fr... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-51340945 | news_uk-politics-51340945 | |
Brexit day: The story of the UK leaving the EU in key quotes - BBC News | 2020-02-01 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The journey to leaving the EU, tracked by what people said at the time. | UK | Britain has left the EU, more than three years and three prime ministers after it voted out.
It's been a political rollercoaster full of twists and turns, and a journey which can be tracked by what people said at the time.
Some have aged better than others, but here are a few of the key quotes from before the referen... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-46920529 | https://c.files.bbci.co.uk/assets/2d8a1cc2-1ba9-4d3c-9ef0-609953c6891c | news_uk-46920529 |
Trump impeachment trial: What you might have missed - BBC News | 2020-02-01 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | As senators prepare for the big vote on removing the president from office, here's how we got here. | US & Canada | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.
The impeachment trial of President Donald Trump is hurtling towards its conclusion as senators prepare to cast their final vote on Wednesday, with acquittal almost certain.
Democratic hopes were dealt a blow last Friday whe... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-51229748 | news_world-us-canada-51229748 | |
What does healing the Brexit divide mean? - BBC News | 2020-02-01 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The moment of Brexit is a time for healing, says the PM. But what does that mean? | UK | The moment of Brexit is a time to "find closure and let the healing begin", according to Prime Minister Boris Johnson. But what does "healing" involve?
If there is one thing that people on both sides of the referendum debate agree on it is that, at times, the argument became far too hostile. In the House of Commons, o... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-51281916 | news_uk-51281916 | |
Caroline Flack's unpublished Instagram post released by family - BBC News | 2020-02-19 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | In a post released ahead of her inquest, the TV host said her "future was swept from under my feet". | Entertainment & Arts | Caroline Flack's family have released an unpublished Instagram post that they say she wrote shortly before she died.
It came ahead of the inquest into the death of the former Love Island host, which opened on Wednesday.
The inquest heard that the 40-year-old presenter was apparently found hanged in her London flat on... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-51557180 | news_entertainment-arts-51557180 | |
Emergency law aims to stop next terror release - BBC News | 2020-02-06 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Mohammed Zahir Khan is due to be freed in three weeks' time after having served half of his sentence. | UK | Mohammed Zahir Khan is due to be freed at the end of this month
Ministers are aiming to pass emergency legislation to block the automatic early release of convicted terror offenders before the next one is due to be freed in three weeks' time.
Sunderland shopkeeper Mohammed Zahir Khan, 42, is expected to be released o... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-51394602 | news_uk-51394602 | |
Harvey Weinstein: How a Hollywood giant faced his reckoning - BBC News | 2020-02-24 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The judge said this was not a referendum on #MeToo. But at times, his trial felt like one. | US & Canada | As jurors were sworn in for Harvey Weinstein's trial in New York, the judge told them in no uncertain terms that this case was not intended to be a referendum on the #MeToo movement as a whole. But the trial, which ended with him being convicted of rape and sexual assault, at times felt like one.
Weinstein now faces a... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-51451977 | news_world-us-canada-51451977 | |
Julian Assange 'put lives at risk' by sharing unredacted files - BBC News | 2020-02-24 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The Wikileaks co-founder appears at a court in London on the opening day of his extradition hearing. | UK | Mr Assange addressed the court during proceedings, saying he couldn't concentrate because of the noise coming from his supporters outside
Wikileaks co-founder Julian Assange revealed the names of sources who subsequently "disappeared" after he put them at risk, a court has heard.
A lawyer for the US government made t... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-51616077 | news_uk-51616077 | |
Panorama: Fresh questions over Mo Farah's relationship with Alberto Salazar - BBC Sport | 2020-02-24 | [] | Fresh questions over Mo Farah's relationship with his disgraced former coach Alberto Salazar are raised in a new BBC Panorama investigation. | null | Last updated on .From the section Athletics
Fresh questions over Mo Farah's relationship with his banned former coach Alberto Salazar have been raised in a new BBC Panorama investigation.
Documents show Farah repeatedly denied to US Anti-Doping (Usada) investigators he had received injections of the controversial sup... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/51591701 | rt_athletics_51591701 | |
Caroline Flack's unpublished Instagram post released by family - BBC News | 2020-02-20 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | In a post released ahead of her inquest, the TV host said her "future was swept from under my feet". | Entertainment & Arts | Caroline Flack's family have released an unpublished Instagram post that they say she wrote shortly before she died.
It came ahead of the inquest into the death of the former Love Island host, which opened on Wednesday.
The inquest heard that the 40-year-old presenter was apparently found hanged in her London flat on... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-51557180 | news_entertainment-arts-51557180 | |
Brexit: UK begins new chapter outside European Union - BBC News | 2020-02-02 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | France's Emmanuel Macron says he is deeply sad but David Davis says everybody will win from Brexit. | UK Politics | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Pre-recorded bongs from Big Ben played out as the UK left the European Union
European leaders have expressed sadness at the UK leaving the EU, with France's Emmanuel Macron emphasising Britain's "unrivalled ties" with the Fr... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-51340945 | news_uk-politics-51340945 | |
Coronavirus: Some scientists say UK virus strategy is 'risking lives' - BBC News | 2020-03-14 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | More than 200 scientists write to the government calling for tougher measures to tackle Covid-19. | Science & Environment | Architects of the UK's nuanced approach: Sir Patrick Vallance (left) and Prof Chris Whitty (right)
More than 200 scientists have written to the government urging them to introduce tougher measures to tackle the spread of Covid-19.
In an open letter, the 229 specialists in disciplines ranging from mathematics to genet... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-51892402 | news_science-environment-51892402 | |
Grace Millane's killer to appeal against conviction and sentence - BBC News | 2020-03-18 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The 28-year-old, who cannot be named, was jailed for at least 17 years last month for her murder. | Essex | University of Lincoln graduate Grace Millane was on a round-the-world trip at the time of her death
The killer of British backpacker Grace Millane has begun the process of appealing against his murder conviction and jail sentence, his barrister said.
Auckland-based Rachael Reed QC confirmed that an appeal had been fi... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-51939561 | news_uk-england-essex-51939561 | |
Coronavirus: Keep it simple, stick to facts - how parents should tell kids - BBC News | 2020-03-18 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Keep the message calm, understandable and try not to overemphasise the risks, experts suggest. | UK | With the number of coronavirus patients rising around the world, children are being exposed to information and misinformation from many sources. How can parents best keep them up to date without terrifying them?
Coronavirus is dominating the news and children, as always, are asking direct, difficult questions about wh... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-51734855 | news_uk-51734855 | |
Coronavirus: Keep it simple, stick to facts - how parents should tell kids - BBC News | 2020-03-05 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Keep the message calm, understandable and try not to overemphasise the risks, experts suggest. | UK | With the number of coronavirus patients rising around the world, children are being exposed to information and misinformation from many sources. How can parents best keep them up to date without terrifying them?
Coronavirus is dominating the news and children, as always, are asking direct, difficult questions about wh... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-51734855 | news_uk-51734855 | |
Coronavirus: Some scientists say UK virus strategy is 'risking lives' - BBC News | 2020-03-15 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | More than 200 scientists write to the government calling for tougher measures to tackle Covid-19. | Science & Environment | Architects of the UK's nuanced approach: Sir Patrick Vallance (left) and Prof Chris Whitty (right)
More than 200 scientists have written to the government urging them to introduce tougher measures to tackle the spread of Covid-19.
In an open letter, the 229 specialists in disciplines ranging from mathematics to genet... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-51892402 | news_science-environment-51892402 | |
Behind the scenes of the Alex Salmond trial - BBC News | 2020-03-23 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | When the jury announced that he had been cleared, Mr Salmond reacted the way he had throughout the trial - by not reacting. | Scotland | Mr Salmond walked free from the court after being cleared of all of the allegations against him
After a political career spanning 30 years, Alex Salmond will be more familiar than most with the feeling of sitting waiting for a result to come in. But never one quite like this.
This time, the constituency passing judge... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-52010117 | news_uk-scotland-52010117 | |
Coronavirus: Keep it simple, stick to facts - how parents should tell kids - BBC News | 2020-03-19 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Keep the message calm, understandable and try not to overemphasise the risks, experts suggest. | UK | With the number of coronavirus patients rising around the world, children are being exposed to information and misinformation from many sources. How can parents best keep them up to date without terrifying them?
Coronavirus is dominating the news and children, as always, are asking direct, difficult questions about wh... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-51734855 | news_uk-51734855 | |
Labour leadership: Corbyn's team wanted faction fight, says Lisa Nandy - BBC News | 2020-03-06 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Labour leadership contender Lisa Nandy tells the BBC senior figures wanted to "crush" internal opposition. | UK Politics | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.
Labour leadership contender Lisa Nandy has spoken out against "faction fighting" under Jeremy Corbyn.
Ms Nandy said she raised her concerns with the Labour leader before she quit his shadow cabinet in 2016.
She said some m... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-51752969 | news_uk-politics-51752969 | |
UK coronavirus app 'must respect privacy rights' - BBC News | 2020-03-24 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Health chiefs are asked to be more open about plans for an app to tackle the spread of coronavirus. | Technology | UK health chiefs are being urged to safeguard people's privacy ahead of the expected release of an app to help tackle the coronavirus pandemic.
An open letter published by a group of "responsible technologists" warns that if corners are cut, the public's trust in the NHS will be undermined.
And it urges those in char... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-52003984 | news_technology-52003984 | |
David Beckham's Inter Miami lose first MLS game at Los Angeles FC - BBC Sport | 2020-03-02 | [] | David Beckham watches on as his Inter Miami team are beaten by Los Angeles FC in their inaugural Major League Soccer game. | null | Last updated on .From the section Football
David Beckham watched from the directors' box as his Inter Miami team were beaten by Los Angeles FC in their inaugural Major League Soccer game.
Former England captain Beckham had a big role in setting up the new MLS team and is one of the owners as well as president of socc... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/51690278 | rt_football_51690278 | |
Seafarers in limbo as coronavirus hits shipping - BBC News | 2020-04-21 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The shipping industry is already feeling the impact of Covid-19 as the world heads for recession. | Business | Shipping firms have halted crew changes to protect their seafarers
With the world in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, the shipping industry is already feeling the impact as the global economy heads into a deep recession.
Hundreds of ship sailings have been cancelled as first ports in China, and then across the ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-52289303 | news_business-52289303 | |
Coronavirus: UK confirms plan for its own contact tracing app - BBC News | 2020-04-13 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | App will send yellow and red alerts to those who have come into contact with a suspected carrier. | Technology | The UK has confirmed plans for an app that will warn users if they have recently been in close proximity to someone suspected to be infected with the coronavirus.
The health secretary Matt Hancock announced the move at the government's daily pandemic press briefing.
He said the NHS was "working closely with the world... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-52263244 | news_technology-52263244 | |
Coronavirus warship row: Acting US Navy secretary resigns - BBC News | 2020-04-07 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The acting Navy chief was under fire for ousting a captain who pleaded for help fighting Covid-19. | US & Canada | Acting US Navy Secretary Thomas Modly has submitted his resignation
The acting secretary of the US Navy has resigned amid uproar over his handling of a coronavirus outbreak on an aircraft carrier.
Thomas Modly fired the USS Theodore Roosevelt's captain after he pleaded for help in a letter leaked to media.
Mr Modly ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-52209105 | news_world-us-canada-52209105 | |
Frank Skinner: Will Gompertz reviews the comedian's poetry podcast on Absolute Radio ★★★★☆ - BBC News | 2020-04-25 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | It's a simple idea presented by someone who brings insight to an art form that is enjoying a resurgence. | Entertainment & Arts | Odd combinations have long been a staple of the entertainment industry. For those old enough to have seen it (still available on YouTube), who can forget Prince Edward's cringe-inducing toe-dip into television production with the culture-clash that was It's A Royal knockout? Not the Queen, that's for sure, who went on ... | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-52403782 | news_entertainment-arts-52403782 | |
Coronavirus: Trump berates media at jaw-dropping briefing - BBC News | 2020-04-14 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Donald Trump is clearly aggrieved that the media has been critical of his handling of the pandemic. | US & Canada | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.
On Monday morning I had a delivery to my apartment from the nearby off-licence - or liquor store, as they say over here.
And I put a jokey picture on Twitter of a bottle of gin and eight bottles of tonic, with the caption t... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-52276004 | news_world-us-canada-52276004 | |
Coronavirus at Smithfield pork plant: The untold story of America's biggest outbreak - BBC News | 2020-04-18 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Infections spread like wildfire through a pork factory in South Dakota. Here's how it happened. | US & Canada | How did the biggest cluster in the US emerge in a corner of South Dakota? Infections spread like wildfire through a pork factory and questions remain about what the company did to protect staff.
On the afternoon of 25 March, Julia sat down at her laptop and logged into a phony Facebook account. She'd opened it in midd... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-52311877 | news_world-us-canada-52311877 | |
Coronavirus warship row: Acting US Navy secretary resigns - BBC News | 2020-04-08 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The acting Navy chief was under fire for ousting a captain who pleaded for help fighting Covid-19. | US & Canada | Acting US Navy Secretary Thomas Modly has submitted his resignation
The acting secretary of the US Navy has resigned amid uproar over his handling of a coronavirus outbreak on an aircraft carrier.
Thomas Modly fired the USS Theodore Roosevelt's captain after he pleaded for help in a letter leaked to media.
Mr Modly ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-52209105 | news_world-us-canada-52209105 | |
PFA says Premier League 30% pay cut plans would harm NHS - BBC Sport | 2020-04-05 | [] | The Professional Footballers' Association warns that proposals for a 30% pay cut in the Premier League would be "detrimental to our NHS". | null | The Professional Footballers' Association says proposals for a 30% pay cut for Premier League players would be "detrimental to our NHS".
The PFA also called on the league to increase its own £20m charity pledge.
The government has said it is "concerned" by what it called "infighting".
The league wants players to tak... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/52168692 | rt_football_52168692 | |
Coronavirus: The US resistance to a continued lockdown - BBC News | 2020-04-27 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The protesters have made global headlines but it's ideology not economics driving them. | US & Canada | In these times, the sight of a public gathering of hundreds of people mostly without face masks is alarming.
But that is what happened at a demonstration against the shutdown measures in Washington State.
"We believe that the state governor has gone beyond his constitutional authority in shutting down businesses and ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-52417610 | news_world-us-canada-52417610 | |
UK drivers win first round in VW 'dieselgate' case - BBC News | 2020-04-06 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The High Court rules that the German firm installed 'defeat devices' in vehicles to cheat emissions tests. | Business | Thousands of UK motorists have won the first stage of a High Court action against Volkswagen over the installation of emissions cheating devices in its diesel vehicles.
It follows a preliminary hearing in December, when the court was asked whether software installed in the cars was a "defeat device" under EU rules.
I... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-52184229 | news_business-52184229 | |
Owen Harding: The teen who disappeared during lockdown - BBC News | 2020-04-24 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The story of the 16-year-old who went missing, and the community who tried to find him. | UK | As Britain scrambled to adjust to the first week of a life of lockdown in late March, Owen Harding and his mum Stella were arguing.
The 16-year-old was frustrated that his girlfriend Meg Wells Rhodes was 280 miles away in York, where she lives. It had been an emotional few days. Meg had only just left after a short vi... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-52386283 | news_uk-52386283 | |
Frank Skinner: Will Gompertz reviews the comedian's poetry podcast on Absolute Radio ★★★★☆ - BBC News | 2020-04-24 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | It's a simple idea presented by someone who brings insight to an art form that is enjoying a resurgence. | Entertainment & Arts | Odd combinations have long been a staple of the entertainment industry. For those old enough to have seen it (still available on YouTube), who can forget Prince Edward's cringe-inducing toe-dip into television production with the culture-clash that was It's A Royal knockout? Not the Queen, that's for sure, who went on ... | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-52403782 | news_entertainment-arts-52403782 | |
Owen Harding: The teen who disappeared during lockdown - BBC News | 2020-04-24 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The story of the 16-year-old who went missing, and the community who tried to find him. | UK | As Britain scrambled to adjust to the first week of a life of lockdown in late March, Owen Harding and his mum Stella were arguing.
The 16-year-old was frustrated that his girlfriend Meg Wells Rhodes was 280 miles away in York, where she lives. It had been an emotional few days. Meg had only just left after a short vi... | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-52386283 | news_uk-52386283 | |
Coronavirus: UK confirms plan for its own contact tracing app - BBC News | 2020-04-12 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | App will send yellow and red alerts to those who have come into contact with a suspected carrier. | Technology | The UK has confirmed plans for an app that will warn users if they have recently been in close proximity to someone suspected to be infected with the coronavirus.
The health secretary Matt Hancock announced the move at the government's daily pandemic press briefing.
He said the NHS was "working closely with the world... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-52263244 | news_technology-52263244 | |
Coronavirus lockdown: Police guidelines give 'reasonable excuses' to go out - BBC News | 2020-04-16 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Long stays on benches should not be allowed but shopping for luxuries is okay, policing advice says. | England | Police have been told to stop people "home-working" in parks or sitting on a public bench for long periods of time.
Guidance to officers in England says neither activity is likely to be a "reasonable excuse" for someone to leave their home in the lockdown.
But the advice from police leaders and trainers says that peo... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-52312560 | news_uk-england-52312560 | |
Seafarers in limbo as coronavirus hits shipping - BBC News | 2020-04-20 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The shipping industry is already feeling the impact of Covid-19 as the world heads for recession. | Business | Shipping firms have halted crew changes to protect their seafarers
With the world in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, the shipping industry is already feeling the impact as the global economy heads into a deep recession.
Hundreds of ship sailings have been cancelled as first ports in China, and then across the ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-52289303 | news_business-52289303 | |
Daniel Pearl: Pakistan overturns convicted man's death sentence - BBC News | 2020-04-02 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | British-born Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh was convicted of beheading Daniel Pearl in 2002. | Asia | Pearl went missing in Karachi in 2002 while researching extremism
Pakistan has overturned the death sentence of the man convicted of killing US journalist Daniel Pearl, defence lawyers have told reporters.
British-born Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, imprisoned since 2002, has had his sentence reduced to seven years for kid... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-52130557 | news_world-asia-52130557 | |
Coronavirus: Holiday park booking requests surge - BBC News | 2020-05-13 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | It says the rise follows the easing of restrictions in England, which do not apply in Wales. | Wales | A holiday park said it had been inundated with requests for bookings after it was announced that lockdown measures would be eased in England.
People living in England are allowed to travel for their exercise, but that is not allowed in Wales where people are restricted to staying near homes.
Laurie Clark, general man... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-52634192 | news_uk-wales-52634192 | |
Lana Del Rey responds to accusations of racism - BBC News | 2020-05-22 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The singer named several women of colour while making a point about music industry double standards. | Entertainment & Arts | The star was accused of dragging other female artists into an argument with her critics
Lana Del Rey has defended herself against accusations of racism, arising from a statement she made about double standards in the music industry.
In a long Instagram post this week, the singer claimed she had been branded as anti-f... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-52767934 | news_entertainment-arts-52767934 | |
Coronavirus: What do we know about lockdown easing? - BBC News | 2020-05-04 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Restarting the economy - and our lives - will not be a straightforward task. | UK Politics | We are, declared the prime minister at the end of last week, past the peak of the coronavirus pandemic in the UK.
But he said we'd have to wait until this week to learn more about how we'll start to move out of the lockdown that has changed the country so dramatically in the past six weeks.
Given that the crisis has ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-52536216 | news_uk-politics-52536216 | |
Sally Challen: Abused wife entitled to killed husband's estate - BBC News | 2020-05-27 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Sally Challen, who killed her husband Richard with a hammer, can inherit his estate, a judge rules. | Surrey | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Speaking to reporters during a press conference, Sally Challen said: "I still love Richard and miss him dreadfully"
An abused woman who won an appeal after killing her controlling husband with a hammer can inherit his estate... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-surrey-52823867 | news_uk-england-surrey-52823867 | |
Coronavirus: What do we know about lockdown easing? - BBC News | 2020-05-06 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Restarting the economy - and our lives - will not be a straightforward task. | UK Politics | We are, declared the prime minister at the end of last week, past the peak of the coronavirus pandemic in the UK.
But he said we'd have to wait until this week to learn more about how we'll start to move out of the lockdown that has changed the country so dramatically in the past six weeks.
Given that the crisis has ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-52536216 | news_uk-politics-52536216 | |
Coronavirus: Holiday park booking requests surge - BBC News | 2020-05-12 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | It says the rise follows the easing of restrictions in England, which do not apply in Wales. | Wales | A holiday park said it had been inundated with requests for bookings after it was announced that lockdown measures would be eased in England.
People living in England are allowed to travel for their exercise, but that is not allowed in Wales where people are restricted to staying near homes.
Laurie Clark, general man... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-52634192 | news_uk-wales-52634192 | |
Glastonbury 5G report 'hijacked by conspiracy theorists' - BBC News | 2020-05-16 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Expertise was ignored in favour of conspiracy, Glastonbury town council committee members say. | Technology | Last month, the town council of Glastonbury in Somerset published a report calling for a government inquiry into the safety of 5G.
It promised to oppose the rollout of the next-generation mobile networks in the town.
Now, three members of the group that produced the report have told the BBC they resigned because it w... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-52674949 | news_technology-52674949 | |
Coronavirus: How will airlines get flying again? - BBC News | 2020-05-20 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | When passenger planes start flying again, the world of air travel will be very different. | Business | Airlines around the world have had to park up their planes
Aviation is the most global of global industries. It employs millions of people, underpins the livelihoods of tens of millions more, and acts as part of the central nervous system of international business and leisure.
Yet now vast parts of the network have b... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-52441652 | news_business-52441652 | |
Supreme Court challenge to 'paedophile hunters' - BBC News | 2020-06-03 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Lawyers for a convicted paedophile argue his human rights were breached by vigilantes. | Scotland | Mark Sutherland was previously jailed for sending explicit pictures and messages to a 12-year-old
Police and prosecutors give "tacit encouragement" to so-called "paedophile hunter" groups, the UK's highest court has heard.
The Supreme Court was told "huge numbers" of cases were prosecuted based on information from su... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-52896427 | news_uk-scotland-52896427 | |
Harry Dunn: Anne Sacoolas immunity 'absurd' says diplomacy expert - BBC News | 2020-06-22 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | One of the UK's top experts on diplomacy pours scorn on claims suspect in Harry Dunn death had immunity. | Northampton | Harry Dunn, 19, died in hospital after his motorbike was in a crash near RAF Croughton
Did Anne Sacoolas, the wife of a US intelligence officer in Britain, have diplomatic immunity when she allegedly killed Harry Dunn in a road accident in Northamptonshire last August?
Harry's parents insist that she didn't, and that... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-northamptonshire-53132168 | news_uk-england-northamptonshire-53132168 | |
William Gladstone: University of Liverpool to rename building over slavery links - BBC News | 2020-06-10 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | A University of Liverpool building was named after William Gladstone who benefited from slavery. | Liverpool | William Ewart Gladstone argued against the abolition of slavery
The University of Liverpool has agreed to rename a building named after former prime minister William Gladstone due to his links to the slave trade.
Gladstone spoke out against abolition in Parliament because his family had slaves on plantations in the C... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-52990464 | news_uk-england-merseyside-52990464 | |
Labour’s Rebecca Long-Bailey sacked in anti-Semitism row - BBC News | 2020-06-26 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer says his "first priority" is tackling anti-Semitism after firing shadow minister. | UK Politics | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Starmer: "I've made it my first priority to tackle anti-Semitism"
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has sacked Rebecca Long-Bailey, saying she shared an article containing an anti-Semitic conspiracy theory.
Mrs Long-Bailey ret... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-53183085 | news_uk-politics-53183085 | |
We'll Meet Again: The story of Dame Vera Lynn's wartime classic - BBC News | 2020-06-18 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The song was one of the first to feature a synth, was accused of being too "slushy" for the troops. | Entertainment & Arts | Dame Vera recorded the song several times, with the most famous version coming from the 1943 film of the same name
We'll Meet Again became Dame Vera Lynn's signature song. It was also one of the first singles to use a synth, was accused of being too "slushy" for the troops, and has featured in Dr Strangelove and Stran... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-53079190 | news_entertainment-arts-53079190 | |
Election 2019: New leader not enough to win again, Labour warned - BBC News | 2020-06-18 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Labour has a "mountain to climb" to regain power, a major review of its 2019 election defeat says. | UK Politics | A new leader and the end of Brexit as an election issue will not be enough for Labour to win back power, a review of the party's 2019 defeat has warned.
The Labour Together project says the party has a "mountain to climb" after slumping to its lowest number of seats since 1935 in December's poll.
It says the historic... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-53096233 | news_uk-politics-53096233 | |
The Premier League, but not as we know it - BBC Sport | 2020-06-18 | [] | Powerful statements, an eerie atmosphere and unexpected controversy - BBC Sport chief football writer Phil McNulty reflects on a surreal return to action at Villa Park. | null | As the Premier League returned after its enforced 100-day hiatus, some things stayed the same but others were symbolic of the new world those who play the game and those who watch it must now occupy.
The eyes of the world were trained on the vast empty spaces of a stadium situated just off the M6 in Birmingham as a sl... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/53087253 | rt_football_53087253 | |
Iraq war: All but one war crimes claim against British soldiers dropped - BBC News | 2020-06-01 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | There were more than 3,000 war crimes allegations made against British troops relating to the conflict. | UK | British soldiers who have been accused of committing war crimes in Iraq are unlikely to face criminal prosecution.
Independent investigators were asked to look at thousands of allegations made against the British military after the invasion of Iraq in 2003.
But the director of the Service Prosecution Authority (SPA) ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-52885615 | news_uk-52885615 | |
Election 2019: New leader not enough to win again, Labour warned - BBC News | 2020-06-19 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Labour has a "mountain to climb" to regain power, a major review of its 2019 election defeat says. | UK Politics | A new leader and the end of Brexit as an election issue will not be enough for Labour to win back power, a review of the party's 2019 defeat has warned.
The Labour Together project says the party has a "mountain to climb" after slumping to its lowest number of seats since 1935 in December's poll.
It says the historic... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-53096233 | news_uk-politics-53096233 | |
Coronavirus: What went wrong with the UK's contact tracing app? - BBC News | 2020-06-19 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | After months of work the UK has ditched the way its current coronavirus-tracing app works. So what went wrong? | Technology | After months of work, the UK has ditched the way its coronavirus-tracing app works, prompting a blame game between the government and two of the world's biggest tech firms. So what went wrong?
At the end of March, I got a text from a senior figure in the UK's technology industry. This person said they were helping the... | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-53114251 | news_technology-53114251 | |
Coronavirus: First official analysis finds PPE failings - BBC News | 2020-06-12 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The National Audit Office identified shortcomings in PPE provision for health and care staff. | Health | The availability of personal protective equipment (PPE) for health and care staff both before and during the Covid-19 pandemic has become one of the most intensely debated issues of the crisis.
Doctors, nurses and care staff in many settings warned that supplies were running low and they were concerned about their saf... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-53028509 | news_health-53028509 | |
Penny Lane signs defaced in Liverpool over slavery claims - BBC News | 2020-06-12 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The signs on the street immortalised in a Beatles song in 1967 were attacked overnight. | Liverpool | The road signs on Penny Lane were attacked overnight on Thursday
Road signs on Penny Lane in Liverpool have been defaced over claims they are linked to slave merchant James Penny.
The markers had the word Penny blacked out and the word racist written above them on Thursday night.
The city's International Slavery Mus... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-52992669 | news_uk-england-merseyside-52992669 | |
Coronavirus: What went wrong with the UK's contact tracing app? - BBC News | 2020-06-20 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | After months of work the UK has ditched the way its current coronavirus-tracing app works. So what went wrong? | Technology | After months of work, the UK has ditched the way its coronavirus-tracing app works, prompting a blame game between the government and two of the world's biggest tech firms. So what went wrong?
At the end of March, I got a text from a senior figure in the UK's technology industry. This person said they were helping the... | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-53114251 | news_technology-53114251 | |
Iraq war: All but one war crimes claim against British soldiers dropped - BBC News | 2020-06-02 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | There were more than 3,000 war crimes allegations made against British troops relating to the conflict. | UK | British soldiers who have been accused of committing war crimes in Iraq are unlikely to face criminal prosecution.
Independent investigators were asked to look at thousands of allegations made against the British military after the invasion of Iraq in 2003.
But the director of the Service Prosecution Authority (SPA) ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-52885615 | news_uk-52885615 | |
Amber Heard: Johnny Depp 'threatened to kill me many times' - BBC News | 2020-07-21 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Amber Heard claims ex-husband Johnny Depp "was pressing so hard on my neck I couldn't breathe". | UK | Amber Heard and Johnny Depp were at London's High Court for day 10 of the case
Actor Johnny Depp "threatened to kill" ex-wife Amber Heard "many times", the US actress has claimed.
She described a "three-day hostage situation" during which she claimed Mr Depp was on a "drug and alcohol binge".
Mr Depp, 57, is suing t... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-53472114 | news_uk-53472114 |
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