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Covid-19: PM to detail new measures to MPs on Monday - BBC News | 2020-10-10 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | But regional leaders say there has been little consultation and imposing more change could sow confusion. | UK | Liverpool is expected to be placed under severe new restrictions next week
The prime minister is to make a statement to MPs on Monday giving details of new restrictions to slow the spread of coronavirus in England.
A letter from Boris Johnson's adviser to MPs in the North West seen by the BBC says it is "very likely"... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-54486613 | news_uk-54486613 | |
Coronavirus: UK facing 'tough' Christmas, Sage scientist warns - BBC News | 2020-10-18 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | But there is "light at the end of the tunnel" as a vaccine may be ready early next year, the expert says. | UK | Christmas is unlikely to be the "usual celebration" of "families coming together", a leading scientist has said.
Jeremy Farrar, who sits on the Sage committee that advises the government, warned it would be a "tough" Christmas.
The Wellcome Trust director also told Sky News there was "light at the end of the tunnel" ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-54592112 | news_uk-54592112 | |
Covid: What the tier rules say about the split between science and politics - BBC News | 2020-10-18 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Why does the divergence between science and politics appear to be wider than it has ever been? | UK | Manchester has resisted being put into the "very high risk" tier
Early in the pandemic, the government consistently said it was "following the science" - but what does that really mean, and is the divergence between politics and science now wider than it has ever been?
Some with heels clacking on the cobbles, others ... | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-54546867 | news_uk-54546867 | |
Covid-19: Andy Burnham urges Boris Johnson to break Greater Manchester 'impasse' - BBC News | 2020-10-18 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Andy Burnham has called on Boris Johnson and other leaders to help end a deadlock over stricter Covid curbs. | UK | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Andy Burnham: "This is not just Greater Manchester's fight"
Greater Manchester's mayor has called on Boris Johnson for help in "breaking the impasse" over stricter Covid-19 curbs in the region.
Andy Burnham said in a letter... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-54589480 | news_uk-54589480 | |
VP debate: Voters pleased with candidates' civility - BBC News | 2020-10-08 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The BBC watched the stand-off between Harris and Pence with four US voters. What did they make of it? | US Election 2020 | Vice-President Mike Pence and Democratic challenger Kamala Harris were under the microscope in Wednesday's vice-presidential debate.
President Donald Trump is currently ill with Covid 19, a virus that's claimed over 200,000 American lives, bringing renewed attention to the vice-presidential role.
Many voters were fru... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-us-2020-54459854 | news_election-us-2020-54459854 | |
Led Zeppelin's Stairway To Heaven copyright battle is finally over - BBC News | 2020-10-05 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The US Supreme Court refuses to hear an appeal, meaning the long-running copyright case is over. | Entertainment & Arts | The final possible legal challenge to Led Zeppelin's ownership of Stairway To Heaven has been defeated.
The band were sued for copyright in 2014 over claims they had stolen the song's opening riff from Taurus, by a US band called Spirit.
Led Zeppelin won the case in 2016, but it was revived on appeal in 2018.
A cour... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-54423922 | news_entertainment-arts-54423922 | |
As it happened: More areas of UK under new coronavirus restrictions - BBC News | 2020-10-15 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The health secretary warned that "things will get worse before they get better" as he set out new measures. | World | No more money to be put on the table, Burnham says he was told
The Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham concludes his comments by revealing that government ministers suggested there is "no money left" for the kind of financial package the local leaders say is necessary before their areas are put into the highest tier... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-54550644 | news_live_world-54550644 | |
Tory Lanez and Megan Thee Stallion: Rapper charged with assault with firearm - BBC News | 2020-10-09 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Court proceedings will start next week and the rapper faces up to 23 years in prison. | Newsbeat | Tory Lanez has been charged with shooting Megan Thee Stallion.
The rapper - real name Daystar Peterson - is accused of shooting Megan several times at her feet and wounding her.
According to the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office, it happened after the pair got into an argument whilst riding in an SUV in t... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-54469400 | news_newsbeat-54469400 | |
Covid-19: PM to detail new measures to MPs on Monday - BBC News | 2020-10-09 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | But regional leaders say there has been little consultation and imposing more change could sow confusion. | UK | Liverpool is expected to be placed under severe new restrictions next week
The prime minister is to make a statement to MPs on Monday giving details of new restrictions to slow the spread of coronavirus in England.
A letter from Boris Johnson's adviser to MPs in the North West seen by the BBC says it is "very likely"... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-54486613 | news_uk-54486613 | |
US man avoids jail in Thailand over bad resort review - BBC News | 2020-10-09 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Wesley Barnes had posted several reviews allegedly accusing the resort of "modern day slavery" | Asia | A US man in Thailand who was arrested for writing a negative hotel review will avoid legal action and jail time.
Wesley Barnes had posted several reviews allegedly accusing the Sea View Resort of "modern day slavery".
He was subsequently detained and charged under Thailand's strict anti-defamation laws.
Police said ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-54473407 | news_world-asia-54473407 | |
Coronavirus: UK facing 'tough' Christmas, Sage scientist warns - BBC News | 2020-10-19 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | But there is "light at the end of the tunnel" as a vaccine may be ready early next year, the expert says. | UK | Christmas is unlikely to be the "usual celebration" of "families coming together", a leading scientist has said.
Jeremy Farrar, who sits on the Sage committee that advises the government, warned it would be a "tough" Christmas.
The Wellcome Trust director also told Sky News there was "light at the end of the tunnel" ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-54592112 | news_uk-54592112 | |
Covid: What the tier rules say about the split between science and politics - BBC News | 2020-10-19 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Why does the divergence between science and politics appear to be wider than it has ever been? | UK | Manchester has resisted being put into the "very high risk" tier
Early in the pandemic, the government consistently said it was "following the science" - but what does that really mean, and is the divergence between politics and science now wider than it has ever been?
Some with heels clacking on the cobbles, others ... | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-54546867 | news_uk-54546867 | |
Covid-19: Andy Burnham urges Boris Johnson to break Greater Manchester 'impasse' - BBC News | 2020-10-19 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Andy Burnham has called on Boris Johnson and other leaders to help end a deadlock over stricter Covid curbs. | UK | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Andy Burnham: "This is not just Greater Manchester's fight"
Greater Manchester's mayor has called on Boris Johnson for help in "breaking the impasse" over stricter Covid-19 curbs in the region.
Andy Burnham said in a letter... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-54589480 | news_uk-54589480 | |
Man denied £1.7m payout by Betfred takes fight to High Court - BBC News | 2020-10-16 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Andy Green is suing bookmaker Betfred after it refused to pay up, citing a software error. | UK | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Andy is suing a betting company after it refused to pay him his £1.7 million winnings.
A man who was refused a payout of £1.7m after his online betting company account was credited with the money has taken his case to the Hi... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-54564536 | news_uk-54564536 | |
The UK government's Scottish independence dilemma - BBC News | 2020-11-21 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | What happens to the SNP's demand for a referendum when, as widely expected, they win May's election? | UK Politics | If you can tear yourself away from the counting of votes in the United States, (and I appreciate if you are into politics, that's not easy right now), it is well worth noting what's going on in the warm up to a big political fight on this side of the pond, arguments that we are going to be talking about a lot in the co... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-54842734 | news_uk-politics-54842734 | |
Rebekah Vardy backed by High Court in Coleen Rooney libel hearing - BBC News | 2020-11-21 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | A judge rules that Rooney's social posts were directly accusing Rebekah Vardy of leaking stories. | Newsbeat | Coleen Rooney "clearly identified" Rebekah Vardy when she made allegations about social media stories being leaked to the tabloids, a judge has ruled.
The row dubbed 'Wagatha Christie' broke out in October 2019 when Rooney said fake stories had been leaked after only being seen by Vardy's Instagram account.
In July, ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-55020573 | news_newsbeat-55020573 | |
Covid-19: Mass-testing trial, kids' sport ban and #TeamHalo - BBC News | 2020-11-03 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Five things you need to know about the coronavirus pandemic this Tuesday morning. | UK | Here are five things you need to know about the coronavirus pandemic this Tuesday morning. We'll have another update for you at 18:00 GMT.
Everyone living and working in Liverpool will be offered regular coronavirus testing from the end of this week. The armed forces will help carry out the pilot scheme. Liverpool has... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-54786836 | https://c.files.bbci.co.uk/assets/38ff603e-43e6-419f-a19a-20b44dadf768 | news_uk-54786836 |
Covid: Destructive rules only current option, says Chris Whitty - BBC News | 2020-11-03 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | England's chief medical officer defends lockdowns as a further 397 coronavirus deaths are recorded. | UK Politics | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Prof Chris Whitty says the three-tier system of restrictions has “slowed things down".
"Economically and socially destructive" lockdowns are the only practical option until a Covid vaccine and better drugs are available, Chr... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-54802129 | news_uk-politics-54802129 | |
The UK government's Scottish independence dilemma - BBC News | 2020-11-17 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | What happens to the SNP's demand for a referendum when, as widely expected, they win May's election? | UK Politics | If you can tear yourself away from the counting of votes in the United States, (and I appreciate if you are into politics, that's not easy right now), it is well worth noting what's going on in the warm up to a big political fight on this side of the pond, arguments that we are going to be talking about a lot in the co... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-54842734 | news_uk-politics-54842734 | |
Scottish independence: Johnson rejects Sturgeon's indyref2 demand - BBC News | 2020-11-17 | ['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 | |
Joe Biden: 'Middle Class Joe' vows to 'finish the job' - BBC News | 2020-11-07 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | President Biden has said that democracy and 'freedom' are at stake in the upcoming 2024 election. | US & Canada | US President Joe Biden has officially announced his bid for re-election, asking Americans to help him "finish the job" he started more than two years ago.
Mr Biden, 80, faced a turbulent first two years in office marked by the Covid-19 pandemic, economic woes and geopolitical challenges including the US pull-out from ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-51682000 | news_world-us-canada-51682000 | |
Father jailed for killing two-month-old Ava Ray - BBC News | 2020-11-25 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Joseph Ray, 33, was convicted after a seven-year investigation to determine how his baby daughter died. | Edinburgh, Fife & East Scotland | Joseph Ray admitted shaking baby Ava at their flat in East Lothian
A father who killed his baby daughter in what was described as "a momentary loss of control" has been jailed for seven years.
Joseph Ray admitted violently shaking two-month-old Ava at their flat in Prestonpans, East Lothian, in 2012.
The 33-year-old... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-55072138 | news_uk-scotland-55072138 | |
Reaction as Sunak sets out Spending Review - BBC News | 2020-11-25 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The chancellor says the government is providing £280bn this year to get the country through the coronavirus crisis. | UK Politics | On rare occasions, nervous chancellors leave No 11 gripping their documents, to deliver news to the country that resets the dial.
The pandemic has already cost jobs and hardships, but there can now be no doubt that the economic aftermath will last for many years.
The predictions of job losses, record levels of borrow... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-politics-55062425 | news_live_uk-politics-55062425 | |
The cold reality of Covid cost will be laid bare at Sunak's Spending Review - BBC News | 2020-11-25 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The chancellor will detail the UK's economic problems but don't hold your breath for solutions. | UK Politics | "It's going to look horrible." The simple truth about the Spending Review according to a senior MP.
The chancellor will bang the drum for his plans to keep people in jobs, or help find new ones. Rishi Sunak will take out the metaphorical megaphone to explain how he'll allocate billions of taxpayers' cash to spend on i... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-55066618 | news_uk-politics-55066618 | |
Port Talbot steelworks: 'Resist speculation' over future - BBC News | 2020-11-14 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Welsh Secretary Simon Hart says Tata wants "to make steel in Wales". | Wales | There has been a call to "resist dealing in speculation" over the future of steel production at Tata's plant in Wales.
Welsh Secretary Simon Hart said the firm "want to make steel in Wales, and that's a good place to be starting this debate from".
It followed an announcement that Tata is looking to sell part of its E... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-54922368 | news_uk-wales-54922368 | |
Rock mining with microbes may aid space explorers - BBC News | 2020-11-10 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | UK scientists show how astronauts on the Moon or Mars could one day mine for metals using bacteria. | Science & Environment | The bio-reactor was developed with Italian engineering firm Kayser Italia
UK scientists have shown how astronauts on the Moon or Mars could one day mine for important metals using bacteria.
In a first-of-its-kind experiment on the International Space Station (ISS), microbes digested rock to release rare-Earth element... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-54895144 | news_science-environment-54895144 | |
Indyref2: Scottish battle lines drawn again in run-up to May's election - BBC News | 2020-11-10 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Unionists are nervous about sustaining opposition to another referendum should SNP win May's election. | UK Politics | The government has suggested it will reject calls for another referendum but unionists worry how sustainable this is
Supporters of the Union are nervous.
A number of recent polls on Scottish independence suggest there is now a majority in support of leaving the UK. The SNP have started calling independence the "settl... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-54879211 | news_uk-politics-54879211 | |
Covid: MPs vote to back four-week England lockdown - BBC News | 2020-11-04 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Boris Johnson sees off a rebellion by 34 Tory MPs over restrictions which came into force at midnight. | UK Politics | MPs backed a four-week lockdown in England to combat coronavirus on Wednesday, before it kicked in.
Boris Johnson saw off a rebellion by 34 Tory MPs opposed to the move, with the support of Labour.
The government won the vote by 516 to 39, a majority of 477.
The prime minister told MPs a second lockdown was needed t... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-54813615 | news_uk-politics-54813615 | |
Covid: Destructive rules only current option, says Chris Whitty - BBC News | 2020-11-04 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | England's chief medical officer defends lockdowns as a further 397 coronavirus deaths are recorded. | UK Politics | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Prof Chris Whitty says the three-tier system of restrictions has “slowed things down".
"Economically and socially destructive" lockdowns are the only practical option until a Covid vaccine and better drugs are available, Chr... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-54802129 | news_uk-politics-54802129 | |
US election results: Tables turned as Trump voters start to worry - BBC News | 2020-11-04 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Republicans in our group chat were jubilant overnight - but the mood changed as more results came in. | US Election 2020 | On election night, we put 13 Trump and 12 Biden voters in a group chat to watch the results come in.
Biden voters went to sleep feeling fearful and resigned.
Trump supporters went to sleep feeling victorious. They flooded the group text with pictures from crowded watch parties and exchanged Instagram handles late int... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-us-2020-54817981 | news_election-us-2020-54817981 | |
Trump fires election security official who contradicted him - BBC News | 2020-11-18 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Chris Krebs reportedly angered Donald Trump by running a website debunking election misinformation. | US & Canada | Donald Trump says he has fired a top election official who contradicted the US president's claims of voter fraud.
President Trump said he "terminated" Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (Cisa) chief Chris Krebs for his "highly inaccurate" remarks on vote integrity.
Mr Trump has refused to concede the US... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-54982360 | news_world-us-canada-54982360 | |
US election 2020: How Biden voters think nation can heal - BBC News | 2020-11-08 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Joe Biden has vowed to bring unity to the US. Here's how his supporters think he will do it. | US Election 2020 | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.
Minutes after Joe Biden had been declared the next president of the United States, people in Washington, DC began to flood the streets.
Streams of people - banging pans, honking horns, clutching signs - moved to the city's ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-us-2020-54860214 | news_election-us-2020-54860214 | |
Covid tiers: Boris Johnson says measures will bring clarity - BBC News | 2020-11-27 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The PM hits back at criticism from Tory MPs that post-lockdown restrictions are not properly targeted. | UK Politics | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.
Boris Johnson has defended his decision to place 55 million people in England into the two highest tiers of Covid restrictions, arguing the country needs "simplicity and clarity".
The PM said measures due to come in when lo... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-55097182 | news_uk-politics-55097182 | |
Covid: UK first country in Europe to pass 50,000 deaths - BBC News | 2020-11-11 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | It is the first European nation to pass the landmark, with 595 deaths recorded in the past 24 hours. | UK | The UK has become the first country in Europe to pass 50,000 coronavirus deaths, according to the latest government figures.
A total of 50,365 people have died within 28 days of a positive Covid test, up 595 in the past 24 hours.
The UK is the fifth country to pass 50,000 deaths, coming after the US, Brazil, India an... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-54905018 | news_uk-54905018 | |
Covid in Scotland: Cancelling Higher exams cannot be ruled out - BBC News | 2020-11-11 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | National 5 exams in Scotland have already been cancelled for 2021 but Highers are currently scheduled to go ahead. | Scotland | The Scottish government has not ruled out cancelling Higher exams in Scotland next year and will make a final decision in mid-February.
Last month Education Secretary John Swinney confirmed there would be no National 5 exams in 2021.
But he told the BBC's Good Morning Scotland the "latest point" he could make such a ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-54900365 | news_uk-scotland-54900365 | |
Vaccine rumours debunked: Microchips, 'altered DNA' and more - BBC News | 2020-11-15 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | We've looked at four false Covid vaccine claims that won’t go away. | Reality Check | We've looked into some of the most widely shared false vaccine claims - everything from alleged plots to put microchips into people to the supposed re-engineering of our genetic code.
The fear that a vaccine will somehow change your DNA is one we've seen aired regularly on social media.
The BBC asked three independen... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/54893437 | news_54893437 | |
US election 2020: How Biden voters think nation can heal - BBC News | 2020-11-09 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Joe Biden has vowed to bring unity to the US. Here's how his supporters think he will do it. | US Election 2020 | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.
Minutes after Joe Biden had been declared the next president of the United States, people in Washington, DC began to flood the streets.
Streams of people - banging pans, honking horns, clutching signs - moved to the city's ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-us-2020-54860214 | news_election-us-2020-54860214 | |
Trump's legal battles: How six cases may play out - BBC News | 2020-11-24 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Defeated in the election, Trump will soon become a private citizen again. A legal storm awaits him. | US & Canada | As president of the United States, Donald Trump enjoyed unique protection from legal action, be it criminal or civil.
Now, after losing the 2020 presidential election, Mr Trump will soon become a private citizen again.
That means he will lose his presidential privileges, putting him in the crosshairs of litigators an... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-54716550 | news_world-us-canada-54716550 | |
Was the scientific advice for lockdown flawed? - BBC News | 2020-11-24 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | A BBC documentary highlights weaknesses in the expert analysis of the likely impact of coronavirus. | Health | As coronavirus began spreading around the world at the start of 2020, in the UK there were weaknesses in the expert analysis of its likely impact, according to a BBC documentary.
"There is going to be a lot of criticism of the scientists - because it's easy to have hindsight.
"It's easy to say if only we'd done this ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-54976192 | news_health-54976192 | |
Labour should apologise for Brexit policy, say key Corbyn allies - BBC News | 2020-11-12 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Hard-hitting report from former shadow cabinet members says Labour has become too middle-class. | UK Politics | Two key members of Jeremy Corbyn's shadow cabinet have called for the party to issue a '"full throated apology" for its stance on Brexit.
Ex-party chairman Ian Lavery and former elections chief Jon Trickett say backing a second referendum at last year's election destroyed trust.
In a new report, the pair call for the... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-54896340 | news_uk-politics-54896340 | |
Birds' genetic secrets revealed in global DNA study - BBC News | 2020-11-12 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Scientists have sequenced the "code of life" of species from almost every branch of the bird family tree. | Science & Environment | Scientists have sequenced and recorded the genomes - the genetic make-up or "code of life" - of species from almost every branch of the bird family tree.
The 363 species' genomes, including 267 sequenced for the first time, are catalogued in the journal Nature.
It is a list that now features more than 92% of the worl... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-54904806 | news_science-environment-54904806 | |
Covid: UK first country in Europe to pass 50,000 deaths - BBC News | 2020-11-12 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | It is the first European nation to pass the landmark, with 595 deaths recorded in the past 24 hours. | UK | The UK has become the first country in Europe to pass 50,000 coronavirus deaths, according to the latest government figures.
A total of 50,365 people have died within 28 days of a positive Covid test, up 595 in the past 24 hours.
The UK is the fifth country to pass 50,000 deaths, coming after the US, Brazil, India an... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-54905018 | news_uk-54905018 | |
Rebekah Vardy backed by High Court in Coleen Rooney libel hearing - BBC News | 2020-11-20 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | A judge rules that Rooney's social posts were directly accusing Rebekah Vardy of leaking stories. | Newsbeat | Coleen Rooney "clearly identified" Rebekah Vardy when she made allegations about social media stories being leaked to the tabloids, a judge has ruled.
The row dubbed 'Wagatha Christie' broke out in October 2019 when Rooney said fake stories had been leaked after only being seen by Vardy's Instagram account.
In July, ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-55020573 | news_newsbeat-55020573 | |
Sir Keir Starmer promises to shift power from Westminster - BBC News | 2020-12-21 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | In a key policy speech, the Labour leader set out plans for the "boldest devolution project in a generation". | Scotland politics | Sir Keir Starmer said he was "under no illusion about the scale of the task Labour faces" in Scotland
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has committed his party to delivering the "boldest devolution project in a generation" in a policy speech.
He is to set up a constitutional commission to offer a "positive alternative t... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-55384938 | news_uk-scotland-scotland-politics-55384938 | |
Timeline: Lockerbie bombing - BBC News | 2020-12-17 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Key moments in the story of the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie in 1998. | Scotland | A Libyan man accused of making the bomb which destroyed Pan Am flight 103 over Lockerbie has been taken into United States custody.
The explosion on board the Boeing 747 on 21 December 1988 left 270 people dead, making it the deadliest terrorist incident to have taken place on British soil.
Another Libyan, Abdelbaset... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-34541363 | news_uk-scotland-34541363 | |
As it happened: Brexit talks fail to break deadlock - BBC News | 2020-12-07 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The UK prime minister and the European Commission president are to meet in Brussels to discuss the sticking points. | UK Politics | We've had the same big three sticking points between the two sides for months now.
Many trade negotiators were wondering what the point was of sending negotiators back into the room when they are so well rehearsed in each other's arguments.
What is needed to break the deadlock right now is the political will from bot... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-politics-55211021 | news_live_uk-politics-55211021 | |
Covid-19 tests for secondary school pupils in parts of London, Kent and Essex - BBC News | 2020-12-10 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | All 11 to 18-year-olds in the worst-hit areas told to get tested, whether they have symptoms or not. | UK | Mass testing will be rolled out to secondary school children in the worst-affected areas of London, Kent and Essex, the health secretary has said.
Matt Hancock said "by far" the fastest rise in coronavirus infection rates in these areas was in 11 to 18-year-olds.
This age group in these areas should be tested regardl... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-55265098 | news_uk-55265098 | |
Louise Smith death: Shane Mays guilty of murdering teenager in woods - BBC News | 2020-12-08 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Shane Mays repeatedly punched Louise Smith in the face before defiling and burning her body. | Hampshire & Isle of Wight | Louise Smith had moved in with her aunt who is married to Shane Mays
A man has been found guilty of the "sexually-motivated" murder of a teenager whose body he set on fire.
Louise Smith, 16, was found dead at Havant Thicket, Hampshire, on 21 May - 13 days after she went missing.
Shane Mays, 30, who is married to Lou... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-55223235 | news_uk-england-hampshire-55223235 | |
Vaccine rumours debunked: Microchips, 'altered DNA' and more - BBC News | 2020-12-08 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | We've looked at four false Covid vaccine claims that won’t go away. | Reality Check | We've looked into some of the most widely shared false vaccine claims - everything from alleged plots to put microchips into people to the supposed re-engineering of our genetic code.
The fear that a vaccine will somehow change your DNA is one we've seen aired regularly on social media.
The BBC asked three independen... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/54893437 | news_54893437 | |
Covid-19 tests for secondary school pupils in parts of London, Kent and Essex - BBC News | 2020-12-11 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | All 11 to 18-year-olds in the worst-hit areas told to get tested, whether they have symptoms or not. | UK | Mass testing will be rolled out to secondary school children in the worst-affected areas of London, Kent and Essex, the health secretary has said.
Matt Hancock said "by far" the fastest rise in coronavirus infection rates in these areas was in 11 to 18-year-olds.
This age group in these areas should be tested regardl... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-55265098 | news_uk-55265098 | |
Tavistock puberty blocker study published after nine years - BBC News | 2020-12-11 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The study by the Tavistock gender clinic shows all but one child was also later given cross-sex hormones. | UK | The Gender Identity Service is based at the Tavistock and Portman NHS Trust
All but one child treated for gender dysphoria with puberty-blocking drugs at a leading NHS clinic also received cross-sex hormones, a study has shown.
The Tavistock and Portman Trust has argued the treatments are not linked.
The High Court ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-55282113 | news_uk-55282113 | |
Austria court overturns primary school headscarf ban - BBC News | 2020-12-11 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The constitutional court rules that the law, brought in last year, breached rights on religious freedom. | Europe | The court ruled that the law was aimed at Muslim schoolgirls and was unconstitutional
Austria's constitutional court has struck down a law prohibiting primary school children from wearing specific religious head coverings.
It said the law was aimed at the Islamic headscarf and breached rights on religious freedom.
T... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-55277840 | news_world-europe-55277840 | |
'Unconscious bias training' to be scrapped by ministers - BBC News | 2020-12-15 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The government scraps anti-bias training for civil servants and wants it to end across public sector. | Family & Education | "Unconscious bias training" is being scrapped for civil servants in England, with ministers saying it does not work.
The training, intended to tackle patterns of discrimination and prejudice, is used in many workplaces.
The government says there is no evidence it changes attitudes - and is urging other public sector ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-55309923 | news_education-55309923 | |
Scotland's drug deaths rise to new record - BBC News | 2020-12-15 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The much-delayed figures show 1,264 people in Scotland died of drug misuse last year. | Scotland | More than 1,200 people in Scotland died of drug misuse last year, new figures show.
The much-delayed figures show a record number of deaths for the sixth year in a row and the highest total since records began in 1996.
The figure of 1,264 is a 6% increase on 2018 and more than double the number of deaths in 2014.
It... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-55184961 | news_uk-scotland-55184961 | |
Mark Drakeford not ruling out tax rises in next Senedd term - BBC News | 2020-12-15 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Mark Drakeford has not ruled out tax rises in the next Senedd term if Welsh Labour retains power. | Wales politics | The Welsh Government has some taxation powers, including over income tax
The first minister has not ruled out tax rises during the next Senedd term if Welsh Labour is in power.
Mark Drakeford said he would focus on jobs rather than increasing taxes in the early period after the 2021 Senedd election.
But he told ITV ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-politics-54161630 | news_uk-wales-politics-54161630 | |
Coronavirus: Vaccinate more people with one dose, urges Tony Blair - BBC News | 2020-12-23 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The ex-PM says the UK could exit Covid restrictions earlier if stocks were not held back for a second jab. | UK Politics | Ex-Prime Minister Tony Blair is urging the government to give as many people as possible an initial dose of a Covid vaccine - rather than preserving stocks so there is enough for second jabs.
The Pfizer-Biontech and Oxford University-Astrazeneca vaccines require two doses to be fully effective.
Mr Blair said his idea... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-55410349 | news_uk-politics-55410349 | |
Coronavirus: Government publishes data behind stricter tiers - BBC News | 2020-12-01 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Some Conservative backbenchers have threaten to vote against the plan for England on Tuesday. | UK Politics | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Boris Johnson says the “plan through to Easter” would see areas “come down in the tiers they are in”.
No 10 has published data behind its decisions over England's new tier system as it tries to win MPs' support.
Downing Str... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-55134766 | news_uk-politics-55134766 | |
Facebook News will pay UK outlets for content in 2021 - BBC News | 2020-12-01 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Starting in January, Facebook will pay UK publishers for some - but not all - of their content. | Technology | Facebook will begin paying UK news publishers for some articles with the launch of Facebook News in January.
The feature adds a dedicated news tab to the Facebook app, and has already launched in the United States.
Facebook said it will "pay publishers for content that is not already on the platform" and prioritise o... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-55137096 | news_technology-55137096 | |
Covid: Poor public health made pandemic worse - Sally Davies - BBC News | 2020-12-01 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The former chief medical officer says high rates of obesity, deprivation and overcrowding have cost lives. | Health | The UK's high level of obesity has fuelled a much-increased death rate from Covid-19, says the former chief medical officer for England.
Prof Dame Sally Davies said high obesity rates - and high levels of deprivation and overcrowded housing - had cost lives.
The poor state of public health meant it was not surprising... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-55134496 | news_health-55134496 | |
Louise Smith death: Shane Mays jailed for murdering niece in woods - BBC News | 2020-12-09 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Shane Mays repeatedly punched Louise Smith in the face and defiled and burned her body. | Hampshire & Isle of Wight | Louise Smith had moved in with her aunt who is married to Shane Mays
A man has been jailed for life for murdering his teenage niece in woodland and violating and burning her body.
Louise Smith, 16, was found dead at Havant Thicket, Hampshire, on 21 May - 13 days after she went missing.
Her uncle Shane Mays, 30, was ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-55245077 | news_uk-england-hampshire-55245077 | |
Coronavirus: Vaccinate more people with one dose, urges Tony Blair - BBC News | 2020-12-24 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The ex-PM says the UK could exit Covid restrictions earlier if stocks were not held back for a second jab. | UK Politics | Ex-Prime Minister Tony Blair is urging the government to give as many people as possible an initial dose of a Covid vaccine - rather than preserving stocks so there is enough for second jabs.
The Pfizer-Biontech and Oxford University-Astrazeneca vaccines require two doses to be fully effective.
Mr Blair said his idea... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-55410349 | news_uk-politics-55410349 | |
Kent lorry chaos: Truckers warned of Christmas in their cabs - BBC News | 2020-12-24 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Transport Secretary Grant Shapps says it could take days to clear the backlog of lorries in Kent. | Kent | About 4,000 lorries have been parked at Manston Airport overnight
It could take days to clear the backlog of lorries waiting to cross to France, Transport Secretary Grant Shapps says.
Drivers have been warned they may have to spend Christmas in their cabs.
About 4,000 lorries are parked at Manston Airport in Kent, w... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-55434966 | news_uk-england-kent-55434966 | |
Tavistock puberty blocker study published after nine years - BBC News | 2020-12-12 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The study by the Tavistock gender clinic shows all but one child was also later given cross-sex hormones. | UK | The Gender Identity Service is based at the Tavistock and Portman NHS Trust
All but one child treated for gender dysphoria with puberty-blocking drugs at a leading NHS clinic also received cross-sex hormones, a study has shown.
The Tavistock and Portman Trust has argued the treatments are not linked.
The High Court ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-55282113 | news_uk-55282113 | |
Austria court overturns primary school headscarf ban - BBC News | 2020-12-12 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The constitutional court rules that the law, brought in last year, breached rights on religious freedom. | Europe | The court ruled that the law was aimed at Muslim schoolgirls and was unconstitutional
Austria's constitutional court has struck down a law prohibiting primary school children from wearing specific religious head coverings.
It said the law was aimed at the Islamic headscarf and breached rights on religious freedom.
T... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-55277840 | news_world-europe-55277840 | |
PC Andrew Harper: Appeals against killers' sentences rejected - BBC News | 2020-12-16 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Judges reject an application by the attorney general to increase his killers' "lenient" sentences. | Berkshire | PC Andrew Harper got married four weeks before he was killed
The killers of PC Andrew Harper will not have their sentences increased after judges rejected the attorney general's case that they were "unduly lenient".
Suella Braverman QC had argued Henry Long, Albert Bowers and Jessie Cole should be handed longer jail ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-berkshire-55331692 | news_uk-england-berkshire-55331692 | |
Sir Keir Starmer promises to shift power from Westminster - BBC News | 2020-12-20 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | In a key policy speech, the Labour leader set out plans for the "boldest devolution project in a generation". | Scotland politics | Sir Keir Starmer said he was "under no illusion about the scale of the task Labour faces" in Scotland
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has committed his party to delivering the "boldest devolution project in a generation" in a policy speech.
He is to set up a constitutional commission to offer a "positive alternative t... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-55384938 | news_uk-scotland-scotland-politics-55384938 | |
Vaccine rumours debunked: Microchips, 'altered DNA' and more - BBC News | 2020-12-02 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | We've looked at four false Covid vaccine claims that won’t go away. | Reality Check | We've looked into some of the most widely shared false vaccine claims - everything from alleged plots to put microchips into people to the supposed re-engineering of our genetic code.
The fear that a vaccine will somehow change your DNA is one we've seen aired regularly on social media.
The BBC asked three independen... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/54893437 | news_54893437 | |
Customs staff: Vaccinate us to keep trade flowing - BBC News | 2021-01-13 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | One operator told the BBC his staff were working up to 16 hours a day to help traders. | Business | Customs operators have pleaded with the government to prioritise vaccinations for staff they insist are key front-line workers in the effort to keep vital supplies flowing into the UK.
One operator told the BBC his staff were working flat out - often up to 16 hours a day - to help traders comply with the new post-Brex... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-55638571 | news_business-55638571 | |
Trump auction for Arctic oil rights sees little interest - BBC News | 2021-01-07 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | An Alaska state agency emerged as the main bidder at the sale, which was opposed by environmentalists. | Business | The controversy over drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge has been ongoing since 1977
The Trump administration has held the first sale for rights to drill for oil in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge - but it drew no interest from major companies.
An Alaskan state agency emerged as the primary bidde... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-55564483 | news_business-55564483 | |
Gordon Brown: Trust has broken down in way UK is run - BBC News | 2021-01-25 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The UK's nations and regions are being treated as if they were "invisible", the former PM warns. | UK Politics | The public's trust in the way the UK is run is breaking down, former Labour prime minister Gordon Brown has warned.
He said Covid-19 had exposed "tensions" between Whitehall and the nations and regions, who were often treated by the centre as if they were "invisible".
Mr Brown is urging Boris Johnson to set up a comm... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-55791179 | news_uk-politics-55791179 | |
Americans react to historic second Trump impeachment - BBC News | 2021-01-14 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Our voter panel is divided over the charge of incitement with Trump supporters warning it will deepen divisions. | US & Canada | President Donald Trump has just become the only US president to be impeached twice by the House of Representatives. He was impeached on Wednesday for "incitement of insurrection" following last week's riot at the US Capitol. However, a recent poll suggests that a majority of Republicans still support President Trump an... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-55656995 | news_world-us-canada-55656995 | |
'Status quo isn't working' for Scotland, says Starmer - BBC News | 2021-01-10 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The Labour leader rejects a second independence referendum but calls for other changes to devolution. | Scotland politics | Sir Keir Starmer has said the "status quo isn't working" for Scotland but has again rejected calls for a second independence referendum.
The Labour leader, who backs devolving more powers from Westminster, claimed another vote would be "divisive".
However, he said he did not agree with Boris Johnson's assessment that... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-55608339 | news_uk-scotland-scotland-politics-55608339 | |
Covid-19: Drop 'absurd' 5% council tax increase - Starmer - BBC News | 2021-01-10 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The Labour leader urges ministers to give councils more money instead to protect family budgets. | UK Politics | "Absurd" council tax rises should be scrapped to ease the pressure on family budgets, Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has said.
Local authorities in England will be able to raise council tax by 5% from April, with 3% used to top up adult social care budgets.
Sir Keir said this meant those living in a band D property c... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-55607160 | news_uk-politics-55607160 | |
Covid deaths: Why is the UK's death toll so bad? - BBC News | 2021-01-26 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | As the number of people who died reaches six figures, the factors that led to this terrible total. | Health | More than 100,000 people in the UK have died from a virus, that, this time last year, felt like a far-off foreign threat. How did we come to be one of the countries with the worst death tolls?
There is no quick answer to that question, and there is sure to be a long and detailed public inquiry once the pandemic is ove... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-55757790 | news_health-55757790 | |
HS2 protesters dig tunnel to thwart Euston eviction - BBC News | 2021-01-26 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The tunnel is a danger to public safety, an HS2 spokeswoman told the BBC. | London | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. One protester said: "This is the only way I can effect change"
People campaigning against the HS2 rail project have dug a tunnel near Euston station, in a bid to prevent their eviction from a protest camp.
In September, mem... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-55796445 | news_uk-england-london-55796445 | |
UK government backs birth control for grey squirrels - BBC News | 2021-01-26 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The government gives its support to a project to use oral contraceptives to control grey squirrels. | Science & Environment | The greys were introduced to Britain from North America in the 19th Century
The UK government has given its support to a project to use oral contraceptives to control grey squirrel populations.
Environment minister Lord Goldsmith says the damage they and other invasive species do to the UK's woodlands costs the UK ec... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-55817385 | news_science-environment-55817385 | |
BT faces £600m lawsuit over 'overcharging' - BBC News | 2021-01-18 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A group of pensioners seek compensation for what they say was the excessive pricing of landlines. | Business | BT is facing a class action lawsuit over claims it failed to compensate elderly customers who were overcharged for landlines for years.
In 2017, Ofcom said people who only had a landline telephone were "getting poor value for money in a market that is not serving them well enough".
As a result, BT reduced the price o... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-55699033 | news_business-55699033 | |
Capitol riots: Panel of Americans ‘shocked’ and ‘disgusted’ - BBC News | 2021-01-08 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | We asked people around the US how they responded to the chaotic scenes from the US Capitol. | US & Canada | The storming of the US Capitol building in Washington DC stunned viewers around the world.
But how did Americans feel seeing the seat of their government being ransacked?
We asked members of our BBC voter panel for their views.
Simon grew up in Uganda during its civil war and became a US citizen last year. A master'... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-55582166 | news_world-us-canada-55582166 | |
Covid deaths: Why is the UK's death toll so bad? - BBC News | 2021-01-27 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | As the number of people who died reaches six figures, the factors that led to this terrible total. | Health | More than 100,000 people in the UK have died from a virus, that, this time last year, felt like a far-off foreign threat. How did we come to be one of the countries with the worst death tolls?
There is no quick answer to that question, and there is sure to be a long and detailed public inquiry once the pandemic is ove... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-55757790 | news_health-55757790 | |
HS2 protesters dig tunnel to thwart Euston eviction - BBC News | 2021-01-27 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The tunnel is a danger to public safety, an HS2 spokeswoman told the BBC. | London | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. One protester said: "This is the only way I can effect change"
People campaigning against the HS2 rail project have dug a tunnel near Euston station, in a bid to prevent their eviction from a protest camp.
In September, mem... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-55796445 | news_uk-england-london-55796445 | |
UK government backs birth control for grey squirrels - BBC News | 2021-01-27 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The government gives its support to a project to use oral contraceptives to control grey squirrels. | Science & Environment | The greys were introduced to Britain from North America in the 19th Century
The UK government has given its support to a project to use oral contraceptives to control grey squirrel populations.
Environment minister Lord Goldsmith says the damage they and other invasive species do to the UK's woodlands costs the UK ec... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-55817385 | news_science-environment-55817385 | |
Covid-19: NI health and social care workers to get £500 payment - BBC News | 2021-01-27 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Robin Swann says all health workers are valued and have worked tirelessly during the pandemic. | Northern Ireland | Robin Swann says all health workers are valued and have worked tirelessly during the pandemic
Health workers in Northern Ireland are to get a "special recognition" payment for their work during the pandemic.
It is intended that all staff will receive a payment of £500, said Health Minister Robin Swann.
However, it w... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-55828873 | news_uk-northern-ireland-55828873 | |
Lisa Montgomery: Looking for answers in the life of a killer - BBC News | 2021-01-11 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Lisa Montgomery's lawyers argued she was a mentally ill victim of abuse who deserved mercy, but her victim's community said otherwise. | US & Canada | Lisa Montgomery - the only female inmate on federal death row in the US - has been executed for murder in the state of Indiana. Her lawyers had argued she was a mentally ill victim of abuse who deserved mercy. Her victim's community said otherwise.
This story was first published on 11 January - before Lisa Montgomery'... | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-55587260 | news_world-us-canada-55587260 | |
Covid: Gap between Pfizer vaccine doses should be halved, say doctors - BBC News | 2021-01-23 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Delaying second Pfizer doses to give more people their first is "difficult to justify", says BMA. | UK | Senior doctors are calling on England's chief medical officer to cut the gap between the first and second doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine.
Prof Chris Whitty said extending the maximum wait from three to 12 weeks was a "public health decision" to get the first jab to more people across the UK.
But the Br... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-55777084 | news_uk-55777084 | |
Covid: 12-week vaccine gap defended by UK medical chiefs - BBC News | 2021-01-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The UK will now leave a 12-week gap between both parts of the Covid vaccination, rather than 21 days. | UK | The UK's chief medical officers have defended the Covid vaccination plan, after criticism from a doctors' union.
The UK will give both parts of the Oxford and Pfizer vaccines 12 weeks apart, having initially planned to leave 21 days between the Pfizer jabs.
The British Medical Association said cancelling patients boo... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-55503739 | news_uk-55503739 | |
Parents' stress and depression 'rise during lockdowns' - BBC News | 2021-01-19 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Many parents struggle to meet their children's needs during the pandemic, say researchers. | Family & Education | Not all parents have found it easy to home school their children during coronavirus lockdowns
Levels of stress, depression and anxiety among parents and carers have increased with the pressures of the lockdowns, suggests research from the University of Oxford.
Many parents, especially those of secondary-age pupils, s... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-55707322 | news_education-55707322 | |
Government narrowly sees off Tory revolt over anti-genocide trade deal law - BBC News | 2021-01-19 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Tory rebels hope to get another chance to outlaw trade deals with countries involved in mass killings. | UK Politics | Protests against China's alleged abuse of the Muslim Uighur community
The government has narrowly seen off a rebellion by 33 Tory MPs, who want to outlaw trade deals with countries judged to be committing genocide.
MPs voted by 319 to 308 to remove an amendment to the Trade Bill which would have forced ministers to w... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-55723163 | news_uk-politics-55723163 | |
Duchess of Sussex claims privacy and copyright breached by paper group - BBC News | 2021-01-19 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The Duchess of Sussex is suing the Mail on Sunday over the publication of her letter to her father. | UK | The publication of a letter from the Duchess of Sussex to her father was a "triple-barrelled invasion" of her privacy, the High Court has been told.
Meghan is suing the publisher of the Mail on Sunday and Mail Online over articles that reproduced parts of the private handwritten letter.
She claims her privacy and cop... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-55721547 | news_uk-55721547 | |
Border poll would be 'absolutely reckless', says Arlene Foster - BBC News | 2021-01-24 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A Sunday Times poll shows 51% of people in favour of holding a border poll in NI within five years. | Northern Ireland | DUP leader Arlene Foster said people in NI need to "come together to fight against Covid"
DUP leader Arlene Foster has said a potential vote on a united Ireland would be "absolutely reckless".
She was speaking after a poll commissioned by the Sunday Times in NI found 51% of people want a referendum on Irish unity in ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-55783805 | news_uk-northern-ireland-55783805 | |
US election: Bannon Twitter account banned amid clampdown - BBC News | 2021-01-20 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The big social networks are clamping down on threats of violence amid a tense wait for results. | Technology | Mr Bannon was once considered among the most influential men in Mr Trump's administration
President Trump's former top advisor, Steve Bannon, has been suspended from Twitter over the "glorification of violence" amid the election aftermath.
Mr Bannon said a re-elected Mr Trump should fire the top infectious disease ex... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-54838977 | news_technology-54838977 | |
Joe Biden: 'Middle Class Joe' vows to 'finish the job' - BBC News | 2021-01-20 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | President Biden has said that democracy and 'freedom' are at stake in the upcoming 2024 election. | US & Canada | US President Joe Biden has officially announced his bid for re-election, asking Americans to help him "finish the job" he started more than two years ago.
Mr Biden, 80, faced a turbulent first two years in office marked by the Covid-19 pandemic, economic woes and geopolitical challenges including the US pull-out from ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-51682000 | news_world-us-canada-51682000 | |
Duchess of Sussex claims privacy and copyright breached by paper group - BBC News | 2021-01-20 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The Duchess of Sussex is suing the Mail on Sunday over the publication of her letter to her father. | UK | The publication of a letter from the Duchess of Sussex to her father was a "triple-barrelled invasion" of her privacy, the High Court has been told.
Meghan is suing the publisher of the Mail on Sunday and Mail Online over articles that reproduced parts of the private handwritten letter.
She claims her privacy and cop... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-55721547 | news_uk-55721547 | |
Covid: Minister confident about pupils' school return - BBC News | 2021-02-21 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | But there is a warning that this does not mean a return to "sleepovers or birthday parties". | Wales | Three to seven-year-olds will return to school on Monday
Wales' education minister says she is confident more primary school children will be able to return to face-to-face learning from 15 March, if Covid cases continue to fall.
Children aged three to seven start a phased return on Monday, along with some students o... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-56145094 | news_uk-wales-56145094 | |
Covid-19: PM joins 'national clap' for Capt Sir Tom Moore - BBC News | 2021-02-03 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Boris Johnson joins Britons applauding the NHS fundraiser who has died at the age of 100. | UK | Analysis: Expect many arguments to come...
So good news. Ten million have had a dose of the vaccine. And, importantly, England's chief medical officer says we're past the peak of this wave, or at least we should be if infection rates don’t start climbing again. Both are significant. They’re also the reason why Boris J... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-55916020 | news_live_uk-55916020 | |
Handforth Parish Council Zoom meeting dogged by rows again - BBC News | 2021-02-17 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Thousands tune in for the latest Handforth Parish Council meeting but Jackie Weaver is not present. | Manchester | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. A cut down version of the December planning and environment meeting soon became a "must see"
A council that sparked an internet sensation when a meeting descended into chaos has again been dogged by rows.
A clip of a Handfo... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-56101198 | news_uk-england-manchester-56101198 | |
Trump impeachment trial: What verdict means for Trump, Biden and America - BBC News | 2021-02-13 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Reputations were burnished and tarnished - and a tumultuous stage was set for political battles to come. | US & Canada | Only five days after it began, Donald Trump's Senate impeachment trial has concluded. As was widely predicted, the final verdict was that the former president was not guilty of inciting an insurrection at the US Capitol last month.
There have now been four presidential impeachment trials in US history, and this one wa... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-56057849 | news_world-us-canada-56057849 | |
Malcolm & Marie: Will Gompertz reviews film starring Zendaya & John David Washington ★★☆☆☆ - BBC News | 2021-02-13 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The actors are good but there is little dramatic tension and structural development to the endless quarrelling. | Entertainment & Arts | One good scene doesn't make a great movie, but it does hint at what could have been.
Malcolm (John David Washington) and Marie (Zendaya) have been bickering for well over an hour when a moment of theatrical excellence (at 80 mins, to be precise) lights up an otherwise pedestrian drama about a couple having a domestic.... | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-56005449 | news_entertainment-arts-56005449 | |
Covid vaccine: Over-70s urged to get vaccine as UK nears target - BBC News | 2021-02-13 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The government is aiming to offer a vaccine to 15 million people in priority groups by Monday. | UK | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Sir Simon Stevens: "This has been a very encouraging start, and obviously there is much more to do".
People aged 70 or over who have not yet had a Covid jab are being urged to come forward, in a final push by ministers to me... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-56048771 | news_uk-56048771 | |
Trump impeachment trial: What verdict means for Trump, Biden and America - BBC News | 2021-02-14 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Reputations were burnished and tarnished - and a tumultuous stage was set for political battles to come. | US & Canada | Only five days after it began, Donald Trump's Senate impeachment trial has concluded. As was widely predicted, the final verdict was that the former president was not guilty of inciting an insurrection at the US Capitol last month.
There have now been four presidential impeachment trials in US history, and this one wa... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-56057849 | news_world-us-canada-56057849 | |
Free school meals in Wales: Labour backbenchers blast snub - BBC News | 2021-02-10 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | A budget amendment would have seen free school meals extended to families receiving Universal Credit. | Wales politics | A budget amendment would have seen free school meals extended to families receiving Universal Credit
More children in Wales should get free school meals, backbench Labour Senedd members have said.
A Plaid Cymru amendment to next year's draft budget was voted down in a debate in the Senedd on Tuesday.
It would have s... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-politics-56004239 | news_uk-wales-politics-56004239 |
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