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The plot (and spoilers) of Impeachment II - BBC News | 2021-02-10 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | It feels like Groundhog Day but second time round will be quite different, argues Jon Sopel. | US & Canada | The rule of thumb in the cinema is that the original is invariably better than the sequel.
But then you get The Dark Knight getting far more acclaim than Batman Begins. Or Godfather 2 being better than the first movie - and personally I thought Toy Story 3 was the best. And don't get me started on Star Wars.
So, what... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-55987600 | news_world-us-canada-55987600 | |
Climate change: Environment groups call for public inquiry into Cumbrian coal mine - BBC News | 2021-02-04 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Environmental groups say they are mystified No 10 has not intervened to stop the mine going ahead. | Science & Environment | Dozens of environmental groups have written to Prime Minister Boris Johnson calling for a public inquiry into plans for a new coal mine in Cumbria.
They say it is "mystifying" that No 10 has not stopped the mine from going ahead, when the UK is hosting the COP26 climate summit later this year.
A top climate scientist... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-55942800 | news_science-environment-55942800 | |
Angela Wrightson: Teenage torture killers keep anonymity - BBC News | 2021-02-04 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The two girls were aged 13 and 14 when they subjected Angela Wrightson to a seven-hour fatal attack. | Tees | Angela Wrightson was subjected to a seven-hour attack in her home
Two teenagers who tortured and murdered a vulnerable woman in her own home have been granted lifelong anonymity.
The girls were 13 and 14 when they subjected Angela Wrightson, 39, to a vicious attack in Hartlepool.
Both were jailed for a minimum of 15... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tees-55932915 | news_uk-england-tees-55932915 | |
Senedd election: Labour pledges energy revolution for Wales - BBC News | 2021-02-26 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | First Minister Mark Drakeford says "wind, water and wave" can be used to create jobs of the future. | Wales politics | Mark Drakeford says Wales is "so lucky" to have the natural resources for renewable energy
Labour will put Wales "at the forefront of the global energy revolution" if the party wins the Senedd election in May, the party's Welsh leader has pledged.
First Minister Mark Drakeford says Wales can use "wind, water and wave... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-politics-56201108 | news_uk-wales-politics-56201108 | |
Man jailed for six years for Bournemouth car park one-punch death - BBC News | 2021-02-26 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Stephen Jeffries was found in a car park with a life-threatening head injury. | Dorset | Carl Woolley (pictured) punched Stephen Jeffries in the face, causing him to collapse
A man who admitted fatally punching another man after an argument in a car park has been jailed for six years.
Stephen Jeffries, 59, was found with a head injury at The Avenue car park, Bournemouth, on 13 September and died two days... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-dorset-56212129 | news_uk-england-dorset-56212129 | |
London violence: Sven Badzak 'could have been prime minister' - BBC News | 2021-02-08 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Sven Badzak's political ambitions were brutally cut short in a stabbing attack in north London. | London | Sven Badzak met Boris Johnson when his mother campaigned for him in the 2008 London mayoral election race
A 22-year-old man who was stabbed to death in north London "was going to be prime minister" his mother has said.
Sven Badzak was found fatally injured after he fled from a group of males in Kilburn on Saturday.
... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-55979796 | news_uk-england-london-55979796 | |
Climate change: Environment groups call for public inquiry into Cumbrian coal mine - BBC News | 2021-02-05 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Environmental groups say they are mystified No 10 has not intervened to stop the mine going ahead. | Science & Environment | Dozens of environmental groups have written to Prime Minister Boris Johnson calling for a public inquiry into plans for a new coal mine in Cumbria.
They say it is "mystifying" that No 10 has not stopped the mine from going ahead, when the UK is hosting the COP26 climate summit later this year.
A top climate scientist... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-55942800 | news_science-environment-55942800 | |
Encrochat: Secret network messages can be used in court, judges rule - BBC News | 2021-02-05 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Police say Encrochat, a secret communications network, was used by criminals to trade guns and drugs. | UK | An attempt to stop prosecutors using messages from hundreds of phones that were part of the Encrochat secret communications network in court has been rejected by the Appeal Court.
Judges ruled the messages, obtained by French police by hacking the phones, were not gained by "interception".
Under British law, evidence... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-55953247 | news_uk-55953247 | |
Covid-19: Avoid 'setting dates' for lifting lockdown, scientist warns - BBC News | 2021-02-05 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Leaders should not be "driven by a calendar", says a scientist advising the government. | UK | The UK government should avoid "setting dates" for when to lift lockdown and instead react to changing circumstances, a scientist has warned.
Prof Graham Medley, a member of the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies, said leaders should not be "driven by a calendar".
Meanwhile, the government has said all over-50... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-55947028 | news_uk-55947028 | |
Sam Burgess: Ex-Rugby League star guilty of intimidation in Australia - BBC News | 2021-02-05 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The ex-England captain has been convicted of intimidating his former father-in-law in Australia. | Australia | Sam Burgess was one of rugby league's biggest names
Former England Rugby League captain Sam Burgess has been found guilty of an intimidation charge against his former father-in-law in Australia.
A Sydney court on Friday ruled Burgess had intimidated Mitchell Hooke, his ex-wife's father, with the intention of causing ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-55943949 | news_world-australia-55943949 | |
Barclays urges UK to focus on US and Asia post Brexit - BBC News | 2021-02-05 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Brexit gives one of the UK's most important sectors the chance to define its own agenda, he said. | Business | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Jes Staley: 'London needs to focus on New York and Singapore'
The UK financial services industry should focus on competing with the US and Asia rather than the EU.
That's the view of the boss of Barclays for the City after ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-55939857 | news_business-55939857 | |
Mayday: How the White Helmets and James Le Mesurier got pulled into a deadly battle for truth - BBC News | 2021-02-27 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | James Le Mesurier fell to his death in Istanbul in 2019 with a sense that Syrian and Russian disinformation had destroyed his reputation. | Stories | The British man behind the Syrian civil defence group, the White Helmets, found himself at the centre of a battle to control the narrative of the Syrian war. Russian and Syrian propagandists accused his teams of faking evidence of atrocities - and convinced some in the West. The battle for truth formed a backdrop to Ja... | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/stories-56126016 | news_stories-56126016 | |
HS2: Next phase of controversial rail network gets green light - BBC News | 2021-02-11 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Legislation needed to clear the next stage of the controversial project has passed through Parliament. | Business | The go-ahead for the next phase of Britain’s controversial HS2 high-speed rail network has been approved.
Phase 2A of the project will be built from the West Midlands to Crewe, and was given Royal Assent on Thursday.
Supporters of HS2 say it will spur economic growth, help level up the country, and provide greener tr... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-56017605 | news_business-56017605 | |
Trump impeachment: Prosecution rests its case against Donald Trump - BBC News | 2021-02-11 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Prosecutors rest their impeachment case against Donald Trump - his defence will begin on Friday. | US & Canada | Lawyers Bruce Castor and David Schoen will set out Trump's case Image caption: Lawyers Bruce Castor and David Schoen will set out Trump's case
Now that Democratic prosecutors have finished setting out their case, it’s time for Donald Trump’s lawyers to have their say.
Attorneys Bruce Castor and David Schoen will have... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-us-canada-56027491 | news_live_world-us-canada-56027491 | |
Brexit: London loses out as Europe's top share trading hub - BBC News | 2021-02-11 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Amsterdam ousts London in the wake of Brexit changes, as the Bank of England warns over EU financial rules. | Business | Amsterdam ousted London as the largest financial trading centre in Europe last month as Brexit-related changes to finance rules came into force.
About €9.2bn (£8.1bn) worth of shares were traded on Amsterdam exchanges each day, against €8.6bn in London.
Following new Brexit rules, EU-based banks wanting to buy Europe... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-56017419 | news_business-56017419 | |
Covid: Dominic Cummings defends polling contract - BBC News | 2021-02-15 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The PM's ex-adviser says he did not recommend Public First because he is friends with its founders. | UK Politics | The government's decision to hire a firm with links to the PM's ex-chief adviser Dominic Cummings has been challenged at the High Court.
Campaign group The Good Law Project has complained of "apparent bias" in the decision to recruit Public First for Covid-19 opinion polling last year.
During a hearing on Monday, the... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-56073038 | news_uk-politics-56073038 | |
Vaccine rumours debunked: Microchips, 'altered DNA' and more - BBC News | 2021-02-01 | ['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 | |
The plot (and spoilers) of Impeachment II - BBC News | 2021-02-09 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | It feels like Groundhog Day but second time round will be quite different, argues Jon Sopel. | US & Canada | The rule of thumb in the cinema is that the original is invariably better than the sequel.
But then you get The Dark Knight getting far more acclaim than Batman Begins. Or Godfather 2 being better than the first movie - and personally I thought Toy Story 3 was the best. And don't get me started on Star Wars.
So, what... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-55987600 | news_world-us-canada-55987600 | |
Cwmbran lockdown killer got 'unduly lenient' jail term, say MPs - BBC News | 2021-02-19 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | MPs have called for the Court of Appeal to review Cwmbran killer Anthony Williams' case. | Wales | Ruth Williams was killed by her husband of almost 50 years at their home
A group of MPs are calling for the case of a man who killed his wife in lockdown to be reviewed because of its "unduly lenient" five year sentence.
Labour's Harriet Harman, Jess Phillips and Alex Davies-Jones have all written to the attorney gen... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-56122903 | news_uk-wales-56122903 | |
Covid: Matt Hancock acted unlawfully over pandemic contracts - BBC News | 2021-02-19 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The health secretary breached his "legal obligation" to publish details of deals, the High Court rules. | UK | Matt Hancock is the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
Matt Hancock acted unlawfully when his department did not reveal details of contracts it had signed during the Covid pandemic, a court has ruled.
A judge said the health secretary had "breached his legal obligation" by not publishing details within 30 ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-56125462 | news_uk-56125462 | |
Encrochat: Secret network messages can be used in court, judges rule - BBC News | 2021-02-06 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Police say Encrochat, a secret communications network, was used by criminals to trade guns and drugs. | UK | An attempt to stop prosecutors using messages from hundreds of phones that were part of the Encrochat secret communications network in court has been rejected by the Appeal Court.
Judges ruled the messages, obtained by French police by hacking the phones, were not gained by "interception".
Under British law, evidence... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-55953247 | news_uk-55953247 | |
Joe Neguse delivers prosecution's closing argument at Trump trial - BBC News | 2021-02-12 | [] | Democrat Joe Neguse presents the prosecution's closing argument at Donald Trump's impeachment trial. | null | Democrat Joe Neguse presented the prosecution's closing argument at the former president's impeachment trial.
"If we let this go unanswered, who's to say it won't happen again?" | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-56035139 | news_world-us-canada-56035139 | |
Trump impeachment: Prosecution rests its case against Donald Trump - BBC News | 2021-02-12 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Prosecutors rest their impeachment case against Donald Trump - his defence will begin on Friday. | US & Canada | Lawyers Bruce Castor and David Schoen will set out Trump's case Image caption: Lawyers Bruce Castor and David Schoen will set out Trump's case
Now that Democratic prosecutors have finished setting out their case, it’s time for Donald Trump’s lawyers to have their say.
Attorneys Bruce Castor and David Schoen will have... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-us-canada-56027491 | news_live_world-us-canada-56027491 | |
Manchester Arena Inquiry: Terror offender 'unfit to give evidence' - BBC News | 2021-02-16 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Abdalraouf Abdallah risks harm if he gives evidence to the Manchester Arena Inquiry, a lawyer says. | Manchester | Abdallah has cited a privilege against self-incrimination as a reason to refuse to appear at the inquiry
A convicted terror offender who was the Manchester Arena bomber's friend "is unfit to give evidence" to the inquiry into the attack, his lawyer has said.
Abdalraouf Abdallah was visited by the bomber Salman Abedi ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-56088634 | news_uk-england-manchester-56088634 | |
Covid: Dominic Cummings defends polling contract - BBC News | 2021-02-16 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The PM's ex-adviser says he did not recommend Public First because he is friends with its founders. | UK Politics | The government's decision to hire a firm with links to the PM's ex-chief adviser Dominic Cummings has been challenged at the High Court.
Campaign group The Good Law Project has complained of "apparent bias" in the decision to recruit Public First for Covid-19 opinion polling last year.
During a hearing on Monday, the... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-56073038 | news_uk-politics-56073038 | |
Covid: Matt Hancock acted unlawfully over pandemic contracts - BBC News | 2021-02-20 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The health secretary breached his "legal obligation" to publish details of deals, the High Court rules. | UK | Matt Hancock is the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
Matt Hancock acted unlawfully when his department did not reveal details of contracts it had signed during the Covid pandemic, a court has ruled.
A judge said the health secretary had "breached his legal obligation" by not publishing details within 30 ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-56125462 | news_uk-56125462 | |
Mandelson urges Starmer to begin Labour policy review - BBC News | 2021-03-21 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The former cabinet minister says the Labour leader still has the "2019 manifesto round his neck". | UK Politics | The former cabinet minister Lord Mandelson, a key architect of New Labour, is urging Sir Keir Starmer to begin a review of the party's policies.
The Labour peer said Sir Keir needed to start the process as "he still has the 2019 manifesto around his neck".
The manifesto, written under the leadership of Jeremy Corbyn,... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-56461679 | news_uk-politics-56461679 | |
Toronto van attack: Minassian guilty of killing 10 people - BBC News | 2021-03-03 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | A judge ruled against Alek Minassian, whose lawyers said he was not criminally responsible due to autism. | US & Canada | A Canadian man who killed 10 people by ploughing a van into pedestrians in Toronto has been found guilty on all 26 charges related to the 2018 attack.
Alek Minassian had admitted the attack, but his lawyers argued he was not criminally responsible due to his autism spectrum disorder.
Justice Anne Malloy has dismissed... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-56269095 | news_uk-56269095 | |
Budget: Rishi Sunak set to spend but hopes to return to caution soon - BBC News | 2021-03-03 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The chancellor won't go for austerity in the Budget, but what path can he set for the economy? | UK Politics | The never knowingly under-hyped Rishi Sunak will give what he has already described as a "Budget like no other".
The Covid crisis has certainly led him to do things that no other Conservative chancellor has.
The government shut down much of the economy, meaning shops were shuttered, tills were empty, incomes collapse... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-56255838 | news_uk-politics-56255838 | |
BBC Three will return to TV screens after six-year break - BBC News | 2021-03-03 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The channel will make a comeback, after scoring hits with Normal People and Fleabag online. | Entertainment & Arts | BBC Three is set to return as a TV channel
BBC Three will return as a fully-fledged TV channel in January 2022, six years after it moved online.
The channel has since been responsible for major hits including Fleabag, Normal People and Killing Eve - prompting calls for its resurrection.
Last year, BBC research concl... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-56251020 | news_entertainment-arts-56251020 | |
Johnson: Defence reforms 'will help make UK match-fit' - BBC News | 2021-03-17 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Boris Johnson promises more investment and jobs ahead of his long-awaited update on the military. | UK Politics | Boris Johnson has promised to help make the UK "match-fit" when he unveils his plan for modernising the armed forces and foreign policy.
The prime minister said there would be "more investment" in infrastructure and skills around the country.
He also announced that 500 Foreign Office jobs would be moving from London ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-56391994 | news_uk-politics-56391994 | |
Rangers' Premiership win: 'Anger' over celebrating Rangers fans - BBC News | 2021-03-07 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Nicola Sturgeon joins criticism of crowds who gathered to celebrate Rangers' Premiership win. | Glasgow & West Scotland | Crowds gathered in George Square to celebrate Rangers winning the Scottish Premiership
Police say arrests were made and fines issued after crowds of fans gathered to celebrate Rangers winning the Scottish Premiership.
Large numbers of supporters made their way to Ibrox Stadium and Glasgow's George Square to mark the ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-56312051 | news_uk-scotland-glasgow-west-56312051 | |
PM's vaccines comments set tongues wagging - BBC News | 2021-03-25 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | But Boris Johnson's remarks on "greed" and "capitalism" were accidental, MPs say. | UK Politics | Boris Johnson had his first jab a few days ago
After a day of silence and song, candles and condolence, when the country stopped to try to absorb the enormity of what's happened this last year, a more familiar, and easy-to-digest political fuss emerged.
After a press conference in Downing Street where, alongside the ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-56505374 | news_uk-politics-56505374 | |
Nicola Sturgeon cleared of breaching ministerial code over Alex Salmond saga - BBC News | 2021-03-22 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | An independent report says the first minister's involvement in the Alex Salmond saga did not break the rules. | Scotland politics | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Nicola Sturgeon spoke of her relief after the inquiry cleared her of wrongdoing
Nicola Sturgeon has been cleared of breaching the ministerial code over her involvement in the Alex Salmond saga.
An independent inquiry by sen... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-56482878 | news_uk-scotland-scotland-politics-56482878 | |
A big week ahead for Nicola Sturgeon - BBC News | 2021-03-22 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The findings of two investigations are to be published which could decide the political future of the first minister. | Scotland politics | The spotlight is firmly on Nicola Sturgeon. With just days to go before the Holyrood election campaign, Scotland's first minister will learn on Monday whether an independent review has found she broke the rules of her office.
That's not this week's menu in the Holyrood canteen but an unofficial summary of the possible... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-56478884 | news_uk-scotland-scotland-politics-56478884 | |
Sarah Everard: What went wrong at the Clapham vigil? - BBC News | 2021-03-14 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Maintaining public order at protests is one of the hardest jobs in modern policing. | UK | Met officers were accused of oppressing women on Clapham Common on Saturday night
Maintaining public order at protests is one of the hardest jobs in modern policing. If everything goes well, the public won't notice how commanders and demo organisers have worked out how to make an event safe.
But when it goes wrong, t... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-56394344 | news_uk-56394344 | |
The art dealer, the £10m Benin Bronze and the Holocaust - BBC News | 2021-03-14 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Western museums are under pressure to return looted treasure, but what of those in private collections? | Africa | This Benin Bronze sold to a private collector for a record fee of £10m
Countless historic artefacts were looted from around the world during the colonial era and taken to Europe but there is now a growing campaign to return them. Among the most famous are the Benin Bronzes seized from modern-day Nigeria. Barnaby Phill... | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-56292809 | news_world-africa-56292809 | |
Covid-19: UK rejects 'false' vaccine export ban claim by EU - BBC News | 2021-03-10 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | An EU diplomat is summoned to the Foreign Office following comments by the bloc's top official. | UK Politics | A diplomatic row has broken out after the EU's top official claimed the UK had imposed an "outright ban" on the export of Covid vaccines.
European Council President Charles Michel said it applied to all vaccines and components produced in the UK.
But Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab described the suggestion as "complet... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-56339188 | news_uk-politics-56339188 | |
PMQs: As it happened - PM challenged on NHS pay - BBC News | 2021-03-10 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Johnson and Starmer clashed on proposed 1% pay rise for NHS staff, and PM hits back at EU claims over vaccine exports. | UK Politics | Amid the blizzard of figures from the prime minister in response to Sir Keir Starmer's questions about NHS pay was a significant sentence or two.
He said the government would look at what the independent pay review body had to say.
Perhaps a simple statement of fact but perhaps also a signal that if the body recommen... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-politics-56335277 | news_live_uk-politics-56335277 | |
Covid-19: UK hasn't banned export of vaccines, says PM - BBC News | 2021-03-10 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Boris Johnson "corrects" the European Council president over claims about the government's stance. | UK Politics | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The UK has not "blocked the export of a single Covid-19 vaccine or vaccine components", the PM tells the Commons
Boris Johnson has "corrected" European Council President Charles Michel after he claimed the UK had imposed an ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-56347716 | news_uk-politics-56347716 | |
Covid in Scotland: Sturgeon objective 'to eliminate' virus - BBC News | 2021-03-10 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Nicola Sturgeon tells MSPs that an elimination strategy is the only way to keep the virus under control. | Scotland | First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has said Scotland's objective must be "to eliminate" coronavirus.
She told Holyrood's Covid-19 committee that striving to get new case numbers as low as possible was the only way to keep it under control.
Ms Sturgeon said "the virus won't play ball" with any effort to maintain case numb... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-56347695 | news_uk-scotland-56347695 | |
FM promises not to delay ministerial code report - BBC News | 2021-03-04 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Nicola Sturgeon pledges to release a report into whether she breached the code on the same day she receives it. | Scotland politics | The report into whether Ms Sturgeon breached the code is expected to be published later this month
Nicola Sturgeon has promised to release a report into whether she breached the ministerial code on the same day that she receives it.
Irish lawyer James Hamilton is examining whether Ms Sturgeon lied to the Scottish Par... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-56282889 | news_uk-scotland-scotland-politics-56282889 | |
Budget 2021: 'Scrooge Sunak not levelling with people' on cuts - BBC News | 2021-03-04 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The Budget leaves the chancellor looking more Scrooge than Santa, says the Institute for Fiscal Studies. | Business | Campaign groups say half a million people risk being dragged into poverty
Public spending cuts in Rishi Sunak's Budget mean the chancellor "isn't really levelling with people", the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) think tank has warned.
The Treasury said the cuts, worth £4bn, were "a purely mechanical change", but ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-56276953 | news_business-56276953 | |
Former SNP leader Alex Salmond launches new political party - BBC News | 2021-03-26 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The former first minister said he would be among the candidates standing for the pro-independence Alba Party. | Scotland | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Alex Salmond says his new party wants to build "a supermajority for independence"
Former SNP leader Alex Salmond has announced the creation of a new pro-independence party which will contest the Scottish Parliament election.... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-56539696 | news_uk-scotland-56539696 | |
Liberty Steel: Government must step in to save steel jobs, says Ed Miliband - BBC News | 2021-03-18 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The shadow business secretary tells the BBC the company is too vital for the UK to collapse. | Business | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Nationalise Liberty Steel if necessary, says Miliband
The government should step in to save Liberty Steel, says shadow business secretary Ed Miliband
He said the situation was "urgent and worrying" and nothing should be off... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-56437665 | news_business-56437665 | |
Covid-19 nearly disabled NHS says hospital boss - BBC News | 2021-03-18 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The outgoing chief executive of a London trust warns the health service needs more capacity to avoid crisis. | Health | The NHS in England was ill-prepared for the seismic shock of the Covid pandemic, a hospital chief has said.
The service was already running at nearly full capacity with long waits for non-urgent operations even before coronavirus arrived, according to Prof Marcel Levi, the University College London Hospitals trust's c... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-56422187 | news_health-56422187 | |
Backlash grows against cut to electric car grants - BBC News | 2021-03-18 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | A government decision to reduce subsidies is criticised by the motor industry and UK businesses. | Business | The government is to cut grants aimed at encouraging people to buy electric vehicles in a move that has been criticised by the motor industry.
The Department for Transport will reduce the grant from £3,000 to £2,500 and restrict it to cars under £35,000.
But Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) said it i... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-56441639 | news_business-56441639 | |
Alex Salmond inquiry affects more than just Nicola Sturgeon's future - BBC News | 2021-03-18 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Decisions reached by Scottish politicians has implications for the whole of the UK. | UK Politics | As I write, nine members of the Scottish Parliament are still in a virtual meeting, discussing, voting, likely indeed arguing, over their conclusions on the future of the First Minister Nicola Sturgeon.
Their inquiry is part of the machinations of a long running dispute between one of the most successful political duo... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-56451736 | news_uk-politics-56451736 | |
Rangers' Premiership win: 'Anger' over celebrating Rangers fans - BBC News | 2021-03-08 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Nicola Sturgeon joins criticism of crowds who gathered to celebrate Rangers' Premiership win. | Glasgow & West Scotland | Crowds gathered in George Square to celebrate Rangers winning the Scottish Premiership
Police say arrests were made and fines issued after crowds of fans gathered to celebrate Rangers winning the Scottish Premiership.
Large numbers of supporters made their way to Ibrox Stadium and Glasgow's George Square to mark the ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-56312051 | news_uk-scotland-glasgow-west-56312051 | |
Covid in Scotland: Rules around outdoor mixing set to ease next week - BBC News | 2021-03-05 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The first minister says it will be the first step out of lockdown, but urges people not to get carried away. | Scotland | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Rules around the number of people who can meet outdoors are set to be eased
Rules around outdoor socialising are likely to ease next week, the first minister has said.
Nicola Sturgeon said more opportunities to see loved on... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-56295551 | news_uk-scotland-56295551 | |
Former SNP leader Alex Salmond launches new political party - BBC News | 2021-03-27 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The former first minister said he would be among the candidates standing for the pro-independence Alba Party. | Scotland | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Alex Salmond says his new party wants to build "a supermajority for independence"
Former SNP leader Alex Salmond has announced the creation of a new pro-independence party which will contest the Scottish Parliament election.... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-56539696 | news_uk-scotland-56539696 | |
All Scottish councils agree to tax freeze - BBC News | 2021-03-11 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Stirling and Glasgow were the last of the 32 authorities to consider a council tax freeze in meetings on Thursday. | Scotland | All of Scotland's 32 local authorities have frozen council tax rates at last year's levels.
The Scottish government offered councils incentives in return for not raising the cost of the bills.
Glasgow and Stirling were the last authorities to consider council tax levels when they set their 2021/22 budgets on Thursday... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-56320853 | https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1632/idt2/idt2/71745c9a-7935-450a-b410-430fab173486/image/816 | news_uk-scotland-56320853 |
Sarah Everard: What went wrong at the Clapham vigil? - BBC News | 2021-03-15 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Maintaining public order at protests is one of the hardest jobs in modern policing. | UK | Met officers were accused of oppressing women on Clapham Common on Saturday night
Maintaining public order at protests is one of the hardest jobs in modern policing. If everything goes well, the public won't notice how commanders and demo organisers have worked out how to make an event safe.
But when it goes wrong, t... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-56394344 | news_uk-56394344 | |
Johnson: Defence reforms 'will help make UK match-fit' - BBC News | 2021-03-15 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Boris Johnson promises more investment and jobs ahead of his long-awaited update on the military. | UK Politics | Boris Johnson has promised to help make the UK "match-fit" when he unveils his plan for modernising the armed forces and foreign policy.
The prime minister said there would be "more investment" in infrastructure and skills around the country.
He also announced that 500 Foreign Office jobs would be moving from London ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-56391994 | news_uk-politics-56391994 | |
The art dealer, the £10m Benin Bronze and the Holocaust - BBC News | 2021-03-15 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Western museums are under pressure to return looted treasure, but what of those in private collections? | Africa | This Benin Bronze sold to a private collector for a record fee of £10m
Countless historic artefacts were looted from around the world during the colonial era and taken to Europe but there is now a growing campaign to return them. Among the most famous are the Benin Bronzes seized from modern-day Nigeria. Barnaby Phill... | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-56292809 | news_world-africa-56292809 | |
Nicola Sturgeon cleared of breaching ministerial code over Alex Salmond saga - BBC News | 2021-03-23 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | An independent report says the first minister's involvement in the Alex Salmond saga did not break the rules. | Scotland politics | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Nicola Sturgeon spoke of her relief after the inquiry cleared her of wrongdoing
Nicola Sturgeon has been cleared of breaching the ministerial code over her involvement in the Alex Salmond saga.
An independent inquiry by sen... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-56482878 | news_uk-scotland-scotland-politics-56482878 | |
Covid-19: Critical care beds shortage prompts calls for review - BBC News | 2021-03-01 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The UK has 7.3 critical care beds per 100,000 people, compared to Germany's 33.8 and the US's 34.3. | UK | The NHS's "insufficient" critical care capacity has been laid bare by the pandemic, with the UK having one of the lowest number of beds per head in Europe, NHS Providers has said.
The group, which represents trusts in England, is calling for a review of the health service's capacity.
The UK has 7.3 critical care beds... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-56234898 | news_uk-56234898 | |
Covid-19: UK rejects 'false' vaccine export ban claim by EU - BBC News | 2021-03-09 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | An EU diplomat is summoned to the Foreign Office following comments by the bloc's top official. | UK Politics | A diplomatic row has broken out after the EU's top official claimed the UK had imposed an "outright ban" on the export of Covid vaccines.
European Council President Charles Michel said it applied to all vaccines and components produced in the UK.
But Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab described the suggestion as "complet... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-56339188 | news_uk-politics-56339188 | |
Lockdown killing sentence referred to Court of Appeal - BBC News | 2021-03-19 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Anthony Williams was found not guilty of murdering his wife but admitted manslaughter. | Wales | Anthony Williams "flipped" and strangled his wife during the first coronavirus lockdown, a court heard
A five-year jail term for a man who killed his wife during the first Covid lockdown has been referred to the Court of Appeal as being "unduly lenient".
Anthony Williams, 70, was found not guilty of murdering his wif... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-56461857 | news_uk-wales-56461857 | |
Alex Salmond inquiry affects more than just Nicola Sturgeon's future - BBC News | 2021-03-19 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Decisions reached by Scottish politicians has implications for the whole of the UK. | UK Politics | As I write, nine members of the Scottish Parliament are still in a virtual meeting, discussing, voting, likely indeed arguing, over their conclusions on the future of the First Minister Nicola Sturgeon.
Their inquiry is part of the machinations of a long running dispute between one of the most successful political duo... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-56451736 | news_uk-politics-56451736 | |
Covid deaths: Why is the UK's death toll so bad? - BBC News | 2021-03-19 | ['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 | |
Nicola Sturgeon rejects claims over Alex Salmond inquiry evidence - BBC News | 2021-03-19 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Nicola Sturgeon says she stands by "every word" of her evidence to the Alex Salmond committee. | Scotland politics | Nicola Sturgeon has said she stands by "every word" of her evidence to the Alex Salmond committee amid renewed pressure from political opponents.
A spokesperson for the first minister accused the committee of politically-motivated smears and rejected some of the findings which have emerged from the unpublished report.... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-56459301 | news_uk-scotland-scotland-politics-56459301 | |
PM's vaccines comments set tongues wagging - BBC News | 2021-03-24 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | But Boris Johnson's remarks on "greed" and "capitalism" were accidental, MPs say. | UK Politics | Boris Johnson had his first jab a few days ago
After a day of silence and song, candles and condolence, when the country stopped to try to absorb the enormity of what's happened this last year, a more familiar, and easy-to-digest political fuss emerged.
After a press conference in Downing Street where, alongside the ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-56505374 | news_uk-politics-56505374 | |
Covid in Scotland: Places of worship can open now after court win - BBC News | 2021-03-24 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | A judge rules Scottish government ministers acted beyond their powers when places of worship were closed for lockdown. | Scotland | Places of worship, including St Andrew's Cathedral in Glasgow, have faced tough restrictions over the past year
Places of worship in Scotland can reopen immediately after Covid regulations forcing their closure were deemed unlawful.
A group of 27 church leaders launched a judicial review at the Court of Session argui... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-56511585 | news_uk-scotland-56511585 | |
Johnson: Defence reforms 'will help make UK match-fit' - BBC News | 2021-03-16 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Boris Johnson promises more investment and jobs ahead of his long-awaited update on the military. | UK Politics | Boris Johnson has promised to help make the UK "match-fit" when he unveils his plan for modernising the armed forces and foreign policy.
The prime minister said there would be "more investment" in infrastructure and skills around the country.
He also announced that 500 Foreign Office jobs would be moving from London ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-56391994 | news_uk-politics-56391994 | |
Six Nations 2021: Wales face France in Paris for Grand Slam in unfamiliar circumstances - BBC Sport | 2021-03-20 | [] | Wales seek their fifth Grand Slam of the Six Nations era on Saturday but the experience will be very different from previous years. | null | Last updated on .From the section Welsh Rugby
How to follow on Saturday: Watch live coverage & highlights on BBC One, BBC iPlayer, Connected TV's and online; listen on BBC Radio Wales, BBC Radio Cymru, BBC Radio 5 Live, Sports Extra and BBC Sounds; text coverage on the BBC Sport website and mobile app.
Wales rugby fa... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/56434263 | rt_rugby-union_56434263 | |
Covid: Rich states 'block' vaccine plans for developing nations - BBC News | 2021-03-20 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Vaccine production proposals are being stalled, WHO documents leaked to BBC Newsnight show. | World | Many experts say equitable access to vaccines is essential for global population immunity
Wealthy countries - including the UK - are blocking proposals to help developing nations increase their vaccine manufacturing capabilities, documents leaked to BBC Newsnight show.
Several poorer countries have asked the World He... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-56465395 | news_world-56465395 | |
Nicola Sturgeon rejects claims over Alex Salmond inquiry evidence - BBC News | 2021-03-20 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Nicola Sturgeon says she stands by "every word" of her evidence to the Alex Salmond committee. | Scotland politics | Nicola Sturgeon has said she stands by "every word" of her evidence to the Alex Salmond committee amid renewed pressure from political opponents.
A spokesperson for the first minister accused the committee of politically-motivated smears and rejected some of the findings which have emerged from the unpublished report.... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-56459301 | news_uk-scotland-scotland-politics-56459301 | |
Budget 2021: Furlough set to be extended - Kwasi Kwarteng - BBC News | 2021-03-02 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Kwasi Kwarteng says help for firms and workers will continue, as Chancellor Rishi Sunak prepares to unveil the Budget. | UK Politics | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.
Business support including furlough and the VAT cut for hospitality firms will continue "while lockdown persists", the business secretary has said.
With Covid-19 restrictions set to end by June at the earliest, Kwasi Kwarte... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-56247455 | news_uk-politics-56247455 | |
Scottish government lawyers had 'reservations' about Salmond case - BBC News | 2021-03-02 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Concerns were raised about the legal battle more than two months before the government conceded the case. | Scotland politics | Alex Salmond was awarded £500,000 in legal costs after the government conceded its investigation of him had been unlawful
Scottish government lawyers had "reservations" about its court battle with Alex Salmond more than two months before it conceded the case.
The judicial review was examining whether the government's... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-56251165 | news_uk-scotland-scotland-politics-56251165 | |
BBC Three will return to TV screens after six-year break - BBC News | 2021-03-02 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The channel will make a comeback, after scoring hits with Normal People and Fleabag online. | Entertainment & Arts | BBC Three is set to return as a TV channel
BBC Three will return as a fully-fledged TV channel in January 2022, six years after it moved online.
The channel has since been responsible for major hits including Fleabag, Normal People and Killing Eve - prompting calls for its resurrection.
Last year, BBC research concl... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-56251020 | news_entertainment-arts-56251020 | |
Downing Street scraps plans for White House-style press briefings - BBC News | 2021-04-21 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | After spending £2.6m on the new briefing room, it will now be used by Boris Johnson and officials instead. | UK Politics | Allegra Stratton is to become spokeswoman for COP26
Downing Street has scrapped plans to launch new White House-style press conferences after spending £2.6m on a venue to host them.
The PM's media chief Allegra Stratton - who had been due to front the briefings - has confirmed the move to the BBC.
She will instead b... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-56818750 | news_uk-politics-56818750 | |
George Floyd death: Five key moments from the Derek Chauvin trial - BBC News | 2021-04-21 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Here are key elements of a trial that gripped the US. | US & Canada | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: The critical moments of the trial so far
The death of George Floyd, a 48-year-old black man, while he was being restrained by a white police officer, Derek Chauvin, during an arrest in Minneapolis in May 2020, shocked... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-56802198 | news_world-us-canada-56802198 | |
Sandy Row riot: Leaders appeal for calm after Belfast riot - BBC News | 2021-04-03 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Petrol bombs, bricks and bottles were thrown at police during sustained rioting on Friday night. | Northern Ireland | Trouble began before 20:00 BST on Friday, when fireworks and other missiles were thrown at police
The Northern Ireland secretary and first minister are among those who have appealed for calm after a night of disorder in south Belfast.
NI Secretary Brandon Lewis said the unrest on Friday evening was "completely unacce... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-56623901 | news_uk-northern-ireland-56623901 | |
Duke of Edinburgh: Scotland remembers Prince Philip - BBC News | 2021-04-17 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | A gun salute is fired at Edinburgh Castle and other tributes are paid to mark Prince Philip's funeral. | Scotland | The Duke of Edinburgh has been remembered in a series of events across Scotland as his funeral took place at St George's Chapel in Windsor Castle.
A gun salute at Edinburgh Castle marked the beginning and end of the national pause for reflection at 15:00.
At Prince Philip's former school - Gordonstoun in Moray - pupi... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-56779840 | news_uk-scotland-56779840 | |
Prince Philip: An extraordinary man who led an extraordinary life - BBC News | 2021-04-17 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The Duke of Edinburgh's life was filled with contradictions but will be remembered most for his unstinting support of the Queen. | UK | In public, Prince Philip always took second place
He outlived nearly everyone who knew him and might explain him.
And so we have been left with a two-dimensional portrait of the duke; salt-tongued and short-tempered, a man who told off-colour jokes and made politically incorrect remarks, an eccentric great-uncle who'... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-50589065 | news_uk-50589065 | |
American bulldogs killed Widnes mother after row with daughter - BBC News | 2021-04-07 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Elayne Stanley was mauled by two American bulldogs following an argument at her home, an inquest hears. | Liverpool | Elayne Stanley was pronounced dead at the scene of the attack in 2019
A mother-of-three was attacked and killed by her "protective" American bulldogs following an argument with her daughter, an inquest has heard.
Elayne Stanley, 44, was mauled by the two dogs at her home in Widnes, Cheshire, on 24 September 2019.
An... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-56665801 | news_uk-england-merseyside-56665801 | |
Schools 'a lifeline to many students' in past year' - BBC News | 2021-04-07 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | School staff helped families struggling financially during pandemic, says the National Education Union. | Family & Education | School staff have been giving clothing, food and furnishings to families that have been struggling financially in the coronavirus pandemic, teachers say.
Some pupils have gone to school without winter coats, while others have been worried about having enough to eat, a National Education Union poll suggests.
The findi... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-56652151 | news_education-56652151 | |
Welsh election: Lib Dems pledge to tackle 'climate emergency' - BBC News | 2021-04-07 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Leader Jane Dodds says the party is putting "recovery" first as she launches their election campaign. | Wales politics | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. “The planet needs our help right now,” party leader Jane Dodds said
The Welsh Liberal Democrats promised to spend £1bn a year on tackling the "climate emergency", as they launched their Senedd election campaign.
Speaking at... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-politics-56657008 | news_uk-wales-politics-56657008 | |
Scottish election 2021: Can unionists block another independence referendum? - BBC News | 2021-04-22 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | In the second of two Scottish election pieces, we look at the parties opposing another vote on independence. | Scotland politics | In the 2014 referendum 55% of people in Scotland voted "no" to independence
In the second of a two-part series looking at the Scottish election, we explore the strategies of the parties who want to stop another independence referendum.
Scotland goes to the polls in a couple of weeks' time - and the result could have ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-56835961 | news_uk-scotland-scotland-politics-56835961 | |
Prince Philip: An extraordinary man who led an extraordinary life - BBC News | 2021-04-10 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The Duke of Edinburgh's life was filled with contradictions but will be remembered most for his unstinting support of the Queen. | UK | In public, Prince Philip always took second place
He outlived nearly everyone who knew him and might explain him.
And so we have been left with a two-dimensional portrait of the duke; salt-tongued and short-tempered, a man who told off-colour jokes and made politically incorrect remarks, an eccentric great-uncle who'... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-50589065 | news_uk-50589065 | |
Boris Johnson's flat: Top official to review funding of revamp - BBC News | 2021-04-26 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Top official Simon Case will conduct the probe - but Labour wants to call in the elections watchdog. | UK Politics | Boris Johnson lives in Downing Street with his fiancee Carrie Symonds
The UK's top civil servant says Boris Johnson has asked him to review how the refurbishment of his Downing Street flat was paid for.
Cabinet Secretary Simon Case was responding to MPs' questions about how the work was funded.
The row escalated aft... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-56883078 | news_uk-politics-56883078 | |
Champions League: Plans for revamped tournament agreed - BBC Sport | 2021-04-18 | [] | The revamped 36-team Champions League is agreed with the new format due to start in 2024. | null | Last updated on .From the section European Football
The revamped 36-team Champions League was agreed on Monday.
It comes the day after 12 clubs, including six from England, announced plans to join a new, separate European Super League (ESL) instead.
The controversial new Champions League format is due to start in 20... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/56771500 | rt_football_56771500 | |
Boris Johnson's flat: Top official to review funding of revamp - BBC News | 2021-04-27 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Top official Simon Case will conduct the probe - but Labour wants to call in the elections watchdog. | UK Politics | Boris Johnson lives in Downing Street with his fiancee Carrie Symonds
The UK's top civil servant says Boris Johnson has asked him to review how the refurbishment of his Downing Street flat was paid for.
Cabinet Secretary Simon Case was responding to MPs' questions about how the work was funded.
The row escalated aft... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-56883078 | news_uk-politics-56883078 | |
Prince Philip: An extraordinary man who led an extraordinary life - BBC News | 2021-04-15 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The Duke of Edinburgh's life was filled with contradictions but will be remembered most for his unstinting support of the Queen. | UK | In public, Prince Philip always took second place
He outlived nearly everyone who knew him and might explain him.
And so we have been left with a two-dimensional portrait of the duke; salt-tongued and short-tempered, a man who told off-colour jokes and made politically incorrect remarks, an eccentric great-uncle who'... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-50589065 | news_uk-50589065 | |
Assisted dying inquiry essential, leading brain surgeon says - BBC News | 2021-04-01 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | A brain surgeon, left shocked and frightened by his cancer diagnosis, says the law needs changing. | UK | Neurosurgeon Henry Marsh is supporting calls for an inquiry into assisted dying
One of the UK's leading brain surgeons, who has advanced prostate cancer, has said an inquiry into assisted dying is "absolutely essential".
Henry Marsh, a retired neurosurgeon and bestselling author, received his diagnosis six months ago... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-56597771 | news_uk-56597771 | |
Climate change: Net zero targets are 'pie in the sky' - BBC News | 2021-04-01 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Indian minister lashes out at plans to cut emissions dramatically over the next three decades. | Science & Environment | Sharp divisions between the major global emitters have emerged at a series of meetings designed to make progress on climate change.
India lambasted the richer world's carbon cutting plans, calling long term net zero targets, "pie in the sky."
Their energy minister said poor nations want to continue using fossil fuels... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-56596200 | news_science-environment-56596200 | |
Prince Philip: An extraordinary man who led an extraordinary life - BBC News | 2021-04-09 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The Duke of Edinburgh's life was filled with contradictions but will be remembered most for his unstinting support of the Queen. | UK | In public, Prince Philip always took second place
He outlived nearly everyone who knew him and might explain him.
And so we have been left with a two-dimensional portrait of the duke; salt-tongued and short-tempered, a man who told off-colour jokes and made politically incorrect remarks, an eccentric great-uncle who'... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-50589065 | news_uk-50589065 | |
Covid: Small towns 'set to benefit from pandemic recovery' - BBC News | 2021-04-06 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Small towns "can be very resilient and very sustainable," an academic says. | Wales | Small towns are set to benefit from a post-Covid recovery, but middle-sized town could struggle, says academic
Small towns are set to benefit from a post-pandemic recovery as more people work from home and support independent businesses, a retail expert has said.
Prof Cathy Parker said larger cities in Wales such as ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-56639402 | news_uk-wales-56639402 | |
Prince Philip: An extraordinary man who led an extraordinary life - BBC News | 2021-04-16 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The Duke of Edinburgh's life was filled with contradictions but will be remembered most for his unstinting support of the Queen. | UK | In public, Prince Philip always took second place
He outlived nearly everyone who knew him and might explain him.
And so we have been left with a two-dimensional portrait of the duke; salt-tongued and short-tempered, a man who told off-colour jokes and made politically incorrect remarks, an eccentric great-uncle who'... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-50589065 | news_uk-50589065 | |
Downing Street scraps plans for White House-style press briefings - BBC News | 2021-04-20 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | After spending £2.6m on the new briefing room, it will now be used by Boris Johnson and officials instead. | UK Politics | Allegra Stratton is to become spokeswoman for COP26
Downing Street has scrapped plans to launch new White House-style press conferences after spending £2.6m on a venue to host them.
The PM's media chief Allegra Stratton - who had been due to front the briefings - has confirmed the move to the BBC.
She will instead b... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-56818750 | news_uk-politics-56818750 | |
George Floyd death: Five key moments from the Derek Chauvin trial - BBC News | 2021-04-20 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Here are key elements of a trial that gripped the US. | US & Canada | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: The critical moments of the trial so far
The death of George Floyd, a 48-year-old black man, while he was being restrained by a white police officer, Derek Chauvin, during an arrest in Minneapolis in May 2020, shocked... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-56802198 | news_world-us-canada-56802198 | |
Manchester United protests: Emotions have been simmering for 16 years - BBC Sport | 2021-05-03 | [] | Protests at Manchester United's Old Trafford ground came just weeks after European Super League plans were thwarted - but emotions have been simmering for 16 years. | null | It was at an entrance round the back of the Stretford End, away from the noise and the flares that accompanied the start of the Manchester United fans' protest at Old Trafford, that those who made it on to the pitch gained access.
Most were young lads in their 20s, coming down the hill in wave after wave. But not all.... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/56966096 | rt_football_56966096 | |
Apple faces Epic Games in court - BBC News | 2021-05-03 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Epic’s antitrust lawsuit against the tech giant could decide the future of Apple's App Store. | Technology | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Epic Games v Apple: What is going on?
After months of hype and warring words, Epic Games is finally getting its day in court with Apple.
The trial began on Monday - and is one of the most important in Apple's history.
Appl... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-56959938 | news_technology-56959938 | |
Racism: Woman angry over abuse and police response - BBC News | 2021-05-13 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Gabriela Tavares, 19, says racial abuse in a pub has left her "in a complete mess". | Wales | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.
The mother of a woman who said she has been racially abused several times over the years wants authorities to take the issue more seriously.
Tattiana Alfaia said police were slow to respond when her daughter Gabriela Tavare... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-57062841 | news_uk-wales-57062841 | |
Max Mosley: Privacy campaigner and ex-motorsport boss dies at 81 - BBC News | 2021-05-25 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The president of the FIA governing body from 1993 to 2009 was also a prominent privacy campaigner. | UK | Former motorsport boss Max Mosley, who later became a privacy campaigner, has died aged 81.
Ex-Formula 1 boss Bernie Ecclestone said it was "like losing a brother".
Mr Mosley, who had been suffering from cancer, led motorsport's governing body the FIA from 1993 to 2009.
He also campaigned for tighter press regulatio... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-57232681 | news_uk-57232681 | |
Nicola Sturgeon tells PM referendum is case of 'when - not if' - BBC News | 2021-05-10 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Scotland's first minister has spoken to Boris Johnson for the first time since the SNP's election victory. | Scotland politics | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Nicola Sturgeon says it would be "absurd" if things ever got close to the point of taking the SNP to court.
Scotland's first minister has told Prime Minister Boris Johnson that a second independence referendum is "a matter o... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-57046408 | news_uk-scotland-scotland-politics-57046408 | |
Scottish independence court battle played down - BBC News | 2021-05-10 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | UK minister Michael Gove tells the BBC's Andrew Marr that his government would not go to court to stop a second Scottish independence referendum. | Scotland | It is perhaps understandable that there is lots of talk of independence and referendums the morning after a Holyrood election, given the SNP have won big once again.
However, there is an argument to be made that the constitution is not necessarily the most interesting storyline in the wake of the polls.
There is stil... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-scotland-57046385 | news_live_uk-scotland-57046385 | |
Constitutional clash is coming... but not yet - BBC News | 2021-05-10 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | It might be "when" not "if" for indyref2 but Nicola Sturgeon wants to see support for independence running higher. | Scotland politics | The only way for there to be a successful referendum on Scottish independence is if both sides agree.
That's how they did it in 2014 with the Edinburgh agreement and the alternatives are messy and risky for both sides.
If the current stand-off between Nicola Sturgeon and Boris Johnson cannot be resolved, the first mi... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-57055968 | news_uk-scotland-scotland-politics-57055968 | |
Welsh election 2021: Final week of the campaign - BBC News | 2021-05-04 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | As it happened - today's highlights from the campaign trail in Wales. | Wales | Carwyn Jones was first minister from 2009 to 2018 Image caption: Carwyn Jones was first minister from 2009 to 2018
Former first minister Carwyn Jones has suggested that any post-election coalition deal in Wales should take “a few weeks” to agree.
Mr Jones took over from Rhodri Morgan as first minister in 2009, when L... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-wales-56979028 | news_live_uk-wales-56979028 |
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