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Covid: No new measures in England but we rule nothing out, says PM - BBC News | 2021-12-21 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Boris Johnson urges people to exercise "caution" ahead of Christmas, as Omicron cases surge. | UK | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Boris Johnson: "We will have to reserve the possibility of taking further action to protect the public"
The government needs to "reserve the possibility" of bringing in new Covid rules in England as cases of the Omicron vari... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-59733893 | news_uk-59733893 | |
Omicron: Why tougher Covid measures may not be worth it - BBC News | 2021-12-21 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Omicron is expected to cause a surge in infections. Should more be done to suppress it? | Health | Infections caused by the new variant Omicron are rising rapidly, doubling every two to three days.
Modelling is warning hospital admissions could rise sharply.
Ministers across the UK are under pressure to bring in tougher measures.
There are strong arguments for those, but there are also reasons why trying to do mo... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-59658486 | news_health-59658486 | |
Meghan wins ruling in Mail on Sunday privacy fight - BBC News | 2021-12-03 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The Duchess of Sussex took action after the paper carried extracts of a letter to her father. | UK | The Duchess of Sussex has won the latest stage in her legal fight against the publisher of the Mail on Sunday over a letter she sent to her father.
The Court of Appeal rejected Associated Newspapers' attempt to have a trial in the privacy and copyright case.
Meghan said it was a win "not just for me, but for anyone w... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-59502787 | news_uk-59502787 | |
Omicron: Why tougher Covid measures may not be worth it - BBC News | 2021-12-17 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Omicron is expected to cause a surge in infections. Should more be done to suppress it? | Health | Infections caused by the new variant Omicron are rising rapidly, doubling every two to three days.
Modelling is warning hospital admissions could rise sharply.
Ministers across the UK are under pressure to bring in tougher measures.
There are strong arguments for those, but there are also reasons why trying to do mo... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-59658486 | news_health-59658486 | |
Boris Johnson: Is 'Planet Boris' finally going to implode? - BBC News | 2021-12-17 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Day after day, for more than a month, Downing Street has been struggling to keep hold of events. | UK Politics | "Planet Boris is the strangest place in the world - no rules apply," a cabinet minister told me a few days ago as they marvelled at the strangeness of the current political universe.
Events had been disastrous, they admitted, yet they seemed sure at that moment that the prime minister's ability to defy any normal poli... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-59615564 | news_uk-politics-59615564 | |
Ghislaine Maxwell defence rests as she calls case 'unproven' - BBC News | 2021-12-17 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The defence struggled to produce witnesses on Friday and only nine out of a proposed 35 testified. | US & Canada | Ghislaine Maxwell has rested her sex-trafficking case after calling the prosecution's arguments against her "unproven" and declining to testify.
Her decision comes after her lawyers called nine witnesses over two days.
Ms Maxwell, 59, denies grooming underage girls for abuse by the late paedophile Jeffrey Epstein.
C... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-59703611 | news_world-us-canada-59703611 | |
PM’s message to sit up and pay attention - BBC News | 2021-12-13 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | But Boris Johnson's stern words tonight may run into three challenges. | UK Politics | Boris Johnson has gone far with the help of simple three word slogans.
Tonight, as the country is again in the grip of a fast spreading virus variant, and he is in the grip of a political mess, there's a new one, "Get Boosted Now".
The prime minister's language was dramatic, warning people that the pandemic is again ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-59631893 | news_uk-politics-59631893 | |
Max Verstappen wins title after last-lap overtake of Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes protests rejected - BBC Sport | 2021-12-13 | None | Red Bull's Max Verstappen wins his first Formula 1 world title in dramatic circumstances at the season finale in Abu Dhabi. | null | Red Bull's Max Verstappen snatched his first Formula 1 world title by beating Lewis Hamilton on the last lap of a thrilling season finale in Abu Dhabi - then had to wait while the Briton's Mercedes team had two protests against the result rejected by stewards.
Hamilton had appeared in control of the race and on course... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/59628024 | rt_formula1_59628024 | |
Hunting bill: NI politicians reject hunting with dogs ban - BBC News | 2021-12-07 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Northern Ireland is the only part of the UK where hunting wild animals with dogs is permitted. | Northern Ireland | Hunting with dogs has been illegal in England, Scotland and Wales since the early 2000s
The Northern Ireland Assembly has rejected a bill which sought to ban hunting wild animals with dogs in Northern Ireland.
The private members bill had been brought by the Alliance Party's John Blair who told the assembly a ban is ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-59543635 | news_uk-northern-ireland-59543635 | |
Connah's Quay murder: Emma Berry jailed for stabbing Dean Bennett - BBC News | 2021-12-07 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Emma Berry, 47, is jailed for 16 years after admitting the killing 31-year-old Dean Bennett. | Wales | Emma Berry was sentenced to life for the killing of Dean Bennett
A woman has been jailed for a minimum of 16 years for murdering a 31-year old man in his bedsit.
Emma Berry, 47, who lived at Quay House in Connah's Quay, was found guilty of stabbing Dean Bennett through the heart.
While handing down the sentence at M... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-59565236 | news_uk-wales-59565236 | |
James Webb: A $10bn machine in search of the end of darkness - BBC News | 2021-12-25 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The biggest space telescope ever built is ready to show us the first stars to light up the cosmos. | Science & Environment | Darkness. Total and complete. Few of us get to experience it.
At the bottom of a cave, perhaps; or in a basement when the power shuts off. But there's usually some faint glow coming from somewhere. Even the night sky never seems truly black, not least because there's usually a star or two twinkling in the distance.
S... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-59476869 | news_science-environment-59476869 | |
Maureen Lipman: Cancel culture could wipe out comedy - BBC News | 2021-12-22 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The actress says comedians fear being cancelled as a poll finds Britons often censor their opinions. | Entertainment & Arts | Dame Maureen Lipman: "Sooner or later the cancellers will win"
Dame Maureen Lipman has said comedy is in danger of being "wiped out" due to fears over being cancelled.
She told the BBC she believes comedians are now so worried about offending, "a revolution" is taking place.
"It's in the balance whether we will ever... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-59703257 | news_entertainment-arts-59703257 | |
As it happened: All countries taken off travel red list but Covid tests still required - BBC News | 2021-12-14 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Transport secretary Grant Shapps says 11 countries will be removed from Wednesday but testing measures remain in place. | UK | As we've just heard, a number of countries have now been removed from the travel red list, including South Africa.
This has come too late for some people who have been forced to quarantine, including Alison Stitt.
She was in South Africa visiting her father for his 90th birthday when the country went on the UK's red ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-59646151 | news_live_uk-59646151 | |
PM’s message to sit up and pay attention - BBC News | 2021-12-14 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | But Boris Johnson's stern words tonight may run into three challenges. | UK Politics | Boris Johnson has gone far with the help of simple three word slogans.
Tonight, as the country is again in the grip of a fast spreading virus variant, and he is in the grip of a political mess, there's a new one, "Get Boosted Now".
The prime minister's language was dramatic, warning people that the pandemic is again ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-59631893 | news_uk-politics-59631893 | |
Boris Johnson loses Covid argument with his own MPs - BBC News | 2021-12-14 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Boris Johnson's massive majority, won only two years ago, no longer feels like something on which he can always rely. | UK Politics | There were long queues at St Thomas's hospital - opposite the Houses of Parliament - for booster jabs
Boris Johnson didn't lose. But no prime minister wants to feel they're losing the argument in much of their own party.
And the scale of the rebellion is even worse than predicted. Not just a slap on the wrist for Mr ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-59656616 | news_uk-politics-59656616 | |
Star Hobson: The short life and death of a beloved toddler - BBC News | 2021-12-14 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | How did a toddler loved and adored by many end up dead after months of physical and emotional abuse? | Leeds & West Yorkshire | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.
In her 16 short months, Star Hobson lived a life in two halves - the first filled with the warmth of true love, the second with cold, callous mistreatment. Concerns were raised. Star's family say they tried to warn authoriti... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-59599884 | news_uk-england-leeds-59599884 | |
Jussie Smollett: Actor found guilty of lying about attack - BBC News | 2021-12-10 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A lawyer for the actor has said his client plans "100%" to appeal the verdict. | US & Canada | US actor Jussie Smollett lied to police when he claimed to have been the victim of a racist, homophobic assault, a Chicago jury has found.
At trial this week, Smollett, 39, stood by denials that he staged the hoax attack against himself.
Prosecutors countered that he "lied for hours" on the stand as he repeated what ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-59599142 | news_world-us-canada-59599142 | |
Ex-Tory minister Andrew Griffiths found to have raped wife - BBC News | 2021-12-10 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Andrew Griffiths used "coercive and controlling behaviour", a family court judge hears. | Stoke & Staffordshire | Andrew Griffiths resigned as minister and MP in July 2018
A former Conservative minister has been found to have raped and physically abused his wife.
A family court judge concluded Andrew Griffiths, 51, pressurised Kate Griffiths, MP for Burton-upon-Trent, into engaging in sexual activity.
Mr Griffiths, a former MP ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-stoke-staffordshire-59611761 | news_uk-england-stoke-staffordshire-59611761 | |
Ghislaine Maxwell trial: Prosecutors rest case after 10 days - BBC News | 2021-12-10 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Prosecutors say Ms Maxwell ran "a pyramid scheme of abuse" with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. | US & Canada | Prosecutors say Ms Maxwell and Jeffrey Epstein were "partners in crime" but she has pleaded not guilty to eight charges
Prosecutors in Ghislaine Maxwell's sex trafficking trial have rested their case following two weeks of testimony.
Annie Farmer, the last of four alleged victims to testify, recounted on Friday the "... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-59616024 | news_world-us-canada-59616024 | |
Taylor Swift to face trial in Shake It Off copyright case - BBC News | 2021-12-10 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The phrase "haters gonna hate" is at the centre of the case, which had previously been dismissed. | Entertainment & Arts | Swift is the only female artist to have eight UK number one albums this century
Taylor Swift must face a jury trial over accusations that she copied lyrics for Shake It Off from another song.
A US judge has refused Swift's request to dismiss the case, saying a jury may find that her 2014 hit copied girl group 3LW's 2... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-59606655 | news_entertainment-arts-59606655 | |
Desmond Tutu: Queen leads UK tributes to archbishop - BBC News | 2021-12-26 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Tributes are paid in the UK to Archbishop Desmond Tutu after his death at the age of 90. | UK | Archbishop Desmond Tutu tirelessly championed human rights, the Queen has said, following the death on Sunday of the Nobel Peace Prize laureate who helped end apartheid in South Africa.
Leading UK tributes to Tutu, who has died in Cape Town aged 90, the Queen remembered "with fondness my meetings with him, his great w... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-59794470 | news_uk-59794470 | |
Kim Potter: 'Taser mix-up' ex-officer weeps in manslaughter testimony - BBC News | 2021-12-18 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Kim Potter testified at her manslaughter trial about the "chaotic" fatal shooting of Daunte Wright. | US & Canada | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: Officer who shot Daunte Wright breaks down in court: "I'm sorry it happened"
A former Minnesota police officer has tearfully recounted the "chaotic" moment she shot and killed a black motorist in April.
Kim Potter, 4... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-59691902 | news_world-us-canada-59691902 | |
Sir Rod Stewart pleads guilty to battery over Florida hotel 'punch' - BBC News | 2021-12-18 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The singer and his son clashed with a Florida hotel guard who refused them entry to a party. | US & Canada | Sir Rod was accused of striking a security guard in the chest
Sir Rod Stewart and his son have pleaded guilty to battery over an altercation with a security guard at a hotel in Florida in 2019.
The singer and son Sean were accused of assault after they were refused access to a private event on New Year's Eve, accordi... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-59707192 | news_world-us-canada-59707192 | |
Boris Johnson: Is 'Planet Boris' finally going to implode? - BBC News | 2021-12-18 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Day after day, for more than a month, Downing Street has been struggling to keep hold of events. | UK Politics | "Planet Boris is the strangest place in the world - no rules apply," a cabinet minister told me a few days ago as they marvelled at the strangeness of the current political universe.
Events had been disastrous, they admitted, yet they seemed sure at that moment that the prime minister's ability to defy any normal poli... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-59615564 | news_uk-politics-59615564 | |
Ghislaine Maxwell defence rests as she calls case 'unproven' - BBC News | 2021-12-18 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The defence struggled to produce witnesses on Friday and only nine out of a proposed 35 testified. | US & Canada | Ghislaine Maxwell has rested her sex-trafficking case after calling the prosecution's arguments against her "unproven" and declining to testify.
Her decision comes after her lawyers called nine witnesses over two days.
Ms Maxwell, 59, denies grooming underage girls for abuse by the late paedophile Jeffrey Epstein.
C... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-59703611 | news_world-us-canada-59703611 | |
Troubles legal aid claims from government 'utterly wrong' - BBC News | 2021-12-05 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A lawyer says a "very minimal" amount of legal aid was spent on civil cases related to the Troubles. | Northern Ireland | The government said in July that it would legislate to ban Troubles-related prosecutions and civil cases
The government has been accused of misinformation on legal aid as it considers legislating to end Troubles-era prosecutions and civil cases.
A government paper on the proposals states a "significant proportion" of... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-59537741 | news_uk-northern-ireland-59537741 | |
Bob Dole: From WW2 casualty to top Republican - BBC News | 2021-12-05 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Long-serving senator, who recovered from terrible injuries to run for president, dies at 98 | US & Canada | Bob Dole, a World War Two veteran who went on to be a long-time Republican senator and US presidential candidate, has died aged 98.
His death was announced in a statement from the Elizabeth Dole Foundation: "It is with heavy hearts we announce that Senator Robert Joseph Dole died early this morning in his sleep. At hi... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-45667690 | news_world-us-canada-45667690 | |
Covid: Mark Drakeford reflects on 'challenging year' - BBC News | 2021-12-27 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Mark Drakeford says 2021 was a “difficult” 12 months, but is hopeful for 2022. | Wales | First Minister Mark Drakeford reflected on a "difficult and challenging year on the whole"
The First Minister has said he is looking to ahead 2022 with "trepidation" as well as "optimism".
Mark Drakeford warned the early part of the new year will be "difficult" because of the Omicron variant.
However, he added he ha... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-59782594 | news_uk-wales-59782594 | |
Energy firms face stricter tests after collapses - BBC News | 2021-12-27 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Bosses of firms will also face vetting after criticism of the regulator about competition in the market. | Business | Energy companies will face more robust financial checks from January after a host of companies failed owing to a wholesale price surge, the regulator Ofgem has announced.
Bosses of firms will also undergo more stringent vetting.
More than 20, mostly small, suppliers have collapsed following a spike in wholesale gas p... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-59664188 | news_business-59664188 | |
Desmond Tutu: Queen leads UK tributes to archbishop - BBC News | 2021-12-27 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Tributes are paid in the UK to Archbishop Desmond Tutu after his death at the age of 90. | UK | Archbishop Desmond Tutu tirelessly championed human rights, the Queen has said, following the death on Sunday of the Nobel Peace Prize laureate who helped end apartheid in South Africa.
Leading UK tributes to Tutu, who has died in Cape Town aged 90, the Queen remembered "with fondness my meetings with him, his great w... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-59794470 | news_uk-59794470 | |
Ghislaine Maxwell trial: Prosecutors rest case after 10 days - BBC News | 2021-12-11 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Prosecutors say Ms Maxwell ran "a pyramid scheme of abuse" with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. | US & Canada | Prosecutors say Ms Maxwell and Jeffrey Epstein were "partners in crime" but she has pleaded not guilty to eight charges
Prosecutors in Ghislaine Maxwell's sex trafficking trial have rested their case following two weeks of testimony.
Annie Farmer, the last of four alleged victims to testify, recounted on Friday the "... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-59616024 | news_world-us-canada-59616024 | |
Boris Johnson: Is 'Planet Boris' finally going to implode? - BBC News | 2021-12-11 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Day after day, for more than a month, Downing Street has been struggling to keep hold of events. | UK Politics | "Planet Boris is the strangest place in the world - no rules apply," a cabinet minister told me a few days ago as they marvelled at the strangeness of the current political universe.
Events had been disastrous, they admitted, yet they seemed sure at that moment that the prime minister's ability to defy any normal poli... | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-59615564 | news_uk-politics-59615564 | |
French court jails former Tory councillor David Turtle over wife's murder - BBC News | 2021-12-11 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Stephanie Turtle was killed when her husband deliberately ran her over with his car in 2017 | UK | Stephanie and David Turtle moved to France to set up a guest house
A former Conservative councillor has been convicted of killing his wife by deliberately running her over with his car outside their French home in 2017.
David Turtle, 67, was found guilty of murdering his wife, Stephanie, 50, and sentenced to 14 years... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-59623256 | news_uk-59623256 | |
Ex-Tory minister Andrew Griffiths found to have raped wife - BBC News | 2021-12-11 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Andrew Griffiths used "coercive and controlling behaviour", a family court judge hears. | Stoke & Staffordshire | Andrew Griffiths resigned as minister and MP in July 2018
A former Conservative minister has been found to have raped and physically abused his wife.
A family court judge concluded Andrew Griffiths, 51, pressurised Kate Griffiths, MP for Burton-upon-Trent, into engaging in sexual activity.
Mr Griffiths, a former MP ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-stoke-staffordshire-59611761 | news_uk-england-stoke-staffordshire-59611761 | |
Abu Dhabi Grand Prix 'tarnishing image' of F1, says sport's governing body - BBC Sport | 2021-12-15 | None | Formula 1's governing body says the controversial Abu Dhabi Grand Prix is "tarnishing the image" of the sport. | null | Last updated on .From the section Formula 1
Max Verstappen won his first world title in controversial circumstances after a late-race safety car Formula 1's governing body says the controversial Abu Dhabi Grand Prix is "tarnishing the image" of the sport. The FIA will conduct a "detailed analysis and clarification exe... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/59675264 | rt_formula1_59675264 | |
Omicron: Why tougher Covid measures may not be worth it - BBC News | 2021-12-15 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Omicron is expected to cause a surge in infections. Should more be done to suppress it? | Health | Infections caused by the new variant Omicron are rising rapidly, doubling every two to three days.
Modelling is warning hospital admissions could rise sharply.
Ministers across the UK are under pressure to bring in tougher measures.
There are strong arguments for those, but there are also reasons why trying to do mo... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-59658486 | news_health-59658486 | |
Gender-neutral passports: Campaigner Christie Elan-Cane loses Supreme Court case - BBC News | 2021-12-15 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Campaigner Christie Elan-Cane loses a challenge against rules that passports must state gender. | UK | A campaigner has lost a Supreme Court case challenging the government's refusal to issue gender-neutral passports.
Christie Elan-Cane said the application process breaches human rights laws by not allowing an "X" option.
But the court said applicants' gender was "a biographical detail which can be used to confirm the... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-59667786 | news_uk-59667786 | |
Megan Thee Stallion 'told to dance' by Tory Lanez before alleged shooting - BBC News | 2021-12-15 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Rapper Tory Lanez is accused of hurting the songwriter after a party in Hollywood in July 2020. | Newsbeat | Megan Thee Stallion was injured after a Hollywood party in July 2020
Tory Lanez told Megan Thee Stallion to "dance" before allegedly shooting at her feet, a court has heard.
The rapper, whose real name is Daystar Peterson, is accused of shooting Megan after a party in the Hollywood Hills on 12 July 2020.
Rapper Mega... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-59666623 | news_newsbeat-59666623 | |
Boris Johnson's biggest Commons rebellion - and why it matters - BBC News | 2021-12-15 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Two years after his greatest triumph, the PM couldn't head off a mass Tory rejection of Covid measures. | UK Politics | So said one government minister on Tuesday evening as the prime minister addressed the 1922 Committee of Conservative backbench MPs.
Boris Johnson made a last-ditch effort to win over his party in the packed meeting just an hour before the Commons voted on new Covid regulations.
He promised MPs they would be consulte... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-59661619 | news_uk-politics-59661619 | |
Boris Johnson loses Covid argument with his own MPs - BBC News | 2021-12-15 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Boris Johnson's massive majority, won only two years ago, no longer feels like something on which he can always rely. | UK Politics | There were long queues at St Thomas's hospital - opposite the Houses of Parliament - for booster jabs
Boris Johnson didn't lose. But no prime minister wants to feel they're losing the argument in much of their own party.
And the scale of the rebellion is even worse than predicted. Not just a slap on the wrist for Mr ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-59656616 | news_uk-politics-59656616 | |
Omicron: Why tougher Covid measures may not be worth it - BBC News | 2021-12-23 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Omicron is expected to cause a surge in infections. Should more be done to suppress it? | Health | Infections caused by the new variant Omicron are rising rapidly, doubling every two to three days.
Modelling is warning hospital admissions could rise sharply.
Ministers across the UK are under pressure to bring in tougher measures.
There are strong arguments for those, but there are also reasons why trying to do mo... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-59658486 | news_health-59658486 | |
Christmas: Dogs perform Welsh chapel's nativity play - BBC News | 2021-12-23 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The Christmas story is performed by a Welsh chapel's dogs with the help of treats and tinsel. | Wales | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The Christ-mutts Story, told by three wise whippets
The Christmas story has been told with the help of a Welsh chapel's unlikely helpers - the congregation's dogs.
Gellionnen Chapel enlisted about 10 dogs to help perform th... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-59771186 | news_uk-wales-59771186 | |
Ava White: Boy in court accused of Liverpool stab murder - BBC News | 2021-12-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The boy is charged with murdering 12-year-old Ava White who was stabbed to death in Liverpool. | Liverpool | Ava White was out with friends in Liverpool when she was attacked
A teenage boy has appeared in court charged with murdering a 12-year-old girl who was stabbed to death.
Ava White was out with friends in Liverpool city centre when she was attacked on Thursday.
She was stabbed shortly after the city's Christmas light... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-59489666 | news_uk-england-merseyside-59489666 | |
Jussie Smollett: Actor found guilty of lying about attack - BBC News | 2021-12-09 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A lawyer for the actor has said his client plans "100%" to appeal the verdict. | US & Canada | US actor Jussie Smollett lied to police when he claimed to have been the victim of a racist, homophobic assault, a Chicago jury has found.
At trial this week, Smollett, 39, stood by denials that he staged the hoax attack against himself.
Prosecutors countered that he "lied for hours" on the stand as he repeated what ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-59599142 | news_world-us-canada-59599142 | |
Omicron: Why tougher Covid measures may not be worth it - BBC News | 2021-12-19 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Omicron is expected to cause a surge in infections. Should more be done to suppress it? | Health | Infections caused by the new variant Omicron are rising rapidly, doubling every two to three days.
Modelling is warning hospital admissions could rise sharply.
Ministers across the UK are under pressure to bring in tougher measures.
There are strong arguments for those, but there are also reasons why trying to do mo... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-59658486 | news_health-59658486 | |
Boris Johnson: Is 'Planet Boris' finally going to implode? - BBC News | 2021-12-19 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Day after day, for more than a month, Downing Street has been struggling to keep hold of events. | UK Politics | "Planet Boris is the strangest place in the world - no rules apply," a cabinet minister told me a few days ago as they marvelled at the strangeness of the current political universe.
Events had been disastrous, they admitted, yet they seemed sure at that moment that the prime minister's ability to defy any normal poli... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-59615564 | news_uk-politics-59615564 | |
As it happened: Javid does not rule out more Covid measures - BBC News | 2021-12-19 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The health secretary says there are "no guarantees" in the pandemic when asked if he was ruling out new restrictions before Christmas. | UK | Introducing restrictions buys time, but it does not solve the problem.
The risk is you just delay the inevitable because you get a rebound in infections once they are lifted.
So the question that has to be asked is, what will be done with the time that a short circuit breaker would provide if it was introduced.
It w... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-59716357 | news_live_uk-59716357 | |
Covid-19: Sajid Javid refuses to rule out more restrictions - BBC News | 2021-12-19 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | More than 12,000 new Omicron cases are confirmed in the UK, as the variant continues to surge. | UK | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch as the health secretary tells Andrew Marr he won't rule out bringing in tighter Covid measures
The health secretary has refused to rule out further Covid restrictions for England, as the Omicron variant spreads around ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-59718601 | news_uk-59718601 | |
Hunting bill: NI politicians reject hunting with dogs ban - BBC News | 2021-12-06 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Northern Ireland is the only part of the UK where hunting wild animals with dogs is permitted. | Northern Ireland | Hunting with dogs has been illegal in England, Scotland and Wales since the early 2000s
The Northern Ireland Assembly has rejected a bill which sought to ban hunting wild animals with dogs in Northern Ireland.
The private members bill had been brought by the Alliance Party's John Blair who told the assembly a ban is ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-59543635 | news_uk-northern-ireland-59543635 | |
French court jails former Tory councillor David Turtle over wife's murder - BBC News | 2021-12-12 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Stephanie Turtle was killed when her husband deliberately ran her over with his car in 2017 | UK | Stephanie and David Turtle moved to France to set up a guest house
A former Conservative councillor has been convicted of killing his wife by deliberately running her over with his car outside their French home in 2017.
David Turtle, 67, was found guilty of murdering his wife, Stephanie, 50, and sentenced to 14 years... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-59623256 | news_uk-59623256 | |
Boris Johnson: Is 'Planet Boris' finally going to implode? - BBC News | 2021-12-12 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Day after day, for more than a month, Downing Street has been struggling to keep hold of events. | UK Politics | "Planet Boris is the strangest place in the world - no rules apply," a cabinet minister told me a few days ago as they marvelled at the strangeness of the current political universe.
Events had been disastrous, they admitted, yet they seemed sure at that moment that the prime minister's ability to defy any normal poli... | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-59615564 | news_uk-politics-59615564 | |
PM’s message to sit up and pay attention - BBC News | 2021-12-12 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | But Boris Johnson's stern words tonight may run into three challenges. | UK Politics | Boris Johnson has gone far with the help of simple three word slogans.
Tonight, as the country is again in the grip of a fast spreading virus variant, and he is in the grip of a political mess, there's a new one, "Get Boosted Now".
The prime minister's language was dramatic, warning people that the pandemic is again ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-59631893 | news_uk-politics-59631893 | |
Max Verstappen wins title after last-lap overtake of Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes protests rejected - BBC Sport | 2021-12-12 | None | Red Bull's Max Verstappen wins his first Formula 1 world title in dramatic circumstances at the season finale in Abu Dhabi. | null | Red Bull's Max Verstappen snatched his first Formula 1 world title by beating Lewis Hamilton on the last lap of a thrilling season finale in Abu Dhabi - then had to wait while the Briton's Mercedes team had two protests against the result rejected by stewards.
Hamilton had appeared in control of the race and on course... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/59628024 | rt_formula1_59628024 | |
Omicron: Why tougher Covid measures may not be worth it - BBC News | 2021-12-16 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Omicron is expected to cause a surge in infections. Should more be done to suppress it? | Health | Infections caused by the new variant Omicron are rising rapidly, doubling every two to three days.
Modelling is warning hospital admissions could rise sharply.
Ministers across the UK are under pressure to bring in tougher measures.
There are strong arguments for those, but there are also reasons why trying to do mo... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-59658486 | news_health-59658486 | |
Megan Thee Stallion 'told to dance' by Tory Lanez before alleged shooting - BBC News | 2021-12-16 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Rapper Tory Lanez is accused of hurting the songwriter after a party in Hollywood in July 2020. | Newsbeat | Megan Thee Stallion was injured after a Hollywood party in July 2020
Tory Lanez told Megan Thee Stallion to "dance" before allegedly shooting at her feet, a court has heard.
The rapper, whose real name is Daystar Peterson, is accused of shooting Megan after a party in the Hollywood Hills on 12 July 2020.
Rapper Mega... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-59666623 | news_newsbeat-59666623 | |
Abu Dhabi Grand Prix 'tarnishing image' of F1, says sport's governing body - BBC Sport | 2021-12-16 | None | Formula 1's governing body says the controversial Abu Dhabi Grand Prix is "tarnishing the image" of the sport. | null | Last updated on .From the section Formula 1
Max Verstappen won his first world title in controversial circumstances after a late-race safety car Formula 1's governing body says the controversial Abu Dhabi Grand Prix is "tarnishing the image" of the sport. The FIA will conduct a "detailed analysis and clarification exe... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/59675264 | rt_formula1_59675264 | |
Omicron: Why tougher Covid measures may not be worth it - BBC News | 2021-12-20 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Omicron is expected to cause a surge in infections. Should more be done to suppress it? | Health | Infections caused by the new variant Omicron are rising rapidly, doubling every two to three days.
Modelling is warning hospital admissions could rise sharply.
Ministers across the UK are under pressure to bring in tougher measures.
There are strong arguments for those, but there are also reasons why trying to do mo... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-59658486 | news_health-59658486 | |
Rachel Riley wins £10,000 damages over Nazi tweet - BBC News | 2021-12-20 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The Countdown star sued an ex-aide of Jeremy Corbyn over comments made on Twitter in 2019. | Entertainment & Arts | Rachel Riley replaced Carol Vorderman as the maths expert on Countdown in 2009
Countdown star Rachel Riley has been awarded £10,000 damages by a High Court judge after suing an ex-aide of Jeremy Corbyn over comments made on Twitter more than two years ago.
Riley, currently on maternity leave from the Channel 4 show, ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-59731932 | news_entertainment-arts-59731932 | |
Welsh budget: Bumper funding rise for Welsh NHS amid backlog - BBC News | 2021-12-20 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Welsh NHS cash to be hiked by almost £900m next year to tackle waiting lists caused by Covid. | Wales politics | NHS spending in Wales will jump next year to tackle record high waiting times created by Covid.
An extra £893m will be pumped in during 2022, as part of the £24.6bn Welsh government budget.
More cash has also been promised for councils, and Labour Finance Minister Rebecca Evans said the budget will help make Wales "a... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-politics-59720795 | news_uk-wales-politics-59720795 | |
Covid-19: Sajid Javid refuses to rule out more restrictions - BBC News | 2021-12-20 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | More than 12,000 new Omicron cases are confirmed in the UK, as the variant continues to surge. | UK | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch as the health secretary tells Andrew Marr he won't rule out bringing in tighter Covid measures
The health secretary has refused to rule out further Covid restrictions for England, as the Omicron variant spreads around ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-59718601 | news_uk-59718601 | |
Covid: No new measures in England but we rule nothing out, says PM - BBC News | 2021-12-20 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Boris Johnson urges people to exercise "caution" ahead of Christmas, as Omicron cases surge. | UK | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Boris Johnson: "We will have to reserve the possibility of taking further action to protect the public"
The government needs to "reserve the possibility" of bringing in new Covid rules in England as cases of the Omicron vari... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-59733893 | news_uk-59733893 | |
Meghan wins ruling in Mail on Sunday privacy fight - BBC News | 2021-12-02 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The Duchess of Sussex took action after the paper carried extracts of a letter to her father. | UK | The Duchess of Sussex has won the latest stage in her legal fight against the publisher of the Mail on Sunday over a letter she sent to her father.
The Court of Appeal rejected Associated Newspapers' attempt to have a trial in the privacy and copyright case.
Meghan said it was a win "not just for me, but for anyone w... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-59502787 | news_uk-59502787 | |
Pfizer boss: Annual Covid jabs for years to come - BBC News | 2021-12-02 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | In an exclusive interview, Dr Albert Bourla says jabs have saved millions of lives. | Health | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch our exclusive interview with Pfizer's CEO as he hits out at the fake news that his wife died from the vaccine
People will be likely to need to have annual Covid vaccinations for many years to come, the head of Pfizer h... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-59488848 | news_health-59488848 | |
Meghan told ex-aide she wrote to estranged father to protect Harry - BBC News | 2021-12-02 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The Duchess of Sussex said Prince Harry was being berated by the royals over her father's behaviour. | UK | The Duchess of Sussex said she chose to write to her father, Thomas Markle, to protect Prince Harry from the Royal Family's "constant berating" over his media interviews, text messages reveal.
Meghan told ex-aide Jason Knauf the royals did not understand why she could not visit her estranged father's home in Mexico to... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-59269616 | news_uk-59269616 | |
Meghan apologises to court for forgetting biography briefing notes - BBC News | 2021-12-02 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The Duchess of Sussex says she forgot her exchanges with an aide prior to the Finding Freedom biography. | UK | The Duchess of Sussex has apologised to a court for making a misleading statement in her privacy case against the Mail on Sunday's publishers.
The Appeal Court heard she had asked an aide to pass on information to the authors of a biography - despite having earlier said she "did not contribute".
Meghan said she had f... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-59242093 | news_uk-59242093 | |
UK plays down Brexit link in US steel tariff row - BBC News | 2021-12-02 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Reports suggesting a US decision to maintain tariffs on UK steel is linked to Brexit are rejected. | Business | Reports suggesting a US decision to maintain tariffs on British steel is linked to Brexit and Northern Ireland are a "false narrative", trade minister Penny Mordaunt has said.
She said wrangles with Brussels over the Irish border were "entirely separate" from trade with Washington.
It comes after the Financial Times ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-59506556 | news_business-59506556 | |
Boris Johnson: I've seen no evidence of plotters being blackmailed - BBC News | 2022-01-21 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The PM rejects the claims of a Tory MP, who says rebels face intimidation from ministers. | UK Politics | Boris Johnson was asked about the claims on a visit to Somerset
Boris Johnson says he has "seen no evidence" of blackmail in his party after claims by one of his own MPs.
William Wragg - who has called on the PM to resign over parties at No 10 - said suspected plotters against the PM have been threatened with bad pub... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-60068612 | news_uk-politics-60068612 | |
Prince Andrew accuser’s 2009 deal with Jeffrey Epstein made public - BBC News | 2022-01-03 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | It shows Virginia Giuffre agreed not to sue anyone who could be described as a "potential defendant". | UK | Virginia Giuffre agreed not to sue anyone connected to Jeffrey Epstein who could be described as a "potential defendant", a 2009 damages settlement against the sex offender shows.
The document, disclosed by a New York court, reveals the financier paid her $500,000 (£371,000) to end her claim.
Ms Giuffre is suing the ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-59861831 | news_uk-59861831 | |
Eric Zemmour: Far-right candidate found guilty of hate speech - BBC News | 2022-01-17 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Eric Zemmour called unaccompanied migrant children coming to France "thieves" and "murderers". | Europe | Far-right French presidential candidate Eric Zemmour has been fined €10,000 (£8,350) by a Paris court for hate speech.
The case was launched over a TV appearance, where he described unaccompanied migrant children as "thieves", "rapists" and "murderers".
Former broadcaster Zemmour is known for his anti-Islam and anti-... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-60022996 | news_world-europe-60022996 | |
Prince Andrew: Emily Maitlis says duke's interview answers are critical to sex assault case - BBC News | 2022-01-13 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The BBC Newsnight presenter says details of the 2019 interview are being pored over by both sides. | UK | Prince Andrew was interviewed by BBC Newsnight's Emily Maitlis in 2019
It is more than two years since I sat down with Prince Andrew in a Buckingham Palace ballroom and posed questions that seemed almost too surreal to ask.
It is two years since the world heard his defence - about a birthday party in Woking, a trip t... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-59874170 | https://c.files.bbci.co.uk/assets/b0ea2e7e-e9e9-48fa-865f-7b55d977991f | news_uk-59874170 |
What next for Boris Johnson after his party apology? - BBC News | 2022-01-13 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The PM's departure is far from inevitable - but growing numbers of Conservative MPs want him out. | UK Politics | The prime minister's admission and apology in the Commons likely bought him a little time.
A pause until the official inquiry into what parties did or didn't take place in Downing Street is published, in perhaps a week or so.
But for many on his own side, Boris Johnson has already lost the benefit of the doubt.
Grow... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-59974572 | news_uk-politics-59974572 | |
US Supreme Court scrutinises Biden vaccine mandates - BBC News | 2022-01-07 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The eventual ruling by the court could have an impact on some 80 million workers. | US & Canada | The US Supreme Court appears doubtful as to whether the Biden administration can enforce a vaccine-or-testing mandate for large private employers.
The rules apply to companies with more than 100 employees, requiring workers to get fully vaccinated against Covid or be tested weekly.
The court held a special session on... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-59916467 | news_world-us-canada-59916467 | |
George Floyd: Three ex-officers face civil rights trial - BBC News | 2022-01-25 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Federal prosecutors allege the former officers "wilfully deprived" George Floyd of his civil rights. | US & Canada | One of three ex-Minneapolis policemen present at the death of George Floyd will testify in his own defence in a federal civil case against him and his colleagues.
The charge that Thomas Lane deprived Mr Floyd of his civil rights is "a perversion of justice", his lawyer said.
Mr Lane, 38, and ex-officers J Alexander K... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-60117763 | news_world-us-canada-60117763 | |
IMF expert: Families may need help with energy bills - BBC News | 2022-01-25 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The IMF says the global economy is entering 2022 in a weaker position than previously expected. | Business | Struggling UK families may need help with energy bills as inflation soars, an International Monetary Fund expert has said.
It comes as the IMF predicted that the UK economy will grow more slowly than expected this year as it recovers from the Covid pandemic.
The forecast for UK growth in 2022 was cut to 4.7% from 5% ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-60128099 | news_business-60128099 | |
Prince Andrew: Emily Maitlis says duke's interview answers are critical to sex assault case - BBC News | 2022-01-14 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The BBC Newsnight presenter says details of the 2019 interview are being pored over by both sides. | UK | Prince Andrew was interviewed by BBC Newsnight's Emily Maitlis in 2019
It is more than two years since I sat down with Prince Andrew in a Buckingham Palace ballroom and posed questions that seemed almost too surreal to ask.
It is two years since the world heard his defence - about a birthday party in Woking, a trip t... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-59874170 | https://c.files.bbci.co.uk/assets/b0ea2e7e-e9e9-48fa-865f-7b55d977991f | news_uk-59874170 |
Covid: We'll look at science of cutting isolation period - PM - BBC News | 2022-01-10 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Boris Johnson says we have to ensure we "see off" the Omicron wave and adds testing remains vital. | UK | A Whitehall source has denied the government is working on a plan for living with Covid in the long term. But there's speculation about what changes that might eventually entail.
The government has already said in its Autumn and Winter Covid plan for this year that one day lateral flow tests will have to be paid for b... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-59934070 | news_live_uk-59934070 | |
Novak Djokovic: Judge orders immediate release of tennis star - BBC News | 2022-01-10 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Anthony Kelly quashes the decision to cancel the player's Australian visa on Covid vaccination grounds. | Australia | Supporters of Novak Djokovic have been protesting outside the courthouse throughout proceedings
The judge hearing Novak Djokovic's challenge to an order by the Australian government revoking his entry visa has dramatically overturned the decision.
Judge Anthony Kelly ordered the release of the tennis star from detent... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-59932430 | news_world-australia-59932430 | |
Silicon Valley's trial of the century - BBC News | 2022-01-04 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | A look at the Theranos trial and the evidence that led to Elizabeth Holmes being found guilty of fraud. | Technology | Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes has been found guilty of fraud
It was a verdict that reflected the often painful complexities and contradictions of blood testing company Theranos.
Four guilty verdicts, four acquittals and three charges on which the jury couldn't agree.
For many who have followed the Theranos saga,... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-59867772 | news_technology-59867772 | |
Nirvana's Nevermind cover art lawsuit dismissed - BBC News | 2022-01-04 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Spencer Elden, who was pictured as a baby on the album cover, had alleged child pornography. | Entertainment & Arts | More than 30 million copies of Nevermind have been sold worldwide
A judge in California has dismissed a lawsuit against Nirvana made by Spencer Elden, who appeared as a naked baby on the cover of their album Nevermind.
Elden sued the band last year, alleging sexual exploitation, and that the artwork constituted child... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-59867369 | news_entertainment-arts-59867369 | |
Elizabeth Holmes: Theranos founder convicted of fraud - BBC News | 2022-01-04 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The Silicon Valley ex-CEO faces a lengthy term in prison for defrauding investors. | US & Canada | Holmes (centre) remains on bail before sentencing at a later date
Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes has been convicted of defrauding investors after a months-long landmark trial in California.
Prosecutors said Holmes knowingly lied about technology she said could detect diseases with a few drops of blood.
Jurors fou... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-59734254 | news_world-us-canada-59734254 | |
Prince Andrew accuser’s 2009 deal with Jeffrey Epstein made public - BBC News | 2022-01-04 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | It shows Virginia Giuffre agreed not to sue anyone who could be described as a "potential defendant". | UK | Virginia Giuffre agreed not to sue anyone connected to Jeffrey Epstein who could be described as a "potential defendant", a 2009 damages settlement against the sex offender shows.
The document, disclosed by a New York court, reveals the financier paid her $500,000 (£371,000) to end her claim.
Ms Giuffre is suing the ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-59861831 | news_uk-59861831 | |
Prince Andrew: Decision soon on dismissing case - judge - BBC News | 2022-01-04 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | A US court hears arguments about a deal the prince's accuser Virginia Giuffre agreed with Jeffrey Epstein. | UK | Prince Andrew, Virginia Roberts (now Giuffre) and Ghislaine Maxwell in 2001
A US judge will decide "soon" whether a civil sex assault case against the Duke of York will be dismissed, following the latest hearing in New York.
Prince Andrew's lawyer told Judge Lewis A Kaplan that the duke could be covered by a 2009 dea... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-59865102 | news_uk-59865102 | |
Novak Djokovic will compete at Australian Open with medical exemption - BBC Sport | 2022-01-04 | [] | Novak Djokovic will defend his Australian Open title after receiving a medical exemption from having a Covid-19 vaccination. | null | Last updated on .From the section Tennis
World number one Novak Djokovic will defend his Australian Open title later this month after receiving a medical exemption from having a Covid-19 vaccination.
All players and staff at the tournament must be vaccinated or have an exemption granted by an expert independent panel... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/59865959 | rt_tennis_59865959 | |
Prince Andrew denies close friendship with Ghislaine Maxwell in US court files - BBC News | 2022-01-26 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | In US court files, the prince, who denies assault claims, also asks for a jury trial in his accuser's lawsuit. | US & Canada | Prince Andrew has denied being a close friend of convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell, in a legal response to the woman who is suing him in the US for sexual assault.
Lawyers for the prince also say he wants to go before a jury to contest the claim brought by Virginia Giuffre.
The Duke of York has consistently ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-60149024 | news_world-us-canada-60149024 | |
Eric Zemmour: Far-right candidate found guilty of hate speech - BBC News | 2022-01-18 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Eric Zemmour called unaccompanied migrant children coming to France "thieves" and "murderers". | Europe | Far-right French presidential candidate Eric Zemmour has been fined €10,000 (£8,350) by a Paris court for hate speech.
The case was launched over a TV appearance, where he described unaccompanied migrant children as "thieves", "rapists" and "murderers".
Former broadcaster Zemmour is known for his anti-Islam and anti-... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-60022996 | news_world-europe-60022996 | |
Meghan to receive £1 in damages after privacy case - BBC News | 2022-01-05 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The Mail on Sunday was found to have invaded her privacy by publishing a letter to her father. | Entertainment & Arts | The Mail on Sunday published a letter the duchess sent to her father Thomas Markle in 2018
The Duchess of Sussex will receive £1 in damages from Associated Newspapers after the Mail on Sunday was found to have invaded her privacy.
The nominal sum was set out in court documents which formally confirm the newspaper has... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-59879079 | news_entertainment-arts-59879079 | |
Nirvana's Nevermind cover art lawsuit dismissed - BBC News | 2022-01-05 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Spencer Elden, who was pictured as a baby on the album cover, had alleged child pornography. | Entertainment & Arts | More than 30 million copies of Nevermind have been sold worldwide
A judge in California has dismissed a lawsuit against Nirvana made by Spencer Elden, who appeared as a naked baby on the cover of their album Nevermind.
Elden sued the band last year, alleging sexual exploitation, and that the artwork constituted child... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-59867369 | news_entertainment-arts-59867369 | |
Prince Andrew: Emily Maitlis says duke's interview answers are critical to sex assault case - BBC News | 2022-01-05 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The BBC Newsnight presenter says details of the 2019 interview are being pored over by both sides. | UK | Prince Andrew was interviewed by BBC Newsnight's Emily Maitlis in 2019
It is more than two years since I sat down with Prince Andrew in a Buckingham Palace ballroom and posed questions that seemed almost too surreal to ask.
It is two years since the world heard his defence - about a birthday party in Woking, a trip t... | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-59874170 | https://c.files.bbci.co.uk/assets/b0ea2e7e-e9e9-48fa-865f-7b55d977991f | news_uk-59874170 |
Prince Andrew: Decision soon on dismissing case - judge - BBC News | 2022-01-05 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | A US court hears arguments about a deal the prince's accuser Virginia Giuffre agreed with Jeffrey Epstein. | UK | Prince Andrew, Virginia Roberts (now Giuffre) and Ghislaine Maxwell in 2001
A US judge will decide "soon" whether a civil sex assault case against the Duke of York will be dismissed, following the latest hearing in New York.
Prince Andrew's lawyer told Judge Lewis A Kaplan that the duke could be covered by a 2009 dea... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-59865102 | news_uk-59865102 | |
Covid vaccines: The unvaccinated NHS workers facing the sack - BBC News | 2022-01-27 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | NHS staff explain why they have chosen not to have a Covid vaccine as the mandatory deadline looms. | UK | Paramedic Matt Taylor says he is prepared to lose his job because he has not had a coronavirus vaccine
Matt Taylor is a specialist paramedic who has worked through the pandemic treating elderly and vulnerable people in their homes. He hasn't had a Covid-19 vaccination and says he's prepared to lose his job over it.
H... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-60104140 | news_uk-60104140 | |
Prince Andrew denies close friendship with Ghislaine Maxwell in US court files - BBC News | 2022-01-27 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | In US court files, the prince, who denies assault claims, also asks for a jury trial in his accuser's lawsuit. | US & Canada | Prince Andrew has denied being a close friend of convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell, in a legal response to the woman who is suing him in the US for sexual assault.
Lawyers for the prince also say he wants to go before a jury to contest the claim brought by Virginia Giuffre.
The Duke of York has consistently ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-60149024 | news_world-us-canada-60149024 | |
Boris Johnson faces PMQs showdown as Tory mood darkens - BBC News | 2022-01-11 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | In the absence of clarity from Downing Street, is a sense of panic growing in Conservative ranks? | UK Politics | "We should get rid of him…. We should own the situation. We are the Tory party. We are not delivering good governance."
That stinging verdict from a Conservative MP does not, at least not yet, seem to represent the consensus among the party's ranks on what to do about the current situation in Downing Street.
But the ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-59959912 | news_uk-politics-59959912 | |
Kuenssberg: What's a PM to do when even kids joke about his future? - BBC News | 2022-01-15 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The prime minister is fighting to stay in No 10 - and the next few days could prove decisive. | UK Politics | The prime minister is fighting to stay in No 10 - and the next few days could prove decisive.
MPs can't skulk, plotting, in Westminster's corridors at weekends. But for Boris Johnson, the time his colleagues spend back in their constituencies could prove even worse.
One senior MP described how on Friday, during a sta... | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-60003805 | news_uk-politics-60003805 | |
Covid: More restrictions a last resort, Sajid Javid says - BBC News | 2022-01-01 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The health secretary believes the country must look to "live alongside" coronavirus in 2022. | UK | Further Covid restrictions in England must be an "absolute last resort", Health Secretary Sajid Javid has said, despite rising case numbers in the UK.
Writing in the Daily Mail, Mr Javid said the UK must look to "live alongside" coronavirus in 2022.
The number of people in intensive care was not following the same tr... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-59844761 | news_uk-59844761 | |
Covid: Next few days crucial for the NHS, says health boss - BBC News | 2022-01-01 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Covid admissions are rising but what could happen next is unclear, the head of NHS Providers says. | UK | The next few days are crucial in understanding the impact of Omicron on the NHS, a health boss has said.
Chris Hopson, chief executive of NHS Providers, which represents health trusts, said hospital admissions are rising across the country but what could happen next is unclear.
He warned ministers "must be ready to i... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-59848634 | news_uk-59848634 | |
Meghan to receive £1 in damages after privacy case - BBC News | 2022-01-06 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The Mail on Sunday was found to have invaded her privacy by publishing a letter to her father. | Entertainment & Arts | The Mail on Sunday published a letter the duchess sent to her father Thomas Markle in 2018
The Duchess of Sussex will receive £1 in damages from Associated Newspapers after the Mail on Sunday was found to have invaded her privacy.
The nominal sum was set out in court documents which formally confirm the newspaper has... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-59879079 | news_entertainment-arts-59879079 | |
George Floyd: Three ex-officers face civil rights trial - BBC News | 2022-01-24 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Federal prosecutors allege the former officers "wilfully deprived" George Floyd of his civil rights. | US & Canada | One of three ex-Minneapolis policemen present at the death of George Floyd will testify in his own defence in a federal civil case against him and his colleagues.
The charge that Thomas Lane deprived Mr Floyd of his civil rights is "a perversion of justice", his lawyer said.
Mr Lane, 38, and ex-officers J Alexander K... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-60117763 | news_world-us-canada-60117763 | |
Is anti-social behaviour still seen 'as a bit of bother'? - BBC News | 2022-01-24 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | BBC Panorama has found an important tool to help victims of anti-social behaviour is rarely used. | UK | The victims' commissioner, Dame Vera Baird, says anti-social behaviour is often seen as "a sort of sub-crime"
Anti-social behaviour can devastate lives. Yet BBC Panorama has found an important tool to help repeat victims is rarely being used.
What starts as nuisance can quickly escalate to a more serious crime.
"I h... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-60102528 | news_uk-60102528 | |
Boris Johnson faces PMQs showdown as Tory mood darkens - BBC News | 2022-01-12 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | In the absence of clarity from Downing Street, is a sense of panic growing in Conservative ranks? | UK Politics | "We should get rid of him…. We should own the situation. We are the Tory party. We are not delivering good governance."
That stinging verdict from a Conservative MP does not, at least not yet, seem to represent the consensus among the party's ranks on what to do about the current situation in Downing Street.
But the ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-59959912 | news_uk-politics-59959912 | |
What next for Boris Johnson after his party apology? - BBC News | 2022-01-12 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The PM's departure is far from inevitable - but growing numbers of Conservative MPs want him out. | UK Politics | The prime minister's admission and apology in the Commons likely bought him a little time.
A pause until the official inquiry into what parties did or didn't take place in Downing Street is published, in perhaps a week or so.
But for many on his own side, Boris Johnson has already lost the benefit of the doubt.
Grow... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-59974572 | news_uk-politics-59974572 |
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