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Aquind: Government loses bid to block cross-Channel electricity cable - BBC News | 2023-01-24 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Kwasi Kwarteng's rejection of electricity link from Portsmouth to France is overturned in High Court. | UK Politics | The Stop Aquind campaign, pictured here in Portsmouth in 2021, is "disappointed" by the ruling
The UK government's decision to refuse permission for a £1.2bn electricity link between England and France has been overturned in the High Court.
Aquind Ltd wants to lay cables through Portsmouth, Hampshire, to Normandy.
L... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-64388577 | news_uk-politics-64388577 | |
Germany confirms it will provide Ukraine with Leopard 2 tanks - BBC News | 2023-01-24 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Russia has downplayed the impact of the move, saying Western tanks will "burn like all the rest". | Europe | German Chancellor Olaf Scholz announced the decision after weeks of reluctance and international pressure
After weeks of reluctance, Germany has agreed to send Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine, in what Kyiv hopes will be a game-changer on the battlefield.
Chancellor Olaf Scholz announced the decision to send 14 tanks - and... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-64391272 | news_world-europe-64391272 | |
US accuses Google of 'driving out' ad rivals - BBC News | 2023-01-24 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | A federal lawsuit alleges the tech giant's anti-competitive actions mean more websites need paywalls. | Technology | The US Department of Justice (DOJ) and eight US states have filed a case against Google alleging it has too much power over the online ad market.
Its anti-competitive actions had "weakened if not destroyed competition in the ad tech industry", US Attorney General Merrick Garland said.
Google accused the DOJ of "doubl... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-64393868 | news_technology-64393868 | |
Four-day working week trial urged for Welsh public services - BBC News | 2023-01-24 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Politicians want to trial allowing people to work fewer hours on the same salary. | Wales politics | People in public services should trial a four-day working week, a report by politicians has urged.
The Petitions Committee said a pilot scheme could work with trials in private firms, with global evidence on new working patterns also considered.
It is argued a shorter week - with fewer hours but on the same pay - cou... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-politics-64347365 | news_uk-wales-politics-64347365 | |
China: Five dead after man drives into crowd in Guangzhou - BBC News | 2023-01-12 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The incident has sparked outrage with many accusing the man of deliberately targeting people. | China | Chinese police have arrested a man who drove a car into pedestrians in Guangzhou, killing five people and injuring 13 others.
The incident has sparked widespread public outrage, with many accusing the man of deliberately targeting people.
Videos posted online show the driver getting out of the car and throwing bankno... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-64245246 | news_world-asia-china-64245246 | |
Jeff Beck: British guitar legend dies aged 78 - BBC News | 2023-01-12 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | One of rock's most influential guitarists, he was inducted to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame twice. | Entertainment & Arts | Jeff Beck performing at Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland in 2022
Jeff Beck, one of the most influential rock guitarists of all time, has died at the age of 78.
The British musician rose to fame as part of the Yardbirds, where he replaced Eric Clapton, before forming the Jeff Beck Group with Rod Stewart.
His ton... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-64228780 | news_entertainment-arts-64228780 | |
Spiking: No need for specific offence, government says - BBC News | 2023-01-12 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The government says a new law is unnecessary as there are already several offences which cover spiking. | UK Politics | The government has said it will not create a specific offence for spiking, arguing a new law is unnecessary.
Ministers said they were looking into the issue last year.
But on Wednesday, Home Office Minister Sarah Dines said there were already several offences which covered spiking incidents and the government had not... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-64244147 | news_uk-politics-64244147 | |
UK government is not blocking Scotland gender reform bill lightly - minister - BBC News | 2023-01-16 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Scottish Secretary Alister Jack tells MPs trans people deserve respect - but Scotland's bill could undermine UK equalities law. | Scotland | Downing Street insists that using Section 35 of the Scotland Act to veto this Holyrood bill is not a political choice but a legal necessity.
That argument is complicated by the fact that when the mechanism was proposed in 1998, the Conservatives’ Constitutional Affairs Spokesman Michael Ancram was highly critical of i... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-scotland-64294059 | news_live_uk-scotland-64294059 | |
Gina Lollobrigida: Italian screen star dies at 95 - BBC News | 2023-01-16 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | She was a big star in the 1950s and '60s, and her life story was as exotic as the roles she played. | Entertainment & Arts | Lollobrigida was nominated for three Golden Globe awards and a Bafta
Italian actress Gina Lollobrigida, one of the biggest stars of European cinema in the 1950s and '60s, has died at the age of 95.
Often described as "the most beautiful woman in the world", her films included Beat the Devil, the Hunchback of Notre Da... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-64292026 | news_entertainment-arts-64292026 | |
Transgender people lose NHS waiting times High Court case - BBC News | 2023-01-16 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The High Court rules the waiting times faced by four transgender people for treatment were lawful. | UK | A group of transgender people have lost their legal case against NHS England over waiting times to get seen by a gender specialist.
The two trans adults and two trans children had tried to get the wait times - more than four years in one of their cases - deemed illegal.
But a High Court judge ruled on Monday the wait... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-64288386 | news_uk-64288386 | |
Yousef Makki: Stabbed boy's family win fight for new inquest - BBC News | 2023-01-20 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The original inquest into Yousef Makki's stabbing rejected both unlawful killing and accidental death. | Manchester | The family of a 17-year-old boy who was fatally stabbed have won their fight to have a fresh inquest into his death.
Joshua Molnar stabbed Yousef Makki with a knife during a row in Hale Barns, Greater Manchester, in March 2019. He was cleared of manslaughter and murder.
An inquest later ruled out both unlawful killin... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-64344896 | news_uk-england-manchester-64344896 | |
Afghanistan: Some Taliban open to women's rights talks - top UN official - BBC News | 2023-01-20 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed has met Taliban officials amid a deepening crisis. | Asia | A top UN official believes progress is being made towards reversing bans on women taking part in public life in Afghanistan.
Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed has been in Kabul for a four-day visit to urge the Taliban to reconsider.
Last month, the country's Islamist rulers banned all women from working for non... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-64341817 | news_world-asia-64341817 | |
Brazil's far-right faithfuls are not giving up - BBC News | 2023-01-02 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | With only days to go until Lula is sworn in as president, some of his opponents refuse to accept defeat. | Latin America & Caribbean | Protesters opposed to Lula's election have been camped out outside the barracks
Following the arrest in Brasilia of a supporter of outgoing President Jair Bolsonaro for allegedly trying to set off a bomb to create chaos ahead of the inauguration of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva as Brazil's new president, the BBC's South A... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-64094197 | news_world-latin-america-64094197 | |
UK in surprise boost after record tax payments in January - BBC News | 2023-02-21 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The figures come ahead of next month's Budget where the government will detail its tax and spending plans. | Business | The UK government saw a surprise surplus in its finances in January despite "substantial spending" to help with energy bills and EU payments.
The highest self-assessed income tax receipts since records began in 1999 boosted the UK's coffers.
It meant it spent less than it received in tax, leaving a £5.4bn surplus.
E... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-64705051 | news_business-64705051 | |
Mexico's ex-security minister Genaro García Luna convicted of drug trafficking - BBC News | 2023-02-21 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Genaro García Luna, a key drugs war figure, is found guilty of taking bribes from a drug cartel. | US & Canada | The former face of Mexico's war on drugs has been convicted by a US jury of drug trafficking.
Genaro García Luna, once Mexico's security minister, was found guilty of taking millions of dollars from Mexico's biggest crime group, the Sinaloa drug cartel.
García Luna - who was arrested in the state of Texas in 2019 - h... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-64726724 | news_world-us-canada-64726724 | |
What is going on with getting a new Brexit deal for Northern Ireland? - BBC News | 2023-02-21 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | There had been talk an announcement could come on Tuesday, say Chris Mason and Jessica Parker. | UK Politics | But there is no deal announcement coming, at least not yet.
Don't expect a deal to be announced on Tuesday.
And Wednesday is looking unlikely as well.
There had been talk that an announcement could come on Tuesday.
The basis of a deal, it's understood, had been on the prime minister's desk for over a week.
Here's ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-64713765 | news_uk-politics-64713765 | |
Omagh bomb inquiry 'a significant decision', says NI secretary - BBC News | 2023-02-03 | [] | . | null | The choice to establish a independent statutory inquiry into the Omagh bombing is a "significant decision", the Northern Ireland Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris has said.
He made the statement in the House of Commons on Thursday afternoon.
Twenty-nine people died in the biggest single atrocity in the Northern Ireland T... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-64501634 | news_uk-northern-ireland-64501634 | |
Nicola Sturgeon: Rapist Isla Bryson 'almost certainly' faking trans status - BBC News | 2023-02-03 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Nicola Sturgeon was responding to a claim by a victim of Isla Bryson that she was not "truly transgender". | Scotland politics | Isla Bryson start identifying as a woman after being accused of two rapes
A double rapist who was sent to a women's prison last week is "almost certainly" faking being trans, Nicola Sturgeon has suggested.
Isla Bryson was convicted of attacking two women while known as a man called Adam Graham.
One of the victims la... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-64501436 | news_uk-scotland-scotland-politics-64501436 | |
Elon Musk found not guilty of fraud over Tesla tweet - BBC News | 2023-02-03 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The Tesla boss is cleared of fraud charges over a tweet about taking the carmaker back into private ownership. | US & Canada | Tesla's Elon Musk has been cleared of wrongdoing for a tweet in which he said he had "funding secured" to take the electric carmaker back into private ownership.
Shareholders argued he misled them with his posts in August 2018, and they had lost billions of dollars because of them.
If found liable, Musk could have be... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-64520157 | news_world-us-canada-64520157 | |
Widow wins right to share of husband's £1m-plus estate - BBC News | 2023-02-17 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The High Court heard Karnail Singh left nothing to Harbans Kaur, his wife of 66 years. | Birmingham & Black Country | The High Court heard that Mr Singh "wished to leave his estate solely down the male line"
An 83-year-old widow who was left out of her late husband's will has won the right to get a share of his estate, which is worth more than £1m.
The High Court heard Karnail Singh left everything to his two sons and nothing to wid... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-64676109 | news_uk-england-birmingham-64676109 | |
Northern Ireland Protocol is lawful, Supreme Court rules - BBC News | 2023-02-17 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The protocol has been challenged by unionists, who say it breaches the Acts of Union and NI Act. | Northern Ireland | All unionist parties in Northern Ireland oppose the protocol and the DUP is refusing to re-enter power sharing until it is replaced
The Northern Ireland Protocol is lawful, the UK Supreme Court has ruled.
Part of the Brexit deal, the protocol creates a trade border between Northern Ireland and the rest of the UK.
It... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-64558530 | news_uk-northern-ireland-64558530 | |
Neath: Daniel Pickering jailed for life after nightclub murder - BBC News | 2023-02-13 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Matthew Thomas was described by his family as "happy" and "kind". | Wales | Daniel Pickering was jailed for life with a minimum of 18 years
A man has been jailed for life after murdering a man outside a nightclub in an act of "mindless violence".
Matthew Thomas, 47, was found outside The Arch Bar in Neath on 15 July, 2022 and died the following day.
Daniel Pickering, 34, punched Mr Thomas t... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-64625799 | news_uk-wales-64625799 | |
Chris Mason: Sunak's backseat-driving former prime ministers - BBC News | 2023-02-07 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Rishi Sunak has a minibus full of predecessors who could end up as backseat drivers - with Liz Truss the latest to lurch towards the wheel. | UK Politics | Liz Truss beat Rishi Sunak in the first of last year's Conservative leadership contests, but now serves on the backbenches
There is always a risk for any prime minister that your predecessor ends up as a backseat driver.
The problem for Rishi Sunak is he has a minibus full of them behind him.
The final three are sti... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-64547349 | news_uk-politics-64547349 | |
Sunak deal with EU is all about leadership now - Kuenssberg - BBC News | 2023-02-25 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | A deal on NI post-Brexit rules is close - but can Rishi Sunak push it through? | UK Politics | A deal between London and Brussels is close - but can Rishi Sunak push it through?
"It's all about leadership now" - it is not, any longer, according to that particular diplomatic source, about the finer details of customs posts; the never-ending tangle of whether it's UK or EU law that's supreme; or whether a sausage... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-64763937 | news_uk-politics-64763937 | |
Shamima Begum bid to regain UK citizenship rejected - BBC News | 2023-02-22 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The 23-year-old loses her appeal on national security grounds, which means she cannot return to the UK. | UK | Ms Begum was 15 when she joined the self-styled Islamic State group in 2015
Shamima Begum has lost her challenge over the decision to deprive her of British citizenship despite a "credible" case she was trafficked.
Mr Justice Jay told the semi-secret court dealing with her case that her appeal had been fully dismisse... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-64731007 | news_uk-64731007 | |
Mexico's ex-security minister Genaro García Luna convicted of drug trafficking - BBC News | 2023-02-22 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Genaro García Luna, a key drugs war figure, is found guilty of taking bribes from a drug cartel. | US & Canada | The former face of Mexico's war on drugs has been convicted by a US jury of drug trafficking.
Genaro García Luna, once Mexico's security minister, was found guilty of taking millions of dollars from Mexico's biggest crime group, the Sinaloa drug cartel.
García Luna - who was arrested in the state of Texas in 2019 - h... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-64726724 | news_world-us-canada-64726724 | |
British embassy spy snared by Berlin sting, court hears - BBC News | 2023-02-14 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Fake Russian spies helped expose David Ballantyne Smith for sharing data with Russia, a court hears. | UK | David Ballantyne Smith claims he was not paid and was motivated by an employment grievance
A Russian spy at the British embassy in Berlin was caught by a sting operation, the OId Bailey has heard.
Briton David Ballantyne Smith, 58, was working as a security guard when he passed secret information to Russian authoriti... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-64639138 | news_uk-64639138 | |
Ban on Edinburgh lap dancing clubs overturned - BBC News | 2023-02-10 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | A judge has ruled that an effective ban on lap dancing clubs in the city would be unlawful. | Edinburgh, Fife & East Scotland | A union said 100 women would lose their jobs if the city's three remaining lap dancing venues were forced to close
A ban on lap dancing clubs in Edinburgh that was due to come into force later this year has been overturned.
Councillors voted to limit the number of sexual entertainment venues (SEVs) in the city from t... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-64596835 | news_uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-64596835 | |
Liz Truss returns - and it could be trouble for Rishi Sunak - BBC News | 2023-02-04 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Truss returns to the political fray via a newspaper comment piece - and the PM can't afford to ignore her. | UK Politics | Pilloried around the country, and the world, Liz Truss wants to tell her side of the story
"Liz was mad but right. Rishi is wrong but competent."
Those blunt sentences come from a serving government minister - and they sum up the problem the PM may be about to face. Liz Truss is set to return to the political fray, v... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-64523277 | news_uk-politics-64523277 | |
Elon Musk found not guilty of fraud over Tesla tweet - BBC News | 2023-02-04 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The Tesla boss is cleared of fraud charges over a tweet about taking the carmaker back into private ownership. | US & Canada | Tesla's Elon Musk has been cleared of wrongdoing for a tweet in which he said he had "funding secured" to take the electric carmaker back into private ownership.
Shareholders argued he misled them with his posts in August 2018, and they had lost billions of dollars because of them.
If found liable, Musk could have be... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-64520157 | news_world-us-canada-64520157 | |
Allan Little: The story of Scottish independence - what next? - BBC News | 2023-02-26 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The BBC's Allan Little considers whether the forward march of an independent Scotland has been turned back. | UK | On 15 February, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon announced she was standing down after eight years
On the face of it, the tide of Scottish independence has turned. With Nicola Sturgeon's resignation, a formidable champion of Scottish statehood leaves the stage.
The movement - famous for the discipline with which it enf... | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-64761495 | news_uk-64761495 | |
Sunak deal with EU is all about leadership now - Kuenssberg - BBC News | 2023-02-26 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | A deal on NI post-Brexit rules is close - but can Rishi Sunak push it through? | UK Politics | A deal between London and Brussels is close - but can Rishi Sunak push it through?
"It's all about leadership now" - it is not, any longer, according to that particular diplomatic source, about the finer details of customs posts; the never-ending tangle of whether it's UK or EU law that's supreme; or whether a sausage... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-64763937 | news_uk-politics-64763937 | |
Nicola Sturgeon, Jeremy Corbyn, NI Protocol: A week that changed UK politics? - BBC News | 2023-02-18 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | In three crucial ways, the landscape shifted - and the result could shape the next general election. | UK Politics | Half term in February. Kids bored at home. MPs away from Westminster. Not much is meant to happen, right?
Blink and you would have missed it, but these quiet winter days, according to one government minister, witnessed a "draw-the-line moment where a new chapter opens".
One veteran political campaigner reckons we hav... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-64680838 | news_uk-politics-64680838 | |
Northern Ireland Protocol is lawful, Supreme Court rules - BBC News | 2023-02-08 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The protocol has been challenged by unionists, who say it breaches the Acts of Union and NI Act. | Northern Ireland | All unionist parties in Northern Ireland oppose the protocol and the DUP is refusing to re-enter power sharing until it is replaced
The Northern Ireland Protocol is lawful, the UK Supreme Court has ruled.
Part of the Brexit deal, the protocol creates a trade border between Northern Ireland and the rest of the UK.
It... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-64558530 | news_uk-northern-ireland-64558530 | |
Liz Truss: I was never given realistic chance to enact tax cuts - BBC News | 2023-02-05 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The ex-PM's comments are the first detailed remarks she has made since she was forced out of No 10. | UK | Liz Truss has made her first comments about her short-lived premiership
Liz Truss has said she was never given a "realistic chance" to implement her radical tax-cutting agenda by her party.
In a 4,000-word essay in the Sunday Telegraph, Ms Truss stood by her plans to boost economic growth, arguing they were brought d... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-64527252 | news_uk-64527252 | |
Liz Truss returns - and it could be trouble for Rishi Sunak - BBC News | 2023-02-05 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Truss returns to the political fray via a newspaper comment piece - and the PM can't afford to ignore her. | UK Politics | Pilloried around the country, and the world, Liz Truss wants to tell her side of the story
"Liz was mad but right. Rishi is wrong but competent."
Those blunt sentences come from a serving government minister - and they sum up the problem the PM may be about to face. Liz Truss is set to return to the political fray, v... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-64523277 | news_uk-politics-64523277 | |
Rishi Sunak missing from NHS strike talks, says union boss - BBC News | 2023-02-05 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Unite's leader says the PM should intervene, ahead of the biggest week of walkouts in NHS history. | UK Politics | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. We are not in talks with government over pay - Unite boss
The leader of a union representing striking ambulance workers has called on Rishi Sunak to intervene in the NHS pay dispute.
On the eve of the biggest week of strike... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-64529438 | news_uk-politics-64529438 | |
Grant Shapps: Liz Truss's tax cuts were clearly the wrong approach - BBC News | 2023-02-05 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Grant Shapps, who briefly served in Liz Truss's cabinet, said inflation must fall before taxes are cut. | UK | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: Liz Truss' approach 'clearly' not right - Shapps
Liz Truss's radical tax-cutting plan was "clearly" not the right approach, according to Grant Shapps, who briefly served in her short-lived government.
In a return to ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-64530150 | news_uk-64530150 | |
Truss's approach 'clearly' not right, says Shapps - BBC News | 2023-02-05 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Stepping in as home secretary was "a moment of national duty", the minister says. | UK Politics | Well, now Liz Truss’ version of events is out there, and it’s clear that her former cabinet colleagues don’t want to talk about it much.
Grant Shapps's argument this morning was essentially - we’d all love to cut tax but we can’t do it now. He also tried very hard to avoid addressing his old boss’s criticisms of the C... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-politics-64515601 | news_live_uk-politics-64515601 | |
Allan Little: The story of Scottish independence - what next? - BBC News | 2023-02-27 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The BBC's Allan Little considers whether the forward march of an independent Scotland has been turned back. | UK | On 15 February, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon announced she was standing down after eight years
On the face of it, the tide of Scottish independence has turned. With Nicola Sturgeon's resignation, a formidable champion of Scottish statehood leaves the stage.
The movement - famous for the discipline with which it enf... | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-64761495 | news_uk-64761495 | |
British embassy spy snared by Berlin sting, court hears - BBC News | 2023-02-15 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Fake Russian spies helped expose David Ballantyne Smith for sharing data with Russia, a court hears. | UK | David Ballantyne Smith claims he was not paid and was motivated by an employment grievance
A Russian spy at the British embassy in Berlin was caught by a sting operation, the OId Bailey has heard.
Briton David Ballantyne Smith, 58, was working as a security guard when he passed secret information to Russian authoriti... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-64639138 | news_uk-64639138 | |
Who is Nicola Sturgeon? From teenage campaigner to Scotland's first minister - BBC News | 2023-02-15 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Scotland's first minister has been an SNP stalwart since she was a teenager. | Scotland politics | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. A look back at Nicola Sturgeon's life in politics
Nicola Sturgeon has announced that she will step down as Scotland's first minister after more than eight years.
She has resigned without achieving the one overriding ambitio... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-64648986 | news_uk-scotland-scotland-politics-64648986 | |
UK inflation: Price rises slow but remain close to 40-year high - BBC News | 2023-02-15 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | UK inflation, a measure of the cost of living, fell to 10.1% in the year to January. | Business | Prices for olive oil, sugar and low-fat milk have surged with food costs continuing to fuel inflation in the UK.
Food inflation is at a 45-year high, with a supermarket boss warning that grocery prices will remain elevated this year.
Overall UK price inflation fell for the third month in a row to 10.1% in the year to... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-64637705 | news_business-64637705 | |
Shamima Begum bid to regain UK citizenship rejected - BBC News | 2023-02-23 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The 23-year-old loses her appeal on national security grounds, which means she cannot return to the UK. | UK | Ms Begum was 15 when she joined the self-styled Islamic State group in 2015
Shamima Begum has lost her challenge over the decision to deprive her of British citizenship despite a "credible" case she was trafficked.
Mr Justice Jay told the semi-secret court dealing with her case that her appeal had been fully dismisse... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-64731007 | news_uk-64731007 | |
Ukraine war: King says Ukraine has 'suffered unimaginably' - BBC News | 2023-02-23 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Charles praises the "remarkable courage" of Ukrainians on the anniversary of the Russian invasion. | UK | Rishi Sunak and his wife Akshata Murthy were joined by Ukraine's ambassador to the UK for the minute's silence outside 10 Downing Street
The Ukrainian people have "suffered unimaginably", King Charles has said in a message marking the first anniversary of Russia's invasion.
He also praised their "remarkable courage a... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-64749277 | news_uk-politics-64749277 | |
Strikes: Schools, colleges and trains in Wales hit - BBC News | 2023-02-01 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | A guide to where industrial action is happening and what it could mean for you. | Wales politics | Protesters outside the UK government building in central Cardiff
Wales and the rest of the UK have seen waves of strikes, but Wednesday will be a particularly big day for disruption.
Schools, colleges, trains and government services will all be hit.
Unions were urged to take action on 1 February to coincide with the... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-politics-64416829 | news_uk-wales-politics-64416829 | |
NHS to use test that prevents babies going deaf - BBC News | 2023-02-09 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Commonly used antibiotics can seriously damage the hearing of some babies. | Health | A rapid test that can help preserve the hearing of newborn babies is set to be used by NHS hospitals.
For some babies, commonly used antibiotics can become toxic. The drugs damage sensory cells inside the ear leading to permanent hearing loss.
The test - which analyses babies' DNA - can quickly spot those who are vul... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-64570089 | news_health-64570089 | |
Nicola Sturgeon, Jeremy Corbyn, NI Protocol: A week that changed UK politics? - BBC News | 2023-02-19 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | In three crucial ways, the landscape shifted - and the result could shape the next general election. | UK Politics | Half term in February. Kids bored at home. MPs away from Westminster. Not much is meant to happen, right?
Blink and you would have missed it, but these quiet winter days, according to one government minister, witnessed a "draw-the-line moment where a new chapter opens".
One veteran political campaigner reckons we hav... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-64680838 | news_uk-politics-64680838 | |
Johnson NI intervention not entirely unhelpful - Mordaunt - BBC News | 2023-02-19 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The NI Protocol bill reminds the EU of the "bar" it must meet in Brexit talks with the UK, the Commons leader says. | UK Politics | Not unhelpful for Boris Johnson - or at least sources close to him - to stick his oar in the Brexit debate.
That was the verdict of Penny Mordaunt - leader of the House of Commons, and Johnson's companion on the Vote Leave red bus.
I’m not entirely sure that Rishi Sunak’s team will see it exactly the same way. There’... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-politics-64665383 | news_live_uk-politics-64665383 | |
Tinder Swindler: Why I stood by my abusive ex - BBC News | 2023-02-19 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The ex-girlfriend of Tinder Swindler Simon Leviev says he emotionally abused her in their 18-month relationship. | World | When Netflix's documentary, the Tinder Swindler, came out in February 2022, Simon Leviev's girlfriend stood by him. Now she says she felt she had no choice, because she was under his emotional control.
A young blonde woman is sitting on the edge of a bed cradling her left foot with her left hand as she speaks into her... | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-64666638 | news_world-64666638 | |
Boris Johnson NI intervention not entirely unhelpful, says Mordaunt - BBC News | 2023-02-19 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The former PM has urged Rishi Sunak not to drop the Northern Ireland Protocol Bill, which he introduced. | UK Politics | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: Mordaunt says Johnson's Brexit intervention not entirely unhelpful
An intervention by former Prime Minister Boris Johnson on post-Brexit trading arrangements for Northern Ireland is not "entirely unhelpful", Commons l... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-64695633 | news_uk-politics-64695633 | |
Ukraine war: Blinken says China might give weapons to Russia - BBC News | 2023-02-19 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The US said China was considering "lethal support" for Russia in Ukraine - a claim denied by Beijing. | US & Canada | The US says China is considering supplying weapons and ammunition to Russia for the Ukraine war - a claim strongly denied by Beijing.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Chinese firms were already providing "non-lethal support" to Russia and new information suggested Beijing could provide "lethal support".
Such... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-64695042 | news_world-us-canada-64695042 | |
Ukraine war: Russia must be defeated but not crushed, Macron says - BBC News | 2023-02-19 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The French president reaffirms support for Kyiv but hints that talks with Russia are a final goal. | UK | In a speech to world leaders, Emmanuel Macron did not shy away from mentioning Russia-Ukraine peace talks as a final goal
French President Emmanuel Macron has said he does not want to see Russia crushed by a defeat in Ukraine.
Speaking to French media, Mr Macron urged Western nations to increase military support for ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-64693691 | news_uk-64693691 | |
Rishi Sunak missing from NHS strike talks, says union boss - BBC News | 2023-02-06 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Unite's leader says the PM should intervene, ahead of the biggest week of walkouts in NHS history. | UK Politics | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. We are not in talks with government over pay - Unite boss
The leader of a union representing striking ambulance workers has called on Rishi Sunak to intervene in the NHS pay dispute.
On the eve of the biggest week of strike... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-64529438 | news_uk-politics-64529438 | |
Grant Shapps: Liz Truss's tax cuts were clearly the wrong approach - BBC News | 2023-02-06 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Grant Shapps, who briefly served in Liz Truss's cabinet, said inflation must fall before taxes are cut. | UK | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: Liz Truss' approach 'clearly' not right - Shapps
Liz Truss's radical tax-cutting plan was "clearly" not the right approach, according to Grant Shapps, who briefly served in her short-lived government.
In a return to ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-64530150 | news_uk-64530150 | |
Chris Mason: Sunak's backseat-driving former prime ministers - BBC News | 2023-02-06 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Rishi Sunak has a minibus full of predecessors who could end up as backseat drivers - with Liz Truss the latest to lurch towards the wheel. | UK Politics | Liz Truss beat Rishi Sunak in the first of last year's Conservative leadership contests, but now serves on the backbenches
There is always a risk for any prime minister that your predecessor ends up as a backseat driver.
The problem for Rishi Sunak is he has a minibus full of them behind him.
The final three are sti... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-64547349 | news_uk-politics-64547349 | |
Ukraine war: King says Ukraine has 'suffered unimaginably' - BBC News | 2023-02-24 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Charles praises the "remarkable courage" of Ukrainians on the anniversary of the Russian invasion. | UK | Rishi Sunak and his wife Akshata Murthy were joined by Ukraine's ambassador to the UK for the minute's silence outside 10 Downing Street
The Ukrainian people have "suffered unimaginably", King Charles has said in a message marking the first anniversary of Russia's invasion.
He also praised their "remarkable courage a... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-64749277 | news_uk-politics-64749277 | |
Signal would 'walk' from UK if Online Safety Bill undermined encryption - BBC News | 2023-02-24 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Bosses of the messaging app fear the Online Safety Bill could force it to weaken its users' security. | Technology | The encrypted-messaging app Signal has said it would stop providing services in the UK if a new law undermined encryption.
If forced to weaken the privacy of its messaging system under the Online Safety Bill, the organisation "would absolutely, 100% walk" Signal president Meredith Whittaker told the BBC.
The governme... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-64584001 | news_technology-64584001 | |
What is Nicola Sturgeon's report card? - BBC News | 2023-02-16 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | As her time in Scottish politics comes to an end, BBC Scotland correspondents look at her record. | Scotland | Nicola Sturgeon often said that education was a top priority for her
Nicola Sturgeon has been Scotland's first minister for more than eight years, the longest anyone has stayed in the post.
As her time at the top of Scottish politics comes to an end, BBC Scotland correspondents look at how she has done in their area.... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-64661853 | news_uk-scotland-64661853 | |
Nicola Sturgeon resignation: Where does it leave the future of the UK? - BBC News | 2023-02-16 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The SNP's opponents believe Nicola Sturgeon's departure will hamper the push for Scottish independence. | UK Politics | Scottish politics has, for years now, had an outsized voice in the wider UK political conversation.
The reason is simple: the prospect of Scottish independence.
With the Scottish National Party running the Scottish government and holding the vast majority of Scottish seats at Westminster, the question of Scotland's c... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-64662772 | news_uk-politics-64662772 | |
Spain to extradite British suspect to US over Twitter hack - BBC News | 2023-02-20 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Joseph O'Connor faces several charges in connection with the hack of more than 130 Twitter accounts. | Technology | A Spanish court has approved the extradition to the US of a British man suspected of hacking the Twitter accounts of celebrities.
Police arrested Joseph James O'Connor, from Liverpool, in July 2021 in the southern city of Estepona.
He faces several charges in connection with the July 2020 hack of more than 130 accoun... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-64705984 | news_technology-64705984 | |
Tinder Swindler: Why I stood by my abusive ex - BBC News | 2023-02-20 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The ex-girlfriend of Tinder Swindler Simon Leviev says he emotionally abused her in their 18-month relationship. | World | When Netflix's documentary, the Tinder Swindler, came out in February 2022, Simon Leviev's girlfriend stood by him. Now she says she felt she had no choice, because she was under his emotional control.
A young blonde woman is sitting on the edge of a bed cradling her left foot with her left hand as she speaks into her... | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-64666638 | news_world-64666638 | |
Roald Dahl: Rishi Sunak joins criticism of changes to author's books - BBC News | 2023-02-20 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | A debate rages over changes to references to characters' appearance and weight in the author's works. | Entertainment & Arts | Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has criticised changes to Roald Dahl books, after the removal of some references to things like characters' appearance and weight sparked a fierce debate.
Dahl's estate and publisher said works including The BFG and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory had been updated to be more suitable for m... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-64702224 | news_entertainment-arts-64702224 | |
Boris Johnson NI intervention not entirely unhelpful, says Mordaunt - BBC News | 2023-02-20 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The former PM has urged Rishi Sunak not to drop the Northern Ireland Protocol Bill, which he introduced. | UK Politics | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: Mordaunt says Johnson's Brexit intervention not entirely unhelpful
An intervention by former Prime Minister Boris Johnson on post-Brexit trading arrangements for Northern Ireland is not "entirely unhelpful", Commons l... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-64695633 | news_uk-politics-64695633 | |
Ukraine war: Blinken says China might give weapons to Russia - BBC News | 2023-02-20 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The US said China was considering "lethal support" for Russia in Ukraine - a claim denied by Beijing. | US & Canada | The US says China is considering supplying weapons and ammunition to Russia for the Ukraine war - a claim strongly denied by Beijing.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Chinese firms were already providing "non-lethal support" to Russia and new information suggested Beijing could provide "lethal support".
Such... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-64695042 | news_world-us-canada-64695042 | |
Omagh bomb inquiry 'a significant decision', says NI secretary - BBC News | 2023-02-02 | [] | . | null | The choice to establish a independent statutory inquiry into the Omagh bombing is a "significant decision", the Northern Ireland Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris has said.
He made the statement in the House of Commons on Thursday afternoon.
Twenty-nine people died in the biggest single atrocity in the Northern Ireland T... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-64501634 | news_uk-northern-ireland-64501634 | |
Nicola Sturgeon: Rapist Isla Bryson 'almost certainly' faking trans status - BBC News | 2023-02-02 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Nicola Sturgeon was responding to a claim by a victim of Isla Bryson that she was not "truly transgender". | Scotland politics | Isla Bryson start identifying as a woman after being accused of two rapes
A double rapist who was sent to a women's prison last week is "almost certainly" faking being trans, Nicola Sturgeon has suggested.
Isla Bryson was convicted of attacking two women while known as a man called Adam Graham.
One of the victims la... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-64501436 | news_uk-scotland-scotland-politics-64501436 | |
Ex-spy says MI5 did not want Real IRA leader arrested - BBC News | 2023-03-21 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | US trucker David Rupert infiltrated the innermost circles of the group behind the 1998 Omagh bomb attack. | Northern Ireland | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. David Rupert said the Real IRA's leader Michael McKevitt wanted an American on its army council.
A US trucker who spied on a dissident Irish republican group says the security service MI5 did not want its leader arrested.
D... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-65013703 | news_uk-northern-ireland-65013703 | |
Olivia Pratt-Korbel murder-accused was 'high-level' drug dealer - BBC News | 2023-03-21 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Thomas Cashman tells a jury he was making between £3,000 and £5,000 a week selling cannabis. | Liverpool | The man accused of murdering Olivia Pratt-Korbel was a "high-level cannabis dealer", he has told a court.
Thomas Cashman is accused of killing the nine-year-old and injuring her mother after chasing Joseph Nee into their house in Liverpool on 22 August.
He has started giving evidence at the trial at Manchester Crown ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-65025221 | news_uk-england-merseyside-65025221 | |
Alex Murdaugh: Power, privilege, murder and the downfall of a dynasty - BBC News | 2023-03-03 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Alex Murdaugh's trial for the killing of his wife and son uncovered fraud, drug abuse and a suicide plot. | US & Canada | Alex Murdaugh (right) murdered his wife, Maggie, and his youngest son Paul
For generations, the Murdaugh family dominated their rural swathe of South Carolina - then Alex Murdaugh was accused of the brutal murders of his wife and son. What followed was the stunning unravelling of a life of power and privilege, exposin... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-64645725 | news_world-us-canada-64645725 | |
Worcester school mirrors replaced with 'provocative' posters - BBC News | 2023-03-03 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The posters in girls' toilets at a school in Worcester brand make-up a "harmful drug". | Hereford & Worcester | Posters were displayed in one bathroom at Christopher Whitehead Language College in Worcester
A school has been criticised after replacing mirrors in a girls' toilets with posters containing "provocative" messages.
The posters were displayed at Christopher Whitehead Language College in Worcester.
According to images... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hereford-worcester-64836291 | news_uk-england-hereford-worcester-64836291 | |
Airlines sue Dutch government over flight cuts - BBC News | 2023-03-03 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The government cited noise pollution and climate concerns in its decision to restrict flights. | Science & Environment | Five airlines are suing the Dutch government over plans to cut the number of flights operating from Europe's third-busiest airport.
The government cited local concerns at Amsterdam Schiphol about the impact of flying on noise pollution and climate in its decision.
Airlines KLM, Easyjet, Delta, Tui and Corenden say th... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-64842394 | news_science-environment-64842394 | |
Former prime minister Liz Truss: I didn't do everything perfectly - BBC News | 2023-03-03 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Former UK PM Liz Truss says she "wants to use experience from inside government" to help constituents. | Norfolk | Former prime minister Liz Truss has been speaking on a visit to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) in King's Lynn
Liz Truss has admitted she "didn't do everything perfectly" while UK prime minister for just 45 days last year.
The South West Norfolk MP has told the BBC she had been trying to "turn around an economy" b... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-64835179 | news_uk-england-norfolk-64835179 | |
Barrister hits out at government response to report into domestic killers - BBC News | 2023-03-17 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The government should take on more of my suggestions, says the head of a review into domestic abuse murders. | UK | Poppy Devey Waterhouse and Ellie Gould were murdered by their ex-boyfriends
A barrister who led a review into how domestic killers are sentenced said she is "disappointed" her report has not been adopted in full.
Clare Wade recommended 17 reforms she said were needed to ensure justice for victims of abuse in serious ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-64986345 | news_uk-64986345 | |
Why are doctors demanding the biggest pay rise? - BBC News | 2023-03-17 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | How junior medics have reached the brink of their biggest walkout, in a fight for a 35% hike. | Health | On Monday, thousands of junior doctors in England will start a 72-hour strike. They want a 35% pay rise. Yet doctors are among the highest paid in the public sector. So why do they have the biggest pay claim?
The origins of the walkout by British Medical Association members - the biggest by doctors in the history of t... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-64907379 | news_health-64907379 | |
PC's blows against Dalian Atkinson 'outrageous' - BBC News | 2023-03-17 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | PC Mary Ellen Bettley-Smith hit the ex-footballer in two sets of three baton strikes, a hearing is told. | Shropshire | PC Bettley-Smith's lawyer said of the events: "There's a huge difference between reading about it, and being there"
A PC's second set of blows to ex-footballer Dalian Atkinson on the night he was killed by her colleague was "wholly unjustified" and "outrageous", a disciplinary panel has heard.
Mary Ellen Bettley-Smit... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-shropshire-64980220 | news_uk-england-shropshire-64980220 | |
The NHS pay dispute could soon be over but we are not there yet - BBC News | 2023-03-17 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Union members are yet to back the deal, and the government still needs to pay for it, says Chris Mason. | UK Politics | The reality of any negotiation is that the potential sweet spot for agreement lies in the place where both sides can claim a victory and argue that their course of action all along was pragmatic, sensible and justifiable.
After months of argument and weeks of serious talks, that is where many of the health unions and ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-64984833 | news_uk-politics-64984833 | |
Gary Lineker revolt becomes a test of BBC's values - BBC News | 2023-03-13 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The broadcaster is facing a test of its fundamental values and mission following a day of tumult. | UK | When the BBC's director general, Tim Davie, took over in 2020, he declared his founding principle to be "impartiality".
Three years later, a row over that principle and how it applies across the corporation has created a crisis that has quite clearly caught managers by surprise.
Familiar, fixed points in the weekly T... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-64929269 | news_uk-64929269 | |
Daniel White strangled and slit wife's throat in their home - BBC News | 2023-03-25 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Daniel White kicked open his wife's locked door, strangled her and then cut her throat. | Wales | Angie White was strangled and her throat was slit
Alexa recordings were used to piece together how a domestic abuser murdered his wife.
Daniel White, 36, kicked open Angie White's locked bedroom door, strangled her and cut her throat.
He then fled the house in Swansea in his wife's car before phoning police to confe... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-65067194 | news_uk-wales-65067194 | |
UK economy: When are you going to feel better off? - BBC News | 2023-03-25 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | How politicians answer that will set the terms for the next election, writes Laura Kuenssberg. | UK Politics | When are you going to feel better off?
How politicians answer that big question sets the terms for the next election. The response is certainly not this week.
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak might have told MPs "we are halving inflation" but repeating that political slogan in the Commons doesn't make it true. In fact he w... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-65075966 | news_uk-politics-65075966 | |
Boris Johnson clashes with MPs over Partygate denials - BBC News | 2023-03-22 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The former PM repeatedly insists he did not deliberately lie to Parliament in a marathon grilling. | UK Politics | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.
Boris Johnson has repeatedly insisted he did not intentionally mislead Parliament over Partygate in a heated grilling by MPs.
The former prime minister began the marathon three-hour session with a Bible in his hands, as he ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-65039661 | news_uk-politics-65039661 | |
Andrew Tate: Brothers' custody in Romania extended by another month - BBC News | 2023-03-22 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The controversial social media influencer and his brother have both been detained since December. | Europe | Under Romanian law Andrew and Tristan Tate can be held for up to six months in detention
Controversial influencer Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan will remain in custody in Romania for a fourth consecutive month, a court has ruled.
The brothers have been detained since December and are being investigated on allega... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-65041668 | news_world-europe-65041668 | |
Ex-spy says MI5 did not want Real IRA leader arrested - BBC News | 2023-03-22 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | US trucker David Rupert infiltrated the innermost circles of the group behind the 1998 Omagh bomb attack. | Northern Ireland | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. David Rupert said the Real IRA's leader Michael McKevitt wanted an American on its army council.
A US trucker who spied on a dissident Irish republican group says the security service MI5 did not want its leader arrested.
D... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-65013703 | news_uk-northern-ireland-65013703 | |
Olivia Pratt-Korbel murder-accused was 'high-level' drug dealer - BBC News | 2023-03-22 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Thomas Cashman tells a jury he was making between £3,000 and £5,000 a week selling cannabis. | Liverpool | The man accused of murdering Olivia Pratt-Korbel was a "high-level cannabis dealer", he has told a court.
Thomas Cashman is accused of killing the nine-year-old and injuring her mother after chasing Joseph Nee into their house in Liverpool on 22 August.
He has started giving evidence at the trial at Manchester Crown ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-65025221 | news_uk-england-merseyside-65025221 | |
SNP leadership: The battle raging for the party's soul - BBC News | 2023-03-14 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The leadership contest has opened up a heated debate about economics, independence and social issues. | Scotland politics | BBC Scotland is set to host the latest debate between the three candidates to lead the SNP. Kate Forbes, Ash Regan and Humza Yousaf will answer audience questions in Edinburgh, in a race which has exposed old divisions.
It was an occasion of real political drama, a moment when it seemed the Scottish National Party mig... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-64939777 | news_uk-scotland-scotland-politics-64939777 | |
Gary Lineker says he will 'keep speaking for those with no voice' after asylum row - BBC News | 2023-03-10 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The Match of the Day host was criticised for tweets he posted about the government's new asylum plan. | UK | Gary Lineker has said he will try to keep speaking up for people with "no voice", after criticism of his tweets on the government's asylum policy.
The Match of the Day host had said the language setting out the plan was "not dissimilar to that used by Germany in the 30s".
Home Secretary Suella Braverman said she was ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-64891734 | news_uk-64891734 | |
Laura Kuenssberg: Rishi Sunak struggles to escape Tories' horror show past - BBC News | 2023-03-04 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Old problems have resurfaced, and none of them were in the prime minister's carefully designed script. | UK Politics | "There are still shockwaves from seismic events," says a former cabinet minister - "that's what we're living through now." Boris Johnson might not have stitched prawns into the hems of his expensive curtains in No 10, but as we've seen over the past couple of days, the leftovers from his time in office can still cause ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-64835929 | news_uk-politics-64835929 | |
Echoes of Hillsborough for Manchester Arena families - BBC News | 2023-03-04 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The more I heard at the Arena inquiry, the more it reminded me of Hillsborough - writes Judith Moritz | UK | The 22 victims of the Manchester Arena bombing
The Manchester Arena Inquiry was a mammoth undertaking. Evidence was heard over 196 days, presented and pored over by 18 legal teams, and culminating in three reports running into hundreds of pages.
I went to many of the hearings and, while much of what I heard did cast ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-64798847 | news_uk-64798847 | |
Where next for Scotland as the Nicola Sturgeon era ends? - BBC News | 2023-03-26 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The first minister's resignation triggered a divisive leadership campaign - but what could happen now? | Scotland politics | Nicola Sturgeon is standing down after eight years as first minister
If Nicola Sturgeon had prevailed, Scotland would be going to the polls again this autumn to consider dissolving the 316-year-old union with England.
Last summer, the outgoing first minister proposed 19 October 2023 as the date when, for the second t... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-65063944 | news_uk-scotland-scotland-politics-65063944 | |
UK economy: When are you going to feel better off? - BBC News | 2023-03-26 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | How politicians answer that will set the terms for the next election, writes Laura Kuenssberg. | UK Politics | When are you going to feel better off?
How politicians answer that big question sets the terms for the next election. The response is certainly not this week.
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak might have told MPs "we are halving inflation" but repeating that political slogan in the Commons doesn't make it true. In fact he w... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-65075966 | news_uk-politics-65075966 | |
Boris Johnson: Ex-PM to reveal evidence in his defence over Partygate - BBC News | 2023-03-18 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Boris Johnson faces a marathon televised hearing this week to convince MPs he did not mislead Parliament. | UK Politics | Boris Johnson will publish evidence in his defence ahead of a grilling by MPs over whether he misled Parliament about Covid rule-breaking parties.
The former prime minister faces a crucial televised evidence session in front of the Commons Privileges Committee on Wednesday.
The committee is yet to publish its final v... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-65001385 | news_uk-politics-65001385 | |
Gary Lineker says he will 'keep speaking for those with no voice' after asylum row - BBC News | 2023-03-08 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The Match of the Day host was criticised for tweets he posted about the government's new asylum plan. | UK | Gary Lineker has said he will try to keep speaking up for people with "no voice", after criticism of his tweets on the government's asylum policy.
The Match of the Day host had said the language setting out the plan was "not dissimilar to that used by Germany in the 30s".
Home Secretary Suella Braverman said she was ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-64891734 | news_uk-64891734 | |
Heathrow told to cut passenger charges again - BBC News | 2023-03-08 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The regulator has told the airport it needs to lower charges due to passenger numbers recovering. | Business | Heathrow Airport has been told to cut passenger charges for airlines next year, in a move that should feed through to ticket prices.
The Civil Aviation Authority decided lower charges were required due to passenger numbers recovering quicker after the height of the pandemic.
Passenger charges are paid by airlines and... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-64885252 | news_business-64885252 | |
Laura Kuenssberg: Rishi Sunak struggles to escape Tories' horror show past - BBC News | 2023-03-05 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Old problems have resurfaced, and none of them were in the prime minister's carefully designed script. | UK Politics | "There are still shockwaves from seismic events," says a former cabinet minister - "that's what we're living through now." Boris Johnson might not have stitched prawns into the hems of his expensive curtains in No 10, but as we've seen over the past couple of days, the leftovers from his time in office can still cause ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-64835929 | news_uk-politics-64835929 | |
Where next for Scotland as the Nicola Sturgeon era ends? - BBC News | 2023-03-27 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The first minister's resignation triggered a divisive leadership campaign - but what could happen now? | Scotland politics | Nicola Sturgeon is standing down after eight years as first minister
If Nicola Sturgeon had prevailed, Scotland would be going to the polls again this autumn to consider dissolving the 316-year-old union with England.
Last summer, the outgoing first minister proposed 19 October 2023 as the date when, for the second t... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-65063944 | news_uk-scotland-scotland-politics-65063944 | |
PM looks forward to working with SNP leader Yousaf - BBC News | 2023-03-27 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Rishi Sunak congratulates Nicola Sturgeon's successor, saying they should both focus on "issues that matter". | Scotland | Victory by 52% to 48% is not the ringing endorsement Humza Yousaf would have wanted from the party membership, but a win is a win and it was accepted by all three candidates.
It is a massive personal moment for Mr Yousaf, but very quickly he will no longer be able to bask in the glory because he will be immersed in th... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-scotland-65086830 | news_live_uk-scotland-65086830 | |
Prince Harry and Elton John appear at High Court in Associated Newspapers hearing - BBC News | 2023-03-27 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The Duke of Sussex has accused the publisher of the Daily Mail of unlawful information gathering. | Entertainment & Arts | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.
The Duke of Sussex unexpectedly appeared at the High Court as legal proceedings began over alleged phone-tapping and other breaches of privacy.
Prince Harry, who is one of those suing Associated Newspapers, the publisher of... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-65087072 | news_entertainment-arts-65087072 | |
Kuenssberg: The Budget cannot mask big changes to our economy - BBC News | 2023-03-11 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Both main parties are under pressure to make the country and its people richer, writes Laura Kuenssberg. | UK Politics | In normal times (remember them?) there would be a frenzy this weekend about what's coming up in next week's Budget.
If it feels a bit muted so far, that isn't just because of a bit of a media frenzy over something else (what could that be?) but because Jeremy Hunt was employed as a "calm down" chancellor - called in l... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-64926786 | news_uk-politics-64926786 | |
Gary Lineker revolt becomes a test of BBC's values - BBC News | 2023-03-11 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The broadcaster is facing a test of its fundamental values and mission following a day of tumult. | UK | When the BBC's director general, Tim Davie, took over in 2020, he declared his founding principle to be "impartiality".
Three years later, a row over that principle and how it applies across the corporation has created a crisis that has quite clearly caught managers by surprise.
Familiar, fixed points in the weekly T... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-64929269 | news_uk-64929269 | |
BBC and Gary Lineker: Tweets decision comes at high price for BBC - BBC News | 2023-03-11 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | One of the BBC's best loved presenters has been taken off air due to an impartiality row. | Entertainment & Arts | It can't have been what the BBC intended.
One of its most famous and best loved presenters has been taken off air - and it appears to be in the midst of a stand-off with no clear exit strategy for either side.
Sticking to its guns on impartiality has come at a high price for the corporation and opened up new faultlin... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-64922674 | news_entertainment-arts-64922674 |
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