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Belfast baby murder case: Woman found guilty of killing son - BBC News | 2023-03-23 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The woman accepted she stabbed him and his sister on 27 July 2021 but had denied the charges. | Northern Ireland | Toys and flowers were left at the scene of the incident in 2021
A woman has been found guilty of murdering her eight-week old son and attempting to murder his two-year-old sister.
The woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, accepted she stabbed the children on 27 July 2021 but denied the charges.
But jurors re... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-65029181 | news_uk-northern-ireland-65029181 | |
Boris Johnson clashes with MPs over Partygate denials - BBC News | 2023-03-23 | 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 | |
Wales freeports for Milford Haven-Port Talbot, Anglesey - BBC News | 2023-03-23 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The two new areas will have tax and duty relief and simplified customs, with hopes for 20,000 jobs. | Wales | Rishi Sunak and Mark Drakeford with harbour master John Goddard at Holyhead, where they announced the freeports
Two Welsh freeports are to be created which aim to bring 20,000 jobs and investment worth £5bn.
Bids from Celtic Freeport, at Milford Haven and Port Talbot, and Anglesey Freeport have been given the green l... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-65044061 | news_uk-wales-65044061 | |
Premier League domestic flights: BBC Sport research shows 81 flights from 100 games - BBC Sport | 2023-03-23 | None | BBC Sport research shows the scale of short domestic flights to and from games involving Premier League teams from 100 fixtures in 2023. | null | BBC Sport research has found evidence of 81 individual short-haul domestic flights made by Premier League teams to and from 100 matches during a two-month sample period this year.
Whether it's Trent Alexander-Arnold on a flight back from Newcastle to Liverpool, Chelsea's Ben Chilwell flying from London to Leicester or... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/65017565 | rt_football_65017565 | |
School face masks worn in England to avoid Covid row with Scotland - claims - BBC News | 2023-03-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Ministers in England came under pressure after Scotland introduced face coverings in schools. | Family & Education | Secondary school children in England were required to wear face coverings to avoid a row with Scotland over Covid, the Daily Telegraph has claimed.
Leaked WhatsApp messages suggest that England's chief medical officer had been ambivalent about the scientific evidence behind the measure.
Ministers in England came unde... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-64811382 | news_education-64811382 | |
Covid hearings begin in court of public opinion - BBC News | 2023-03-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The Telegraph's report provides a fascinating insight into how pandemic decisions were made. | UK Politics | The battle to learn lessons and defend reputations over Covid was always going to be intense, angry and passionate.
The focus for that, primarily, was expected to be the public inquiry, which is currently at its very early stages.
The simple political truth is the court of public opinion is opening and hearing eviden... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-64811416 | news_uk-politics-64811416 | |
Ukraine hit by Russian missiles day after West's offer of tanks - BBC News | 2023-03-09 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Eleven people have been killed and 11 others injured after strikes hit buildings in several regions. | Europe | The aftermath of a Russian strike was seen on Thursday in the town of Hlevakha, outside Kyiv
Russia launched a wave of missiles at Ukraine on Thursday, a day after Germany and the US pledged tanks to aid Kyiv's fight against the invasion.
Eleven people died and 11 others were injured after 35 buildings were struck ac... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-64411259 | news_world-europe-64411259 | |
Georgia drops 'foreign agents' law after protests - BBC News | 2023-03-09 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The ruling party says it will pull a controversial Russian-style bill amid widespread criticism. | Europe | Protesters have accused the Georgian government of trying to steer the country away from the EU
Georgia's ruling party has said it will withdraw a controversial draft law, in the face of mass protests and widespread international criticism.
Thousands of protesters have taken to the streets in Tbilisi this week in ang... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-64899041 | news_world-europe-64899041 | |
Channel migrants: Rishi Sunak to meet Emmanuel Macron - BBC News | 2023-03-09 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | After years of tense UK-France relations, it's all smiles ahead of a key Paris summit on Friday. | World | The French president and UK prime minister have much to discuss at Friday's summit
Paris is world famous for romance. But what about bromance (or romance fraternelle, as the UK's French cousins might say)?
An explosion of mutual admiration is predicted in the French capital this Friday when Prime Minister Rishi Sunak... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-64891459 | news_world-64891459 | |
Gary Lineker says he will 'keep speaking for those with no voice' after asylum row - BBC News | 2023-03-09 | 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 | |
Mariupol: The 80 days that left a flourishing city in ruins - BBC News | 2023-03-19 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The Ukrainian port which has seen some of the most intense fighting is now under Russian control. | Europe | The theatre has often been described as the heart of the city
After almost three months of relentless assault, Mariupol has fallen. Ukraine's military says its combat mission in the besieged port is over. More than any other Ukrainian city, Mariupol has come to symbolise the ferocious brutality of Russia's assault and... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-61480988 | news_world-europe-61480988 | |
Immigration: Welsh secretary says he's pragmatic on numbers - BBC News | 2023-03-19 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Welsh Secretary David Davies says he does not mind "highly-skilled people" coming to Britain. | Wales | UK net migration hit 504,000 in the year to June - the highest figure ever recorded, the ONS estimates
Welsh Secretary David Davies said he was "pragmatic" about the number of immigrants allowed into the country.
He said he did not mind "highly-skilled people who've got something to contribute coming to Britain".
Ne... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-65007855 | news_uk-wales-65007855 | |
French pension reforms: Is Macron's government doomed by crisis? - BBC News | 2023-03-19 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | No-confidence motions face the Macron government as it tries to force its unpopular changes into law. | Europe | President Macron was re-elected on a platform of raising the retirement age and yet his reforms are deeply unpopular
"What this crisis goes to show," veteran political commentator Alain Duhamel said recently, "is that there are two Frances out there. They live in completely separate mental worlds, and find it impossib... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-64986741 | news_world-europe-64986741 | |
Boris Johnson: Ex-PM to reveal evidence in his defence over Partygate - BBC News | 2023-03-19 | 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 | |
Laura Kuenssberg show: NHS deal is fair to nurses and public finances - Dowden - BBC News | 2023-03-19 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Cabinet minister Oliver Dowden joined SNP leadership candidate Kate Forbes and reality star Georgia Harrison on Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg. | UK Politics | "We were always willing to engage with the unions," said cabinet minister Oliver Dowden.
That's not quite how union leaders saw it, when the government was adamant that they could not talk about this year’s pay, and no more money could be found for public sector wages.
Dowden tried to focus instead on what he said wa... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-politics-64993157 | news_live_uk-politics-64993157 | |
Daniel White strangled and slit wife's throat in their home - BBC News | 2023-03-24 | 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 | |
Kuenssberg: The Budget cannot mask big changes to our economy - BBC News | 2023-03-12 | 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 | 2023-03-12 | 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 | |
Why are doctors demanding the biggest pay rise? - BBC News | 2023-03-12 | 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 | |
BBC and Gary Lineker: Tweets decision comes at high price for BBC - BBC News | 2023-03-12 | 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 | |
XXXTentacion: Three men found guilty of murdering rapper in 2018 - BBC News | 2023-03-20 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The rapper, 20, real name Jahseh Onfroy, was shot and killed during a Florida robbery in 2018. | US & Canada | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.
Three men accused of killing 20-year-old rapper XXXTentacion during a 2018 ambush robbery have been found guilty.
A Florida jury convicted Michael Boatwright, 27, Dedrick Williams, 26, and Trayvon Newsome, 24 on Monday afte... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-64825205 | news_world-us-canada-64825205 | |
Iraq war 20 years on: How invasion plunged country into decades of chaos - BBC News | 2023-03-20 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The BBC's Jeremy Bowen explains why Iraqis are still living with the consequences 20 years on. | Middle East | The fence is lined with photos of people killed by the Islamic State group
The invasion of March 2003 was a catastrophe for Iraq and its people.
More proof of that, measured in broken lives, was at a suspected site of a mass grave in the desert outside Sinjar, not far from the border with Syria.
Survivors of one of ... | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-64976144 | news_world-middle-east-64976144 | |
School face masks worn in England to avoid Covid row with Scotland - claims - BBC News | 2023-03-02 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Ministers in England came under pressure after Scotland introduced face coverings in schools. | Family & Education | Secondary school children in England were required to wear face coverings to avoid a row with Scotland over Covid, the Daily Telegraph has claimed.
Leaked WhatsApp messages suggest that England's chief medical officer had been ambivalent about the scientific evidence behind the measure.
Ministers in England came unde... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-64811382 | news_education-64811382 | |
Dominic Raab resigns as bullying inquiry finds 'aggressive conduct' - BBC News | 2023-04-21 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The senior Tory MP abused his power, a report concludes, but he says the findings are "flawed". | UK Politics | Dominic Raab has resigned as deputy prime minister after a bullying inquiry found he acted in an "intimidating" and "aggressive" way towards officials.
The inquiry, by a senior lawyer, was set up by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak after eight formal complaints about Mr Raab's behaviour as a minister.
The lawyer made multi... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-65333983 | news_uk-politics-65333983 | |
Mifepristone: US Supreme Court preserves abortion drug access - BBC News | 2023-04-21 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | For now access to mifepristone remains unchanged, in the latest legal battle over abortion in the US. | US & Canada | The US Supreme Court has preserved access to a commonly used abortion pill, ruling the drug can remain available while a legal case continues.
In a split decision, it also rejected restrictions on mifepristone implemented by a lower court, essentially maintaining the status quo.
The future of the drug was called into... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-65356390 | news_world-us-canada-65356390 | |
Paris synagogue bomber convicted after 43 years - BBC News | 2023-04-21 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Hassan Diab refused to leave Canada to attend the trial into the murder of four people. | Europe | The Rue Copernic attack was the first to target Jews in France since World War Two
More than 42 years after the deadly bombing of a Paris synagogue, a court in Paris has convicted a Lebanese-Canadian university professor of carrying out the attack.
The judges decided that Hassan Diab, 69, was the young man who plante... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-65347584 | news_world-europe-65347584 | |
Why are doctors demanding the biggest pay rise? - BBC News | 2023-04-17 | ['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 | |
Ukraine war: Russia's uncertain future a product of its past - BBC News | 2023-04-17 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Russia's invasion of Ukraine is making its future uncertain - but so too is its authoritarian past. | Europe | In his St Petersburg apartment, university lecturer Denis Skopin shows me the document which has changed his life.
Until recently Denis was associate professor at the Faculty of Liberal Arts and Sciences of St Petersburg State University. But on 20 October the university sacked him for "an immoral act incompatible wit... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-63471505 | news_world-europe-63471505 | |
Prince Harry to attend coronation without Meghan - BBC News | 2023-04-13 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Prince Harry will travel to the UK but Meghan will stay in California with their children. | UK | Harry will attend the coronation at Westminster Abbey, but Meghan will stay in the US with their children
The Duke of Sussex will be present at the King's coronation, but his wife, the Duchess of Sussex, will not be attending, Buckingham Palace has said.
There had been speculation about whether the couple would trave... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-65255135 | news_uk-65255135 | |
Mifepristone ruling: The abortion battle may be just be beginning - BBC News | 2023-04-22 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The overturning of abortion rights last year opened the door to numerous state-level legal challenges. | US & Canada | Activists on both sides of the abortion debate outside the Supreme Court
Less than a year after its landmark decision reversing constitutional abortion protections, a majority of the nine justices of the US Supreme Court seem reluctant to jump back into the politically charged subject anytime soon.
The court was revi... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-65357418 | news_world-us-canada-65357418 | |
Mifepristone: US Supreme Court preserves abortion drug access - BBC News | 2023-04-22 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | For now access to mifepristone remains unchanged, in the latest legal battle over abortion in the US. | US & Canada | The US Supreme Court has preserved access to a commonly used abortion pill, ruling the drug can remain available while a legal case continues.
In a split decision, it also rejected restrictions on mifepristone implemented by a lower court, essentially maintaining the status quo.
The future of the drug was called into... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-65356390 | news_world-us-canada-65356390 | |
Why are doctors demanding the biggest pay rise? - BBC News | 2023-04-10 | ['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 | |
Amir Khan banned for two years after anti-doping test reveals presence of prohibited substance - BBC Sport | 2023-04-04 | [] | British boxer Amir Khan is banned for two years after an anti-doping test revealed the presence of a banned substance following his fight against Kell Brook in February 2022. | null | Last updated on .From the section Boxing
British boxer Amir Khan has been banned for two years after an anti-doping test revealed the presence of a banned substance following his fight against Kell Brook in February 2022.
The former light-welterweight world champion tested positive for ostarine.
Khan, who retired fr... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/boxing/65173545 | rt_boxing_65173545 | |
The UDR: What was the Army's Ulster Defence Regiment? - BBC News | 2023-04-26 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The UDR only operated in Northern Ireland for 22 years but its legacy has been controversial. | Northern Ireland | The Ulster Defence Regiment (UDR) was a British Army unit that operated in Northern Ireland for 22 years from 1970.
It was mainly involved in patrol and checkpoint duties.
About 250 serving or former members were killed during the Troubles by the IRA and other republican groups.
Many of the victims were part-time me... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-65398350 | news_uk-northern-ireland-65398350 | |
Bank of England: 'Accept' you are poorer remark sparks backlash - BBC News | 2023-04-26 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Unions and small businesses react with outrage to comments that people need to accept they are poorer. | Business | Small businesses and unions have hit back at the Bank of England's chief economist saying people need to accept they are poorer otherwise prices will keep soaring.
Huw Pill said a game of "pass the parcel" of workers asking for wage rises and businesses passing on higher costs was fuelling inflation.
He added there w... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-65397276 | news_business-65397276 | |
NHS strikes: Midwives in England vote to accept NHS pay offer - BBC News | 2023-04-26 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The offer covers two years, including an additional one-off payment for 2022/23 and a 5% pay rise. | UK | Midwives in England have voted to accept the latest NHS pay offer, the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) says.
The offer covers two years and includes an additional one-off amount for 2022/23 and and 5% rise for 2023/24.
Nurses with the Royal College of Nursing have already turned down the offer and they plan more stri... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-65406736 | news_uk-65406736 | |
Merthyr Tydfil: UK's largest opencast coalmine to shut - BBC News | 2023-04-26 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Plans to extend the working life of the UK's largest opencast coalmine are turned down. | Wales | Coal extraction at Merthyr Tydfil's Ffos-y-Fran mine began in 2007 on a 15-year licence
The UK's largest opencast coalmine must close after an extension to keep it running was rejected.
It means production at Ffos-y-Fran, near Merthyr Tydfil, must now stop after 16 years of excavation.
The operators asked for an ext... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-65399546 | news_uk-wales-65399546 | |
Fox News settles Dominion defamation case for $787.5m - BBC News | 2023-04-18 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | "Lies have consequences," says a lawyer for the voting firm about the network's false election claims. | US & Canada | Fox chairman Rupert Murdoch (left, with son Lachlan) could have had to testify
Fox News has settled a defamation lawsuit from the voting machine company, Dominion, over its reporting of the 2020 presidential election.
In a last-minute settlement before trial, the network agreed to pay $787.5m (£634m) - about half of ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-65318654 | news_world-us-canada-65318654 | |
SNP will be in trouble without action, says Kate Forbes - BBC News | 2023-04-18 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The former leadership candidate tells the BBC voters are watching the SNP "with astonishment" . | UK Politics | Kate Forbes served as Scotland's finance secretary from 2021 to 2023
The SNP "will be in trouble" unless the leadership takes "decisive action" on its internal affairs, former leadership candidate Kate Forbes has warned.
Speaking to the BBC, Ms Forbes said people were watching the SNP "with astonishment" and party fi... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-65312186 | news_uk-politics-65312186 | |
WhatsApp and other messaging apps oppose 'surveillance' - BBC News | 2023-04-18 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | WhatsApp and messaging apps unite to urge the UK government to rethink the Online Safety Bill. | Technology | WhatsApp, Signal and other messaging services have urged the government to rethink the Online Safety Bill (OSB).
They are concerned that the bill could undermine end-to-end encryption - which means the message can only be read on the sender and the recipient's app and nowhere else.
Ministers want the regulator to be ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-65301510 | news_technology-65301510 | |
Donald Trump awarded legal fees in Stormy Daniels defamation lawsuit - BBC News | 2023-04-05 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | On the same day he was arrested in New York, a California court passes a judgement in his favour. | US & Canada | The former porn star at the heart of Donald Trump's historic indictment in New York has been ordered to pay him more than $121,000 (£96,965) towards legal fees in an unrelated case.
Stormy Daniels, alleged to have had an affair with Mr Trump in 2006, lost her defamation case over a 2018 tweet written by the former US ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-65191465 | news_world-us-canada-65191465 | |
DUP: Stormont stalemate pushing away younger unionists - BBC News | 2023-04-05 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Some younger potential voters tell BBC News NI why they're moving away from the DUP. | Northern Ireland | Lois Young says she believes Michelle O'Neill "is talking some sense"
For decades votes have been cast in Northern Ireland along tribal lines, but a new generation say that is starting to change.
Some unionists say different social attitudes and the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) blocking devolution are moving young... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-65176760 | news_uk-northern-ireland-65176760 | |
Harry's court case raises awkward questions - BBC News | 2023-04-27 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The hacking case brought by Duke of Sussex leaves questions about royal relationships with the press. | UK | This is only one in a series of legal claims being brought by Prince Harry against newspaper groups
The court documents revealed by the Duke of Sussex's latest phone-hacking claim against the tabloid press have sent out a volley of unanswered questions.
And that is less than ideal for the Royal Family, who might have... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-65403247 | news_uk-65403247 | |
Chris Mason: Sudan evacuation remains a race against time - BBC News | 2023-04-27 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | It looks like it will be very difficult to get every Briton out in time before the fighting resumes. | UK Politics | UK nationals have to make their own way to an airstrip near Sudanese capital Khartoum to be evacuated
This is a race against time, circumstances and numbers.
And all three are bleak. Time is ticking down to the ceasefire ending.
The circumstances are grim: unpredictable, volatile and dangerous.
And the latest numbe... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/65407917 | news_65407917 | |
Hugh Grant accuses Sun publisher of 'deliberate false denials' - BBC News | 2023-04-27 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The actor alleges that the paper commissioned private investigators to break into his home. | UK | Hugh Grant outside court in London on Thursday - the publisher of The Sun denies his allegations
Hugh Grant says the publisher of The Sun newspaper used a "deliberate policy of false denials" to prevent him suing for breaches of his privacy.
A witness statement from him alleges the paper commissioned private investig... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-65418723 | news_uk-65418723 | |
NHS strikes: Midwives in England vote to accept NHS pay offer - BBC News | 2023-04-27 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The offer covers two years, including an additional one-off payment for 2022/23 and a 5% pay rise. | UK | Midwives in England have voted to accept the latest NHS pay offer, the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) says.
The offer covers two years and includes an additional one-off amount for 2022/23 and and 5% rise for 2023/24.
Nurses with the Royal College of Nursing have already turned down the offer and they plan more stri... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-65406736 | news_uk-65406736 | |
Chartered CalMac catamaran to begin sea trials - BBC News | 2023-04-27 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | CalMac hopes MV Alfred will soon be providing relief services on its west coast ferry routes. | Highlands & Islands | MV Alfred is to be put through berthing trials before being used as a relief service on CalMac routes
CalMac is due to begin trials of a catamaran ferry to help provide relief cover on its west coast network.
The Scottish government has provided £9m for the nine-month long charter of MV Alfred, owned by Orkney-based ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-65390163 | news_uk-scotland-highlands-islands-65390163 | |
Merthyr Tydfil: UK's largest opencast coalmine to shut - BBC News | 2023-04-27 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Plans to extend the working life of the UK's largest opencast coalmine are turned down. | Wales | Coal extraction at Merthyr Tydfil's Ffos-y-Fran mine began in 2007 on a 15-year licence
The UK's largest opencast coalmine must close after an extension to keep it running was rejected.
It means production at Ffos-y-Fran, near Merthyr Tydfil, must now stop after 16 years of excavation.
The operators asked for an ext... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-65399546 | news_uk-wales-65399546 | |
Gambling white paper: Young gamblers could face £2 slot machine limit - BBC News | 2023-04-27 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The government has unveiled the biggest shake-up of gambling laws in nearly two decades. | UK | The proposals are expected to include checks on gamblers who lose more than £1,000 in a day
Young gamblers could face a stake limit of £2 on online slot machines, according to new government proposals.
The white paper on gambling, which was published on Thursday, marks the biggest shake-up of regulation in the sector... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-65249542 | news_uk-65249542 | |
Why are doctors demanding the biggest pay rise? - BBC News | 2023-04-11 | ['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 | |
Eilish McColgan column: 'Why is menstruation still a taboo subject?' - BBC Sport | 2023-04-15 | [] | In her latest BBC Sport column, Commonwealth Games 10,000m champion Eilish McColgan discusses the need to stop being embarrassed to talk about periods in sport. | null | Considering almost half the population menstruate every month, it seems odd to me that it's still such a taboo subject in 2022.
Even more so within the context of sport. As a professional athlete, performing is our number one task. But what if our own bodies are working against us on that particular day?
Dina Asher-S... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/61752427 | rt_athletics_61752427 | |
Laura Kuenssberg: Should we shut down AI? - BBC News | 2023-04-01 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Should we worry about artificial intelligence, or embrace the possibilities it brings, asks Laura Kuenssberg. | UK | What do the Pope's crazy puffa jacket, a student avoiding a parking ticket, a dry government document and Elon Musk warning the robots might come for us have in common?
This is not an April Fool's joke but a genuine question.
The answer is AI - artificial intelligence - two words we are going to hear a lot about in t... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-65147841 | news_uk-65147841 | |
Prince Harry privacy case: battle with Mail owner begins - BBC News | 2023-04-01 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The Duke listened and took written notes as his court fight with Associated Newspapers began. | UK | Prince Harry arrives at the High Court in London
It is not often that hardened news photographers and camera crews are surprised, but when the Duke of Sussex emerged from a black cab at the Royal Courts of Justice on Monday morning, their muttered expletives told their own story.
Prince Harry offered a "morning, hi g... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-65139280 | news_uk-65139280 | |
Why are doctors demanding the biggest pay rise? - BBC News | 2023-04-09 | ['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 | |
Fox News settles Dominion defamation case for $787.5m - BBC News | 2023-04-19 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | "Lies have consequences," says a lawyer for the voting firm about the network's false election claims. | US & Canada | Fox chairman Rupert Murdoch (left, with son Lachlan) could have had to testify
Fox News has settled a defamation lawsuit from the voting machine company, Dominion, over its reporting of the 2020 presidential election.
In a last-minute settlement before trial, the network agreed to pay $787.5m (£634m) - about half of ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-65318654 | news_world-us-canada-65318654 | |
SNP will be in trouble without action, says Kate Forbes - BBC News | 2023-04-19 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The former leadership candidate tells the BBC voters are watching the SNP "with astonishment" . | UK Politics | Kate Forbes served as Scotland's finance secretary from 2021 to 2023
The SNP "will be in trouble" unless the leadership takes "decisive action" on its internal affairs, former leadership candidate Kate Forbes has warned.
Speaking to the BBC, Ms Forbes said people were watching the SNP "with astonishment" and party fi... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-65312186 | news_uk-politics-65312186 | |
Prince Harry to attend coronation without Meghan - BBC News | 2023-04-12 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Prince Harry will travel to the UK but Meghan will stay in California with their children. | UK | Harry will attend the coronation at Westminster Abbey, but Meghan will stay in the US with their children
The Duke of Sussex will be present at the King's coronation, but his wife, the Duchess of Sussex, will not be attending, Buckingham Palace has said.
There had been speculation about whether the couple would trave... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-65255135 | news_uk-65255135 | |
Gender reform law block 'irrational' - Scottish ministers - BBC News | 2023-04-20 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The Scottish government publishes legal arguments in its bid to overturn a block on gender reform legislation. | Scotland | The Scottish government has published its legal arguments in its bid to overturn a UK government block on gender reform legislation.
In its 22-page petition to the Court of Session, it argues that concerns raised by Scottish Secretary Alister Jack are "irrational".
It said there was an absence of any supporting evide... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-65334299 | news_uk-scotland-65334299 | |
De facto referendum is still an option, says indyref minister - BBC News | 2023-05-21 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | No option "off the table" ahead of SNP summit, says independence minister Jamie Hepburn. | Scotland politics | Scotland voted against independence by 55% to 45% in 2014
Using the next general election as a "de facto referendum" is still an option, the Scottish government's independence minister has said.
Jamie Hepburn said "no option should be taken off the table" ahead of a special SNP independence convention next month.
Mr... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-65663750 | news_uk-scotland-scotland-politics-65663750 | |
Bona Mugabe owns Dubai mansion, Zimbabwe court papers allege - BBC News | 2023-05-03 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Her estranged husband says she has assets including 25 residential properties worth $80m and 21 farms. | Africa | Bona Mugabe seen with her husband at the funeral of her father in 2019
Divorce court papers seen by the BBC allege that the daughter of Zimbabwe's ex-President Robert Mugabe owned 25 residential properties, including a Dubai mansion, worth a total of around $80m (£64m).
Bona Mugabe filed for divorce from former pilot... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-65475901 | news_world-africa-65475901 | |
Kathleen Stock: Oxford academics sign free speech letter in gender row - BBC News | 2023-05-17 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | An invitation to Kathleen Stock is not behind a split with the debating society, Oxford SU says. | UK | Prof Kathleen Stock is due to speak at the Oxford Union on 30 May
Universities must remain places where "contentious views can be openly discussed", University of Oxford academics have warned.
It comes amid a row over the invitation of gender-critical academic Kathleen Stock to take part in a debate.
There had been ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-65620586 | news_uk-65620586 | |
Ghanaian ruler pushes British Museum to return gold - BBC News | 2023-05-17 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Asante king uses Coronation visit to press British Museum to return gold to Ghana. | Entertainment & Arts | Asante King's bracelet with gold ornaments and glass beads was taken by the British in the 19th Century, and is at the British Museum
The ruler of Ghana's Asante people is pressing the British Museum to return gold items in its collection.
The Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, who attended the Coronation of King Charl... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-65614490 | news_entertainment-arts-65614490 | |
Eurovision: Ukraine's Zelensky should address contest, says Rishi Sunak - BBC News | 2023-05-13 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The organisers of the song contest turned down a request from Ukraine's president to speak. | UK Politics | Volodymyr Zelensky met Rishi Sunak during a trip to Downing Street in February
Rishi Sunak is "disappointed" Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has not been allowed to address this year's Eurovision, his spokesman says.
The organisers, the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), say it would breach its political impar... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-65574033 | news_uk-politics-65574033 | |
Plaid Cymru leader Adam Price quits after damning report - BBC News | 2023-05-13 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Adam Price quits after review found misogyny, harassment and bullying in his party. | Wales | Adam Price says he no longer had the support of his party
Adam Price has quit as Plaid Cymru leader after a report found misogyny, harassment and bullying in the party.
North Wales Senedd member Llyr Gruffydd will take over as interim leader, with a new leader in place in the summer, the party has said.
It follows m... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-65553413 | news_uk-wales-65553413 | |
ADHD in women: 'It's like someone tuned in the radio' - BBC News | 2023-05-07 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Women diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder later in life explain the impact. | Wales | Emma Tregoning describes herself as "chaotic, hyper and a chatterbox" as a child
"It's like someone tuned in the radio."
This is how Emma Tregoning describes her life after starting medication for a condition she did not know she had until she was in her 40s.
Emma, from Gower in Swansea, only discovered she had live... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-65312650 | news_uk-wales-65312650 | |
How Tina Turner 'broke the silence' on domestic abuse - BBC News | 2023-05-25 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The singer's decision to reveal the details of her violent marriage still helps inspire other women. | Entertainment & Arts | This article contains descriptions of domestic violence which some readers may find distressing.
Ike and Tina Turner in 1971, seven years before she left him
When Tina Turner first spoke out about the violence she endured during her marriage to Ike Turner, it was an act of bravery to expose herself so publicly.
"I w... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-65673196 | news_entertainment-arts-65673196 | |
Rainton Arena: Girl in viral video thought she was 'going to die' - BBC News | 2023-05-25 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Amarii, 14, says she's been unable to sleep since the altercation at a teen disco in Sunderland. | Newsbeat | The video of Amarii being thrown out of the venue has been seen millions of times online
A teenager says she thought she was going to die during an altercation with a bouncer.
A viral video shows 14-year-old Amarii being ejected from the teen disco at Sunderland's Rainton Arena.
The clip, seen millions of times onli... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-65699933 | news_newsbeat-65699933 | |
Tina Turner: Music legend dies at 83 - BBC News | 2023-05-25 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Her unmistakable voice on hits like The Best and What's Love Got to Do With It made her a superstar. | Entertainment & Arts | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. This video has been removed for rights reasons
Singer Tina Turner, whose soul classics and pop hits like The Best and What's Love Got to Do With It made her a superstar, has died at the age of 83.
Turner had suffered a numb... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/65669653 | news_65669653 | |
Why are doctors demanding the biggest pay rise? - BBC News | 2023-05-22 | ['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 | |
De facto referendum is still an option, says indyref minister - BBC News | 2023-05-22 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | No option "off the table" ahead of SNP summit, says independence minister Jamie Hepburn. | Scotland politics | Scotland voted against independence by 55% to 45% in 2014
Using the next general election as a "de facto referendum" is still an option, the Scottish government's independence minister has said.
Jamie Hepburn said "no option should be taken off the table" ahead of a special SNP independence convention next month.
Mr... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-65663750 | news_uk-scotland-scotland-politics-65663750 | |
Labour considers extending voting rights to EU citizens - BBC News | 2023-05-14 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The party is working on proposals on voting rights but says no final decisions have been made. | UK Politics | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: No final policy on giving votes to EU citizens
Labour is considering extending voting rights to some EU citizens living in the UK if the party wins the next general election.
The party is working on a package of prop... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-65590121 | news_uk-politics-65590121 | |
Prince Harry: Mirror publisher apologises in phone hacking trial - BBC News | 2023-05-10 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The publisher apologises to the prince for unlawful information gathering as the trial begins. | UK | Prince Harry attended the High Court in March for a separate hearing against a newspaper publisher
The publisher of the Mirror has apologised to Prince Harry for unlawful information gathering, at the start of a trial over alleged phone hacking.
Mirror Group Newspapers (MGN) said it would never be repeated.
Lawyers ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-65541046 | news_uk-65541046 | |
Harry blames press intrusion for Chelsy break-up - BBC News | 2023-05-10 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The prince said Ms Davy decided "a royal life was not for her", as his High Court case against Mirror Group Newspapers begins. | UK | The Duke of Sussex has blamed alleged illegal intrusion into his private life by journalists for the break-up of his relationship with Chelsy Davy.
In a witness statement, Prince Harry claimed Ms Davy decided that "a royal life was not for her" following repeated acts of harassment.
The claims emerged in a High Court... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-65550021 | news_uk-65550021 | |
Key moments from E Jean Carroll's civil rape trial against Donald Trump - BBC News | 2023-05-10 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Mr Trump defended himself via video while Ms Carroll shared in detail how the alleged rape harmed her. | US & Canada | A New York jury has found that Donald Trump sexually abused and defamed a former columnist in a civil trial.
E Jean Carroll sued the ex-US president, alleging he raped her in a Manhattan department store nearly 30 years ago. The jury ordered Mr Trump to pay Ms Carroll $5m (£4m) in damages.
But the jury found Mr Trump... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-65502792 | news_world-us-canada-65502792 | |
Plaid Cymru leader Adam Price quits after damning report - BBC News | 2023-05-10 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Adam Price quits after review found misogyny, harassment and bullying in his party. | Wales | Adam Price says he no longer had the support of his party
Adam Price has quit as Plaid Cymru leader after a report found misogyny, harassment and bullying in the party.
North Wales Senedd member Llyr Gruffydd will take over as interim leader, with a new leader in place in the summer, the party has said.
It follows m... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-65553413 | news_uk-wales-65553413 | |
Bona Mugabe owns Dubai mansion, Zimbabwe court papers allege - BBC News | 2023-05-04 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Her estranged husband says she has assets including 25 residential properties worth $80m and 21 farms. | Africa | Bona Mugabe seen with her husband at the funeral of her father in 2019
Divorce court papers seen by the BBC allege that the daughter of Zimbabwe's ex-President Robert Mugabe owned 25 residential properties, including a Dubai mansion, worth a total of around $80m (£64m).
Bona Mugabe filed for divorce from former pilot... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-65475901 | news_world-africa-65475901 | |
New York subway passenger chokehold death sparks protests - BBC News | 2023-05-04 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Demonstrators are calling for justice for Jordan Neely, who died after being placed in a chokehold. | US & Canada | A 24-year-old Marine placed Mr Neely in a chokehold on the F-line train in the SoHo section of Manhattan
Protesters are gathering in New York City to call for justice for Jordan Neely, a subway passenger who died on Monday after a man placed him in a chokehold.
Video of the encounter showed Mr Neely, 30, struggling a... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-65477564 | news_world-us-canada-65477564 | |
Primodos: Pregnancy test damages claims thrown out by judge - BBC News | 2023-05-26 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The High Court judge rules there is no new evidence linking the tests with harm to babies. | Health | Claimants stand outside the High Court ahead of a hearing in the Primodos legal action in May
Claims for damages by more than 170 people who say they were affected by hormone-based pregnancy test drugs have been thrown out by a High Court judge.
The drugs, including Primodos, were given to women to test if they were ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-65722739 | news_health-65722739 | |
Hugh Grant gets court go-ahead to sue publisher of Sun - BBC News | 2023-05-26 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The High Court rules the actor can bring action over phone-tapping, but not for alleged voicemail hacking. | UK | The High Court ruled that some lawsuits had been submitted too late to proceed
Hugh Grant is set to take the Sun newspaper on in court over claims it used illegal methods to gather stories about him.
The actor believes private investigators working for the Sun tapped his phone, bugged his house and car, and burgled h... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-65721073 | news_uk-65721073 | |
Court papers show how killer parents won back their baby - BBC News | 2023-05-26 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Documents which led to Finley Boden being returned to his parents, who then murdered him, obtained by BBC. | UK | Finley Boden was 10 months old when he was murdered on Christmas Day in 2020
Key documents which led to a court agreeing to return a 10-month-old boy to his parents, who then murdered him, have been obtained by the BBC.
Finley Boden was killed on Christmas Day 2020, 39 days after he was returned to their care. He had... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-65634100 | news_uk-65634100 | |
East Kent: A decade of failure in maternity care - BBC News | 2023-05-26 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Why has an NHS Trust failed to improve maternity care after a near-decade of failure? | Health | After health inspectors considered closing a maternity unit over safety fears, the BBC's Michael Buchanan looks at a near-decade of poor care at East Kent Hospitals NHS Trust.
"I've been telling you for months. The place is getting worse."
The message in February, which I received from a member of the maternity team,... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-65624925 | news_health-65624925 | |
Kathleen Stock: Oxford academics sign free speech letter in gender row - BBC News | 2023-05-18 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | An invitation to Kathleen Stock is not behind a split with the debating society, Oxford SU says. | UK | Prof Kathleen Stock is due to speak at the Oxford Union on 30 May
Universities must remain places where "contentious views can be openly discussed", University of Oxford academics have warned.
It comes amid a row over the invitation of gender-critical academic Kathleen Stock to take part in a debate.
There had been ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-65620586 | news_uk-65620586 | |
Jury hears closing remarks in Donald Trump civil rape case - BBC News | 2023-05-08 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Writer E Jean Carroll is accusing Donald Trump of assaulting her in the mid-90s, which he denies. | US & Canada | A lawyer for a writer accusing Donald Trump of rape in a civil trial urged a jury to hold the ex-president liable for the alleged assault.
"No one, not even a former president, is above the law," lawyer Roberta Kaplan said on Monday.
E Jean Carroll alleges Mr Trump raped her in a New York department store in the mid-... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-65499719 | news_world-us-canada-65499719 | |
New York subway passenger chokehold death sparks protests - BBC News | 2023-05-05 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Demonstrators are calling for justice for Jordan Neely, who died after being placed in a chokehold. | US & Canada | A 24-year-old Marine placed Mr Neely in a chokehold on the F-line train in the SoHo section of Manhattan
Protesters are gathering in New York City to call for justice for Jordan Neely, a subway passenger who died on Monday after a man placed him in a chokehold.
Video of the encounter showed Mr Neely, 30, struggling a... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-65477564 | news_world-us-canada-65477564 | |
Suspect arrested after second mass shooting in Serbia - BBC News | 2023-05-05 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | At least eight people are killed and several more injured in villages south of Belgrade. | Europe | A man grieves in the village Dubona after the attack
A man has been arrested after eight died and 14 were injured in Serbia's second mass shooting in a week.
The attack occurred shortly after midnight near a village some 60km (37 miles) south of Belgrade when the shooter opened fire from a moving car.
He was arreste... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-65490418 | news_world-europe-65490418 | |
East Kent: A decade of failure in maternity care - BBC News | 2023-05-27 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Why has an NHS Trust failed to improve maternity care after a near-decade of failure? | Health | After health inspectors considered closing a maternity unit over safety fears, the BBC's Michael Buchanan looks at a near-decade of poor care at East Kent Hospitals NHS Trust.
"I've been telling you for months. The place is getting worse."
The message in February, which I received from a member of the maternity team,... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-65624925 | news_health-65624925 | |
Plaid Cymru leader Adam Price quits after damning report - BBC News | 2023-05-11 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Adam Price quits after review found misogyny, harassment and bullying in his party. | Wales | Adam Price says he no longer had the support of his party
Adam Price has quit as Plaid Cymru leader after a report found misogyny, harassment and bullying in the party.
North Wales Senedd member Llyr Gruffydd will take over as interim leader, with a new leader in place in the summer, the party has said.
It follows m... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-65553413 | news_uk-wales-65553413 | |
Chris Mason: Sunak pledge to scrap EU laws collides with reality - BBC News | 2023-05-11 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The PM has U-turned on a government plan to get rid of thousands of EU laws by the end of the year. | UK Politics | This is a classic example of a big, bold campaigning promise colliding with reality.
When Rishi Sunak was running to be Conservative leader last summer, he put out a video.
In it, inside what is called the 'Brexit Delivery Department,' vast bundles of paper representing EU laws thud down on a desk, and then a shredde... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-65553658 | news_uk-politics-65553658 | |
Harry blames press intrusion for Chelsy break-up - BBC News | 2023-05-11 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The prince said Ms Davy decided "a royal life was not for her", as his High Court case against Mirror Group Newspapers begins. | UK | The Duke of Sussex has blamed alleged illegal intrusion into his private life by journalists for the break-up of his relationship with Chelsy Davy.
In a witness statement, Prince Harry claimed Ms Davy decided that "a royal life was not for her" following repeated acts of harassment.
The claims emerged in a High Court... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-65550021 | news_uk-65550021 | |
Phone hacking authorised at highest levels of publisher, court hears - BBC News | 2023-05-11 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Prince Harry's lawyer claims investigators received huge sums to illicitly obtain private information. | UK | Prince Harry attended the High Court in March for a separate hearing against the publisher of the Daily Mail newspaper
Unlawful information gathering was widespread and authorised by those at the highest levels of Mirror Group Newspapers, a court has heard.
Prince Harry is among high-profile figures accusing the publ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-65555637 | news_uk-65555637 | |
Bannau Brycheiniog: Campaign to reinstate Brecon Beacons park name - BBC News | 2023-05-11 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | More than 50 businesses in the national park want the official name to be in English and in Welsh. | Wales | The campaign group says the bilingual tradition must be protected and respected
More than 50 businesses in the Bannau Brycheiniog national park have called for its English name to be reinstated.
They have formed a campaign group and said they were considering legal action.
The group argued businesses have spent deca... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-politics-65556286 | news_uk-wales-politics-65556286 | |
E Jean Carroll: Donald Trump appeals against $5m verdict in sex abuse trial - BBC News | 2023-05-11 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | A jury on Tuesday found Mr Trump liable for the sexual assault and defamation of writer E Jean Carroll | US & Canada | Former US President Donald Trump has filed a court notice of appeal two days after a civil trial found he sexually abused a woman, E Jean Carroll, in a New York department store.
A New York jury awarded Ms Carroll nearly $5m in damages over her allegation that Mr Trump attacked her in the 1990s.
Jurors found Mr Trump... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-65566501 | news_world-us-canada-65566501 | |
Labour considers extending voting rights to EU citizens - BBC News | 2023-05-15 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The party is working on proposals on voting rights but says no final decisions have been made. | UK Politics | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: No final policy on giving votes to EU citizens
Labour is considering extending voting rights to some EU citizens living in the UK if the party wins the next general election.
The party is working on a package of prop... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-65590121 | news_uk-politics-65590121 | |
Political parties want to appear tough on immigration but numbers tell different story - BBC News | 2023-05-15 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | UK net migration was the highest ever in the year to June, creating many political and societal quandaries. | UK Politics | In recent days, the prime minister has said immigration should fall.
The Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has said the UK's "immigration dependency", as he put it, must end.
Even if, in an interview I did with him, he wasn't willing to explicitly say he wanted the numbers to fall.
This video can not be played To play ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-63751867 | news_uk-politics-63751867 | |
Dominic Raab resigns as bullying inquiry finds 'aggressive conduct' - BBC News | 2023-05-23 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The senior Tory MP abused his power, a report concludes, but he says the findings are "flawed". | UK Politics | Dominic Raab has resigned as deputy prime minister after a bullying inquiry found he acted in an "intimidating" and "aggressive" way towards officials.
The inquiry, by a senior lawyer, was set up by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak after eight formal complaints about Mr Raab's behaviour as a minister.
The lawyer made multi... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-65333983 | news_uk-politics-65333983 | |
Why are doctors demanding the biggest pay rise? - BBC News | 2023-05-23 | ['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 | |
Prince Harry loses challenge to pay for police protection in UK - BBC News | 2023-05-23 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The Home Office says wealthy individuals should not be able to "buy" security from the police. | UK | Prince Harry has lost a legal challenge over his bid to be allowed to make private payments for police protection.
His lawyers wanted a judicial review of the rejection of his offer to pay for protection in the UK, after his security arrangements changed when the prince stopped being a "working royal".
But a judge ha... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-65609209 | news_uk-65609209 | |
Texas shooting: Suspect had been deported four times - BBC News | 2023-05-01 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Police have announced a reward of $80,000 for information leading to the suspect's arrest. | US & Canada | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: Wilson Garcia describes the tragic events that allowed him to flee
The man on the run after killing five people in Texas was deported at least four times, US media report.
The suspect, 38-year-old Francisco Oropeza, ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-65447378 | news_world-us-canada-65447378 | |
Jury hears closing remarks in Donald Trump civil rape case - BBC News | 2023-05-09 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Writer E Jean Carroll is accusing Donald Trump of assaulting her in the mid-90s, which he denies. | US & Canada | A lawyer for a writer accusing Donald Trump of rape in a civil trial urged a jury to hold the ex-president liable for the alleged assault.
"No one, not even a former president, is above the law," lawyer Roberta Kaplan said on Monday.
E Jean Carroll alleges Mr Trump raped her in a New York department store in the mid-... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-65499719 | news_world-us-canada-65499719 | |
Angel Lynn: Woman severely injured in kidnap now able to stand - BBC News | 2023-05-09 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Angel Lynn was kidnapped by her then boyfriend before being found injured on a dual carriageway. | Leicester | Angel Lynn was bundled into a van before she was found injured on the A6
A woman left with serious injuries after being kidnapped by her then boyfriend is able to stand for the first time since the attack, her family has said.
Angel Lynn, 22, was bundled into the back of a van by Chay Bowskill after an argument and t... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershire-65530266 | news_uk-england-leicestershire-65530266 |
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