title stringlengths 28 112 | published_date stringlengths 10 10 | authors stringclasses 6
values | description stringlengths 0 239 | section stringclasses 95
values | content stringlengths 178 42.3k | link stringlengths 34 77 | top_image stringlengths 53 143 | news_id stringlengths 13 55 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Keir Starmer promises to build new towns and 1.5m homes - BBC News | 2023-10-11 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The Labour leader says he will "bulldoze through" the planning system in England if his party wins power. | UK Politics | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.
Sir Keir Starmer has promised to build "the next generation" of new towns, along with 1.5 million homes, as part of a "decade of renewal under Labour".
The Labour leader said he would "bulldoze through" the planning system ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-67058848 | news_uk-politics-67058848 | |
Tottenham 2-1 Liverpool: PGMOL admits 'significant human error' over disallowed Luis Diaz goal - BBC Sport | 2023-10-01 | [] | PGMOL admits the decision to disallow Luis Diaz's goal in Liverpool's 2-1 defeat at Spurs was "a significant human error". | null | Referees' body PGMOL has admitted the decision to disallow Luis Diaz's goal in nine-man Liverpool's 2-1 loss to Tottenham Hotspur was "a significant human error".
At 0-0 and with the Reds a man down, Liverpool winger Diaz's goal was ruled out following an unusually quick video assistant referee (VAR) check by Darren E... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/66973987 | rt_football_66973987 | |
Keir Starmer grapples with how to keep Labour ahead - BBC News | 2023-10-09 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The Labour leader won't be short of advice in Liverpool - but how does he convert a commanding poll lead into a general election victory? | UK Politics | As Labour arrives in Liverpool for what could be its final conference before a general election, leader Sir Keir Starmer is grappling with how to convert a commanding poll lead into power.
"One of the most ambitious politicians I have ever met."
That was the verdict on Keir Starmer, before he had even been elected as... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-67039284 | news_uk-politics-67039284 | |
Keir Starmer speech latest: Labour leader promises new towns and 1.5m homes at Liverpool conference - BBC News | 2023-10-09 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | After being disrupted by a protester, the Labour leader tells his party's conference he would focus on NHS reform and home building as PM. | UK Politics | Things are going well for Starmer - and his confidence showed
In his three and a half years as Labour leader, Sir Keir Starmer has slowly established near-total authority over his party. Today’s conference speech exemplified that. Praising Tony Blair, vowing reform of the NHS and leading a standing ovation in support ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-politics-67052729 | news_live_uk-politics-67052729 | |
Spider-Man 2: PS5 developer on stories, game length, and what's next - BBC News | 2023-10-19 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The PS5 game's creative director Bryan Intihar talks about crafting a follow-up to a beloved hit. | Newsbeat | The game lets you play as two different versions of Spider-Man, Peter Parker and Miles Morales
Spider-Man 2, one of the biggest games of the year, is out on PlayStation 5 this week.
Reviews have praised the action-adventure's open world and technical leaps over its PS4 prequel.
The PS5 exclusive, priced at £69.99 in... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-67155046 | news_newsbeat-67155046 | |
Biden attacked from both sides over new Texas border wall - BBC News | 2023-10-06 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | US officials say they are legally obliged to move ahead with a new section of the southern border wall. | US & Canada | The US-Mexico border has become a political challenge for the Biden administration
President Joe Biden is under fire from both Republicans and Democrats after his administration announced new border wall construction in Texas.
Mr Biden has said he "had no choice" because the funding was signed off while Donald Trump ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-67024003 | news_world-us-canada-67024003 | |
What could more European football mean for planet? - BBC Sport | 2023-10-24 | [] | BBC Sport looks at what having more teams, more games and more flights in men's European club football could mean for the climate crisis. | null | More teams, more games - and more flights. Next season will see men's European club football expand further, with an additional 177 fixtures across Uefa's three major tournaments - and with that comes an increasing impact on the planet.
BBC Sport research suggests the inflated fixture list could lead to teams and fans... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/67159156 | rt_football_67159156 | |
Defiant Trump turns up at $250m New York fraud trial to blast 'scam' - BBC News | 2023-10-02 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The ex-president lambasts a case that could see him lose control of Trump Tower and other properties. | US & Canada | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.
Former President Donald Trump has attacked a judge and prosecutor in a day of courtroom drama as he attended the opening of a fraud trial that could threaten his business empire.
On entering the room on Monday dressed in a ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-66986808 | news_world-us-canada-66986808 | |
Why the change of message on Autumn Statement tax cuts? - BBC News | 2023-11-21 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The chancellor said personal tax cuts were "virtually impossible", now the PM says it's time - what's changed? | Business | It looks like the Autumn Statement will now include at least one crowd-pleasing personal tax cut - so why the change of message and which tax could be cut?
When I spoke to Jeremy Hunt 10 days ago, just after it was confirmed that the UK economy was not growing, I suggested to him that personal tax cuts might help.
He... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-67473404 | news_business-67473404 | |
Bowen: Five new realities after four weeks of Israel-Gaza war - BBC News | 2023-11-03 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | There are few known quantities in the conflict but some things have become clear, says Jeremy Bowen. | Middle East | The aftermath of a strike on Gaza's Jabalia refugee camp earlier this week
One of the first things to understand about the reportage, analysis and commentary that has poured out since the Hamas attacks of 7 October is that no-one has the full story. Not only is it, as ever, hard to penetrate the fog of war to work out... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-67306902 | news_world-middle-east-67306902 | |
Everton receive immediate 10-point Premier League deduction for financial rules breach - BBC Sport | 2023-11-17 | [] | Everton receive an immediate 10-point deduction after being found to have breached the Premier League's profit and sustainability rules. | null | Last updated on .From the section Everton
Everton have received an immediate 10-point deduction after being found to have breached the Premier League's financial rules.
English top-flight clubs are permitted to lose £105m over three years, and an independent commission found Everton's losses to 2021-22 amounted to £1... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/67448714 | rt_football_67448714 | |
Ukraine war: Marines gain riverbank foothold but front lines barely move - BBC News | 2023-11-17 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Marines talk of progress on "several bridgeheads" but soldiers talk of fatigue at the front. | Europe | Ukraine's president posted pictures of Ukrainian marines, saying they were moving forward on the left bank of the Dnipro
Ukrainian forces say they have secured several positions on the Russian-occupied eastern bank of the Dnipro river, and their leaders have been keen to talk up their progress.
The marines have spoke... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-67452832 | news_world-europe-67452832 | |
Suella Braverman: No flights before election under PM's Rwanda plan - BBC News | 2023-11-17 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | "Tinkering with a failed plan" will not achieve the government's aims, the former home secretary says. | UK Politics | The PM's current Rwanda plan will mean no asylum seekers are flown there before the next election, sacked home secretary Suella Braverman has said.
Writing in the Telegraph, she said "tinkering with a failed plan" would not achieve the government's aims.
She said ministers should ignore human rights laws and obligati... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-67446101 | news_uk-politics-67446101 | |
David McBride: Australian war crimes whistleblower pleads guilty - BBC News | 2023-11-17 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | David McBride helped expose allegations of extrajudicial killings by Australian troops in Afghanistan. | Australia | A whistleblower who helped expose allegations of Australian war crimes in Afghanistan has pleaded guilty to leaking classified information.
David McBride was due to face trial next week, but changed his plea after a legal ruling scuppered his defence.
McBride - an ex-military lawyer - said he felt a moral duty to spe... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-67447254 | news_world-australia-67447254 | |
Peter Nygard: Fashion mogul guilty of sex assaults - BBC News | 2023-11-13 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The 82-year-old is still facing a trial in Montreal and extradition to the US. | US & Canada | Peter Nygard seen in a police vehicle in Toronto after the guilty verdict
A Canadian jury has found the former fashion mogul Peter Nygard guilty of sexual assault after a six-week trial.
Prosecutors told a Toronto court that Nygard, 82, used his "status" to assault five women in a series of incidents from the late 19... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-67360004 | news_world-us-canada-67360004 | |
The return of David Cameron: What is going on? - BBC News | 2023-11-13 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Rishi Sunak could argue the ex-PM can unite the Tories. But his return to cabinet comes with baggage. | UK Politics | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.
"Cameron is the biggest upgrade in modern political history."
So texts a former cabinet minister, delighted to see the return of the now Lord Cameron as foreign secretary.
Yes, you read that sentence right: Lord Cameron, f... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-67403223 | news_uk-politics-67403223 | |
Northern Ireland Prison Service: Hundreds of inmates go missing - BBC News | 2023-11-07 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Figures show that on several occasions inmates were missing for years, raising fresh concerns. | Northern Ireland | There are three prisons sites in Northern Ireland at Maghaberry, Magilligan and Hydebank Wood College and Female Prison
Inmates have gone missing from Northern Ireland's prisons almost 250 times during the last decade.
Most of the cases relate to inmates who were unlawfully at large from Maghaberry Prison, near Lisbu... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-67308605 | news_uk-northern-ireland-67308605 | |
Boris Johnson wanted to be injected with Covid on TV - ex-adviser - BBC News | 2023-11-07 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The former PM suggested being injected with the virus on TV would calm public fears, an ex-adviser says. | UK Politics | Boris Johnson "wanted to be injected with Covid-19 on television" to calm public fears, an ex-aide has said.
The claim - by Lord Lister - came in a witness statement to the Covid inquiry.
He said Mr Johnson "suggested to senior civil servants and advisers that he wanted to be injected with Covid-19 on television to d... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-67347456 | news_uk-politics-67347456 | |
Fortnite maker Epic Games takes Google to court - BBC News | 2023-11-07 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Google faces another anti-trust trial - this time about its Google Play store | Technology | The maker of the popular video game Fortnite has begun its legal battle with Google in a San Francisco court.
The firm accused Google of acting as a monopoly - charging 30% commission on in-app purchases on Google Play store.
Epic Games accused Google of turning its back on its "Don't be Evil" motto, which the compan... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-67341175 | news_technology-67341175 | |
Laura Kuenssberg: Questions politicians can't seem to answer on immigration - BBC News | 2023-11-25 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Outrage is no substitute for answers when it comes to record UK immigration, says Laura Kuenssberg. | UK Politics | It's a "betrayal". It's a "slap in the face". The numbers are "shockingly high" and it's simply "unsustainable".
Politicians all seem very cross about the numbers of people from around the world making the UK their home. And they nearly all seem to agree that old chestnut, that "something must be done".
Just wait unt... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-67530919 | news_uk-politics-67530919 | |
Omegle: ‘How I got the dangerous chat site closed down’ - BBC News | 2023-11-22 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | "Alice" speaks exclusively to the BBC after her successful lawsuit against Omegle forced it offline. | Technology | "Alice" was 11 when she was paired with a paedophile on Omegle
Warning: this story contains disturbing details of abuse
"I feel personal pride that no more children will be added to Omegle's body count," says the woman who successfully forced the infamous chat site to shut down.
Speaking for the first time since the... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-67485561 | news_technology-67485561 | |
Why the change of message on Autumn Statement tax cuts? - BBC News | 2023-11-22 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The chancellor said personal tax cuts were "virtually impossible", now the PM says it's time - what's changed? | Business | It looks like the Autumn Statement will now include at least one crowd-pleasing personal tax cut - so why the change of message and which tax could be cut?
When I spoke to Jeremy Hunt 10 days ago, just after it was confirmed that the UK economy was not growing, I suggested to him that personal tax cuts might help.
He... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-67473404 | news_business-67473404 | |
Who is Nella Rose, the influencer in the jungle? - BBC News | 2023-11-22 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The influencer is the talk of the jungle in I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here. | Entertainment & Arts | Nella has a big following on social media Nella started posting beauty reviews, debates and vlogs to YouTube when she was an 18-year-old sociology student at the University of Leicester. After finding lots of fans she now focuses on Instagram and TikTok and has one million followers on each platform. She was awarded be... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-67495271 | news_entertainment-arts-67495271 | |
Suella Braverman letter: The ex-home secretary's full letter to Rishi Sunak - BBC News | 2023-11-14 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The ex-home secretary's open letter criticising the leadership of her old boss Rishi Sunak. | UK Politics | Suella Braverman, who was sacked as home secretary by Rishi Sunak after she defied No 10 over an article accusing the Metropolitan Police of bias in the policing of protests, has sent a scathing open letter to her old boss.
Thank you for your phone call yesterday morning in which you asked me to leave government. Whil... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-67416146 | news_uk-politics-67416146 | |
The return of David Cameron: What is going on? - BBC News | 2023-11-14 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Rishi Sunak could argue the ex-PM can unite the Tories. But his return to cabinet comes with baggage. | UK Politics | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.
"Cameron is the biggest upgrade in modern political history."
So texts a former cabinet minister, delighted to see the return of the now Lord Cameron as foreign secretary.
Yes, you read that sentence right: Lord Cameron, f... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-67403223 | news_uk-politics-67403223 | |
Elianne Andam: Family say funeral will be 'a celebration of her life' - BBC News | 2023-11-10 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Speaking to the BBC before Elianne's funeral, they said she will "forever remain in our hearts". | London | Elianne's aunt Ruby Paintsil (left) said: "If we could change the clock I wish we would not have to go through this"
The family of Elianne Andam say they are "broken" and "are not the same" since the day she was killed.
The 15-year-old girl was stabbed at about 08:30 BST on her way to school in Croydon, south London,... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-67379428 | news_uk-england-london-67379428 | |
Laura Kuenssberg: Why the PM could be drowned out at the King's Speech - BBC News | 2023-11-04 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The new monarch's big moment will also be a chance for Rishi Sunak to try to revive his government. | UK Politics | Grab your trumpet! Polish the golden carriage! Dust down the throne! It's nearly time. Time for Charles III to make history, giving the first King's Speech in 70 years.
Time for one of the country's finest ceremonial occasions, when a good chunk of all the King's horses and all the King's men trot from the Palace to P... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-67320861 | news_uk-politics-67320861 | |
Bowen: Five new realities after four weeks of Israel-Gaza war - BBC News | 2023-11-04 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | There are few known quantities in the conflict but some things have become clear, says Jeremy Bowen. | Middle East | The aftermath of a strike on Gaza's Jabalia refugee camp earlier this week
One of the first things to understand about the reportage, analysis and commentary that has poured out since the Hamas attacks of 7 October is that no-one has the full story. Not only is it, as ever, hard to penetrate the fog of war to work out... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-67306902 | news_world-middle-east-67306902 | |
Laura Kuenssberg: Questions politicians can't seem to answer on immigration - BBC News | 2023-11-26 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Outrage is no substitute for answers when it comes to record UK immigration, says Laura Kuenssberg. | UK Politics | It's a "betrayal". It's a "slap in the face". The numbers are "shockingly high" and it's simply "unsustainable".
Politicians all seem very cross about the numbers of people from around the world making the UK their home. And they nearly all seem to agree that old chestnut, that "something must be done".
Just wait unt... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-67530919 | news_uk-politics-67530919 | |
Laura Kuenssberg: Reshuffle deals drama but voters more worried about wallets - BBC News | 2023-11-18 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Rishi Sunak brought back an ex-PM and is defiant on Rwanda - but voters are focused on their wallets, says Laura Kuenssberg. | UK Politics | Crash, bang, wallop! An adrenaline hit of headlines. A massive bust-up. A big surprise. And a clash in the courts.
Westminster's gorged itself this week on some of its favourite pastimes: obsessing over who is slithering up or down in the game of political snakes and ladders; pondering the edges of our stretchy, unwri... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-67462636 | news_uk-politics-67462636 | |
Ukraine war: Marines gain riverbank foothold but front lines barely move - BBC News | 2023-11-18 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Marines talk of progress on "several bridgeheads" but soldiers talk of fatigue at the front. | Europe | Ukraine's president posted pictures of Ukrainian marines, saying they were moving forward on the left bank of the Dnipro
Ukrainian forces say they have secured several positions on the Russian-occupied eastern bank of the Dnipro river, and their leaders have been keen to talk up their progress.
The marines have spoke... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-67452832 | news_world-europe-67452832 | |
Northern Ireland Prison Service: Hundreds of inmates go missing - BBC News | 2023-11-08 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Figures show that on several occasions inmates were missing for years, raising fresh concerns. | Northern Ireland | There are three prisons sites in Northern Ireland at Maghaberry, Magilligan and Hydebank Wood College and Female Prison
Inmates have gone missing from Northern Ireland's prisons almost 250 times during the last decade.
Most of the cases relate to inmates who were unlawfully at large from Maghaberry Prison, near Lisbu... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-67308605 | news_uk-northern-ireland-67308605 | |
Boris Johnson wanted to be injected with Covid on TV - ex-adviser - BBC News | 2023-11-08 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The former PM suggested being injected with the virus on TV would calm public fears, an ex-adviser says. | UK Politics | Boris Johnson "wanted to be injected with Covid-19 on television" to calm public fears, an ex-aide has said.
The claim - by Lord Lister - came in a witness statement to the Covid inquiry.
He said Mr Johnson "suggested to senior civil servants and advisers that he wanted to be injected with Covid-19 on television to d... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-67347456 | news_uk-politics-67347456 | |
Bowen: Five new realities after four weeks of Israel-Gaza war - BBC News | 2023-11-08 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | There are few known quantities in the conflict but some things have become clear, says Jeremy Bowen. | Middle East | The aftermath of a strike on Gaza's Jabalia refugee camp earlier this week
One of the first things to understand about the reportage, analysis and commentary that has poured out since the Hamas attacks of 7 October is that no-one has the full story. Not only is it, as ever, hard to penetrate the fog of war to work out... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-67306902 | news_world-middle-east-67306902 | |
London Gaza rally: Rishi Sunak vows to hold Met chief 'accountable' over march - BBC News | 2023-11-08 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Thousands of protesters are due to march through London calling for a ceasefire in Gaza on Armistice Day. | UK | Rishi Sunak has said he will hold the Met Police chief "accountable" over a pro-Palestinian march set to take place this Saturday, on Armistice Day.
The prime minister has criticised the timing of the demonstration in London as "provocative and disrespectful".
Sir Mark Rowley rejected calls by campaigners to ban the ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-67355227 | news_uk-67355227 | |
Laura Kuenssberg: Why the PM could be drowned out at the King's Speech - BBC News | 2023-11-05 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The new monarch's big moment will also be a chance for Rishi Sunak to try to revive his government. | UK Politics | Grab your trumpet! Polish the golden carriage! Dust down the throne! It's nearly time. Time for Charles III to make history, giving the first King's Speech in 70 years.
Time for one of the country's finest ceremonial occasions, when a good chunk of all the King's horses and all the King's men trot from the Palace to P... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-67320861 | news_uk-politics-67320861 | |
Bowen: Five new realities after four weeks of Israel-Gaza war - BBC News | 2023-11-05 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | There are few known quantities in the conflict but some things have become clear, says Jeremy Bowen. | Middle East | The aftermath of a strike on Gaza's Jabalia refugee camp earlier this week
One of the first things to understand about the reportage, analysis and commentary that has poured out since the Hamas attacks of 7 October is that no-one has the full story. Not only is it, as ever, hard to penetrate the fog of war to work out... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-67306902 | news_world-middle-east-67306902 | |
Hamburg Airport hostage drama ends after 18 hours - BBC News | 2023-11-05 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | A man who drove through a barrier and parked under a plane with his daughter in the car has been arrested. | Europe | The suspect was detained by special forces
A hostage situation at Hamburg Airport involving a young child has ended after 18 hours, according to local police.
The man, 35, drove through a security barrier and on to the airport tarmac on Saturday night with his four-year-old daughter in the car and parked under a plan... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-67326185 | news_world-europe-67326185 | |
Rock in a hard place: France-Spain border residents angry over road blocks - BBC News | 2023-11-05 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Members of a French coastal town are campaigning to reopen a road connecting it with Spain. | Europe | Banyuls-sur-Mer shares economic, cultural and personal ties with its neighbouring villages in Spain
Up the French coast from the Spanish border, tourists were enjoying a warm autumn day, basking in the Mediterranean and hiking along the arduous coastal paths.
But behind the idyllic appearances, local feelings have be... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-67227686 | news_world-europe-67227686 | |
Thai groom kills four at wedding, including bride - BBC News | 2023-11-27 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Police say the shooter, who killed himself, was "quite intoxicated at the time". | Asia | A Thai para-athlete and former soldier shot his bride and three others before killing himself on his wedding day, police told the BBC.
Groom Chaturong Suksuk, 29 and Kanchana Pachunthuek, 44, were married on Saturday in north-east Thailand.
According to reports, he left the wedding party abruptly and returned with a ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-67540210 | news_world-asia-67540210 | |
Sunak cancels Greek PM meeting in Parthenon Sculptures row - BBC News | 2023-11-27 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Kyriakos Mitsotakis, who wants the Parthenon Sculptures returned, says he is "deeply disappointed". | UK Politics | A diplomatic row has broken out between the British and Greek governments over the Parthenon Sculptures, also known as the Elgin Marbles.
The Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis was due to meet Rishi Sunak in London, but No 10 cancelled the meeting at the last minute.
He told reporters he was "deeply disappointe... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-67549044 | news_uk-politics-67549044 | |
Young Thug's lyrics used against him as gang trial starts - BBC News | 2023-11-27 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The Grammy-winning rapper is accused of co-founding a violent street gang in Atlanta, Georgia. | US & Canada | Rapper Young Thug's racketeering trial has begun with Georgia prosecutors accusing him of being a gang leader in charge of a "wolf pack".
The Atlanta rapper, born Jeffery Lamar Williams, is accused of co-founding a violent street gang in his hometown.
Prosecutors are using the critically acclaimed performer's own lyr... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-67527707 | news_world-us-canada-67527707 | |
Suella Braverman row: Who's scared of Rishi Sunak? - BBC News | 2023-11-11 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Suella Braverman may yet be sacked but the PM's handling of her disobedience has dented his authority. | UK Politics | You won't find a politician saying it loud, but fear matters.
Running a government or a political party is not a business where the aim is to hold hands and sing Kumbaya.
The task to is win power. To hold on to it. To get things done. And then win again.
Common beliefs, loyalty, and a desire to serve can bind politi... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-67390200 | news_uk-politics-67390200 | |
Elianne Andam: Family say funeral will be 'a celebration of her life' - BBC News | 2023-11-11 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Speaking to the BBC before Elianne's funeral, they said she will "forever remain in our hearts". | London | Elianne's aunt Ruby Paintsil (left) said: "If we could change the clock I wish we would not have to go through this"
The family of Elianne Andam say they are "broken" and "are not the same" since the day she was killed.
The 15-year-old girl was stabbed at about 08:30 BST on her way to school in Croydon, south London,... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-67379428 | news_uk-england-london-67379428 | |
International mafia bust shows US-Italy crime links still strong - BBC News | 2023-11-11 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | While decades of prosecutions weakened the US and Italian mafia, transatlantic relations remain strong. | US & Canada | Francesco Vicari in a photo released by prosecutors, who said it was sent to associates after the collection of extortion money
Their names could have been ripped from the kind of Hollywood mafia script that once dominated US cinema.
But when an indictment dropped on Wednesday, Joseph "Joe Brooklyn" Lanni, Angelo "Fi... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-67387249 | news_world-us-canada-67387249 | |
Jury hears Canadian man who killed Muslim family was on drugs - BBC News | 2023-11-15 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Nathaniel Veltman has pleaded not guilty to the murders, arguing he was in a "dreamlike state". | US & Canada | From left to right: Yumna Afzaal, Madiha Salman, Salman's mother Talat Afzaal, and Salman Afzaal were "the best" of their community, friends said
A Canadian jury has heard closing arguments in the case of a man accused of murdering four members of a Muslim family with his vehicle.
Nathaniel Veltman, 22, faces four fi... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-67409538 | news_world-us-canada-67409538 | |
Suella Braverman letter: The ex-home secretary's full letter to Rishi Sunak - BBC News | 2023-11-15 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The ex-home secretary's open letter criticising the leadership of her old boss Rishi Sunak. | UK Politics | Suella Braverman, who was sacked as home secretary by Rishi Sunak after she defied No 10 over an article accusing the Metropolitan Police of bias in the policing of protests, has sent a scathing open letter to her old boss.
Thank you for your phone call yesterday morning in which you asked me to leave government. Whil... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-67416146 | news_uk-politics-67416146 | |
Xi Jinping arrives in US as his Chinese Dream sputters - BBC News | 2023-11-15 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Economic woes put the Chinese leader in a more vulnerable negotiating position on this visit. | China | Mr Xi faces a host of problems at home as he arrives in San Francisco
When Xi Jinping stepped off his plane in San Francisco for the Apec summit, it was in circumstances very different to the last time he landed on American soil.
Five years ago, when he was wined and dined by Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago, Mr Xi was in ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-67423040 | news_world-asia-china-67423040 | |
Accused Pelosi hammer attacker David DePape tearfully testifies of bizarre plot - BBC News | 2023-11-15 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | David DePape says he planned to wear a unicorn costume and interrogate ex-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. | US & Canada | David DePape, seen here in a 2013 file photo
A man accused of a hammer attack on ex-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's husband has testified how he hatched a plan to end US corruption after becoming absorbed in conspiracy theories.
David DePape, 43, has pleaded not guilty to two charges including attempted kidnap of a fede... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-67411189 | news_world-us-canada-67411189 | |
UK net migration in 2022 revised up to record 745,000 - BBC News | 2023-11-23 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | New figures show last year's net migration was far higher than previously thought, piling pressure on the PM. | UK | Net migration into the UK was a record 745,000 last year, figures show - far higher than originally thought.
Office for National Statistics data published on Thursday show that experts have revised up previous estimates.
In May, it said net migration - the difference between the number of people coming to live in the... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-67506641 | news_uk-67506641 | |
Scottish school strikes go ahead in pay dispute - BBC News | 2023-11-01 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Council staff in four areas across Scotland walk out in pursuit of a better pay offer. | Scotland | Strike action has closed schools in four council areas as staff walked out in a dispute over pay.
The one-day walk-out by some council workers in Glasgow, Renfrewshire, East Renfrewshire and Inverclyde follows a three-day strike in September.
Council body Cosla has argued that a bigger pay rise is unaffordable.
Non-... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-67273011 | news_uk-scotland-67273011 | |
XR founder convicted after four-year legal saga - BBC News | 2023-11-01 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Gail Bradbrook could be jailed after lengthy battle over criminal damage and right to protest. | UK | Significant damage: Courts have ruled there are no human rights defences to such protests
The co-founder of Extinction Rebellion has been convicted of causing £27,500 of damage after a four-year legal saga over protest rights.
Gail Bradbrook was unanimously found guilty of criminal damage to the Department for Transp... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-67288289 | news_uk-67288289 | |
Sam Bankman-Fried pressed in court over past comments - BBC News | 2023-11-01 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | As inconsistencies were put to him, the former crypto boss tried to distance himself from some decisions. | US & Canada | Sam Bankman-Fried struggled to account for the management of his now-bankrupt crypto exchange, FTX, as his fraud trial neared its conclusion on Tuesday.
Prosecutors in New York finished questioning the 31-year-old, who made the risky decision to take the stand in his own defence.
The former billionaire is accused of ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-67272395 | news_world-us-canada-67272395 | |
London Gaza rally: Rishi Sunak vows to hold Met chief 'accountable' over march - BBC News | 2023-11-09 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Thousands of protesters are due to march through London calling for a ceasefire in Gaza on Armistice Day. | UK | Rishi Sunak has said he will hold the Met Police chief "accountable" over a pro-Palestinian march set to take place this Saturday, on Armistice Day.
The prime minister has criticised the timing of the demonstration in London as "provocative and disrespectful".
Sir Mark Rowley rejected calls by campaigners to ban the ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-67355227 | news_uk-67355227 | |
London Gaza rally: Commemoration, protest, freedom of speech - and yes, politics - BBC News | 2023-11-09 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The beginnings of what might become an almighty row within the Conservative Party are brewing, Chris Mason writes. | UK Politics | Police officers guarded The Cenotaph during protests last month
And it's cranked up further, again, with yet another intervention from the home secretary, this time accusing the police of bias.
It is quite the claim. And it is there in black and white in Suella Braverman's article in The Times.
"Unfortunately, there... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-67364797 | news_uk-politics-67364797 | |
Laura Kuenssberg: Reshuffle deals drama but voters more worried about wallets - BBC News | 2023-11-19 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Rishi Sunak brought back an ex-PM and is defiant on Rwanda - but voters are focused on their wallets, says Laura Kuenssberg. | UK Politics | Crash, bang, wallop! An adrenaline hit of headlines. A massive bust-up. A big surprise. And a clash in the courts.
Westminster's gorged itself this week on some of its favourite pastimes: obsessing over who is slithering up or down in the game of political snakes and ladders; pondering the edges of our stretchy, unwri... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-67462636 | news_uk-politics-67462636 | |
Hamburg Airport hostage drama ends after 18 hours - BBC News | 2023-11-06 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | A man who drove through a barrier and parked under a plane with his daughter in the car has been arrested. | Europe | The suspect was detained by special forces
A hostage situation at Hamburg Airport involving a young child has ended after 18 hours, according to local police.
The man, 35, drove through a security barrier and on to the airport tarmac on Saturday night with his four-year-old daughter in the car and parked under a plan... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-67326185 | news_world-europe-67326185 | |
Korean true crime fan murdered stranger 'out of curiosity' - BBC News | 2023-11-24 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The 23-year-old woman in South Korea was obsessed with crime shows and hunted for victims on a tutoring app. | Asia | Jung Yoo-jung, 23, posed as a high-school student to enter the house of the tutor she killed
A South Korean court has given a life sentence to a true crime fan who told police she murdered a stranger "out of curiosity".
Jung Yoo-jung, 23, had been obsessed with crime shows and novels and scored highly on psychopath t... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-67517532 | news_world-asia-67517532 | |
Suella Braverman row: Who's scared of Rishi Sunak? - BBC News | 2023-11-12 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Suella Braverman may yet be sacked but the PM's handling of her disobedience has dented his authority. | UK Politics | You won't find a politician saying it loud, but fear matters.
Running a government or a political party is not a business where the aim is to hold hands and sing Kumbaya.
The task to is win power. To hold on to it. To get things done. And then win again.
Common beliefs, loyalty, and a desire to serve can bind politi... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-67390200 | news_uk-politics-67390200 | |
Peter Nygard: Fashion mogul guilty of sex assaults - BBC News | 2023-11-12 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The 82-year-old is still facing a trial in Montreal and extradition to the US. | US & Canada | Peter Nygard seen in a police vehicle in Toronto after the guilty verdict
A Canadian jury has found the former fashion mogul Peter Nygard guilty of sexual assault after a six-week trial.
Prosecutors told a Toronto court that Nygard, 82, used his "status" to assault five women in a series of incidents from the late 19... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-67360004 | news_world-us-canada-67360004 | |
International mafia bust shows US-Italy crime links still strong - BBC News | 2023-11-12 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | While decades of prosecutions weakened the US and Italian mafia, transatlantic relations remain strong. | US & Canada | Francesco Vicari in a photo released by prosecutors, who said it was sent to associates after the collection of extortion money
Their names could have been ripped from the kind of Hollywood mafia script that once dominated US cinema.
But when an indictment dropped on Wednesday, Joseph "Joe Brooklyn" Lanni, Angelo "Fi... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-67387249 | news_world-us-canada-67387249 | |
Suella Braverman: No flights before election under PM's Rwanda plan - BBC News | 2023-11-16 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | "Tinkering with a failed plan" will not achieve the government's aims, the former home secretary says. | UK Politics | The PM's current Rwanda plan will mean no asylum seekers are flown there before the next election, sacked home secretary Suella Braverman has said.
Writing in the Telegraph, she said "tinkering with a failed plan" would not achieve the government's aims.
She said ministers should ignore human rights laws and obligati... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-67446101 | news_uk-politics-67446101 | |
Canadian killed family to make Muslims fearful, jury hears - BBC News | 2023-11-16 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Prosecutors say Nathaniel Veltman wanted to send "a brutal message" to the world. | US & Canada | From left to right: Yumna Afzaal, Madiha Salman, Salman's mother Talat Afzaal, and Salman Afzaal were "the best" of their community, friends said
A Canadian man accused of killing a Muslim family in London, Ontario, wanted to make "all Muslims fearful for their safety", a jury has heard.
Prosecutors said in their clo... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-67409539 | news_world-us-canada-67409539 | |
Chris Mason: Jeremy Hunt looks likely to cut taxes - the question is where? - BBC News | 2023-11-20 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The focus of the Autumn Statement is expected to be on business taxes and growing the economy. | UK Politics | A big focus of the Autumn Statement on Wednesday will be economic growth.
The reason for that is simple: there isn't any, or at least there isn't very much.
The Autumn Statement is Westminster's term for what amounts to a mini-budget.
The Budget itself will be in March, closer to the general election.
So ministers ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-67472113 | news_uk-politics-67472113 | |
Tsingtao beer worker urinated into tank after argument - BBC News | 2023-11-02 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The worker has been detained after a video of the incident went viral last month. | China | A screengrab of the viral video shows the worker appearing to urinate in a container
A Chinese worker urinated into a Tsingtao beer tank after having an argument with a colleague, it has emerged.
The worker was filmed urinating into a tank used to store ingredients to make one of China's most popular beers last month... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-67296857 | news_world-asia-china-67296857 | |
XR founder convicted after four-year legal saga - BBC News | 2023-11-02 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Gail Bradbrook could be jailed after lengthy battle over criminal damage and right to protest. | UK | Significant damage: Courts have ruled there are no human rights defences to such protests
The co-founder of Extinction Rebellion has been convicted of causing £27,500 of damage after a four-year legal saga over protest rights.
Gail Bradbrook was unanimously found guilty of criminal damage to the Department for Transp... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-67288289 | news_uk-67288289 | |
FTX: Prosecutors accuse Crypto King Sam Bankman-Fried of 'deceit' - BBC News | 2023-11-02 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Sam Bankman-Fried is facing charges of fraud and money laundering, which he denies. | Business | Prosecutors have accused former crypto boss Sam Bankman-Fried of deceit as his US fraud trial draws to a close, claiming he repeatedly lied to customers, the public and the jury.
Mr Bankman-Fried is facing charges of fraud and money laundering.
Prosecutors say he precipitated the collapse of his cryptocurrency exchan... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-67289430 | news_business-67289430 | |
Donald Trump Jr's courtroom debut: Chuckles, smiles and mispronunciation - BBC News | 2023-11-02 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | He testified that he knew nothing about the alleged financial fraud that now threatens the family's property empire. | US & Canada | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.
"I should have worn make-up," Donald Trump Jr quipped on Wednesday as a group of photographers rushed into court to take his picture.
As an executive at the Trump Organization, he was testifying in a multimillion-dollar civ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-67293355 | news_world-us-canada-67293355 | |
Laura Kuenssberg: Health Secretary Victoria Atkins could decide Tory party's fate - BBC News | 2023-12-03 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Victoria Atkins' performance, when pressure mounts on the NHS, is vital for her party's prospects. | UK Politics | If you're feeling charitable, you might say things are not going well for the government.
But if you're feeling grumpy - perhaps because every morning you're leaving the warmth of your duvet to shiver in the freezing morning cold - then you might suggest No 10 is bouncing from bungle to bungle.
The bizarre diplomatic... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-67600789 | news_uk-politics-67600789 | |
COP28: Climate mums make themselves heard in halls of power - BBC News | 2023-12-13 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Three mothers from different continents say their love for their children has motivated them to take climate action. | Science & Environment | Aydah Akao, 43, travelled to COP28 while pregnant with her fifth child
With the COP28 climate talks drawing to a close, three mothers from different continents tell the BBC how their love for their children has motivated them to take their arguments to the people in power.
For the past week, in the sweltering heat of... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-67611281 | news_science-environment-67611281 | |
Rwanda bill must be in Goldilocks zone, says James Cleverly - BBC News | 2023-12-13 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The home secretary says a balance needs to be struck as he seeks to placate Tory backbench MPs. | UK Politics | The Rwanda bill must be in the "Goldilocks zone" between being "tough enough", abiding by international law and being acceptable to Rwanda, Home Secretary James Cleverly has said.
The bill passed its first parliamentary hurdle, despite 29 Tory MPs refusing to back it.
However, the government is expected to face trick... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-67701504 | news_uk-politics-67701504 | |
Contrite, shorn of theatrics - Johnson's first day at inquiry - BBC News | 2023-12-07 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Boris Johnson mixed contrition with an effort to take on former colleagues who questioned him. | UK Politics | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.
Boris Johnson's evidence was, for the most part, shorn of his usual performative theatrics.
Sitting on the press bench in the hearing room, the contempt in which Mr Johnson was held by many of the families of the bereaved s... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-67643903 | news_uk-politics-67643903 | |
Prince Harry tells court he wants his children to feel at home in UK - BBC News | 2023-12-07 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The Duke of Sussex is challenging the Home Office over a decision to downgrade his protection. | UK | Prince Harry is challenging the fairness of how decisions over his security were made
Prince Harry wants his children to "feel at home" in the UK but they cannot if "it's not possible to keep them safe", the High Court has heard.
Calling the UK his home, the Duke of Sussex said it was "with great sadness" that he and... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-67653280 | news_uk-67653280 | |
I should have twigged Covid threat earlier, admits Boris Johnson - BBC News | 2023-12-07 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The former PM tells the pandemic inquiry he initially underestimated the challenge posed by the virus. | UK Politics | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.
Boris Johnson has said he should have "twigged" the seriousness of Covid sooner, conceding earlier action could have been taken against the virus.
Giving evidence to the Covid inquiry, the former prime minister said he had ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-67639813 | news_uk-politics-67639813 | |
Covid inquiry: I did not back a 'let it rip' policy, says Boris Johnson - BBC News | 2023-12-07 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The former prime minister says he offered counter arguments but ultimately acted to curb Covid. | UK Politics | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Boris Johnson rejects claims his Covid policy was "let it rip" across UK
Boris Johnson has insisted he did not pursue a "let it rip" strategy during the coronavirus pandemic.
Giving evidence to the Covid inquiry, he said he... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-67646548 | news_uk-politics-67646548 | |
Supreme Court declines to fast-track Trump immunity case - BBC News | 2023-12-22 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | This will aid Mr Trump's efforts to delay his trial, as the case must now work through appeals. | US & Canada | Donald Trump's lawyers argued the effort to expedite his trial was politically motivated.
The US Supreme Court has declined, for now, to decide whether former President Donald Trump has immunity from prosecution for allegedly trying to overturn the 2020 election.
Mr Trump's efforts to delay his trial appear to be wor... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-67808655 | news_world-us-canada-67808655 | |
Caroline Glachan: Three guilty of murdering schoolgirl 27 years ago - BBC News | 2023-12-14 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The body of Caroline Glachan was found on a riverbank in 1996 but her killers have only now been brought to justice. | Scotland | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Caroline Glachan's friends have paid tribute to her memory
Two men and a woman have been found guilty of the murder of a schoolgirl in West Dunbartonshire more than 27 years ago.
The body of Caroline Glachan, 14, was discov... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-67691182 | news_uk-scotland-67691182 | |
I'm A Celebrity winner named after Sam Thompson, Tony Bellew and Nigel Farage made final - BBC News | 2023-12-10 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Sam Thompson, Tony Bellew and Nigel Farage were the last men standing on the reality TV show. | Entertainment & Arts | Sam Thompson said winning was "a dream come true"
An average audience of 6.6 million watched this year's finale of I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!, overnight ratings show.
Made In Chelsea star Sam Thompson was crowned king of the jungle in the ITV reality show's final on Sunday.
Thompson held off competition ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-67661729 | news_entertainment-arts-67661729 | |
Israel-Gaza: The status quo is smashed. The future is messy and dangerous - BBC News | 2023-12-10 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Even when the war between Israel and Hamas ends, there is no easy future, the BBC's Jeremy Bowen says. | Middle East | At the end of the war that started on 7 October lies a big, unknown place called the future. The old status quo was dangerous and painful, especially for Palestinians living under Israeli occupation. But it was familiar. Then after 7 October it was smashed by the Hamas attacks, and Israel's response.
The shock of war ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-67652494 | news_world-middle-east-67652494 | |
Robert Jenrick pledges 'serious reforms' to curb migration - BBC News | 2023-12-04 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Right-wing Tory MPs say they are relying on the immigration minister to take action to cut numbers. | UK Politics | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Lee Anderson and Sir Edward Leigh call on Immigration Minister Robert Jenrick for tougher lines on immigration.
Home Office Minister Robert Jenrick has promised to bring forward a "serious package of fundamental reforms" to ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-67557049 | news_uk-politics-67557049 | |
British lawyers could be based in Rwandan courts as part of asylum plans - BBC News | 2023-12-04 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | It comes after the Supreme Court ruled proposals unlawful amid concerns about the Rwandan justice system. | UK Politics | British lawyers could be stationed in courts in Rwanda as part of a treaty to allow the UK government to send asylum seekers to the country.
It would aim to address concerns from the Supreme Court, which ruled the Rwanda plan unlawful last month.
Details are expected on Tuesday, with Home Secretary James Cleverly fly... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-67610480 | news_uk-67610480 | |
Chris Mason: Ministers in new bid to reduce immigration - BBC News | 2023-12-04 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The government has failed to meet its own promises - this week it makes renewed efforts to rectify that. | UK Politics | On migration policy, the government confronts a transparent, significant and emotionally charged failure.
A failure against its own promises and targets.
That is why this week their focus is on trying to do something about it.
It has shot up to record levels, and is currently three times what it was when the Conserv... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-67614290 | news_uk-politics-67614290 | |
UK net migration in 2022 revised up to record 745,000 - BBC News | 2023-12-04 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | New figures show last year's net migration was far higher than previously thought, piling pressure on the PM. | UK | Net migration into the UK was a record 745,000 last year, figures show - far higher than originally thought.
Office for National Statistics data published on Thursday show that experts have revised up previous estimates.
In May, it said net migration - the difference between the number of people coming to live in the... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-67506641 | news_uk-67506641 | |
End culture of hatred, says mother of man shot dead in US - BBC News | 2023-12-18 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Glasgow-born Susan Swimm's 23-year-old son Rory was shot dead by a teenager in Utah in October. | Scotland | Rory died in Salt Lake City, Utah, a week after his 23rd birthday
A Scottish mother whose son was shot dead in the US has called for an end to the country's "culture of hatred".
Detectives in Utah believe Rory Swimm was killed by a 15-year-old schoolboy who had been given a handgun by his grandfather as a gift.
His ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-67694134 | news_uk-scotland-67694134 | |
Marvel actor Jonathan Majors guilty of assaulting ex-girlfriend - BBC News | 2023-12-18 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Jonathan Majors, known for starring in the Marvel universe, has been dropped by the Marvel studios. | Entertainment & Arts | Majors seen arriving at court on Monday
US actor Jonathan Majors has been found guilty of assaulting his then-girlfriend after a trial in New York.
The jury found Majors, known for playing Kang in the Marvel films, attacked British choreographer Grace Jabbari during an altercation in March.
She told the court she wa... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-67727425 | news_entertainment-arts-67727425 | |
Extinction Rebellion co-founder Gail Bradbrook sentenced - BBC News | 2023-12-18 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Gail Bradbrook has tried to argue she was justified in causing damage to government property. | London | Gail Bradbrook (addressing spectators) was joined by a group of supporters dressed as suffragettes for Monday's sentencing hearing
The co-founder of Extinction Rebellion has received a 15-month suspended jail sentence after a marathon legal battle over her breaking a pane of glass.
Dr Gail Bradbrook was convicted las... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-67750538 | news_uk-england-london-67750538 | |
Prince Harry tells court he wants his children to feel at home in UK - BBC News | 2023-12-08 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The Duke of Sussex is challenging the Home Office over a decision to downgrade his protection. | UK | Prince Harry is challenging the fairness of how decisions over his security were made
Prince Harry wants his children to "feel at home" in the UK but they cannot if "it's not possible to keep them safe", the High Court has heard.
Calling the UK his home, the Duke of Sussex said it was "with great sadness" that he and... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-67653280 | news_uk-67653280 | |
Chris Mason: Rwanda bill a reminder of Brexit Tory divisions - BBC News | 2023-12-08 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | This weekend different groupings of MPs in the party are scrutinising the government's planned new law on Rwanda. | UK Politics | The prime minister will face the Covid enquiry ahead of the vote on Rwanda legislation
It had been a while since I'd heard mention of a "Star Chamber".
But it is back in the lingo of Westminster.
This weekend different groupings of Conservative MPs are scrutinising the government's planned new law on the Rwanda migr... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-67656496 | news_uk-politics-67656496 | |
Met Police officer speaks of ordeal as knife attacker is sentenced - BBC News | 2023-12-08 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | PC Joe Gerrard has spoken to the BBC about his ordeal as the man who tried to kill him is jailed. | London | PC Joe Gerrard said officers faced such jeopardy "day in, day out"
A police officer who was stabbed five times has told the BBC that he thought he was going to die.
PC Joe Gerrard suffered a punctured a lung and was unable to work for about a year as a result of the stabbing.
He spoke to BBC London ahead of the sent... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-67659372 | news_uk-england-london-67659372 | |
Robert Jenrick pledges 'serious reforms' to curb migration - BBC News | 2023-12-05 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Right-wing Tory MPs say they are relying on the immigration minister to take action to cut numbers. | UK Politics | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Lee Anderson and Sir Edward Leigh call on Immigration Minister Robert Jenrick for tougher lines on immigration.
Home Office Minister Robert Jenrick has promised to bring forward a "serious package of fundamental reforms" to ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-67557049 | news_uk-politics-67557049 | |
I'm A Celebrity: Nella Rose eliminated from jungle - BBC News | 2023-12-05 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The influencer is the second contestant to be kicked off the show after getting the fewest public votes. | Entertainment & Arts | Nella Rose has left the jungle after being eliminated from I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here!
The influencer became the second contestant to be kicked off the ITV reality show after receiving the fewest public votes.
Her 17 days in camp were marked by rows with politician Nigel Farage and First Dates star Fred Si... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-67621807 | news_entertainment-arts-67621807 | |
UK net migration in 2022 revised up to record 745,000 - BBC News | 2023-12-05 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | New figures show last year's net migration was far higher than previously thought, piling pressure on the PM. | UK | Net migration into the UK was a record 745,000 last year, figures show - far higher than originally thought.
Office for National Statistics data published on Thursday show that experts have revised up previous estimates.
In May, it said net migration - the difference between the number of people coming to live in the... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-67506641 | news_uk-67506641 | |
Rishi Sunak Covid inquiry live: Eat Out to Help Out was safe and designed to save jobs - Sunak - BBC News | 2023-12-11 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The prime minister, who was chancellor during the pandemic, says the summer 2020 policy was not a major risk. | UK Politics | Sighs and groans from public gallery - while Sunak sticks to script
Unlike the scrutiny of some recent witnesses, the questioning of Rishi Sunak by Hugo Keith KC hasn’t been strictly chronological and has appeared broader in its framing. The prime minister — rarely less than disciplined and cautious in public and even... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-politics-67677236 | news_live_uk-politics-67677236 | |
Israel-Gaza: The status quo is smashed. The future is messy and dangerous - BBC News | 2023-12-11 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Even when the war between Israel and Hamas ends, there is no easy future, the BBC's Jeremy Bowen says. | Middle East | At the end of the war that started on 7 October lies a big, unknown place called the future. The old status quo was dangerous and painful, especially for Palestinians living under Israeli occupation. But it was familiar. Then after 7 October it was smashed by the Hamas attacks, and Israel's response.
The shock of war ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-67652494 | news_world-middle-east-67652494 | |
Covid inquiry: Eat Out To Help Out curbed devastating job losses - PM - BBC News | 2023-12-11 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Rishi Sunak defends the scheme and says advisers and ministers had "ample" chances to raise concerns. | UK Politics | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: Defending Eat Out to Help Out - Rishi Sunak's day at the Covid inquiry
Rishi Sunak has robustly defended his Eat Out To Help Out scheme, implemented in summer 2020, saying it prevented "devastating" job losses.
The s... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-67681600 | news_uk-politics-67681600 | |
I'm A Celebrity winner named after Sam Thompson, Tony Bellew and Nigel Farage made final - BBC News | 2023-12-11 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Sam Thompson, Tony Bellew and Nigel Farage were the last men standing on the reality TV show. | Entertainment & Arts | Sam Thompson said winning was "a dream come true"
An average audience of 6.6 million watched this year's finale of I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!, overnight ratings show.
Made In Chelsea star Sam Thompson was crowned king of the jungle in the ITV reality show's final on Sunday.
Thompson held off competition ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-67661729 | news_entertainment-arts-67661729 | |
Prince Harry to pay legal costs to Mail on Sunday - BBC News | 2023-12-11 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The Duke of Sussex faces £48,000 in legal costs after losing part of an ongoing libel battle. | UK | Prince Harry will have to pay more than £48,000 in legal costs to the publishers of the Mail on Sunday, after losing part of a libel battle.
It follows a failed attempt by his lawyers to strike out part of a defence against a libel claim he is bringing against the newspaper.
The libel claim itself can still go ahead ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-67686059 | news_uk-67686059 | |
Rudy Giuliani must pay more than $148m over false election claims - BBC News | 2023-12-15 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Donald Trump's former personal lawyer was sued by ex-poll workers he accused of vote tampering. | US & Canada | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: Rudy Giuliani says he plans to appeal 'absurd' penalty
Rudy Giuliani, a longtime associate of former President Donald Trump, has been ordered to pay more than $148m (£116m) to two women over false claims they tampered... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-67723332 | news_world-us-canada-67723332 | |
'Betrayed' Afghan special forces references ignored - BBC News | 2023-12-15 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Members of the Afghan special forces were denied help under a UK scheme to settle those in danger. | UK Politics | Some British Army members who say they tried to vouch for Afghan special forces, who are now in danger of being sent back to the Taliban, were never contacted by the Ministry of Defence.
Multiple sources have told the BBC that some people who offered to give Afghan soldiers references never heard back.
Many of the so... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-67714584 | news_uk-politics-67714584 | |
Supreme Court declines to fast-track Trump immunity case - BBC News | 2023-12-23 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | This will aid Mr Trump's efforts to delay his trial, as the case must now work through appeals. | US & Canada | Donald Trump's lawyers argued the effort to expedite his trial was politically motivated.
The US Supreme Court has declined, for now, to decide whether former President Donald Trump has immunity from prosecution for allegedly trying to overturn the 2020 election.
Mr Trump's efforts to delay his trial appear to be wor... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-67808655 | news_world-us-canada-67808655 |
Subsets and Splits
No community queries yet
The top public SQL queries from the community will appear here once available.