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MPs declare sports and bookies as most common donors - BBC News | 2017-09-02 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Ladbrokes Coral companies appear 15 times for hospitality in the register of MPs' donations. | England | MPs have declared about £215,000 worth of gifts, benefits and hospitality
Sports and betting companies top the list of donors treating MPs to gifts and hospitality.
The Ladbrokes Coral group appeared 15 times in the register of members' interests, more than any other donor.
Out of 187 donations from UK sources regis... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-41027964 | news_uk-england-41027964 | |
Aberdeenshire man 'kidnapped' in Vietnam is found safe and well - BBC News | 2017-10-21 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | He was with a group of friends who got out of a taxi which apparently sped off before Mr Leslie could step out of the car. | NE Scotland, Orkney & Shetland | Connor Leslie was in Vietnam on holiday with a group of friends
A 23-year-old British man feared kidnapped in Vietnam has been found safe and well, relatives have said.
Connor Leslie, from Newtonhill in Aberdeenshire, was last seen at about 02:30 local time (21:30 BST on Friday) in Hanoi.
He was in the city with a g... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-41707291 | news_uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-41707291 | |
Las Vegas shootings: Is the gunman a terrorist? - BBC News | 2017-10-03 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Debate gathers pace online about how to label the Mandalay Bay shooter. | US & Canada | Stephen Paddock has been identified by police as the man behind the deadliest shooting in modern US history
As details emerge about the Las Vegas gunman who killed at least 58 people and injured more than 500 others, an online debate has begun about why Stephen Paddock has not been labelled a terrorist.
Instead the 6... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-41483943 | news_world-us-canada-41483943 | |
No 'magical solutions' for Theresa May's Brexit talks - BBC News | 2017-10-17 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The EU wants answers on the money question before discussions can progress, says the BBC's Katya Adler. | Europe | Prime Minister Theresa May, seen here travelling to Brussels, wants to speed up the pace of Brexit talks
"Magic solutions" were the words used by one EU diplomat to describe what British Prime Minister Theresa May was looking for during her dinner in Brussels on Monday night.
These elusive solutions are meant to addr... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-41650246 | news_world-europe-41650246 | |
Birmingham Islamic faith school guilty of sex discrimination - BBC News | 2017-10-13 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Appeal judges say Ofsted failed to identify the problem in schools across the country earlier. | Birmingham & Black Country | Anti-segregation protestors gathered outside the court at an earlier hearing
An Islamic faith school's policy of segregating boys and girls is unlawful sex discrimination, a court has ruled.
The case was heard at the Court of Appeal as Ofsted challenged a High Court ruling clearing the Al-Hijrah school in Birmingham ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-41609861 | news_uk-england-birmingham-41609861 | |
The UK city where sex work is banned, but hasn't stopped - BBC News | 2017-10-13 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Hull is the UK's only city to have banned sex workers from its red light district. The council says the policy is working. An ex-sex worker disagrees. | Magazine | Hull is the UK's only city to have banned sex workers from its red light district, effectively making prostitution illegal. The council says the policy is working, but Millie, who once worked on the streets herself, says it increases the danger for the women involved.
Sex work "slithered" into Millie's life when she w... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-41533411 | news_magazine-41533411 | |
Arthur Collins acid trial: Ferne McCann's family 'told of baby news' - BBC News | 2017-10-25 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Acid attack accused Arthur Collins tells a jury he and his then girlfriend Ferne McCann were "really happy". | London | Arthur Collins says he was trying to prevent a date rape drug being used to spike clubbers' drinks
The ex-boyfriend of reality TV star Ferne McCann told her family she was pregnant hours before he sprayed a crowd of nightclub revellers with acid, a court has heard.
Arthur Collins, 25, the father of Ms McCann's unborn... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-41738216 | news_uk-england-london-41738216 | |
Growth up: Now get set for the Budget - BBC News | 2017-10-25 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Philip Hammond is in a more positive mood after better-than-expected economic data. He tells the BBC now is not the time to borrow more. | Business | They are not exactly hanging out the bunting at the Treasury, but today's better-than-expected economic growth figures have put a bit of a spring in the step of the chancellor.
And that is not just for economic reasons.
Philip Hammond is under increasing political pressure from cabinet colleagues to loosen the purse ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-41754354 | news_business-41754354 | |
Kenya poll: A key moment for African democracy - BBC News | 2017-10-25 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The presidential re-run in Kenya has massive implications both for the country and for Africa | Africa | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.
This week's presidential election re-run in Kenya has implications not only for the country but also for much of the continent, says the BBC's new Africa editor, Fergal Keane.
The last days have passed in a swirl of chantin... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-41722084 | news_world-africa-41722084 | |
Aberdeenshire man 'kidnapped' in Vietnam is found safe and well - BBC News | 2017-10-22 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | He was with a group of friends who got out of a taxi which apparently sped off before Mr Leslie could step out of the car. | NE Scotland, Orkney & Shetland | Connor Leslie was in Vietnam on holiday with a group of friends
A 23-year-old British man feared kidnapped in Vietnam has been found safe and well, relatives have said.
Connor Leslie, from Newtonhill in Aberdeenshire, was last seen at about 02:30 local time (21:30 BST on Friday) in Hanoi.
He was in the city with a g... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-41707291 | news_uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-41707291 | |
The UK city where sex work is banned, but hasn't stopped - BBC News | 2017-10-14 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Hull is the UK's only city to have banned sex workers from its red light district. The council says the policy is working. An ex-sex worker disagrees. | Magazine | Hull is the UK's only city to have banned sex workers from its red light district, effectively making prostitution illegal. The council says the policy is working, but Millie, who once worked on the streets herself, says it increases the danger for the women involved.
Sex work "slithered" into Millie's life when she w... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-41533411 | news_magazine-41533411 | |
From fluffy pillows to concrete: The uses of captured CO2 - BBC News | 2017-10-10 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Carbon emissions contribute to global warming, so could tech that removes them from the air slow the process? | Business | Your fluffy pillows and memory foam mattress could be helping to reduce CO2
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions are contributing to global warming, so could technologies removing some of the gas from the atmosphere help slow the process?
When you tuck yourself into bed tonight - curling up on your memory foam mattress and... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-41550446 | news_business-41550446 | |
Data is not the new oil - BBC News | 2017-10-10 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | There are vital differences between the power of tech firms today and oil barons a century ago | Entertainment & Arts | Unlike oil, which is finite, data is a super-abundant resource in a post-industrial economy
How do you know when a pithy phrase or seductive idea has become fashionable in policy circles? When The Economist devotes a briefing to it.
In a briefing and accompanying editorial earlier this summer, that distinguished news... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-41559076 | news_entertainment-arts-41559076 | |
'I quit Google and launched a business with my mum' - BBC News | 2017-10-10 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | How Munaf Kapadia runs a successful "pop up" restaurant at his family home in Mumbai. | Business | Munaf Kapadia runs a successful "pop up" restaurant at his family's home in Mumbai. His mother also works as head chef.
While watching TV one Sunday afternoon back in 2014, Munaf Kapadia had an argument with his mother that would change his life.
The then 25-year-old Google employee wanted to watch US cartoon the Sim... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-41467962 | news_business-41467962 | |
Richard Thaler and the economics of how we live - BBC News | 2017-10-10 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Behavioural economics is giving us a much better understanding of why things don’t happen in the way we expect. | Business | Changing the positioning of healthier foods can change shopping habits
How do you get people to eat more healthily?
You could construct some powerful arguments about how an obesity epidemic is leading to more diseases such as Type II diabetes and coronary heart conditions.
You could put large red traffic light signs... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-41550434 | news_business-41550434 | |
Harvey Weinstein: George Clooney says alleged behaviour is 'indefensible' - BBC News | 2017-10-10 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The actor joins a list of stars condemning Harvey Weinstein after claims of sexual harassment. | Entertainment & Arts | George Clooney has called the alleged actions of Weinstein 'indefensible'.
George Clooney and Jennifer Lawrence have joined the list of Hollywood stars condemning Harvey Weinstein.
The co-founder of The Weinstein Company faces sexual harassment claims dating back nearly three decades, which came to light in the New Y... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-41567216 | news_entertainment-arts-41567216 | |
Catalonia independence declaration signed and suspended - BBC News | 2017-10-10 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Catalan leaders sign a declaration of independence from Spain - but suspend it to allow talks. | Europe | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.
Catalan President Carles Puigdemont and other regional leaders have signed a declaration of independence from Spain, following the disputed referendum.
However, they say the move will not be implemented for several weeks to... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-41574172 | news_world-europe-41574172 | |
Weinstein and the media's shame - BBC News | 2017-10-10 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Harvey Weinstein sacked after sexual harassment claims. A cascade of allegations is swirling. | Entertainment & Arts | Harvey Weinstein, the Oscar-winning film producer accused of sexually harassing female employees, has been fired by the board of his company.
Harvey Weinstein has denied many of the allegations against him, but in such a convoluted and incoherent manner that it is not too soon to conclude his behaviour over the course... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-41558556 | news_entertainment-arts-41558556 | |
Las Vegas shootings: Is the gunman a terrorist? - BBC News | 2017-10-04 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Debate gathers pace online about how to label the Mandalay Bay shooter. | US & Canada | Stephen Paddock has been identified by police as the man behind the deadliest shooting in modern US history
As details emerge about the Las Vegas gunman who killed at least 58 people and injured more than 500 others, an online debate has begun about why Stephen Paddock has not been labelled a terrorist.
Instead the 6... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-41483943 | news_world-us-canada-41483943 | |
Does Cambridge University need to widen a 'whitewashed' reading list? - BBC News | 2017-10-26 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Some Cambridge University students don't want to just study books by white authors - but who should be on their reading list? | UK | A group of 100 Cambridge students have called for the university to include more black and ethnic minority writers in its English Literature curriculum, leading to a row over race. But the university has condemned the backlash and says it supports debate over its reading list.
The literary row started with a letter wr... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41749939 | news_uk-41749939 | |
Arthur Collins acid trial: Ferne McCann's family 'told of baby news' - BBC News | 2017-10-26 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Acid attack accused Arthur Collins tells a jury he and his then girlfriend Ferne McCann were "really happy". | London | Arthur Collins says he was trying to prevent a date rape drug being used to spike clubbers' drinks
The ex-boyfriend of reality TV star Ferne McCann told her family she was pregnant hours before he sprayed a crowd of nightclub revellers with acid, a court has heard.
Arthur Collins, 25, the father of Ms McCann's unborn... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-41738216 | news_uk-england-london-41738216 | |
Growth up: Now get set for the Budget - BBC News | 2017-10-26 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Philip Hammond is in a more positive mood after better-than-expected economic data. He tells the BBC now is not the time to borrow more. | Business | They are not exactly hanging out the bunting at the Treasury, but today's better-than-expected economic growth figures have put a bit of a spring in the step of the chancellor.
And that is not just for economic reasons.
Philip Hammond is under increasing political pressure from cabinet colleagues to loosen the purse ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-41754354 | news_business-41754354 | |
Theresa May 'resilient' amid Conservative Party infighting - BBC News | 2017-10-08 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | "It has never been my style to hide from a challenge," says the PM, after her mishap-strewn speech. | UK Politics | Theresa May has said she is "pretty resilient" and it is not her style to "hide from a challenge" despite a mishap-strewn party conference speech.
The prime minister told the Sunday Times: "I am a very determined person. I am not someone who gives up."
But Downing St says the newspaper's report that she is planning a... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-41541208 | news_uk-politics-41541208 | |
Who is caught up in Australia's dual citizen saga? - BBC News | 2017-10-27 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Five politicians have been disqualified from office - while the court ruled in favour of two others. | Australia | Australian MPs are not allowed to be citizens of "a foreign power"
Five Australian politicians have been disqualified from parliament for having dual citizenship when they were elected in 2016.
Among them is the deputy prime minister Barnaby Joyce, whose disqualification threatens the government's voting majority.
T... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-41382611 | news_world-australia-41382611 | |
Catalonia: Did voters face worst police violence ever seen in the EU? - BBC News | 2017-10-27 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Which side is correct in the claims and counter-claims of violence at the Catalan referendum? | Europe | Spain has announced it is preparing to suspend Catalonia's regional autonomy, after the Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont threatened to declare independence. Even before this move, separatists had condemned the actions of the Spanish government and police during an outlawed independence referendum on 1 October.
Some ca... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-41677911 | news_world-europe-41677911 | |
Does Cambridge University need to widen a 'whitewashed' reading list? - BBC News | 2017-10-27 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Some Cambridge University students don't want to just study books by white authors - but who should be on their reading list? | UK | A group of 100 Cambridge students have called for the university to include more black and ethnic minority writers in its English Literature curriculum, leading to a row over race. But the university has condemned the backlash and says it supports debate over its reading list.
The literary row started with a letter wr... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41749939 | news_uk-41749939 | |
Catalonia independence declaration signed and suspended - BBC News | 2017-10-11 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Catalan leaders sign a declaration of independence from Spain - but suspend it to allow talks. | Europe | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.
Catalan President Carles Puigdemont and other regional leaders have signed a declaration of independence from Spain, following the disputed referendum.
However, they say the move will not be implemented for several weeks to... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-41574172 | news_world-europe-41574172 | |
Data is not the new oil - BBC News | 2017-10-09 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | There are vital differences between the power of tech firms today and oil barons a century ago | Entertainment & Arts | Unlike oil, which is finite, data is a super-abundant resource in a post-industrial economy
How do you know when a pithy phrase or seductive idea has become fashionable in policy circles? When The Economist devotes a briefing to it.
In a briefing and accompanying editorial earlier this summer, that distinguished news... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-41559076 | news_entertainment-arts-41559076 | |
'I quit Google and launched a business with my mum' - BBC News | 2017-10-09 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | How Munaf Kapadia runs a successful "pop up" restaurant at his family home in Mumbai. | Business | Munaf Kapadia runs a successful "pop up" restaurant at his family's home in Mumbai. His mother also works as head chef.
While watching TV one Sunday afternoon back in 2014, Munaf Kapadia had an argument with his mother that would change his life.
The then 25-year-old Google employee wanted to watch US cartoon the Sim... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-41467962 | news_business-41467962 | |
Richard Thaler and the economics of how we live - BBC News | 2017-10-09 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Behavioural economics is giving us a much better understanding of why things don’t happen in the way we expect. | Business | Changing the positioning of healthier foods can change shopping habits
How do you get people to eat more healthily?
You could construct some powerful arguments about how an obesity epidemic is leading to more diseases such as Type II diabetes and coronary heart conditions.
You could put large red traffic light signs... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-41550434 | news_business-41550434 | |
Weinstein and the media's shame - BBC News | 2017-10-09 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Harvey Weinstein sacked after sexual harassment claims. A cascade of allegations is swirling. | Entertainment & Arts | Harvey Weinstein, the Oscar-winning film producer accused of sexually harassing female employees, has been fired by the board of his company.
Harvey Weinstein has denied many of the allegations against him, but in such a convoluted and incoherent manner that it is not too soon to conclude his behaviour over the course... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-41558556 | news_entertainment-arts-41558556 | |
100 Women: Do women on boards increase company profits? - BBC News | 2017-10-06 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | There are lots of reasons to fight for gender equality - but could hiring more women make you more money? | Women in the workplace | "Having women on company boards leads to better financial performance" came the headlines from report after report, highlighting a business statistic guaranteed to capture the imagination and prompt debate.
What better way to encourage companies to focus on equality and diversity than to make them think of their botto... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/41365364 | news_41365364 | |
London's role in the Russian Revolution - BBC News | 2017-10-16 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | How events in London in the early 20th Century played a vital role in the lead up to the Russian Revolution. | UK Politics | The Islington pub where Bolsheviks and Mensheviks argued fiercely during the 1903 party congress
In August 1903, a small band of dedicated but argumentative political activists held a fractious conference in London.
It consisted of Vladimir Lenin, Leon Trotsky and about 50 other committed agitators who wanted to over... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-41629394 | news_uk-politics-41629394 | |
Philip Hammond: We must win 'clash of ideas' with Labour 'dinosaurs' - BBC News | 2017-10-02 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Chancellor Philip Hammond says "bring on" the fight with Labour "dinosaurs" over capitalism. | UK Politics | The chancellor said a 35-year political consensus over the free market was now at an end
The Conservatives must take on and defeat Labour "dinosaurs" in a great "clash of ideas" over the future of capitalism, Philip Hammond has said.
He told activists they must expose Jeremy Corbyn's "back to the future socialist fan... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-41462577 | news_uk-politics-41462577 | |
Priti Patel held undisclosed meetings in Israel - BBC News | 2017-11-03 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | International Development Secretary held meetings without telling the Foreign Office, the BBC has learned. | UK Politics | The International Development Secretary held undisclosed meetings in Israel without telling the Foreign Office while accompanied by an influential pro-Israeli Conservative campaigner, the BBC has learned.
Priti Patel met the leader of one of Israel's main political parties and made visits to several organisations wher... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-41853561 | news_uk-politics-41853561 | |
Peter Kay's Car Share to make surprise return - BBC News | 2017-11-17 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The comedian announces a surprise finale to show what happened between John and Kayleigh. | Entertainment & Arts | Will John (Peter Kay) and Kayleigh (Sian Gibson) finally have a happy ending?
Fans of Peter Kay's sitcom Car Share thought it had ended for good - but the comedian has announced there will be two more episodes.
Kay said he wanted to "quit while you're ahead" after series two ended earlier this year.
But he's announc... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-42034344 | news_entertainment-arts-42034344 | |
Brexit talks: Parallel universes of UK and EU negotiators - BBC News | 2017-11-17 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Reactions, interpretations and declared intentions suggest big disparities between the UK and the EU, says the BBC's Katya Adler. | Europe | Mrs May is holding bilateral meeting with EU leaders in Gothenburg
Following the different reactions, interpretations and declared intentions of both the EU and the UK over the last months, I've become ever more convinced the two sides are wearing fantastically different opera glasses as this Brexit drama unfolds arou... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-42028259 | news_world-europe-42028259 | |
Growth up: Now get set for the Budget - BBC News | 2017-11-07 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Philip Hammond is in a more positive mood after better-than-expected economic data. He tells the BBC now is not the time to borrow more. | Business | They are not exactly hanging out the bunting at the Treasury, but today's better-than-expected economic growth figures have put a bit of a spring in the step of the chancellor.
And that is not just for economic reasons.
Philip Hammond is under increasing political pressure from cabinet colleagues to loosen the purse ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-41754354 | news_business-41754354 | |
Ratko Mladic, the 'Butcher of Bosnia' - BBC News | 2017-11-22 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Ratko Mladic, the former Serbian army general, orchestrated the worst atrocities in post-war Europe. | Europe | Ratko Mladic in Pale, Serbia, in May 1993
Ratko Mladic was the army general who became known as the "Butcher of Bosnia", who waged a brutal campaign during the Bosnian war and was jailed for life for directing his troops in the worst atrocities in post-war Europe.
More than 20 years after he was first indicted by an ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-13559597 | news_world-europe-13559597 | |
Emile Cilliers parachute trial: Jurors warned against 'bullying' - BBC News | 2017-11-22 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Mr Justice Sweeney tells jurors to stay "within the proper bounds of discussion" while deliberating. | Wiltshire | The judge in the trial of an Army sergeant accused of trying to murder his wife by tampering with her parachute has warned the jurors not to "bully" each other.
Nine women and three men have been deliberating since last Tuesday in the case of Emile Cilliers.
Two jurors fell ill and were discharged after Mr Justice Sw... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-wiltshire-42088018 | news_uk-england-wiltshire-42088018 | |
Zanu-PF purges itself to win back Zimbabweans' trust - BBC News | 2017-11-22 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Zimbabwe's ruling party is intent on retaining power after the earthquake of Robert Mugabe's overthrow. | Africa | Zimbabweans want a "happy new Zimbabwe" - and the long-time ruling party Zanu-PF is anxious to assure them it can be the one to deliver it
It's been a dramatic, inspiring, earthquake of a week in Zimbabwe. But if you're looking for evidence to show that what really happened was a ruthless reshuffle within the governin... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-42088257 | news_world-africa-42088257 | |
Tesco takeover of Booker gets go-ahead - BBC News | 2017-11-14 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The regulator says the bid for the UK's biggest wholesaler does not raise competition concerns. | Business | Tesco's £3.7bn takeover of food wholesaler Booker has been provisionally cleared by the UK's competition regulator.
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said the deal could even increase competition in the wholesale market and reduce prices for shoppers.
Tesco and Booker did not compete head-to-head in most ac... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-41966480 | news_business-41966480 | |
No alternative but to sack Carl Sargeant says Carwyn Jones - BBC News | 2017-11-10 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Wales' first minister defends the handling of allegations against Carl Sargeant who died this week. | Wales politics | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Carwyn Jones said he had "no alternative" but to sack Carl Sargeant
First Minister Carwyn Jones has said he had no alternative but to sack Carl Sargeant following allegations about his conduct.
Mr Sargeant's body was found ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-politics-41921678 | news_uk-wales-politics-41921678 | |
Penny Mordaunt: Reshuffle maintains cabinet's Brexit balance - BBC News | 2017-11-10 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Laura Kuenssberg says the PM is not looking for more drama after eight days of turmoil. | UK Politics | Choosing ministers is about more than just who is best for the job.
There are good reasons why Penny Mordaunt has been promoted to the Department for International Development.
She has worked in humanitarian aid, she has been a minister in two different departments, former colleagues rate her abilities and she was ti... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-41936423 | news_uk-politics-41936423 | |
Man stabbed to death in row with bikers in Prescot - BBC News | 2017-11-04 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The "horrific and senseless" killing took place as the victim walked home from the pub. | Liverpool | The victim was stabbed in a pedestrian area of Market Place
A man has been stabbed to death during a row with some people on a scrambler-style motorcycle.
Merseyside Police said he was with friends in a pedestrian area of Market Place in Prescot town centre when the argument started, at about 00:40 GMT.
The 29-year-... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-41869660 | news_uk-england-merseyside-41869660 | |
Brexit and the Irish border: Is all as it outwardly appears? - BBC News | 2017-11-26 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Is the issue really being used by the EU for wider political ends or is this an example of the conspiracy theories that often do the rounds in Westminster? | UK Politics | Sometimes in politics people see conspiracies where none exist.
But when it comes to tough political negotiations, both sides may from time to time indulge in a little bit of conspiracy theory which, becomes on occasion, perhaps a bit of paranoia here and there which could reveal some of your opponents' tactics.
Ther... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42075126 | news_uk-politics-42075126 | |
Peter Kay's Car Share to make surprise return - BBC News | 2017-11-18 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The comedian announces a surprise finale to show what happened between John and Kayleigh. | Entertainment & Arts | Will John (Peter Kay) and Kayleigh (Sian Gibson) finally have a happy ending?
Fans of Peter Kay's sitcom Car Share thought it had ended for good - but the comedian has announced there will be two more episodes.
Kay said he wanted to "quit while you're ahead" after series two ended earlier this year.
But he's announc... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-42034344 | news_entertainment-arts-42034344 | |
Mark van Dongen murder trial: Acid attack 'calculated' - BBC News | 2017-11-08 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Jurors see video interviews with acid attack victim Mark van Dongen, whose ex is accused of his murder. | Bristol | Mark van Dongen died 15 months after being attacked in Bristol
An acid attack victim has told jurors, in testimony recorded before his death, how the "jealous" ex accused of his murder laughed as she doused him in a corrosive liquid.
In video evidence, Mark van Dongen, 29, said Berlinah Wallace, 48, shouted "if I can... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-41914798 | news_uk-england-bristol-41914798 | |
Priti Patel held undisclosed meetings in Israel - BBC News | 2017-11-08 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | International Development Secretary held meetings without telling the Foreign Office, the BBC has learned. | UK Politics | The International Development Secretary held undisclosed meetings in Israel without telling the Foreign Office while accompanied by an influential pro-Israeli Conservative campaigner, the BBC has learned.
Priti Patel met the leader of one of Israel's main political parties and made visits to several organisations wher... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-41853561 | news_uk-politics-41853561 | |
Extreme weather 'could kill up to 152,000 a year' in Europe by 2100 - BBC News | 2017-11-15 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Weather-related deaths could surge by 2100 if nothing is done to curb climate change, scientists say. | Europe | Heat waves will cause most weather-related deaths if measures are not taken, the study says
Extreme weather could kill up to 152,000 people yearly in Europe by 2100 if nothing is done to curb the effects of climate change, scientists say.
The number is 50 times more deaths than reported now, the study in The Lancet P... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-40835663 | news_world-europe-40835663 | |
Zanu-PF purges itself to win back Zimbabweans' trust - BBC News | 2017-11-23 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Zimbabwe's ruling party is intent on retaining power after the earthquake of Robert Mugabe's overthrow. | Africa | Zimbabweans want a "happy new Zimbabwe" - and the long-time ruling party Zanu-PF is anxious to assure them it can be the one to deliver it
It's been a dramatic, inspiring, earthquake of a week in Zimbabwe. But if you're looking for evidence to show that what really happened was a ruthless reshuffle within the governin... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-42088257 | news_world-africa-42088257 | |
Manchester tram push death: Woman jailed for five years - BBC News | 2017-11-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Charissa Brown-Wellington pushed Philip Carter between two carriages of a moving tram in Manchester. | Manchester | Charissa Brown-Wellington was sentenced to five years in prison
A woman who killed a stranger by pushing him into the path of a tram during a drunken row has been jailed.
Charissa Brown-Wellington, 31, shoved Philip Carter, 30, between two carriages at Manchester Victoria station on 11 June.
Mr Carter, from Blackley... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-41813992 | news_uk-england-manchester-41813992 | |
Catalan independence: Spain high court summons dismissed leader - BBC News | 2017-11-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Carles Puigdemont and 13 former colleagues are summoned to appear in a Madrid court this week. | Europe | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.
Spain's high court has summoned sacked Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont and 13 other members of his dismissed government to appear later this week.
It also gave them three days to pay a deposit of €6.2m ($7.2m) to cover pot... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-41825030 | news_world-europe-41825030 | |
No alternative but to sack Carl Sargeant says Carwyn Jones - BBC News | 2017-11-09 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Wales' first minister defends the handling of allegations against Carl Sargeant who died this week. | Wales politics | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Carwyn Jones said he had "no alternative" but to sack Carl Sargeant
First Minister Carwyn Jones has said he had no alternative but to sack Carl Sargeant following allegations about his conduct.
Mr Sargeant's body was found ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-politics-41921678 | news_uk-wales-politics-41921678 | |
Mark van Dongen murder trial: Acid attack 'calculated' - BBC News | 2017-11-09 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Jurors see video interviews with acid attack victim Mark van Dongen, whose ex is accused of his murder. | Bristol | Mark van Dongen died 15 months after being attacked in Bristol
An acid attack victim has told jurors, in testimony recorded before his death, how the "jealous" ex accused of his murder laughed as she doused him in a corrosive liquid.
In video evidence, Mark van Dongen, 29, said Berlinah Wallace, 48, shouted "if I can... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-41914798 | news_uk-england-bristol-41914798 | |
Penny Mordaunt: Reshuffle maintains cabinet's Brexit balance - BBC News | 2017-11-09 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Laura Kuenssberg says the PM is not looking for more drama after eight days of turmoil. | UK Politics | Choosing ministers is about more than just who is best for the job.
There are good reasons why Penny Mordaunt has been promoted to the Department for International Development.
She has worked in humanitarian aid, she has been a minister in two different departments, former colleagues rate her abilities and she was ti... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-41936423 | news_uk-politics-41936423 | |
Tories struggle to agree a way ahead on housing - BBC News | 2017-11-19 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Chancellor Philip Hammond is being urged to go beyond marginal changes in next week's Budget as his party worries about electoral consequences of inaction. | UK Politics | It feels a very long time since George Osborne made that claim for the Conservative Party and the record of the government since then has not really borne that out.
But right now, in some parts of the Tories there is a definite sense that unless they come up with an effective offer - politicians' term, not mine - on h... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42006379 | news_uk-politics-42006379 | |
Trump lashes out at 'unfair' Japan trade ties - BBC News | 2017-11-06 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The US president says Japan has been "winning" on trade but he will push for fairer economic ties. | Business | US President Donald Trump has lashed out at Japan over trade and said he would push for a fairer economic relationship between the two countries.
Speaking to business leaders in Tokyo on Monday he said Japan "has been winning" on trade in recent decades.
He also called on Japan to build more cars in America.
Mr Trum... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-41882482 | news_business-41882482 | |
The making and unmaking of Oscar Pistorius - BBC News | 2017-11-24 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | How did one of the world's most successful sportsmen, an inspiration to millions, end up serving a prison sentence after killing his girlfriend? | Magazine | He was one of the world's most successful sportsmen, an inspiration to millions, but now Oscar Pistorius is serving a five-year sentence for killing his girlfriend.
Sixteen years ago, breathless after the 75m swim, he climbs out of the pool with his stumps trailing behind him, and into the arms of his friends.
He cla... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-26628573 | news_magazine-26628573 | |
Gove attacks 'distorting' social media after animal sentience row - BBC News | 2017-11-24 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Michael Gove questions the role of "raw and authentic" Twitter voices in debates on animal welfare. | UK Politics | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.
Michael Gove has hit out at the way social media "corrupts and distorts" political reporting and decision making following a row about animal welfare.
The environment secretary said attacks on MPs over a vote on EU laws on ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42108236 | news_uk-politics-42108236 | |
Extreme weather 'could kill up to 152,000 a year' in Europe by 2100 - BBC News | 2017-11-16 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Weather-related deaths could surge by 2100 if nothing is done to curb climate change, scientists say. | Europe | Heat waves will cause most weather-related deaths if measures are not taken, the study says
Extreme weather could kill up to 152,000 people yearly in Europe by 2100 if nothing is done to curb the effects of climate change, scientists say.
The number is 50 times more deaths than reported now, the study in The Lancet P... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-40835663 | news_world-europe-40835663 | |
Facebook ditches fake news warning flag - BBC News | 2017-12-21 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The social network will no longer display a warning icon next to disputed stories. | Technology | Facebook no longer displays red warning icons next to fake news stories shared on the platform, as it says the approach has not worked as hoped.
In December 2016, the site started showing a "disputed" warning next to articles that third-party fact checking websites said were fake news.
However, it said research sugge... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-42438750 | news_technology-42438750 | |
Brexit: Guidelines for the next stage of talks - BBC News | 2017-12-17 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | What are the key phrases in the Brexit guidelines and what do they mean? | UK Politics | The European Council has said that Brexit talks can enter the second phase following last week's agreement.
As a result it has published its guidelines for the next stage of talks.
Here are some of the key phrases from that document.
Don't forget that there are plenty of crucial details that still need to be resolve... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42367532 | news_uk-politics-42367532 | |
Brexit vote: Total silence - then disbelief - BBC News | 2017-12-13 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Ministers looked like they felt sick as the government's Brexit bill defeat was announced. | UK Politics | The Tory rebels, and the government, believed that a last-minute panicked concession from the government side had walked Theresa May back from the brink of defeat.
Frantic conversations between the government, the whips, the party managers and their MPs who were tempted to rebel had been taking place all day.
We saw ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42346277 | news_uk-politics-42346277 | |
Brexit vote: Total silence - then disbelief - BBC News | 2017-12-14 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Ministers looked like they felt sick as the government's Brexit bill defeat was announced. | UK Politics | The Tory rebels, and the government, believed that a last-minute panicked concession from the government side had walked Theresa May back from the brink of defeat.
Frantic conversations between the government, the whips, the party managers and their MPs who were tempted to rebel had been taking place all day.
We saw ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42346277 | news_uk-politics-42346277 | |
Manchester United 1-2 Manchester City - BBC Sport | 2017-12-10 | [] | Jose Mourinho says Manchester United's title hopes are "probably over" after their 2-1 loss to "lucky" Manchester City. | null | Last updated on .From the section Premier League
Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho said his side's title hopes are "probably" over because referee Michael Oliver failed to award them a penalty in their 2-1 loss to "lucky" Manchester City.
Pep Guardiola's team stretched their lead at the top of the table to 11 p... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/42212593 | rt_football_42212593 | |
Sir Elton John 'in shock' after his mother dies aged 92 - BBC News | 2017-12-04 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | "I only saw her last Monday," says the star, who was estranged from his mother for several years. | Entertainment & Arts | Elton John poses with his mother in 2002
Sir Elton John says he is "in shock" after the death of his mother, Sheila Farebrother, just months after their reconciliation.
"So sad to say that my mother passed away this morning," he said on his Facebook page, alongside a photo of them together.
"I only saw her last Mond... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-42220913 | news_entertainment-arts-42220913 | |
Oxford historians object to empire project - BBC News | 2017-12-26 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Up to 60 academics say they oppose "the agenda" of a project assessing the ethics of empire. | Oxford | The Ethics and Empire project is being hosted by the McDonald Centre based at Christ Church college
Up to 60 Oxford University academics have signed a letter in opposition to "the agenda" of a project assessing the ethics of empire.
The programme is led by Prof Nigel Biggar, who claimed in a recent article in The Tim... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-42423269 | news_uk-england-oxfordshire-42423269 | |
Brexit: Guidelines for the next stage of talks - BBC News | 2017-12-18 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | What are the key phrases in the Brexit guidelines and what do they mean? | UK Politics | The European Council has said that Brexit talks can enter the second phase following last week's agreement.
As a result it has published its guidelines for the next stage of talks.
Here are some of the key phrases from that document.
Don't forget that there are plenty of crucial details that still need to be resolve... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42367532 | news_uk-politics-42367532 | |
How does government get out of Brexit linguistic hole? - BBC News | 2017-12-05 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Mark Devenport outlines negotiating alternatives to raiding a thesaurus for synonyms for "regulatory alignment". | Northern Ireland | DUP leader Arlene Foster last week declared that her party was "in constant contact" on Brexit issues with the government
"Rubbish" - the response from a senior DUP source when I put it to them that the party had been kept in the loop about Theresa May's Brexit deal, but got cold feet when the likes of Nicola Sturgeon... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-42236349 | news_uk-northern-ireland-42236349 | |
Sir Elton John 'in shock' after his mother dies aged 92 - BBC News | 2017-12-05 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | "I only saw her last Monday," says the star, who was estranged from his mother for several years. | Entertainment & Arts | Elton John poses with his mother in 2002
Sir Elton John says he is "in shock" after the death of his mother, Sheila Farebrother, just months after their reconciliation.
"So sad to say that my mother passed away this morning," he said on his Facebook page, alongside a photo of them together.
"I only saw her last Mond... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-42220913 | news_entertainment-arts-42220913 | |
Manchester United 1-2 Manchester City - BBC Sport | 2017-12-11 | [] | Jose Mourinho says Manchester United's title hopes are "probably over" after their 2-1 loss to "lucky" Manchester City. | null | Last updated on .From the section Premier League
Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho said his side's title hopes are "probably" over because referee Michael Oliver failed to award them a penalty in their 2-1 loss to "lucky" Manchester City.
Pep Guardiola's team stretched their lead at the top of the table to 11 p... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/42212593 | rt_football_42212593 | |
Mt Hope installed as 'UK's highest peak' - BBC News | 2017-12-11 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Scientists re-measure the tallest mountains in the Antarctic territory claimed by Britain. | Science & Environment | Mount Hope is more than twice the height of Ben Nevis in Scotland
Mt Hope, which is sited in the part of the Antarctic claimed by the UK, was recently re-measured and found to tower above the previous title holder, Mt Jackson, by a good 50m (160ft).
Hope is now put at 3,239m (10,626ft); Jackson is 3,184m (10,446ft).
... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-42238262 | news_science-environment-42238262 | |
Boris Johnson under pressure over jailed mum in Iran case - BBC News | 2017-12-09 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | When the foreign secretary arrives in Iran, some nifty diplomatic footwork will be required. | UK Politics | Boris Johnson's visit to Iran will be his first as foreign secretary
When Boris Johnson arrives in Tehran this weekend, the foreign secretary will be required to perform some nifty diplomatic footwork even before he comes to address the case of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe.
For relations between Britain and the Islamic ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42275855 | news_uk-politics-42275855 | |
Arthur Collins jailed for Dalston club acid attack - BBC News | 2017-12-19 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Arthur Collins threw the corrosive substance at revellers at the East London nightclub in April. | London | Arthur Collins had denied knowing the substance he threw was acid
A man who threw acid across a packed London nightclub injuring 22 people has been jailed for 20 years.
Arthur Collins, the ex-boyfriend of reality TV star Ferne McCann, threw the corrosive substance at revellers in Mangle E8 in Dalston on 17 April.
Th... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-42411108 | news_uk-england-london-42411108 | |
Tyson Fury free to resume boxing career after compromise reached with Ukad - BBC Sport | 2017-12-12 | [] | Tyson Fury is free to resume his boxing career after reaching an agreement over a backdated two-year doping ban. | null | Last updated on .From the section Boxing
Britain's Tyson Fury is free to resume his boxing career after accepting a backdated two-year doping ban.
The former world heavyweight champion tested positive for a banned steroid in February 2015, but blamed the result on eating uncastrated wild boar.
His victory over Wladi... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/boxing/42329394 | rt_boxing_42329394 | |
Brexit: Guidelines for the next stage of talks - BBC News | 2017-12-16 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | What are the key phrases in the Brexit guidelines and what do they mean? | UK Politics | The European Council has said that Brexit talks can enter the second phase following last week's agreement.
As a result it has published its guidelines for the next stage of talks.
Here are some of the key phrases from that document.
Don't forget that there are plenty of crucial details that still need to be resolve... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42367532 | news_uk-politics-42367532 | |
Arthur Collins jailed for Dalston club acid attack - BBC News | 2017-12-20 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Arthur Collins threw the corrosive substance at revellers at the East London nightclub in April. | London | Arthur Collins had denied knowing the substance he threw was acid
A man who threw acid across a packed London nightclub injuring 22 people has been jailed for 20 years.
Arthur Collins, the ex-boyfriend of reality TV star Ferne McCann, threw the corrosive substance at revellers in Mangle E8 in Dalston on 17 April.
Th... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-42411108 | news_uk-england-london-42411108 | |
Paul Flynn v Michael Gove over £350m Brexit figure - BBC News | 2017-12-20 | [] | A Labour MP challenges Michael Gove over the Vote Leave campaign's use of the £350m figure. | null | Labour veteran MP Paul Flynn has accused Michael Gove of a "lie... a deception" over the Vote Leave campaign slogan which claimed Brexit could free up £350m a week for the UK.
Mr Flynn, MP for Newport West, brought the controversial figure up during an evidence session of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Commit... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42424315 | news_uk-politics-42424315 | |
Ben Stokes 'extremely delighted' to rejoin England squad - BBC Sport | 2018-01-17 | None | England all-rounder Ben Stokes says he is "extremely delighted" to be available for selection for the tour of New Zealand. | null | Last updated on .From the section Cricket
England all-rounder Ben Stokes says he is "extremely delighted" to be available for the tour of New Zealand.
Stokes, 26, has not played since an incident outside a Bristol nightclub in September and has been charged with affray. The hearing will be at Bristol Magistrates Cour... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/42718484 | rt_cricket_42718484 | |
Will Gompertz reviews Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri ★★★★★ - BBC News | 2018-01-13 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A powerful cry for justice with a searing performance from the Oscar-tipped Frances McDormand. | Entertainment & Arts | Cast your mind forward a few weeks to the Dolby Theatre on Hollywood Boulevard at around 8pm (PST), Sunday 4 March.
Somebody, probably dressed in black with very good teeth, will be opening a golden envelope while simultaneously saying these words: "The Oscar for best actress in a leading role goes to…"
He or she wil... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-42615064 | news_entertainment-arts-42615064 | |
Northern Forest: Plan to plant 'ribbon of woodland' across England - BBC News | 2018-01-07 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | 'Ribbon of woodland' will be planted, but critics say other projects are destroying ancient forests. | UK | Plans to create a new Northern Forest stretching from Liverpool to Hull have been kick-started by the government.
It is providing £5.7m to increase tree cover along a belt spanning Manchester, Leeds and Bradford.
The project will cost £500m over 25 years. The balance of the funds will need to be raised by charity.
E... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42591494 | news_uk-42591494 | |
Australian Open: Kyle Edmund loses to Marin Cilic in semi-finals - BBC Sport | 2018-01-25 | None | Briton Kyle Edmund's Australian Open run comes to an end with a straight-set defeat by Marin Cilic in the semi-finals. | null | Last updated on .From the section Tennis
Coverage: Watch highlights on BBC Two, the BBC Sport website and app at 17:00 GMT and listen to Radio 5 live Tennis at 21:00 GMT
Briton Kyle Edmund's Australian Open run came to an end with a straight-set defeat by Croatia's sixth seed Marin Cilic in the semi-finals.
Cilic wo... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/42816385 | rt_tennis_42816385 | |
UK growth upgrade could 'dwarf' Brexit hit - BBC News | 2018-01-22 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Ex-Treasury minister Lord O'Neill says global growth is boosting the UK economy more than expected. | Business | The Eurofighter production line at a BAE Systems factory in Warton, Lancashire
Britain should prepare for a much more economically optimistic 2018 because global growth is better than predicted.
That's the argument of Lord Jim O'Neill, the former Conservative Treasury minister and Remain supporter.
He said Britain's... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-42769090 | news_business-42769090 | |
Brexit will make Jeremy Corbyn's job harder - Tony Blair - BBC News | 2018-01-04 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The former prime minister urges Labour's leader not to follow the Conservatives' course on Brexit. | UK Politics | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Brexit will give Corbyn same problems as Tories - Blair
Tony Blair has warned Jeremy Corbyn that Brexit will make it harder for Labour to deliver its promises if it wins power.
The former prime minister said Mr Corbyn would... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42558162 | news_uk-politics-42558162 | |
David Davis plays down Tory row over Brexit transition - BBC News | 2018-01-26 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | David Davis says there is "no difference" between him and the chancellor over their transition aims. | UK Politics | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.
David Davis has said there is "no difference" between him, the chancellor and prime minister following a Tory row over the terms of a Brexit transition.
The Brexit Secretary said all three wanted the UK's exit from the EU i... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42827270 | news_uk-politics-42827270 | |
What now for UK-France security relations? - BBC News | 2018-01-18 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Before the annual UK-France summit, the BBC's security correspondent assesses co-operation on key areas in the run-up to Brexit. | UK | RAF helicopters to Mali, French troops to Estonia, spy chiefs sharing intelligence. When it comes to defence and security, the Anglo-French entente cordiale has rarely been closer as their political leaders meet for their annual summit.
Building on the Lancaster House agreement of 2010 between the two countries' then ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42723121 | news_uk-42723121 | |
Facebook selfie showing murder weapon helps convict killer - BBC News | 2018-01-18 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Police discovered the weapon used to murder a Canadian teen in a photo she took with her friend. | US & Canada | A belt worn by Cheyenne Antoine (L) can be seen as she poses with victim Brittney Gargol
A Canadian woman has been convicted of killing her friend after police discovered the murder weapon used in a picture of the pair on social media.
Cheyenne Rose Antoine, 21, pleaded guilty on Monday to killing Brittney Gargol, th... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42722952 | news_world-us-canada-42722952 | |
Cabinet reshuffle: What took so long in No 10? - BBC News | 2018-01-08 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Reshuffles have a habit of not going to plan. What took so long today? | UK Politics | The reshuffle isn't over, but we already know that it was not just the prime minister who had her say today, but her ministers too.
Jeremy Hunt, who has stayed as health secretary, and Greg Clark, who has stayed as business secretary, were both in No 10 for more than an hour this afternoon.
I understand that rather t... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42615003 | news_uk-politics-42615003 | |
Northern Forest: Plan to plant 'ribbon of woodland' across England - BBC News | 2018-01-08 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | 'Ribbon of woodland' will be planted, but critics say other projects are destroying ancient forests. | UK | Plans to create a new Northern Forest stretching from Liverpool to Hull have been kick-started by the government.
It is providing £5.7m to increase tree cover along a belt spanning Manchester, Leeds and Bradford.
The project will cost £500m over 25 years. The balance of the funds will need to be raised by charity.
E... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42591494 | news_uk-42591494 | |
Nicola Sturgeon: 'No Brexit preferable to no deal' - BBC News | 2018-01-08 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Scotland's first minister tells the BBC that single market membership is the "least damaging" outcome to Brexit. | Scotland politics | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said a no deal on Brexit was "unthinkable"
Nicola Sturgeon has described a no-deal Brexit as "unthinkable", saying that "no Brexit is preferable to no deal".
Scotland's first minister called B... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-42603500 | news_uk-scotland-scotland-politics-42603500 | |
David Davis plays down Tory row over Brexit transition - BBC News | 2018-01-27 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | David Davis says there is "no difference" between him and the chancellor over their transition aims. | UK Politics | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.
David Davis has said there is "no difference" between him, the chancellor and prime minister following a Tory row over the terms of a Brexit transition.
The Brexit Secretary said all three wanted the UK's exit from the EU i... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42827270 | news_uk-politics-42827270 | |
South Korea considers Bitcoin trading ban - BBC News | 2018-01-11 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Government cryptocurrency concerns include tax evasion and people developing gambling addictions. | Business | South Korea is considering a law to ban cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin being traded on local exchanges.
Justice Minister Park Sang-ki said virtual currencies were "great concerns" and that the ministry was preparing a bill to ban trading.
However, South Korea's presidential office said later that a ban had not yet ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-42645081 | news_business-42645081 | |
Scrap 'tens of thousands' migration target, MPs urge - BBC News | 2018-01-15 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Failure to meet it "undermines" trust in the state's ability to control immigration, a report says. | UK | The government should drop its target of reducing net migration to the tens of thousands, a group of MPs has said.
Failure to meet it "undermines" public trust, the Home Affairs Committee argued, and instead, immigration policies should consider the UK's needs "and humanitarian obligations".
The MPs also said fears a... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42683494 | news_uk-42683494 | |
Government shutdown: The winners and losers - BBC News | 2018-01-23 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The government will reopen. Everyone involved is declaring victory. And everybody's right. And wrong. | US & Canada | The government shutdown is officially over. Everyone involved is declaring victory. And everybody's right. And wrong.
How right and how wrong they are will be revealed over time. For now, as the dust settles on the long-weekend shutdown of 2018, here's the case for - and against - each side's claims.
Why they won: Gi... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42755808 | news_world-us-canada-42755808 | |
Cabinet reshuffle: What took so long in No 10? - BBC News | 2018-01-09 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Reshuffles have a habit of not going to plan. What took so long today? | UK Politics | The reshuffle isn't over, but we already know that it was not just the prime minister who had her say today, but her ministers too.
Jeremy Hunt, who has stayed as health secretary, and Greg Clark, who has stayed as business secretary, were both in No 10 for more than an hour this afternoon.
I understand that rather t... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42615003 | news_uk-politics-42615003 | |
Delay to Brexit bill amendments confirmed - BBC News | 2018-01-09 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Promised changes by the UK government that would reflect concerns over the bill's impact on devolution will take longer than expected. | Scotland politics | Mr Mundell had previously told MSPs the amendments would be introduced in the Commons
Promised changes to the UK government's EU Withdrawal Bill that would reflect concerns over its impact on devolution will be delayed, it has been confirmed.
Scottish Secretary David Mundell told MPs last month that the amendments wo... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-42612248 | news_uk-scotland-scotland-politics-42612248 | |
Wales smacking ban plan goes to public consultation - BBC News | 2018-01-09 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A new law would remove existing defences to assault and battery that cover physical punishment. | Wales | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.
Plans to outlaw smacking children in Wales are going out to a three-month consultation.
Ministers said removing the defence of reasonable punishment would make it clear smacking was "no longer acceptable".
Charities includ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-42608193 | news_uk-wales-42608193 | |
What now for UK-France security relations? - BBC News | 2018-01-19 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Before the annual UK-France summit, the BBC's security correspondent assesses co-operation on key areas in the run-up to Brexit. | UK | RAF helicopters to Mali, French troops to Estonia, spy chiefs sharing intelligence. When it comes to defence and security, the Anglo-French entente cordiale has rarely been closer as their political leaders meet for their annual summit.
Building on the Lancaster House agreement of 2010 between the two countries' then ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42723121 | news_uk-42723121 | |
'Adolescence now lasts from 10 to 24' - BBC News | 2018-01-19 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Delayed marriage and parenthood has pushed back perceptions of when adulthood starts. | Health | Adolescence now lasts from the ages of 10 to 24, although it used to be thought to end at 19, scientists say.
Young people continuing their education for longer, as well as delayed marriage and parenthood, has pushed back popular perceptions of when adulthood begins.
Changing the definition is vital to ensure laws st... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-42732442 | news_health-42732442 |
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