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Australian Open: Roger Federer beats Tomas Berdych to reach semi-finals - BBC Sport | 2018-01-24 | None | Defending champion Roger Federer reaches his 14th Australian Open semi-final with a straight-set victory over Tomas Berdych. | null | Last updated on .From the section Tennis
Coverage: Watch highlights on BBC Two, the BBC Sport website and app. Live commentary on the best matches on BBC Radio 5 live, 5 live sports extra and online.
Defending champion Roger Federer reached his 14th Australian Open semi-final with a straight-set victory over Tomas Be... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/42802119 | rt_tennis_42802119 | |
Chelsea stadium: £1bn Stamford Bridge hit by family dispute - BBC Sport | 2018-01-12 | None | How Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich's plans to build Europe's most expensive stadium are being held up by a family living in the shadow of Stamford Bridge. | null | Little has ever stood between Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich and realising his ambitions for the club.
But plans for a reported £1bn new stadium are being held up by one family over their right to light - and the lack of it shining into their home when the new Stamford Bridge is built.
The Crosthwaites have lived in ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/42648061 | rt_football_42648061 | |
How the Worboys judgement helps victims of serious crime - BBC News | 2018-02-21 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The Supreme Court's ruling that the Metropolitan Police botched the investigation into the black cab rapist John Worboys - and in doing so breached victims' human rights - will have a profound effect on crime fighting. | UK | Campaigners for justice for Worboys' victims at the Metropolitan Police HQ
The Supreme Court's ruling that the Metropolitan Police botched the investigation into the black cab rapist John Worboys - and in doing so breached victims' human rights - will have a profound effect on crime fighting.
It is not about the comp... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-43148671 | news_uk-43148671 | |
May: New security deal should be effective by next year - BBC News | 2018-02-17 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The prime minister calls for a new post-Brexit partnership on security in a speech in Munich. | UK Politics | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Theresa May: "Those who threaten our security would like nothing more than to see us fractured"
Theresa May has called for a new "deep and special partnership" to ensure the UK and EU can continue to work together on securit... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-43088246 | news_uk-politics-43088246 | |
Julian Assange: Warrant for his arrest upheld by court - BBC News | 2018-02-13 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The Wikileaks founder remains at the Ecuadorean embassy in London after failing to answer bail. | UK | An arrest warrant for the Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has been upheld by Westminster Magistrates' Court.
The warrant was issued in 2012 when Mr Assange, 46, breached bail conditions by seeking political refuge at the Ecuadorean embassy.
On Tuesday, the judge said he needed to face justice for breaching bail and ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-43049474 | news_uk-43049474 | |
Suffrage: The journey towards 50-50 - BBC News | 2018-02-07 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A century after women won the right to vote, the fight for equality in politics goes on. | UK Politics | A re-enactment of a suffragette protest outside the Houses of Parliament
If my five-year-old self had been told that my great-grandmothers weren't allowed to vote, I'd have thought that was pretty daft.
I grew up with a female prime minister in charge. It would have made no sense to me whatsoever back then to discove... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42945323 | news_uk-politics-42945323 | |
100 Women: The female protesters against giving women the vote - BBC News | 2018-02-07 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | In 1918 some eligible women over the age of 30 were given the right to vote in the UK - but not every woman was happy about it. | UK | A century ago, after years of campaigning, women over the age of 30 who owned property were given the right to vote in the UK.
But for many thousands of women, it was not a moment of celebration.
Known as the anti-suffrage movement, these women had been working to oppose the suffragettes.
They believed women didn't ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42704341 | news_uk-42704341 | |
Labour wants permanent customs union treaty after Brexit - Starmer - BBC News | 2018-02-25 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Sir Keir Starmer backs a new customs treaty after Brexit - and warns the PM 'crunch time" is coming. | UK Politics | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Sir Keir Starmer: "We've long championed being in a customs union with the EU"
Jeremy Corbyn is to confirm a shift in the Labour Party's position on remaining in the customs union after Brexit, Sir Keir Starmer has indicated... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-43186005 | news_uk-politics-43186005 | |
Ministers conclude crunch Brexit talks at Chequers - BBC News | 2018-02-22 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Brexit sub-committee meets for eight hours over Brexit strategy, ahead of a speech by the PM next week. | UK Politics | Theresa May and 11 senior ministers have been thrashing out the UK's approach to Brexit in an eight-hour discussion at the PM's country retreat.
BBC political editor Laura Kuenssberg said everyone is said to have left Chequers happy implying "baby steps forwards not a huge breakthrough".
The PM will set out the posit... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-43136076 | news_uk-politics-43136076 | |
Julian Assange: Warrant for his arrest upheld by court - BBC News | 2018-02-14 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The Wikileaks founder remains at the Ecuadorean embassy in London after failing to answer bail. | UK | An arrest warrant for the Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has been upheld by Westminster Magistrates' Court.
The warrant was issued in 2012 when Mr Assange, 46, breached bail conditions by seeking political refuge at the Ecuadorean embassy.
On Tuesday, the judge said he needed to face justice for breaching bail and ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-43049474 | news_uk-43049474 | |
Labour wants permanent customs union treaty after Brexit - Starmer - BBC News | 2018-02-26 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Sir Keir Starmer backs a new customs treaty after Brexit - and warns the PM 'crunch time" is coming. | UK Politics | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Sir Keir Starmer: "We've long championed being in a customs union with the EU"
Jeremy Corbyn is to confirm a shift in the Labour Party's position on remaining in the customs union after Brexit, Sir Keir Starmer has indicated... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-43186005 | news_uk-politics-43186005 | |
Far-right terror threat 'growing' in UK as four plots foiled - BBC News | 2018-02-26 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The UK's top counter-terrorism police officer says four extreme-right plots were foiled last year | UK | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Mark Rowley said four far-right terror attacks were foiled last year
The retiring head of counter-terrorism policing in the UK has warned of the growing threat of far-right terrorism.
Assistant Commissioner Mark Rowley, who... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-43200966 | news_uk-43200966 | |
Hacking suspect Lauri Love appeals against US extradition - BBC News | 2018-02-05 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Lauri Love is alleged to have hacked into the FBI, the US central bank, the US army and Nasa. | Suffolk | Lauri Love is appealing his extradition to the US at the Royal Courts of Justice
The extradition of an alleged computer hacker to the US would not be in the "interests of justice", High Court judges have been told.
Lauri Love, 32, from Stradishall, Suffolk, is suspected of hacking into FBI, US Central Bank and Nasa s... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-suffolk-42166200 | news_uk-england-suffolk-42166200 | |
Far-right terror threat 'growing' in UK as four plots foiled - BBC News | 2018-02-27 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The UK's top counter-terrorism police officer says four extreme-right plots were foiled last year | UK | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Mark Rowley said four far-right terror attacks were foiled last year
The retiring head of counter-terrorism policing in the UK has warned of the growing threat of far-right terrorism.
Assistant Commissioner Mark Rowley, who... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-43200966 | news_uk-43200966 | |
Ministers conclude crunch Brexit talks at Chequers - BBC News | 2018-02-23 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Brexit sub-committee meets for eight hours over Brexit strategy, ahead of a speech by the PM next week. | UK Politics | Theresa May and 11 senior ministers have been thrashing out the UK's approach to Brexit in an eight-hour discussion at the PM's country retreat.
BBC political editor Laura Kuenssberg said everyone is said to have left Chequers happy implying "baby steps forwards not a huge breakthrough".
The PM will set out the posit... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-43136076 | news_uk-politics-43136076 | |
Brexit transition phase not a deferral - David Davis - BBC News | 2018-02-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | David Davis insists the two-year transition period after Brexit is not the same as staying in the EU. | UK Politics | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.
David Davis insists the transition period after the UK leaves the EU is not a "deferral" of Brexit, even though the UK will follow Brussels' rules.
He rejected claims by Tory MP Jacob Rees-Mogg it would be "more honest" to ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42802801 | news_uk-politics-42802801 | |
Finsbury Park mosque attack: Defendant 'not on trial for views' - BBC News | 2018-02-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The judge says jurors must decide if the defendant was driving the van that hit people in Finsbury Park. | UK | Darren Osborne is accused of murder and attempted murder
The judge in the trial of a man accused of driving a van into a group of people outside a London mosque has told the jury he is not on trial for his views.
Mrs Justice Cheema-Grubb was summing up evidence heard during the first eight days of the trial of Darren... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42907842 | news_uk-42907842 | |
Facebook users spending less time online - BBC News | 2018-02-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The fall of about 50 million hours a day came before major changes to the News Feed last month. | Business | Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg wants users to interact more
Facebook users spent less time on the site even before it announced major changes to its News Feed in January.
Measures such as showing fewer viral videos cut time spent on the social network by about 5%, or roughly 50 million hours a day, in the l... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-42893051 | news_business-42893051 | |
Wigan Athletic 1-0 Manchester City - BBC Sport | 2018-02-19 | None | Wigan Athletic end Manchester City's hopes of a Quadruple as Will Grigg's goal secures a famous FA Cup win. | null | Last updated on .From the section FA Cup
Wigan Athletic ended Manchester City's hopes of a clean sweep of trophies with a stunning upset in their FA Cup fifth-round tie.
The League One side survived virtually constant pressure from the Premier League leaders, eventually capitalising on Fabian Delph's controversial fi... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/43027542 | rt_football_43027542 | |
100 Women: The female protesters against giving women the vote - BBC News | 2018-02-06 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | In 1918 some eligible women over the age of 30 were given the right to vote in the UK - but not every woman was happy about it. | UK | A century ago, after years of campaigning, women over the age of 30 who owned property were given the right to vote in the UK.
But for many thousands of women, it was not a moment of celebration.
Known as the anti-suffrage movement, these women had been working to oppose the suffragettes.
They believed women didn't ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42704341 | news_uk-42704341 | |
Suffrage: The journey towards 50-50 - BBC News | 2018-02-06 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A century after women won the right to vote, the fight for equality in politics goes on. | UK Politics | A re-enactment of a suffragette protest outside the Houses of Parliament
If my five-year-old self had been told that my great-grandmothers weren't allowed to vote, I'd have thought that was pretty daft.
I grew up with a female prime minister in charge. It would have made no sense to me whatsoever back then to discove... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42945323 | news_uk-politics-42945323 | |
Julian Assange arrest warrant still stands, court rules - BBC News | 2018-02-06 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Sex assault charges against him were dropped but he is still wanted for bail offences dating from 2012. | UK | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Julian Assange's lawyer says he is not hiding from justice
A UK warrant to arrest Wikileaks founder Julian Assange is still valid, a court has ruled.
The warrant was issued in 2012 after Mr Assange failed to answer bail ove... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42964699 | news_uk-42964699 | |
Premier League: Winter break under discussion before new TV deal - BBC Sport | 2018-02-06 | None | The Premier League is considering introducing a winter break when a television rights deal is next agreed. | null | Last updated on .From the section Football
The Premier League is considering introducing a winter break when the next television rights deal is agreed.
The top leagues in Germany, France, Italy and Spain all take time out in mid-season.
The Football Association has previously said a winter break is not feasible unti... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/42954835 | rt_football_42954835 | |
How will the Haiti scandal affect Oxfam? - BBC News | 2018-02-12 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | How will allegations about the behaviour of Oxfam staff hit the charity and the wider sector? | UK | Accusations Oxfam concealed findings its staff used prostitutes while delivering aid in Haiti in 2011 have led members of the public to admit they are now doubtful about donating to any charity.
The British organisation's deputy chief executive Penny Lawrence has resigned in the wake of the revelations but further act... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-43030705 | news_uk-43030705 | |
£10,000 proposed for everyone under 55 - BBC News | 2018-02-16 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The government should give £10,000 to every citizen under 55, a report suggests. | Business | What would you do with £10,000?
The government should give £10,000 to every citizen under 55, a report suggests.
The Royal Society for the encouragement of the Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA) said it could pave the way to everyone getting a basic state wage.
The idea sees two payments of £5,000 paid over two y... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-43078920 | news_business-43078920 | |
May: New security deal should be effective by next year - BBC News | 2018-02-16 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The prime minister calls for a new post-Brexit partnership on security in a speech in Munich. | UK Politics | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Theresa May: "Those who threaten our security would like nothing more than to see us fractured"
Theresa May has called for a new "deep and special partnership" to ensure the UK and EU can continue to work together on securit... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-43088246 | news_uk-politics-43088246 | |
Wigan Athletic 1-0 Manchester City - BBC Sport | 2018-02-20 | None | Wigan Athletic end Manchester City's hopes of a Quadruple as Will Grigg's goal secures a famous FA Cup win. | null | Last updated on .From the section FA Cup
Wigan Athletic ended Manchester City's hopes of a clean sweep of trophies with a stunning upset in their FA Cup fifth-round tie.
The League One side survived virtually constant pressure from the Premier League leaders, eventually capitalising on Fabian Delph's controversial fi... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/43027542 | rt_football_43027542 | |
May returns from China to Brexit tensions - BBC News | 2018-02-02 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The prime minister's promotion of "Global Britain" on her trip to China will do little to dispel tensions at home. | UK Politics | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. In full: Theresa May on Brexit tensions and China
Theresa May believes her trip to China has made her slogan "Global Britain" come alive.
Hands shaken, businesses going home with new deals in their pockets that she says wil... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42914493 | news_uk-politics-42914493 | |
Ministers talking about how to get more cash into NHS - BBC News | 2018-03-21 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | You won't hear it from Philip Hammond in his spring statement but things are moving behind the scenes. | UK Politics | There won't be a red box brandished on the steps of Number 11, a pint won't be up a penny or down a couple, and the chancellor certainly won't have to reach for a stiffener under the despatch box, like some of his predecessors who had a whiskey stashed there for the odd sip or two to get through a marathon Parliamentar... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-43381133 | news_uk-politics-43381133 | |
Will Gompertz review: Civilisations on BBC Two ★★☆☆☆ - BBC News | 2018-03-03 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Nearly 50 years after Kenneth Clark's landmark series, does Civilisations move the story on? | Entertainment & Arts | You know how it is with cooking, or painting or sculpting - the art is in knowing when to stop.
Great artists of the kitchen or the studio appreciate there is a very fine line between making one more tiny adjustment that takes their creation from excellent to sublime, or conversely, risks turning it into a messy failu... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-43132334 | news_entertainment-arts-43132334 | |
Reality Check: Brexit can be win-win for UK and Europe, says Theresa May - BBC News | 2018-03-03 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | What were the key passages in Theresa May's big speech on Brexit at the Mansion House? | UK Politics | Theresa May has delivered her long-awaited speech on Brexit, giving more details of what she wants from the UK's future trade arrangements with the European Union.
Here are some of the key lines from the speech.
There was a time when government ministers were suggesting that this was going to be the easiest negotiati... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-43258480 | news_uk-politics-43258480 | |
Theresa May speech: Were the facts hard enough? - BBC News | 2018-03-03 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The prime minister gave more details of her Brexit plans - but were they enough? | UK Politics | Yes, it was a long speech. Yes, the prime minister added a layer of detail to her Brexit plans.
Yes, there were nuggets in there about how the negotiations might proceed, including, without much fanfare, what seemed to be a statement that the EU commission would help to find a solution the Irish border question, one o... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-43265458 | news_uk-politics-43265458 | |
Sex abuse victim 'vindicated' after High Court win - BBC News | 2018-03-03 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Three women groomed into sex work as teenagers, fought for the right to not reveal their convictions. | UK | Three women, who say they were groomed into prostitution as teenagers, have won a High Court battle which means they will not have to tell future employers about their soliciting.
Fiona Broadfoot said it was a disgrace that she had carried these convictions, while no men who had "bought and used" her had faced any con... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-43261021 | news_uk-43261021 | |
Not time to nitpick on Brexit - Jacob Rees-Mogg - BBC News | 2018-03-03 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The Tory MP warns fellow Brexiteers "everyone will have to give up something" after Theresa May's speech. | UK Politics | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Theresa May's full Brexit speech where she said: "We chose to leave, we have a responsibility to help find a solution"
Brexiteers will have some concerns with Theresa May's latest Brexit speech but "now is not the time to ni... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-43266509 | news_uk-politics-43266509 | |
Are 'cryonic technicians' the key to immortality? - BBC News | 2018-03-17 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Freezing the deceased in the hope of one day reviving them could become a mainstream service, advocates say. | Business | Technology is changing the way we work and the jobs we do. Will artificial intelligence and robots relieve us of humdrum tasks, making our working lives easier, or will they take our jobs away altogether? As part of our Future of Work series, we look at the cryonics technicians - who are trying to help their clients ch... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-43259902 | news_business-43259902 | |
Ministers talking about how to get more cash into NHS - BBC News | 2018-03-13 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | You won't hear it from Philip Hammond in his spring statement but things are moving behind the scenes. | UK Politics | There won't be a red box brandished on the steps of Number 11, a pint won't be up a penny or down a couple, and the chancellor certainly won't have to reach for a stiffener under the despatch box, like some of his predecessors who had a whiskey stashed there for the odd sip or two to get through a marathon Parliamentar... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-43381133 | news_uk-politics-43381133 | |
EU trade deal must include financial services, says Hammond - BBC News | 2018-03-07 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Philip Hammond tells 'sceptics' an agreement is in the 'mutual interest' of the UK and the EU. | Business | Chancellor Philip Hammond has told European leaders that it is in the "mutual interest" of both the UK and the EU to include financial services in a free trade agreement.
In a speech, Mr Hammond set out his argument against "sceptics", saying it is possible to reach a deal.
But EU president Donald Tusk flat out rejec... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-43300202 | news_business-43300202 | |
Morrisons profits jump despite cost rises - BBC News | 2018-03-14 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The UK's fourth-biggest supermarket chain sees profits and sales rise despite higher costs. | Business | Morrisons, the UK's fourth-biggest supermarket, said annual profits jumped 11% as its turnaround programme continues.
The chain made underlying pre-tax profits of £374m in the year to 4 February, £37m higher than in 2016.
Like-for-like sales, which strip out stores open for less than a year, were 2.8% higher excludin... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-43397497 | news_business-43397497 | |
Reality Check: Brexit can be win-win for UK and Europe, says Theresa May - BBC News | 2018-03-04 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | What were the key passages in Theresa May's big speech on Brexit at the Mansion House? | UK Politics | Theresa May has delivered her long-awaited speech on Brexit, giving more details of what she wants from the UK's future trade arrangements with the European Union.
Here are some of the key lines from the speech.
There was a time when government ministers were suggesting that this was going to be the easiest negotiati... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-43258480 | news_uk-politics-43258480 | |
Not time to nitpick on Brexit - Jacob Rees-Mogg - BBC News | 2018-03-04 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The Tory MP warns fellow Brexiteers "everyone will have to give up something" after Theresa May's speech. | UK Politics | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Theresa May's full Brexit speech where she said: "We chose to leave, we have a responsibility to help find a solution"
Brexiteers will have some concerns with Theresa May's latest Brexit speech but "now is not the time to ni... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-43266509 | news_uk-politics-43266509 | |
Australia ball-tampering row: The key questions facing Australian cricket - BBC Sport | 2018-03-26 | None | Who was involved? Are Australia out of control? We try to answer the key questions after Saturday's ball-tampering. | null | Australian cricket is mired in the biggest scandal to hit the Test game since three Pakistan players were caught spot-fixing at Lord's in 2010.
The pictures from the third day of the third Test against South Africa of Cameron Bancroft rubbing what we were later told was yellow tape against the ball and then hiding it ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/43535282 | rt_cricket_43535282 | |
BBC game challenges young people to spot "fake news" - BBC News | 2018-03-15 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Young people can play the role of a newsroom journalist, making their own decisions on what is true or false in the new BBC iReporter interactive game. | Family & Education | The iReporter game can be used by pupils in lessons and complements English and citizenship
Can you separate the fact from the fiction?
The new interactive BBC iReporter game - aimed at youngsters aged 11 to 18 - gives you the chance to take on the role of a journalist in the BBC newsroom.
It is a "choose your own a... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/school-report-43391188 | news_school-report-43391188 | |
Inspector Darren McKie guilty of wife's murder - BBC News | 2018-03-23 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Det Con Leanne McKie, 39, was found strangled in Poynton Lake, Cheshire, in September. | Manchester | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Darren McKie tried to use his police knowledge to cover his tracks
A police inspector has been found guilty of murdering his wife and dumping her body in a lake.
Darren McKie, 43, denied murdering his wife Leanne but admitt... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-43493327 | news_uk-england-manchester-43493327 | |
Alfie Evans: Decision to remove life support upheld by judge - BBC News | 2018-03-06 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The Court of Appeal rules doctors can stop treating seriously ill 21-month-old Alfie Evans. | Liverpool | Alfie is in a "semi-vegetative state" and has a mystery illness
The parents of a seriously ill toddler have lost their appeal against a High Court decision to end his life support.
A judge ruled last month that doctors at Alder Hey Children's Hospital in Liverpool can stop treating 21-month-old Alfie Evans against th... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-43302765 | news_uk-england-merseyside-43302765 | |
BBC game challenges young people to spot "fake news" - BBC News | 2018-03-16 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Young people can play the role of a newsroom journalist, making their own decisions on what is true or false in the new BBC iReporter interactive game. | Family & Education | The iReporter game can be used by pupils in lessons and complements English and citizenship
Can you separate the fact from the fiction?
The new interactive BBC iReporter game - aimed at youngsters aged 11 to 18 - gives you the chance to take on the role of a journalist in the BBC newsroom.
It is a "choose your own a... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/school-report-43391188 | news_school-report-43391188 | |
Spy row stokes Labour's foreign policy divisions - BBC News | 2018-03-16 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The Labour leader faces a balancing act over the reaction to the Skripal poisoning in Salisbury, says Laura Kuenssberg. | UK Politics | Mr Corbyn's foreign policy views are a cause for discomfort among some in his party
Like every intriguing spy story, there is a thrilling sub-plot, with its own twists and turns.
In this real life case, the political sub-plot in the Labour Party has just taken another one.
Yesterday, Jeremy Corbyn, for the second ti... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-43424301 | news_uk-politics-43424301 | |
Are 'cryonic technicians' the key to immortality? - BBC News | 2018-03-16 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Freezing the deceased in the hope of one day reviving them could become a mainstream service, advocates say. | Business | Technology is changing the way we work and the jobs we do. Will artificial intelligence and robots relieve us of humdrum tasks, making our working lives easier, or will they take our jobs away altogether? As part of our Future of Work series, we look at the cryonics technicians - who are trying to help their clients ch... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-43259902 | news_business-43259902 | |
Reality Check: Brexit can be win-win for UK and Europe, says Theresa May - BBC News | 2018-03-02 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | What were the key passages in Theresa May's big speech on Brexit at the Mansion House? | UK Politics | Theresa May has delivered her long-awaited speech on Brexit, giving more details of what she wants from the UK's future trade arrangements with the European Union.
Here are some of the key lines from the speech.
There was a time when government ministers were suggesting that this was going to be the easiest negotiati... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-43258480 | news_uk-politics-43258480 | |
Theresa May speech: Were the facts hard enough? - BBC News | 2018-03-02 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The prime minister gave more details of her Brexit plans - but were they enough? | UK Politics | Yes, it was a long speech. Yes, the prime minister added a layer of detail to her Brexit plans.
Yes, there were nuggets in there about how the negotiations might proceed, including, without much fanfare, what seemed to be a statement that the EU commission would help to find a solution the Irish border question, one o... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-43265458 | news_uk-politics-43265458 | |
Storm Emma: It's -4C outside yet some homeless people are choosing street over shelter - BBC News | 2018-03-02 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Homeless people tell us about what it is like to sleep outside during extremely cold weather. | UK | Tim has a green cover over his tent in an effort to hide it from passers-by
Tim, 22, has been calling a snowy field beside a motorway in north-west London home for the past two years.
He lives in a tent that struggles to stay still against the wind on this bitterly cold night. He has an old duvet to keep himself warm... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-43230787 | news_uk-43230787 | |
Sex abuse victim 'vindicated' after High Court win - BBC News | 2018-03-02 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Three women groomed into sex work as teenagers, fought for the right to not reveal their convictions. | UK | Three women, who say they were groomed into prostitution as teenagers, have won a High Court battle which means they will not have to tell future employers about their soliciting.
Fiona Broadfoot said it was a disgrace that she had carried these convictions, while no men who had "bought and used" her had faced any con... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-43261021 | news_uk-43261021 | |
Will May's big Brexit speech move things on? - BBC News | 2018-03-02 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Theresa May will try to show the EU that her aims are credible and to bring the UK together in her big speech. | UK Politics | Fed up with the same old arguments? Feel like every day's news is a repeat of the clashes between Leave and Remain from 2016?
Surely not, readers of this blog, who, I'm sure, trace every twist and turn with enormous enthusiasm? (OK, maybe not every single day).
Well, on Friday, cabinet ministers and Number 10 hope th... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-43250039 | news_uk-politics-43250039 | |
Manchester United 2-1 Tottenham Hotspur - BBC Sport | 2018-04-21 | None | Manchester United reach a record-equalling 20th FA Cup final with victory over Tottenham at Wembley. | null | Last updated on .From the section FA Cup
Ander Herrera's winner sent Manchester United into a record-equalling 20th FA Cup final and condemned Tottenham to their eighth successive defeat at this stage of the competition.
Spurs started at a ferocious pace and fully deserved the early lead they took after only 11 minut... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/43762296 | rt_football_43762296 | |
Facebook's Zuckerberg fires back at Apple's Tim Cook - BBC News | 2018-04-03 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Mark Zuckerberg says it is "extremely glib" to suggest Facebook does not care about its users. | Technology | Mr Zuckerberg has seen shares in his company fall steeply since the start of the Cambridge Analytical scandal
Facebook's chief executive has defended his leadership following criticism from his counterpart at Apple.
Mark Zuckerberg said it was "extremely glib" to suggest that because the public did not pay to use Fac... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-43619410 | news_technology-43619410 | |
Apple Watch provides murder case clues - BBC News | 2018-04-03 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Motion and heart rate data from a smartwatch has been presented in court as part of a murder trial. | Technology | Police in Australia have presented data gathered from an Apple Watch as evidence in a murder trial.
Grandmother Myrna Nilsson was wearing the device when she was killed in 2016.
Her daughter-in-law Caroline Nilsson is accused of staging an ambush, after claiming she was tied up by a group of men who entered the house... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-43629255 | news_technology-43629255 | |
Conservationists use astronomy software to save species - BBC News | 2018-04-03 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Researchers use astronomical techniques used to study distant stars to survey endangered species. | Science & Environment | Elephants are easier to spot from the heat they give off.
Researchers are using astronomical techniques used to study distant stars to survey endangered species.
The team of scientists is developing a system to automatically identify animals using a camera that has been mounted on a drone.
It is able to identify the... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-43546429 | news_science-environment-43546429 | |
Does Theresa May need MPs to approve UK action in Syria? - BBC News | 2018-04-13 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Ben Wright on the politics of one of the hardest judgements a prime minister has to make. | UK Politics | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The US president has said "nothing's off the table" - so what options are on the table?
As Theresa May weighs up what role - if any - the UK should have in military action against Syria, the question of parliamentary approva... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-43731390 | news_uk-politics-43731390 | |
Cliff Richard case: BBC had 'strong reasons' to name singer - BBC News | 2018-04-25 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | BBC director of news, Fran Unsworth, tells a High Court the story was in the public interest. | UK | The BBC's director of news and current affairs has said there were "strong reasons" to name Sir Cliff Richard during a police inquiry into him.
Fran Unsworth told the High Court that while the story would cause "distress" to Sir Cliff, it was "in the public interest."
Sir Cliff is suing the BBC for naming him and bro... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-43892359 | news_uk-43892359 | |
Manchester United 2-1 Tottenham Hotspur - BBC Sport | 2018-04-22 | None | Manchester United reach a record-equalling 20th FA Cup final with victory over Tottenham at Wembley. | null | Last updated on .From the section FA Cup
Ander Herrera's winner sent Manchester United into a record-equalling 20th FA Cup final and condemned Tottenham to their eighth successive defeat at this stage of the competition.
Spurs started at a ferocious pace and fully deserved the early lead they took after only 11 minut... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/43762296 | rt_football_43762296 | |
Syria air strikes: Were they legal? - BBC News | 2018-04-14 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Legal justifications can be made, but do they stack up? Law Professor Marc Weller looks at the arguments. | Middle East | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Missiles are launched from a ship in an unknown location and French Rafale jets take off
The justifications put forward by the US, UK and France for the air strikes in Syria have focused on the need to maintain the internati... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-43766556 | news_world-middle-east-43766556 | |
Syria air strikes: Will West's attack sway Syria's Assad? - BBC News | 2018-04-14 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Double the firepower with new allies - but is it enough to stop Assad's chemical weapon use? | Middle East | This was a heavier strike than a year ago - three targets rather than one.
Then, the US acted alone; this time it was joined by its French and British allies.
More than double the number of weapons were fired against Syrian targets than last year - a little more than 120 in all.
But the fundamental question remains ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-43764344 | news_world-middle-east-43764344 | |
Facebook's Zuckerberg fires back at Apple's Tim Cook - BBC News | 2018-04-04 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Mark Zuckerberg says it is "extremely glib" to suggest Facebook does not care about its users. | Technology | Mr Zuckerberg has seen shares in his company fall steeply since the start of the Cambridge Analytical scandal
Facebook's chief executive has defended his leadership following criticism from his counterpart at Apple.
Mark Zuckerberg said it was "extremely glib" to suggest that because the public did not pay to use Fac... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-43619410 | news_technology-43619410 | |
Amazon adverts banned for 'misleading' customers over savings - BBC News | 2018-04-04 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The Advertising Standards Authority says Amazon misled customers over savings on electronic devices. | UK | Four Amazon adverts for electronic devices have been banned for "misleading" customers over potential savings.
The adverts, all from July 2017, highlighted savings of up £300 compared with recommended retail prices (RRPs).
But complaints the RRPs were misleading and unsubstantiated were upheld by the Advertising Stan... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-43640335 | news_uk-43640335 | |
Brexit: Ministers suffer first defeat on EU Withdrawal Bill - BBC News | 2018-04-18 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Peers back a proposal that seeks to retain the option of a customs union with the EU. | UK Politics | Lord Patten was among two dozen Conservative peers to defy the party whip
Peers have defeated the government on the issue of staying in a UK-EU customs union after Brexit.
Lords voted by 348 to 225 in favour of a plan requiring ministers to report on steps to negotiate a continued union.
Backing it, ex-EU Commission... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-43812360 | news_uk-politics-43812360 | |
Alfie Evans: Father begs Pope Francis to 'save our son' - BBC News | 2018-04-18 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Tom Evans is asking the Pope to intervene in the legal battle about ending his son's life support. | Liverpool | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.
The father of terminally ill toddler Alfie Evans has met Pope Francis, begging him to "save our son".
Tom Evans has flown to Rome asking the Pope to intervene in the legal battle about ending 23-month-old Alfie's life suppo... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-43807453 | news_uk-england-merseyside-43807453 | |
Facebook's Zuckerberg fires back at Apple's Tim Cook - BBC News | 2018-04-05 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Mark Zuckerberg says it is "extremely glib" to suggest Facebook does not care about its users. | Technology | Mr Zuckerberg has seen shares in his company fall steeply since the start of the Cambridge Analytical scandal
Facebook's chief executive has defended his leadership following criticism from his counterpart at Apple.
Mark Zuckerberg said it was "extremely glib" to suggest that because the public did not pay to use Fac... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-43619410 | news_technology-43619410 | |
Syria air strikes: Will West's attack sway Syria's Assad? - BBC News | 2018-04-15 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Double the firepower with new allies - but is it enough to stop Assad's chemical weapon use? | Middle East | This was a heavier strike than a year ago - three targets rather than one.
Then, the US acted alone; this time it was joined by its French and British allies.
More than double the number of weapons were fired against Syrian targets than last year - a little more than 120 in all.
But the fundamental question remains ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-43764344 | news_world-middle-east-43764344 | |
Brexit: Senior MPs to force customs union vote - BBC News | 2018-04-23 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A cross-party group of MPs aims to increase pressure for a Brexit customs union deal. | UK Politics | A powerful cross-party group of MPs is to force a vote on a customs union next week in the House of Commons.
The Liaison Committee, made up of Labour, Conservative and SNP committee chairmen, has tabled a debate calling for "an effective customs union".
Theresa May has pledged to leave the current customs union after... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-43821737 | news_uk-politics-43821737 | |
Brexit: Government insists UK will leave customs union - BBC News | 2018-04-23 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The government rules out a U-turn on customs after a House of Lords defeat on its Brexit bill. | UK Politics | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. What is the EU customs union?
The government has restated its commitment to leaving the EU's custom union - ahead of a symbolic vote on the issue this week.
Last Wednesday, the government suffered defeat on the EU Withdrawa... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-43860453 | news_uk-politics-43860453 | |
Brexit: Ministers suffer first defeat on EU Withdrawal Bill - BBC News | 2018-04-23 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Peers back a proposal that seeks to retain the option of a customs union with the EU. | UK Politics | Lord Patten was among two dozen Conservative peers to defy the party whip
Peers have defeated the government on the issue of staying in a UK-EU customs union after Brexit.
Lords voted by 348 to 225 in favour of a plan requiring ministers to report on steps to negotiate a continued union.
Backing it, ex-EU Commission... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-43812360 | news_uk-politics-43812360 | |
Brexit: Ministers suffer first defeat on EU Withdrawal Bill - BBC News | 2018-04-19 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Peers back a proposal that seeks to retain the option of a customs union with the EU. | UK Politics | Lord Patten was among two dozen Conservative peers to defy the party whip
Peers have defeated the government on the issue of staying in a UK-EU customs union after Brexit.
Lords voted by 348 to 225 in favour of a plan requiring ministers to report on steps to negotiate a continued union.
Backing it, ex-EU Commission... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-43812360 | news_uk-politics-43812360 | |
Sugar tax is already producing results - BBC News | 2018-04-06 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A levy on sugary drinks will not raise as much as thought because makers are changing their recipes. | Health | It will be a major change in health and tax policy. On 6 April the UK will join the small number of countries which have introduced a tax on sugary drinks as part of an anti-obesity policy.
Shoppers will pay 18p or 24p per litre extra depending on how much extra sugar has been added to the drink.
So are retailers and... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-43372295 | news_health-43372295 | |
Does Theresa May need MPs to approve UK action in Syria? - BBC News | 2018-04-12 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Ben Wright on the politics of one of the hardest judgements a prime minister has to make. | UK Politics | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The US president has said "nothing's off the table" - so what options are on the table?
As Theresa May weighs up what role - if any - the UK should have in military action against Syria, the question of parliamentary approva... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-43731390 | news_uk-politics-43731390 | |
Russian spy poisoning: Nerve agent inspectors back UK - BBC News | 2018-04-12 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The international chemical weapons watchdog confirms the UK's analysis of the nerve agent in Salisbury. | UK | In the days after the poisoning, specialist officers wore protective suits at the scene in Salisbury
The international chemical weapons watchdog has confirmed the UK's analysis of the type of nerve agent used in the Russian ex-spy poisoning.
The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons did not name the ne... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-43741140 | news_uk-43741140 | |
Syria air strikes: Will West's attack sway Syria's Assad? - BBC News | 2018-04-16 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Double the firepower with new allies - but is it enough to stop Assad's chemical weapon use? | Middle East | This was a heavier strike than a year ago - three targets rather than one.
Then, the US acted alone; this time it was joined by its French and British allies.
More than double the number of weapons were fired against Syrian targets than last year - a little more than 120 in all.
But the fundamental question remains ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-43764344 | news_world-middle-east-43764344 | |
Facebook's Zuckerberg fires back at Apple's Tim Cook - BBC News | 2018-04-02 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Mark Zuckerberg says it is "extremely glib" to suggest Facebook does not care about its users. | Technology | Mr Zuckerberg has seen shares in his company fall steeply since the start of the Cambridge Analytical scandal
Facebook's chief executive has defended his leadership following criticism from his counterpart at Apple.
Mark Zuckerberg said it was "extremely glib" to suggest that because the public did not pay to use Fac... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-43619410 | news_technology-43619410 | |
Ken Livingstone to quit Labour amid anti-Semitism row - BBC News | 2018-05-21 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The ex-London mayor, suspended over anti-Semitism claims, says he is "sorry for offence he caused". | UK Politics | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Ken Livingstone: "It's better for Labour if I resign"
Ken Livingstone has said he is resigning from the Labour Party.
The ex-London mayor has been suspended since 2016 in a row over allegations of anti-Semitism following co... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-44196298 | news_uk-politics-44196298 | |
Acid death man 'told former partner to kill herself' - BBC News | 2018-05-03 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Berlinah Wallace denies murder and applying a corrosive fluid to Mark van Dongen in Bristol in 2015. | Bristol | Berlinah Wallace (right) said she and Mark van Dongen argued after he told her he had slept with another woman
A man who had sulphuric acid thrown over him said his former partner should kill herself by drinking acid while he watched, a court has heard.
Berlinah Wallace, 48, denies murder and applying a corrosive flu... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-43988075 | news_uk-england-bristol-43988075 | |
Stormy Daniels and Trump: Should the president be worried? - BBC News | 2018-05-03 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The adult film actress says she had sex with the president. What will this do for his political career? | US & Canada | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.
A porn star has given details in a television interview of an alleged affair with the US president. What impact might this have on Donald Trump?
Like kids waiting for Santa to come down the chimney, how can the expectation ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-43545618 | news_world-us-canada-43545618 | |
London killings: No easy answers to gun and knife crime - BBC News | 2018-05-07 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Cuts to police budgets may be less relevant than cuts to mental health provision. | UK | The deliberate killing of one human being by another is a crime that defies easy characterisation.
Among the more than 50 tragedies that make up the current spike in homicides in the capital this year are some that may be premeditated or gang-related, but most will be unpredictable acts of violence in moments of menta... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-43655748 | news_uk-43655748 | |
YouTuber Alison Chabloz guilty over anti-Semitic songs - BBC News | 2018-05-25 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Alison Chabloz, from Derbyshire, claimed the Holocaust was "just a bunch of lies" in her songs. | Derby | Alison Chabloz had claimed the prosecution was an attempt to limit her free speech
A blogger has been found guilty of broadcasting anti-Semitic songs on YouTube.
Alison Chabloz, 54, from Glossop, Derbyshire, wrote and performed three songs about Nazi persecution, including one about the young diarist Anne Frank.
Cha... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-derbyshire-44253085 | news_uk-england-derbyshire-44253085 | |
Ken Livingstone to quit Labour amid anti-Semitism row - BBC News | 2018-05-22 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The ex-London mayor, suspended over anti-Semitism claims, says he is "sorry for offence he caused". | UK Politics | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Ken Livingstone: "It's better for Labour if I resign"
Ken Livingstone has said he is resigning from the Labour Party.
The ex-London mayor has been suspended since 2016 in a row over allegations of anti-Semitism following co... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-44196298 | news_uk-politics-44196298 | |
Real Madrid 3-1 Liverpool - BBC Sport | 2018-05-26 | None | Gareth Bale scores two goals - including a stunning overhead kick - as Real Madrid beat Liverpool to win the Champions League for the third year in a row. | null | Last updated on .From the section European Football
Gareth Bale scored one of European football's great goals to help Real Madrid overcome Liverpool and win their third successive Champions League title as goalkeeper Loris Karius suffered a personal nightmare.
Bale made his mark on another Champions League final with... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/44258022 | rt_football_44258022 | |
Northern Ireland: UK cabinet 'spat' over unsolved killings inquiry - BBC News | 2018-05-08 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Ministers raise concerns over plans to introduce a new body to look into unsolved Troubles crimes. | UK Politics | The new unit will take over the work of the Historical Enquiries Team
Cabinet ministers have raised concerns over plans to introduce a new body that would investigate unsolved killings from the Troubles in Northern Ireland.
Introducing a new "Historical Investigations Unit" was a major part of the 2014 Stormont House... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-44048593 | news_uk-politics-44048593 | |
PM's portrait taken down after Oxford student protests - BBC News | 2018-05-08 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A picture of Theresa May is removed at the University of Oxford to save it from protesting students. | Family & Education | Theresa May's portrait has had to be taken down at Oxford University
A picture of Theresa May has been taken down at the University of Oxford to protect it from protests by students.
The picture of the prime minister, part of a celebration of women who had studied at the university, had been "obscured" by critical me... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-44046322 | news_education-44046322 | |
Matthew Moseley: Oswaldtwistle shooting killer jailed - BBC News | 2018-05-08 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Matthew Moseley, 50, handed a shotgun to his son and urged him to "tell them you've done it". | Lancashire | Prosecutors said Moseley, 50, fired the shotgun but handed it to his son saying: "Tell them you've done it."
A father who pressured his 14-year-old son into taking the blame for a murder he had committed has been jailed.
Matthew Moseley, 50, shot Lee Holt in the chest when he tried to get into his home last October.
... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-44038892 | news_uk-england-lancashire-44038892 | |
Real Madrid 3-1 Liverpool - BBC Sport | 2018-05-27 | None | Gareth Bale scores two goals - including a stunning overhead kick - as Real Madrid beat Liverpool to win the Champions League for the third year in a row. | null | Last updated on .From the section European Football
Gareth Bale scored one of European football's great goals to help Real Madrid overcome Liverpool and win their third successive Champions League title as goalkeeper Loris Karius suffered a personal nightmare.
Bale made his mark on another Champions League final with... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/44258022 | rt_football_44258022 | |
Student loan rates absurd, say MPs - BBC News | 2018-05-11 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The inflation measure used to set loans on tuition fees is "grossly unfair", says a committee of MPs. | Family & Education | The measure used to set interest rates on student loans is flawed and unfair, say MPs
The inflation measure used to set interest rates on student loans is "absurd", says a report from MPs.
The government uses RPI - the Retail Prices Index - which the Treasury Select Committee says is "flawed" and should be "abandoned... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-44067717 | news_education-44067717 | |
Trump barred from blocking Twitter users by judge - BBC News | 2018-05-23 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A judge rules that blocking access to the president's tweets violates free speech. | US & Canada | Mr Trump - seen through a phone - speaks from the Oval Office at the White House
US President Donald Trump may not "block" Twitter users from viewing his online profile due to their political beliefs, a judge in New York has ruled.
District Judge Naomi Reice Buchwald in Manhattan said that blocking access to his @rea... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-44232226 | news_world-us-canada-44232226 | |
Irish abortion referendum: The people travelling #HomeToVote - BBC News | 2018-05-23 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Voters returned home from across the world to cast their ballot in Friday's historic referendum. | Europe | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Meet the women who travelled #HomeToVote on Friday
Irish voters from around the world returned to cast their ballots in Friday's referendum on whether or not to repeal the country's Eighth Amendment. That clause in the Irish... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-44223949 | news_world-europe-44223949 | |
Gavin Grimm trans bathroom lawsuit backed by federal judge - BBC News | 2018-05-23 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Gavin Grimm, who has been fighting his former high school's policy for years, says he feels relief. | US & Canada | Gavin Grimm filed a lawsuit after his high school prevented him from using the men's bathroom
A US judge has ruled that federal law protects a transgender student's right to use the bathroom corresponding to his gender identity.
In the latest legal twist to a long-running case, a Virginia court rejected Gloucester Co... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-44219769 | news_world-us-canada-44219769 | |
A grenade lobbed into the customs union debate - BBC News | 2018-05-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A leaked document suggests a powerful group of senior Brexiteers sees this week's deliberations as a "breaking point". | UK Politics | As if it wasn't tense enough, 30 pages of arguments against part of the government's policy have emerged, an ultimatum from senior Brexiteers who see this week's deliberations over customs arrangements as a "breaking point".
It will hardly have been welcome in No 10's inboxes on Sunday afternoon, days before the Cabin... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-43970943 | news_uk-politics-43970943 | |
Northern Ireland: UK cabinet 'spat' over unsolved killings inquiry - BBC News | 2018-05-09 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Ministers raise concerns over plans to introduce a new body to look into unsolved Troubles crimes. | UK Politics | The new unit will take over the work of the Historical Enquiries Team
Cabinet ministers have raised concerns over plans to introduce a new body that would investigate unsolved killings from the Troubles in Northern Ireland.
Introducing a new "Historical Investigations Unit" was a major part of the 2014 Stormont House... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-44048593 | news_uk-politics-44048593 | |
PM's portrait taken down after Oxford student protests - BBC News | 2018-05-09 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A picture of Theresa May is removed at the University of Oxford to save it from protesting students. | Family & Education | Theresa May's portrait has had to be taken down at Oxford University
A picture of Theresa May has been taken down at the University of Oxford to protect it from protests by students.
The picture of the prime minister, part of a celebration of women who had studied at the university, had been "obscured" by critical me... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-44046322 | news_education-44046322 | |
Trump barred from blocking Twitter users by judge - BBC News | 2018-05-24 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A judge rules that blocking access to the president's tweets violates free speech. | US & Canada | Mr Trump - seen through a phone - speaks from the Oval Office at the White House
US President Donald Trump may not "block" Twitter users from viewing his online profile due to their political beliefs, a judge in New York has ruled.
District Judge Naomi Reice Buchwald in Manhattan said that blocking access to his @rea... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-44232226 | news_world-us-canada-44232226 | |
Irish abortion referendum: The people travelling #HomeToVote - BBC News | 2018-05-24 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Voters returned home from across the world to cast their ballot in Friday's historic referendum. | Europe | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Meet the women who travelled #HomeToVote on Friday
Irish voters from around the world returned to cast their ballots in Friday's referendum on whether or not to repeal the country's Eighth Amendment. That clause in the Irish... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-44223949 | news_world-europe-44223949 | |
Koreas summit: Will historic talks lead to lasting peace? - BBC News | 2018-05-12 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Dr John Nilsson-Wright looks at the outcome of talks between North and South Korea's leaders. | Asia | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.
Friday's dramatic meeting between South Korean President Moon Jae-in and his North Korean counterpart, Chairman Kim Jong-un, represents an unambiguous historic breakthrough at least in terms of the image of bilateral reconci... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-43932032 | news_world-asia-43932032 | |
Koreas summit: Will historic talks lead to lasting peace? - BBC News | 2018-05-16 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Dr John Nilsson-Wright looks at the outcome of talks between North and South Korea's leaders. | Asia | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.
Friday's dramatic meeting between South Korean President Moon Jae-in and his North Korean counterpart, Chairman Kim Jong-un, represents an unambiguous historic breakthrough at least in terms of the image of bilateral reconci... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-43932032 | news_world-asia-43932032 | |
University racism 'complacency' warning - BBC News | 2018-05-16 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Baroness Amos, the UK's first black woman university head, criticises "deep-seated prejudices". | Family & Education | There are warnings universities do not see the "day-to-day racism" on campus
Universities are being accused of "complacency" over a lack of senior black academics and lower achievement among ethnic minority students.
Baroness Amos, the UK's first black woman university head, says there are "deep-seated prejudices and... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-44125777 | news_education-44125777 | |
A grenade lobbed into the customs union debate - BBC News | 2018-05-02 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A leaked document suggests a powerful group of senior Brexiteers sees this week's deliberations as a "breaking point". | UK Politics | As if it wasn't tense enough, 30 pages of arguments against part of the government's policy have emerged, an ultimatum from senior Brexiteers who see this week's deliberations over customs arrangements as a "breaking point".
It will hardly have been welcome in No 10's inboxes on Sunday afternoon, days before the Cabin... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-43970943 | news_uk-politics-43970943 |
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