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Julie Reilly murder: Life sentence for killer who chopped up victim - BBC News | 2019-02-08 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A convicted killer is jailed for at least 28 years for murdering a woman and dismembering her body. | Scotland | Andrew Wallace was previously convicted of killing a woman when he was 15
A convicted killer has been jailed for at least 28 years for murdering a woman in Glasgow and dismembering her body.
Andrew Wallace was given a mandatory life sentence for killing Julie Reilly, 47, in her Govan flat in February last year.
Wall... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-47171929 | news_uk-scotland-47171929 | |
Lauri Love: Alleged hacker begins legal battle over seized computers - BBC News | 2019-02-11 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Lauri Love is using legislation from 1897 in a bid to get four computers and an SD card returned. | Suffolk | Lauri Love outside Hendon Magistrates' Court ahead of the hearing
An alleged hacker whose computers were seized more than five years ago has begun a legal bid to get them back.
Lauri Love, 34, is using the Police (Property) Act of 1897 to seek their return, a year after top judges blocked his extradition to the Unite... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-suffolk-47203809 | news_uk-england-suffolk-47203809 | |
Facebook and Google news should be regulated, Cairncross Review says - BBC News | 2019-02-11 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The landmark review also recommended the BBC should do more to share its technical and digital expertise. | Entertainment & Arts | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Dame Frances Cairncross explains the findings of her review into the future of the UK news industry
A regulator should oversee tech giants like Google and Facebook to ensure their news content is trustworthy, a government-ba... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-47202553 | news_entertainment-arts-47202553 | |
Brexit: Greg Clark, Amber Rudd and David Gauke issue delay warning - BBC News | 2019-02-23 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Greg Clark, Amber Rudd and David Gauke say extending Article 50 is better than "crashing out" of the EU. | UK Politics | Brexit should be delayed if Parliament does not approve a deal in the coming days, three cabinet ministers have warned publicly for the first time.
Ahead of crucial votes in the Commons, Greg Clark, Amber Rudd and David Gauke told the Daily Mail they would be prepared to defy Theresa May and vote for a delay.
Downing... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-47336501 | news_uk-politics-47336501 | |
More over-75s should take statins, experts say - BBC News | 2019-02-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Thousands of lives could be saved each year if more took the cholesterol-lowering drugs, researchers say. | Health | More people over the age of 75 should be taking statins, scientists have said, following a review of research.
There had been a lack of evidence about how much the cholesterol-lowering drugs benefit this age group.
But the review found they cut the risk of major cardiovascular disease in all ages studied, including t... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-47058919 | news_health-47058919 | |
Brexit: Donald Tusk's planned outburst - BBC News | 2019-02-06 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The European Council president completely condemns a chunk of the British cabinet with his speech in Brussels. | UK Politics | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Donald Tusk: "Special place in hell" for those without Brexit plan
The softly-spoken politician who holds the authority of all EU countries has just completely condemned a chunk of the British cabinet, wondering aloud: "What... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-47147258 | news_uk-politics-47147258 | |
Stansted 15 spared jail over grounded plane - BBC News | 2019-02-06 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The activists got through a fence and chained themselves to a plane which was due to deport 60 people. | Essex | Members of the Stansted 15 gathered outside Chelmsford Crown Court ahead of their sentencing
Fifteen protesters who chained themselves to a plane to stop it deporting people to Africa have avoided immediate jail sentences.
Dubbed the Stansted 15, the group broke through a fence at the airport in a bid to reach the je... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-47145449 | news_uk-england-essex-47145449 | |
Brexit: Greg Clark, Amber Rudd and David Gauke issue delay warning - BBC News | 2019-02-24 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Greg Clark, Amber Rudd and David Gauke say extending Article 50 is better than "crashing out" of the EU. | UK Politics | Brexit should be delayed if Parliament does not approve a deal in the coming days, three cabinet ministers have warned publicly for the first time.
Ahead of crucial votes in the Commons, Greg Clark, Amber Rudd and David Gauke told the Daily Mail they would be prepared to defy Theresa May and vote for a delay.
Downing... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-47336501 | news_uk-politics-47336501 | |
Facebook and Google news should be regulated, Cairncross Review says - BBC News | 2019-02-12 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The landmark review also recommended the BBC should do more to share its technical and digital expertise. | Entertainment & Arts | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Dame Frances Cairncross explains the findings of her review into the future of the UK news industry
A regulator should oversee tech giants like Google and Facebook to ensure their news content is trustworthy, a government-ba... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-47202553 | news_entertainment-arts-47202553 | |
Joaquín 'El Chapo' Guzmán's trial: From shocking to bizarre - BBC News | 2019-02-12 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Gold-plated rifles and a fatal handshake snub - what we've been told about Joaquín Guzmán so far. | US & Canada | The trial of accused druglord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman is nearing its end after eight weeks of evidence from the prosecution
The trial of Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán has provided shocking revelations about the Mexican drug lord's life.
Below are some of the most disturbing testimonies by witnesses in the high-profile ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-46282173 | news_world-us-canada-46282173 | |
Cardiff Irish Traveller's arrest shameful, says charity - BBC News | 2019-03-21 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Calls are made for a new inquiry into the arrest of a Traveller with known mental health issues. | Wales | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Police bodycam footage shows Minnie Moloney getting hysterical upon being arrested
The way a pregnant Irish Traveller was arrested was shameful and inappropriate, a race charity has said.
Minnie Moloney, 25, who has severe ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-47589034 | news_uk-wales-47589034 | |
'Millennial burnout': this is how it feels - BBC Three | 2019-03-03 | [] | null | I don’t remember the last time I relaxed. Honestly? I don’t know how to. Every time I try to read a book or watch TV, I think about what I have to do next, or my ‘to-do’ list flashes before my eyes. I feel guilty because I know that I could be cleaning my flat, or at the gym, or buying a birthday present for my boyfrie... | https://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcthree/article/c384d54a-0116-437f-83e8-ddbca65b6c06 | ree_article_c384d54a-0116-437f-83e8-ddbca65b6c06 | ||
Man arrested for egging Jeremy Corbyn in Finsbury Park - BBC News | 2019-03-03 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The Labour leader was visiting a mosque in north London when the egg was thrown at him on Sunday. | London | Jeremy Corbyn had been visiting Finsbury Park mosque when an egg was thrown at him
A man has been arrested after an egg was thrown at Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn in north London.
It happened as Mr Corbyn was visiting a mosque in Seven Sisters Road, not far from where the MP lives, just before 16:00 GMT on Sunda... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-2017-47435623 | news_election-2017-47435623 | |
Brexit: Any sign of Theresa May changing course? - BBC News | 2019-03-13 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | After a comprehensive defeat, it's not clear how the prime minister intends to dig herself out of this dreadful political hole. | UK Politics | Second time very unlucky. The tweaks to the deal with the EU that the prime minister sweated for more than a month to achieve were to little purpose.
The government was, again, comprehensively defeated, this time by almost 150 votes.
One senior cabinet minister said this afternoon another thumping defeat would mean t... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-47548072 | news_uk-politics-47548072 | |
Mueller report: Key lines from Bill Barr summary - BBC News | 2019-03-25 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | After two years of work and 2,800 subpoenas, the president has been cleared of conspiracy and obstruction of justice. | US & Canada | Attorney general William Barr was tasked with summarising the Mueller report for Congress
Two days after Special Counsel Robert Mueller filed the report on his investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election to the attorney general, William Barr provided a four-page summary to Congress and th... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-47688297 | news_world-us-canada-47688297 | |
Brexit: We will not back deal which breaks up UK - Leadsom - BBC News | 2019-03-10 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The Commons Leader says she is "deeply disappointed" by a proposal from the EU's chief negotiator. | UK | Commons Leader Andrea Leadsom is "deeply disappointed" by the EU proposal
The government will not sign up to a Brexit agreement that breaks up the UK, Commons Leader Andrea Leadsom has said.
EU chief negotiator Michel Barnier said on Friday that the UK would be free to leave a proposed single customs territory with t... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-47506139 | news_uk-47506139 | |
Brexit could be lost if deal rejected, Jeremy Hunt says - BBC News | 2019-03-10 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Tories face "devastating" consequences if MPs do not back Theresa May's deal, Jeremy Hunt says. | UK Politics | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt tells Andrew Marr the Conservative party is "in very perilous waters"
Conservative MPs should back Theresa May's deal this week or risk losing Brexit altogether, Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt ha... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-47514248 | news_uk-politics-47514248 | |
Man arrested for egging Jeremy Corbyn in Finsbury Park - BBC News | 2019-03-04 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The Labour leader was visiting a mosque in north London when the egg was thrown at him on Sunday. | London | Jeremy Corbyn had been visiting Finsbury Park mosque when an egg was thrown at him
A man has been arrested after an egg was thrown at Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn in north London.
It happened as Mr Corbyn was visiting a mosque in Seven Sisters Road, not far from where the MP lives, just before 16:00 GMT on Sunda... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-2017-47435623 | news_election-2017-47435623 | |
A new home for the Gregory's Girl clock? - BBC News | 2019-03-26 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | A long-running debate over the famous clock's true home flares up after another attempt to move it to Glasgow. | Glasgow & West Scotland | A landmark clock which featured in the 1981 romantic Scottish comedy Gregory's Girl is at the centre of a debate over its true home. But how did this striking piece wind up in a Lanarkshire shopping arcade - and will it remain there?
It's perhaps unusual for a prominent landmark to go through something of an identity ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-47666900 | news_uk-scotland-glasgow-west-47666900 | |
Jack Shepherd: Speedboat killer will return to UK - BBC News | 2019-03-26 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Jack Shepherd agrees to return from Georgia, where he hid out, and a judge approves the extradition. | London | Prosecutors argued there was nothing to prevent Jack Shepherd being extradited from Georgia
Speedboat killer Jack Shepherd is to be sent back to the UK after agreeing to his extradition from Georgia.
The 31-year-old went on the run before his trial where he was found guilty of manslaughter following a speedboat crash... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-47703517 | news_uk-england-london-47703517 | |
Team Sky set to name new sponsor as Ineos, owned by Sir Jim Ratcliffe - BBC Sport | 2019-03-18 | [] | Team Sky are set to announce a new sponsor - owned by Britain's richest man Sir Jim Ratcliffe. | null | Last updated on .From the section Cycling
Team Sky are set to announce a new sponsor - owned by Britain's richest man Sir Jim Ratcliffe.
The broadcaster said in December that it would end its decade-long commitment at the end of 2019, during which time Team Sky have won eight Grand Tours.
The team will be renamed Te... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/47608625 | rt_cycling_47608625 | |
West Kensington stabbing: Four held on suspicion of murder - BBC News | 2019-03-08 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The 17-year-old victim was found with multiple stab wounds in West Kensington on Thursday afternoon. | London | Ayub Hassan was described as "very kind and handsome" by a family friend
Four people have been arrested on suspicion of murder after a teenage boy was stabbed to death in west London.
Seventeen-year-old Ayub Hassan was found with multiple stab wounds to the chest in Lanfrey Place, West Kensington, on Thursday afterno... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-47495232 | news_uk-england-london-47495232 | |
Jeremy Corbyn makes plea for Labour unity - BBC News | 2019-03-08 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Jeremy Corbyn tells the Scottish Labour conference that the party must unite if it is to get into government. | Scotland politics | Jeremy Corbyn told Labour delegates that they must be "united" to get into government
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has issued a plea for unity in his speech to the party's Scottish conference in Dundee.
The build-up to the conference has seen continuing disagreements within the party about its approach to Brexit and h... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-47488357 | news_uk-scotland-scotland-politics-47488357 | |
Brexit could be lost if deal rejected, Jeremy Hunt says - BBC News | 2019-03-11 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Tories face "devastating" consequences if MPs do not back Theresa May's deal, Jeremy Hunt says. | UK Politics | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt tells Andrew Marr the Conservative party is "in very perilous waters"
Conservative MPs should back Theresa May's deal this week or risk losing Brexit altogether, Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt ha... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-47514248 | news_uk-politics-47514248 | |
Brexit march: Remainer walks 200 miles to join protest - BBC News | 2019-03-23 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Ed Sides set off two and a half weeks ago and talked to Brexiteers along the way. | Wales | Members of Swansea 4 Europe bade farewell to Ed Sides (left) as his walk began on 6 March
A man has walked 200 miles to join a march in London in favour of another EU referendum, engaging with Brexit supporters along the way.
Ed Sides set off from Swansea two and a half weeks ago and has "taken time to listen as much... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-47670317 | news_uk-wales-47670317 | |
'Millennial burnout': this is how it feels - BBC Three | 2019-03-01 | [] | null | I don’t remember the last time I relaxed. Honestly? I don’t know how to. Every time I try to read a book or watch TV, I think about what I have to do next, or my ‘to-do’ list flashes before my eyes. I feel guilty because I know that I could be cleaning my flat, or at the gym, or buying a birthday present for my boyfrie... | https://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcthree/article/c384d54a-0116-437f-83e8-ddbca65b6c06 | ree_article_c384d54a-0116-437f-83e8-ddbca65b6c06 | ||
£7,500 tuition fees plan faces Brexit delay - BBC News | 2019-03-01 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Review expected to recommend a cut in university tuition fees, but more funding for vocational training. | Family & Education | The review of university tuition fees in England has been caught in a Brexit gridlock - and might be delayed until May or later, according to sources.
The government-commissioned review of student finance is expected to call for a cut in fees, with the figure of £7,500 now being floated.
The review will send a tough ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-47405054 | news_education-47405054 | |
Vaccination deniers gaining traction, NHS boss warns - BBC News | 2019-03-01 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The NHS is considering what it can do to stop anti-vaccination messages spreading, Simon Stevens says. | Health | The head of NHS England has warned that "vaccination deniers" are gaining traction on social media as part of a "fake news" movement.
Simon Stevens said parents were seeing "fake messages" online about vaccines, which was making it harder to "win the public argument" on vaccination.
NHS England is considering what ac... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-47417966 | news_health-47417966 | |
Brexit: We will not back deal which breaks up UK - Leadsom - BBC News | 2019-03-09 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The Commons Leader says she is "deeply disappointed" by a proposal from the EU's chief negotiator. | UK | Commons Leader Andrea Leadsom is "deeply disappointed" by the EU proposal
The government will not sign up to a Brexit agreement that breaks up the UK, Commons Leader Andrea Leadsom has said.
EU chief negotiator Michel Barnier said on Friday that the UK would be free to leave a proposed single customs territory with t... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-47506139 | news_uk-47506139 | |
Team Sky become Team Ineos as new sponsor owned by Sir Jim Ratcliffe is confirmed - BBC Sport | 2019-03-19 | [] | Team Sky change their name to Team Ineos as they announce a new sponsor - a company owned by Britain's richest man Sir Jim Ratcliffe. | null | Last updated on .From the section Cycling
Team Sky have officially become Team Ineos to reflect their new sponsor, a chemicals firm owned by Britain's richest man Sir Jim Ratcliffe.
Broadcaster Sky said in December it would end its decade-long commitment at the end of 2019, during which time the team Sky have won eig... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/47629760 | rt_cycling_47629760 | |
Team Sky set to name new sponsor as Ineos, owned by Sir Jim Ratcliffe - BBC Sport | 2019-03-19 | [] | Team Sky are set to announce a new sponsor - owned by Britain's richest man Sir Jim Ratcliffe. | null | Last updated on .From the section Cycling
Team Sky are set to announce a new sponsor - owned by Britain's richest man Sir Jim Ratcliffe.
The broadcaster said in December that it would end its decade-long commitment at the end of 2019, during which time Team Sky have won eight Grand Tours.
The team will be renamed Te... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/47608625 | rt_cycling_47608625 | |
Brexit march: Remainer walks 200 miles to join protest - BBC News | 2019-03-24 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Ed Sides set off two and a half weeks ago and talked to Brexiteers along the way. | Wales | Members of Swansea 4 Europe bade farewell to Ed Sides (left) as his walk began on 6 March
A man has walked 200 miles to join a march in London in favour of another EU referendum, engaging with Brexit supporters along the way.
Ed Sides set off from Swansea two and a half weeks ago and has "taken time to listen as much... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-47670317 | news_uk-wales-47670317 | |
Mueller report: Key lines from Bill Barr summary - BBC News | 2019-03-24 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | After two years of work and 2,800 subpoenas, the president has been cleared of conspiracy and obstruction of justice. | US & Canada | Attorney general William Barr was tasked with summarising the Mueller report for Congress
Two days after Special Counsel Robert Mueller filed the report on his investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election to the attorney general, William Barr provided a four-page summary to Congress and th... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-47688297 | news_world-us-canada-47688297 | |
Lorraine Kelly, tax law and how celebrities build public personas - BBC News | 2019-03-24 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Even though, as a judge has ruled, "she may not like the guest she interviews or the food she eats". | Entertainment & Arts | "Lorraine Kelly is one of the most ruthless people you'll meet in the business," joked Piers Morgan on Good Morning Britain last week.
"Don't be fooled by that halo. To warm herself up for her show, she literally murders kittens and puppies."
Morgan's joke, which he made the day after Kelly's win at the TRIC Awards, ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-47638392 | news_entertainment-arts-47638392 | |
Brexit: Any sign of Theresa May changing course? - BBC News | 2019-03-12 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | After a comprehensive defeat, it's not clear how the prime minister intends to dig herself out of this dreadful political hole. | UK Politics | Second time very unlucky. The tweaks to the deal with the EU that the prime minister sweated for more than a month to achieve were to little purpose.
The government was, again, comprehensively defeated, this time by almost 150 votes.
One senior cabinet minister said this afternoon another thumping defeat would mean t... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-47548072 | news_uk-politics-47548072 | |
Fulham fight: Fatal stabbing victim was 'good guy' - BBC News | 2019-03-16 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The 29-year-old victim's friend said at their age "you don't do silly things like... knife crimes". | London | A 29-year-old man died at the scene before paramedics arrived
A 29-year-old man has been stabbed to death in a fight in south-west London.
He was stabbed at the junction of Gowan Avenue and Munster Road in Fulham in the early hours of Saturday and died at the scene.
Neighbours said they heard an argument unfolding a... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-47593883 | news_uk-england-london-47593883 | |
Katie Price denies being abusive outside West Sussex school - BBC News | 2019-03-20 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The reality star is accused of being in a "verbal altercation" with her ex-husband's girlfriend. | Sussex | Katie Price is due to stand trial at Horsham Magistrates' Court on 3 June
TV star Katie Price has denied being abusive outside a school.
The 40-year-old reality star is charged with one count of using threatening and abusive words or behaviour outside a primary school in Shipley last September.
Crawley Magistrates' ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-47639047 | news_uk-england-sussex-47639047 | |
In full: Theresa May's Brexit delay request to EU's Donald Tusk - BBC News | 2019-03-20 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Prime Minister Theresa May has written to European Council President Donald Tusk to request a delay to Brexit. | UK Politics | The UK Government's policy remains to leave the European Union in an orderly manner on the basis of the Withdrawal Agreement and Political Declaration agreed in November, complemented by the Joint Instrument and supplement to the Political Declaration President Juncker and I agreed on 11 March.
You will be aware that ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-47641357 | news_uk-politics-47641357 | |
Vaccination deniers gaining traction, NHS boss warns - BBC News | 2019-03-02 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The NHS is considering what it can do to stop anti-vaccination messages spreading, Simon Stevens says. | Health | The head of NHS England has warned that "vaccination deniers" are gaining traction on social media as part of a "fake news" movement.
Simon Stevens said parents were seeing "fake messages" online about vaccines, which was making it harder to "win the public argument" on vaccination.
NHS England is considering what ac... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-47417966 | news_health-47417966 | |
Abuse survivor calls for end to corroboration - BBC News | 2019-04-03 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Sex abuse survivors are campaigning for the need for two separate sources of evidence to be scrapped. | Scotland | Suzy Angus felt "defeated" after trying to seek justice
A woman who says she was sexually abused as a child has told the BBC she felt "defeated" after trying to seek justice.
Suzy Angus is part of the Speak Out Survivors group campaigning to scrap the need for corroboration in Scots law.
Corroboration means two sepa... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-47790937 | news_uk-scotland-47790937 | |
Brexit: Theresa May's extension statement in full - BBC News | 2019-04-03 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Mrs May says she will ask the EU for an extension to the Brexit deadline to "break the logjam". | UK Politics | Theresa May has said she will ask the EU for an extension to the Brexit deadline to "break the logjam" in Parliament.
The prime minister also said she wants to meet Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn to agree a plan on the future relationship with the EU.
Here is her statement in full.
"I've just come from chairing seven h... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-47794673 | news_uk-politics-47794673 | |
Royal Opera House loses appeal over viola player's hearing - BBC News | 2019-04-17 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The Royal Opera House failed to protect a musician's hearing during rehearsal, the Court of Appeal rules. | Entertainment & Arts | Christopher Goldscheider joined the viola section of the ROH orchestra in 2002
The Royal Opera House has lost its appeal over the life-changing hearing damage caused to a viola player at a rehearsal of Wagner's Die Walkure.
The Court of Appeal ruled unanimously that the ROH failed to take reasonable steps to protect ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-47965734 | news_entertainment-arts-47965734 | |
Warning over 'unexplained' school moves - BBC News | 2019-04-18 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | A report says high numbers switching schools might conceal pupils being "off-rolled". | Family & Education | There are warnings that some of the 55,000 "unexplained" moves by pupils between schools in England over five years could be driven by schools trying to remove difficult children.
The Education Policy Institute has looked at cases where pupils have changed school without moving home.
Almost a quarter of these moves h... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-47962294 | news_education-47962294 | |
Brexit: Tom Watson urges public vote to 'solve national crisis' - BBC News | 2019-04-05 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Tom Watson says most Labour MPs would have difficulty with any solution excluding a referendum option. | UK Politics | Labour's Tom Watson said about 80% of Labour MPs backed a so-called "confirmatory ballot"
A public vote on any Brexit deal could "solve the national crisis" in the UK, Labour's deputy leader has said.
Tom Watson said he was a "reluctant convert" to a confirmatory ballot but if MPs "failed" to do their job, the public... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-47826026 | news_uk-politics-47826026 | |
More over-75s should take statins, experts say - BBC News | 2019-04-15 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Thousands of lives could be saved each year if more took the cholesterol-lowering drugs, researchers say. | Health | More people over the age of 75 should be taking statins, scientists have said, following a review of research.
There had been a lack of evidence about how much the cholesterol-lowering drugs benefit this age group.
But the review found they cut the risk of major cardiovascular disease in all ages studied, including t... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-47058919 | news_health-47058919 | |
Laleh Shahravesh back in UK after horse jibe row in Dubai - BBC News | 2019-04-12 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Laleh Shahravesh hugged her daughter as she landed back in London - four weeks after her arrest in Dubai. | UK | Laleh Shahravesh was arrested in Dubai when she arrived with her teenage daughter Paris for her ex-husband's funeral
A British woman who faced prison in Dubai over a jibe she posted on Facebook has embraced her daughter after landing back in the UK.
Laleh Shahravesh, 55, had faced up to two years in jail after callin... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-47907760 | news_uk-47907760 | |
More over-75s should take statins, experts say - BBC News | 2019-04-16 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Thousands of lives could be saved each year if more took the cholesterol-lowering drugs, researchers say. | Health | More people over the age of 75 should be taking statins, scientists have said, following a review of research.
There had been a lack of evidence about how much the cholesterol-lowering drugs benefit this age group.
But the review found they cut the risk of major cardiovascular disease in all ages studied, including t... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-47058919 | news_health-47058919 | |
Brexit: Theresa May's extension statement in full - BBC News | 2019-04-02 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Mrs May says she will ask the EU for an extension to the Brexit deadline to "break the logjam". | UK Politics | Theresa May has said she will ask the EU for an extension to the Brexit deadline to "break the logjam" in Parliament.
The prime minister also said she wants to meet Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn to agree a plan on the future relationship with the EU.
Here is her statement in full.
"I've just come from chairing seven h... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-47794673 | news_uk-politics-47794673 | |
Sturgeon: Prime minister 'kicking the can' over Brexit - BBC News | 2019-04-02 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Theresa May wants a further extension to the Brexit deadline - but Nicola Sturgeon says she's "kicking the can". | Scotland politics | Nicola Sturgeon has accused Theresa May of "kicking the can" after the prime minister said she would ask the EU for a further Brexit deadline extension.
Mrs May called for talks with Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn to "break the logjam" in the Commons over Brexit.
Ms Sturgeon said the prime minister was "kicking the can ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-47790048 | news_uk-scotland-scotland-politics-47790048 | |
Cyclone Idai: What's the role of climate change? - BBC News | 2019-05-03 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Direct links to climate change are difficult to prove but rising temperatures are increasing cyclone intensity, say scientists. | Science & Environment | Unless a rich benefactor steps in, the role of human-induced climate change in Cyclone Idai is unlikely to be clearly determined.
The scientists with the expertise simply don't have the resources to do the large amount of computer modelling required.
However, there are a number of conclusions about rising temperature... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-47638588 | news_science-environment-47638588 | |
Local elections: Why has Labour lost seats? - BBC News | 2019-05-03 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The Labour Party suffers a net loss of council seats - starting from the low base of 2015. | UK Politics | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.
Labour has suffered a net loss of council seats - starting from the low base of 2015 in many cases.
The Conservatives have lost more than 10 times as many councillors, but what is remarkable is that the main party of opposi... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-48150656 | news_uk-politics-48150656 | |
UK knife crime: The first 100 fatal stabbings of 2019 - BBC News | 2019-05-17 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The BBC has tracked the killings to uncover the stories of those who have lost their lives. | UK | One hundred people have been fatally stabbed in the UK so far this year.
The first death was 33-year-old mother Charlotte Huggins, who died in London just a few hours after celebrating the start of the new year.
The 100th death was John Lewis, 32, who died in Middlesbrough on the evening of 14 May.
Those killed in 2... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-48186035 | news_uk-48186035 | |
Brexit: Does collapse of Labour talks spell end for Theresa May's hopes? - BBC News | 2019-05-17 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Could Labour MPs and Tories with their eyes on a future leadership contest come to the PM's rescue? | UK Politics | Bringing the Withdrawal Agreement Bill to Parliament is the last roll of the dice for the prime minister
Labour has finally pulled the plug on the Brexit talks with the government, at the end of a week in which they appeared to be on life support.
So is it, as some suggest, time to read the last rites on Theresa May'... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-48307713 | news_uk-politics-48307713 | |
Has Wales embraced the Welsh Assembly 20 years on? - BBC News | 2019-05-07 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Twenty years after devolution, what do people think about the Welsh Assembly? | Wales politics | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. What has the Welsh Assembly done for you?
Showing a class of AS level politics students some of the landmark moments of Welsh devolution is a sobering experience.
In the Welsh Assembly, which enters its 20th year this week,... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-politics-48147104 | news_uk-wales-politics-48147104 | |
Jeremy Kyle Show: 'I used to work as a runner' - BBC News | 2019-05-14 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | A former runner on the show gives us a glimpse of what happens behind the scenes. | Newsbeat | The Jeremy Kyle Show has been suspended after a guest was found dead following the recording of an episode.
The news has opened up a debate around the most popular show on ITV's daytime schedule.
Below is a glimpse of what it's like to work on the programme from a former employee, who wants to remain anonymous:
I ha... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-48266570 | news_newsbeat-48266570 | |
Cyclone Idai: What's the role of climate change? - BBC News | 2019-05-04 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Direct links to climate change are difficult to prove but rising temperatures are increasing cyclone intensity, say scientists. | Science & Environment | Unless a rich benefactor steps in, the role of human-induced climate change in Cyclone Idai is unlikely to be clearly determined.
The scientists with the expertise simply don't have the resources to do the large amount of computer modelling required.
However, there are a number of conclusions about rising temperature... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-47638588 | news_science-environment-47638588 | |
Local elections: Why has Labour lost seats? - BBC News | 2019-05-04 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The Labour Party suffers a net loss of council seats - starting from the low base of 2015. | UK Politics | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.
Labour has suffered a net loss of council seats - starting from the low base of 2015 in many cases.
The Conservatives have lost more than 10 times as many councillors, but what is remarkable is that the main party of opposi... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-48150656 | news_uk-politics-48150656 | |
Alliance surge in NI council elections a striking development - BBC News | 2019-05-04 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Alliance's surge is the most striking development of the NI council election results so far. | Northern Ireland | Alliance's Ross McMullan (centre) got almost 1,000 votes over the quota when he was elected to Belfast City Council
PR elections in Northern Ireland are always more of a marathon than a sprint, so it's wise not to overanalyse the results at the halfway mark.
The protracted drama of single transferable voting means th... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-48159710 | news_uk-northern-ireland-48159710 | |
John McDonnell: No trust left in PM over Brexit talks - BBC News | 2019-05-05 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The shadow chancellor accuses Theresa May of an "act of bad faith" in cross-party Brexit talks. | UK Politics | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. John McDonnell: 'We're dealing with a very unstable government'
Labour's shadow chancellor says he does not trust Theresa May after details from cross-party talks on Brexit were leaked to the press.
The PM has called on Lab... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-48165373 | news_uk-48165373 | |
What would a Brexit Party Brexit look like? - BBC News | 2019-05-27 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The newly formed party won 31.6% of the votes in the European elections. | UK Politics | The Brexit Party has won the largest share of the vote and the most seats in the UK's European elections.
Many of its policies are unknown, it produced no manifesto, and it has avoided answering detailed questions on immigration or economic policy.
One thing we do know very clearly is that it wants to leave the Europ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-48422801 | news_uk-politics-48422801 | |
Cardiff man Kane Burns jailed for killing friend over mum insult - BBC News | 2019-05-15 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The remains of Mohamed Megherbi were found nearly two months after he vanished. | Wales | Kane Burns changed his plea during a murder trial to manslaughter
A man who killed his friend with a sword for insulting his mother before burning his body and burying it has been jailed for 10-and-a-half years.
Kane Burns admitted he "went too far in self defence" against Mohamed Megherbi.
The "skeletonised" remain... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-48278265 | news_uk-wales-48278265 | |
Co-accused acquitted of murdering Annalise Johnstone - BBC News | 2019-05-15 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | A judge rules there is insufficient evidence against the woman who had been accused of killing Annalise Johnstone, | Tayside and Central Scotland | Annalise Johnstone's body was discovered in woodland in May 2018
A woman has been acquitted of murdering her friend's sister in Perthshire.
Angela Newlands was accused of killing Annalise Johnstone, 22, along with co-accused Jordan Johnstone, at the Maggie's Wall Memorial near Dunning.
Miss Newlands was acquitted of... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-48286653 | news_uk-scotland-tayside-central-48286653 | |
Why The Jeremy Kyle Show was scrapped - BBC News | 2019-05-15 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Damaging front-page headlines and fresh evidence around the death left ITV with little option but to end the show permanently. | Entertainment & Arts | The precise circumstances of Steve Dymond's death are not known. But what is clear, from multiple sources, is that he was troubled and vulnerable before he participated in the show - even though he did so willingly - and that failing the lie detector test was a devastating blow.
That much was clear on Tuesday morning,... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-48285032 | news_entertainment-arts-48285032 | |
Jeremy Kyle Show: 'I used to work as a runner' - BBC News | 2019-05-15 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | A former runner on the show gives us a glimpse of what happens behind the scenes. | Newsbeat | The Jeremy Kyle Show has been suspended after a guest was found dead following the recording of an episode.
The news has opened up a debate around the most popular show on ITV's daytime schedule.
Below is a glimpse of what it's like to work on the programme from a former employee, who wants to remain anonymous:
I ha... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-48266570 | news_newsbeat-48266570 | |
Heathrow campaigners lose challenge against third runway - BBC News | 2019-05-01 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | High Court judges rule in favour of the government's decision to approve airport expansion plans. | Business | Campaigners have lost a High Court challenge against the government's decision to approve plans for a third runway at London's Heathrow airport.
Five councils, residents, environmental charities and London Mayor Sadiq Khan brought the action after MPs backed the plans in June.
The campaigners said the runway would ef... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-48118100 | news_business-48118100 | |
Sport & gender: A history of bad science & 'biological racism' - BBC Sport | 2019-05-01 | [] | Indian sprinter Dutee Chand has been cleared to run again but she is collateral damage in a scientific dispute, writes Matt Slater. | null | Having become the first Indian sprinter to reach a final at a global athletics event in 2013, the 18-year-old was already the national champion at 100m and 200m, and an Asian Games bronze medallist.
Such was the excitement about her potential that the Sports Authority of India's director general Jiji Thomson described... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/29446276 | rt_athletics_29446276 | |
Flooding boss urges debate on abandoning at-risk homes - BBC News | 2019-05-09 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The Environment Agency's boss asks whether it is cheaper and safer to relocate communities than defend them. | UK Politics | The man in charge of England's flood defences has called for a debate on whether communities at the highest risk should be abandoned and their residents permanently relocated.
Sir James Bevan, the Environment Agency chief executive, said England could not continue to build taller, stronger and costlier concrete defenc... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-43476335 | news_uk-politics-43476335 | |
Brexit: Does collapse of Labour talks spell end for Theresa May's hopes? - BBC News | 2019-05-19 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Could Labour MPs and Tories with their eyes on a future leadership contest come to the PM's rescue? | UK Politics | Bringing the Withdrawal Agreement Bill to Parliament is the last roll of the dice for the prime minister
Labour has finally pulled the plug on the Brexit talks with the government, at the end of a week in which they appeared to be on life support.
So is it, as some suggest, time to read the last rites on Theresa May'... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-48307713 | news_uk-politics-48307713 | |
Brexit: New UK PM will not alter withdrawal deal - Coveney - BBC News | 2019-05-19 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Ireland's deputy prime minister says "the personality might change" but the Brexit deal will not. | Europe | Mr Coveney suggested many British politicians do not understand the complexity of NI politics
Ireland's deputy prime minister has ruled out any renegotiation of the Brexit withdrawal deal if Theresa May is replaced as UK prime minister.
Speaking on RTÉ, Tánaiste Simon Coveney said "the personality might change but th... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-48330965 | news_world-europe-48330965 | |
John McDonnell: No trust left in PM over Brexit talks - BBC News | 2019-05-06 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The shadow chancellor accuses Theresa May of an "act of bad faith" in cross-party Brexit talks. | UK Politics | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. John McDonnell: 'We're dealing with a very unstable government'
Labour's shadow chancellor says he does not trust Theresa May after details from cross-party talks on Brexit were leaked to the press.
The PM has called on Lab... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-48165373 | news_uk-48165373 | |
Why The Jeremy Kyle Show was scrapped - BBC News | 2019-05-16 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Damaging front-page headlines and fresh evidence around the death left ITV with little option but to end the show permanently. | Entertainment & Arts | The precise circumstances of Steve Dymond's death are not known. But what is clear, from multiple sources, is that he was troubled and vulnerable before he participated in the show - even though he did so willingly - and that failing the lie detector test was a devastating blow.
That much was clear on Tuesday morning,... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-48285032 | news_entertainment-arts-48285032 | |
Brexit: Matt Hancock urges MPs to vote for bill - BBC News | 2019-05-20 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The health secretary says they should support it in June's vote and worry about the detail afterwards. | UK Politics | MPs who want to deliver the referendum result should vote for the government's Brexit bill and worry about the detail afterwards, a senior minister has said.
A vote on the Withdrawal Agreement Bill - the legislation that will implement Brexit - is expected early next month.
Health Secretary Matt Hancock said MPs shou... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-48334109 | news_uk-politics-48334109 | |
Brexit: New UK PM will not alter withdrawal deal - Coveney - BBC News | 2019-05-20 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Ireland's deputy prime minister says "the personality might change" but the Brexit deal will not. | Europe | Mr Coveney suggested many British politicians do not understand the complexity of NI politics
Ireland's deputy prime minister has ruled out any renegotiation of the Brexit withdrawal deal if Theresa May is replaced as UK prime minister.
Speaking on RTÉ, Tánaiste Simon Coveney said "the personality might change but th... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-48330965 | news_world-europe-48330965 | |
Caster Semenya: Cas ruling 'justifies discrimination' - Athletics South Africa - BBC Sport | 2019-05-02 | [] | Athletics South Africa (ASA) says it is "reeling in shock" after Caster Semenya lost a landmark case against athletics' governing body. | null | Last updated on .From the section Athletics
Athletics South Africa (ASA) says it is "reeling in shock" after Olympic 800m champion Caster Semenya lost a landmark case against athletics' governing body.
The South African, 28, challenged new IAAF rules which attempt to restrict testosterone levels in female runners.
A... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/48128682 | rt_athletics_48128682 | |
Boris Johnson: Police called to Tory leadership contender's home - BBC News | 2019-06-21 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Officers responded to a call by a local resident "concerned for the welfare of a female neighbour". | UK Politics | Police were called to the London home of Boris Johnson and his partner in the early hours of Friday after neighbours reportedly heard a loud argument.
The Guardian said Carrie Symonds was heard telling the Conservative MP to "get off me" and "get out of my flat".
The Metropolitan Police told the BBC it "spoke to all ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-48721211 | news_uk-politics-48721211 | |
Jack Letts: Why jihadi's parents are guilty of funding terrorism - BBC News | 2019-06-21 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | An ex-charity fundraiser and an organic farmer face jail for sending cash to their son in Syria. How did they end up in court? | UK | A former charity fundraiser and an organic farmer have been convicted of funding terrorism by sending cash to their son in Syria. So how did Sally Lane and John Letts end up before a jury in the Old Bailey?
In the words of one judge, they were "two perfectly decent people... in custody because of the love of their chi... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-48662853 | news_uk-48662853 | |
Brexit: 'High price to pay' for Labour stance, says Watson - BBC News | 2019-06-17 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Deputy leader Tom Watson urges his party to back a new Brexit vote and wholeheartedly fight for Remain. | UK Politics | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.
Labour's deputy leader Tom Watson has described another Brexit referendum as "the least worst option" and urged his party to throw its weight behind one.
Speaking to the BBC, he said Labour should then fight for Remain, eve... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-48658683 | news_uk-politics-48658683 | |
Nottinghamshire Police offers abuse victims blunt knives - BBC News | 2019-06-13 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Police defend a "ludicrous" decision to offer knives with blunt tips to domestic violence victims. | Nottingham | The knives are being offered "as part of a much wider range of measures"
A police force has defended a "ludicrous" decision to give domestic abuse victims blunt knives to replace sharp implements in their kitchens.
Nottinghamshire Police hopes the scheme will reduce the number of people being seriously injured by the... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-48609164 | news_uk-england-nottinghamshire-48609164 | |
Theresa May to stay as Conservative MP after quitting No 10 - BBC News | 2019-06-13 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | She says she will sit on the backbenches and continue to represent her Maidenhead constituents. | UK Politics | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Barry Sheerman asks Theresa May if she will give her successors "a bit of the medicine that they've given her".
Theresa May has said she will remain in Parliament as MP for Maidenhead after stepping down as prime minister.
... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-48611703 | news_uk-politics-48611703 | |
Boris Johnson tops first ballot in Tory leadership contest - BBC News | 2019-06-13 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Three MPs are knocked out in the race to succeed Theresa May, as Boris Johnson secures more than a third of votes. | UK Politics | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Cheryl Gillan announces the result with seven of the 10 candidates making it to round two
Boris Johnson has secured the highest number of votes in the first MPs' ballot to select the Conservative Party leader and next prime ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-48624579 | news_uk-politics-48624579 | |
Tory leadership contest: 10 rivals face first ballot of MPs - BBC News | 2019-06-13 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | At least one contender will be knocked out later in the race to become the next prime minister. | UK Politics | Tory MPs have voted in the first round of the contest to select a new party leader and the next prime minister.
A secret ballot was held in the House of Commons, with a result expected some time after 13:00 BST.
Outgoing leader Theresa May refused to say which of the 10 contenders she had voted for, telling reporters... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-48616776 | news_uk-politics-48616776 | |
Tim Jones: US dad to be executed for murder of five children - BBC News | 2019-06-13 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Prosecutors had argued that life in prison would have been like sending "Timmy to his room". | US & Canada | Timothy Jones Jr seen in a Lexington court on 4 June
A South Carolina father who killed his five children should be executed, a jury has agreed, ignoring a court plea for mercy from the victims' mother.
Amber Kyzer said on Tuesday convicted murderer Tim Jones Jr, 37, "did not show my children mercy by any means, but ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-48625989 | news_world-us-canada-48625989 | |
Peterborough by-election: Fifteen candidates to fight seat - BBC News | 2019-06-07 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Fifteen candidates will fight for the seat whose previous MP was removed following a recall petition. | UK Politics | Peterborough has been represented by Labour and Conservative MPs over the years
Fifteen candidates for the Peterborough seat vacated by Fiona Onasanya have been confirmed.
The by-election on 6 June was triggered when Ms Onasanya was removed following a recall petition, after being jailed for lying about a speeding of... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-48218957 | news_uk-politics-48218957 | |
'My mum killed my dad with a hammer but I want her freed' - BBC News | 2019-06-07 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Sally Challen was jailed for murder in 2011 but a new law means an appeal next month could succeed. | Family & Education | Sally Challen and Richard Challen during their 31-year marriage
Sally Challen was jailed for the murder of her husband in 2011 but her solicitors believe a new law, recognising psychological manipulation as a form of domestic abuse, could be a defence in an appeal hearing next month. Her son David explains why he's ba... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-46111655 | news_education-46111655 | |
Tory leadership race: Hunt tells Johnson 'don't be a coward' - BBC News | 2019-06-25 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Jeremy Hunt said he was "not interested" in Boris Johnson's private life, but challenged him to a TV debate. | UK Politics | Jeremy Hunt has urged Tory leadership rival Boris Johnson not to be "a coward" about facing public scrutiny.
Mr Hunt said he was "not interested" in his private life but he should "man up" and debate with him on TV this week.
Meanwhile, Mr Johnson has warned the UK will face a "democratic explosion" if it does not le... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-48740193 | news_uk-politics-48740193 | |
Johnson defends Brexit plan and 'row' silence - BBC News | 2019-06-25 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | He admits to the BBC he would need EU co-operation to avoid a hard Irish border or crippling tariffs in the event of no deal. | UK Politics | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Boris Johnson on Brexit, privacy and his character
Boris Johnson has admitted he would need EU co-operation to avoid a hard Irish border or the possibility of crippling tariffs on trade in the event of a no-deal Brexit.
In ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-48751527 | news_uk-politics-48751527 | |
Lee Pomeroy death: Accused 'stabbed man over train aisle row' - BBC News | 2019-06-25 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Darren Pencille stabbed Lee Pomeroy 18 times after a "heated argument" on a train, a court hears. | Surrey | Darren Pencille, left, and Chelsea Mitchell are on trial at the Old Bailey
A man was stabbed 18 times on a train in front of his 14-year-old son after a "heated argument" over blocking the aisle, the Old Bailey has heard.
Darren Pencille denies murdering Lee Pomeroy, 51, on a Guildford to London service on 4 January.... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-surrey-48722609 | news_uk-england-surrey-48722609 | |
Boris Johnson: Police called to Tory leadership contender's home - BBC News | 2019-06-22 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Officers responded to a call by a local resident "concerned for the welfare of a female neighbour". | UK Politics | Police were called to the London home of Boris Johnson and his partner in the early hours of Friday after neighbours reportedly heard a loud argument.
The Guardian said Carrie Symonds was heard telling the Conservative MP to "get off me" and "get out of my flat".
The Metropolitan Police told the BBC it "spoke to all ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-48721211 | news_uk-politics-48721211 | |
Businesses push government to complete HS2 railway - BBC News | 2019-06-22 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Business leaders have written a letter urging the next prime minister to commit to completing HS2. | Business | Business leaders are calling on the next prime minister to commit to delivering HS2 in full.
In an open letter, more than 20 business leaders say continued backing for the next phase of the £56bn high-speed rail network project is vital.
Construction of the first HS2 link between London and the West Midlands is curre... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-48723772 | news_business-48723772 | |
Jack Letts: Why jihadi's parents are guilty of funding terrorism - BBC News | 2019-06-22 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | An ex-charity fundraiser and an organic farmer face jail for sending cash to their son in Syria. How did they end up in court? | UK | A former charity fundraiser and an organic farmer have been convicted of funding terrorism by sending cash to their son in Syria. So how did Sally Lane and John Letts end up before a jury in the Old Bailey?
In the words of one judge, they were "two perfectly decent people... in custody because of the love of their chi... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-48662853 | news_uk-48662853 | |
Boris Johnson refuses to answer questions about 'home row' - BBC News | 2019-06-22 | [] | The Tory leadership candidate was pressed about reports of an argument with his partner. | null | Boris Johnson has refused to answer questions about his private life, after police were called to a reported row with his girlfriend.
Police were called to the Conservative leadership candidate's London home in the early hours of Friday after neighbours reportedly heard a loud argument.
On Saturday afternoon in Birmi... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-48732551 | news_uk-politics-48732551 | |
'Harmful' gender stereotypes in adverts banned - BBC News | 2019-06-14 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The UK advertising watchdog brings in new rule to stop adverts "contributing to inequality in society". | Business | A ban on adverts featuring "harmful gender stereotypes" or those which are likely to cause "serious or widespread offence" has come into force.
The ban covers scenarios such as a man with his feet up while a woman cleans, or a woman failing to park a car.
The UK's advertising watchdog introduced the ban because it fo... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-48628678 | news_business-48628678 | |
Boris Johnson tops first ballot in Tory leadership contest - BBC News | 2019-06-14 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Three MPs are knocked out in the race to succeed Theresa May, as Boris Johnson secures more than a third of votes. | UK Politics | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Cheryl Gillan announces the result with seven of the 10 candidates making it to round two
Boris Johnson has secured the highest number of votes in the first MPs' ballot to select the Conservative Party leader and next prime ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-48624579 | news_uk-politics-48624579 | |
Tory leadership: Matt Hancock quits contest - BBC News | 2019-06-14 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The health secretary declines to back any of the remaining six candidates in the race to succeed Theresa May. | UK Politics | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.
Matt Hancock has quit the contest to become Conservative leader - and prime minister - a day after coming sixth in the first ballot of the party's MPs.
The health secretary did not endorse any of his former rivals, but told... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-48631706 | news_uk-politics-48631706 | |
BBC TV licence: Over-75s 'richer' than when policy began - BBC News | 2019-06-10 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | A report into free TV licences for the over-75s finds pensioners are richer now than two decades ago. | Entertainment & Arts | The exterior of the BBC's New Broadcasting House building
A report looking at free TV licences for the over-75s suggests older households have seen "a marked improvement" in their living standards since the policy was introduced.
The BBC-commissioned report said pensioners are now less likely than any other age group... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-45888200 | news_entertainment-arts-45888200 | |
UK's biggest money manager warns on climate catastrophe - BBC News | 2019-06-04 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Firms' failure to tackle environmental damage is Legal & General's biggest corporate governance concern. | Business | The world is facing a climate catastrophe and businesses around the world must address it urgently or face the ultimate sanction for a public company, shareholders who refuse to back them any more.
That is not a message from an environmental action group but from the largest money manager in the UK, Legal & General In... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-47941180 | news_business-47941180 | |
M4: New road plan to ease congestion divides opinion - BBC News | 2019-06-04 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | People living near the current motorway and a proposed relief road are divided on the plans. | Wales | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. "Everything outside gets dirty and it affects our chests - it's dreadful."
It has been branded an "attack on nature" by some and a "godsend" by others - but nearly 30 years of uncertainty is set to finally end with a decisio... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-48365314 | news_uk-wales-48365314 | |
Is it time to treat sugar like smoking? - BBC News | 2019-06-04 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | A leading think tank is suggesting plain packaging should be adopted for sugary foods. | Health | Over the past decade, smoking has become marginalised and stigmatised.
From the smoking ban in 2007 to the introduction of plain packaging a decade later, everything has been done to discourage people from taking up the habit.
And there are signs sugar is heading the same way.
Sugary drinks are already taxed - and n... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-48499195 | news_health-48499195 | |
Trump UK visit: Protesters mix humour and expletives to make their point - BBC News | 2019-06-04 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Demonstrators deploy satire, candour and expletives as Donald Trump meets the UK prime minister. | UK | If Donald Trump had been inclined to wind down a bullet-proof window in The Beast as he passed through central London, he may well have wound it straight back up.
The public were kept a long way from his motorcade but the boos were loud, the placards stark and the general message expletive-laden.
And beyond that, in ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-48517606 | news_uk-48517606 | |
Overseas aid: Stewart says funding may be shifted 'away from humans' - BBC News | 2019-06-26 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Rory Stewart says money may be better spent on planting trees as fighting climate change becomes key. | UK Politics | Overseas aid funding may need to be shifted away from humans to the natural environment to protect the planet and reduce poverty, Rory Stewart has said.
The international development secretary told MPs hard decisions would be needed if the UK was serious about mitigating the impact of climate change globally.
"We may... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-48770640 | news_uk-politics-48770640 |
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