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Lee Pomeroy death: Accused 'stabbed man over train aisle row' - BBC News | 2019-06-26 | ['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 | |
Apprenticeships pledge 'will be missed' - BBC News | 2019-06-26 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Education Secretary Damian Hinds admits the target of three million apprenticeships will not be reached. | Family & Education | Education Secretary Damian Hinds has confirmed the government's promise of three million apprenticeship starts in England by 2020 is going to be missed.
Pressed by Robert Halfon, chairman of the Education Select Committee, Mr Hinds accepted that the manifesto target is "not going to be reached".
Mr Halfon warned of d... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-48775244 | news_education-48775244 | |
Tory leadership race: How winner could change the atmosphere - BBC News | 2019-06-18 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | To just say a new prime minister won't change the arithmetic when it comes to Parliament doesn't take into account the unknown power of leadership. | UK Politics | As the second ballot approaches, there has been talk of deals and counter-deals among MPs
Until 18.00 BST, much of Westminster will be preoccupied with counting the number of hypothetical votes that are going to each one of the aspiring prime ministers.
Scurrilous whispers are whizzing round about deals and counter d... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-48680553 | news_uk-politics-48680553 | |
Caster Semenya says IAAF used her as a human guinea pig and fears others at risk - BBC Sport | 2019-06-18 | [] | Two-time Olympic champion Caster Semenya says she was used by the IAAF and fears other athletes are also at risk. | null | Caster Semenya says athletics' world governing body "used" her like "a human guinea pig" by insisting she takes medication to control her testosterone.
South Africa's Semenya, 28, is in legal dispute with the IAAF, who have said the 800m runner must take medication or compete over a different distance.
The two-time O... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/48678230 | rt_athletics_48678230 | |
Prison to pilot scheme: The rehabilitation project lowering reoffending - BBC News | 2019-06-18 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The scheme, which has cut reoffending rates in pilot areas, involves unpaid work in the community. | Northern Ireland | The scheme involves unpaid work as well as psychological assessment and treatment
More than 400 people whose crimes would normally attract a jail term of up to a year have instead served their sentences outside prison.
The scheme, known as an enhanced combination order, has been running in three court districts since... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-48665303 | news_uk-northern-ireland-48665303 | |
Tory leadership: Rivals clash over Irish border Brexit plans - BBC News | 2019-06-18 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | All five candidates say they want to avoid a hard border but disagree on how to do so. | Northern Ireland | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The five Conservative leadership contenders were asked about resolving the Irish border issue
The five remaining candidates to become the next prime minister have clashed over how to avoid a hard border in Ireland after Brex... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-48681089 | news_uk-northern-ireland-48681089 | |
Notes from the first Tory leadership hustings - BBC News | 2019-06-05 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Four contenders to become the next PM appealed to Tory MPs behind closed doors. | UK Politics | It is one of those gigs that is the hearing equivalent of an optician asking you read that pesky last line of tiny letters when you are having your eyes tested.
The Tory leadership hustings hosted by the One Nation Caucus of Conservative MPs began with reporters, me included, starting to loiter outside.
Between us an... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-48522075 | news_uk-politics-48522075 | |
Trump UK visit: Protesters mix humour and expletives to make their point - BBC News | 2019-06-05 | ['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 | |
Lee Pomeroy murder accused told ex 'I've done something bad' - BBC News | 2019-06-27 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Darren Pencille told his ex-partner "I've done something bad" after stabbing a train passenger, a jury hears. | Surrey | The man accused of murdering a passenger on a train called his ex-partner hours later and told her "I've done something bad", a court has heard.
Sarah Fry, who is the mother of Darren Pencille's son, said he called her during the evening and sent her a text, saying: "I'm sorry. I love you both."
His lawyer told the O... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-surrey-48786426 | news_uk-england-surrey-48786426 | |
Lee Pomeroy death: Accused 'stabbed man over train aisle row' - BBC News | 2019-06-27 | ['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 | |
Shepherd's Bush stabbing: Teen killed after taking cover in shop - BBC News | 2019-06-27 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The victim, believed to be 18, died from a stab injury in Shepherd's Bush on Wednesday night. | London | Police cordoned off an area outside a shop in Shepherd's Bush
A teenager was stabbed to death in a west London shop as he tried to hide after a fight, witnesses have said.
The 18-year-old victim was attacked in Uxbridge Road, Shepherd's Bush, on Wednesday night.
Resident Derek Parks said the man had gone into the st... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-48781539 | news_uk-england-london-48781539 | |
Tory leadership: The ringmaster or the safe-ish pair of hands? - BBC News | 2019-06-27 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | But when it comes to Brexit, there isn't a vast cavern between those vying for the Tory leadership. | UK Politics | Smart? Intelligent? Surely, yes we would all want a clever politician in charge, someone who grasps complexity and is willing to put in the hours to solve the country's problems.
But without resorting to the insult that the inhabitants of Westminster would have been on stage and screen if only they'd been more aesthet... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-48778509 | news_uk-politics-48778509 | |
Liam Fox criticises Boris Johnson's Brexit plan - BBC News | 2019-06-23 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The international trade secretary insisits the EU will apply trade tariffs in a no-deal Brexit. | UK Politics | Boris Johnson's claim that world trade rules could be used after Brexit to avoid tariffs "isn't true", cabinet minister Liam Fox has said.
The international trade secretary, who is backing Jeremy Hunt for leader, said the EU will apply trade tariffs.
Mr Fox, a Brexiteer, said he would prefer to leave with a deal and ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-48736975 | news_uk-politics-48736975 | |
Boris Johnson refuses to answer questions about 'home row' - BBC News | 2019-06-23 | [] | 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 | |
Diversity concern as Scottish Parliament nears 20th anniversary - BBC News | 2019-06-23 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Warnings that the Scottish Parliament has "gone backwards" when it comes to the diversity of its MSPs. | Scotland politics | Despite the prevalence of female leaders in the past 20 years at Holyrood, the number of female MSPs has fallen
Diversity among the Scottish Parliament's elected representatives has "gone backwards" in some ways, MSPs have warned in a new BBC documentary.
It comes 20 years after the first MSPs took their seats at Hol... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-48730618 | news_uk-scotland-scotland-politics-48730618 | |
Girl and Tonic blogger: 'Giving up booze helped me buy my house' - BBC News | 2019-06-01 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | A blogger who spent £1,000 a month going out says changing her lifestyle has given her "clarity". | Norfolk | Laurie McAllister said giving up booze gave her clarity on what she wanted and helped her to buy her own home
A blogger has told how giving up alcohol for good has helped her to buy her own three-bedroom house.
Laurie McAllister, 28, said one month she spent £1,000 just on going out, and that her lifestyle in London ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-48367976 | news_uk-england-norfolk-48367976 | |
Tory leadership contest: Rory Stewart knocked out - BBC News | 2019-06-19 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Four men are left in the contest to be the next prime minister after outsider Mr Stewart won just 27 votes. | UK Politics | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.
Four men are left in the race to be next prime minister after Rory Stewart was knocked out.
The international development secretary was eliminated after coming last with 27 votes, 10 fewer than last time.
He said his warni... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-48696619 | news_uk-politics-48696619 | |
Tory leadership race: Hunt tells Johnson 'don't be a coward' - BBC News | 2019-06-24 | ['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 | 2019-06-24 | ['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 | |
Theresa May to stay as Conservative MP after quitting No 10 - BBC News | 2019-06-12 | ['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 | |
Tory leadership contest: Rory Stewart knocked out - BBC News | 2019-06-20 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Four men are left in the contest to be the next prime minister after outsider Mr Stewart won just 27 votes. | UK Politics | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.
Four men are left in the race to be next prime minister after Rory Stewart was knocked out.
The international development secretary was eliminated after coming last with 27 votes, 10 fewer than last time.
He said his warni... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-48696619 | news_uk-politics-48696619 | |
Brexit: No-deal Brexit would be UK's choice, Ireland's deputy PM says - BBC News | 2019-07-21 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | If new UK PM wants to tear up the withdrawal deal "we're in trouble", Ireland's deputy PM warns. | UK Politics | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Simon Coveney: Ireland would have to protect its place in the EU single market
If the new UK prime minister wants to "tear up" the existing withdrawal agreement with the EU "we're in trouble", Ireland's deputy PM has said.
... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-49060801 | news_uk-49060801 | |
Government's TV licence fee decision was 'nuclear', BBC boss says - BBC News | 2019-07-17 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The BBC's boss says he told the government it had taken the "nuclear" option on TV licences. | Entertainment & Arts | The BBC's director general has claimed the Conservative government went "nuclear" by telling the corporation to take responsibility for free TV licences for over-75s.
The BBC announced last month that most over-75s would lose free licences.
The BBC took on the policy "really unwillingly" but had "no choice", Tony Hal... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-49020015 | news_entertainment-arts-49020015 | |
Inquiry launched into 'inept Trump administration' leaked emails - BBC News | 2019-07-07 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The Foreign Office will explore how memos from the UK's envoy in the US were published by a paper. | UK | The government has begun an inquiry into a leak of emails from the UK ambassador in Washington which deemed the Trump administration "inept".
In the messages, Sir Kim Darroch said the White House was "uniquely dysfunctional" and "divided" under Donald Trump.
Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt said the memos reflected Sir ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-48901624 | news_uk-48901624 | |
Trump administration is 'inept and insecure', says UK ambassador - BBC News | 2019-07-07 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Leaked emails reveal Sir Kim Darroch described the White House as "uniquely dysfunctional". | UK | The Trump administration has been labelled "inept", insecure and incompetent in leaked emails from the UK ambassador to Washington.
Sir Kim Darroch said that the White House was "uniquely dysfunctional" and "divided" under Donald Trump.
But he also warned that the US president should not be written off.
The Foreign ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-48898231 | news_uk-48898231 | |
Climate change: Current warming 'unparalleled' in 2,000 years - BBC News | 2019-07-25 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The speed and extent of global warming exceeds any similar event in the past two millennia, researchers say. | Science & Environment | The speed and extent of current global warming exceeds any similar event in the past 2,000 years, researchers say.
They show that famous historic events like the "Little Ice Age" don't compare with the scale of warming seen over the last century.
The research suggests that the current warming rate is higher than any ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-49086783 | news_science-environment-49086783 | |
Boris Johnson: First speech as PM in full - BBC News | 2019-07-25 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Read the full text of Boris Johnson’s first speech in Downing Street as the UK’s prime minister. | UK Politics | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Boris Johnson's first speech as prime minister in full
Boris Johnson has delivered his first speech in Downing Street after becoming the UK's new prime minister.
You can read the full text of his speech below.
I have just ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-49102495 | news_uk-politics-49102495 | |
Brexit: No-deal Brexit would be UK's choice, Ireland's deputy PM says - BBC News | 2019-07-22 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | If new UK PM wants to tear up the withdrawal deal "we're in trouble", Ireland's deputy PM warns. | UK Politics | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Simon Coveney: Ireland would have to protect its place in the EU single market
If the new UK prime minister wants to "tear up" the existing withdrawal agreement with the EU "we're in trouble", Ireland's deputy PM has said.
... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-49060801 | news_uk-49060801 | |
Christian family fined after arguing taxes 'against God's will' - BBC News | 2019-07-18 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The Beerepoot siblings in Tasmania are ordered to pay more than A$2m for failing to pay income tax. | Australia | Rembertus Cornelis Beerepoot (left) and Fanny Alida Beerepoot (far right) outside court in Tasmania
A Christian family who refused to pay income tax because it went "against God's will" have been ordered to pay more than A$2m (£1.1m $1.4m) to Australia's tax office.
Rembertus Cornelis Beerepoot and Fanny Alida Beerep... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-49017512 | news_world-australia-49017512 | |
Inquiry launched into 'inept Trump administration' leaked emails - BBC News | 2019-07-08 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The Foreign Office will explore how memos from the UK's envoy in the US were published by a paper. | UK | The government has begun an inquiry into a leak of emails from the UK ambassador in Washington which deemed the Trump administration "inept".
In the messages, Sir Kim Darroch said the White House was "uniquely dysfunctional" and "divided" under Donald Trump.
Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt said the memos reflected Sir ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-48901624 | news_uk-48901624 | |
Carl Sargeant inquest: Sacked ministers need support, coroner says - BBC News | 2019-07-11 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | A coroner rules Labour's Carl Sargeant killed himself after allegations of inappropriate behaviour. | Wales | Carl Sargeant was found hanged at his home in Flintshire in November 2017
More support should be available to sacked ministers, a coroner has said, after ruling a Welsh Assembly Member killed himself after being dismissed.
Carl Sargeant, 49, was found hanged at home in Connah's Quay, Flintshire, by his wife Bernadett... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-48951304 | news_uk-wales-48951304 | |
New UK prime minister: Johnson and Hunt await Conservative leadership vote - BBC News | 2019-07-23 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The winner of the contest to be Theresa May's successor in Downing Street will be revealed shortly. | UK Politics | Either Boris Johnson or Jeremy Hunt will become the new Conservative leader when the result of the contest to succeed Theresa May is announced.
The outcome of the ballot of about 160,000 Conservative Party members will be revealed shortly.
The victor will officially become UK prime minister on Wednesday.
Mr Johnson,... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-49078864 | news_uk-politics-49078864 | |
The children of the devolution look to the future - BBC News | 2019-07-01 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The BBC's Allan Little sees a change in Scotland after 20 years of having its own parliament. | Scotland | The success of Scotland's capital city is obvious but does it spread to all the country?
The city of Edinburgh is no place to judge the success or otherwise of 20 years of devolved government.
Its transformation is obvious. The streets of Scotland's capital teem with energy. The city centre is a forest of cranes as a... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-48801828 | news_uk-scotland-48801828 | |
Middlesbrough: Where heroin is cheaper than cigarettes - BBC News | 2019-07-01 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The true scale of homelessness in the North East is largely hidden from view, according to Shelter. | Tees | Linthorpe Road is a main through route in the town
In Middlesbrough, a bag of heroin can cost as little as £5. It is not the only town in England to see problems with the drug and homelessness. BBC Tees reporter Adam Clarkson spent an evening on the streets with people who wanted to tell their stories.
"You want hard... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tees-48800675 | news_uk-england-tees-48800675 | |
Inquiry launched into 'inept Trump administration' leaked emails - BBC News | 2019-07-09 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The Foreign Office will explore how memos from the UK's envoy in the US were published by a paper. | UK | The government has begun an inquiry into a leak of emails from the UK ambassador in Washington which deemed the Trump administration "inept".
In the messages, Sir Kim Darroch said the White House was "uniquely dysfunctional" and "divided" under Donald Trump.
Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt said the memos reflected Sir ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-48901624 | news_uk-48901624 | |
Public sector workers 'to get above-inflation pay rise' - BBC News | 2019-07-19 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Dentists, teachers and police officers are reportedly to get pay increases of between 2% and 2.9%. | UK Politics | Hundreds of thousands of public sector workers are reportedly in line to get a pay rise.
Most members of the armed forces will get a 2.9% rise, teachers and school staff 2.75%, police officers, dentists and consultants 2.5%, senior civil servants 2%, the Times said.
It is thought the rise will come from existing budg... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-49041295 | news_uk-politics-49041295 | |
Protester admits calling MP Anna Soubry a Nazi - BBC News | 2019-07-19 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | James Goddard, 30, who was arrested outside Parliament, admits public order offences. | UK | A pro-Brexit activist has admitted to public order offences after calling MP Anna Soubry a Nazi outside Parliament.
James Goddard, 30, from Altrincham, Greater Manchester, pleaded guilty to causing alarm and distress using threatening or abusive language.
He also admitted one racially aggravated public order offence ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-49050288 | news_uk-49050288 | |
Climate change: Current warming 'unparalleled' in 2,000 years - BBC News | 2019-07-24 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The speed and extent of global warming exceeds any similar event in the past two millennia, researchers say. | Science & Environment | The speed and extent of current global warming exceeds any similar event in the past 2,000 years, researchers say.
They show that famous historic events like the "Little Ice Age" don't compare with the scale of warming seen over the last century.
The research suggests that the current warming rate is higher than any ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-49086783 | news_science-environment-49086783 | |
What would a Brexit Party Brexit look like? - BBC News | 2019-07-24 | ['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 | |
Boris Johnson: First speech as PM in full - BBC News | 2019-07-24 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Read the full text of Boris Johnson’s first speech in Downing Street as the UK’s prime minister. | UK Politics | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Boris Johnson's first speech as prime minister in full
Boris Johnson has delivered his first speech in Downing Street after becoming the UK's new prime minister.
You can read the full text of his speech below.
I have just ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-49102495 | news_uk-politics-49102495 | |
Darren Pencille: Lee Pomeroy Guildford train stab attacker jailed for murder - BBC News | 2019-07-12 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Darren Pencille stabbed Lee Pomeroy 18 times in an argument on a Guildford to London train. | England | A man who stabbed a passenger to death in a row on a train has been found guilty of murder and jailed for life.
Lee Pomeroy was travelling with his 14-year-old son when he was "savagely" stabbed 18 times by Darren Pencille on the Guildford to London service.
Mr Pomeroy died with his son next to him at Horsley station... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-48967618 | news_uk-england-48967618 | |
Excluded from school: How boxing helps teenagers with ADHD - BBC News | 2019-07-12 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Excluded from mainstream school, these teenagers explain how boxing helps them channel their ADHD. | Wales | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Jamie, 11, said boxing "helps me get my anger out and it helps me control it"
These teenagers all have ADHD and have been excluded from mainstream school. Here they tell how the sport of boxing is helping them channel their ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-48720809 | news_uk-wales-48720809 | |
Bureaux de change: Crackdown on drug gangs money laundering - BBC News | 2019-07-02 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Police hope targeting the cash will reduce street violence by disrupting gang activities. | UK | Bureaux de change and currency transfer businesses are to be raided by police in a week-long crackdown on suspected drugs money laundering.
They hope targeting the cash will reduce street violence linked to disputes between gangs by disrupting their activities.
Police say 12 businesses in London will be raided on Tue... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-48835230 | news_uk-48835230 | |
Brexit: Legal bid to stop Westminster shutdown goes to court - BBC News | 2019-08-13 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | A group of politicians want the courts to rule out suspending parliament to push through a no-deal Brexit. | Scotland politics | Campaigners want to prevent the prime minister from closing down parliament to force a no-deal Brexit
A legal challenge to try to prevent Boris Johnson shutting down parliament to force through a no-deal Brexit has begun in a Scottish court.
A group of MPs and peers wants the Court of Session in Edinburgh to rule tha... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-49320773 | news_uk-scotland-scotland-politics-49320773 | |
Domestic violence: Child-parent abuse doubles in three years - BBC News | 2019-08-07 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Police forces that record Adolescent to Parent Violence and Abuse statistics have seen a large rise. | England | Mental health charity Young Minds said violence towards parents could indicate a cry for help
The number of reported crimes involving children attacking parents has doubled in the past three years, data suggests.
Comparable data for 19 police forces in England, Wales and the Channel Islands saw annual incidents jump ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-49207887 | news_uk-england-49207887 | |
'I am DNA proof my father is a rapist' - BBC News | 2019-08-04 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | A woman conceived by rape wants her father brought to justice in a so-called "victimless prosecution". | UK | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. "Vicky" says she is proof of the crime
A woman conceived by rape wants her father brought to justice in a so-called "victimless prosecution", in one of the first cases of its kind, the BBC has learned.
"Vicky" says her moth... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-49082546 | news_uk-49082546 | |
Government's TV licence fee decision was 'nuclear', BBC boss says - BBC News | 2019-08-26 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The BBC's boss says he told the government it had taken the "nuclear" option on TV licences. | Entertainment & Arts | The BBC's director general has claimed the Conservative government went "nuclear" by telling the corporation to take responsibility for free TV licences for over-75s.
The BBC announced last month that most over-75s would lose free licences.
The BBC took on the policy "really unwillingly" but had "no choice", Tony Hal... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-49020015 | news_entertainment-arts-49020015 | |
Lancashire fracking: 2.9 magnitude tremor recorded - BBC News | 2019-08-26 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The regulator suspends operations while recent seismic activity in Lancashire is investigated. | Lancashire | Shale company Cuadrilla has been fracking at the Preston New Road site
An earthquake with a magnitude of 2.9 has been recorded near the UK's only active shale gas site in Lancashire.
The tremor near Blackpool was recorded at about 08:30 BST and is stronger than those that forced Cuadrilla to suspend test fracking in ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-49471321 | news_uk-england-lancashire-49471321 | |
Brexit: No-deal dossier shows worst-case scenario - Gove - BBC News | 2019-08-18 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | A no-deal Brexit will bring "bumps in the road", Michael Gove admits, as a leaked government document warns of food and drug shortages. | UK Politics | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Michael Gove was questioned about what had actually changed since the document was produced
A leaked cross-government study warning of the impact of a no-deal Brexit outlines a "worst-case scenario", cabinet minister Michael... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-49388402 | news_uk-politics-49388402 | |
UK to stay in Interrail scheme after U-turn - BBC News | 2019-08-08 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | UK train operators will stay in the scheme following a backlash on social media. | Business | UK train companies will stay in the Interrail scheme, reversing Wednesday's decision, the operators' group says.
The Rail Delivery Group (RDG), which represents UK train operators, had said the arrangement would end in January following a dispute with Eurail Group which manages the scheme.
But it prompted a backlash,... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-49281776 | news_business-49281776 | |
'I am DNA proof my father is a rapist' - BBC News | 2019-08-05 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | A woman conceived by rape wants her father brought to justice in a so-called "victimless prosecution". | UK | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. "Vicky" says she is proof of the crime
A woman conceived by rape wants her father brought to justice in a so-called "victimless prosecution", in one of the first cases of its kind, the BBC has learned.
"Vicky" says her moth... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-49082546 | news_uk-49082546 | |
Lancashire fracking: 2.9 magnitude tremor recorded - BBC News | 2019-08-27 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The regulator suspends operations while recent seismic activity in Lancashire is investigated. | Lancashire | Shale company Cuadrilla has been fracking at the Preston New Road site
An earthquake with a magnitude of 2.9 has been recorded near the UK's only active shale gas site in Lancashire.
The tremor near Blackpool was recorded at about 08:30 BST and is stronger than those that forced Cuadrilla to suspend test fracking in ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-49471321 | news_uk-england-lancashire-49471321 | |
Brexit: No-deal dossier shows worst-case scenario - Gove - BBC News | 2019-08-19 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | A no-deal Brexit will bring "bumps in the road", Michael Gove admits, as a leaked government document warns of food and drug shortages. | UK Politics | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Michael Gove was questioned about what had actually changed since the document was produced
A leaked cross-government study warning of the impact of a no-deal Brexit outlines a "worst-case scenario", cabinet minister Michael... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-49388402 | news_uk-politics-49388402 | |
Mark Jordon: Emmerdale actor cleared of pub attack - BBC News | 2019-08-06 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Mark Jordon was acting in self-defence when he bit a man after a row in a pub garden, a jury decides. | Manchester | Mark Jordon said he was "looking forward to getting back to" his career and engagement to Laura Norton
An Emmerdale actor who bit a man's face after an argument outside a pub has been cleared of assault.
Mark Jordon, 54, who plays Daz Spencer in the soap, was accused of attacking Andrew Potts in July 2018 outside the... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-49252694 | news_uk-england-manchester-49252694 | |
London Bridge attack: Victim's partner calls for legal aid - BBC News | 2019-08-06 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | James Hodder, whose girlfriend Kirsty Boden was killed, says inquest families must have legal aid. | UK | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. James Hodder says the London Bridge terror attack inquest was 'torture' for families
The families of victims killed in terror attacks should get legal aid for representation at inquests, says the partner of a London Bridge v... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-49251211 | news_uk-49251211 | |
Leo Varadkar: Post-Brexit vote on Irish unity not the way forward - BBC News | 2019-08-06 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Leo Varadkar says a border poll in the wake of a no-deal Brexit would be "divisive". | Northern Ireland | Leo Varadkar debated with a number of other politicians in west Belfast
The taoiseach (Irish PM) has said a vote on Irish unity in the wake of a no-deal Brexit would be "divisive" and "not the right way forward".
Leo Varadkar was speaking during a debate at west Belfast festival Féile An Phobail.
Earlier, he said he... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-49247754 | news_uk-northern-ireland-49247754 | |
North Wales Police 'failed to protect' woman killed by ex-partner - BBC News | 2019-08-16 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Laura Stuart was murdered in 2017 despite 18 reports to police, including allegations of assault. | Wales | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. 'He's taken her and her children's lives'
Police failed to adequately protect a woman who was later killed by her ex-partner, an investigation has found.
Laura Stuart, 33, was subjected to two years of "distress, isolation ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-49360077 | news_uk-wales-49360077 | |
Katy Perry told to pay $550k to Christian rapper Flame - BBC News | 2019-08-02 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | She has to pay a portion of the $2.7m settlement out of her own pocket. | Newsbeat | Katy Perry has been ordered to pay a Christian rapper $550,000 (£454,000) of her own earnings from her 2013 song Dark Horse by a US court.
That amount is a part of the $2.7m (£2.2m) awarded to gospel artist Flame, who has successfully sued the star for copying one of his songs.
Her label, Capitol Records, will have t... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-49202652 | news_newsbeat-49202652 | |
Brexit: No-deal opponents argue for Commons control - BBC News | 2019-09-03 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | MPs aiming to block no deal have passed the first hurdle towards introducing a bill to delay Brexit. | UK Politics | Tory rebels and opposition MPs have cleared the first hurdle in their attempt to pass a law designed to prevent a no-deal Brexit.
Commons Speaker John Bercow granted them a debate and a vote on taking control of the Commons agenda.
If successful, they would be able to bring forward a bill seeking to delay the UK's ex... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-49573138 | news_uk-politics-49573138 | |
Laura Kuenssberg: Can the rebel alliance stop no-deal Brexit? - BBC News | 2019-09-03 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | A political rainbow of MPs lined up against no deal faces a major challenge to block the PM's plan. | UK Politics | Opposition to Mr Johnson has made unlikely political allies
It doesn't take long to find outrage around here - genuine or confected.
That's been the case for as long as the arguments about Brexit have been raging, longer than many of us might care to remember.
But, as one senior minister suggested tonight, for the r... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-49518371 | news_uk-politics-49518371 | |
Brexit: Boris Johnson attacked by Luxembourg PM over 'nightmare' - BBC News | 2019-09-17 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The PM says the EU is "fed up" with endless delays, as the Luxembourg PM chastises him at a press conference. | UK Politics | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Luxembourg's PM spoke beside the empty podium where Boris Johnson was due to appear
Luxembourg's PM has attacked Boris Johnson's approach to Brexit, calling the situation a "nightmare".
Xavier Bettel said the British govern... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-49715705 | news_uk-politics-49715705 | |
Supreme Court: Parliament suspension case 'a difficult question of law' - BBC News | 2019-09-17 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The Supreme Court hears competing arguments about the legality of the PM's decision to suspend Parliament. | UK Politics | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The Advocate General for Scotland, Lord Keen QC, argued on behalf of the government
The most senior judge in the UK says the case surrounding Boris Johnson's suspension of Parliament raises "a serious and difficult question ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-49722087 | news_uk-politics-49722087 | |
UK knife crime: The first 100 fatal stabbings of 2019 - BBC News | 2019-09-13 | ['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: David Cameron's resignation statement in full - BBC News | 2019-09-13 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | David Cameron's full statement announcing he is to step down as prime minister after the UK voted to leave the EU. | EU Referendum | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Prime Minister David Cameron says he will stand down
Prime Minister David Cameron has said he is to step down from his post after the UK voted to leave the EU. Here is the statement he made outside Downing Street.
Good morn... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-eu-referendum-36619446 | news_uk-politics-eu-referendum-36619446 | |
David Cameron: Johnson and Gove behaved 'appallingly' - BBC News | 2019-09-13 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The former prime minister says the 2016 EU referendum turned into a "terrible Tory psychodrama". | UK Politics | David Cameron has accused the current prime minister, Boris Johnson, and Michael Gove of behaving "appallingly" during the EU referendum campaign.
Speaking to the Times ahead of the launch of his memoir, the former Tory PM attacked some colleagues who backed Leave for "trashing the government".
Mr Cameron said the re... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-49690618 | news_uk-politics-49690618 | |
Hinkley Point C nuclear plant to run £2.9bn over budget - BBC News | 2019-09-25 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Power company EDF says "challenging conditions" mean the final bill could now be up to £22.5bn. | Business | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The final cost could be up to £22.5bn, EDF director Paul Spence says
French power company EDF said the new nuclear plant it is building at Hinkley Point C will cost up to £2.9bn more than thought.
It raised its estimate for... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-49823305 | news_business-49823305 | |
Supreme Court ruling leaves Queen in middle of political storm - BBC News | 2019-09-25 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Boris Johnson has blown apart grey areas of the UK constitution, highlighting the role of the monarch. | UK | As the Supreme Court ruling hacked a new path through Britain's system of government, brushing ancient royal powers to one side, from Buckingham Palace came - nothing.
This is precisely where the Queen does not want to be - right in the middle of a political and constitutional hurricane, with the Supreme Court redefin... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-49811931 | news_uk-49811931 | |
Obituary: Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe's first post-independence leader - BBC News | 2019-09-14 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | His promises of democracy and reconciliation dissolved into violence and economic misery. | Africa | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Mr Mugabe resigned in 2017, after more than three decades in power
As independent Zimbabwe's first prime minister, and later its president, Robert Mugabe promised democracy and reconciliation.
But the hope that accompanied ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-11099949 | news_world-africa-11099949 | |
David Cameron: Johnson and Gove behaved 'appallingly' - BBC News | 2019-09-14 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The former prime minister says the 2016 EU referendum turned into a "terrible Tory psychodrama". | UK Politics | David Cameron has accused the current prime minister, Boris Johnson, and Michael Gove of behaving "appallingly" during the EU referendum campaign.
Speaking to the Times ahead of the launch of his memoir, the former Tory PM attacked some colleagues who backed Leave for "trashing the government".
Mr Cameron said the re... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-49690618 | news_uk-politics-49690618 | |
Brexit: David Cameron's resignation statement in full - BBC News | 2019-09-14 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | David Cameron's full statement announcing he is to step down as prime minister after the UK voted to leave the EU. | EU Referendum | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Prime Minister David Cameron says he will stand down
Prime Minister David Cameron has said he is to step down from his post after the UK voted to leave the EU. Here is the statement he made outside Downing Street.
Good morn... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-eu-referendum-36619446 | news_uk-politics-eu-referendum-36619446 | |
COP26: Glasgow to host UN climate change summit in 2020 - BBC News | 2019-09-10 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Up to 200 world leaders are expected to attend the COP26 at the Scottish Event Campus in 2020. | Glasgow & West Scotland | Up to 30,000 delegates are expected to attend
A major United Nations climate change summit will take place in Glasgow.
The UK has won the bid to host the 26th Conference of the Parties, known as COP26, following a partnership with Italy.
Up to 30,000 delegates are expected to attend the event at Glasgow's Scottish E... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-49650909 | news_uk-scotland-glasgow-west-49650909 | |
School funding boost to reverse cuts - BBC News | 2019-09-04 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Schools in England are receiving £2.6bn extra as part of a three-year plan to tackle budget shortages. | Family & Education | Schools in England will receive £2.6bn extra next year under Chancellor Sajid Javid's spending plans.
This will be the first step towards reversing budget cuts and returning school funding to pre-austerity levels.
The announcement follows last week's unveiling of a three-year plan to boost school funding by £7.1bn by... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-49580350 | news_education-49580350 | |
Supreme Court: Parliament suspension case 'a difficult question of law' - BBC News | 2019-09-18 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The Supreme Court hears competing arguments about the legality of the PM's decision to suspend Parliament. | UK Politics | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The Advocate General for Scotland, Lord Keen QC, argued on behalf of the government
The most senior judge in the UK says the case surrounding Boris Johnson's suspension of Parliament raises "a serious and difficult question ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-49722087 | news_uk-politics-49722087 | |
Supreme Court hears arguments over prorogation - BBC News | 2019-09-18 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | What happened on day two of the hearings into the PM's suspension of Parliament? | UK Politics | The court has just finished today's sitting.
This morning, the Supreme Court's 11 judges heard arguments from the government's representative, Sir James Eadie QC.
He said prorogation was "a well-established constitutional function exercised by the executive" and decisions about it were "squarely… within that politica... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-politics-49738480 | news_live_uk-politics-49738480 | |
Brexit: Boris Johnson attacked by Luxembourg PM over 'nightmare' - BBC News | 2019-09-18 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The PM says the EU is "fed up" with endless delays, as the Luxembourg PM chastises him at a press conference. | UK Politics | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Luxembourg's PM spoke beside the empty podium where Boris Johnson was due to appear
Luxembourg's PM has attacked Boris Johnson's approach to Brexit, calling the situation a "nightmare".
Xavier Bettel said the British govern... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-49715705 | news_uk-politics-49715705 | |
How has Scotland changed since the indyref? - BBC News | 2019-09-18 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Five years on from the independence referendum, how have things changed in Scotland? | Scotland politics | Five years is a long time in politics
Five years have passed since the Scottish independence referendum. BBC Scotland looks at how the country's politics has changed since then, and how likely we are to do it all again.
Where were you on 18 September, 2014?
If you're a Scot who was over the age of 16, there's an 84.... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-49726825 | news_uk-scotland-scotland-politics-49726825 | |
School funding boost to reverse cuts - BBC News | 2019-09-05 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Schools in England are receiving £2.6bn extra as part of a three-year plan to tackle budget shortages. | Family & Education | Schools in England will receive £2.6bn extra next year under Chancellor Sajid Javid's spending plans.
This will be the first step towards reversing budget cuts and returning school funding to pre-austerity levels.
The announcement follows last week's unveiling of a three-year plan to boost school funding by £7.1bn by... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-49580350 | news_education-49580350 | |
Johnson's Brexit drama grips European press - BBC News | 2019-09-05 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Despite the "chaos", many papers believe Boris Johnson will emerge the ultimate victor in an election. | Europe | The latest twists in the Westminster Brexit drama are gripping Europe's newspapers.
Some see a frustrating impasse, others a democratic push-back, but several believe UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson will emerge the ultimate victor in an election.
Mr Johnson's best bet now, the paper suggests, is to campaign for a gen... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-49593002 | news_world-europe-49593002 | |
Domestic abuse: 'My violent partner tortured me for three hours' - BBC News | 2019-09-27 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Bethany Marchant says she wants to encourage others to seek help if they're in an abusive relationship. | Newsbeat | Warning: this article contains details of domestic violence which some people might find upsetting
"I was banging on windows, screaming. Every time I'd scream, he'd put his fist in my throat - I couldn't breathe."
Bethany Marchant was subjected to a violent attack by her then-partner Stefan Carr.
On Monday he was ja... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-49837521 | news_newsbeat-49837521 | |
Mothers with 'controlling voice' fail to persuade teenagers - BBC News | 2019-09-27 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The tone of voice used by mothers to teenage children can be as important as what they say, a study suggests. | Family & Education | Mothers who talk to their teenage children in a "controlling tone of voice" are more likely to start an argument than get a positive response, according to researchers.
The Cardiff University study examined the responses of 14 and 15-year-olds to instructions given to them in different ways of speaking.
It showed tha... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-49841625 | news_education-49841625 | |
University 'still good value for future earnings' - BBC News | 2019-09-11 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | But an international report calls for more scrutiny of the quality of degree courses. | Family & Education | Going to university in England is still a good investment for young people, says an annual international report, which rejected claims there were too many graduates.
The study from the OECD economics think tank says despite facing among the highest tuition fees in the world, the increased earning power of graduates wo... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-49652736 | news_education-49652736 | |
David Cameron: Johnson and Gove behaved 'appallingly' - BBC News | 2019-09-15 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The former prime minister says the 2016 EU referendum turned into a "terrible Tory psychodrama". | UK Politics | David Cameron has accused the current prime minister, Boris Johnson, and Michael Gove of behaving "appallingly" during the EU referendum campaign.
Speaking to the Times ahead of the launch of his memoir, the former Tory PM attacked some colleagues who backed Leave for "trashing the government".
Mr Cameron said the re... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-49690618 | news_uk-politics-49690618 | |
Castleford man caught attacking partner on own CCTV jailed - BBC News | 2019-09-23 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Carr subjected his victim to a three-hour ordeal, which was caught on cameras he had installed. | Leeds & West Yorkshire | Stefan Carr admitted four counts of assault and one of attempted assault
A man who was caught assaulting his partner on cameras he had installed in his home has been jailed.
Stefan Carr, from Carlyle Crescent, Castleford, subjected Bethany Marchant to a violent attack in the early hours of 5 May.
During the three-ho... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-49800112 | news_uk-england-leeds-49800112 | |
Chalk Farm stabbing: Woman arrested over fatal attack - BBC News | 2019-09-09 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | A woman is found fatally wounded and two other women suffer slash injuries. | London | The victim was found injured in Belmont Street, Chalk Farm
A 35-year-old woman has been arrested on suspicion of murdering a woman who was stabbed to death in north London.
The victim, in her 20s, died nearly an hour after she was found wounded in Belmont Street, Chalk Farm, at 23:10 BST on Sunday.
Two other women w... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-49633214 | news_uk-england-london-49633214 | |
National Lottery worker 'helped with fake win scam' - BBC News | 2019-09-19 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Edward Putman denies claiming the £2.5m jackpot with a faked ticket in 2009. | Beds, Herts & Bucks | A man accused of claiming a £2.5m jackpot with a fake lottery ticket was helped by a National Lottery operator employee, a court heard.
Edward Putman, 54, from Hertfordshire, denies committing fraud by false representation by allegedly claiming £2,525,485 with a faked ticket in 2009.
St Albans Crown Court heard he wa... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-49754357 | news_uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-49754357 | |
David Cameron: Johnson and Gove behaved 'appallingly' - BBC News | 2019-09-19 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The former prime minister says the 2016 EU referendum turned into a "terrible Tory psychodrama". | UK Politics | David Cameron has accused the current prime minister, Boris Johnson, and Michael Gove of behaving "appallingly" during the EU referendum campaign.
Speaking to the Times ahead of the launch of his memoir, the former Tory PM attacked some colleagues who backed Leave for "trashing the government".
Mr Cameron said the re... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-49690618 | news_uk-politics-49690618 | |
Obituary: Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe's first post-independence leader - BBC News | 2019-09-06 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | His promises of democracy and reconciliation dissolved into violence and economic misery. | Africa | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Mr Mugabe resigned in 2017, after more than three decades in power
As independent Zimbabwe's first prime minister, and later its president, Robert Mugabe promised democracy and reconciliation.
But the hope that accompanied ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-11099949 | news_world-africa-11099949 | |
The murder of Joy Morgan - BBC News | 2019-09-06 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | A mum's desperate hunt for her murdered daughter - killed by a man she met at church. | Newsbeat | It was Christmas Day 2018 in Carol Morgan's home in Battersea, south London and she was spending it with her three children, Dionne, Earl and Shonah.
On the table was dinner for the family - turkey, stuffing, salad and rice and peas - and Monopoly was laid out ready for a big game that Earl would probably win. He almo... | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-49567548 | news_newsbeat-49567548 | |
Castleford man caught attacking partner on own CCTV jailed - BBC News | 2019-09-24 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Carr subjected his victim to a three-hour ordeal, which was caught on cameras he had installed. | Leeds & West Yorkshire | Stefan Carr admitted four counts of assault and one of attempted assault
A man who was caught assaulting his partner on cameras he had installed in his home has been jailed.
Stefan Carr, from Carlyle Crescent, Castleford, subjected Bethany Marchant to a violent attack in the early hours of 5 May.
During the three-ho... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-49800112 | news_uk-england-leeds-49800112 | |
Supreme Court ruling leaves Queen in middle of political storm - BBC News | 2019-09-24 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Boris Johnson has blown apart grey areas of the UK constitution, highlighting the role of the monarch. | UK | As the Supreme Court ruling hacked a new path through Britain's system of government, brushing ancient royal powers to one side, from Buckingham Palace came - nothing.
This is precisely where the Queen does not want to be - right in the middle of a political and constitutional hurricane, with the Supreme Court redefin... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-49811931 | news_uk-49811931 | |
Brexit: Is Boris Johnson profiting from dividing? - BBC News | 2019-09-12 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | So far Boris Johnson's time in No 10 has suggested he believes he will profit from a divide. | UK Politics | Not even a couple of months have passed, but it seems a lifetime since Boris Johnson said he wanted to bring the country together as he arrived in Downing Street as prime minister for the first time.
Because so far his time in No 10 has suggested he believes he will profit instead from a divide.
That's the crack that... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-49669266 | news_uk-politics-49669266 | |
No-deal Brexit legal challenge dismissed by Belfast judge - BBC News | 2019-09-12 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Troubles victims' campaigner Raymond McCord was one of three people to bring legal action. | Northern Ireland | Raymond McCord's son was murdered by loyalist paramilitaries in 1997
A judge at the High Court in Belfast has dismissed a legal challenge against a no-deal Brexit.
One of the three cases brought was by the victims' campaigner Raymond McCord who plans to appeal the decision.
The court heard arguments that a no-deal w... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-49676133 | news_uk-northern-ireland-49676133 | |
Glasgow City Council looks at 'breathing space' ban on marches - BBC News | 2019-09-12 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Five parades were banned this weekend after sectarian disturbances over the past two weeks. | Scotland | About 1,000 people were involved in the marches and the counter protests last weekend
The leader of Glasgow City Council has instructed her teams to see if placing a temporary ban on all loyalist and republican marches "would be workable".
Susan Aitken said it would provide "breathing space" to find a long-term solut... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-49674584 | news_uk-scotland-49674584 | |
Brexit: Boris Johnson attacked by Luxembourg PM over 'nightmare' - BBC News | 2019-09-16 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The PM says the EU is "fed up" with endless delays, as the Luxembourg PM chastises him at a press conference. | UK Politics | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Luxembourg's PM spoke beside the empty podium where Boris Johnson was due to appear
Luxembourg's PM has attacked Boris Johnson's approach to Brexit, calling the situation a "nightmare".
Xavier Bettel said the British govern... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-49715705 | news_uk-politics-49715705 | |
Peter Duncan murder: Boy admits Eldon Square screwdriver killing - BBC News | 2019-09-16 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Peter Duncan was "in the wrong place at the wrong time" when he was stabbed outside a branch of Greggs. | Tyne & Wear | Peter Duncan's family described him as a "devoted father and husband"
A 17-year-old boy has pleaded guilty to murdering a lawyer with a screwdriver.
Peter Duncan was stabbed outside a Greggs in Newcastle city centre's Eldon Square shopping centre on 14 August.
The lawyer was "in the wrong place at the wrong time" wh... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-49714597 | news_uk-england-tyne-49714597 | |
Thousands join school strikes over climate change - BBC News | 2019-09-20 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The demonstrations across Scotland are the latest in a series started by Swedish schoolgirl Greta Thunberg. | Scotland | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Organisers said 20,000 protesters took part in Edinburgh
Thousands of young people have taken part in school strikes across Scotland and around the world to demand urgent action on climate change.
They were the latest in a ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-49758914 | news_uk-scotland-49758914 | |
National Lottery worker 'helped with fake win scam' - BBC News | 2019-09-20 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Edward Putman denies claiming the £2.5m jackpot with a faked ticket in 2009. | Beds, Herts & Bucks | A man accused of claiming a £2.5m jackpot with a fake lottery ticket was helped by a National Lottery operator employee, a court heard.
Edward Putman, 54, from Hertfordshire, denies committing fraud by false representation by allegedly claiming £2,525,485 with a faked ticket in 2009.
St Albans Crown Court heard he wa... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-49754357 | news_uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-49754357 | |
Paul Gascoigne cleared of sex assault on train passenger - BBC News | 2019-10-17 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The ex-footballer has been cleared of both assault and sexual assault after kissing a woman on a train. | England | Paul Gascoigne arrived to hear the verdict with his legal team and personal manager Katie Davies
Former England footballer Paul Gascoigne has been cleared of sexually assaulting a woman on a train.
The 52-year-old had been accused of "forcefully and sloppily" kissing the fellow passenger on a service from York to New... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-50068077 | news_uk-england-50068077 | |
Brexit: How will Labour respond to PM's gambit? - BBC News | 2019-10-25 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The position is fluid in Westminster as the PM says he will ask for an election in the run-up to Christmas. | UK Politics | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Jeremy Corbyn: Take no-deal off the table and we absolutely support a general election
He did it, sort of. The prime minister has said he'll ask MPs to back an election in seven weeks time, just in time for Christmas.
The g... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-50177244 | news_uk-politics-50177244 | |
Essex lorry deaths: How is a dead body identified? - BBC News | 2019-10-25 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Post-mortem tests have begun on 39 people found dead in a lorry. How are people identified in such circumstances? | England | The bodies were found in a lorry trailer in the early hours of Wednesday
Post-mortem examinations are beginning of the 39 people who were found dead in a lorry container in Essex. How are people identified in such circumstances?
The first step is to look for circumstantial evidence, says Dr Noemi Procopio, a lecturer... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-50179925 | news_uk-england-50179925 |
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