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Scottish independence: SNP 'winning the economic argument' - BBC News | 2019-10-14 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Scotland's finance secretary uses his speech to the SNP conference to argue that the country can "more than afford" independence. | Scotland politics | Scotland's finance secretary has used his speech to the SNP conference to claim the party is winning the argument on Scotland's economic future.
Derek Mackay said the country can "more than afford" to be independent.
He also argued that staying part of the UK leaves Scotland "subject to the whim of Westminster turmoi... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-50040838 | news_uk-scotland-scotland-politics-50040838 | |
Will 'Super Saturday' be a decisive Brexit moment? - BBC News | 2019-10-10 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | A one-off Commons sitting may show how far Boris Johnson is willing to go to resist another Brexit delay. | UK Politics | A new date in the diary, a new countdown.
Not the EU summit, not the prime minister's deadline, but what might be a decisive day in the immediate aftermath, already being joked about as Super Saturday.
As I wrote a couple of weeks ago, in the unlikely event that there is a deal with the EU (progress check, still unli... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-49994824 | news_uk-politics-49994824 | |
Green Party leader calls for 'pernicious' Home Office to be abolished - BBC News | 2019-10-04 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | A new Ministry for Sanctuary should oversee a "fairer" immigration system, Jonathan Bartley says. | UK Politics | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. "The oceans are rising but so are we"
The Green Party's co-leader is calling for the Home Office to be scrapped in a radical shake-up of immigration policy.
Jonathan Bartley said the department was "pernicious" in its treat... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-49936213 | news_uk-politics-49936213 | |
England's World Cup semi-final win over New Zealand 'the finest of their lives' - BBC Sport | 2019-10-26 | [] | It was impossible to find an area in which England were not superior to the All Blacks, writes Tom Fordyce. | null | This time, against New Zealand in a stone-cold World Cup classic, there was no need to go to boundaries scored.
If England have ever produced a better 80 minutes of rugby union then no-one dancing round Yokohama or screaming the sofas down back home could care to remember it.
It was supposed to be close. It was suppo... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/50194297 | rt_rugby-union_50194297 | |
Brexit: No better outcome than my deal, says Johnson - BBC News | 2019-10-18 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Boris Johnson makes a fresh appeal to MPs ahead of Saturday's knife-edge Commons vote on his Brexit deal. | UK Politics | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Boris Johnson: "Chance to move on" with Brexit
Boris Johnson has urged MPs to "come together" to back the Brexit deal he has secured with the EU, insisting there is "no better outcome".
The prime minister told the BBC's Lau... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-50099540 | news_uk-politics-50099540 | |
Paul Gascoigne cleared of sex assault on train passenger - BBC News | 2019-10-18 | ['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 | |
Tony Blair: 'No-deal Brexit risks UK break-up' - BBC News | 2019-10-08 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The former PM says leaving the EU without a deal would be a boost for those backing Scottish independence. | Scotland politics | Tony Blair said he believed a no-deal Brexit was a "threat" to the United Kingdom
Tony Blair has said the prospect of a no-deal Brexit is a boost for those supporting Scottish independence.
The former prime minister said the chances of the UK leaving the EU without a deal have increased on the basis of latest briefin... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-49980397 | news_uk-scotland-scotland-politics-49980397 | |
Boris Johnson: UK offering EU 'very constructive' Brexit proposals - BBC News | 2019-10-01 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Boris Johnson says plans will go to the EU soon, but some customs checks will be needed in Ireland. | UK Politics | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. PM: Irish customs checks after Brexit can be "absolutely minimal"
Boris Johnson says the government is offering the EU "very constructive and far-reaching proposals" to break the Brexit impasse.
Speaking to the BBC's Laura ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-49893963 | news_uk-politics-49893963 | |
Will 'Super Saturday' be a decisive Brexit moment? - BBC News | 2019-10-09 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | A one-off Commons sitting may show how far Boris Johnson is willing to go to resist another Brexit delay. | UK Politics | A new date in the diary, a new countdown.
Not the EU summit, not the prime minister's deadline, but what might be a decisive day in the immediate aftermath, already being joked about as Super Saturday.
As I wrote a couple of weeks ago, in the unlikely event that there is a deal with the EU (progress check, still unli... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-49994824 | news_uk-politics-49994824 | |
As it happened: Reaction as MPs tell PM to ask for Brexit delay - BBC News | 2019-10-19 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Latest updates as MPs vote to delay Brexit until necessary UK legislation is passed. | UK Politics | It had been billed as a march to give confident voice to those who want the Brexit debate put back to the people, but as crowds set out on the People's Vote march, the nervous chatter was how the MP Oliver Letwin's amendment might be their only hope.
This long-planned event provided a noisy soundtrack to government at... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-politics-50107443 | news_live_uk-politics-50107443 | |
Brexit: No better outcome than my deal, says Johnson - BBC News | 2019-10-19 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Boris Johnson makes a fresh appeal to MPs ahead of Saturday's knife-edge Commons vote on his Brexit deal. | UK Politics | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Boris Johnson: "Chance to move on" with Brexit
Boris Johnson has urged MPs to "come together" to back the Brexit deal he has secured with the EU, insisting there is "no better outcome".
The prime minister told the BBC's Lau... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-50099540 | news_uk-politics-50099540 | |
Rugby World Cup: New Zealand overpower Ireland to reach semi-finals - BBC Sport | 2019-10-19 | [] | Holders and tournament favourites New Zealand score seven tries in a 46-14 win over outplayed Ireland who fall at the quarter-final stage yet again. | null | New Zealand will meet England in the World Cup semi-finals after condemning Ireland to a seventh quarter-final exit with a 46-14 hammering in Tokyo.
Two tries from Aaron Smith and one by Beauden Barrett helped the All Blacks to a 22-0 lead at half-time.
The holders scored further tries through Codie Taylor, Matt Todd... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/50097586 | rt_rugby-union_50097586 | |
Ginger Baker: Legendary Cream drummer dies aged 80 - BBC News | 2019-10-06 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | One of rock's most influential musicians, he played with Cream, Blind Faith and Public Image Ltd. | Entertainment & Arts | The drummer was known for his hair-trigger temper as much as his music
Ginger Baker, one of the most innovative and influential drummers in rock music, has died at the age of 80.
A co-founder of Cream, he also played with Blind Faith, Hawkwind and Fela Kuti in a long and varied career.
His style combined the lyricis... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-49827436 | news_entertainment-arts-49827436 | |
Barclays U-turn on cash access in post offices - BBC News | 2019-10-24 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Barclays reverses its decision to prevent customers withdrawing money from the Post Office network. | Business | In remote areas, post offices can be the only places offering banking services
Barclays has reversed its decision to prevent customers withdrawing money from the Post Office network.
It prompted fury when it announced its debit card holders could deposit money but not withdraw cash from a post office counter from Jan... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-50174372 | news_business-50174372 | |
Brexit: How will Labour respond to PM's gambit? - BBC News | 2019-10-24 | ['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 | |
Northern rail could be nationalised - BBC News | 2019-10-16 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The government is considering whether the management of the train service should be taken into public hands. | Business | The government is considering whether the management of the North of England's largest rail commuter service should be taken into public hands.
Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said Northern's poor performance, with trains regularly arriving late or not at all, "cannot continue".
Mr Shapps said he had issued a "reque... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-50067806 | news_business-50067806 | |
Elton John: 'I still want my dad's approval' - BBC News | 2019-10-20 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The star lifts the curtain on his life and career, and reveals what he'll do after his farewell tour. | Entertainment & Arts | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Listen to Elton John discuss his childhood and plans for retirement
He may have started out singing cover versions on cheap compilation albums, but Elton John went on to become the fifth highest-selling recording artist of a... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-50003238 | news_entertainment-arts-50003238 | |
Henry VIII divorces led to copycat splits, Bangor researchers say - BBC News | 2019-10-20 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Edward Griffith of Gwynedd flip-flopped between two wives in a similar way to Henry VIII. | Wales | Henry VIII split from the Roman Catholic church after he rowed with the Pope over one of his divorces
Henry VIII's legendary marital troubles paved the way for copycat divorces, new evidence has suggested.
Records from the 16th Century have been largely lost.
But experts from Bangor University and the University of ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-50058240 | news_uk-wales-50058240 | |
Rugby World Cup: New Zealand overpower Ireland to reach semi-finals - BBC Sport | 2019-10-20 | [] | Holders and tournament favourites New Zealand score seven tries in a 46-14 win over outplayed Ireland who fall at the quarter-final stage yet again. | null | New Zealand will meet England in the World Cup semi-finals after condemning Ireland to a seventh quarter-final exit with a 46-14 hammering in Tokyo.
Two tries from Aaron Smith and one by Beauden Barrett helped the All Blacks to a 22-0 lead at half-time.
The holders scored further tries through Codie Taylor, Matt Todd... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/50097586 | rt_rugby-union_50097586 | |
Boris Johnson: UK offering EU 'very constructive' Brexit proposals - BBC News | 2019-10-02 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Boris Johnson says plans will go to the EU soon, but some customs checks will be needed in Ireland. | UK Politics | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. PM: Irish customs checks after Brexit can be "absolutely minimal"
Boris Johnson says the government is offering the EU "very constructive and far-reaching proposals" to break the Brexit impasse.
Speaking to the BBC's Laura ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-49893963 | news_uk-politics-49893963 | |
Hong Kong protests: Knife attacker bites man's ear after stabbing four - BBC News | 2019-11-03 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Four people are hurt in an attack at the Cityplaza mall, where pro-democracy protesters had gathered. | China | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.
Five people have been injured in a knife attack at the site of a pro-democracy protest in Hong Kong.
The attack happened at the Cityplaza mall in the Tai Koo district on Hong Kong Island.
The local hospital authority said ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-50281914 | news_world-asia-china-50281914 | |
General election 2019: PM puts corporation tax cuts on hold to help fund NHS - BBC News | 2019-11-17 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Boris Johnson says public services will benefit as planned corporation tax cuts are put on hold. | Election 2019 | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Boris Johnson laid out his plans as he addressed the CBI conference
Planned cuts to corporation tax next April are to be put on hold, Boris Johnson has said, with the money being spent on the NHS and other services.
The rat... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-2019-50454627 | https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1632/idt2/idt2/42d0f659-f4e0-49a5-844c-9b2c2d09beb6/image/816 | news_election-2019-50454627 |
General election 2019: Conservatives promise 'equal' immigration system - BBC News | 2019-11-17 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The Tories outline changes after Brexit as Jeremy Corbyn is pressed on his views on EU migration. | Election 2019 | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Jeremy Corbyn: "I don't want us to become an isolated society"
The Conservatives have set out plans for an "equal" immigration system after Brexit as Jeremy Corbyn said he still expected a "great deal" of movement of people ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-2019-50449039 | news_election-2019-50449039 | |
Shane Sutton: Ex-British Cycling coach storms out of medical tribunal after 'doper' claim - BBC Sport | 2019-11-13 | [] | Ex-British Cycling technical director Shane Sutton furiously denies claims he is a "doper" before storming out of Dr Richard Freeman's medical tribunal. | null | Last updated on .From the section Cycling
By Jack Skelton BBC Sport at the tribunal in Manchester
Ex-British Cycling technical director and Team Sky head coach Shane Sutton furiously denied claims he is a "doper" before storming out of Dr Richard Freeman's medical tribunal.
Dr Freeman alleges the testosterone he ord... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/50387501 | rt_cycling_50387501 | |
Inflation falls to three-year low as energy prices fall - BBC News | 2019-11-13 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Official data shows UK consumer prices rose 1.5% as a new price cap kept a lid on energy prices. | Business | UK inflation rose at its lowest pace in almost three years last month as the energy cap kept a lid on the price of electricity, gas and other fuels, according to official statistics.
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said consumer prices rose 1.5% in October, against 1.7% in September.
The slower pace of price... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-50401910 | news_business-50401910 | |
General election 2019: What we can read into the polls at this stage - BBC News | 2019-11-13 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | As the election campaign ramps up, looking beyond opinion polls becomes a key rule of political reporting, writes Nicholas Watt. | UK Politics | An old hand once offered me a wise piece of advice: if an opinion poll generates a strong headline it will probably turn out to be wrong.
So it is sensible to treat the polls with caution. At this stage of the 2017 general election, the world was debating whether Theresa May's majority would be above or below 100.
Bu... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-50410092 | news_uk-politics-50410092 | |
General election 2019: Will the Tories' Brexit-heavy campaign work? - BBC News | 2019-11-07 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The Tories hope their "get Brexit done" pitch will win over Leave voters - but will it be enough? | Election 2019 | "If it sticks we'll be fine" - hammer the core message, again and again, and plot a path to victory.
That's how one cabinet minister reckons the Tories can win.
After the last couple of extremely bumpy days for their party, they are hoping this will be a campaign where surprises are not a regular feature.
Instead, t... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-2019-50325224 | news_election-2019-50325224 | |
Labour and Tories plan for a post-austerity future - BBC News | 2019-11-07 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Both major political parties have dropped a key target that would see the national debt falling over time. | Business | Both major political parties have dropped a key target that would see the national debt falling over time.
The move will allow tens or even hundreds of billions more in investment spending on hospitals, schools, housing and public transport.
Shadow chancellor John McDonnell said Labour would change the way public spe... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-your-money-50329893 | news_business-your-money-50329893 | |
General election 2019: Indyref2 needs pro-yes majority says Leonard - BBC News | 2019-11-25 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Scottish Labour leader Richard Leonard says a Labour UK government would not block indyref2 if there is a yes majority. | Election 2019 | Labour would not block indyref2 if pro-independence parties win a majority at the next Holyrood election, according to Scottish leader Richard Leonard.
Mr Leonard said a Labour-led UK government would grant the powers to hold a second independence referendum in this scenario.
However, he also said he still opposed br... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-2019-50543703 | news_election-2019-50543703 | |
University staff strike over pensions and pay - BBC News | 2019-11-25 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Students across the UK face disruption as university staff start eight days of industrial action. | Family & Education | Staff at Leicester University have joined the strike
Students across the UK face disruption as lecturers and support staff in 60 universities start an eight-day strike.
Members of the University and Colleges Union (UCU) are taking action in two separate disputes, one on pensions and one on pay and conditions.
The st... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-50459152 | news_education-50459152 | |
Notre Dame: General says architect should 'shut his mouth' - BBC News | 2019-11-14 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The army general overseeing the reconstruction disagrees with the architect over the spire. | Europe | The badly-damaged cathedral is now covered in scaffolding
The army general overseeing the reconstruction of Notre Dame cathedral in Paris has said the building's chief architect should "shut his mouth".
General Jean-Louis Georgelin and architect Philippe Villeneuve disagree over whether the cathedral's new spire shou... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-50420567 | news_world-europe-50420567 | |
Mavis Bran: Oil fell on chip shop owner 'like a waterfall' - BBC News | 2019-11-14 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Geoffrey Bran, 71, denies murdering his wife Mavis, 69, with hot oil in 2018. | Wales | Mavis Bran died six days after sustaining severe burns at the chip shop
A man accused of murdering his wife in their chip shop described how hot oil fell on her chest "like a waterfall" after she accidentally slipped.
Geoffrey Bran, 71, denies murdering his wife Mavis Bran, 69, in Hermon, Carmarthenshire, on 23 Octob... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-50398851 | news_uk-wales-50398851 | |
Election 2019: Campaign latest and Parliament's final day - BBC News | 2019-11-04 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The Lib Dems launch their election campaign while Labour and the Tories trade blows over Brexit. | Election 2019 | Sadly, this case of a doctored video shows that what matters for an effective social media strategy is not accuracy, but noise.
The Conservatives’ video will have induced in many viewers a false impression of what Sir Keir Starmer said. Their defence, that it was edited for time and effect, and the jaunty music shows ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/election-2019-50287053 | news_live_election-2019-50287053 | |
General election 2019: Indyref2 needs pro-yes majority says Leonard - BBC News | 2019-11-26 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Scottish Labour leader Richard Leonard says a Labour UK government would not block indyref2 if there is a yes majority. | Election 2019 | Labour would not block indyref2 if pro-independence parties win a majority at the next Holyrood election, according to Scottish leader Richard Leonard.
Mr Leonard said a Labour-led UK government would grant the powers to hold a second independence referendum in this scenario.
However, he also said he still opposed br... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-2019-50543703 | news_election-2019-50543703 | |
LGBT teaching row: Birmingham primary school protests permanently banned - BBC News | 2019-11-26 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Protests had an adverse effect on pupils and 21 teachers were treated for stress, a judge says. | Birmingham & Black Country | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Head teacher Sarah Hewitt-Clarkson was "thrilled" the school was not criticised by the judge
Demonstrations against LGBT inclusive education have been permanently banned outside a primary school.
A High Court judge ruled in... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-50557227 | news_uk-england-birmingham-50557227 | |
General election 2019: A campaign unlike any other? - BBC News | 2019-11-18 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Party leaders are making big promises at a time when trust and loyalty among voters is in short supply. | Election 2019 | The prime minister has had plenty to chew on this week
Labour's latest "retail offer" of free broadband for all showed - if it still needed showing - voters are being handed a choice of rival ideologies as stark as any we've seen since Margaret Thatcher took on Labour's Michael Foot in 1983.
Younger voters may imagin... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-2019-50432050 | news_election-2019-50432050 | |
General election 2019: PM puts corporation tax cuts on hold to help fund NHS - BBC News | 2019-11-18 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Boris Johnson says public services will benefit as planned corporation tax cuts are put on hold. | Election 2019 | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Boris Johnson laid out his plans as he addressed the CBI conference
Planned cuts to corporation tax next April are to be put on hold, Boris Johnson has said, with the money being spent on the NHS and other services.
The rat... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-2019-50454627 | https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1632/idt2/idt2/42d0f659-f4e0-49a5-844c-9b2c2d09beb6/image/816 | news_election-2019-50454627 |
General election 2019: Lib Dems and SNP lose ITV debate legal challenge - BBC News | 2019-11-18 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The parties took the channel to court after their leaders were left out its head-to-head debate. | Election 2019 | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.
The Lib Dems and SNP have lost their legal challenge to be included in an ITV head-to-head debate ahead of the general election on 12 December.
The channel is due to air a face-off between Tory leader Boris Johnson and Labo... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-2019-50463816 | news_election-2019-50463816 | |
Oxford Union debate: Blind student 'violently' pulled from seat - BBC News | 2019-11-18 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Ebenezer Azamati says he felt "unwelcome" in Britain after being "violently removed" from the Oxford Union | Oxford | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Footage of security appearing to grapple with Mr Azamati was filmed in the chamber
A blind student who was "violently" removed from a prestigious debating society has been cleared of any wrongdoing.
Ebenezer Azamati was "ac... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-50458051 | news_uk-england-oxfordshire-50458051 | |
General election 2019: Alun Cairns refuses to give details on rape trial row - BBC News | 2019-11-08 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The ex-Welsh Secretary declines to answer questions about a row that led him to quit on Wednesday. | Wales politics | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The ex-Welsh secretary declines to answer questions about a row that led him to quit
A former minister has refused to answer questions on when he knew his former aide had "sabotaged" a rape trial, in his first interview sinc... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-politics-50350373 | news_uk-wales-politics-50350373 | |
Election 2019: Campaign latest and Parliament's final day - BBC News | 2019-11-05 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The Lib Dems launch their election campaign while Labour and the Tories trade blows over Brexit. | Election 2019 | Sadly, this case of a doctored video shows that what matters for an effective social media strategy is not accuracy, but noise.
The Conservatives’ video will have induced in many viewers a false impression of what Sir Keir Starmer said. Their defence, that it was edited for time and effect, and the jaunty music shows ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/election-2019-50287053 | news_live_election-2019-50287053 | |
Bad dreams 'help to control fear when awake' - BBC News | 2019-11-27 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | A bad dream during the night may help you to control fear when awake, say researchers. | Family & Education | If you had a bad dream last night, it might have a positive benefit - because research suggests being scared while asleep helps to control fear during the waking hours.
University researchers in Switzerland and the United States examined how the brain responded to types of dream.
They found bad dreams improved the ef... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-50563835 | news_education-50563835 | |
Raheem Sterling dropped by England after Joe Gomez clash before Euro 2020 qualifier - BBC Sport | 2019-11-11 | [] | England forward Raheem Sterling will not play in the Euro 2020 qualifier against Montenegro on Thursday following a clash with team-mate Joe Gomez. | null | Last updated on .From the section England
Raheem Sterling admitted "emotions got the better of me" after being dropped for England's Euro 2020 qualifier against Montenegro following a clash with team-mate Joe Gomez.
The Football Association said Sterling had been dropped "as a result of a disturbance in a private tea... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/50383693 | rt_football_50383693 | |
Newport crash victim 'denied justice on technicality' - BBC News | 2019-11-23 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The partner of a suspected hit-and-run victim says his life "will never be the same". | Wales | John Conibeer spent six weeks in an induced coma after he was the victim of a hit and run
A man injured so badly in a suspected hit-and-run that he was given a 2% chance to live, said he has been denied justice "on a technicality".
John Conibeer spent six weeks in a coma and needed multiple life-saving operations aft... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-50502011 | news_uk-wales-50502011 | |
General election 2019: Farage calls on Johnson to 'build Leave alliance' - BBC News | 2019-11-01 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The Brexit Party leader says the PM must ditch his EU deal - or he will stand candidates against Tories. | Election 2019 | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.
Nigel Farage has called on Boris Johnson to drop his Brexit deal or face his party's candidates in every seat.
Speaking at the Brexit Party's election campaign launch, he called on the PM to "build a Leave alliance" and see... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-2019-50261647 | news_election-2019-50261647 | |
Florida cops hope Alexa can solve bizarre spear murder case - BBC News | 2019-11-01 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Police want to establish if a smart-speaker recorded how Silvia Galva ended up impaled on a bed post. | US & Canada | Adam Reechard Crespo has been charged in the murder of his girlfriend, Silvia Galva
Florida police investigating the bizarre death of a woman during a domestic row have obtained audio from two Amazon Echo devices.
Silvia Galva, 32, was impaled by a spear-tipped bed post in a struggle with her boyfriend, Adam Reechard... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-50269667 | news_world-us-canada-50269667 | |
General election 2019: PM puts corporation tax cuts on hold to help fund NHS - BBC News | 2019-11-19 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Boris Johnson says public services will benefit as planned corporation tax cuts are put on hold. | Election 2019 | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Boris Johnson laid out his plans as he addressed the CBI conference
Planned cuts to corporation tax next April are to be put on hold, Boris Johnson has said, with the money being spent on the NHS and other services.
The rat... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-2019-50454627 | https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1632/idt2/idt2/42d0f659-f4e0-49a5-844c-9b2c2d09beb6/image/816 | news_election-2019-50454627 |
General election 2019: Lib Dems and SNP lose ITV debate legal challenge - BBC News | 2019-11-19 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The parties took the channel to court after their leaders were left out its head-to-head debate. | Election 2019 | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.
The Lib Dems and SNP have lost their legal challenge to be included in an ITV head-to-head debate ahead of the general election on 12 December.
The channel is due to air a face-off between Tory leader Boris Johnson and Labo... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-2019-50463816 | news_election-2019-50463816 | |
Grace Millane died 'accidentally during sex', murder accused claims - BBC News | 2019-11-19 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The man accused of murdering Grace Millane says she died accidentally during consensual sex. | Essex | University of Lincoln graduate Grace Millane had been travelling alone in New Zealand
A British backpacker died when consensual sexual activity "went wrong", a court has heard.
Grace Millane died on 1 December, the night before her 22nd birthday, while travelling in Auckland, New Zealand.
A 27-year-old man, who cann... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-50468890 | news_uk-england-essex-50468890 | |
Chip shop death: Geoffrey Bran cleared of murdering wife - BBC News | 2019-11-19 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The 71-year-old was found not guilty of killing his wife after she was scalded with boiling oil. | Wales | A chip shop owner accused of killing his wife by throwing boiling oil over her has been cleared of her murder.
Geoffrey Bran, 71, who ran The Chipoteria in Hermon, Carmarthenshire, had told police his wife Mavis slipped and pulled a deep fat fryer over herself.
Mrs Bran, 69, died in hospital six days after receiving ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-50474374 | news_uk-wales-50474374 | |
General election 2019: Will the Tories' Brexit-heavy campaign work? - BBC News | 2019-11-06 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The Tories hope their "get Brexit done" pitch will win over Leave voters - but will it be enough? | Election 2019 | "If it sticks we'll be fine" - hammer the core message, again and again, and plot a path to victory.
That's how one cabinet minister reckons the Tories can win.
After the last couple of extremely bumpy days for their party, they are hoping this will be a campaign where surprises are not a regular feature.
Instead, t... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-2019-50325224 | news_election-2019-50325224 | |
Pakistan police investigate 'joint suicide' of sisters-in-law - BBC News | 2019-11-06 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The bodies of the women, one of whom had a baby, were found on a farm in Pakistan's southern desert. | Asia | The Thar region is one of Pakistan's poorest areas
Police in Pakistan are investigating the apparent joint suicide of two young women in one of the poorest areas of the country's south.
The bodies of Nathu Bai and Veeru Bai, who had a baby son, were found on the farm where they lived.
They were married to two brothe... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-50306153 | news_world-asia-50306153 | |
Raheem Sterling dropped by England after Joe Gomez clash before Euro 2020 qualifier - BBC Sport | 2019-11-12 | [] | England forward Raheem Sterling will not play in the Euro 2020 qualifier against Montenegro on Thursday following a clash with team-mate Joe Gomez. | null | Last updated on .From the section England
Raheem Sterling admitted "emotions got the better of me" after being dropped for England's Euro 2020 qualifier against Montenegro following a clash with team-mate Joe Gomez.
The Football Association said Sterling had been dropped "as a result of a disturbance in a private tea... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/50383693 | rt_football_50383693 | |
Sterling-Gomez clash: England squad 'like family' - Gareth Southgate - BBC Sport | 2019-11-12 | [] | Manager Gareth Southgate compares his squad to "a family", saying arguments were inevitable after Raheem Sterling's confrontation with Joe Gomez. | null | England manager Gareth Southgate has compared his squad to "a family" in the aftermath of Raheem Sterling's confrontation with Joe Gomez, saying arguments are inevitable.
"I love all of my players. We are like a family. The important thing is for a family to communicate and work through problems," said Southgate.
"I ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/50395337 | rt_football_50395337 | |
Shane Sutton: Ex-British Cycling coach storms out of medical tribunal after 'doper' claim - BBC Sport | 2019-11-12 | [] | Ex-British Cycling technical director Shane Sutton furiously denies claims he is a "doper" before storming out of Dr Richard Freeman's medical tribunal. | null | Last updated on .From the section Cycling
By Jack Skelton BBC Sport at the tribunal in Manchester
Ex-British Cycling technical director and Team Sky head coach Shane Sutton furiously denied claims he is a "doper" before storming out of Dr Richard Freeman's medical tribunal.
Dr Freeman alleges the testosterone he ord... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/50387501 | rt_cycling_50387501 | |
General election 2019: Tories step up attack on Labour spending plans - BBC News | 2019-11-12 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Labour rejects Tory calculations about what their economic policies would cost as "more fake news". | Election 2019 | Sajid Javid says Labour would "massively increase borrowing and debt", and "hike up taxes"
The Conservatives have launched a fresh attack on what they say are Labour's "reckless" spending plans.
Labour has yet to publish its election manifesto but the Tories have claimed that there is a "black hole" in its economic p... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-2019-50383018 | news_election-2019-50383018 | |
Election debate: Tories dismiss criticism over Twitter 'fact-checking' row - BBC News | 2019-11-20 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The party says it is entitled to rebut "nonsense" amid calls for action over rebranded Twitter account. | Election 2019 | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Dominic Raab defends the rebranding: "No-one gives a toss about social media cut and thrust"
Senior Tories have dismissed criticism of the rebranding of one of their Twitter accounts as a "fact-checking" site during the lead... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-2019-50486534 | news_election-2019-50486534 | |
Florida cops hope Alexa can solve bizarre spear murder case - BBC News | 2019-11-02 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Police want to establish if a smart-speaker recorded how Silvia Galva ended up impaled on a bed post. | US & Canada | Adam Reechard Crespo has been charged in the murder of his girlfriend, Silvia Galva
Florida police investigating the bizarre death of a woman during a domestic row have obtained audio from two Amazon Echo devices.
Silvia Galva, 32, was impaled by a spear-tipped bed post in a struggle with her boyfriend, Adam Reechard... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-50269667 | news_world-us-canada-50269667 | |
Cabinet reshuffle: Simon Hart appointed new Welsh secretary - BBC News | 2019-12-17 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | He succeeds Alun Cairns who resigned amid a row over an aide's role in the collapse of a rape trial. | Wales politics | Simon Hart only became a junior minister under Boris Johnson in July
Simon Hart has been named the new Welsh secretary after Boris Johnson's election victory for the Conservatives.
He succeeds Alun Cairns, who resigned at the start of the campaign amid a row over what he knew about an aide's role in the collapse of a... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-politics-50809649 | news_uk-wales-politics-50809649 | |
Results exceeded Nicola Sturgeon's expectations - BBC News | 2019-12-13 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Brian Taylor gives insight into the results of the 2019 general election in Scotland. | Election 2019 | Brian Taylor gives his analysis of the 2019 general election in Scotland as the results unfold.
The Lib Dems say Ed Davey and Baroness Sal Brinton will act as joint leaders of the party, given Jo Swinson's constituency defeat. A leadership contest will take place in the New Year.
Alistair Carmichael (third left) reta... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-50766399 | news_uk-scotland-scotland-politics-50766399 | |
Johnson's gamble pays off but challenges lie ahead - BBC News | 2019-12-13 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The public has granted Boris Johnson an immense amount of political power, and he will need to spend it well. | Election 2019 | The same prime minister. But a new map.
A victory bigger than the Tories, haunted by 2017, had dreamt of. As the hours ticked by, red flipped to blue, familiar faces forced out of their seats.
Boris Johnson gambled that he could win an election with support from towns and communities where voting Conservative might a... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-2019-50775041 | news_election-2019-50775041 | |
Election results 2019: A constitutional collision course in Scotland - BBC News | 2019-12-13 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The results demonstrated the SNP's argument that Scotland and the rest of UK are moving in different political directions. | Election 2019 | Nicola Sturgeon maintained throughout the election campaign that she did not want to see Boris Johnson returned to Downing Street as prime minister.
But the SNP leader knows that a majority Tory government in Westminster, while Scotland voted very differently, is the result most likely to advance her greatest ambition... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-2019-50779402 | news_election-2019-50779402 | |
Election results 2019: Boris Johnson's victory speech in full - BBC News | 2019-12-13 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Read the full text of Boris Johnson’s first speech after his landslide general election win. | Election 2019 | Boris Johnson has delivered his first speech after his Conservative party won a landslide majority in the December 2019 general election, at the Queen Elizabeth II Centre in central London.
You can read the full text of the speech below.
Well my friends, good morning everybody.
My friends, well we did it. We did it.... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-2019-50777071 | news_election-2019-50777071 | |
Climate change: Stalemate at UN talks as splits re-appear - BBC News | 2019-12-13 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Talks in Madrid enter their final day with serious divisions between large emitting countries and small island states | Science & Environment | Delegates at the climate talks in Madrid are concerned that divisions between rich and poor are re-emerging
UN climate talks in Madrid enter their final scheduled day with divisions emerging between major emitting countries and small island states.
Negotiators are attempting to agree a deal in the Spanish capital tha... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-50763123 | news_science-environment-50763123 | |
British diplomat resigns over having to 'peddle half-truths' on Brexit - BBC News | 2019-12-07 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Alexandra Hall Hall says she can no longer work for a "government I do not trust". | UK | A UK diplomat in charge of Brexit at the British embassy in the US has quit.
In her resignation letter, seen by US broadcaster CNN, Alexandra Hall Hall said she could no longer "peddle half-truths" on behalf of political leaders she did not "trust".
She said she has become "dismayed" by the reluctance of politicians ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-50693537 | news_uk-50693537 | |
The most read BBC News stories of the last decade - BBC News | 2019-12-22 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | From the 2011 riots to the last general election, we look back at the website's most popular pages. | World | January 2010. Barack Obama was one year into his US presidency, Instagram hadn't been invented and the word Brexit had never been uttered.
A decade on, we look back at the most read stories on the BBC News website year by year.
Miner Juan Illanes celebrates after coming out of the Phoenix capsule
Being trapped under... | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-50671343 | news_world-50671343 | |
The most read BBC News stories of the last decade - BBC News | 2019-12-22 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | From the 2011 riots to the last general election, we look back at the website's most popular pages. | World | January 2010. Barack Obama was one year into his US presidency, Instagram hadn't been invented and the word Brexit had never been uttered.
A decade on, we look back at the most read stories on the BBC News website year by year.
Miner Juan Illanes celebrates after coming out of the Phoenix capsule
Being trapped under... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-50671343 | news_world-50671343 | |
General election 2019: How Dennis Skinner lost his Bolsover seat - BBC News | 2019-12-14 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Dennis Skinner, known as the Beast of Bolsover, has lost his seat after 49 years. What went wrong? | Election 2019 | Dennis Skinner was known as the Beast of Bolsover
Veteran Labour politician Dennis Skinner, 87, has lost the seat he had held since 1970 after being defeated by Conservative Mark Fletcher. Why did 2019 prove to be an election too far for the so-called Beast of Bolsover?
Dennis Skinner was not present at the overnight... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-2019-50777371 | news_election-2019-50777371 | |
Analysis: A mandate for Scottish independence? - BBC News | 2019-12-14 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Brian Taylor assesses the significance of the Scottish National Party's success in the general election. | Election 2019 | Labour's Donald Dewar was the inaugural Scottish first minister
The issue of mandates has a venerable pedigree in Scottish politics. Venerable, but not always clear and sharp.
During a previous period of Scottish Labour frustration, the late Donald Dewar briefly flirted with the suggestion that the Tories had no mand... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-2019-50780096 | news_election-2019-50780096 | |
Election results 2019: A constitutional collision course in Scotland - BBC News | 2019-12-14 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The results demonstrated the SNP's argument that Scotland and the rest of UK are moving in different political directions. | Election 2019 | Nicola Sturgeon maintained throughout the election campaign that she did not want to see Boris Johnson returned to Downing Street as prime minister.
But the SNP leader knows that a majority Tory government in Westminster, while Scotland voted very differently, is the result most likely to advance her greatest ambition... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-2019-50779402 | news_election-2019-50779402 | |
General election 2019: 'Bruising defeats' for DUP and Sinn Féin - BBC News | 2019-12-14 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | From Nigel Dodds in North Belfast to Elisha McCallion in Foyle, the main parties suffered some blows. | Northern Ireland | This election has set the bar for unpredictable results, even by recent standards in Northern Ireland.
In 2017, the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) and Sinn Féin ended up with all but one of the 18 Westminster seats allocated to Northern Ireland.
This time they have both suffered some bruising defeats.
Out of all th... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-50776241 | news_uk-northern-ireland-50776241 | |
Climate change: Call for 'flexibility' to reach consensus at talks - BBC News | 2019-12-14 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | UN climate change talks in Madrid are struggling to reach agreement on crucial measures. | Science & Environment | Talks in Madrid have gone into extra time as delegates try to agree on measures
The Chilean official leading UN climate talks in Madrid has called on delegates to show flexibility, as they struggle to reach agreement on crucial measures needed to tackle climate change.
The negotiations, which were scheduled to end on... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-50795294 | news_science-environment-50795294 | |
General election 2019: Under-30s question politicians in TV debate - BBC News | 2019-12-10 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The BBC Question Time debate also saw fiery exchanges on climate change, electoral reform and trust. | Election 2019 | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.
Senior politicians faced questions on housing, climate change and trust from an audience of young people in a Question Time election special.
The election debate also saw exchanges over Brexit and the possibility of another... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-2019-50722313 | news_election-2019-50722313 | |
As it happened: Latest from the campaign trail - BBC News | 2019-12-10 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Updates as politicians continued to seek voters' support, ahead of Thursday's poll. | Election 2019 | The first question in the Northern Ireland leaders' debate is: Do you believe Brexit makes a united Ireland more likely?
Social Democratic and Labour Party leader Colum Eastwood is first to answer.
"We have to deal with the crisis that we're in, which is Brexit," he says, adding: "It's already shaken our peace proces... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/election-2019-50722828 | news_live_election-2019-50722828 | |
Racism in football: Reporting process is 'broken' - BBC News | 2019-12-26 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Complaints about racism often become "one word against another", a coach says. | Wales | The number of matches in England and Wales where a hate crime was reported increased by 47% last season
The way racism is reported in grassroots football is "broken" and needs an overhaul, a coach has said.
Complaints of racism too often become "one word against another", according to award-winning coach Delwyn Derri... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-50807782 | news_uk-wales-50807782 | |
Women in Scotland 'appalled' by violence during sex on dates - BBC News | 2019-12-05 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Campaigners call for the law surrounding the issue of consent in sexual violence crimes to be toughened up. | Scotland | Fiona Mackenzie set up the campaign group We Can't Consent To This
Women in Scotland are frequently "appalled" at the violence they experience during sex with men they are on a date with, activists say.
Campaign group We Can't Consent To This said it knew of victims - many aged in their 40s or 50s - who had been stra... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-50662291 | news_uk-scotland-50662291 | |
Labour plans will 'slow' climate change fight, says energy firm - BBC News | 2019-12-05 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The boss of Scottish Power says nationalising the energy industry will delay reaching a zero carbon future. | Election 2019 | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. 'Private investment is bringing down the cost of renewable energy'
Nationalising UK energy companies will delay the UK's move towards a zero carbon future, according to the chief executive of Scottish Power, Keith Anderson.
... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-50680102 | news_business-50680102 | |
Russia deploys Avangard hypersonic missile system - BBC News | 2019-12-27 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | President Putin says the nuclear-capable Avangard missiles put Russia in a class of its own. | Europe | A still from the defence ministry video shows an Avangard warhead (computer simulation)
Russia's first regiment of Avangard hypersonic missiles has been put into service, the defence ministry says.
The location was not given, although officials had earlier indicated they would be deployed in the Urals.
President Vla... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-50927648 | news_world-europe-50927648 | |
WTO chief: 'Months' needed to fix disputes body - BBC News | 2019-12-11 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The system for resolving world trade disputes grinds to a halt after the US blocks any new WTO judges. | Business | Director General of the World Trade Organisation Roberto Azevedo says it will take "a few months" to fix its main body for settling trade disputes.
It has ground to a halt because the US has blocked the appointment of new judges.
A minimum of three are needed and today there is just one in place.
The Appellate Body ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-50736344 | news_business-50736344 | |
Nicola Sturgeon: Scotland 'cannot be imprisoned' in UK - BBC News | 2019-12-15 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The Scottish first minister tells the BBC that if the union is to continue, "it can only be by consent". | Election 2019 | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Nicola Sturgeon told the BBC's Andrew Mar Show that Scotland 'cannot be imprisoned' in UK
Scotland "cannot be imprisoned in the union against its will" by the UK government, Nicola Sturgeon has said.
The Scottish first mini... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-2019-50799613 | news_election-2019-50799613 | |
Johnson's gamble pays off but challenges lie ahead - BBC News | 2019-12-15 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The public has granted Boris Johnson an immense amount of political power, and he will need to spend it well. | Election 2019 | The same prime minister. But a new map.
A victory bigger than the Tories, haunted by 2017, had dreamt of. As the hours ticked by, red flipped to blue, familiar faces forced out of their seats.
Boris Johnson gambled that he could win an election with support from towns and communities where voting Conservative might a... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-2019-50775041 | news_election-2019-50775041 | |
Climate change: Call for 'flexibility' to reach consensus at talks - BBC News | 2019-12-15 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | UN climate change talks in Madrid are struggling to reach agreement on crucial measures. | Science & Environment | Talks in Madrid have gone into extra time as delegates try to agree on measures
The Chilean official leading UN climate talks in Madrid has called on delegates to show flexibility, as they struggle to reach agreement on crucial measures needed to tackle climate change.
The negotiations, which were scheduled to end on... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-50795294 | news_science-environment-50795294 | |
The most read BBC News stories of the last decade - BBC News | 2019-12-23 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | From the 2011 riots to the last general election, we look back at the website's most popular pages. | World | January 2010. Barack Obama was one year into his US presidency, Instagram hadn't been invented and the word Brexit had never been uttered.
A decade on, we look back at the most read stories on the BBC News website year by year.
Miner Juan Illanes celebrates after coming out of the Phoenix capsule
Being trapped under... | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-50671343 | news_world-50671343 | |
Ed Miliband to join review of Labour's election failure - BBC News | 2019-12-23 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The commission aims to "map out a route back to power" after this month's general election defeat. | UK Politics | Ex-Labour leader Ed Miliband will sit on a panel of party figures to review its general election failure.
Labour Together, which describes itself as a network of activists from all traditions, is setting up a commission to "map out a route back to power".
It says the panel will view attempts to pin the blame on a sin... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-50888060 | news_uk-politics-50888060 | |
General election 2019: Labour pledges to cut rail fares by a third - BBC News | 2019-12-01 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The party vows to slash rail fares and make travel free for young people under the age of 16. | Election 2019 | Labour has announced plans to slash rail fares by 33% and simplify ticket prices for part-time workers if it wins the election on 12 December.
The party also wants to make train travel free for young people under the age of 16 and build a central online booking portal with no booking fees.
The proposal is part of bro... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-50621621 | news_business-50621621 | |
General election 2019: Under-30s question politicians in TV debate - BBC News | 2019-12-09 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The BBC Question Time debate also saw fiery exchanges on climate change, electoral reform and trust. | Election 2019 | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.
Senior politicians faced questions on housing, climate change and trust from an audience of young people in a Question Time election special.
The election debate also saw exchanges over Brexit and the possibility of another... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-2019-50722313 | news_election-2019-50722313 | |
Maya Forstater: Woman loses tribunal over transgender tweets - BBC News | 2019-12-19 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Maya Forstater lost her job after she questioned government plans to let people declare their own gender. | UK | A woman who lost her job after saying that people cannot change their biological sex has lost an employment tribunal.
Maya Forstater, 45, did not have her contract renewed after posting a series of tweets questioning government plans to let people declare their own gender.
Ms Forstater believes trans women holding ce... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-50858919 | news_uk-50858919 | |
Scottish independence: Sturgeon requests powers for referendum - BBC News | 2019-12-19 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Scotland's first minister calls on UK government to negotiate the transfer of power to allow another independence referendum. | Scotland politics | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Nicola Sturgeon: "We will continue to pursue the democratic case for Scotland's right to choose"
Scotland's first minister has called on the UK government to negotiate a transfer of powers to Holyrood to allow another refere... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-50843024 | news_uk-scotland-scotland-politics-50843024 | |
Women in Scotland 'appalled' by violence during sex on dates - BBC News | 2019-12-06 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Campaigners call for the law surrounding the issue of consent in sexual violence crimes to be toughened up. | Scotland | Fiona Mackenzie set up the campaign group We Can't Consent To This
Women in Scotland are frequently "appalled" at the violence they experience during sex with men they are on a date with, activists say.
Campaign group We Can't Consent To This said it knew of victims - many aged in their 40s or 50s - who had been stra... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-50662291 | news_uk-scotland-50662291 | |
British diplomat resigns over having to 'peddle half-truths' on Brexit - BBC News | 2019-12-06 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Alexandra Hall Hall says she can no longer work for a "government I do not trust". | UK | A UK diplomat in charge of Brexit at the British embassy in the US has quit.
In her resignation letter, seen by US broadcaster CNN, Alexandra Hall Hall said she could no longer "peddle half-truths" on behalf of political leaders she did not "trust".
She said she has become "dismayed" by the reluctance of politicians ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-50693537 | news_uk-50693537 | |
'Dotage of a dotard': North Korea renews attack on Donald Trump - BBC News | 2019-12-06 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | It is the first time in over a year North Korea has been openly critical of the US president. | Asia | Kim Jong-un and Donald Trump during happier times in 2018
North Korea has renewed its verbal attacks on President Trump, after he threatened military action.
The foreign ministry said if Mr Trump was confrontational, it "must really be diagnosed as the relapse of the dotage of a dotard".
The North first called Mr Tr... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-50682235 | news_world-asia-50682235 | |
Labour plans will 'slow' climate change fight, says energy firm - BBC News | 2019-12-06 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The boss of Scottish Power says nationalising the energy industry will delay reaching a zero carbon future. | Election 2019 | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. 'Private investment is bringing down the cost of renewable energy'
Nationalising UK energy companies will delay the UK's move towards a zero carbon future, according to the chief executive of Scottish Power, Keith Anderson.
... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-50680102 | news_business-50680102 | |
General election 2019: Tory candidate in disability pay row - BBC News | 2019-12-06 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Sally-Ann Hart defends an article suggesting people with disabilities could be paid less. | Election 2019 | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Sally-Ann Hart was appearing at a hustings in Hastings on Thursday
A Tory candidate has been filmed saying some people with learning difficulties "don't understand about money".
Sally-Ann Hart was defending sharing an artic... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-2019-50684582 | news_election-2019-50684582 | |
Cabinet reshuffle: Simon Hart appointed new Welsh secretary - BBC News | 2019-12-16 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | He succeeds Alun Cairns who resigned amid a row over an aide's role in the collapse of a rape trial. | Wales politics | Simon Hart only became a junior minister under Boris Johnson in July
Simon Hart has been named the new Welsh secretary after Boris Johnson's election victory for the Conservatives.
He succeeds Alun Cairns, who resigned at the start of the campaign amid a row over what he knew about an aide's role in the collapse of a... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-politics-50809649 | news_uk-wales-politics-50809649 | |
Nicola Sturgeon: Scotland 'cannot be imprisoned' in UK - BBC News | 2019-12-16 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The Scottish first minister tells the BBC that if the union is to continue, "it can only be by consent". | Election 2019 | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Nicola Sturgeon told the BBC's Andrew Mar Show that Scotland 'cannot be imprisoned' in UK
Scotland "cannot be imprisoned in the union against its will" by the UK government, Nicola Sturgeon has said.
The Scottish first mini... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-2019-50799613 | news_election-2019-50799613 | |
Is Scottish Labour's position on independence changing? - BBC News | 2019-12-16 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | As Scottish Labour seeks to regroup after its election loss, party members are publicly talking about their stance on indyref2. | Scotland politics | Scottish Labour were key drivers of the No campaign in 2014 - but could they now back a second vote?
Scottish Labour is having a very public debate about its future in the wake of a humbling defeat in the general election. So, could the party be about to back a second independence referendum?
The Labour Party is sear... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-50808996 | news_uk-scotland-scotland-politics-50808996 | |
Maya Forstater: Woman loses tribunal over transgender tweets - BBC News | 2019-12-20 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Maya Forstater lost her job after she questioned government plans to let people declare their own gender. | UK | A woman who lost her job after saying that people cannot change their biological sex has lost an employment tribunal.
Maya Forstater, 45, did not have her contract renewed after posting a series of tweets questioning government plans to let people declare their own gender.
Ms Forstater believes trans women holding ce... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-50858919 | news_uk-50858919 | |
General election 2019: Labour pledges to cut rail fares by a third - BBC News | 2019-12-02 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The party vows to slash rail fares and make travel free for young people under the age of 16. | Election 2019 | Labour has announced plans to slash rail fares by 33% and simplify ticket prices for part-time workers if it wins the election on 12 December.
The party also wants to make train travel free for young people under the age of 16 and build a central online booking portal with no booking fees.
The proposal is part of bro... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-50621621 | news_business-50621621 | |
Mark Bloomfield 'killed by martial arts expert with two blows' - BBC News | 2019-12-02 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | Colin Payne, 61, denies murdering charity worker Mark Bloomfield but has admitted manslaughter. | Wales | Mark Bloomfield died two days after being found injured outside a pub in Swansea
A charity worker died after being struck by a martial arts expert with two "ferocious" blows following an argument in a pub, a court has heard.
Mark Bloomfield, 54, who had previously worked as a special assistant to Mother Teresa, was f... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-50636370 | news_uk-wales-50636370 | |
Stormzy stokes Wiley row as he hits number one - BBC News | 2020-01-03 | ['https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews'] | The rapper tells Radio 1 that his fellow British rapper is acting "like a drunk uncle" on Twitter. | Entertainment & Arts | Stormzy has scored the first number one of the decade, as his song Own It climbs to the top of the singles chart.
The track is a collaboration with Burna Boy and Ed Sheeran, and earns Stormzy his third UK number one in 12 months, knocking Ellie Goulding off the top.
But it follows a Twitter spat this week between Sto... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-50988633 | news_entertainment-arts-50988633 |
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