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Britain’s wealth problem – we don’t create enough of it - BBC News | 2017-07-06 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Productivity figures are shockingly bad, and unless that changes then funding changes to public services becomes all the harder | Business | Today's productivity figures are bad to the point of shocking.
A fall of 0.5% in the first three months of the year takes the UK economy's ability to create wealth back below the level of 2007.
If an economy cannot create wealth efficiently, then the debates about government spending, public sector pay and austerity ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-40506570 |
A mother's fight against knife crime - BBC News | 2017-07-06 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | One mother is fighting hard to make sure more young people are protected from the dangers of knives after the death of her son. | UK | Joshua's mum, Alison Cope, goes into schools to talk about how her son died
Rising knife crime is one of the biggest challenges facing the police, especially in the UK's major cities, but chiefs say they cannot solve the problem alone - and one mother is fighting hard to make sure more young people are protected from ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-40497070 |
G20: Hamburg sees clashes between police and protesters - BBC News | 2017-07-06 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Dozens of police officers are injured in clashes with protesters, some of whom were hurling objects. | Europe | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.
Seventy-six police officers have been injured in clashes with protesters in Germany's city of Hamburg, where a G20 summit starts shortly.
Three officers were taken to hospital, police said. There were also reports of injuri... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-40526169 |
Immigration 'amnesty' for Grenfell fire residents - BBC News | 2017-07-06 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The temporary measure means foreign nationals affected by the fire can stay in the UK for 12 months. | UK | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Kensington and Chelsea Council's new leader, Elizabeth Campbell, spoke after attending a residents' meeting
Foreign nationals directly affected by the Grenfell Tower fire are to be allowed to stay in the UK for 12 months reg... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-40512382 |
Mother killed in front of son in Mauritius robbery - BBC News | 2017-07-07 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Janice Farman, 47, from Clydebank, died after being attacked by three men in front of her son during a robbery. | Glasgow & West Scotland | Janice Farman had been in Mauritius since 2004
A 47-year-old woman from Clydebank has died in Mauritius after being killed in front of her child during a robbery by masked men at her home.
Janice Farman, who lived with her 10-year-old autistic son, died of asphyxiation during Friday's attack.
She had been in the Ind... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-40529022 |
Charlie Gard case: Great Ormond Street in new court bid - BBC News | 2017-07-07 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Clinicians and medical researchers argue unpublished data suggests his condition could be improved. | London | Charlie Gard has been in intensive care since October
Great Ormond Street Hospital has applied for a fresh hearing in the case of Charlie Gard following claims of "new evidence relating to potential treatment for his condition".
It comes after seven medical experts suggested unpublished data showed therapy could impr... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-40535043 |
Ed Sheeran penalised by new chart rules - BBC News | 2017-07-07 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The British pop star is the main victim of changes to the Top 40 that have just come into effect. | Entertainment & Arts | Ed Sheeran has the number one album but some of his singles have fallen out of the chart
The chart rules may have changed - but Justin Bieber is still number one.
Last week, the Official Charts Company overhauled the way it compiles the Top 40 in an effort to stop A-list artists elbowing newer acts out of the way.
T... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-40531119 |
Grenfell firefighters 'hampered by equipment' - BBC News | 2017-07-07 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Firefighters describe low water pressure, radio problems and a 30-minute wait for a high ladder. | UK | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Why did it take so long to get an aerial platform to the tower block? BBC Newsnight investigates
A series of failings that hampered the efforts of firefighters to tackle the Grenfell Tower fire and rescue the building's resi... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-40535417 |
Love Island: Why are viewers complaining? - BBC News | 2017-07-07 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | It isn't the sex scenes that viewers have been getting in touch with Ofcom about. | Entertainment & Arts | Marcel Somerville and Camilla Thurlow are among the contestants
Viewers have been complaining about Love Island - but not for the reason you might think.
The ITV2 show sees single men and women put together in a Majorcan villa to find love and win a £50,000 prize.
So far this series, there have been several instance... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-40518856 |
South Park to reduce Donald Trump jokes after falling into 'trap' of mocking him - BBC News | 2017-07-07 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Co-creator Trey Parker says the show has fallen into the "trap" of mocking the US president every week. | Entertainment & Arts | South Park is to make fewer jokes about Donald Trump, its co-creator has said.
Trey Parker told The Los Angeles Times the show had fallen into the "trap" of mocking the US president in its episodes every week.
"We're becoming: 'Tune in to see what we're going to say about Trump.' Matt [Stone, co-creator] and I hated ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-40529800 |
Criminals put blades in mouth 'to thwart deportation' - BBC News | 2017-07-07 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A report gives a rare glimpse into the procedures and dangers of removing people from the UK after convictions. | UK | Two criminals who were being deported to Jamaica from the UK tried to thwart the process by putting razor blades in their mouths, a report has revealed.
The incident took place ahead of a charter flight carrying 32 detainees from Stansted Airport in March.
Prison inspectors say the "immediate reactions" of the privat... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-40535411 |
UK house prices fall further in June, says Halifax - BBC News | 2017-07-07 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The average price of property fell by 1% in June, the Halifax says, the largest fall since January. | Business | House prices in the UK fell by 1% in June, the largest monthly fall since January, according to Britain's largest lender, the Halifax.
It brings the average price of a house or flat down to £218,390.
The rolling quarterly figure, which measures changes over the previous three months, fell by 0.1%.
It is the third mo... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-40529560 |
May: Vandalism fears shouldn't stop Thatcher statue - BBC News | 2017-07-07 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Theresa May says plans for bronze statue of former PM should not be halted over vandalism fears. | UK Politics | The bronze statue has already been created
Concerns that a statue of Lady Thatcher may be vandalised should not stop it going ahead, Theresa May has said.
Those behind the bronze "life size and-a-half" statue, created by the sculptor Douglas Jennings want it to go up in Parliament Square.
But there have been a serie... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-40529770 |
Charlie Gard: Mother says terminally-ill son 'not in pain and suffering' - BBC News | 2017-07-07 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A US hospital has offered to ship the 11-month-old an experimental treatment drug. | London | Charlie Gard has been in intensive care since October
The mother of terminally-ill Charlie Gard has said he is not in "pain and suffering".
It comes after a US hospital offered to ship an experimental drug to the UK to help treat him.
It also offered to admit the 11-month-old if "legal hurdles" can be cleared. Great... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-40528840 |
The guilty secret of every diplomat in Washington DC - BBC News | 2017-07-07 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Clueless envoys rely on one method to glimpse the president's thinking, even if they won't admit it. | US & Canada | "Four minutes with him is worth hours of meeting with anybody else," one head of state said
It's tough being a diplomat when nobody talks to you. It's even worse when they aren't talking to you because they don't think you matter anymore.
When he was just a candidate, Donald Trump declared in his first major speech o... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-40534572 |
Girl dies in A38 Birmingham school trip crash - BBC News | 2017-07-07 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The pupils had been going on a school art trip when their minibus was involved in the crash with a bin lorry. | England | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The crash involved the minibus going on the school trip and a city council bin lorry
A 14-year-old girl has died in a crash involving a minibus full of pupils going on a school art trip.
Emergency services were called to th... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-40532160 |
7 days quiz: What made the Duchess giggle? - BBC News | 2017-07-07 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | 7 days quiz: What made the Duchess giggle? | Magazine | It's the weekly news quiz - have you been paying attention to what's been going on in the world over the past seven days?
If you missed last week's quiz, try it here
Join the conversation - find us on Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat and Twitter | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-40520675 |
Bradley Lowery: Sunderland fan dies after long illness - BBC News | 2017-07-07 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The six-year-old struck up a friendship with striker Jermain Defoe after being diagnosed with cancer. | England | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.
Six-year-old Bradley Lowery, whose plight touched the lives of many people, has died after a long illness.
The Sunderland fan was diagnosed with neuroblastoma - a rare type of cancer - when he was 18 months old.
Bradley we... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-39883344 |
Rob Newman and David Baddiel pictured together for first time since 1990s - BBC News | 2017-07-07 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The former comedy duo had an acrimonious split but have made up and now been pictured together. | Entertainment & Arts | Former duo David Baddiel and Rob Newman as they look today
It's no big deal for comedians to play sold-out arena shows these days - just look at Peter Kay and Michael McIntrye.
But it was unheard of before 1993, when Rob Newman and then comedy partner David Baddiel became the first comics to sell out Wembley Arena.
... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-40519854 |
Manager jailed for stealing £46,000 of school dinner money - BBC News | 2017-07-07 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Finance manager Jacqueline Robb spent the cash on holidays and clothes during a four-year period. | Manchester | Jacqueline Robb used the money to buy holidays and clothes
A finance manager who stole £46,000 of school dinner money has been jailed.
Jacqueline Robb, 54, of Laburnum Avenue, Manchester, used the funds to buy foreign holidays and clothes.
The school where she worked spotted that £952 was missing from its bank accou... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-40518433 |
Norway 'troll penis' restored to its former upstanding glory - BBC News | 2017-07-07 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | But tourists eager to see the repaired structure will have to wait to allow the glue to seal. | Europe | A penis-shaped rock formation in Norway that was apparently knocked down by vandals last month has been restored to its anatomical glory.
Scaffolding was used to hoist up the protuberance, which is reported to weigh about 12 tonnes (12,000kg.)
The restoration operation was funded by a crowdfunding campaign which rais... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-40540561 |
Cardiff Koran teacher jailed for child sex abuse - BBC News | 2017-07-07 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The 81-year-old abused girls as a form of punishment at a Cardiff mosque. | South East Wales | An 81-year-old former Koran teacher who was convicted of a string of child sex offences has been jailed for 13 years.
Mohammed Haji Sadiq taught for 30 years at Cardiff's Madina mosque and abused four girls as a form of punishment.
He was found guilty of eight sexual assaults on a child under 13 by touching, and six ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-east-wales-40531730 |
Bradley Lowery: Tributes to the young Sunderland fan - BBC News | 2017-07-07 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Tributes and reaction to the six-year-old who has died after a long illness. | Tyne & Wear | Play video Bradley Lowery will always be in my heart - Defoe from BBC Sport
Bradley Lowery will always be in my heart - Defoe | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-england-tyne-40462844 |
St Neots shooting: Tied-up children sent text plea - BBC News | 2017-07-07 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The children of a man shot dead by police sent a desperate text after being tied up by him, an inquest hears. | Cambridgeshire | Richard Davies was shot dead by police after firing from the upstairs window of the family home
The widow of a man shot dead by police has told an inquest of a desperate text sent by one of their children saying "dad's going to kill himself".
Richard Davies, 41, died of a single gunshot wound to the chest after firin... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-40533502 |
How a former slave gave a quilt to Queen Victoria - BBC News | 2017-07-07 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | More than a century ago a former slave fulfilled her dream to meet Queen Victoria, taking with her a gift. | Africa | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.
The two women, of a similar age, greeted each other warmly, shaking hands and smiling. One was the most powerful woman in the world - the other had been born into slavery.
It had taken more than 50 years for Martha Ann Ersk... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-40500884 |
Who are Britain’s jihadists? - BBC News | 2017-07-07 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | At least 800 people from the UK have travelled to support or fight for jihadist organisations in Syria and Iraq, according to British officials. But what do we know about them? | UK | Approximately 850 people from the UK have travelled to support or fight for jihadist groups in Syria and Iraq, say the British authorities.
This BBC News database is the most comprehensive public record of its kind, telling the story of over 100 people from the UK who have been convicted of offences relating to the co... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-32026985 |
Tupac blamed race in Madonna breakup letter - BBC News | 2017-07-07 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The rapper also apologised for saying "a lot of things" because the Material Girl singer "hurt" him. | US & Canada | Madonna confirmed two years ago she had a relationship with Tupac (R)
Tupac Shakur suggested to Madonna he broke up with her because of race, in an emotional letter attributed to the doomed rapper.
The 1995 missive, addressed to "M", said being with a black man could only help her career, but that he might let down h... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-40525347 |
Deliveroo opens door to benefits win for gig economy workers - BBC News | 2017-07-07 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Food delivery firm says it would offer sick and injury pay if employment law is changed to allow more benefits for gig workers. | Business | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Will Shu, Deliveroo's boss, says the law needs to change to catch up with the modern economy
The food delivery firm Deliveroo has said it will pay sickness and injury benefits to its 15,000 riders in the UK if the law is cha... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-40524377 |
Parliament takes pride in role in gay rights struggles - BBC News | 2017-07-07 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | How politicians and Parliament have been at the centre of battles over gay rights over the past 60 years. | Parliaments | Flying the flag for LGBT rights - Parliament shows it solidarity
Westminster's "palace of enchantments" will be given an LGBTI gleam this weekend - lit up in the colours of the rainbow flag to mark both Pride Week and also the 50th anniversary of the Act of Parliament which legalised gay sex.
The decision was taken b... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-parliaments-40530264 |
Thousands may be let down by funeral plans, report warns - BBC News | 2017-07-07 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A consumer group says many people who pre-pay for their funerals will still face extra charges | Business | Thousands of people could be let down by poor funeral plans they don't understand, a new report has claimed.
Consumer group Fairer Finance said people who paid for their funerals in advance could find their relatives faced extra costs after they died.
It also accused the industry of high-pressure sales tactics with v... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-40518578 |
France set to ban sale of petrol and diesel vehicles by 2040 - BBC News | 2017-07-07 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | After Donald Trump's withdrawal from the Paris climate deal, France doubles down on pollution. | Europe | Hybrid and electric cars, like this Renault, make up about 5% of the French car market
France is set to ban the sale of any car that uses petrol or diesel fuel by 2040, in what the ecology minister called a "revolution".
Nicolas Hulot announced the planned ban on fossil fuel vehicles as part of a renewed commitment t... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-40518293 |
Puppy left in airport by abused owner - BBC News | 2017-07-07 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A three-month old Chihuahua was abandoned in a Las Vegas airport toilet by its owner fleeing domestic abuse | US & Canada | A three-month-old chihuahua abandoned in a Las Vegas airport toilet has been taken in by a local animal rescue.
Chewy's owner left the puppy at McCarran International Airport on 2 July with a letter explaining she was leaving an abusive partner and could not take the dog on the plane with her.
"My owner was in an abu... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-40532760 |
Labour bids to defuse Luciana Berger de-selection row - BBC News | 2017-07-07 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Are 'moderate' Labour MPs facing a mass purge over past disloyalty, asks Iain Watson. | UK Politics | Luciana Berger was re-elected with an increased majority
The new Labour Party chairman Ian Lavery has told the Daily Mirror that he doesn't see the "de-selection" of MPs critical of Jeremy Corbyn "as the way forward".
Chills had gone up some Blairite spines when Mr Lavery himself had suggested at the weekend the Labo... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-40533172 |
Venus Williams 'drove lawfully' in fatal car crash in Florida - BBC News | 2017-07-07 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Police say Venus Williams was driving legally during the car crash that left an elderly man dead. | US & Canada | Five-time Wimbledon champion Venus Williams has not been charged over the fatal collision
Footage has emerged showing that US tennis star Venus Williams was driving lawfully during a car crash that led to the death of a 78-year-old, police say.
Surveillance video obtained by Palm Beach Gardens police in Florida shows... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-40540351 |
Boy, 5, 'killed in Catford park after losing his trainer' - BBC News | 2017-07-07 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Marvyn Iheanacho is accused of battering his partner's son to death in south-east London. | London | Marvyn Iheanacho is accused of killing his partner's son in Mountsfield Park, Catford
A five-year-old boy was battered to death by his mother's boyfriend in a south-east London park after he lost his trainer, a court has heard.
Marvyn Iheanacho, 39, is accused of causing fatal head and stomach injuries to Alex Malcol... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-40522224 |
Bell Pottinger row: PR boss sorry for S Africa campaign - BBC News | 2017-07-07 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | UK-based firm Bell Pottinger responds to accusations its work inflamed racial tensions. | Africa | A protest outside the Gupta family compound in Johannesburg earlier this year
A UK public relations firm has apologised over a controversial social media campaign in South Africa that critics say inflamed racial tensions.
Bell Pottinger is accused of using a strategy that stressed the power of white-owned businesses ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-40527344 |
Tesla to build world's largest lithium ion battery in Australia - BBC News | 2017-07-07 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Tesla will build the world's biggest lithium ion battery in a state gripped by electricity woes. | Australia | Tesla chief Elon Musk said the battery was the world's largest "by a significant margin"
An Australian state will install the world's largest lithium ion battery in a "historic" deal with electric car firm Tesla and energy company Neoen.
The battery will protect South Australia from the kind of energy crisis which fa... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-40527784 |
Grenfell fire: Inquiry head faces angry residents' meeting - BBC News | 2017-07-07 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Sir Martin Moore-Bick met survivors of the west London tower block fire on Thursday evening. | UK | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. "You don't respect me": Footage from the meeting shows Sir Martin Moore-Bick defending his position
The retired judge who will head the inquiry into the Grenfell Tower block fire has faced angry residents and survivors in a ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-40520596 |
Stream-ripping is 'fastest growing' music piracy - BBC News | 2017-07-07 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | People aged 16-24 are the most likely to illegally download audio files from streaming services, research suggests. | Entertainment & Arts | Converting and downloading YouTube videos is a violation of the site's terms and conditions
Stream-ripping is now the fastest-growing form of music piracy in the UK, new research has suggested.
Several sites and apps allow users to turn Spotify songs, YouTube videos and other streaming content into permanent files to... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-40519137 |
Mexico violence: 28 dead in prison fight in Acapulco - BBC News | 2017-07-07 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Rival gangs clashed in a jail in the city of Acapulco, and some of the victims were decapitated. | Latin America & Caribbean | Riot police entered the prison after the deadly fight
A fight between rival gangs in a prison in south-western Mexico has left at least 28 inmates dead, officials say.
The pre-dawn fight broke out in the maximum security wing of Las Cruces prison in the city of Acapulco.
The victims were stabbed and beaten to death,... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-40527512 |
Newspaper headlines: 'Fresh hope for Charlie Gard' - BBC News | 2017-07-07 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The front pages focus on two young people who have been battling serious illness. | The Papers | Business leaders who had been hoping that the UK could remain in the European single market or customs union have been "rebuffed," declares the Financial Times.
The Guardian says the chancellor does not think it would be "legally or politically possible", but wants what he called "their benefits" to be "retained durin... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-the-papers-40540322 |
Sheffield-based radio station Iman FM suspended over 'terror talks' - BBC News | 2017-07-07 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Ofcom has suspended the station's licence for broadcasting lectures by an alleged al-Qaeda leader. | Sheffield & South Yorkshire | A community radio station has been taken off air for broadcasting more than 25 hours of lectures by an alleged al-Qaeda leader.
Sheffield-based Iman FM had its licence suspended by Ofcom for playing the lectures by radical American Muslim cleric Anwar al-Awlaki.
The regulator said parts of the material was "likely to... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-40532030 |
A mother's fight against knife crime - BBC News | 2017-07-07 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | One mother is fighting hard to make sure more young people are protected from the dangers of knives after the death of her son. | UK | Joshua's mum, Alison Cope, goes into schools to talk about how her son died
Rising knife crime is one of the biggest challenges facing the police, especially in the UK's major cities, but chiefs say they cannot solve the problem alone - and one mother is fighting hard to make sure more young people are protected from ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-40497070 |
G20: Trump and Putin debate US election hack at first meeting - BBC News | 2017-07-07 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The pair held "robust" talks about the allegations of Russian interference in last year's election. | Europe | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Trump to Putin: "It's an honour to be with you"
Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin have discussed the alleged Russian hacking of last year's US presidential election during their first meeting.
US Secretary of State Rex Tiller... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-40539725 |
G20: Hamburg sees clashes between police and protesters - BBC News | 2017-07-07 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Dozens of police officers are injured in clashes with protesters, some of whom were hurling objects. | Europe | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.
Seventy-six police officers have been injured in clashes with protesters in Germany's city of Hamburg, where a G20 summit starts shortly.
Three officers were taken to hospital, police said. There were also reports of injuri... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-40526169 |
Dinner lady suspended after Manchester attack demonstration - BBC News | 2017-07-07 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The woman was at a rally co-organised by the ex-English Defence League leader after the Manchester attack. | Lancashire | The rally in Manchester city centre drew thousands of demonstrators
A primary school dinner lady who attended a march co-organised by former English Defence League (EDL) leader Tommy Robinson has been suspended.
Rachel Booth was at the rally on 11 June in Manchester, which organisers said was "against Islamic hate".
... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-40531321 |
Beauty queen wearing gloves at orphanage 'not racist' - BBC News | 2017-07-07 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | An orphanage defends the reigning Miss South Africa after a barrage of social media criticism. | BBC Trending | Photos of Miss South Africa wearing gloves while visiting black children at an orphanage in Soweto sparked a online outcry - but the orphanage staff say any insinuation that Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters is racist is "ridiculous".
"Of course it wasn't because she didn't want to touch black children," says Carol Dyantyi, a spo... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-trending-40496532 |
Newspaper headlines: Thatcher statue cancelled and businesses make Brexit demands - BBC News | 2017-07-07 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Plans for a statue of Margaret Thatcher are shelved, while business leaders want a Brexit delay. | The Papers | The cancellation of plans for a statue of former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher makes headlines in the day's papers.
The Daily Telegraph and the Daily Mail report that plans for a statue of Lady Thatcher in London's Parliament Square have been blocked.
Officials said they couldn't back the 10ft bronze artwork witho... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-the-papers-40527443 |
Ed Sheeran penalised by new chart rules - BBC News | 2017-07-08 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The British pop star is the main victim of changes to the Top 40 that have just come into effect. | Entertainment & Arts | Ed Sheeran has the number one album but some of his singles have fallen out of the chart
The chart rules may have changed - but Justin Bieber is still number one.
Last week, the Official Charts Company overhauled the way it compiles the Top 40 in an effort to stop A-list artists elbowing newer acts out of the way.
T... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-40531119 |
Grenfell firefighters 'hampered by equipment' - BBC News | 2017-07-08 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Firefighters describe low water pressure, radio problems and a 30-minute wait for a high ladder. | UK | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Why did it take so long to get an aerial platform to the tower block? BBC Newsnight investigates
A series of failings that hampered the efforts of firefighters to tackle the Grenfell Tower fire and rescue the building's resi... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-40535417 |
Vatican warns over gluten-free bread for Holy Communion - BBC News | 2017-07-08 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Bishops given reminder as Communion bread can now be bought in supermarkets and online. | Europe | There are about 1.2 billion Roman Catholics around the world
Bread used to celebrate the Eucharist during Roman Catholic Mass must not be gluten-free - although it may be made from genetically modified organisms, the Vatican has reminded its bishops.
In a letter, Cardinal Robert Sarah said the bread could be low-glut... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-40545023 |
Holly Brown: 14-year-old girl killed in bus crash named - BBC News | 2017-07-08 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Holly Brown, 14, died after a minibus carrying pupils on a school trip collided with a bin lorry. | England | Holly Brown was a pupil at John Taylor High School in Barton-under-Needwood
A 14-year-old girl who died after a minibus carrying school pupils on a field trip collided with a bin lorry has been named in reports as Holly Brown.
The pupil was on a bus carrying 21 students from Barton-under-Needwood in Staffordshire whe... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-40541776 |
True Blood star Nelsan Ellis dies aged 39 - BBC News | 2017-07-08 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Nelsan Ellis, who starred in the popular HBO series, died from complications after heart failure. | US & Canada | Co-stars of Nelsan Ellis said they were "stunned" and "devastated" by the news
US actor Nelsan Ellis, who starred in the popular HBO series True Blood, has died aged 39, his manager confirmed.
Ellis, best known for playing the flamboyant Lafayette Reynolds in the horror-drama series, died after complications from hea... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-40546257 |
Thunder Bay police under fire for indigenous deaths - BBC News | 2017-07-08 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Unexplained deaths and a history of racially motivated violence have left doubts that justice in a northern Ontario city can be served. | US & Canada | The death of an indigenous woman in Thunder Bay is the latest in a series of violent incidents affecting the local indigenous community. As the police ponder whether to charge her assailant with murder, many are wondering if the force has what it takes to pursue justice for all.
Barbara Kentner, an Anishinaabe woman, ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-40535131 |
E.coli woman Caroline Hope returns to Scotland - BBC News | 2017-07-08 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Caroline Hope is back home in Scotland after campaigners raised money for a private medical evacuation. | Glasgow & West Scotland | Caroline Hope became gravely ill after contracting E.coli during cancer treatment in Turkey
A Scottish woman who contracted E.coli while undergoing treatment for cancer in a Turkish hospital has returned to Glasgow.
Caroline Hope, who is from Clydebank, had been working as an English teacher in the country when she f... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-40542104 |
Lionel Messi tax fraud prison sentence reduced to fine - BBC News | 2017-07-08 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The Barcelona star has been ordered to pay €400 for every day of the 21-month sentence. | Europe | Lionel Messi will pay €400 for every day of the 21-month sentence
Football star Lionel Messi's 21-month prison sentence for tax fraud has been changed to a fine by the Spanish courts.
The Barcelona star must pay €252,000 ($288,000, £223,000), equating to €400 for each day of the sentence, the court said in a statemen... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-40534761 |
Boris the dog attends University of Reading graduation - BBC News | 2017-07-08 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Boris the springer poodle eased the anxiety of a graduate's sister at the event. | Berkshire | Hollie Evans (left) credited pet Boris for enabling her to see sister Daisy graduate
A mortar board-wearing family dog was invited to a university graduation ceremony to help soothe a guest's anxiety.
Daisy Evans, 23, was watched by four-year-old springer poodle Boris as she picked up her degree at the University of ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-berkshire-40533764 |
Bradley Lowery: Tributes flood in for Sunderland mascot - BBC News | 2017-07-08 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The six-year-old died from terminal cancer. | England | Bradley was a huge Sunderland fan and became a mascot for the club
Tributes have poured in from across the world for Bradley Lowery, who has died from terminal cancer.
The Sunderland fan, six, was diagnosed with a rare cancer aged 18 months old and went on to become "best mates" with his hero, striker Jermain Defoe.
... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-40530250 |
Acrobat death fall at Mad Cool festival in Madrid - BBC News | 2017-07-08 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A man who lived and worked in Brighton died during an aerial stunt at the Mad Cool festival in Madrid. | England | An acrobat from Brighton has died after reportedly falling 100ft (30m) during a stunt at a rock festival in Spain.
Specialist in aerial dance Pedro Aunión Monroy, was suspended in a cage during the Mad Cool festival in Madrid, on Friday night.
While near the main stage, in-between the performances by alt-J and Green ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-40542289 |
The guilty secret of every diplomat in Washington DC - BBC News | 2017-07-08 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Clueless envoys rely on one method to glimpse the president's thinking, even if they won't admit it. | US & Canada | "Four minutes with him is worth hours of meeting with anybody else," one head of state said
It's tough being a diplomat when nobody talks to you. It's even worse when they aren't talking to you because they don't think you matter anymore.
When he was just a candidate, Donald Trump declared in his first major speech o... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-40534572 |
Girl dies in A38 Birmingham school trip crash - BBC News | 2017-07-08 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The pupils had been going on a school art trip when their minibus was involved in the crash with a bin lorry. | England | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The crash involved the minibus going on the school trip and a city council bin lorry
A 14-year-old girl has died in a crash involving a minibus full of pupils going on a school art trip.
Emergency services were called to th... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-40532160 |
Ivanka Trump takes Donald Trump seat at G20 leaders' table - BBC News | 2017-07-08 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | In an unusual move, the first daughter sits with world leaders while Donald Trump steps away. | World | Ms Trump accompanied her father to earlier sessions before sitting in for him later
In an unusual move Ivanka Trump briefly took her father Donald's seat at a summit of world leaders on Saturday.
The US president had stepped away for a meeting with the Indonesian leader during the G20 meeting.
Ms Trump is an adviser... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-40541611 |
The tennis players who play by different rules - BBC News | 2017-07-08 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The world's best wheelchair tennis players meet in the first grass-court event to precede Wimbledon. | Disability | Grand slam winners, Paralympians and Wimbledon champions have gone head-to-head at a new tennis championship.
Thirteen of the world's best wheelchair players competed at the first Surbiton Wheelchair Tennis Tournament as a warm-up to Wimbledon.
It's the first time players have had a chance to try out their grass-cour... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/disability-40492329 |
Bradley Lowery: Sunderland fan dies after long illness - BBC News | 2017-07-08 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The six-year-old struck up a friendship with striker Jermain Defoe after being diagnosed with cancer. | England | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.
Six-year-old Bradley Lowery, whose plight touched the lives of many people, has died after a long illness.
The Sunderland fan was diagnosed with neuroblastoma - a rare type of cancer - when he was 18 months old.
Bradley we... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-39883344 |
Mike Pence ignores Nasa 'do not touch' sign - BBC News | 2017-07-08 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The VP made a tongue-in-cheek apology to Nasa after a photo of him touching the equipment went viral. | US & Canada | Nasa later reassured Mr Pence that it was "OK to touch the surface"
US Vice-President Mike Pence has made a tongue-in-cheek apology to Nasa after a photo of him touching a piece of space flight equipment went viral.
Mr Pence was visiting the Kennedy Space Center in Florida when he placed his hand on a piece of hardwa... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-40540356 |
Norway 'troll penis' restored to its former upstanding glory - BBC News | 2017-07-08 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | But tourists eager to see the repaired structure will have to wait to allow the glue to seal. | Europe | A penis-shaped rock formation in Norway that was apparently knocked down by vandals last month has been restored to its anatomical glory.
Scaffolding was used to hoist up the protuberance, which is reported to weigh about 12 tonnes (12,000kg.)
The restoration operation was funded by a crowdfunding campaign which rais... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-40540561 |
Army chief: Public has to understand why we need 'boots on the ground' - BBC News | 2017-07-08 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | General Sir Nick Carter, the Army's top soldier, says the force's future depends on better public understanding. | UK | As he visits troops bolstering Nato's eastern border in Estonia in response to rising tensions with Russia, General Sir Nick Carter - the British army's top soldier - explains how the armed forces need to win support for their changing mission.
Public support in Britain for the Army has been consistently strong. But G... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-40534771 |
Woman and three children die in Bolton house fire - BBC News | 2017-07-08 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The two boys and a girl were all under 13; a man jumped to safety from a first floor window. | Manchester | The two boys and a girl were all under the age of 13, police say
A woman and three children have died after a house fire in Bolton.
The blaze broke out at Rosamond Street in the Daubhill area of the town just after 09:00 BST.
A man managed to jump from a first floor window but two boys and a girl - all under the age... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-40543541 |
St Neots shooting: Tied-up children sent text plea - BBC News | 2017-07-08 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The children of a man shot dead by police sent a desperate text after being tied up by him, an inquest hears. | Cambridgeshire | Richard Davies was shot dead by police after firing from the upstairs window of the family home
The widow of a man shot dead by police has told an inquest of a desperate text sent by one of their children saying "dad's going to kill himself".
Richard Davies, 41, died of a single gunshot wound to the chest after firin... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-40533502 |
How a former slave gave a quilt to Queen Victoria - BBC News | 2017-07-08 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | More than a century ago a former slave fulfilled her dream to meet Queen Victoria, taking with her a gift. | Africa | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.
The two women, of a similar age, greeted each other warmly, shaking hands and smiling. One was the most powerful woman in the world - the other had been born into slavery.
It had taken more than 50 years for Martha Ann Ersk... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-40500884 |
Murdered Mauritius woman Janice Farman wanted to return home - BBC News | 2017-07-08 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Janice Farman talked of leaving the Indian Ocean island after being robbed, her estranged husband says. | Glasgow & West Scotland | Janice Farman had been in Mauritius since 2004
A woman who was murdered at the home she shared with her 10-year-old son in Mauritius had wanted to return to Scotland after being robbed two weeks ago, it has emerged.
Janice Farman, who was 47 and originally from Clydebank, told her husband she wanted to leave the Indi... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-40542099 |
Deliveroo opens door to benefits win for gig economy workers - BBC News | 2017-07-08 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Food delivery firm says it would offer sick and injury pay if employment law is changed to allow more benefits for gig workers. | Business | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Will Shu, Deliveroo's boss, says the law needs to change to catch up with the modern economy
The food delivery firm Deliveroo has said it will pay sickness and injury benefits to its 15,000 riders in the UK if the law is cha... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-40524377 |
Migrant crisis: 'Hipster right’ group trying to stop rescue ships - BBC News | 2017-07-08 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Anti-migrant groups accuse aid agencies of providing a taxi service to migrants crossing to Europe. | Europe | More than 80,000 migrants have crossed the Mediterranean to Italy this year
They call themselves Generation Identity. Made up of mainly 20-something tech-savvy members, the Identitarian movement has been described as the hipster right.
Fiercely anti-immigration and anti-Muslim, its aim is to stop mass migration to Eu... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-40505337 |
The painstaking task of naming Grenfell's victims - BBC News | 2017-07-08 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Relatives are angry at the time it's taking to identify victims. But experts say the process is a highly complicated one. | Magazine | Relatives of those who died in the Grenfell Tower tragedy are angry at the time it's taking to recover and name victims. But police and forensic science experts say the process of identifying severely fire-damaged remains is a highly complicated one - and it will take some time before families can know the fate of thei... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-40517658 |
Parliament takes pride in role in gay rights struggles - BBC News | 2017-07-08 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | How politicians and Parliament have been at the centre of battles over gay rights over the past 60 years. | Parliaments | Flying the flag for LGBT rights - Parliament shows it solidarity
Westminster's "palace of enchantments" will be given an LGBTI gleam this weekend - lit up in the colours of the rainbow flag to mark both Pride Week and also the 50th anniversary of the Act of Parliament which legalised gay sex.
The decision was taken b... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-parliaments-40530264 |
Venus Williams 'drove lawfully' in fatal car crash in Florida - BBC News | 2017-07-08 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Police say Venus Williams was driving legally during the car crash that left an elderly man dead. | US & Canada | Five-time Wimbledon champion Venus Williams has not been charged over the fatal collision
Footage has emerged showing that US tennis star Venus Williams was driving lawfully during a car crash that led to the death of a 78-year-old, police say.
Surveillance video obtained by Palm Beach Gardens police in Florida shows... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-40540351 |
Labour bids to defuse Luciana Berger de-selection row - BBC News | 2017-07-08 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Are 'moderate' Labour MPs facing a mass purge over past disloyalty, asks Iain Watson. | UK Politics | Luciana Berger was re-elected with an increased majority
The new Labour Party chairman Ian Lavery has told the Daily Mirror that he doesn't see the "de-selection" of MPs critical of Jeremy Corbyn "as the way forward".
Chills had gone up some Blairite spines when Mr Lavery himself had suggested at the weekend the Labo... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-40533172 |
The road markings that left red faces - BBC News | 2017-07-08 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | From wonky bikes to supermarket "petrel" - the road markings that left contractors with red faces. | England | The wonky bike, which was spotted by a chuckling Paula Brown, has since been repainted by the contractors responsible
A wonky cycle path sign that appeared in the Lincolnshire market town of Sleaford last weekend caused much mirth among local residents, who described it as looking like a penny farthing - albeit one wi... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-40520746 |
G20: UK-US trade deal to happen quickly, says Trump - BBC News | 2017-07-08 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The US president confirms he will go to London, as he holds talks with Theresa May at the G20 summit. | UK Politics | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Donald Trump: "Trade will be a very big factor between our two countries"
US President Donald Trump has said he expects a "powerful" trade deal with the UK to be completed "very quickly".
Speaking at the G20 summit in Hambu... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-40540340 |
'Very bureaucratic' 10-page use-of-force form sparks police complaints - BBC News | 2017-07-08 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Ten pages must be filled in every time officers in England and Wales use any force against someone. | UK | Handcuffing must be recorded as a use of force
Police officers in England and Wales have criticised a new 10-page form they have to fill out every time they use any kind of force against someone.
Since April this year officers have had to record a series of details every time they use handcuffs, CS spray or draw a ba... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-40535694 |
Prison Service finds 225kg of drugs in one year - BBC News | 2017-07-08 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | About 13,000 phones and 7,000 Sim cards were also confiscated in a year in England and Wales. | UK | Prison officers have confiscated 225kg (about 500lb) of drugs in one year in England and Wales, according to the Ministry of Justice.
In 2016, 13,000 mobile phones and 7,000 Sim cards were also seized from prisoners.
The haul comes after new mobile phone detectors were introduced, as well as 300 specialist dogs for d... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-40544569 |
Reality Check: Is the Wimbledon seeding system a good predictor? - BBC News | 2017-07-08 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Wimbledon seedings are calculated differently from other grand slam tournaments. | UK | Wimbledon's seeding system for the men's singles has made an unusually big difference this year, as you can see from the lists above of the ATP rankings a week before the tournament and the Wimbledon rankings.
Wimbledon uses a system that favours grass-court specialists - taking the ATP ranking points, doubling the po... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-40521236 |
Newspaper headlines: 'Fresh hope for Charlie Gard' - BBC News | 2017-07-08 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The front pages focus on two young people who have been battling serious illness. | The Papers | Business leaders who had been hoping that the UK could remain in the European single market or customs union have been "rebuffed," declares the Financial Times.
The Guardian says the chancellor does not think it would be "legally or politically possible", but wants what he called "their benefits" to be "retained durin... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-the-papers-40540322 |
Bradley Lowery: Jermain Defoe pays tribute to 'best friend' - BBC News | 2017-07-08 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The footballer says he will always carry the six-year-old's memory in his heart. | England | Footballer Jermain Defoe has paid tribute to his "best friend" Bradley Lowery.
The six-year-old Sunderland fan died on Friday following a fight with neuroblastoma - a rare type of cancer.
The club's former striker struck up a close friendship with the avid Black Cats fan and club mascot in the months before his death... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-40545488 |
Former Manchester United footballer ordained as priest - BBC News | 2017-07-08 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Philip Mulryne has taken a vow of poverty, a world away from top-level professional football. | Northern Ireland | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Fr Philip Mulryne says his switch from pitch to priesthood was a 'kind of a mystery'
The former Northern Ireland footballer Philip Mulryne has been ordained a Roman Catholic priest in the Dominican Order.
Father Mulryne, wh... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-40545129 |
G20: Trump and Putin debate US election hack at first meeting - BBC News | 2017-07-08 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The pair held "robust" talks about the allegations of Russian interference in last year's election. | Europe | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Trump to Putin: "It's an honour to be with you"
Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin have discussed the alleged Russian hacking of last year's US presidential election during their first meeting.
US Secretary of State Rex Tiller... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-40539725 |
Eurasian lynx: Plan to return it to Kielder Forest to be submitted - BBC News | 2017-07-08 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Campaigners want to reintroduce the lynx 1,300 years ago after it became extinct in the UK. | Tyne & Wear | The Lynx UK Trust wants to place up to six lynx in Kielder for a five-year trial
Plans to reintroduce the Eurasian lynx 1,300 years after it became extinct in the UK will be submitted soon, campaigners have said.
The Lynx UK Trust wants to import up to six of the cats from Sweden to Kielder Forest in Northumberland.
... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-40542306 |
Fan's dying wish leads to Stranraer versus FC Twente game - BBC News | 2017-07-08 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A top Dutch football team comes to south west Scotland thanks to an act of kindness more than a decade ago. | South Scotland | Scottish League One outfit Stranraer have played host to Dutch top division side FC Twente thanks to links which started with a fan's dying wish.
The match, which finished 5-0 to the visitors at Stair Park, was attended by hundreds of visiting fans.
The clubs' links were formed when Stranraer and Rangers fan Jim McKi... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-40494622 |
Climber dies after Ben Nevis fall - BBC News | 2017-07-09 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Lochaber Mountain Rescue Team said the man had suffered fatal injuries in the fall on Tower Ridge. | Highlands & Islands | The climber died after falling on Tower Ridge on Ben Nevis
A climber has died after falling on Tower Ridge on Ben Nevis.
Lochaber Mountain Rescue Team said the man had suffered fatal injuries in the fall on Saturday morning.
The Coastguard rescue helicopter from Inverness was diverted from training and arrived on th... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-40547622 |
Vatican warns over gluten-free bread for Holy Communion - BBC News | 2017-07-09 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Bishops given reminder as Communion bread can now be bought in supermarkets and online. | Europe | There are about 1.2 billion Roman Catholics around the world
Bread used to celebrate the Eucharist during Roman Catholic Mass must not be gluten-free - although it may be made from genetically modified organisms, the Vatican has reminded its bishops.
In a letter, Cardinal Robert Sarah said the bread could be low-glut... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-40545023 |
Newspaper headlines: Brexit blow or May's Trump card? - BBC News | 2017-07-09 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Brexit dominates the front pages of Sunday's papers, after the prime minister and US president met. | The Papers | Many of the Sunday papers deliver their verdict on Theresa May's whirlwind diplomacy in Hamburg.
The Sunday Telegraph says the prime minister played her "trump card" when she called attention to world leaders' enthusiasm for deeper trade ties with the UK.
It was a tactical move in the Telegraph's view - aimed at rebu... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-the-papers-40546207 |
Thunder Bay police under fire for indigenous deaths - BBC News | 2017-07-09 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Unexplained deaths and a history of racially motivated violence have left doubts that justice in a northern Ontario city can be served. | US & Canada | The death of an indigenous woman in Thunder Bay is the latest in a series of violent incidents affecting the local indigenous community. As the police ponder whether to charge her assailant with murder, many are wondering if the force has what it takes to pursue justice for all.
Barbara Kentner, an Anishinaabe woman, ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-40535131 |
Theresa May urges rival parties to 'contribute and not just criticise' - BBC News | 2017-07-09 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The PM signals a change in her style of government - by calling for other parties to contribute ideas. | UK Politics | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Theresa May met her Australian counterpart Malcolm Turnbull in Downing Street
Theresa May is to call on rival parties to "contribute and not just criticise" as she signals a post-election change in her style of government.
... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-40549253 |
Beauty queen wearing gloves at orphanage 'not racist' - BBC News | 2017-07-09 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | An orphanage defends the reigning Miss South Africa after a barrage of social media criticism. | BBC Trending | Photos of Miss South Africa wearing gloves while visiting black children at an orphanage in Soweto sparked a online outcry - but the orphanage staff say any insinuation that Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters is racist is "ridiculous".
"Of course it wasn't because she didn't want to touch black children," says Carol Dyantyi, a spo... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-trending-40496532 |
East London acid attack: John Tomlin arrested - BBC News | 2017-07-09 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Two cousins suffered "life-changing injuries" in an acid attack in east London. | London | John Tomlin handed himself in at an east London police station
A man named as the chief suspect in an acid attack in east London has handed himself in to police.
Two people suffered "life-changing" injuries when a corrosive substance was thrown on to them through their car windows.
Cousins Resham Khan and Jameel Muh... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-40552021 |
Funeral held for Brighton acrobat who died in Madrid show - BBC News | 2017-07-09 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A Buddhist ceremony and Catholic cremation have been held for Pedro Aunión Monroy, his friend says. | England | The funeral for a Brighton acrobat who died during a performance has been held in Spain, a family friend has said.
Specialist aerial dancer Pedro Aunión Monroy was suspended in a cage during the Mad Cool festival in Madrid on Friday when he plunged 100ft to his death.
A Buddhist ceremony was held on Saturday and a Ca... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-40547843 |
Tesla's Elon Musk tweets new photos of latest car, the Model 3 - BBC News | 2017-07-09 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Tesla boss Elon Musk tweets the first pictures of the electric car firm's latest, the Model 3. | Business | Tesla co-founder Elon Musk tweeted the first image of the Model 3 after it rolled off the production line
Tesla co-founder and chief executive Elon Musk has shared the first images of the electric car company's Model 3 after it came off the assembly line.
The entrepreneur followed it up with another Model 3 photo, th... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-40548022 |
Men shot in large scale disturbance at play park - BBC News | 2017-07-09 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Police are treating the incident involving up to 15 men at a play park in Glasgow as attempted murder. | Glasgow & West Scotland | Six men were found with injuries near a children's play area in Ballantay Terrace
A 23-year-old man is in a critical condition in hospital after being shot in a large scale disturbance in the Castlemilk area of Glasgow.
Six men were taken to hospital following the incident near a children's play area in Ballantay Ter... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-40548641 |
Bradley Lowery: Family says all welcome at his funeral - BBC News | 2017-07-09 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The six-year-old moved people around the world with his fight against terminal cancer. | Tees | The family of six-year-old Bradley Lowery have said all are welcome at his funeral.
Bradley, from Blackhall Colliery near Hartlepool, died on Friday following a fight with neuroblastoma - a rare type of cancer.
In a post on Facebook, his family said his funeral will be held at St Joseph's church in the village at 11:... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tees-40548505 |
Acrobat death fall at Mad Cool festival in Madrid - BBC News | 2017-07-09 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A man who lived and worked in Brighton died during an aerial stunt at the Mad Cool festival in Madrid. | England | An acrobat from Brighton has died after reportedly falling 100ft (30m) during a stunt at a rock festival in Spain.
Specialist in aerial dance Pedro Aunión Monroy, was suspended in a cage during the Mad Cool festival in Madrid, on Friday night.
While near the main stage, in-between the performances by alt-J and Green ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-40542289 |
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