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Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory - BBC News | 2017-09-13 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | In the early hours the government won its vote on the EU withdrawal bill. But ministers can't relax, not for a moment. | UK Politics | In the early hours the government won its vote on the behemoth-like task of transferring laws incorporated from the EU on to a new statute book.
In the end Labour doubts and a strict hand from the Tory whips won the day and the numbers were more comfortable than the squeaky feeling at the start of the political week s... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-41237745 |
Hurricane Irma: Quarter of Florida Keys homes 'destroyed' - BBC News | 2017-09-13 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Hurricane evacuees return to scenes of devastation as President Trump prepares to visit Florida. | US & Canada | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The Florida Keys was one of the US areas hit hardest by Irma
Hurricane Irma evacuees are returning to scenes of devastation in the Florida Keys with reports of a quarter of homes destroyed on the low-lying islands.
The late... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-41247063 |
Police pay: Was the prime minister right about salaries? - BBC News | 2017-09-13 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Theresa May says an officer starting in 2010 would, by now, have received a 32% increase in pay in real terms. | UK Politics | The claim: A police officer starting in 2010 would, by now, have received a 32% increase in pay in real terms.
Reality Check verdict: That's right, but it is not representative of police officers as a whole.
Prime Minister Theresa May told the House of Commons on Wednesday that a police officer who had started in 201... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-41252392 |
Government wins committee change vote - BBC News | 2017-09-13 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Opposition MPs said the motion was a "constitutional outrage" but it was backed by 320 to 301. | UK Politics | Controversial changes giving the government control of key Parliamentary committees have been agreed by MPs.
The vote gives the Tories a majority on the public bill committees in charge of the detailed scrutiny of legislation.
Opposition MPs said it was a "constitutional outrage" and a "power grab" from a government ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-41245903 |
South Africa student fights to keep thesis during robbery - BBC News | 2017-09-13 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Noxolo Ntuli had the only copy of her master's thesis on a hard drive in her bag. | Africa | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Ms Ntuli was attacked as she returned from work
The prospect of losing the only copy of her master's thesis during a robbery was just too much for one South African student to bear.
Noxolo Ntuli, 26, grappled with armed att... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-41257344 |
Storm Aileen: Winds bring travel disruption - BBC News | 2017-09-13 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Gusts of 70mph cause damage to parts of the UK, bringing down trees and cutting power. | UK | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The worst of Storm Aileen's winds have rattled off towards the Netherlands, says BBC Weather's Matt Taylor
Strong winds have caused travel disruption and power cuts across parts of the country.
Aileen, the first named storm... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41241014 |
Rohingya crisis: How much power does Aung San Suu Kyi really have? - BBC News | 2017-09-13 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | What is the relationship between the leader, her government and the military? | World | For 20 years the military and Aung San Suu Kyi were bitterly opposed, but must work together
The huge exodus of Rohingya from Myanmar's Rakhine State, and the brutal tactics of the security forces, have stirred up strong condemnations of the Nobel Laureate and de-facto leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, who has defended her go... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-41243635 |
Booker Prize: Novelist and bookshop worker Fiona Mozley on shortlist - BBC News | 2017-09-13 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Fiona Mozley, who works part-time in a York bookshop, is one of six novelists up for the prize. | Entertainment & Arts | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Fiona Mozley says she finds selling customers her own novel "strange and embarrassing"
A 29-year-old writer who works part-time at a bookshop in York has been shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize for her debut novel.
Fiona ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-41251661 |
The mothers who infiltrated an online paedophile group - BBC News | 2017-09-13 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A group of Indonesian mothers identified and then reported a paedophile Facebook group. | Asia | When a group of Indonesian mothers sharing pictures of their children stumbled upon news of an online paedophile group earlier this year, they decided to infiltrate it to expose those behind it. The BBC's Christine Franciska followed the story.
Capturing and posting the funny, sweet and memorable moments of children o... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-39300320 |
Hope Hicks named White House Communications Director - BBC News | 2017-09-13 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The long-time Trump aide will be the fourth person to fill the White House role. | US & Canada | Twenty-eight-year-old interim White House Communications Director Hope Hicks will serve in the role on a permanent basis.
The longtime Trump aide is the fourth person to fill the position, replacing Anthony Scaramucci, who was fired in July after just 10 days on the job.
Ms Hicks has served as President Donald Trump'... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-41245690 |
Frank Vincent: Sopranos and Goodfellas actor dies at 78 - BBC News | 2017-09-13 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The actor, who also starred in several Scorsese films, had complications during heart surgery. | US & Canada | Frank Vincent, seen here in a party for his book in 2006, reportedly had heart complications
Veteran American actor Frank Vincent, known for roles in the TV series The Sopranos and several Martin Scorsese films, has died at the age of 78.
He had complications during open heart surgery in a New Jersey hospital, TMZ re... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-41262423 |
'Despicable' wedding planner jailed for £130k fraud - BBC News | 2017-09-13 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | He took money from 39 couples for bookings at an Angus castle before fleeing to Ibiza. | Tayside and Central Scotland | Craig Williamson used some of the money to pay off gambling debts
A wedding planner who defrauded £130,000 from couples booking ceremonies at an Angus castle has been jailed for 30 months.
Craig Williamson, 42, diverted money from 39 couples who had booked weddings at Guthrie Castle into his own accounts before fleei... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-41253633 |
Nick Clegg reveals son's cancer diagnosis - BBC News | 2017-09-13 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Nick Clegg and his wife, Miriam Gonzalez Durantez, speak about their son's treatment for blood cancer. | UK Politics | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Nick Clegg tells ITV's Lorraine Kelly that advances in chemotherapy are remarkable "but it is still a very brutal thing"
Former Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg and his wife, Miriam Gonzalez Durantez, have spoken for the fir... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-41253123 |
Man-of-war spotted along coast in Cornwall and Wales - BBC News | 2017-09-13 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The RNLI closed Perranporth beach to swimmers because of large numbers of jellyfish-like creatures. | Cornwall | A Portuguese man-of-war, which was one of a group of six, washed up at Gwithian
Large numbers of potentially fatal Portuguese man-of-war have washed up on a Cornish beach, prompting its closure.
RNLI lifeguards erected do not swim red flags at Perranporth beach earlier because of the "unusually large number" of the c... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-41237286 |
What's it like to start reading at 60? - BBC News | 2017-09-13 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Adult learners in Kenya get to read their first words, after a library opens in their village. | Business | Florence Cheptoo began to learn to read when her grandchild brought home a library book
What's it like to read your first words at the age of 60? What difference does it make after a lifetime of getting by without reading?
If you think about how much written information we consume every hour - going through emails at... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-41204118 |
Brexit: Next round of talks delayed a week 'for consultation' - BBC News | 2017-09-13 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The latest negotiating round is postponed by a week to give both sides "flexibility to make progress". | UK Politics | David Davis and Michel Barnier are currently meeting once a month
The next round of Brexit talks has been postponed by a week to "allow more time for consultation".
The fourth round of UK-EU negotiations, due to begin on 18 September, will start on the 25th instead.
The government said a short delay "would give nego... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-41246573 |
Hurricane Irma: UK pledges extra £25m for relief effort - BBC News | 2017-09-13 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The prime minister made the announcement amid criticisms of the UK's response to the disaster. | UK | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Boris Johnson: "You can't but be affected by the scale of the devastation"
The UK is to give an extra £25m of funding to help with the recovery effort following Hurricane Irma, Theresa May has said.
The prime minister pledg... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41251594 |
Officer probed over Rashan Charles police chase death - BBC News | 2017-09-13 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Rashan Charles died as he tried to swallow a package during an arrest by police in east London. | London | Rashan Charles died after being apprehended by police in Dalston
A Metropolitan Police officer is being investigated for gross misconduct over the death of Rashan Charles in London, the police watchdog has said.
Mr Charles, 20, died after being apprehended by police officers in Dalston, east London, on 22 July.
He b... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-41258009 |
Serena Williams shares pictures of her new baby girl - BBC News | 2017-09-13 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The 23-time Grand Slam winner uses social media to share first pictures of her baby girl. | US & Canada | Serena Williams posted the first picture of baby Alexis on Wednesday
Tennis star Serena Williams has posted the first photo of her daughter Alexis Olympia Ohanian Jr on social media, almost two weeks after her birth.
Williams and her fiancé Alexis Ohanian, the Reddit co-founder, welcomed their little girl on 1 Septem... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-41258642 |
Ian Paterson: Victims of disgraced surgeon get £37m - BBC News | 2017-09-13 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Disgraced breast surgeon Ian Paterson carried out hundreds of botched operations on his patients. | Birmingham & Black Country | About 750 victims of rogue breast surgeon Ian Paterson are to be paid compensation from a new £37m fund.
Private healthcare firm Spire has agreed to pay £27.2m, with £10m coming from Paterson's insurers and the Heart of England NHS Trust.
Paterson was found guilty of 17 counts of wounding with intent in April after a... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-41255962 |
EU: Juncker sees window of opportunity for reform - BBC News | 2017-09-13 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | European Commission head says the wind is back in Europe's sails to build a stronger union. | Europe | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Brexit is "a very sad and tragic moment in our history"
The "wind is back in Europe's sails", European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker has said in his annual state of the union address.
He told the European Parliam... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-41251914 |
Public pay: What will unions do next? - BBC News | 2017-09-13 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A behind-the-scenes look at the TUC conference where talk of illegal strike action loomed large. | UK Politics | As this year's TUC conference draws to a close, counter-intuitively the government has forged a high degree of unity within the union movement.
Expectations on the lifting of the pay cap were raised, then dashed, when the awards to police officers were above the pay cap but palpably below inflation. The unions feel th... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-41252658 |
Watchkeeper drones crash in sea off Wales, MoD confirms - BBC News | 2017-09-13 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The British Army drones were lost in the Irish Sea earlier this year. | Mid Wales | The aircraft is capable of transmitting high definition images - day or night
Two multi-million pound British Army drones crashed after taking off from a base in mid Wales, the Ministry of Defence has confirmed.
The unmanned Watchkeeper aircraft were lost in the Irish Sea earlier this year, leading commanders to temp... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-mid-wales-41259087 |
Hurricane Irma: UK's aid budget cannot be spent on overseas territories - BBC News | 2017-09-13 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Britain's Caribbean islands are too rich to qualify for development resources, the BBC has learned. | UK | The army has been landing aid vehicles on Anguilla's Sandy Bay Village beach
The UK's £13bn aid budget cannot be used to help the British overseas territories hit by Hurricane Irma, the BBC has learned.
Under international aid rules, Anguilla, Turks and Caicos and the British Virgin Islands are considered too wealthy... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41258435 |
Myanmar conflict: Fake photos inflame tension - BBC News | 2017-09-02 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Images spread on social media are confusing the facts about the escalating conflict in Rakhine state. | Asia | This photo is from Bangladesh in 1971 but is being shared on social media to describe Rohingya people in Myanmar as terrorists
A recent surge in violence in the northern part of Myanmar's Rakhine state has been accompanied by a slew of misleading images being shared on social media.
Photos and video purporting to be ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-41123878 |
Would you take a ride in a pilotless sky taxi? - BBC News | 2017-09-02 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | How Dubai may be winning the race to launch the first passenger-carrying flying drones. | Business | Dubai says it will begin a five-year test period of the Volocopter later in 2017
Tech companies are competing to develop the first viable passenger-carrying sky taxis, whether manned or pilotless, but how soon could these clever copters really be whizzing over our cities? And would you trust one?
Dubai is racing to b... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-41088196 |
Catching the hackers in the act - BBC News | 2017-09-02 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A BBC experiment gains an insight into the range of attacks companies and other organisations suffer every day. | Technology | Cyber-criminals start attacking servers newly set up online about an hour after they are switched on, suggests research.
The servers were part of an experiment the BBC asked a security company to carry out to judge the scale and calibre of cyber-attacks that firms face every day.
About 71 minutes after the servers we... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-40850174 |
Houston floods: Uninsured and anxious, victims return home - BBC News | 2017-09-02 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | As the water recedes in Houston, three families return home to survey the damage from Harvey. | US & Canada | "I don't know where to start" - Herman Washington and his wife Mary Woodard found their home wrecked
As the water recedes in Houston, three families return home to survey the damage from Hurricane Harvey. Like so many others, they have no flood insurance and no way of paying for repairs.
At each house it was the same... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-40927487 |
Friend or foe: Borrowing money at the door - BBC News | 2017-09-02 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | What do the woes of the UK's biggest door-to-door lender Provident Financial mean for hard-pressed borrowers? | Business | Money is short and school uniforms are needed for the new term, or there are Christmas wishes are to be fulfilled.
At the door is a friendly face, often a neighbour, offering an expensive but convenient and immediate cash loan. The deal is done and the relationship between customer and agent begins.
"We would come to... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-41122097 |
Newspaper headlines: Conservation charity and countryside campaigners clash - BBC News | 2017-09-02 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A row between the National Trust and the Countryside Alliance over hunting makes headlines. | The Papers | The National Trust is "embroiled in a row with countryside campaigners", according to the lead in the Daily Telegraph.
The conservation charity has been accused of "effectively painting targets" on people who hunt after it decided to publish details of the times and locations of legal hunts on its land.
Hunt supporte... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-the-papers-41131803 |
Was summer 2017 the craziest transfer window ever? - BBC Sport | 2017-09-02 | null | What was the biggest shock? Who was the biggest bargain? And biggest risk? BBC pundits assess the signings in a topsy-turvy transfer window. | null | Last updated on .From the section Football
After two months of mind-boggling spending, miles of social media speculation, smoke, mirrors and silly signing announcements, the transfer window has finally closed.
Amid all the noise, which are the bargains, bloopers and just plain bonkers signings of a roller-coaster tra... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/41108842 |
Could a new political party be on the way? - BBC News | 2017-09-02 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Voices in Westminster are whispering about change but how realistic is talk of a new political force? | UK Politics | How realistic are Westminster whispers about a new political party?
Whispers of collaboration waft through the air. Rumours of a new political entity emerging into the light. Stories of politicians ready to cast aside tribal instinct and join something new.
But that is quite enough about the political intrigue in Ger... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-41096500 |
US reveals details of recent 'sonic attack' on Cuba diplomats - BBC News | 2017-09-02 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A suspected acoustic attack on embassy staff in Havana was reported as recently as last month. | US & Canada | Employees at the embassy in Havana reported feeling unwell late last year
A suspected acoustic attack on US embassy staff in Cuba was reported as recently as last month, US officials have revealed.
It was originally thought that the incidents had ended several months ago.
The US State Department also said the number... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-41133855 |
Jose Mourinho stars in Game4Grenfell charity match - BBC News | 2017-09-02 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The Manchester United manager opts to play as a goalkeeper as they do not have to "run so much". | UK | Jose Mourinho has shown off his rarely-seen skills on the pitch by starring in a charity football match for people affected by the Grenfell Tower fire.
The Manchester United boss came on as a sub goalkeeper in the Game4Grenfell match between two teams of celebrities and ex-players at QPR's Loftus Road.
His team lost ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41137944 |
Cop who arrested Utah nurse over blood sample put on leave - BBC News | 2017-09-02 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Video footage shows Alex Wubbels screaming for help as she is manhandled and handcuffed. | US & Canada | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Nurse Alex Wubbels was following hospital protocols when she was arrested in Utah
A US police officer who forcibly arrested a nurse for refusing to take a blood sample from an unconscious patient has been placed on administr... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-41134797 |
Storm Harvey: Trump seeks $7.8bn for flood recovery - BBC News | 2017-09-02 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The $7.8bn would be a first instalment in the massive relief effort following Hurricane Harvey. | US & Canada | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Flood victims have been returning to inspect the damage
US President Donald Trump has asked Congress for $7.8bn (£6bn) as an initial payment to help with recovery efforts following flooding in Texas and Louisiana.
Officials... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-41133862 |
MPs declare sports and bookies as most common donors - BBC News | 2017-09-02 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Ladbrokes Coral companies appear 15 times for hospitality in the register of MPs' donations. | England | MPs have declared about £215,000 worth of gifts, benefits and hospitality
Sports and betting companies top the list of donors treating MPs to gifts and hospitality.
The Ladbrokes Coral group appeared 15 times in the register of members' interests, more than any other donor.
Out of 187 donations from UK sources regis... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-41027964 |
Solar power deal will lower social tenants' energy bills - BBC News | 2017-09-02 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Investment from the Netherlands will see 800,000 English and Welsh homes get free solar panels. | Business | Solar panels are to be installed in 800,000 low-income homes across England and Wales over the next five years, as part of a new government scheme.
The Dutch firm, Maas Capital, is investing £160m in the project.
The panels, which will be free to tenants, are expected to cut hundreds of pounds from energy bills, acco... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-41122433 |
Newspaper headlines: 'Secret' Brexit bill, and Tory rebels warned - BBC News | 2017-09-02 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The Sunday Times says Theresa May has "secretly agreed" a £50bn sum to settle the UK's Brexit bill. | The Papers | According to The Sunday Times, the outcome of the general election may have cost the country about £20bn. A source, described as a close ally of of Theresa May's, explains that meeting the UK's obligations to the EU had been estimated at up to £30bn. But, it says, the weakening of our negotiating position because the C... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-the-papers-41138635 |
Obituary: Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor - BBC News | 2017-09-02 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Former head of the Roman Catholic Church in England and Wales has died aged 85. | UK | Cormac Murphy-O'Connor served in holy orders for more than six decades.
The man who began his career as a priest in 1950s Hampshire went on to lead the Roman Catholic Church in England and Wales and to don the red hat of a cardinal.
A traditionalist who opposed birth control and abortion, he preached that Christians ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41003717 |
Trump hails hurricane relief efforts as he visits Texas - BBC News | 2017-09-02 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | "Things are working out well," says the president, as he and wife Melania meet flood victims. | US & Canada | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Donald Trump: "As tough as this was, it's been a wonderful thing"
US President Donald Trump has praised the relief response to Hurricane Harvey on his second visit to flood-hit states.
"Things are working out well," he said... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-41134799 |
Universities run cartel, says think tank - BBC News | 2017-09-02 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The UK 2020 report argues that fast-track two-year degrees could cut student debt. | Education & Family | Universities have been accused of running a "cartel" and failing to offer enough two-year bachelor's degrees, by a right of centre think tank.
The UK 2020 report argues that fast-track degrees could cut student debt.
It is backed by Labour's Lord Adonis and Sir Anthony Seldon, vice-chancellor of the University of Buc... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-41125111 |
Pedestrians embark on 'once in lifetime' walk over Queensferry Crossing - BBC News | 2017-09-02 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Pedestrians embark on a first historic walk across the new Queensferry Crossing ahead of its official opening on Monday. | Edinburgh, Fife & East Scotland | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Competition-winners take to the Queensferry Crossing for a one-off opportunity to walk across the bridge
The first of more than 50,000 people have completed their walk across the new Queensferry Crossing.
The new road bridg... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-41126485 |
The men who drew the Mason-Dixon Line - BBC News | 2017-09-02 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The Mason-Dixon Line is 250 years old - but who were the two British men who created one of America's most famous land borders? | England | It is 250 years since America's Mason-Dixon Line was completed. Hailed as a groundbreaking technical achievement, it came to symbolise the border between the Civil War North and South, separating free Pennsylvania from slave-owning Maryland. But who were the two British men who created it?
"It was the equivalent of th... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-40638673 |
Joshua Clements jailed for Hyde Park water fight stabbings - BBC News | 2017-09-02 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Joshua Clements stabbed two men when thousands gathered in London's Hyde Park last year. | London | Joshua Clements stabbed two men when thousands gathered in London's Hyde park last year
A teenager who stabbed two men during a mass water fight in London's Hyde Park has been jailed for 14 years.
Joshua Clements, 19, attacked the men as violence broke out when thousands of people gathered on 19 July last year.
The ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-41124936 |
Formula 1: Lewis Hamilton breaks pole record - how he did it in numbers - BBC Sport | 2017-09-02 | null | Lewis Hamilton has taken more pole positions than any other driver, but do the stats count towards "best qualifier" status? | null | Lewis Hamilton has broken Michael Schumacher's career pole positions record by taking the 69th of his career.
The Briton moved level with the German seven-time world champion in Belgium last week and followed that up at the Italian Grand Prix with his eighth pole of the season.
BBC Sport takes a look at Hamilton's re... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/41003336 |
Man held over Oval crossbow bolt which ended cricket match - BBC News | 2017-09-02 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Armed police led a controlled evacuation of the cricket ground when a crossbow bolt was found. | London | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.
A man has been arrested after a crossbow bolt was fired into the Oval cricket ground during a match.
The 35-year-old was held on on suspicion of attempted grievous bodily harm following the incident at the south London stad... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-41136987 |
North Korea 'has missile-ready nuclear weapon' - BBC News | 2017-09-02 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Kim Jong-un views what is said to be a new type of hydrogen bomb that fits on a ballistic missile. | Asia | State media said Kim Jong-un "watched an H-bomb to be loaded into a new ICBM"
North Korea says it has developed a more advanced nuclear weapon that can be loaded on to a ballistic missile.
The state news agency released pictures of leader Kim Jong-un inspecting what it said was a new hydrogen bomb.
There has been no... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-41138834 |
Missing charity walker Laurence Brophy, 85, found safe - BBC News | 2017-09-02 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Police had been concerned for Laurence Brophy who began walking the Taff Trail on Thursday. | South East Wales | Laurence Brophy is described as a "fit and active gentleman"
An 85-year-old charity walker reported missing on the Taff Trail has been found safe and was determined to finish his walk.
Laurence Brophy, from Pencoed, had not been seen since he set off on his solo trek from Cardiff to Brecon and back on Thursday.
Sout... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-east-wales-41136912 |
Birling Gap beach: Shipwreck 'could be to blame for mist' - BBC News | 2017-09-02 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The Maritime and Coastguard Agency is investigating "a number of possibilities" for the toxic haze. | Sussex | People staying nearby had been told to keeps doors and windows closed
The chemical cloud that caused a Sussex beach to be evacuated on Sunday might have come from a shipwreck, the coastguard agency has suggested.
Part of the East Sussex coast was engulfed by the cloud and about 150 people were treated for breathing p... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-41130937 |
A-level places dispute pupils to return to their school - BBC News | 2017-09-02 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A grammar school reverses its policy of refusing to let some students continue to the upper sixth. | Education & Family | Sixth formers excluded from a school because they did not get at least B grades at AS-level will be allowed to return, their lawyer has confirmed.
Pupils at St Olave's in Orpington, south-east London, were told they could not progress to take their A-levels.
Parents had begun legal action over the policy, but now the... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-41132701 |
The worst is yet to come for the NHS - hospital chiefs - BBC News | 2017-09-02 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Hospital chiefs in England warn this winter could be the most difficult in recent history. | Health | The NHS in England may suffer its worst winter in recent history if it does not receive an emergency bailout, hospital chiefs are warning.
They say the cash is needed to pay for extra staff and beds because attempts to improve finances have failed.
The government has given councils an extra £1bn for social care servi... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-41030635 |
Amazon customer sent lost engagement ring - BBC News | 2017-09-02 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The diamond band was lost as the bride-to-be packed a box of children's books bound for Manchester. | Glasgow & West Scotland | The ring, belonging to Tatiana Fernandez, slipped off as she packed a box of children's books
A bride-to-be has been reunited with her engagement ring - after accidentally sending it more than 200 miles away.
Amazon worker Tatiana Fernandez, 49, lost the diamond band as she packed a box of children's books at a wareh... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-41134831 |
Inside the Iraqi courts sentencing IS suspects to death - BBC News | 2017-09-02 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The BBC's Yolande Knell gains rare access to trials of IS suspects in Iraq. | Middle East | Thousands of IS cases are being tried in courts like Nineveh Criminal Court in Qaraqosh (above)
A young man wearing a shabby, brown prisoner's outfit stands before three black-robed judges in a tiny, provincial courtroom, shaking nervously.
After sipping some water, he confirms his name: Abdullah Hussein. He is accus... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-41110412 |
Man stabbed in Stratford Westfield shopping centre 'mass brawl' - BBC News | 2017-09-02 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A man is left with a stab injury after a "mass brawl" at the Westfield shopping centre in east London. | London | Photos shared on social media appear to show a man lying on the floor inside the shopping centre
A man was stabbed in what witnesses described as a "mass brawl" at a shopping centre in London.
Police were called to reports of a fight at Westfield shopping centre, east London, at about 18.15 BST.
One man was taken to... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-41128411 |
Inside the bridal store for refugees - BBC News | 2017-09-02 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Meet the woman who dresses refugee brides | Magazine | Even in refugee camps life must go on, and when a man and a woman decide to marry the rare chance for a big celebration may be seized with both hands. In one camp in northern Iraq, beautician Rozhin Ahmed-Hussein - herself a Syrian Kurdish refugee - finds that she is rarely short of work.
"Most of the people in the ca... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-41129078 |
Hurricane Harvey: Queen 'deeply saddened' by disaster - BBC News | 2017-09-02 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The Queen and Duke of Edinburgh send their condolences in a message to US President Donald Trump. | UK | The Queen has said she is "deeply saddened" by the devastation caused by Hurricane Harvey in Texas.
The Queen and Duke of Edinburgh sent their condolences to the families of the 39 people known to have died in a message to US President Donald Trump.
Tens of thousands of people have been made homeless in widespread fl... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41132706 |
Has voodoo been misjudged? - BBC News | 2017-09-02 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | While many African traditions and cultures are under threat from modern life, one is holding its own - voodoo. | Africa | The Temple of Pythons in Benin is considered a sacred place by voodoo followers
While many African traditions and cultures are under threat from modern life, there is one which is holding its own - voodoo.
It has suffered from a bad press internationally but is an official religion in the West African country of Beni... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-41048840 |
IS convoy stranded in Syria desert after US bombing - BBC News | 2017-09-02 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The US-led coalition vows not to allow IS fighters and their families to reach Iraq, and bombs their path. | Middle East | The US-led coalition says the militants are "experienced fighters"
The US-led coalition says it will keep blocking a convoy of evacuated Islamic State militants in Syria from reaching IS-held territory on the Iraq border.
The hundreds of fighters recently surrendered an enclave on Syria's border with Lebanon.
They a... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-41134559 |
Met Police payouts to Lords over child abuse claims - BBC News | 2017-09-02 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Lord Bramall and the family of Lord Brittan are compensated over false child sex abuse claims. | UK | "Nick" accused ex-head of the Army Lord Bramall (left) and ex-home secretary Lord Brittan
The Metropolitan Police Service has paid compensation to retired field marshal Lord Bramall and the family of the late Lord Brittan over false accusations of child sex abuse.
The Met has not revealed the amount paid but it is re... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41134863 |
12 Britons arrested in Magaluf drugs raid - BBC News | 2017-09-02 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The suspects are alleged to be part of a group supplying cocaine to partygoers, Spanish police say. | UK | Twelve Britons are among 14 people to be arrested as part of an alleged drug-dealing ring in the Spanish holiday resort of Magaluf, Majorca, police say.
The Spanish Civil Guard said the group was supplying cocaine to partygoers on the island.
Officers seized 3kg of high purity cocaine, 103,000 euros (around £100,000)... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41138374 |
Lightning strikes hurt 15 people at French music festival - BBC News | 2017-09-02 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Those injured include children who were in a tent during the event in the north-east. | Europe | Parts of France have been placed on alert for violent storms (archive picture)
At least 15 people have been injured, two of them seriously, by lightning at a music festival in the north-east of France, officials say.
The lightning struck in several areas of the Vieux Canal festival in the town of Azerailles, the regi... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-41136592 |
Second giant tuna hauled from Neyland waters in two days - BBC News | 2017-09-02 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Tuna weighing about 540lbs is hauled in by shark fishermen, making it the second big catch in two days. | South West Wales | Mark Evans and skipper Rob Rennie were fishing for sharks when they caught the giant fish
A giant yellowfin tuna weighing about 540lb has been caught in the waters off Pembrokeshire.
Mark Evans and skipper Rob Rennie, from Tiers Cross, spent two hours reeling in the 244kg fish after it was caught accidentally during ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-west-wales-41138585 |
Hiddleston's Hamlet praised by theatregoers - BBC News | 2017-09-02 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The lucky few who got tickets to witness "HiddleHamlet" give their verdicts on his performance. | Entertainment & Arts | Tom Hiddleston's performance as Hamlet has been praised by theatregoers after the Shakespearian tragedy opened to a select audience in London.
The Thor and Night Manager star delivered a performance full of "grief and rage", according to ticketholders.
The play began its three-week run at the Royal Academy of Dramati... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-41136178 |
'Monster' tuna hauled by Neyland boat is 'catch of lifetime' - BBC News | 2017-09-02 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The endangered bluefin tuna was returned to the waters by the angler who caught it. | South West Wales | Andrew Alsop said he was exhausted and aching after the catch
A huge bluefin tuna weighing about 500lb has been caught in Welsh waters off Pembrokeshire.
Andrew Alsop, 49, spent two hours and 15 minutes to bring the 226kg "monster" in after it was accidently caught during a fishing trip from Neyland.
Mr Alsop descri... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-west-wales-41125399 |
Sir Tom Jones cancels US tour on 'medical advice' - BBC News | 2017-09-02 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The 77-year-old singer from Pontypridd was due to perform in America on Wednesday. | Wales | Singer Sir Tom Jones has postponed his US tour following medical advice.
The 77-year-old, famous for hits like Delilah, It's Not Unusual and Sex Bomb, was due to start with a concert in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, on Wednesday.
In a statement on his website, Sir Tom sent his "sincere apologies" to fans for cancelling th... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-41136905 |
Serena Williams gives birth to baby girl - BBC News | 2017-09-02 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The 35-year-old tennis superstar has her first child with partner Alexis Ohanian. | US & Canada | Parents-to-be Serena Williams and Alexis Ohanian in New York in May
Tennis star Serena Williams has given birth to a baby girl at a clinic in Florida.
Williams, 35, whose partner is Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian, was admitted to the St Mary's Medical Center in West Palm Beach on Wednesday.
The 23-time Grand Slam ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-41130969 |
Catching the hackers in the act - BBC News | 2017-09-03 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A BBC experiment gains an insight into the range of attacks companies and other organisations suffer every day. | Technology | Cyber-criminals start attacking servers newly set up online about an hour after they are switched on, suggests research.
The servers were part of an experiment the BBC asked a security company to carry out to judge the scale and calibre of cyber-attacks that firms face every day.
About 71 minutes after the servers we... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-40850174 |
Houston floods: Uninsured and anxious, victims return home - BBC News | 2017-09-03 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | As the water recedes in Houston, three families return home to survey the damage from Harvey. | US & Canada | "I don't know where to start" - Herman Washington and his wife Mary Woodard found their home wrecked
As the water recedes in Houston, three families return home to survey the damage from Hurricane Harvey. Like so many others, they have no flood insurance and no way of paying for repairs.
At each house it was the same... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-40927487 |
McDonald's hit by first UK industrial action - BBC News | 2017-09-03 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The fast food chain has seen 14 workers walk out of two of its stores in a dispute over contracts. | Business | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Lewis Baker is one of the workers on strike
McDonald's workers are staging their first UK strike after walking out at two stores in a dispute over zero-hours contracts and conditions.
Some workers at Cambridge and Crayford,... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-41143869 |
Jose Mourinho stars in Game4Grenfell charity match - BBC News | 2017-09-03 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The Manchester United manager opts to play as a goalkeeper as they do not have to "run so much". | UK | Jose Mourinho has shown off his rarely-seen skills on the pitch by starring in a charity football match for people affected by the Grenfell Tower fire.
The Manchester United boss came on as a sub goalkeeper in the Game4Grenfell match between two teams of celebrities and ex-players at QPR's Loftus Road.
His team lost ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41137944 |
The great saucer invasion: The day six 'spaceships' landed in England - BBC News | 2017-09-03 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | How six flying saucers generated a real emergency response and panic across the country in 1967. | England | The saucers were found to be giving out a low, ominous tone
They had big metal domes, emitted a strange, ominous hum and appeared one morning in a straight line across southern England. For a few hours, members of the public, police and the Army really believed alien spaceships had landed - until it was revealed to be... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-41110193 |
Lego job application from boy, 6, claiming 'lots of experience' - BBC News | 2017-09-03 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Stanley Bolland is given work experience at the theme park after writing: "I am the man for the job." | Hampshire & Isle of Wight | Stanley Bolland, now aged seven, said he was "the best man for the job" of model maker at Legoland
A job advert for model builders at Legoland Windsor attracted one standout application - from a six-year-old boy.
In a handwritten letter, Stanley Bolland, from Waterlooville, Hampshire, said: "I am the man [for] the jo... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-41141813 |
Cornwall floods leave motorists trapped in vehicles - BBC News | 2017-09-03 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Overnight rainfall left some areas under 4ft of water with cars submerged. | Cornwall | Polperro High Street was left under nearly 4ft of water
People were trapped in vehicles and roads were closed as surface water flooding hit parts of Cornwall.
Overnight rainfall caused water to reach heights of 4ft (121cm) in some places on Sunday.
A flood alert was issued by the Environment Agency, who said the mai... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-41141331 |
Newspaper review Trump, N Korea, and police custody deaths - BBC News | 2017-09-03 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Most newspapers highlight growing tensions with North Korea after its most recent nuclear test. | The Papers | The tensions between North Korea and US President Trump feature on many of Sunday's papers
The Financial Times says US President Donald Trump has opened the door to launching an attack on North Korea, while both the Daily Telegraph and the Daily Mail also highlight warnings by the US that it is ready to "annihilate" t... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-the-papers-41143819 |
Kim inspects 'nuclear warhead': A picture decoded - BBC News | 2017-09-03 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Hours before Pyongyang conducted a sixth nuclear test, it released photos. This is what we can tell. | Asia | Just hours before the sixth nuclear test North Korea is suspected to have conducted, the state news agency released photographs of Kim Jong-un inspecting a nuclear warhead. Defence expert Melissa Hanham decodes what information the picture could yield.
This appears to be the biggest and most successful nuclear test by... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-41139741 |
Nicola Sturgeon 'to scrap public sector pay rise cap' - BBC News | 2017-09-03 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | It is understood the measure will be announced when the first minister reveals her programme for government on Tuesday. | Scotland politics | Nicola Sturgeon will scrap the 1% cap on public sector pay rises when she sets out her legislative plans for the coming year, it is understood.
The first minister will announce the measure when she reveals her 2017-18 programme for government on Tuesday.
The SNP had committed to lifting the pay cap for public sector ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-41141373 |
North Korea nuclear test: 'Tunnel collapse' may provide clues - BBC News | 2017-09-03 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | It's the biggest test yet for North Korea, but what can we hope to learn about its nuclear progress? | Asia | The USGS put the site of the quake near the Punggye-ri test site
North Korea has hailed its sixth "perfect success" of a nuclear test. The seismic readings indicate it is bigger than any other it has conducted, but the apparent collapse of a tunnel at the nuclear test site could provide valuable information, nuclear d... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/41139740 |
No interest rate rise for at least a year, economists say - BBC News | 2017-09-03 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Uncertainty over Brexit is likely to stop the Monetary Policy Committee raising interest rates. | Business | Many economists do not expect UK interest rates to rise until 2019 despite inflation remaining above target, according to a BBC snapshot.
They believe that the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) will be reluctant to raise rates during Brexit negotiations.
Inflation stood at 2.6% in July - well above th... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-41141453 |
Newspaper headlines: 'Secret' Brexit bill, and Tory rebels warned - BBC News | 2017-09-03 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The Sunday Times says Theresa May has "secretly agreed" a £50bn sum to settle the UK's Brexit bill. | The Papers | According to The Sunday Times, the outcome of the general election may have cost the country about £20bn. A source, described as a close ally of of Theresa May's, explains that meeting the UK's obligations to the EU had been estimated at up to £30bn. But, it says, the weakening of our negotiating position because the C... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-the-papers-41138635 |
Four injured as car smashes into house in York - BBC News | 2017-09-03 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The car crashed into the living room of the house in York, hitting a man on a sofa inside. | York & North Yorkshire | The car crashed into the house and ended up in the living room, injuring a man on a sofa
Four people were injured, three of them seriously, when a car smashed through the side of a house and started a fire.
A white VW Golf crashed into the living room of the property in York at about 01:20 BST, injuring the driver an... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-41140279 |
The female director who was issued a fatwa for her first film - BBC News | 2017-09-03 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Her film, In Between, depicts three young Arab women drinking and taking drugs. | Entertainment & Arts | Sana Jammelieh, Shaden Kanboura and Mouna Hawa star in In Between
When 35-year-old Maysaloun Hamoud, a Palestinian director, said she wanted to "stir things up" with her movies - she achieved it.
Her first feature film, In Between, has resulted with her being issued with a fatwa (Islamic religious ruling), as well as... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-41112388 |
Inmates moved after trouble at Birmingham jail - BBC News | 2017-09-03 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Twenty eight inmates are moved out of HMP Birmingham after disorder led by 10 'key protagonists'. | Birmingham & Black Country | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. HMP Birmingham, operated by G4S, was the scene of 12 hours of disorder in December 2016
Twenty eight inmates have been moved out of HMP Birmingham after trouble flared when prisoners refused to return to their cells, securit... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-41143830 |
Trump hails hurricane relief efforts as he visits Texas - BBC News | 2017-09-03 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | "Things are working out well," says the president, as he and wife Melania meet flood victims. | US & Canada | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Donald Trump: "As tough as this was, it's been a wonderful thing"
US President Donald Trump has praised the relief response to Hurricane Harvey on his second visit to flood-hit states.
"Things are working out well," he said... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-41134799 |
Universities run cartel, says think tank - BBC News | 2017-09-03 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The UK 2020 report argues that fast-track two-year degrees could cut student debt. | Education & Family | Universities have been accused of running a "cartel" and failing to offer enough two-year bachelor's degrees, by a right of centre think tank.
The UK 2020 report argues that fast-track degrees could cut student debt.
It is backed by Labour's Lord Adonis and Sir Anthony Seldon, vice-chancellor of the University of Buc... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-41125111 |
The men who drew the Mason-Dixon Line - BBC News | 2017-09-03 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The Mason-Dixon Line is 250 years old - but who were the two British men who created one of America's most famous land borders? | England | It is 250 years since America's Mason-Dixon Line was completed. Hailed as a groundbreaking technical achievement, it came to symbolise the border between the Civil War North and South, separating free Pennsylvania from slave-owning Maryland. But who were the two British men who created it?
"It was the equivalent of th... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-40638673 |
Brexit: UK to be 'educated' about consequences, says Barnier - BBC News | 2017-09-03 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The EU's chief negotiator says it is his job to teach the UK about the cost of leaving the bloc. | UK Politics | The latest salvos come after a week of Brexit talks involving David Davis (left) and Michel Barnier
The EU's Brexit negotiator has said he sees the process as an opportunity to "teach" the British people and others what leaving the single market means.
Michel Barnier said: "There are extremely serious consequences of... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-41140564 |
Formula 1: Lewis Hamilton breaks pole record - how he did it in numbers - BBC Sport | 2017-09-03 | null | Lewis Hamilton has taken more pole positions than any other driver, but do the stats count towards "best qualifier" status? | null | Lewis Hamilton has broken Michael Schumacher's career pole positions record by taking the 69th of his career.
The Briton moved level with the German seven-time world champion in Belgium last week and followed that up at the Italian Grand Prix with his eighth pole of the season.
BBC Sport takes a look at Hamilton's re... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/41003336 |
North Korea 'has missile-ready nuclear weapon' - BBC News | 2017-09-03 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Kim Jong-un views what is said to be a new type of hydrogen bomb that fits on a ballistic missile. | Asia | State media said Kim Jong-un "watched an H-bomb to be loaded into a new ICBM"
North Korea says it has developed a more advanced nuclear weapon that can be loaded on to a ballistic missile.
The state news agency released pictures of leader Kim Jong-un inspecting what it said was a new hydrogen bomb.
There has been no... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-41138834 |
Brexit: PM appeals to backbench Tories over repeal bill - BBC News | 2017-09-03 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Theresa May calls for unity, as MPs return from the summer break to debate the EU repeal bill. | UK Politics | Theresa May has appealed for unity from pro-EU Conservative MPs as the Commons is set to debate the government's Brexit repeal bill on Thursday.
The bill, seen as a key plank of the government's Brexit policy, transfers EU law into UK legislation
Mrs May has said there will be proper scrutiny, but some MPs fear it wi... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-41138651 |
Missing charity walker Laurence Brophy, 85, found safe - BBC News | 2017-09-03 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Police had been concerned for Laurence Brophy who began walking the Taff Trail on Thursday. | South East Wales | Laurence Brophy is described as a "fit and active gentleman"
An 85-year-old charity walker reported missing on the Taff Trail has been found safe and was determined to finish his walk.
Laurence Brophy, from Pencoed, had not been seen since he set off on his solo trek from Cardiff to Brecon and back on Thursday.
Sout... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-east-wales-41136912 |
The worst is yet to come for the NHS - hospital chiefs - BBC News | 2017-09-03 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Hospital chiefs in England warn this winter could be the most difficult in recent history. | Health | The NHS in England may suffer its worst winter in recent history if it does not receive an emergency bailout, hospital chiefs are warning.
They say the cash is needed to pay for extra staff and beds because attempts to improve finances have failed.
The government has given councils an extra £1bn for social care servi... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-41030635 |
Inside the Iraqi courts sentencing IS suspects to death - BBC News | 2017-09-03 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The BBC's Yolande Knell gains rare access to trials of IS suspects in Iraq. | Middle East | Thousands of IS cases are being tried in courts like Nineveh Criminal Court in Qaraqosh (above)
A young man wearing a shabby, brown prisoner's outfit stands before three black-robed judges in a tiny, provincial courtroom, shaking nervously.
After sipping some water, he confirms his name: Abdullah Hussein. He is accus... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-41110412 |
Inside the bridal store for refugees - BBC News | 2017-09-03 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Meet the woman who dresses refugee brides | Magazine | Even in refugee camps life must go on, and when a man and a woman decide to marry the rare chance for a big celebration may be seized with both hands. In one camp in northern Iraq, beautician Rozhin Ahmed-Hussein - herself a Syrian Kurdish refugee - finds that she is rarely short of work.
"Most of the people in the ca... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-41129078 |
Harvey puts Trump's crisis management skills to the test - BBC News | 2017-09-03 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The BBC's Tara McKelvey joined the president as he made a second visit to flood-hit states. | US & Canada | President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump helped distribute meals to victims of flooding in Houston
After the tragedy caused by Hurricane Harvey, Donald Trump managed to oversee a federal emergency with only minimal distraction.
When the president headed to Texas and Louisiana on Saturday, the mood on Air Force On... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-41139158 |
Los Angeles wildfires: City battles 'largest fire in history' - BBC News | 2017-09-03 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Some residents are allowed to return home as the largest fires ever to hit LA appear to be easing. | US & Canada | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Planes tried to tackle the flames
Hundreds of Los Angeles residents have been allowed to return home, as the largest wildfires in the city's history appear to be easing.
The fires, covering about 5,000 acres, started in La ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-41143987 |
Bradley Lowery: Charity football match at Everton's Goodison Park - BBC News | 2017-09-03 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Sunderland fan Bradley, who died aged six, "would've absolutely loved" the match, his mum said. | England | Michael Gray and Peter Reid battle for the ball
TV stars and former footballers have taken part in a celebrity charity match in memory of Bradley Lowery.
Two teams, led by Everton legend Peter Reid and model Katie Price, went head-to-head at Goodison Park.
Sunderland fan Bradley, who died from a rare type of cancer ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-41140507 |
North Korea nuclear test - latest updates - BBC News | 2017-09-03 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Continuing updates after North Korea claims to have tested a nuclear weapon that can be loaded onto a long-range missile. | Asia | US Republican Senator Lindsey Graham told BBC HARDtalk on Saturday that an American first military strike against North Korea is "inevitable" if something does not change.
Mr Graham was speaking to programme host Stephen Sackur at the Ambrosetti Forum in Italy, just hours before North Korea's new claim of a successful... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-asia-41139559 |
The most powerful nuclear blasts ever - BBC News | 2017-09-03 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | There have been more than 2,000 nuclear explosions since people first learned how to make the weapons. | Asia | The first nuclear test was carried out by the US in the New Mexico desert in 1945
The apparent hydrogen bomb that North Korea is believed to have detonated underground on Sunday was a massive explosion.
Some estimates put it at 100 kilotons, which would be five times more powerful than Fat Man, the bomb dropped on Na... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-41140491 |
12 Britons arrested in Magaluf drugs raid - BBC News | 2017-09-03 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The suspects are alleged to be part of a group supplying cocaine to partygoers, Spanish police say. | UK | Twelve Britons are among 14 people to be arrested as part of an alleged drug-dealing ring in the Spanish holiday resort of Magaluf, Majorca, police say.
The Spanish Civil Guard said the group was supplying cocaine to partygoers on the island.
Officers seized 3kg of high purity cocaine, 103,000 euros (around £100,000)... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41138374 |
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