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Laura Kuenssberg: Love it or hate it, the NHS is here to stay - BBC News | 2023-07-02T00:00:00 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | That it's almost impossible to discuss alternatives to the NHS is a tribute to its longevity, says Laura Kuenssberg. | UK Politics | The British have a love-hate relationship with the NHS.
According to researchers at the King's Fund, the public gave the NHS its worst rating since records began 40 years ago. Just 29% said they were satisfied with the NHS in 2022.
And yet we still love it. A whopping 90% of the public agrees the service should be fr... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-66068224 |
Ukraine finds British WW2 Hurricane planes outside Kyiv - BBC News | 2023-07-02T00:00:00 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | London sent the Hawker Hurricanes to the Soviet Union to help them fight against Nazi Germany. | Europe | Ukraine found the remains of British World War Two Hurricane aircraft in a forest outside Kyiv
The rusting remains of eight British Hurricane fighter planes dating back to World War Two have been found buried in a forest in Ukraine.
The aircraft were sent to the Soviet Union by Britain after Nazi Germany invaded the ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-65955365 |
Prince Harry, Piers Morgan and hacking: What did the bosses know? - BBC News | 2023-07-02T00:00:00 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Did knowledge of phone hacking by Mirror Group Newspapers journalists go right to the top? | UK | The privacy trial brought by Prince Harry (left) and others did not hear from former Mirror boss Piers Morgan (right)
The seven-week trial into allegations of phone hacking by Mirror Group Newspapers journalists has come to an end. Is the evidence against the tabloid stacking up?
At times during the hacking court cas... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-66055386 |
Stephen Lawrence murder: Friend 'could have identified sixth suspect' - BBC News | 2023-07-02T00:00:00 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Duwayne Brooks, who witnessed the murder, says he could have picked a sixth suspect from a line-up. | UK | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: Duwayne Brooks "certain" he could have identified sixth murder suspect
Stephen Lawrence's friend has said he could have identified a sixth suspect in his friend's murder if he had been given the opportunity.
In an in... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-66078894 |
Protests: Police powers to stop new tactics come into effect - BBC News | 2023-07-02T00:00:00 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Transport network disruption and tunnelling targeted under measures for police in England and Wales. | UK | New measures aimed at curbing protest methods often used by environmental groups have come into effect.
Police in England and Wales now have powers to move protesters who disrupt transport, while offenders could face three years in jail for tunnelling.
The Home Office says the Public Order Act 2023 will target "a sel... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-66079436 |
France shooting: Policeman charged over teen's traffic stop death - BBC News | 2023-07-02T00:00:00 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | France sees a third night of mass unrest, triggered by Tuesday's police shooting of a teenager. | Europe | Violence has erupted across France since the killing of a 17-year-old during a traffic stop on Tuesday
A French policeman has been charged with homicide and is now in custody over the killing of a teenager during a traffic stop near Paris on Tuesday.
The 17-year-old, named as Nahel M, was shot at point-blank range as... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-66061138 |
Baltimore shooting: Police hunt for suspects after dozens shot at block party - BBC News | 2023-07-02T00:00:00 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Gunfire erupted at a large block party in the city, leaving two dead and 28 others injured. | US & Canada | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.
Police are searching for multiple suspects after a shooting in the US city of Baltimore left two people dead and 28 others injured.
Fifteen children were among those wounded when gunfire erupted at a block party in the Broo... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-66079407 |
Kettering: Saju Chelavalel jailed for murdering wife and children - BBC News | 2023-07-03T00:00:00 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Saju Chelavalel is jailed for at least 40 years for killing Anju Asok and their two children. | Northampton | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Police bodycam captured the Tasering and arrest of triple murderer Saju Chelavelel
A father who strangled his wife and two children has been jailed for at least 40 years.
Nurse Anju Asok, 35, Jeeva Saju, six, and Janvi Saju... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-northamptonshire-66087447 |
Wrexham nurse sacked after death of secret lover patient in car park - BBC News | 2023-07-03T00:00:00 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The patient died after being found unresponsive and partially clothed in a car park. | Wales | The pair had met at a car park in Wrexham
A nurse has been sacked after a patient she had a secret relationship with died following a late night meeting in Wrexham.
Penelope Williams didn't call an ambulance after the man, known as Patient A, collapsed in January 2022.
He was found unresponsive with his trousers dow... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-66091127 |
Festival drug testing: Legal action threatened over safety tests - BBC News | 2023-07-03T00:00:00 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Parklife boss Sacha Lord writes to the home secretary urging her to allow safety tests to go ahead. | Newsbeat | Larger festivals like Glastonbury say they've used private companies to test drugs
A festival boss has formally threatened legal action against the government over drug checking at festivals.
Parklife founder Sacha Lord has written to Home Secretary Suella Braverman urging her to allow on-site testing in "pop-up labs... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-66083285 |
Nick Kyrgios withdraws from Wimbledon 2023 with wrist injury - BBC Sport | 2023-07-03T00:00:00 | null | Last year's men's singles runner-up Nick Kyrgios withdraws from Wimbledon 2023 with a wrist injury. | null | Last updated on .From the section Tennis
Coverage: Live across BBC TV, radio and online with comprehensive coverage on BBC iPlayer, the BBC Sport website, BBC Sport mobile app and Red Button.
Nick Kyrgios has withdrawn from Wimbledon 2023 with a wrist injury.
The Australian, 28, lost to Novak Djokovic in last year's... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/66083104 |
Virgin Media customers worry emails gone for good - BBC News | 2023-07-03T00:00:00 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Some have lost access to their inboxes, and the firm cannot say when it will be fixed. | Technology | Some Virgin Media email users have been unable to access their inboxes for over two weeks, with no date for when the issue will be fixed.
Virgin Media said all users can now send and receive emails again but some still cannot access messages from before the disruption.
One user, a retired IT professional, told the BB... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-66088076 |
Jenin: Israeli military launches major operation in West Bank city - BBC News | 2023-07-03T00:00:00 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Nine Palestinians are killed as troops carry out an air and ground assault in the West Bank city. | Middle East | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: Explosions and gunfire as BBC reports from Jenin
There have been intense exchanges of fire between Israeli forces and armed Palestinian militants in Jenin refugee camp, in the occupied West Bank.
The Israeli military... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-66083295 |
Bank bosses told to explain low savings rates - BBC News | 2023-07-03T00:00:00 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Bosses at Lloyds, HSBC, NatWest and Barclays will meet the industry watchdog on Thursday. | Business | Bank bosses have been summoned by the UK's financial watchdog over concerns interest rates on savings are too low.
Higher interest rates have led banks to put up mortgage costs sharply, but savings rates are not rising as fast.
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt says it is an "issue which needs solving", at a time when many hous... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-66091880 |
Ofcom to investigate episode of Jacob Rees-Mogg's GB News show - BBC News | 2023-07-03T00:00:00 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | One instalment of Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg's nightly programme attracted 40 complaints to the regulator. | Entertainment & Arts | Sir Jacob hosts State of the Nation every Monday to Thursday evening on GB News
Media watchdog Ofcom has launched an investigation into a recent episode of Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg's GB News show.
The 9 May episode of State of the Nation featured the MP covering a breaking news story about a civil trial verdict involving ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-66086560 |
Nathan Law: Hong Kong activist in UK fears for safety over bounty - BBC News | 2023-07-03T00:00:00 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Nathan Law says his life has become more dangerous as Hong Kong police offer a bounty for his arrest. | Asia | A pro-democracy campaigner who fled Hong Kong has told the BBC his life has become more dangerous because of a bounty offered for his arrest.
Nathan Law, who lives in the UK, is among eight exiled activists wanted by the territory's police.
Authorities are offering rewards of HK$1 million (£100,581; $127,637) for inf... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-66092827 |
Lord Kerslake: Former Civil Service head dies aged 68 - BBC News | 2023-07-03T00:00:00 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | He was Cabinet Secretary between 2012 and 2014 during David Cameron's coalition government. | UK Politics | Lord Kerslake, a former head of the Civil Service, has died at the age of 68.
Lord Kerslake, who had been diagnosed with cancer, died on Saturday, his sister and daughter announced on Twitter.
He led the Civil Service between January 2012 and September 2014, during David Cameron's coalition government.
He had recent... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-66080174 |
Léon Gautier: Last French D-Day fighter dies aged 100 - BBC News | 2023-07-03T00:00:00 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Léon Gautier is being remembered as a "defender of freedom" for his role opposing Nazi Germany. | Europe | Léon Gautier took part in the D-Day landings during World War Two
The last surviving member of a French commando unit that took part in the Normandy landings during World War Two has died at the age of 100.
Léon Gautier served with the Fusiliers Marins Commando - the only unit of Free French troops to go ashore durin... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-66091649 |
France shooting: Calmer night despite protests over Nahel M's killing, minister says - BBC News | 2023-07-03T00:00:00 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A total of 719 people were arrested as disturbances gripped Marseille and other cities with Paris quieter. | Europe | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.
France has seen a quieter night of protests over the death of a teenager shot by police at point-blank range, the interior minister says.
There were fewer arrests compared to previous nights - 719 - with the worst clashes i... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-66078723 |
Spectre of violence still hangs over France - BBC News | 2023-07-03T00:00:00 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | President Macron is fervently hoping the protesters give up and go home soon. For so many reasons. | Europe | There has been a tight police presence around the Champs Elysée
"Could you just go home?"
It was a weary-sounding question, directed by a middle-aged French woman at a gang of youths pushing past her, as a mass of defence shield-wielding riot-police chased after them.
It was the early hours of Sunday morning on the ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-66083281 |
The Ashes 2023: MCC suspends three members over Australia Long Room confrontations - BBC Sport | 2023-07-03T00:00:00 | null | The Marylebone Cricket Club suspends three members over altercations with Australia players at Lord's on day five of the second Test. | null | Last updated on .From the section Cricket
The Marylebone Cricket Club has suspended three members over altercations with Australia players at Lord's on day five of the second Test.
Television footage appeared to show clashes between Usman Khawaja and David Warner and spectators in the Long Room as Australia walked of... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/66082409 |
Wimbledon: Stars call on championships to end Barclays sponsorship - BBC News | 2023-07-03T00:00:00 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Emma Thompson and Richard Curtis say the bank is "financing and profiting from climate chaos". | Business | Emma Thompson is among the signatories of the letter to the AELTC
Film stars and celebrities are calling on Wimbledon to end its new sponsorship deal with Barclays over the bank's support for fossil fuel projects.
Actress Emma Thompson and film director Richard Curtis are two of the campaigners who said Barclays was ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-66084764 |
Ezra Miller: The Flash actor 'grateful' after harassment order ends - BBC News | 2023-07-03T00:00:00 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The Flash star posts a statement calling it an "egregious misuse of the protective order system". | Entertainment & Arts | Ezra Miller plays the title role in recent DC Comics superhero film The Flash
Actor Ezra Miller has said they are "encouraged" and "grateful" after a temporary harassment order brought by the mother of a 12-year-old ended.
The Flash star was given the harassment prevention order last year after the woman reportedly m... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-66085441 |
Stephen Lawrence murder: Friend 'could have identified sixth suspect' - BBC News | 2023-07-03T00:00:00 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Duwayne Brooks, who witnessed the murder, says he could have picked a sixth suspect from a line-up. | UK | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: Duwayne Brooks "certain" he could have identified sixth murder suspect
Stephen Lawrence's friend has said he could have identified a sixth suspect in his friend's murder if he had been given the opportunity.
In an in... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-66078894 |
Baltimore shooting: Police hunt for suspects after dozens shot at block party - BBC News | 2023-07-03T00:00:00 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Gunfire erupted at a large block party in the city, leaving two dead and 28 others injured. | US & Canada | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.
Police are searching for multiple suspects after a shooting in the US city of Baltimore left two people dead and 28 others injured.
Fifteen children were among those wounded when gunfire erupted at a block party in the Broo... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-66079407 |
Joe Biden to meet King Charles and Rishi Sunak in UK visit - BBC News | 2023-07-03T00:00:00 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | US President Joe Biden will meet King Charles at Windsor Castle on 10 July. | UK | The US president will meet King Charles III in London for the first time since he was crowned King. Here Mr Biden is seen with the then Prince of Wales at the Cop26 summit in Glasgow.
US President Joe Biden is to travel to the UK to meet King Charles and Prime Minister Rishi Sunak later this month.
It is the first ti... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-66081123 |
Testing begins in Orkney for breast cancer gene variant - BBC News | 2023-07-03T00:00:00 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Islanders on Westray were told of a genetic variant linked to an increased risk of breast cancer. | NE Scotland, Orkney & Shetland | Prof Zosia Miedzybrodzka first began to suspect the Orkney link 25 years ago
Genetic testing has begun on the Orkney island of Westray for a gene variant linked to a higher risk of breast cancer.
A landmark study found one in 100 people with Orcadian grandparents had a specific mutation of the BRCA1 gene.
Researcher... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-66068544 |
Tory MPs issue plan for Rishi Sunak to slash migration - BBC News | 2023-07-03T00:00:00 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The New Conservatives group say the PM risks "eroding public trust" unless the numbers are cut by 400,000. | UK Politics | Rishi Sunak has been under pressure to reduce migration to the UK
A group of Tory MPs is calling on Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to drastically cut migration, warning the failure to do so "risks eroding public trust".
The New Conservatives have issued a 12-point plan to cut net migration by about 400,000 before the nex... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-66084962 |
Kevin Spacey trial: Assaults made me feel sick, says accuser in cross-examination - BBC News | 2023-07-03T00:00:00 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The Oscar-winning actor faces 12 sexual offence charges against four men, which he denies. | UK | Turning to why the accuser decided to come forward when the allegations against Spacey first emerged years ago, Patrick Gibbs KC queries whether the news of the claims had any influence.
“Others had come forward,” the complainant told jurors. “I felt it was time to tell the truth. It was the right time, it had been lo... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-66084984 |
Aslef overtime ban sparks reduction in train services - BBC News | 2023-07-03T00:00:00 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Fifteen train companies based in England will be hit from Monday to Saturday this week. | Business | Rail passengers are being warned of disruption for the next six days, due to an overtime ban by train drivers in the Aslef union.
Fifteen train companies based in England will be hit from Monday until Saturday, in the latest move in the long-running pay dispute.
Many will reduce their service levels, and passengers a... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-66059122 |
Jess Phillips is not racist, Labour's Bridget Phillipson says after online row - BBC News | 2023-07-03T00:00:00 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A senior headteacher accused Ms Phillips of racism and bullying following a Twitter row. | UK Politics | Labour MP Jess Phillips is not racist, shadow education secretary Bridget Phillipson has said, following a social media row involving Ms Phillips and a prominent headteacher.
Katharine Birbalsingh - from the Michaela Community School - has accused Ms Phillips of racism and bullying.
On Sunday, Ms Phillipson said Ms B... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-66081242 |
Sue Gray broke civil service rules over Labour job, government says - BBC News | 2023-07-03T00:00:00 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The ex-official was cleared to work for Labour by Parliament's advisory appointments body last week. | UK Politics | Former official Sue Gray broke civil service rules after failing to declare contact with Labour over a job offer, the Cabinet Office has said.
Ms Gray, who led a probe into lockdown parties in Downing Street, was cleared to work for Labour by Parliament's appointments adviser last week.
It said she could start as Sir... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-66086668 |
Weather satellite captures lightning spectacle across Earth - BBC News | 2023-07-03T00:00:00 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A new high-speed weather camera above Europe and Africa records the daily frenzy of lightning storms. | Science & Environment | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: a speeded up video of lightning across the Sahel, Europe and Central Africa
Spectacular movies of lightning spreading across the Earth have just been released by the European weather agency Eumetsat.
They were made b... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-66081621 |
Sussex PCSO investigated over refusal to attend assault - BBC News | 2023-07-03T00:00:00 | null | A member of the public asked the PCSO to go to a supermarket where a fight had broken out. | null | A Police Community Support Officer has been filmed refusing to respond to an alleged assault in a supermarket.
Sussex Police has apologised and said it was reviewing the incident.
The force added: "A police officer attended the incident as an emergency. The PCSO also then attended the scene." | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-66088898 |
The Ashes 2023: Bairstow dismissal just not cricket, says Rishi Sunak - BBC News | 2023-07-03T00:00:00 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The PM's spokesman said Australia had broken the spirit of the game with the controversial stumping. | UK Politics | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.
Rishi Sunak has accused Australia of breaking the spirit of cricket over the controversial dismissal of England's Jonny Bairstow on Sunday.
Batsman Bairstow was stumped in the second Ashes Test after walking away from his p... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-66089658 |
Ukraine war: The lethal minefields holding up Kyiv's counter-offensive - BBC News | 2023-07-03T00:00:00 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Russia has mined vast swathes of Ukrainian territory its holds, inflicting casualties as Kyiv advances. | Europe | Ukrainian sapper teams come across dozens of Russian mines every day
A Ukrainian soldier drags himself through the long grass, one leg trailing limply behind him. Seconds later, a flash of bright orange and a cloud of white smoke mark the spot, just a few metres away, where yet another land mine has been triggered.
A... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-66080652 |
Colin Pitchfork: Parole Board asked to reconsider killer's release - BBC News | 2023-07-03T00:00:00 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Lord Chancellor Alex Chalk says it is "absolutely vital" dangerous offenders are kept behind bars. | Leicester | Colin Pitchfork was jailed for life for raping and strangling two 15-year-old girls, Lynda Mann and Dawn Ashworth
The Lord Chancellor has asked the Parole Board to reconsider its decision to allow child killer Colin Pitchfork to be released from prison.
Pitchfork was jailed for life for raping and strangling two teen... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershire-66090922 |
Million pound appeal for 20-month-old Hallie who has leukaemia - BBC News | 2023-07-03T00:00:00 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Hallie, from Coventry, needs treatment which her family say cannot be provided by the NHS. | Coventry & Warwickshire | Hallie is described as "so gentle and kind-natured" by her aunt
An appeal for a million pounds has been launched to pay for leukaemia treatment for a 20-month-old girl.
Hallie, from Coventry, was diagnosed at Birmingham Children's Hospital when she was eight months old.
But when her last stem cell transplant failed ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-coventry-warwickshire-66088141 |
Wimbledon 2023 results: Novak Djokovic overcomes rain delay to beat Pedro Cachin - BBC Sport | 2023-07-03T00:00:00 | null | Novak Djokovic dries the court with a towel and urges the crowd to "blow" amid rain delay as he begins his Wimbledon title defence with a win. | null | Last updated on .From the section Tennis
Coverage: Live across BBC TV, radio and online with extensive coverage on BBC iPlayer, Red Button, Connected TVs and mobile app. More coverage details
Novak Djokovic dried the court with his towel and urged the crowd to "blow" in a farcical rain delay as his Wimbledon title de... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/66082643 |
NHS England chief Amanda Pritchard says strike disruption will get worse - BBC News | 2023-07-03T00:00:00 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Amanda Pritchard told the BBC that July's strikes could be the worst yet for patients. | UK | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. "Patients paying the price" for strikes, NHS chief executive Amanda Pritchard says
The head of NHS England has warned that July's planned strikes in the health service could be the worst yet for patients.
Amanda Pritchard s... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-66079976 |
Watch: Mexican mayor weds caiman in harvest ritual - BBC News | 2023-07-03T00:00:00 | null | The ceremony is part of an age-old ritual in which the reptile represents mother earth. | null | A mayor of a small Mexican town has wed a caiman bride in an age-old ritual for prosperity. He could be seen kissing the reptile, whose snout had been tied shut.
The seven-year-old caiman, nicknamed 'little princess', is thought to represent a deity linked with mother earth. Her marriage to the local leader symbolises... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-66082749 |
Victoria Amelina: Ukrainian writer dies after Kramatorsk strike - BBC News | 2023-07-03T00:00:00 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Victoria Amelina, an award-winning writer, was in a pizza restaurant that was hit by a Russian missile. | Europe | Victoria Amelina was one of Ukraine's most celebrated young writers
The award-winning Ukrainian writer Victoria Amelina has died from her injuries after a Russian missile hit a pizza restaurant in the eastern city of Kramatorsk on Tuesday.
The war crimes researcher becomes the 13th person to have died in the attack.
... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-66083275 |
King Charles greets crowds as Scotland's royal week begins - BBC News | 2023-07-03T00:00:00 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | King Charles was cheered by well-wishers in Bo'ness before being presented with the keys to Edinburgh. | Edinburgh, Fife & East Scotland | King Charles III meets members of the public during his visit to Kinneil House, marking the first Holyrood Week since his coronation
King Charles III was greeted by crowds as he arrived in Scotland for a special week of events.
He met two Fair Queens in Bo'ness, Falkirk, before travelling to Edinburgh where he was pr... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-66085947 |
Man and two-year-old child hit by train in Glasgow - BBC News | 2023-07-03T00:00:00 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The pair are being treated for their injuries in hospital following the incident in Glasgow on Sunday. | Glasgow & West Scotland | A man and a two-year-old child are in hospital after being hit by a train in Glasgow.
British Transport Police said they were alerted to the casualties on the tracks at Garrowhill Station shortly before 19:30 on Sunday.
Officers said the man was in a serious condition, and the child's injuries are not believed to be ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-66087518 |
Hottest June kills UK fish and threatens insects - BBC News | 2023-07-03T00:00:00 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The Met Office will confirm on Monday if the record-breaking temperatures are linked to climate change. | Science & Environment | Temperature reached 32.2C in June and the heat was long-lasting
The UK's hottest June on record caused unprecedented deaths of fish in rivers and disturbed insects and plants, environment groups have warned.
Nature is being "pounded by extreme weather without a chance to recover", the Wildlife Trusts said.
The Met O... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-66042272 |
France shooting: Who was Nahel M, shot by French police in Nanterre? - BBC News | 2023-07-03T00:00:00 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | He was learning to be an electrician and played rugby league but died at a police check near Paris. | Europe | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: 'They've taken my baby' - Mother of teen shot by police
The killing of Nahel M, 17, has sparked riots in cities across France as well as the town of Nanterre to the west of Paris where he grew up.
An only child broug... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-66052104 |
Buck Moon: July supermoon appears brighter than usual in the sky - BBC News | 2023-07-03T00:00:00 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | July's full Moon, known as a Buck Moon, is closer than normal in its orbit around the Earth. | World | The moon illuminated the sky as it rose over the Russian Foreign Ministry building in Moscow, Russia
The Moon has left people gazing up at the sky after appearing brighter and larger than usual on Monday evening.
July's supermoon is appearing full for up to three days, according to Nasa.
Known as a Buck Moon, it is ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-66091619 |
Confusion at Twitter continues over Elon Musk's tweet limits - BBC News | 2023-07-03T00:00:00 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Elon Musk provoked a Twitter backlash after introducing limits to the number of tweets users can read. | Technology | Confusion at Twitter appears to be continuing after owner Elon Musk introduced limits to the amount of posts users can read in a day.
The billionaire announced the "temporary measure" to address extreme levels of data scraping on the site.
Initial limits were quickly increased by Mr Musk at the weekend.
While many u... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-66087172 |
Sussex PCSO filmed refusing to attend assault at shop - BBC News | 2023-07-03T00:00:00 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Sussex Police apologise for the "clumsy language" used by a Police Community Support Officer. | Sussex | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. WATCH: A Sussex Police PCSO is heard on dashcam footage refusing to respond to an alleged assault
A Sussex Police Community Support Officer (PCSO) was shown refusing to respond to an alleged assault in a supermarket, in a vi... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-66086890 |
Air strikes as Israel begins Jenin operation - BBC News | 2023-07-03T00:00:00 | null | A large-scale Israeli military operation is under way, with at least three Palestinians reported to have been killed. | null | The Israeli army has launched a massive military operation on the Jenin camp in the north of the occupied West Bank.
The Palestinian Health Ministry said at least three Palestinians were killed and more than 20 others wounded in the ongoing raid.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said they were striking "terrorist infr... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-66083310 |
Welsh government had failings before Covid, Drakeford tells inquiry - BBC News | 2023-07-03T00:00:00 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The Covid inquiry continues hearing evidence on how prepared the UK was for the pandemic. | UK | That's it for today, and for evidence from Welsh officials for the time being.
We're now ending our coverage of the UK's Covid inquiry for today. Thanks for joining us.
Today's live page was written by David Deans with analysis from Hywel Griffith. The page was edited by John Arkless and Emily McGarvey.
You can read... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-66085086 |
Energy boss says prices might rise this winter - BBC News | 2023-07-03T00:00:00 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Governments may need to give energy bill help this winter, says the head of the International Energy Agency. | Business | Energy prices could spike this winter forcing governments to step in and subsidise bills again, the head of the International Energy Agency has said.
If the Chinese economy strengthens quickly and there is a harsh winter, gas prices could rise, putting pressure on consumers, Fatih Birol said.
He added that government... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-66061853 |
Northern Ireland cheaper for fuel than rest of UK due to Irish competition - BBC News | 2023-07-03T00:00:00 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Watchdog says "significantly lower" prices likely due to competition with Republic filling stations. | Northern Ireland | Petrol and diesel in Northern Ireland is cheaper than in other parts of the UK because of competition from filling stations in the Republic of Ireland, a competition watchdog has suggested.
The UK's Competition and Markets has been investigating the operation of the UK's road fuel market.
It found that competition is... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-66068987 |
Six-year-old saves mum by calling for help on Alexa device - BBC News | 2023-07-03T00:00:00 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Emma Anderson, who has a heart condition, described her daughter Darcey as a "wee superstar". | Glasgow & West Scotland | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. From a young age, Darcey knew her mum had a "sore heart" and she could call for help on Alexa.
A Scottish mum who received a heart transplant has told how her six-year-old daughter saved her life twice using a smart speaker.... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-66085014 |
France riots ease as mayors hold anti-violence rally - BBC News | 2023-07-03T00:00:00 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | French mayors denounce "extreme violence" of the protests which swept the country for almost a week. | Europe | Rioters run as French police officers use tear gas in Paris on 2 July
Riots in France appear to be calming, after five days of violent protests in response to the shooting of teenager Nahel M during a police traffic stop.
Sunday night saw violence subside and fewer arrests were made.
However, President Emmanuel Macr... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-66084677 |
Migration Bill: Lords vote to keep child migrant detention limits - BBC News | 2023-07-03T00:00:00 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Peers voted to reverse a government plan to remove existing caps in the Illegal Migration Bill. | UK Politics | The House of Lords has voted against government plans to weaken detention limits for children and pregnant women in its migration bill.
The legislation would scrap existing legal caps on how long they can be held ahead of being removed from the UK for arriving illegally.
But peers voted to preserve the current protec... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-66089663 |
NHS to offer sight-saving drug to premature babies - BBC News | 2023-07-03T00:00:00 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Premature babies can now routinely be given the drug ranibizumab on the NHS, to prevent blindness. | Health | For the first time on the NHS in England, premature babies can now routinely be given a drug treatment to prevent blindness, advice says.
Injections of ranibizumab can stop scarring caused by unusual blood-vessel growth in the back of the eye.
It is an alternative to laser therapy, which is not always suitable for ti... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-66085393 |
Paris riots: Suburban mayor's wife hurt as rioters attack their home - BBC News | 2023-07-03T00:00:00 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Attackers tried to set the house on fire before firing rockets at the mayor's fleeing wife and children. | Europe | Attackers in France tried to set fire to the home of a suburban Paris mayor's home overnight and fired rockets at the official's fleeing wife and children.
The incident has caused widespread shock and is being treated as attempted murder. Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne described it as intolerable.
Mayor Vincent Jeanb... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-66079408 |
Blackpink make UK festival history with electrifying K-pop set in Hyde Park - BBC News | 2023-07-03T00:00:00 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The girl group become the first ever Korean band to headline a major UK music festival. | Entertainment & Arts | Blackpink had one of the world's top 10 albums in 2022
Blackpink have made history by becoming the first ever Korean band to headline a major UK music festival.
The K-pop girl group played an electrifying set at London's BST Hyde Park to a sold-out crowd of 65,000 fans, some of whom travelled half way across the worl... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-66083253 |
UK weather: hottest June since records began - Met Office - BBC News | 2023-07-03T00:00:00 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Scientists found evidence that climate change made the warmer weather last month more likely. | Science & Environment | The UK had the hottest June on record, the Met Office has confirmed.
The average monthly temperature of 15.8C (60.4F) exceeded the previous highest average June temperature, recorded in 1940 and 1976, by 0.9C.
Climate change made the chance of surpassing the previous joint record at least twice as likely, scientists ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-66084543 |
Orkney council to look at proposals to become territory of Norway - BBC News | 2023-07-03T00:00:00 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The islands' councillors will consider a motion to investigate alternative forms of governance. | NE Scotland, Orkney & Shetland | A previous vote in 2017 did not back full independence for Orkney
The Orkney Islands could change their status in the UK or even become a self-governing territory of Norway under new proposals.
A motion will go before the council next week to investigate "alternative forms of governance".
Council leader James Stocka... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-66066448 |
E-bike likely cause of Cambridge fire that killed mother and children - BBC News | 2023-07-03T00:00:00 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Gemma Germeney, 31, Lilly Peden, eight, and Oliver Peden, four, died in the flat fire. | Cambridgeshire | The fire broke out on Sackville Close in King's Hedges, Cambridge, on Friday
An e-bike was the most probable cause of a fire that killed a mother and her two children, investigators said.
Gemma Germeney, 31, died at the scene on Sackville Close in King's Hedges, Cambridge, on Friday.
Lilly Peden, eight, and four-yea... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-66088503 |
Barbie movie gets Vietnam ban over South China Sea map - BBC News | 2023-07-03T00:00:00 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A scene in the film features a map depicting China's territorial claims in the disputed South China Sea. | Asia | Margot Robbie plays the lead in the Barbie movie
Vietnam has banned the upcoming Barbie film over a scene featuring a map depicting contested Chinese territorial claims in the South China Sea.
Vietnam is among a number of countries that contest China's claim to almost all of the South China Sea.
The film about the f... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-66083761 |
NHS whistleblowers need more protection, expert warns - BBC News | 2023-07-03T00:00:00 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | NHS whistleblowers are being victimised, risking another big hospital scandal, an expert tells the BBC. | Health | Protections for NHS staff to speak out about wrongdoing may be insufficient to prevent another big scandal like that at the Mid Staffordshire hospital trust, an expert has told BBC News.
Sir Robert Francis led the inquiry into hundreds of patient deaths at Stafford Hospital more than a decade ago.
He says despite sub... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-66051884 |
Stormont stalemate: Department for Infrastructure warns of overspend - BBC News | 2023-07-03T00:00:00 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Officials say that without ministers they lack the legal authority for steps to balance DfI's budget. | Northern Ireland | The Department for Infrastructure says it faces a remaining £112m funding gap
Road repairs could be drastically reduced due to budget pressures facing Stormont's Department for Infrastructure (DfI).
DfI warned it will inevitably overspend this year if current political arrangements are unchanged.
Government departme... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-66088192 |
Covid inquiry: Welsh government health chiefs face questions - BBC News | 2023-07-03T00:00:00 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The chief medical officer and ex-Welsh NHS boss are being questioned on Wales' pandemic preparation. | Wales politics | Wales' response to the Covid-19 pandemic will be covered by the UK-wide Covid inquiry
Senior officials are giving evidence to the UK Covid inquiry about how well prepared Wales was for the pandemic.
Chief medical officer Sir Frank Atherton and former NHS Wales head Dr Andrew Goodall are being questioned on Monday aft... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-politics-66052440 |
July train disruption: New Aslef overtime ban to hit services - BBC News | 2023-07-03T00:00:00 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Aslef drivers will refuse to work overtime for another six days, in addition to the current industrial action. | Business | Train drivers in the Aslef union have announced a fresh overtime ban, which will see services further disrupted.
Drivers at 15 train companies based in England will refuse to work overtime from Monday 17 to Saturday 22 July.
It will coincide with strike action by rail workers in the RMT union also taking place later ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-66084766 |
Nigel Farage: Banks warned against closing accounts - BBC News | 2023-07-03T00:00:00 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Culture Secretary Lucy Frazer says she is concerned banks are shutting accounts for the wrong reasons. | Business | The Culture Secretary has said she is concerned banks may be closing customer accounts for political reasons following claims from Brexiteer Nigel Farage.
Lucy Frazer said it is something banks "should be thinking about carefully".
Last week, Mr Farage said his bank was closing his accounts, claiming it was "serious ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-66090522 |
Seven hurt in Tel Aviv attack as Israel's raid on Jenin continues - BBC News | 2023-07-03T00:00:00 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Palestinian militant group Hamas calls the "heroic" attack in Tel Aviv a "natural" response to Israel's operation in the West Bank. | Middle East | Israeli security and emergency personnel inspect the car used in the attack in Tel Aviv Image caption: Israeli security and emergency personnel inspect the car used in the attack in Tel Aviv
A person who was at the scene of the car ramming attack in Tel Aviv today has been speaking about what they saw.
"I saw the gre... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-middle-east-66085089 |
French teen shooting: Piecing together what happened - BBC News | 2023-07-03T00:00:00 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Prosecutors are due to interview a witness after he posted a version of events online. | Europe | A video still from the fatal Paris traffic stop shooting
Prosecutors have begun piecing together what happened before the fatal shooting of 17-year-old Nahel M by a police officer.
The officer has been charged with homicide and remains in custody.
In their outline of events after questioning eyewitnesses and reviewi... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-66075798 |
France teen's family tell BBC police use of lethal force must change - BBC News | 2023-07-03T00:00:00 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | One of Nahel's relatives says the riots do not honour Nahel's death, and the family want them to stop. | Europe | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: Nahel's family say violence won’t bring justice for the boy they lost
A relative of the French teenager shot by police has told the BBC the family did not want his death to spark riots, but insisted the law around let... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-66080505 |
Kevin Spacey trial: Actor behaved like a 'predator', accuser says - BBC News | 2023-07-03T00:00:00 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The actor denies 12 charges of sexual assault alleged to have been committed between 2001 and 2013. | UK | Kevin Spacey was a "predator" who would attack one of his accusers when the two were left alone together, a court in London has heard.
The trial of the actor heard testimony from one of the four men who accuse him of sexual assaults committed in the UK between 2001 and 2013.
The court heard the man was groped so forc... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-66084545 |
Kilkeel: James Carlisle, 42, charged with attempted murder of woman - BBC News | 2023-07-03T00:00:00 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | James Carlisle also faces five other charges after a domestic incident in County Down. | Northern Ireland | A 42-year-old man charged with the attempted murder of a woman in a domestic incident in County Down on Friday has been remanded into custody.
James Carlisle, of Harbour Road in Kilkeel, appeared at Monday's short hearing at Newry Magistrates' Court via video-link.
He faces five further charges.
They are grievous bo... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-66085642 |
Backlash over bill banning boycotts of Israel goods from public bodies - BBC News | 2023-07-03T00:00:00 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The government says the move is needed to stop councils conducting their own foreign policy. | UK Politics | A picture shows the Jewish settlement of Kedar in the Israeli-occupied West Bank in June 2023
The government has been urged to rethink its plans to fine public bodies which initiate boycotts against Israel.
The proposals received initial backing but have been met with criticism from both Conservative and Labour MPs.
... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-66086671 |
Wrexham nurse sacked after death of secret lover patient in car park - BBC News | 2023-07-04T00:00:00 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The patient died after being found unresponsive and partially clothed in a car park. | Wales | The pair had met at a car park in Wrexham
A nurse has been sacked after a patient she had a secret relationship with died following a late night meeting in Wrexham.
Penelope Williams didn't call an ambulance after the man, known as Patient A, collapsed in January 2022.
He was found unresponsive with his trousers dow... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-66091127 |
Watch: Dramatic moment officer pulls woman from burning car - BBC News | 2023-07-04T00:00:00 | null | A US policeman who saved a driver trapped in a fiery crash has been hailed a hero. | null | A US policeman who saved a driver from a fiery crash has been hailed a hero. Sergeant Ashley Taylor was called to Highway 46 in southern Georgia after reports a car had veered off the road. Bodycam footage shows him running to the scene of the crash, smashing the car windows and pulling a woman to safety despite the gr... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-66094253 |
China curbs exports of key computer chip materials - BBC News | 2023-07-04T00:00:00 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Washington and Beijing have been battling for influence over the semiconductor industry. | Business | The Chinese government is tightening controls over exports of two key materials used to make computer chips.
From next month, special licenses will be needed to export gallium and germanium from China, which is the world's biggest producer of the metals.
It comes after Washington's efforts to curb Chinese access to s... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-66093114 |
Wimbledon 2023: Eight-time champion Roger Federer honoured in Centre Court ceremony - BBC Sport | 2023-07-04T00:00:00 | null | Eight-time Wimbledon champion Roger Federer takes the acclaim of an adoring Centre Court and makes his presence felt among the current players. | null | Last updated on .From the section Tennis
Coverage: Live across BBC TV, radio and online with extensive coverage on BBC iPlayer, Red Button, Connected TVs and mobile app. More coverage details
Eight-time Wimbledon champion Roger Federer may have only been a Centre Court guest but his huge aura was still felt by those ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/66097818 |
Jenin: Israeli military launches major operation in West Bank city - BBC News | 2023-07-04T00:00:00 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Nine Palestinians are killed as troops carry out an air and ground assault in the West Bank city. | Middle East | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: Explosions and gunfire as BBC reports from Jenin
There have been intense exchanges of fire between Israeli forces and armed Palestinian militants in Jenin refugee camp, in the occupied West Bank.
The Israeli military... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-66083295 |
Thames Water needs 'substantial' sums of money - BBC News | 2023-07-04T00:00:00 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The water regulator said talks with investors to raise the necessary funds were continuing. | Business | The UK's largest water company Thames Water will need "substantial sums of money" to stabilise its finances, the water regulator has said.
Ofwat boss David Black said talks between the firm and investors to raise the extra funding were continuing.
The company is billions in debt and under pressure to fix its finances... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-66103356 |
Bank bosses told to explain low savings rates - BBC News | 2023-07-04T00:00:00 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Bosses at Lloyds, HSBC, NatWest and Barclays will meet the industry watchdog on Thursday. | Business | Bank bosses have been summoned by the UK's financial watchdog over concerns interest rates on savings are too low.
Higher interest rates have led banks to put up mortgage costs sharply, but savings rates are not rising as fast.
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt says it is an "issue which needs solving", at a time when many hous... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-66091880 |
Nathan Law: Hong Kong activist in UK fears for safety over bounty - BBC News | 2023-07-04T00:00:00 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Nathan Law says his life has become more dangerous as Hong Kong police offer a bounty for his arrest. | Asia | A pro-democracy campaigner who fled Hong Kong has told the BBC his life has become more dangerous because of a bounty offered for his arrest.
Nathan Law, who lives in the UK, is among eight exiled activists wanted by the territory's police.
Authorities are offering rewards of HK$1 million (£100,581; $127,637) for inf... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-66092827 |
Ukraine war: Major Moscow airport flights disrupted by drone attack - BBC News | 2023-07-04T00:00:00 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Russia's defence ministry says five Ukrainian drones were shot down in the Moscow region. | Europe | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: Drone appears to be shot down in Moscow region
Ukraine has launched a drone attack on Moscow, the Russian defence ministry says, forcing flights to be diverted from Vnukovo International Airport.
Five drones were rep... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-66094744 |
Building collapses into raging China floodwaters - BBC News | 2023-07-04T00:00:00 | null | Authorities have warned of "multiple natural disasters" as heavy rains lash parts of the country. | null | Chinese authorities have warned of "multiple natural disasters" in the coming month, as heavy rains lash parts of the country.
A weather alert is in place for large areas of central and southwestern China and thousands of people have been evacuated.
A building collapsed into raging floodwaters in Chongqing. Meanwhile... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-66098030 |
Jamie Barrow: Man found guilty of murdering mum and daughters in fire - BBC News | 2023-07-04T00:00:00 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Jamie Barrow killed his neighbour and her two young children when he set fire to their flat. | Nottingham | Fatoumatta Hydara died two days after her daughters Naeemah Drammeh and Fatimah Drammeh
A man who killed his neighbour and her two daughters by setting their flat on fire has been found guilty of murder.
Fatoumatta Hydara, 28, died along with Fatimah and Naeemah Drammeh, aged three and one, after their home in Clifto... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-65988132 |
How worried should we be about rising mortgage rates? - BBC News | 2023-07-04T00:00:00 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | We're not seeing the same market panic as last autumn, but people renewing mortgages will be affected. | Business | Government borrowing costs - which directly impact mortgage rates - have risen to their highest rate since last September when the Liz Truss mini-budget sparked days of turmoil on the financial markets.
The market interest rate for the UK government to borrow money over two years is now effectively higher than it reac... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-65892947 |
Law firm Brodies passes £100m revenue milestone - BBC News | 2023-07-04T00:00:00 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The Edinburgh-based company says all of its main areas of practice achieved record income last year. | Scotland business | Managing partner Nick Scott said the record results had been achieved against a "constantly changing backdrop" of events
Brodies has become the first Scottish law firm to achieve annual revenues of more than £100m.
The Edinburgh-headquartered company reported that income climbed by 8% to £106m in the year to 30 April... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-business-66086266 |
Tattoo artist death: Aidan Mann killer jailed for at least nine years - BBC News | 2023-07-04T00:00:00 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Barry Donnelly, 38, is given an indeterminate custodial sentence for killing his neighbour Aidan Mann. | Northern Ireland | A man will spend at least nine years in prison for the killing of Northern Ireland tattoo artist Aidan Mann.
The 28-year-old, known as artist Zen Black, was stabbed 14 times at Church Street in Downpatrick, in January 2022.
The court said Aidan was an entirely innocent victim who did nothing to provoke the fatal atta... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-66088618 |
Partygate: Police reopen investigation into Tory 'jingle and mingle' event - BBC News | 2023-07-04T00:00:00 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The Met reopens probe into Tory HQ party but will not investigate Boris Johnson over further alleged breaches of Covid rules. | UK Politics | The Daily Mirror previously obtained and published still images from the same party
The Metropolitan Police is reopening an investigation into breaches of Covid regulations at a Christmas gathering at Conservative Party HQ.
A video of the event, where aides were invited to "jingle and mingle", was published by the Su... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-66103922 |
Julian Sands: Actor said mountains were 'more unstable' in last interview - BBC News | 2023-07-04T00:00:00 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | In his last UK interview, the actor said friends believed mountaineering had become too dangerous. | Entertainment & Arts | Sands appeared in films including A Room With A View, Warlock, Arachnophobia and Naked Lunch
Actor Julian Sands, who died in a California mountain range, said in his last UK interview that many friends had stopped going mountaineering partly because it had become too dangerous.
The British star's body was found last ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-66087488 |
Mortgage calculator: how much will my mortgage go up? - BBC News | 2023-07-04T00:00:00 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Use our calculator to find out how much mortgage payments could go up for your household. | Business | Mortgage interest rates have risen sharply over the past six months after years of historic lows.
As higher interest rates will mean higher mortgage payments, experts say more people are at risk of falling into debt or losing their homes.
Try our calculator below to see how your fixed rate mortgage might be affected ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-63474582 |
Wimbledon 2023: Queue criticised by fans after long entry delays on day one - BBC Sport | 2023-07-04T00:00:00 | null | Wimbledon supporters criticise the organisation of the queue after increased security checks slowed entry, causing frustrated fans to leave. | null | Coverage: Live across BBC TV, radio and online with extensive coverage on BBC iPlayer, Red Button, Connected TVs and mobile app. More coverage details
Wimbledon supporters have criticised the organisation of the queue after increased security checks slowed entry, causing frustrated fans to leave.
More than 12,000 peo... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/66092779 |
Forces failing women over police sex misconduct claims, BBC finds - BBC News | 2023-07-04T00:00:00 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | In one case, a woman says a detective pursued a sexual relationship with her and continued to harass her. | UK | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.
Police forces are failing vulnerable women who say they have been sexually exploited by officers, the BBC has learned.
One woman says a detective pursued a sexual relationship in texts and repeatedly visited her home.
Evid... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-65768798 |
John Berylson: Millwall owner and chairman dies aged 70 in 'tragic accident' - BBC Sport | 2023-07-04T00:00:00 | null | Millwall's owner and chairman John Berylson dies at the age of 70 following a "tragic accident", the club announce. | null | Last updated on .From the section Millwall
Millwall's owner and chairman John Berylson has died at the age of 70 following a "tragic accident" on Tuesday, the club have said.
The American businessman first became involved with the Championship club in 2006.
"He was a truly great man, incredibly devoted to his family... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/66105440 |
France riots: Within days we were in hell, says mayor - BBC News | 2023-07-04T00:00:00 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A mayor in one of France's poorest areas wants the state to take tougher measures against rioters. | Europe | Zartoshte Bakhtiari, the mayor of Neuilly-sur-Marne, says the rioters in France "don't fear justice"
Zartoshte Bakhtiari says he hasn't slept more than three hours a night since the riots in France began a week ago.
By day, he's the mayor of Neuilly-sur-Marne, in one of France's poorest areas, east of Paris.
By nigh... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-66092431 |
Kevin Spacey trial live: Actor in London court for third day of sexual assault trial - BBC News | 2023-07-04T00:00:00 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The Oscar-winning actor faces 12 sexual offence charges against four men, which he denies. | UK | It’s worth remembering that the complainants in this case have a legal right to lifelong anonymity.
That's because they are alleged victims of a sexual offence, which means by law their names cannot be published.
We also need to ensure that the information we tell you does not lead to jigsaw identification.
That's w... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-66097010 |
Prince William and Kate meet NHS's first ever baby - BBC News | 2023-07-04T00:00:00 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The Prince and Princess of Wales hear from the first person born after the NHS was founded, in 1948. | UK | Aneira Thomas told Prince William she had been born on the same day as the NHS
The Prince and Princess of Wales have met the first person born under the National Health Service, at a tea party celebrating the NHS's 75th anniversary.
Aneira Thomas told them she had been born in Carmarthenshire at 00:01 on 5 July 1948,... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-66095251 |
Climate change: World's hottest day since records began - BBC News | 2023-07-04T00:00:00 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Monday 3 July was the warmest day yet recorded with temperatures averaging over 17C for the first time. | Science & Environment | People feel the stress in China amid an ongoing heatwave
The world's average temperature reached a new high on Monday 3 July, topping 17 degrees Celsius for the first time.
Scientists say the reading was the highest in any instrumental record dating back to the end of the 19th century.
The high heat is due to a comb... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-66104822 |
Wimbledon 2023 results: Venus Williams loses to Elina Svitolina - BBC Sport | 2023-07-04T00:00:00 | null | Five-time champion Venus Williams, 43, recovers from a dramatic slip to continue against Elina Svitolina in a gutsy Wimbledon defeat. | null | Last updated on .From the section Tennis
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American veteran Venus Williams says a dramatic fall that ruined her hopes of a notable Wimbledon win was "painful" and has le... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/66092149 |
Hannah Dingley: Forest Green Rovers name first female boss of a men's professional football side - BBC Sport | 2023-07-04T00:00:00 | null | Forest Green Rovers name Hannah Dingley as their new caretaker boss, making her the first woman to manage a professional men's team in English football. | null | Last updated on .From the section Forest Green
Forest Green Rovers have named Hannah Dingley as their new caretaker boss, making her the first woman to manage a professional men's team in English football.
The League Two side sacked Duncan Ferguson on Tuesday after just six months in charge.
Forest Green announced D... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/66105649 |
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