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uk-england-birmingham-48760870 | https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-birmingham-48760870 | Birmingham Rep photos shine spotlight on backstage world | When the lights go down and curtain goes up, the eyes of the theatre audience are trained on the actors treading the boards. | But behind the scenes, a small army of rarely-seen people are central to bringing a production to life. Birmingham photographer Fraser McGee spent two months at the city's Rep theatre capturing their efforts, gathering more than 1,000 images in the process. Of those, he picked 100 black and white photographs for a new ... |
uk-england-norfolk-17231239 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-17231239 | King's Lynn Mart petition handed in after child's death | A petition calling for roads in King's Lynn to be shut during a fair, after a three-year-old boy was killed by a car, is to be handed to the borough council. | Rio Bell, from Lowestoft, Suffolk, died on 15 February after he was hit on King Street during the annual Mart fair. The petition has now received more than 5,000 signatures. Campaigner Paul Macey, who sat in the road with Rio after he was hit, said the petition would hopefully ensure "another child doesn't lose his lif... |
business-40404852 | https://www.bbc.com/news/business-40404852 | Can ice structures solve a Himalayan water crisis? | It's midnight at 3,500m (11,000ft) above sea level, the coldest time of the day, in one of the coldest places on the planet. In the middle of winter, temperatures here plunge to -30C (-22F). | By Shivaani KohokInnovators, BBC World Service A group of 10 volunteers are gathering; putting into place a plan to solve a water crisis in Ladakh, the northern most region of India, in the high Himalayas. They are building manmade ice structures, more than 30m tall, that they hope will melt early in the spring and giv... |
uk-40061551 | https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-40061551 | Does military intervention increase the terror threat? | In a narrow sense, Jeremy Corbyn's assertion that Britain's recent military interventions have increased the risk of terror attacks in the UK is widely accepted. Many would say it's a statement of the blindingly obvious. | By James RobbinsBBC diplomatic correspondent Taken in isolation, most of Britain's security, defence and diplomatic community readily accept that an increased terror threat inside the UK follows after any military intervention in a predominantly Muslim country. We don't need to look far for the evidence of that. On the... |
uk-england-birmingham-34825818 | https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-birmingham-34825818 | Bishop of Birmingham holds candlelit vigil for Paris | Hundreds of people have taken part in a candlelit vigil led by the Bishop of Birmingham in sympathy with people affected by the attacks in Paris. | The gathering, outside the cathedral in St Philip's Square, included speeches from leaders of different faiths. The Right Reverend David Urquhart said it was for "people of all faiths and none to join together in solidarity and reflection". A minute's silence was also held as part of the ceremony. The bishop said: "At ... |
uk-wales-30275679 | https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-30275679 | Christmas campaign to tackle drink and drug drivers launched | Police forces across Wales have launched an anti-drink driving campaign in the run-up to the Christmas period. | Over the next four weeks, thousands of motorists face being stopped at various locations and times across Wales. The campaign, involving all four police forces in Wales, includes advertising, social media and, in some cases, the naming and shaming of drivers. Led by Dyfed-Powys Police, the All Wales Winter Anti Drink a... |
science-environment-17191398 | https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-17191398 | Oetzi the Iceman's nuclear genome gives new insights | New clues have emerged in what could be described as the world's oldest murder case: that of Oetzi the "Iceman", whose 5,300-year-old body was discovered frozen in the Italian Alps in 1991. | By Jason PalmerScience and technology reporter, BBC News Oetzi's full genome has now beenreported in Nature Communications. It reveals that he had brown eyes, "O" blood type, was lactose intolerant, and was predisposed to heart disease. They also show him to be the first documented case of infection by a Lyme disease b... |
entertainment-arts-28428344 | https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-28428344 | Fiddler on the Roof's 50 years of musical success | It's exactly half a century since the premiere of Fiddler on the Roof - among the most successful stage musicals written to date. In 1964 Sheldon Harnick and his colleagues worried that the setting, a small Jewish township in eastern Europe in the early 1900s, might limit the show's appeal. But, says Harnick, the show'... | By Vincent DowdArts correspondent, BBC World Service Sheldon Harnick is 90 and in a long career he's seen a lot change in New York theatre. "Back in the Sixties," he recalls, "if you were producing a show you did backers' auditions to raise the money." "I remember one audition for Fiddler. As people left I heard someon... |
stories-45919730 | https://www.bbc.com/news/stories-45919730 | National Action: The new parents and the neo-Nazi terror threat | Three people have been convicted of belonging to the banned neo-Nazi group National Action. Adam Thomas, 22, and his partner Claudia Patatas, 38, were found guilty with Daniel Bogunovic, 27, of being members of the far-right group - which was proscribed under anti-terror laws after it celebrated the murder of Labour MP... | By Daniel De SimoneBBC News UPDATE 18 December 2018: Thomas and Patatas have been sentenced to six-and-a-half years and five years in prison respectively, and Bogunovic to six years and four months. Three other men who pleaded guilty earlier in the case were also jailed. Here is the story of National Action and the thr... |
uk-england-wiltshire-35605986 | https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-wiltshire-35605986 | Did a ham sandwich cause Swindon to become a boomtown? | Swindon was a small agricultural holding before the arrival of Victorian engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel and his railway. But does the town owe its existence to the trajectory of a discarded ham sandwich? | By Daniel GarrettBBC News The Wiltshire town is marking the 175th anniversary of the decision to open a railway works - the catalyst that transformed it into a bustling industrial centre. But according to legend, the decision to build the works was inspired by a half-finished lunch. Brunel's Great Western Railway (GWR)... |
world-africa-25578346 | https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-25578346 | Analysis: South Sudan's bitter divide | Despite calls for a ceasefire and peace talks, fighting is continuing in South Sudan, the world's newest state. From the capital Juba, the BBC's James Copnall reports on the background to the conflict. | In the middle of a new camp for the scared and the desperate, made up of hundreds of makeshift shelters clustered around a road, I saw a familiar face. When I first interviewed David in 2011, he was in Khartoum. A southern Sudanese, he had fled the fighting in his home area, and was living in what was then still the ca... |
magazine-33294275 | https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-33294275 | Diving into the world of the dead | Twice a month two Japanese men put on scuba gear and go diving. One is looking for his wife, the other for his daughter, both of whom were swept away by the devastating tsunami that struck Japan four years ago. They know they are no longer alive, but the hope of finding something - anything - gives them a much-needed s... | By Hiromi Tanoue and Vibeke VenemaBBC World Service Underneath the glittering waters of Onagawa Bay, in Japan's north-eastern Miyagi Prefecture, fridges, TVs, cars, trucks and fishing gear lie scattered on the sea floor, under a layer of mud. "Imagine a big city, put it in a grinder and throw it all into the ocean," is... |
uk-england-nottinghamshire-48030660 | https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-48030660 | Boys arrested after 'threat' against Keyworth pupil | Two boys have been arrested after armed police were called to a school following reports of a threat against a pupil. | Officers were called to the South Wolds Academy and Sixth Form college in Keyworth, Nottinghamshire, at about 14:30 BST. Two boys, aged 11 and 14, were later arrested and remain in police custody. A spokesman for Nottinghamshire Police said inquiries were ongoing. Follow BBC East Midlands on Facebook, Twitter, or Insta... |
world-europe-guernsey-27294997 | https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-guernsey-27294997 | Guernsey hospital to use temporary surgical wards | Two surgical wards at Guernsey's main hospital could be replaced with a temporary structure for at least the next two years. | The health department already hoped to move patients from Giffard Ward, which has suffered from structural problems and leaks, into a temporary ward. Now it hopes to also move the patients from the De Saumarez Ward, if planners approve of the temporary building. A decision on future of the wards is due before the end o... |
uk-england-birmingham-48124991 | https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-birmingham-48124991 | Baby loss: The hospital helping bereaved families | Losing a baby is devastating enough, without having to go through this experience just feet away from people giving birth. A hospital in the Midlands now hopes to take action by building a safe haven for families enduring the loss of their babies. | By Rebecca WoodsBBC News Lynette Parkes' pregnancy had been plain sailing. The customary scans at 12 and 20 weeks had shown a healthy baby boy. The home she shared with her husband Matt in Hagley, Worcestershire, was prepared for the child's arrival. The nursery was decorated, the crib ready and waiting for its first l... |
uk-england-lancashire-46124027 | https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-lancashire-46124027 | Living next door to a fracking site | At the UK's first operational fracking facility near Blackpool the shale gas has begun to flow. However, a series of small earthquakes continue to disrupt production, and protests by environmentalists show no sign of abating. What is it like to live next door? | By Stewart WhittinghamBBC News Allan Wensley's farm at Little Plumpton does not just border the Cuadrilla site - the facility sits within it. However, since he decided to lease his field to the energy firm, his farmhouse home has been besieged by protesters and he and his family have had abuse shouted at them. "I've ha... |
uk-scotland-highlands-islands-23194908 | https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-23194908 | Aye, robot: Scotland's rise of the machines | Robots are to be placed into the homes of people with dementia as part of a pilot on the Western Isles, but it is just one of many uses machines are being put to in Scotland amid a wider debate on robotics. | By Steven McKenzieBBC Scotland Highlands and Islands reporter NHS Western Isles is the first health board in Scotland to try out Giraff. The 1.5m (4ft 11in) tall, wheeled robots have a TV screen instead of a head. A relative or carer can call up the Giraff with a computer from any location. Their face will appear on th... |
uk-england-bristol-36602256 | https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-bristol-36602256 | Douglas Slade and the Paedophile Information Exchange | As 75-year-old paedophile Douglas Slade is jailed for child abuse and rape, the BBC examines his links to notorious 1970s group the Paedophile Information Exchange (PIE), which campaigned to legalise sex with children. | It is hard to comprehend now but in the 1970s Slade openly ran a helpline for child sex abusers from his parents' home in suburban Bristol. As he was sentenced at the end of his recent trial, the judge said Slade had "boasted of his involvement" with PIE. The group campaigned for "children's sexuality", calling on the ... |
world-africa-37797911 | https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-37797911 | Letter from Africa: Why Nigerians need to learn their history | In our series of letters from African journalists, Sola Odunfa looks at why it is a good idea for Nigeria to reintroduce history as a school subject - a move recently backed by the country's senate. | When I was growing up, one of the subjects I learnt in both primary and secondary school was history - not only of Nigeria but also of Europe. The bare facts of the growth of nationalities might not have been interesting to my young mind but I grew up with the conviction that hardly anything could be more exciting than... |
uk-england-humber-44847925 | https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-humber-44847925 | Man appears in court over Scunthorpe death | A man has appeared in court charged with murder after a body was found in a disused building. | Raymond Ward, 51, was found dead in the building in Cliff Gardens in Scunthorpe on Tuesday. Dion Hendry, 24, of no fixed address, appeared at Grimsby and Cleethorpes Magistrates' Court. He will next appear at Hull Crown Court on 18 July. Another man, aged 36, has been released on bail over the death and a 47-year-old m... |
uk-england-dorset-19899202 | https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-dorset-19899202 | Dorchester's retail projects in the spotlight | Two major retail schemes are set to attract more visitors to a Dorset town, but with doubts hanging over their future and limited parking in the area some residents are concerned they might not deliver what they have promised. | By Sue PazBBC News, Dorset The main square of the £100m Brewery Square development in Dorchester, which is set to include hotels, restaurants and a cinema, was supposed to open this month but has been delayed until next spring due to the wet and windy weather of the summer, which meant cranes were unable to operate. Ne... |
uk-wales-mid-wales-27624226 | https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-mid-wales-27624226 | Hay-on-Wye: A town of books or festivals? | The annual festival of literature and the arts is taking place in Hay-on-Wye this week, but the event's success masks a struggle for survival among the second-hand bookshops that first made the town famous. | By Huw ThomasBBC Wales arts and media correspondent Several shops have closed in recent years, with the competition from online retailers and e-books forcing the remaining businesses to adapt in order to survive. For some it has meant diversifying their stock, for others it has involved embracing the internet to turn a... |
uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-36235367 | https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-36235367 | Natalie Hemming: Man held on missing woman murder charge | A man charged with the murder of a 31-year-old woman missing for four days has been remanded in custody by magistrates in Milton Keynes. | Natalie Hemming was reported missing from her home in Newton Leys, Milton Keynes, on Tuesday by a relative. Paul Hemming, 42, of Alderney Avenue, Newton Leys, will next appear at Luton Crown Court on Monday. Mother-of-three Ms Hemming was last seen on Sunday afternoon in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire. |
uk-northern-ireland-34734204 | https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-34734204 | Maghaberry Prison: Timeline of reports and inquiries | Inspectors said on Thursday that Northern Ireland's high security Maghaberry Prison is "unsafe and unstable" for prisoners and staff. | Her Majesty's Chief Inspectorate of Prisons in England and Wales, Nick Hardwick said: "This is the most dangerous prison I've been into throughout my time as Chief Inspector." The prison has faced criticism in a series of reports dating back to 2009: 31 July 2008 October 2008 9 January 2009 21 July 2009 August 2009 16 ... |
uk-52363397 | https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-52363397 | Coronavirus: Advice issued for spending Ramadan in lockdown | The Muslim Council of Britain, the largest umbrella organisation for Muslims in Britain, has published online guidance to help millions cope with the restrictions of lockdown during the coming fasting month of Ramadan. | By Frank GardnerBBC News It says this year's Ramadan, which begins at the end of this week, will be "a very different experience for Muslims as we adapt to changing circumstances during the Covid-19 pandemic". With lockdown continuing, there will be no congregational acts of worship outside the home, no Taraweeh prayer... |
uk-scotland-30684665 | https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-30684665 | Profile: Ebola nurse Pauline Cafferkey | Scottish nurse Pauline Cafferkey, who contracted Ebola while working in Sierra Leone two years ago, is being investigated over claims she gave dishonest answers while being screened for the deadly disease when she returned to Heathrow Airport. | By Stuart NicolsonBBC News Scotland Ms Cafferkey, 39, spent several weeks in Royal Free Hospital in London in January 2015 after becoming the first person to be diagnosed with Ebola in the UK. She was later discharged after apparently making a full recovery - but later it was discovered that the virus is still present ... |
world-latin-america-37206714 | https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-37206714 | Colombia Farc: The Norwegian who helped broker peace | A peace agreement for Colombia has finally been signed in Havana, after four years of negotiation presided over by hosts Cuba and Norway. The BBC's Will Grant in the Cuban capital met the Norwegian man who played a central role. | The relief in the room was palpable. As the former enemies walked in dressed in white, there were smiles and warm handshakes, even embraces ahead of the announcement that Colombians have spent decades waiting to hear: a final peace agreement between the Farc left-wing rebels and the Colombian government. First though, ... |
world-asia-china-34421427 | https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-34421427 | China's Communist Party theme park - and other unusual attractions | A Communist Party-themed amusement park has opened in Wuhan, China in time for the Golden Week holidays - but has failed to impress everyone. The BBC takes a look at the theme park designed to instil "socialist values" - and five other unusual tourist attractions in China. | Despite being dubbed central China's largest such park by the Wuhan Evening News, the Communist Party-themed amusement park has attracted criticism. Less party-minded online critics have ridiculed the park's rather plain appearance - and what they see as its attempt to "brainwash" visitors. The Communist Party theme pa... |
entertainment-arts-19325003 | https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-19325003 | Museums Sheffield: After the cuts | When the organisation that runs Sheffield's main galleries and museums lost out on £1.4m of annual Arts Council funding earlier this year, it warned of "devastating" consequences. Can a big city's cultural institutions cope with being cut to the bone? | Kim Streets remembers the bad old days. The new chief executive of Museums Sheffield joined the organisation as a curator of social history during the last recession in the early 1990s. "I remember having to go to the then-director to ask for permission to get a colour laser copy for £1," she says. "It was tough times.... |
business-26980299 | https://www.bbc.com/news/business-26980299 | Foreign buyers dominate London's luxury housing market | As the celebrated architect Frank Gehry unveiled his contribution to redeveloping London's Battersea power station he felt it necessary to say, "I want to create a set of buildings people will want to live in," as if there were an alternative aspiration. | By Rob BroombyBritish Affairs Correspondent, BBC World Service He was addressing a concern that London's luxury new-build property market is becoming a repository for the wealth of the global super-rich. As such, many argue it is doing nothing to ease the city's acute housing crisis - especially if the new homes are le... |
uk-england-surrey-11790256 | https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-surrey-11790256 | Surrey man cleared over 1987 axe murder | A Surrey man accused of murdering a private investigator found dead with an axe in his head has been cleared after no evidence was offered against him. | Daniel Morgan, 37, of Monmouthshire, was found dead in March 1987 outside a pub in Sydenham, south-east London. James Cook, 55, of Tadworth, was formally found not guilty after prosecutors at the Old Bailey offered no evidence against him. Three other men remain accused of murder and are to go on trial in 2011. William... |
education-40814995 | https://www.bbc.com/news/education-40814995 | Transgender children: Preparing for puberty | For most parents, their child's move to secondary school is a big moment which requires planning, even more so for those with transgender children. The Victoria Derbyshire programme has been following two of the UK's youngest trans children for the last two-and-a-half years. | By Sarah BellVictoria Derbyshire programme "I won't mention it, but if it comes up I will be honest. I'm not going to say, 'Guess what, I'm trans', but if someone mentions it I will say I am, because I am," says Jessica. The 10-year-old's friends do not really mention the fact she has transitioned from living as male t... |
uk-44462576 | https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-44462576 | Man held over 'Punish a Muslim' letters | A 35-year-old man has been arrested as part of a police investigation into letters calling for a day of violence against Muslims in the UK. | The man, from Lincoln, was arrested on suspicion of soliciting to murder by police investigating the so-called "Punish a Muslim Day" letters. He is also being held on suspicion of sending a hoax noxious substance and threatening letters. The anonymous letters called for a co-ordinated attack on Muslims. The man is in c... |
world-europe-39365281 | https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-39365281 | EU summit: My part in the Treaty of Rome signing | More than 20 European heads of state and government are gathering this weekend in the Italian capital to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Rome. Present on that day was David Willey, later to be one of the BBC's longest-serving foreign correspondents. At the time, he was a trainee reporter ... | By David WilleyBBC Vatican correspondent Newsreels of the event confirm my memory that it was raining cats and dogs on that March evening 60 years ago when the founding fathers of the six-nation European Economic Community (EEC) arrived at Michelangelo's great architectural masterpiece Palazzo dei Conservatori on Rome'... |
stories-54710400 | https://www.bbc.com/news/stories-54710400 | Was I wrong to fall for a cheating cat? | There's a well-known saying that goes, "You don't choose a cat, a cat chooses you." So what should you do, asks Anisa Subedar, when a persistent pussycat in the neighbourhood decides to adopt you? | For me, it began about 18 months ago, one long, hot summer evening when two huge wanting eyes, accompanied by serenading mews appeared at the kitchen door. It didn't recoil when I approached it. In fact it appeared quite pleased when I began speaking in ridiculously high-pitched baby speak (imagine the word "choochy-fa... |
health-52506114 | https://www.bbc.com/news/health-52506114 | Coronavirus doctor's diary: Take care when you clap for carers | The Thursday evening celebration of NHS workers causes a spike in arrivals at A&E, Dr John Wright of Bradford Royal Infirmary writes in his regular diary. And below he tells the story of one of those workers, a nurse who suffered badly from the virus but has been discharged just in time for her son's first birthday. | 2 May 2020 The Thursday evening clap for carers gets louder and more joyous every week. It is a deeply moving tribute that captures the very essence of our communal spirit in these times of adversity. It is also the only time communities now come together and generates a rare feeling of release and togetherness, a fain... |
uk-england-birmingham-54285315 | https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-birmingham-54285315 | From beats to eats: How nightclubs try to survive | A night out looks very different when compared to a few months ago. The ten o'clock curfew, the 'rule of six', sound limits on noise and music and the no dancing rule make it all a different experience. So what are nightclubs doing to adapt and how does a night out feel? | As soon as the lockdown was lifted, Birmingham club The Night Owl decided it would have to try and change the direction of its business. Gone are the times when club-goers would dance the night away on its sprung-wooden dance floor. Now, socially distanced tables are on the floor, food is served and there is no dancing... |
uk-england-bristol-46725968 | https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-bristol-46725968 | Twelve crews sent to 'large fire' in Bristol | More than 40 firefighters have been tackling a blaze at an office block in Bristol. | There were small explosions in the fire, which broke out at the Strachan and Henshaw building in Foundry Lane in the Speedwell area, Avon Fire and Rescue Service said. Twelve crews from across the service area have been at the scene of the "large fire", it said. The service said crews had been "firefighting in difficul... |
uk-34881198 | https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-34881198 | Police cuts: Is the force drowning or shroud-waving? | The warning to the home secretary that cuts to police budgets might "reduce very significantly" the UK's ability to respond to a Paris-style terror attack is seen by senior officers as a trump card in their campaign to change the chancellor's mind before next week's spending review. | Mark EastonHome editor@BBCMarkEastonon Twitter It is thought George Osborne is considering reductions of around 20% in the amount spent on the police in England and Wales. That, a leaked document from a senior officer argues, is more than double what the force could withstand if it is to offer a viable response to mult... |
uk-england-london-34334858 | https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-34334858 | Teen detained for Notting Hill Carnival police stabbing | A 17-year-old boy who stabbed a police officer with a lock knife at the Notting Hill Carnival has been given a six-month detention and training order. | The PC was breaking up a brawl on 31 August in Elgin Crescent when the youth lashed out with the drawn knife. At Wimbledon Youth Court, the teenager pleaded guilty to wounding and possession of a knife with intent to cause threats and violence. Police arrested a total of 67 people for having weapons at the carnival. Th... |
entertainment-arts-50003238 | https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-50003238 | Elton John: 'I still want my dad's approval' | He may have started out singing cover versions on cheap compilation albums, but Elton John went on to become the fifth highest-selling recording artist of all time. | By Mark SavageBBC music reporter He was the first musician to enter the US album charts at number one. He has won a Brit award for outstanding achievement three times. And he owns six gold, 38 platinum and one diamond albums. None of this, however, impressed his father. Stanley Dwight, a flight lieutenant in the Royal ... |
uk-northern-ireland-13836240 | https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-13836240 | University of Ulster's Magee expansion plan 'in doubt' | The chairman of Stormont's Employment and Learning committee has warned that any expansion of third level education is unlikely because of the deficit in the department's budget. | Basil McCrea's statement casts further uncertainty over the University of Ulster's plans to expand its Magee campus in Londonderry. The plans were first proposed in 2008. He said it is difficult to see how Magee can grow given the current financial climate. "The higher education budget as it currently stands is going t... |
magazine-35540017 | https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-35540017 | Why tourists are shunning a beautiful Italian island | A sunny Italian isle in the Mediterranean with beautiful beaches and sparkling seas, Lampedusa sounds like an ideal holiday destination - but tourists are staying away. Police have become a constant presence, sent to deal with the huge number of migrants arriving on the island, and for some locals the uniforms evoke un... | By Emma Jane KirbyBBC News, Lampedusa The mottled brown dog paws the heavy wire gates of the reception centre and whines to be let in, rubbing his mangy head on the mesh to try to attract the guard's attention. The young officer grins as he opens the door; "You just can't get enough of these guys can you?" he says fond... |
world-europe-55157177 | https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-55157177 | Brexit: Are both sides running out of road to make a deal? | These are unsettling days for those of us watching, waiting and occasionally nail-nibbling, constantly calling sources, perpetually checking social media, for hints that an EU-UK trade security deal is nigh - or off the table completely this year. | Katya AdlerEurope editor@BBCkatyaadleron Twitter News could come at any moment. The EU - infamously talented at the old goalpost-moving - has admitted that not only does the European Parliament not need to ratify an agreement for it to be provisionally applied as of 1 January, but that EU leaders don't even need to sig... |
uk-34948877 | https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-34948877 | Is Hampshire devolution doomed? | It all seemed to be going so well. Hampshire and Isle of Wight's bid for devolution was seen as a southern front-runner. An economy close to the scale of Wales bidding for control of its own destiny. | Peter HenleyPolitical editor, South of England@BBCPeterHon Twitter The architect of the plan, Hampshire leader Roy Perry, was singled out to speak at the Conservative Party conference in September and the Secretary of State Greg Clark seemed keen. As deals were signed with the North East, then the South West, it seemed... |
business-18407137 | https://www.bbc.com/news/business-18407137 | BBA names Anthony Browne as its new chief executive | The British Bankers' Association (BBA) has announced that Anthony Browne, who currently works for Morgan Stanley, will be its next chief executive. | Mr Browne, who was a former adviser to London mayor Boris Johnson, will replace the current BBA head, Angela Knight, in September. Ms Knight announced in April that she would be standing down after five years in the post. The BBA is the industry body that represents the UK's banks. Mr Browne is currently Morgan Stanley... |
uk-23246052 | https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-23246052 | Analysis: Whole-life tariffs ruling could spark another huge row | The decision by the European Court of Human Rights' (ECtHR) Grand Chamber on the whole-life tariffs given to murderer Jeremy Bamber and two other killers is really important - both legally and politically. | Dominic CascianiHome affairs correspondent@BBCDomCon Twitter Let's start with the legals. Judges in England and Wales have the power to impose a whole-life tariff (WLT) on the most serious and dangerous of criminals. There are 49 such prisoners in the UK. They include the Moors Murderer Ian Brady, Rosemary West and the... |
world-asia-china-20338556 | https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-20338556 | Will China's Xi Jinping be different? | As Xi Jinping walked out to be presented as China's new leader, one thing was immediately clear to all of us waiting in the Great Hall of the People. His will be a different style of leadership from that of his predecessor Hu Jintao. | Damian GrammaticasChina correspondent Mr Xi was immediately more relaxed and at ease than the man he had just replaced as general secretary of China's Communist Party. Where Mr Hu often appeared stiff and wooden, Xi Jinping smiled and even apologised for keeping his audience waiting. If he was nervous or awed by the pr... |
uk-wales-north-east-wales-28901314 | https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-north-east-wales-28901314 | Flood-damaged coastal path reopens in Flintshire | Flood-damaged stretches of the Wales Coastal Path in Flintshire are re-opening after eight months of work. | Flintshire council closed sections of the trail after flood defences were breached in the winter storms. The final stretch at Panton Cop near Bagillt has now been repaired after the embankment was breached. Environment spokesman Councillor Bernie Attridge said: "It's great to see the path finally ready for the public t... |
world-middle-east-51032823 | https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-51032823 | Iran plane crash: The victims of Ukraine Flight PS752 | A Ukrainian Boeing 737-800 crashed shortly after take-off in Iran on Wednesday, killing all 176 people on board. | In total, 82 Iranians and 63 Canadians were on board the Kyiv-bound Ukraine International Airlines (UIA) Flight PS752, Ukraine's Foreign Minister Vadym Prystaiko said. There were also 11 victims - including nine crew members - from Ukraine, four Afghans, four Britons and three Germans. Iran's head of emergency operatio... |
uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-10683153 | https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-10683153 | Concerns aired on Aberdeen transport project delays | North east business leaders have signed an open letter to Scotland's transport minister over fears about delays to projects including the Aberdeen bypass. | The letter states the lack of progress over the planned bypass is a major concern and frustration. Those who have supported the letter to Stewart Stevenson include the chamber of commerce and harbour board. A Transport Scotland spokeswoman said they were fully committed to investing in the north east infrastructure. Ho... |
world-europe-guernsey-12002461 | https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-guernsey-12002461 | Alderney electricity price falls after payment | Alderney's electricity prices are to fall after the announcement that £200,000 will be paid towards energy costs by a tidal energy company. | Customers will see a reduction of three pence per unit after the first payment from Alderney Renewable Energy. The company will pay the sum on 1 January 2011, as part of its licence agreement, signed in 2008. The same payment will be made on an annual basis until the project is up and running. When the project is opera... |
uk-england-essex-55951814 | https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-essex-55951814 | Essex PFCC election: The candidates who say they will be standing | Voters will head to the polls on 6 May to elect Essex's Police, Fire, and Crime Commissioner (PFCC). | PCCs are elected as representatives who work to ensure police forces in England and Wales are running effectively. They replaced police authorities in 2012 and were intended to bring a public voice to policing. Elections were postponed in 2020 due to coronavirus but look set to go ahead this year. These are the candida... |
business-21690316 | https://www.bbc.com/news/business-21690316 | Will RBS sell Coutts? | Mervyn King's remarks that he wants to see RBS's poisonous and low quality assets hived off into a new so-called bad bank matter - but probably not in the way that seems most obvious. | Robert PestonEconomics editor Because that's not going to happen. My sources at the Treasury tell me that they are happy with RBS's current proposals to mend itself, which involve shrinking its investment bank and floating a share of its US retail bank, Citizens, on the stock market. However within a matter of days, Si... |
world-asia-50203096 | https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-50203096 | Essex lorry deaths: Agony builds for Vietnamese families | Inside the modest home of Le Van Ha there is wrenching despair, as his family tries to come to terms with the likelihood that he was inside the ill-fated container in Essex where 39 people were found dead. | By Jonathan HeadSouth East Asia correspondent His grandmother stares into space, covering her face with her hands. His wife Ha sits unspeaking, refusing the entreaties to eat something. His father Le Minh Tuan hugs his young grandson in desperation, and just weeps. Le Van Ha's story was, until the disastrous end of his... |
uk-52066673 | https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-52066673 | Coronavirus: Meet the ‘shielded’ enduring 12 weeks of isolation | While people in the UK are being told to stay at home to slow the spread of coronavirus, a significant minority must go even further, avoiding any close contact - even with loved ones - for 12 weeks. They are the so-called shielded. | By Joseph LeeBBC News Texts and letters arrived this week telling more than a million people in the UK to endure an extreme form of isolation for at least 12 weeks to “shield” them from the worst of the coronavirus outbreak. These “extremely vulnerable groups” include organ transplant recipients, some cancer patients, ... |
uk-45397495 | https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-45397495 | Child sexual exploitation: How big is the scale of online abuse? | The full scale of online child sexual exploitation is difficult to know. | By Reality Check teamBBC News Sites are often disguised to make them appear legal, or are hidden on the dark web, which enables people to act anonymously and untraceably online. The Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) found 78,589 individual web addresses worldwide showing images of child abuse in 2017. Of these, 274 were ... |
uk-england-merseyside-39517326 | https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-merseyside-39517326 | HMP Altcourse: Prison officer's neck 'slashed by inmate' | A prison officer has had his neck slashed by an inmate at a prison on Merseyside, the BBC understands. | The officer was taken to hospital where his condition was described as "stable", a Merseyside Police spokesman said. He said the force was investigating an "assault of a member of staff at HMP Altcourse on Wednesday". The BBC understands the attack took place in a transfer area and the inmate was on remand facing serio... |
uk-wales-50793483 | https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-50793483 | Snow and ice warning for Powys and north Wales | A Met Office weather warning for snow and ice has been issued for large parts of north and mid Wales. | Icy patches, with snow mainly on higher routes, may "cause tricky travel" it said. The yellow weather warning covers Conwy, Denbighshire, Flintshire, Gwynedd, Powys and Wrexham. Snow is most likely above 200 metres, the Met Office said. The warning is in place between 21:00 GMT on Saturday and 11:00 on Sunday. |
technology-29427299 | https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-29427299 | Tax and tech | Here are two indisputable truths. Governments love to cosy up to technology companies. And technology companies - much like any other business - hate paying tax. So the relationship between the two can be summed up as a Facebook status - it's complicated. | Rory Cellan-JonesTechnology correspondent@BBCRoryCJon Twitter This morning we have learned the extraordinary lengths governments can go to in order to persuade a giant American company to do business in its territory. The European Commission has published a letter setting out the reasons for its investigation into a ta... |
uk-england-south-yorkshire-55701842 | https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-55701842 | Doncaster: Man arrested after woman, 44, dies in Cantley | A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a 44-year-old woman died at a house in South Yorkshire. | Police were called to a home on Bardolf Road in Cantley, Doncaster at 16:20 GMT on Saturday. A 55-year-old man arrested on suspicion of murder was later released under investigation, South Yorkshire Police said. A post-mortem examination carried out on Sunday proved inconclusive, with further tests due to take place. T... |
uk-scotland-south-scotland-50247899 | https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-50247899 | Clarencefield crash leaves man in critical condition | A 37-year-old man is in a critical condition in hospital after a crash in Dumfries and Galloway. | His silver Ford Fiesta came off the road on the B724 west of Clarencefield at about 16:40 on Tuesday. Police said he had been taken to Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow for treatment to serious injuries. Sgt Jonathan Edgar said inquiries were at an early stage and urged any witnesses to come forward. |
science-environment-45784892 | https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-45784892 | Five things we have learned from the IPCC report | BBC environment correspondent Matt McGrath outlines five key takeaways from one of the most important reports on rising temperatures issued by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change . Their study, on the impacts and possible methods of keeping temperatures from warming by more than 1.5C, has just been launched i... | By Matt McGrathEnvironment correspondent, Incheon, South Korea It is 'seriously alarming' but surprisingly hopeful There's no doubt that this dense, science-heavy, 33-page summary is the most significant warning about the impact of climate change in 20 years. "It is seriously alarming," Amjad Abdulla, a lead author on ... |
world-asia-india-38011407 | https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-38011407 | Meet the 'money mules' of India's cash crisis | The Indian government's surprise decision to ban 500 and 1,000 rupee notes in a crackdown on corruption took 86% of money out of circulation in the largely cash economy. But some enterprising Indians are seeing opportunity amid the cash crisis , reports the BBC's Vikas Pandey. | "Are you looking to make your money legal?" a young man says, approaching me as I walk to a bank in Noida, a suburban area of Delhi. "It's very easy and we can finish our transaction right here, now are you interested?" Mukesh Kumar, 28, is not standing in the long queue outside the doors to the bank. He is one among m... |
uk-18877744 | https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-18877744 | G4S staff hit out over Olympics security 'shambles' | Security company G4S has been under fire since it emerged last week that it could not deliver enough guards for the London Olympics. Some of those who had signed up to work for the firm during the Games contacted the BBC in response to the criticism. | By Gerry HoltBBC News Last Wednesday, it emerged that the armed forces were on standby to provide an extra 3,500 troops to help with security at the London Games, amid fears that private contractor G4S would not be able to provide enough trained staff in time. Since then, government ministers have made emergency statem... |
uk-england-gloucestershire-53932322 | https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-gloucestershire-53932322 | Cheltenham fatal glider crash pilot was aged in his 90s | A glider pilot who died in a crash on a school playing field was aged in his 90s, police said. | He was pronounced dead at the scene after the aircraft "lost control and crashed" at St Edward's school in Cheltenham, on Wednesday at 13:20 BST. The other pilot in the two-seat glider suffered minor injuries and was treated at Bristol's Southmead Hospital. Gloucestershire Police said the Air Accidents Investigation Br... |
newsbeat-33223450 | https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-33223450 | Why the UK doesn't eat dog meat, but people in China do | A lamb and a puppy - both cute, right? | By Anna CollinsonNewsbeat reporter But why do some of us crave a slow-roasted lamb shank for Sunday lunch, and yet feel sick at the thought of any circumstance where we would have to eat dog? Compare that feeling to China, where it's thought around 10,000 dogs will be slaughtered as part of an annual dog meat festival ... |
magazine-38601603 | https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-38601603 | The man who sold his back to an art dealer | Tim Steiner has an elaborate tattoo on his back that was designed by a famous artist and sold to a German art collector. When Steiner dies his skin will be framed - until then he spends his life sitting in galleries with his shirt off. | By Harry LowBBC World Service "The work of art is on my back, I'm just the guy carrying it around," says the 40-year-old former tattoo parlour manager from Zurich. A decade ago, his then girlfriend met a Belgian artist called Wim Delvoye, who'd become well known for his controversial work tattooing pigs. Delvoye told h... |
uk-england-39489784 | https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-39489784 | The people who changed careers and never looked back | There was once a time when you left school and got a job for life. These days, many of us move around from post to post in the same industry, while others change careers completely. Five people who took the plunge and tried something new share their stories. | By Julia BrysonBBC News 'I was at a crossroads' SJ Watson was an audiology specialist before penning the international bestseller Before I Go To Sleep, which was turned into a Hollywood film. While working with hearing-impaired children at St Thomas's Hospital in London, he tried to write fiction in the evenings but as... |
uk-wales-22261664 | https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-22261664 | North Wales children's homes abuse: First Operation Pallial arrest | A man has been arrested as part of the investigation into historical child abuse in north Wales children's homes. | Police said a man had been arrested in Ipswich, Suffolk, on suspicion of serious sexual offences against a number of individuals. This is the first arrest under Operation Pallial, the independent investigation set up in November last year to examine the abuse allegations. The arrested man has been taken to a police sta... |
uk-wales-south-west-wales-34294389 | https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-south-west-wales-34294389 | £43,000 to promote peat bog sites in Carmarthenshire | Bronze Age finds in a bog are to be used to showcase historical habitats in Carmarthenshire. | The county council has helped to secure £43,000 to promote peatland sites near Brechfa and Llanfynydd. The Heritage Lottery Fund grant will allow Dyfed Archaeological Trust to work with schools exploring prehistoric round barrows on Mynydd Bach common. The public will be able to support further investigations on the si... |
uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-46671847 | https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-46671847 | Two in court over £1m of ecstasy in Aberdeen | Two men have appeared in court after ecstasy with an estimated street value of at least £1m was seized in Aberdeen. | Police said more than 45kg of MDMA was seized in the operation in the Rosemount area last week. Connor Holmes, 22, and Scott Roddie, 26, both of Aberdeen, appeared at the city's sheriff court to face Customs and Excise Management Act and Misuse of Drugs Act charges. Both men made no plea and were remanded in custody. |
world-europe-guernsey-13222691 | https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-guernsey-13222691 | Call for Aurigny to prove itself in Alderney | Aurigny needs to prove to islanders that it can offer a competitive and reliable air link, an Alderney States member has said. | It follows Blue Islands' announcement that it will pull out of the island in May, leaving Aurigny the only carrier. Paul Arditti said: "Aurigny have always said that Blue Islands were in the way of better services and most importantly lower fares. "Well now the spotlight is on Aurigny to bring those fares down." He sai... |
world-middle-east-29628653 | https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-29628653 | Analysis: Saudi Arabia faces complex regional challenges | Saudi Arabia - for years the world's biggest oil exporter, home of a long-ruling dynasty and key Western ally - is facing multiple challenges on its doorstep and is having to adapt, writes Gulf analyst Neil Partrick. | Since signing up to the US-led coalition against Islamic State (IS) in September, Saudi Arabia has been combating the extremist Sunni insurgent group in Syria with an uncharacteristically assertive military stance and PR campaign. Meanwhile, on its southern border - and much closer to home - its allies' control of Yeme... |
uk-england-gloucestershire-24106357 | https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-gloucestershire-24106357 | Restorative justice to be rolled out in Gloucestershire | The use of restorative justice for minor offences is to be rolled out across Gloucestershire after a successful trial. | The scheme enables victims of crime to meet offenders as part of their rehabilitation process. Hundreds of police officers will now be trained in the process, which has already been used in Cheltenham and the Cotswolds. A conference organised by Restorative Gloucestershire will take place later. The group is a partners... |
uk-england-leicestershire-50213871 | https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-leicestershire-50213871 | Man charged over fatal Leicester bus stop crash | A man has been charged with causing death by dangerous driving after a woman was hit by a car at a bus stop. | Annette Booth was stood in Woodgate, Leicester, when the car hit her at 23:10 BST on 29 September 2018. The 57-year-old was pronounced dead in hospital in Nottingham. Edgar Grisulis, 27, of Saxby Street, Leicester, who has also been charged with dangerous driving, is due to appear before magistrates in the city on 1 No... |
uk-northern-ireland-22618561 | https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-22618561 | Good Friday Agreement referendum: Unionists reflect 15 years on | Exactly 15 years ago - May 22 1998 - voters went to the polls to vote yes or no for the Good Friday Agreement. In the first of a two-part series, the BBC assesses the divisions that remain within unionism over the yes vote and where they are now. | By Martina PurdyBBC NI Political Correspondent It is 15 years since cheers filled Belfast's King's Hall when it was announced that 71% of people in Northern Ireland had voted yes to the Good Friday Agreement. While almost all nationalists and others were cheering, only about half the unionists were rejoicing. Indeed, t... |
world-us-canada-56177816 | https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-56177816 | Tiger Woods: The triumphs and troubles of golf superstar | Tiger Woods is in hospital after suffering multiple leg injuries in a car crash. Many from the golfing world and beyond are wishing him a swift and full recovery, but some fear this could mark the end of the 45-year-old's glittering career. | So what more do we know about the man considered by many to be the greatest golfer of all time? He was a child prodigy As young as 10 months, Wood's eye for a ball and an impressive swing had been spotted by his father Earl, who fashioned him a set of clubs and was his earliest teacher. At two, his potential was alread... |
33075556 | https://www.bbc.com/news/33075556 | Frozen food chain Iceland reports 'challenging year' | Flintshire-based food chain Iceland has reported a "challenging year", with earnings falling to £150.2m down from £202.2m the previous year. | Figures released on Wednesday show like-for-like sales up to 27 March were down 4.4%, partly due to the effect of stocking new stores. Iceland opened 28 new stores in the UK and Ireland during the year. Chief executive Malcolm Walker said: "This has been an exceptionally challenging year for the group." He added: "In t... |
uk-england-south-yorkshire-56738117 | https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-56738117 | Local elections 2021: How do South Yorkshire councils spend your money? | Local elections will be held in South Yorkshire on Thursday 6 May. | People in Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield can cast their ballot in the local council elections. Parish councillors and a poll for the Police and Crime Commissioner are also taking place across the county. Local authorities are funded by a variety of sources, including council tax, government grants and oth... |
world-europe-43168245 | https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-43168245 | The Czechoslovak spy who met Jeremy Corbyn | Much of the news in the UK this week has been driven by allegations by a former Czechoslovak spy that the opposition Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn was a paid informer for the country's communist era secret police, the StB. Mr Corbyn emphatically denies the claims. Indeed all the evidence suggests he was never anything mo... | By Rob CameronBBC News, Prague As I sat at my computer, poring over secret police files, I felt a sudden tug of nostalgia. The files were digital copies of reports written by StB officer Jan Sarkocy, sent to Britain in 1986 under diplomatic cover. When he met first Jeremy Corbyn, in November of that year, his business ... |
technology-40535712 | https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-40535712 | Tech Tent: Sexism in Silicon Valley | Silicon Valley and the wider tech industry have a problem with women. At least, that is what you might conclude after a week that has seen a leading tech investor resign after admitting his involvement in sexual harassment. | Rory Cellan-JonesTechnology correspondent@BBCRoryCJon Twitter On the Tech Tent podcast this week, we talk to two women who have been on the receiving end of that kind of behaviour and ask why the culture of Silicon Valley appears to be stuck in the last century. We also discuss a week that has seen the demise of the in... |
health-42602394 | https://www.bbc.com/news/health-42602394 | What is 'Aussie' flu and should we be worried? | The NHS is preparing itself for a bad flu season. | One of the strains circulating this year - H3N2 - has been dubbed Aussie flu because it is the same strain that recently caused big problems for Australia. Australia's 2017 flu season was the worst the country had experienced in nearly a decade. Experts are waiting to see if similar will happen in the UK, after a recen... |
world-us-canada-44074652 | https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-44074652 | Queer Eye couple Tom and Abby get remarried | A favourite Queer Eye couple have remarried in secret. | Tom Jackson and Abby Parr's romance was featured on the first episode of Netflix's rebooted version of the show. The 58-year-old's heartwarming episode, "you can't fix ugly," ended in a tearful conclusion as he was re-united with Abby after his makeover transformation. The pair, who had remained friends for 12 years, e... |
entertainment-arts-27608380 | https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-27608380 | Seth MacFarlane: From Family Guy to leading man | Seth MacFarlane is best known for creating long-running animations Family Guy and American Dad, as well as voicing many of the show's characters. He spoke to the BBC about his latest film, offending people and how the American press is losing its sense of humour. | By Genevieve HassanEntertainment reporter, BBC News "I like being involved in all aspects of a movie or TV show - if I'm involved in a project I'm either involved 150% or I've passed it off to someone else 150%," says Seth MacFarlane. He's not lying - not only did he co-write, produce and direct his latest film A Milli... |
business-43139535 | https://www.bbc.com/news/business-43139535 | The story of women's football in 10 objects | A hundred years ago, teams of women were playing in front of large crowds and making big money. Then the Football Association banned them from its grounds. Here's the story of the fall and rise of women's football, told through 10 objects collected by the National Football Museum. | By Bill WilsonBusiness reporter, BBC News "Complaints having been made as to football being played by women, the [FA] council feel impelled to express their strong opinion that the game of football is quite unsuitable for females and ought not to be encouraged. Complaints have also been made as to the conditions under ... |
sinhala.090102_tna_kilinochchi | https://www.bbc.com/sinhala/news/story/2009/01/090102_tna_kilinochchi | Bring in political solution - TNA | The Tamil National Alliance (TNA) has called on the authorities to bring in a political solution if the government is genuine in winning the hearts and minds of Sri Lankan Tamils. | TNA parliamentarian Chandrakanthan Chandraneru told BBC Sandeshaya that Tamil people will not gain anything from government capturing territory from the LTTE. He was responding to President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s announcement that government troops captured the former LTTE political headquarters, Kilinochchi. The security... |
magazine-39862225 | https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-39862225 | Was the Soviet James Bond Vladimir Putin's role model? | While generations of Westerners were growing up on the films of James Bond, Soviet citizens had their own favourite spy, a wartime agent who went under the name of Max Otto von Stierlitz. And it could easily have been Stierlitz who prompted Vladimir Putin to join the KGB, writes Dina Newman. | The USSR's answer to James Bond was a very different kind of spy. He had no time for women or gadgets. His life was devoted entirely to his work in Berlin in World War Two, where, under cover, he infiltrated the German high command. Stierlitz was the hero of a 12-part series, Seventeen Moments of Spring, screened on So... |
business-37694248 | https://www.bbc.com/news/business-37694248 | University opens without any teachers | A university without any teachers has opened in California this month. | By Matt Pickles . It's called 42 - the name taken from the answer to the meaning of life, from the science fiction series The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. The US college, a branch of an institution in France with the same name, will train about a thousand students a year in coding and software development by getti... |
uk-england-somerset-31301169 | https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-somerset-31301169 | Somerset floods one year on | A new exhibition profiles a number of Somerset residents whose lives were changed by months of flooding one year ago. Using images and interviews, families and individuals recount their experiences of the unprecedented events last year as large parts of the Somerset Levels spent much of the winter under water. | Photographer Matilda Temperley, who is from a family of cider brandy makers in the Thorney area, used her camera to document some of the lives that were most affected. The result was more than 1,000 images. "After the event people expect to get back to normal but it takes a really long time. There's so many things that... |
entertainment-arts-51574065 | https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-51574065 | The English Game: Netflix replays the birth of modern football | With elite football suspended because of the coronavirus, fans can still get their fix on TV - in the form of 1880s matches in a new Netflix drama from Downton Abbey creator Julian Fellowes about the men who sowed the seeds for the beautiful game. | By Ian YoungsEntertainment & arts reporter It's the 1883 FA Cup final, and Old Etonians captain Arthur Kinnaird wins the ball deep in his own half before running the length of the pitch, beating three opposition players and firing a screamer towards the top corner. He lets out a roar of celebration, followed by backsla... |
uk-england-hereford-worcester-39936368 | https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-hereford-worcester-39936368 | Droitwich train fall teenager in serious condition | A teenager who fell between a platform and train has suffered "life changing injuries" and remains seriously injured in hospital, transport police say. | London Midland said the 17-year-old lost an arm after becoming trapped next to one of its services at Droitwich on Friday, which then pulled away. He remains in a serious but stable condition in a Birmingham hospital, British Transport Police said. London Midland is liaising with the Rail Accident Investigation Branch.... |
health-26679220 | https://www.bbc.com/news/health-26679220 | Mother and daughter fight drug-resistant TB together | Nine-year-old Zethu and her mother Nonhlanhla Lukhele sit watching cartoons together in their home in Mbabane, Swaziland. In front of them is a powerful and toxic cocktail of drugs to treat the drug-resistant form of tuberculosis (TB) that has infected them both. | By Tulip MazumdarGlobal health reporter Each day they have to take about 40 pills between them. Nonhlanhla is also having daily painful injections. A side-effect is the loss of hearing. She is now deaf. "Well, you can't exactly communicate with her because she can't hear," says Zethu. "Whatever I try [to speak to her] ... |
blogs-trending-44965210 | https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-trending-44965210 | How the handmaid became an international protest symbol | Dozens of women march in silence through a rainy cityscape. Heads bowed, dressed in red cloaks and white bonnets, it looks like a scene from Gilead, the theocratic patriarchy Margaret Atwood created in dystopian 1985 novel The Handmaid's Tale. | By Chris BellBBC News But this is Buenos Aires. It is Wednesday, and the women involved are calling for abortion to be decriminalised in a country where complications arising from illegal abortion are a leading cause of maternal death. When they reach the Congress building in Argentina's capital, an activist reads a le... |
technology-44709534 | https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-44709534 | The world's first family to live in a 3D-printed home | A family in France has become the first in the world to move into a 3D-printed house. The four-bedroom property is a prototype for bigger projects aiming to make housebuilding quicker and cheaper. Could it cause a shift in the building industry? | By Michael CowanBBC's Victoria Derbyshire programme With curved walls designed to reduce the effects of humidity and digital controls for disabled people, this house could be an expensive realisation of an architect's vision. But having taken 54 hours to print - with four more months for contractors to add in things su... |
uk-54792108 | https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-54792108 | Grenfell Tower inquiry: Four possible reasons for the fire | Recently, the Grenfell Tower Inquiry had to be briefly suspended as protesters outside loudly demanded to know why 72 people lost their lives that night in June 2017, and why they hadn't received justice. | By Tom SymondsHome Affairs correspondent The final judgement will be for the inquiry, and possibly the courts. But at the end of weeks of hearings which have examined the refurbishment of the tower and its role in the disaster, it is now possible to piece together an account, from the evidence presented, of what could ... |
uk-43520534 | https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-43520534 | Russian spy: Inside UK lab that identified nerve agent | The UK's military research base at Porton Down has been at the heart of the investigation into what happened to Russian former spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia. The BBC has been granted exclusive access to the Wiltshire lab. | By Gordon CoreraSecurity correspondent The headquarters of the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL) at Porton Down is a sprawling campus. Stern warning signs and red flags make clear it is a sensitive facility as you approach. And beyond the security perimeter, there are buildings old and new, some with ope... |
uk-england-kent-38956281 | https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-kent-38956281 | G4S Medway unit: Serious case review launched | A serious case review is to be conducted into a young offenders centre in Kent that was at the centre of a BBC Panorama investigation. | The undercover investigation at the G4S-run Medway Secure Training Centre in Rochester resulted in allegations of abuse and mistreatment of youngsters. Several people were charged after the behind-the-scenes footage was aired. Medway Safeguarding Children Board said its review would look at how agencies linked to the c... |
world-asia-43251893 | https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-43251893 | Asma Jahangir: Who will succeed the woman who fought for Pakistan’s soul? | Last month one of modern Pakistan's most extraordinary women died. Tributes described Asma Jahangir as a champion of human rights and a defender of the oppressed. But it's hard to see who will now take on her fights, as the BBC's M Ilyas Khan reports. | It has been said that no combination of the tributes paid to Asma Jahangir can adequately define her, but perhaps the one that best encapsulates what it was like to come up against her was "street fighter". Pakistan in 2018 is a place which still faces many of the problems she spent decades fighting. It is a deeply div... |
uk-england-47292307 | https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-47292307 | 'My son killed himself after circumcision' | "It quickly became apparent that what had just happened was a catastrophe... I died in 2015, not now." | By Caroline LowbridgeBBC News Lesley Roberts was stunned as she read the devastating final email from her beloved son Alex Hardy. The email had been timed to arrive on 25 November 2017, 12 hours after he killed himself. Less than an hour before the email arrived, Lesley had opened her front door to find a police office... |
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