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world-middle-east-34115952 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-34115952 | Has Yemen war handed Aden to jihadists? | Unseen by most of the world, the once tranquil port of Aden is being steadily infiltrated by jihadists from both al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsular (AQAP) and the so-called Islamic State (IS). | By Frank GardnerBBC security correspondent They are not in charge of the city, the military forces of the UAE are. But in the last few days disturbing reports have emerged of the summary executions of prisoners by the jihadists, along with their black flags hoisted onto public buildings. The war in Yemen, now in its si... |
business-53156213 | https://www.bbc.com/news/business-53156213 | 'I've been stared at in disbelief when I introduce myself' | For the past five years BBC News has invited entrepreneurs to share their advice in a video series called CEO Secrets. Here, four black business founders who have been guests discuss how they feel their skin colour has affected the way they navigate the business world. | By Dougal ShawCEO Secrets series producer Ojoma Idegwu - I have to clarify I am who I 'claim' to be Ojoma, 37, is the founder of Dear Curves, a fashion label for plus-size women. She used to work on the shop floor in Topshop, but eventually took the plunge of starting her own fashion business. I must start off by makin... |
sinhala.041029_sb_amara | https://www.bbc.com/sinhala/news/story/2004/10/041029_sb_amara | No foreign travel for SB and Amara Piyaseeli | The Colombo Magistrate ruled that former ministers SB Dissanayake and Amara Piyaseeli Rathnayake and six others should refrain from leavening the island . | The Magistrate made this ruling after looking into chargers made by the police on misuse of funds allocated for "Samurdhi" projects. Approximately rupees three million had been allocated for two projects by then Samurdhi Affairs minister SB Dissanayake on the request of Women's Affairs minister Amara Piyaseeli Rathnaya... |
uk-wales-politics-30438526 | https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-politics-30438526 | Plaid MP would back 'issue-by-issue' deal with Labour | How many parties does it take to form a government? | David CornockParliamentary correspondent, Wales The answer next May could be more than two. UKIP's rise and the SNP surge have helped make the election the most unpredictable in living memory (a phrase you may hear again in the next 146 days). Neither of the two largest parties looks capable of winning a majority and t... |
technology-28582479 | https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-28582479 | Why your washing machine is a security risk | "Hello! Do you need any help, sir?" | By Mark WardTechnology correspondent, BBC News "No thanks, I'm just browsing." This is a lie. I am not just browsing. I am trying to make a smart washing machine on display in this electronics store cough up its deepest secrets. On this model, that means I need to simultaneously press a couple of buttons on the control... |
business-31044818 | https://www.bbc.com/news/business-31044818 | When 40% revenue growth isn’t enough | Alibaba, the world's largest e-commerce firm, has reported annual revenue growth of 40% in its debut report since its record-breaking share flotation. That would be impressive for most companies, but the $4.2bn earned fell short of analysts' expectations of $4.4bn. | Linda YuehChief business correspondent However, earnings per share beat consensus forecasts at 81 cents versus 75 cents, and the margin on earnings rose to 58% from 50.5%. Alibaba says that gross merchandise sales volumes rose by 49% with active buyers up 45% from a year earlier on its Chinese retail sites. Notably, mo... |
uk-england-cumbria-21813425 | https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cumbria-21813425 | Cumbria charities and trust open £50,000 health hub | A new £50,000 health hub has been opened in Cumbria. | The Gateway Centre at Gillingate in Kendal, was built after receiving £50,000 of funding from Cumbria Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. The centre brings together five local charities and the trust under one roof to offer health advice to residents. Lord Lieutenant Claire Hensman, who opened the centre, said it was a "... |
magazine-33344898 | https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-33344898 | How I was de-radicalised | It's become known as the Aarhus Model, a programme designed in Denmark's second city to dissuade young people from going to fight for al-Qaeda or Islamic State. Thirty travelled to Syria in 2013 but only two so far this year - and only one in 2014. Ahmed is one young man who was convinced, a few years ago, to draw back... | By Tim ManselBBC World Service, Aarhus We meet in a large, loud, busy Turkish restaurant on the edge of the city, but we don't stay long. There are two of them - we'll call them Ahmed and Mahmoud - and what we have to talk about demands a measure of privacy. Mahmoud drives us to a large hotel, where we sit down in a qu... |
uk-scotland-34489496 | https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-34489496 | The role of Scottish women in the suffragette movement | From throwing an egg at Winston Churchill, to a huge suffrage march in Edinburgh, to the horrors of force-feeding, Scotland's suffragettes and the more gradualist suffragists were an important part of the fight for women's votes. | By Gillian SharpeBBC Scotland As the film "Suffragette," opens in British cinemas there is renewed attention on that struggle, one in which Scotland played a vital part. "For a long time the suffrage movement, as far as history is concerned was located in London and the national leadership was located there too," says ... |
world-us-canada-54483973 | https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-54483973 | Michigan 'plot': Who are the US militia groups? | The FBI says it has foiled a plot to abduct Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer by six men involved with an armed militia group. The governor had become a target of anti-government outrage after enacting strict social distancing measures since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic. | The men discussed murdering "tyrants" and trying the governor for "treason", according to court documents. They met repeatedly over the summer for arms training and combat drills, the FBI said, and co-ordinated surveillance around the governor's vacation home. And they are among a growing number of paramilitary groups ... |
world-middle-east-40744608 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-40744608 | Yemen conflict: A nation's agony as cholera and hunger spread | Amid UN warnings of the dire humanitarian situation in Yemen, the BBC's Orla Guerin has overcome attempts by Saudi Arabia to block her team from entering the country and has seen for herself the depth of the suffering. | Yemen's health, water and sanitation systems are collapsing after two years of war between government forces - backed by a Saudi-led coalition carrying out air strikes - and the rebel Houthi movement. The conflict and a blockade imposed by the coalition have triggered a humanitarian disaster, leaving 70% of the populat... |
uk-england-cornwall-57189361 | https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cornwall-57189361 | Inquest opened into death of baby at Cornwall campsite | An inquest has opened into the death of a one-year-old girl who died after being hit by a car at a campsite. | Josephine Gordon from Cotgrave in Nottinghamshire died on 12 May at Trethvas Farm, on the Lizard, in Cornwall. Devon and Cornwall Police previously said the girl was hit by a car towing a caravan. Emergency services, including the air ambulance, were called to the campsite but she died at the scene. Follow BBC News Sou... |
uk-england-somerset-22038055 | https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-somerset-22038055 | Bath bus gate traffic restriction decision due | A decision on plans for a second bus gate in Bath city centre is expected to be made by councillors on Wednesday. | The proposal is to ban all vehicles other than buses and taxis using the eastbound side of Dorchester Street for an 18-month trial period. The carriageway between St James Parade and the railway station would become a bus lane between 10:00 and 16:00 BST under the new scheme. The local authority believes the £20,000 sc... |
uk-wales-north-east-wales-39485087 | https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-north-east-wales-39485087 | Wrexham 'murder': Nicholas Churton suffered 'head trauma' | A former wine bar owner who is believed to have been murdered, died from head trauma, an inquest has heard. | Nicholas Anthony Churton, 67, was found dead at an address in Crescent Close, Wrexham, at 08:20 BST last Monday. An inquest into his death was opened and adjourned on Monday, with the provisional cause of death detailed. Jordan Davidson, 25, will appear before Mold Crown Court on Tuesday charged with murder, robbery, b... |
world-56390772 | https://www.bbc.com/news/world-56390772 | Sri Lanka adoption: The babies who were given away | Thousands of Sri Lankan babies were put up for adoption between the 1960s and 1980s - some of them sold by "baby farms" to prospective parents across Europe. The Netherlands, which accepted many of those infants, has recently suspended international adoptions following historical allegations of coercion and bribery. As... | By Saroj PathiranaBBC World Service Indika Waduge remembers the red car driving off with his mother and sister, Nilanthi, inside. He and his other sister Damayanthi stayed at home and waited for their mother to return. When she came back the next day, she was alone. "When we said goodbye to each other I never thought N... |
uk-scotland-54753318 | https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-54753318 | Your pictures of Scotland 30 October - 6 November | A selection of your pictures of Scotland sent in between 30 October and 6 November. Send your photos to scotlandpictures@bbc.co.uk. Please ensure you adhere to the BBC's rules regarding photographs which can be found here. | Please also ensure you follow current coronavirus guidelines and take your pictures safely and responsibly. Conditions of use: If you submit an image, you do so in accordance with the BBC's terms and conditions. Please ensure that the photograph you send is your own and if you are submitting photographs of children, we... |
world-europe-29794234 | https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-29794234 | Balancing act for Ukraine's Petro Poroshenko | Ukraine's snap parliamentary election on Sunday resulted in a massive shift in the political landscape, creating for the first time what appears to be a pro-Western majority backing wide-ranging reforms. | By David SternBBC News, Kiev But the extent of this revolution at the ballot box is still unclear. The vote could produce a steam-roller super majority of two-thirds of the deputies for President Petro Poroshenko. Or it could prepare the ground for even more political turmoil. At the moment, pro-government parties have... |
world-europe-isle-of-man-30018154 | https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-isle-of-man-30018154 | Flybe announces Isle of Man to London Stansted route for 2015 | Flybe has announced it will operate a new service between the Isle of Man's Ronaldsway airport and London Stansted in 2015. | The Exeter-based airline said it will operate "up to three times a day" from 15 March. Flybe's chief commercial officer Paul Simmons said bolstering regional connectivity is their number one aim. The company also announced extra flights from Stansted to Newcastle and Newquay. A spokeswoman for the Isle of Man airport s... |
magazine-36301098 | https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-36301098 | Barred from voting on their own future | About three million people living in the UK are citizens of another EU country. Many have lived here for decades and count Britain as their home, but they can't vote in the referendum on whether to remain in the European Union. So what do they make of the vote? | Carla Herbertson, from the Netherlands: I came here as an au-pair when I was 17 and then returned after university to work as a journalist. I married an Englishman and have two children who are six and three. They are both British citizens but I'm still Dutch. I'm so against leaving Europe out of principle. I was able ... |
business-37784082 | https://www.bbc.com/news/business-37784082 | Bollywood drama in the boardroom: The Tata troubles | It's the stuff Bollywood blockbusters are made of: Big boss hires an outsider as new chairman to run family empire. Said outsider tries to change big boss's strategy and do things his way - getting rid of the projects close to big boss's heart. | Karishma VaswaniAsia business correspondent@KarishmaBBCon Twitter He eventually gets unceremoniously dumped, and family empire is back in the hands of big boss - at least, for four months until a new leader is found. Except that this time - the ousted chairman has struck back - via email. All of this is a bit tongue-in... |
world-europe-32396080 | https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-32396080 | Armenian tragedy still raw in Turkey 100 years on | Sevag Balikci never got to see his new bedroom. | By Mark LowenBBC News, Istanbul His family, ethnic Armenians from Turkey, moved into their Istanbul apartment at the start of 2011. Sevag was finishing his military service in the south-east. On 24 April, aged 25, he was shot dead by a fellow recruit. The judge called it an accident, sentencing the killer to four years... |
world-europe-guernsey-28184530 | https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-guernsey-28184530 | Guernsey States to clear contaminated soil | Work to remove soil in a field off Forest Road, Guernsey, that was contaminated by a firefighting chemical will start in the next few months. | Public Services says traces of Perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS) were found in ground water at the site. Officials say they want the chemical gone to protect water supplies. The contamination dates to 1999, when a cargo plane carrying newspapers crashed on approach to Guernsey airport. Two pilots died. |
magazine-27796276 | https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-27796276 | No ordinary newspaper | The News of the World wasn't an ordinary newspaper when Andy Coulson was its editor. It had another team you didn't find in your average tabloid newsroom. | Dominic CascianiHome affairs correspondent@BBCDomCon Twitter Alongside the news reporters and feature writers, there was a department of criminality - a conspiracy at the heart of his newspaper to get the story at any cost. The conspiracy reached the parts of people's private lives that the competition couldn't even kn... |
uk-england-northamptonshire-53452907 | https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-northamptonshire-53452907 | Coronavirus: Northampton food bank sees demand rocket | Tens of thousands of people rely on food banks each week for basic provisions, but lockdown forced many to close just as they were needed most. One centre in Northampton remained open against the odds. BBC News spoke to its users and volunteers. | By Craig Lewis and Orla MooreBBC News It's just gone 10:00 BST and outside one of the units at Weston Favell Shopping Centre, a queue is starting to form. In its previous life as a Next store, that was nothing unusual, but now people are lining up not for fashion bargains but that most basic of essentials: food. Twice ... |
uk-england-london-35920299 | https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-35920299 | What is it like selling sex in London? | Ending the criminalisation of soliciting for sex in England and Wales could lead to one of the most tectonic shifts in how prostitution is seen in society since it was first made illegal nearly 200 years ago. But what is it like to sell your body for sex in London? | By Pippa StephensBBC News, London On Friday a cross-party group of senior MPs called for soliciting by sex workers to be decriminalised in what would be radical changes to the laws on prostitution. This will most likely be welcome news to London's estimated 32,000 sex workers who, charities say, are less safe as a resu... |
in-pictures-54362835 | https://www.bbc.com/news/in-pictures-54362835 | Your pictures on the theme of 'open road' | We asked our readers to send in their pictures on the theme of "open road". Here are some of the pictures sent to us from around the world. | The next theme is "life in the water" and the deadline for entries is 13 October 2020. Send pictures to yourpics@bbc.co.uk or follow the link below to "Upload your pictures here". Further details and terms can be found by following the link to "We set the theme, you take the picture", at the bottom of the page. All pho... |
uk-wales-mid-wales-30924896 | https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-mid-wales-30924896 | Jobs at risk as three Powys schools recommended for closure | Three Powys secondary schools should be shut and the number of sixth-forms in the county cut to just six, according to a report being considered by the authority. | The education review also wants to establish at least one Welsh medium secondary school in the county. It is understood that the report compiled by Price Waterhouse Cooper would put 97 jobs at risk. The review will be considered by the council's cabinet on 27 January. "The review provides us with clear evidence that we... |
uk-england-essex-40725928 | https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-essex-40725928 | 'Gosh, a woman with a comic shop' | If you believe superheroes are just for men and boys, Holly Ringsell would urge you to think again. The pioneering 26-year-old, who runs her own comic book shop, lifts the lid on what it's like being a woman in what is traditionally a male-dominated environment. | By Laurence CawleyBBC News The delivery man arrives with a large cardboard box. Following him through Dark Side Comics in Chelmsford is the fluorescent-haired Miss Ringsell. She beckons him towards the rear of the store, where there's enough space to put the box down on the floor. The delivery man has to steal Miss Rin... |
uk-northern-ireland-47472435 | https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-47472435 | Bloody Sunday: The victims | Thirteen people were shot dead when soldiers opened fire on marchers during a civil rights march in Londonderry on 30 January 1972. | It became known as Bloody Sunday and these are the victims: Patrick Doherty Married father-of-six Patrick Doherty, known as Paddy, was 31 years old when he joined the march. He worked in the city's Du Pont factory and was an active member of the Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association. Mr Doherty died as he was tryin... |
uk-scotland-glasgow-west-52261898 | https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-52261898 | One of Scotland's Dunkirk veterans hits the century | One of Scotland's Dunkirk veterans is celebrating his 100th birthday. | Harry Osborne served as a gunner in the Royal Artillery and was deployed to France in January 1940. A planned party to mark his 100th birthday had to be cancelled because of the coronavirus outbreak. However, the occasion will still be marked at the care home in Troon, South Ayrshire where Mr Osborne lives. |
world-europe-isle-of-man-34796705 | https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-isle-of-man-34796705 | Flybe axes Isle of Man to London Stansted service | Flybe has confirmed plans to end its service between the Isle of Man and London Stansted, less than a year since it was launched. | The Exeter-based airline has been operating up to three flights a week since introducing the route in March. Flybe's chief commercial officer Paul Simmons said passenger numbers made the flights harder to justify environmentally and economically. Flights will cease from 26 March 2016. Other routes are unaffected. Route... |
uk-england-south-yorkshire-53538586 | https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-53538586 | Doncaster man arrested after dog punched in face | A man has been arrested after a video appeared on social media showing a dog being punched in the face. | Police said the 26-year-old, who is from Doncaster, had been released under investigation. The welfare of the dog has been checked and it has been removed from his custody, South Yorkshire Police said. The investigation was prompted after graphic footage of the incident was widely shared on Friday and appeared in sever... |
uk-england-suffolk-27507996 | https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-suffolk-27507996 | Great Blakenham tomato greenhouses approved | A £30m tomato-growing centre which could create about 250 jobs in Suffolk has been given the go-ahead. | Two giant greenhouses covering nearly 50 acres (20 hectares) of land are due to be built next to the B1113 between Great Blakenham and Bramford. Tomato producer Sterling Suffolk claims the site could produce about 10% of all tomatoes grown in Britain - about 7,000 tonnes a year. Mid Suffolk District councillors approve... |
magazine-37620366 | https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-37620366 | Full refund: How good is your recall of these product recalls? | Samsung has ceased production of its Galaxy Note 7 phone after reports that the device was catching fire. | It's not the first time a company has been forced to give up on a product, or ask for it back. How much do you recall about these product recalls? And if you missed last week's 7 days quiz, try it here Picture credits : 2 - SPL; 3, 5 - Getty Images; 1, 4 - PA; 6 - Trading Standards; 7 - iStock Join the conversation - f... |
world-europe-jersey-17272604 | https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-jersey-17272604 | Jersey police burn drug seizures in incinerator | Jersey Police have destroyed hundreds of thousands of pounds worth of drugs in the incinerator in St Helier. | This included six of bags of illegal drugs - including quantities of heroin, cocaine and ecstasy - and three bags full of prescription drugs. They came from raids across the island and destroying them meant heating the drugs to more than 1,100C (2012F). Police said burning drugs and destroying the gas they create was a... |
world-asia-43806930 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-43806930 | North and South Korea: The petty side of diplomacy | North and South Korea are preparing for their first summit in just over a decade. After years of frosty relations and belligerent rhetoric, this is being hailed as a rare and hopeful moment by South Korean politicians. | By Yvette TanBBC News As a peace treaty was never signed after the end of the Korean War in 1953, the neighbours do not have formal relations. The "Sunshine Policy" of re-engagement with the North from the late 1990s earned one leader a Nobel Peace prize, but broke down within a decade as South Korean politics changed ... |
world-us-canada-51197129 | https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-51197129 | Why Australia probably doesn't need more koala mittens | Canadian volunteers are sending six airplanes full of handmade goods and medical supplies to help the animals injured in Australia's wildfires. But officials are worried that a deluge of good intentions could spark a "second disaster". | By Robin Levinson-KingBBC News, Toronto When Canadian Brianna MacDonald found herself confronted by the devastation of the bushfires over Christmas, she decided she had to do something to help the wildlife in her adopted home of Australia, where she has lived for seven years. Along with her mother and two sisters back ... |
uk-england-birmingham-45727401 | https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-birmingham-45727401 | Teenager charged with murder of Arthur Gumbley | A teenager has been charged with the murder of an 87-year-old man who died after a violent break-in at his home. | Arthur "Bob" Gumbley died in hospital three weeks after he was attacked during a burglary in Endwood Drive, Sutton Coldfield, on 21 November 2017. Police said Jason Wilsher, 19, of Barlestone Road, Bagworth, has been charged with Mr Gumbley's murder. Mr Wilsher is due to appear at Newcastle-under-Lyme Magistrates' Cour... |
uk-northern-ireland-politics-30146988 | https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-politics-30146988 | Peter Robinson says he will support any future DUP leader | Peter Robinson has said he will give full support to whoever eventually succeeds him as DUP leader. | Mr Robinson, who is 66 next month, will address his party's annual conference on Saturday. Asked whether he plans to step down as DUP leader after next May's Westminster election, Mr Robinson reiterated that he has no particular timescale in mind. He told BBC Radio Ulster's Inside Politics any future leadership change ... |
world-asia-27545079 | https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-27545079 | Afghan Notebook: From Kabul to Calais | About 200 Afghans are among almost 1,000 migrants living in squalid conditions in the French port city of Calais, just across the English Channel from Britain. BBC Afghan's Bashir Bakhtyar met several of them when he went to report on their informal camps. Among them was the man who grabbed the headlines this month whe... | Home for the Calais Afghans is a filthy camp of plastic bags and sheets on a disused railway line, without water, power or even enough food. Their illegal settlement lies just a few hundred metres from where the big ferries take hundreds of passengers back and forth between France and the UK. It's a desperate and frust... |
10207079 | https://www.bbc.com/news/10207079 | Demolition work after Shrewsbury explosion | Work is under way to demolish a Shrewsbury building which was badly damaged by a suspected gas explosion. | The blast at the corner of Bridge Street and Smithfield Road on 3 January injured 12 people and closed parts of the town centre for more than a month. Work by Bristol company Bensons will take about four weeks to complete and road closures have not been planned. The Health and Safety Executive is trying to find out the... |
uk-england-derbyshire-31531920 | https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-derbyshire-31531920 | Lost Royal Shrovetide Football ball found in hedge | A ball that disappeared in the middle of Royal Shrovetide Football, bringing the game to a confused end, has been discovered lodged in a hedge. | The annual game is played between Up'ards and Down'ards in Ashbourne, Derbyshire, over two days. This year, the Up'ards took the honours on Tuesday but Wednesday's game ended when the ball was lost in Mayfield. Some suspected foul play but organisers said it was an "ill-fated attempt" to launch the ball towards goal. S... |
world-south-asia-20631402 | https://www.bbc.com/news/world-south-asia-20631402 | Viewpoint: Pakistan seeks Afghan talks between government, Taliban and US | Pakistan's military has undergone a dramatic shift in policy in recent weeks, writes journalist and author Ahmed Rashid. After a decade spent allowing the Afghan Taliban sanctuary and freedom to sustain its insurgency in Afghanistan, it is now pushing for peace talks between the Taliban, the Afghan government and the A... | Pakistan's change of heart - if sustained - could open up several new tracks in the peace process, bring about a ceasefire with the Taliban, encourage a wider regional settlement and improve Islamabad's own fraught relations with Washington. Most significantly, a ceasefire and peace talks with the Taliban could dramati... |
uk-england-birmingham-17180870 | https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-birmingham-17180870 | European librarians visit Birmingham's £189m facility | More than 250 senior librarians from Europe are gathering in Birmingham to discuss the future of library services. | As well as meeting at the Town Hall, visitors will see progress on the £189m library being built in Centenary Square. The 10-storey development, which will have an outdoor amphitheatre, is due to open next year. The site will also include a theatre, recording studio and free access to the National Film Archive. |
uk-wales-mid-wales-32223574 | https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-mid-wales-32223574 | Aberystwyth Town FC's flats plan approved | Plans to build 33 flats alongside Aberystwyth Town FC's stadium have been given the go-ahead. | The sale of land next to the ground at Park Avenue for social housing along with match funding from the Football Association of Wales will allow the club to install a 3G pitch. The club and housing association Tai Ceredigion originally wanted to build 80 flats and create a new 500-seater stand along with a new clubhous... |
world-europe-11027288 | https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-11027288 | Q&A: France Roma expulsions | France is controversially deporting Romanian and Bulgarian Roma (Gypsies) as part of a crackdown on illegal camps in the country. The trigger was a clash in July between French Roma and police in the town of Saint Aignan. France's deportations have been widely criticised in the EU. | What prompted the latest government action? In July, dozens of French Roma armed with hatchets and iron bars attacked a police station, hacked down trees and burned cars in the small Loire Valley town of Saint Aignan. The riot erupted after a gendarme shot and killed a French Roma, 22-year-old Luigi Duquenet, who offic... |
business-44054906 | https://www.bbc.com/news/business-44054906 | Customer choice under threat at Britain's banks | Until this year, things were looking up for the new generation of banks trying to make their way in Britain's notoriously tough banking market. But the woes of TSB have raised a question mark over their future. | By Jamie RobertsonBusiness reporter, BBC News The financial crisis massively reduced the choices available to British customers, as weaker banks and building societies were forced to merge with stronger rivals. By 2011, the biggest four banks had more than three-quarters of all current accounts. The answer was to promo... |
business-35251692 | https://www.bbc.com/news/business-35251692 | UK economy: George Osborne's warnings explained | Chancellor George Osborne has warned that 2016 looks like serving up a "dangerous cocktail" that needs to be carefully avoided to ensure the UK economy is not left unsteady on its feet. What - according to the chancellor - are the key ingredients of this cocktail? | By John HandBBC News Danger! The slowing global economy If you listen to the welter of weighty analysis and surveys, you'll be fairly convinced by now that 2016 will see global economies stumble compared to more recent times. The World Bank said on Wednesday it had revised its forecast for the global economy to expand ... |
newsbeat-53888269 | https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-53888269 | Everything Everything: The kings of bizarre DIY music videos | They say you should learn from your mistakes. | By Will ChalkNewsbeat reporter When that mistake was spending £15,000 building and blowing up a giant sand sculpture of a woolly mammoth, the lesson for Everything Everything was clear. "The dynamite went off and the head just slowly slid to the floor, it was the most anti-climactic thing," laughs singer Jonathan Higgs... |
uk-england-cambridgeshire-43142006 | https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-43142006 | Peterborough woman stuck up tree in botched cat rescue | A woman who attempted to retrieve a cat from a tree had to be rescued herself after getting stuck while climbing. | The unnamed woman was trying to reach a kitten called Bella from the garden of a house in Morland Court, Peterborough. Firefighters had to be called and rescued both cat and owner on Tuesday. Both were unharmed. A spokeswoman for Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Service said people should not "risk their own lives" to sa... |
world-us-canada-47857494 | https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-47857494 | Citizen firefighters combat blazes in California's 'forgotten canyon' | For several consecutive years, fires have devastated the Californian coast, and the fire service is under increasing pressure with fewer resources. One former firefighter is setting up his own fire crew, but is that the right approach? | By Lucy SherriffBBC News Eric Beninger, who lives in Palo Colorado Canyon in Big Sur, saw many of his neighbours' homes destroyed by the 2016 Soberanes fire, one of the most expensive wildfires in US history. The 2017 wildfire season was one of the worst in the state's history, with more than 9,000 fires burning 1.2 mi... |
world-europe-isle-of-man-37154170 | https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-isle-of-man-37154170 | Isle of Man General Election 2016: Deadline for Keys candidates nears | Candidates intending to stand in the Isle of Man's general election have until Wednesday to register. | About 60 people are expected to contest the 24 available seats in the House of Keys - Tynwald's lower house. This year two MHKs will elected from each of the 12 constituencies following a reform of the Isle of Man's electoral boundaries. Those looking to win election to the world's oldest continuous parliament must reg... |
uk-england-hampshire-11208362 | https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-hampshire-11208362 | New £34m revamp at Southampton City College | A £34m redevelopment of Southampton City College has been unveiled to students on the first day of the new academic year. | Two new buildings opened at the further education college, which caters for 16-to-18-year-olds and adult learners. The development includes a 240-seat theatre, a hair and beauty salon, restaurant and kitchens, a TV studio, lecture theatre and seminar rooms. The work is the final stage of eight years of redevelopment co... |
world-us-canada-43966855 | https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-43966855 | On the battle lines over US abortion | Organisations that offer or mention abortion to their patients will lose federal funding under new plans being drawn up by President Trump's team. One clinic and its foes consider what's next in America's polarised abortion debate. | Valeria PerassoSocial Affairs correspondent, WS Languages Ten women walk along a busy, fluorescent-lit corridor. Undressed from the waist down, they wear big white sheets knotted over their hips, as they make their way to the "relaxation room", a windowless space, equipped with large sofas and a TV. There they wait for... |
world-asia-india-47823588 | https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-47823588 | The couples on the run for love in India | Most Indian families still prefer marriages arranged within their religion and caste. Marriages outside these rigid boundaries have often led to violent consequences, including "honour" killings. But some young Indians are still willing to defy their families and communities for love, reports the BBC's Divya Arya. | Ravindra Parmar knew that pursuing a relationship with an upper-caste woman would be dangerous. He is a Dalit (formerly known as "untouchable"), a caste that sits at the lowest rung of India's social ladder. The woman he fell in love with, Shilpaba Upendrasinh Vala, is a Rajput - a Hindu warrior caste near the apex of ... |
uk-wales-politics-46618507 | https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-politics-46618507 | Mark Drakeford: From Latin degree to Wales' leader | After years at the heart of government, Mark Drakeford today starts in the top job. BBC Wales' political correspondent Daniel Davies has spoken to friends, colleagues and opponents of the Welsh Labour leader about his politics, personality and the sort of first minister he will be. | Mark Drakeford's political awakening came early. Nationalist fervour swept his home town of Carmarthen when Gwynfor Evans was elected as Plaid Cymru's first MP in 1966. At grammar school, Mr Drakeford remembers groups of pupils marching around chanting political slogans. English-only road signs lay piled on the ground,... |
uk-england-nottinghamshire-50250892 | https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-50250892 | The commuter cats who became fur-mous | A cat called Benton has won carriage-loads of fans, thanks to his propensity for hanging around tram stops. But Benton is just one of a long line of cats who have rubbed shoulders with commuters, some prompting bestselling books and coming within a whisker of a film deal. BBC News meets the cats who don't have a ticket... | By Gavin BevisBBC News A social media thread a few weeks ago about a cat called Benton - who likes hanging out at the Inham Road tram stop in Beeston, Nottinghamshire - sparked a huge response. His owner Ginny Hicks, who lives near the stop, wrote: "I'm increasingly aware that many of you have met (and I hope are fond ... |
uk-wales-south-west-wales-30196411 | https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-south-west-wales-30196411 | DVLA marks 25 years of personalised registration plates | The DVLA has raised more than £2bn for the Treasury in 25 years of selling personalised registration plates. | To mark the occasion, the Swansea-based agency is holding its 150th auction on Wednesday when several Welsh-themed registration plates will go under the hammer. Patriotic motorists can get their hands plates including WEL 55H, CY07 MRU and WA11 LES. Since 1989, the DVLA has sold more than 4.2 million registrations. Amo... |
world-28679020 | https://www.bbc.com/news/world-28679020 | Surrogate babies: Where can you have them, and is it legal? | The case of Gammy, a baby with Down's syndrome who was born to a Thai surrogate mother and allegedly left behind by the intended Australian parents, has caused international controversy. Where do people go to arrange for surrogate babies, and is it legal? | By Helier CheungBBC News What is surrogacy? Surrogacy is where a woman becomes pregnant with the intention of handing over the child to someone else after giving birth. Generally, she carries the baby for a couple or parent who cannot conceive a child themselves - they are known as "intended parents". There are two for... |
magazine-32718813 | https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-32718813 | The country that blends endangered frogs | Peru is one of the most biodiverse nations on earth. Its weird and wonderful wildlife makes it a hotspot for the illegal trade in live animals - and the country's ecological police are struggling to cope. Some readers may find parts of this story disturbing. | By Linda PresslyBBC News, Lima On a counter at the popular Mayorista market in Lima, stand two small, glass aquariums, containing dozens of toads and frogs. The frogs are from the Andes mountains, and some of the species are endangered. The stallholder works quickly, taking orders from a stream of customers who perch o... |
magazine-37708233 | https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-37708233 | Paedophile hunters: Should police be working with vigilantes? | Paedophile hunters who pose as children to snare potential child abusers are increasingly working with law enforcers. They claim to have helped secure more than 90 convictions so far. But should we be relying on vigilantes to do the police's work? | By Alex Bish & Matt DavisonBBC News In the car park of a DIY superstore situated on the edge of the London commuter belt, a very 21st Century law enforcement scenario is waiting to be played out. A "sting" has been prepared over the course of several weeks. The target - a businessman with three children. But instead of... |
world-europe-jersey-12166452 | https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-jersey-12166452 | Jersey hospital cancels 13 non-urgent operations | A number of operations had to be cancelled at Jersey General Hospital due to a large number of patients needing intensive care beds. | There were 13 non-urgent operations cancelled on Monday, the hospital said. The Jersey health service said it needed to make sure anaesthetists who provide intensive care support were available. It said they were rescheduling all the operations and no other appointments were affected. The hospital said one person was m... |
uk-england-norfolk-43700933 | https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-norfolk-43700933 | Driver with baby clocked doing 105mph on A11 at Wymondham | Police officers who clocked a motorist doing 105mph were "shocked" to find a baby in the front passenger seat of the car. | The driver of the Vauxhall Insignia was stopped by officers from the Norfolk and Suffolk roads policing team on Sunday at about 19:15 BST. On social media, the team said the 12-month-old baby was strapped in a car seat in the front of the vehicle. A force spokeswoman said the driver had been reported for speeding offen... |
world-asia-51716474 | https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-51716474 | How Malaysia’s government collapsed in two years | It was seen as a historic turning point - an election that overturned a party which had been in power for more than 60 years. But less than two years later, the new government is out, and the old ruling party back in power. So why did a coalition whose victory had ignited such hopes for change in Malaysia collapse so q... | By Jonathan HeadSouth East Asia correspondent Malaysia has a new prime minister after a week of unprecedented political turmoil and uncertainty. Muhyiddin Yassin is an unassuming career politician who was ejected from the then-government party Umno in 2016. He joined forces with political heavyweights Mahathir Mohammad... |
uk-53635932 | https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-53635932 | Coronavirus: The childcare 'jigsaw' parents are facing this summer | With kids off school and lockdown easing, childcare has become a summer issue for many parents returning to work. There have been warnings of a "perfect storm" for working parents - of rising costs and providers closing. So how are parents managing? | By Hazel ShearingBBC News "I absolutely love my job," says 32-year-old Sharleen Smith, from Great Yarmouth. "I want to do my work." Sharleen hated working from home during lockdown and was delighted to return to her magazine's office last month. But as the summer holidays approached, she became increasingly concerned a... |
world-africa-11099949 | https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-11099949 | Obituary: Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe's first post-independence leader | As independent Zimbabwe's first prime minister, and later its president, Robert Mugabe promised democracy and reconciliation. | But the hope that accompanied independence in 1980 dissolved into violence, corruption and economic disaster. President Mugabe became an outspoken critic of the West, most notably the United Kingdom, the former colonial power, which he denounced as an "enemy country". Despite his brutal treatment of political opponents... |
stories-41946935 | https://www.bbc.com/news/stories-41946935 | Colin Thubron returns to Damascus after 50 years | It is 50 years since writer Colin Thubron published his portrait of Damascus, in which he recounted his travels around the Syrian capital and explored the history of the city. A lot has happened since then - not least the civil war. Recently Thubron returned to Syria to see what was left of the place he recalled so fon... | The city that comes into view is of course bigger than I remember - its population must have quadrupled. Since I was here its suburbs have swamped the Old City that I loved, and even inside its walls a rash of restaurants and boutique hotels has appeared. But they're all closed now, or empty. It's a city at war. Whole ... |
technology-21195765 | https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-21195765 | Why air traffic control still needs the human touch | With 2.2 million flights a year to look after and 200,000 square miles (518,000 sq km) of airspace under its watchful eye, there's rarely a quiet moment when you're on duty at National Air Traffic Services (Nats). | By Zoe KleinmanTechnology reporter, BBC News In November 2011 life got a little easier for some of the organisation's 1,900 air traffic controllers when a bespoke new computer-based tool called iFACTS was introduced to the main control room at its Hampshire headquarters. Years in the making, the rigorously tested softw... |
entertainment-arts-34681667 | https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-34681667 | Roman Polanski: Film's dark prince | BBC News profiles legendary film director Roman Polanski. | The life of the Polish-French director has been as tortuous and full of incident and tragedy as one of his dark films. His 2002 drama The Pianist, a story of a virtuoso's escape from a Warsaw ghetto during World War II, won the prestigious Palme D'Or award at Cannes and also the best director Oscar. The Paris-born dire... |
world-europe-jersey-29546197 | https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-jersey-29546197 | Jersey care 'abuse victim tortured with electric shocks' | A man was tortured with electric shocks as a boy when he was put in care in Jersey in the 1940s, an inquiry heard. | John Doublard, now 79, said he was subjected to the treatment by boys twice his age, who were "tyrants". Appearing at the independent Jersey Care Inquiry, Mr Doublard said he was sent to the Jersey Home for Boys on two occasions, aged seven and eight. The inquiry is investigating abuse allegations in the care system fr... |
stories-42256465 | https://www.bbc.com/news/stories-42256465 | The mystery of the baby in the box | Robin was 13 when he found out he was adopted. Later he was told he had been abandoned - left in a box on London's Oxford Street. Now 74, he has spent most of his life wondering who left him and why. But thanks to DNA, and the dogged detective work of one of his daughters, he finally has some answers. | By Claire BatesBBC Stories When Robin King discovered he was adopted he ran away from home. He had been snooping around his parents' bedroom when he came across his adoption papers in a holdall. He fled to a friend's house and the pair then cycled from London to Southend where they slept in a tent until they were picke... |
entertainment-arts-53691576 | https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-53691576 | Grammy-winning producer Detail charged with rape | Grammy Award-winning producer Detail, who has worked with stars like Beyonce, Lil Wayne and Nicki Minaj, has been charged with raping five women and sexually assaulting another. | The attacks are alleged to have taken place between 2010 and 2018, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office said on Thursday. Detail, real name Noel Christopher Fisher, has helped craft hits including Beyonce's 2013 song Drunk in Love. He denies all of the allegations. The 41-year-old was arrested on Wednesday... |
uk-england-nottinghamshire-51597695 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-51597695 | Man charged with Nottingham kidnap and assault | A man has been charged with kidnapping and attacking a man who was kept against his will in a car. | The victim managed to escape from the attack in Bestwood Road, Nottingham, on the evening of 15 February, Nottinghamshire Police said. A 22-year-old man from the city has been charged with kidnap and assault by beating and is currently in police custody. He is due to appear at Nottingham Magistrates' Court later. Follo... |
10595914 | https://www.bbc.com/news/10595914 | Public need 'proof' of budgeting, says Guernsey deputy | Guernsey's government departments need to prove they are using money wisely before asking for more from the taxpayer, says one deputy. | Treasury and Resources Department member Roger Domaille said despite efficiencies being called for, there had been a 10% growth in spending. He said islanders would accept tax rises to balance the books, but not until budgets were properly controlled. Deputy Domaille said: "There's a long way to go to prove value for m... |
uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-26765025 | https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-26765025 | Legal high awareness event held in Aberdeen | The first event by Police Scotland to raise awareness among hundreds of schoolchildren about the dangers of legal highs has been held in Aberdeen. | Substances officially known as "new psychoactive substances" are marketed at young people and presented in bright packaging. The latest official UK figures show 68 deaths were linked to legal highs in 2012, up from 10 in 2009. The event was held at extreme sports social enterprise Transition Extreme. It is hoped it can... |
uk-wales-mid-wales-33494957 | https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-mid-wales-33494957 | Child treated in hospital after fall from limousine | A child has been taken to hospital after falling from a limousine in Powys. | Police said the child received hospital treatment following the incident, at 13:15 BST on Saturday on the A470 between Caersws and Carno. The road was closed on Saturday afternoon, with diversions in place. Dyfed-Powys Police asked for anyone who witnessed the child falling from a black Rolls Royce limousine to contact... |
uk-scotland-20680939 | https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-20680939 | Gregory's Girl: John Gordon Sinclair and Clare Grogan go back to school | It was the movie that changed the Scottish film industry and made stars of its two unknown leads. In a BBC Scotland documentary John Gordon Sinclair and Clare Grogan go back to the school in Cumbernauld where Gregory's Girl was filmed . | By Steven BrocklehurstBBC Scotland news website Clare and Gordon - as Sinclair is known - first met in the summer of 1980, when as raw Glaswegian 18-year-olds they made a low budget film which changed their lives. Director Bill Forsyth's much-loved film was made at Abronhill High, as well as other locations around the ... |
entertainment-arts-18261992 | https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-18261992 | Knitwear artist kits out Antony Gormley sculptures | Two of sculptor Antony Gormley's iron men, which normally stand on a beach wearing nothing but rust and barnacles, have been given a multi-coloured make-over by a guerrilla knitwear artist. | By Ian YoungsArts reporter, BBC News Part of Gormley's Another Place series, the life-size figures have been on Crosby beach in Merseyside since 2005. The head-to-toe crocheted outfits were added by New York-based artist Olek. "I feel that barnacles provide the best cover-up, but this is very impressive substitute!" Go... |
uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-49125509 | https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-49125509 | Ampthill python sssstuck under oven rescued by fire crew | An 8ft (2.4m) long snake that became stuck under a large oven has been rescued by firefighters. | Venus, a reticulated python, escaped from her tank on Friday morning in Ampthill, Bedfordshire. She had become confused because of the hot weather and buried herself underneath the range cooker, Bedfordshire Fire and Rescue said. The crew who went to her aid said she was "very heavy, very fast but now very safe in her ... |
uk-politics-33256084 | https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-33256084 | How did we get to this welfare state? | We think of the welfare state as a creation of the 20th Century but its roots stretch back to Elizabethan times. It's a history littered with benefit crackdowns, panics about "scroungers" and public outrage at the condition of the poor. | By Brian WheelerPolitical reporter In an 1850 investigation into the life of the poor, Charles Dickens described how the inmates of a Newgate workhouse skulked about like wolves and hyenas pouncing on food as it was served. And how a "company of boys" were kept in a "kind of kennel". "Most of them are crippled, in some... |
uk-scotland-tayside-central-53767098 | https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-53767098 | Girl, 5, taken to hospital after fall from window in Perth | A five-year-old girl has been taken to hospital after falling from a window in Perth. | The incident happened in the Tulloch area of the city at about 07:15. A Police Scotland spokeswoman said the girl was taken by ambulance to Ninewells Hospital in Dundee. There is currently no information available on the child's injuries. |
uk-england-birmingham-49137688 | https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-birmingham-49137688 | Man bailed over Darlaston pub stabbing | A teenager who was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a man was stabbed outside a pub has been released on bail. | The injured 21-year-old remains in a critical condition in hospital following the stabbing on Forge Road, Darlaston, Walsall, on Wednesday night. A 19-year-old handed himself into West Midlands Police on Friday, the force said. A man arrested on suspicion of affray has also been released. The victim was injured in the ... |
uk-wales-55681556 | https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-55681556 | National Library of Wales: Thirty jobs at risk | Thirty jobs are at risk at the National Library of Wales. | Staff at the library in Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, which employs about 225 people, have received details of a proposed new structure. A consultation is running until 15 February. The Welsh Government said it could not increase its revenue support. In September, an independent review found the library faced a threat to it... |
uk-england-suffolk-31698946 | https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-suffolk-31698946 | Life inside a mobile telephone 'not spot' | While some people can download entire movies to their mobile telephones in seconds, there are others who can neither make a call nor send a text. These are the inhabitants of so-called 'not spots'. So is silence still golden in the information age? | By Laurence CawleyBBC Inside Out Neville Jamieson is a man most people hope could be reached in an emergency. He is a heart surgeon at Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge. But when he gets about five miles (8km) from his Suffolk home, the mobile telephone provided by the hospital - which has the necessary security meas... |
uk-england-stoke-staffordshire-15815622 | https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-stoke-staffordshire-15815622 | Stafford Hospital A&E petition attracts thousands of signatures | More than 7,000 people have signed a petition expressing concerns about the temporary night closure of Stafford Hospital's A&E unit. | Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust recently approved a three-month closure of A&E at the hospital from 22:00 until 08:00 GMT, starting on 1 December. Trust chief executive Lynn Hill-Tout has said the closure will allow resources to be focused on the daytime. Campaigners are concerned about the travel time to other ... |
sinhala.080526_jvpsoma | https://www.bbc.com/sinhala/news/story/2008/05/080526_jvpsoma | 'Conspiracy' to remove Somawansha | There is a conspiracy to remove Somawansha Amarasinghe as the leader of the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) says the breakaway group of the JVP. | Secretary General of National Freedom Front (NFF) Nadana Gunatilake said the conspirators are planning to oust the JVP leader in the National Conference of Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) on Tuesday. He accused a JVP group "supported by the United National Party (UNP)" of JVP trying to capture power in the JVP. The NFF... |
world-asia-india-34486891 | https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-34486891 | Claiming Delhi's streets to 'break the cage' for women | Young female students in the Indian capital, Delhi, are fighting to assert their right to public spaces with a campaign called Pinjra Tod (Break The Cage). The BBC's Geeta Pandey joins them for a night as they go out to "claim the streets" and fill them with their "dreams and desires". | Just as night falls, about 60 young women and men begin marching through some of Delhi university's premier colleges. Many are carrying posters, they shout slogans, halt outside women's hostels, recite poems and break out into impromptu dances. "We don't need no false protection, you can't cage half the nation," they s... |
world-europe-isle-of-man-28467537 | https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-isle-of-man-28467537 | Early engine repairs for Isle of Man Manannan ferry | Repair work on the Isle of Man's ferry is to take place earlier than planned, after one of its four engines was damaged by discarded fishing gear. | The Steam Packet company said the Manannan fast craft had been operating on reduced power since June. Repairs had been scheduled to take three days during September, but a revised plan means the boat will be repaired in just one day, on 6 August. Passengers booked to travel on this day are asked to contact the ferry co... |
uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-17727255 | https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-17727255 | How surveillance society solved a murder with no body | Two years ago, Suzanne Pilley disappeared on her way to work in the centre of Edinburgh. Her body was never discovered but her killer was convicted last month after his movements were traced by a range of surveillance devices. On Wednesday, David Gilroy was sentenced to a minimum of 18 years before he can apply for par... | By Steven BrocklehurstBBC Scotland news website CCTV footage, mobile phone records, emails, shop receipts - our everyday routine leaves an "electronic footprint". David Gilroy went to great lengths to cover his tracks after he killed Suzanne Pilley in May 2010. But an extraordinary police investigation tracked his move... |
magazine-24427637 | https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-24427637 | The mass escape of Jews from Nazi-occupied Denmark | Seventy years ago this month, an extraordinary mass escape happened from Nazi-occupied Denmark. Tipped off about German plans to deport them to concentration camps, almost the entire Jewish population - several thousand people - fled their homes and left the country. | By Ellen OtzenBBC World Service As he stepped onto the fishing boat that was meant to carry them across the Baltic sea to safety, 14-year-old Bent Melchior feared he might never see his home again. A week earlier, he had left the home in Copenhagen he shared with his parents and four siblings. It was 8 October 1943 and... |
uk-england-manchester-40012115 | https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-manchester-40012115 | Manchester attacks: What teenagers need to know | US singer Ariana Grande was just leaving the stage at Manchester Arena when a bomb exploded right outside, killing and injuring dozens - including teenagers. Here, Alison Jamieson, author of Talking about Terrorism, answers some of your questions. | What happened? The gig was just about over and crowds were swarming towards the exits when a "huge bang" went off. Some thought the noise was balloons popping, but in fact it was a man setting off a home-made bomb. We know that 22 people died - including an eight-year-old girl and a student - and more than 50 were hurt... |
uk-politics-parliaments-48638149 | https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-parliaments-48638149 | Week ahead in Parliament | Parliament remains becalmed. Behind the scenes Westminster may seethe with politicking and angst, but the front of house legislative agenda is threadbare, leaving MPs to busy themselves with nuggets of technical legislation and general debates. | Mark D'ArcyParliamentary correspondent And until there is a new government, armed with a new agenda, expect more of the same. The work of the select committees and some of the Westminster Hall debates highlight the issues that will pack the in-trays on incoming ministers, when a new prime minister takes office - local ... |
uk-england-stoke-staffordshire-44582605 | https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-stoke-staffordshire-44582605 | Man dies after industrial accident in Cheddleton | A man has died in hospital following an industrial accident at an agricultural machinery manufacturer in Staffordshire. | He suffered multiple injuries at LM Bateman & Co's premises in Station Road, Cheddleton, Leek, at about 03:34 BST on Wednesday. He was treated at the scene but died at Royal Stoke University Hospital. LM Bateman & Co said it was "deeply shocked and saddened". The Health and Safety Executive is investigating. |
world-africa-50598882 | https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-50598882 | Lesotho: Why a dispute over mohair led to a parliamentary fist-fight | A sitting of Lesotho's upper house of parliament this week degenerated into a fist-fight between massed ranks of rival MPs who also threw wooden panels, documents and anything else they could get their hands on across the chamber at each other. | By Pumza FihlaniBBC News, Johannesburg The scuffle happened during a debate over a long-running dispute over new regulations around the wool and mohair trade - not the subject you might expect to ignite such strong passions. First off, what is mohair? Mohair is made from the hair of Angora goats. It is much softer than... |
blogs-trending-38610402 | https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-trending-38610402 | Conversations with a hacker: What Guccifer 2.0 told me | Who or what is Guccifer 2.0? US intelligence agencies believe the mysterious hacker persona was central to efforts to interfere with last year's American election and responsible for distributing hacked documents that embarrassed the Democratic Party. But now Guccifer 2.0 has broken a two-month silence to deny any conn... | By BBC TrendingWhat's popular and why It turned out that talking to one of the world's most notorious hackers was easier than you might think. Just send him a tweet. In the summer of 2016 the hacker, going by the name Guccifer 2.0, leaked a trove of documents from the Democratic National Committee (DNC) to Wikileaks, w... |
world-us-canada-52912238 | https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-52912238 | Viewpoint: US must confront its Original Sin to move forward | Following the death of George Floyd while under arrest, protests have consumed America and onlookers have wondered how one of the most powerful countries in the world could descend into such chaos. | By Barrett Holmes PitnerContributor Despite being defined by race, American society does not spend much time analysing the history of our racial divisions, and America prefers to believe in the inevitable progression towards racial equality. The election of Barack Obama in 2008 fed into this narrative of progress, but ... |
uk-england-london-19002136 | https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-19002136 | Met Police officers to keep anonymity in 'Duggan gun' trial | Seven police officers can give evidence anonymously at a trial of a man accused of supplying a gun to the man whose death sparked last summer's riots. | A judge at Snaresbrook Crown Court said the Met officers could give evidence from behind a screen using pseudonyms at Kevin Hutchinson-Foster's trial. The judge said he made the order to prevent them from coming to harm. Police believe the weapon used could be the same gun found at the shooting of Mark Duggan on 4 Augu... |
world-asia-22022951 | https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-22022951 | Pakistan election: Taliban threats hamper secular campaign | The cancellation of a key political rally that was to kick-start the election campaign of one of the largest political parties in Pakistan is seen by many as indicative of hard times for the country's secular political forces in the coming days. | By M Ilyas KhanBBC News, Islamabad The Pakistan People's Party (PPP) abandoned plans for Wednesday night's rally in its native stronghold of Larkana town following what party leaders called "security threats" from militants. The PPP is one of three parties recently named by a spokesman of the Pakistani Taliban as "legi... |
stories-44688104 | https://www.bbc.com/news/stories-44688104 | The crop that put women on top in Zanzibar | Seaweed has been hailed as a new superfood, and it's also found in toothpaste, medicine and shampoo. In Zanzibar, it's become big business - and as it has been farmed principally by women, it has altered the sexual balance of power. | By Lucy AshBBC World Service, Zanzibar Just after dawn, a group of women carrying ropes and sticks on their heads walk to the beach to plant seaweed at low tide. Knee deep in the water, they drive the sticks into the sand. Small pieces of seaweed are then attached to rope strung out between the posts. In just over six ... |
newsbeat-41305123 | https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-41305123 | The fashion designer still making clothes in his parents' garage | Staging your first show at London Fashion Week is a big deal. | By Hannah MooreNewsbeat reporter at London Fashion Week For new designers, it means getting their clothes seen by the world's press and buyers, alongside established brands like Burberry and Versace. "You study fashion, and that's what you dream of doing. To be actually doing it is really surreal," says designer Supriy... |
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