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Marilyn Manson recuperating at home after stage accident - BBC News | 2017-10-02 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The star cancels nine dates after a stage prop collapsed on top of him on Saturday night. | Entertainment & Arts | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Eyewitness Anthony Biscardi recalls the moment a prop collapsed on US rockstar Manson
Rock star Marilyn Manson is recuperating at home after a stage accident in which he was crushed by a prop, his spokesman has told the BBC.... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-41467678 |
Monarch airline awaits package holiday licence decision - BBC News | 2017-10-02 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The aviation regulator is set to decide whether to renew the airline's licence to sell package holidays. | Business | Monarch is in last-ditch talks with the aviation regulator about renewing its licence to sell package holidays.
The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) extended Monarch's licence by 24 hours on Saturday amid uncertainty about the company's future.
However, with the deadline now passed, the regulator has yet to announce a ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-41459453 |
Hammond acknowledges business fears over Brexit uncertainty - BBC News | 2017-10-02 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The chancellor says the sooner firms gets more Brexit clarity, the sooner the economy will pick up. | Business | Businesses need more clarity on Brexit, the Chancellor, Philip Hammond, has acknowledged.
He told the BBC's Today programme the sooner the government gave businesses more certainty about the process, the sooner the economy would pick up.
His comments follow warnings from the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) that pu... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-41462570 |
Nuclear submarine captain relieved of command - BBC News | 2017-10-02 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The captain is being investigated after allegations of an "inappropriate relationship". | Glasgow & West Scotland | The captain of the submarine HMS Vigilant is at the centre of the investigation, the BBC understands
A nuclear submarine captain has been relieved of his command after an alleged "inappropriate relationship" with a member of his crew.
The Royal Navy captain is being investigated following the allegations, which invol... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-41474888 |
Monarch Airlines: Holidaymakers and staff 'devastated' by airline collapse - BBC News | 2017-10-02 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Holidaymakers arrive at airports to find their flights cancelled and staff are made redundant by email. | England | Natasha Slessor had worked as cabin crew for Monarch for nearly four years
Holidaymakers and airline staff have been left "devastated" by the collapse of flight operator Monarch.
Hundreds of people arrived at Leeds Bradford, Gatwick, Birmingham, Luton and Manchester airports to find their flights had been cancelled.
... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-41467851 |
Marilyn Manson struck by stage scenery in New York - BBC News | 2017-10-02 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The rock star was taken to hospital after the incident in New York on Saturday night. | US & Canada | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Eyewitness Anthony Biscardi recalls the moment a prop collapsed on US rockstar Manson
Rock star Marilyn Manson was injured during a concert in New York when a large piece of stage scenery fell on him on stage.
The prop - ap... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-41458046 |
Philip Hammond: We must win 'clash of ideas' with Labour 'dinosaurs' - BBC News | 2017-10-02 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Chancellor Philip Hammond says "bring on" the fight with Labour "dinosaurs" over capitalism. | UK Politics | The chancellor said a 35-year political consensus over the free market was now at an end
The Conservatives must take on and defeat Labour "dinosaurs" in a great "clash of ideas" over the future of capitalism, Philip Hammond has said.
He told activists they must expose Jeremy Corbyn's "back to the future socialist fan... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-41462577 |
Monarch: Almost 1,900 jobs cut - BBC News | 2017-10-02 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Failed airline to lose 1,858 jobs; Travel plans for 860,000 people in chaos; Plus: Tesco trial, FTSE 100 closes up; Wall Street rises. | Business | Business live has been flooded with tales of woe from Monarch travellers, but let's not forgot the staff who have lost their jobs. A reader writes:
"Today, my 20-year-old brother came off his night flight and woke up to an email about a meeting. In this meeting staff were told they were no longer Monarch employees and... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/business-41444089 |
Bags for life can pose food poisoning risk - Food Standards Agency - BBC News | 2017-10-02 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Keep raw meat and fish separately from other shopping to avoid getting stomach bugs, consumers told. | Health | Bags for life pose a food poisoning risk if they are used to carry raw foods such as meat and fish, a consumer watchdog is warning.
The Food Standards Agency says even if there is no leakage, packaging can harbour traces of harmful bacteria that can cause stomach bugs.
Shoppers should have separate bags for raw foods... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-41467099 |
Is Europe's ghostliest train station about to rise again? - BBC News | 2017-10-02 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | It was one of the world's most opulent railway stations. Then it fell into disrepair. Now the building is showing new signs of life. | Magazine | It was one of the world's most opulent railway stations, sitting imposingly on the French-Spanish border - but then it fell into disrepair. Now, writes Chris Bockman, the building is showing new signs of life.
When they built the station at Canfranc, it was on a grand scale and with no expense spared. It had to be bol... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-41445860 |
Catalan crisis: More populism than separatism? - BBC News | 2017-10-02 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The Catalan crisis looks more like populism than separatism, Europe editor Katya Adler writes. | Europe | Spain is gripped by the duel between Prime Minister Rajoy (L) and Catalan leader Puigdemont
Emotions are running high in Catalonia today. Of course they are.
"The Spanish government is like an abusive husband," one activist raged at me today. "He says he loves you, that he can't live without you. Then, he beats you t... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-41475770 |
Stephen Paddock: Vegas suspect a high-roller and 'psychopath' - BBC News | 2017-10-02 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Stephen Paddock is said to have been a professional gambler who recently made some big bets. | US & Canada | "It was like living next to nothing," said a former neighbour of Paddock
Las Vegas concert gunman Stephen Paddock was a wealthy former accountant and high-stakes gambler who appeared to be living in quiet retirement with his girlfriend in a desert community.
The 64-year-old, of Mesquite, Nevada, had pilot's and hunti... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-41472462 |
'No point trying to be cool' - the Tories seeking young voters - BBC News | 2017-10-02 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | More young people are voting than at any time in the last 25 years, but largely not for the Conservatives. What should they do? | UK Politics | The Conservatives have a problem. More young people are voting than at any time in the last quarter of a century, but largely not for them - so what can the party do to change that?
It's been labelled - perhaps unfairly - the "Tory Glastonbury". Around 200 activists, MPs, sympathetic thinkers and business people meet ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-41434873 |
Oxbridge uncovered: More elitist than we thought - BBC News | 2017-10-20 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The extent to which the Home Counties professional classes dominate Oxbridge admissions is revealed. | Family & Education | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. What do students feel as new data shows Oxbridge offers are moving backwards in terms of elistism?
The sheer dominance by the top two social classes of Oxford and Cambridge University admissions has been revealed in newly re... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-41664459 |
Grammar school A-level row head suspended - BBC News | 2017-10-20 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The head of a school where some pupils were stopped from taking A-levels, is suspended. | Family & Education | Head teacher Aydin Onac has been suspended by the high-achieving grammar school
The grammar school head teacher at the centre of a row about pupils not being allowed to stay on to take A-levels has been suspended.
Aydin Onac, head of St Olave's in Orpington, has been suspended by the school's governors.
Parents had ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-41683012 |
CIA chief: North Korea 'on cusp' of nuclear capability - BBC News | 2017-10-20 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The head of the CIA says the North is close to being able to hit the US with a nuclear missile. | Asia | North Korea has ramped up its missile testing in recent months
CIA director Mike Pompeo has warned that North Korea is on the cusp of being able to hit the US with a nuclear missile.
He stressed Washington still preferred diplomacy and sanctions but said military force remained an option.
North Korea claims it alrea... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-41690253 |
Robert Mugabe's WHO appointment condemned as 'an insult' - BBC News | 2017-10-20 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The UK government, an array of campaign groups and the Zimbabwe opposition express dismay. | Africa | Critics say health services have collapsed under Mr Mugabe's rule
The choice of Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe as a World Health Organization (WHO) goodwill ambassador has been criticised by several organisations including the British government.
It described his selection as "surprising and disappointing" given hi... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-41702662 |
Newspaper headlines: Roadworks 'misery' to end and EU 'saves May' - BBC News | 2017-10-20 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Plans to increase a motorway speed limit and progress over Brexit talks are among the stories leading the papers. | The Papers | A number of papers focus on what the UK's Brexit bill might be
Some of the papers try to put a figure on what the UK's Brexit bill might be.
The Daily Mirror thinks it could be £36bn, noting that Prime Minister Theresa May did not rule out a doubling of the current £18bn offer.
The Daily Telegraph's suggestion is £4... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-the-papers-41702829 |
Pollution linked to one in six deaths - BBC News | 2017-10-20 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Pollution has been linked to nine million deaths each year worldwide, according to a report in The Lancet. | Health | Pollution has been linked to nine million deaths worldwide in 2015, a report in The Lancet has found.
Almost all of these deaths occurred in low- and middle-income countries, where pollution could account for up to a quarter of deaths. Bangladesh and Somalia were the worst affected.
Air pollution had the biggest impa... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-41678533 |
Daphne Caruana Galizia: Malta journalist killed by 'remotely detonated' bomb - BBC News | 2017-10-20 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Officials discuss initial results of an inquiry into the killing of an investigative reporter. | Europe | Caruana Galizia was a harsh critic of the government and alleged corruption in Malta
Maltese officials say they believe investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia was killed by a bomb under her car that was triggered remotely.
A government spokeswoman said this assumption was based on initial results of an inves... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-41689147 |
Mexican comedian brings stand-up to female prisoners - BBC News | 2017-10-20 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | How comedy workshops are helping inmates in Mexico's notoriously dangerous jails. | Latin America & Caribbean | Best known for her Netflix shows and stand-up tours, Sofía Niño de Rivera is one of Latin America's leading comedians.
The 35-year-old from Mexico City has long been making audiences laugh, but she recently embarked on a more serious mission: supporting vulnerable women in Mexico's notoriously dangerous prisons.
In a... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-41565813 |
Meteor shower to fill weekend skies - BBC News | 2017-10-20 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Debris from Halley's Comet will be seen in the early hours of Sunday, with 20 meteors an hour expected. | UK | Dozens of shooting stars are expected in the skies over the weekend
The sky will be filled with shooting stars this weekend thanks to debris from Halley's Comet.
The annual Orionid meteor shower will see around 20 meteors passing through the sky every hour.
The shower is visible throughout the month, but experts say... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41694290 |
Hundreds of families block organ donation - BBC News | 2017-10-20 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Legally, consent lies with the deceased, but in practice, relatives' wishes are always respected. | Health | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Rachel wants to be an organ donor
Organs from 505 registered donors could not be made available for transplant in the last five years because of objections from relatives.
BBC 5 live found that almost a third of families bl... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-41671600 |
'Handful of changes' make cancer - BBC News | 2017-10-20 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | It takes between one and 10 mutations to turn a healthy cell cancerous. | Health | British scientists have worked out how many changes it takes to transform a healthy cell into a cancer.
The team, at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, showed the answer was a tiny handful, between one and 10 mutations depending on the type of tumour.
It has been one of the most hotly debated issues in cancer scien... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-41644020 |
BBC sorry over gay conversion tweet - BBC News | 2017-10-20 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The poll by BBC Radio Kent sparked outrage on social media. | Kent | BBC Radio Kent's poll has since been deleted from Twitter
The BBC has apologised for an online poll that asked whether gay conversion therapy is acceptable practice.
BBC Radio Kent tweeted: "TV Doctor Dr Ranj has told breakfast gay conversion therapy is akin to psychological abuse; Should gay conversion therapy be ba... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-41694893 |
Japan's 'living artwork' invents new fashion style - BBC News | 2017-10-20 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Minori reinvented a Japanese street fashion style eight years ago that now has a worldwide following. | Entertainment & Arts | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.
An artist has garnered a cult online following internationally after inventing a quirky Japanese street fashion style eight years ago.
Minori combined Shironuri (which means "painted white") powdery make-up with vintage clo... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-41665940 |
King Felipe VI says Catalonia 'will remain' Spanish - BBC News | 2017-10-20 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | King Felipe VI says Spain will solve the crisis through democratic institutions. | Europe | Spain's King Felipe VI has said Catalonia "is and will remain" an essential part of the country.
It is his second intervention in the Catalonia secession crisis.
He told an awards ceremony in the northern city of Oviedo that the Catalan government was causing a rift and Spain would solve the problem through democrati... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-41702327 |
Pussycat Dolls deny prostitution claims - BBC News | 2017-10-20 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The pop band respond to former member Kaya Jones, who claims the group was a "prostitution ring". | Entertainment & Arts | The Pussycat Dolls have recently reformed, after a break of seven years
The Pussycat Dolls have issued a joint statement denying allegations that the pop group was a "prostitution ring".
Kaya Jones, who left the band before they became famous, claimed that she and other members were regularly subjected to sexual abus... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-41678697 |
Should Alderney make its wartime camps tourist attractions? - BBC News | 2017-10-20 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A community is divided over whether World War Two labour camps should be used to promote tourism. | Guernsey | Four major camps operated in Alderney between 1942 and 1944, named after the German North Sea Islands Helgoland, Borkum, Norderney, and Sylt
The western-most concentration camp in the Third Reich, Lager Sylt, was located on British soil - only about 70 miles south of Bournemouth on the island of Alderney. Should this ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-guernsey-40940531 |
10 fines at the dentist... that weren't fine - BBC News | 2017-10-20 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Getting a £100 fine at the dentist is distressing, particularly if it is believed to be in error, say patients. | Family & Education | When dentists warned that tens of thousands of people were being unfairly fined £100 after a visit to the surgery - it prompted a big response from the audience.
They described their distress at getting mistakenly caught up in a system of penalties intended to catch fraudsters getting free treatment.
They talked of t... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-41683011 |
Avon and Somerset Police face nail bar anti-slavery campaign anger - BBC News | 2017-10-20 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The force got complaints after officers painted their nails to highlight modern slavery issues. | Somerset | Officers and staff from the force painted their nails to highlight modern slavery
A police force was inundated with complaints after officers painted their nails to highlight modern slavery issues.
Avon and Somerset Police officers tweeted the photos on Anti-Slavery Day to highlight issues in nail bars.
Some social ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-41691313 |
Why Tina Turner came out of retirement - BBC News | 2017-10-20 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A new musical based on the singer's life is hitting London's West End in 2018. | Entertainment & Arts | Adrienne Warren will play Tina Turner in the musical, which opens in April
A new musical based on the life of Tina Turner is set to open in the West End in 2018 - and the singer even came out of retirement (somewhat reluctantly) to work on it.
"Retirement is wonderful," Turner says as she launches Tina: The Musical i... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-41666887 |
Penny Lancaster says she was sexually assaulted - BBC News | 2017-10-20 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The model and wife of Rod Stewart says her attacker was someone she worked with as a teenager. | Entertainment & Arts | Lancaster said she didn't feel she could tell her parents at the time
Model Penny Lancaster has said she was sexually assaulted as a teenager by someone she worked for.
Lancaster, who is married to rock singer Rod Stewart, told ITV's Loose Women that she had her drink spiked.
She said she found herself being attacke... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-41685301 |
7 days quiz: Which country is embracing Scottish haggis for the first time in decades? - BBC News | 2017-10-20 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A weekly quiz of the news, 7 days 7 questions. | Magazine | It's the weekly news quiz - have you been paying attention to what's been going on in the world over the past seven days?
If you missed last week's quiz, try it here
Join the conversation - find us on Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat and Twitter | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-41687028 |
Ibrahim Halawa freed from jail in Egypt - BBC News | 2017-10-20 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The Irishman was acquitted of all charges in Egypt over a month ago but his release was delayed. | Europe | Campaigners posted a Facebook message on Thursday to say Mr Halawa had been freed.
Ibrahim Halawa, an Irishman who has spent more than four years in prison in Egypt, has been freed.
Mr Halawa, who is from Dublin, was arrested during a siege at the Al-Fath mosque in Cairo in 2013.
He was accused along with 500 others... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-41689289 |
Brexit: Has Theresa May promised EU more money? - BBC News | 2017-10-20 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A move on the Brexit divorce bill would present Theresa May with a huge political problem. | UK Politics | It's all about the money.
The UK and the EU have managed together to make a tiptoe forward in the Brexit talks.
But listening to EU leaders this afternoon it is abundantly clear that unless they change their minds, the UK is going to have to budge on the cash to make enough progress by December to be able to truly ge... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-41701057 |
MH370: Malaysia in talks with US firm to restart plane search - BBC News | 2017-10-20 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The Malaysian government is exploring a "no find-no fee" style deal with Texas-based company Ocean Infinity. | Asia | The search for the Malaysia Airlines plane was suspended in January
Malaysia is negotiating a "no find-no fee" deal with a US company to renew the search for downed flight MH370.
The government announced in a statement that it was in talks with Texas-based salvage firm Ocean Infinity.
If the deal goes ahead, Ocean I... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-41691794 |
Brexit: Talk of deadlock is exaggerated, says Donald Tusk - BBC News | 2017-10-20 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | EU leaders say there is not enough progress to start trade talks yet, but they hope to begin in December. | UK Politics | Reports of deadlock over Brexit negotiations may have been exaggerated, European Council President Donald Tusk has said after a Brussels summit.
Progress was "not sufficient" to begin trade talks with the UK now but that "doesn't mean there is no progress at all", he said.
EU leaders will discuss the issue internally... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-41684111 |
Is Jennifer Lawrence's nude line-up common practice? - BBC News | 2017-10-20 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A casting director says Jennifer Lawrence's experience is not representative of the acting industry. | Entertainment & Arts | Jennifer Lawrence spoke out about her early career at the Elle Women in Hollywood Celebration
Many were shocked when Jennifer Lawrence revealed she was forced to stand in a "nude line-up" as part of a film casting.
She described the experience as "degrading and humiliating".
The actress spoke in light of recent alle... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-41668106 |
Tony Warren's script for Coronation Street forerunner found - BBC News | 2017-10-20 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Tony Warren tried writing a different northern soap opera before creating Corrie. | Entertainment & Arts | A script for Coronation Street creator Tony Warren's previously unknown first attempt at a soap opera has been found.
Before Warren changed the TV landscape with Coronation Street in 1960, he started writing Seven, Bessie Street.
His friend David Tucker said it centres on a terraced street but is otherwise very diffe... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-41699055 |
Norway massacre: 'We could hear the gunshots getting closer' - BBC News | 2017-10-20 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Lisa Marie Husby recalls the day Anders Breivik opened fire as she sat with students attending a summer camp in Norway. | Scotland | Lisa was one of 650 people on Utoya island when Breivik came ashore
When Anders Breivik opened fire on youngsters attending a summer camp on the Norwegian island of Utoya, he carried out a massacre that to this day remains the deadliest mass shooting by a single gunman anywhere in the world.
Among those taking part i... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-41678010 |
Strictly Come Dancing: Bruno Tonioli to miss weekend shows - BBC News | 2017-10-20 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | This will be the first time the judge has missed the live shows in 13 years. | Entertainment & Arts | Bruno will be absent from the judging panel for the first time in 13 years
Bruno Tonioli is missing this weekend's Strictly Come Dancing shows due to "a very busy work schedule".
It will be the first time the judge has missed the shows in his 13 years on the panel.
A Strictly spokeswoman told the BBC: "As was always... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-41692243 |
MP Clive Lewis sorry for 'unacceptable language' after video - BBC News | 2017-10-20 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Labour's Clive Lewis apologises after he is filmed using offensive language on stage at a Labour event. | UK Politics | A Labour MP has apologised for using "offensive and unacceptable" language at the party conference last month.
Norwich South MP Clive Lewis was filmed on stage at a fringe event in Brighton saying: "Get on your knees, bitch" - the video emerged on social media.
Among female MPs criticising him was Labour's Harriet Ha... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-41697615 |
Tenants 'unfairly miss out on credit' - BBC News | 2017-10-20 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Mortgage applicants are unable to rely on rent payment history as proof that they can afford a home loan. | Business | Tenants' regular rent payments should be recorded on their credit score and used as proof to lenders that mortgage demands can be met, MPs are to be told.
At present, mortgage applicants are unable to rely on rent payment history as proof that they would be safe to lend to when buying a home.
A debate is being held i... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-41696073 |
Sunwing flyer sues because he got sparkling wine not champagne - BBC News | 2017-10-20 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The plaintiff says champagne was promised in the brochure; the airline calls the lawsuit "frivolous". | US & Canada | A Canadian man has filed a lawsuit against Sunwing Airlines for promising a champagne service and instead serving sparkling wine.
Daniel Macduff booked a holiday to Cuba through Sunwing that advertised a complimentary on-board champagne toast.
Mr Macduff, from Quebec, said he received a cheaper bubbly instead - and o... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-41669611 |
White House chief of staff John Kelly defends Trump over widow remarks - BBC News | 2017-10-20 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Gen John Kelly says he is "broken-hearted" by a lawmaker's criticism of Mr Trump's condolence call. | US & Canada | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.
The White House chief of staff has launched an impassioned attack on a "selfish" congresswoman who said President Trump made a war widow cry.
General John Kelly said he was "broken-hearted" by the Democrat's criticism of th... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-41688684 |
Home Office U-turn over stroke survivor's wife's visa - BBC News | 2017-10-20 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Leah Waterman had previously been told she must go back to the Philippines to apply for a visa. | South East Wales | Leah Waterman cares for her husband Simon who can barely speak and needs 24-hour help
The wife of a stroke survivor who was told she must leave the UK to apply for a visa has now had it approved.
Leah Waterman, who is from the Philippines, had faced being split from her husband Simon who can barely speak and needs 24... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-east-wales-41699203 |
Is Narendra Modi losing his mojo? - BBC News | 2017-10-20 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Rising discontent about the economy and a lack of jobs have taken the sheen off India's powerful PM. | India | India is in the throes of an economic slowdown and a jobs crisis under Mr Modi's leadership
One of the reasons why Narendra Modi swept to victory with a historic mandate in 2014 was his combative and upbeat oratory. Three years on, the Indian prime minister is beginning to sound unusually defensive.
Many say Mr Modi'... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-41563751 |
Newspaper headlines: No deal Brexit plans and 'rip-off' mobiles - BBC News | 2017-10-20 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | David Davis is planning for no deal on Brexit talks, and millions overcharged for mobiles feature on Friday's front pages. | The Papers | Editors offer a different view of the Brexit talks with their choice of photographs.
The Daily Telegraph's front page shows Theresa May, flanked on either side by Angela Merkel and Emmanuel Macron.
They face Mrs May with their hands cupped over their mouths. "The whispering campaign," the paper calls it.
A similar p... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-the-papers-41689097 |
Storm Brian: Strong winds set to hit British Isles - BBC News | 2017-10-20 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The Atlantic storm is due to hit parts of the UK and the Republic of Ireland on Saturday morning. | UK | An Atlantic storm, which is due to hit parts of the UK and the Republic of Ireland this weekend, has been named Brian, the Irish Met office has said.
The Met Office has issued a yellow warning for strong winds and potential flooding in parts of southern and western England and Wales on Saturday.
Met Éireann issued an... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41684485 |
Henry Hicks: Met officers cleared over moped crash death - BBC News | 2017-10-20 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A disciplinary panel rules police were not technically "in pursuit" when Henry Hicks, 18, crashed. | London | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The Met has released CCTV footage of Henry Hicks
Four Met officers have been cleared of gross misconduct over an 18-year-old man who died in a moped crash.
Henry Hicks was fleeing officers in two unmarked cars when he died,... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-41697985 |
David Blaine under investigation over UK model's rape claim - BBC News | 2017-10-20 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The US magician denies claims by British-born Natasha Prince that he attacked her over a decade ago. | UK | US illusionist David Blaine is being investigated by the Metropolitan Police over an alleged rape of a British former model in 2004.
Natasha Prince, 34, claimed the US magician attacked her at a house in Chelsea, west London, when she was 21.
Police have asked Mr Blaine to travel to the UK for interview under caution... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41697913 |
Women's Ashes 2017: What happened after England won the World Cup? - BBC Sport | 2017-10-20 | null | As England begin their bid to regain the Women's Ashes, the players reveal what has happened since they won the World Cup. | null | Coverage details: Ball-by-ball commentary of the series on BBC Radio 5 live sports extra; live text commentary on the Tests & T20s on the BBC Sport website and app
Even when you have won the World Cup in the most-watched game of women's cricket of all time, finding somewhere to celebrate isn't as easy as you might thi... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/41546410 |
Middlesbrough modified Kodi box trader gets suspended jail term - BBC News | 2017-10-20 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Brian Thompson had planned to argue the law in connection with the boxes was a "grey area". | Tees | Brian Thompson had previously said he wanted to know whether he was doing anything illegal
A trader who sold TV boxes which allowed viewers to watch subscription films and football for free has been given a suspended jail term.
Brian Thompson had denied breaking the law by selling the Kodi boxes, setting up the prosp... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tees-41692804 |
Brexit: How are the talks really progressing? - BBC News | 2017-10-20 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | After five rounds of talks, the two sides are making competing claims about progress. How much has really been made? | UK Politics | So it's come down to money. Who would have thought it?
After five rounds of negotiations on Brexit, the EU remains insistent: there will be no discussions with the UK on a transition period, or on future relations, until financial commitments have been clarified.
So what exactly is it about the money that is proving ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-41657248 |
Derry mayor refuses to meet Prince Charles during visit - BBC News | 2017-10-20 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Sinn Féin's Maolíosa McHugh said he would not meet the prince due to his role with the Parachute Regiment. | Northern Ireland | Prince Charles has been meeting people impacted by August's floods in Northern Ireland
The mayor of Derry has refused to meet Prince Charles, who is visiting flood victims in the north west.
Sinn Féin's Maolíosa McHugh said he would not meet the Prince due to his role as Colonel-in-Chief of the Parachute Regiment.
F... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-41692075 |
Ex-Lancashire Police officer Jayson Lobo jailed for voyeurism - BBC News | 2017-10-20 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Jayson Lobo secretly recorded sexual encounters with seven women on his mobile phone. | Lancashire | Jayson Lobo was found guilty of 11 counts of voyeurism
An ex-police officer who secretly filmed sexual encounters with seven women on his mobile phone has been jailed for three years.
Jayson Lobo, 48, formerly of Lancashire Police, met most of his victims on a dating website between 2011 and 2015.
Sentencing him at ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-41701538 |
Harvey Weinstein: Tarantino knew about film mogul's alleged misconduct - BBC News | 2017-10-20 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The famed director worked closely with the Hollywood producer accused of many sexual assaults. | US & Canada | Quentin Tarantino has worked closely with Harvey Weinstein on many of his films
US film director Quentin Tarantino has admitted knowing for years about movie mogul Harvey Weinstein's alleged misconduct toward women.
"I knew enough to do more than I did," Mr Tarantino told the New York Times.
His comments come as Los... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-41689153 |
Ian Lavery MP received £165,000 from trade union - BBC News | 2017-10-20 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Ian Lavery MP received £165,000 from the 10 member trade union he ran. | UK | MP Ian Lavery received £165,000 from the 10-member trade union he ran.
We have learned this from the trade union regulator which has now released a report into Mr Lavery's actions as general secretary of the NUM Northumberland Area.
He will now face questions on his record over a number of disputed payments by the un... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41688280 |
Obama and Bush decry deep US divisions without naming Trump - BBC News | 2017-10-20 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Comments by the two ex-presidents are seen as a veiled rebuke of Donald Trump's leadership. | US & Canada | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Neither Barack Obama nor George W Bush mentioned President Donald Trump by name
Former Presidents Barack Obama and George W Bush have voiced concern about the current political climate in the US, in comments seen as a veiled... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-41689805 |
'Death Island': Britain's 'concentration camp' in Russia - BBC News | 2017-10-20 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | British soldiers opened the first concentration camp in Russia in 1918, during World War One. To locals it was known as "Death Island". | Magazine | Marina Titova lays a carnation in memory of her great-great-uncle who died on Mudyug
When British soldiers were sent to Russia after the Russian Revolution their main enemies were the Germans - their opponents in World War One - but they also found themselves fighting and imprisoning Bolsheviks. In the process they op... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-41271418 |
Mobile companies overcharging customers after contracts end - BBC News | 2017-10-20 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The UK government said the firms needed to inform customers when they had paid for their handsets. | Technology | The government thinks mobile operators need to inform customers once the handset is paid off
Vodafone, EE and Three are continuing to charge customers for the mobile phones they buy as part of a contract, even after the cost of the handset has been paid off, research suggests.
Citizens Advice found that customers who... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-41679408 |
What it's like being black and working class at Cambridge - BBC News | 2017-10-20 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Newsbeat speaks to Chelsea Kwakye about her experience of being a student at Cambridge. | Newsbeat | Chelsea Kwakye is not your typical Cambridge University student.
Her mum is a nurse, her dad works in a post office depot, she went to a state school - and she's black and British.
Newly released data has found that four-fifths of students accepted at Oxbridge between 2010 and 2015 have parents in top professional an... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/articles/41696224 |
Canada producer leaves TV amid flurry of sexual abuse allegations - BBC News | 2017-10-20 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Gilbert Rozon has been accused of sexually abusing and harassing women over the past three decades. | US & Canada | Gilbert Rozon (right) at a Gucci event in Paris
Canadian producer Gilbert Rozon has left several television productions amid accusations he sexually abused and harassed several women.
Montreal police are investigating an incident that took place in Paris in 1994, Radio Canada reported.
The 62-year-old resigned from ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-41685262 |
Catalonia crisis: Spain plans for elections as independence row grows - BBC News | 2017-10-20 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The region's parliament would be dissolved as part of measures to impose direct control. | Europe | Catalan authorities have refused to drop their campaign for independence from Spain
Spain's conservative government has agreed with the socialist opposition to hold regional elections in Catalonia in January, the socialists say.
The elections are part of a package of measures being put in place to suspend the region'... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-41693318 |
Robert Mugabe's WHO appointment condemned as 'an insult' - BBC News | 2017-10-21 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The UK government, an array of campaign groups and the Zimbabwe opposition express dismay. | Africa | Critics say health services have collapsed under Mr Mugabe's rule
The choice of Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe as a World Health Organization (WHO) goodwill ambassador has been criticised by several organisations including the British government.
It described his selection as "surprising and disappointing" given hi... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-41702662 |
Newspaper headlines: Roadworks 'misery' to end and EU 'saves May' - BBC News | 2017-10-21 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Plans to increase a motorway speed limit and progress over Brexit talks are among the stories leading the papers. | The Papers | A number of papers focus on what the UK's Brexit bill might be
Some of the papers try to put a figure on what the UK's Brexit bill might be.
The Daily Mirror thinks it could be £36bn, noting that Prime Minister Theresa May did not rule out a doubling of the current £18bn offer.
The Daily Telegraph's suggestion is £4... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-the-papers-41702829 |
Joshua Boyle and Caitlan Coleman: The couple taken by the Taliban - BBC News | 2017-10-21 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | What’s next for the North American couple and their children rescued from five years of captivity? | US & Canada | Canadian Joshua Boyle and American Caitlan Coleman were rescued this month after being held captive for five years by a Taliban-linked insurgent group. But what were two Western backpackers doing in Afghanistan in the first place?
"Looking back, I think it was two years before we saw any proof they were alive," recall... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-41656159 |
Taxpayer-funded drugs 'too expensive for patients’ - BBC News | 2017-10-21 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Campaigners say UK taxpayers "effectively pay twice" for medicines, increasing NHS budget pressures. | Health | Taxpayer-funded medical research is producing medicines which are increasingly unaffordable for patients who need them, says a new report.
Campaigners claim that the NHS spent more than £1bn on drugs developed from publically funded research in 2016.
A government spokesperson said it wanted the UK to be a global lead... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-41693246 |
Brazil police arrests 108 in major anti-paedophilia operation - BBC News | 2017-10-21 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Officers seize more than 150,000 files with disturbing images of young children and teenagers. | Latin America & Caribbean | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Suspects covered their faces as they were taken for questioning
Police in Brazil say they have arrested 108 people in the biggest operation ever against paedophiles in Latin America.
Suspects were arrested in 24 states and ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-41704429 |
King Felipe VI says Catalonia 'will remain' Spanish - BBC News | 2017-10-21 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | King Felipe VI says Spain will solve the crisis through democratic institutions. | Europe | Spain's King Felipe VI has said Catalonia "is and will remain" an essential part of the country.
It is his second intervention in the Catalonia secession crisis.
He told an awards ceremony in the northern city of Oviedo that the Catalan government was causing a rift and Spain would solve the problem through democrati... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-41702327 |
Storm Brian: Gale-force winds and high seas hit UK coast - BBC News | 2017-10-21 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Some flood warnings remain in place, although disruption was not as bad as had been feared. | UK | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.
Storm Brian has eased after the UK saw gale-force winds and high seas, although disruption was not as bad as had been feared.
Gusts of 78mph were recorded in Capel Curig and Aberdaron, north Wales, with 84mph recorded on th... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41704779 |
Shinzo Abe wins resounding victory in Japan, exit polls say - BBC News | 2017-10-21 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The prime minister has kept his "super-majority" and says he will deal firmly with North Korea | Asia | Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's coalition has won a resounding victory in Sunday's general election, according to exit polls.
On hearing of his victory he said he would "firmly deal with" threats from North Korea.
The public broadcaster NHK put Mr Abe's Liberal Democratic Party-led (LDP) coalition at 312 seats, ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-41711369 |
Why Tina Turner came out of retirement - BBC News | 2017-10-21 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A new musical based on the singer's life is hitting London's West End in 2018. | Entertainment & Arts | Adrienne Warren will play Tina Turner in the musical, which opens in April
A new musical based on the life of Tina Turner is set to open in the West End in 2018 - and the singer even came out of retirement (somewhat reluctantly) to work on it.
"Retirement is wonderful," Turner says as she launches Tina: The Musical i... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-41666887 |
Titanic letter sells for world record price at auction - BBC News | 2017-10-21 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Passenger's letter home, written a day before the ship hit an iceberg, fetches £126,000 at auction. | Northern Ireland | The letter was written by Oscar Holverson to his mother
One of the last known letters to have been written on the Titanic has sold for a world record price at auction.
The letter, written by American businessman and Titanic passenger, Oscar Holverson, fetched £126,000.
It was sought-after because he wrote it on 13 A... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-41696084 |
Stop anonymous attacks on me, Wood tells Plaid politicians - BBC News | 2017-10-21 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | It follows reports of disquiet among some Plaid AMs over whether she should lead the party in 2021. | Wales politics | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Leanne Wood says she would prefer critics to "say it to my face" rather than brief in private
Leanne Wood has made a public appeal to Plaid Cymru AMs to stop making anonymous criticisms of her leadership to journalists.
Spe... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/41699098 |
Missing California hikers died in apparent murder-suicide - BBC News | 2017-10-21 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Police suspect the man killed his girlfriend at Joshua Tree National Park before killing himself. | US & Canada | The pair went missing in the arid desert park during extremely hot weather
A California couple who went missing in July in the Joshua Tree National Park are believed to have died in a murder-suicide pact, police have said.
Rachel Nguyen, 20 and Joseph Orbeso, 22, were first discovered on 15 October by a search and re... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-41702369 |
Trump says he will allow scheduled release of JFK files - BBC News | 2017-10-21 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Classified files relating to the assassination of John F Kennedy are due to be released in days. | US & Canada | President John F Kennedy was given a state funeral, after hundreds of thousands of people viewed his casket
Donald Trump has said he plans to allow the opening of a trove of long-classified files on the assassination of former president John F Kennedy.
The president tweeted to say he would allow the release "subject ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-41708854 |
Man arrested after knife attack in Munich - BBC News | 2017-10-21 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Police say no motive has been established for the attack, which lightly wounded four passers-by. | Europe | Police said no motive had been established
German police have arrested a man in Munich after four people were lightly injured by a knife attacker.
Police said the suspect lashed out at five men and one woman around Rosenheimer Platz in the east of the city, but missed two of his targets.
A police spokeswoman said th... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-41705587 |
Brexit: Talk of deadlock is exaggerated, says Donald Tusk - BBC News | 2017-10-21 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | EU leaders say there is not enough progress to start trade talks yet, but they hope to begin in December. | UK Politics | Reports of deadlock over Brexit negotiations may have been exaggerated, European Council President Donald Tusk has said after a Brussels summit.
Progress was "not sufficient" to begin trade talks with the UK now but that "doesn't mean there is no progress at all", he said.
EU leaders will discuss the issue internally... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-41684111 |
Tony Warren's script for Coronation Street forerunner found - BBC News | 2017-10-21 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Tony Warren tried writing a different northern soap opera before creating Corrie. | Entertainment & Arts | A script for Coronation Street creator Tony Warren's previously unknown first attempt at a soap opera has been found.
Before Warren changed the TV landscape with Coronation Street in 1960, he started writing Seven, Bessie Street.
His friend David Tucker said it centres on a terraced street but is otherwise very diffe... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-41699055 |
Church of Scientology opens Birmingham HQ - BBC News | 2017-10-21 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The controversial group bought the Grade II listed Pitmaston House for £4.2m in 2007. | Birmingham & Black Country | The building was officially opened in an extravagant ceremony
The Church of Scientology has opened a £4.2m HQ in Birmingham.
Grade II listed Pitmaston House, in the Moseley suburb, was snapped up in 2007 by the group, which was founded by science fiction author L Ron Hubbard.
There was a heavy security presence arou... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-41697303 |
Strictly Come Dancing: Bruno Tonioli to miss weekend shows - BBC News | 2017-10-21 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | This will be the first time the judge has missed the live shows in 13 years. | Entertainment & Arts | Bruno will be absent from the judging panel for the first time in 13 years
Bruno Tonioli is missing this weekend's Strictly Come Dancing shows due to "a very busy work schedule".
It will be the first time the judge has missed the shows in his 13 years on the panel.
A Strictly spokeswoman told the BBC: "As was always... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-41692243 |
Czech election: Billionaire Babis wins by large margin - BBC News | 2017-10-21 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Andrej Babis' party has secured almost triple the vote share of its closest rivals | Europe | Mr Babis and his colleagues celebrated their poll-topping performance
Populist billionaire candidate Andrej Babis and his party have won the Czech Republic's general election.
Mr Babis, 63, is the country's second-richest man and campaigned on an anti-establishment and Eurosceptic platform.
With all votes counted, h... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-41708844 |
Tenants 'unfairly miss out on credit' - BBC News | 2017-10-21 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Mortgage applicants are unable to rely on rent payment history as proof that they can afford a home loan. | Business | Tenants' regular rent payments should be recorded on their credit score and used as proof to lenders that mortgage demands can be met, MPs are to be told.
At present, mortgage applicants are unable to rely on rent payment history as proof that they would be safe to lend to when buying a home.
A debate is being held i... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-41696073 |
Newspaper headlines: May's 'climbdown' and gambling sites curbed - BBC News | 2017-10-21 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Theresa May's "climbdown" and a crackdown on British gambling companies are among the stories to lead the newspapers. | The Papers | Spain's decision to take control of Catalonia - and remove its separatist leaders - features in many of the papers
Spain's decision to take control of Catalonia - and remove its separatist leaders - makes the lead in the Observer.
It says Catalan separatists are preparing for a war of attrition against direct rule fr... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-the-papers-41711319 |
Explosives experts called to Sellafield over chemical concerns - BBC News | 2017-10-21 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A small number of canisters of solvents were disposed of by controlled explosion. | Cumbria | Sellafield reprocesses and stores nearly all of Britain's nuclear waste
Bomb disposal experts were called to the Sellafield nuclear reprocessing plant after a routine audit of chemicals stored in a laboratory.
Sellafield Ltd said it was "not a radiological event" but involved a small number of canisters of solvents w... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41705402 |
The place spacecraft go to die - BBC News | 2017-10-21 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Why one of the Earth's most remote places is the preferred place to dump space junk. | Science & Environment | Artwork: Most of Tiangong-1 will not survive to the surface
China's Tiangong-1 space station is currently out of control and expected to fall back to Earth next year. But not in the remote place where many other spacecraft end their days.
Explorers and adventurers often look for new places to conquer now that the hig... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-41683839 |
Middlesbrough modified Kodi box trader gets suspended jail term - BBC News | 2017-10-21 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Brian Thompson had planned to argue the law in connection with the boxes was a "grey area". | Tees | Brian Thompson had previously said he wanted to know whether he was doing anything illegal
A trader who sold TV boxes which allowed viewers to watch subscription films and football for free has been given a suspended jail term.
Brian Thompson had denied breaking the law by selling the Kodi boxes, setting up the prosp... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tees-41692804 |
Ex-Lancashire Police officer Jayson Lobo jailed for voyeurism - BBC News | 2017-10-21 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Jayson Lobo secretly recorded sexual encounters with seven women on his mobile phone. | Lancashire | Jayson Lobo was found guilty of 11 counts of voyeurism
An ex-police officer who secretly filmed sexual encounters with seven women on his mobile phone has been jailed for three years.
Jayson Lobo, 48, formerly of Lancashire Police, met most of his victims on a dating website between 2011 and 2015.
Sentencing him at ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-41701538 |
Motorway roadworks speed limit could be increased - BBC News | 2017-10-21 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Tests suggested drivers were more relaxed at higher speeds as they could overtake slower vehicles. | UK | Speed limits for motorway roadworks could be raised in England under plans aimed at reducing congestion.
Currently the normal speed for such stretches of road is 50mph (80km/h).
But trials carried out by Highways England found drivers' heart rates were lower when they drove at 55mph (88km/h) and 60mph (96km/h) throug... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41704392 |
Rise in airport drop-off and pick-up charges 'eye-watering' - BBC News | 2017-10-21 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Charges for picking up and dropping off passengers at some UK airports have risen by as much as 100%. | UK | The RAC advised drivers to check airport charges in advance "or be prepared for an unpleasant shock"
Charges for picking up and dropping off passengers at some of the UK's busiest airports have risen by as much as 100% over the past year, a new study claims.
RAC research found eight of the top 20 UK airports had incr... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41706992 |
Modelling debut for boy, 11, with Down's syndrome - BBC News | 2017-10-21 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Joseph Hale was selected as one of the faces of retailer River Island's latest ad campaign. | Humberside | Joseph Hale, from Cleethorpes, says he is "excited" by his modelling debut
An 11-year-old boy with Down's syndrome has landed his first modelling job in a high street store's new advertising campaign.
Joseph Hale, from Cleethorpes, North East Lincolnshire, has become one of the faces of River Island's new children's ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-humber-41706532 |
Aberdeenshire man 'kidnapped' in Vietnam is found safe and well - BBC News | 2017-10-21 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | He was with a group of friends who got out of a taxi which apparently sped off before Mr Leslie could step out of the car. | NE Scotland, Orkney & Shetland | Connor Leslie was in Vietnam on holiday with a group of friends
A 23-year-old British man feared kidnapped in Vietnam has been found safe and well, relatives have said.
Connor Leslie, from Newtonhill in Aberdeenshire, was last seen at about 02:30 local time (21:30 BST on Friday) in Hanoi.
He was in the city with a g... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-41707291 |
Bradford toddler death: Woman arrested on suspicion of murder - BBC News | 2017-10-22 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A woman is arrested on suspicion of murder after an 18-month-old boy falls from a window in Bradford. | Leeds & West Yorkshire | A woman has been arrested on suspicion of murdering an 18-month-old boy who fell from a sixth-floor flat window.
It "quickly became apparent" the boy had died when police were called to Newcastle House in Barkerend Road, Bradford, at 17:10 BST on Saturday.
A 23-year-old woman arrested on suspicion of murder is receiv... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-41711757 |
WHO chief 'rethinking' Robert Mugabe's appointment - BBC News | 2017-10-22 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Proposals to make Zimbabwe's leader a World Health Organisation goodwill envoy spark an outcry. | Africa | Robert Mugabe is frequently taken to task over human rights abuses
The new head of the World Health Organisation (WHO) is rethinking a plan to appoint Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe as a goodwill ambassador.
He had previously praised Zimbabwe for its commitment to public health.
But Mr Mugabe's critics say Zimba... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-41711571 |
WHO cancels Robert Mugabe goodwill ambassador role - BBC News | 2017-10-22 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The appointment of Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe prompted a global outcry and wide-ranging condemnation. | Africa | The World Health Organization has revoked the appointment of Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe as a goodwill ambassador following a widespread outcry.
"I have listened carefully to all who have expressed their concerns," WHO head Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in a statement.
He had previously praised Zimbabwe for its commit... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-41713919 |
Actress Rosemary Leach dies after 'short illness' - BBC News | 2017-10-22 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The actress, best known for roles in films A Room With A View and That'll Be The Day, was 81. | Entertainment & Arts | Rosemary Leach played the Queen in Margaret, a BBC drama about Margaret Thatcher
Actress Rosemary Leach, best known for her roles in the films A Room With A View and That'll Be The Day, has died, her agent has said.
Leach, who also played Grace in episodes of the sitcom My Family, died in hospital after a "short illn... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-41714112 |
Kyron Webb Moston stabbing: Teens charged with murder - BBC News | 2017-10-22 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Two boys, aged 16 and 17, are charged with the murder of "gifted and talented" Kyron Webb. | Manchester | Two teenagers have been charged with the murder of a 15-year-old boy in Manchester.
Kyron Webb was found unconscious on Worsley Avenue in Moston at 19:10 BST on Tuesday with serious stab wounds. He died in hospital on Friday.
Two boys, aged 16 and 17, have been charged with murder, Greater Manchester Police said.
Ky... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-41711753 |
Partition 70 years on: When tribal warriors invaded Kashmir - BBC News | 2017-10-22 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Witnesses tell the BBC how men with sticks and axes started one of the world's longest conflicts. | Asia | A view of Muzaffarabad, where the Neelum River divides the main city from hillside settlements
Towering some 550 metres (1,800 ft) above the Pakistani town of Garhi Habibullah to the west, and the Kashmiri city of Muzaffarabad to the east, Dub Gali looks serene on a cool October morning.
Some two dozen shops sit quie... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-41662588 |
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