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Taxpayer-funded drugs 'too expensive for patients’ - BBC News | 2017-10-22 | 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 |
Will Australia's 'miracle economy' keep on winning? - BBC News | 2017-10-22 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The "wonder from down under" has been free from recession for more than a quarter of a century. | Australia | It was the year Australia went to war in the Gulf, when Monica Seles and Boris Becker won tennis grand slams in Melbourne, and The Simpsons was first shown on Aussie television, while a swooning Bryan Adams was a hit with love-struck teenagers ("Look into your heart, baby").
It was 1991, and the last time Australia ta... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-41643147 |
Nuneaton bowling alley siege: Man arrested - BBC News | 2017-10-22 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Two hostages were held by a suspected gunman in an incident police say was not terror-related. | Coventry & Warwickshire | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Megan Westwood: "We got evacuated one by one"
A suspected gunman was arrested after police ended a four-hour siege at a bowling alley in Nuneaton.
Officers were called to MFA Bowl in Bermuda Park at around 14:30 BST on Sund... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-coventry-warwickshire-41714114 |
Storm Brian: Gale-force winds and high seas hit UK coast - BBC News | 2017-10-22 | 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 | 2017-10-22 | 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 |
Archbishop calls for cut to universal credit delays - BBC News | 2017-10-22 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The Archbishop of York criticises "grotesquely ignorant" six-week delay for payments. | UK Politics | The six-week waiting time for universal credit must be cut as the idea that people have a nest egg to fall back on is "grotesquely ignorant", the Archbishop of York has said.
Writing in The Sunday Times, Dr John Sentamu said ministers must take a "courageous" look at the benefit.
Addressing the delay must be a priori... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-41712312 |
Newspaper headlines: Budget 'ambush' and transition deal plea - BBC News | 2017-10-22 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Some Tories seemingly want the chancellor out, while business leaders call for urgent Brexit action in Monday's papers. | The Papers | The Daily Mirror leads with a claim that 50 children a week are now referred to gender realignment clinics - some as young as four.
A gender dysphoria expert and a clinical psychologist tell the paper the rise in cases could be the result of a growing acceptance of gender issues.
However, another gender expert cautio... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-the-papers-41716863 |
Fox renewed Bill O'Reilly deal despite harassment suit - BBC News | 2017-10-22 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Twenty-First Century Fox knew O'Reilly had settled a harassment allegation when he was rehired. | US & Canada | O'Reilly is known to have settled at least six sexual harassment suits
Former Fox News commentator Bill O'Reilly was handed a new contract in January, despite the network's parent company knowing he had recently settled a sexual harassment case.
The $32m (£24m) settlement was paid to former Fox legal analyst Lis Wieh... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-41712527 |
More posters from London Underground's forgotten designers - BBC News | 2017-10-22 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | An exhibition marks the work of unrecognised female artists whose work has adorned London. | England | We recently revealed some of the posters that have adorned London's transport system for more than 100 years. Here's more from the women who have shaped the way people see the city.
Female graphic designers have been producing artwork for the Underground since 1910, yet many remain largely unrecognised.
Some of their... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-41594835 |
Titanic letter sells for world record price at auction - BBC News | 2017-10-22 | 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 |
Labour demands changes to Brexit repeal bill - BBC News | 2017-10-22 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The party wants six changes to the repeal bill, including Parliament approval of the exit agreement. | UK Politics | Sir Keir Starmer wants six changes to the government's repeal bill
Labour will back Conservative rebels over Brexit unless the prime minister accepts changes to its repeal bill, the party's shadow Brexit secretary says.
Sir Keir Starmer wants six changes to the bill, which aims to transfer EU legislation into British... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-41711337 |
Why more people are running marathons in all 50 US states - BBC News | 2017-10-22 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Why are more people running marathons in all 50 states - and what does it say about modern America? | US & Canada | Steve and Paula Boone have run more than 1,000 marathons between them
Why are more people running marathons in all 50 states - and what does it say about modern America?
In 1988, Steve Boone was a computer systems designer who played football in his spare time.
One of his customers was training for the Houston Marat... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-41659960 |
Trump says he will allow scheduled release of JFK files - BBC News | 2017-10-22 | 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 |
Home-buying to be 'faster and less stressful' following review - BBC News | 2017-10-22 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Communities Secretary Sajid Javid floats idea of borrowing more to help boost housing construction. | Business | Home-buying and selling in England and Wales could be "faster and less stressful" under plans to simplify sales and tackle gazumping.
Communities Secretary Sajid Javid launched an eight-week review, saying he wanted to "hear from the industry" on how to streamline home-buying.
Ways of locking in deals and stopping se... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41708597 |
Brexit: Expats given 'no disruption' pledge by Spanish government - BBC News | 2017-10-22 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The Spanish foreign minister seeks to assure Britons worried about no Brexit deal being reached. | UK Politics | Spain is the most popular destination for Britons living in other EU countries
Britons living in Spain will not have their lives "disrupted" after Brexit - even if there is no UK-EU deal, the Spanish foreign minister says.
The two sides are yet to reach an agreement about how the rights of expats will be protected af... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-41714435 |
Church of Scientology opens Birmingham HQ - BBC News | 2017-10-22 | 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 |
Brexit: Business lobby groups call for transition deal clarity - BBC News | 2017-10-22 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Britain's five biggest business lobby groups unite to call for swift action on transition plans. | Business | David Davis is holding Brexit talks in Paris on Monday
The UK risks losing jobs and investment without an urgent Brexit transition deal, Britain's five biggest business lobby groups have warned.
In a joint letter being sent to Brexit Secretary David Davis, the groups including the CBI and Institute of Directors, say ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-41716284 |
Former US presidents gather for hurricanes fundraiser - BBC News | 2017-10-22 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The five living former US presidents have raised more than $31m (£23.5m) for victims. | US & Canada | The five living former US presidents have gathered for a concert in aid of victims of the hurricanes which ravaged the US this year.
Barack Obama, George W Bush, Bill Clinton, George HW Bush and Jimmy Carter appeared in Texas on Saturday.
The three Democrats and two Republicans came together behind The One America Ap... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-41711576 |
Czech election: Billionaire Babis wins by large margin - BBC News | 2017-10-22 | 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 |
Catalonia independence: Spain's unfathomably delicate task - BBC News | 2017-10-22 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The prime minister has meandered through previous crises but that won't work now, says Tom Burridge. | Europe | But his message to Catalonia's devolved government, which spearheads the pro-independence movement, was blunt. He said Madrid would remove its leaders and impose direct rule.
Mariano Rajoy is conservative by party, and in his political style.
He has meandered his way through other crises; a financial one for his coun... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-41714662 |
Man dies in Leicester fire engine crash - BBC News | 2017-10-22 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The 26-year-old was taken to the Leicester Royal Infirmary, where he died shortly afterwards. | Leicester | One 26-year-old has died and another has been taken to hospital
A man has died in a crash involving a car and a fire engine.
The silver BMW collided with the Leicestershire Fire and Rescue Service on southbound carriageway of the A563 Lubbesthorpe Way at 05:00 BST
The 26-year-old BMW driver was taken to the Leiceste... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershire-41714226 |
Boy, 15, missing in London is found - BBC News | 2017-10-22 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The teenager went missing in Covent Garden while on a family trip to London. | England | A 15-year-old boy who had been missing in London has been found.
Benjamin Moorcroft, from Shrewsbury, had been separated from his family while they were on a trip to the capital on Saturday evening in Covent Garden.
He was found shortly before 07:30 BST on Monday in the Waterloo area.
In a statement, the Metropolita... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-41717365 |
Macron's dog Nemo filmed peeing on Elysée fireplace - BBC News | 2017-10-22 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | French TV was filming the president chatting with junior ministers when Nemo stole the scene. | Europe | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Local television catches Nemo the dog in the act
Video has emerged of French President Emmanuel Macron's dog Nemo urinating on a fireplace at the Elysée palace.
The footage shows the black Labrador-Griffon cross relieving h... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-41716115 |
Bird hunters risk steep cliffs to catch gannets - BBC News | 2017-10-22 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | On just one night a year Faroese men can hunt gannet chicks, considered a delicacy. It involves a dangerous climb down steep cliffs. | Magazine | The Faroe Islands are home to an impressive array of seabirds but there is only one colony of gannets, located on the most westerly island, Mykines. The young birds are considered a delicacy by the islanders. So, once a year, hunters abseil down the cliffs to catch the birds.
It takes eight fit men to carry the 150m o... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-41698293 |
Newspaper headlines: May's 'climbdown' and gambling sites curbed - BBC News | 2017-10-22 | 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 |
Borrow more to boost building, says Sajid Javid - BBC News | 2017-10-22 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The cabinet minister says a lack of affordable housing is the "biggest barrier to social progress". | Business | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Communities Secretary Sajid Javid: 'We are looking at new investments'
The government should borrow money to fund the building of hundreds of thousands of new homes, a cabinet minister says.
Communities Secretary Sajid Javi... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-41714128 |
Italy referendums: Lombardy and Veneto 'back greater autonomy' - BBC News | 2017-10-22 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Central government says the polls are unnecessary but they are permitted under the constitution. | Europe | "Yes" posters in the Veneto region
Two of Italy's richest northern regions have voted for more autonomy, according to their leaders.
More than 90% of voters in Lombardy, home to Italy's financial capital Milan, and the Veneto region around Venice, voted yes in the non-binding referendum, their presidents claimed.
Bo... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-41712263 |
Dubai Scot jailed for three months for public indecency - BBC News | 2017-10-22 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Jamie Harron was arrested after touching a man's hip in a Dubai bar. | Tayside and Central Scotland | Jamie Harron was convicted of public indecency over the incident in a Dubai bar
A Scottish man has been sentenced to three months in jail for touching a man's hip in a Dubai bar.
Jamie Harron, from Stirling, was arrested in July and charged with public indecency.
He claimed he had simply been trying to avoid spillin... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-41713718 |
British woman reported dead in boat accident in France - BBC News | 2017-10-22 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Four others were injured when the boat hit a warning beacon, throwing the woman into the Rhone. | UK | The incident happened near the town of Avignon
A British woman has died after a boat accident in southern France on Saturday night.
The 27-year-old was thrown overboard when the boat she was on collided with a warning beacon on the river Rhone.
Her body was found six metres underwater, firefighters near Avignon told... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41715194 |
Everything Everything on how they've turned a 'nightmare' into pop music - BBC News | 2017-10-22 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Everything Everything on how their new album was inspired by the "surreal, nightmarish" news cycle. | Entertainment & Arts | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Everything Everything perform Can't Do at BBC Music Introducing Live 2017
"There's a tide and it's coming in now," sings Jonathan Higgs on Night Of The Long Knives, the latest single from Everything Everything.
The title re... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-41692363 |
Brexit: Why a transition period may not buy more time for talks - BBC News | 2017-10-22 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | David Davis says a transition period won't happen unless a final Brexit deal is in place. | UK Politics | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.
So the focus of the Brexit talks has shifted slightly as a result of the EU leaders' summit in Brussels.
There is still plenty of tough bargaining ahead in the next few weeks, especially on the question of money.
But there... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-41700039 |
Man charged with murdering Teresa Wishart in Kirkby - BBC News | 2017-10-22 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Teresa Wishart was found with head injuries at her home in Kirkby, police say. | Liverpool | Teresa Wishart was found with head injuries at her home
A man has been charged with the murder of an 80-year-old woman at her home.
The body of Teresa Wishart was found in Changford Close in Kirkby, Merseyside, on Thursday. She had suffered head injuries.
Charles Stapleton, 51, from Watts Close, Kirkby, is accused o... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-41716994 |
Brexit: Emily Thornberry predicts no deal with the EU - BBC News | 2017-10-22 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Emily Thornberry predicts the UK's "intransigence" will stop agreement being reached with Brussels. | UK Politics | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Emily Thornberry: "I think we are heading for no-deal Brexit"
Brexit negotiations with the EU are heading for a "no deal" scenario, Labour's Emily Thornberry has warned.
Shadow foreign secretary Ms Thornberry said the PM's ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-41713533 |
How Wim Wenders put the snap back into Polaroids - BBC News | 2017-10-22 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The movie-maker shows off his eclectic collection of self-snapped prints taken over many decades. | Entertainment & Arts | Wim Wenders chose himself as a subject for some of his photos
Wim Wenders became a major film-maker when, in the 1970s, German cinema became cool around the world. His hits included The American Friend and Paris, Texas. But Wenders was privately experimenting with one of the most straightforward of visual technologies... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-41686678 |
Raqqa: US coalition 'wiped city off Earth', Russia says - BBC News | 2017-10-22 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Moscow accuses the West of sending aid to the Syrian city to cover up evidence of crimes. | Middle East | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The BBC's Feras Kilani was in Raqqa with anti-IS troops
Russia has accused the US-led coalition of bombing the Syrian city of Raqqa "off the face of the earth" during the fight against so-called Islamic State.
The Syrian De... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-41714754 |
Aberdeenshire man 'kidnapped' in Vietnam is found safe and well - BBC News | 2017-10-22 | 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 |
Director James Toback accused of sexual harassment - BBC News | 2017-10-23 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Oscar-nominated film-maker James Toback denies allegations made by almost 40 women. | Entertainment & Arts | James Toback has been a writer and director since the 1970s
Oscar-nominated Hollywood film-maker James Toback has been accused by nearly 40 women of sexual harassment.
The Los Angeles Times said 31 of the women had spoken on the record about their experiences, which span the last 30 years.
Toback has denied the alle... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-41720154 |
Hunt for fugitive conman suspect Mark Acklom focuses on family - BBC News | 2017-10-23 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A wealthy divorcee described how Mark Acklom pretended to be a spy before disappearing with her savings. | Bristol | Mark Acklom is likely to be with his wife Maria Rodriguez, police say
Detectives hunting a man accused of conning a wealthy divorcee out of her life savings have released details of his family in an attempt to find him.
Mark Acklom, 44, was named among the 10 most wanted British fugitives living in Spain, last Octobe... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-41719564 |
Japan PM Shinzo Abe promises to handle North Korea threat - BBC News | 2017-10-23 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Shinzo Abe pledges strong "counter-measures" against Pyongyang after a decisive election win. | Asia | Shinzo Abe called the snap election in September, and said the results were a "vote of confidence"
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has promised strong "counter-measures" against North Korea, after winning a decisive victory in Sunday's election.
Mr Abe had called an early election for a greater mandate to deal wit... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-41717219 |
Brexit: Theresa May says 'important progress' made at EU summit - BBC News | 2017-10-23 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | But Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn says the PM's update sounds like "Groundhog Day". | UK Politics | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Theresa May: We are in touching distance of a deal
Theresa May has said "important progress" on Brexit was made at last week's EU summit - but Jeremy Corbyn said it sounded like "Groundhog Day".
The PM said she had a "degre... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-41720244 |
Actress Rosemary Leach dies after 'short illness' - BBC News | 2017-10-23 | 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 |
Stephen Hawking PhD readers crash Cambridge University website - BBC News | 2017-10-23 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Stephen Hawking's PhD thesis, written as a 24-year-old, was made available to the public on Monday. | Cambridgeshire | Stephen Hawking's handwriting can be seen on the document
Demand for Stephen Hawking's PhD thesis intermittently crashed part of Cambridge University's website as physics fans flocked to read his work.
Prof Hawking's 1966 thesis "Properties of expanding universes" was made freely available for the first time on the p... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-41721585 |
Partition 70 years on: When tribal warriors invaded Kashmir - BBC News | 2017-10-23 | 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 |
Will Australia's 'miracle economy' keep on winning? - BBC News | 2017-10-23 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The "wonder from down under" has been free from recession for more than a quarter of a century. | Australia | It was the year Australia went to war in the Gulf, when Monica Seles and Boris Becker won tennis grand slams in Melbourne, and The Simpsons was first shown on Aussie television, while a swooning Bryan Adams was a hit with love-struck teenagers ("Look into your heart, baby").
It was 1991, and the last time Australia ta... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-41643147 |
Nuneaton MFA bowling alley siege: Man in court - BBC News | 2017-10-23 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | David Clarke, of Nuneaton, is charged with false imprisonment and possession of a samurai sword. | Coventry & Warwickshire | A man accused of taking two people hostage during a four-hour siege at a bowling alley has appeared in court.
David Clarke, 53, was arrested on Sunday after the stand-off at MFA Bowl in Bermuda Park, Nuneaton.
He is charged a number of offences, including false imprisonment and being in possession of a samurai sword ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-coventry-warwickshire-41730360 |
Man 'stabbed five times' outside St Leonards school - BBC News | 2017-10-23 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | He was found on the ground bleeding outside a primary school in St Leonards-on-Sea, police say. | Sussex | The man has been taken to hospital and the road is closed
A man was stabbed repeatedly outside a primary school and found bleeding on the ground, police have said.
He was found in the Tower Road area of St Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex, at about 11:30 BST with multiple stab wounds.
A witness who lives near the scene ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-41724271 |
Nuneaton bowling alley siege: Man arrested - BBC News | 2017-10-23 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Two hostages were held by a suspected gunman in an incident police say was not terror-related. | Coventry & Warwickshire | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Megan Westwood: "We got evacuated one by one"
A suspected gunman was arrested after police ended a four-hour siege at a bowling alley in Nuneaton.
Officers were called to MFA Bowl in Bermuda Park at around 14:30 BST on Sund... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-coventry-warwickshire-41714114 |
More acidic oceans 'will affect all sea life' - BBC News | 2017-10-23 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The eight-year study finds infant sea creatures will be especially harmed by more acidic oceans. | Science & Environment | Cold water corals should be more resilient
All sea life will be affected because carbon dioxide emissions from modern society are making the oceans more acidic, a major new report will say.
The eight-year study from more than 250 scientists finds that infant sea creatures will be especially harmed.
This means the nu... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-41653511 |
Newspaper headlines: Budget 'ambush' and transition deal plea - BBC News | 2017-10-23 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Some Tories seemingly want the chancellor out, while business leaders call for urgent Brexit action in Monday's papers. | The Papers | The Daily Mirror leads with a claim that 50 children a week are now referred to gender realignment clinics - some as young as four.
A gender dysphoria expert and a clinical psychologist tell the paper the rise in cases could be the result of a growing acceptance of gender issues.
However, another gender expert cautio... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-the-papers-41716863 |
Minimum alcohol price law unveiled in Wales - BBC News | 2017-10-23 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | It is claimed one life a week could be saved in Wales if cheap alcohol sales are banned. | Wales | A law to set a minimum price for selling alcohol in Wales has been unveiled.
Ministers believe tackling excessive drinking could save a life a week and mean 1,400 fewer hospital admissions a year.
Pricing is seen as a "missing link" in public health efforts, alongside better awareness and treatment.
Under a 50p-a-un... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-41682666 |
Why more people are running marathons in all 50 US states - BBC News | 2017-10-23 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Why are more people running marathons in all 50 states - and what does it say about modern America? | US & Canada | Steve and Paula Boone have run more than 1,000 marathons between them
Why are more people running marathons in all 50 states - and what does it say about modern America?
In 1988, Steve Boone was a computer systems designer who played football in his spare time.
One of his customers was training for the Houston Marat... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-41659960 |
Is this the most influential work in the history of capitalism? - BBC News | 2017-10-23 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The father of double-entry bookkeeping wrote the definitive guide in 1494. | Business | Renaissance mathematician Luca Pacioli is seen as the father of double-entry bookkeeping
In 1495 or thereabouts, Leonardo da Vinci himself, the genius's genius, noted down a list of things to do in one of his famous notebooks.
These to-do lists, written in mirror-writing and interspersed with sketches, are magnificen... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-41582244 |
Patients need rest, not antibiotics, say health officials - BBC News | 2017-10-23 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Health officials say many illnesses get better on their own and patients don't need prescriptions. | Health | More patients should be told to go home and rest rather than be given antibiotics, according to health officials.
Public Health England (PHE) says up to a fifth of antibiotic prescriptions are unnecessary as many illnesses get better on their own.
Overusing the drugs is making infections harder to treat by creating d... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41696236 |
Emile Cilliers trial: Accused 'texted lover as wife in surgery' - BBC News | 2017-10-23 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Emile Cilliers asked his lover to clean in the nude while his wife was in hospital, court hears. | Wiltshire | The army fitness instructor denies attempting to murder Victoria Cilliers in April 2015
An Army sergeant accused of tampering with his wife's parachute contacted his lover as his spouse underwent surgery after a 4,000ft fall, a court was told.
Jurors were read messages sent between Emile Cilliers and Stefanie Goller ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-wiltshire-41682118 |
Netflix to raise another $1.6bn to finance new films and shows - BBC News | 2017-10-23 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The streaming service expects to spend up to $8bn next year on new content. | Business | Netflix's Stranger Things has been one of the company's big hits
Netflix is raising another $1.6bn (£1.2bn) from investors to finance new shows and possibly make acquisitions.
The video streaming service plans to spend up to $8bn on content next year to compete with fast-growing rivals.
Netflix will issue bonds to i... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-41729434 |
Swansea 'unflattering mugshot' man sentenced for assault - BBC News | 2017-10-23 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Wayne Esmonde asked police to change an "unflattering" mug shot used in a social media appeal. | South West Wales | Wayne Esmonde was wanted by South Wales Police in connection with an assault
A man who asked police to remove his mugshot from a wanted appeal because it was unflattering has been sentenced for assault.
South Wales Police posted the photo of Wayne Esmonde, 35, from Swansea, on social media when he was wanted for atta... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-west-wales-41721263 |
Gunpowder: Guy Fawkes TV drama's violence sparks complaints - BBC News | 2017-10-23 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Viewers voice dismay at the "grotesque" violence in BBC One's new Guy Fawkes drama. | Entertainment & Arts | Tom Cullen and Kit Harington play Guy Fawkes and Robert Catesby respectively
A BBC drama about the gunpowder plot has drawn criticism for its violence.
One viewer labelled an execution scene in Gunpowder "grotesque and completely unnecessary", while another called it "one of the most painful things I've ever witnesse... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-41719440 |
Dolly Parton's nine-to-five approach to music - BBC News | 2017-10-23 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The country music star has taken a business-like approach to her career and says other artists should do the same. | Business | Dolly Parton is known as much for her business acumen as her song-writing skills
Even when she's talking about cold, hard cash, Dolly Parton manages to seem down to earth.
She's promoting her new children's album "I Believe in You" and is in top, self-deprecating form, talking to the BBC.
"It's hard for me to spend ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-41665701 |
T-Charge: New London traffic charge comes into force - BBC News | 2017-10-23 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The cost of driving in central London will almost double for some motorists under the new scheme. | London | The T-charge aims to cut pollution in the capital
Drivers of older, more polluting vehicles now have to pay almost twice as much to drive in central London.
Mayor Sadiq Khan's £10 T-Charge, which mainly applies to diesel and petrol vehicles registered before 2006, has come into force.
It covers the same area as the ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-41695116 |
Newspaper headlines: Lords expenses 'scandal' and Brexit 'leaks' - BBC News | 2017-10-23 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Peers are accused of being "at it again", while Theresa May "shrugs off" claims she begged for help from Brussels. | The Papers | The Times reports that German Chancellor Angela Merkel is furious about the alleged leak from a dinner in Brussels, which claimed Theresa May begged for help with Brexit.
Mrs Merkel is said to be concerned that further hostility from Brussels could lead the talks to collapse, which could in turn bring about the fall o... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-the-papers-41730090 |
Brexit: Business lobby groups call for transition deal clarity - BBC News | 2017-10-23 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Britain's five biggest business lobby groups unite to call for swift action on transition plans. | Business | David Davis is holding Brexit talks in Paris on Monday
The UK risks losing jobs and investment without an urgent Brexit transition deal, Britain's five biggest business lobby groups have warned.
In a joint letter being sent to Brexit Secretary David Davis, the groups including the CBI and Institute of Directors, say ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-41716284 |
George Michael heading for posthumous number one - BBC News | 2017-10-23 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The re-release of the late singer's Listen Without Prejudice Vol 1 leads this week's album sales. | Entertainment & Arts | George Michael is on course to top the UK album chart this Friday, 10 months after his death.
Listen Without Prejudice Vol 1 spent a week at number one when it was originally released in 1990.
It has now been reissued with a bonus disc including the singer's 1996 MTV Unplugged session.
It leads this week's album cha... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-41723491 |
Catalonia independence: Spain's unfathomably delicate task - BBC News | 2017-10-23 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The prime minister has meandered through previous crises but that won't work now, says Tom Burridge. | Europe | But his message to Catalonia's devolved government, which spearheads the pro-independence movement, was blunt. He said Madrid would remove its leaders and impose direct rule.
Mariano Rajoy is conservative by party, and in his political style.
He has meandered his way through other crises; a financial one for his coun... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-41714662 |
Boy, 15, missing in London is found - BBC News | 2017-10-23 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The teenager went missing in Covent Garden while on a family trip to London. | England | A 15-year-old boy who had been missing in London has been found.
Benjamin Moorcroft, from Shrewsbury, had been separated from his family while they were on a trip to the capital on Saturday evening in Covent Garden.
He was found shortly before 07:30 BST on Monday in the Waterloo area.
In a statement, the Metropolita... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-41717365 |
Macron's dog Nemo filmed peeing on Elysée fireplace - BBC News | 2017-10-23 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | French TV was filming the president chatting with junior ministers when Nemo stole the scene. | Europe | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Local television catches Nemo the dog in the act
Video has emerged of French President Emmanuel Macron's dog Nemo urinating on a fireplace at the Elysée palace.
The footage shows the black Labrador-Griffon cross relieving h... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-41716115 |
British IS fighters 'must be killed', minister says - BBC News | 2017-10-23 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | "In almost every case", that is the only option, Foreign Office minister Rory Stewart says. | UK Politics | The "only way" to deal with British IS fighters in Syria is "in almost every case" to kill them, the minister for international development has said.
Rory Stewart said converts to so-called Islamic State believed in an "extremely hateful doctrine" and had moved away from any allegiance to Britain.
They can expect to ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-41717394 |
Bird hunters risk steep cliffs to catch gannets - BBC News | 2017-10-23 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | On just one night a year Faroese men can hunt gannet chicks, considered a delicacy. It involves a dangerous climb down steep cliffs. | Magazine | The Faroe Islands are home to an impressive array of seabirds but there is only one colony of gannets, located on the most westerly island, Mykines. The young birds are considered a delicacy by the islanders. So, once a year, hunters abseil down the cliffs to catch the birds.
It takes eight fit men to carry the 150m o... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-41698293 |
Canadian man fined for loudly singing Everybody Dance Now - BBC News | 2017-10-23 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Montreal's Taoufik Moalla says he is contesting the ticket for "screaming in a public place". | US & Canada | A screengrab from the 90s hit Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)
A Canadian man is contesting a C$149 ($118; £90) ticket for "screaming in a public place" after being caught singing in his car.
The tune that got him grooving - and in trouble - was C+C Music Factory's 90s smash hit Gonna Make You Sweat (Everyb... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-41726495 |
Feeling isolated as an asexual in a sexualised society - BBC News | 2017-10-23 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Readers share their experiences of what it is like to be asexual in a sexualised society. | Magazine | When Stacey wrote about her experience of not wanting to sleep with anyone, even her husband, dozens of readers sent emails saying that they too were asexual. Many described feeling isolated in a sexualised society. Here is a selection of their stories - and a response from an asexual activist about the importance of j... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-41569900 |
MP Jared O'Mara quits equalities committee over homophobic remarks - BBC News | 2017-10-23 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The Sheffield Hallam Labour MP is "deeply ashamed" of remarks he made before entering Parliament. | Sheffield & South Yorkshire | Labour MP Jared O'Mara has quit the Commons equality committee over online homophobic comments he made before being elected to parliament.
Mr O'Mara also made misogynistic remarks, joked about having an orgy with members of Girls Aloud and posted degrading comments about fat people.
The Sheffield Hallam MP, 36, was e... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-41724540 |
Dubai Scot jailed for three months for public indecency - BBC News | 2017-10-23 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Jamie Harron was arrested after touching a man's hip in a Dubai bar. | Tayside and Central Scotland | Jamie Harron was convicted of public indecency over the incident in a Dubai bar
A Scottish man has been sentenced to three months in jail for touching a man's hip in a Dubai bar.
Jamie Harron, from Stirling, was arrested in July and charged with public indecency.
He claimed he had simply been trying to avoid spillin... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-41713718 |
British woman reported dead in boat accident in France - BBC News | 2017-10-23 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Four others were injured when the boat hit a warning beacon, throwing the woman into the Rhone. | UK | The incident happened near the town of Avignon
A British woman has died after a boat accident in southern France on Saturday night.
The 27-year-old was thrown overboard when the boat she was on collided with a warning beacon on the river Rhone.
Her body was found six metres underwater, firefighters near Avignon told... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41715194 |
Doctor Who: Bradley Walsh among three new cast members - BBC News | 2017-10-23 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Jodie Whittaker's Time Lord will be joined by Bradley Walsh, Tosin Cole and Mandip Gill. | Entertainment & Arts | Jodie Whittaker will be joined by Mandip Gill, Bradley Walsh and Tosin Cole
Doctor Who's first female Time Lord will be joined by three new regular cast members, the BBC has announced.
Jodie Whittaker, who takes over as the 13th Doctor next year, will be joined by Bradley Walsh, Tosin Cole and Mandip Gill, as well as... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-41716877 |
The Houses of Parliament - a building catastrophe? - BBC News | 2017-10-23 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | What does the state of the Palace of Westminster tell us about our politics? | UK Politics | This autumn, MPs are due to debate whether they will have to leave the Houses of Parliament while it undergoes essential repairs. But could they be forced out of their iconic building by a potentially messy blockage?
Turn on a gas alarm as a precaution, open a substantial iron gate and head down into a basement. The h... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-41650215 |
Harvey Weinstein: Company faces harassment inquiry - BBC News | 2017-10-23 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The investigation in New York follows sexual assault allegations made against Harvey Weinstein. | US & Canada | Harvey Weinstein insists any sexual relations he had were consensual
New York prosecutors are investigating the company co-founded by Harvey Weinstein following allegations of sexual assault made against the film producer.
The civil rights inquiry seeks to identify employees who have been subject to harassment.
"If ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-41726134 |
Everything Everything on how they've turned a 'nightmare' into pop music - BBC News | 2017-10-23 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Everything Everything on how their new album was inspired by the "surreal, nightmarish" news cycle. | Entertainment & Arts | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Everything Everything perform Can't Do at BBC Music Introducing Live 2017
"There's a tide and it's coming in now," sings Jonathan Higgs on Night Of The Long Knives, the latest single from Everything Everything.
The title re... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-41692363 |
Possible serial killer 'terrorising' Florida neighbourhood - BBC News | 2017-10-23 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Police warn residents to be on high alert after three people were shot dead within 10 days. | US & Canada | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Florida police search for suspect in connection with three murders
Florida police have said they are searching for a possible serial killer believed to have fatally shot three people over the last two weeks.
Officials belie... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-41725218 |
'One-off' £1.5m supercar damaged in crash at Tangmere - BBC News | 2017-10-23 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Police believe the Pagani Zonda had been in a convoy of supercars when it hit a crash barrier. | Sussex | The blue Pagani Zonda crashed on the A27 at Tangmere
An extremely rare £1.5m supercar was badly damaged after it smashed into a crash barrier in West Sussex.
The Pagani Zonda, which has a top speed of more than 200mph (322kmph), crashed on the A27 at Tangmere on Saturday shortly after 07:30 BST.
Sussex Police said t... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-41725938 |
Bradford toddler window fall murder case: Woman remanded in custody - BBC News | 2017-10-23 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Emergency services were called to a block of flats in Bradford on Saturday evening. | Leeds & West Yorkshire | Gemma Procter spoke only to confirm her name, age and address
A woman has appeared in court charged with the murder of an 18-month-old boy who fell from a sixth-floor flat window.
Emergency services were called to the Newcastle House block of flats in Bradford city centre at 17:10 BST on Saturday after Elliot Procter... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-41720061 |
Man charged with murdering Teresa Wishart in Kirkby - BBC News | 2017-10-23 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Teresa Wishart was found with head injuries at her home in Kirkby, police say. | Liverpool | Teresa Wishart was found with head injuries at her home
A man has been charged with the murder of an 80-year-old woman at her home.
The body of Teresa Wishart was found in Changford Close in Kirkby, Merseyside, on Thursday. She had suffered head injuries.
Charles Stapleton, 51, from Watts Close, Kirkby, is accused o... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-41716994 |
Russian radio presenter Felgengauer stabbed in neck - BBC News | 2017-10-23 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A top Russian broadcaster is seriously ill in hospital after a man stabbed her in the neck at work. | Europe | Tatyana Felgengauer is seen here posing in a team photo of Ekho Moskvy presenters
One of Russia's top radio presenters has had surgery after being stabbed in the neck by a man who broke into her newsroom at broadcaster Ekho Moskvy.
Tatyana Felgengauer is in a medically-induced coma in a Moscow hospital but her life i... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-41720828 |
Charges dropped against Scot accused of public indecency in Dubai - BBC News | 2017-10-23 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The Emirate of Dubai ruler intervenes after the man was sentenced to prison for public indecency. | Tayside and Central Scotland | Jamie Harron had been unable to leave the country since July
A Scottish man accused of public indecency in Dubai has had the charges against him dropped after the ruler of the Emirate of Dubai intervened.
Jamie Harron, 27, from Stirling, had been sentenced to three months in jail for touching a man's hip in a bar.
D... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-41722204 |
Raqqa: US coalition 'wiped city off Earth', Russia says - BBC News | 2017-10-23 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Moscow accuses the West of sending aid to the Syrian city to cover up evidence of crimes. | Middle East | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The BBC's Feras Kilani was in Raqqa with anti-IS troops
Russia has accused the US-led coalition of bombing the Syrian city of Raqqa "off the face of the earth" during the fight against so-called Islamic State.
The Syrian De... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-41714754 |
How Wim Wenders put the snap back into Polaroids - BBC News | 2017-10-23 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The movie-maker shows off his eclectic collection of self-snapped prints taken over many decades. | Entertainment & Arts | Wim Wenders chose himself as a subject for some of his photos
Wim Wenders became a major film-maker when, in the 1970s, German cinema became cool around the world. His hits included The American Friend and Paris, Texas. But Wenders was privately experimenting with one of the most straightforward of visual technologies... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-41686678 |
UK diver swims to safety after Australia shark scare - BBC News | 2017-10-23 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | John Craig says he was initially "followed" before making his way to safety in Australia. | Australia | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. A British man has told the BBC how he swam over four miles to safety after being "followed" by a tiger shark.
A British diver says he swam 7.5km (4.5 miles) to safety off the coast of Australia after losing sight of his boat... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-41717024 |
Kim Jong-nam murder: Suspects revisit Malaysia airport - BBC News | 2017-10-24 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The women accused of killing the half-brother of North Korea's leader visit the scene. | Asia | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. CCTV footage shows the alleged attack at the airport in February
Two women charged with killing Kim Jong-nam, the half-brother of North Korea's leader, are revisiting the crime scene in Malaysia.
Indonesian Siti Aisyah and ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-41731238 |
Paddington 2: Producer hopes to sever connection with The Weinstein Company - BBC News | 2017-10-24 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Producer of sequel David Heyman wants The Weinstein Company name "nowhere near" Paddington 2. | Entertainment & Arts | The producer behind Paddington 2 says he wants to cut all ties with the Weinstein name.
David Heyman told Deadline that The Weinstein Company had distribution rights but had nothing to do with the financing or making of the film.
Heyman said his hopes are that, ultimately, "The Weinstein Company name is nowhere near ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-41735750 |
Paul Weitz: Skylab and shuttle astronaut dies aged 85 - BBC News | 2017-10-24 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | US astronaut Paul Weitz, who helped save a Nasa space station after it was damaged during launch, has died aged 85. | Science & Environment | US astronaut Paul Weitz, who helped save a Nasa space station after it was damaged during launch, has died aged 85.
Mr Weitz, who died at a retirement home in Flagstaff, Arizona, also served as the first commander of the space shuttle Challenger.
He was a naval aviator before joining Nasa in 1966.
He was the pilot o... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-41740076 |
Google phone hit by 'burn in' problems - BBC News | 2017-10-24 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The search giant's flagship device has suffered several issues, including complaints about screen quality. | Technology | A faintly burned-in area, underneath the emergency text, is something only usually seen in older, worn out devices
Google’s new flagship smartphones have been hit by complaints about the quality of the screens.
Tech reviewers, who have had the larger of the two devices for about a fortnight, noticed “burn in” on its ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-41730636 |
Teenager's life 'ruined' by Live.me and Twitter 'trolls' - BBC News | 2017-10-24 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Victoria says her face was superimposed on pornographic images shared on social media. | England | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Victoria, whose full name the BBC has chosen not to use, says her face was superimposed on pornographic images shared on social media
A teenager claims internet trolls "ruined her life" by superimposing her face on pornograp... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-41693437 |
Brexit: Theresa May says 'important progress' made at EU summit - BBC News | 2017-10-24 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | But Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn says the PM's update sounds like "Groundhog Day". | UK Politics | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Theresa May: We are in touching distance of a deal
Theresa May has said "important progress" on Brexit was made at last week's EU summit - but Jeremy Corbyn said it sounded like "Groundhog Day".
The PM said she had a "degre... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-41720244 |
FBI agent reveals life infiltrating extremist groups in America - BBC News | 2017-10-24 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The American Muslim is an active FBI agent who befriends key figures plotting jihadist attacks. | US & Canada | An active FBI undercover agent has revealed details of his work infiltrating Islamic extremist groups.
Tamer El-Noury - one of the agent's many false identities - talked to the BBC about his covert attempts to gain the trust of those planning attacks.
He was instrumental in foiling the plot to derail the New York Cit... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-41718964 |
Dentist fines: Mistakes over addresses hitting thousands - BBC News | 2017-10-24 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Spelling and postcode mistakes have triggered thousands of wrongly issued fines, a watchdog says. | Family & Education | The NHS is going to launch an awareness-raising campaign to reduce the level of incorrect fines
Many fines incorrectly imposed after dental treatment are because of mistakes over patients' addresses, says a health watchdog.
The latest figures show 385,000 fines were issued in the last financial year - and dentists sa... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-41726385 |
Donald Tusk: EU must stay united or face Brexit 'defeat' - BBC News | 2017-10-24 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Donald Tusk says the talks are the bloc's "toughest stress test" and the EU cannot become divided. | UK Politics | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.
The EU will be "defeated" in Brexit negotiations unless it maintains absolute unity, European Council president Donald Tusk has said.
The ex-Polish prime minister told the European Parliament the UK's departure was the EU's... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-41733429 |
EastEnders: Tamzin Outhwaite to return as Melanie Owen - BBC News | 2017-10-24 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The actress is coming back to Albert Square after more than 15 years away from the soap. | Entertainment & Arts | Melanie Owen will be seen in Albert Square in the new year
Tamzin Outhwaite is returning to EastEnders after more than 15 years away from the show.
She's returning to Albert Square in her role as Melanie Owen, having made her first appearance in 1998.
An EastEnders spokeswoman confirmed she was coming back to the so... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-41740782 |
Nuneaton MFA bowling alley siege: Man in court - BBC News | 2017-10-24 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | David Clarke, of Nuneaton, is charged with false imprisonment and possession of a samurai sword. | Coventry & Warwickshire | A man accused of taking two people hostage during a four-hour siege at a bowling alley has appeared in court.
David Clarke, 53, was arrested on Sunday after the stand-off at MFA Bowl in Bermuda Park, Nuneaton.
He is charged a number of offences, including false imprisonment and being in possession of a samurai sword ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-coventry-warwickshire-41730360 |
Lonely Planet tells the world to visit cheap Britain - BBC News | 2017-10-24 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The travel publisher says the slide in sterling has made the UK one of the best-value destinations. | Business | The weak pound has made the UK one of the world's best-value travel destinations, according to publisher Lonely Planet.
Sterling has fallen sharply against the dollar and the euro since last year after ongoing Brexit uncertainty.
Lonely Planet, which is owned by US firm NC2 Media, is urging tourists to "reap the bene... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-41736420 |
Why Zimbabwe has a 'Minister of WhatsApp' - BBC News | 2017-10-24 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The creation of a cyber security ministry has both amused and alarmed Zimbabweans. | Africa | Zimbabweans jokingly refer to the newly appointed cyber security tsar as the "Minister of WhatsApp"
A spoof government notice hit social media as soon as President Robert Mugabe announced he had set up a new ministry responsible for Cyber Security, Threat Detection and Mitigation.
Zimbabweans reacted with customary h... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-41693676 |
The man keeping the world's lighthouses shining - BBC News | 2017-10-24 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | How an Australian is preserving the legacy of Black Country glassworks. | Birmingham & Black Country | Tim Nguyen's team restores lighthouses all over the world
For more than 150 years, glassmakers in one of England's landlocked regions gave light to the seafarers all over the world. It has fallen to one man on the other side of the planet to preserve their legacy.
Shining a fresh light on the forgotten past of the Mi... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-40887830 |
Labour investigates MP Jared O'Mara - BBC News | 2017-10-24 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Mr O'Mara says a constituent's allegations of offensive language in March 2017 are "untrue". | UK Politics | Labour says it is investigating allegations about the "comments and behaviour" of its MP Jared O'Mara.
Mr O'Mara has already apologised for homophobic and misogynistic remarks he made online in 2002 and 2004 and quit the Commons equalities committee.
But he denies subsequent allegations of offensive language to a con... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-41738594 |
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