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Reality Check: Is Grenfell Tower council outspending the government? - BBC News | 2017-10-24 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Will Kensington and Chelsea Council spend more on Grenfell victims than the government spends on housing? | UK | The Claim: Kensington and Chelsea Council says it will spend more on the rehousing and recovery operation for the victims of the Grenfell Tower fire than the government has promised to spend on housing in one quarter (three months) in the whole of the UK.
Reality Check Verdict: The £235m that the council has set aside... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41724262 |
Mosul: Culture and concerts where IS once reigned - BBC News | 2017-10-24 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Tahani Salih suffered under IS - now she's bringing pleasure back to where the group once ruled. | Middle East | A Peace Festival was held in Mosul weeks after IS was ousted
For almost three years, while her home city of Mosul was under occupation by so-called Islamic State (IS), Tahani Salih kept a daily diary documenting their crimes.
Tahani, now 27, filled almost 500 pages with her experiences and those of her family and fri... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-41693136 |
Jihad: Toulouse boy's name leads to France dilemma - BBC News | 2017-10-24 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The parents' chosen name is referred to France's state prosecutor for a ruling. | Europe | France used to have an official list of approved names for babies
Is it acceptable to name your baby "Jihad" in France, which has suffered Europe's worst Islamist terror attacks in recent years?
France's chief prosecutor now has to wrestle with that question after a couple's chosen name for their son was referred by ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-41734079 |
Man in 100-balloons camping chair flight - BBC News | 2017-10-24 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Tom Morgan reached heights of 8,000ft (2,438m) while strapped to a camping chair. | Bristol | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Tom Morgan described the flight as "magical"
A British adventurer has flown 25km (15.5 miles) across South Africa suspended from 100 helium balloons.
Tom Morgan, from Bristol, reached heights of 8,000ft (2,438m) while strap... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-41737642 |
Netflix to raise another $1.6bn to finance new films and shows - BBC News | 2017-10-24 | 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 |
Jeremy Corbyn to appear on Gogglebox - BBC News | 2017-10-24 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The Labour leader is expected to be paired with a mystery celebrity for a charity special. | UK Politics | Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn is going to swap the despatch box for Gogglebox when he appears in a celebrity special.
Mr Corbyn will feature in the hit Channel 4 TV programme next week to help raise money for Stand up to Cancer.
He is expected to share a sofa with a mystery celebrity to chew over a selection of TV prog... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-41743859 |
Tory MP under fire over 'sinister' Brexit demand to universities - BBC News | 2017-10-24 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A Tory MP is under fire after writing to universities asking for names of staff who teach courses on Brexit. | UK Politics | Chris Heaton-Harris is facing calls to explain why he wanted the information
A Eurosceptic Tory MP has been accused of compiling a "hit list" of university professors who teach Brexit courses.
Downing Street has distanced itself from government whip Chris Heaton-Harris, who wrote to universities asking for the names ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-41735839 |
Newspaper headlines: Lords expenses 'scandal' and Brexit 'leaks' - BBC News | 2017-10-24 | 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 |
Xi Jinping: From Communist Party princeling to China's president - BBC News | 2017-10-24 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | China's president is set to become the country's uncontested leader at a crucial party congress. | China | Xi Jinping is set to start a historic third term as China's president
Xi Jinping is set to embark on a historic third term at the 20th Communist Party congress later this month.
It paves the way for the party to reappoint him as president at the National People's Congress next year. China's leaders voted in 2018 to r... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-11551399 |
George Michael heading for posthumous number one - BBC News | 2017-10-24 | 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 |
Terry Richardson: Photographer dropped by Conde Nast International - BBC News | 2017-10-24 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Terry Richardson will no longer work for the magazine or any Conde Nast titles. | Entertainment & Arts | Terry Richardson has also directed music videos for stars including Beyonce and Miley Cyrus
Fashion photographer Terry Richardson will no longer work with top magazines including Vogue and Glamour after being dropped by Conde Nast International.
Staff at the media group were told the move takes place with immediate e... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-41736395 |
Emile Cilliers trial: Parachute sabotage accused 'caused gas leak at home' - BBC News | 2017-10-24 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Army sergeant Emile Cilliers denies attempting to kill his wife by trying to create gas leak at their home. | Wiltshire | The prosecution claims Emile Cilliers wanted to kill his wife and start a new life with his lover
An Army fitness instructor accused of attempting to murder his wife caused a gas leak at their home by loosening a nut on a valve, a court heard.
Emile Cilliers, 37, is accused of trying to kill Victoria Cilliers, 40, by... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-wiltshire-41737936 |
Blackpool 'superpipe' bent at 90 degrees by Storm Brian - BBC News | 2017-10-24 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Gale-force winds that hit the Blackpool coast "almost snapped" a 250-metre section of the pipe. | Lancashire | Storm Ophelia and then Storm Brian broke the super pipe during the bad weather
A two-mile "superpipe" being installed to improve Blackpool's bathing waters has been broken by Storm Brian.
United Utilities confirmed that a 250-metre section of the pipe had been "bent at a 90-degree angle" after gale-force winds hit th... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-41737360 |
Canadian man fined for loudly singing Everybody Dance Now - BBC News | 2017-10-24 | 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 | 2017-10-24 | 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 |
Newspaper headlines: Brexit 'worst decision' and super rich hack - BBC News | 2017-10-24 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The UK is branded "stupid" for quitting the EU, while there's worrying news for some of the world's wealthiest people. | The Papers | The Guardian leads on Wednesday with a scathing indictment of the Brexit vote by the former mayor of New York, Michael Bloomberg.
He has launched a new headquarters for his eponymous financial media firm in London and described the decision as the "single stupidest thing any country has ever done" - one only "Trumped"... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-the-papers-41743863 |
Albert Einstein’s happiness note sold for $1.6m - BBC News | 2017-10-24 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The note was written by the physicist when he didn't have enough money to tip a courier. | Middle East | The two notes sold for $1.56m and $240,000 - way higher than their estimates
A note written by Albert Einstein containing advice on happy living has sold at an auction house in Jerusalem for $1.56m (£1.19m).
Einstein gave the note to a courier in Tokyo in 1922 instead of a tip.
He had just heard that he had won the ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-41742785 |
'Half of women' sexually harassed at work, says BBC survey - BBC News | 2017-10-24 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A fifth of British men have also been victims at work or a place of study, figures suggest. | UK | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Emily Warburton-Adams (r) tells of being harassed and Zoe Strimpel on #MeToo
Half of British women and a fifth of men have been sexually harassed at work or a place of study, a BBC survey says.
Of the women who said they ha... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41741615 |
MP Jared O'Mara quits equalities committee over homophobic remarks - BBC News | 2017-10-24 | 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 |
'Bad Rabbit' ransomware strikes Ukraine and Russia - BBC News | 2017-10-24 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The new strain of computer-locking malware has hit Russian media websites and an airport in Ukraine. | Technology | Two other ransomware outbreaks have made headlines this year - WannaCry and Petya
A new strain of ransomware nicknamed "Bad Rabbit" has been found spreading in Russia, Ukraine and elsewhere.
The malware has affected systems at three Russian websites, an airport in Ukraine and an underground railway in the capital cit... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-41740768 |
Gina Miller named UK's most influential black person - BBC News | 2017-10-24 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The list of 100 people of African and African Caribbean heritage in Britain puts a woman at the very top. | UK | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Why has Gina Miller been named as the country’s most influential black person?
Businesswoman Gina Miller has been named as Britain's most influential black person.
The 52-year-old led the successful Brexit legal challenge w... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41734289 |
BrightHouse rent-to-own firm pays £14.8m in redress - BBC News | 2017-10-24 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The retailer will compensate 250,000 customers after regulator says it had not acted as a responsible lender. | Business | Rent-to-own retailer BrightHouse has been told to pay £14.8m to 249,000 customers by the financial regulator, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA).
BrightHouse will compensate customers who had cancelled agreements after one downpayment but had not been refunded.
It will also make payments to those who signed up to ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-41732865 |
Harvey Weinstein: Brit Marling latest to make claims against mogul - BBC News | 2017-10-24 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The actress and co-creator of The OA says the movie mogul suggested they shower together. | Entertainment & Arts | Actress and writer Brit Marling has described an encounter with Harvey Weinstein in which she claims the movie mogul suggested they shower together.
The co-creator of paranormal Netflix drama The OA is the latest to accuse the producer of sexual harassment.
Weinstein has "unequivocally denied" any allegations of non-... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-41735269 |
Eddie Izzard to stand again for Labour executive - BBC News | 2017-10-24 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The comedian and actor - a prominent Labour supporter - says he wants to "break down barriers". | UK Politics | Comedian and actor Eddie Izzard has said he will try for a second time to become a member of the Labour Party's national executive committee.
The LGBT rights campaigner, who failed to get an NEC seat in 2016, announced his candidacy in the Guardian.
He said he wanted to stand for the executive to "break down barriers... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-41730104 |
Disabled 'losing out on jobs' over Access to Work cap - BBC News | 2017-10-24 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Campaigners say a limit on the amount of support the Access to Work scheme can provide is damaging. | UK | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Jenny Sealey says she will not be able to work full time when her grant is capped
Disabled people are "losing out" on jobs because of a government support scheme that is "no longer fit for purpose", campaigners say.
Access ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41722225 |
Anger over a 100-year-old tribal artist at a tattoo show - BBC News | 2017-10-24 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The legendary Filipina tribal tattooist was pictured asleep at the show, sparking fears of exploitation. | Asia | Tribal tattoo master Whang-Od was in Manila to showcase her craft
Excitement and fervour at a colourful tattoo show in the Philippines turned into outrage after a celebrated tribal artist's appearance was criticised for being "blatantly exploitive". But is it all so simple?
Legendary tattoo master Whang-Od was transp... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-41717665 |
Facebook's News Feed experiment panics publishers - BBC News | 2017-10-24 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | An experiment prevents unsponsored publishers' posts appearing in the platform's main News Feed. | Technology | Facebook is experimenting with making its main news feed focus on posts from its users' friends and families
It used to be a tweak in the Google search algorithm that sent a shudder through newsrooms trying to adapt to the online era. Now it is any change in the design of Facebook.
So, an experiment under way in a fe... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-41733119 |
IS-fighting British man Jac Holmes killed in Syria - BBC News | 2017-10-24 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | IT worker Jac Holmes, 24, was killed while clearing landmines in Raqqa, the BBC understands. | England | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Jac Holmes told the BBC why he went to fight IS, in an interview recorded weeks before he was killed
A British man who has been fighting so-called Islamic State in Syria has been killed while clearing landmines in Raqqa, the... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-41730369 |
Harvey Weinstein: British assistant 'paid £125k for silence' - BBC News | 2017-10-24 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Briton Zelda Perkins alleges she was sexually harassed by the American film producer. | UK | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. George Clooney and Matt Damon spoke out over the Harvey Weinstein accusations
A British former assistant of Harvey Weinstein says she was paid £125,000 ($165,200) to keep quiet after accusing the movie mogul of sexual harass... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41730109 |
'One-off' £1.5m supercar damaged in crash at Tangmere - BBC News | 2017-10-24 | 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 |
Current account switching at new low - BBC News | 2017-10-24 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Just 58,000 people moved account last month, despite big cash incentives on offer | Business | The number of people switching their current account to another provider has fallen to a new low, according to industry figures.
Just 57,779 used the seven day switching service to move accounts in September, the lowest number since the scheme was launched four years ago.
The drop came in spite of an advertising camp... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-41740616 |
Ex-UKIP donor Arron Banks in Rochester by-election expenses row - BBC News | 2017-10-24 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Expenditure at the Rochester by-election was not registered by UKIP, which could breach electoral law. | UK | Nigel Farage (right), then leader of UKIP, at a press conference with Arron Banks in October 2014
Ex-UKIP donor Arron Banks paid for 20 of his employees to ferry party voters to the polls at the Rochester 2014 by-election, BBC Newsnight understands.
The expenditure was not registered by UKIP, which could breach elect... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41740237 |
Russian radio presenter Felgengauer stabbed in neck - BBC News | 2017-10-24 | 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 |
Hackers breach top plastic surgery clinic - BBC News | 2017-10-24 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The clinic, based in London, is known to have had high-profile clients, including TV star Katie Price. | Technology | The London clinic says it is still determining what data was stolen
A high-profile plastic surgery clinic has said it is "horrified" after hackers allegedly stole data during a cyber-attack.
London Bridge Plastic Surgery (LBPS) said its IT experts and police found evidence of the breach.
A group claiming to be behin... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-41735104 |
Astrolabe: Shipwreck find 'earliest navigation tool' - BBC News | 2017-10-24 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Marine archaeologists say the object - discovered off the coast of Oman - is an astrolabe. | Science & Environment | The instrument was once used by mariners to measure the altitude of the Sun during their voyages
An artefact excavated from a shipwreck off the coast of Oman has been found to be the oldest known example of a type of navigational tool.
Marine archaeologists say the object is an astrolabe, an instrument once used by m... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-41724022 |
County Lines: The children forced to sell drugs - BBC News | 2017-10-24 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | City gangs are exploiting children as young as 12 to traffic Class A drugs to smaller rural towns. | UK | Money and drugs found by police in a property which had been taken over by a dangerous drug network
About 4,000 teenagers from London are being exploited and trafficked every year to sell drugs in rural towns and cities, a leading youth charity says.
Known as "county lines", gangs use children as young as 12 to traff... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41720980 |
HIV hairdresser Daryll Rowe told victim 'I'm riddled' - BBC News | 2017-10-24 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A man accused of deliberately infecting men with HIV told one he was "riddled" with the virus. | Sussex | Daryll Rowe met his partners on dating app Grindr, jurors at Lewes Crown Court were told
A hairdresser accused of deliberately infecting other men with HIV told one victim he was "riddled" with the virus after they had sex, a court heard.
Daryll Rowe, 26, denies infecting five Brighton-based men, and attempting to in... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-41736027 |
I met a homeless addict and recognised my childhood friend - BBC News | 2017-10-24 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | How a woman's commitment to her childhood friend inspired thousands in Kenya. | Magazine | A chance meeting between two childhood friends helped one begin a journey back from drug addiction after many years living on the street.
It was early October and Wanja Mwaura, 32, was on her way to the market in Lower Kabaete, not far from Nairobi, when she heard someone shout out her name.
She looked up and was sur... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-41715839 |
Bob Corker says Trump 'utterly untruthful president' - BBC News | 2017-10-24 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Senator Bob Corker launches a scathing attack on Mr Trump ahead of his Capitol Hill visit. | US & Canada | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Lashing out: What Bob Corker really thinks of President Trump
Influential Republican Senator Bob Corker has unleashed a blistering attack on US President Donald Trump, calling him "utterly untruthful".
In a series of televi... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-41729586 |
Donald Trump notes Xi Jinping's 'extraordinary' rise - BBC News | 2017-10-25 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The US president also said in an interview that some might call Xi Jinping "king of China". | China | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. China Editor Carrie Gracie takes a look at the country's new senior leadership committee
US President Donald Trump has congratulated Chinese leader Xi Jinping on his "extraordinary elevation" after this week's Communist Part... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-41756769 |
Pakistan blogger Aasim Saeed says he was tortured - BBC News | 2017-10-25 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | He says he was beaten at a secret detention facility by a state intelligence agency. | Asia | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Aasim Saeed says he was taken to a secret detention facility and beaten
A Pakistani blogger who went missing earlier this year has applied for asylum in Britain after alleging he was tortured by a "state intelligence agency"... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-41662595 |
Russell Brand: Society is collapsing - BBC News | 2017-10-25 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The comedian discusses addiction and how perceptions of mental health are changing. | Entertainment & Arts | Brand's latest book deals with his own addictions to drugs, alcohol, sex and fame
Addiction and mental health may not be the kinds of issues you'd normally expect to be addressed at a stand-up comedy gig.
But Russell Brand has never been your conventional comedian - and it's precisely these subjects that he's tacklin... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-41652617 |
Brexit: May 'confident' MPs will get vote before exit - BBC News | 2017-10-25 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Theresa May says MPs will get a say before the UK's EU exit - after David Davis cast doubt on it. | UK Politics | Theresa May has said she is confident there will be enough time for MPs to get a Brexit vote before the UK leaves.
During Prime Minister's Questions, she was pressed on comments by David Davis who earlier said a vote might not happen before the March 2019 deadline.
He said the vote's timing hinged on when a deal was ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-41747036 |
Fats Domino: Rock'n'roll pioneer who became one of America's biggest stars - BBC News | 2017-10-25 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Fats Domino was a pioneer of rock'n'roll whose hits brought him worldwide acclaim. | Entertainment & Arts | Fats Domino was one of the most influential rock and roll performers of the 1950s and 60s.
He was already a star on the R&B circuit in his native New Orleans in the 1950s, but the advent of rock and roll propelled him to global popularity.
He sold more than 65 million records, more than any other rock and roller - wi... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-13411718 |
Growth up: Now get set for the Budget - BBC News | 2017-10-25 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Philip Hammond is in a more positive mood after better-than-expected economic data. He tells the BBC now is not the time to borrow more. | Business | They are not exactly hanging out the bunting at the Treasury, but today's better-than-expected economic growth figures have put a bit of a spring in the step of the chancellor.
And that is not just for economic reasons.
Philip Hammond is under increasing political pressure from cabinet colleagues to loosen the purse ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-41754354 |
China's Xi Jinping opens ‘New Era’ for country and the world - BBC News | 2017-10-25 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | For better or for worse, all-powerful Chinese leader Xi Jinping's 'New Era' will affect you. | China | China's new leadership line-up was the last scene to play in the carefully scripted drama of the Communist Party Congress. Yet again Xi Jinping defied convention.
Halfway through one Party chief's decade in power, a leader-in-waiting would normally appear in a red carpet ceremony at the Great Hall of the People.
But ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-41744675 |
EU parliament members demand action on sexual harassment - BBC News | 2017-10-25 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A parliamentary assistant says she has a record of 50 cases involving herself and colleagues. | Europe | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. An MEP's assistant catalogued three years of harassment in the parliament
Jeanne Ponté had only been in her job as an assistant to a French member of the European Parliament for two weeks when it happened for the first time.... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-41754589 |
EastEnders: Tamzin Outhwaite to return as Melanie Owen - BBC News | 2017-10-25 | 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 |
Clinton team and Democrats 'bankrolled' Trump dirty dossier - BBC News | 2017-10-25 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The president tweets he is the "victim" of a sordid opposition research file compiled about him. | US & Canada | US President Donald Trump has seized on reports that Hillary Clinton's team bankrolled a sleazy dossier of allegations linking him to Russia.
Claims that Mr Trump had been filmed with prostitutes in a Moscow hotel surfaced in the closing stretch of last year's White House race.
Mrs Clinton's presidential campaign and... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-41752908 |
Guatemalan first to be sentenced in US Fifa scandal - BBC News | 2017-10-25 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | An ex-head of Guatemala's football federation was sentenced to eight months in prison for fraud. | Latin America & Caribbean | Hector Trujillo was arrested in December 2015 in Florida, during a Disney cruise with his family.
A former Guatemalan judge who led his country's football federation has become the first person to be sentenced in a US investigation into corruption in Fifa.
Hector Trujillo was sentenced to eight months in prison after... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-41757309 |
'Incredible' editing of life's building blocks - BBC News | 2017-10-25 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The studies could lead to new treatments for inherited diseases. | Health | Scientists have demonstrated an "incredibly powerful" ability to manipulate the building blocks of life in two separate studies.
One altered the order of atoms in DNA to rewrite the human genetic code and the instructions for life.
The other edited RNA, which is a chemical cousin of DNA and unlocks the information in... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-41724994 |
Newspaper headlines: 'NHS Airbnb' and 'remainer universities' - BBC News | 2017-10-25 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Many papers lead with proposals to send recuperating NHS patients to Airbnb-style accommodation. | The Papers | The suggestion that the NHS could start paying people £50 a night to look after hospital patients who are recovering from surgery is the lead story for The Guardian, The Times and The Daily Mirror. Writing in the Mirror, the shadow minister for social care, Barbara Keeley, thinks the proposal is "terrifying" as there a... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-the-papers-41757057 |
The man keeping the world's lighthouses shining - BBC News | 2017-10-25 | 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 |
Thousands share their invisible disabilities on Twitter - BBC News | 2017-10-25 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | People with hidden disabilities are raising awareness of their conditions on social media. | Disability | Abby Sams tweeted the difference between days in and out of her wheelchair
Using the hashtag #InvisiblyDisabledLooksLike, Twitter users across the world with hidden disabilities have been sharing pictures and stories to challenge society's perceptions.
Many people live with hidden disabilities - a physical, mental, s... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/disability-41733769 |
Harvey Weinstein faces losing CBE amid sexual assault allegations - BBC News | 2017-10-25 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The Honours Forfeiture Committee is actively considering the move, the BBC understands. | UK | Harvey Weinstein could be stripped of his CBE following allegations of sexual assault made against the Hollywood producer, the BBC understands.
The removal of the honour is believed to be being "actively considered" by the government's Honours Forfeiture Committee for the first time.
He was awarded an honorary CBE fo... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41757037 |
Southend hospital set to pilot Airbnb-style scheme - BBC News | 2017-10-25 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A healthcare firm aims to recruit people with spare rooms in a bid to tackle hospital "bed blocking". | Essex | It is hoped the Essex trial will see around 30 patients waiting for discharge from hospital care stay
Airbnb-style accommodation may be used to free-up NHS hospital beds as part of a pilot scheme under consideration.
It is hoped the Essex trial will see around 30 patients waiting for discharge from hospital care stay... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-41752083 |
Reality Check: Is Grenfell Tower council outspending the government? - BBC News | 2017-10-25 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Will Kensington and Chelsea Council spend more on Grenfell victims than the government spends on housing? | UK | The Claim: Kensington and Chelsea Council says it will spend more on the rehousing and recovery operation for the victims of the Grenfell Tower fire than the government has promised to spend on housing in one quarter (three months) in the whole of the UK.
Reality Check Verdict: The £235m that the council has set aside... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41724262 |
Japanese police arrest 74-year-old ninja thief suspect - BBC News | 2017-10-25 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The suspect reportedly told police "if I were younger, I wouldn't have been caught". | Asia | The suspect carried out break-ins dressed as a ninja (file photo)
Japanese police say they have finally caught a prolific thief who dressed as a ninja to carry out raids - and were surprised to find he was 74.
After his usually covered face was caught on a security camera this year, he was put under surveillance whic... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-41750080 |
Fats Domino: Rock and roll legend dies aged 89 - BBC News | 2017-10-25 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Fats Domino, one of the most influential rock and roll performers of the 1950s and 60s, dies aged 89. | Entertainment & Arts | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Fats was the father of eight children, whose first names all began with the letter A
Fats Domino, one of the most influential rock and roll performers of the 1950s and 60s, has died aged 89.
The American rock and roll artis... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-41753839 |
Tory rebels 'deadly serious' over Brexit vote - BBC News | 2017-10-25 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Conservative MP Nicky Morgan tells Brexit Secretary David Davis that Tory MPs backing a move to give Parliament a decisive vote on the Brexit deal are "deadly serious". | Parliaments | Conservative MP Nicky Morgan has told Brexit Secretary David Davis that Tory MPs who support an amendment requiring a final Brexit deal to be approved by Parliament are "deadly serious".
She says the government should accept amendment 7 to the EU Withdrawal Bill, which is in the name of the former attorney general Dom... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-politics-parliaments-41723576 |
Mosul: Culture and concerts where IS once reigned - BBC News | 2017-10-25 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Tahani Salih suffered under IS - now she's bringing pleasure back to where the group once ruled. | Middle East | A Peace Festival was held in Mosul weeks after IS was ousted
For almost three years, while her home city of Mosul was under occupation by so-called Islamic State (IS), Tahani Salih kept a daily diary documenting their crimes.
Tahani, now 27, filled almost 500 pages with her experiences and those of her family and fri... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-41693136 |
Labour suspends MP Jared O'Mara over abusive comments - BBC News | 2017-10-25 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Sheffield Hallam MP Jared O'Mara is alleged to have made misogynistic and homophobic comments. | UK Politics | MP Jared O'Mara has been suspended by Labour while it investigates misogynistic and homophobic comments he is alleged to have made.
The Sheffield Hallam MP has apologised for online remarks from 2002 and 2004 but denies some more recent claims.
Labour initially said it would not be suspending the MP while these alleg... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-41750136 |
Cromer disorder: Police 'misread' traveller threat - BBC News | 2017-10-25 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A Norfolk Police review of the "lawless lockdown" in Cromer finds senior officers misread events. | Norfolk | Mobile phone footage showed police in Cromer dealing with trouble on the streets
Police failed to properly deal with disorder in a seaside town because senior officers "misread the significance of events", a report says.
A Norfolk Police review into why Cromer went into "lawless lockdown" after 100 travellers visited... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-41742282 |
Man in 100-balloons camping chair flight - BBC News | 2017-10-25 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Tom Morgan reached heights of 8,000ft (2,438m) while strapped to a camping chair. | Bristol | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Tom Morgan described the flight as "magical"
A British adventurer has flown 25km (15.5 miles) across South Africa suspended from 100 helium balloons.
Tom Morgan, from Bristol, reached heights of 8,000ft (2,438m) while strap... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-41737642 |
Jeremy Corbyn to appear on Gogglebox - BBC News | 2017-10-25 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The Labour leader is expected to be paired with a mystery celebrity for a charity special. | UK Politics | Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn is going to swap the despatch box for Gogglebox when he appears in a celebrity special.
Mr Corbyn will feature in the hit Channel 4 TV programme next week to help raise money for Stand up to Cancer.
He is expected to share a sofa with a mystery celebrity to chew over a selection of TV prog... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-41743859 |
Are these 00s singers still relevant? - BBC News | 2017-10-25 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Kate Nash took to Twitter to criticise the music industry for how they "dispose" of artists. | Entertainment & Arts | Earlier this week, Kate Nash took to Twitter to criticise BuzzFeed for their article about noughties singers who are no longer in the charts.
The listicle features 33 artists who "only exist in the memories of British millennials", but Nash was quick to argue that a lack of recent chart success doesn't stop them from ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-41749636 |
Eminem wins damages in New Zealand copyright case - BBC News | 2017-10-25 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The National Party must pay the US rapper nearly $0.5m after using his song in a campaign ad. | Asia | The track Lose Yourself is one of Eminem's biggest hits
A New Zealand political party has been ordered to pay NZ$600,000 ($412,000) in compensation in a breach of copyright suit filed by US rapper Eminem.
The National Party used a track with a similar melody and rhythm to Eminem's Lose Yourself in an election advert.... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-41744547 |
Kenya poll: A key moment for African democracy - BBC News | 2017-10-25 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The presidential re-run in Kenya has massive implications both for the country and for Africa | Africa | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.
This week's presidential election re-run in Kenya has implications not only for the country but also for much of the continent, says the BBC's new Africa editor, Fergal Keane.
The last days have passed in a swirl of chantin... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-41722084 |
Xi Jinping: From Communist Party princeling to China's president - BBC News | 2017-10-25 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | China's president is set to become the country's uncontested leader at a crucial party congress. | China | Xi Jinping is set to start a historic third term as China's president
Xi Jinping is set to embark on a historic third term at the 20th Communist Party congress later this month.
It paves the way for the party to reappoint him as president at the National People's Congress next year. China's leaders voted in 2018 to r... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-11551399 |
Canvey Island: Residents on why they want independence - BBC News | 2017-10-25 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | There are calls for Canvey Island to declare independence from the council. What do locals say? | UK | Occupying seven square miles off the coast of Essex, Canvey Island is home to more than 40,000 people
They are two battles for independence taking place 700 miles apart: one fighting for the future of Catalonia, the other for the reclaimed land of Canvey Island.
While Catalonia's Carles Puigdemont wants to separate f... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41691003 |
Nives Meroi and Romano Benet: A life in the death zone - BBC News | 2017-10-25 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Husband-and-wife mountaineering team Romano Benet and Nives Meroi were attempting a winter ascent of the world's fifth-highest peak when things went badly wrong. | Magazine | Husband-and-wife mountaineering team Romano Benet and Nives Meroi were attempting a winter ascent of the world's fifth-highest mountain, Makalu, when things went badly wrong. It was the first of two serious challenges that could have brought their climbing careers, and even their lives, to an end.
The biggest problem ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-40731751 |
BBC wrong to not challenge climate sceptic Lord Lawson - BBC News | 2017-10-25 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | An interview with Lord Lawson should have been challenged, the corporation's complaints unit says. | UK | Former Chancellor Lord Lawson's claims on climate change were made on BBC Radio 4's Today programme
The BBC should have challenged the views of climate sceptic Lord Lawson in an interview in August, the complaints unit for the corporation has ruled.
The ex-chancellor claimed in an interview with the Today programme t... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41744344 |
County Lines: The children forced to sell drugs - BBC News | 2017-10-25 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | City gangs are exploiting children as young as 12 to traffic Class A drugs to smaller rural towns. | UK | Money and drugs found by police in a property which had been taken over by a dangerous drug network
About 4,000 teenagers from London are being exploited and trafficked every year to sell drugs in rural towns and cities, a leading youth charity says.
Known as "county lines", gangs use children as young as 12 to traff... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41720980 |
Apple hires ex-BBC and Channel 4 executive Jay Hunt - BBC News | 2017-10-25 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Jay Hunt is expected to help the US tech firm take on digital rivals Netflix and Amazon. | Technology | Jay Hunt will begin work at Apple at the start of 2018
Apple has hired Jay Hunt - the former controller of BBC One and chief creative officer of Channel Four - to join its video team.
Ms Hunt was responsible for TV shows including Sherlock and Luther at the BBC before helping Channel 4 sign up the Great British Bake ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-41751463 |
Brazilian toilet paper brand apologises for using black empowerment slogan - BBC News | 2017-10-25 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A Brazilian toilet paper brand has dropped a black empowerment slogan after criticism on social media. | BBC Trending | The advert featured the words 'Black Is Beautiful' which have since been removed.
A toilet paper manufacturer in Brazil has dropped the slogan "Black Is Beautiful" from its black-coloured brand.
It is not so much the colour of the toilet roll, but the advert for it, which has attracted the most criticism.
Personal V... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-trending-41748245 |
In pictures: Myanmar's persecuted Rohingya minority - BBC News | 2017-10-25 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Photographer Salman Saeed met some of the 600,000 Rohingya fleeing Myanmar for camps in Bangladesh. | Asia | Confused and scared, two-year-old Hazera holds on to her mother after reaching Bangladesh from Myanmar
Myanmar's military has brutally evicted more than half a million Muslim Rohingya people from the country's northern Rakhine state. The UN human rights office says their homes and villages have been burned down, and t... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-41585864 |
Fire chiefs call for sprinklers in all UK schools - BBC News | 2017-10-25 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Fire chiefs say the move is vital to protect pupils - the government insists safety is its priority. | UK | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Should all schools be fitted with sprinklers?
All new and refurbished schools in the UK should be fitted with sprinklers, fire chiefs say.
Currently, sprinklers are mandatory in new school buildings in Scotland and Wales, b... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41744582 |
Newspaper headlines: Brexit 'worst decision' and super rich hack - BBC News | 2017-10-25 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The UK is branded "stupid" for quitting the EU, while there's worrying news for some of the world's wealthiest people. | The Papers | The Guardian leads on Wednesday with a scathing indictment of the Brexit vote by the former mayor of New York, Michael Bloomberg.
He has launched a new headquarters for his eponymous financial media firm in London and described the decision as the "single stupidest thing any country has ever done" - one only "Trumped"... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-the-papers-41743863 |
Albert Einstein’s happiness note sold for $1.6m - BBC News | 2017-10-25 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The note was written by the physicist when he didn't have enough money to tip a courier. | Middle East | The two notes sold for $1.56m and $240,000 - way higher than their estimates
A note written by Albert Einstein containing advice on happy living has sold at an auction house in Jerusalem for $1.56m (£1.19m).
Einstein gave the note to a courier in Tokyo in 1922 instead of a tip.
He had just heard that he had won the ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-41742785 |
Tillerson in Afghanistan: Photo of meeting apparently doctored - BBC News | 2017-10-25 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A photo of a US-Afghan meeting is seemingly doctored to suggest it took place in Kabul. | Asia | Both the US and Afghanistan released photos of the meeting, with a crucial difference - a clock above the TVs
A photo of US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson in Afghanistan appears to have been altered to suggest he was in Kabul, not a US air base miles away.
Images show him meeting President Ashraf Ghani in a windowl... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-41734559 |
'Half of women' sexually harassed at work, says BBC survey - BBC News | 2017-10-25 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A fifth of British men have also been victims at work or a place of study, figures suggest. | UK | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Emily Warburton-Adams (r) tells of being harassed and Zoe Strimpel on #MeToo
Half of British women and a fifth of men have been sexually harassed at work or a place of study, a BBC survey says.
Of the women who said they ha... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41741615 |
You draw the chart: How has life changed in 60 years? - BBC News | 2017-10-25 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Test your knowledge of UK demographics in 1957 compared with now with our interactive graphs. | UK | In October 1957, BBC Radio 4's Today programme went on the air for the first time. A lot has changed in the last 60 years: we are living much longer; attitudes to sex and marriage have become more relaxed; house prices have risen and the demographics of the UK have changed. But do you know by how much?
Test your knowl... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41685693 |
Brexit: Is a last-minute deal possible? - BBC News | 2017-10-25 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | David Davis says Parliament's vote on a deal may come after the UK leaves the EU in March 2019. | UK Politics | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. David Davis tells MPs Parliament's vote on a Brexit deal may come after March 2019.
The Brexit Secretary, David Davis, has suggested that Parliament might not get a vote on a Brexit deal until after March 2019.
It's prompte... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-41754514 |
E-cigarettes: Cross-party group of MPs launches inquiry - BBC News | 2017-10-25 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | They worry there are "significant gaps" in what we know about them and how they are regulated. | Health | MPs are to carry out an inquiry into e-cigarettes amid concerns there are "significant gaps" in what is known about them and how they are regulated.
The science and technology committee will look at their effectiveness as a stop-smoking tool and the impact of their growing use on health.
Nearly three million people i... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-41740516 |
George Bush Senior apology to Heather Lind after sex assault claim - BBC News | 2017-10-25 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The 93 year old apologises for any distress caused after an accusation by actress Heather Lind. | US & Canada | Ms Lind said the alleged incident took place in 2014
Former US President George Bush Senior has apologised for any distress caused after an actress accused him of sexual assault.
Heather Lind said the 93-year-old former president had "touched me from behind from his wheelchair" and told a "dirty joke" while posing fo... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-41752488 |
Emile Cilliers trial: Parachute sabotage accused 'despised by wife' - BBC News | 2017-10-25 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Victoria Cilliers tells her husband's trial she wanted to "get her own back" over his lies. | Wiltshire | Victoria Cilliers was giving evidence for the first time at the trial of her former husband
The wife of an Army fitness instructor accused of tampering with her parachute "despised" him over suspicions he was having an affair, a court heard.
Victoria Cilliers, 40, suffered multiple injuries in a 4,000ft fall at Nethe... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-wiltshire-41747522 |
MP's Brexit letter to universities 'was research for book' - BBC News | 2017-10-25 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The universities minister says the letter asking for details of Brexit teaching "shouldn't have been sent". | UK Politics | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Jo Johnson is quizzed on Radio 4's Today whether Chris Heaton-Harris should have sent Brexit letter
Tory MP Chris Heaton-Harris "should probably not have sent" a letter to universities asking for details of Brexit courses, a... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-41747035 |
Current account switching at new low - BBC News | 2017-10-25 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Just 58,000 people moved account last month, despite big cash incentives on offer | Business | The number of people switching their current account to another provider has fallen to a new low, according to industry figures.
Just 57,779 used the seven day switching service to move accounts in September, the lowest number since the scheme was launched four years ago.
The drop came in spite of an advertising camp... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-41740616 |
Jared O'Mara: Labour MP Lucy Powell calls for suspension - BBC News | 2017-10-25 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Lucy Powell calls for action over offensive remarks allegedly made by her colleague Jared O'Mara. | UK Politics | Former shadow education secretary Lucy Powell, right, said Labour MP Jared O'Mara should be suspended while being investigated for misogynistic and homophobic language by the Labour Party
A prominent Labour MP says Jared O'Mara should be suspended from the party while claims he made misogynistic and homophobic remarks... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-41744339 |
Arthur Collins acid trial: Ferne McCann's family 'told of baby news' - BBC News | 2017-10-25 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Acid attack accused Arthur Collins tells a jury he and his then girlfriend Ferne McCann were "really happy". | London | Arthur Collins says he was trying to prevent a date rape drug being used to spike clubbers' drinks
The ex-boyfriend of reality TV star Ferne McCann told her family she was pregnant hours before he sprayed a crowd of nightclub revellers with acid, a court has heard.
Arthur Collins, 25, the father of Ms McCann's unborn... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-41738216 |
Woman is only passenger on holiday jet - BBC News | 2017-10-25 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Karon Grieve was amazed when she boarded the plane to Crete and found she was the only passenger. | Glasgow & West Scotland | Karon Grieve was given the VIP treatment during her flight on Sunday
A woman who paid just £46 for a flight to Crete has spoken of her amazement at being the only passenger on board.
Karon Grieve, from Dunlop in Ayrshire, described her Jet2 flight from Glasgow to the Greek island - which normally carries 189 passenge... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-41748305 |
I met a homeless addict and recognised my childhood friend - BBC News | 2017-10-25 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | How a woman's commitment to her childhood friend inspired thousands in Kenya. | Magazine | A chance meeting between two childhood friends helped one begin a journey back from drug addiction after many years living on the street.
It was early October and Wanja Mwaura, 32, was on her way to the market in Lower Kabaete, not far from Nairobi, when she heard someone shout out her name.
She looked up and was sur... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-41715839 |
Tube strike called off after 'progress' made during talks - BBC News | 2017-10-03 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | London Underground drivers were due to walkout for 24 hours from midnight on Thursday. | London | Drivers from the Aslef union had been due to walkout for 24 hours from midnight on Thursday
A 24-hour strike by London Underground (LU) drivers which was due to take place on Thursday has been called off.
Aslef union members were due to walkout at midnight in a dispute over working conditions.
Union representative F... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-41491123 |
Tech giants sorry for false news about Las Vegas gunman - BBC News | 2017-10-03 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Google and Facebook struggled to prevent libellous information from being circulated online. | Technology | Google and Facebook promoted inaccurate reports about the Las Vegas shooting
Google and Facebook have apologised after their algorithms led to the promotion of inaccurate information about the Las Vegas shooting.
Posts from a 4chan messaging board that falsely identified the gunman as an individual who was not involv... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-41484393 |
MH370's enduring mystery 'almost inconceivable', report says - BBC News | 2017-10-03 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Australian investigators deliver their final report into the plane's 2014 disappearance. | Australia | MH370 was carrying 239 people when it disappeared in 2014
Australian investigators have delivered their final report into missing Malaysia Airlines flight 370, saying it is "almost inconceivable" the aircraft has not been found.
MH370 disappeared in 2014 while flying to Beijing from Kuala Lumpur with 239 people on bo... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-41479910 |
Theresa May vows to act on race review findings - BBC News | 2017-10-03 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The study will "hold a mirror up to society", the PM says, showing how ethnic minorities are treated. | UK Politics | Theresa May will promise to confront "uncomfortable truths" exposed by a review into the way people from ethnic minorities are treated in Britain.
The prime minister said the audit, due to be published next week, would "hold a mirror up to society".
Its findings include that white Britons are far more likely to have ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-41477821 |
Earn as you learn – will it deliver more trained nurses? - BBC News | 2017-10-03 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Free tuition has gone, but Mr Hunt says there is an alternative way to get more qualified nurses. | Health | Party conference rhetoric is not noted for understatement and the Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt's claim to be unveiling the "biggest expansion of nurse training in the history of the NHS" should be seen in that light.
It became clear after his conference speech that there was some repackaging of previous announcements,... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-41489986 |
Catalonia beset by divided loyalties in protest aftermath - BBC News | 2017-10-03 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The sight of Spanish police beating voters in Catalonia will not be forgotten, says the BBC's Patrick Jackson. | Europe | The protesters say the violent reaction of the Spanish authorities to their independence demands has strengthened their cause
She cried when she saw the news, he could hardly believe what he was watching.
Here in 21st Century Spain, police were beating people for trying to hold a vote.
Never mind that Ana didn't tur... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-41486358 |
Theresa May: Boris Johnson isn't undermining me - BBC News | 2017-10-03 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The PM insists she has the authority to lead as Boris Johnson praises her in his conference speech. | UK Politics | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Theresa May is asked if Boris Johnson has undermined her
Theresa May says she has not been undermined by Boris Johnson's recent interventions on Brexit, saying she does not want a cabinet of "yes men".
The prime minister sa... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-41475579 |
Tory members vent about the mismanaged election campaign - BBC News | 2017-10-03 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Many worry that unless changes from Eric Pickles' new report are implemented, the party will disappear | UK Politics | "Why would anybody, let alone a normal person, want to become a member of the Conservative Party?"
"I'm beginning to lose the will to live."
This was some distance from the slick choreography you can become inured to at party conferences.
This was a public post-mortem in a marquee.
A brutally honest dissection of h... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-41461057 |
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