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Reality Check: Who gets social care and who pays for it? - BBC News | 2017-02-08 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | With rising demand and shrinking budgets, who is receiving social care from the state? | Health | We know our population is ageing and, as we live longer, many of us will need support in old age. There has also been an increase in the numbers of people living with a disability who may rely on some level of social care.
Niall Dickson, the head of the NHS Confederation, which represents NHS providers, told BBC Radio... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-38907054 |
World Grand Prix: Mark Selby loses to Martin Gould in Preston - BBC Sport | 2017-02-08 | null | World champion Mark Selby suffers a shock first-round defeat by world number 18 Martin Gould at the World Grand Prix in Preston. | null | Last updated on .From the section Snooker
World champion Mark Selby suffered a shock first-round defeat by world number 18 Martin Gould at the World Grand Prix in Preston.
Gould, who beat Selby on his way to the semi-finals two years ago, came through a tense final frame to win 4-3.
The 35-year-old from Middlesex ma... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/snooker/38907107 |
Comedian says Simon Cowell 'furious' about BGT prank - BBC News | 2017-02-08 | null | Simon Brodkin, known for his comedy character Lee Nelson, posed as a fake act on Britain's Got Talent. He said he thought Simon Cowell would 'find the whole thing funny'. | null | The comedian who pretended to be a "rapping rabbi" on Britain's Got Talent has told 5 live he thought Simon Cowell would be amused by his stunt.
Simon Brodkin told 5 live's Afternoon Edition: "I thought Simon Cowell would have a sense of humour about it and would find the whole thing funny", but he has been told he is... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-38892452 |
How to own a home by the age of 25 - BBC News | 2017-02-08 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Budget meals and foregoing holidays are among four couples' tips for getting on the property ladder by 25. | UK | Mark Hepburn and his partner Laura bought a house with a 5% deposit
Owning a home by the age of 25 has become an unachievable dream for many over the last two decades.
Soaring property prices mean just one in five 25-year-olds own a property, compared to nearly half two decades ago, according to one recent study.
Bu... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-38564137 |
The gruelling life of a Kurdish smuggler - BBC News | 2017-02-08 | null | BBC Persian's Jiyar Gol reports on the arduous lives of Iranian Kurdish goods smugglers. | null | It is a trade as old as time itself - but Iranian Kurdish smugglers say their lives are getting even tougher.
Kurdish human rights group say more than 100 such smugglers were shot dead by Iranian border guards in the past year, as they try to take goods to Iran to sell. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-38902887 |
Obituary: Alan Simpson - BBC News | 2017-02-08 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Comedy scriptwriter who, together with Ray Galton, wrote for Tony Hancock and created Steptoe and Son. | Entertainment & Arts | Alan Simpson formed, with Ray Galton, one of the great television scriptwriting partnerships.
Their early work with Tony Hancock pioneered what became known as situation comedy.
They went on to create Steptoe and Son, which became the most watched comedy on TV over its 12-year run.
But, although they continued to wr... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-36249956 |
Deal or no deal? - BBC News | 2017-02-08 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Ministers eased Surrey County Council's social care cash concerns - but can they do the same elsewhere? | UK Politics | Jeremy Corbyn unusually had the better of Theresa May in Prime Minister's Questions, brandishing leaked texts across the despatch box, claiming evidence that the Tories had given Surrey a special deal to avoid the chance of a damaging 15% council tax rise in a Conservative safe haven.
The council, and ministers, denie... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-38914439 |
What will the BP board decide to pay Bob Dudley this year? - BBC News | 2017-02-08 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The group chief executive's pay award will shed light on the executive pay debate. | Business | If BP group chief executive Bob Dudley was paid £14m for delivering a $6.5bn (£5.3bn)* loss last year, what on earth will he get paid for delivering a profit in 2017?
The answer to this will shed a lot of light on the politically current and intense debate around executive pay.
A year ago, Mr Dudley became the unwill... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-38895706 |
Oscars class photo: Seven things we spotted - BBC News | 2017-02-08 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | There are several quirks and questionable outfits in this year's Oscars "class photo". | Entertainment & Arts | This year's Oscars "class photo" has been released - and as usual there are several quirks and questionable outfits.
The picture sees 163 of this year's nominees gathered together and smiling away, but zoom in and there is a whole lot more going on.
Here are just seven of the things we spotted in this year's photo.
... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-38892322 |
Cheick Tiote: Newcastle midfielder joins Chinese second division side - BBC Sport | 2017-02-09 | null | Newcastle United midfielder Cheick Tiote joins Chinese second-tier side Beijing Enterprises Group FC for an undisclosed fee. | null | Last updated on .From the section Football
Newcastle United midfielder Cheick Tiote has joined Chinese second-tier side Beijing Enterprises Group FC for an undisclosed fee.
The Ivorian made 139 league appearances for Newcastle after joining them in August 2010 from Dutch side FC Twente.
The 30-year-old featured just... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/38899464 |
A song for Syria: Why soul star Jodie Abacus is singing about refugees - BBC News | 2017-02-09 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Soul star Jodie Abacus was inspired to write his new single about the refugee crisis. He explains why. | Entertainment & Arts | Jodie Abacus: "We need to be a little bit more empathetic"
Up-and-coming soul star Jodie Abacus has just released a powerful song about the refugee crisis. He performed it live for the first time on Jo Whiley's BBC Radio 2 show on Wednesday night - but ahead of the session, he sat down with BBC News to talk about the ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-38908251 |
Rosy signs for quality journalism market - BBC News | 2017-02-09 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Two weekly political magazines have upped their circulation, suggesting a growing appetite for analytical news. | Entertainment & Arts | So perhaps people will pay for quality journalism after all.
Subscriptions to leading British current affairs magazines, due to be published tomorrow, show a combination of Brexit, Trump and other cultural factors has led to an increase in the number of people handing over money to read smart stuff.
Advance sighting ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-38905558 |
Do you have an underactive thyroid? - BBC News | 2017-02-09 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Hypothyroidism affects one in 70 women and one in 1,000 men, but it can be tricky to diagnose and treat | Health | Tiredness and 'brain fog' are common symptoms of the condition
Hypothyroidism - or an underactive thyroid - affects one in 70 women and one in 1,000 men according to the NHS. But it can be a tricky disease to diagnose and treat. Dr Michael Mosley, of Trust Me I'm a Doctor, asks if sufferers are slipping through the ne... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-38895877 |
How firms should best react to a crisis - BBC News | 2017-02-09 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A number of companies and experts explore how businesses should best react to a disaster, be it a cyber-attack, financial scandal or other series issue. | Business | Ashley Madison was fined for not sufficiently protecting customers' data
When infidelity website Ashley Madison was the victim of a hacking attack in 2015, the affected 36 million global users were suddenly very worried indeed.
The business, a dating site for married people who wish to cheat on their spouse, had the ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-38894813 |
World Cup 2026: Uefa will ask for 16 places for European teams - BBC Sport | 2017-02-09 | null | European football's governing body will ask for its teams to be given 16 places at the expanded 48-team 2026 World Cup. | null | Last updated on .From the section Football
European football's governing body will ask for its teams to be given 16 places at the expanded 48-team 2026 World Cup.
Uefa will also request that the European teams who do qualify are kept apart in the first stage.
The new-look tournament will begin with an initial round ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/38918984 |
Trump presidency: Opponents boosted by 'rage donation' - BBC News | 2017-02-09 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Civil rights campaigns, charities, parodies, and the media are all seeing a surge in support. | US & Canada | Since his first day in office, Mr Trump has faced angry opposition - and it's making his opponents money
Donald Trump's adversarial style during the election divided American voters like few campaigns in recent years.
The president himself has referred to "my many enemies" - but it seems they're getting a substantial... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-38909322 |
Six Nations - Wales v England: Jack Clifford and Jack Nowell start for England - BBC Sport | 2017-02-09 | null | Flanker Jack Clifford will make his second start for England in Saturday's Six Nations match with Wales, while Jack Nowell also starts. | null | Last updated on .From the section Rugby Union
Coverage: Live on BBC One, Radio 5 live, S4C, BBC Radio Wales, BBC Radio Cymru & BBC Sport website and BBC Sport app, plus live text commentary
Harlequins' Jack Clifford will make just his second start for England in one of two changes for Saturday's Six Nations match wit... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/38918169 |
Bradley Lowery: Sunderland players visit terminally ill boy in hospital - BBC Sport | 2017-02-09 | null | Terminally ill Sunderland fan Bradley Lowery visited in hospital by the club's players on Thursday. | null | Last updated on .From the section Football
Terminally ill Sunderland fan Bradley Lowery was visited in hospital by the club's players on Thursday.
Bradley was diagnosed with neuroblastoma in 2013 and his mother says he has only months to live.
Last year £700,000 was raised for him and treatment has now begun in hosp... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/38926406 |
Children dying of starvation in Yemen's conflict - BBC News | 2017-02-09 | null | The United Nations has launched an emergency appeal for Yemen, warning that its population is on the brink of famine after two years of war. The BBC's Our World filmed and first broadcast this report in September 2016. It shows some of the suffering endured by children in the country. | null | This video contains distressing scenes from the start.
The United Nations has launched an emergency appeal for Yemen, warning that its population is on the brink of famine after two years of war.
This BBC's Our World filmed and first broadcast this report in September 2016, and shows some of the suffering endured by ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-37423263 |
Mark Simpson: How Karen Matthews made a fool out of me - BBC News | 2017-02-09 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | As Shannon Matthews 2008 disappearance is dramatised, Mark Simpson looks back on her mother's deception. | UK | Karen Matthews came out of her house to talk to Mark Simpson
Shannon Matthews's disappearance in a 2008 hoax-kidnapping is being recounted in a BBC drama. BBC News's Mark Simpson, who reported on the case, looks back at the deception.
Karen Matthews made a fool out of me.
I looked into her sunken eyes, saw that she ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-38906967 |
What really happened when Swedes tried six-hour days? - BBC News | 2017-02-09 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Sweden has been experimenting with six-hour days but now the trials are over, has it really worked? | Business | Emilie Telander (right) says she is more tired now she is back on eight-hour days
Sweden has been experimenting with six-hour days, with workers getting the chance to work fewer hours on full pay, but now the most high-profile two-year trial has ended - has it all been too good to be true?
Assistant nurse Emilie Tela... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-38843341 |
FA reform: MPs pass 'no confidence' motion after House of Commons debate - BBC Sport | 2017-02-09 | null | A motion of "no confidence" in the Football Association is passed by MPs debating the organisation's ability to reform itself. | null | A motion of "no confidence" in the Football Association has been passed by MPs debating the organisation's ability to reform itself.
While the motion is largely symbolic, MPs have warned legislation will be brought in if changes are not made.
Sports Minister Tracey Crouch has said the FA could lose £30m-£40m of publi... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/38920489 |
Ghana presidential fleet 'missing 200 cars' - BBC News | 2017-02-09 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Ghana's new government counts its presidential fleet only to find more than 200 cars are unaccounted for. | Africa | More than 50 of the government's Toyota Prados could not be found
Ghana's new government is trying to track down more than 200 cars missing from the president's office, a government spokesman has said.
The ruling party counted the cars a month after taking power following victory in December's elections.
After previ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-38920928 |
Will Brexit bill face trouble in the Lords? - BBC News | 2017-02-09 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Despite the sabre-rattling it's more likely to be skirmishes than apocalyptic battling over this historic legislation. | UK Politics | Sharpen your pencils. Now Theresa May has her prize from the Commons, getting the Article 50 bill (she never wanted) through with no major changes, it makes its way to the red and gold end of the Palace of Westminster, to the Lords.
The first debate is set for 20 February. More than 140 Peers have already put their na... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-38918526 |
Reality Check: Did government go back on its word on child refugees? - BBC News | 2017-02-09 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The government says it has met the "intention and spirit" of the Dubs Amendment, but Lord Dubs disagrees. | UK Politics | The claim: The government had committed to taking 3,000 unaccompanied refugee children from Europe, but it will now close the programme after taking in just 350.
Reality Check verdict: The government previously referred to a goal to bring 3,000 unaccompanied children to the UK but eventually passed an amendment that d... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-38919873 |
Family rescued from dangling cliff-edge truck - BBC News | 2017-02-09 | null | A family has been rescued from their truck that was dangling over a cliff-edge in southern China. | null | A family has been rescued from their truck that was dangling over a cliff-edge in southern China.
The father, who was driving, said the road was slippery. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-38913506 |
Australian man stuck in a pond for hours recounts ordeal - BBC News | 2017-02-09 | null | An Australian farmer tells how he survived for hours trapped in a pond with only his nose above water. | null | An Australian man has survived spending hours struggling to keep his nose above water after his excavator rolled into a waterhole. Daniel Miller, 45, had been riding the machine at his remote property 300km (180 miles) north of Sydney. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-38916464 |
Fed Cup: Heather Watson & Johanna Konta help Great Britain to win over Latvia - BBC Sport | 2017-02-09 | null | Heather Watson and Johanna Konta lead Great Britain to a second successive 3-0 win at the Fed Cup in Estonia. | null | Last updated on .From the section Tennis
Heather Watson and Johanna Konta led Great Britain to a second successive 3-0 win at the Fed Cup in Estonia.
Jocelyn Rae and Laura Robson then saw off Daniela Vismane and Marcinkevica 6-0 6-7 (2-7) 6-2 in the doubles.
Britain beat Portugal 3-0 on Wednesday, and top the group ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/38916613 |
The health service taking a holistic approach to patients - BBC News | 2017-02-09 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | "It's about 3% of our population that use about 50% of the resources." | Health | Moor Park Health and Leisure Centre where you can swim and also see a doctor
"My colleagues think I'm mad," says Dr Andrew Weatherburn.
As a consultant in geriatric medicine, he is an unlikely addition to the Moor Park Health and Leisure Centre, where schoolchildren queue for swimming lessons and people grab coffees ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-38911008 |
'Real' Mr Darcy was nothing like Colin Firth, academics say - BBC News | 2017-02-09 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The first "historically accurate" portrait of Jane Austen's Mr Darcy is revealed by academics. | Entertainment & Arts | The 'historically accurate' portrait of Mr Darcy looks starkly different to Colin Firth who portrayed him in the BBC drama
Academics have revealed what they claim is the first "historically accurate" portrait of Jane Austen's Mr Darcy - and he's a world away from the romantic hero of films and TV.
Instead of the broa... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-38918958 |
Domestic abuse victim's hands severed by ex-partner - BBC News | 2017-02-09 | null | Simonne Butler recounts her ex attacking her with a sword and having her hands reattached, in New Zealand in 2003. | null | On January 21st 2003, Antoine Dixon attacked his ex-partner Simonne Butler with a samurai sword, severing both of her hands.
After dozens of operations, Simonne's hands were reattached. Her friend Renee Gunbie, who was with her at the time, lost one of her hands.
Dixon then stole a vehicle and drove to Auckland, wher... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-38925101 |
Tara Palmer-Tomkinson - the ultimate It girl in pictures - BBC News | 2017-02-09 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The classic "It girl", Tara Palmer-Tomkinson spent much of her life facing a camera lens. | UK | While her life as a London socialite in her early 20s was being documented in her own Sunday Times column, it was accompanied by a growing problem with cocaine use. It all came to a head with an appearance on the Frank Skinner Show in 1999, in which she slurred her words, struggled to remember her host's name and asked... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-38912628 |
How do fake news sites make money? - BBC News | 2017-02-09 | null | The issue of fake news on social media has been grabbing headlines, but how do these sites make money? | null | The issue of fake news on social media has grabbed headlines since the 2016 US presidential election. But how do fake news sites make money?
Find out more on Talking Business on Friday, 10 February at 15:30 GMT on BBC World, and on Saturday, 11 February at 20:30 GMT on the BBC News Channel in the UK. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-38919403 |
Winter Olympics 2018: Team GB medal chances 'exciting' - BBC Sport | 2017-02-09 | null | Great Britain should be excited about their medal chances at the 2018 Winter Olympics, says chef de mission Mike Hay. | null | Great Britain should be excited about its medal chances at the 2018 Winter Olympics, according to chef de mission Mike Hay.
It would be a record-breaking Games for Team GB in Pyeongchang if they win more than the four medals they have taken home on two occasions, in 1924 and 2014.
UK Sport has doubled its investment ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/winter-sports/38868480 |
Six Nations 2017: George North - I'll be fit to face Scotland - BBC Sport | 2017-02-09 | null | Wales wing George North says he will be fit to face Scotland on 25 February in the Six Nations after being "gutted" to miss out on facing England. | null | Last updated on .From the section Welsh Rugby
Coverage: Live on BBC One, Radio 5 live, S4C, BBC Radio Wales, BBC Radio Cymru & BBC Sport website and BBC Sport app, plus live text commentary
Wales wing George North says he will be fit to face Scotland in round three of the Six Nations after being "gutted" to miss out ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/38919198 |
Family meets air ambulance doctor who saved newborn baby - BBC News | 2017-02-09 | null | Baby Daphne-Louise was given just nine minutes to live after complications during labour. | null | Parents have met the emergency doctor who saved the life of their newborn baby.
When Daphne-Louise was born, complications meant she was not getting any oxygen and she was given just nine minutes to live.
An air ambulance crew flew to her home at Friday Bridge, near Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, and was able to save her.
... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-38920837 |
Tiger Woods: Injuries and operations mean I'll never feel great - BBC Sport | 2017-02-09 | null | Fourteen-time major winner Tiger Woods says he will always feel "a little sore" due to the injuries he has suffered. | null | Last updated on .From the section Golf
Fourteen-time major winner Tiger Woods says he will "never feel great" again because of the number of injuries suffered during his career.
Woods, 41, pulled out of the Dubai Desert Classic before the second round this month because of a back spasm.
He only returned to action in... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/golf/38912329 |
Newspaper headlines: NHS 'returns to 1950s' and tax bills to rise - BBC News | 2017-02-09 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Friday's papers feature stories about pressures on the NHS and claims council tax bills are to increase for many. | The Papers | The costs of school meals could rise in some areas, according to a report
The Daily Mail and Daily Telegraph both lead on a survey by the think tank, the Local Government Information Unit, suggesting millions of households are facing above-inflation rises in council tax.
Almost all of England's town halls are said to... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-the-papers-38926938 |
FA reform: As MPs debate the issue, is real change a stretch too far? - BBC Sport | 2017-02-09 | null | As MPs get ready to debate whether the Football Association is fit for purpose, Richard Conway asks if it is capable of self-reform. | null | Reform of the FA? Haven't I heard this one before?
Yes, we've been down this road many times. Does this sound familiar?
"We are making progress, albeit slowly. I intend to see that we continue to make progress by continuing to meet all the interested parties and bringing them together, if necessary, because all of us... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/38907978 |
The health workers that help patients stay at home - BBC News | 2017-02-09 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Wakefield is seen as a pioneer in helping more patients stay at home and saving the NHS money. | Health | June Lord, 82, is one of those helped home from hospital under the Wakefield project
Every Monday morning, in a meeting room within earshot of the bells of Wakefield cathedral, a group of healthcare workers help to stage a mini-revolution.
Nothing that you read in the next few minutes may strike you as particularly s... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-38897257 |
Reality Check: Who gets social care and who pays for it? - BBC News | 2017-02-09 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | With rising demand and shrinking budgets, who is receiving social care from the state? | Health | We know our population is ageing and, as we live longer, many of us will need support in old age. There has also been an increase in the numbers of people living with a disability who may rely on some level of social care.
Niall Dickson, the head of the NHS Confederation, which represents NHS providers, told BBC Radio... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-38907054 |
World Grand Prix: Mark Selby loses to Martin Gould in Preston - BBC Sport | 2017-02-09 | null | World champion Mark Selby suffers a shock first-round defeat by world number 18 Martin Gould at the World Grand Prix in Preston. | null | Last updated on .From the section Snooker
World champion Mark Selby suffered a shock first-round defeat by world number 18 Martin Gould at the World Grand Prix in Preston.
Gould, who beat Selby on his way to the semi-finals two years ago, came through a tense final frame to win 4-3.
The 35-year-old from Middlesex ma... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/snooker/38907107 |
The Republican women learning to love Trump - BBC News | 2017-02-09 | null | Not everyone was won round by Donald Trump when he became the Republican presidential nominee last year - even members of his own party had their doubts. Not any more. | null | Not everyone was won round by Donald Trump when he became the Republican presidential nominee last year - even members of his own party had their doubts.
We spoke to a group of Republican women in New Hampshire who were among those initially sceptical of the current president, but who have since had a change of heart. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-38926818 |
Bob Howden: British Cycling chairman steps down but remains as president - BBC Sport | 2017-02-09 | null | Bob Howden steps down from his position as chairman of British Cycling, but will remain as the organisation's president. | null | Last updated on .From the section Cycling
Bob Howden has stepped down as chairman of British Cycling, but will remain the organisation's president.
Jonathan Browning, a former chairman of Vauxhall, has succeeded him.
UK Sport was expected to publish a report this month after an independent investigation into the cul... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/38916633 |
Tara Palmer-Tomkinson describes a privileged life - BBC News | 2017-02-09 | null | Tara Palmer-Tomkinson, who has died at the age of 45, described living a privileged life, in an interview with Jane Garvey on BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour in 2010. | null | Tara Palmer-Tomkinson described when she realised she was living a privileged life, in an interview with Jane Garvey on BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour.
It followed the launch of her novel 'Inheritance'.
The former Sunday Times columnist, reality TV star, and goddaughter of Prince Charles was found dead on Wednesday aged ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-38912978 |
Coming to America: One translator's harrowing journey - BBC News | 2017-02-09 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | One week. One family. One goal: To immigrate to Donald Trump's America. | Magazine | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: How Munther Alaskry got his family to the US
An Iraqi translator who worked extensively with the US military spent almost seven years trying to get his family to America. But with days to go before their departure, Pr... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-38885611 |
Leicester's Premier League season 'can be kick-started' by FA Cup win - Andy King - BBC Sport | 2017-02-09 | null | Premier League champions Leicester can use the FA Cup win over Derby to kick-start their season, says midfielder Andy King. | null | Last updated on .From the section Football
Premier League champions Leicester City can use their FA Cup win over Derby to kick-start their season, says midfielder Andy King.
The Foxes are one point above the relegation zone having won two of their past 15 league matches.
But a much-changed side secured a 3-1 win, cl... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/38915022 |
Deputy Speaker orders MPs to stop whistling during Brexit vote - BBC News | 2017-02-09 | null | Scottish National Party MPs were told off by the deputy speaker for whistling the EU anthem "Ode to joy" as MPs voted on Brexit legislation. | null | Scottish National Party MPs were told off by Deputy Speaker Lindsay Hoyle for whistling and singing the EU anthem "Ode to joy" in the Commons chamber as MPs voted on Brexit legislation.
MPs agreed by 494 votes to 122 to let the government begin the UK's departure from the EU. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-38914765 |
Obituary: Alan Simpson - BBC News | 2017-02-09 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Comedy scriptwriter who, together with Ray Galton, wrote for Tony Hancock and created Steptoe and Son. | Entertainment & Arts | Alan Simpson formed, with Ray Galton, one of the great television scriptwriting partnerships.
Their early work with Tony Hancock pioneered what became known as situation comedy.
They went on to create Steptoe and Son, which became the most watched comedy on TV over its 12-year run.
But, although they continued to wr... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-36249956 |
NHS Health Check: How Germany's healthcare system works - BBC News | 2017-02-09 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Branwen Jeffreys asks if more spending on healthcare in Germany improves the system. | Health | The day after his hip replacement, Georg Thoma was cheerfully sitting up in bed.
Like most Germans, the businessman pays into compulsory health insurance.
He contributes 7% of his salary before tax and his employers match that amount.
In return, patients get access to care which is so rapid that national waiting dat... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-38899811 |
Deal or no deal? - BBC News | 2017-02-09 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Ministers eased Surrey County Council's social care cash concerns - but can they do the same elsewhere? | UK Politics | Jeremy Corbyn unusually had the better of Theresa May in Prime Minister's Questions, brandishing leaked texts across the despatch box, claiming evidence that the Tories had given Surrey a special deal to avoid the chance of a damaging 15% council tax rise in a Conservative safe haven.
The council, and ministers, denie... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-38914439 |
A Feng Shui consultant's take on Trump - BBC News | 2017-02-09 | null | Feng Shui consultant Joey Yap tells us how Trump's year may go. | null | Feng Shui consultant Joey Yap has predicted a showdown between the East and the West in 2017, with China and the US taking centre stage.
We asked him to forecast how this could affect US President Donald Trump's relations with other world leaders in the Year of the Fire Rooster. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-38885821 |
A sarcastic response to Syria's militants - BBC News | 2017-02-09 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | It takes a special kind of person to run a radio station in an area controlled by Islamist militants in northern Syria. Raed Fares, who has never lost his sense of humour despite being gunned down by IS. | Magazine | It takes a special kind of person to run a radio station in an area controlled by Islamist militants in northern Syria. Music is forbidden, so are women presenters. But Raed Fares - manager of Radio Fresh FM - has come up with a creative response to the militants' demands.
It is mid-day and almost time for the latest ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-38912958 |
Orphaned dik-dik raised by keepers - BBC News | 2017-02-09 | null | He's only 19cm (7.4 in) tall and has been named Thanos. | null | He's only 19cm (7.4 in) tall and has been named Thanos. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-38925011 |
Leicester City 3-1 Derby County - BBC Sport | 2017-02-09 | null | Leicester secure a first home win of 2017 as Demarai Gray's superb goal seals an extra-time victory over Derby in their FA Cup replay. | null | Last updated on .From the section Football
Leicester secured a first home win of 2017 as Demarai Gray's superb solo goal sealed an extra-time victory over Derby in their FA Cup fourth-round replay.
Andy King headed the hosts, who made 10 changes, ahead after Gray's clever cross was nodded back across goal by Marc Alb... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/38822191 |
Shirley Collins: Star who couldn't sing for 30 years is nominated for two awards - BBC News | 2017-02-09 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Folk star Shirley Collins, who was unable to sing for 30 years, is nominated for two Radio 2 Folk Awards. | Entertainment & Arts | Shirley Collins is best known for the album Anthems in Eden, which she recorded in 1969 with her sister, Dorothy
Folk star Shirley Collins, who was robbed of her voice for 30 years by an emotional crisis, has been nominated for two Radio 2 Folk Awards.
The 81-year-old is up for singer of the year, while Lodestar, her... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-38910195 |
Miriam Gonzalez Durantez: Don't call me Mrs Clegg - BBC News | 2017-02-09 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Lawyer whose husband is ex-deputy PM notes the "irony" of women's day invite in her married name. | UK Politics | Miriam Gonzalez Durantez, whose husband is former Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg, has complained after being invited to an International Women's Day event in her married name.
Posting a picture of a letter addressed to "Mrs Clegg" on Instagram, she noted the "irony" of the situation.
The event, on 8 March, is desig... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-38904863 |
FA reform: 'Stupid old men may fight changes,' says Greg Dyke - BBC Sport | 2017-02-09 | null | Ex-chairman Greg Dyke fears "stupid, old men" at the Football Association will fight reform proposals even though it may cost them £40m in grassroots funding. | null | The "old men" accused of blocking change at the Football Association are "stupid enough" to fight reforms, says former chairman Greg Dyke.
MPs will debate the FA's failure to reform in Parliament on Thursday.
Sports Minister Tracey Crouch has warned the FA could lose £30m-£40m of funding if it does not modernise.
"Y... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/38911980 |
Newspaper headlines: May's Commons victory and 'tragic' Tara - BBC News | 2017-02-09 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The death of Tara Palmer-Tomkinson and the government's Brexit Commons victory dominate Thursday's front pages. | The Papers | Tara Palmer-Tomkinson might have been surprised by the amount of coverage, as well as the genuinely sad tone, afforded to her death, aged 45.
The Guardian calls hers "a life cut short", but added that "no-one could quite remember what she was famous for".
The Daily Telegraph sees her as having been "the earliest inca... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-the-papers-38914622 |
Peterborough puppy rescued from tumble dryer vent - BBC News | 2017-02-09 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Dennis the puppy got himself in a pickle trying to get outside to play in the garden. | Cambridgeshire | The puppy had been trying to get outside to the garden to play when he became stuck
A puppy had to be rescued after getting its head firmly wedged in a tumble dryer vent hole.
Dennis, a 12-week-old American bulldog-cross Staffordshire bull terrier may have been trying to get outside to play, his owner from Peterborou... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-38917407 |
FA Cup: Demarai Gray's moment of magic for Leicester - BBC Sport | 2017-02-09 | null | Demarai Gray produces a moment of magic as he slaloms past Derby defenders to score for Leicester in their FA Cup fourth-round replay. | null | Demarai Gray produces a moment of magic as he slaloms past Derby defenders to score for Leicester in their FA Cup fourth-round replay.
Watch all the best action from this season's FA Cup here.
Available to UK users only. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/38914589 |
Trump used the term 'Easy D'. What did he mean? - BBC News | 2017-02-09 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The president tweeted about an 'EASY D', which immediately had people guessing what he meant. | US & Canada | President Donald Trump has again lambasted the judicial rulings keeping him from enforcing his travel ban - but this time his tweet had a curious turn of phrase.
"Big increase in traffic into our country from certain areas, while our people are far more vulnerable, as we wait for what should be EASY D!" he wrote at 12... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-38847792 |
Nabila Ramdani: 'Marine Le Pen won't do a Donald' - BBC News | 2017-02-09 | null | Viewsnight is BBC Newsnight's new place for ideas and opinion. Here, French-Algerian journalist Nabila Ramdani argues Marine Le Pen will not win in France. | null | Viewsnight is BBC Newsnight's new place for ideas and opinion.
Here, French-Algerian journalist Nabila Ramdani argues Marine Le Pen will not win in France - as Donald Trump did in the US - because of the legacy of her father.
For more Viewsnight, head over to BBC Newsnight on Facebook and on YouTube | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-38919484 |
Daily Politics coverage of PMQs - BBC News | 2017-02-09 | null | Prime Minister's Questions on the BBC's Daily Politics. | null | This video can not be played. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-27901933 |
BBC iPlayer - BBC News | 2017-02-09 | null | null | null | JavaScript seems to be disabled. Please enable JavaScript to take full advantage of iPlayer. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10318089 |
Bank warns 'lax financial rules' are a route to failure - BBC News | 2017-02-09 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The BoE's deputy governor warns against abandoning bank rules amid claims the UK could become an offshore tax haven. | Business | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Sir Jon Cunliffe: "The UK, in order to be a successful financial centre, needs robust regulation"
The man responsible for financial stability at the Bank of England has warned against relaxing banking regulation, saying that... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-38913306 |
Super League: St Helens 6-4 Leeds Rhinos - BBC Sport | 2017-02-09 | null | St Helens earn a narrow win in a low-scoring but enthralling Super League season opener against Leeds Rhinos. | null | Last updated on .From the section Rugby League
St Helens earned a narrow win in a low-scoring but enthralling Super League season opener against Leeds Rhinos.
Joel Moon scored the first try of the new season in the corner as Rhinos went into the break 4-0 ahead.
Theo Fages crashed over early in the second before Mar... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/38896656 |
The Body Shop: What went wrong? - BBC News | 2017-02-09 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | With French owner L'Oreal wanting to put The Body Shop up for sale, BBC News asks what's gone wrong at the UK cosmetics chain? | Business | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.
"A confused shop with a mish-mash of products with no emphasis on the fact that this is supposed to be a shop specialising in cruelty-free, fair trade toiletries and make-up," is Suzy Bourke's damning verdict on The Body Sho... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-38905530 |
Reality check: Is Donald Trump's cabinet facing historic obstruction? - BBC News | 2017-02-09 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Donald Trump says it is taking longer to get his appointments confirmed than any other president. | US & Canada | The claim: It has taken longer for Donald Trump to have his "full cabinet" confirmed than any president in US history.
Reality Check Verdict: Democrats have slow-walked many of Mr Trump's presidential nominations. It has taken longer so far for him to get the majority of his choices confirmed, although part of that is... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-38913709 |
Has Tom Hiddleston damaged his brand? - BBC News | 2017-02-09 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Two media commentators discuss whether recent headlines about the British actor have dented his image. | Entertainment & Arts | Hiddleston was nominated for the Bafta Rising Star award in 2011
The last few months haven't been too easy for Tom Hiddleston.
In September, he and girlfriend Taylor Swift broke up after three months together amid accusations their relationship was a publicity stunt.
Then, in January, he apologised for an "inelegant... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-38917456 |
Snow church for Russia village - BBC News | 2017-02-09 | null | Villager Alexander Batyokhtin has built a church out of snow in Sosnovka in Siberia. | null | Villager Alexander Batyokhtin has built a church out of snow in Sosnovka in Siberia. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-38909867 |
Tower Hamlets rejects concerns over Muslim foster family - BBC News | 2017-11-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | An investigation by a senior social worker said it did not accept allegations made in the media. | UK | The council responsible for the care of a five-year-old girl who was placed with Muslim foster family has rejected concerns about her treatment.
The Times alleged the Christian girl's foster carers stopped her from eating bacon, told her to learn Arabic and removed a crucifix necklace from her.
Tower Hamlets Council ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41833590 |
Bill on voting at 16 falters - BBC News | 2017-11-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A private member's bill to give 16 and 17-year-olds the vote has little chance of becoming law after running out of debating time in the Commons. | Parliaments | A private member's bill to give 16 and 17-year-olds the vote now has little chance of becoming law after running out of debating time in the House of Commons, before it could be put to a vote.
The Representation of the People (Young People's Enfranchisement) Bill, proposed by the Labour MP Jim McMahon, was debated for... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-politics-parliaments-41804082 |
Fallon's 'painful' decision to resign - BBC News | 2017-11-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Sir Michael Fallon has been known as a reliable minister, but also a sociable and approachable politician. | UK Politics | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Sir Michael Fallon: "Not right for me to go on as defence secretary".
"What might have been acceptable 15, 10 years ago is clearly not acceptable now," Sir Michael Fallon told me tonight as he quit the government.
Clear to ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-41840007 |
Beware potential signs of pancreatic cancer - BBC News | 2017-11-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | One in three adults might dismiss potential symptoms of this all-too-often deadly disease, say experts. | Health | Nikki is having chemotherapy to help prevent the cancer from returning
One in three adults might ignore potential symptoms of pancreatic cancer, according to a charity.
Stomach ache, indigestion, unexplained weight loss and faeces that float rather than sink in the lavatory can be warning signs of the potentially dea... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-41817061 |
Pedestrian 'seriously injured' after London taxi crash - BBC News | 2017-11-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Police say the incident, which left one man seriously injured, is not terror-related. | London | Police were called after a taxi mounted a pavement in Covent Garden, London
Four people have been injured, including one seriously, after a taxi mounted a pavement in London.
The incident, in Southampton Street, Covent Garden, is not believed to be terror-related, police have said.
A man has been transferred to a ma... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-41838569 |
Australia to ban climbing on Uluru from 2019 - BBC News | 2017-11-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Visitors will not be allowed to scale the iconic monolith because of indigenous sensitivities. | Australia | Climbing on Australia's iconic Uluru landmark will be banned from October 2019, local authorities have confirmed.
The board of the Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park voted unanimously to end the climb because of indigenous sensitivities.
The giant red monolith in the Northern Territory is a sacred site for Aboriginal Aus... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-41827203 |
Is this what real beauty looks like? - BBC News | 2017-11-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Mihaela Noroc has been around the world photographing women from all different walks of life. | Entertainment & Arts | Mihaela took these photographs in Kathmandu in Nepal (left) and Reykjavik, Iceland
"Go to Google Images right now," says photographer Mihaela Noroc, "and search 'beautiful women'."
I do as she tells me. Millions of results come back.
"What do you see?" she asks. "Very sexualised images, right?"
Yes. Many of the wom... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-41736574 |
On a knife edge: The rise of violence on London's streets - BBC News | 2017-11-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Knife and gun crimes are on the rise across England and Wales, with more offences being committed in London. | UK | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Special correspondent Ed Thomas has witnessed the reality of knife crime
Delivery rider Abla's life changed in an instant in July on his way through Tottenham, north London.
After stopping at traffic lights, his moped was s... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41822965 |
Amsterdam bans beer bikes amid complaints - BBC News | 2017-11-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The bikes, popular with tourist parties, are no longer allowed in the centre of the Dutch city. | Europe | Amsterdam has banned beer bikes amid complaints about rowdy tourists being drunk and disorderly.
A court ruling on Tuesday allowed officials to prohibit their use in the centre of the Dutch city, calling the contraptions a "public order problem".
The bicycles are a popular way for tourists celebrating group events, s... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-41830304 |
George Papadopoulos mistaken for George Papadopoulos - BBC News | 2017-11-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | What happened when people tweet the wrong man who made headlines for the wrong reasons. | US & Canada | When George Papadopoulos pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI many people tweeted him, and many of them were angry. But many people tweeted the wrong man.
George Papadopoulos, an American financial planner and accountant and nothing to do with alleged meetings between the Trump campaign and Russia, has had an interestin... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-41831515 |
As it happened: New York attack - BBC News | 2017-11-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | At least eight people have been killed in New York after the driver of a truck mowed down people on a cycle path. | US & Canada | First death in a terrorist attack in New York since 9/11
This is the first death in a terrorist attack in New York since 9/11, Karen J Greenberg of Fordham University School of Law’s Center on National Security told the BBC's Tara McKelvey. This is also the first truck attack by a terrorist in New York. “This is not a... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-us-canada-41825922 |
Theresa May: Take sex abuse claims to police - BBC News | 2017-11-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The PM invites party leaders to discuss the recent allegations of sexual harassment at Westminster. | UK Politics | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The prime minister said all staff at Westminster should be "treated with respect".
Theresa May said any allegations about serious sexual abuse in Parliament should go to the police, as she promised a new "independent" proces... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-41831268 |
New York truck attack: Who is suspect Sayfullo Saipov? - BBC News | 2017-11-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | What we know about the man accused of killing eight people in a New York truck attack. | US & Canada | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. New York truck attack: Who is Sayfullo Saipov?
Sayfullo Saipov, the main suspect in Tuesday's New York truck attack that killed eight people and injured 12, arrived in the US from Uzbekistan in 2010 and is married with three... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-41828714 |
Burglar jailed for murdering former Royal Navy officer - BBC News | 2017-11-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Former Royal Navy officer Mike Samwell died when Ryan Gibbons twice drove over him in his own car. | Manchester | Ryan Gibbons (left) was earlier convicted of murder and Raymond Davies was found guilty of manslaughter
A burglar who killed a former Royal Navy officer by running him over with his own car has been ordered to serve a minimum of 27 years in prison.
Ryan Gibbons, 29, was found guilty of murdering Mike Samwell, 35, aft... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-41829654 |
'I woke up with Kevin Spacey lying on me' - BBC News | 2017-11-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A man tells the Victoria Derbyshire programme the Hollywood star groomed him in the mid-1980s. | UK | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The man, who did not want to be identified, says he woke up with Spacey's head on his stomach
A man has said he was left traumatised after waking up to find Hollywood star Kevin Spacey lying on him when he was a teenager in ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41828874 |
PM's deputy Damian Green denies inappropriate behaviour claim - BBC News | 2017-11-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Senior minister Damian Green denies claims by a Tory activist that he acted inappropriately. | UK Politics | Prime Minister Theresa May's deputy, Damian Green, has said allegations of inappropriate behaviour towards a female activist are "completely false".
Mr Green has instructed libel lawyers over the claims, the BBC understands.
Tory activist Kate Maltby wrote in the Times that he "fleetingly" touched her knee in a pub i... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-41827264 |
Play it again: The firm saving vinyl - BBC News | 2017-11-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | How a small company in the Czech Republic became the world's biggest maker of vinyl records. | Business | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. How a small company in the Czech Republic became the world's largest maker of vinyl records
Whether gathering dust in your loft or currently spinning on your turntable, it's a fair bet that at least some of your vinyl record... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-41747615 |
Newspaper headlines: Westminster sex claims and Bake Off 'gaffe' - BBC News | 2017-11-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Further claims of sexual misconduct in Wesminster and Prue Leith Bake Off "gaffe" are among the stories to lead the papers. | The Papers | Tuesday night's events in New York feature widely in the newspapers.
Both the Daily Telegraph and the Daily Mail report that the fake guns wielded by the attacker led many at the scene to think they were watching a Halloween prank.
The Daily Express describes it as "Horror in Manhattan".
The New York Times reports t... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-the-papers-41826232 |
Calls for change in Westminster culture - BBC News | 2017-11-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Young men and women often fear the consequences of making a complaint. | UK Politics | In the last few days there has been a frenzy in Westminster about a dodgy dossier, a list, all manner of claims about ministers' and MPs' bad behaviour.
(For what it's worth, the list which we have seen contains both a mixture of unsavoury allegations, reports of well-known relationships, and some claims that are furi... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-41824400 |
Catalan independence: Spain high court summons dismissed leader - BBC News | 2017-11-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Carles Puigdemont and 13 former colleagues are summoned to appear in a Madrid court this week. | Europe | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.
Spain's high court has summoned sacked Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont and 13 other members of his dismissed government to appear later this week.
It also gave them three days to pay a deposit of €6.2m ($7.2m) to cover pot... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-41825030 |
Do NHS operating theatres really have 'wasted time'? - BBC News | 2017-11-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Hugh Pym on the lively response to his report suggesting operating-theatre time is often unused. | Health | The BBC story about wasted time in operating theatres has generated a lively debate.
We reported that analysis by the regulator NHS Improvement showed there could have been 280,000 more non-emergency operations, at 100 English hospital trusts, last year.
There were said to be 140 minutes of unused time per operating ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-41778929 |
New York attack: Eight killed by man driving truck - BBC News | 2017-11-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The vehicle was driven along a cycle path in Manhattan in what is being treated as a terror attack. | US & Canada | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. New York terror attack: How the events unfolded
At least eight people have been killed and 11 seriously hurt in New York after the driver of a truck mowed down people on a cycle path in Lower Manhattan.
A 29-year-old man wh... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-41825577 |
Reality Check: Was Hillary Clinton photographed with Osama Bin Laden? - BBC News | 2017-11-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman says Osama Bin Laden was hosted at the White House. | World | The claim: Photographs show Osama Bin Laden was hosted in the White House.
Reality Check verdict: An image that has been shared on social media in Russia is fake. There are no known photographs of Osama Bin Laden at the White House and no evidence such an extraordinary event ever occurred.
Maria Zakharova, a Russian ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-41821923 |
This is my country, too - BBC News | 2017-11-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | As a new report finds Muslim women are most vulnerable to Islamophobic attacks, Muna Ahmed describes the daily pressure they face. | Magazine | This year has seen a spike in anti-Muslim hate crimes, and a new survey shows women are suffering the most - so what's it like to be a black British Muslim woman at the moment? Not great, says Muna Ahmed.
A man mimed shooting Linda with a rifle as he crossed the road. A man spent an entire train journey staring aggres... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-41763388 |
Rate rise impact 'modest' for homeowners, says Nationwide - BBC News | 2017-11-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Raising rates will have less impact because more people are on fixed mortgages, says Nationwide. | Business | The impact of a small rise in interest rates is likely to be modest for most UK households, according to mortgage lender Nationwide.
The Bank of England has been widely tipped to increase rates for the first time in a decade on Thursday.
If rates do go up from 0.25% to 0.5%, the effect will be smaller than in the pas... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-41829034 |
Labour activist 'warned' about pursuing rape claim - BBC News | 2017-11-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Labour supporter Bex Bailey says she was told that reporting the 2011 incident could "damage" her. | UK Politics | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.
A Labour activist has said she was raped at a party event and that a senior Labour official discouraged her from reporting the attack.
Bex Bailey said she was told reporting the 2011 incident could "damage" her and that she... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-41821671 |
The Great British Bake Off: Channel 4's gamble has paid off - BBC News | 2017-11-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Many fans feared that The Great British Bake Off would spoil - so success must taste sweet. | Entertainment & Arts | The new line-up has wide appeal and good chemistry
Many fans feared that The Great British Bake Off might spoil when it went to Channel 4. So the success of this series must taste particularly sweet.
There were some funny moments at Jay Hunt and David Abraham's leaving party at Channel 4 a few weeks ago.
The chief c... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-41804223 |
The mysterious 'braid choppers' terrorising Kashmir - BBC News | 2017-11-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | At least 40 women have reported being attacked and having their hair chopped off. | India | Tasleema Rouf, 35, was on the top storey of her house in Srinagar, the capital of Indian-administered Kashmir, when she says she saw a man's shadow.
Before she could react, she says, she was attacked. When she tried to scream for help, he tried to strangle her. She fell unconscious.
That's how her husband found her -... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-41773176 |
Russia, Facebook, the US election and when 126 million isn't 126 million - BBC News | 2017-11-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Facebook posts from Russian-sponsored accounts may have reached millions of Americans - but that doesn't mean they read them. | US & Canada | It sounds like a lot of people.
That's nearly half of the 270 million Americans who are old enough to be allowed a Facebook profile.
The figure comes from the social network itself, which along with Google and Twitter, is preparing for a Senate hearing where it will explain Russia's impact on the popular sites.
But ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-41819819 |
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