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Fewer High Street shops closing down - BBC News | 2017-11-13 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Charity shops and shoe shops fare worst, but ice-cream parlours and beauty salons are multiplying. | Business | The number of High Street shops closing down has fallen to its lowest level in seven years, research suggests.
The Local Data Company, which studied the top 500 British town centres, said 2,564 outlets closed in the first half of 2017, equivalent to 14 a day.
At the same time, there were 2,342 store openings, meaning... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-41962807 |
Education agent recruits bogus students at private college - BBC News | 2017-11-13 | null | Undercover investigation reveals how a recruitment agent is helping bogus students cheat the student loan system. | null | A BBC Panorama investigation has uncovered evidence of abuse of the government's student loan system in one of the biggest private colleges in England.
The Greenwich School of Management (GSM) and its students receive around £66m a year in maintenance and tuition fee loans.
Panorama sent undercover reporters into GSM... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-41963557 |
Texas mass shooting church transformed into haunting memorial - BBC News | 2017-11-13 | null | Twenty-five people were killed when a gunman opened fire at the First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, Texas. | null | Twenty-five people were killed when a gunman opened fire at the First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, Texas.
It was the worst mass shooting in the state's history. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-41971707 |
Carl Sargeant: 'Hanging' cause of ex-minister's death - BBC News | 2017-11-13 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | He was found dead at his home four days after being sacked as a Welsh Labour minister. | North East Wales | Carl Sargeant was found dead after an investigation was launched into his conduct
Sacked Welsh Labour minister Carl Sargeant's provisional cause of death was hanging, an inquest has heard.
The 49-year-old married father-of-two, who had been Alyn and Deeside AM since 2003, was found dead at his home in Connah's Quay, ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-north-east-wales-41961404 |
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe case: Boris Johnson apologises over remarks - BBC News | 2017-11-13 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Boris Johnson plans to visit Iran before the end of the year over the case of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe. | UK | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.
Boris Johnson has apologised for his remarks about a British-Iranian mother who is being held in prison in Iran.
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe says she was on holiday when she was arrested in 2016 - a claim the foreign secretar... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41972704 |
Trump-Duterte: US president hails 'great relationship' - BBC News | 2017-11-13 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | It is unclear if Mr Trump raised the issue of human rights violations, despite calls to do so. | Asia | Both leaders are known for their controversial comments
US President Donald Trump said he has a "great relationship" with Philippine counterpart Rodrigo Duterte, after a highly anticipated meeting in Manila.
It was unclear whether Mr Trump raised human rights violations in the country, despite calls for him to do so.... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-41964930 |
History of deadly earthquakes - BBC News | 2017-11-13 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Hundreds of thousands of people have lost their lives to earthquakes in the last 100 years. | World | First responders carry a victim out of the disaster zone following the earthquake in Nepal in April 2015
Earthquakes have claimed millions of lives in the last 100 years, and improvements in technology have only slightly reduced the death toll.
A 6.1-magnitude earthquake in eastern Afghanistan has kills at least 1,00... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-12717980 |
Suitcase of gems stolen from train at Euston station - BBC News | 2017-11-13 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The jewellery dealer's bag contained more than 40 gems including rubies, emeralds and sapphires. | London | Detectives have released CCTV images of a man they want to speak to
A suitcase containing £1m of gems has been stolen from a train luggage rack.
A jewellery dealer boarded the train at London's Euston station and realised his bag was missing when the train pulled into Rugby in Warwickshire.
Police believe his large ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-41971389 |
San Francisco shipwreck: Divers find 'cannonball clue' - BBC News | 2017-11-13 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | It could indicate where a Spanish trading vessel carrying valuable treasure sank 408 years ago. | Asia | Jun Kimura (left) and Ian McCann (centre) made the underwater discovery shortly before their air was due to run out
A team of underwater archaeologists believe they have found a cannonball from a Spanish ship that sank in a storm off Japan in 1609.
The San Francisco was travelling from the Philippines to Mexico when ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-41965080 |
Remembrance Sunday: UK events mark the nation's war dead - BBC News | 2017-11-13 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The Queen has not laid a wreath at the annual Cenotaph ceremony in London but watched from a balcony. | UK | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Prince Charles lays Remembrance Sunday wreath as the Queen watches from a balcony
Politicians, members of the Royal Family and veterans are commemorating those who lost their lives in conflict as the UK marks Remembrance Sun... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41957783 |
Roy Moore: Woman claims US Senate candidate 'tried to rape me' - BBC News | 2017-11-13 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Republicans urge the Alabama Senate candidate to step aside amid new sex misconduct claims. | US & Canada | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.
A fifth woman has accused Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore of sexual misconduct as Republicans increase calls for him to "step aside".
Beverly Young Nelson said she was 16 years old when Mr Moore allegedly tried to force ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-41973952 |
Brussels riot after Morocco World Cup qualifier win - BBC News | 2017-11-13 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Football fans smash glass and loot shops after their team qualifies for the World Cup. | Europe | More than 20 police officers were injured in Brussels when celebrations over Morocco's qualification for football's World Cup turned violent.
The Moroccan national side qualified for the 2018 tournament in Russia with a 2-0 victory away to Ivory Coast on Saturday, topping their group.
Belgium has a large Moroccan com... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-41961801 |
Long-range earthquake prediction - really? - BBC News | 2017-11-13 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | In Italy, quake predictions from self-taught forecasters have people on edge. But is it possible to pinpoint when a quake will strike? | World | In Italy, Asia and New Zealand, long-range earthquake predictions from self-taught forecasters have recently had people on edge. But is it possible to pinpoint when a quake will strike?
It's a quake prediction based on the movements of the moon, the sun and the planets, and made by a self-taught scientist who died in ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-13357963 |
First CO2 rise in four years puts pressure on Paris targets - BBC News | 2017-11-13 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Uptick in coal use in China sees global CO2 emissions projected to rise after years of little or no growth. | Science & Environment | Consumption of coal has grown once again in China after three years of decline
Global emissions of CO2 in 2017 are projected to rise for the first time in four years, dashing hopes that a peak might soon be reached.
The main cause of the expected growth has been greater use of coal in China as its economy expanded.
... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-41941265 |
Nisa shareholders back Co-op takeover - BBC News | 2017-11-13 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The convenience store chain has approved the £137m acquisition by the Co-operative Group. | Business | Shareholders in the Nisa convenience store group have approved the chain's £137m takeover by the Co-operative Group.
The deal was backed by 75.79% of shareholders' votes at an emergency meeting, narrowly exceeding the 75% threshold required to approve the deal.
Nisa is a member-owned business that has more than 3,000... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-41966479 |
MTV EMAs 2017: Shawn Mendes scoops three awards - BBC News | 2017-11-13 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Ed Sheeran, Stormzy and Dua Lipa are among the British winners at the awards held in London. | Newsbeat | Shawn Mendes beat Taylor Swift and Ed Sheeran to scoop the best artist prize at this year's MTV Europe Music Awards.
The Canadian singer also won the best song and the biggest fans awards at the event held at The SSE Arena, Wembley.
Flying the flag for Britain were Ed Sheeran who won best live act and Stormzy who won... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/articles/41965661 |
NI budget reveals health spend increase - BBC News | 2017-11-13 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The region's civil service will start running out of money unless action is taken, says NI secretary. | Northern Ireland | A lack of devolution at Stormont means the budget will be passed into law using Westminister legislation
Northern Ireland's budget for 2017/18 has been published and shows an increase in health spending of 5.4%.
The bill has gone through the House of Commons, backed by all parties without a vote.
It will go to the H... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-41962296 |
Venus and Jupiter conjunction: Sky-watchers witness dawn display - BBC News | 2017-11-13 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Enthusiasts across the UK share their photos of the two brightest planets appearing together. | UK | Jupiter and Venus were photographed here above Brighton Pier
Jupiter and Venus - the two brightest planets - have appeared together in the morning sky.
The planetary conjunction was visible to the naked eye across much of the UK, with the time before dawn being the best to catch the spectacle.
Experts said the plane... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41956191 |
Parliament to get binding vote on final Brexit deal - BBC News | 2017-11-13 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | MPs and peers will be given a take-it-or-leave it say on agreement via an Act of Parliament, David Davis says. | UK Politics | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Davis: Parliament will be given time to debate, scrutinise and vote on the final deal with the EU
Parliament is to be given a take-it-or leave-it vote on the final Brexit deal before the UK leaves the EU.
Brexit Secretary D... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-41975277 |
Police launch two-week weapons surrender in England and Wales - BBC News | 2017-11-13 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Police in England and Wales say many people hold firearms without knowing they are illegal. | UK | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Police have urged the public to surrender unwanted firearms
People in England and Wales have two weeks to hand in guns, other weapons and ammunition to police stations without being punished for possession.
People who surre... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41964031 |
Australian girl, 8, dies after crashing drag race car - BBC News | 2017-11-13 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The Australian girl was on a "test run" to gain her junior racing licence, authorities say. | Australia | Anita had just turned eight, the minimum age for racing
An eight-year-old girl has died after crashing her junior drag racing car on a track in Western Australia.
Anita Board was on a solo "test run" when her vehicle hit a concrete barrier at the Perth Motorplex, police said.
Paramedics treated her at the scene on S... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-41964046 |
Ann Maguire inquest: Pupil threatened to kill teacher - BBC News | 2017-11-13 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Ann Maguire was murdered by pupil Will Cornick, 15, at a school in Leeds in April 2014. | Leeds & West Yorkshire | Ann Maguire had taught Spanish at Corpus Christi Catholic College for more than 40 years
A 15-year-old pupil who stabbed his teacher to death told other pupils of his plan to attack her, an inquest has heard.
Ann Maguire, 61, was murdered by Will Cornick at Corpus Christi Catholic College, Leeds, in April 2014.
She ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-41969471 |
Italy 0-0 Sweden (agg: 0-1) - BBC Sport | 2017-11-13 | null | Four-time champions Italy fail to reach the World Cup for the first time since 1958 after a play-off defeat against Sweden. | null | Last updated on .From the section European Football
Four-time champions Italy failed to reach the World Cup for the first time since 1958 after a play-off defeat against Sweden.
It means the Azzurri will not be present in the competition for only the second time in their history having declined to play at the inaugur... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/41955834 |
Iran country profile - BBC News | 2017-11-13 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Provides an overview about Iran, including key facts and dates about this Middle Eastern country. | Middle East | Iran became an Islamic republic in 1979, when the monarchy was overthrown and clerics assumed political control under Ayatollah Khomeini.
The revolution put an end to the rule of the Shah, who had alienated powerful religious, political and popular forces with a programme of modernisation and Westernisation, coupled w... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-14541327 |
Two arrested over missing Dorset teenager Gaia Pope - BBC News | 2017-11-13 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A 19-year-old man and a 71-year-old woman are arrested over the disappearance of Gaia Pope. | Dorset | Gaia Pope was last seen in Swanage on 7 November
A man and woman have been arrested on suspicion of murdering a teenager who has not been seen for nearly a week.
Dorset Police said a 19-year-old man and a 71-year-old woman were arrested in connection with the disappearance of Gaia Pope, 19, who has severe epilepsy.
... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-dorset-41976025 |
YouTube removes dead extremist's videos - BBC News | 2017-11-13 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Nearly 50,000 videos by radical Islamist preacher Anwar al-Awlaki are purged from the video-sharing site. | Technology | The remaining videos about Awlaki are news items and documentaries, says YouTube
YouTube has removed nearly 50,000 videos featuring radical Islamist preacher Anwar al-Awlaki, who was killed in a drone strike in 2011.
Awlaki was renowned for preaching violence as a religious duty, although at the time of his death his... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-41969461 |
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe: More charges for mum in Iran - BBC News | 2017-11-13 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | British-Iranian Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe is serving five years for alleged security offences. | UK | Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe has served 19 months of her five-year sentence
A British-Iranian mother being held in Iran faces two more charges in relation to her alleged involvement in trying to overthrow the government.
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, 38, has served 19 months of a five-year term for alleged security offences.
... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41558956 |
CBI: 'Time to stop Brexit soap opera' - BBC News | 2017-11-13 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The business lobby group's president will tell its annual conference a clearer Brexit strategy is needed. | Business | Current Brexit negotiations resemble "a prime-time soap opera", the president of the CBI will say on Monday.
Paul Drechsler will tell the lobby group's annual conference it is time for government and business to unite behind "a clear strategy".
This new approach is needed to protect the UK's economy, he will say.
Re... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-41865046 |
Ambulance parking notes 'pretty normal' - BBC News | 2017-11-13 | null | A note left on an ambulance windscreen told paramedics not to block a driveway. | null | A paramedic says an incident in which a note was left on an ambulance windscreen criticising alleged blocking of a driveway is not uncommon.
A handwritten message tweeted by West Midlands Ambulance Service telling paramedics not to park their "van" in a "stupid place" while seeing to a critically ill patient on Friday... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-41961763 |
Regent Street Apple store guard threatened by moped gang - BBC News | 2017-11-13 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Ten suspects on five mopeds smashed their way into the central London store in the early hours. | London | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.
A security guard at a central London Apple store was threatened with a hammer as he tried to stop a gang of raiders on mopeds.
Ten suspects on five mopeds smashed their way into the Regent Street shop at 00:45 GMT and escap... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-41970767 |
Liam Miller: Ex-Celtic and Man Utd midfielder in cancer fight - BBC Sport | 2017-11-13 | null | Former Celtic, Manchester United and Hibernian midfielder Liam Miller is having treatment for cancer. | null | Last updated on .From the section Scottish
Former Celtic and Manchester United midfielder Liam Miller has cancer.
The Irishman, 36, is reportedly on his way back to Ireland from the United States, where he has been having chemotherapy treatment.
Miller, who won 21 caps for Republic of Ireland between 2004 and 2009, ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/41966734 |
In pictures: Deadly earthquake in Iran and Iraq - BBC News | 2017-11-13 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Hundreds have been killed in a 7.3 magnitude earthquake in the countries' border region. | Middle East | The epicentre of the quake was in north-east Iraq, but neighbouring Iran saw the worst of the damage | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-41966241 |
Emma Dent Coad MP accused of writing 'racist' blog post - BBC News | 2017-11-13 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Emma Dent Coad labelled a Tory parliamentary candidate as a "token ghetto boy" in a 2010 blog piece. | London | Emma Dent Coad has been accused of writing a "racist" article in a 2010 blog piece
A Conservative London Assembly member has accused a Labour MP of writing a "racist" article about him before she entered Parliament.
Emma Dent Coad wrote a blog piece in 2010 in which she labelled Shaun Bailey a "token ghetto boy".
Mr... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-41976865 |
Theresa May accuses Vladimir Putin of election meddling - BBC News | 2017-11-14 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The PM says Russia is trying to "undermine free societies" in the West and "sow discord". | UK Politics | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Russia 'tries to sow discord in the West'
Theresa May has launched her strongest attack on Russia yet, accusing Moscow of meddling in elections and carrying out cyber espionage.
Addressing leading business figures at a banq... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-41973043 |
Tesco takeover of Booker gets go-ahead - BBC News | 2017-11-14 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The regulator says the bid for the UK's biggest wholesaler does not raise competition concerns. | Business | Tesco's £3.7bn takeover of food wholesaler Booker has been provisionally cleared by the UK's competition regulator.
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said the deal could even increase competition in the wholesale market and reduce prices for shoppers.
Tesco and Booker did not compete head-to-head in most ac... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-41966480 |
Arthur Collins guilty over Dalston nightclub acid attack - BBC News | 2017-11-14 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Arthur Collins threw acid over revellers in a packed east London nightclub in April. | London | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.
A man has been found guilty of carrying out an acid attack in a packed London club which left 22 people injured.
Arthur Collins, the ex-boyfriend of reality TV star Ferne McCann, threw the corrosive substance at revellers i... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-41973161 |
Inflation steady despite food price rises - BBC News | 2017-11-14 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The UK's key inflation rate remained at 3% in October, even though food inflation hit a four year high. | Business | The UK's key inflation rate remained steady in October at a five-and-a-half-year high of 3%, official figures show.
Higher food prices were offset by lower fuel costs, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said.
The price of food and non-alcoholic drinks rose at an annual rate of 4.1%, the highest since September ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-41982269 |
Face ID iPhone X 'hack' demoed live with mask by Bkav - BBC News | 2017-11-14 | null | A Vietnamese cyber-security firm shows the BBC how a mask can be used to unlock Apple's new phone. | null | A Vietnamese cyber-security firm has shown the BBC how a mask can be used to unlock Apple's new iPhone X.
The demo took place about a week after Bkav first claimed to have undermined the handset's security.
But other experts have cast doubt on what the "hack" amounts to.
Apple has not commented beyond referring the ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-41992610 |
Heads complain of having to ask parents for school funds - BBC News | 2017-11-14 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Head teachers say schools need another £1.7bn in funding from next week's Budget. | Family & Education | Head teachers from the Worth Less? campaign brought their message to Downing St
Head teachers representing more than 5,000 schools across England are supporting a protest letter to the chancellor over "inadequate" funding.
The letter, being delivered to Downing Street, warns of schools increasingly having to make "de... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-41969961 |
Daisy Goodwin: 'I was groped by 10 Downing Street official' - BBC News | 2017-11-14 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Daisy Goodwin, creator of ITV's Victoria, says a government official put his hand on her breast. | UK | A TV producer has said she was groped by a government official during a visit to 10 Downing Street.
Daisy Goodwin, who created the ITV series Victoria, told the Radio Times the man put his hand on her breast after a meeting to discuss a proposed TV show when David Cameron was PM.
Ms Goodwin said she was "cross" at th... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41976749 |
Why David Davis's Brexit vote announcement matters - BBC News | 2017-11-14 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | It matters because the Brexit deal that shapes the future of the country will now be the subject of a specific new Act of Parliament that MPs and Lords will have to approve in early 2019, before we leave the EU. | UK Politics | I know this doesn't sound that exciting unless you are as much of a nerd as I am. However, the Brexit secretary's announcement in the House of Commons in the last few minutes really matters.
It matters because the Brexit deal that shapes the future of the country will now be the subject of a specific new Act of Parlia... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-41974583 |
North Korea defector who crossed DMZ 'was shot five times' - BBC News | 2017-11-14 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The soldier, who made the dramatic crossing at the heavily guarded DMZ, is in a critical condition. | Asia | Doctors have removed five bullets from the soldier's body - but suspect there are two more bullets inside
A North Korean who defected at the heavily guarded Demilitarised Zone was shot at least five times and is in a critical condition, South Korea says.
The soldier crossed to the South Korean side of the Joint Secur... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-41979423 |
Sir Mohamed Farah receives knighthood - BBC News | 2017-11-14 | null | Sir Mohamed Farah receives knighthood. | null | This video can not be played
To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41984952 |
Brexit no-deal could stop Aston Martin production - BBC News | 2017-11-14 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Aston Martin says it might have to stop production if the UK fails to get a deal with the EU after Brexit | Business | Aston Martin has said it may have to halt production if the UK fails to strike a Brexit deal with the EU.
All new cars in the UK must have Vehicle Certification Agency (VCA) approval, which is valid in the EU.
Without a UK-EU deal, that validity would cease for new cars from March 2019.
Mark Wilson, Aston Martin's f... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-41983342 |
Iran earthquake survivors plead for help as death toll rises - BBC News | 2017-11-14 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | About 12,000 homes collapsed in the quake, the BBC learns, leaving thousands out in the cold. | Middle East | President Rouhani visited Sarpol-e Zahab on Tuesday - the buildings behind him highlight the difference in damage between privately-built and state-built homes
Iranians living outdoors in bitterly cold temperatures after an earthquake are making desperate pleas for help.
About 540 people were killed and close to 8,00... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-41977714 |
Zimbabwe: Army chief accused of 'treasonable conduct' - BBC News | 2017-11-14 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | General Chiwenga had said the army could intervene to halt a purge within the governing party. | Africa | Zimbabwe's ruling party has accused the country's army chief of "treasonable conduct" after he warned of a possible military intervention in politics.
General Constantino Chiwenga had challenged President Robert Mugabe after he sacked the vice-president.
Gen Chiwenga said the army was prepared to act to end purges wi... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-41991425 |
Republic of Ireland 1-5 Denmark (agg: 1-5) - BBC Sport | 2017-11-14 | null | The Republic of Ireland fail to reach the World Cup as Christian Eriksen's hat-trick gives Denmark victory in the play-off to reach Russia 2018. | null | Last updated on .From the section Football
The Republic of Ireland failed to reach the World Cup as Christian Eriksen's hat-trick gave Denmark an emphatic victory in the play-off to reach Russia 2018.
After a goalless first leg, the hosts made the perfect start by scoring after just six minutes as defender Shane Duff... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/41884909 |
Former PM David Cameron 'shocked' at No 10 groping claim - BBC News | 2017-11-14 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Daisy Goodwin, creator of ITV's Victoria, says a man touched her breast on a visit to Downing Street. | UK | Daisy Goodwin says she was cross, not traumatised, after the incident
David Cameron says he is "alarmed and shocked" by a TV producer's claim that she was groped by a government official at 10 Downing Street.
Daisy Goodwin, who created the ITV series Victoria, told the Radio Times the man touched her breast after a m... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41980357 |
Girl, 14, arrested in south London over terror offence - BBC News | 2017-11-14 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The girl was arrested on suspicion of assisting a person to carry out an act of terrorism, police say. | London | A 14-year-old girl has been arrested on suspicion of a terror offence.
The teenager was held at an address in south London on suspicion of assisting a person to carry out an act of terrorism.
Scotland Yard said she had been detained under the Police and Criminal Evidence Act (PACE) by the Met's counter terrorism comm... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-41990100 |
Deliveroo claims victory in self-employment case - BBC News | 2017-11-14 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Deliveroo riders are self-employed finds labour law body the Central Arbitration Committee. | Business | Deliveroo riders have been ruled self-employed by labour law body the Central Arbitration Committee (CAC).
The test case was brought against the delivery company by the Independent Workers Union of Great Britain (IWGB) .
The IWGB said the ruling showed a majority of Deliveroo riders wanted workers' rights and union r... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-41983343 |
Gun surrender: Parents' emotional plea over weapons - BBC News | 2017-11-14 | null | The parents of a teenager shot dead in Liverpool make an emotional plea over gun violence. | null | The parents of a teenager shot dead in Liverpool have urged people to hand over their guns to police.
Yusuf Sonko was 18 when he died from a gunshot wound to the head in June last year. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41968322 |
Drivers 'should have compulsory eye tests' - BBC News | 2017-11-14 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | One in three optometrists say they know of patients who drive with vision below the legal standard. | UK | Drivers should have compulsory eye tests every 10 years, the Association of Optometrists has said.
One in three optometrists say they have seen patients in the last month who continue to drive with vision below the legal standard, their association said.
Motorists must read a number plate from 20m (65ft) in the pract... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41972450 |
Russian politicians dismiss PM's 'election meddling' claims - BBC News | 2017-11-14 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The UK PM said Russia was trying to "undermine free societies" in the West and "sow discord". | UK Politics | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Russia 'tries to sow discord in the West'
Senior Russian politicians have dismissed accusations by Theresa May that Moscow has meddled in elections and carried out cyber-espionage.
On Monday night, Mrs May accused Moscow of... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-41983091 |
Gianluigi Buffon retires as Italy lose to Sweden in World Cup play-off - BBC Sport | 2017-11-14 | null | Italy fail to qualify for the 2018 World Cup after a 0-0 draw against Sweden in Milan. | null | A tearful Gianluigi Buffon said he was "sorry for all of Italian football" as he led a wave of international retirements after a World Cup play-off defeat by Sweden.
Italy were held to a 0-0 draw in Milan and failed to qualify for the World Cup for the first time since 1958.
Buffon, 39, said: "It's a shame my last of... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/41977749 |
Emma Dent Coad MP apologises over 'racist blog post' - BBC News | 2017-11-14 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Emma Dent Coad had labelled a Tory parliamentary candidate as a "token ghetto boy" in a 2010 blog piece. | London | Emma Dent Coad has been accused of writing a "racist" article in a 2010 blog piece
A Labour MP accused of writing a "racist" article about a London Assembly member has apologised for "any offence caused".
Emma Dent Coad wrote a blog piece in 2010 in which she labelled Shaun Bailey a "token ghetto boy".
Ms Dent Coad ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-41980425 |
Connected toys have ‘worrying’ security issues - BBC News | 2017-11-14 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Parents are warned about the dangers of net-connected toys, by the Which? consumer group. | Technology | The security services have warned about the dangers of toys being exploited by malicious hackers
Consumer watchdog Which? has called on retailers to stop selling some popular toys it says have "proven" security issues.
Those toys include Furby Connect, the i-Que robot, Cloudpets and Toy-fi Teddy.
Which? found that t... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-41976031 |
Donald Trump Jr releases Twitter exchanges with Wikileaks - BBC News | 2017-11-14 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Wikileaks published masses of leaked information on Hillary Clinton during the 2016 US election. | US & Canada | Mr Trump Jr played down the story and his correspondence with the group
Donald Trump Jr has released private Twitter correspondence with anti-secrecy website Wikileaks after a US magazine revealed they had communicated shortly before his father's election.
The Atlantic magazine revealed the organisation had asked Mr ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-41980359 |
Senate committee questions Trump nuclear authority - BBC News | 2017-11-14 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | One senator says they are concerned the "volatile" US president could launch a nuclear strike. | US & Canada | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Would the US military disobey a nuclear order from President Trump?
For the first time in over 40 years, Congress has examined a US president's authority to launch a nuclear attack.
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee he... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-41977120 |
Liver test to aid paracetamol overdose treatment - BBC News | 2017-11-14 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Researchers say the test will help doctors identify which patients arriving in hospital need more intensive treatment. | Edinburgh, Fife & East Scotland | People who overdose on paracetamol could be helped by a blood test that shows immediately if they are going to suffer liver damage.
Researchers in Edinburgh and Liverpool said the test would help doctors identify which patients arriving in hospital need more intensive treatment.
The blood test detects levels of speci... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-41969181 |
Ex-UVF man Haggarty's evidence to be used in murder case - BBC News | 2017-11-14 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Gary Haggarty's evidence is to be used against an alleged UVF man accused of murdering two Catholics. | Northern Ireland | Gary Haggarty admitted a lengthy list of serious criminal charges in June
Evidence from a so-called supergrass will be used against an alleged Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) man accused of murdering two men during the Troubles.
Catholic workmen Gary Convie and Eamon Fox were shot dead at a building site in Belfast city... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-41983639 |
Iran-Iraq earthquake: Rouhani vows action over collapsed buildings - BBC News | 2017-11-14 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Visiting the region, Iran's president finds private buildings fared better than state housing. | Middle East | Mr Rouhani said the government would give financial help to those left homeless after the quake
Iran's President Hassan Rouhani has vowed to "find the culprits" responsible for buildings collapsing in a 7.3-magnitude earthquake on Sunday.
He suggested that government-built buildings had collapsed while privately-buil... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-41988176 |
Brexit: Ministers see off early EU Withdrawal Bill challenges - BBC News | 2017-11-14 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | MPs back ministers on the first day of EU Withdrawal Bill scrutiny, as some Tories signal future rebellions. | UK Politics | Ministers have seen off challenges to their authority on the first of eight days of scrutiny of a key Brexit bill.
MPs backed plans to repeal the 1972 European Communities Act, which will end the supremacy of EU law in the UK, by 318 votes to 68.
Calls for Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland to have a veto over the ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-41989084 |
Cleaner 'blocked' and fined £25 for being ill - BBC News | 2017-11-14 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A cleaner was fined and stopped from working for a London customer by a "gig economy" business. | Business | When Polly Mackenzie heard her cleaner was ill and unable to work her normal day, she was hoping to reschedule through the Handy site that supplied her.
But that was not how the system worked. When her cleaner was unable to attend on her regular day, Handy offered to send a replacement.
But the app blocked the cleane... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-41980922 |
FDA approves 'trackable' pill - BBC News | 2017-11-14 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The schizophrenia tablets have an embedded sensor that tells doctors whether the patient has taken them. | Health | US regulators have approved the first pill that can be digitally tracked through the body.
The Abilify MyCite aripiprazole tablets - for treating schizophrenia and manic episodes - have an ingestible sensor embedded inside them that records that the medication has been taken.
A patch worn by the patient transmits thi... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-41980836 |
Madagascar's 'worst plague outbreak' in 50 years - BBC News | 2017-11-14 | null | The island is one of the global hotspots most prone to the deadly disease. | null | The WHO describes the plague as "one of the oldest - and most feared - of all diseases".
Historically, plague has been responsible for widespread pandemics with extremely high numbers of deaths.
The good news is that a simple short course of antibiotics can cure the plague, providing it is given early. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-41973621 |
Trump and Putin 'agree to defeat IS in Syria' - BBC News | 2017-11-14 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The two leaders agreed a statement after a brief meeting at the Asia-Pacific summit. | Middle East | Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump had kept the world guessing about whether they would formally meet in Vietnam
US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin have agreed to fight so-called Islamic State (IS) in Syria until its defeat.
A statement was prepared by experts after the leaders met briefly on... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-41953110 |
Firearms dealer Paul Edmunds supplied weapons to gangs - BBC News | 2017-11-14 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Paul Edmunds supplied ammunition used in a bid to shoot down a police helicopter in the 2011 riots. | England | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.
A firearms dealer has been found guilty of supplying illegal handguns and home-made ammunition linked to more than 100 crime scenes, including three murders.
Paul Edmunds, of Hardwicke, Gloucestershire, supplied ammunition ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-41984857 |
Suitcase of gems stolen from train at Euston station - BBC News | 2017-11-14 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The jewellery dealer's bag contained more than 40 gems including rubies, emeralds and sapphires. | London | Detectives have released CCTV images of a man they want to speak to
A suitcase containing £1m of gems has been stolen from a train luggage rack.
A jewellery dealer boarded the train at London's Euston station and realised his bag was missing when the train pulled into Rugby in Warwickshire.
Police believe his large ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-41971389 |
Paradise Papers: Government urged to tackle tax avoidance in Budget - BBC News | 2017-11-14 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Labour's Dame Margaret Hodge says the issues raised by the Paradise Papers are "a disgrace". | UK Politics | Labour's Dame Margaret Hodge said tax avoidance was taking place on an "industrial scale"
The government should use next week's Budget to crack down on issues of tax avoidance raised by the release of the Paradise Papers, an ex-minister says.
Labour MP Dame Margaret Hodge, who led an emergency debate on the leaked do... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-41986273 |
Roy Moore: Woman claims US Senate candidate 'tried to rape me' - BBC News | 2017-11-14 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Republicans urge the Alabama Senate candidate to step aside amid new sex misconduct claims. | US & Canada | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.
A fifth woman has accused Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore of sexual misconduct as Republicans increase calls for him to "step aside".
Beverly Young Nelson said she was 16 years old when Mr Moore allegedly tried to force ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-41973952 |
British doctor 'punches shark' in Australia surfing scare - BBC News | 2017-11-14 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The man says he thought about Mick Fanning's famous escape during his own ordeal in Australia. | Australia | Charlie Fry said he was "blindsided" by the shark
A UK doctor says he escaped a shark by punching it in the face after the animal injured him in Australia.
Charlie Fry, 25, was at a beach north of Sydney on Monday when the shark "jumped out of the water and hit him in the right shoulder", police said.
Dr Fry said he... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-41977465 |
Gaia Pope: Missing teenager murder suspects released - BBC News | 2017-11-14 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The 71-year-old woman and 19-year-old man were arrested following searches at two properties. | Dorset | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Family friend Rosemary Dinch was the last person to see Gaia Pope before she went missing
A woman and a man arrested on suspicion of murdering missing teenager Gaia Pope have been released by police while inquiries continue.... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-dorset-41980574 |
Backlash over Kensington Tories' Grenfell Tower leaflet - BBC News | 2017-11-14 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The Kensington Conservatives branch asks residents to rate how important the disaster is to them. | London | The Grenfell Tower fire is thought to have killed about 80 people
Residents have criticised a "crass and offensive" survey asking them to rate how important the Grenfell Tower tragedy was to them.
The questionnaire sent out by a Kensington branch of the Conservative Party asked for people's views on the fatal fire al... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-41984732 |
Labour attacks Brexit date 'gimmick' as MPs begin scrutiny - BBC News | 2017-11-14 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Several Tories also urge Theresa May to drop exit date plan as MPs begin marathon Brexit scrutiny. | UK Politics | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. What's going on with the EU Withdrawal Bill?
Several Tory MPs have joined Labour in demanding Theresa May withdraw a key Brexit legislation amendment to set the exact time of EU departure in law.
Ministers say being "crysta... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-41978013 |
The 'human flying without wings' - BBC News | 2017-11-14 | null | The man hoping to turn Flyboarding into a full-time job after finishing second in his first competition. | null | Flyboarder James Prestwood is able to soar above the water with the aid of a jet ski and a lengthy hose.
He recently finished second in his first Flyboarding competition in Italy and now he's hoping to turn his hobby into a full-time job. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41989338 |
Boris Johnson to visit Moscow as part of 'robust' dialogue' - BBC News | 2017-11-14 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The foreign secretary says dialogue with the Kremlin is important despite their "deep differences". | UK Politics | Boris Johnson is to visit Moscow later this year as part of efforts to build a more constructive dialogue with Russia on global security issues.
The foreign secretary has been invited by his counterpart Sergei Lavrov.
Items on the agenda are likely to include North Korea, Iran and security for next year's football Wo... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-41614192 |
Diamond fetches $33.7m at Christie's auction in Geneva - BBC News | 2017-11-14 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A necklace featuring a huge 163-carat flawless diamond goes under the hammer in Geneva. | Business | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The 163 carat diamond was the largest of its kind to go under the hammer
A diamond necklace featuring a flawless 163-carat diamond - the largest of its kind to be auctioned - has fetched $33.7m (£25.6m) at a Christie's event... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-41933880 |
Parliament to get binding vote on final Brexit deal - BBC News | 2017-11-14 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | MPs and peers will be given a take-it-or-leave it say on agreement via an Act of Parliament, David Davis says. | UK Politics | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Davis: Parliament will be given time to debate, scrutinise and vote on the final deal with the EU
Parliament is to be given a take-it-or leave-it vote on the final Brexit deal before the UK leaves the EU.
Brexit Secretary D... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-41975277 |
Council tax debt: Concern over use of bailiffs - BBC News | 2017-11-14 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A charity is “deeply troubled” that bailiffs are collecting unpaid council tax and parking fines. | Business | Bailiffs were called in to collect debts by councils in England and Wales on more than two million occasions last year, a charity has discovered.
Council tax arrears accounted for 60% of cases sent to bailiffs by local authorities in 2016-17, the Money Advice Trust said.
The Trust, which runs National Debtline, said ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-41974406 |
Macron warns Europe not to rebuff Trump and Putin - BBC News | 2017-11-14 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Europe needs to be a symbol of tolerance again, the French president tells the BBC. | Europe | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Mr Macron: 'It's very important to me to support those defending an open Islam'
French President Emmanuel Macron says Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin are threatening Western values of openness and tolerance, but isolating th... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/41986091 |
Universal credit: Children's commissioner calls for pause - BBC News | 2017-11-14 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Families "hard hit" by the welfare changes, says Children's Commissioner Anne Longfield | Family & Education | The Children's Commissioner said the impact of the new benefit was not tested on families
The rollout of universal credit to families with children should be paused, the children's commissioner for England has told MPs.
Anne Longfield told the Education Select Committee there was evidence families with children were ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-41982789 |
Illegal puppy trade surges in UK ready for Christmas - BBC News | 2017-11-14 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Record numbers of sick and abused puppies are being smuggled across the Channel into the UK. | Kent | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The rescued puppies have been quarantined
Record numbers of illegal puppies are being smuggled across the Channel into the UK ready for the "Christmas trade".
In three undercover operations the Dogs Trust seized 100 young d... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-41980459 |
I'm A Celebrity: Boris Johnson's dad Stanley in confirmed line-up - BBC News | 2017-11-14 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The foreign secretary's father, a footballer and some soap stars... it's I'm A Celebrity time again. | Entertainment & Arts | I'm A Celebrity... begins its run on ITV on Sunday
Boris Johnson's father Stanley, former footballer Dennis Wise, boxer Amir Khan and Coronation Street's Jennie McAlpine are going to the jungle for this year's I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here.
Ten personalities will try to last three weeks with each other, and t... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-41984646 |
Two arrested over missing Dorset teenager Gaia Pope - BBC News | 2017-11-14 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A 19-year-old man and a 71-year-old woman are arrested over the disappearance of Gaia Pope. | Dorset | Gaia Pope was last seen in Swanage on 7 November
A man and woman have been arrested on suspicion of murdering a teenager who has not been seen for nearly a week.
Dorset Police said a 19-year-old man and a 71-year-old woman were arrested in connection with the disappearance of Gaia Pope, 19, who has severe epilepsy.
... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-dorset-41976025 |
Sumo champ Harumafuji investigated over 'bottle assault' - BBC News | 2017-11-14 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Grand champion Harumafuji is sorry for 'causing trouble' after allegation involving fellow wrestler. | Asia | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.
A sumo wrestling grand champion is alleged to have hit a fellow wrestler over the head with a beer bottle in a fresh scandal that has rocked the highly ceremonial sport.
The alleged victim, Takanoiwa, was hospitalised for s... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-41982929 |
California shooting: Schoolteachers ‘saved’ children from gunman - BBC News | 2017-11-14 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | After four were shot dead in California, police praise school staff for saving "countless" lives. | US & Canada | Police say a number of students had to be medically evacuated from the school
A gunman who killed four people on Tuesday in rural California fired into an elementary school but was stopped from entering by teachers, police say.
Staff at Rancho Tehama Reserve School went into lockdown, securing school doors after hear... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-41991397 |
Old £10 note to disappear next year - BBC News | 2017-11-14 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | If you still have any, make sure you spend them before 1 March 2018, says the Bank of England. | Business | The old £10 note is soon to go the way of the old pound coin
If you still have any old £10 notes, make sure you spend them before 1 March next year.
The Bank of England has announced that the old paper notes, featuring naturalist Charles Darwin, will no longer be legal tender after that date.
Its days have been numb... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-41974386 |
Duchess of Cambridge's uncle admits punching wife in face - BBC News | 2017-11-14 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Gary Goldsmith appeared to knock his wife unconscious following a drunken argument, a court hears. | London | Gary Goldsmith pleaded guilty to one count of assault by beating
The Duchess of Cambridge's uncle has admitted punching his wife in the face and knocking her to the ground after a drunken row.
Gary Goldsmith, 52, attacked Julie-Ann Goldsmith outside their home in Wimpole Street, central London, in the early hours of ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-41984832 |
Opposition calls for universal credit changes - BBC News | 2017-11-14 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | MPs and peers debate universal credit, with Opposition MPs calling for a reduction to the initial wait for a first payment to one month. | Parliaments | As peers discuss the grievance procedure raised earlier in the Commons, Lib Dem Baroness Hamwee says when stories of abuse of power emerged she felt "guilty" because she asked herself "why wasn't I providing support?"
She says: "It took a week to remember many years ago I was subject to a minor act of inappropriate be... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-politics-parliaments-41971478 |
Russia posts video game screenshot as 'proof' of US helping IS - BBC News | 2017-11-14 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The image supposedly shows the US aiding IS, but instead it came from a smartphone game. | Europe | The game simulates the attack capabilities of an AC-130 gunship
Russia's Ministry of Defence has posted what it called "irrefutable proof" of the US aiding so-called Islamic State - but one of the images was actually taken from a video game.
The ministry claimed the image showed an IS convoy leaving a Syrian town las... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-41991012 |
Emma Dent Coad MP accused of writing 'racist' blog post - BBC News | 2017-11-14 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Emma Dent Coad labelled a Tory parliamentary candidate as a "token ghetto boy" in a 2010 blog piece. | London | Emma Dent Coad has been accused of writing a "racist" article in a 2010 blog piece
A Conservative London Assembly member has accused a Labour MP of writing a "racist" article about him before she entered Parliament.
Emma Dent Coad wrote a blog piece in 2010 in which she labelled Shaun Bailey a "token ghetto boy".
Mr... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-41976865 |
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe: Government considers diplomatic protection - BBC News | 2017-11-15 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Foreign Office mulls diplomatic protection for Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, after meeting with her husband. | UK | Richard Ratcliffe told a press conference he raised the issue of diplomatic protection for his wife
The Foreign Office is still considering whether it will give diplomatic protection to a British-Iranian woman jailed in Iran.
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has been held by Tehran since April 2016 after being accused of sp... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41992068 |
Taylor Swift sells 1m albums in four days - BBC News | 2017-11-15 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The star now has the best-selling record of 2017 in the US, overtaking Ed Sheeran. | Entertainment & Arts | Since 2012, only Swift and Adele have sold a million copies of an album in a single week
After just four days, Taylor Swift has sold more albums in the US than any other artist this year.
The star's sixth album, Reputation, has sold 1.04 million copies in the US since Friday, says Billboard magazine.
That puts her a... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-41995712 |
Shot soldier Conor McPherson 'was mistaken by colleague for target' - BBC News | 2017-11-15 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Private Conor McPherson died during a night-time "live fire" exercise at Otterburn, Northumberland. | Glasgow & West Scotland | A soldier killed in a training exercise was shot by a colleague who mistook him for a target, a report has found.
Private Conor McPherson was critically injured during a night-time "live fire" exercise at Otterburn, Northumberland.
The Defence Safety Authority's Service Inquiry report identified a number of Army fail... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-42003573 |
Climate change has shifted the timing of European floods - BBC News | 2017-11-15 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | In different parts of Europe, rivers are flooding earlier or later because of rising temperatures, say scientists. | Science & Environment | A summertime flood in the Austrian Tyrol in 2005
Climate change has had a significant impact on the timing of river floods across Europe over the past 50 years, according to a new study.
In some regions, such as southern England, floods are now occurring 15 days earlier than they did half a century ago.
But the chan... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-40889934 |
Hormone pregnancy test 'no link to harm' - BBC News | 2017-11-15 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The use of a controversial hormonal pregnancy test between the 1950s and 1970s did not damage unborn children, a scientific review has found. | Health | Women who took the drug will be offered genetic testing
The use of a controversial hormonal pregnancy test from the 1950s to the 1970s did not damage unborn children, a scientific review has found.
The Commission on Human Medicines said the evidence did not support a "causal link".
The inquiry was set up by the UK g... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-41996712 |
Fire hits high-rise flats in Dunmurry, near Belfast - BBC News | 2017-11-15 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A man and a woman are stable in hospital after a fire broke out on the ninth floor of the building. | Northern Ireland | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.
One person was rescued from a burning tower block and a number of residents were led to safety after a fire broke out at high-rise flats outside Belfast.
Firefighters were called to Coolmoyne House in Dunmurry at about 17:3... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-42001447 |
Zimbabwe country profile - BBC News | 2017-11-15 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Provides an overview of Zimbabwe, including key dates and facts about this southern African country. | Africa | The struggle for independence, land and power runs throughout Zimbabwe's modern history. Veteran President Robert Mugabe dominated the country's political scene for almost four decades after independence from Britain in 1980.
Once the bread basket of the region, since 2000 Zimbabwe has struggled to feed its own people... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-14113249 |
Dyson to sue former chief executive Max Conze - BBC News | 2017-11-15 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The engineering firm, founded by Sir James Dyson, is suing ex-boss Max Conze for alleged leaks. | Business | Sir James Dyson thanked Mr Conze when he stepped down last month
Electrical firm Dyson is suing former chief executive Max Conze for allegedly leaking company secrets and using company resources for his own benefit.
Max Conze stepped down in October and was thanked by the British firm's founder, Sir James Dyson.
But... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-42001793 |
Russia posts video game screenshot as 'proof' of US helping IS - BBC News | 2017-11-15 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The image supposedly shows the US aiding IS, but instead it came from a smartphone game. | Europe | The game simulates the attack capabilities of an AC-130 gunship
Russia's Ministry of Defence has posted what it called "irrefutable proof" of the US aiding so-called Islamic State - but one of the images was actually taken from a video game.
The ministry claimed the image showed an IS convoy leaving a Syrian town las... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-41991012 |
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