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British and Canadian backpackers die in Cambodian hostel - BBC News | 2017-11-15 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Staff at the Cambodian hostel say the two women reported feeling unwell before being found dead. | Beds, Herts & Bucks | Natalie Seymour was described as a "lively and positive young lady with bags of energy"
A British tourist and her Canadian friend have been found dead at a backpackers' hostel in Cambodia.
Natalie Seymour, 22, from Bedfordshire, and 27-year-old Canadian Abbey Gail Amisola are understood to have been feeling unwell in... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-41996042 |
Greece: Deadly floods hit Mandra, Nea Peramos and Megara - BBC News | 2017-11-15 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The victims include elderly people whose bodies were found inside their homes, reports say. | Europe | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.
Flash floods caused by heavy overnight rain have killed at least 15 people and caused destruction in central Greece.
The industrial towns of Mandra, Nea Peramos and Megara, west of the capital Athens, were the most affected... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-41998374 |
Afghanistan's child opium problem - BBC News | 2017-11-15 | null | Young children are becoming dependent on the drug, as the amount produced in Afghanistan hits a new high. | null | Children as young as nine as becoming opium addicts in Afghanistan as the amount of the drug produced in the country hits record levels.
Findings suggest that the area of land used to cultivate opium poppies grew dramatically and fewer provinces are now seen as "poppy free". | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-42003158 |
Sir Bradley Wiggins says his life was 'living hell' during Ukad investigation - BBC Sport | 2017-11-15 | null | Sir Bradley Wiggins says his life was "a living hell" during an investigation into allegations of wrongdoing at British Cycling and Team Sky. | null | Last updated on .From the section Cycling
Sir Bradley Wiggins said his life was "a living hell" during an investigation into allegations of wrongdoing at British Cycling and Team Sky.
On Wednesday, UK Anti-Doping said there would be no charges over a "mystery" medical package delivered for Wiggins at the Criterium du... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/41999310 |
Trump team looks for alternative approaches to Paris pact - BBC News | 2017-11-15 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | President Trump's climate adviser says that the US is looking to revive a Bush-era climate forum. | Science & Environment | Mr Banks says there is a need to involve economic and energy advisers in talks
President Trump's special adviser on climate says that the US is seeking ways of continuing to be part of international climate discussions.
George David Banks said the US was considering reviving the Major Economies Meeting (MEM).
The Bu... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-41991031 |
Opposition calls for universal credit changes - BBC News | 2017-11-15 | 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 |
Cleaner 'blocked' and fined £25 for being ill - BBC News | 2017-11-15 | 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 |
Republic of Ireland 1-5 Denmark (agg: 1-5) - BBC Sport | 2017-11-15 | 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 |
Sir Bradley Wiggins: No charges over 'mystery' package - BBC Sport | 2017-11-15 | null | There will be no charges over a 'mystery' medical package delivered to Sir Bradley Wiggins at the Criterium du Dauphine in 2011, says UK Anti-Doping. | null | Last updated on .From the section Cycling
There will be no charges over a 'mystery' medical package delivered for Sir Bradley Wiggins at the Criterium du Dauphine in 2011, says UK Anti-Doping.
The ruling follows an investigation into allegations of wrongdoing at British Cycling and Team Sky.
It was alleged the packa... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/41996027 |
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe case: Boris Johnson apologises over remarks - BBC News | 2017-11-15 | 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 |
Greece: Deadly floods near Athens after heavy rain - BBC News | 2017-11-15 | null | Torrential rain overnight created fast-flowing torrents of red mud in towns near the capital Athens. | null | Flash flooding west of the Greek capital, Athens, has killed at least 14 people, officials say.
Torrential rain overnight created fast-flowing torrents of red mud, with a mayor calling it a "biblical" disaster. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-41998379 |
'Vulnerable children have to reach crisis to get help' - BBC News | 2017-11-15 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Services to spot early signs of neglect and abuse are being closed as cuts bite, say charities. | Family & Education | Children's Centres are among the services to be cut
Children facing abuse and neglect in England increasingly get help from local councils only when their problems reach a crisis, say leading charities.
Services which intervene early to help families in difficulties are bearing the brunt of cuts, says their report.
... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-41988239 |
'Leonardo da Vinci artwork' sells for record $450m - BBC News | 2017-11-15 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Salvator Mundi, reputedly painted by the artist, is sold by Christie's in New York for $450m. | Entertainment & Arts | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The painting has been cleaned and restored from the image on the left to the one on the right
A 500-year-old painting of Christ believed to have been painted by Leonardo da Vinci has been sold in New York for a record $450m ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-42000696 |
New borrowing rules will 'boost home building' - BBC News | 2017-11-15 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Housing associations say being reclassified as private bodies will allow them to build more homes. | UK Politics | New powers to fund house-building have been announced, as ministers promised more measures in next week's Budget.
Housing associations will be reclassified as private bodies allowing their £70bn debt to be removed from the government's balance sheet.
They said the technical change would allow them to build more affor... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42001261 |
Yarl's Wood immigration centre: Questions over need to detain women - BBC News | 2017-11-15 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Two thirds of women held at an immigration centre are later released, a report finds. | Beds, Herts & Bucks | The assessment was carried out by by HM Inspectorate of Prisons (HMIP) in June
Two-thirds of women held at an immigration removal centre are later released into the community, a watchdog report has revealed.
Inspectors said the finding raised concerns about whether the women should have been detained at Yarl's Wood, ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-41989238 |
Buddha tattoo woman Naomi Coleman wins compensation - BBC News | 2017-11-15 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Sri Lanka's Supreme Court said Naomi Coleman's treatment was "scandalous and horrifying". | Coventry & Warwickshire | A woman who was deported from Sri Lanka for having a tattoo of the Buddha on her arm has won compensation.
Naomi Coleman, from Coventry, was detained for four days in April 2014.
Granting her compensation of 800,000 Sri Lankan rupees - about £4,000 - the country's Supreme Court said her treatment was "scandalous and ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-coventry-warwickshire-41995069 |
Missing explorer describes meeting Papua New Guinea tribe - BBC News | 2017-11-15 | null | Documentary footage shows missing explorer Benedict Allen describing an expedition to Papua New Guinea. | null | British explorer Benedict Allen has gone missing on an expedition to Papua New Guinea, his family have said.
The 57-year-old was travelling on his own - without a satellite phone - to find the reclusive Yaifo people, whom he met 30 years ago.
He recently went on a daring expedition to the Oceanian country with BBC se... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41998842 |
Search on for UK explorer Benedict Allen missing in Papua New Guinea - BBC News | 2017-11-15 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Benedict Allen hasn't taken flights home from his lone expedition in Papua New Guinea, his family say. | UK | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. In a recent documentary Benedict Allen described his experiences of living in Papua New Guinea
A search has been mounted for British explorer Benedict Allen, whose family say has gone missing during an expedition to Papua Ne... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41994592 |
Zimbabwe army takes on Mugabe - as it happened - BBC News | 2017-11-15 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Reaction after Zimbabwe's military seizes power leaving the future of President Mugabe uncertain. | Africa | To get to President Robert Mugabe's rural home, you drive along the Robert Mugabe Highway.
It is probably one of the most well-maintained roads in Zimbabwe. It is like driving on a carpet.
Along the way you are greeted by a plaque erected in his honour.
Kutama Village is home to the 93-year-old. It is a small and ti... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-africa-41994362 |
YouTuber Zoella apologises for old offensive tweets - BBC News | 2017-11-15 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The vlogger and influencer has now deleted the tweets from 2010. | Entertainment & Arts | Zoella published her first novel in 2014 and has her own cosmetics line
YouTuber and blogger Zoella has apologised for a number of old tweets about gay people and "chavs".
The posts, from 2009-12, which have now been deleted, have been called out for "fat shaming" and being homophobic.
"Fat chav", "skank" and "tramp... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-41998691 |
Keith Barron: Duty Free actor dies aged 83 - BBC News | 2017-11-15 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | UK actor Keith Barron, who starred in Duty Free, has died aged 83 after a short illness | Entertainment & Arts | UK actor Keith Barron, who starred in sitcom Duty Free, has died aged 83 after a short illness.
Barron, who was from South Yorkshire, rose to fame in the 1960s as Detective Sergeant Swift in The Odd Man.
He also appeared in Coronation Street, Doctor Who, Benidorm and Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased).
Barron is best-re... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-41998040 |
Google Docs offline for 'significant' number of users - BBC News | 2017-11-15 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | One of Google's key cloud services went offline for many users on Wednesday. | Technology | Google Docs was inaccessible for a "significant subset” of users on Wednesday.
The company confirmed the issue on its status page but did not offer more information.
A spokeswoman for Google would not confirm to the BBC how many users encountered the problem, but said she did not believe any customers who paid for ex... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-42006495 |
UK pay squeeze tightens but unemployment dips - BBC News | 2017-11-15 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | People's pay continues to lag inflation in the UK, while unemployment remains at a 42-year low. | Business | Wages continue to lag behind the cost of living in the UK, while unemployment remains at a 42-year low.
Workers' earnings, excluding bonuses, rose 2.2% in the three months to September compared with a year ago, the Office for National Statistics said.
But they fell 0.5% in real terms when accounting for inflation, ma... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-41996505 |
Nigel Farage is most successful politician - Ken Clarke - BBC News | 2017-11-15 | null | Ken Clarke tells MPs that he pays tribute to Nigel Farage's "campaigning abilities" over Brexit. | null | Former UKIP leader Nigel Farage is the "most successful politician of my generation", Tory MP Ken Clarke has told the Commons.
Remain-supporting Mr Clarke told MPs that he paid tribute to Mr Farage's "campaigning abilities" as the Brexiteer had persuaded a "high proportion of the population" over Brexit.
In response,... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41992013 |
Firearms dealer Paul Edmunds supplied weapons to gangs - BBC News | 2017-11-15 | 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 |
2023 Rugby World Cup: France beat South Africa and Ireland to host competition - BBC Sport | 2017-11-15 | null | France will host the 2023 Rugby World Cup after beating rival bids from South Africa and Ireland. | null | Last updated on .From the section Rugby Union
France will host the 2023 Rugby World Cup after beating rival bids from South Africa and Ireland.
South Africa had been expected to win the vote after an independent review recommended they stage the tournament.
However, at a World Rugby Council meeting in London on Wedn... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/41995220 |
Labour suspends deputy leader Alex Rowley during conduct probe - BBC News | 2017-11-15 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Interim Scottish Labour leader Alex Rowley is suspended from the party at Holyrood amid claims about his conduct. | Scotland politics | Alex Rowley has been absent from Holyrood in recent weeks because of a chest infection
Scottish Labour has suspended MSP Alex Rowley from the party at Holyrood amid claims about his conduct.
The Fife MSP stepped aside from his roles as interim and deputy leader after allegations he had sent abusive text messages to a... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-41995175 |
Senate committee questions Trump nuclear authority - BBC News | 2017-11-15 | 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 |
Face ID iPhone X 'hack' demoed live with mask by Bkav - BBC News | 2017-11-15 | 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 |
Price of Football 2017: Young adult fans are 'put off' by cost of football - BBC Sport | 2017-11-15 | null | The Price of Football study finds the majority of ticket prices have frozen or fallen for a third year - but a poll suggests the cost is still putting off young adult fans. | null | The BBC Price of Football study has found the majority of ticket prices have been frozen or have fallen for a third year - yet a poll of young adult football fans suggests the cost is still putting them off.
This year BBC Sport asked more than 200 clubs across the United Kingdom for information on ticket prices and fo... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/41901398 |
Labour's John McDonnell demands 'emergency Budget' - BBC News | 2017-11-15 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Shadow chancellor John McDonnell demands 'an emergency Budget for public services '. | Business | Shadow chancellor John McDonnell has demanded "an emergency Budget for our public services", which he says are in crisis.
He is promising to spend about £17bn a year extra on the NHS, social care, schools and local government.
The extra spending would be paid for by tax rises for companies and "the rich", while tackl... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-41999993 |
Zimbabwe media slow to cover military takeover - BBC News | 2017-11-15 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | For most of the morning state TV just re-broadcast a statement saying the military had taken over. | Africa | Zimbabwe's The Herald newspaper ran a special edition later on Wednesday
Zimbabwean media have been slow to keep their audiences up to date on developments after the military took control earlier today.
State TV and radios were re-broadcasting the statement by Major-General Sibusiso Moyo announcing that the military ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-42001242 |
Deliveroo claims victory in self-employment case - BBC News | 2017-11-15 | 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 |
Brexit no-deal could stop Aston Martin production - BBC News | 2017-11-15 | 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 |
'Climate change is bad...it affects everything' - BBC News | 2017-11-15 | null | People in Vunidogoloa had to move 2km (1.24m) inland, and say climate change is to blame. | null | Fiji is relocating low-lying coastal villages due to the impact of rising sea levels.
The country is hosting the UN Climate Change Conference in Bonn, Germany, which will attempt to agree the fine print on the 2015 Paris climate accord. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-41992630 |
Zimbabwe latest: Key players in power struggle - BBC News | 2017-11-15 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The key figures in the struggle for power in Zimbabwe. | Africa | The Mugabes have clashed with recently sacked Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa (second from right) and armed forces chief Gen Constantino Chiwenga
Zimbabwean generals say they have seized control to take power away from "criminals" around President Robert Mugabe.
The crisis came a week after Mr Mugabe sacked his dep... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-41995078 |
Who are the dual nationals jailed in Iran? - BBC News | 2017-11-15 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | An unknown number are in prison, with some serving long sentences and others sentenced to death. | Middle East | The plight of British-Iranian woman Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, who was detained for almost six years in Iran on spying charges, focused attention on Iranians with dual nationality or foreign permanent residency being held in the Islamic Republic's prisons.
Iran does not recognise dual nationality, and there are no exa... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41974185 |
Daryll Rowe guilty of infecting men with HIV - BBC News | 2017-11-15 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | After sex with some of the men, Daryll Rowe texted mocking messages, including "I have HIV LOL. Oops!" | Sussex | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Darryll Rowe told one of his victims 'I got you. Burn, you have it'
A man has been convicted of trying to infect 10 men with HIV in a "campaign" to infect as many as possible.
Daryll Rowe infected five men he had unprotecte... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-41928938 |
California shooting: Schoolteachers ‘saved’ children from gunman - BBC News | 2017-11-15 | 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 |
2017 has been a 'record year' for sightings of the Loch Ness monster - BBC News | 2017-11-15 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | There have been eight "official sightings" in the Scottish loch, the most recorded since 1996. | Newsbeat | The Loch Ness monster has had a busy 2017, with more "official" sightings than any other year this century.
Admittedly, the number of official sightings logged is eight, but that's a lot for a mythical beast.
The eighth sighting is a photo of a strange "fin" in the water, taken by Dr Jo Knight from Lancaster Universi... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/articles/41997932 |
UK government funds Matthew Herbert's Brexit Big Band - BBC News | 2017-11-15 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Musician Matthew Herbert hopes to tour Europe to heal "huge divisions" caused by Brexit - helped by a UK government grant. | UK Politics | Matthew Herbert destroyed some instruments on BBC Radio 3's Between the Ears
A musician who wants to tour Europe to heal the "huge divisions" caused by Brexit has been given a grant by the UK Department for International Trade.
Matthew Herbert said he wanted to correct the impression created by Leave campaigners that... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-41996872 |
Brexit: Ministers see off early EU Withdrawal Bill challenges - BBC News | 2017-11-15 | 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 |
Guns kill 1,300 US children every year, study finds - BBC News | 2017-11-15 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Boys and African-American children were most often the victims, researchers found. | US & Canada | Anti-gun violence demonstrators outside the the National Rifle Association in Washington DC
About 1,300 US children under the age of 17 die from gun-related injuries per year, a government study has found.
Researchers at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) also found that guns seriously wounded ab... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-40336048 |
Indulgent grandparents 'bad for children's health' - BBC News | 2017-11-15 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Regular "treating" and over-feeding is a common issue, according to a review of parents' opinions. | Health | Indulgent grandparents may be having an adverse impact on their grandchildren's health, say researchers.
The University of Glasgow study, published in PLOS One journal, suggests grandparents are often inclined to treat and overfeed children.
The study also found some were smoking in front of their grandchildren and n... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-41981549 |
How UK-Zimbabwe relations went sour - BBC News | 2017-11-15 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The relationship between a former imperial power and its ex-colony is a complex one, says our diplomatic correspondent. | UK | Tony Blair pulled out of talks to fund Robert Mugabe's controversial land reforms in 1997
Britain's relationship with Zimbabwe has always been complex.
A former imperial power can feel torn between a responsibility towards its ex-colony and a reluctance to interfere in what is now an independent state. And a freshly ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42003217 |
Zimbabwe: Army chief accused of 'treasonable conduct' - BBC News | 2017-11-15 | 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 |
Extreme weather 'could kill up to 152,000 a year' in Europe by 2100 - BBC News | 2017-11-15 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Weather-related deaths could surge by 2100 if nothing is done to curb climate change, scientists say. | Europe | Heat waves will cause most weather-related deaths if measures are not taken, the study says
Extreme weather could kill up to 152,000 people yearly in Europe by 2100 if nothing is done to curb the effects of climate change, scientists say.
The number is 50 times more deaths than reported now, the study in The Lancet P... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-40835663 |
Zimbabwe's military seizes state TV broadcaster - BBC News | 2017-11-15 | null | The army took over the national broadcaster, but denied it was staging a coup. | null | The army took over the national broadcaster, but denied it was staging a coup. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-41993463 |
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe: Husband fears for her health - BBC News | 2017-11-15 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe's husband says she has found lumps in her breasts and is close to breakdown. | UK | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe's husband said "she was just a mum on holiday"
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, the British-Iranian woman being held in Iran, has seen a specialist after finding lumps in her breasts, her husband has said... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-41963159 |
The 'human flying without wings' - BBC News | 2017-11-15 | 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 |
Greggs sorry for swapping Jesus for sausage roll in nativity scene - BBC News | 2017-11-15 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The bakery firm apologises for an image promoting an advent calendar which upset some Christians. | Newsbeat | Greggs the bakers has apologised for swapping Jesus for a sausage roll in a promotional image for its advent calendar.
It shows a nativity scene with three wise men gathered around a pastry instead of Christ.
Christian Twitter users said the advert was disrespectful to their religion.
"I'm glad Christians kicked off... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/articles/41997936 |
Gay Times editor suspended over offensive tweets - BBC News | 2017-11-15 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Josh Rivers' old tweets have surfaced, which have been called transphobic, sexist and anti-Semitic. | Entertainment & Arts | The newly appointed Gay Times editor Josh Rivers has been suspended over offensive tweets he posted in the past.
The tweets, some of which have now been deleted, have been described as racist, transphobic, homophobic and anti-Semitic.
Mr Rivers, who has since apologised, also made remarks about obese people and child... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-42000700 |
Zimbabwe: Did Robert Mugabe finally go too far? - BBC News | 2017-11-15 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Zimbabwe's military could force President Mugabe to resign - but they won't want to humiliate him. | Africa | President Mugabe's ties to the military date from the liberation struggle
Zimbabwe's military says its actions do not amount to a takeover. It still refers to Robert Mugabe as the commander-in-chief of the country's defence forces. But practically speaking, Mr Mugabe is not in charge if his forces can step in to usurp... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-41995751 |
UK cyber-defence chief accuses Russia of hack attacks - BBC News | 2017-11-15 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Russia is accused of having attacked Britain's media, telecommunications and energy sectors. | Technology | The National Cyber Security Centre said the UK's energy sector had been targeted
One of the UK's cyber-defence chiefs has accused Russia of having attacked Britain's media, telecommunications and energy sectors over the past year.
Ciaran Martin, chief executive of GCHQ's National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), added t... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-41997262 |
Diamond fetches $33.7m at Christie's auction in Geneva - BBC News | 2017-11-15 | 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 |
Yemen's internally displaced persons camp: A 24-hour walk to safety - BBC News | 2017-11-15 | null | The Yemen crisis has displaced 1,000 people to a camp where people say: 'We have nothing.' | null | A look inside Yemen's internally displaced persons camp. Mansaya, a mother who travelled 24 hours to reach the camp describes the conditions, telling the BBC that: "We have nothing". | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-41989459 |
Emmerson Mnangagwa: The 'crocodile' who snapped back - BBC News | 2017-11-15 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The man who took over from Robert Mugabe as Zimbabwe's president wants to legitimise his rule. | Africa | Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa, the man known as "the crocodile" because of his political cunning, achieved a long-held ambition to succeed Robert Mugabe as Zimbabwe's president in November last year.
He has now won a disputed presidential election to legitimise his rule, promising voters his efforts to woo foreign inves... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-41995876 |
Robert Mugabe: Is Zimbabwe's ex-president a hero or villain? - BBC News | 2017-11-15 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A profile of Zimbabwe's former President Robert Mugabe, accused of destroying a prosperous country for the sake of power, but still seen by some as a revolutionary hero. | Africa | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.
Robert Mugabe, the man who became synonymous with Zimbabwe, has resigned as president after 37 years in power.
For some, he will always remain a hero who brought independence and an end to white-minority rule. Even those wh... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-23431534 |
Trump attacks Senator Al Franken after grope allegation - BBC News | 2017-11-16 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Mr Trump takes aim at the Democratic senator but remains silent on allegations against Roy Moore. | US & Canada | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.
President Donald Trump has criticised Senator Al Franken on Twitter after the Democrat apologised for a photo of him appearing to grope a woman.
Mr Trump called him "Al Frankenstien" - a misspelled reference to the undead m... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42018154 |
Boots 'breaking' morning-after pill promise, say Labour MPs - BBC News | 2017-11-16 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | MPs urge the pharmacy to complete its roll-out of cheaper contraception across all of its stores. | UK | The pharmacy says there a stock issue has delayed the roll-out
Boots has been accused of breaking its promise to offer a cheaper brand of morning-after pill in its stores.
The pharmacy was criticised in July after refusing to reduce the cost of emergency contraception - and later pledged to supply an inexpensive alte... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42011279 |
Moment quake hit South Korea - BBC News | 2017-11-16 | null | The 5.4 magnitude tremor hit the port city of Pohang, and was followed by dozens of aftershocks. | null | The 5.4 magnitude tremor hit the south-eastern port city of Pohang in the afternoon, and dozens of aftershocks have occurred since.
More than 1,000 buildings, homes and vehicles have been destroyed or damaged. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-42018424 |
Shot soldier Conor McPherson 'was mistaken by colleague for target' - BBC News | 2017-11-16 | 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 |
Apology after Japanese train departs 20 seconds early - BBC News | 2017-11-16 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Management on the Tsukuba Express line "sincerely apologised for the inconvenience" caused. | Asia | Japan has one of the world's most reliable railways and is known for its Shinkansen bullet trains (pictured)
A rail company in Japan has apologised after one of its trains departed 20 seconds early.
Management on the Tsukuba Express line between Tokyo and the city of Tsukuba say they "sincerely apologise for the inco... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-42009839 |
School in Theresa May's constituency seeks £1 for pens - BBC News | 2017-11-16 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The school in Theresa May's constituency says donations would help it through a "funding crisis". | Berkshire | Robert Piggott school would like voluntary donations amounting to £190 per family per year
A primary school in Prime Minister Theresa May's constituency has asked parents for a £1 daily donation to help pay for stationery and books.
Robert Piggott CofE School in Wargrave, Berkshire, said the plea comes after "nationa... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-berkshire-42008669 |
Climate change has shifted the timing of European floods - BBC News | 2017-11-16 | 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 |
Gaia Pope case: Man held on suspicion of murder - BBC News | 2017-11-16 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The man is believed to be known to the teenager, who has been missing from Swanage since 7 November. | Dorset | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Det Supt Paul Kessell said the 49-year-old is believed to be known to Gaia
Police investigating the disappearance of teenager Gaia Pope have arrested a 49-year-old man on suspicion of murder.
Paul Elsey, confirmed as the su... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-42017190 |
Fire hits high-rise flats in Dunmurry, near Belfast - BBC News | 2017-11-16 | 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 |
Brexit: 'Don't put politics above prosperity', Davis urges EU - BBC News | 2017-11-16 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Brexit Secretary David Davis says the UK wants "the freest possible trade" with the EU. | UK Politics | Mr Davis laughed off a question about the UK being prepared to pay 60bn euros for financial obligations
David Davis has warned against "putting politics above prosperity" in Britain's post-Brexit relationship with the EU.
In a speech in Berlin, the UK's Brexit Secretary outlined his hopes for a deal that "allows for ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42020008 |
Greece: Deadly floods hit Mandra, Nea Peramos and Megara - BBC News | 2017-11-16 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The victims include elderly people whose bodies were found inside their homes, reports say. | Europe | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.
Flash floods caused by heavy overnight rain have killed at least 15 people and caused destruction in central Greece.
The industrial towns of Mandra, Nea Peramos and Megara, west of the capital Athens, were the most affected... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-41998374 |
Missing UK explorer Benedict Allen 'alive and well' - BBC News | 2017-11-16 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Benedict Allen is seen near an airstrip in Papua New Guinea and has asked to be rescued. | UK | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. In a recent documentary Benedict Allen described his experiences of living in Papua New Guinea
Missing UK explorer Benedict Allen has been seen "alive and well" near an airstrip in Papua New Guinea.
The BBC's Frank Gardner ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42009854 |
Afghanistan's child opium problem - BBC News | 2017-11-16 | null | Young children are becoming dependent on the drug, as the amount produced in Afghanistan hits a new high. | null | Children as young as nine as becoming opium addicts in Afghanistan as the amount of the drug produced in the country hits record levels.
Findings suggest that the area of land used to cultivate opium poppies grew dramatically and fewer provinces are now seen as "poppy free". | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-42003158 |
Yemen's industrial-scale prosthetic limb factory - BBC News | 2017-11-16 | null | Inside one of Yemen's only prosthetic limb factories. | null | The Orthopaedic and Prosthetic Centre in Taiz offers hope for the seriously injured in Yemen’s war.
The BBC's Clive Myrie saw inside one of the few places in the country that can produce prosthetic limbs. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-42006159 |
Sir Bradley Wiggins says his life was 'living hell' during Ukad investigation - BBC Sport | 2017-11-16 | null | Sir Bradley Wiggins says his life was "a living hell" during an investigation into allegations of wrongdoing at British Cycling and Team Sky. | null | Last updated on .From the section Cycling
Sir Bradley Wiggins said his life was "a living hell" during an investigation into allegations of wrongdoing at British Cycling and Team Sky.
On Wednesday, UK Anti-Doping said there would be no charges over a "mystery" medical package delivered for Wiggins at the Criterium du... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/41999310 |
Australian minister blames hackers over Twitter porn 'like' - BBC News | 2017-11-16 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Government minister Christopher Pyne says he was not responsible for activity on his Twitter page. | Australia | An Australian government minister has said hackers are responsible for a "like" on his Twitter account to a pornographic video.
The activity on Minister for Defence Industry Christopher Pyne's profile at about 02:00 local time on Thursday (15:00 GMT Wednesday) was pointed out by other Twitter users.
Mr Pyne said hack... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-42005961 |
Sandbach house fire: Mother 'could not go on' without son - BBC News | 2017-11-16 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | An inquest hears Kelly-Anne Carter killed herself two weeks after her son Lucas died in a house fire. | England | A woman whose eight-year-old son died in a house fire killed herself because she could not go on without him, an inquest has found.
Kelly-Anne Carter, 35, suffered serious burns in the fire at the family home in Sandbach, Cheshire, on 30 October 2016.
Lucas Carter died shortly after he was rescued from the blaze whic... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-42010578 |
Greece: Deadly floods near Athens after heavy rain - BBC News | 2017-11-16 | null | Torrential rain overnight created fast-flowing torrents of red mud in towns near the capital Athens. | null | Flash flooding west of the Greek capital, Athens, has killed at least 14 people, officials say.
Torrential rain overnight created fast-flowing torrents of red mud, with a mayor calling it a "biblical" disaster. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-41998379 |
Passers-by 'afraid' to speak to homeless - BBC News | 2017-11-16 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Researchers find that two thirds of people in Scotland never stop to speak to homeless people. | Scotland | About 5,000 people are forced to sleep rough on Scotland's streets each year
Two thirds of Scots never stop to speak to homeless people, according to a new study.
Charity Street Soccer Scotland, which commissioned the research, also said that 41% of those questioned were "fearful" of approaching the homeless.
The re... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-42003888 |
'Breakthrough' breast cancer drugs get NHS approval - BBC News | 2017-11-16 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Two new treatments can slow cancer down and delay the need for chemotherapy, research shows. | Health | Two new "breakthrough" drugs to treat breast cancer have been given the green light for use on the NHS.
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) approved palbociclib and ribociclib after negotiating prices for the treatments.
Research shows the drugs slow down advanced cancer for at least 10 month... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-42006609 |
Roy Moore's lawyer casts doubt on accuser's yearbook claim - BBC News | 2017-11-16 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Mr Moore's lawyer questions an accuser's account as three more women come forward with more claims. | US & Canada | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Roy Moore: How Alabamans are defending the accused judge
A lawyer for embattled Senate candidate Roy Moore has raised questions about evidence provided by a woman who claims he sexually assaulted her as a teen.
Beverly Youn... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42005449 |
'Leonardo da Vinci artwork' sells for record $450m - BBC News | 2017-11-16 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Salvator Mundi, reputedly painted by the artist, is sold by Christie's in New York for $450m. | Entertainment & Arts | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The painting has been cleaned and restored from the image on the left to the one on the right
A 500-year-old painting of Christ believed to have been painted by Leonardo da Vinci has been sold in New York for a record $450m ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-42000696 |
Universal Credit: Architect of welfare shake-up urges changes - BBC News | 2017-11-16 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Stephen Brien, who conceived the idea of the single benefit, calls for changes to how it is paid. | UK Politics | Dr Brien wrote the report which formed the basis of one of the government's flagship policies
The man who invented Universal Credit has added his voice to growing calls for the benefit to be paid quicker.
Stephen Brien, whose report in 2009 became the blueprint for the benefit, told the BBC claimants should receive t... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42001257 |
New borrowing rules will 'boost home building' - BBC News | 2017-11-16 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Housing associations say being reclassified as private bodies will allow them to build more homes. | UK Politics | New powers to fund house-building have been announced, as ministers promised more measures in next week's Budget.
Housing associations will be reclassified as private bodies allowing their £70bn debt to be removed from the government's balance sheet.
They said the technical change would allow them to build more affor... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42001261 |
Wild boar meat 'may have poisoned' New Zealand family - BBC News | 2017-11-16 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Health officials say the wild boar, which the NZ family had hunted themselves, is one possible cause. | Asia | Health authorities said there was no evidence of any broad contamination of game meat
A New Zealand family are seriously ill in hospital, with a wild boar they hunted and ate being investigated by doctors as one possible cause.
Friends of the family wrote in a Facebook post that Shibu Kochummen, his wife Subi Babu an... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-42007008 |
Grenfell Tower final death toll stands at 71 - BBC News | 2017-11-16 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The Metropolitan Police says it believes all those who died in the blaze have now been identified. | UK | Seventy one victims of the Grenfell Tower fire have been formally identified and police believe that all those who died have now been recovered.
The number of victims includes baby Logan Gomes, who was stillborn in hospital on 14 June, the day the 24-storey blaze broke out.
The final two victims to be formally identi... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42008279 |
Zimbabwe yearns for change of any kind - BBC News | 2017-11-16 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | In the depths of an economic abyss, the political crisis now offers hope to many Zimbabweans. | Africa | A man sells watermelon in the capital a day after the military moved against Mr Mugabe
Driving around Zimbabwe, one can hardly tell the country is in the middle of the biggest political crisis since independence.
In one town, a man in his 20s invites me to his shop and tries to convince me to buy a silver necklace. "... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-42016705 |
Virgin West Coast rail workers to strike - BBC News | 2017-11-16 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The RMT union says union members at the rail firm voted 9-1 to take strike action over pay. | Business | RMT members working on Virgin West Coast have voted 9-1 to take action, including strike action, over pay.
The union said nearly 1,800 workers including train managers and on-board catering workers on the West Coast route from Glasgow to Euston took part.
The RMT said it wanted a "suitable and equal" pay offer to the... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-42014208 |
Zimbabwe army takes on Mugabe - as it happened - BBC News | 2017-11-16 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Reaction after Zimbabwe's military seizes power leaving the future of President Mugabe uncertain. | Africa | To get to President Robert Mugabe's rural home, you drive along the Robert Mugabe Highway.
It is probably one of the most well-maintained roads in Zimbabwe. It is like driving on a carpet.
Along the way you are greeted by a plaque erected in his honour.
Kutama Village is home to the 93-year-old. It is a small and ti... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-africa-41994362 |
Google Docs offline for 'significant' number of users - BBC News | 2017-11-16 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | One of Google's key cloud services went offline for many users on Wednesday. | Technology | Google Docs was inaccessible for a "significant subset” of users on Wednesday.
The company confirmed the issue on its status page but did not offer more information.
A spokeswoman for Google would not confirm to the BBC how many users encountered the problem, but said she did not believe any customers who paid for ex... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-42006495 |
Far-right accounts lose Twitter verified tick - BBC News | 2017-11-16 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The social network says it will remove the verified badge from accounts that break its rules. | Technology | Richard Spencer and Tommy Robinson have lost their blue badges
Twitter has stripped several far-right accounts of their "verified" badge, after changing its policy.
Among them are Jason Kessler who helped organise a far-right march in Charlottesville, and white supremacist Richard Spencer.
English Defence League fou... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-42010139 |
Brexit: Goldman Sachs chief Lloyd Blankfein suggests second vote - BBC News | 2017-11-16 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Lloyd Blankfein tweets that many want a "confirming vote" on a "monumental and irreversible" decision. | Business | The chief executive of Goldman Sachs, Lloyd Blankfein, has suggested holding another referendum on Brexit.
Mr Blankfein tweeted: "Here in UK, lots of hand-wringing from CEOs over #Brexit... So much at stake, why not make sure consensus still there?"
The firm, which is known to have taken office space in Frankfurt, em... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-42014209 |
Gaia Pope: Clothes found in search for missing teenager - BBC News | 2017-11-16 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Dorset Police said it was not clear who the clothes belong to but Gaia's family had been informed. | Dorset | Police have cordoned off an area of land north of the coast path
Detectives investigating the disappearance of teenager Gaia Pope say women's clothing has been found near a coastal path in Dorset.
It is not clear who the clothes belong to, but Dorset Police said Gaia's family have been informed.
Gaia, 19, was last s... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-dorset-42014538 |
Rolf Harris indecent assault conviction overturned - BBC News | 2017-11-16 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | But former entertainer Rolf Harris's other 11 indecent assault convictions still stand. | UK | Former entertainer Rolf Harris has had one of 12 indecent assault convictions overturned by the Court of Appeal.
Three judges in London ruled the conviction was "unsafe". But they dismissed applications by Harris, 87, to challenge the other 11 convictions.
There will be no retrial on the one conviction quashed.
The ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42012064 |
Price of Football 2017: Young adult fans are 'put off' by cost of football - BBC Sport | 2017-11-16 | null | The Price of Football study finds the majority of ticket prices have frozen or fallen for a third year - but a poll suggests the cost is still putting off young adult fans. | null | The BBC Price of Football study has found the majority of ticket prices have been frozen or have fallen for a third year - yet a poll of young adult football fans suggests the cost is still putting them off.
This year BBC Sport asked more than 200 clubs across the United Kingdom for information on ticket prices and fo... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/41901398 |
HMP The Mount: No charges over two-day prison riot - BBC News | 2017-11-16 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Police say there is insufficient evidence to prosecute anyone after prisoners took over a jail wing. | Beds, Herts & Bucks | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.
No prisoners will be prosecuted over a two-day riot in which armed inmates took over a wing and smashed windows, it has emerged.
Riot-trained officers were sent to HMP The Mount, Hertfordshire, after trouble broke out on 31... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-41983069 |
Labour's John McDonnell demands 'emergency Budget' - BBC News | 2017-11-16 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Shadow chancellor John McDonnell demands 'an emergency Budget for public services '. | Business | Shadow chancellor John McDonnell has demanded "an emergency Budget for our public services", which he says are in crisis.
He is promising to spend about £17bn a year extra on the NHS, social care, schools and local government.
The extra spending would be paid for by tax rises for companies and "the rich", while tackl... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-41999993 |
Zimbabwe media slow to cover military takeover - BBC News | 2017-11-16 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | For most of the morning state TV just re-broadcast a statement saying the military had taken over. | Africa | Zimbabwe's The Herald newspaper ran a special edition later on Wednesday
Zimbabwean media have been slow to keep their audiences up to date on developments after the military took control earlier today.
State TV and radios were re-broadcasting the statement by Major-General Sibusiso Moyo announcing that the military ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-42001242 |
Who to believe on Zimbabwe social media remains unclear - BBC News | 2017-11-16 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Various social media accounts claim to represent the ruling party of Zimbabwe. It is far from clear which do. | BBC Trending | On social media there are several accounts claiming to be the mouthpiece of Zimbabwe's governing Zanu-PF party, but it's unclear which, if any, are official, and what links they have with those currently in charge.
News networks across the world have been reporting on the seizure of power by military generals in Zimba... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-trending-42001262 |
Zimbabwe crisis: Who is Grace Mugabe? - BBC News | 2017-11-16 | null | Zimbabwe's first lady, or "Gucci Grace" to some, was tipped to be the country's next president. | null | Robert Mugabe's wife, or "Gucci Grace" to her critics, was tipped to be Zimbabwe's next president. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-42004530 |
Gay Times editor Rivers 'appalled' by his own comments - BBC News | 2017-11-16 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Josh Rivers says he is "appalled" at some of his old tweets, which have been labelled transphobic, sexist and anti-Semitic. | Entertainment & Arts | Josh Rivers, sacked from his new role as editor at the Gay Times over offensive tweets published in the past, has said he is "appalled" by his posts.
The tweets, some of which have now been deleted, have been described as racist, transphobic, homophobic and anti-Semitic.
Mr Rivers, who has already apologised, also ma... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-42012079 |
Zimbabwe latest: Key players in power struggle - BBC News | 2017-11-16 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The key figures in the struggle for power in Zimbabwe. | Africa | The Mugabes have clashed with recently sacked Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa (second from right) and armed forces chief Gen Constantino Chiwenga
Zimbabwean generals say they have seized control to take power away from "criminals" around President Robert Mugabe.
The crisis came a week after Mr Mugabe sacked his dep... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-41995078 |
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