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New York bombing suspect Akayed Ullah warned Trump on Facebook - BBC News | 2017-12-13 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Akayed Ullah, 27, faces a series of terror charges over Monday's bus terminal attack in New York. | US & Canada | Akayed Ullah emigrated to the US with his family in 2011
The man who faces terror charges over Monday's bus terminal bombing in New York posted a warning to President Donald Trump just before the attack.
"Trump you failed to protect your nation," it read. The post by Akayed Ullah was revealed in charges filed by fede... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42327359 |
Doug Jones: The Democrat who upset Alabama Senate race - BBC News | 2017-12-13 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The former lawyer who painted Alabama blue for the first time since 1992 in the fight for a Senate seat. | US & Canada | Alabama is a deeply conservative place, as its voting record amply demonstrates.
Until Doug Jones came along the state hadn't picked a Democrat for the US Senate since 1992 - and even that man, Richard Shelby, went on to defect to the Republicans.
But on 12 December Mr Jones, 63, painted the old red seat blue when vo... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42321396 |
Roy Moore's skittish escape on horseback - BBC News | 2017-12-13 | null | Roy Moore's skittish escape happened after he appeared at an Alabama polling site to cast his vote. | null | The Republican candidate arrived at an Alabama polling site on horseback - but had trouble leaving the same way. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42333109 |
DR Congo crisis: On Kasai's hunger road - BBC News | 2017-12-13 | null | Fergal Keane reveals the crisis in DR Congo's Kasai region, where millions face starvation. | null | Fergal Keane reveals the crisis along a road in the Democratic Republic of Congo that threatens hundreds of thousands.
Nearly half a million severely malnourished children are at risk of starvation in the country's Kasai region.
The UN has just declared the crisis in DRC as the highest level of emergency - the same a... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-42333743 |
UVF killer Haggarty shot Catholic to hide double life - BBC News | 2017-12-13 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Loyalist paramilitaries decided who would carry out a shooting by flipping a coin, a court hears. | Northern Ireland | The most senior loyalist ever to agree to become a so-called supergrass volunteered to kill a Catholic to cover up the fact he was an informer.
Sean McParland died after being shot while babysitting in Belfast in 1994.
The Ulster Volunteer Force was to decide the identity of the killer by flipping a coin, Belfast Cro... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-42337250 |
US ready for North Korea talks without preconditions, says Tillerson - BBC News | 2017-12-13 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | But hours later the White House says Trump's views "had not changed" and N Korea must first disarm. | US & Canada | Rex Tillerson arrives at the Atlantic Council policy forum to discuss North Korea
The US is "ready to talk any time" with North Korea without preconditions, says Secretary of State Rex Tillerson.
His statement appeared to shift the US position away from previous demands that North Korea must disarm before any talks c... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42333704 |
Row over 'smell of cannabis' police stops - BBC News | 2017-12-13 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Some officers disagree with guidance not to search people purely because they smell of cannabis. | UK | A row has broken out over advice given to police in England and Wales telling them not to stop and search people only because they smell of cannabis.
It was first given to police last year and was reiterated by an Inspectorate of Constabulary report on Tuesday.
The advice says officers should look at other factors li... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42329124 |
Myles Bradbury: Victim 'destroyed’ by Addenbrooke's abuse doctor - BBC News | 2017-12-13 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The blood cancer specialist used a spy pen to take pictures of his victims and was jailed for 22 years. | Cambridgeshire | Myles Bradbury was sentenced to 22 years in prison for abusing child patients
The mother of a child abused by a paedophile hospital doctor says her son has been "destroyed" by what happened.
Myles Bradbury was jailed for 22 years in December 2014 after admitting abusing 18 victims at Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambrid... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-42336139 |
Salford house fire: Lia Pearson dies in hospital - BBC News | 2017-12-13 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Three-year-old Lia Pearson died after the fire - thought to have been a targeted attack - in Salford. | Manchester | A three-year-old girl has become the fourth child to die after a house fire which also killed three of her siblings.
Lia Pearson was left critically ill after the blaze in Walkden, Salford, on Monday. She died in hospital.
Demi, 15, died at the scene on Jackson Street. Her brother and sister, Brandon, eight, and Laci... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-42344252 |
Labour reprimands Kezia Dugdale over I'm a Celebrity - BBC News | 2017-12-13 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Scottish Labour gives its former leader a written warning over her appearance on the reality TV show. | Scotland politics | Ms Dugdale made no comment to journalists when she returned to the Scottish Parliament on Wednesday afternoon
Scottish Labour has given its former leader a written warning over her controversial appearance on I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here!.
But the party said Kezia Dugdale would face no further disciplinary a... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-42342209 |
USA Today editorial says Trump unfit to clean Obama's toilet - BBC News | 2017-12-13 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | USA Today's unusually savage opinion also charged the president with an "utter lack of morality". | US & Canada | The editorial board of USA Today has said President Donald Trump is "unfit to clean the toilets" in Barack Obama's library or shine George W Bush's shoes.
The scathing editorial comes after Mr Trump claimed a female senator "would do anything" for campaign cash - words which some regarded as sexual innuendo.
"Rock bo... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42328467 |
Warmer Arctic is the 'new normal' - BBC News | 2017-12-13 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The reliably frozen Arctic is history, say scientists who warn of an unprecedented rate of warming. | Science & Environment | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The 2017 'Arctic Report' showed that sea ice more than four years old has largely disappeared in the Arctic
A warming, rapidly changing Arctic is the "new normal" and shows no signs of returning to the reliably frozen region... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-42330771 |
Brexit vote: Total silence - then disbelief - BBC News | 2017-12-13 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Ministers looked like they felt sick as the government's Brexit bill defeat was announced. | UK Politics | The Tory rebels, and the government, believed that a last-minute panicked concession from the government side had walked Theresa May back from the brink of defeat.
Frantic conversations between the government, the whips, the party managers and their MPs who were tempted to rebel had been taking place all day.
We saw ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42346277 |
Harvey Weinstein: Salma Hayek alleges he threatened to kill her - BBC News | 2017-12-13 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The Hollywood mogul said sexual allegations made by the Mexican actress are "not accurate" | US & Canada | Salma Hayek, seen here promoting Frida in 2003, which she starred in and co-produced
Actress Salma Hayek has described Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein as a rage-fuelled "monster", alleging he sexually harassed and threatened her.
Writing in the New York Times, Hayek said Weinstein once told her: "I will kill you, do... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42344533 |
Drone smugglers caught on camera - BBC News | 2017-12-13 | null | The Ministry of Justice has released footage of a gang caught using a drone to deliver contraband to prisons. | null | The Ministry of Justice has released footage of a gang caught using a drone to deliver contraband to prisons. The ringleader, Craig Hickinbottom, organised the flights from behind bars. He's been sentenced to an extra seven years and two months in jail. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42326764 |
Brexit transition deal is urgent, say select committee MPs - BBC News | 2017-12-14 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Treasury Select Committee says “temporary standstill agreement” will be necessary to ease business concerns. | Business | Theresa May must urgently agree a transitional deal with EU counterparts, say MPs
An influential group of MPs has urged Britain and the European Union to agree a "status quo" transition period following Britain's departure from the EU.
The Treasury Select Committee said that the temporary arrangement should be agreed... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-42344628 |
Liver surgeon Simon Bramhall marked initials on patients - BBC News | 2017-12-14 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Simon Bramhall admits marking his initials on the livers of two transplant patients. | Birmingham & Black Country | A surgeon who marked his initials on the livers of two transplant patients has admitted assault by beating.
Simon Bramhall, 53, committed the offences at Birmingham's Queen Elizabeth Hospital in February and August 2013.
The liver, spleen and pancreas surgeon was suspended later that year.
He pleaded guilty to two c... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42344180 |
Grenfell family: 'You feel like a prisoner living here' - BBC News | 2017-12-14 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Matthew Price meets Grenfell families six months on from the fire | UK | Hotel living has been a struggle, says Mohammed Rasoul
It is only when you walk through the door of the hotel room that you even begin to understand what life has been like for so many of the survivors, six months on from the Grenfell fire.
Stacked along a short corridor, past the wardrobe and door to the bathroom, t... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42320896 |
UK must tackle loneliness, says Jo Cox Commission report - BBC News | 2017-12-14 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Commission set up by murdered MP Jo Cox says nine million adults in the UK are affected. | UK | The government should create a national strategy to combat loneliness, says a report by a commission set up by the murdered MP Jo Cox.
The commission, formed by the MP before she was killed in her constituency in 2016, calls for the appointment of a minister to lead action on the issue.
It says loneliness is as harmf... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42354807 |
Hurricane Harvey rainfall 'weighed 127bn tonnes' - BBC News | 2017-12-14 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Scientists established how much rain fell by measuring how much the Earth compressed during the storm. | Science & Environment | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Roads turned to rivers across Houston as Harvey hit
Scientists have weighed the water that fell on Texas during the record-breaking Hurricane Harvey in August.
They calculate, by measuring how much the Earth was compressed,... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-42347510 |
Deporting EU rough sleepers from UK unlawful, High Court rules - BBC News | 2017-12-14 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A Home Office policy of deporting EU nationals found sleeping rough must stop, the High Court rules. | UK | A Home Office policy of removing EU citizens found sleeping rough on UK streets is unlawful and must stop, the High Court has ruled.
A judge said the measure, introduced last year, was discriminatory and broke freedom of movement rules.
Campaigners brought the case on behalf of three men facing removal.
The governme... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42354864 |
Black Friday lifts UK retail sales in November - BBC News | 2017-12-14 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Deals on electrical household appliances boosted sales in November, official figures suggest. | Business | Black Friday helped to propel retail sales 1.6% higher in November from a year earlier, official figures suggest.
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said that retailers had reported a particular uplift in sales of electrical household appliances.
However, analysts said that Black Friday had distorted sales and ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-42350406 |
Cannabis and vaping more popular than smoking among US teens - BBC News | 2017-12-14 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Some 15% of students had used marijuana, 12.1% had vaped but only 5% had smoked, found a study. | US & Canada | US teenagers are using marijuana and vaporisers more than they smoke cigarettes, a government study shows.
Some 15% of high school students said they had used marijuana within the previous 30 days, found the report for the National Institute on Drug Abuse.
And 12.1% of students said they had used a vaping device. But... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42358149 |
Britain First's Jayda Fransen appears in Belfast court - BBC News | 2017-12-14 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Jayda Fransen is charged with using threatening, abusive, insulting words or behaviour. | Northern Ireland | Jayda Fransen is charged with using threatening, abusive, insulting words or behaviour
The deputy leader of far right group Britain First has appeared in court charged in connection with an incident at a Belfast peace wall.
Jayda Fransen, 31, from Anerley, south-east London, was charged with using threatening, abusiv... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-42359462 |
Watch BBC coverage of the Grenfell Tower memorial - BBC News | 2017-12-14 | null | A memorial service for the victims and survivors of the Grenfell Tower fire is held at St Paul's Cathedral | null | A memorial service for the victims and survivors of the Grenfell Tower fire is held at St Paul's Cathedral, six months on from the fire. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42350656 |
MSF estimates more than 6,700 Rohingya killed in Myanmar - BBC News | 2017-12-14 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Medecins Sans Frontieres' estimate far exceeds the official figure and includes more than 700 children. | Asia | Among the refugees are many young children
At least 6,700 Rohingya were killed in the month after violence broke out in Myanmar in August, Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) says.
Based on surveys of refugees in Bangladesh, the number is much higher than Myanmar's official figure of 400.
MSF said it was "the clearest in... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-42348214 |
Suu Kyi stripped of Freedom of Dublin City award - BBC News | 2017-12-14 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Dublin City Council votes to revoke Aung Sang Suu Kyi's Freedom of Dublin City award. | Europe | Aung San Suu Kyi has faced widespread criticism over her reluctance to acknowledge the military violence, which the UN has called a "textbook example of ethnic cleansing".
Dublin City Councillors have voted to revoke Aung San Suu Kyi's Freedom of Dublin City award.
Musician Bob Geldof handed back his Freedom of Dubli... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-42346773 |
If Brexit was a video game - BBC News | 2017-12-14 | null | The government lost a key vote, and it's a big deal. | null | Rebel MPs have defeated the government in a vote on the EU Withdrawal Bill - the bill that'll take the UK out of the EU.
But Esther Webber tells us why it's not quite game over for Brexit. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42346305 |
Grenfell Tower fire memorial service: As it happened - BBC News | 2017-12-14 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A service at St Paul's Cathedral was held to honour the 71 victims of the fire. | UK | Maria Jafari, who lost her father in the fire, told the Press Association: "It's very, very hard. Still she (my mother) cries, every day, every second when we are talking about our father, all the memories come out again. It's six months and it's still very hard for us.
"I wish nobody could have this in the whole life... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-42351346 |
Scottish income tax rises to be unveiled - BBC News | 2017-12-14 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The finance secretary is expected to announce tax increases for middle and higher earners. | Scotland politics | Derek Mackay will be presenting his second draft budget as Scottish finance secretary
Scotland's finance secretary is expected to confirm income tax rises for middle and higher earners when he unveils his draft budget for next year.
Derek Mackay will say the increase in taxation is needed to raise more money to help ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-42339146 |
Brexit: UK in Erasmus student scheme until at least 2020 - BBC News | 2017-12-14 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Theresa May confirms UK participation in student exchange will continue for a period after Brexit. | UK Politics | The UK will continue to take part in the Erasmus student exchange programme until at least the end of 2020, the prime minister has said.
Theresa May praised Erasmus+ and confirmed the UK would still be involved after Brexit in March 2019.
Whether it is involved long term is among issues likely to be discussed during ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42360849 |
The priceless pictures that survived Grenfell fire - BBC News | 2017-12-14 | null | Paul believed the photos of his late mother had been destroyed in the Grenfell Tower blaze. | null | Paul escaped from the sixth floor of Grenfell Tower.
He believed photos of his mother - who died of a brain tumour in 2010 - had been lost, along with a jewellery box.
But he has now been able to retrieve them.
Watch the BBC's Victoria Derbyshire programme on weekdays between 09:00 and 11:00 on BBC Two and the BBC N... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42342460 |
Vice chancellors' pay: Universities to sign new 'fair pay' code - BBC News | 2017-12-14 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | University leaders have agreed to a new code on senior pay, which will be published in the next few weeks. | Family & Education | University leaders have been under pressure over high salaries
University leaders have agreed to a new code on senior pay, which is expected to be published in the next few weeks.
University representatives held a meeting with minister Jo Johnson on Wednesday where they accepted the need for more accountability.
It ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-42345469 |
US Federal Reserve raises interest rates again - BBC News | 2017-12-14 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The US central bank has moved to increase interest rates for the third time this year. | Business | Federal Reserve Chairman Janet Yellen has raised interest rates three times this year
The US Federal Reserve has raised interest rates by 0.25%, the third rate rise in 2017.
The US central bank said the move, which was widely expected, underscores "solid" gains in the US economy.
Officials also boosted their economi... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-42344170 |
Net neutrality rules weakened by US regulator - BBC News | 2017-12-14 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A US regulator votes to ease restrictions preventing ISPs prioritising some services' data over others'. | Technology | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. What is net neutrality and how could it affect you?
Restrictions on US broadband providers' ability to prioritise one service's data over another are to be reduced after a vote by a regulator.
The Federal Communications Com... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-42355666 |
Haemophilia A trial results 'mind-blowing' - BBC News | 2017-12-14 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Doctors use gene therapy to correct the defect that causes haemophilia A. | Health | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.
British doctors say they have achieved "mind-blowing" results in an attempt to rid people of haemophilia A.
Patients are born with a genetic defect that means they do not produce a protein needed to stop bleeding.
Thirteen... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-42337396 |
Grenfell fire: Families and survivors remember victims at St Paul's memorial - BBC News | 2017-12-14 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Royal Family members joined the bereaved at the London memorial to pay tribute to the 71 victims. | UK | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.
Survivors of the Grenfell Tower fire have attended a memorial service at St Paul's Cathedral, alongside members of the Royal Family and PM Theresa May.
Bereaved families, survivors and rescue workers were joined by the Prin... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42347207 |
France Millas train crash: Children killed as bus cut in two - BBC News | 2017-12-14 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | At least four children died and at least 18 people were hurt in the collision in southern France. | Europe | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Footage of emergency vehicles at the scene of the crash
A train and a school bus have collided near Perpignan in southern France, leaving at least four children dead.
At least 18 people were injured, some of them critically... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-42358075 |
Grenfell memorial: Key moments - BBC News | 2017-12-14 | null | Survivors of the tower fire which claimed 71 lives attend a memorial service at St Paul's Cathedral. | null | Survivors of the Grenfell Tower fire have attended a memorial service at St Paul's Cathedral, alongside members of the Royal Family. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42361323 |
Grenfell fire: Worrying number of PTSD cases among survivors and locals - BBC News | 2017-12-14 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A unique NHS service helping Grenfell survivors has found high levels of mental trauma. | UK | A large proportion of the people living in buildings close to Grenfell Tower show signs of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), six months after the tragedy, which killed 71 people, the NHS says.
Caused by very stressful or distressing events, PTSD can lead to nightmares and flashbacks, with sufferers often feeling ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42338725 |
Concern over 'remote supervision' of offenders by phone - BBC News | 2017-12-14 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Widespread use of the practice in England and Wales is not acceptable, says watchdog report. | UK | Thousands of offenders given community sentences are being supervised via a phone call every six weeks, the chief probation inspector has said.
In a report, Dame Glenys Stacey said widespread use of the practice in England and Wales was "not acceptable".
The findings also revealed some junior probation officers had 2... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42343937 |
NHS in England told to reveal avoidable deaths data - BBC News | 2017-12-14 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Most NHS trusts in England will publish information on deaths caused by failings in patient care by 2018. | Health | The NHS in England is to become the first healthcare system in the world to publish figures on avoidable patient deaths, the health secretary has said.
By the end of 2017, some 170 out of 223 trusts will publish data on deaths they believe could have been prevented.
It is estimated there are up to 9,000 deaths in hos... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-42347942 |
Special-needs pupils 'struggle' with new tests - BBC News | 2017-12-14 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Primary school league tables show pupils with special needs are dropping further behind their classmates. | Family & Education | Pupils with special educational needs (SEN) in England are dropping further behind their classmates in national primary school tests, statistics show.
The gap between SEN pupils and their peers has risen from 48 percentage points in 2016 to 52 this year.
The figures are revealed in school league tables, published by ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-42353456 |
Ashes: No evidence of corruption in third Test after fixing claims - ICC - BBC Sport | 2017-12-14 | null | There is "no evidence" that the third Ashes Test between Australia and England has been "corrupted", says the International Cricket Council. | null | Last updated on .From the section Cricket
There is "no evidence" that the third Ashes Test between Australia and England in Perth has been "corrupted", says the International Cricket Council.
The Sun claimed Indian bookmakers offered to fix aspects of the match.
"We have now received all materials relating to The Su... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/42346990 |
Theresa May 'dancing to EU's tune' over Brexit, says Farage - BBC News | 2017-12-14 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Ex-UKIP leader Nigel Farage criticises "Theresa the appeaser" as MEPs back move to next phase of talks. | UK Politics | The former UKIP leader suggested the UK had caved in over the "divorce bill" and citizens' rights
The UK has "danced to the EU's tune" during the Brexit negotiations, former UKIP leader Nigel Farage has claimed.
In a debate in Strasbourg, he called the British Prime Minister, Theresa May, "Theresa the appeaser", sayi... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42337093 |
Salford house fire: Man in court charged with murder - BBC News | 2017-12-14 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A third person charged over the deaths of four children has appeared in court. | Manchester | Four siblings died as a result of the fire and their mother is in a coma in hospital
A third person charged with murder over the deaths of four children in a house fire in Salford has appeared in court.
David Worrall, 25, of no fixed address, who has also been charged with arson and attempted murder, appeared before ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-42349685 |
UVF killer Haggarty shot Catholic to hide double life - BBC News | 2017-12-14 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Loyalist paramilitaries decided who would carry out a shooting by flipping a coin, a court hears. | Northern Ireland | The most senior loyalist ever to agree to become a so-called supergrass volunteered to kill a Catholic to cover up the fact he was an informer.
Sean McParland died after being shot while babysitting in Belfast in 1994.
The Ulster Volunteer Force was to decide the identity of the killer by flipping a coin, Belfast Cro... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-42337250 |
Britain First's Paul Golding and Jayda Fransen arrested - BBC News | 2017-12-14 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Jayda Fransen re-arrested after appearing in court while Paul Golding was arrested outside the courtroom. | Northern Ireland | Jayda Fransen and Paul Golding outside the courtroom in Belfast on Thursday
The deputy leader of far-right group Britain First has been re-arrested after appearing in a Belfast court over a speech she gave in the city.
Jayda Fransen, 31, of Anerley, south-east London, was in court over two charges relating to behavio... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-42351026 |
Bank sees boost from Brexit progress - BBC News | 2017-12-14 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The Bank of England says progress in Brexit talks is likely to boost household and business confidence. | Business | The Bank of England says confidence among households and businesses is likely to be supported by last week's progress in Brexit talks.
Last week the European Union agreed that sufficient progress had been made in Brexit negotiations to allow progress to the next stage and to put in place a transition period from 2019.... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-42352623 |
Grenfell Fire: Grief remains raw at St Paul's memorial - BBC News | 2017-12-14 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | There were a huge range of emotions at the St Paul's Cathedral service to remember the 71 Grenfell fire victims. | UK | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.
Six months on from the Grenfell Tower fire, the grief and anger of those affected is still visibly raw.
Underneath the sadness there was dismay that many of the survivors attending the national memorial service at St Paul's... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42357708 |
White House contradicts Tillerson on North Korea, adding to confusion - BBC News | 2017-12-14 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The secretary of state appears to have been contradicted by the White House and his own department. | US & Canada | Rex Tillerson is reportedly an increasingly marginalised figure as secretary of state
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson appears to have been contradicted by the White House and his own department, after suggesting the US had softened its position on talks with North Korea.
Mr Tillerson said on Tuesday that he was r... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42347671 |
Salford house fire: Lia Pearson dies in hospital - BBC News | 2017-12-14 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Three-year-old Lia Pearson died after the fire - thought to have been a targeted attack - in Salford. | Manchester | A three-year-old girl has become the fourth child to die after a house fire which also killed three of her siblings.
Lia Pearson was left critically ill after the blaze in Walkden, Salford, on Monday. She died in hospital.
Demi, 15, died at the scene on Jackson Street. Her brother and sister, Brandon, eight, and Laci... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-42344252 |
Labour reprimands Kezia Dugdale over I'm a Celebrity - BBC News | 2017-12-14 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Scottish Labour gives its former leader a written warning over her appearance on the reality TV show. | Scotland politics | Ms Dugdale made no comment to journalists when she returned to the Scottish Parliament on Wednesday afternoon
Scottish Labour has given its former leader a written warning over her controversial appearance on I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here!.
But the party said Kezia Dugdale would face no further disciplinary a... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-42342209 |
Brexit vote: Total silence - then disbelief - BBC News | 2017-12-14 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Ministers looked like they felt sick as the government's Brexit bill defeat was announced. | UK Politics | The Tory rebels, and the government, believed that a last-minute panicked concession from the government side had walked Theresa May back from the brink of defeat.
Frantic conversations between the government, the whips, the party managers and their MPs who were tempted to rebel had been taking place all day.
We saw ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42346277 |
Harvey Weinstein: Salma Hayek alleges he threatened to kill her - BBC News | 2017-12-14 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The Hollywood mogul said sexual allegations made by the Mexican actress are "not accurate" | US & Canada | Salma Hayek, seen here promoting Frida in 2003, which she starred in and co-produced
Actress Salma Hayek has described Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein as a rage-fuelled "monster", alleging he sexually harassed and threatened her.
Writing in the New York Times, Hayek said Weinstein once told her: "I will kill you, do... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42344533 |
Geminid meteor shower dazzles over northern hemisphere - BBC News | 2017-12-14 | null | If you missed the annual Geminid meteor shower, cameras captured the celestial display over China. | null | Each December, the Geminid meteor shower illuminates the night sky with a massive display of shooting stars. Cameras over China captured the peak of the show. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42361133 |
Drone smugglers caught on camera - BBC News | 2017-12-14 | null | The Ministry of Justice has released footage of a gang caught using a drone to deliver contraband to prisons. | null | The Ministry of Justice has released footage of a gang caught using a drone to deliver contraband to prisons. The ringleader, Craig Hickinbottom, organised the flights from behind bars. He's been sentenced to an extra seven years and two months in jail. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42326764 |
Church apology over Bishop George Bell abuse inquiry - BBC News | 2017-12-15 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Former Bishop of Chichester George Bell was accused of sexual abuse decades after his death in 1958. | Sussex | George Bell was Bishop of Chichester from 1929 until his death in 1958
The Church of England has apologised to the relatives of a bishop for the way it investigated child abuse claims made against him decades after his death.
Former Bishop of Chichester George Bell, who died in 1958, was alleged to have repeatedly ab... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-42362524 |
'Youthquake' declared word of the year by Oxford Dictionaries - BBC News | 2017-12-15 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Oxford Dictionaries says the word, coined in the 1960s, sums up millennials driving political change. | UK | Jeremy Corbyn was said to have benefited from a "youthquake" after a surge in support from millennials
Oxford Dictionaries has deemed "youthquake" the 2017 word of the year, reflecting what it calls a "political awakening" among millennial voters.
It was first coined in the 1960s by Vogue editor Diana Vreeland, who u... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42361859 |
UK must tackle loneliness, says Jo Cox Commission report - BBC News | 2017-12-15 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Commission set up by murdered MP Jo Cox says nine million adults in the UK are affected. | UK | The government should create a national strategy to combat loneliness, says a report by a commission set up by the murdered MP Jo Cox.
The commission, formed by the MP before she was killed in her constituency in 2016, calls for the appointment of a minister to lead action on the issue.
It says loneliness is as harmf... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42354807 |
Sky and BT sign channel sharing deal - BBC News | 2017-12-15 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | BT will supply its sports channels to Sky, while selling Sky's Now TV service to its customers. | Business | The rising cost of sports rights is behind the agreement, analysts say
Sky and BT have have signed a deal to sell their channels on each other's platforms.
Under the deal, BT will now supply its sports channels - which show UEFA Champions League and Premier League football - to Sky.
In addition, BT will be able to s... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-42364401 |
Met Police to conduct urgent review after rape trial collapse - BBC News | 2017-12-15 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A judge calls for an investigation after vital phone evidence was disclosed at the last minute. | London | Liam Allan had been on bail for two years before his trial collapsed
The Met Police is to hold an "urgent" review of a rape case after being accused of failing to disclose vital evidence.
Liam Allan, 22, was charged with 12 counts of rape and sexual assault but his trial collapsed after police were ordered to hand ov... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-42365521 |
'Shocking apathy' to fraternity drinking at Pennsylvania university - BBC News | 2017-12-15 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Penn State allowed "sadistic" rituals and failed to protect its students, a blistering report finds. | US & Canada | Several fraternity members are still facing charges related to the death of Tim Piazza (centre)
A committee probing the Pennsylvania State University's response to drinking in fraternities has issued a blistering report following a student's death.
A grand jury found on Friday that administrators displayed a "shockin... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42370507 |
Backlash over 'stay with abuser' posts shared by Essex Police - BBC News | 2017-12-15 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The social media posts have been described as sending an "incredibly dangerous message". | Essex | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.
A police force has faced a backlash over social media posts that appeared to support domestic abuse victims staying with their partners.
Sheila's Story describes how a woman who "knew that the abuse in her relationship was ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-42364991 |
Schools told not to dismiss sexual harassment 'as banter' - BBC News | 2017-12-15 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The Women and Equalities Committee said new guidance was a "belated step in the right direction". | UK Politics | Teachers should be aware of the likelihood that that harassment can spread on social media
Sexual harassment or violence at school should never be dismissed as "banter", new Department for Education guidance to schools and colleges has stressed.
"Sexting" explicit images and videos of under-18s is illegal, it says, a... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42365571 |
Minimum price 'would increase cost of 70% of alcohol' - BBC News | 2017-12-15 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | There will be sharp increase in the cost of alcohol if a minimum price is introduced, say researchers. | Business | Introducing a minimum price per unit of alcohol would push up the cost to consumers of most alcohol, not just the cheapest strong drinks, according to researchers.
The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) said a floor of 50p per unit would raise the cost of 70% of alcohol bought in shops.
It said there was a "strong ca... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-42362028 |
Ryanair in union offer to avoid Christmas strikes - BBC News | 2017-12-15 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The airline says it will recognise pilot unions as it seeks to avoid industrial action at Christmas. | Business | Ryanair has said it is prepared to recognise pilot unions as it seeks to avoid strike disruption over the Christmas period.
Earlier this week, 79 Dublin-based Ryanair pilots said they would strike for one day on 20 December.
The airline was also facing action by pilots elsewhere in Europe.
Ryanair has never recognis... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-42364502 |
Britain First's Jayda Fransen appears in Belfast court - BBC News | 2017-12-15 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Jayda Fransen is charged with using threatening, abusive, insulting words or behaviour. | Northern Ireland | Jayda Fransen is charged with using threatening, abusive, insulting words or behaviour
The deputy leader of far right group Britain First has appeared in court charged in connection with an incident at a Belfast peace wall.
Jayda Fransen, 31, from Anerley, south-east London, was charged with using threatening, abusiv... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-42359462 |
Driver dies after school bus crash in Aberdeenshire - BBC News | 2017-12-15 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Several children escaped with minor injuries after a school bus crashed on the outskirts of Aberdeen. | NE Scotland, Orkney & Shetland | A 68-year-old man has died after the school bus he was driving was involved in a crash with a lorry and car on the outskirts of Aberdeen.
The accident happened on the B979 South Deeside Road near Maryculter Bridge at about 07:45.
There were 13 children on the bus, of primary and secondary age. They suffered only cuts... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-42363808 |
Student Liam Allan 'betrayed' after rape trial collapse - BBC News | 2017-12-15 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Police are accused of failing to disclose vital phone records to the defence before the trial. | London | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Liam Allan talks about what it is like being falsely accused of rape
A man whose rape trial collapsed after detectives failed to disclose vital evidence to the defence said he felt "betrayed" by police and the CPS.
Liam All... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-42366629 |
Brexit: UK in Erasmus student scheme until at least 2020 - BBC News | 2017-12-15 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Theresa May confirms UK participation in student exchange will continue for a period after Brexit. | UK Politics | The UK will continue to take part in the Erasmus student exchange programme until at least the end of 2020, the prime minister has said.
Theresa May praised Erasmus+ and confirmed the UK would still be involved after Brexit in March 2019.
Whether it is involved long term is among issues likely to be discussed during ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42360849 |
Corrie Mckeague: Reward to find missing airman doubles - BBC News | 2017-12-15 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | RAF airman Corrie Mckeague was last seen in September 2016 during a night out in Suffolk. | Suffolk | Corrie Mckeague's mother said all they have is "theories" but "no evidence"
A reward offered to find missing airman Corrie Mckeague has been doubled to £100,000.
Mr Mckeague, who was 23 when he disappeared, vanished during a night out in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, in September 2016.
On Monday, police said they had st... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-suffolk-42369608 |
Almost half of under-25s 'never use a condom with a new partner' - BBC News | 2017-12-15 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Public Health England launches a new campaign to get more people thinking about using condoms. | Newsbeat | A new campaign's being launched by Public Health England to get more under-25s to use condoms to prevent sexually transmitted infections spreading.
It's the first government sexual health campaign in eight years.
It comes as a survey carried out by PHE and YouGov revealed that almost half of sexually active young peo... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/articles/42264177 |
US woman used bitcoin to move cash to Islamic State, police say - BBC News | 2017-12-15 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | She is accused of taking out fraudulent bank loans and buying bitcoin to funnel cash to IS. | US & Canada | Bitcoin can be purchased online or via special ATMs
A New York woman has been accused of laundering bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies and wiring the money to help the so-called Islamic State.
Zoobia Shahnaz, 27, was charged with bank fraud, conspiracy to commit money laundering and money laundering and is being held... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42362478 |
Brexit: Relief for Theresa May but a hard road ahead - BBC News | 2017-12-15 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Theresa May's team will be happy phase one of Brexit talks are over but the way ahead could be fraught. | UK Politics | Phew. After the six months she has had, Theresa May might be entitled to breathe a sigh of relief, as the European Council officially declared that the first phase of our long goodbye from the European Union is over.
Stand back from the daily dramas and perhaps it was always bound to happen.
Both sides are committed ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42365262 |
Hillsborough officer not charged over horse burn claims - BBC News | 2017-12-15 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The mounted officer and a farrier were accused of lying about fans burning a horse with cigarettes. | Liverpool | The scene unfolding at the Leppings Lane terrace where Liverpool fans were standing
A mounted officer and a police worker who claimed Liverpool fans burned a horse with cigarettes during the Hillsborough disaster will not face criminal charges.
The former South Yorkshire Police officer and the civilian farrier were a... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-42365516 |
Net neutrality rules weakened by US regulator - BBC News | 2017-12-15 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A US regulator votes to ease restrictions preventing ISPs prioritising some services' data over others'. | Technology | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. What is net neutrality and how could it affect you?
Restrictions on US broadband providers' ability to prioritise one service's data over another are to be reduced after a vote by a regulator.
The Federal Communications Com... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-42355666 |
Disabled man's cancer care criticised - BBC News | 2017-12-15 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The family of disabled man Ian Shaw were told he was dying - now he is responding well to cancer treatment. | Health | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Ian's family were told he was dying
The failure to offer a learning disabled young man cancer treatment has been described as a shocking example of health inequalities by charities.
Ian Shaw was sent home to die, but a doct... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-42339856 |
Brexit: Guidelines for the next stage of talks - BBC News | 2017-12-15 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | What are the key phrases in the Brexit guidelines and what do they mean? | UK Politics | The European Council has said that Brexit talks can enter the second phase following last week's agreement.
As a result it has published its guidelines for the next stage of talks.
Here are some of the key phrases from that document.
Don't forget that there are plenty of crucial details that still need to be resolve... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42367532 |
Boy, four, left on school bus tried to walk home - BBC News | 2017-12-15 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The four-year-old was left on school transport in a bus depot and then tried to find his way home. | Highlands & Islands | Schoolboy John Robertson relaxing at home following his ordeal last week
A four-year-old boy tried to walk home from a bus depot after being left on his school bus.
John Robertson was travelling home to North Kessock from Munlochy Primary School on the Black Isle last Friday.
But he did not get off at his stop and e... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-42365641 |
Brexit: Move to head off another Tory rebellion - BBC News | 2017-12-15 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Theresa May looks set to avoid another defeat after proposed changes to Brexit bill, the BBC understands. | UK Politics | The government looks likely to avoid another potential Commons defeat on Brexit, the BBC understands.
Tory rebels have been concerned about plans to put the Brexit date and time - 11pm on 29 March 2019 - into law.
But backbenchers have tabled an amendment to the EU Withdrawal Bill allowing some flexibility.
Minister... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42373822 |
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle to marry on 19 May 2018 - BBC News | 2017-12-15 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | In a break with royal tradition, the wedding is being held on a Saturday rather than a weekday. | UK | The couple announced their engagement in November
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's wedding will be held on Saturday 19 May 2018, Kensington Palace has announced.
The pair confirmed their engagement in November and said the service would be at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle.
The date breaks with tradition as roya... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42369780 |
France Millas train crash: Children killed as bus cut in two - BBC News | 2017-12-15 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | At least four children died and at least 18 people were hurt in the collision in southern France. | Europe | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Footage of emergency vehicles at the scene of the crash
A train and a school bus have collided near Perpignan in southern France, leaving at least four children dead.
At least 18 people were injured, some of them critically... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-42358075 |
Grenfell fire: Families and survivors remember victims at St Paul's memorial - BBC News | 2017-12-15 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Royal Family members joined the bereaved at the London memorial to pay tribute to the 71 victims. | UK | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.
Survivors of the Grenfell Tower fire have attended a memorial service at St Paul's Cathedral, alongside members of the Royal Family and PM Theresa May.
Bereaved families, survivors and rescue workers were joined by the Prin... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42347207 |
Grenfell memorial: Key moments - BBC News | 2017-12-15 | null | Survivors of the tower fire which claimed 71 lives attend a memorial service at St Paul's Cathedral. | null | Survivors of the Grenfell Tower fire have attended a memorial service at St Paul's Cathedral, alongside members of the Royal Family. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42361323 |
Ashes: Steve Smith hits 92 not out on second day of third Test - BBC Sport | 2017-12-15 | null | Australia captain Steve Smith hits an unbeaten 92 as the hosts finish the second day of the third Test on 203-3 - still 200 runs behind England. | null | Third Ashes Test, Waca (day two of five)
Captain Steve Smith made an unbeaten 92 as Australia forced their way back into the third Ashes Test on day two in Perth.
Smith's chanceless and controlled knock took the home side to 203-3, 200 behind England.
Jonny Bairstow earlier completed a century for the tourists, but ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/42364536 |
BBC appoints Fran Unsworth as next head of news - BBC News | 2017-12-15 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Fran Unsworth is appointed the new BBC director of news, replacing James Harding, who leaves in 2018. | Entertainment & Arts | Fran Unsworth has been appointed the new BBC director of news and current affairs, replacing James Harding, who is leaving at the beginning of 2018.
Unsworth is currently director of the BBC World Service Group and deputy director of news and current affairs.
She started her BBC career in local radio, before moving t... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-42365321 |
Star system has record eight exoplanets - BBC News | 2017-12-15 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Nasa finds a distant star circled by eight planets, equal to the complement in our own Solar System. | Science & Environment | Artwork: the Kepler-90 system is the first to tie with our Solar System in number of planets
Nasa has found a distant star circled by eight planets, equal to the complement in our own Solar System.
It's the largest number of worlds ever discovered in a planetary system outside our own.
The star known as Kepler-90, i... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-42356305 |
Grenfell fire: Worrying number of PTSD cases among survivors and locals - BBC News | 2017-12-15 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A unique NHS service helping Grenfell survivors has found high levels of mental trauma. | UK | A large proportion of the people living in buildings close to Grenfell Tower show signs of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), six months after the tragedy, which killed 71 people, the NHS says.
Caused by very stressful or distressing events, PTSD can lead to nightmares and flashbacks, with sufferers often feeling ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42338725 |
Special-needs pupils 'struggle' with new tests - BBC News | 2017-12-15 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Primary school league tables show pupils with special needs are dropping further behind their classmates. | Family & Education | Pupils with special educational needs (SEN) in England are dropping further behind their classmates in national primary school tests, statistics show.
The gap between SEN pupils and their peers has risen from 48 percentage points in 2016 to 52 this year.
The figures are revealed in school league tables, published by ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-42353456 |
Brexit: EU leaders agree to move talks to next stage - BBC News | 2017-12-15 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Theresa May welcomes "important step" and calls for "rapid progress" on transition discussions. | UK Politics | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Brexit: Theresa May says agreement is "important step" on the road to Brexit
EU leaders have agreed to move Brexit talks on to the second phase but called for "further clarity" from the UK about the future relationship it wa... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42368096 |
HS2 redundancy pay 'shocking waste' of taxpayer cash - BBC News | 2017-12-15 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Overpayments totalling £1.76m were made to 94 people, a committee of MPs says. | Business | A computer generated image of an HS2 train on the Birmingham and Fazeley viaduct
Unauthorised redundancy payments made by the state-owned company managing the HS2 rail project were a "shocking waste of taxpayers' money", MPs have said.
The Public Accounts Committee said the firm overseeing construction of a high-spee... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-42358892 |
Tulse Hill hit-and-run: Police release CCTV images - BBC News | 2017-12-15 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The 29-year-old victim died after being struck by four vehicles on a pedestrian crossing in London. | London | The victim was hit on a pedestrian crossing on the South Circular Road near Norwood Road
Police investigating a fatal hit-and-run in which a woman was struck four times have released CCTV images of vehicles they believe were involved.
The victim, 29, was "left to die" on the pedestrian crossing, when all four drivers... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-42363862 |
Salford fatal fire: Family 'won't be broken' - BBC News | 2017-12-15 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The children's mother remains in hospital in a coma "bandaged from head to foot". | Manchester | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The children's aunt Claire Pearson shared her memories of them
The aunt of four children who died in a house fire in Salford says the family is trying to cope with their grief but "nothing will ever break us".
Demi Pearson,... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-42360628 |
Britvic confirms Norwich factory closure - BBC News | 2017-12-15 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The manufacturer of Robinsons and Fruit Shoot is to move manufacturing to three other sites. | Norfolk | Britvic co-owns the site with Unilever, which owns Colman's Mustard
Britvic has confirmed it will leave its Norwich site, with the loss of hundreds of jobs in the city, in 2019.
The drinks manufacturer, which co-owns Carrow Works with Unilever, said it would transfer production of Robinsons and Fruit Shoot to its oth... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-42373062 |
Unilever sells margarine business to KKR for £6bn - BBC News | 2017-12-15 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The Anglo-Dutch firm is selling brands including Flora and ProActiv to the private equity giant. | Business | Unilever has agreed to sell its margarine and spreads business, which include Flora and ProActiv, to private equity giant KKR for €6.8bn ($8bn; £6bn).
The move follows a wide-ranging review of its business which was prompted by a takeover attempt by rival Kraft.
Unilever said it would look for a buyer of the spreads ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-42365300 |
Grenfell Fire: Grief remains raw at St Paul's memorial - BBC News | 2017-12-15 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | There were a huge range of emotions at the St Paul's Cathedral service to remember the 71 Grenfell fire victims. | UK | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.
Six months on from the Grenfell Tower fire, the grief and anger of those affected is still visibly raw.
Underneath the sadness there was dismay that many of the survivors attending the national memorial service at St Paul's... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42357708 |
Million Britons miss out on 'decent' broadband speeds - BBC News | 2017-12-15 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Many Britons still struggle with slow broadband, finds report from communications regulator Ofcom | Technology | Decent broadband can be hard to find in some rural areas, said Ofcom
The UK's digital divide has narrowed but more than one million homes and offices still struggle to get good broadband, says an Ofcom report.
The Connected Nations report found that about 4% of properties cannot get a broadband speed fast enough to m... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-42367202 |
Brexit: EU leaders set to move talks on to next stage - BBC News | 2017-12-15 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Theresa May was applauded by European counterparts at a dinner on Thursday, ahead of the EU decision. | UK Politics | The 27 other EU leaders have stressed there is still a long way to go
EU leaders are expected to formally agree to start the next phase of Brexit negotiations later.
It means talks can move on to the long-term relationship between the UK and EU, days after Theresa May suffered her first defeat in the House of Commons... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42362507 |
Fall pensioner, 95, waits six hours for ambulance - BBC News | 2017-12-15 | null | A 95-year-old man spent six hours in agony waiting for an ambulance after breaking his hip. | null | A 95-year-old Middlesbrough man spent six hours in agony waiting for an ambulance after breaking his hip. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tees-42371584 |
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