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UK plan to tackle plastic waste threat - BBC News | 2017-12-18 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A four-point plan for tackling plastic waste has been outlined by the Environment Secretary Michael Gove. | Science & Environment | A four-point plan for tackling plastic waste has been outlined by the Environment Secretary Michael Gove.
He told BBC News that he wants to reduce the amount of plastic used in the UK, and to make it simpler for people to recycle.
Environmentalists fear Mr Gove will be reluctant to set tighter rules for firms which b... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-42397399 |
Birmingham crash: Victim Imtiaz Mohammed 'was on last job' - BBC News | 2017-12-18 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Imtiaz Mohammed, who had six children, had called his wife to say he was on his way home. | Birmingham & Black Country | Father-of-six Imtiaz Mohammed, described as a hard-working family man, was killed in the crash
A taxi driver killed in a "horrific" six-car crash in Birmingham was on his last job of the night, his brother has said.
Imtiaz Mohammed, 33, who had six children aged under 15, was one of six people killed in the accident ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-42387110 |
The Apprentice: Lord Sugar surprises viewers with final result - BBC News | 2017-12-18 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The latest series of The Apprentice came to an end on Sunday night - with a surprise result. | Entertainment & Arts | Who could choose between Sarah Lynn and James White?
The latest series of The Apprentice has reached a surprise climax.
Lord Sugar has chosen both finalists to be his business partners, for the first time in the BBC show's history.
The business mogul said he "genuinely couldn't decide" between sweet firm owner Sarah... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-42370165 |
Student Liam Allan to sue after rape trial collapse - BBC News | 2017-12-18 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Liam Allan's trial collapsed after police were ordered to hand over phone records. | London | Liam Allan said he was "disappointed" he had not yet received an apology from the Met Police
A man wrongly accused of rape says he will sue the Metropolitan Police over its failure to disclose vital evidence that led to the collapse of the trial.
Liam Allan was charged with 12 counts of rape and sexual assault but hi... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-42399802 |
First female Bishop of London appointed - BBC News | 2017-12-18 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The Right Reverend Sarah Mullally becomes the most senior female bishop appointed by the Church of England. | London | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Right Reverend Sarah Mullally: "For some the appointment of a bishop who is a woman may be difficult"
The Right Reverend Sarah Mullally has been named as the first female Bishop of London, becoming the most senior woman bish... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-42395378 |
Brexit: Guidelines for the next stage of talks - BBC News | 2017-12-18 | 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 |
Rebecca Dykes: Family of embassy worker describe her as 'irreplaceable' - BBC News | 2017-12-18 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The family of Rebecca Dykes, killed in Beirut, have spoken of their loss. | UK | The family of a British woman killed in Lebanon have described her as "irreplaceable".
The body of Rebecca Dykes, who worked at the British Embassy, was found near a motorway in Beirut on Saturday.
Ms Dykes had been sexually assaulted and strangled.
Police in Beirut have arrested an Uber driver in connection with he... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42401083 |
Ryanair pilots in Ireland suspend strike plans - BBC News | 2017-12-18 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Ryanair pilots in Ireland join other unions in Europe and suspend strike planned for Wednesday | Business | Ryanair boss Michael O'Leary had always refused to recognise pilots' unions
The Impact union, which represents Irish-based pilots, has agreed to meet Ryanair's management on Tuesday ahead of the planned action on Wednesday.
It follows Ryanair's decision on Friday to recognise unions, in a bid to avert strikes across ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-42386891 |
Wayne Rooney 'really enjoying' community service - BBC News | 2017-12-18 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The Everton striker said he was made to feel welcome at the garden centre where he is working. | Liverpool | Wayne Rooney says his drink-drive punishment of community service in a garden centre is "refreshing" and "relaxing".
Rooney was ordered to complete 100 hours' unpaid work in September after admitting being nearly three times over the legal limit when stopped by police.
The former England and Manchester United captain... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-42397746 |
Twitter's hate speech rules are expanded - BBC News | 2017-12-18 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | There are more ways to be banned from Twitter as it expands what it considers hateful behaviour. | Technology | Twitter has not disclosed which accounts face closure as a consequence of its new rules
Twitter has widened what constitutes hateful and harmful behaviour on its platform, and says it will begin enforcing stricter rules concerning it.
Information contained in a person's profile, regardless of what they actually tweet... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-42376546 |
BBC and Guardian sued over Paradise Papers leaks - BBC News | 2017-12-18 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The law firm says the BBC breached confidentiality by misusing and publishing details within the documents. | UK | Law firm Appleby is taking legal action against the BBC and the Guardian over their reporting of leaked documents detailing offshore tax-avoidance schemes, known as the Paradise Papers.
It is suing for breach of confidence and wants the documents disclosed.
Appleby said confidential information had been taken in a "c... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42403700 |
Bijan Ebrahimi murder: 'Institutional racism' by council and police - BBC News | 2017-12-18 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A report finds evidence of "institutional racism" in the case of murdered refugee Bijan Ebrahimi. | Bristol | Bijan Ebrahimi was beaten to death and set alight in July 2013
A police force and council "repeatedly sided with the abusers" of a man murdered after being wrongly accused of being paedophile, a report has found.
The Safer Bristol Partnership (SBP) found a "collective failure" by Avon and Somerset Police and Bristol ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-42393488 |
Liverpool jail: The worst conditions ever seen, says report - BBC News | 2017-12-18 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Some prisoners live in dirty and dangerous cells that should be condemned, a leaked report says. | UK | Inspectors at Liverpool jail found filthy, leaking toilets and some areas so hazardous they could not be cleaned
Inmates at Liverpool prison are being kept in the worst living conditions inspectors have ever seen, according to a report seen by BBC News.
Rats and cockroaches were rife, with one area of the jail so dir... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42310501 |
Cameron House fire: Two dead and three treated in hospital - BBC News | 2017-12-18 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Three other people, including a child, were treated in hospital after the blaze at the Cameron House Hotel. | Glasgow & West Scotland | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Footage of the fire at Cameron House
Two guests have died after fire broke out at the Cameron House Hotel beside Loch Lomond.
More than 200 guests were evacuated from the luxury resort after the alarm was raised at about 06... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-42392459 |
Lebanon country profile - BBC News | 2017-12-18 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Provides an overview of Lebanon, including key dates and facts about this Middle Eastern country. | Middle East | With its high literacy rate and traditional mercantile culture, Lebanon has been an important commercial hub for the Middle East.
It has also often been at the centre of Middle Eastern conflicts, despite its small size, because of its borders with Syria and Israel and its uniquely complex communal make-up.
Shia Musli... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-14647308 |
Sports Personality of the Year 2017: Mo Farah wins top award - BBC Sport | 2017-12-18 | null | Watch as Sir Mo Farah wins the 2017 Sports Personality of the Year award. | null | This video can not be played
To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/sports-personality/42387852 |
Chile election: Conservative Piñera elected president - BBC News | 2017-12-18 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Sebastián Piñera returns to serve as Chilean president for a second term, after a clear second-round win. | Latin America & Caribbean | Sebastián Piñera will serve as president for the second time
A conservative billionaire and former president, Sebastián Piñera, has won Chile's presidential election run-off.
Left-winger Alejandro Guillier conceded and congratulated his opponent on his win and his return to the presidency after a four-year gap.
With... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-42388019 |
Bijan Ebrahimi's sister: 'Shocking institutional racism' - BBC News | 2017-12-18 | null | The sister of murdered Bijan Ebrahimi welcomes a report which found evidence of institutional racism. | null | The family of Bijan Ebrahimi, who was murdered following failures by Avon and Somerset Police and Bristol City Council, has welcomed a report which found evidence of institutional racism in both organisations.
The council and police say they accept the report's findings.
Mr Ebrahimi's sister Manisha Moores said the f... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42400120 |
Ikea's tax affairs to be investigated by the EU - BBC News | 2017-12-18 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The Commission says Ikea may have been given an unfair tax advantage in the Netherlands. | Business | The European Commission is to open an in-depth investigation into Ikea's corporate tax structure.
The Commission said Dutch-based Inter Ikea, one of the Swedish giant's two divisions, may have been given unfair tax advantages by the Netherlands.
European Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager said all firms "big... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-42396188 |
Mobile phone and broadband services need 'radical improvement' - BBC News | 2017-12-18 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The head of the UK's Infrastructure Commission says mobile phone and broadband coverage is deplorable. | Business | The head of the National Infrastructure Commission has called for urgent action to tackle poor mobile phone coverage.
Lord Adonis has written to the telecoms regulator Ofcom urging it to take action to deal with the issue.
It follows a report that one million homes have poor broadband and large parts of the UK have n... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-42386899 |
Uber driver arrested after Briton murdered in Lebanon - BBC News | 2017-12-18 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Rebecca Dykes, a British embassy worker in Beirut, was strangled and sexually assaulted, police say. | UK | Police in Lebanon have arrested an Uber driver in connection with the murder of a British woman in Beirut.
The body of Rebecca Dykes, who worked at the British Embassy in the city, was found by a motorway on Saturday.
The arrested man was 35 and has served several prison sentences, a senior Lebanese security source t... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42386721 |
Advertising Standards considers inquiry into Amazon Prime - BBC News | 2017-12-18 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Advertising standards watchdog has had complaints about Amazon delivery promises and may investigate. | Business | Amazon's promise of next-day deliveries could be investigated amid customer complaints that it is failing to meet that pledge.
The UK Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) is considering whether to launch a formal inquiry into Amazon.
The ASA said: "We have received a handful of complaints about Amazon parcel deliver... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-42394898 |
Steroid abuse 'raising health risk for thousands' - BBC News | 2017-12-18 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | British heart doctors are warning that thousands of people who misuse anabolic steroids are putting themselves at greater risk of heart attacks and strokes. | Newsbeat | Public health experts say the use of anabolic steroids is one the rise
Tens of thousands of people may be at increased risk of dying early from heart attacks and strokes by misusing anabolic steroids, according to doctors.
The British Cardiovascular Society gave the warning amid concern steroids are now being taken b... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/articles/42391438 |
Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson airport power cut strands thousands - BBC News | 2017-12-18 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A handful of flights depart from the world's busiest airport after an overnight shutdown. | US & Canada | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Passengers reacted with delight when the lights came back on
Passengers at the world's busiest airport faced a second day of disruption on Monday after a power cut led to hundreds of cancellations.
Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jack... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42387392 |
Bijan Ebrahimi murder: PCs 'failed to act on victim's complaints' - BBC News | 2017-12-18 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Three police officers and a PCSO failed to act on complaints of a disabled man 48 hours before he was brutally murdered, a court hears. | Bristol | Mr Ebrahimi was murdered outside his flat in Brislington in July 2013
Three police officers and a PCSO failed to act on complaints of a disabled man just two days before he was brutally murdered by a neighbour, a court heard.
Bijan Ebrahimi, 44, was killed in a vigilante attack in 2013 after he was falsely accused of... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-34789768 |
Ashley Jensen 'devastated' after husband Terence Beesley's sudden death - BBC News | 2017-12-18 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Actor Terence Beesley, 60, was found collapsed at his home in Somerset. | Entertainment & Arts | Jensen and Beesley attended the Emmy Awards in 2008
Ashley Jensen has been left "devastated" after the sudden death of her husband Terence Beesley.
The 60-year-old died late last month at their home in Somerset. The information was only made public on Sunday.
Beesley, who had starred in Victoria, married Jensen in 2... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-42394478 |
Washington train crash: 'We could feel cars crumpling' - BBC News | 2017-12-18 | null | Passenger Chris Karnes describes the moment an Amtrak train derailed and crashed onto a highway below. | null | Passenger Chris Karnes describes the moment an Amtrak train derailed and crashed onto a highway below in Washington state. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42360542 |
BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2017: Sir Mo Farah 'shocked' to win - BBC Sport | 2017-12-18 | null | Sir Mo Farah says he was shocked to be voted BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2017 and "never thought I would win having come so close before". | null | Last updated on .From the section Sports Personality
World 10,000m champion Sir Mo Farah said he was in shock and "can't stop staring at the trophy" after being voted BBC Sports Personality of the Year.
The 34-year-old had been considered third favourite by bookmakers, but topped the poll ahead of motorcyclist Jonath... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/sports-personality/42388258 |
Gateshead man, 84, chases off knife-wielding burglar - BBC News | 2017-12-18 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The elderly occupant refused to hand over cash to the intruder, police say. | Tyne & Wear | An 84-year-old man chased a knife-wielding burglar from his house during a night-time break-in.
The elderly man, who suffered hand injuries, refused to hand over cash when the burglar entered his home in Gateshead on Sunday at 21:20 GMT.
The intruder, thought to be a young man, fled the address at Oakwood Gardens, Lo... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-42391408 |
Princess Charlotte to start nursery school in January - BBC News | 2017-12-18 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge's daughter will attend the London school in the new year. | UK | Princess Charlotte will begin attending a London nursery school in January, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have announced.
The couple's daughter, aged two, will start at the Willcocks Nursery School, close to their Kensington Palace home.
Earlier this year Charlotte's brother Prince George, four, started at Thomas... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42397626 |
Ofcom to investigate BBC climate change interview - BBC News | 2017-12-18 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | It's the regulator's first investigation since taking over responsibility for BBC standards. | Entertainment & Arts | Interviews with former Chancellor Lord Lawson sparked complaints in 2014 and 2017
Media watchdog Ofcom has launched its first broadcasting standards investigation into the BBC since taking over as its regulator in April.
Ofcom will look into whether Radio 4's Today programme broke broadcasting rules during an intervi... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-42400653 |
Manchester Airport: Heavy fog and runway 'defect' suspends flights - BBC News | 2017-12-18 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Heavy fog and repair work on a runway at Manchester Airport led to all flights being temporarily suspended. | Manchester | Runway Two was closed because of fog
All flights were temporarily suspended at Manchester Airport due to heavy fog and a "minor defect" on a runway.
"Essential repairs" were being made to Runway One while weather conditions meant flights were "unable to make use of Runway Two", a spokeswoman said.
It resulted in the... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-42398721 |
Interstellar object may hold 'alien' water - BBC News | 2017-12-18 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The first known interstellar asteroid may hold water from another star system in its interior, according to a study. | Science & Environment | The first known interstellar asteroid may hold water from another star system in its interior, according to a study.
Discovered on 19 October, the object's speed and trajectory strongly suggested it originated beyond our Solar System.
The body showed no signs of "outgassing" as it approached the Sun, strengthening th... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-42397398 |
Live: The BBC's Brexitcast podcast - BBC News | 2017-12-18 | null | Live: The BBC's Brexitcast podcast | null | This video can not be played. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42403152 |
As it happened: Amtrak train plunges on to US highway - BBC News | 2017-12-18 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | There are reports of fatalities after the train fell from a bridge on to the road in Washington state. | US & Canada | We're now closing our live page following the derailment of the passenger train on its inaugural run in Washington state.
A recovery operation is continuing, and officials are so far declining to provide any casualty numbers.
Here's a quick recap of what we know and also latest reports in the US media:
• more than 80... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-us-canada-42404293 |
Birmingham Royal Blood gig phones theft man jailed - BBC News | 2017-12-18 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A total of 53 phones were recovered by police after the show at the Arena Birmingham. | Birmingham & Black Country | A man who stole more than 50 phones at a gig has been jailed for three years.
Alin Marin, 22, of no fixed address, took the phones at a Royal Blood gig in Birmingham on 19 November.
The construction worker admitted theft and was sentenced at Birmingham Crown Court earlier.
A total of 53 phones were recovered by offi... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-42400152 |
The 'completely childish' man hanged for murder - BBC News | 2017-12-18 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | One of the last two men hanged in the UK was mentally unstable - but his lawyers didn't plead diminished responsibility. So was it a miscarriage of justice? | Stories | He was one of the last two men hanged in Britain. A habitual liar convicted of murdering a man who had been his friend, and perhaps his lover. But according to a leading criminal lawyer, who has viewed documents uncovered by the BBC, he was the victim of a miscarriage of justice.
Medical reports released to the Nation... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/stories-42370943 |
RAF Mildenhall: Shots fired in security alert at US Suffolk airbase - BBC News | 2017-12-18 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | US personnel respond as a man drives through a checkpoint near to an aircraft at RAF Mildenhall. | Suffolk | A man has been arrested after driving through a military checkpoint, getting close to an aircraft at a base in Suffolk used by the US Air Force.
Shots were fired by US personnel before the 44-year-old British man was overcome by staff at RAF Mildenhall.
The base was temporarily put into lockdown as Suffolk police res... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42401585 |
Jay-Z halts show for fan who survived cancer - BBC News | 2017-12-18 | null | Jay-Z halted a concert in California for a fan who has survived cancer twice. | null | Jay-Z halted a concert in California for a fan who has survived cancer twice. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-42395794 |
'Nice' Australian was a 'loyal agent' for North Korea - BBC News | 2017-12-18 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Further details have emerged about the man accused of being an economic agent for North Korea. | Australia | Chan Han Choi was arrested at his Sydney unit on Saturday night
Further details have emerged about the Australian man accused of being an economic agent for North Korea.
Chan Han Choi, 59 was arrested in Sydney by Australian police and charged with brokering sales and discussing the supply of weapons of mass destruct... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-42388409 |
Ban sale of mini mobile phones, justice secretary says - BBC News | 2017-12-18 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The tiny devices are designed to evade prison body scanners, the justice secretary says. | UK | This MoJ picture shows how small the phones - which are often smuggled internally - can be
Online retailers should ban the sale of miniature mobile phones designed to be smuggled into prisons, the justice secretary has said.
David Lidington said the devices were advertised as being able to go undetected by the body o... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42383351 |
Wendy Thomas jailed for people smuggling to UK - BBC News | 2017-12-18 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Wendy Thomas hid three people in a car and tried to drive them into the UK via the Channel tunnel. | South East Wales | Wendy Thomas hid two women and a man in a car she tried to drive into the UK
A woman who hid three people in a car and tried to drive them into the UK has been jailed for people smuggling.
The Home Office said officers discovered the stowaways after stopping Wendy Thomas' car at the Eurotunnel terminal in France on 9... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-east-wales-42402386 |
Russia meddled on Twitter after UK terror attacks, study says - BBC News | 2017-12-18 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A study accuses Russian-linked Twitter accounts of exploiting four terrorist attacks to divide the UK. | Technology | The study indicated that the Russian-linked accounts were most active after the Manchester Arena attack
Suspected Russia-linked Twitter accounts were used to "extend the impact and harm" of four 2017 terrorist attacks in the UK, a study says.
Cardiff University researchers have found hundreds of related messages in 4... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-42393540 |
Depression: 'I kept my head down to survive the day at work' - BBC News | 2017-12-18 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | People would rather talk to their colleagues about sex and money worries than mental health problems, says survey. | Health | Natalie says colleagues often don't know what to say
"I'd sit at my desk and not be able to stop the tears rolling down my face.
"A few people said, 'Are you all right, do you need to be here?' but no-one was really that interested."
For Natalie Hall, 36, the fear that she might lose her job or not be trusted in her... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-42366021 |
UK suicide rate shows largest drop for 20 years - BBC News | 2017-12-18 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Rates fell for both men and women, although men still account for three-quarters of cases. | Health | Suicide rates in the UK have seen the largest decrease in 20 years, official figures reveal.
There were 3.6% fewer suicides registered in 2016 than in 2015 - a decrease by 223 deaths from 6,188, Office for National Statistics data shows.
Rates fell for both men and women, although men still account for three-quarters... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-42393071 |
Ashes: Australia thrash England in Perth to regain urn - BBC Sport | 2017-12-18 | null | Australia regain the Ashes with an innings-and-41-run win over England in the third Test in Perth. | null | Last updated on .From the section Cricket
Third Ashes Test, Waca (day five of five) Australia won by an innings and 41 runs
England surrendered the Ashes as Australia stormed to a massive win in the third Test in Perth and an unassailable 3-0 lead.
Needing 259 to make the home side bat again, the tourists lost their... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/42391909 |
Funicular railway: Switzerland launches world's steepest service - BBC News | 2017-12-18 | null | Special barrel-shaped carriages allow the floors to tilt as it climbs. | null | The world's steepest funicular railway has opened in Switzerland.
Rotating carriages mean people stay upright while ascending the mountainside. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-42384816 |
Trump Putin call: CIA helped stop Russia terror attack - BBC News | 2017-12-18 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Vladimir Putin phoned Donald Trump to thank him for the information provided. | Europe | Information provided by the CIA helped Russian security services foil an attack on St Petersburg's Kazan cathedral, US and Russian leaders say.
President Vladimir Putin phoned Donald Trump to thank him for the information, the White House and Kremlin confirmed.
The attack was allegedly planned to take place on Saturd... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-42386258 |
Amtrak Washington train crash: Aerial footage of the scene - BBC News | 2017-12-18 | null | Carriages plummeted off both sides of a highway bridge in Washington state after a train derailed. | null | Carriages plummeted off both sides of a highway bridge over the I-5 highway in Washington state, after a high speed train derailed. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42401511 |
Liberal Democrats 'broke EU referendum finance rules' - BBC News | 2017-12-19 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The Electoral Commission fines the Lib Dems £18,000 over the way spending was reported. | UK Politics | The Liberal Democrats campaigned for Remain in the EU referendum
The Liberal Democrats have been fined £18,000 for breaking spending rules in last year's EU referendum.
The Electoral Commission said the party had "failed to deliver a complete and accurate spending return".
Proper receipts and invoices were not provi... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42411144 |
'Extra £450m funding' for police in England and Wales - BBC News | 2017-12-19 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | More government cash pledged but portion of council tax for policing could rise. | UK | A potential £450m in extra funding for police in England and Wales in the next financial year has been announced by the Home Office.
Police and crime commissioners are to be given the power to raise the portion of council tax which goes towards policing by £12 per household annually.
That would raise £270m, while £13... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42414018 |
Virginia woman mauled to death by her dogs, police say - BBC News | 2017-12-19 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Police release graphic details after rumours of a murderer on the loose swept through the rural town. | US & Canada | Tonka and Pacman have since been put down
Police in rural Virginia have released disturbing details about a woman who they say was killed by her two dogs while taking them for a walk last week.
Four days after Bethany Stephens, 22, was found, police held a second press conference to describe her death and refute rumo... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42418090 |
Cyril Ramaphosa is elected ANC leader - BBC News | 2017-12-19 | null | South Africa's deputy president Cyril Ramaphosa is the new leader of the ANC. | null | Cyril Ramaphosa has been elected as the new leader of South Africa's governing African National Congress (ANC).
But who is he and what does the result mean for South Africa? | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-42366484 |
Gender pay gap: Brexit and Transport departments have most work to do - BBC News | 2017-12-19 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The Brexit and transport departments have the most work to do to narrow the gap, a new report suggests. | UK Politics | Transport has the widest gender pay gap of any government department, with women earning 16.9% on average less than male colleagues, closely followed by the Brexit department.
Women are paid less than men across the civil service, new figures show, with a gap of 10% in seven other departments.
The lowest disparity is... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42405703 |
Anti-doping investigation begins into claims over Justin Gatlin's coach & athletics agent - BBC Sport | 2017-12-19 | null | Athletics anti-doping officials begin an investigation into allegations about world champion sprinter Justin Gatlin's coach and an agent. | null | Athletics anti-doping officials have begun an investigation into what the president of the sport's governing body called "serious allegations" about world champion sprinter Justin Gatlin's coach and an agent.
The Daily Telegraph said an agent linked to Gatlin, Robert Wagner, offered to "illicitly supply performance-en... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/42406063 |
Matthew Petersen: Quiz-flunking Trump judge nominee withdraws - BBC News | 2017-12-19 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Matthew Petersen was unable to answer basic legal questions when senators quizzed him. | US & Canada | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.
US President Donald Trump's latest judiciary nominee has withdrawn his name after failing to answer basic legal questions at his Senate confirmation hearing.
"It has become clear to me over the last few days that my nominat... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42405942 |
Twitter suspends Britain First leaders - BBC News | 2017-12-19 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The leader and deputy of a far-right British political group's Twitter accounts are frozen. | Technology | The Britain First Twitter account and that of its two leaders have been blocked
Twitter has suspended the accounts of two leaders of a British far-right group shortly after revising its rules on hate speech.
Paul Golding, Britain First's leader, and Jayda Fransen, his deputy, can no longer tweet and their past posts ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-42402570 |
Trump: Russia and China ‘rival powers’ in new security plan - BBC News | 2017-12-19 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | He outlines "four pillars" of new plan, which no longer labels climate change a threat. | US & Canada | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Analysis: Trump's plan to confront - and sometimes work with - US rivals
US President Donald Trump has outlined his new national security strategy, labelling China and Russia the primary threats to US economic dominance.
Hi... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42401170 |
Cameron House Hotel fire investigations continue - BBC News | 2017-12-19 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Two people died and a couple and their baby were rescued from the blaze at the hotel on the banks of Loch Lomond. | Glasgow & West Scotland | The Scottish Fire and Rescue service remained at the scene on Tuesday morning
Police and fire service investigations are continuing after two people died in a blaze at Cameron House Hotel on the banks of Loch Lomond.
One person was pronounced dead at the hotel, near Balloch, while another died after being taken to ho... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-42403362 |
Arthur Collins jailed for Dalston club acid attack - BBC News | 2017-12-19 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Arthur Collins threw the corrosive substance at revellers at the East London nightclub in April. | London | Arthur Collins had denied knowing the substance he threw was acid
A man who threw acid across a packed London nightclub injuring 22 people has been jailed for 20 years.
Arthur Collins, the ex-boyfriend of reality TV star Ferne McCann, threw the corrosive substance at revellers in Mangle E8 in Dalston on 17 April.
Th... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-42411108 |
Justin Gatlin: Sprinter 'shocked' by allegations about coach & athletics agent - BBC Sport | 2017-12-19 | null | World champion sprinter Justin Gatlin is "shocked and surprised" at doping allegations made against his coach and an agent. | null | Last updated on .From the section Athletics
World champion sprinter Justin Gatlin says he is "shocked and surprised" at doping allegations made against his coach and an agent.
Athletics anti-doping officials have begun an investigation into what the president of the sport's governing body called "serious allegations"... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/42409433 |
Surviving period poverty with 'socks and tissue' - BBC News | 2017-12-19 | null | A Scottish government pilot project is helping women who can't afford sanitary products. | null | Thousands of women in the UK cannot afford to buy sanitary products.
Research by the charity Plan International suggests that one in 10 girls and women - aged between 14 and 21 - in the UK has been affected at some point.
A Scottish government pilot project is providing towels and tampons to those who need them throu... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42421029 |
Uber a danger to public safety, warns union - BBC News | 2017-12-19 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The GMB Union tells Westminster Magistrates' Court it has evidence Uber drivers work "excessive hours". | Business | Uber drivers work "excessive hours", making the taxi app service a danger to public safety, a union has warned.
The GMB Union told Westminster Magistrates' Court it had evidence that Uber "encourages and incentivises" its drivers to work long hours.
The hearing will determine whether the union can take part in the ta... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-42413744 |
Student Liam Allan to sue after rape trial collapse - BBC News | 2017-12-19 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Liam Allan's trial collapsed after police were ordered to hand over phone records. | London | Liam Allan said he was "disappointed" he had not yet received an apology from the Met Police
A man wrongly accused of rape says he will sue the Metropolitan Police over its failure to disclose vital evidence that led to the collapse of the trial.
Liam Allan was charged with 12 counts of rape and sexual assault but hi... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-42399802 |
Amtrak Washington train crash: Aerial footage of the scene - BBC News | 2017-12-19 | null | Carriages plummeted off both sides of a highway bridge in Washington state after a train derailed. | null | Carriages plummeted off both sides of a highway bridge over the I-5 highway in Washington state, after a high speed train derailed. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42401511 |
May and Trump discuss Brexit, Yemen and Israel in phone call - BBC News | 2017-12-19 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The phone call is their first since a spat over the US President's re-tweeting of anti-Muslim videos. | UK Politics | The two leaders wished each other a happy Christmas and said they would remain in "close touch"
Theresa May has discussed Brexit and events in the Middle East in a pre-Christmas phone call with Donald Trump.
It is the first time they have spoken since last month's diplomatic spat over the US president's re-tweeting o... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42418401 |
HR McMaster weighs in on North Korea nuclear threat - BBC News | 2017-12-19 | null | Donald Trump's national security adviser says the US is committed to a resolution of the crisis. | null | In a wide-ranging interview with the BBC's Yalda Hakim, US National Security Adviser HR McMaster said that the United States has "to be prepared, if necessary, to compel the denuclearisation of North Korea", with or without their cooperation.
Donald Trump's top security aide also gave his views on Russia's meddling in... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42403260 |
Mexico bus crash: Tourists killed in Quintana Roo state - BBC News | 2017-12-19 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | At least 12 died and 18 were injured when the bus overturned on a trip to an ancient Mayan ruin. | Latin America & Caribbean | The bus had been taking tourists to Mayan ruins at Chaccobén
A bus carrying tourists from a cruise ship has overturned in south-eastern Mexico, killing at least 12 people, officials say.
Another 18 people were injured in the crash between Mahahual and Cafetal in Quintana Roo state.
The bus was taking 31 people, who ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-42420149 |
BBC and Guardian sued over Paradise Papers leaks - BBC News | 2017-12-19 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The law firm says the BBC breached confidentiality by misusing and publishing details within the documents. | UK | Law firm Appleby is taking legal action against the BBC and the Guardian over their reporting of leaked documents detailing offshore tax-avoidance schemes, known as the Paradise Papers.
It is suing for breach of confidence and wants the documents disclosed.
Appleby said confidential information had been taken in a "c... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42403700 |
Liverpool jail: The worst conditions ever seen, says report - BBC News | 2017-12-19 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Some prisoners live in dirty and dangerous cells that should be condemned, a leaked report says. | UK | Inspectors at Liverpool jail found filthy, leaking toilets and some areas so hazardous they could not be cleaned
Inmates at Liverpool prison are being kept in the worst living conditions inspectors have ever seen, according to a report seen by BBC News.
Rats and cockroaches were rife, with one area of the jail so dir... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42310501 |
Jonghyun: Note shows K-pop star's struggles with depression - BBC News | 2017-12-19 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A friend of Jonghyun, the K-pop star who died on Monday, posts what she says was his final note. | Asia | "The life of fame was never meant for me," the note said
A note said to have been written by K-pop superstar Jonghyun has been posted on social media by his close friend, revealing a struggle with depression.
"The depression that was slowly devouring me at last consumed me," said the note, posted by fellow singer Nin... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-42407766 |
Cameron House fire: Two dead and three treated in hospital - BBC News | 2017-12-19 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Three other people, including a child, were treated in hospital after the blaze at the Cameron House Hotel. | Glasgow & West Scotland | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Footage of the fire at Cameron House
Two guests have died after fire broke out at the Cameron House Hotel beside Loch Lomond.
More than 200 guests were evacuated from the luxury resort after the alarm was raised at about 06... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-42392459 |
Grandparents plead for girl abducted by ill mother - BBC News | 2017-12-19 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Elliana Shand's grandfather says her mother, who has schizophrenia, is a "very good mum, just not very well". | UK | Jessica Richards took her daughter after she was placed into care by the local authority
The grandparents of a girl abducted by her mother, who has schizophrenia, have pleaded for her return.
Elliana Shand, who is four on Tuesday, and her mother, Jessica Richards, 26, disappeared from London in May.
Her grandfather ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42410014 |
Sarah Palin's son charged with domestic assault on father - BBC News | 2017-12-19 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The former vice-presidential nominee's son is charged over a confrontation involving a firearm. | US & Canada | Track Palin (left), an Iraq war veteran, appeared regularly with Mrs Palin at campaign events
The son of former Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin has been charged with assault and burglary after a confrontation with his father involving a firearm.
Police say Track Palin allegedly broke into his parents... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42406405 |
Newhaven school fire: Two girls and a boy arrested over arson - BBC News | 2017-12-19 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Three 13-year-olds were questioned after a blaze at a former school in Newhaven, East Sussex. | Sussex | Two 13-year-old girls have been arrested following a fire
Two girls and a boy, all aged 13, have been arrested on suspicion of arson after a blaze at a former school.
Forty firefighters were sent to the former Grays School in Western Road, Newhaven, on Monday morning.
The fire ripped through the building and caused ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-42409462 |
Could drugs delay the diseases of ageing? - BBC News | 2017-12-19 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Scientists in the United States believe it may be possible to delay the diseases of ageing. | Health | Hilda Jaffe is still working at 95
Imagine having to ask a 95-year-old to slow down - well, I did. Hilda Jaffe was walking so fast there was a risk that the small group following her would be left behind.
We had just met in the lobby of the New York Public Library on Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street, where Hilda is a vol... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-42273362 |
Sheffield arrests over 'alleged UK Christmas terror plot' - BBC News | 2017-12-19 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Four men were arrested during raids involving counter-terror police and an Army bomb disposal unit. | England | Police and the bomb disposal unit were seen outside a property in Chesterfield, Derbyshire
Action has been taken against an alleged Islamist terror plot in the UK that could have happened at Christmas, counter terrorism sources say.
Four men were arrested early on Tuesday in South Yorkshire and Derbyshire.
An Army b... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-42410084 |
Contaminated blood report 'full of lies' - BBC News | 2017-12-19 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Government officials have apologised for using a discredited report into the contaminated blood products scandal, the BBC can reveal. | Health | Carol Grayson's husband, Peter, died after contracting hepatitis C and HIV from infected blood products
Government officials have apologised for using a discredited report into the contaminated blood products scandal that left thousands of NHS patients infected with viruses including HIV.
Despite assurances that the ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-42410301 |
Christmas attack: German government admits mistakes in aftermath - BBC News | 2017-12-19 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Victims' relatives say they were not given timely information and were billed for autopsies. | Europe | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Angela Merkel visits the scene soon after the 2016 attack in Berlin
Germany has admitted that mistakes were made in the aftermath of last year's attack on a Christmas market in Berlin that left 12 dead.
"Everything humanly ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-42410414 |
Boeing and Bombardier set out defence in trade row - BBC News | 2017-12-19 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Boeing and Bombardier trade verbal blows over claims that the Canadian company gets state aid. | Business | Parts of the C-Series jet are produced by workers at Bombardier's Belfast plant
Boeing and Bombardier traded verbal blows on Monday over claims by the US planemaker that the Canadian company receives massive subsidies.
The two sides appeared before the US International Trade Commission (ITC) in the latest round of th... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-42406632 |
Birmingham crash victim Kasar Jehangir jailed over police chase - BBC News | 2017-12-19 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Kasar Jehangir was one of six people killed in the multi-car crash in Birmingham. | Birmingham & Black Country | One of the six victims of a multi-car crash in Birmingham had served a prison sentence over a 130mph police chase, the BBC understands.
Kasar Jehangir, 25, was jailed for three years for dangerous driving and possession of drugs with intent to supply in November last year.
He was one of two men who threw heroin from ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-42408477 |
Harvey Weinstein: Ex-assistant criticises gagging orders - BBC News | 2017-12-19 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Zelda Perkins wants UK law to change, 19 years after accusing the film mogul of trying to rape a colleague. | Entertainment & Arts | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Zelda Perkins: "Everyone sees [Harvey] as this repulsive monster... he was also an extremely exciting person to be around."
A former assistant to Harvey Weinstein, who accused him of attempting to rape a colleague 19 years a... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-42417655 |
Meryl Streep defends herself against Rose McGowan criticism - BBC News | 2017-12-19 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The Oscar winner says she "didn't know" about Harvey Weinstein's alleged abuse. | Entertainment & Arts | Streep said she's "truly sorry she [McGowan] sees me as an adversary"
Actress Meryl Streep has defended herself against criticism from Harvey Weinstein accuser Rose McGowan.
McGowan, who accused Weinstein of rape, tweeted her anger at plans for stars to wear black to the Golden Globes in a silent protest against sexu... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-42409914 |
New approach promises early warnings of soggy summers - BBC News | 2017-12-19 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Researchers develop a new technique to give a more accurate advance forecast for summer weather. | Science & Environment | Forecasters may soon be able to give a longer term warning of wet UK summers
Researchers in the UK have developed a method of improving the long range accuracy of summer weather forecasts in the UK and Europe.
The scientists found a connection between sea surface temperatures in the North Atlantic in March and April ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-42403000 |
Washington train crash: 'We could feel cars crumpling' - BBC News | 2017-12-19 | null | Passenger Chris Karnes describes the moment an Amtrak train derailed and crashed onto a highway below. | null | Passenger Chris Karnes describes the moment an Amtrak train derailed and crashed onto a highway below in Washington state. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42360542 |
Impoverished healthcare at squalid Liverpool prison, report says - BBC News | 2017-12-19 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Whistleblowers tell BBC News prisoners have died and others injured due to poor care. | Liverpool | The report says there is "a lack of support for people with mental health needs, and in-patients have an impoverished regime"
Major failings in the provision of healthcare at Liverpool prison have been uncovered by a BBC investigation.
Whistleblowers have told BBC News that prisoners have died and others have been in... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-42155929 |
Lottery millionaire to work at Slough care home on Christmas Day - BBC News | 2017-12-19 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Patricia Aldridge says she won't be giving up her job at a care home for the elderly. | Berkshire | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Lottery millionaire to work at Slough care home on Christmas Day
A care home worker who won £1 million on the lottery says she will still do her 12-hour Christmas Day shift.
Patricia Aldridge, 55, a care assistant from Wexh... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-berkshire-42410326 |
Interstellar object may hold 'alien' water - BBC News | 2017-12-19 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The first known interstellar asteroid may hold water from another star system in its interior, according to a study. | Science & Environment | The first known interstellar asteroid may hold water from another star system in its interior, according to a study.
Discovered on 19 October, the object's speed and trajectory strongly suggested it originated beyond our Solar System.
The body showed no signs of "outgassing" as it approached the Sun, strengthening th... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-42397398 |
RAF Mildenhall: Shots fired in security alert at US Suffolk airbase - BBC News | 2017-12-19 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | US personnel respond as a man drives through a checkpoint near to an aircraft at RAF Mildenhall. | Suffolk | A man has been arrested after driving through a military checkpoint, getting close to an aircraft at a base in Suffolk used by the US Air Force.
Shots were fired by US personnel before the 44-year-old British man was overcome by staff at RAF Mildenhall.
The base was temporarily put into lockdown as Suffolk police res... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42401585 |
As it happened: Amtrak train plunges on to US highway - BBC News | 2017-12-19 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | There are reports of fatalities after the train fell from a bridge on to the road in Washington state. | US & Canada | We're now closing our live page following the derailment of the passenger train on its inaugural run in Washington state.
A recovery operation is continuing, and officials are so far declining to provide any casualty numbers.
Here's a quick recap of what we know and also latest reports in the US media:
• more than 80... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-us-canada-42404293 |
Raheem Sterling: Police charge man with racially aggravated common assault - BBC Sport | 2017-12-19 | null | Police charge a man with racially aggravated common assault in relation to an alleged attack on Manchester City winger Raheem Sterling. | null | Last updated on .From the section Man City
Police have charged a man with racially aggravated common assault in relation to an alleged attack on Manchester City winger Raheem Sterling.
Karl Anderson, 29, of Manchester, was remanded in custody and will appear at Manchester and Salford Magistrates' Court on Wednesday.
... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/42409860 |
Wendy Thomas jailed for people smuggling to UK - BBC News | 2017-12-19 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Wendy Thomas hid three people in a car and tried to drive them into the UK via the Channel tunnel. | South East Wales | Wendy Thomas hid two women and a man in a car she tried to drive into the UK
A woman who hid three people in a car and tried to drive them into the UK has been jailed for people smuggling.
The Home Office said officers discovered the stowaways after stopping Wendy Thomas' car at the Eurotunnel terminal in France on 9... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-east-wales-42402386 |
Government says diversity target for judges is 'wrong way' - BBC News | 2017-12-19 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The justice secretary rejects a recommendation to set targets to get more ethnically diverse judges. | UK | The government is committed to exposing injustice, says David Lidington
Setting targets to hire judges from ethnic minority backgrounds would be the "wrong way" to solve the issue of diversity, says the justice secretary.
David Lidington has outlined steps to tackle "race bias" in the legal system in England and Wale... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42406302 |
Mum carrying terminally-ill baby 'to be a donor' - BBC News | 2017-12-19 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Hayley Martin's unborn daughter has no kidneys as a result of a fatal rare genetic disease. | Humberside | The couple will donate their unborn daughter's heart valves
A mother who has been told her unborn baby girl will not survive at birth is carrying her to full term so she can donate heart tissue to help others.
Hayley Martin was told at her 20-week scan that her child has a rare genetic disorder meaning she will die d... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-humber-42409289 |
HMS Queen Elizabeth: Royals attend aircraft carrier ceremony - BBC News | 2017-12-19 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Captain Jerry Kyd said the commissioning of the flagship HMS Queen Elizabeth was "a proud day". | Hampshire & Isle of Wight | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.
The Queen has officially welcomed the UK's new aircraft carrier, HMS Queen Elizabeth, at a ceremony to commission it into the Royal Navy fleet.
The monarch boarded her namesake ship in Portsmouth to see the Royal Navy White... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-42256046 |
Couple killed in Cameron House Hotel fire named - BBC News | 2017-12-19 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The two men were guests at Cameron House Hotel on the shores of Loch Lomond when the blaze broke out. | Glasgow & West Scotland | Richard Dyson and Simon Midgley were thought to be on a winter break in Scotland
Two men who died when a fire tore through a luxury five-star hotel on the shores of Loch Lomond have been named.
Simon Midgley and Richard Dyson, believed to be from London, were staying at Cameron House Hotel when the blaze broke out on... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-42411510 |
Cyber-attack: US and UK blame North Korea for WannaCry - BBC News | 2017-12-19 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The WannaCry malware hit hospitals, banks and businesses across the world last May. | US & Canada | Attackers encrypted user's devices, and typically demanded a ransom of $300-600 in Bitcoin
The US and UK governments have said North Korea was responsible for the WannaCry malware attack affecting hospitals, businesses and banks across the world earlier this year.
The attack is said to have hit more than 300,000 comp... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42407488 |
Metropolitan Police review of rape cases evidence - BBC News | 2017-12-19 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | It follows the collapse of two rape cases in a week, after police failed to disclose vital evidence. | UK | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.
About 30 rape cases due to go to trial and "scores" more investigations are to be reviewed after the collapse of two cases in a week.
On Tuesday, prosecutors dropped a case against a man charged with raping a child under 16... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42417553 |
Toys R Us future in UK plunged into doubt over pension scheme - BBC News | 2017-12-19 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The Pension Protection Fund says it will vote against the retailer's restructuring plan. | Business | Toys R Us's future in the UK has been plunged into doubt after the Pension Protection Fund (PPF) said it would vote against the company's rescue plan.
The retailer was told to put £9m into its struggling pension fund by the PPF in order for it to support the toy retailer's restructuring plan.
Failure to agree a deal ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-42409254 |
Jeremy Corbyn: We'll probably gain power next year - BBC News | 2017-12-19 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The Labour leader tells Grazia magazine "I'm ready to be prime minister tomorrow". | UK Politics | Mr Corbyn insisted the adulation of his supporters will 'never' go to his head
Jeremy Corbyn believes there is likely to be another election in "the next 12 months" and Labour will "probably" win it with a majority.
"I'm ready to be prime minister tomorrow," the Labour leader told Grazia in what it billed as his firs... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42411689 |
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