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Sanremo tornado: Huge waterspout forms off Italian coast - BBC News | 2017-12-02 | null | It was spotted off the coast of Sanremo and moved inland as a tornado, causing damage in the city. | null | It was spotted off the coast of Sanremo and moved inland as a tornado, causing damage in the city. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-42204016 |
Russia-Trump: Who's who in the drama to end all dramas? - BBC News | 2017-12-02 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | It was just like House of Cards. Or maybe Game of Thrones. Trump-Russia was the only drama that mattered. | US & Canada | It was more gripping than any box set we could get our hands on.
Over two years, the investigations into Russian interference in the US election, and whether the Trump campaign colluded with the Kremlin, delivered daily developments and drama worthy of anything seen in House of Cards.
In the end, 35 people and three ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-40709270 |
Ashes: Australia on top after day one of second Test in Adelaide - BBC Sport | 2017-12-02 | null | Australia make 209-4 on a rain-shortened opening day of the second Ashes Test against England in Adelaide. | null | Last updated on .From the section Cricket
England were frustrated for much of the first day of the second Ashes Test after asking Australia to bat in Adelaide.
Joe Root became the first captain in 25 years to win the toss and field at the Adelaide Oval - and first in day-night Tests - then saw his side manage to take... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/42208010 |
N Korea threat prompts Hawaii nuclear siren test - BBC News | 2017-12-02 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | For the first time since the Cold War, the US state tests its nuclear alert. | US & Canada | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The siren has a different tone from a natural disaster warning siren
The US state of Hawaii has tested a nuclear attack warning siren for the first time since the end of the Cold War.
The resumption of the monthly tests com... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42205176 |
Kaspersky Labs: Warning over Russian anti-virus software - BBC News | 2017-12-02 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The government issues a new warning about the security risks of using Russian anti-virus software. | UK | The British government has issued a fresh warning about the security risks of using Russian anti-virus software.
The National Cyber Security Centre is to write to all government departments warning against using the products for systems related to national security.
The UK cyber-security agency will say the software ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42202191 |
Major fishing nations agree Arctic moratorium - BBC News | 2017-12-02 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A new deal protects stocks in Arctic waters becoming more accessible because of global warming. | World | The world's major fishing nations have agreed a moratorium on commercial fishing in the Arctic Ocean, before it has even become established.
Much of the Arctic was once permanently frozen but global warming means its waters are becoming more accessible.
The deal is expected to last for 16 years while research is carr... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-42205184 |
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle wow Nottingham crowds on first joint visit - BBC News | 2017-12-02 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Well-wishers in Nottingham come out in force to welcome Prince Harry and his new fiancee. | UK | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Prince Harry and Meghan Markle during their 2017 visit to Nottingham
Meghan Markle has had a taste of royal life, as she joined her fiance Prince Harry on their first joint official public engagement in Nottingham.
Excited ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42181189 |
David Cameron: We 'didn't solve' dementia cost challenge - BBC News | 2017-12-02 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Former PM tells the Financial Times there needs to be a way to meet "catastrophic" care costs. | UK | David Cameron has said his government was unable to solve the "huge" challenge of funding social care for the UK's ageing population.
Mr Cameron told the Financial Times that a way now had to be found to meet "catastrophic" dementia care costs.
"We didn't solve that problem," the former prime minister, now president ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42207100 |
Southampton University in new pay row - BBC News | 2017-12-02 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Vice-chancellor Sir Christopher Snowden was awarded a pay package of £424,000 last year. | Family & Education | The vice-chancellor of Southampton University was awarded a pay package of £424,000 last year - £72,000 more than he earned the previous year.
Accounts show Sir Christopher Snowden was paid £352,000 in 2015-16, during which he was in post for 10 months.
The university said the extra reflected a full year's salary and... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-42196462 |
Hawaii tests nuclear warning siren - BBC News | 2017-12-02 | null | The US state of Hawaii has tested its nuclear warning siren for the first time since the end of the Cold War. | null | The US state of Hawaii has tested its nuclear warning siren for the first time since the end of the Cold War.
The resumption of the monthly tests comes amid a growing threat from North Korea's missile and nuclear programme.
Pyongyang has tested a series of ballistic missiles and in September carried out its sixth nuc... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42207680 |
Honduras election: Army given more powers to quash unrest - BBC News | 2017-12-02 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A curfew is imposed and the army and police get extra powers after Sunday's disputed vote. | Latin America & Caribbean | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Maria Martinez, a supporter of Salvador Nasralla, said protesters were "defending the rights of the people"
Honduras has given its army and police more powers to contain unrest following violent protests over last Sunday's d... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-42205180 |
Parents 'face tension at UK borders over surnames' - BBC News | 2017-12-02 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | MP says children's passports should include parents to avoid "suspicion" when their surnames differed. | UK Politics | Parents who have a different surname to their children have felt "humiliated" at British ports by "over-zealous" border officials, MPs have heard.
Labour's Tulip Siddiq said she faced an "air of suspicion" after a holiday, as her daughter has her father's name.
She said if Brexit was to bring new passports, it would ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42194140 |
Children's commissioner may consider legal action over Universal Credit - BBC News | 2017-12-02 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Scotland's children's commissioner says the rollout of Universal Credit may be impacting on youngsters' human rights. | Scotland politics | The children's commissioner told BBC Scotland he cannot rule out legal action on the issue
Scotland's children's commissioner has said he may consider legal action over the Universal Credit rollout if it further disadvantages young people.
Bruce Adamson said poverty was the biggest human rights issue facing children ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-42208424 |
Rugby League World Cup: Australia beat England 6-0 to retain trophy - BBC Sport | 2017-12-02 | null | Australia edge out England in a tight and nervy Rugby League World Cup final to retain the trophy. | null | Last updated on .From the section Rugby League
Australia edged out England in a tight and nervy Rugby League World Cup final to retain the trophy at Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane.
England produced a dogged and resilient performance in their first final for 22 years, but the Kangaroos held on to win an 11th world title.... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/42207590 |
Rugby League World Cup: England face Australia in Saturday's final - BBC Sport | 2017-12-02 | null | England face odds-on favourites and defending champions Australia in the World Cup final on Saturday at 09:00 GMT. | null | Coverage: Watch live coverage and highlights on BBC One, Connected TV, online & the BBC Sport app; live commentary on BBC Radio 5 live; live text commentary on the BBC Sport website & app
England will attempt to become world champions for the first time when they take on reigning champions Australia in the World Cup f... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/42180250 |
Barclays axes free Kaspersky product as a 'precaution' - BBC News | 2017-12-02 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The bank emailed 290,000 customers on Saturday following warnings about Russian security software. | UK | Barclays has stopped offering free Kaspersky anti-virus products to new customers following an official warning about Russian security software.
The bank emailed 290,000 online banking customers on Saturday to say the move was a "precautionary decision".
UK cyber-security chiefs are warning government departments not... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42209489 |
Chief vet defends support of larger hen cages - BBC News | 2017-12-02 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | On Twitter, Nigel Gibbens says the pens are a "necessary defence" against bird flu. | UK | Battery cages for chickens were banned in the EU in 2012
Some cages for hens provide a "necessary defence" against bird flu, the government's chief vet has said.
In a tweet, Nigel Gibbens said the larger pens, which replaced so-called battery cages in 2012, have welfare benefits and offer more space.
It comes after ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42208550 |
New heart for eight-week-old Charlie Douthwaite - BBC News | 2017-12-02 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Charlie Douthwaite was the youngest patient on the UK transplant waiting list. | Tyne & Wear | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.
The youngest patient on the UK transplant waiting list, an eight-week old baby, has received a new heart.
A Europe-wide appeal to help Charlie Douthwaite, who was born with half a heart, was launched last month.
The youngs... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-42200541 |
Whirlpool tumble dryers: MPs' anger as replacement ends - BBC News | 2017-12-02 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Whirlpool ends a scheme that had offered cut-price replacements for tumble dryers linked to a fire risk. | UK | MPs are demanding to know why the white goods manufacturer Whirlpool ended a product replacement scheme for dangerous tumble dryers.
The Commons business committee says one million of the defective machines remain in UK homes.
Last week, a coroner blamed a fault in a Whirlpool dryer for a 2014 fire that killed two me... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42208560 |
How Pussy Riot turned to protest art - BBC News | 2017-12-02 | null | Pussy Riot’s Maria Alyokhina is behind the Saatchi Gallery’s latest exhibition in London. | null | Pussy Riot’s Maria Alyokhina is behind the Saatchi Gallery’s latest exhibition.
It features work by artists who supported the feminist Russian punk band when they were arrested, detained and sent to prison following a protest in 2012. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-42199150 |
A new model for social mobility? - BBC News | 2017-12-02 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Could a new scheme to help talented students into prestigious US universities show a way to increase social mobility? | Education & Family | Ben Hopkins is heading for a US university
On the steps of Downing Street, Theresa May pledged to promote social mobility, to make Britain a country that works for everyone.
She pointed out that a white working-class boy is currently less likely than anyone else to go to university, and that the privately educated do... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-37011068 |
Motorway PC stops van from falling off bridge - BBC News | 2017-12-02 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The vehicle was in danger of tumbling to the ground before PC Martin Willis arrived on the scene. | Leeds & West Yorkshire | PC Willis said he held onto the van to stop it toppling over a bridge
A police officer held on to a van to stop it falling as it teetered on the edge of a motorway bridge.
The driver was trapped inside when PC Martin Willis arrived at the scene on the A1(M) in Yorkshire.
Writing on Twitter, he said he grabbed on to ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-42207935 |
Pope uses the 'R' word - BBC News | 2017-12-02 | null | While meeting a group of Muslim Rohingya refugees, Pope Francis referred to them by name for the first time on his Asian visit. | null | While meeting a group of Muslim Rohingya refugees, Pope Francis referred to them by name for the first time on his Asian visit. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-42203201 |
Lottery win means couple can marry after 30-year engagement - BBC News | 2017-12-02 | null | A £1m Lotto win not only saved a couple's house, it allowed them to get married. | null | A couple who have been engaged for 30 years can finally marry after a £1m lottery win.
Tony Pearce, 66, and Deb Gellatly, 58, from Southend, have never been able to afford the cost of a wedding.
The Lotto raffle prize means they can clear their debts and finally get married. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-42207620 |
World Cup draw: England face Belgium, Panama and Tunisia in Group G - BBC Sport | 2017-12-02 | null | England have been drawn with Belgium, Panama and Tunisia in Group G at next year's Fifa World Cup in Russia. | null | Last updated on .From the section World Cup
England have been drawn with Belgium, Panama and Tunisia in Group G at next year's Fifa World Cup in Russia.
Gareth Southgate's men will begin their tournament against Tunisia on Monday, 18 June (19:00 BST) in Volgograd.
They will then face World Cup debutants Panama in Ni... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/42199903 |
Reality Check: Will Republican tax plan hurt Trump? - BBC News | 2017-12-02 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The president says the Republicans' plan for massive tax cuts won't benefit him. Is that true? | US & Canada | The claim: US President Donald Trump will not benefit from a Republican tax plan that has been passed by the US senate - and he might even have to pay more.
Reality Check verdict: It is difficult to see how the president would have to pay more under the proposed tax plan.
Mr Trump has pushed hard for the tax cuts, sa... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42203781 |
US Republican tax plan: What you may have missed - BBC News | 2017-12-02 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The Republican plan is filled with targeted perks despite promises to simplify the code. | Business | Republicans are hurrying to pass tax reform - leaving uncertainty about some provisions in the bill
Republicans are rushing to pass the biggest revamp of the US tax code in decades.
And despite promises to simplify the code and eliminate special interest loopholes, the bill is packed with targeted goodies.
What make... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-42156530 |
Dalston bus ticket clash: Eight police officers injured - BBC News | 2017-12-02 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Eight officers were injured and three people arrested after police were confronted by a crowd in east London. | London | Police were confronted by a crowd on Kingsland High Street in Dalston
Eight police officers were injured after being confronted by a crowd in Dalston, east London, on Friday evening.
It came after a bus passenger was found not to have a valid ticket by police officers supporting TfL inspectors.
The officers sustaine... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-42208162 |
Social mobility: The worst places to grow up poor - BBC News | 2017-12-02 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Former industrial towns, rural and coastal areas fare worst in "spiral of ever-growing division". | Family & Education | Rhythmical Mike is a successful performer - but says his schooldays were "a nightmare"
"You've got this - the whirlwind that you're in - is the beginning of something wonderfully new - for you."
Rhythmical Mike, a 24-year-old East Midlands poet, performs his work to pupils at Lovers' Lane Primary school in Newark, No... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-42112436 |
Five Northampton cat deaths linked to 'Croydon cat killer' probe - BBC News | 2017-12-02 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Five mutilated cats have been found in the Northampton area, prompting warnings from police. | Northampton | Rusty, a one-year-old cat, was deliberately mutilated and left on the doorstep of its owner's home
The so-called Croydon cat killer is now believed to be responsible for killing and mutilating five cats in the Northampton area after two more deaths emerged.
Police released details of three cat deaths between August a... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-northamptonshire-42182698 |
Crowds shout at ex-Trump adviser Michael Flynn at court - BBC News | 2017-12-02 | null | Trump's former National Security Advisor has admitted lying to the FBI about dealings with Russia. | null | Trump's former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn has admitted lying to the FBI about his dealings with Russia. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42161102 |
Egyptian lawyer jailed for saying women in ripped jeans should be raped - BBC News | 2017-12-02 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Nabih al-Wahsh said it was a "national duty" to rape and harass women who wear ripped jeans. | Middle East | An Egyptian lawyer has been sentenced to three years in prison for saying that women who wear ripped jeans should be raped in punishment.
The lawyer made the remarks on a TV panel show in October, during a debate on a draft law on prostitution.
"Are you happy when you see a girl walking down the street with half of h... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-42209755 |
Israel targets Syrian military base - Syrian state TV - BBC News | 2017-12-02 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Syria says Israel attacked an army position outside Damascus and two missiles were destroyed. | Middle East | Israel launched surface-to-surface missiles at a military installation outside the Syrian capital Damascus overnight, Syrian state TV reports.
The attack caused damage but two missiles were intercepted, it added.
The Israeli military has not confirmed it carried out the strike.
UK-based monitoring group the Syrian O... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-42207172 |
Social mobility board quits over lack of progress - BBC News | 2017-12-02 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Chairman Alan Milburn criticises the government, which says it had decided not to renew his term. | UK Politics | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Mr Milburn said Brexit meant ministers were unlikely to have the energy to tackle "one of the biggest challenges" facing the UK
All four members of the board of the government's Social Mobility Commission have stood down in ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42212270 |
The strange animal jargon spoken by business people - BBC News | 2017-12-02 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A bestiary of business terms explained - from sharks and bear markets to unicorns and zebras. | Business | It's a jungle out there - especially in the world of finance, where it helps to tell your bear markets from bull markets and narwhals from unicorns. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-42142691 |
Car hits pedestrians after Brixton 'altercation' - BBC News | 2017-12-02 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Two groups argued shortly before several pedestrians were hit by a VW Golf in Brixton, south London. | London | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Mobile phone footage shows the scene after the crash
Five men were hit by a car after an "altercation" between two groups of people in the early hours, police have said.
Occupants of the vehicle argued with a number of peop... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-42207870 |
Alternative for Germany: Police and protesters clash over meeting - BBC News | 2017-12-02 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Police use water cannon and batons as Alternative for Germany delegates gather to choose leaders. | Europe | Five demonstrations were planned to coincide with the AfD convention on Saturday in Hanover, said reports
Several people have been hurt in clashes between police and anti-fascist demonstrators in the city of Hannover.
Protesters were trying to blockade the far-right Alternative for Germany's first conference since it... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-42209421 |
How much of your salary is spent on rent? - BBC News | 2017-12-02 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Tenants living in London see twice as much of their salary going to their landlord than those in the North. | Business | Tenants typically spend more than a quarter of their monthly salary before tax on rent, official figures show, but there are wide regional variations.
They paid an average of 27% of their gross salary to their landlord in England in 2016, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) data shows.
The picture varies across ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-42179119 |
Murderer William Kerr arrested after absconding from prison - BBC News | 2017-12-02 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | William Kerr was apprehended after being spotted in Ipswich town centre by a member of public. | Suffolk | William Kerr was spotted in Ipswich town centre following a media appeal
A murderer who absconded from an open prison has been arrested.
William Kerr, 56, an inmate at HMP Hollesley Bay, near Woodbridge, Suffolk, went missing at about 15:00 GMT on Friday.
Suffolk Police launched a manhunt after he failed to return t... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-suffolk-42205209 |
Bryan Singer: Illness forces director to stop work on Freddie Mercury film - BBC News | 2017-12-02 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Work on the new Freddie Mercury biopic is suspended while the director deals with a health issue. | Entertainment & Arts | Bryan Singer has been filming Bohemian Rhapsody in the UK
Production on the new Freddie Mercury biopic has been suspended so director Bryan Singer can deal with "a personal health matter".
The film, titled Bohemian Rhapsody, will tell the story of the late Queen frontman's life.
Twentieth Century Fox told the BBC wo... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-42193912 |
Trump-Russia: Six big takeaways from the Flynn deal - BBC News | 2017-12-02 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Michael Flynn is facing prison, and the Trump White House is facing a political crisis. | US & Canada | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. After Flynn's guilty plea, what next for the Russia investigation?
Special Counsel Robert Mueller just dropped the hammer. Again.
On Friday it was Michael Flynn's turn "in the barrel", to borrow a line from Trump confidant ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42174518 |
Samuel Berkley: Family of teenager killed on M67 'heartbroken' - BBC News | 2017-12-02 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Samuel Berkley, 14, played for Hattersley FC and recently became an uncle. | Manchester | The family of a teenager who died after he was hit by a car on a motorway said they are "completely heartbroken".
Samuel Berkley, 14, was found on the hard shoulder of the M67 in Hyde, Greater Manchester, in a critical condition at about 17:25 GMT on Friday.
He had been struck by a BMW and later died in hospital. The... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-42207962 |
David Dearlove jailed for 1968 Paul Booth murder - BBC News | 2017-12-02 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | David Dearlove swung his 19-month-old stepson by his feet and smashed his head on a fireplace. | Tees | David Dearlove claimed Paul Booth was injured when he fell out of bed
A man who swung his toddler stepson by the ankles and smashed his head into a fireplace has been been jailed for a minimum of 13 years.
David Dearlove, 71, murdered 19-month-old Paul Booth at their home in Stockton-on-Tees in October 1968.
Paul's ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tees-42155421 |
Arsenal 1-3 Manchester United - BBC Sport | 2017-12-02 | null | Manchester United end Arsenal's run of 12 home league wins despite Paul Pogba being sent off in a thrilling encounter. | null | Last updated on .From the section Premier League
Manchester United ruthlessly punished defensive errors to become the first side to win a league game at Arsenal since January in one of the matches of the season so far.
Jose Mourinho's side were reduced to 10 men late on when Paul Pogba was sent off for a dangerous ta... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/42119930 |
Brexit offer 'must be acceptable to Ireland' - BBC News | 2017-12-02 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | European Council President Donald Tusk says "the key to the UK's future lies - in some ways - in Dublin". | Europe | Donald Tusk was speaking after talks with the Irish prime minister in Dublin
The UK's offer on Brexit must be acceptable to the Republic of Ireland before the negotiations can move on, the president of the European Council, Donald Tusk, has said.
Mr Tusk was speaking after talks with the Irish prime minister in Dubli... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-42202830 |
Liam Allan trial: Why disclosure failings can prove crucial - BBC News | 2017-12-20 | null | The BBC's Clive Coleman gives his analysis of the collapse of Liam Allan's rape trial. | null | 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 over phone records.
The BBC's Legal Correspondent Clive Coleman gives h... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-42366623 |
Christmas comes earlier in the UK, data shows - BBC News | 2017-12-20 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Brits are searching for Christmas earlier and more often than other countries, data shows. | UK | The UK is the country where the character Ebenezer Scrooge was invented, the man who would scoff "bah humbug" at any Christmas revellers. But Brits are no Scrooges, according to Google.
The search engine claims people in Britain make more Christmas searches than anywhere else in the world.
Whether it's searching minc... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42356135 |
Virginia woman mauled to death by her dogs, police say - BBC News | 2017-12-20 | 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 |
Metropolitan Police review of rape cases evidence - BBC News | 2017-12-20 | 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 |
GCHQ cyber-spies 'over-achieved' say MPs - BBC News | 2017-12-20 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The UK's ability to cyber-attack other countries has improved says a Parliament committee report. | Technology | GCHQ can detect the work of hackers around the globe
The UK has substantially increased its hacking capabilities in recent years, an official report says.
This includes the ability to attack other country's communications, weapons systems and even infrastructure.
The details were revealed in the annual report of the... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-42425960 |
Arthur Collins jailed for Dalston club acid attack - BBC News | 2017-12-20 | 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 |
Surviving period poverty with 'socks and tissue' - BBC News | 2017-12-20 | 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 |
Wild animals in travelling circuses banned in Scotland - BBC News | 2017-12-20 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | MSPs unanimously back legislation banning the use of wild animals in travelling circuses in Scotland. | Scotland politics | Legislation banning the use of wild animals in travelling circuses in Scotland has been passed.
The bill, which bans the use of non-domesticated animals for performance or exhibition in travelling shows, does not apply to static circuses.
MSPs unanimously signed off the ban, the first of its kind in the UK.
Environm... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-42429122 |
Student Liam Allan to sue after rape trial collapse - BBC News | 2017-12-20 | 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 |
Commonwealth Games: Birmingham set to host 2022 event - BBC Sport | 2017-12-20 | null | Birmingham is set to be officially announced as the host of the 2022 Commonwealth Games on Thursday. | null | Last updated on .From the section Athletics
Birmingham is set to be officially announced as the host of the 2022 Commonwealth Games on Thursday.
It was the only interested city to submit a bid before the original 30 September deadline but was deemed "not fully compliant" by the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF).
T... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/42423309 |
One teen has been campaigning to end period poverty - BBC News | 2017-12-20 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Amika George, 18, wants free menstrual products to be given to pupils on free school meals. | Newsbeat | After seeing a news article about some girls in Leeds who missed school because they couldn't afford menstrual products, one teenager took it upon herself to change things.
"I'm still at school and to imagine what it would be like to miss a week of school every month is what really got to me," says 18-year-old Amika G... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/articles/42424484 |
UK homes to get faster broadband by 2020 - BBC News | 2017-12-20 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Homes and businesses to have a legal right to demand access to high-speed broadband by 2020. | Business | Homes and businesses will have a legal right to demand faster broadband speed by 2020, the government has said, after rejecting a voluntary offer from BT.
It has promised that the whole of the UK will have access to speeds of at least 10 Mbps by 2020.
BT, which is responsible for the infrastructure, had previously of... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-42423047 |
Damian Green sacked after 'misleading statements' on porn claims - BBC News | 2017-12-20 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The PM's deputy is asked to resign after making "inaccurate statements" after pornographic material was found on his Commons computer. | UK Politics | Damian Green, one of Theresa May's closest allies, has been sacked from the cabinet after an inquiry found he had breached the ministerial code.
He was "asked to quit" after he was found to have made "inaccurate and misleading" statements over what he knew about claims pornography was found on his office computer in 2... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42434802 |
Brexit: Be more patriotic about cheese, says Michael Gove - BBC News | 2017-12-20 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Prices will go up if the UK leaves the EU without a deal but not if people buy British, says Michael Gove. | UK Politics | Michael Gove has hit back at claims the price of cheddar cheese will go up by 40% if Britain leaves the EU without a trade deal.
The environment secretary said that would not happen if consumers started buying more British cheddar.
"I am deeply concerned about your unpatriotic attitude towards cheese," he joked to th... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42427812 |
London: Banks and passporting rights after Brexit - BBC News | 2017-12-20 | null | Could the City of London remain the financial centre of Europe after Brexit? | null | Chief EU Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier said British banks will lose their 'passporting rights', which allow them to serve clients across the EU without the need for licences in individual countries, when the UK leaves the EU.
Daily Politics reporter Emma Vardy looks at whether banks may move their headquarters out ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42199601 |
Father's paternity pay rights tested at tribunal - BBC News | 2017-12-20 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The case could determine whether firms have to pay new fathers the same as mothers. | UK | Stock image: Capita is appealing against a ruling that it failed to give a new father full paternity leave rights
A case that could determine whether firms have to pay fathers on maternity leave the same as women is being heard by the Employment Appeal Tribunal.
The support services firm Capita is appealing against a... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42421456 |
Paul Flynn v Michael Gove over £350m Brexit figure - BBC News | 2017-12-20 | null | A Labour MP challenges Michael Gove over the Vote Leave campaign's use of the £350m figure. | null | Labour veteran MP Paul Flynn has accused Michael Gove of a "lie... a deception" over the Vote Leave campaign slogan which claimed Brexit could free up £350m a week for the UK.
Mr Flynn, MP for Newport West, brought the controversial figure up during an evidence session of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Commit... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42424315 |
Grenfell children deliver the alternative Christmas message - BBC News | 2017-12-20 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Children who survived June's fire will speak of family and home in a message broadcast by Channel 4. | UK | The children all lived in Grenfell Tower
Five children who survived the Grenfell Tower fire will deliver this year's alternative Christmas message.
The message, broadcast on Channel 4 on Christmas Day, will urge people to "love and cherish" their families.
The children, aged between seven and 12, will also speak abo... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42412891 |
Homelessness in England 'a national crisis', say MPs - BBC News | 2017-12-20 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The government's approach to tackling the issue is "unacceptably complacent", a group of MPs warn. | UK | The report says 120,000 children are homeless and living in temporary accommodation
Homelessness in England is a "national crisis" and the government's attitude to tackling it is "unacceptably complacent", a committee of MPs say.
A Public Accounts Committee report found there were more than 9,000 rough sleepers and s... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42421583 |
UN Jerusalem vote: US 'will be taking names' - BBC News | 2017-12-20 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Donald Trump threatens to cut aid to states opposed to his recognition of the city as Israel's capital. | Middle East | Fourteen states backed a similar motion on Jerusalem at the UN Security Council on Monday
The US says it "will be taking names" during a UN General Assembly vote on a resolution criticising its recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital.
Permanent representative Nikki Haley warned member states that President Donal... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-42424666 |
Damian Green: PM's university friend and political ally sacked - BBC News | 2017-12-20 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A profile of Theresa May's close ally, who has been sacked after he breached the ministerial code. | UK Politics | Damian Green has been a confidant of the prime minister for many years
Damian Green was one of the prime minister's closest allies in government. A university friend, he entered Parliament at the same time as Theresa May.
But now he has been sacked from the cabinet after an investigation found he breached the ministe... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42193826 |
Sheffield arrests over 'alleged UK Christmas terror plot' - BBC News | 2017-12-20 | 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 |
Christmas attack: German government admits mistakes in aftermath - BBC News | 2017-12-20 | 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 |
Uber is officially a cab firm, says European court - BBC News | 2017-12-20 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The ride-hailing firm had argued that it was an information society service. | Business | Uber is officially a transport company and not a digital service, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled.
The ride-hailing firm argued it was an information society service - helping people to make contact with each other electronically - and not a cab firm.
The case arose after Uber was told to obey local tax... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-42423627 |
Stepfather jailed over boy's water park drowning - BBC News | 2017-12-20 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Paul Smith had initially denied letting five-year-old Charlie Dunn wander off. | Leicester | Charlie Dunn was pulled from the Blue Lagoon children's pool at Bosworth Water Park
The stepfather of a five-year-old boy who drowned at a water park has been jailed for seven-and-a-half years.
Paul Smith pleaded guilty to manslaughter by gross negligence over the death of Charlie Dunn.
Charlie, who could not swim, ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershire-42425758 |
Brexit: Goldman Sachs chief Lloyd Blankfein suggests second vote - BBC News | 2017-12-20 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Lloyd Blankfein tweets that many want a "confirming vote" on a "monumental and irreversible" decision. | Business | The chief executive of Goldman Sachs, Lloyd Blankfein, has suggested holding another referendum on Brexit.
Mr Blankfein tweeted: "Here in UK, lots of hand-wringing from CEOs over #Brexit... So much at stake, why not make sure consensus still there?"
The firm, which is known to have taken office space in Frankfurt, em... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-42014209 |
Post Office secures £370m funding from government - BBC News | 2017-12-20 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | About £160m of the money will go to village branches, but unions condemn a "slash-and-burn" of services. | Business | The Post Office network is to get £370m in new funding, the government has announced.
About £160m of the money will be used to protect village community branches, Business Secretary Greg Clark said.
The three-year funding deal, running from next April, comes as the Post Office announced it had moved into profit for t... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-42418567 |
Contaminated blood report 'full of lies' - BBC News | 2017-12-20 | 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 |
Theresa May loses one of the few who understood her - BBC News | 2017-12-20 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Damian Green's resignation leaves the prime minister a lonelier figure. | UK Politics | As Theresa May was just ending her year in a better place than her team could have imagined, her deputy has been forced to depart from government, despite his continued insistence that he has done nothing wrong.
Damian Green has never been a politician with a huge public persona, or even a hugely well-known character.... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42434771 |
Mohammed Awan jailed for 10 years for terror plot - BBC News | 2017-12-20 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Dentistry student Mohammed Awan is the brother of so-called Islamic State suicide bomber Rizwan Awan. | Sheffield & South Yorkshire | The brother of a suicide bomber killed in Iraq has been jailed for 10 years for terror offences.
Dentistry student Mohammed Awan, from Huddersfield, was sentenced after being found guilty of preparing for terrorist acts and possessing material likely to be useful to a terrorist.
The 24-year-old was jailed for 10 year... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-42426811 |
UK 'Christmas terror plot': Police searches resume - BBC News | 2017-12-20 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Four men remain in custody after counter-terror police raids in Sheffield and Chesterfield. | England | Police and the bomb disposal unit were seen outside a property in Chesterfield, Derbyshire
Counter-terror police are carrying out searches of two properties after they foiled an alleged Islamist terror plot that may have happened at Christmas.
Armed officers and an Army bomb disposal squad were involved in raids on f... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-42421697 |
What's wrong with Rome's Christmas tree? - BBC News | 2017-12-20 | null | Tourists and locals have described it as "mangy", "sickly" and "plucked". | null | Tourists and locals have described it as "mangy", "sickly" and "plucked". | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-42425029 |
Harvey Weinstein: Ex-assistant criticises gagging orders - BBC News | 2017-12-20 | 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 |
IMF downgrades UK growth forecast on Brexit uncertainty - BBC News | 2017-12-20 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The IMF has cut its UK economic growth forecast, blaming Brexit uncertainty. | Business | The IMF has cut its UK economic growth forecast, blaming Brexit uncertainty.
The Fund expects growth of 1.6% this year, down slightly from its previous forecast of 1.7%. It expects growth to slow further next year, to 1.5%.
IMF chief Christine Lagarde said uncertainty over the Brexit deal was causing UK firms to dela... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-42424700 |
Lottery millionaire to work at Slough care home on Christmas Day - BBC News | 2017-12-20 | 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 |
Brexit 'affecting London's talent pool' - BBC News | 2017-12-20 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The chief executive of Standard Chartered Bank says the capital will "take hits" from Brexit. | Business | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. 'We're preparing for the worst', says Standard Chartered boss Bill Winters
The UK's ability to attract talent is already suffering, following the vote to leave the EU, according to the boss of the UK's fifth-largest bank.
S... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-42257277 |
Sesame Street to help Syrian refugees - BBC News | 2017-12-20 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A $100m grant is going to bring Sesame Street characters to help traumatised refugee children in Syria. | Family & Education | Sesame Street will be used to rebuild trust among millions of displaced children from Syria
Characters from the children's television programme Sesame Street are going to be used to help teach children displaced by war in Syria.
The Sesame Workshop and the International Rescue Committee have won a $100m (£75m) grant ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-42429527 |
Derailed US train lacked automatic safety system - BBC News | 2017-12-20 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The US train that crashed on a bend did not have anti-speeding technology, investigators say. | US & Canada | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Footage shows the scale of the derailment
Technology that forces trains to adhere to speed limits was being installed on the express that crashed in the US state of Washington on Monday but was not yet operational, investiga... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42421417 |
Collapse of rape trials appalling, says attorney general - BBC News | 2017-12-20 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Two young men were cleared after Met Police officers failed to disclose crucial evidence. | UK | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.
The collapse of two rape cases in one week was an "appalling failure" of the criminal justice system, Attorney General Jeremy Wright has said.
Two young men were cleared when it emerged that Met Police officers had failed t... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42431171 |
EU laws do not cover Sharia divorce, says ECJ - BBC News | 2017-12-20 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Europe's top court says countries must decide whether to recognise so-called "private divorces". | Europe | A couple in Germany who divorced in a Sharia court in Syria cannot have their divorce validated under EU law, Europe's top court has ruled.
The European Court of Justice said member states must decide for themselves whether to recognise "private divorces", such as those performed in Sharia courts.
EU law is not appli... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-42424547 |
Catt Sadler: US TV host quits over equal pay dispute - BBC News | 2017-12-20 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Catt Sadler says she found out she earned about half as much as her male co-host at E! News. | US & Canada | Catt Sadler has worked at the network for more than a decade
US TV news presenter Catt Sadler has quit her role with E! News after learning that she earned about half of what her male co-host does.
Sadler, who has worked at the network since 2006, said an executive had made her aware of the pay gap.
In a statement, ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42432235 |
Ex Met detective: Sex cases review will highlight police cuts - BBC News | 2017-12-20 | null | Former Met Police Det Insp Hamish Brown says "there has to be some give somewhere" when police are faced with cuts. | null | Former Met Police Det Insp Hamish Brown says the force "fell short" in the two collapsed sex cases of Liam Allan and Isaac Itiary.
However, he says with 10,000 officers cut from the organisation, "there has to be some give somewhere". | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42423593 |
Rail strikes due in new year over RMT guards row - BBC News | 2017-12-20 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | RMT members at six train operating companies plan a series of new year strikes. | England | Workers at six train operators will walk out in January
Train strikes are looming in the new year as rail workers plan a series of 24-hour walkouts in the long-running row over the role of guards.
RMT members at five operators will walk out on 8, 10 and 12 January. Workers at Southern will strike on 8 January.
The f... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-42429767 |
Mum carrying terminally-ill baby 'to be a donor' - BBC News | 2017-12-20 | 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 |
Heather North, the voice of Scooby-Doo's Daphne, dies at 71 - BBC News | 2017-12-20 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Heather North provided the voice of "danger-prone" Daphne Blake from 1970 to 2003. | Entertainment & Arts | North was the second actress to lend her voice to Daphne (second from right)
Heather North, the US actress who was the voice of Daphne in Scooby-Doo for many years, has died at the age of 71.
According to reports, she died at her Los Angeles home on 30 November after a long illness.
North was the second actress to v... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-42425616 |
Harvey Weinstein’s former personal assistant Zelda Perkins speaks to BBC - BBC News | 2017-12-20 | null | Harvey Weinstein’s former personal assistant on what happens after you sign a non-disclosure agreement. | null | Harvey Weinstein’s former personal assistant has told the BBC how she was silenced after alleging sexual assault against her boss.
Zelda Perkins says she thought her only option was to sign a non-disclosure agreement, which stopped her from speaking out.
Laywers for Mr Weinstein told the BBC he "categorically denies ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-42420389 |
Dolphin pod living year-round off coast of England - BBC News | 2017-12-20 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A pod of 28 bottlenose dolphins is found to be permanently living off the south-west coast of England. | England | Experts analysed thousands of photographs and sightings of bottlenose dolphins
The first resident pod of bottlenose dolphins has been discovered off the south-west coast of England.
Experts used thousands of sightings and photos to identify a group of 28 individuals living year-round off the coasts of Cornwall, Devon... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-42423617 |
Gifts for babies spending Christmas in hospital - BBC News | 2017-12-20 | null | A couple whose son spent his first Christmas in hospital are giving presents to premature babies. | null | The parents of a premature baby who spent last Christmas in hospital are trying to spread some festive cheer with gifts for mums and dads in the same situation this year.
When Arlo Watson, from Broseley in Shropshire, was born at 25 weeks doctors said he had a 50% chance of surviving until his first birthday, but he i... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-shropshire-42417827 |
BBC to air more religious programming - BBC News | 2017-12-20 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The corporation pledges to "raise our game" on religion in mainstream shows. | Entertainment & Arts | One-off drama The Boy with the Topknot looked at generational differences in a Sikh family
The BBC has pledged to "raise our game" on religion by increasing the portrayal of all faiths in mainstream shows.
The corporation said it would "enhance" the representation of religion on TV and radio dramas and documentaries.... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-42412869 |
MPs debate general topics - BBC News | 2017-12-20 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | At Christmas adjournment debate in the Commons, MPs raise any subject they are interested in. | Parliaments | "It was all going so well," Deputy Leader of the House Michael Ellis says, until the "last part", referring to Karin Smyth saying she hopes that next year will bring a Labour government for the UK.
Responding to Sir Paul Beresford, he says that in the UK, there is much more work to be done on the issue of cancer treat... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-politics-parliaments-42400904 |
Raheem Sterling: hooligan admits racially aggravated attack on Man City winger - BBC Sport | 2017-12-20 | null | A convicted football hooligan is jailed for a racist attack on Manchester City and England winger Raheem Sterling. | null | Last updated on .From the section Man City
A convicted football hooligan has been jailed for a racist and "unprovoked" attack on Manchester City and England winger Raheem Sterling.
Karl Anderson, 29, pleaded guilty to racially aggravated common assault after Sterling was attacked outside City's training ground on Sat... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/42429178 |
Jerusalem UN vote: Trump threatens US aid recipients - BBC News | 2017-12-20 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The US leader says countries thinking of voting against the US in a UN vote could lose financial aid. | Middle East | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.
US President Donald Trump has threatened to cut off financial aid to countries that back a United Nations resolution opposing the recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital.
Earlier this month, Mr Trump took that step ami... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-42431095 |
Sea turtle found tangled in floating cocaine bales - BBC News | 2017-12-20 | null | The US Coast Guard tries to save the animal tangled in line connecting bales of cocaine in the Pacific. | null | With rope wrapped around its neck, this loggerhead sea turtle became part of a US Coast Guard rescue effort in the Pacific Ocean. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-42421409 |
Brexit: UK plans to soften impact on European banks - BBC News | 2017-12-20 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | European banks operating in the UK will be able to carry on as usual after Brexit, the BBC learns. | Business | The Bank of England is to unveil plans allowing European banks to operate in the UK as normal post-Brexit.
The BBC has learned that banks offering wholesale finance - money and services provided to businesses and each other - would operate under existing rules.
It means EU banks operating through branches can continu... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-42420829 |
Ukraine accuses government interpreter of spying for Russia - BBC News | 2017-12-21 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A senior government interpreter is arrested in Kiev amid claims he passed information on. | Europe | Stanislav Yezhov (centre) pictured between Ukraine's Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman and UK Prime Minister Theresa May
Ukraine's main security agency has arrested a senior government translator and accused him of being a Russian spy.
Stanislav Yezhov, who accompanied the country's prime minister on numerous trips, ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-42446865 |
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