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Facebook ditches fake news warning flag - BBC News | 2017-12-21 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The social network will no longer display a warning icon next to disputed stories. | Technology | Facebook no longer displays red warning icons next to fake news stories shared on the platform, as it says the approach has not worked as hoped.
In December 2016, the site started showing a "disputed" warning next to articles that third-party fact checking websites said were fake news.
However, it said research sugge... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-42438750 |
Damian Green: Vendetta or architect of his own downfall? - BBC News | 2017-12-21 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Was a former officer after "payback" when he disclosed details about a 2008 probe into Damian Green? | UK | Damian Green (right) described Bob Quick's claims as "disreputable political smears"
Allies of Damian Green are said to regard his dismissal as the culmination of a nine-year vendetta by police, orchestrated by Bob Quick, the former Metropolitan Police assistant commissioner.
Mr Quick oversaw a controversial investig... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42437530 |
Priest Laurence Soper jailed for sexually abusing boys - BBC News | 2017-12-21 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Laurence Soper, 74, is the fourth man convicted of sexual assaults on children at the London school. | London | Laurence Soper fled to Kosovo in a bid to avoid prosecution for abusing the boys at St Benedict's School in west London
A Catholic priest who abused boys at a London school in the 1970s and 1980s has been jailed for 18 years.
Laurence Soper, 74, fled to Kosovo with £182,000 from the Vatican bank in a bid to avoid pro... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-42443604 |
Poundland removes Twinings tea from 'Naughty Elf' ad - BBC News | 2017-12-21 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The discount chain has removed box of the brand's tea from an ad after the company complained on Twitter. | Business | Poundland has removed the image of a box of Twinings tea from a controversial social media advert after the company complained on Twitter.
The campaign displayed a toy elf in a suggestive pose with a plastic doll in front of a box of Twinings Classics tea.
Twinings tweeted that the picture "misuses our product".
The... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-42441362 |
UK car production driven down by fall in domestic demand - BBC News | 2017-12-21 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Car manufacturing output for the UK market drops by 28%, while production for export rises. | Business | The number of cars built in the UK last month fell by 4.6% compared with a year earlier, driven down by a sharp decline in domestic demand.
Nearly 161,500 vehicles were made in UK factories in November, according to the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT).
But output for the domestic market fell by 28.1... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-42432516 |
GCHQ cyber-spies 'over-achieved' say MPs - BBC News | 2017-12-21 | 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 |
Commonwealth Games: Birmingham announced as host of 2022 event - BBC Sport | 2017-12-21 | null | Birmingham will host the 2022 Commonwealth Games - the most expensive sports event to be held in Britain since London 2012. | null | Last updated on .From the section Commonwealth Games
Birmingham has been named host city for the 2022 Commonwealth Games - the most expensive sports event to be held in Britain since the London Olympics.
The city's bid was the only one submitted to the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) by the deadline of 30 Septemb... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/commonwealth-games/42437441 |
Ramaphosa vows to fight South Africa corruption - BBC News | 2017-12-21 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The new ANC leader pledges "radical economic transformation" for South Africa. | Africa | Cyril Ramaphosa is one of South Africa's wealthiest politicians
The new leader of South Africa's governing African National Congress (ANC), Cyril Ramaphosa, has pledged to fight corruption and pursue a policy of "radical economic transformation".
Closing the party's conference, he said tackling unemployment and pover... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-42435886 |
Born in the wrong place for good schools? - BBC News | 2017-12-21 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | There is a widening gap in access to good schools, with the north of England falling further behind. | Family & Education | The report warns that regional gaps in good schools have grown wider in recent years
There is a widening geographical divide in access to high-performing schools in England, says a report from the Education Policy Institute.
Between 2010 and 2015, London took an increasing share of the secondary schools where pupils ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-42425343 |
Business Live: FTSE closes at all-time high - BBC News | 2017-12-21 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The FTSE 100 closed at an all-time high, up 1% with mining stocks featuring prominently. | Business | And we'll keep you signed in. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/business-42367122 |
One teen has been campaigning to end period poverty - BBC News | 2017-12-21 | 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 |
Damian Green sacked after 'misleading statements' on porn claims - BBC News | 2017-12-21 | 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 |
Hospitals to cancel ops to cope with winter surge - BBC News | 2017-12-21 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Bosses say the move is needed to prepare for the early January spike in demand, but surgeons complain of short notice. | Health | Hospitals across England have been told to cancel non-emergency operations in the new year to prepare for a post-Christmas surge in patients.
The first weeks of January are often the busiest of the year with winter illnesses peaking, combined with the growing day-to-day demand in A&E.
So an emergency panel of NHS bos... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-42439679 |
North Korea defection: Warning shots as soldier crosses border to South - BBC News | 2017-12-21 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The soldier appeared at a checkpoint in the South in thick fog, but a search party was in pursuit. | Asia | The DMZ is one of the world's most heavily guarded strips of land
South Korea's military has fired warning shots at North Korean guards searching for a soldier who defected.
The North Korean soldier had walked across the Demilitarised Zone (DMZ) shortly after 08:00 (23:00 GMT Wednesday).
He had emerged from thick fo... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-42435798 |
Brexit: Be more patriotic about cheese, says Michael Gove - BBC News | 2017-12-21 | 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 |
Errington's Dunsyre Blue cheese recalled over listeria concerns - BBC News | 2017-12-21 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Errington's Dunsyre Blue was named as the most likely source of an E.coli outbreak last year. | Glasgow & West Scotland | A cheesemaker that was named as the most likely source of an E.coli outbreak last year has recalled one of its products over listeria fears.
South Lanarkshire-based Errington Cheese is recalling a batch of Dunsyre Blue after listeria monocytogenes was found by a wholesaler.
Health experts said it was the likely sourc... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-42447306 |
Hunt: Green sacking 'very sad moment' - BBC News | 2017-12-21 | null | Jeremy Hunt says Damian Green clearly breached ministerial code but that it is a sad moment. | null | Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has called the sacking of Damian Green a "very sad moment".
Mr Green, one of Theresa May's closest allies was fired for breaching the ministerial code after he was found to have made "inaccurate and misleading" statements over what he knew about claims pornography was found on his office c... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42438345 |
Jonghyun: K-pop stars carry SHINee singer's coffin - BBC News | 2017-12-21 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | K-pop fans around the world have been mourning the 27-year-old, who took his own life this week. | Asia | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.
K-pop's biggest stars have led the procession for the funeral of singer Jonghyun who took his own life this week aged 27.
Jonghyun, whose real name was Kim Jong-hyun, was the lead singer of one of the biggest K-pop groups, ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-42435821 |
'No 10 knew' of Damian Green claims in 2016, says Kate Maltby - BBC News | 2017-12-21 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Kate Maltby raised concerns about Damian Green's conduct with aides but Theresa May says she was not told. | UK Politics | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.
Kate Maltby, who claims Damian Green made inappropriate advances to her, says she told a senior Downing Street aide about his behaviour in 2016.
The MP, who denies the claims, was sacked from the cabinet on Wednesday.
This... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42449683 |
MP Mark Garnier cleared of breaking ministerial code - BBC News | 2017-12-21 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Theresa May said "a line should be drawn under the issue" following a Cabinet Office investigation. | UK Politics | Some of the accusations date back to 2010 - before Mark Garnier was a minister
MP Mark Garnier has been cleared of breaking the ministerial code after a Cabinet Office investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct.
International trade minister Mark Garnier was also said to have used derogatory language to his s... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42448314 |
Melbourne crash: Driver arrested after hitting pedestrians - BBC News | 2017-12-21 | null | Eyewitness Jim Stoupas describes a vehicle hitting pedestrians in Melbourne. | null | Jim Stoupas describes what happened after a car drove into a crowd in Melbourne.
Australian police have arrested two people. Emergency services quickly arrived on the scene. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-42438335 |
Laura Kuenssberg on Damian Green sacking - BBC News | 2017-12-21 | null | 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. | null | 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 about what he knew about claims pornography was found on a computer in his offic... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42433201 |
Philippines ferry carrying 251 capsizes - BBC News | 2017-12-21 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Passengers say strong winds and waves meant the vessel started taking on water - and quickly sank. | Asia | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.
A ferry carrying 251 people has capsized in stormy seas off the east coast of the Philippines.
Local fisherman and rescue boats saved more than 200 of those on board - but at least four people died and seven are missing, th... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-42438607 |
Toys R Us staves off collapse after rescue talks - BBC News | 2017-12-21 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Last-minute talks with pension watchdog secure £9.8m pension fund injection, but stores will close. | Business | Toys R Us has staved off collapse after creditors backed a rescue plan for the UK retailer.
It follows last-minute negotiations with the Pension Protection Fund (PPF) to secure a £9.8m injection into the company's pension fund.
However, the rescue plan entails closing 26 of its 105 UK outlets, putting 800 jobs at ris... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-42437955 |
Damian Green: PM's university friend and political ally sacked - BBC News | 2017-12-21 | 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 |
Stepfather jailed over boy's water park drowning - BBC News | 2017-12-21 | 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 |
Chocolate poisoning risk to dogs at Christmas - BBC News | 2017-12-21 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Chocolate poisoning is a risk to the family dog over the festive season, vets are warning. | Science & Environment | Dogs have been known to snaffle chocolate decorations, gifts and advent calendars
Chocolate poisoning is a risk to the family dog at Christmas, say vets.
They warn that dogs are four times more likely to fall ill from eating chocolate at this time of year.
A study found hundreds of cases of dogs needing veterinary t... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-42426757 |
Theresa May loses one of the few who understood her - BBC News | 2017-12-21 | 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 |
Catalonia election amid crisis with Spain over independence - BBC News | 2017-12-21 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Updates and expert analysis as Spain's restive region elects a new parliament amid a crisis over independence. | Europe | We are now pausing our live coverage following Thursday's election in Catalonia.
A pro-Spanish unity party has won the most seats but separatist parties will together be able to form a majority in parliament.
The results are a setback for Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy who had imposed direct rule over the regio... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-europe-42445868 |
Kaci Sullivan: 'I gave birth as both genders' - BBC News | 2017-12-21 | null | Kaci Sullivan's second child came after he began to transition and start living as a man. | null | Kaci Sullivan, from Missouri, first gave birth five years ago, before beginning to transition and start living as a man.
Last month, he gave birth again after seven days in labour.
Kaci conceived with partner Steven after a break from taking male hormones.
Watch the BBC's Victoria Derbyshire programme on weekdays be... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42441695 |
IMF downgrades UK growth forecast on Brexit uncertainty - BBC News | 2017-12-21 | 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 |
Aldi stabbing: Woman dies in Skipton supermarket attack - BBC News | 2017-12-21 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Terrified shoppers screamed as the woman was stabbed in the store in Skipton during the afternoon. | England | Shoppers at the store spoke of "hearing screams"
A woman who was stabbed in an Aldi supermarket, in Skipton, North Yorkshire, has died.
The 30-year-old was attacked at the store in Keighley Road at about 15:30 GMT on Thursday.
Shoppers were left terrified, with one witness saying everyone "screamed and ran up and do... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-42449924 |
PM's deputy Damian Green denies inappropriate behaviour claim - BBC News | 2017-12-21 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Senior minister Damian Green denies claims by a Tory activist that he acted inappropriately. | UK Politics | Prime Minister Theresa May's deputy, Damian Green, has said allegations of inappropriate behaviour towards a female activist are "completely false".
Mr Green has instructed libel lawyers over the claims, the BBC understands.
Tory activist Kate Maltby wrote in the Times that he "fleetingly" touched her knee in a pub i... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-41827264 |
Melbourne crash: Driver arrested after hitting pedestrians - BBC News | 2017-12-21 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A driver who hit pedestrians has "mental health issues" but no known terrorism links, police say. | Australia | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The crash happened on Flinders Street at a busy crossing in the centre of the city
The man who deliberately drove a car into a crowd in Melbourne is a drug user with mental health issues but no known terrorism links, police ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-42437315 |
US finds against Bombardier in Boeing dispute - BBC News | 2017-12-21 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The Commerce Department's findings on Wednesday could lead to trade duties of almost 300%. | Business | Parts of Bombardier's C-Series planes are made in Belfast
The US has ruled that Canada's Bombardier received government subsidies and sold C-Series jets below cost in the US, a step likely to lead to steep tariffs.
The US Commerce Department investigated the aerospace firm's US sales after a petition from rival Ameri... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-42434537 |
Theresa May seeks to reassure UK's Polish residents - BBC News | 2017-12-21 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Speaking in Warsaw, the PM says encouraging people to stay in the UK after Brexit is a key priority. | UK Politics | Theresa May was in Poland to sign a defence treaty with the country
Theresa May has sought to reassure Polish people living in the UK that they are still welcome after Brexit.
Speaking on a trip to Warsaw to sign a new defence treaty with the country, the PM said the one million Polish residents were a "strong part o... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42432390 |
Virgin Trains West Coast strike called off - BBC News | 2017-12-21 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Unions call off a planned strike for Friday and action on a number of days in January. | Business | Virgin Trains says planned strikes by the RMT and TSSA unions on Virgin Trains West Coast have been called off.
Strikes were due to take place on Friday and on four days in January.
The company said it would try to run a full service on Friday, but warned there could be some cancellations.
Virgin advised customers t... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-42446986 |
Sea turtle found tangled in floating cocaine bales - BBC News | 2017-12-21 | 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 |
Catt Sadler: US TV host quits over equal pay dispute - BBC News | 2017-12-21 | 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 |
Collapse of rape trials appalling, says attorney general - BBC News | 2017-12-21 | 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 |
Damian Green: Timeline of his downfall - BBC News | 2017-12-21 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The events and allegations that led to Damian Green being sacked as First Secretary of State. | UK Politics | Damian Green, one of Theresa May's closest allies, has been sacked from the cabinet following claims that pornography was found on his office computer.
Here is a timeline of how Home Office leaks in 2008 sparked an investigation which would lead to his downfall.
8 October 2008: The Cabinet Office calls the Metropolit... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42438525 |
Sofa surfers: The young hidden homeless - BBC News | 2017-12-21 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Almost one in 10 young people rely on goodwill for a bed for weeks on end, says BBC research. | UK | Sam: "It takes pretty much every day of my life, trying to find out where I am going to be staying"
Sam does not know where he will be sleeping tonight.
Now 23, he says he first became homeless at 15 because of a family breakdown and has been in and out of bedsits, hostels and supported accommodation ever since.
"I'... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42427398 |
Eating disorder care in Northern Ireland under review - BBC News | 2017-12-21 | null | Patients battling eating disorders in Northern Ireland often have to leave the country for treatment. | null | Struggling to cope with an acute eating disorder is tough enough, but imagine if the hospital treatment you need is only available hundreds of miles away.
That's what it's like for many patients in Northern Ireland, who have to leave the country, their family and friends. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-42318404 |
Jailed Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe 'eligible for early release' - BBC News | 2017-12-21 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The husband of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe says he is hopeful his wife will be released soon. | UK | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Richard Ratcliffe tells the BBC: "Formally, on the system, she's eligible to be released at any point."
British-Iranian woman Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, who has been held in Iran for 18 months, has been told she is eligible ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42439701 |
Jerusalem UN vote: Trump threatens US aid recipients - BBC News | 2017-12-21 | 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 |
Finsbury Park mosque attack suspect pleads not guilty - BBC News | 2017-12-21 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Darren Osborne denies killing one man and injuring others by driving a van into worshippers near a mosque. | UK | Darren Osborne pleaded not guilty to murder and attempted murder
The man accused of the Finsbury Park attack in June has pleaded not guilty to murder and attempted murder.
Darren Osborne, 48, is accused of deliberately driving a hired van into worshippers near the Muslim Welfare House in north London.
One man, Makra... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42443453 |
Frozen embryo record parents on 'miracle' baby - BBC News | 2017-12-21 | null | Tina Gibson's daughter was born from an embryo that had been frozen for nearly 25 years. | null | US couple Tina and Benjamin Gibson's daughter was born from an embryo that had been frozen for nearly 25 years. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42442703 |
Cost of global disasters 'jumps to $306bn in 2017' - BBC News | 2017-12-21 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Hurricanes, earthquakes and wildfires caused much of the estimated $306bn losses, a report says. | Business | Hurricane Maria caused extensive damage in Puerto Rico which is still struggling to rebuild
Disasters in 2017 caused losses of $306bn (£229bn), according to estimates from insurance giant Swiss Re.
The figure represents a 63% jump from last year, and is well above the average of the past decade.
The Americas was har... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-42435834 |
Slender Man stabbing: Girl gets 25 years in mental hospital - BBC News | 2017-12-22 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The Wisconsin teen was convicted of helping stab a classmate to please the horror character in 2014. | US & Canada | Morgan Geyser (L) and Anissa Weier (R) were 12 at the time of the crime
One of two US girls convicted of a 2014 stabbing to honour the horror character Slender Man has been sentenced to 25 years in a mental hospital.
Anissa Weier, 16, pleaded guilty to being a party to attempted second-degree homicide, but claimed sh... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42450641 |
N Korea given 'unambiguous message' - Haley - BBC News | 2017-12-22 | null | US ambassador Nikki Haley says a UN Security Council resolution sends a clear warning to North Korea. | null | US ambassador Nikki Haley said a unanimous UN Security Council resolution sent a clear warning to North Korea that further missile tests would invite more punishment. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-42462074 |
'Iconic' blue British passport to return after Brexit - BBC News | 2017-12-22 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The 'iconic' design will replace the burgundy passports that have been in use for almost 30 years. | UK | British passports will change from burgundy to blue after Britain leaves the EU, the Home Office has said.
Immigration Minister Brandon Lewis said he was delighted to return to the "iconic" blue and gold design which came into use almost 100 years ago.
The new passports will be issued to those renewing or applying fo... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42443253 |
Boris Johnson says UK wants better relations with Russia - BBC News | 2017-12-22 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Boris Johnson and Sergei Lavrov clash over cyber-attacks but also trade jokes after talks in Moscow. | UK Politics | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.
Boris Johnson says the UK's relations with Russia are "not on a good footing" but he wants them to improve, after talks in Moscow.
Russia's foreign minister Sergei Lavrov accused the UK of making "insulting" statements ahea... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42450479 |
Big Ben to chime for Christmas and new year celebrations - BBC News | 2017-12-22 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The iconic clock will temporarily resume service on December 23 until New Year's Day. | UK | Big Ben is to temporarily chime again over the festive season.
The Great Bell, housed in the Palace of Westminster's Elizabeth Tower, will resume service from 9am on December 23 until 1pm on New Year's Day.
Its hourly bongs were controversially halted in August until 2021 to ensure the safety of workers carrying out ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42449347 |
Poundland removes Twinings tea from 'Naughty Elf' ad - BBC News | 2017-12-22 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The discount chain has removed box of the brand's tea from an ad after the company complained on Twitter. | Business | Poundland has removed the image of a box of Twinings tea from a controversial social media advert after the company complained on Twitter.
The campaign displayed a toy elf in a suggestive pose with a plastic doll in front of a box of Twinings Classics tea.
Twinings tweeted that the picture "misuses our product".
The... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-42441362 |
Boris Johnson: Poor UK relations with Russia a tragedy - BBC News | 2017-12-22 | null | Boris Johnson is the first UK foreign secretary to visit Russia in five years. | null | Boris Johnson says it is "a tragedy" that the UK's relationship with Russia isn't "on a good footing".
The foreign secretary held a press conference with Russia's foreign minister Sergei Lavrov on his visit to Russia. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42453312 |
North Korea: How are countries defending themselves? - BBC News | 2017-12-22 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | As missile tests become more frequent, how do South Korea, Japan and the US plan to stop an attack? | Asia | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Nuclear N Korea: What do we know?
North Korea's nuclear weapons programme has progressed faster than predicted, threatening the security of nearby nations – and potentially the United States.
The US envoy to the United Nati... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-41152424 |
Eric Schmidt steps down as boss of Google owner - BBC News | 2017-12-22 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The executive chairman of Google-owner Alphabet will remain on the board as a technical adviser. | Business | The executive chairman of Google owner Alphabet is to step down in January, the company has announced.
Eric Schmidt, who has been with the tech giant since 2001, will remain on the board as a technical adviser on science and technology issues.
Mr Schmidt has played a key role in the development of Google from a small... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-42450513 |
Amazon apologises for 'threats' to customer - BBC News | 2017-12-22 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Amazon has apologised to a customer, who believed he was sent coded death threats by an employee. | UK | Amazon has apologised to a customer who was emailed what he felt were "coded death threats" by a call centre worker.
Michael Jacobson received five book recommendations including Death, Follow You Home and Suicide's An Option, he told BBC Radio 4's You and Yours.
"We have zero tolerance for any misuse of customer dat... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42459594 |
Starvation in Sanaa: 1,000 days of Yemen's civil war - BBC News | 2017-12-22 | null | After 1,000 days of civil war in Yemen, 8 million people are at risk of starvation. | null | After 1,000 days of civil war in Yemen, 8 million people are at risk of starvation. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-42442463 |
Christmas getaway: 'Frantic Friday' as thousands set off by road and rail - BBC News | 2017-12-22 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Some train companies are urging passengers to travel by Saturday as maintenance work halts trains. | UK | Thousands of travellers have hit the UK's roads and railways at the start of the Christmas getaway on what was billed as "frantic Friday".
An estimated 1.3 million Christmas drivers were expected to add to the usual end-of-week traffic.
Bristol Airport cancelled flights after a plane came off the runway and several t... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42445966 |
Russian politicians dismiss PM's 'election meddling' claims - BBC News | 2017-12-22 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The UK PM said Russia was trying to "undermine free societies" in the West and "sow discord". | UK Politics | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Russia 'tries to sow discord in the West'
Senior Russian politicians have dismissed accusations by Theresa May that Moscow has meddled in elections and carried out cyber-espionage.
On Monday night, Mrs May accused Moscow of... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-41983091 |
Johanna Young 1992 murder: Key to case 'in local area' - BBC News | 2017-12-22 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Johanna Young was 14 when she disappeared from home in Watton at Christmas in 1992. | Norfolk | Johanna Young's parents Robert and Carol want closure 25 years on
Police investigating the murder of a teenager 25 years ago remain convinced someone in the area where she died holds the key to the case.
Johanna Young was 14 when she went missing from her family home in Watton, Norfolk, on 23 December 1992.
Her part... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-42082948 |
Hospitals to cancel ops to cope with winter surge - BBC News | 2017-12-22 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Bosses say the move is needed to prepare for the early January spike in demand, but surgeons complain of short notice. | Health | Hospitals across England have been told to cancel non-emergency operations in the new year to prepare for a post-Christmas surge in patients.
The first weeks of January are often the busiest of the year with winter illnesses peaking, combined with the growing day-to-day demand in A&E.
So an emergency panel of NHS bos... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-42439679 |
MI5 warnings on Brexit, terror and Russia - BBC News | 2017-12-22 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A rise in terror attacks in Europe has brought the UK closer to its European partners despite Brexit, says MI5. | UK | Berlin has been remembering those hurt and killed in a terror attack on a Christmas market this time last year
MI5 has had to reassure its European partners about co-operation since the Brexit referendum, the head of the security service says, but the twin fears of terrorism and Russia has meant that European countrie... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42434767 |
Frozen embryo record parents on 'miracle' baby - BBC News | 2017-12-22 | null | Tina Gibson's daughter was born from an embryo that had been frozen for nearly 25 years. | null | US couple Tina and Benjamin Gibson's daughter was born from an embryo that had been frozen for nearly 25 years. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42442703 |
Curbs on plastic bottle and packaging waste sought by MPs - BBC News | 2017-12-22 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | MPs want deposits on plastic bottles and a higher levy on packaging to protect the seas from pollution. | Business | People should pay a deposit for using plastic bottles in an attempt to protect the seas from the "devastating effects" of plastic pollution, MPs say.
The House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) also wants free public drinking water fountains.
And it says firms using plastic packaging should pay more for ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-42441355 |
Arsenal 3-3 Liverpool - BBC Sport | 2017-12-22 | null | Roberto Firmino earns Liverpool a draw in an incredible Premier League encounter in which Arsenal score three goals in just five minutes. | null | Last updated on .From the section Premier League
Roberto Firmino's powerful finish earned Liverpool a draw in an incredible Premier League encounter that had seen Arsenal score three goals in just five second-half minutes.
The Gunners had been trailing 2-0 after Philippe Coutinho scored his first headed league goal i... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/42362392 |
Birmingham Crash: Hundreds attend taxi driver's funeral - BBC News | 2017-12-22 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Huge crowds were at Birmingham Central Mosque for the funeral of 33-year-old Imtiaz Mohammed. | Birmingham & Black Country | Imtiaz Mohammed has been described as a "happy, loving and friendly guy" by his family
The funeral has been held for a taxi driver who was one of six people killed in a crash in Birmingham.
Imtiaz Mohammed had called his wife to say he was on his last job of the night shortly before the six-vehicle crash on Lee Bank ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-42453972 |
'No 10 knew' of Damian Green claims in 2016, says Kate Maltby - BBC News | 2017-12-22 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Kate Maltby raised concerns about Damian Green's conduct with aides but Theresa May says she was not told. | UK Politics | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.
Kate Maltby, who claims Damian Green made inappropriate advances to her, says she told a senior Downing Street aide about his behaviour in 2016.
The MP, who denies the claims, was sacked from the cabinet on Wednesday.
This... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42449683 |
MP Mark Garnier cleared of breaking ministerial code - BBC News | 2017-12-22 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Theresa May said "a line should be drawn under the issue" following a Cabinet Office investigation. | UK Politics | Some of the accusations date back to 2010 - before Mark Garnier was a minister
MP Mark Garnier has been cleared of breaking the ministerial code after a Cabinet Office investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct.
International trade minister Mark Garnier was also said to have used derogatory language to his s... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42448314 |
Typhoon fighter jets intercept prime minister's plane in exercise - BBC News | 2017-12-22 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Theresa May watched the manoeuvre from the cockpit during her journey from Cyprus. | UK | The jets also refuelled from the prime minister's plane during the training exercise
Two Typhoon jets armed with air-to-air missiles intercepted Theresa May's plane on its return to the UK from Cyprus as part of a training exercise.
Theresa May watched pilots carry out the manoeuvre - a rehearsal for a suspected hija... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42457964 |
Rape conviction quashed over new Facebook evidence - BBC News | 2017-12-22 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A 26-year-old man jailed in 2013 for rape has his conviction overturned by the Court of Appeal. | Derby | Mr Kay was jailed in 2013 for four and half years after a trial at Derby Crown Court
A man jailed for rape four years ago has had his conviction overturned after new Facebook evidence emerged.
Danny Kay's sentence was quashed by the Court of Appeal after deleted messages were found in an archived folder backing his v... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-derbyshire-42453405 |
Antibiotic use in meat revealed by UK supermarkets - BBC News | 2017-12-22 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | M&S, Waitrose and Asda all publish the figures as part of a drive to cut the use of antibiotics. | Business | Three UK supermarket chains have published figures on the amount of antibiotics used by their farm suppliers, in an effort to cut use of the medicines.
Marks and Spencer, Waitrose and Asda have all revealed the quantities of antibiotics in meat and dairy produce.
Campaigners have called on all supermarkets to follow ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-42437665 |
Melbourne attack an isolated incident, says PM Turnbull - BBC News | 2017-12-22 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Australia's prime minister says the attack was "shocking" but there were no known extremist links. | Australia | Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has said an attack involving a car in Melbourne was a "shocking crime" but an "isolated incident".
On Thursday, a 32-year old man drove his car into pedestrians on Flinders Street, injuring 19 people.
Police have said the driver had a history of mental illness and drug abuse... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/42451576 |
Theresa May accuses Vladimir Putin of election meddling - BBC News | 2017-12-22 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The PM says Russia is trying to "undermine free societies" in the West and "sow discord". | UK Politics | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Russia 'tries to sow discord in the West'
Theresa May has launched her strongest attack on Russia yet, accusing Moscow of meddling in elections and carrying out cyber espionage.
Addressing leading business figures at a banq... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-41973043 |
Sweetie: 'Girl' chatbot targets thousands of paedophiles - BBC News | 2017-12-22 | null | Automated chatbot "Sweetie" can handle thousands of conversations and send warnings to perpetrators. | null | Paedophiles are being targeted online by an automated chatbot that makes them think they're talking to a 12-year-old girl.
The "Sweetie" project first made headlines in 2013. It can now handle thousands of simultaneous conversations and send perpetrators warning messages. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-42461065 |
Australian WW1-era submarine found after 13th search mission - BBC News | 2017-12-22 | null | The discovery of the first Allied submarine lost in World War One solves Australia's oldest naval mystery. | null | It's taken 103 years of searching but the wreck of Australia's first naval submarine has been found.
The HMAS AE-1 was the first Allied submarine lost in World War One. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-42451713 |
Australia methamphetamine seizure 'worth a record A$1bn' - BBC News | 2017-12-22 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Eight men are arrested over the largest seizure of the drug in national history. | Australia | Six men were arrested at a dock near Geraldton, in Western Australia
Australian police have arrested eight men over the nation's largest ever seizure of the drug methamphetamine.
The haul, estimated to have a street value of A$1bn (£600m; $800m), was uncovered when police raided a dock in Western Australia, authoriti... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-42450959 |
Catalonia election amid crisis with Spain over independence - BBC News | 2017-12-22 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Updates and expert analysis as Spain's restive region elects a new parliament amid a crisis over independence. | Europe | We are now pausing our live coverage following Thursday's election in Catalonia.
A pro-Spanish unity party has won the most seats but separatist parties will together be able to form a majority in parliament.
The results are a setback for Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy who had imposed direct rule over the regio... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-europe-42445868 |
UK cyber-defence chief accuses Russia of hack attacks - BBC News | 2017-12-22 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Russia is accused of having attacked Britain's media, telecommunications and energy sectors. | Technology | The National Cyber Security Centre said the UK's energy sector had been targeted
One of the UK's cyber-defence chiefs has accused Russia of having attacked Britain's media, telecommunications and energy sectors over the past year.
Ciaran Martin, chief executive of GCHQ's National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), added t... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-41997262 |
Aldi stabbing: Woman dies in Skipton supermarket attack - BBC News | 2017-12-22 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Terrified shoppers screamed as the woman was stabbed in the store in Skipton during the afternoon. | England | Shoppers at the store spoke of "hearing screams"
A woman who was stabbed in an Aldi supermarket, in Skipton, North Yorkshire, has died.
The 30-year-old was attacked at the store in Keighley Road at about 15:30 GMT on Thursday.
Shoppers were left terrified, with one witness saying everyone "screamed and ran up and do... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-42449924 |
PM's deputy Damian Green denies inappropriate behaviour claim - BBC News | 2017-12-22 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Senior minister Damian Green denies claims by a Tory activist that he acted inappropriately. | UK Politics | Prime Minister Theresa May's deputy, Damian Green, has said allegations of inappropriate behaviour towards a female activist are "completely false".
Mr Green has instructed libel lawyers over the claims, the BBC understands.
Tory activist Kate Maltby wrote in the Times that he "fleetingly" touched her knee in a pub i... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-41827264 |
Italian 'ambulances of death' worker arrested - BBC News | 2017-12-22 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The Sicilian suspect injected air into patients' veins to earn cash from a funeral parlour, police say. | Europe | Police on the Italian island of Sicily have arrested an ambulance worker suspected of killing people to earn money from a funeral parlour linked to the mafia.
The man is alleged to have injected air into the veins of at least three terminally ill patients as they were transported back to their homes.
He is said to ha... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-42451096 |
Aldi stabbing: Jodie Willsher murder suspect charged - BBC News | 2017-12-22 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Mum-of-one Jodie Willsher, 30, was stabbed while working at the Skipton store on Thursday. | York & North Yorkshire | Jodie Willsher was working at the the Keighley Road Aldi store in Skipton, North Yorkshire, when she was stabbed
A 44-year-old man has been charged with murdering a woman who was stabbed to death in an Aldi supermarket.
Mum-of-one Jodie Willsher, 30, was attacked as she worked in the Keighley Road store in Skipton, N... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-42462131 |
Ed Sheeran (and Beyonce) have Christmas number one - BBC News | 2017-12-22 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The British singer tops the festive chart with Perfect after holding off a challenge - from himself. | Entertainment & Arts | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Sheeran said he felt "very proud and happy" in a video message
Ed Sheeran has beaten off competition from Eminem - and himself - to land his first UK Christmas number one single.
Perfect - which he released in three separat... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-42401275 |
Banbury mother dies after raising £40,000 for sons - BBC News | 2017-12-22 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Sam Kyme wanted a new life for her boys with her sister's family in Australia after her death. | Oxford | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Sam Kyme made a plea through her friends to keep her sons out of care
A woman with motor neurone disease who raised more than £40,000 to enable her sons to live with her sister in Australia has died.
Sam Kyme, 34, from Banb... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-42453715 |
I'm more than 'Madame Brexit' - Theresa May - BBC News | 2017-12-22 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The PM insists she is "in it for the long-term" and shrugs off claims she has had a bad year. | UK Politics | Theresa May has insisted she is more than "Madame Brexit," having been given the title by Poland's prime minister.
She said there were "other things" she wanted to achieve apart from delivering a successful exit from the EU - such as improvements to education and training.
And she insisted she was "in it for the long... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42458062 |
Ladbrokes Coral bought by online rival GVC - BBC News | 2017-12-22 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The UK's biggest High Street bookmaker is bought by GVC, owner of Sportingbet and Foxy Bingo. | Business | Gambling giant Ladbrokes Coral has agreed to be bought by online rival GVC in a deal worth up to £4bn.
Under the deal, shareholders in GVC - which owns the Bwin, Sportingbet and Foxy Bingo brands - will hold 53.5% of the combined group.
Ladbrokes Coral became the UK's biggest High Street bookmaker following last year... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-42452945 |
Jailed Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe 'eligible for early release' - BBC News | 2017-12-22 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The husband of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe says he is hopeful his wife will be released soon. | UK | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Richard Ratcliffe tells the BBC: "Formally, on the system, she's eligible to be released at any point."
British-Iranian woman Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, who has been held in Iran for 18 months, has been told she is eligible ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42439701 |
N Korea given 'unambiguous message' - Haley - BBC News | 2017-12-23 | null | US ambassador Nikki Haley says a UN Security Council resolution sends a clear warning to North Korea. | null | US ambassador Nikki Haley said a unanimous UN Security Council resolution sent a clear warning to North Korea that further missile tests would invite more punishment. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-42462074 |
Tropical Storm Tembin: Rescuers search for victims - BBC News | 2017-12-23 | null | This video has been removed for right reasons. | null | This video has been removed for right reasons.
Tropical Storm Tembin brought flash flooding and mudslides to many parts of Mindanao island, in the southern Philippines, before heading west.
Rescuers are searching for survivors and thousands of people have been evacuated. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-42465224 |
Philippines Tropical Storm Tembin kills more than 180 on Mindanao - BBC News | 2017-12-23 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Tropical Storm Tembin brings flash floods and mudslides to the southern island of Mindanao. | Asia | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The aftermath of Storm Tembin on Mindanao island
More than 180 people are reported to have been killed as a tropical storm swept through the southern Philippines, with dozens more missing.
Storm Tembin brought flash floodin... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-42464644 |
Boris Johnson says UK wants better relations with Russia - BBC News | 2017-12-23 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Boris Johnson and Sergei Lavrov clash over cyber-attacks but also trade jokes after talks in Moscow. | UK Politics | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.
Boris Johnson says the UK's relations with Russia are "not on a good footing" but he wants them to improve, after talks in Moscow.
Russia's foreign minister Sergei Lavrov accused the UK of making "insulting" statements ahea... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42450479 |
Big Ben's iconic bongs return - BBC News | 2017-12-23 | null | The moment the Great Bell of the Elizabeth Tower's hourly chimes resumed for the festive period. | null | This was the moment Big Ben's iconic bongs returned, to ring across the festive period.
The Great Bell of the Elizabeth Tower fell silent in August whilst repair work was carried out.
The chimes were most recently reactivated for Armistice Day in November and will continue to be rung for special occasions during its ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42465385 |
Bruce McCandless, who made first untethered space flight, dies at 80 - BBC News | 2017-12-23 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | In February 1984, Bruce McCandless pushed off from the Space Shuttle and drifted alone into space. | US & Canada | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.
Bruce McCandless, who was captured in a stunning photograph in 1984 as he made the first untethered flight in space, has died aged 80, Nasa said.
With a jetpack, McCandless travelled 100m (328ft) from the Space Shuttle.
"T... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42465059 |
Aldi stabbing: Jodie Willsher murder-accused Neville Hord in court - BBC News | 2017-12-23 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Neville Hord, 44, has been charged with stabbing supermarket worker Jodie Willsher, 30, to death. | York & North Yorkshire | Jodie Willsher's husband Malcolm said she was "lovely and warm and always had a smile on her face"
The man accused of stabbing an Aldi supermarket worker to death has appeared in court charged with murder.
Neville Hord, 44, from Bradford, is accused of attacking Jodie Willsher, 30, as she worked at the store in Skipt... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-42462968 |
London Zoo fire kills aardvark 'and meerkats' - BBC News | 2017-12-23 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Staff from the zoo were treated for injuries and one person taken to hospital in the blaze. | London | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.
Staff have been injured and an aardvark and possibly four meerkats killed in a fire at London Zoo.
About 70 firefighters tackled the blaze at its height in the Animal Adventure section that spread to a shop.
One person was... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-derbyshire-42465094 |
Syria war: Assad 'may evacuate cancer children' from Eastern Ghouta - BBC News | 2017-12-23 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Seven children could be brought from a besieged suburb if Syria's president agrees, a charity says. | Middle East | Rama, 4, has lymphoma and last received medication eight months ago
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is considering a request to evacuate seven children with cancer from a besieged area, a British charity says.
Hamish de Bretton-Gordon, an adviser to the charity, told the BBC that Mr Assad's private office had said h... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-42467306 |
'Remarkable' truffle discovery on Paris rooftop raises hopes of more - BBC News | 2017-12-23 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A 21g truffle found in a Paris roof garden raises hopes that more could be grown in the city. | Europe | There was celebration among French foodies after a wild truffle was discovered on a Paris rooftop.
The discovery, at the base of a hornbeam tree in a hotel roof garden near the Eiffel Tower, is thought to be a first for the city.
Truffles usually grow further south, in more Mediterranean climes, and are dug up by spe... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-42465056 |
Daphne du Maurier's Cornish home listed - BBC News | 2017-12-23 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The riverside home that inspired Daphne du Maurier's first novel is given Grade II listed status. | Cornwall | Daphne du Maurier's riverside Cornish holiday home was a shipwright's workshop before it was bought by the Du Maurier family
The Cornish holiday home where Daphne du Maurier wrote her first novel has been given Grade II listed status.
The author wrote The Loving Spirit, published in 1931, at the former boatyard on th... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-42465495 |
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