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North Korea: How are countries defending themselves? - BBC News | 2017-12-23 | 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 |
Amazon apologises for 'threats' to customer - BBC News | 2017-12-23 | 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 |
Turkey blunder 'a potential dementia sign' - BBC News | 2017-12-23 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Seeing relatives for the first time in a while could be an opportunity to spot signs of confusion. | Health | You did turn it on, didn't you?
Forgetting to turn on the oven for the Christmas turkey could be a sign of early dementia in a loved one, says the NHS's top dementia expert.
Prof Alistair Burns said becoming confused in a strange house and forgetting relatives' names may also be early signs of the disease.
He said i... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-42456853 |
'World's ugliest pig' caught on camera - BBC News | 2017-12-23 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Conservationists capture the first footage in the wild of the endangered Javan warty pig | Science & Environment | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. It had been feared the Javan warty pig had become extinct
Scientists have captured the first footage in the wild of one of the world's rarest - and ugliest - pigs.
The Javan warty pig is under such threat from hunting and h... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-42433938 |
'Lonely' WW2 veteran's Christmas card plea answered - BBC News | 2017-12-23 | null | Former Royal Marine Ted Owens gets dozens of cards after a friend's Facebook plea. | null | A "lonely" World War Two veteran has been made "very happy" after being inundated with Christmas cards following a friend's Facebook plea.
Ted Owens, 93, a former Royal Marines Commando from Pembroke Dock, Pembrokeshire, has received dozens of cards, which he said made him "feel young again".
Author Mark Llewhellin, ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-42467663 |
Conductor Charles Dutoit denies 'forced physical contact' claims - BBC News | 2017-12-23 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Charles Dutoit says allegations by women of "forced physical contact" have "no basis in truth". | Entertainment & Arts | Renowned conductor Charles Dutoit has said allegations by a number of women of "forced physical contact" have "absolutely no basis in truth".
Dutoit issued a statement after the Associated Press news agency reported three opera singers and a musician as saying he had forced himself on them.
Dutoit said he was taking ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-42467406 |
Arsenal 3-3 Liverpool - BBC Sport | 2017-12-23 | 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 |
London Zoo 'devastated' by aardvark fire death - BBC News | 2017-12-23 | null | A nine-year-old aardvark has died after a fire at London Zoo, with four meerkats also presumed dead. | null | London Zoo says a nine-year-old aardvark called Misha has died and four meerkats are missing, presumed dead, following a fire there.
A number of zoo staff were treated at the scene for smoke inhalation and shock.
Keepers and security worked to keep animals safe before firefighters arrived. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42465392 |
Tesco: No edible food will go to waste by February 2018 - BBC News | 2017-12-23 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The supermarket giant says its 2,654 stores will no longer throw away food that is fit to be eaten. | UK | No food fit for human consumption will be wasted by Tesco's UK stores by the end of February, the retail giant says.
Chief executive Dave Lewis told the Daily Telegraph food waste had been "talked about for years" as he unveiled the plans for all 2,654 stores.
Urging other chains to follow suit, he said edible food s... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42464912 |
Military keeping UK safe, PM says in Christmas message - BBC News | 2017-12-23 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | PM recalls navy's hurricane relief efforts and fight against IS in Christmas message to troops. | UK | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The PM praised troops for their high standards and devotion to duty
The prime minister has used her Christmas message to the armed forces to pay tribute to the "valiant hearts" of British servicemen and women who are working... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42468209 |
Typhoon fighter jets intercept prime minister's plane in exercise - BBC News | 2017-12-23 | 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 |
San Francisco: Man arrested over 'Christmas terror plan' - BBC News | 2017-12-23 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The man allegedly discussed with undercover agents targeting San Francisco over Christmas. | US & Canada | The 25-year-old had unknowingly been communicating with undercover FBI agents
A former marine has been arrested by the FBI on suspicion of planning a terror attack in San Francisco over Christmas.
Everitt Aaron Jameson, 25, was held after allegedly discussing the plot with undercover FBI agents.
Criminal documents a... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42462463 |
Melbourne car attack: Australia police charge man - BBC News | 2017-12-23 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A former Afghan refugee faces 18 counts of attempted murder after the incident in Flinders Street. | Australia | The car ploughed into Christmas shoppers near Flinders Street railway station
A man accused of driving his car into pedestrians in the Australian city of Melbourne has been charged with 18 counts of attempted murder.
Former Afghan refugee Saeed Noori, 32, appeared before magistrates on Saturday and was remanded in cu... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-42464310 |
Hidden camera captures rare pig thought extinct - BBC News | 2017-12-23 | null | Scientists have filmed one of the world's rarest, and 'ugliest', pigs in a forest in Indonesia. | null | Scientists have filmed one of the world's rarest, and 'ugliest', pigs in a forest in Java, Indonesia.
The Javan warty pig is under such threat from hunting and habitat loss that conservationists surveying its habitat believed it might already have been driven to extinction. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-42465534 |
Stephen Crabb MP cleared over harassment claims - BBC News | 2017-12-23 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Former Welsh secretary Stephen Crabb cleared of breaching Tory party rules. | Wales politics | The allegations made about Stephen Crabb were published in national newspapers
Former Welsh secretary Stephen Crabb has been cleared of breaching party rules following an investigation into allegations of inappropriate conduct.
The Preseli Pembrokeshire MP was alleged to have sent explicit messages to a 19-year-old w... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-politics-42462431 |
Sweetie: 'Girl' chatbot targets thousands of paedophiles - BBC News | 2017-12-23 | 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 |
Theresa May's Christmas 2017 message to the Armed Forces - BBC News | 2017-12-23 | null | PM recalls navy's hurricane relief efforts and fight against IS in Christmas message to troops. | null | Prime Minister Theresa May has used her Christmas message to the armed forces to pay tribute to the "valiant hearts" of British servicemen and women who are working to keep the UK safe. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42468213 |
Philippines country profile - BBC News | 2017-12-23 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Provides an overview of Philippines, including key facts about this South East Asian country. | Asia | More than 7,000 islands make up the Philippines, but the bulk of its fast-growing population lives on just 11 of them.
Much of the country is mountainous and prone to earthquakes and eruptions from around 20 active volcanoes. It is often buffeted by typhoons and other storms.
The Philippines - a Spanish colony for mo... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-15521300 |
Miss America leaked emails: CEO Sam Haskell and three others quit - BBC News | 2017-12-23 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Four executives resign after the leaking of misogynistic emails about contestants. | US & Canada | Sam Haskell (pictured on the front row) watches the 2017 contest
The Miss America Organization CEO, Sam Haskell, has resigned over leaked emails that disparaged pageant contestants.
The organisation said it would accept Mr Haskell's immediate resignation. Its chairperson, Lynn Weidner and two other executives are als... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42466526 |
Devon beach lifeguard's double life rescuing refugees - BBC News | 2017-12-23 | null | Beach lifeguard Richie Heard works in Devon in the summer and saves refugees in the winter. | null | Beach lifeguard Richie Heard spends summers working in north Devon and winters saving refugees in the Aegean Sea.
He spoke during a visit home from the Greek island of Lesbos, where he is operations manager with Refugee Rescue.
He said the sound of crying babies, stranded with their parents in boats on rocks, never l... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-42445304 |
Aldi stabbing: Jodie Willsher murder suspect charged - BBC News | 2017-12-23 | 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 | 2017-12-23 | 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 |
GP warns Santa to 'give sherry a miss' - BBC News | 2017-12-23 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The head of the Royal College of GPs said we can all help Father Christmas get fitter this year. | UK | A leading doctor tells Santa to swap his mince pies for some of Rudolph's carrots this Christmas
Father Christmas could be doing serious harm to his health by overloading with mince pies and sherry, a leading doctor has warned.
Professor Helen Stokes-Lampard, head of the Royal College of GPs, said Santa could face a ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42464803 |
Garry Monk: Middlesbrough part company with manager despite victory - BBC Sport | 2017-12-23 | null | Championship side Middlesbrough part company with manager Garry Monk despite a victory hours earlier. | null | Last updated on .From the section Middlesbrough
Championship side Middlesbrough parted company with manager Garry Monk hours after a 2-1 win at Sheffield Wednesday.
The former Swansea and Leeds United boss has been replaced by academy manager Craig Liddle on an interim basis "while a successor is appointed", the club... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/42468443 |
'Pay-per-mile' scheme for HGVs considered - BBC News | 2017-12-23 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The transport secretary says it would help ensure UK and international drivers pay for road upkeep. | UK | The new scheme would pay to fix damage caused by lorries to roads
The government is considering a "pay-per-mile" scheme for lorries to cover the cost of damage to roads.
Transport Secretary Chris Grayling confirmed the current HGV levy, used to pay for wear and tear on the road network, was being consulted on.
Criti... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42464125 |
I'm more than 'Madame Brexit' - Theresa May - BBC News | 2017-12-23 | 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 |
Cancer Research award for 'Christmas miracle' boy - BBC News | 2017-12-23 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Brave three-year-old Ceylian survived surgery to remove a tumour half the size of his brain. | Leicester | Ceylian Bonnet Bocher's mother had him baptised ahead of the operation as doctors feared the worse
A boy hailed a "Christmas miracle" after surviving surgery to remove an orange-sized tumour from his brain has received a national award for courage.
It was feared Ceylian Bonnet Bocher, three, from Leicestershire, woul... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershire-42443864 |
N Korea given 'unambiguous message' - Haley - BBC News | 2017-12-24 | 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 |
Peru's ex-President Fujimori taken from jail to hospital - BBC News | 2017-12-24 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The 79-year-old has low blood pressure and an abnormal heart rhythm, his doctor says. | Latin America & Caribbean | Peru's former President Alberto Fujimori has been taken from prison to a hospital because of low blood pressure and abnormal heart rhythm.
His doctor was quoted by local media as saying cardiologists had advised the 79-year-old needed urgent treatment.
Fujimori - who was in power from 1990 to 2000 - is serving a 25-y... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-42469854 |
Tropical Storm Tembin: Rescuers search for victims - BBC News | 2017-12-24 | 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 | 2017-12-24 | 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 |
M40 crash: Two men die and four people injured - BBC News | 2017-12-24 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | One vehicle is thought to have overturned in the crash, which happened between junctions 10 and 11. | Oxford | Four people involved in the crash were taken to hospital
Two men have died in a crash involving five vehicles that closed part of the M40 in Oxfordshire for several hours.
One vehicle is thought to have overturned in the crash, which happened between junctions 10 and 11, near Banbury, at 23:40 GMT on Saturday.
A 60-... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-42469902 |
Field Farm Fisheries' 'no Polish' sign taken down - BBC News | 2017-12-24 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The owner of Field Farm Fisheries said the sign went up because he had caught Polish anglers stealing fish. | Oxford | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Polish fisherman Rado Papiewski wants to have the sign removed
The owner of a fishery which displayed a sign banning Polish and "Eastern bloc" anglers says it has been taken down after his family received threats.
Billy Eva... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-42472722 |
North Korea: How are countries defending themselves? - BBC News | 2017-12-24 | 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 |
London Zoo fire kills aardvark 'and meerkats' - BBC News | 2017-12-24 | 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 | 2017-12-24 | 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 |
Tropical Storm Tembin: Bridge damage hampers rescuers - BBC News | 2017-12-24 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Some 200 people have died in flash floods and mudslides brought by Tropical Storm Tembin. | Asia | Bridges and roads have been destroyed
Badly-damaged infrastructure is hampering relief efforts following a deadly tropical storm in the southern Philippines, the local Red Cross says.
Bridges and roads on the island of Mindanao have been destroyed or blocked by landslides, Richard Gordon told the BBC.
Some 200 peopl... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-42469856 |
Serena Williams to make comeback in Abu Dhabi after giving birth - BBC Sport | 2017-12-24 | null | Former world number one Serena Williams will play her first match since giving birth in September in Abu Dhabi next week. | null | Last updated on .From the section Tennis
Serena Williams will return to tennis in Abu Dhabi next week, almost four months after giving birth.
The American, 36, will play world number seven Jelena Ostapenko in an exhibition match on 30 December during the Mubadala World Tennis Championship.
Williams, who has won an O... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/42472273 |
Be 'proportionate' with anti-social powers, councils told - BBC News | 2017-12-24 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Home Office tells councils in England and Wales to avoid using anti-social orders on the "vulnerable". | UK | New guidance on the use of anti-social behaviour powers has been issued to ensure they are reasonably applied.
The Home Office told councils and police in England and Wales the laws should not be used on the vulnerable.
It comes amid concerns orders were being used to target buskers, rough sleepers, dog walkers and g... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42471062 |
TV dinners: The hidden cost of the processed food revolution - BBC News | 2017-12-24 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The industrialisation of food production has saved us time - but we are paying the price in other ways. | Business | It is a typical November Tuesday for Mary, who lives in the north-east of the United States.
She is 44, has a degree, and her family is prosperous - in the top quarter of American households by income. So what has she done today? Is she a lawyer or a teacher?
No. Mary spent an hour knitting and sewing, two hours sett... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-39490182 |
UK's Christian heritage stressed in PM's Christmas message - BBC News | 2017-12-24 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | In their Christmas messages the prime minister and the Labour leader praise those who help others. | UK Politics | Britons should "take pride" in their country's Christian heritage at Christmas, Theresa May has said.
In her Christmas message, the prime minister said there is a "confidence... that in Britain you can practise your faith free from question or fear".
She also praised the emergency services for their Grenfell Tower an... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42469087 |
China's huge new amphibious aircraft takes flight - BBC News | 2017-12-24 | null | China's AG600 - which is roughly the size of a Boeing 737 - lifted off from Zhuhai airport in the southern province of Guangdong. | null | China's huge new amphibious aircraft has made a successful one-hour maiden flight. China's AG600 - which is roughly the size of a Boeing 737 but with four turboprop engines - lifted off from Zhuhai airport in the southern province of Guangdong. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-42473652 |
Army halts plans to ditch 'Be the Best' slogan - BBC News | 2017-12-24 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The 'Be the Best' slogan and crest depicting crossed swords, a crown and a lion, will stay. | UK | Plans to ditch the Army's Be the Best slogan and its crest logo have been halted by the defence secretary.
The Mail on Sunday said the Army was considering changing the slogan after market research said it was considered "dated, elitist and non-inclusive".
The Ministry of Defence said the Army-commissioned rebrand ha... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42469901 |
Why did we use leaded petrol for so long? - BBC News | 2017-12-24 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The arguments nearly a century ago over the use of leaded petrol. | Business | Leaded petrol was safe. Its inventor was sure of it.
Facing sceptical reporters at a press conference in October 1924, Thomas Midgley dramatically produced a container of tetraethyl lead - the additive in question - and washed his hands in it.
"I'm not taking any chance whatever," Midgley declared. "Nor would I... do... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-40593353 |
Lost Mac the monkey returned to toddler for Christmas - BBC News | 2017-12-24 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | People began a race to unite toddler Finn with Mac the monkey in time for Christmas. | Sussex | Mac was flown to Knock to join Finn who is spending Christmas in Ireland
A lost toy monkey has been returned to its two-year-old owner after a race to reunite the pair for Christmas.
Finn Regan-Alexander left the toy on an Aer Lingus plane after the family flew from Gatwick to Knock to visit relatives on 19 December.... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-42472062 |
The iPhone at 10: How the smartphone became so smart - BBC News | 2017-12-24 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Tim Harford tells the surprising story of how the iPhone became a truly revolutionary technology. | Business | On 9 January 2007, one of the most influential entrepreneurs on the planet announced something new - a product that was to become the most profitable in history.
It was, of course, the iPhone. There are many ways in which the iPhone has defined the modern economy.
There is the sheer profitability of the thing, of cou... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-38320198 |
'Lonely' WW2 veteran's Christmas card plea answered - BBC News | 2017-12-24 | null | Former Royal Marine Ted Owens gets dozens of cards after a friend's Facebook plea. | null | A "lonely" World War Two veteran has been made "very happy" after being inundated with Christmas cards following a friend's Facebook plea.
Ted Owens, 93, a former Royal Marines Commando from Pembroke Dock, Pembrokeshire, has received dozens of cards, which he said made him "feel young again".
Author Mark Llewhellin, ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-42467663 |
Rachel Johnson to take part in Celeb Big Brother - BBC News | 2017-12-24 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Journalist Rachel Johnson, who is the sister of Boris Johnson, will take part in the first all female Celeb Big Brother. | Newsbeat | Journalist Rachel Johnson's been confirmed as the first celebrity to enter the Big Brother house on 2nd January 2018.
The 52-year-old is the sister of Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson and daughter of politician, author and I'm a Celebrity contestant Stanley Johnson.
The new series will feature an all female house for ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/articles/42471142 |
Military keeping UK safe, PM says in Christmas message - BBC News | 2017-12-24 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | PM recalls navy's hurricane relief efforts and fight against IS in Christmas message to troops. | UK | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The PM praised troops for their high standards and devotion to duty
The prime minister has used her Christmas message to the armed forces to pay tribute to the "valiant hearts" of British servicemen and women who are working... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42468209 |
Tesco: No edible food will go to waste by February 2018 - BBC News | 2017-12-24 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The supermarket giant says its 2,654 stores will no longer throw away food that is fit to be eaten. | UK | No food fit for human consumption will be wasted by Tesco's UK stores by the end of February, the retail giant says.
Chief executive Dave Lewis told the Daily Telegraph food waste had been "talked about for years" as he unveiled the plans for all 2,654 stores.
Urging other chains to follow suit, he said edible food s... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42464912 |
Russia elections: Hundreds vote to nominate Navalny - BBC News | 2017-12-24 | null | Supporters of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny gather to nominate him for presidential elections. | null | Supporters of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny have gathered in Moscow to nominate him for presidential elections.
But the authorities say that because of a criminal conviction, which he says is politically motivated, he will not be allowed to stand. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-42473667 |
Strictly's Bruno Tonioli in tears on Desert Island Discs - BBC News | 2017-12-24 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The Strictly judge breaks down as he dedicates a Beatles song to lost friends and relatives. | UK | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.
Strictly Come Dancing judge Bruno Tonioli has broken down in tears as he recalled losing his mother, as well as friends and relatives, as a young man.
Speaking on the Christmas edition of BBC Radio 4's Desert Island Discs, ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42467471 |
Catalonia election: Spain's King Felipe warns separatists - BBC News | 2017-12-24 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Felipe VI of Spain says separatist leaders must act responsibly after their election success. | Europe | The king of Spain has issued a renewed call for unity amid the ongoing fallout from Catalonia's outlawed independence referendum.
In his Christmas message, Felipe VI urged the people of Catalonia to choose coexistence rather than confrontation.
He did not directly mention the leaders of the Catalan separatist movemen... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-42474835 |
Bob Givens: Bugs Bunny animator dies aged 99 - BBC News | 2017-12-24 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Bob Givens was behind the design of many of the 20th Century's most famous animated characters | US & Canada | Bob Givens redesigned the Bugs Bunny character for Warner Bros. in 1940
Bob Givens, the animator best known for his redesign of Bugs Bunny, has died aged 99.
Givens' career spanned over 60 years and he worked as an animator for companies such as Disney, Warner Bros, and Hanna-Barbera.
Givens also drew cartoon charac... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42474282 |
MPs hit back at abusive Christmas messages - BBC News | 2017-12-24 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Tory Zac Goldsmith tweeted a card he received which wished him a "cancerous New Year". | UK Politics | MPs have revealed some of the abusive, threatening and racist messages sent to them in the build-up to Christmas.
They include a racist card targeting shadow home secretary Diane Abbott which said "stop Labour stealing our white Christmas".
Tory Zac Goldsmith tweeted a card he received which wished him a "cancerous N... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42434283 |
Trump Turnberry will no longer get business rates relief - BBC News | 2017-12-24 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The US president's golf resort in South Ayrshire had previously received business rates relief of more than £100,000. | Scotland politics | Donald Trump's Turnberry resort in South Ayrshire is now above the cut-off point for tax relief
A Scottish golf resort owned by US President Donald Trump will no longer qualify for a controversial tax break.
A change in the Scottish government's recent budget will remove Trump Turnberry in South Ayrshire from a busin... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-42472775 |
London Zoo reopens after aardvark and meerkats die in fire - BBC News | 2017-12-24 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | An aardvark and probably four meerkats died and staff needed medical treatment. | London | The zoo reopened on Sunday after being shut on Saturday after the fire
London Zoo has reopened following a fire which killed a number of animals and left several staff needing medical attention.
An aardvark called Misha died and it is thought meerkats Robbie, Norman, Billy and Nigel were also killed.
One person was ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-42469949 |
Free boarding school places for care system pupils - BBC News | 2017-12-24 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Local authorities will work with charities to put forward pupils for bursaries and scholarships. | Family & Education | Boarding schools in England are to offer free places to children with links to the care system, the Department for Education has announced.
Local authorities will work with children's charities to put forward pupils for bursaries and scholarships.
It is part of a government pledge to get independent and state schools... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-42467208 |
Tunisia bans UAE Emirates airline from landing in Tunis - BBC News | 2017-12-24 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The move comes after Tunisian women reported being stopped from boarding flights to the Gulf nation. | Africa | Tunisia has banned Emirates airline from landing in the capital Tunis after a number of Tunisian women were prevented from boarding its flights.
The move comes amid widespread anger in Tunisia, with rights groups condemning "racist and discriminatory" measures.
The transport ministry said the measure would stay in pl... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-42474716 |
Philippines country profile - BBC News | 2017-12-24 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Provides an overview of Philippines, including key facts about this South East Asian country. | Asia | More than 7,000 islands make up the Philippines, but the bulk of its fast-growing population lives on just 11 of them.
Much of the country is mountainous and prone to earthquakes and eruptions from around 20 active volcanoes. It is often buffeted by typhoons and other storms.
The Philippines - a Spanish colony for mo... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-15521300 |
How the humble S-bend made modern toilets possible - BBC News | 2017-12-24 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Designed in 1775, the S-bend was key to the flushing toilet, and public sanitation as we know it. | Business | "Gentility of speech is at an end," thundered an editorial in London's City Press, in 1858. "It stinks!"
The stink in question was partly metaphorical: politicians were failing to tackle an obvious problem.
As its population grew, London's system for disposing of human waste became woefully inadequate. To relieve pre... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-41188465 |
Ashes: Mitchell Starc hits back at James Anderson comments - BBC Sport | 2017-12-24 | null | Injured Australia pace bowler Mitchell Starc hopes that his replacement Jackson Bird "sticks it up" England in the fourth Ashes Test. | null | Last updated on .From the section Cricket
Coverage: Ball-by-ball Test Match Special commentary on BBC Radio 5 live sports extra, Radio 4 LW, online, tablets, mobiles and BBC Sport app. Live text commentary on the BBC Sport website and app
Injured Australia bowler Mitchell Starc hopes his replacement Jackson Bird "sti... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/42471258 |
Wagamama apology for 'don't be sick' staff notice - BBC News | 2017-12-24 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Noodle chain manager took "highly unusual approach" over festive staff shortage fears in London branch. | UK | Restaurant chain Wagamama has apologised after a manager warned workers they face disciplinary action for calling in sick over Christmas.
A note on a rota at one of its London branches said it was the responsibility of ill staff to find colleagues to cover shifts.
Wagamama said the manager "feared team member shortag... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42473679 |
Miss America leaked emails: CEO Sam Haskell and three others quit - BBC News | 2017-12-24 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Four executives resign after the leaking of misogynistic emails about contestants. | US & Canada | Sam Haskell (pictured on the front row) watches the 2017 contest
The Miss America Organization CEO, Sam Haskell, has resigned over leaked emails that disparaged pageant contestants.
The organisation said it would accept Mr Haskell's immediate resignation. Its chairperson, Lynn Weidner and two other executives are als... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42466526 |
Leaders pay tribute to festive workers - BBC News | 2017-12-24 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Scotland's party leaders use their Christmas messages to thank emergency service workers and volunteers. | Scotland politics | Scotland's political leaders have paid tribute to people working over the holidays in their Christmas messages.
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon visited a community cafe in Glasgow and hailed those "thinking about and helping others".
Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson thanked armed forces personnel and organis... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-42466140 |
Drug dealer arrested after mistaking police car for taxi - BBC News | 2017-12-24 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A man carrying 1,000 joints jumped in the back of a police car looking for a ride, Danish police say. | Europe | Police said the man was carrying about 1,000 joints
An alleged drug dealer in Copenhagen received an unwanted surprise for Christmas when he jumped into the back of a taxi with about 1,000 joints on him, only to find it was a police car.
Danish police said the man was rushing home when he made the grave error.
The m... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-42471543 |
Philippines mall fire: Bodycam shows blaze inside - BBC News | 2017-12-24 | null | At least 37 people are feared dead in the blaze that swept through a shopping centre in Davao. | null | At least 37 people are feared to have died in a fire that swept through a shopping mall in the Philippines. It happened in the southern Philippine city of Davao. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-42471962 |
Vice admits 'boy's club' culture fostered sexual harassment - BBC News | 2017-12-24 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The punk magazine-turned-media empire faces accusations of workplace harassment and sexism. | US & Canada | Digital media company Vice has admitted to a "boy's club" culture that failed to protect women staff from harassment.
Co-founders Shane Smith and Suroosh Alvi said in a statement that the company had taken action over "multiple instances of unacceptable behavior".
The statement came in response to an in-depth New Yor... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42471133 |
GP warns Santa to 'give sherry a miss' - BBC News | 2017-12-24 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The head of the Royal College of GPs said we can all help Father Christmas get fitter this year. | UK | A leading doctor tells Santa to swap his mince pies for some of Rudolph's carrots this Christmas
Father Christmas could be doing serious harm to his health by overloading with mince pies and sherry, a leading doctor has warned.
Professor Helen Stokes-Lampard, head of the Royal College of GPs, said Santa could face a ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42464803 |
Garry Monk: Middlesbrough part company with manager despite victory - BBC Sport | 2017-12-24 | null | Championship side Middlesbrough part company with manager Garry Monk despite a victory hours earlier. | null | Last updated on .From the section Middlesbrough
Championship side Middlesbrough parted company with manager Garry Monk hours after a 2-1 win at Sheffield Wednesday.
The former Swansea and Leeds United boss has been replaced by academy manager Craig Liddle on an interim basis "while a successor is appointed", the club... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/42468443 |
Philippines mall fire: At least 37 feared dead in Davao - BBC News | 2017-12-24 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | At least 37 people are believed to have been trapped in a burning mall in the city of Davao. | Asia | Employees of a call centre were trapped on the fourth floor, officials said
At least 37 people are feared to have died in a fire that tore through a shopping mall in the southern Philippine city of Davao, local officials say.
Firefighters battled for hours to extinguish the blaze that started on the third floor and s... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-42469853 |
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe: Husband 'sitting by the phone' - BBC News | 2017-12-24 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe's husband says he hopes she could be freed within a fortnight. | UK | Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, the British-Iranian mother who has been held in Iran for 20 months, could be freed within a fortnight, her husband says.
Richard Ratcliffe told BBC Radio 4's Broadcasting House programme that the "best case" was a 25 December release.
"We are sitting by the phone hoping", he said, days afte... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42471982 |
Skiers in French Alps lift ordeal at Chamrousse - BBC News | 2017-12-24 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | At least 150 people are evacuated after being trapped for several hours in gondolas in Chamrousse. | Europe | The cause of the breakdown has not been established
At least 150 people have been rescued after being trapped for several hours in ski lift gondolas in the resort of Chamrousse in the French Alps.
A vast rescue operation was launched after the lift broke down at about 15:00 local time (14:00 GMT) and was completed by... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-42474834 |
Swimmers brave icy sea in Porthcawl on Christmas Day - BBC News | 2017-12-25 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The Porthcawl Christmas morning swim is in its 53rd year and takes place on Sandy Bay. | South East Wales | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Swimmers went in all types of fancy dress
About 1,200 people braved icy sea waters to take part in one of the UK's largest Christmas Day swims.
The Porthcawl Christmas morning swim is in its 53rd year, and took place on San... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-east-wales-42442265 |
Queen's message pays tribute to London and Manchester - BBC News | 2017-12-25 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | In her Christmas broadcast, she hails emergency service workers and those caught up in 2017 tragedies. | UK | The Queen has paid tribute to London and Manchester in her Christmas Day message for their handling of this year's terror attacks.
She said it was a "privilege" to meet the concert attack survivors in May and stressed both cities' "powerful identities".
The monarch also remembered the victims of the Grenfell Tower fi... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42475052 |
Mum hopes royal photo can pay for university - BBC News | 2017-12-25 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Karen Anvil's image, which she put on Twitter, was liked almost 4,000 times and stoked media interest. | UK | A mother who snapped a lucky photograph of four smiling royals is hoping its sale will help her fund her daughter's university education.
Karen Anvil, 39, from Watlington in Norfolk captured a beaming Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle at Sandringham.
The image, which was posted on Twitter,... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42480224 |
Pope Francis pleads for migrants at Christmas Eve Mass - BBC News | 2017-12-25 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The Pope will give his traditional "Urbi et Orbi" ("to the city and the world") address on Monday. | Europe | Many migrants, the pontiff said, were being forced to flee from leaders who "see no problem in shedding innocent blood"
Pope Francis has urged Roman Catholics not to ignore the plight of millions of migrants "driven from their land", during Christmas Eve Mass.
The pontiff compared them to Mary and Joseph, recounting ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-42475252 |
Skiers in French Alps lift ordeal at Chamrousse - BBC News | 2017-12-25 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | At least 150 people are evacuated after being trapped for several hours in gondolas in Chamrousse. | Europe | The cause of the breakdown has not been established
At least 150 people have been rescued after being trapped for several hours in ski lift gondolas in the resort of Chamrousse in the French Alps.
A vast rescue operation was launched after the lift broke down at about 15:00 local time (14:00 GMT) and was completed by... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-42474834 |
M40 crash: Two men die and four people injured - BBC News | 2017-12-25 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | One vehicle is thought to have overturned in the crash, which happened between junctions 10 and 11. | Oxford | Four people involved in the crash were taken to hospital
Two men have died in a crash involving five vehicles that closed part of the M40 in Oxfordshire for several hours.
One vehicle is thought to have overturned in the crash, which happened between junctions 10 and 11, near Banbury, at 23:40 GMT on Saturday.
A 60-... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-42469902 |
Field Farm Fisheries' 'no Polish' sign taken down - BBC News | 2017-12-25 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The owner of Field Farm Fisheries said the sign went up because he had caught Polish anglers stealing fish. | Oxford | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Polish fisherman Rado Papiewski wants to have the sign removed
The owner of a fishery which displayed a sign banning Polish and "Eastern bloc" anglers says it has been taken down after his family received threats.
Billy Eva... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-42472722 |
Moscow subway bus crash kills four people - BBC News | 2017-12-25 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | It ploughed into a subway entrance, leaving at least four people dead, Russian media say. | Europe | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The bus hit the entrance of a pedestrian underpass in Moscow
A bus left a road in Moscow before ploughing into a subway entrance, leaving four people dead and 11 injured, Russian officials say.
Footage shows people scatteri... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-42479316 |
Tembin: Storm weakens as it nears southern Vietnam - BBC News | 2017-12-25 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Storm Tembin killed at least 240 people when it battered the Philippines on its way to Vietnam. | Asia | People were earlier evacuated from the Vietnamese province of Ben Tre
A tropical storm that was threatening southern Vietnam has weakened and is expected to dissipate within 48 hours.
The Weather Prediction Center says Storm Tembin, with wind gusts up to 58mph (93km/h), is 170 miles south-southwest of Ho Chi Minh Cit... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-42477268 |
Twitter #joinin campaign by comic Sarah Millican helps lonely - BBC News | 2017-12-25 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Launched by comedian Sarah Millican, the hashtag hopes to bring people together on Christmas Day. | UK | People spending Christmas Day alone are finding company thanks to a Twitter campaign called #joinin.
Launched by comedian Sarah Millican several years ago, it encourages people to use the hashtag and link with one another so as not to feel lonely.
People from around the world have already begun to tweet with their ex... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42477266 |
White Christmas for some areas of UK - BBC News | 2017-12-25 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Light snowfall has been recorded by the Met Office in Cumbria and parts of south Scotland. | UK | A white Christmas in Peebles, in the Scottish Borders
It has officially been a white Christmas in the UK for some, with areas of Cumbria and the south of Scotland recording light snowfall.
The Met Office confirmed the snowfall in Spadeadam, Cumbria, at about 22:00 GMT.
In a tweet, the forecaster added that parts of ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42479735 |
Serena Williams to make comeback in Abu Dhabi after giving birth - BBC Sport | 2017-12-25 | null | Former world number one Serena Williams will play her first match since giving birth in September in Abu Dhabi next week. | null | Last updated on .From the section Tennis
Serena Williams will return to tennis in Abu Dhabi next week, almost four months after giving birth.
The American, 36, will play world number seven Jelena Ostapenko in an exhibition match on 30 December during the Mubadala World Tennis Championship.
Williams, who has won an O... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/42472273 |
Police watchdog investigates fatal crash - BBC News | 2017-12-25 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A man dies after a BMW being followed by a police car crashes into a bus stop in Liverpool. | Liverpool | The BMW was being followed by police when it crashed into a bus stop killing the front seat passenger
The police watchdog is investigating after a man died when the BMW in which he was a passenger crashed into a bus stop when being pursued by police.
It happened at the junction of Prescot Road and Bell Street in Old ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-42478027 |
Burglars steal £2,000 of Christmas presents - BBC News | 2017-12-25 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Children's toys, games, clothes and food were among the items stolen from an Oxford house. | Oxford | Thieves stole £2,000 worth of Christmas presents and dumped the wrapping paper in the street, police have said.
The burglars took children's toys, games, food and clothes from an unoccupied bedroom in a property in Walton Street, Oxford.
The goods were stolen in the early hours of Christmas Eve and police have appeal... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-42475284 |
Carles Puigdemont: The man who wants to break up Spain - BBC News | 2017-12-25 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Catalonia's sacked President, Carles Puigdemont, has bet everything on a split from Spain. | Europe | Mr Puigdemont is not the first Catalan leader forced to leave the region
Catalonia's sacked President Carles Puigdemont has spearheaded the region's peaceful drive for independence from Spain.
In defiance of the law and Spain's constitution, he has pushed forward in the hope of international recognition.
But his zea... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-41508660 |
TV dinners: The hidden cost of the processed food revolution - BBC News | 2017-12-25 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The industrialisation of food production has saved us time - but we are paying the price in other ways. | Business | It is a typical November Tuesday for Mary, who lives in the north-east of the United States.
She is 44, has a degree, and her family is prosperous - in the top quarter of American households by income. So what has she done today? Is she a lawyer or a teacher?
No. Mary spent an hour knitting and sewing, two hours sett... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-39490182 |
Meghan Markle to spend Christmas with Queen at Sandringham - BBC News | 2017-12-25 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Recently engaged Ms Markle and Prince Harry will attend the church service at the Sandringham estate. | UK | Meghan Markle will spend Christmas at Sandringham with the Queen and other senior members of the Royal Family, Kensington Palace has confirmed.
Ms Markle and Prince Harry, who announced their engagement last month, are expected to attend the traditional Christmas Day church service on the Queen's private estate in Nor... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42336684 |
China's huge new amphibious aircraft takes flight - BBC News | 2017-12-25 | null | China's AG600 - which is roughly the size of a Boeing 737 - lifted off from Zhuhai airport in the southern province of Guangdong. | null | China's huge new amphibious aircraft has made a successful one-hour maiden flight. China's AG600 - which is roughly the size of a Boeing 737 but with four turboprop engines - lifted off from Zhuhai airport in the southern province of Guangdong. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-42473652 |
Bethlehem Christmas: Church of the Nativity hosts pilgrims - BBC News | 2017-12-25 | null | Christians from around the world gather at the Church of the Nativity on Christmas Eve. | null | Christian pilgrims from around the world have attended a Christmas Eve Mass at Bethlehem's Church of the Nativity, built on the site where Jesus Christ is believed to have been born.
Fewer people than usual were in the West Bank town because of increased tensions between Palestinians and the Israeli army since US Pres... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-42475225 |
Vitaly Mutko: Russia football head steps aside amid doping ban - BBC News | 2017-12-25 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Vitaly Mutko, who has stood down temporarily, was banned from the Olympics for life over doping. | Europe | Vitaly Mutko will remain the chief organiser of the 2018 football World Cup
Russia's most senior football official has temporarily stood down as he fights a ban given for state-backed doping.
Vitaly Mutko was banned from the Olympics for life in early December having been accused of running a huge Olympic doping prog... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-42480603 |
Why did we use leaded petrol for so long? - BBC News | 2017-12-25 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The arguments nearly a century ago over the use of leaded petrol. | Business | Leaded petrol was safe. Its inventor was sure of it.
Facing sceptical reporters at a press conference in October 1924, Thomas Midgley dramatically produced a container of tetraethyl lead - the additive in question - and washed his hands in it.
"I'm not taking any chance whatever," Midgley declared. "Nor would I... do... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-40593353 |
The iPhone at 10: How the smartphone became so smart - BBC News | 2017-12-25 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Tim Harford tells the surprising story of how the iPhone became a truly revolutionary technology. | Business | On 9 January 2007, one of the most influential entrepreneurs on the planet announced something new - a product that was to become the most profitable in history.
It was, of course, the iPhone. There are many ways in which the iPhone has defined the modern economy.
There is the sheer profitability of the thing, of cou... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-38320198 |
Lost Mac the monkey returned to toddler for Christmas - BBC News | 2017-12-25 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | People began a race to unite toddler Finn with Mac the monkey in time for Christmas. | Sussex | Mac was flown to Knock to join Finn who is spending Christmas in Ireland
A lost toy monkey has been returned to its two-year-old owner after a race to reunite the pair for Christmas.
Finn Regan-Alexander left the toy on an Aer Lingus plane after the family flew from Gatwick to Knock to visit relatives on 19 December.... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-42472062 |
Heather Menzies-Urich, The Sound of Music's Louisa von Trapp, dies - BBC News | 2017-12-25 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Heather Menzies-Urich's son Ryan said she was diagnosed with brain cancer four weeks ago. | Entertainment & Arts | Heather Menzies, second right next to Julie Andrews, has died aged 68
Heather Menzies-Urich, who played Louisa Von Trapp in The Sound of Music, has died aged 68.
Her death was announced by the estate of the musical's creators, Rodgers & Hammerstein, on Monday.
She was diagnosed with brain cancer four weeks ago and d... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-42479649 |
Russia elections: Hundreds vote to nominate Navalny - BBC News | 2017-12-25 | null | Supporters of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny gather to nominate him for presidential elections. | null | Supporters of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny have gathered in Moscow to nominate him for presidential elections.
But the authorities say that because of a criminal conviction, which he says is politically motivated, he will not be allowed to stand. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-42473667 |
SPD crash: Car rammed into German political party's HQ - BBC News | 2017-12-25 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A man crashed into the entrance of the SPD's headquarters in Berlin on Christmas Eve. | Europe | The driver crashed into the entranceway of the Social Democratic Party's Berlin headquarters
A man rammed a car into the headquarters of Germany's Social Democratic Party (SPD) in Berlin on Christmas Eve, police have said.
The crash happened at around midnight local time (23:00 GMT). The driver, a 58-year-old man, wa... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-42477077 |
Archbishop Welby condemns populist leaders in Christmas sermon - BBC News | 2017-12-25 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The Church of England's most senior cleric focuses on terrorist atrocities and deceitfulness of "populist leaders" in 2017. | UK | The Archbishop of Canterbury has used his Christmas Day sermon to focus on terrorist atrocities and deceitfulness of "populist leaders" in 2017.
Preaching to worshippers at Canterbury Cathedral, the Most Rev Justin Welby compared the Holy Family to modern-day refugees.
He also contrasted Jesus with "populist leaders ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42475285 |
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