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Stricken Russian cargo ship 'to move to Southampton' - BBC News | 2017-12-27 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The 13 crew members are reported to be safe and well and remain on board the vessel. | Hampshire & Isle of Wight | The Mekhanik Yartsev lost some of its load off Worthing before becoming stricken in the Solent
Coastguards are continuing to monitor a Russian cargo ship with a "significant list" in the Solent.
The Mekhanik Yartsev got into difficulties off Lee-on-the-Solent on Tuesday morning.
The 13 crew members are reported to b... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-42492087 |
Boxing Day dippers brave chilly coastal waters for charity - BBC News | 2017-12-27 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Thousands of swimmers, many in fancy dress, brave the chilly waters around the English coast. | England | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Hundreds of people raced into the North Sea off the Norfolk coast
Boxing Day dips have attracted thousands of swimmers and spectators around the English coast.
Dippers have dashed into the chilly waters off beaches in North... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-42483981 |
Laura Plummer's sister: Drug crime 'was a kind gesture' - BBC News | 2017-12-27 | null | The sister of jailed Briton Laura Plummer tells the BBC her crime was born out of kindness. | null | A British woman convicted of smuggling 300 painkiller tablets into Egypt is "on the verge of a mental breakdown", her sister has told the BBC.
Laura Plummer, who was found with Tramadol tablets in her suitcase, has been sentenced to three years in prison.
Jayne Sinclair says Laura was trying to help her Egyptian boyf... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42487536 |
Snow affects UK airports, roads and homes - BBC News | 2017-12-27 | null | Several roads and thousands of homes have been affected by snowy weather conditions in the UK. | null | Stansted Airport has been forced to close twice and thousands of homes have been left without power due to the snowy weather.
Police are also warning drivers to be careful on the roads. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42496023 |
'Zero real wage growth' forecast for 2018 - BBC News | 2017-12-27 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Britain's pay squeeze will end, but a meaningful pay rise remains out of sight, says research group. | Business | The UK's pay squeeze will end next year, but a meaningful rise in wages remains out of sight, an influential research group has warned.
The Resolution Foundation, which campaigns for fair pay, predicted inflation would no longer outpace wage growth by the end of 2018.
But it said real wage growth would still be flat ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-42484798 |
Prince Harry grills Barack Obama in quickfire quiz - BBC News | 2017-12-27 | null | Prince Harry grills former US president Barack Obama in a quickfire quiz. | null | Queen or the Queen? Boxers or briefs? Rachel or Monica from Friends? Barack Obama faces some seriously tough questions from Prince Harry.
The royal interviewed the former US president for his guest editorship of Radio 4's Today programme. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42491782 |
Nigel Farage defends Donald Trump's Britain First tweets - BBC News | 2017-12-03 | null | The ex-UKIP leader says the "outrage from the liberal elite" is out of proportion to what happened. | null | Speaking on the Andrew Marr Show, Nigel Farage has defended Donald Trump's retweeting of inflammatory tweets by saying he can't have known what he was doing. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42213950 |
Ashes: Shaun Marsh puts Australia in control of second Test in Adelaide - BBC Sport | 2017-12-03 | null | England face a battle to stay in the second Ashes Test after a Shaun Marsh century puts Australia in command in Adelaide. | null | Last updated on .From the section Cricket
Second Ashes Test, Adelaide Oval (day two of five)
England face a battle to stay in the second Ashes Test after a Shaun Marsh century put Australia in command on day two in Adelaide.
Marsh ended on 126 not out, taking Australia to 442-8 declared with the help of Tim Paine (5... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/42213958 |
Hawaii tests nuclear warning siren - BBC News | 2017-12-03 | null | The US state of Hawaii has tested its nuclear warning siren for the first time since the end of the Cold War. | null | The US state of Hawaii has tested its nuclear warning siren for the first time since the end of the Cold War.
The resumption of the monthly tests comes amid a growing threat from North Korea's missile and nuclear programme.
Pyongyang has tested a series of ballistic missiles and in September carried out its sixth nuc... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42207680 |
South Korea boat collision leaves 13 dead - BBC News | 2017-12-03 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A fishing boat overturns after colliding with a 336-tonne tanker off the South Korean coast. | Asia | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.
At least 13 people have died after a fishing boat collided with a 336-tonne tanker and capsized off South Korea's west coast.
Two others were missing, South Korea's coast guard said, as a search and rescue operation continu... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-42213513 |
MP Nadine Dorries defends 'shared password' tweet - BBC News | 2017-12-03 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Nadine Dorries said she shared her log-in passwords with all her staff, triggering security questions. | UK Politics | A Conservative MP has defended her cyber-security arrangements after revealing she shares her login passwords with all her staff.
Nadine Dorries said this included "interns on exchange programmes", triggering a backlash on Twitter.
In response, she said she was a backbench MP who did not have access to government doc... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42216622 |
Children's commissioner may consider legal action over Universal Credit - BBC News | 2017-12-03 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Scotland's children's commissioner says the rollout of Universal Credit may be impacting on youngsters' human rights. | Scotland politics | The children's commissioner told BBC Scotland he cannot rule out legal action on the issue
Scotland's children's commissioner has said he may consider legal action over the Universal Credit rollout if it further disadvantages young people.
Bruce Adamson said poverty was the biggest human rights issue facing children ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-42208424 |
Triple talaq: India considers jail for 'instant divorce' - BBC News | 2017-12-03 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The Indian government is proposing a three-year jail sentence for men who use "triple talaq". | India | Divorce by a man saying "talaq" three times was declared unlawful in August
Husbands who attempt "instant divorce" could be sentenced to three years in prison under draft legislation being considered in India.
The traditional practice involves a Muslim man saying "talaq" (divorce) three times - in any form, including... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-42207171 |
Rak-Su: Boy band beat Grace Davies to win X Factor 2017 - BBC News | 2017-12-03 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Grace Davies faced boy band Rak-Su in the Sunday night final of the ITV singing contest. | Entertainment & Arts | Rak-Su have been named the winners of the X Factor 2017.
The Watford-based group beat Grace Davies in the final of the ITV singing competition - the first boy band to win since the show started in 2004.
Rak-Su thanked viewers for voting for them, while their mentor Simon Cowell hailed them as "stars".
Proceeds from ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-42217568 |
Barclays axes free Kaspersky product as a 'precaution' - BBC News | 2017-12-03 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The bank emailed 290,000 customers on Saturday following warnings about Russian security software. | UK | Barclays has stopped offering free Kaspersky anti-virus products to new customers following an official warning about Russian security software.
The bank emailed 290,000 online banking customers on Saturday to say the move was a "precautionary decision".
UK cyber-security chiefs are warning government departments not... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42209489 |
Saudi Arabia's House of Cards - BBC News | 2017-12-03 | null | The kingdom has always been conservative, but now Saudi Arabia is seen breaking with the past. | null | Saudi Arabia is seeing dramatic developments after decades of slow change. Modernisation, women’s rights and squaring up to Iran are all on the agenda, driven by the kingdom’s new, young crown prince. BBC Arabic's Ahmed Zaki tells us why it has suddenly happened. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-42186564 |
Wiltshire Police find eleven people locked in lorry - BBC News | 2017-12-03 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Police were called after banging noises were heard coming from the back of the lorry. | Wiltshire | Cafe owner David Thomas said he was told the occupants were in an area of the lorry trailer which was not refrigerated
Eleven people, including six children, were found locked in the back of a lorry in a lay-by.
Firefighters cut the locks after police were called to reports of banging from inside the vehicle, which w... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-42214837 |
Chief vet defends support of larger hen cages - BBC News | 2017-12-03 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | On Twitter, Nigel Gibbens says the pens are a "necessary defence" against bird flu. | UK | Battery cages for chickens were banned in the EU in 2012
Some cages for hens provide a "necessary defence" against bird flu, the government's chief vet has said.
In a tweet, Nigel Gibbens said the larger pens, which replaced so-called battery cages in 2012, have welfare benefits and offer more space.
It comes after ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42208550 |
Jarvis Cocker's BBC 6Music show to end - BBC News | 2017-12-03 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The Pulp singer has fronted a Sunday show since 2010; his slot will now be filled by performer Amy Lame. | Entertainment & Arts | Jarvis Cocker's BBC 6 Music show will finish at the end of December, the Pulp frontman has announced.
His weekly Sunday Service programme was launched in January 2010.
Cocker, who has periodically taken breaks from his radio show to pursue other projects, has been absent from it since July.
He will return to present... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42210667 |
Pontiac Silverdome stadium fails to implode near Detroit - BBC News | 2017-12-03 | null | Detroit's Pontiac Silverdome stadium is still standing after Sunday's planned demolition didn't go to plan. | null | The planned partial-demolition of the Pontiac Silverdome stadium near Detroit has failed.
The stadium, once home to the Detroit Lions NFL team, has been empty for a decade.
Its staged demolition was due to begin with an implosion on Sunday, but while footage showed plumes of smoke rising, the building remained standi... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42216297 |
Whirlpool tumble dryers: MPs' anger as replacement ends - BBC News | 2017-12-03 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Whirlpool ends a scheme that had offered cut-price replacements for tumble dryers linked to a fire risk. | UK | MPs are demanding to know why the white goods manufacturer Whirlpool ended a product replacement scheme for dangerous tumble dryers.
The Commons business committee says one million of the defective machines remain in UK homes.
Last week, a coroner blamed a fault in a Whirlpool dryer for a 2014 fire that killed two me... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42208560 |
A new model for social mobility? - BBC News | 2017-12-03 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Could a new scheme to help talented students into prestigious US universities show a way to increase social mobility? | Education & Family | Ben Hopkins is heading for a US university
On the steps of Downing Street, Theresa May pledged to promote social mobility, to make Britain a country that works for everyone.
She pointed out that a white working-class boy is currently less likely than anyone else to go to university, and that the privately educated do... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-37011068 |
Motorway PC stops van from falling off bridge - BBC News | 2017-12-03 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The vehicle was in danger of tumbling to the ground before PC Martin Willis arrived on the scene. | Leeds & West Yorkshire | PC Willis said he held onto the van to stop it toppling over a bridge
A police officer held on to a van to stop it falling as it teetered on the edge of a motorway bridge.
The driver was trapped inside when PC Martin Willis arrived at the scene on the A1(M) in Yorkshire.
Writing on Twitter, he said he grabbed on to ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-42207935 |
Lottery win means couple can marry after 30-year engagement - BBC News | 2017-12-03 | null | A £1m Lotto win not only saved a couple's house, it allowed them to get married. | null | A couple who have been engaged for 30 years can finally marry after a £1m lottery win.
Tony Pearce, 66, and Deb Gellatly, 58, from Southend, have never been able to afford the cost of a wedding.
The Lotto raffle prize means they can clear their debts and finally get married. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-42207620 |
Daisy Ridley denies wanting to leave Star Wars movies - BBC News | 2017-12-03 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The British actress says her role is "awesome" and she has no plans to give it up. | Newsbeat | Daisy Ridley has denied reports that she wants to give up the role of Rey at the end of the current series.
Daisy will be in the latest movie Star Wars: The Last Jedi and is due to be in the ninth episode.
"When I did sign up, I did sign up for three films and that's where I sort of saw the story ending," she said.
... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/articles/42215277 |
Labour peer Lord Bassam to repay travel expenses - BBC News | 2017-12-03 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The party's chief whip in the Lords says he has not been told he broke the rules but will repay. | UK Politics | A Labour peer is to repay parliamentary travel expenses after accepting it would have been "more appropriate" not to have claimed the money.
The Mail On Sunday reports Lord Bassam, Labour's chief whip in the Lords, claimed the cost of travelling to and from his home in Brighton since 2010.
He also got an annual £36,3... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42213063 |
Manchester City 2-1 West Ham United - BBC Sport | 2017-12-03 | null | Manchester City come from behind to win their 13th Premier League match in a row with victory over stubborn West Ham. | null | Last updated on .From the section Premier League
Manchester City came from behind to win a record-equalling 13th Premier League match in a row with victory over stubborn West Ham at Etihad Stadium.
Angelo Ogbonna's header on the stroke of half-time put the lowly Hammers ahead, but Nicolas Otamendi responded with a pr... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/42126648 |
Metropolitan Opera suspends James Levine after sex abuse claims - BBC News | 2017-12-03 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The New York opera house investigating multiple claims of misconduct involving the conductor. | Entertainment & Arts | James Levine was also a conductor with the Boston Symphony Orchestra
New York's Metropolitan Opera says it has suspended the renowned conductor James Levine following allegations of sexual misconduct.
The Met said Mr Levine, 74, would not appear this season and it had appointed a law firm to investigate his actions.
... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-42213054 |
Potsdam bomb 'was attempt to extort' from DHL shipping company - BBC News | 2017-12-03 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A bomb found at a Christmas market in Germany on Friday was an attempt to extort from DHL. | Europe | Germany is on high alert for attacks following last year's fatal attack on a Christmas market in Berlin
Police investigating a bomb found at a Christmas market in Germany on Friday say it was not terrorism but an attempt to blackmail the shipping company, DHL.
The nail bomb was sent in a parcel to a pharmacy near a m... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-42214932 |
West Midlands Police release footage of M6 crash - BBC News | 2017-12-03 | null | A lorry crashes into two cars when its driver 'falls asleep' at the wheel on the M6. | null | Footage has been released of the moment a lorry driver crashed into stationary cars on the M6 at 43mph.
The 47-year-old driver, from Liverpool, told police at the scene, "I think I went to sleep for a moment".
He admitted causing serious injury by dangerous driving and was jailed for 16 months.
West Midlands Police ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-42215413 |
Social mobility: The worst places to grow up poor - BBC News | 2017-12-03 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Former industrial towns, rural and coastal areas fare worst in "spiral of ever-growing division". | Family & Education | Rhythmical Mike is a successful performer - but says his schooldays were "a nightmare"
"You've got this - the whirlwind that you're in - is the beginning of something wonderfully new - for you."
Rhythmical Mike, a 24-year-old East Midlands poet, performs his work to pupils at Lovers' Lane Primary school in Newark, No... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-42112436 |
Social mobility board quits over lack of progress - BBC News | 2017-12-03 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Chairman Alan Milburn criticises the government, which says it had decided not to renew his term. | UK Politics | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Mr Milburn said Brexit meant ministers were unlikely to have the energy to tackle "one of the biggest challenges" facing the UK
All four members of the board of the government's Social Mobility Commission have stood down in ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42212270 |
Russia-Trump: President hits out at FBI over Russia inquiry - BBC News | 2017-12-03 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | In a Twitter tirade, the president issues a fresh denial that he tried to obstruct an FBI investigation. | US & Canada | Donald Trump's presidency has been overshadowed by the inquiry into collusion with Russia
Donald Trump lashed out at the FBI on Sunday, issuing a fresh denial that he asked former director James Comey to drop an investigation into the conduct of one of his top aides, Michael Flynn.
In a Twitter tirade, Mr Trump said ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42215767 |
North Korea: US in race to address threat, says HR McMaster - BBC News | 2017-12-03 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | National security adviser HR McMaster says North Korea is the "greatest immediate threat to the US". | US & Canada | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. HR McMaster: 'There isn't much time left' to address threat from North Korea
White House national security adviser HR McMaster says the US is "in a race" to address the threat from North Korea.
The potential for war is incr... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42213541 |
Ireland's Late Late Toy Show surprise - BBC News | 2017-12-03 | null | Adam and Kayla's visit to the show left the audience "in bits". Here's why. | null | The Late Late Toy Show is Ireland's biggest TV event of the year. When Adam and Kayla came on the show, they left the audience "in bits". Here's why. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-42212518 |
Pledge to boost mental health support in schools - BBC News | 2017-12-03 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The government promises to bring in new mental health support teams and improve waiting times. | Health | Children and young people in England are to be able to access mental health support at school or college under government plans to improve services.
The proposals include introducing a four-week waiting time for youngsters needing specialist support and new mental health support teams in schools.
It is hoped around o... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-42194524 |
'Supermoon' brightens up skies for stargazers - BBC News | 2017-12-03 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The moon appeared larger and brighter in the sky, as it moved closer to Earth. | UK | The "supermoon" rising above Whitby Abbey in Yorkshire.
Skywatchers have enjoyed spectacular views of this month's "supermoon" - when the Moon appears larger and brighter in the sky.
The supermoon phenomenon happens when the Moon reaches its closest point to Earth, known as a perigee Moon.
The Moon circuits the Eart... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42211288 |
Alternative for Germany: Police and protesters clash over meeting - BBC News | 2017-12-03 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Police use water cannon and batons as Alternative for Germany delegates gather to choose leaders. | Europe | Five demonstrations were planned to coincide with the AfD convention on Saturday in Hanover, said reports
Several people have been hurt in clashes between police and anti-fascist demonstrators in the city of Hannover.
Protesters were trying to blockade the far-right Alternative for Germany's first conference since it... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-42209421 |
Tony Blair: Brexit puts NI peace process at risk - BBC News | 2017-12-03 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Free movement across the Irish border is central to the Good Friday Agreement, former PM tells BBC. | UK | The Good Friday Agreement is "at risk because of Brexit" after the UK leaves the EU, former prime minister Tony Blair has told the BBC.
UK and Irish membership of the EU was "central" to the 1998 deal, he told BBC Radio 4's The World This Weekend.
Free movement on the border had been key to reaching an agreement, he ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42213623 |
Trump-Russia: Six big takeaways from the Flynn deal - BBC News | 2017-12-03 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Michael Flynn is facing prison, and the Trump White House is facing a political crisis. | US & Canada | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. After Flynn's guilty plea, what next for the Russia investigation?
Special Counsel Robert Mueller just dropped the hammer. Again.
On Friday it was Michael Flynn's turn "in the barrel", to borrow a line from Trump confidant ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42174518 |
Samuel Berkley: Family of teenager killed on M67 'heartbroken' - BBC News | 2017-12-03 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Samuel Berkley, 14, played for Hattersley FC and recently became an uncle. | Manchester | The family of a teenager who died after he was hit by a car on a motorway said they are "completely heartbroken".
Samuel Berkley, 14, was found on the hard shoulder of the M67 in Hyde, Greater Manchester, in a critical condition at about 17:25 GMT on Friday.
He had been struck by a BMW and later died in hospital. The... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-42207962 |
Arsenal 1-3 Manchester United - BBC Sport | 2017-12-03 | null | Manchester United end Arsenal's run of 12 home league wins despite Paul Pogba being sent off in a thrilling encounter. | null | Last updated on .From the section Premier League
Manchester United ruthlessly punished defensive errors to become the first side to win a league game at Arsenal since January in one of the matches of the season so far.
Jose Mourinho's side were reduced to 10 men late on when Paul Pogba was sent off for a dangerous ta... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/42119930 |
Nigel Farage defends Donald Trump's Britain First tweets - BBC News | 2017-12-04 | null | The ex-UKIP leader says the "outrage from the liberal elite" is out of proportion to what happened. | null | Speaking on the Andrew Marr Show, Nigel Farage has defended Donald Trump's retweeting of inflammatory tweets by saying he can't have known what he was doing. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42213950 |
Man proposes after breaking ankle on Newquay coastal path - BBC News | 2017-12-04 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | John Dardis didn't let his injury spoil the romance - popping the question while waiting for paramedics. | Cornwall | Suzannah Newham said yes to John Dardis
A man's romantic proposal plans were almost ruined when he fell and broke his ankle on a coast path - but he popped the question anyway, while waiting for emergency services.
Suzannah Newham said yes as John Dardis lay on wet ground unable to move, Newquay Coastguard said.
Res... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-42213995 |
Take Belfast 'Troubles' taxi tour - BBC News | 2017-12-04 | null | As Brexit looms, we visit Belfast's peace walls, and meet those working to unite both sides in uncertain times. | null | Since the Good Friday agreement was signed in 1998, marking the end of 30 years of conflict in Northern Ireland, relationships between Catholics and Protestants have improved.
But in some areas, peace walls are still in use to separate the two communities.
These walls have now become an attraction for tourists visiti... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-42200840 |
Kezia Dugdale says Celebrity jungle was 'political gamble' - BBC News | 2017-12-04 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The former Scottish Labour leader was the second person to leave the I'm a Celebrity camp. | Scotland politics | Kezia Dugdale said she knew appearing on I'm A Celebrity would be a "political gamble".
The former Scottish Labour leader, known as Kez on the ITV show, was the second person to be evicted from the Australian jungle.
Ms Dugdale said she expected criticism but would be coming home "with my head held high".
She faced ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-42219876 |
Australia same-sex marriage: MP proposes in parliament - BBC News | 2017-12-04 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Tim Wilson addressed his partner directly during a debate on legalising same-sex marriage. | Australia | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Will you marry me? Australian politician proposes to his partner in parliament
An Australian MP has proposed to his partner during a parliamentary debate on legalising same-sex marriage.
Tim Wilson's proposal to Ryan Bolger... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-42217521 |
MP Nadine Dorries defends 'shared password' tweet - BBC News | 2017-12-04 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Nadine Dorries said she shared her log-in passwords with all her staff, triggering security questions. | UK Politics | A Conservative MP has defended her cyber-security arrangements after revealing she shares her login passwords with all her staff.
Nadine Dorries said this included "interns on exchange programmes", triggering a backlash on Twitter.
In response, she said she was a backbench MP who did not have access to government doc... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42216622 |
Asthma sufferers urged to wear scarves in cold to stop attacks - BBC News | 2017-12-04 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | This can help to warm up winter air before it is breathed in and reduce the risk of an attack. | Health | Covering the mouth and nose can help to warm up air being breathed in by those with asthma
Asthma sufferers are being encouraged to wear a scarf over their nose and mouth to prevent asthma attacks this winter.
Breathing in cold, damp air can make the airways tighten and trigger an attack in three out of four people, ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-42199200 |
Brexit: DUP won't accept deal that 'separates' NI from UK - BBC News | 2017-12-04 | null | Arlene Foster has said the DUP will not allow a Brexit deal that allows 'regulatory divergence' from the UK. | null | DUP leader Arlene Foster has said her party will not accept any Brexit deal that "separates" Northern Ireland from the rest of the UK. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-42227521 |
X Factor final: The winner is... - BBC News | 2017-12-04 | null | Host Dermot O'Leary reveals the name concealed in a gold envelope. | null | Rak-Su were crowned the winners of the X Factor final beating Grace Davies.
The group from Watford will release Dimelo with Wyclef Jean and Naughty Boy. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-42217708 |
Leo Varadkar: 'We need firm guarantees on no hard border' - BBC News | 2017-12-04 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Leo Varadkar says UK had agreed a form of words on border, and Ireland is disappointed at lack of deal. | Europe | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.
Ireland's Prime Minister Leo Varadkar said he was "surprised and disappointed" that an anticipated deal on Brexit was not reached on Monday.
He said Ireland could not go into a second phase of Brexit talks without "firm gua... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-42225755 |
Nelson Mandela funeral: 'Millions misspent' - BBC News | 2017-12-04 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Money earmarked for schools and hospitals was used for commemorative T-shirts, a report says. | Africa | Four years have passed since South African hero Nelson Mandela died
South Africa's corruption watchdog has found officials misused millions of dollars during Nelson Mandela's funeral four years ago.
According to the report, 300m rand ($22m; £16m) was redirected from a development fund to help with costs.
It had been... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-42224937 |
South Korea and US stage 'largest' air drill - BBC News | 2017-12-04 | null | North Korea accuses them of "begging for nuclear war", days after it fired its 'highest' missile. | null | This is the US's largest deployment of stealth fighter jets to South Korea.
Tens of thousands of South Korean and American troops are involved in the annual exercises. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-42219709 |
Privacy regulator warns MPs over shared passwords - BBC News | 2017-12-04 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The Information Commissioner's Office says it is making enquiries about MPs giving staff their logins. | Technology | The MP Nadine Dorries wrote on Twitter that all her staff had her login details
The UK's data privacy regulator has cautioned MPs about sharing work computer passwords.
It follows tweets by three Conservative Party MPs over the weekend claiming that they had provided their staff with access to their login details.
S... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-42225214 |
Rak-Su: Boy band beat Grace Davies to win X Factor 2017 - BBC News | 2017-12-04 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Grace Davies faced boy band Rak-Su in the Sunday night final of the ITV singing contest. | Entertainment & Arts | Rak-Su have been named the winners of the X Factor 2017.
The Watford-based group beat Grace Davies in the final of the ITV singing competition - the first boy band to win since the show started in 2004.
Rak-Su thanked viewers for voting for them, while their mentor Simon Cowell hailed them as "stars".
Proceeds from ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-42217568 |
Wiltshire Police find eleven people locked in lorry - BBC News | 2017-12-04 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Police were called after banging noises were heard coming from the back of the lorry. | Wiltshire | Cafe owner David Thomas said he was told the occupants were in an area of the lorry trailer which was not refrigerated
Eleven people, including six children, were found locked in the back of a lorry in a lay-by.
Firefighters cut the locks after police were called to reports of banging from inside the vehicle, which w... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-42214837 |
Shashi Kapoor, Bollywood legend, dies at 79 - BBC News | 2017-12-04 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The veteran actor starred in major Bollywood hits as well as several British and US films. | India | Shashi Kapoor acted in more than 150 films
Kapoor, who acted in huge hits like Deewar and Kabhie Kabhie, had been ill for some time and was in hospital.
He was a member of the Kapoor dynasty, which has dominated the Hindi film industry for decades.
He won several national film awards and was awarded the Padma Bhusha... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-42225524 |
Men sought over gay apology attack on Jubilee Tube train - BBC News | 2017-12-04 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Two men put the victim in a headlock and strangled him until he apologised for being gay. | London | British Transport Police have released images of two men they want to speak to over the attack
Police are searching for two men after a teenager was attacked on a Tube train and forced to apologise for being gay.
The 19-year-old had been travelling with friends on the Jubilee line in south-east London on 21 October w... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-42226558 |
Army dogs faced with being destroyed reprieved - BBC News | 2017-12-04 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The Ministry of Defence planned to destroy the dogs because it said they were too aggressive to rehome. | Leicester | One of the dogs, Dazz, was featured in MoD publicity shots at the Defence Animal Centre
Two retired army dogs which faced being destroyed because they were too aggressive to rehome have been saved, the BBC understands.
Kevin and Dazz, both Belgian shepherds, were deployed in Afghanistan and were retired from frontlin... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershire-42228449 |
Brigitte Macron names France's first baby panda - BBC News | 2017-12-04 | null | The French president's wife got a shock when she went to name the first panda born in her country. | null | Brigitte Macron got a shock when she went to name the first panda born in France.
The wife of the French president is also the panda's "godmother".
In a speech, she later said France had been "proud and happy" to host the pandas from China and that the cub was a symbol of the countries' historic ties. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-42230077 |
Theresa May statement at Brexit news conference - BBC News | 2017-12-04 | null | Theresa May says there will be more Brexit talks this week and she is "confident that we will conclude this positively". | null | Theresa May said the two sides had been "working hard" and "negotiating hard" but differences remained on two issues.
Speaking after Jean-Claude Juncker, the President of the European Commission, the UK Prime Minister said they would meet again this week, and she was "confident that we will conclude this positively." | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42223402 |
Jorja Smith wins Brits Critics' Choice - BBC News | 2017-12-04 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The sensitive, streetwise soul of Jorja Smith has earned her the Brits Critics' Choice award. | Entertainment & Arts | R&B singer Jorja Smith has won the Brits Critics' Choice award, singling her out as one to watch next year.
The 20-year-old, who comes from Walsall in the West Midlands, beat two other newcomers, Mabel and Stefflon Don, to the prize.
The award, which recognises "the future stars of British recording talent", has prev... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-42220372 |
Ashes: England take late wickets for faint hope against Australia in Adelaide - BBC Sport | 2017-12-04 | null | Australia finish day three of the second Ashes Test with a lead of 268 runs after an England batting collapse in Adelaide. | null | Last updated on .From the section Cricket
England tore into the Australia top order late on the third day of the second Ashes Test to give themselves faint hope of a remarkable escape in Adelaide.
James Anderson and Chris Woakes took two wickets each to reduce the home side to 53-4.
That, though, is still a lead of ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/42221762 |
Sir Elton John 'in shock' after his mother dies aged 92 - BBC News | 2017-12-04 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | "I only saw her last Monday," says the star, who was estranged from his mother for several years. | Entertainment & Arts | Elton John poses with his mother in 2002
Sir Elton John says he is "in shock" after the death of his mother, Sheila Farebrother, just months after their reconciliation.
"So sad to say that my mother passed away this morning," he said on his Facebook page, alongside a photo of them together.
"I only saw her last Mond... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-42220913 |
Pontiac Silverdome stadium fails to implode near Detroit - BBC News | 2017-12-04 | null | Detroit's Pontiac Silverdome stadium is still standing after Sunday's planned demolition didn't go to plan. | null | The planned partial-demolition of the Pontiac Silverdome stadium near Detroit has failed.
The stadium, once home to the Detroit Lions NFL team, has been empty for a decade.
Its staged demolition was due to begin with an implosion on Sunday, but while footage showed plumes of smoke rising, the building remained standi... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42216297 |
Venezuela unveils virtual currency amid economic crisis - BBC News | 2017-12-04 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | President Maduro says the Petro crypto-currency will be backed by the country's oil and gas wealth. | Latin America & Caribbean | President Maduro made the announcement during his weekly TV and radio programme
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has announced the creation of a new virtual currency in a bid to ease the country's economic crisis.
He said the Petro would be backed by Venezuela's oil, gas, gold and diamond wealth.
Opposition lawma... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-42217798 |
Met police chief condemns ex-officers' Damian Green porn claims - BBC News | 2017-12-04 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Cressida Dick says confidential information should be respected and that there could be prosecutions. | UK Politics | The head of the Metropolitan Police has condemned retired officers over their claims about finding pornography on Conservative Damian Green's computer.
Commissioner Cressida Dick said all officers had a duty to protect sensitive information they discovered.
She said the Met was investigating whether an offence had be... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42221737 |
Motorway PC stops van falling from bridge in Yorkshire - BBC News | 2017-12-04 | null | The vehicle was hanging over the bridge on the A1 in Yorkshire. | null | A police officer held on to a van to stop it falling from the edge of a motorway bridge.
PC Martin Willis arrived at the scene on the A1(M) in Yorkshire and the van driver was trapped inside.
Writing on Twitter, he said he grabbed on to the vehicle to stop it "swaying in the wind".
PC Willis, known as Motorway Marti... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-42227632 |
Manchester City 2-1 West Ham United - BBC Sport | 2017-12-04 | null | Manchester City come from behind to win their 13th Premier League match in a row with victory over stubborn West Ham. | null | Last updated on .From the section Premier League
Manchester City came from behind to win a record-equalling 13th Premier League match in a row with victory over stubborn West Ham at Etihad Stadium.
Angelo Ogbonna's header on the stroke of half-time put the lowly Hammers ahead, but Nicolas Otamendi responded with a pr... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/42126648 |
Metropolitan Opera suspends James Levine after sex abuse claims - BBC News | 2017-12-04 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The New York opera house investigating multiple claims of misconduct involving the conductor. | Entertainment & Arts | James Levine was also a conductor with the Boston Symphony Orchestra
New York's Metropolitan Opera says it has suspended the renowned conductor James Levine following allegations of sexual misconduct.
The Met said Mr Levine, 74, would not appear this season and it had appointed a law firm to investigate his actions.
... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-42213054 |
Potsdam bomb 'was attempt to extort' from DHL shipping company - BBC News | 2017-12-04 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A bomb found at a Christmas market in Germany on Friday was an attempt to extort from DHL. | Europe | Germany is on high alert for attacks following last year's fatal attack on a Christmas market in Berlin
Police investigating a bomb found at a Christmas market in Germany on Friday say it was not terrorism but an attempt to blackmail the shipping company, DHL.
The nail bomb was sent in a parcel to a pharmacy near a m... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-42214932 |
Child sex abuse inquiry: Priest 'tried to control' investigation - BBC News | 2017-12-04 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Former Ampleforth College head teacher Father Leo Chamberlain denies influencing a boy's parents. | UK | Allegations of sex abuse at Ampleforth College in North Yorkshire are being probed by the independent child sex abuse inquiry
Police raised concerns that the head of a Roman Catholic boarding school tried to "control" a child sex abuse investigation, an inquiry has heard.
A former North Yorkshire detective said offic... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42226648 |
Brussels 'unusually optimistic' ahead of May visit - BBC News | 2017-12-04 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Brussels is in an upbeat mood as the UK PM arrives for Brexit talks, says the BBC's Katya Adler. | Europe | Theresa May will hold talks with European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker
Brussels is in an upbeat mood. Which is rather rare when it comes to Brexit.
In fact, I've been taken aback by the positive tone of my many conversations.
Suddenly, after hearing endless EU complaints about perceived foot-dragging by ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-42218047 |
Man dies after being hit by police car in Haringey on 999 call - BBC News | 2017-12-04 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The car had been on a 999 call and the victim was pronounced dead at the scene in Haringey. | London | The crash happened on Seven Sisters Road on Sunday evening
A pedestrian has died after being hit by a police car on an emergency call in London.
Officers gave first aid at the scene in Haringey but the man in his 40s was pronounced dead.
The crash occurred at 18:45 GMT on Sunday on Seven Sisters Road close to the ju... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-42223152 |
Tortured by Syrian extremists 'who received UK aid' - BBC News | 2017-12-04 | null | The Nour al-Din al-Zinki group in Syria took funds through a UK-backed project, BBC Panorama finds. | null | The extremist Syrian group Nour al-Din al-Zinki took funds through a UK-backed foreign aid project, a BBC Panorama investigation has found.
Taxpayers' money was diverted to Zinki via the Free Syrian Police scheme.
The government has suspended funding while it investigates the allegations.
UK users can watch the full... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-42231296 |
Taiwan rainbow 'lasts record-breaking nine hours' - BBC News | 2017-12-04 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Taiwan's Chinese Culture University says the phenomenon breaks the record held by the UK. | Asia | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. This may be the longest-lasting rainbow ever
A rainbow may be a wondrous sight but for most people it's also a fairly fleeting one.
But last week, professors and students of the Chinese Culture University in Taipei's mounta... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-42219665 |
Facebook creates 800 jobs as it opens new London office - BBC News | 2017-12-04 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | US social media giant says 2,300 people will work for the company in the UK by the end of 2018. | Business | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Tech giant opens its biggest engineering hub outside the US
Facebook is opening a new London office that will allow it to create 800 new UK jobs in 2018.
By the end of next year about 2,300 people will work for the social m... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-42213942 |
West Midlands Police release footage of M6 crash - BBC News | 2017-12-04 | null | A lorry crashes into two cars when its driver 'falls asleep' at the wheel on the M6. | null | Footage has been released of the moment a lorry driver crashed into stationary cars on the M6 at 43mph.
The 47-year-old driver, from Liverpool, told police at the scene, "I think I went to sleep for a moment".
He admitted causing serious injury by dangerous driving and was jailed for 16 months.
West Midlands Police ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-42215413 |
Nazi-salute man drove at curry shop owner in Harrow - BBC News | 2017-12-04 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The court heard Marek Zakrocki shouted "white power" during a drunken rampage in Harrow. | London | Marek Zakrocki shouted "white power" before using his van as a weapon
A supporter of the far-right group Britain First gave a Nazi salute and drove at a curry house owner during a drunken rampage in London.
The Old Bailey heard Marek Zakrocki shouted "white power" before using his van as a weapon outside Spicy Night ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-42223156 |
The vet treating homeless people's dogs - BBC News | 2017-12-04 | null | Jade Statt was inspired after walking past a rough sleeper and his dog on a night out. | null | Jade Statt helped set up Street Vet after a meeting with one rough sleeper and his dog. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42201020 |
HMP Swaleside: Inmate injured during disturbance - BBC News | 2017-12-04 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Riot-trained "Tornado" squad officers were called in to deal with violence among inmates on one wing. | Kent | The violence was contained in one wing, the Prison Service said
An inmate has been injured during a disturbance at a jail that led to riot officers being called in.
Specialist "Tornado" squad officers were brought in at HMP Swaleside, on the Isle of Sheppey, Kent, on Sunday.
A small number of inmates on one wing wer... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-42217789 |
'Shame and anger' at plastic ocean pollution - BBC News | 2017-12-04 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Scientists working on the BBC's Blue Planet II series talk of their dismay at the spread of discarded plastic. | Science & Environment | Wandering albatrosses scour the oceans for food to bring back to their chicks
Scientists who advised the Blue Planet II documentary team say they feel "shame and anger" at the “plague of plastic” impacting the natural world.
Even in the remote waters of Antarctica, they have found evidence of plastic killing and harm... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-42221262 |
The 'peace diamond' of Sierra Leone - BBC News | 2017-12-04 | null | Half of the proceeds from the sale of the 709 carat gem will be invested in the local community. | null | The government of Sierra Leone has auctioned a 709 carat rough diamond, named the 'peace diamond', which will benefit its people.
Half of the proceeds from the sale of the diamond will go directly towards bringing clean water, electricity, schools, medical facilities, bridges and roads to the community where the stone... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-42229105 |
Social mobility board quits over lack of progress - BBC News | 2017-12-04 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Chairman Alan Milburn criticises the government, which says it had decided not to renew his term. | UK Politics | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Mr Milburn said Brexit meant ministers were unlikely to have the energy to tackle "one of the biggest challenges" facing the UK
All four members of the board of the government's Social Mobility Commission have stood down in ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42212270 |
Russia-Trump: President hits out at FBI over Russia inquiry - BBC News | 2017-12-04 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | In a Twitter tirade, the president issues a fresh denial that he tried to obstruct an FBI investigation. | US & Canada | Donald Trump's presidency has been overshadowed by the inquiry into collusion with Russia
Donald Trump lashed out at the FBI on Sunday, issuing a fresh denial that he asked former director James Comey to drop an investigation into the conduct of one of his top aides, Michael Flynn.
In a Twitter tirade, Mr Trump said ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42215767 |
Poppi Worthington inquest: No 'natural causes' pathologist says - BBC News | 2017-12-04 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Dr Alison Armour told an inquest she believed Poppi had been sexually assaulted. | Cumbria | Poppi Worthington was blue and not breathing when she was brought to hospital
There were no natural causes to account for the death of 13-month-old Poppi Worthington at her Cumbria home, a pathologist has told an inquest.
The toddler died suddenly at a house in Barrow, early on 12 December 2012. No-one has ever been ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cumbria-42224421 |
'Supermoon' brightens up skies for stargazers - BBC News | 2017-12-04 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The moon appeared larger and brighter in the sky, as it moved closer to Earth. | UK | The "supermoon" rising above Whitby Abbey in Yorkshire.
Skywatchers have enjoyed spectacular views of this month's "supermoon" - when the Moon appears larger and brighter in the sky.
The supermoon phenomenon happens when the Moon reaches its closest point to Earth, known as a perigee Moon.
The Moon circuits the Eart... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42211288 |
Malta arrests 10 over Caruana Galizia car bomb murder - BBC News | 2017-12-04 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Prominent blogger Daphne Caruana Galizia was killed in a bomb attack which shocked the nation. | Europe | Police in Malta have arrested 10 Maltese nationals in connection with the car bomb murder of investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia.
Prime Minister Joseph Muscat told reporters that police operations were under way in the town of Marsa, and the Bugibba and Zebbug areas.
Caruana Galizia was killed close to he... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-42221352 |
UK foreign aid money 'diverted to extremists' in Syria - BBC News | 2017-12-04 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A foreign aid scheme is suspended by the government, following a BBC Panorama investigation. | UK | The Free Syrian Police project is run from Gaziantep in Turkey, just across the border from Syria
The government has suspended a foreign aid project after a BBC Panorama investigation found taxpayers' cash was being diverted to extremists in Syria.
Officers from a UK-backed police force in Syria have also been workin... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42217132 |
UK and EU Brexit talks latest - BBC News | 2017-12-04 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Rolling updates as the UK and the EU seek to make a breakthrough on the Northern Ireland border. | UK Politics | Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has been talking to the BBC about today's Brexit developments.
She says no-one wants to see a hard border on the island of Ireland and suggests the "unhealthy influence" of the DUP at Westminster was a major factor in the apparent failure to finalise an agreement.
If the concep... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-politics-42225873 |
Alex Hales: England batsman not charged by police and available for selection - BBC Sport | 2017-12-04 | null | England batsman Alex Hales will not face a criminal charge over an incident outside a nightclub in September and is available for selection. | null | Last updated on .From the section Cricket
England batsman Alex Hales will not face criminal charges over an incident outside a nightclub in Bristol in September and is available for selection, the England and Wales Cricket Board says.
He had been with all-rounder Ben Stokes, who was arrested on suspicion of causing a... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/42222983 |
Trump-Russia: Six big takeaways from the Flynn deal - BBC News | 2017-12-04 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Michael Flynn is facing prison, and the Trump White House is facing a political crisis. | US & Canada | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. After Flynn's guilty plea, what next for the Russia investigation?
Special Counsel Robert Mueller just dropped the hammer. Again.
On Friday it was Michael Flynn's turn "in the barrel", to borrow a line from Trump confidant ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42174518 |
Jon Venables: Bulger killer anonymity breach complaint - BBC News | 2017-12-04 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | There is a worldwide ban on publishing anything revealing Jon Venables' current identity. | Liverpool | Jon Venables was 10 when he and Robert Thompson killed James Bulger
A potential breach of a court order which prevents the identification of one of James Bulger's killers is being investigated, the Attorney General's Office has confirmed.
Jon Venables, now 35, was convicted of killing two-year-old James in Merseyside... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-42229448 |
Reggie Yates leaves Top of the Pops after 'offensive' Jewish slur - BBC News | 2017-12-04 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The presenter says he will not take part in this year's holiday specials after offensive remarks. | Entertainment & Arts | Reggie Yates was due to present the Christmas and New Year TOTP specials with Fearne Cotton
Reggie Yates will not host this year's Top of the Pops holiday specials after making "ill-considered remarks" in a podcast interview.
Yates apologised last month for using the phrase "fat Jewish guy" to refer to managers in th... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-42231416 |
Can Theresa May fix Brexit border problem? - BBC News | 2017-12-05 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The PM needs to square the Democratic Unionists, the Dublin government and her own party. And smartish. | UK Politics | It is not clear if the DUP saw the final wording of the agreement on the Irish border
It is pretty clear how it all went wrong yesterday.
But as we left Brussels in the pitch black this morning we're still in the dark about what happens next, and how Theresa May can get this whole process back on track, and smartish.... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42235282 |
Brexit deal: Difficult days ahead as DUP says 'no' - BBC News | 2017-12-05 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Unionists are sceptical border trade harmonisation may be the thin end of an Irish unity wedge. | Northern Ireland | Unionists are sceptical Irish border trade harmonisation may be the thin end of an Irish unity wedge
Last Friday, European Council President Donald Tusk visited Dublin and told British politicians that, whether they liked it or not, the key to the UK's future after Brexit lay in Dublin.
This week began with the DUP l... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-42231046 |
First tax havens blacklist published by EU - BBC News | 2017-12-05 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Saint Lucia, Barbados and South Korea are among 17 territories labelled as tax havens by Brussels. | Business | Saint Lucia is on the EU's 17 "non-cooperative jurisdictions"
The European Union has published its first blacklist of tax havens, naming 17 territories including Saint Lucia, Barbados and South Korea.
A "watchlist" of 47 countries promising to change their tax rules to meet EU standards has also been issued.
The "gr... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-42237315 |
Malta blogger murder: Three charged with Caruana Galizia killing - BBC News | 2017-12-05 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Anti-corruption journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia died in an explosion in October. | Europe | Three men have been charged with the murder of Maltese investigative journalist and blogger Daphne Caruana Galizia.
Brothers George and Alfred Degiorgio, aged 55 and 53, and Vincent Muscat, 55, all pleaded not guilty.
They were also accused of possession of bomb-making material and weapons.
Caruana Galizia died in a... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-42246695 |
Tory MP Heidi Allen in tears during universal credit debate - BBC News | 2017-12-05 | null | Conservative MP Heidi Allen was in tears after Labour's Frank Field's speech. | null | Conservative MP Heidi Allen was left in tears after Labour's Frank Field described the "destitution" faced by his constituents during a Commons debate about universal credit. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42243073 |
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