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'Samurai sword' attack leaves three dead at Tokyo shrine - BBC News | 2017-12-08 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The attack, said to have been sparked by a succession feud, leaves three people dead. | Asia | The Tomioka Hachimangu shrine is famous for a summer festival in August
An attack believed to have been sparked by a succession feud has left three people dead at a well-known Shinto shrine in Tokyo.
The chief priestess was stabbed to death, reportedly by her brother. A bloodied Samurai sword was found at the scene, ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-42275875 |
Impact assessments of Brexit on the UK 'don't exist' - BBC News | 2017-12-08 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Labour calls it a "shambles" but David Davis says impact assessments would be of "near zero" use. | UK Politics | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.
The government has not carried out any impact assessments of leaving the EU on the UK economy, Brexit Secretary David Davis has told MPs.
Mr Davis said the usefulness of such assessments would be "near zero" because of the ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42249854 |
Man 'cements microwave to head' in Wolverhampton - BBC News | 2017-12-08 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Fire crews took an hour to free the man who "could have suffocated" in the prank. | Birmingham & Black Country | Crews took an hour to free the man
An internet "prankster" had to be freed by firefighters after cementing his head inside a microwave oven.
West Midlands Fire Service said it took an hour to free the man after they were called to a house in Fordhouses, Wolverhampton.
Friends had managed to feed an air tube into the... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-42271150 |
Universities could be accused of 'mis-selling courses' - BBC News | 2017-12-08 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Young people are taking out loans to pay for fees without effective help or advice, a watchdog says. | Family & Education | Universities could be accused of "mis-selling" courses to teenagers who have little understanding of money matters, the public spending watchdog says.
National Audit Office head Amyas Morse said young people were taking out large loans to pay for tuition fees without much effective help or advice.
It compared the hig... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-42264434 |
Vaginal mesh ban 'a retrograde step', surgeons say - BBC News | 2017-12-08 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Many women benefit from the use of vaginal mesh and they should have a choice, surgeons say. | Health | The mesh is made of a type of plastic and surgeons routinely use it in hernia repairs
Banning vaginal mesh implants would remove an important treatment for some women suffering from a prolapse, says the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists.
Some women benefit from the implants and should have a choice, i... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-42280544 |
Fake goods worth millions seized ahead of Christmas - BBC News | 2017-12-08 | null | The Border Force warns shoppers to be on the look-out for counterfeit products. | null | Ahead of Christmas, fake goods worth millions of pounds have been seized around the UK.
Imitation clothes, toys and gadgets are among thousands of counterfeit items seized by the Border Force.
Officers have targeted airports, ports and postal hubs to detect if imported goods are fake, banned or if the correct duty ha... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-42251063 |
Primark removes 'dangerous' Christmas candle from sale - BBC News | 2017-12-08 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The move comes after a mother raised concerns about the potential fire hazard on Facebook. | UK | The £5 Christmas candle began to burn an hour after it was first lit
A picture of a Primark candle bursting into flames has gone viral, after a mother-of-three took to Facebook to raise awareness of the potential hazard.
Jenny Ferneyhough purchased the £5 candle - which she said developed into "massive flames" after ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42269648 |
School attendance and absence: The facts - BBC News | 2017-12-08 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Why do pupils not attend school? BBC Stories has been finding out. | Stories | The overall pupil absence rate is 4.5%, according to the latest figures from the Department for Education. One in 10 of those school children are classed as "persistently absent".
A persistently absent child is one who misses school for at least 10% of the time.
Secondary schools had a higher rate of persistent absen... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/stories-42254527 |
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe: Johnson to urge Iran to free prisoner - BBC News | 2017-12-08 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The foreign secretary's trip to Tehran will see him urge the release of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe. | UK | Boris Johnson will urge Iran to free British-Iranian woman Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe from jail when he visits Tehran.
The foreign secretary is expected to travel to Iran in the next few days.
Ms Zaghari-Ratcliffe has been in prison since April 2016 after being accused of spying. She denies the claim.
Supporters of t... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42269649 |
Jail for cleaning fluid attack robbers - BBC News | 2017-12-08 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The pair used the ammonia to target "petite women" who would not be able to fight back. | London | Sadik Kamara (left) and Joshua Jordan were part of a gang of five who targeted the women
Two robbers who laughed after spraying women in their faces with cleaning fluid have been jailed for 10 years.
Rapper Sadik Kamara, 24, known as Trizzy Trapz, and Joshua Jordan, 20, both of Newham, east London, used the ammonia t... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-42288311 |
Man saves rabbit from California wildfires - BBC News | 2017-12-08 | null | Footage captures the moment a motorist stops to rescue a wild animal amid California wildfires. | null | Footage has captured the moment a man stopped his car to rescue a wild rabbit from wildfires in California.
The incident took place on 101 freeway in La Conchita.
More than 150 homes have been destroyed in the Ventura area, near Los Angeles, and 50,000 people evacuated. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42271223 |
Brexit deal gives Theresa May what she needs - for now - BBC News | 2017-12-08 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The EU-UK deal leaves a lot of questions unanswered but it goes some way to securing Theresa May's position. | UK Politics | At 04:57 GMT Downing Street officially confirmed the wheels of Theresa May's plane were going up. The plans that had been put in place for a middle of the night dash to Brussels were going ahead.
After many calls to DUP leader Arlene Foster in the early hours, all that was left for the prime minister was to share croi... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42277936 |
Bitcoin's rollercoaster ride after hitting $17,000 - BBC News | 2017-12-08 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Trading in the digital currency remains volatile after hitting a new record high on Friday. | Business | Bitcoin's value has been volatile in recent weeks
Bitcoin continued its rollercoaster ride on Friday, hitting a new high above $17,000 (£12,615) before falling.
The digital currency slid as low as $13,963, according to Coindesk.com, before rallying again to trade at about $15,600 on Friday afternoon.
Bitcoin has soa... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-42275564 |
What Trump's Jerusalem decision means for peace - BBC News | 2017-12-08 | null | The BBC's Lyse Doucet explains what the US recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital means for peace. | null | Tearing up convention, US President Donald Trump has recognised Jerusalem as the official capital of Israel.
The BBC's Chief International Correspondent Lyse Doucet breaks down what the decision means for Middle East peace. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42260141 |
UK snow: Ice could add to travel disruption as temperatures drop - BBC News | 2017-12-08 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Significant snowfall is forecast for the weekend, with warnings some communities could be cut off. | UK | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.
Weather warnings are still in place in large parts of the UK, amid concern that icy conditions could cause travel delays and "cut off" some rural areas.
The Met Office said snow showers would continue to affect parts of Sco... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42272554 |
HMS Queen Elizabeth: UK's biggest warship commissioned - BBC News | 2017-12-08 | null | The Queen described "HMS Queen Elizabeth" as the best of British technology and innovation | null | The biggest and most powerful warship ever built for the Royal Navy has been officially commissioned.
At a ceremony in Portsmouth, the Queen described "HMS Queen Elizabeth" as the best of British technology and innovation.
The ship is capable of carrying up to 40 aircraft. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-42267110 |
DUP leader Arlene Foster welcomes Brexit deal - BBC News | 2017-12-08 | null | DUP leader Arlene Foster says substantive changes to proposed text for a deal with the EU were made. | null | The leader of Northern Ireland's Democratic Unionist Party, Arlene Foster, has said she is "pleased" to see changes which mean there is "no red line down the Irish Sea".
PM Theresa May said there would be no hard border and the Good Friday Agreement would be upheld. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42277066 |
Amber snow warning issued for Sunday - BBC Weather | 2017-12-08 | null | A warning has been issued by the Met Office advising significant snowfall on Sunday | null | Parts of England and Wales fall under an amber 'be prepared' weather warning on Sunday. Significant snowfall is forecast with impacts for travel expected. Louise Lear explains the potential impacts. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/features/42283123 |
Kevin Spacey 'groped Norwegian king's son-in-law' - BBC News | 2017-12-08 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The King of Norway's former son-in-law accuses Spacey of groping him at a Nobel Peace Prize concert. | Entertainment & Arts | Ari Behn was married to Princess Martha Louise from 2002-16
The King of Norway's former son-in-law has accused Kevin Spacey of groping him after a Nobel Peace Prize concert.
Ari Behn told radio station P4 that it happened after the actor had hosted the event in 2007.
"I am a generous person, but this was a bit more ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-42284021 |
I should be home-schooled, but I spent 10 months on Xbox - BBC News | 2017-12-08 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | After Mohammed was excluded for bad behaviour, he was home-schooled - but it didn't work out. | Magazine | Mohammed spends his days playing computer games and looking after his granddad. He's only 14, but he hasn't been to school since December. The idea was to home school him - but things didn't quite work out like that, reports the BBC's Sue Mitchell.
He lives in a spotlessly clean Bradford semi-detached house, with pale... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-41476718 |
Vaccination plea after Halesworth boy's meningitis death - BBC News | 2017-12-08 | null | The parents of a boy, six, who died from meningitis B have called on all children to be vaccinated. | null | The parents of a six-year-old boy who died from meningitis B have called for a wider vaccination programme. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-suffolk-42281678 |
Ballon d'Or 2017: Cristiano Ronaldo beats Lionel Messi to win fifth award - BBC Sport | 2017-12-08 | null | Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo joins Lionel Messi on five Ballon d'Or awards by winning the 2017 title. | null | Last updated on .From the section European Football
Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo beat Barcelona's Lionel Messi to win the Ballon d'Or award for the fifth time - and the second year in a row.
Victory took the 32-year-old Portugal international level with 30-year-old Argentine Messi, who won the most recent of... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/42269979 |
Lord's Prayer: Pope Francis calls for change - BBC News | 2017-12-08 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The head of the Catholic Church calls for a better translation of a phrase about temptation. | Europe | The Pope is suggesting changes to Christianity's best-known prayer
Pope Francis has called for a translation of a phrase about temptation in the Lord's Prayer to be changed.
The current wording that says "lead us not into temptation" is not a good translation because God does not lead humans to sin, he says.
His sug... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-42279427 |
'Sufficient progress' will see Brexit trade talks begin - BBC News | 2017-12-08 | null | EU Commission says Brexit discussions can move on to the next phase, as "sufficient progress" has occurred. | null | The European Commission has said "sufficient progress" has been made in the first phase of Brexit talks to allow discussions to move on to Britain's future relationship with the EU.
President Jean-Claude Juncker said he was confident the leaders of the other 27 EU members, who will meet next week, would allow the talk... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42276954 |
Stormzy is BBC Music's artist of the year - BBC News | 2017-12-08 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The grime artist caps a huge year by taking home the main prize at the 2017 BBC Music Awards. | Entertainment & Arts | Stormzy made the transition from underground success to household name in 2017
Stormzy has been named artist of the year at the 2017 BBC Music Awards, capping a hugely successful year.
The south London MC, whose debut album Gang Signs & Prayer was the first grime record to reach number one, beat Ed Sheeran and Lorde ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-42282182 |
Making a Murderer: Court upholds Brendan Dassey conviction - BBC News | 2017-12-09 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The case of Brendan Dassey and his uncle became the subject of a Netflix documentary. | US & Canada | A court has ruled that Brendan Dassey's murder confession was voluntary
A US appeals court has upheld the conviction of Brendan Dassey, whose case was the focus of the Netflix documentary Making a Murderer.
Dassey and his uncle Steven Avery were convicted of murdering a young woman, Teresa Halbach, in 2005.
Last yea... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42291231 |
Grammar schools 'contrary to common good' - Archbishop of Canterbury - BBC News | 2017-12-09 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Justin Welby calls on the government to have an inclusive approach to the future of education. | UK | Justin Welby says governments should not look to the past to improve education
The Archbishop of Canterbury has criticised grammar schools as "contrary to the notion of the common good".
Speaking in the House of Lords, the Most Rev Justin Welby called for education to focus on "drawing the best out of every person", ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42290824 |
Who are the dual nationals jailed in Iran? - BBC News | 2017-12-09 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | An unknown number are in prison, with some serving long sentences and others sentenced to death. | Middle East | The plight of British-Iranian woman Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, who was detained for almost six years in Iran on spying charges, focused attention on Iranians with dual nationality or foreign permanent residency being held in the Islamic Republic's prisons.
Iran does not recognise dual nationality, and there are no exa... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41974185 |
Boris Johnson under pressure over jailed mum in Iran case - BBC News | 2017-12-09 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | When the foreign secretary arrives in Iran, some nifty diplomatic footwork will be required. | UK Politics | Boris Johnson's visit to Iran will be his first as foreign secretary
When Boris Johnson arrives in Tehran this weekend, the foreign secretary will be required to perform some nifty diplomatic footwork even before he comes to address the case of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe.
For relations between Britain and the Islamic ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42275855 |
So, did 'soft Brexit' just win? - BBC News | 2017-12-09 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The government and the EU might be claiming success today – but as Donald Tusk said, the tough stuff starts now. | Business | The agreement commits both sides to an open border between Northern Ireland and the Republic
"The test of a first-rate intelligence," F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote in The Crack-Up, "is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function."
Today the British governme... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-42281217 |
Man stripped in 50-hour kidnap ordeal in Thornton Heath - BBC News | 2017-12-09 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Police are trying to track down the gang of men responsible for the "vicious and prolonged attack". | London | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. CCTV of two men wanted in connection with the kidnap and burglary
A man was stripped naked, beaten and tied up in a kidnapping ordeal that lasted 50 hours.
The 24-year-old victim was lured to a house in Thornton Heath, Croy... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-42293276 |
California wildfires: Businesses face ruin as blaze rages - BBC News | 2017-12-09 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The fire, which has forced thousands from their homes, has damaged swathes of avocado farmland. | US & Canada | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The wildfires have devastated parts of southern California
Much of California's avocado crop has been destroyed by wildfires that have ripped through the southern part of the state, industry experts say.
"We've lost at leas... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42289831 |
Uber settles defamation lawsuit filed by Indian rape victim - BBC News | 2017-12-09 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A woman raped by a driver in Delhi says executives got her medical records after doubting her story. | US & Canada | Uber driver Shiv Kumar Yadav was sentenced to life in prison over the rape
Uber has agreed to settle a US civil lawsuit with a woman who accused its executives of improperly obtaining her medical records after she was raped by a driver in India.
The lawsuit, which follows on from a crime committed in 2014, cited medi... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42291495 |
Portugal's Eurovision winner Salvador Sobral has heart transplant - BBC News | 2017-12-09 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Salvador Sobral, who won this year's contest for Portugal, is doing well, surgeons in Lisbon say. | Europe | Salvador Sobral missed a week of Eurovision rehearsals due to his heart condition
Portugal's celebrated Eurovision Song Contest winner, Salvador Sobral, is recovering in hospital after undergoing a heart transplant.
Surgeons at the Santa Cruz Hospital in the Portuguese capital, Lisbon, said the 27-year-old was "doing... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-42296971 |
Man charged over rocket launcher snowman in Londonderry - BBC News | 2017-12-09 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The window display appeared at a republican group's office in Londonderry in October. | Northern Ireland | The window display included the message "wishing you an explosive Christmas"
A 29-year-old man has been charged after a snowman holding a rocket launcher was painted on the window of a republican support group's office in Londonderry.
The image included the message: "Wishing you an Explosive Christmas."
It appeared ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-42285433 |
Will Gompertz reviews Charles II: Art & Power ★★★★☆ - BBC News | 2017-12-09 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A show about Charles II, and the artistic legacy he left but is it a right-royal success? | Entertainment & Arts | There is something hauntingly contemporary about this exhibition.
It starts with a disgruntled England, which has made a cataclysmic decision to break with an imperfect but effective Europe-entwined institution that has been the basis for the country's social, economic, and political life.
We'd be better off without ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-42231007 |
Brexit deal: 'fair to the British taxpayer' - BBC News | 2017-12-09 | null | The Prime Minister said the deal has been struck after 'some tough conversations' | null | European Union officials say sufficient progress has been made in the Brexit negotiations, meaning they can move on to trade talks with the UK.
Theresa May travelled to Brussels early this morning to present proposals on the so-called divorce bill, citizens rights and the Northern Ireland border. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42276577 |
Iraq declares war with Islamic State is over - BBC News | 2017-12-09 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | PM Haider al-Abadi says Iraqi troops are now in complete control of the country. | Middle East | Recapturing Mosul was the bloodiest conflict - for both combatants and civilians
Iraq has announced that its war against so-called Islamic State (IS) is over.
Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi told a conference in Baghdad that Iraqi troops were now in complete control of the Iraqi-Syrian border.
The border zone contain... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-42291985 |
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe: Boris Johnson meets Iranian counterpart - BBC News | 2017-12-09 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The foreign secretary is pressing for release of dual nationals, including Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe. | UK Politics | Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has been held in Iran since April 2016
Boris Johnson has held talks in Iran to press for the release of British-Iranian Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe.
The UK foreign secretary met his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif to call for the release of the mother-of-one on humanitarian grounds, a... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42289861 |
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe: Prisoner caught in Iran power struggle - BBC News | 2017-12-09 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The case of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe is first and foremost a story of terrible personal suffering. | UK | The case of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe is first and foremost a story of terrible personal suffering for a young woman, her husband and their baby girl.
Eighteen months into a five-year sentence, Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe faces the prospect of up to 16 years in an Iranian jail.
It is also, however, a story of an internal p... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41907892 |
Brexit deal: Theresa May buys breathing space - BBC News | 2017-12-09 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | No 10 has reached a critical short-term goal, and moved on from embarrassment to a temporary conclusion. | UK Politics | The prime minister made her decisions on Thursday night while the No 10 Downing Street Christmas party carried on.
It isn't celebration on Friday though for her government, but relief.
And her allies note that in those fraught hours she made the decision to go to Brussels even though the DUP had continued to make its... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42288942 |
Brexit deal: Theresa May's agreement with Brussels - BBC News | 2017-12-09 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Reality Check examines some of the key lines in the agreement document. | UK Politics | The UK and European Commission have reached an agreement that should allow them to move Brexit talks on to the next stage.
Here are some of the key lines in the agreement document.
So here's the first linguistic somersault. This agreement is designed to lock in the progress made so far, and allow technical experts to... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42280487 |
Johnson in 'frank talks' on jailed Briton Zaghari-Ratcliffe - BBC News | 2017-12-09 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson and his Iranian counterpart discuss Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe during meeting. | UK | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.
UK Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson and his Iranian counterpart have spoken "frankly" in Tehran about jailed Briton Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe.
He met Mohammed Javad Zarif to urge her freeing on humanitarian grounds, along wi... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42295586 |
Brexit: Watching the deal unfold in Brussels - BBC News | 2017-12-09 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The BBC's Adam Fleming shares how he watched the last-minute Brexit deal unfold from Brussels. | Europe | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The prime minister said the deal will allow more to be invested in "priorities at home"
I had been warned to keep my phone by the bed. It rang at 05:09 here in Brussels (04:09 GMT). "The prime minister is in the air," said m... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-42283473 |
Saakashvili: Ex-Georgia leader detained by police in Kiev - BBC News | 2017-12-09 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Mikheil Saakashvili's detention comes days after he was freed from police custody by his supporters. | Europe | Mikheil Saakashvili is suspected of receiving financing from a criminal group
Former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili has been detained in Ukraine's capital Kiev, days after his supporters freed him from a police van.
Mr Saakashvili, who in 2015-16 served as regional governor in Ukraine under President Petro Po... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-42289481 |
Dustin Hoffman faces new sex abuse allegation from co-star - BBC News | 2017-12-09 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Actor Kathryn Rossetter says she suffered an "abusive experience" during a Broadway play in 1984. | Entertainment & Arts | Hoffman has not commented on the latest allegations
A co-star of Hollywood actor Dustin Hoffman has accused him of a "horrific, demoralising and abusive experience" while on a 1984 Broadway production.
Kathryn Rossetter's allegation comes a month after author Anna Graham Hunter accused Hoffman of sexual misconduct.
... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-42291775 |
Johnny Hallyday: Huge crowds gather for France's 'Elvis Presley' - BBC News | 2017-12-09 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Paris comes to a standstill as hundreds of thousands of fans pay tribute to a French icon | Europe | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Fans lined the streets to bid farewell to the 'French Elvis'
Hundreds of thousands of people lined the streets of Paris on Saturday to bid farewell to the French rock star Johnny Hallyday, who died this week at the age of 74... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-42291491 |
M5 closure: Drivers stuck for hours in freezing temperatures - BBC News | 2017-12-09 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The road was shut in both directions for more than four hours amid concerns for a man on a bridge. | Devon | Some motorists said they were stuck on the closed motorway for more than four hours
Drivers were left stuck in vehicles for several hours in freezing temperatures as the M5 was shut in both directions.
It followed "concerns for the welfare of a man" on a bridge at junction 28, near Cullompton, at about 16:00 GMT, pol... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-42288965 |
Northern: Bailiffs pursued rail firm over passenger compensation - BBC News | 2017-12-09 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A passenger won a legal case against Northern, but was left waiting for about £300. | Leeds & West Yorkshire | Phil Davies complained about how Northern dealt with passengers on his journey and later took them to court after they failed to reply
A train passenger's lengthy fight for compensation from a rail company got to the stage where bailiffs were "pursuing them at their registered office".
Phil Davies was on a Leeds to B... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-42283561 |
California wildfires: Nearly 200,000 flee as new blaze spreads - BBC News | 2017-12-09 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Some 200,000 residents have been evacuated and a state of emergency declared for a new blaze in San Diego | US & Canada | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.
Nearly 200,000 residents have been evacuated from their homes in California as firefighters battle several raging wildfires.
Governor Jerry Brown declared a state of emergency in San Diego on Thursday after a new blaze spre... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42263237 |
What does first-phase Brexit deal mean for NI? - BBC News | 2017-12-09 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | John Campbell assesses to what extent the first phase of Brexit talks offer all things to all people. | Northern Ireland | An agreement on phase one of the Brexit negotiations between the EU and UK was reached on Friday
The UK government's guarantees on the Irish border seem to sharply limit the variety of Brexit that's now on offer.
It has pledged that, even if there's no deal, the UK, as a whole, will fully align with the rules of sing... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-42281324 |
Adams family gang member pays back £730,000 - BBC News | 2017-12-09 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Terry Adams had previously claimed paying back the money would breach his human rights. | London | Terry Adams had argued it would breach his human rights to pay
A former member of one of Britain's most notorious crime gangs has paid nearly £730,000 to settle a legal battle over his criminal assets.
Terry Adams, who was associated with the north London "Adams family", had claimed he was too poor to pay.
He agreed... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-42282388 |
Firefighters' surprise role in Perth Theatre panto - BBC News | 2017-12-09 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Impromptu stage appearance after smoke alarm disrupts first performance at revamped Perth Theatre | Tayside and Central Scotland | They're behind you! Firefighters on stage during the Perth Theatre pantomime
The first performance at Perth Theatre in four years defied all expectations when two real-life firefighters appeared on stage.
A smoke alarm mid-way through Aladdin on Saturday forced the evacuation of the Edwardian theatre which has just h... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-42292776 |
Two young Devon men die after 'taking drugs at Plymouth Pryzm nightclub' - BBC News | 2017-12-09 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | An 18-year-old man was being questioned by police following the pair's deaths in hospital. | Devon | Two 19-year-old men have died in hospital in the early hours after apparently taking drugs at a nightclub.
They were found unconscious at the Pryzm club in Plymouth, where hundreds of young people were attending a gig by the Swedish dance artist Basshunter.
Police said the teenagers, from Okehampton and Newton Abbot,... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-42293096 |
Vaginal mesh ban 'a retrograde step', surgeons say - BBC News | 2017-12-09 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Many women benefit from the use of vaginal mesh and they should have a choice, surgeons say. | Health | The mesh is made of a type of plastic and surgeons routinely use it in hernia repairs
Banning vaginal mesh implants would remove an important treatment for some women suffering from a prolapse, says the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists.
Some women benefit from the implants and should have a choice, i... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-42280544 |
Egypt uncovers ancient tombs at Luxor - BBC News | 2017-12-09 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A mummy dating back about 3,500 years is among items discovered in the two tombs. | Middle East | The mummy is believed to be that of a senior official from the New Kingdom
Archaeologists in Egypt have displayed items, including a mummy, from one of two previously unexplored tombs in the ancient Nile city of Luxor.
The mummy is believed to be that of a senior official from Egypt's "New Kingdom", about 3,500 years... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-42295162 |
Israel strikes Gaza Hamas sites after rocket attacks - BBC News | 2017-12-09 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Tension rises following President Donald Trump's recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital. | Middle East | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.
Israel says it has targeted sites in Gaza belonging to militant group Hamas in retaliation for rocket strikes.
Israel's military said it had hit weapons sites early on Saturday. Two people died, a Gaza hospital said, bringi... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-42291071 |
Why British Muslims care about Jerusalem - BBC News | 2017-12-09 | null | After Donald Trump officially recognised the city as Israel's capital, UK Muslims tell us why that matters. | null | This week US President Donald Trump said his country would officially recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, reversing decades of American policy.
Israelis (predominantly Jewish) and Palestinians (predominantly Muslim) have been in conflict for years over the city.
We asked Muslims in Bradford, which has one o... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42289551 |
Jail for cleaning fluid attack robbers - BBC News | 2017-12-09 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The pair used the ammonia to target "petite women" who would not be able to fight back. | London | Sadik Kamara (left) and Joshua Jordan were part of a gang of five who targeted the women
Two robbers who laughed after spraying women in their faces with cleaning fluid have been jailed for 10 years.
Rapper Sadik Kamara, 24, known as Trizzy Trapz, and Joshua Jordan, 20, both of Newham, east London, used the ammonia t... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-42288311 |
UK snow: Ice could add to travel disruption as temperatures drop - BBC News | 2017-12-09 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Significant snowfall is forecast for the weekend, with warnings some communities could be cut off. | UK | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.
Weather warnings are still in place in large parts of the UK, amid concern that icy conditions could cause travel delays and "cut off" some rural areas.
The Met Office said snow showers would continue to affect parts of Sco... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42272554 |
Amber snow warning issued for Sunday - BBC Weather | 2017-12-09 | null | A warning has been issued by the Met Office advising significant snowfall on Sunday | null | Parts of England and Wales fall under an amber 'be prepared' weather warning on Sunday. Significant snowfall is forecast with impacts for travel expected. Louise Lear explains the potential impacts. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/features/42283123 |
Kevin Spacey 'groped Norwegian king's son-in-law' - BBC News | 2017-12-09 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The King of Norway's former son-in-law accuses Spacey of groping him at a Nobel Peace Prize concert. | Entertainment & Arts | Ari Behn was married to Princess Martha Louise from 2002-16
The King of Norway's former son-in-law has accused Kevin Spacey of groping him after a Nobel Peace Prize concert.
Ari Behn told radio station P4 that it happened after the actor had hosted the event in 2007.
"I am a generous person, but this was a bit more ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-42284021 |
North Korea: Urgent need to open channels, UN says after visit - BBC News | 2017-12-09 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | After the visit, North Korea said it has agreed to better communication with the UN in future. | Asia | A top UN official told senior North Korean figures there was an "urgent need" to keep channels open to avoid the risk of war, the organisation says.
The statement follows a visit to Pyongyang by Jeffrey Feltman, the highest-level trip by a UN official to the isolated nation in six years.
North Korea says it has agree... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-42295078 |
Vaccination plea after Halesworth boy's meningitis death - BBC News | 2017-12-09 | null | The parents of a boy, six, who died from meningitis B have called on all children to be vaccinated. | null | The parents of a six-year-old boy who died from meningitis B have called for a wider vaccination programme. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-suffolk-42281678 |
Lord's Prayer: Pope Francis calls for change - BBC News | 2017-12-09 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The head of the Catholic Church calls for a better translation of a phrase about temptation. | Europe | The Pope is suggesting changes to Christianity's best-known prayer
Pope Francis has called for a translation of a phrase about temptation in the Lord's Prayer to be changed.
The current wording that says "lead us not into temptation" is not a good translation because God does not lead humans to sin, he says.
His sug... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-42279427 |
Ashes: England's Ben Duckett poured drink over James Anderson in Perth bar - BBC Sport | 2017-12-09 | null | Ben Duckett is dropped from an Ashes tour game and also suspended after pouring a drink over England bowler James Anderson in a Perth bar. | null | Last updated on .From the section Cricket
Ben Duckett was dropped from Saturday's Ashes tour game after pouring a drink over England bowler James Anderson in a Perth bar.
The 23-year-old batsman, part of the England Lions squad, was due to play against a Cricket Australia XI as a number of the senior party were reste... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/42291541 |
'Come out in class - if you want to', teachers urged - BBC News | 2017-12-09 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Heads urged to offer more support to LGBT teachers to be their "authentic selves". | Family & Education | Grahame Colclough: "Nothing was whispered, rushed, or secretive"
When senior staff member Grahame Colclough and his partner Jon decided to get married, his head teacher made the announcement in a school assembly.
She presented gifts to the couple who had "been together for years".
"Nothing was whispered, rushed or s... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-42281732 |
US lawmaker Trent Franks quits over 'surrogacy' talks with aides - BBC News | 2017-12-09 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Republican Trent Franks is the third lawmaker to resign in three days over sexual harassment claims. | US & Canada | Trent Franks is accused of offering a former aide $5m to act as a surrogate mother
Arizona Republican Trent Franks has resigned amid an ethics investigation into claims he repeatedly asked female staff to be surrogate mothers.
The announcement came after a congressional panel said it was opening an inquiry into sexua... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42274780 |
Johnny Hallyday: Huge crowds gather to say farewell - BBC News | 2017-12-09 | null | Hundreds of leather-clad bikers follow the French singer's coffin down the Champs-Elysees. | null | Hundreds of thousands of people have gathered to bid farewell to the French rock star Johnny Hallyday, who died this week.
President Emmanuel Macron paid tribute to the singer in a eulogy at the Madeleine church. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-42293127 |
Stormzy is BBC Music's artist of the year - BBC News | 2017-12-09 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The grime artist caps a huge year by taking home the main prize at the 2017 BBC Music Awards. | Entertainment & Arts | Stormzy made the transition from underground success to household name in 2017
Stormzy has been named artist of the year at the 2017 BBC Music Awards, capping a hugely successful year.
The south London MC, whose debut album Gang Signs & Prayer was the first grime record to reach number one, beat Ed Sheeran and Lorde ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-42282182 |
McLaren struggle as Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen tops day two of Barcelona test - BBC Sport | 2017-03-01 | null | McLaren's dire start to pre-season testing continues with a second day of problems with Honda's new engine, as Ferrari set the pace. | null | Last updated on .From the section Formula 1
McLaren have suffered a dire start to pre-season testing, with a second consecutive day hit by major problems with Honda's new engine.
Belgian Stoffel Vandoorne completed only 40 laps - just 11 more than team-mate Fernando Alonso on Monday.
With a quarter of pre-season tes... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/39121254 |
Luis Enrique: Barcelona boss to step down at end of season - BBC Sport | 2017-03-01 | null | Barcelona boss Luis Enrique says he will step down at the end of the season, because he needs to "rest". | null | Last updated on .From the section European Football
Barcelona boss Luis Enrique will step down at the end of the season, saying he needs to "rest".
The 46-year-old, in his third season in charge of Barca, was speaking after their 6-1 win over Sporting Gijon.
He won the Champions League as part of the treble in his f... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/39136312 |
FA Cup: Harry Bunn gives Huddersfield surprise lead against Man City - BBC Sport | 2017-03-01 | null | Huddersfield's Harry Bunn gives his side a surprise lead away against Manchester City in their FA Cup fifth-round replay. | null | Huddersfield's Harry Bunn gives his side a surprise lead away against Manchester City in their FA Cup fifth-round replay.
Watch all the best action from the FA Cup fifth round here.
Available to UK users only. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/39136042 |
Stand by for a quiet revolution in the NHS - BBC News | 2017-03-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Radical changes to the structure of the NHS in some parts of England are likely to be unveiled next month. | Health | There is a quiet revolution happening in the NHS in England. It's under the radar and has been little commented on till now.
Details of the potentially radical changes will emerge at the end of March.
There is, apparently, no need for new legislation.
In effect, the controversial health reforms of 2012 will be bypas... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-39116005 |
Formula 1: Ferrari impress in Barcelona as Mercedes set test pace - BBC Sport | 2017-03-01 | null | Ferrari impress for the second day running on Wednesday at the first pre-season test in Barcelona, Spain. | null | Last updated on .From the section Formula 1
Ferrari impressed for the second day running at the first pre-season test in Barcelona, Spain.
Mercedes driver Valtteri Bottas set the pace with the fastest time of the week, but Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel was only 0.247 seconds behind on a slower tyre.
Bottas' time was se... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/39133608 |
Hamilton Academical 1-0 Aberdeen - BBC Sport | 2017-03-01 | null | Mikey Devlin scores the winner as Hamilton climb to ninth in the Premiership with victory over Aberdeen. | null | Hamilton moved up to ninth in the Premiership with victory over Aberdeen.
Accies took the lead when Mikey Devlin stole in ahead of Ash Taylor to divert Danny Redmond's free-kick into the net from close range.
Adam Rooney almost brought the Dons level, his glancing header from Niall McGinn's cross coming back off a po... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/39035531 |
Mixed-race couple: 'The priest refused to marry us' - BBC News | 2017-03-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Trudy and Barclay Patoir met when mixed-race relationships were still taboo. More than 70 years later they reveal the obstacles they overcame. | Magazine | Trudy and Barclay Patoir met during World War Two at a time when mixed-race relationships were still taboo. More than 70 years later they reveal the obstacles they had to overcome to stay together.
When Trudy Menard and Barclay Patoir told friends and family they were going to get married, no-one thought it was a good... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-39003902 |
Dubai Championships: Roger Federer loses to qualifier Evgeny Donskoy in round two - BBC Sport | 2017-03-01 | null | Australian Open champion Roger Federer suffers a shock defeat by qualifier Evgeny Donskoy at the Dubai Championships. | null | Last updated on .From the section Tennis
Australian Open champion Roger Federer suffered a shock defeat by Russian qualifier Evgeny Donskoy in the Dubai Championships second round.
Federer had three match points in the second set, served for the match at 5-3 in the third and led the deciding tie-break 5-1 but Donskoy... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/39131505 |
Michael Phelps says he never faced a completely clean international field - BBC Sport | 2017-03-01 | null | Former swimmer Michael Phelps - the most decorated Olympian ever - believes he never raced against a clean international field. | null | Last updated on .From the section Swimming
Michael Phelps, the most decorated Olympian of all time, believes he never raced against a completely clean international field.
The American former swimmer, 31, wants US lawmakers to push for global anti-doping reforms.
"I don't believe I've stood up at an international co... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/swimming/39125244 |
Trump addresses Congress: A kinder, gentler president - BBC News | 2017-03-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Donald Trump tones down the rhetoric and sticks to the script - for a change | US & Canada | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. President Trump: "What we are witnessing today is the renewal of the American spirit"
At least for one night, Donald Trump put aside the bombast and bellicosity of a campaign that seemed to bleed into his presidency. On a pr... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-39124349 |
How India uses recycled pipes to detect ferocious solar storms - BBC News | 2017-03-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Steel pipes which were once buried under a gold mine are used as sensors to catch cosmic rays. | India | Artwork: The Earth's magnetosphere protects the planet from a continuous flow of cosmic radiation
What does a sensational scientific discovery about a solar storm in the Earth's magnetic field have to do with old, recycled steel pipes which lay buried for more than a decade under a now-defunct gold mine in India?
Mor... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-39100109 |
Manchester City 5-1 Huddersfield Town - BBC Sport | 2017-03-01 | null | Manchester City cruise into the FA Cup quarter-finals after fighting back to beat visitors Huddersfield in their fifth-round replay. | null | Last updated on .From the section Football
Manchester City cruised into the FA Cup quarter-finals after fighting back to beat much-changed Championship promotion hopefuls Huddersfield in their fifth-round replay.
After a 0-0 draw in the original tie, the visitors led when Harry Bunn's shot went through Claudio Bravo'... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/39035253 |
FA Cup: Sir Patrick Stewart previews Manchester City v Huddersfield Town - BBC Sport | 2017-03-01 | null | Huddersfield Town fan Sir Patrick Stewart narrates the inspirational poem Thinking, by Walter D. Wintle, before his team's FA Cup fifth-round replay against Manchester City. | null | Huddersfield Town fan Sir Patrick Stewart narrates the inspirational poem Thinking, by Walter D. Wintle, before his team's FA Cup fifth-round replay against Manchester City at Etihad Stadium on Wednesday.
READ MORE: Pep Guardiola: Man City boss will make Joe Hart wait on his future
Watch all the best action from the ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/39130690 |
How Sousse attack led to security improvements in Tunisia - BBC News | 2017-03-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Britain has been part of the international effort to improve Tunisia's security. | UK | When the Sousse terrorist attack took place in June 2015 the Tunisian authorities had almost no effective counter-terrorism capability.
Still coping with the aftermath of the Arab Spring revolt, they had little to no idea who was posting extremist material online, who they were in contact with, nor even who was profes... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-39118522 |
Murderer Tanveer Ahmed inspires Pakistani hardliners from Scottish jail - BBC News | 2017-03-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Tanveer Ahmed was convicted of a brutal murder- but crowds rally around him in his native Pakistan. | Asia | Tanveer Ahmed claimed that he murdered Mr Shah as he had "disrespected" Islam
When Tanveer Ahmed was sentenced to a minimum of 27 years in jail for murder last August, Judge Lady Rae said he had committed a "brutal, barbaric and horrific crime".
Ahmed stabbed to death Glasgow shopkeeper Asad Shah - who belonged to th... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-39112840 |
Actress speaks out against 'casting couch culture' - BBC News | 2017-03-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Tamil star Varalaxmi Sarathkumar opens up about sexual harassment in the Indian film industry. | BBC Trending | In a note that she titled "Needs to be said", South Indian actress Varalaxmi Sarathkumar opened up on Twitter, about the issue of sexual harassment within the film business.
Varalaxmi, who works in the Tamil film industry, wrote that in a recent working meeting she had been propositioned by a programming head of a lea... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-trending-39105285 |
Ed Sheeran: 'I've got a song that's better than Thinking Out Loud' - BBC News | 2017-03-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | In an exclusive online interview, Ed Sheeran takes us behind the scenes of his third album, ÷ (Divide). | Entertainment & Arts | Ed Sheeran: "I think this year is going to be a high point."
In the first instalment of an exclusive online two-part interview, Ed Sheeran takes BBC Music reporter Mark Savage behind the scenes of his third album, ÷ (Divide).
In the lobby of Atlantic Records in West London, a poster of Ed Sheeran's massive face peeks... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-39113501 |
Donald Trump: Rory McIlroy surprised by criticism after round with US president - BBC Sport | 2017-03-01 | null | Rory McIlroy says he was surprised by the extent of the criticism he received for playing golf with US President Donald Trump. | null | Last updated on .From the section Golf
World number three Rory McIlroy says he was "taken aback" by the extent of the criticism he received for playing golf with US President Donald Trump.
McIlroy, who returns to the PGA Tour in Mexico this week after nearly two months out with a rib injury, says he was called "a fas... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/golf/39125405 |
Brighton & Hove Albion 1-2 Newcastle United - BBC Sport | 2017-03-01 | null | Newcastle score twice in the final 10 minutes to come from behind to beat Championship promotion rivals Brighton. | null | Last updated on .From the section Football
Mohamed Diame and Ayoze Perez scored in the last 10 minutes as Newcastle came from behind to snatch a dramatic victory at Brighton and move back to the top of the Championship.
The Seagulls looked set to open a four-point lead over the Magpies at the top thanks to a penalty ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/39035302 |
MWC 2017: 5G - who wants it, who’ll pay? - BBC News | 2017-03-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Next-generation 5G networks promise faster data speeds, but some warn of overexcitement. | Technology | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: Why 5G could be ready to deploy by 2020
The hot topic at Mobile World Congress this year is not a new phone - apart from the Nokia 3310, they all look the same.
Nor is it a new technology like virtual reality - compa... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-39106519 |
FA Cup: Sergio Aguero penalty puts Man City ahead against Huddersfield - BBC Sport | 2017-03-01 | null | Sergio Aguero slots home from the penalty spot to put Manchester City 2-1 up against Huddersfield Town in their FA Cup fifth-round replay. | null | Sergio Aguero slots home from the penalty spot to put Manchester City ahead against Huddersfield Town in their FA Cup fifth-round replay.
Watch all the best action from the FA Cup fifth round here.
Available to UK users only. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/39136046 |
Ford Bridgend loses out in global race - BBC News | 2017-03-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Ford's more global outlook to its operations leaves its Bridgend engine plant vulnerable. | Wales | The decline that is on the horizon for the Bridgend engine plant is the latest phase of a shift in gear that has been going on since the early 1990s.
The change in emphasis goes back to 2008 and the "one Ford Plan" - the decision at Ford HQ in Dearborn in the States to "go global."
This meant operating as a global co... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-37556644 |
Liverpool's 2022 Commonwealth Games offer after Durban admits uncertainty - BBC News | 2017-03-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Liverpool offers to host the 2022 Commonwealth Games after hosts Durban admit funding concerns. | Liverpool | Liverpool's Pier Head hosted the opening stage of the Tour of Britain in 2014
Liverpool has offered to host the 2022 Commonwealth Games after hosts Durban admitted it might not be able to afford it.
South Africa's sports minister Fikile Mbalula said the government had been forced to have a rethink due to financial re... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-39118266 |
Tunisia attack survivor: 'I've had the same nightmare 50 times' - BBC News | 2017-03-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | One man recalls how he risked his life to help victims of the terror attack in Sousse. | UK | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Meet Allen Pembroke, the British holidaymaker who went back to the beach
Allen Pembroke has had the same nightmare 50 times. So far.
It is late morning on 26 June 2015. He is on the beach in the Tunisian resort of Port El K... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-39106599 |
Q&A: Cycling inquiry, Team Sky, Sir Bradley Wiggins and the 'mystery package' - BBC Sport | 2017-03-01 | null | As MPs look at the circumstances surrounding a jiffy bag delivered to Sir Bradley Wiggins in 2011, we look at the background to the inquiry. | null | Last updated on .From the section Cycling
A 'mystery' medical package, a courier, a doctor, a world-famous rider and a ground-breaking cycling team. It's a story of many parts.
As MPs again look at the circumstances surrounding a jiffy bag delivered to Sir Bradley Wiggins in 2011, we look at the background to the inq... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/39122401 |
Leicester manager search: Roy Hodgson talks to Premier League champions - BBC Sport | 2017-03-01 | null | Premier League champions Leicester have held informal talks with former England boss Roy Hodgson over their managerial vacancy. | null | Last updated on .From the section Football
Premier League champions Leicester have held informal talks with former England boss Roy Hodgson about him becoming their new manager.
However, it is thought the 69-year-old was just one potential candidate spoken to in the search for Claudio Ranieri's replacement.
And acti... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/39125968 |
Government faces Brexit defeat in Lords - BBC News | 2017-03-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Peers are likely to vote against the government over the rights of EU nationals to remain in the UK. | UK Politics | Theresa May watched the opening stages of the Brexit debate in the Lords
It's not that peers are trying to block Brexit. They have been adamant, time and again, that's not their game.
But tomorrow they are voting on a change they are trying to make to the government's Article 50 law (the legal process that will start... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-39121562 |
Shipping slump: Why a vessel worth $60m was sold as scrap - BBC News | 2017-03-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Why are huge container ships, once worth millions of pounds, now being sold for scrap? | Business | The Hammonia Grenada was sold for scrap at the start of this year
In January 2010, the container ship Hammonia Grenada was delivered from a Chinese yard to its new owners, reportedly priced at about $60m (about £37m at that time).
Just seven years later - at the start of this year - it was sold for scrap. The price: ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-38653546 |
Team Sky: Doctor has no records of 'mystery package' for Sir Bradley Wiggins - BBC Sport | 2017-03-01 | null | A doctor who received a 'mystery package' for Sir Bradley Wiggins has no record of his medical treatment at the time, MPs are told. | null | Last updated on .From the section Cycling
A doctor who received a 'mystery package' for Sir Bradley Wiggins in 2011 has no record of his medical treatment at the time, MPs have heard.
In 2014, ex-Team Sky medic Dr Richard Freeman had a laptop containing medical records stolen, the Culture, Media and Sport Select Comm... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/39128672 |
What happens when aid is given as direct cash transfers? - BBC News | 2017-03-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | How charities working in Kenya are experimenting with cash transfers instead of more traditional forms of aid. | Africa | Joseph Ombimbo Nyakwaka and his wife Beatrice used their cash transfer to buy seeds and improve their home
What is the best way of ensuring aid money is used effectively and efficiently? In Kenya, charities are experimenting with direct cash transfers, allowing individual recipients to spend the money on whatever they... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-39038402 |
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