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I had to wait 11 days to be told of my daughter's death - BBC News | 2017-06-03 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | When Sarah Jenkins saw pictures of distraught mothers appealing for information about missing children after the Manchester bombing, it reminded her of her own experience after the 7/7 attacks in London. | Magazine | When Sarah Jenkins saw pictures of distraught mothers appealing for information about missing children after the Manchester bombing, it reminded her of her own experience 12 years ago. After the 7/7 attacks in London she had to wait 11 awful days for confirmation that her daughter Emily had died. She now campaigns for ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-40132395 |
Epsom Derby 2017: Wings of Eagles beats favourites Cliffs of Moher and Cracksman - BBC Sport | 2017-06-03 | null | Aidan O'Brien's 40-1 shot Wings of Eagles beats favourites Cliffs of Moher and Cracksman to win the Epsom Derby. | null | Last updated on .From the section Horse Racing
Little-known jockey Padraig Beggy, who served a one-year drugs ban, won the Epsom Derby on Saturday on Aidan O'Brien's 40-1 shot Wings of Eagles.
It proved a debut Derby victory for 31-year-old Beggy, who was given the suspension in Australia in 2014 after a positive tes... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/horse-racing/40145392 |
World Cup 2030: Uefa would 'strongly support' pan-British or English bid - BBC Sport | 2017-06-03 | null | An English or pan-British bid for the 2030 World Cup would be "strongly supported" by Uefa, says its president Aleksander Ceferin. | null | A British bid for the 2030 World Cup would be "strongly supported" and the tournament should not be sold to the country "who wants to pay the most", says Uefa president Aleksander Ceferin.
But, with the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, that would go against the governing body's continental rotation policy.
Ceferin says rules... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/40136827 |
The young Japanese working themselves to death - BBC News | 2017-06-03 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Japan has some of the world's longest working hours, and some young Japanese are literally working themselves to death. | Business | Michiyo Nishigaki lost her only son Naoya to "karoshi"
Japan has some of the longest working hours in the world, and some young Japanese workers are literally working themselves to death. Now there are calls for the government to do more.
Michiyo Nishigaki was a proud mother when her only son Naoya landed a job at a ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-39981997 |
Cristiano Ronaldo says that his records stack up after his fourth Champions League win - BBC Sport | 2017-06-03 | null | Cristiano Ronaldo says "people can't criticise me" after his goals helped Zinedine Zidane's Real Madrid side beat Juventus 4-1 in Cardiff. | null | Cristiano Ronaldo said that his "numbers don't lie" after his double helped Zinedine Zidane's Real Madrid side beat Juventus 4-1 in Cardiff.
A goal in each half took the Portuguese to 105 Champions League strikes as Real became the first side since AC Milan in 1990 to win back-to-back cups.
"This is one of the best m... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/40147044 |
How has the fitness video adapted to the YouTube age? - BBC News | 2017-06-03 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | In the 1980s, Jane Fonda sold millions of workout videos. Now anyone can be an online fitness guru. | Business | Pilates devotee Cassey Ho has nearly four million YouTube followers
In the 1980s, a Lycra-clad Jane Fonda sold millions of her pioneering workout video cassettes. But videotape gave way to DVDs, then along came the internet and digital streaming. So how has the workout video adapted?
When Cassey Ho, 30, logs on to he... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-39947943 |
Epsom Derby: Joint-favourite Cracksman leads way for John Gosden - BBC Sport | 2017-06-03 | null | Trainer John Gosden hopes Cracksman will emerge as a "diamond in the rough" in Saturday's Epsom Derby. | null | Last updated on .From the section Horse Racing
Dates: Coverage: Commentaries on BBC Radio 5 live; results and reports on BBC Sport website
Trainer John Gosden hopes joint favourite Cracksman will emerge as a "diamond" on Saturday in what he says will be a "terribly open" Epsom Derby.
Cracksman is one of five runners... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/horse-racing/40140497 |
America's Cup 2017: Great Britain face New Zealand in rearranged challenger play-offs - BBC Sport | 2017-06-03 | null | Great Britain will face New Zealand in the America's Cup semi-final on Monday after Sunday's race was postponed. | null | Last updated on .From the section Sailing
Race coverage: Watch highlights on BBC Two, Red Button, Connected TVs, online and BBC Sport app from 11 June.
Great Britain will face New Zealand in a rearranged America's Cup semi-final on Monday after a lack of wind caused Sunday's races to be postponed.
As the highest sco... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/sailing/40146247 |
Champions Trophy: Sri Lanka's Lasith Malinga drops South Africa's Faf du Plessis - BBC Sport | 2017-06-03 | null | Sri Lanka's Lasith Malinga drops a top-edged Faf du Plessis pull shot at fine leg in the Champions Trophy game at The Oval. | null | Sri Lanka's Lasith Malinga drops a top-edged pull shot by South Africa's Faf du Plessis in the Champions Trophy game at the Oval.
Available to UK users only. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/40143890 |
Leo Varadkar profile: Ireland's youngest PM - BBC News | 2017-06-03 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | There is much more to Leo Varadkar than his age, Indian heritage and sexuality. | Europe | Mr Varadkar has come to embody the liberalisation of a country
There have been plenty of international headlines about Leo Varadkar's rise to the top of Irish politics.
Almost all focus on the fact that the Republic of Ireland now has a half-Indian, openly gay prime minister.
Mr Varadkar has come to embody the liber... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-40134140 |
British and Irish Lions 2017: Owen Farrell leads race for 10 jersey, says Guscott - BBC Sport | 2017-06-03 | null | Owen Farrell has edged ahead of Johnny Sexton in the race to be the Lions' Test fly-half, says legend Jeremy Guscott. | null | In the opening match of the tour of Australia four years ago, the Lions won 59-8.
On their last visit to New Zealand back in 2005, the Lions scored two tries in the first six minutes of their first match on Kiwi soil.
So I was surprised by the heavy weather the Lions made of their 13-7 win over the Provincial Barbari... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/40144261 |
Novak Djokovic survives scare to reach French Open fourth round - BBC Sport | 2017-06-03 | null | Champion Novak Djokovic survives a third-round scare at the French Open to beat Argentine Diego Schwartzman in five sets. | null | Last updated on .From the section Tennis
Coverage: Listen to live radio commentary and follow text coverage of selected matches on BBC Radio 5 live sports extra and online.
Defending champion Novak Djokovic survived a third-round scare at the French Open to beat unseeded Argentine Diego Schwartzman in five sets.
The... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/40134827 |
Champions Trophy: Hashim Amla and Imran Tahir shine in South Africa win - BBC Sport | 2017-06-03 | null | South Africa come through some tricky moments to see off Sri Lanka by 96 runs in their Champions Trophy opener at The Oval. | null | Last updated on .From the section Cricket
South Africa came through some tricky moments to see off Sri Lanka by 96 runs in their Champions Trophy opener at The Oval.
Hashim Amla stroked a calm 103, but some disciplined Sri Lanka bowling kept the Proteas to 299-6.
Niroshan Dickwella then made 41 from 33 balls to make... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/40145891 |
Sergio Ramos: Real Madrid defender says they have 'appointment with history' - BBC Sport | 2017-06-03 | null | Real Madrid have an "appointment with history" when they face Juventus in the Champions League final on Saturday, says Sergio Ramos. | null | Coverage: Live text commentary on the BBC website - and commentary on Radio 5 live from 19:00 BST
Real Madrid have an "appointment with history" when they face Juventus in the Champions League final in Cardiff on Saturday, says captain Sergio Ramos.
Eleven-time champions Real are aiming to become the first team since... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/40138302 |
France's Emmanuel Macron: Birth of the anti-Trump? - BBC News | 2017-06-03 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Is the new French president the man the world's liberals have been waiting for? | Europe | Emmanuel Macron has just won the rare distinction of being the most re-tweeted French person in history.
In less than 24 hours, his Trump-defying message "make our planet great again" was shared more than 140,000 times, easily ousting the previous record-holder, the rather less high-minded TV presenter Cyril Hanouna. ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-40140113 |
Seven stars who refused to be body shamed - BBC News | 2017-06-04 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | From Jennifer Lawrence to Vin Diesel - the celebrities who fought back against the shamers. | Entertainment & Arts | Chloe Moretz wasn't happy with the way her Snow White film was advertised
Stories about "body shaming" are nothing new - but more and more celebrities are starting to fight back against the trend.
Earlier this week, actress Chloe Moretz said she was "appalled and angry" over the marketing for her new animated Snow Wh... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/40132608 |
French Open 2017: Defending champion Garbine Muguruza & Venus Williams out - BBC Sport | 2017-06-04 | null | Defending champion Garbine Muguruza is unhappy with a "really tough" crowd after defeat by home favourite Kristina Mladenovic at the French Open. | null | Last updated on .From the section Tennis
Coverage: Listen to live radio commentary and follow text coverage of selected matches on BBC Radio 5 live sports extra and online.
Defending champion Garbine Muguruza was unhappy with a "really tough" crowd after defeat by home favourite Kristina Mladenovic at the French Open... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/40150388 |
Opioid crisis: The letter that started it all - BBC News | 2017-06-04 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A Canadian doctor says one short letter managed to convince doctors that opioids were safe. | US & Canada | Canadian researchers have traced the origins of the opioid crisis to one letter published almost 40 years ago.
The letter, which said opioids were not addictive, was published in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) in 1980.
Dr David Juurlink says the journal's prestige helped fuel the misguided belief that opi... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-40136881 |
French Open: Andy Murray beats Juan Martin del Potro, but Kyle Edmund loses - BBC Sport | 2017-06-04 | null | Andy Murray reaches the French Open last 16 with a superb win over Juan Martin del Potro, but fellow Briton Kyle Edmund is out. | null | Last updated on .From the section Tennis
Coverage: Listen to live radio commentary and follow text coverage of selected matches on BBC Radio 5 live sports extra and online.
Andy Murray saw off Argentina's Juan Martin del Potro with a superb straight-set win to reach the fourth round of the French Open.
The world num... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/40143231 |
Antoine Griezmann: Atletico Madrid forward to stay after transfer ban upheld - BBC Sport | 2017-06-04 | null | Antoine Griezmann says he will stay at Atletico Madrid next season as it would be a "dirty move" to leave the club after their transfer ban was upheld. | null | Last updated on .From the section European Football
Antoine Griezmann says he will stay at Atletico Madrid next season as it would be a "dirty move" to leave the club after their transfer ban was upheld.
The 26-year-old forward had been linked with a move to Manchester United, before their interest in him cooled.
At... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/40148890 |
The man who built his plane using YouTube videos - BBC News | 2017-06-04 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Paen Long, a car mechanic from rural Cambodia, built a plane by watching YouTube videos. | Asia | Mr Long is a trained mechanic who runs his own garage
For three years, car mechanic Paen Long stayed up long after his wife went to bed each night, spending countless hours watching videos on YouTube.
But these weren't the viral clips or pop music videos that most people while away hours on. Mr Long, who lives on the... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-39945650 |
Stockport air disaster: The holiday flight that ended in catastrophe - BBC News | 2017-06-04 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Fifty years ago a plane returning from Majorca plunged to the ground in Stockport, Greater Manchester, killing 72 people. | Manchester | The aircraft crashed in open land on the edge of Stockport town centre
Fifty years ago a plane returning from Majorca plunged to the ground in Stockport, Greater Manchester, killing 72 people. Here survivors and eyewitnesses recall what remains one of Britain's worst, but lesser-known, air disasters.
The British Midl... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-40095542 |
Does Trump still think climate change is a hoax? - BBC News | 2017-06-04 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The president's team sows confusion when asked about Donald Trump's views on global warming. | US & Canada | For a speech about whether the US should remain a party to the Paris climate accord, Donald Trump's Rose Garden address on Thursday didn't have a whole lot of discussion about, you know, the climate.
There was plenty of talk about jobs and the US economy. He offered more than a few expressions of concern over whether ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-40128034 |
Reality Check: Can we be self-sufficient in renewable energy? - BBC News | 2017-06-04 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Liberal Democrat leader Tim Farron discusses his vision for renewable energy. | Election 2017 | The claim: The UK can make itself energy self-sufficient in renewables.
Reality Check verdict: This is not the policy in the Liberal Democrat manifesto, which pledges to get 60% of electricity from renewables by 2030. Being self-sufficient and having all energy coming from renewables would require considerable develop... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-2017-40120184 |
I had to wait 11 days to be told of my daughter's death - BBC News | 2017-06-04 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | When Sarah Jenkins saw pictures of distraught mothers appealing for information about missing children after the Manchester bombing, it reminded her of her own experience after the 7/7 attacks in London. | Magazine | When Sarah Jenkins saw pictures of distraught mothers appealing for information about missing children after the Manchester bombing, it reminded her of her own experience 12 years ago. After the 7/7 attacks in London she had to wait 11 awful days for confirmation that her daughter Emily had died. She now campaigns for ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-40132395 |
How the Six Day War brought elation and despair - BBC News | 2017-06-04 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | How the 1967 Six Day War affected lives on all sides. | Middle East | Rival claims to East Jerusalem remains one of the most burning issues
From a monastery rooftop just outside Jerusalem's ancient walls there is a spectacular view of the Dome of the Rock, rising in gold above the Old City.
The author Meir Shalev was brought to this spot as a boy to look across at the Western Wall - wh... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-40117270 |
Champions Trophy: Steven Finn replaces injured Chris Woakes for England - BBC Sport | 2017-06-04 | null | Middlesex bowler Steve Finn replaces injured all-rounder Chris Woakes in England's Champions Trophy squad. | null | Last updated on .From the section Cricket
Coverage: Highlights every evening on BBC Two, ball-by-ball Test Match Special commentary on BBC Radio 5 live sports extra; in-play highlights and text commentary on the BBC Sport website
Finn, 28, who has played 69 one-day internationals, was selected ahead of Tom Curran, St... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/40146313 |
Cristiano Ronaldo says that his records stack up after his fourth Champions League win - BBC Sport | 2017-06-04 | null | Cristiano Ronaldo says "people can't criticise me" after his goals helped Zinedine Zidane's Real Madrid side beat Juventus 4-1 in Cardiff. | null | Cristiano Ronaldo said that his "numbers don't lie" after his double helped Zinedine Zidane's Real Madrid side beat Juventus 4-1 in Cardiff.
A goal in each half took the Portuguese to 105 Champions League strikes as Real became the first side since AC Milan in 1990 to win back-to-back cups.
"This is one of the best m... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/40147044 |
Gareth Bale: Real Madrid forward 'happy' to stay and wants more trophies - BBC Sport | 2017-06-04 | null | Real Madrid Gareth Bale says he is "happy" at the club and says the team can get better after a third Champions League success in four years. | null | Last updated on .From the section Football
Gareth Bale says he is happy at Real Madrid and has committed his future to the Champions League winners.
The Wales forward came off the bench after 77 minutes in Saturday's 4-1 win over Juventus in Cardiff as Real Madrid secured a third title in four seasons.
The 27-year-o... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/40149887 |
America's Cup 2017: Great Britain face New Zealand in rearranged challenger play-offs - BBC Sport | 2017-06-04 | null | Great Britain will face New Zealand in the America's Cup semi-final on Monday after Sunday's race was postponed. | null | Last updated on .From the section Sailing
Race coverage: Watch highlights on BBC Two, Red Button, Connected TVs, online and BBC Sport app from 11 June.
Great Britain will face New Zealand in a rearranged America's Cup semi-final on Monday after a lack of wind caused Sunday's races to be postponed.
As the highest sco... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/sailing/40146247 |
Eden Hazard: Chelsea midfielder to have surgery on broken ankle - BBC Sport | 2017-06-04 | null | Chelsea winger Eden Hazard will have surgery after breaking his right ankle on Sunday while on international duty with Belgium. | null | Last updated on .From the section Football
Chelsea winger Eden Hazard will have surgery after breaking his right ankle on Sunday while on international duty with Belgium.
It is understood the 26-year-old is now back in Chelsea's care.
Hazard will miss Belgium's friendly on Monday against the Czech Republic and their... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/40155011 |
India v Pakistan: Virat Kohli leads his side to win in Champions Trophy - BBC Sport | 2017-06-04 | null | An unbeaten 81 from captain Virat Kohli steers India to a comprehensive 124-run victory over Pakistan in the Champions Trophy. | null | Last updated on .From the section Cricket
An unbeaten 81 from captain Virat Kohli helped steer India to a comprehensive 124-run victory over Pakistan in the opening match of their Champions Trophy campaign at Edgbaston.
Kohli's big hitting - allied to a more patient 91 from opener Rohit Sharma and a blistering half-c... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/40152548 |
London Bridge attack: What powers do the police have? - BBC News | 2017-06-04 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | UK security services have a number of powers at their disposal to stop suspected terrorists, but is it enough? | Election 2017 | Following the London terror attack, which left seven people dead and 48 injured, Theresa May has said the UK must adapt to a "new trend" in terrorism.
There were 255 terrorism-related arrests in the year ending 31 March 2016, according to the latest statistics from the Home Office. The arrests led to 37 prosecutions.
... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-2017-40152190 |
Cristiano Ronaldo after Champions League final triumph: My numbers don't lie - BBC Sport | 2017-06-04 | null | Cristiano Ronaldo says his "numbers don't lie" after his goals help Real Madrid beat Juventus 4-1 in the Champions League final in Cardiff. | null | Cristiano Ronaldo says his "numbers don't lie" after his goals help Real Madrid beat Juventus 4-1 in the Champions League final, while Gareth Bale describes playing in his home city of Cardiff as an "incredible occasion". | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/40150448 |
British and Irish Lions 2017: Owen Farrell leads race for 10 jersey, says Guscott - BBC Sport | 2017-06-04 | null | Owen Farrell has edged ahead of Johnny Sexton in the race to be the Lions' Test fly-half, says legend Jeremy Guscott. | null | In the opening match of the tour of Australia four years ago, the Lions won 59-8.
On their last visit to New Zealand back in 2005, the Lions scored two tries in the first six minutes of their first match on Kiwi soil.
So I was surprised by the heavy weather the Lions made of their 13-7 win over the Provincial Barbari... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/40144261 |
London Bridge attack: Timeline of British terror attacks - BBC News | 2017-06-04 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The deadly attack in London Bridge is not the first of such terror incidents in the city - or elsewhere in Great Britain. | UK | Britain has been hit by a series of terror attacks in 2017, the most recent being an attack on Muslim worshippers in Finsbury Park.
Here is a list of some major terrorist attacks and attempted terror plots going back to 1996:
A group of Muslim worshippers were hit when a van mounted the pavement and drove into them i... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-40013040 |
How to live on an island just 20 minutes from Bond Street - BBC News | 2017-06-04 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Residents of the new London City Island live less than 30 minutes away from central London. | Business | Call me pedantic, but London City Island in the capital's Docklands is not really an island at all.
A bird's eye view reveals that it is actually a peninsula, caused by an oxbow bend in the River Lea, shortly before it flows into the Thames.
But before I go too far in pricking the balloon of the marketing team that i... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-40131757 |
Champions Trophy: India's Hardik Pandya hits three successive sixes - BBC Sport | 2017-06-04 | null | Watch as India's Hardik Pandya hits three successive sixes off Pakistan's Imad Wasim in the Champions Trophy game at Edgbaston. | null | Watch as India's Hardik Pandya hits three successive sixes off Pakistan's Imad Wasim in the Champions Trophy game at Edgbaston.
Available to UK users only. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/40150442 |
British and Irish Lions can't use jetlag excuse again - Ian Jones - BBC Sport | 2017-06-04 | null | The British and Irish Lions can only use the jetlag excuse once, according to All Blacks great Ian Jones. | null | Last updated on .From the section Rugby Union
The British and Irish Lions can only use the jetlag excuse once, according to All Blacks great Ian Jones.
The Lions laboured to a 13-7 win against the Provincial Barbarians on Saturday, three days after arriving in New Zealand.
Head coach Warren Gatland says the players ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/40150899 |
Secret Mexican diary sheds light on Spanish Inquisition - BBC News | 2017-06-04 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The 16th-Century manuscripts had been lost for eight decades before being rediscovered at an auction. | Latin America & Caribbean | Luis de Carvajal used gold leaf from Bibles to decorate the diary
A story of torture, betrayal and persecution is captivating Mexicans almost 500 years after it happened.
The dramatic life and death of the Carvajal family in 16th-Century Mexico is in the spotlight after a decades-long search for a national treasure c... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-40029453 |
French Open 2017: Rafael Nadal & Novak Djokovic in Roland Garros quarter-finals - BBC Sport | 2017-06-04 | null | Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic reach the French Open quarter-finals to stay on course for a meeting in the last four. | null | Last updated on .From the section Tennis
Coverage: Listen to live radio commentary and follow text coverage of selected matches on BBC Radio 5 live sports extra and online.
Rafael Nadal continued his superb form with a dominant 6-1 6-2 6-2 win over Roberto Bautista Agut to move easily into the French Open quarter-fin... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/40150919 |
France's Emmanuel Macron: Birth of the anti-Trump? - BBC News | 2017-06-04 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Is the new French president the man the world's liberals have been waiting for? | Europe | Emmanuel Macron has just won the rare distinction of being the most re-tweeted French person in history.
In less than 24 hours, his Trump-defying message "make our planet great again" was shared more than 140,000 times, easily ousting the previous record-holder, the rather less high-minded TV presenter Cyril Hanouna. ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-40140113 |
Andy Murray column: Beating Del Potro, player box etiquette and life in Paris - BBC Sport | 2017-06-04 | null | In his latest column, Andy Murray tells BBC Sport about beating Juan Martin Del Potro, player box etiquette and life in Paris. | null | Coverage: Live radio and text commentary of every Andy Murray match on BBC Radio, the BBC Sport website and BBC Sport app.
It was really good to work things out on court and come through against someone as good as Juan Martin del Potro, after a couple of tournaments worrying about my game and where it was at.
Sometim... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/40145344 |
Charlie Gard parents given more time to say goodbye to terminally ill son - BBC News | 2017-07-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Great Ormond Street Hospital says it is working on plans for terminally ill Charlie Gard's care. | London | Charlie Gard's rare disease has left him unable to cry
Charlie Gard's parents have been told they will be able to spend more time with their terminally ill baby.
Chris Gard and Connie Yates had been expecting their 10-month-old's life support to be turned off on Friday.
Great Ormond Street Hospital has since disclos... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-40462831 |
Bronx hospital: Ex-employee gunman 'quit after accusation' - BBC News | 2017-07-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Henry Bello left the hospital in 2015 and had also been convicted of sexual assault in 2004. | US & Canada | Police confirmed this Facebook image to be that of Henry Bello
The doctor who attacked his former New York hospital workplace had resigned in 2015 after being accused of sexual harassment, reports said.
Henry Bello had also been convicted of sexual assault a decade earlier, the New York Times reported.
He opened fir... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-40466866 |
Thousands march on Parliament in anti-government protest - BBC News | 2017-07-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Jeremy Corbyn addressed crowds calling for an end to Theresa May's austerity programme. | UK | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Protesters listened to speeches from politicians and activists in Parliament Square
Thousands of people gathered in central London to demonstrate against the UK government's economic policies.
The protest was organised by a... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-40468881 |
Silicon Valley's women have spoken. Now what? - BBC News | 2017-07-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | At a conference for female tech entrepreneurs, a determination to end the harassment of women. | Technology | Jessica Livingston, right, believes women are forcing change in Silicon Valley
"It's been going on for a while."
It's a phrase I've heard a lot since Susan Fowler, an ex-Uber employee, published her explosive blog post that ultimately toppled one of the most powerful chief executives in San Francisco.
"I'll tell you... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-40465519 |
The rock that records how we all got here - BBC News | 2017-07-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The rise of oxygen was a key transition in Earth history and London museum-goers will soon be able to put their hands on its rock record. | Science & Environment | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Richard Herrington: "It's that free oxygen that gives us the diversity of life we have on Earth today"
You're going to want to touch it; you're definitely going to want to run your fingers over its wavy lines.
This 2.5-tonn... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-40459602 |
Newspaper headlines: ‘Deadly’ new tower block risk - BBC News | 2017-07-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The ongoing fall-out from the Grenfell Tower fire, including a warning over flammable insulation, makes the front pages. | The Papers | There is concern for Andy Murray and his hip injury in the papers
The fallout from the Grenfell Tower tragedy continues to occupy many of the front pages.
The Times says Kensington and Chelsea council has been "thrown into chaos" after the resignation of its leader Nicholas Paget-Brown and his deputy.
Britain's rich... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-the-papers-40465479 |
Young boys left home alone as mum flew to Paris for wedding planning - BBC News | 2017-07-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A six-year-old and an 11-year-old were left with a pan of soup while their mother made wedding plans in Paris. | Leeds & West Yorkshire | The boys were left at home in Bradford while their mother flew to Paris to organise her wedding
Two young boys were left home alone in Bradford with just a pan of soup to eat when their mother went on a two-day trip to Paris, a court has heard.
The brothers, aged six and 11, were found by police after the younger boy... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-40460877 |
How flammable cladding gets approved - BBC News | 2017-07-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | BBC Newsnight Chris Cook explains how engineering reports have been used to justify using more flammable materials on more high-rises in England | UK | Newsnight has obtained confidential reports that help explain how flammable material has become more common on tall buildings.
Combustible cladding has been permitted based on reports arguing fires involving combustible aluminium panels would behave similarly to ones with non-combustible ceramic tiles.
Developers use... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-40465399 |
Arkansas nightclub shooting leaves 28 wounded - BBC News | 2017-07-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A 16-year-old was among those wounded in the incident, which officials say was not terrorism-related. | US & Canada | Police cordoned off the scene following reports of multiple shootings at a nightclub
At least 25 people have been shot at a nightclub in the US state of Arkansas, two of whom are in critical condition, police say.
Three others were injured in a stampede of people fleeing the scene. The youngest victim was said to be ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-40467522 |
Terry Gobanga: 'I was gang-raped on my wedding day' - BBC News | 2017-07-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | On the day a Nairobi pastor was due to get married a gang of men raped her, stabbed her and left her for dead. But Terry Gobanga is a survivor. | Magazine | When Terry Gobanga - then Terry Apudo - didn't show up to her wedding, nobody could have guessed that she had been abducted, raped and left for dead by the roadside. It was the first of two tragedies to hit the young Nairobi pastor in quick succession. But she is a survivor.
It was going to be a very big wedding. I wa... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-39795047 |
Adele cancels final two Wembley shows - BBC News | 2017-07-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The singer uses a social media post to express her devastation after damaging her vocal cords. | Entertainment & Arts | Adele has cancelled the final two shows of her world tour, due to take place at London's Wembley Stadium this weekend, after damaging her vocal cords.
The "devastated" singer said she had taken the decision on medical advice.
"To say I'm heartbroken would be a complete understatement," London-born Adele wrote in a Tw... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-40465871 |
Reality Check: How long will Theresa May's majority last? - BBC News | 2017-07-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | How many seats have governments lost in Parliaments since World War Two? | UK Politics | The deal struck this week between the Conservatives and the DUP gives the government a majority in the House of Commons on certain votes, enabling it to win the vote on the Queen's Speech.
With the DUP, it has a majority of six across all 650 MPs - but with the seven Sinn Fein MPs not taking their seats, in practice i... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-40447121 |
Newspaper headlines: PM faces 'chorus of Tory demands' - BBC News | 2017-07-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The prime minister is facing demands from senior Conservatives to overhaul state funding, according to several papers. | The Papers | The papers report on a growing battle within the cabinet over austerity and public spending
The Sunday Telegraph says a new front has opened up in the cabinet battle over austerity.
The paper says Education Secretary Justine Greening has told Prime Minister Theresa May the Tories should abandon plans to cut per-pupil... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-the-papers-40471145 |
Student travels from Newcastle to London via Menorca to save cash - BBC News | 2017-07-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Student Joe Furness, 21, says travel in the UK has become "ridiculously expensive". | Tyne & Wear | Joe Furness slept in a hire car during his 12-hour stopover in Menorca
A student discovered it was cheaper to fly from Newcastle to London via Menorca than to take the train.
When Joe Furness, 21, decided on a last-minute trip to see friends, the lowest rail fare he found was £78.50.
But after an internet search the... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-40457453 |
Facing jail: Spanish 'stolen baby' who searched for her mother - BBC News | 2017-07-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Ascensión López cannot pay a fine and faces prison for accusing a nun of taking her from her mother. | Europe | Ascension Lopez says she has found documents indicating that her adoption was illegal
"Even if I go to jail, I will remain freer than those who are prisoners of their own lies," says Ascensión López, who faces five months in prison for slandering a nun. "They cannot take away what I know in my mind."
Lopez is too poo... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-40447215 |
Princes William and Harry attend service at Diana's grave - BBC News | 2017-07-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The private rededication was held on what would have been their mother's 56th birthday. | UK | It is nearly 20 years since William and Harry lost their mother, Diana.
Prince William and Prince Harry have attended a private service to rededicate the grave of their mother, Princess of Wales, almost 20 years after her death.
The service was held at Diana's family home in Northamptonshire on what would have been h... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-40470217 |
Grenfell Tower fire: Government to 'keep eye' on council - BBC News | 2017-07-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Sajid Javid says the process to select a new council leader "will be independent of government". | UK | Supporters of Grenfell survivors took part in anti-government protests in central London on Saturday
The government will keep "a close eye" on Kensington and Chelsea council after its leader quit over the Grenfell Tower fire, the communities secretary says.
Sajid Javid said it was "right" that Nicholas Paget-Brown st... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-40468235 |
Theresa May has 'hamstrung' David Davis in Brexit talks - BBC News | 2017-07-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | UK Brexit chief David Davis's job is made more difficult by PM's "red lines", his ex-adviser says. | UK Politics | Theresa May has made David Davis's job more difficult by setting "red lines" for him in Brexit talks, his ex-chief of staff has told the BBC.
James Chapman said the Brexit secretary had been "hamstrung" by the prime minister's stance on the European Court of Justice (ECJ), among other things.
He said Mrs May would no... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-40461496 |
Grenfell fire: Council leader quits over fire response - BBC News | 2017-07-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Kensington and Chelsea Council leader Nick Paget-Brown said he had to accept "perceived failings". | England | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Nick Paget-Brown: "I have to accept my share of responsibility"
Kensington and Chelsea Council leader Nick Paget-Brown has resigned following continued criticism of the council's handling of the Grenfell Tower tragedy.
Mr P... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-40461581 |
Oil tanker and cargo ship collide in English Channel - BBC News | 2017-07-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Both ships were damaged in the collision about 15 miles north east of Dover. | Kent | An oil tanker and a cargo ship have collided in the English Channel.
The collision happened 15 miles north east of Dover at 02:00 BST, the coastguard said.
The 183m (600ft) tanker Seafrontier, which is loaded with petrol, has a hole above the waterline and damage to the superstructure, the RNLI said.
The 225m (740ft... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-40467221 |
Rocking the Stasi - BBC News | 2017-07-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | When music captures the spirit of freedom it can cross any border. It crossed the Berlin Wall and eventually helped to bring it down. | Magazine | When music captures the spirit of freedom it can cross any border. In 1961, Communist East Germany built a wall across Berlin, and tried to seal itself off from the West. But new research shows how concrete, barbed wire and a huge effort by the secret police, the Stasi, failed to silence the seductive beat of rock and ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-40447191 |
New York hospital: Ex-employee opens fire in Bronx - BBC News | 2017-07-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The gunman killed one doctor at the Bronx-Lebanon Hospital before shooting himself. | US & Canada | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.
A gunman has opened fire with an assault rifle inside a hospital in the Bronx borough of New York, killing one doctor and injuring six other people, five of them seriously.
The gunman, a former doctor at the hospital, kille... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-40461573 |
Grenfell Tower fire: Sadiq Khan calls on PM to appoint commissioners - BBC News | 2017-07-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Sadiq Khan says commissioners should be appointed to run the local council and reach out to "neglected" residents of Grenfell Tower. | UK | London's mayor has urged Theresa May to appoint commissioners to run Kensington and Chelsea council after its leader resigned over the Grenfell Tower fire.
Sadiq Khan welcomed Nicholas Paget-Brown's decision to stand down, but said public trust could not be restored by other members of the council.
He said residents ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-40465494 |
Bradley Lowery: Jermain Defoe visits terminally ill youngster - BBC News | 2017-07-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Bradley's mother said her son was finding breathing difficult "but is fighting it". | Tees | Defoe pledged to keep in touch with the family after his move to Bournemouth
Footballer Jermain Defoe has visited terminally-ill Bradley Lowery after his family revealed the six-year-old is having difficulty breathing.
Former Sunderland star Defoe has struck up a close friendship with the avid Black Cats fan and club... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tees-40467110 |
Venus Williams faces lawsuit for car death - BBC News | 2017-07-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The man who died suffered "massive" organ damage and bleeding in the collision, says a lawyer. | US & Canada | Venus Williams had recently been eliminated from the French Open when the crash occurred
Venus Williams faces a wrongful death lawsuit from the family of a man who died in a Florida car crash involving the tennis star, says a lawyer.
The 78-year-old man suffered "massive" fatal injuries from the 9 June collision in P... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-40462246 |
Celebrity names you're probably saying wrong - BBC News | 2017-07-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Just how do you say Charlize Theron, Shia LaBeouf, Susan Sarandon or Martin Scorsese? | Entertainment & Arts | As Wonder Woman, Gal Gadot can do anything - apart from getting people to pronounce her name correctly.
You've probably been calling her Gal Gah-dote or Gal Gah-doh all this time. Or maybe you're not at all sure and have been mumbling her surname, hoping no one will notice.
But the Israeli actress recently cleared up... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-40417509 |
Going viral: When YouTube stunts turn deadly - BBC News | 2017-07-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Why do some aspiring YouTubers risk their lives for online hits? | World | "They were in love, they loved each other," Pedro Ruiz's aunt said of the aspiring YouTubers
Monalisa Perez, 19, and her boyfriend Pedro Ruiz, 22, wanted to be famous on YouTube.
But until a dramatic stunt on 26 June involving a gun and a hardcover book that left Pedro dead, there was little indication in their video... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-40459493 |
Rory Cowan: 'Unhappy' Mrs Brown's Boys actor quits - BBC News | 2017-07-10 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Cowan, who plays Mrs Brown's camp son Rory, says he's been "unhappy" for a couple of years. | Entertainment & Arts | Rory Cowan, who plays Mrs Brown's hairdresser son Rory in hit sitcom Mrs Brown's Boys, has left the programme.
Cowan said he had been "unhappy", and left his co-stars after a Mrs Brown show at London's O2 Arena on Sunday.
He has worked with the comedy's creator Brendan O'Carroll for 26 years.
"I hadn't been happy wo... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-40557869 |
The billionaire trying to make the world's best Pinot Noir - BBC News | 2017-07-10 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The Californian billionaire trying to make the best Pinot Noir in the New World. | Business | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The Californian trying to make wine like the French
Tech entrepreneur TJ Rodgers made billions of dollars founding silicon chip maker Cypress Semiconductors, now he has turned his sights to wine-making, and is on a quest to ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-40496904 |
The couple who started a theatre - and are now having their wedding there - BBC News | 2017-07-10 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Joseph Houston and William Whelton opened the award-winning Hope Mill Theatre on a shoestring. | Entertainment & Arts | William Whelton (left) and Joseph Houston are celebrating their first London transfer and their wedding in the same week
Two struggling actors who opened their own theatre on a shoestring, doing everything from collecting the tickets to cleaning the toilets, have won a string of awards and are transferring two shows t... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-40529890 |
Trump spars with Chelsea Clinton over Ivanka's G20 seat - BBC News | 2017-07-10 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | US President Donald Trump invoked Hillary Clinton's daughter, triggering an online rebuke. | US & Canada | Ms Trump accompanied her father to earlier sessions before sitting in for him later
US President Donald Trump and former first daughter Chelsea Clinton have sparred over his decision to seat his daughter at a summit of world leaders.
Mr Trump tweeted that his decision to allow his daughter to take his seat at the mee... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-40561077 |
Police leave light-hearted note after Oxford cannabis find - BBC News | 2017-07-10 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Thames Valley Police tweeted that they had "kindly left a note to the owner". | Oxford | Thames Valley Police left the light-hearted note in woodland near Oxford
Police left a light-hearted note saying "sorry we missed you" after digging up a cannabis plantation.
Thames Valley Police received a tip off the drugs were in woodland near Oxford on Saturday.
Officers left a notice which read: "Ooops! Sorry w... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-40548746 |
Vatican warns over gluten-free bread for Holy Communion - BBC News | 2017-07-10 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Bishops given reminder as Communion bread can now be bought in supermarkets and online. | Europe | There are about 1.2 billion Roman Catholics around the world
Bread used to celebrate the Eucharist during Roman Catholic Mass must not be gluten-free - although it may be made from genetically modified organisms, the Vatican has reminded its bishops.
In a letter, Cardinal Robert Sarah said the bread could be low-glut... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-40545023 |
Brexit may never happen - Sir Vince Cable - BBC News | 2017-07-10 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Labour and Tory divisions are "enormous" and the economy is "deteriorating", says Sir Vince Cable. | UK Politics | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Vince Cable: "I'm beginning to think Brexit may never happen"
Sir Vince Cable - the likely next Lib Dem leader - says he is "beginning to think Brexit may never happen".
He said "enormous" divisions in the Labour and the To... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-40547733 |
Theresa May urges rival parties to 'contribute and not just criticise' - BBC News | 2017-07-10 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The PM signals a change in her style of government - by calling for other parties to contribute ideas. | UK Politics | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Theresa May met her Australian counterpart Malcolm Turnbull in Downing Street
Theresa May is to call on rival parties to "contribute and not just criticise" as she signals a post-election change in her style of government.
... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-40549253 |
Beauty queen wearing gloves at orphanage 'not racist' - BBC News | 2017-07-10 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | An orphanage defends the reigning Miss South Africa after a barrage of social media criticism. | BBC Trending | Photos of Miss South Africa wearing gloves while visiting black children at an orphanage in Soweto sparked a online outcry - but the orphanage staff say any insinuation that Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters is racist is "ridiculous".
"Of course it wasn't because she didn't want to touch black children," says Carol Dyantyi, a spo... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-trending-40496532 |
UK arms sales to Saudi Arabia ruled lawful - BBC News | 2017-07-10 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | UK government arms sales to Saudi Arabia are lawful, the High Court rules, after seeing secret evidence. | UK | Thousands of civilians have died as a result of air strikes in the Yemen civil war
UK government arms sales to Saudi Arabia are lawful, the High Court has ruled, after seeing secret evidence.
The court rejected campaigners' claims ministers were acting illegally by not suspending weapon sales to the kingdom, which is... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-40553741 |
East London acid attack: John Tomlin arrested - BBC News | 2017-07-10 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Two cousins suffered "life-changing injuries" in an acid attack in east London. | London | John Tomlin handed himself in at an east London police station
A man named as the chief suspect in an acid attack in east London has handed himself in to police.
Two people suffered "life-changing" injuries when a corrosive substance was thrown on to them through their car windows.
Cousins Resham Khan and Jameel Muh... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-40552021 |
Phillip Harkins loses fight against US extradition - BBC News | 2017-07-10 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Phillip Harkins faces trial in the US over an attempted robbery in which a man died. | Glasgow & West Scotland | Phillip Harkins has always denied being involved in the robbery in 1999
The European Court of Human Rights has ruled a Scottish man should be tried for murder in the US following a record-breaking extradition battle.
It said Phillip Harkins' human rights would not be breached if he was jailed for life without parole ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-40548646 |
Philip Morris: Tobacco giant ordered to compensate Australia - BBC News | 2017-07-10 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Philip Morris owes millions in fees over its failed challenge to plain packaging laws, a court says. | Australia | Australia's cigarette plain packaging has been adopted elsewhere
Tobacco giant Philip Morris has been ordered to pay the Australian government millions of dollars after unsuccessfully suing the nation over its world-first plain-packaging laws.
In 2012, Australia legislated that cigarettes must be sold in unappealing ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-40552304 |
Child almost falls through floor of moving train in Devon - BBC News | 2017-07-10 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The toilet floor had been removed on the South Devon Railway train, exposing the carriage wheels. | Devon | South Devon Railway has apologised to the family
A small boy almost fell from a moving train carriage on to the track below because the toilet floor was missing.
His mother was able to catch him before he fell when she took him to the toilet on the Totnes Riverside to Buckfastleigh train in Devon.
Investigators said... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-40555782 |
Rail strikes on Northern, Southern and Merseyrail - BBC News | 2017-07-10 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The RMT union is in dispute with the companies over driver-only-operated trains. | England | Merseyrail plans to introduce a new fleet of driver-only trains from 2020
Workers at three train companies have gone on strike, causing travel disruption across England.
Northern rail staff are on the last day of a three-day strike, while Merseyrail staff are on strike for the day and also plan action on 23 July.
RM... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-40534911 |
Men shot in large scale disturbance at play park - BBC News | 2017-07-10 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Police are treating the incident involving up to 15 men at a play park in Glasgow as attempted murder. | Glasgow & West Scotland | Six men were found with injuries near a children's play area in Ballantay Terrace
A 23-year-old man is in a critical condition in hospital after being shot in a large scale disturbance in the Castlemilk area of Glasgow.
Six men were taken to hospital following the incident near a children's play area in Ballantay Ter... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-40548641 |
Tesla's Elon Musk tweets new photos of latest car, the Model 3 - BBC News | 2017-07-10 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Tesla boss Elon Musk tweets the first pictures of the electric car firm's latest, the Model 3. | Business | Tesla co-founder Elon Musk tweeted the first image of the Model 3 after it rolled off the production line
Tesla co-founder and chief executive Elon Musk has shared the first images of the electric car company's Model 3 after it came off the assembly line.
The entrepreneur followed it up with another Model 3 photo, th... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-40548022 |
Newspaper headlines: Conservative MP's 'N-word shame' - BBC News | 2017-07-10 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Racist language used by a Conservative MP and the decision to cap teachers' pay feature on the front pages. | The Papers | The parents of Charlie Gard appear in many of the newspapers
Several papers report the warning from a pay review body that schools in England are struggling to recruit teachers, after the government decided to cap their pay rises at 1%.
The story makes the lead in the Daily Telegraph, which says the prime minister is... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-the-papers-40564307 |
MP Anne Marie Morris suspended for racist remark - BBC News | 2017-07-10 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Anne Marie Morris has the whip withdrawn for using a racist phrase during a public event on Brexit. | UK Politics | Ms Morris has been MP for Newton Abbot since 2010
A Conservative MP has been suspended from the party after it emerged she used a racist expression during a public discussion about Brexit.
Anne Marie Morris, the MP for Newton Abbot, used the phrase at an event in London to describe the prospect of the UK leaving the ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-40555639 |
Mosul battle: Haunted faces of families freed from IS - BBC News | 2017-07-10 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | People rescued from Mosul's Old City get a taste of freedom - but the misery is far from over. | Middle East | Smoke billowed over Mosul on Sunday as airstrikes against the Islamic State (IS) group continued
Even while the Iraqi prime minister was on his way to Mosul to declare the liberation of the city, there was still the occasional sound of gunfire and coalition warplanes flying overhead.
Earlier in the morning we saw a n... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-40551256 |
Horsemeat plot exposed by equine ID chips in beef, court told - BBC News | 2017-07-10 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Andronicos Sideras, 54, is accused of deliberately mixing up the meats before they were sold. | London | Andronicos Sideras allegedly mixed up the meats before sale
A plot to pass horsemeat off as beef fell apart after horse identification chips were found in the meat by inspectors, a court has been told.
Andronicos Sideras, 54, has been accused of deliberately mixing up the meats before they were sold in 2012.
Mr Side... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-40559740 |
Charlie Gard evidence not new, hospital claims - BBC News | 2017-07-10 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A judge says it would take something "dramatic" to make him change his mind about treatment in the US. | London | Charlie Gard has been in intensive care since October
A lawyer for Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) has dismissed claims of "fresh" medical evidence in the case of terminally ill baby Charlie Gard.
GOSH referred the case back to the High Court after reports of "new" data from foreign healthcare experts suggested t... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-40552026 |
Birmingham pub bombings: IRA suspect Hayes issues apology - BBC News | 2017-07-10 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Bombs planted in two Birmingham city centre pubs killed 21 people in November 1974. | Northern Ireland | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Michael Hayes said he was speaking out to give 'the point of view of a participant'
A self-confessed IRA bomb maker who has said he was part of the group responsible for the Birmingham pub bombings has issued an apology.
Tw... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-40553803 |
Colorado teen camper heard 'crunching' as bear bit his head - BBC News | 2017-07-10 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The teenage wilderness survival specialist poked the bear in the eyes as it tried to drag him away. | US & Canada | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.
A Colorado teenager has described awaking to find his head clamped in the jaws of a bear that was dragging him away from his campsite.
The 19-year-old, a survival instructor at Glacier View Ranch summer camp, felt "immense ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-40559343 |
Dale Pike jailed over Gareth Pugh's golf lake death - BBC News | 2017-07-10 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Dale Pike "stood and watched" as Gareth Pugh dived into a golf club lake with a weighted belt to fish out balls. | South East Wales | Players and staff raised the alarm when Mr Pugh got into difficulty
A golf company director has been jailed after a ball collector drowned in a freezing course lake.
Dale Pike, 25, of Glynneath, Neath Port Talbot, "stood and watched" as Gareth Pugh dived into the lake with a weighted belt to fish out balls.
Mr Pugh'... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-east-wales-40557650 |
Minimum wage push for gig economy workers - BBC News | 2017-07-10 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A government review will recommend "dependent contractors" receive minimum wage rights. | Business | Deliveroo's takeaway food riders could be in line for the minimum wage
A government review of the rapidly changing world of work is to demand a radical overhaul of employment law and new guarantees on the minimum wage.
The review is set to call for a new category of worker called a "dependent contractor".
Those work... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-40550864 |
Grenfell Tower fire: Patients 'still hear screaming', says GP - BBC News | 2017-07-10 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Three weeks on from the Grenfell Tower fire, many local people are still suffering "acute stress". | Health | At least 80 people are believed to have died in the fire in the Kensington tower block
"In those first few days, I couldn't sleep at all. I couldn't stop thinking about the tower and I couldn't stop thinking about the people in need."
Chahine, who lives near Grenfell Tower in north Kensington, is one of a team of loc... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-40530230 |
Brexit: Theresa May's offer to EU citizens 'falls short' - BBC News | 2017-07-10 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The European Parliament's lead negotiator on Brexit calls the UK PM's proposal a "damp squib". | UK Politics | Theresa May's offer to give EU citizens in the UK "settled status" after Brexit has been described as being "far short of what citizens are entitled to".
MEPs, including European Parliament chief Brexit negotiator Guy Verhofstadt say the proposal is a "damp squib".
It offers Europeans in the UK fewer rights than Brit... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-40552318 |
Theresa May 'quit' stories blamed on 'warm prosecco' - BBC News | 2017-07-10 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Tory minister David Lidington dismisses speculation about Theresa May's future as drinks party "gossip". | UK Politics | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. David Lidington MP: "Too much sun and warm Prosecco leads to gossipy stories in the media"
Justice Secretary David Lidington has dismissed speculation about Theresa May's future as the product of "too much sun and too much w... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-40547731 |
Labour 'aim' to wipe £100bn student debt - Angela Rayner - BBC News | 2017-07-10 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Its "ambition" is to write off all student debts when "we can afford to", says a shadow minister. | UK Politics | Labour's "ambition" is to write off all student debt, which would cost £100bn, shadow education secretary Angela Rayner has said.
The Labour MP said it was a "huge amount" and the party would not commit to doing it "unless we can afford to".
The Conservatives said it was a "shambolic" proposal, which Labour had no id... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-40547740 |
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