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Manchester United and City to wear bee emblem - BBC News | 2017-07-14 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The bee is now a symbol of solidarity among those affected by the Arena bombing. | Manchester | City chief executive officer Ferran Soriano said players would wear bees with "immense pride"
Manchester United and City players are to honour victims of the Manchester Arena blast by wearing bee emblems on their football shirts in a derby match.
The shirts will be auctioned off after the game and proceeds will go to... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-40602465 |
John Bernecker: Walking Dead stuntman dies in fall - BBC News | 2017-07-14 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | John Bernecker died of injuries sustained while filming the zombie TV series in Georgia. | Entertainment & Arts | Bernecker reportedly suffered serious injuries after falling onto concrete
Stuntman John Bernecker has died after suffering a fall on the set of The Walking Dead.
AMC Networks said production on the eighth season of the hit zombie TV series was "temporarily" shut down after Wednesday's "tragic" accident.
A coroner i... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-40606244 |
Two men killed in plane crash in Wiltshire - BBC News | 2017-07-14 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The Air Accidents Investigation Branch is examining events leading up to the crash near Marlborough. | Wiltshire | The crash happened at about 18:30 BST on Thursday in Brimslade near Marlborough
Two men were killed when a light aircraft crashed in a field in Wiltshire, police have confirmed.
The crash happened at about 18:30 BST on Thursday at Brimslade Farm, south of Marlborough.
The men, who have not yet been formally identifi... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-wiltshire-40605797 |
Dad delivers daughter on Birmingham dual carriageway - BBC News | 2017-07-14 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Squeamish Steven Sandford had no option when his partner Joanne's waters broke in the car. | Birmingham & Black Country | Chloe was born on Collector Road in Birmingham
A dad delivered his baby daughter in the car after his partner's waters broke on a Birmingham dual carriageway.
Steven Sandford, who says he is squeamish, had no option when it became clear they would not reach the hospital in time.
Daughter Chloe was safely delivered f... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-40608792 |
London acid attacks: Two teenagers arrested - BBC News | 2017-07-14 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Two boys aged 15 and 16 are arrested on suspicion of robbery and causing grievous bodily harm. | London | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. "My helmet saved me," says London acid attack victim Jabed Hussain
Two teenagers have been arrested after acid was thrown in people's faces in five attacks over one night in London.
Two moped riders attacked people in a 90-... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-40604002 |
Liu Xiaobo: The Chinese dissident memorialised in social art - BBC News | 2017-07-14 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Political artists remember Liu Xiaobo, who inspired a generation of Chinese pro-democracy activists. | China | Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo was an inspiring figure for a new generation of Chinese pro-democracy activists and his death is being remembered by political artists.
Many activists saw him as a godfather for their cause, and have paid tribute to a man who was branded a criminal by Chinese authorities for his activism and ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-40591147 |
Once suspicious, Trump now embraces France - BBC News | 2017-07-14 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Donald Trump was once a harsh critic of France, but this view appears to be changing. | US & Canada | The Trumps will watch the Bastille Day parade on the Champs-Élysées
Not long ago Donald Trump said that Paris was a terrible place. Now he's embraced the city and the nation, strengthening US-France relations.
On Thursday morning Mr Trump wore a crisp white shirt, cufflinks and a gold-coloured belt buckle that gleame... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-40593515 |
Is my tower block safe? - BBC News | 2017-07-14 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | After the Grenfell disaster, ex-firefighter Phil Murphy checked his tower block's safety - and was horrified at what he found. | Magazine | Phil Murphy watched the Grenfell disaster unfold on television from his flat on the eighth floor of a Manchester tower block. The former firefighter immediately decided to check out his own building's safety - and was horrified at what he discovered.
On the morning of 14 June, as he switched on the news, Murphy knew s... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-40507260 |
7 days quiz: Which Muppet has a new voice? - BBC News | 2017-07-14 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | 7 days quiz: Which Muppet has a new voice? | Magazine | It's the weekly news quiz - have you been paying attention to what's been going on in the world over the past seven days?
If you missed last week's quiz, try it here
Join the conversation - find us on Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat and Twitter | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-40596669 |
Man left with severe injuries gets first-class degree - BBC News | 2017-07-14 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Rob Camm is graduating in politics and philosophy at the university of Bristol. | England | Mr Camm will graduate in politics and philosophy at the University of Bristol on Friday
A man with tetraplegia who is graduating with a first class degree says his time at university has given him a purpose.
Rob Camm, 23, from Breadstone, Gloucestershire was paralysed from the neck down in a car crash in 2013.
He us... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-40605793 |
Reality Check: Can Scotland and Wales block the repeal bill? - BBC News | 2017-07-15 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | First Ministers say it is a "naked power-grab" undermining devolution | UK Politics | The European Union (Withdrawal) Bill, known as the repeal bill, will convert EU laws into UK laws. Some of these will be in areas such as the environment and agriculture, which are normally the responsibility of the devolved governments in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
The First Ministers of Scotland and Wales... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-40608598 |
Turkey coup anniversary: Erdogan hails 'defenders of nation' - BBC News | 2017-07-15 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Turkey's president thanks those who "defended the nation" against the coup attempt a year ago. | Europe | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has given emotional speeches to tens of thousands of people a year after a coup attempt was faced down in the streets.
Mr Erdogan praised those people, including MPs, who had defended ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-40616488 |
Saturday Kitchen: When live TV goes wrong - BBC News | 2017-07-15 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A presenter chops his finger, and who knows what the cameraman was thinking? | Entertainment & Arts | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.
Host Nadiya Hussain was charming, celebrity guest Julian Clary provided the jokes, and presenter Donal Skehan was preparing food for the live BBC cookery show Saturday Kitchen.
Donal sliced his finger open and blood startin... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-40618162 |
Billie Eilish: Is she pop's best new hope? - BBC News | 2017-07-15 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The 15-year-old writes darkly comic songs about death and revenge - plus she's a real-life pirate. | Entertainment & Arts | Billie Eilish: "Lyrics are so important. I don't think people realise how important they are".
Billie Eilish may only be 15 years old, but she's already a formidable talent (and a real-life pirate, but more on that later).
A member of the Los Angeles Children's Chorus, she wrote her first song - about falling into a ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-40580489 |
London acid attacks: It felt like fire, says victim - BBC News | 2017-07-15 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | "My helmet saved me," says Jabed Hussain - one of five people attacked in one night. | London | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. "My helmet saved me," says London acid attack victim Jabed Hussain
The victim of an acid attack has said it felt like fire had been thrown at him when two moped riders pulled up alongside him and threw a corrosive substance ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-40617058 |
When your body becomes eligible for an upgrade - BBC News | 2017-07-15 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | At MIT’s Biomechatronics Lab work is being done to replace limbs - and maybe one day upgrade them. | Technology | Professor Hugh Herr believes we're entering a new era of human-machine interoperability
We all like to joke about what might happen if robots, powered by artificial intelligence, decide they want to overthrow humans.
That scenario is, at best, decades away. But this week I’ve been pondering something much more immedi... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-40616561 |
Girl, 15, dies in Newton Abbot after 'legal high reaction' - BBC News | 2017-07-15 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The girl was found unconscious in the early hours in a park in Newton Abbot, Devon, and later died. | Devon | Two other girls found in the park were also taken to hospital as a precaution
A 15-year-old girl has died after suffering an adverse reaction from a suspected "legal high," police said.
The girl was found unconscious at about 04:50 BST at Bakers Park in Newton Abbot, Devon, and died at Torbay Hospital. She was not fr... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-40618371 |
One of these places will be the UK City of Culture in 2021 - BBC News | 2017-07-15 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Coventry, Paisley, Sunderland, Swansea and Stoke-on-Trent will compete for the title. | Entertainment & Arts | Coventry, Paisley, Sunderland, Swansea and Stoke-on-Trent will compete to host a year-long celebration of art and performance as UK City of Culture 2021.
The five locations are on a shortlist for the title, but six other bidding towns and cities missed out.
The five left in the race will hope to emulate the success o... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-40611161 |
From angel to monster: 'My son was groomed to sell drugs' - BBC News | 2017-07-15 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Middle-class children are in danger of being groomed by criminal gangs to sell drugs, a report says. | UK | Children from middle-class backgrounds are in danger of being groomed by criminal gangs to sell drugs, a new report has found. One mother says her son turned from "an angel into a monster".
"I was going out there looking for him myself," Claire - not her real name - explains to the BBC's Victoria Derbyshire programme.... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-40605413 |
Trump and Macron: An unlikely friendship is born - BBC News | 2017-07-15 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | US President Donald Trump forms a close alliance with President Emmanuel Macron during his Paris trip. | US & Canada | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Toned-down Trump: What happened to the tough talk on Paris?
President Trump has made a new friend - Emmanuel Macron, the French president. The alliance, say analysts, is good for both Europe and the US.
Trump and Macron sat... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-40613719 |
Raul Castro denounces Donald Trump's Cuba policy - BBC News | 2017-07-15 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Cuba's president said attempts to destroy the revolution would fail, in his first public comment on changes. | Latin America & Caribbean | Mr Castro said he rejected Mr Trump's "manipulation of the topic of human rights"
The president of Cuba has spoken publicly for the first time against US President Donald Trump's rollback of a thaw between the two countries a month ago.
President Raul Castro said "attempts to destroy the revolution" would fail.
Mr T... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-40615948 |
Scarborough Athletic FC plays first match at home ground in decade - BBC News | 2017-07-15 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Scarborough Athletic FC has played home fixtures in Bridlington since the club was founded in 2007. | York & North Yorkshire | A crowd of 2,000 people turned out to watch Scarborough Athletic FC play their first home match in 10 years
A football team has played its first home game in more than 10 years after moving into a new stadium.
Scarborough Athletic FC played in its home town for the first time since the club was founded in 2007.
The ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-40606364 |
Vogue sorry for Gigi Hadid and Zayn Malik 'gender fluid' claim - BBC News | 2017-07-15 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Some weren't happy that the magazine said Zayn Malik and Gigi Hadid were "gender fluid". | Entertainment & Arts | Zayn Malik and Gigi Hadid in the US Vogue photoshoot
US Vogue has apologised for "missing the mark" by saying Zayn Malik and his girlfriend Gigi Hadid were "embracing gender fluidity".
In an interview, the former One Directioner and the US model talked about borrowing each other's clothes.
They were photographed in ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-40608053 |
Turkey dismisses thousands a year after coup attempt - BBC News | 2017-07-15 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | It comes on the eve of the first anniversary of a coup attempt that led to more than 250 deaths. | Europe | Turkey has seen mass arrests and dismissals in the public sector since the 2016 coup attempt
Turkey has dismissed more than 7,000 police, ministry staff and academics, ahead of the first anniversary of an attempted coup.
It comes as part of a major purge of state institutions, including the judiciary, police and educ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-40612056 |
World's large carnivores being pushed off the map - BBC News | 2017-07-15 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Six of the world's large carnivores have lost more than 90% of their historic range, new analysis says. | Science & Environment | The Ethiopian wolf has lost 99% of its range
Six of the world's large carnivores have lost more than 90% of their historic range, according to a study.
The Ethiopian wolf, red wolf, tiger, lion, African wild dog and cheetah have all been squeezed out as land is lost to human settlements and farming.
Reintroduction o... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-40596729 |
Home Office fined £366,900 for breaking pay cap for abuse inquiry chief - BBC News | 2017-07-15 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Home Office fined £366,900 for failing to get approval for pay cap-busting salary for Alexis Jay. | UK Politics | Professor Jay was a panel member before being named chair
The Home Office has been fined £366,900 for breaching the government's senior salary pay cap when it appointed the head of a child sex abuse inquiry.
It was penalised by the Treasury for failing to get clearance in advance before agreeing to pay Professor Alex... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-40610167 |
Senegal Demba Diop: Football stadium collapse kills eight - BBC News | 2017-07-15 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A wall gave way during clashes following a League Cup final at the venue in the capital Dakar. | Africa | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. A survivor describes how a wall fell directly onto the crowd
A wall collapsed at a football stadium in Senegal on Saturday, killing eight people and injuring almost 90.
It fell in after fighting began between rival fans and... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-40621982 |
Right to bare arms: US Congresswomen protest against dress code - BBC News | 2017-07-15 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Women wore sleeveless outfits to work to stand against "outdated" rules. | US & Canada | Women gathered on the steps of Congress for their "sleeveless Friday" protest
US Congresswomen have protested for the right to bare arms in parts of Washington DC's Capitol building.
The National Rifle Association may be disappointed to learn that this is not a typo. They are not campaigning to bear weapons, but to s... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-40618356 |
Kezia Dugdale in relationship with SNP MSP Jenny Gilruth - BBC News | 2017-07-15 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The Scottish Labour leader has been dating Mid Fife and Glenrothes MSP Jenny Gilruth for about four months. | Scotland politics | Ms Gilruth and Ms Dugdale thanked their friends, family and colleagues for their love and support
Scottish Labour leader Kezia Dugdale is in a relationship with an SNP MSP.
Ms Dugdale has been dating Mid Fife and Glenrothes MSP Jenny Gilruth for about four months.
At the beginning of the year the Labour leader split... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-40618823 |
Doctor Who: New lead to be revealed after Wimbledon - BBC News | 2017-07-15 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Widespread speculation suggests the 13th Doctor will - for the first time - be a woman. | Entertainment & Arts | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. It’s almost time to meet the Thirteenth Doctor
The wait is nearly over for Doctor Who fans, as the identity of the 13th Doctor is due to be revealed later.
There is speculation the Time Lord could be a woman for the first t... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-40608669 |
Newspaper headlines: Acid attacks and Charlie Gard dominate - BBC News | 2017-07-15 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The Times reports that new laws to restrict the sale of corrosive substances will be proposed, while other front pages focus on the case of Charlie Gard. | The Papers | Five people were attacked with acid within 90-minutes on Thursday in London
The front page of the Times reports that new laws to restrict the sale and possession of corrosive substances will be proposed "within days", because of the rise in acid attacks.
The plans are predicted to feature tougher sentencing guideline... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-the-papers-40615880 |
London fire: Most services would have sent high ladder to Grenfell - BBC News | 2017-07-15 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Most fire services would have sent a high ladder to Grenfell Tower, BBC Newsnight has revealed. | UK | Most UK fire services would have automatically sent a high ladder to Grenfell Tower had the fire happened in their area, BBC Newsnight can reveal.
A Newsnight investigation last week revealed the London Fire Brigade failed to dispatch a high "aerial" ladder immediately to the west London blaze.
But 31 of the 44 UK fi... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-40614220 |
Young families 'hit by income slowdown' - BBC News | 2017-07-15 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The Resolution Foundation says those aged 25-34 are worst hit compared with other age groups. | UK | Young families were particularly hard hit by an "abrupt" slowdown in living standards in the year before the general election, a think tank says.
The Resolution Foundation found that average income growth halved to 0.7% during that period compared with the previous year.
Those aged 25-34 were worst hit, it said, with... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-40616645 |
Tony Blair says EU could compromise on freedom of movement - BBC News | 2017-07-15 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Ex-PM says Britain could still stay in a reformed EU - but Labour says the referendum result "must be respected". | UK Politics | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Tony Blair: "One option... would be Britain staying within a reformed European Union"
Some EU leaders may be prepared to compromise on the free movement of people to help Britain stay in the single market, Tony Blair has sai... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-40615119 |
Maryam Mirzakhani, first woman to win maths' Fields Medal, dies - BBC News | 2017-07-15 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Acclaimed Iranian mathematician Maryam Mirzakhani dies of breast cancer aged 40. | Science & Environment | Prof Mirzakhani is seen as an inspiration for young female mathematicians
Maryam Mirzakhani, the first woman to receive the prestigious Fields Medal for mathematics, has died in the US.
The 40-year-old Iranian, a professor at Stanford University, had breast cancer which had spread to her bones.
Nicknamed the "Nobel ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-40617094 |
Newspaper headlines: 'Brexit chaos' warning and cabinet rows - BBC News | 2017-07-15 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The Observer features a warning from former civil servants to Theresa May over Brexit, while the Sunday Times says the cabinet is "at war". | The Papers | If the Observer is right, the mood in Brussels - a day before the next round of Brexit talks - is "cautiously optimistic."
But the message doesn't seem to have reached the cartoonists.
In keeping with the start of the holiday season, the Sunday Express offers an image of Theresa May at the wheel of the Brexit car - t... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-the-papers-40621905 |
Canada: Workers find live British shell in Quebec - BBC News | 2017-07-15 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The 90kg projectile failed to explode when it was fired during the siege of Quebec City in 1759. | US & Canada | Builders in the old part of the Canadian city of Quebec have unearthed a live shell fired by the British during a siege in 1759.
They posed for photos with the large, 90kg (200lb) projectile, unaware that it was still potentially explosive.
Army bomb disposal experts later collected the device, saying there was still... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-40618547 |
Ajax fans rally for stricken player Abdelhak Nouri - BBC News | 2017-07-15 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Dutch footballer Abdelhak Nouri suffered brain damage after collapsing during a match in Austria. | Europe | Fans made a huge show of support for Abdelhak Nouri and his family
Hundreds of fans of the Dutch football team Ajax have staged an emotional rally outside the family home of a player who suffered brain damage after collapsing in a friendly match.
Tributes have been pouring in for 20-year-old Abdelhak Nouri who collap... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-40620072 |
Reality Check: Why don't Charlie Gard's parents have the final say? - BBC News | 2017-07-15 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Charlie Gard's parents don't have the final decision on what happens to him so where do parental rights end? | UK | Parents, it is generally agreed, are allowed to choose what happens to their children.
Of course, parents may make good or bad choices, but they have the right to make those decisions, whether that is about their child's diet and physical activity, their name, what school they go to, what religion they are raised in o... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-40600932 |
Rio Ferdinand pays tribute to late mother - BBC News | 2017-07-15 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The footballer calls Janice St Fort "a little fighter" after she died aged 58 from cancer. | UK | Former England captain Rio Ferdinand has paid tribute to his mother, Janice St Fort, calling her "a little fighter" after the 58-year-old died on Thursday from cancer.
The footballer posted a message to "Mummy" on Instagram with a picture of them together.
Thanking his "huge hearted" mother, Ferdinand said all he had... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-40619619 |
What the Nureyev story tells us about today's Russia - BBC News | 2017-07-15 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | What does the postponement of a ballet about Rudolf Nureyev reveal about Russia? | Europe | For some, Rudolf Nureyev's relationships with men as well as women have tarnished his reputation in Russia
The Bolshoi hasn't pulled a premiere so late in the day since Soviet times. So when it called off Nureyev: The Ballet, rumours immediately began to fly.
The theatre boss insisted the work was so complex it just ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-40596929 |
China mall introduces 'husband storage' pods for shopping wives - BBC News | 2017-07-15 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A Chinese mall creates "husband storage” pods for wives to leave their partners. | News from Elsewhere | Husbands can play old-school games such as Tekken 3 in the pods
A Chinese mall has introduced "husband storage" facilities for wives to leave their spouse while they shop, it's reported.
According to The Paper, the Global Harbour mall in Shanghai has erected a number of glass pods for wives to leave any disgruntled h... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-40609115 |
John Bernecker: Walking Dead stuntman dies in fall - BBC News | 2017-07-15 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | John Bernecker died of injuries sustained while filming the zombie TV series in Georgia. | Entertainment & Arts | Bernecker reportedly suffered serious injuries after falling onto concrete
Stuntman John Bernecker has died after suffering a fall on the set of The Walking Dead.
AMC Networks said production on the eighth season of the hit zombie TV series was "temporarily" shut down after Wednesday's "tragic" accident.
A coroner i... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-40606244 |
Dad delivers daughter on Birmingham dual carriageway - BBC News | 2017-07-15 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Squeamish Steven Sandford had no option when his partner Joanne's waters broke in the car. | Birmingham & Black Country | Chloe was born on Collector Road in Birmingham
A dad delivered his baby daughter in the car after his partner's waters broke on a Birmingham dual carriageway.
Steven Sandford, who says he is squeamish, had no option when it became clear they would not reach the hospital in time.
Daughter Chloe was safely delivered f... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-40608792 |
London acid attacks: Two teenagers arrested - BBC News | 2017-07-15 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Two boys aged 15 and 16 are arrested on suspicion of robbery and causing grievous bodily harm. | London | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. "My helmet saved me," says London acid attack victim Jabed Hussain
Two teenagers have been arrested after acid was thrown in people's faces in five attacks over one night in London.
Two moped riders attacked people in a 90-... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-40604002 |
Teenager charged over London acid attacks - BBC News | 2017-07-15 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A 16-year-old boy arrested over five acid attacks in London on Thursday is charged with 15 offences. | London | A 16-year-old boy who was arrested in connection with five acid attacks in London on Thursday has been charged with 15 offences, police have said.
The charges include robbery, grievous bodily harm and possession of an item to discharge a noxious substance.
The five attacks took place in 90 minutes across north and ea... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-40621915 |
Newspaper headlines: Brexit rows and the first female Doctor - BBC News | 2017-07-16 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Brexit and the reported infighting in Theresa May's cabinet over differing approaches dominates the front pages, which also feature the announcement of the 13th Doctor. | The Papers | Chancellor Philip Hammond is working to "frustrate" Brexit, a cabinet minister has told the Daily Telegraph.
The unnamed source goes on to accuse Mr Hammond of treating pro-Leave ministers like "pirates who have taken him prisoner".
The Telegraph says "all-out war" appears to have broken out in the government.
Its s... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-the-papers-40627313 |
Election intimidation at 'tipping point', warns watchdog - BBC News | 2017-07-16 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Standards watchdog says it is a "dangerous moment" for UK politics and urges leaders to take action. | UK Politics | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.
British politics is at a "dangerous moment" with the level of personal abuse aimed at election candidates having reached a "tipping point", the head of the standards watchdog says.
Lord Bew warned the level of vitriol was n... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-40610171 |
Turkey coup anniversary: Erdogan hails 'defenders of nation' - BBC News | 2017-07-16 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Turkey's president thanks those who "defended the nation" against the coup attempt a year ago. | Europe | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has given emotional speeches to tens of thousands of people a year after a coup attempt was faced down in the streets.
Mr Erdogan praised those people, including MPs, who had defended ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-40616488 |
Living Dead director George A Romero dies at 77 - BBC News | 2017-07-16 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The genre-defining zombie movie filmmaker George A Romero dies in his sleep at 77, his manager says. | Entertainment & Arts | George A Romero promoting 2005's Land of the Dead in Cannes
The American-born filmmaker George A Romero, who created the Living Dead movie franchise, has died at the age of 77, his manager has said.
Romero died in his sleep on Sunday with his wife and daughter at his side, after a "brief but aggressive battle" with l... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-40627029 |
Saturday Kitchen: When live TV goes wrong - BBC News | 2017-07-16 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A presenter chops his finger, and who knows what the cameraman was thinking? | Entertainment & Arts | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.
Host Nadiya Hussain was charming, celebrity guest Julian Clary provided the jokes, and presenter Donal Skehan was preparing food for the live BBC cookery show Saturday Kitchen.
Donal sliced his finger open and blood startin... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-40618162 |
Jane Austen's worldwide fan club - BBC News | 2017-07-16 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The devotees from around the world for whom Jane Austen plays a big part in their lives. | England | The BBC 1995 adaption of Pride and Prejudice spawned a new generation of Austen fans
Almost 200 years after Jane Austen's death, the English writer is still adored around the world. BBC News spoke to some of the fans for whom a love of Austen's work has evolved into a way of life.
Australia may still have been a pena... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-40093010 |
Charles and Camilla photo marks duchess's 70th birthday - BBC News | 2017-07-16 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Photographer Mario Testino said Camilla, who turns 70 on Monday, has a "wonderful sense of humour". | UK | An official portrait of the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall has been unveiled, ahead of Camilla's 70th birthday on Monday.
The photograph, taken in May, shows Charles and Camilla in the morning room of their London home, Clarence House.
Photographer Mario Testino described the duchess as a "beautiful pers... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-40625683 |
Chinese gay video ban sparks online backlash - BBC News | 2017-07-16 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | China's crackdown on what it calls "abnormal" sexual activity has triggered a backlash online. | BBC Trending | A man holds a rainbow flag after taking part in the Pride Run in Shanghai in June. Homosexuality is legal in China, but authorities have implemented new rules which censor online videos featuring same sex relationships
A crackdown on a wide range of internet videos by Chinese censors has caused a backlash on the count... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-trending-40610679 |
Girl, 15, dies in Newton Abbot after 'legal high reaction' - BBC News | 2017-07-16 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The girl was found unconscious in the early hours in a park in Newton Abbot, Devon, and later died. | Devon | Two other girls found in the park were also taken to hospital as a precaution
A 15-year-old girl has died after suffering an adverse reaction from a suspected "legal high," police said.
The girl was found unconscious at about 04:50 BST at Bakers Park in Newton Abbot, Devon, and died at Torbay Hospital. She was not fr... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-40618371 |
Baby Justin Trudeau meets Canada's prime minister - BBC News | 2017-07-16 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The son of Syrian refugees was named after the politician as a thank you to their adopted country. | US & Canada | The prime minister briefly held the baby at an annual gathering in Calgary
Canadian PM Justin Trudeau has met baby Justin Trudeau - the son of Syrian refugees named after the politician as a thank you to their adopted country.
The two-month-old boy, whose full name is Justin Trudeau Adam Bilan, was snoozing happily a... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-40622707 |
Robin Hood overwhelmed by Maid Marian charity fund - BBC News | 2017-07-16 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Nottingham's Robin Hood says money will go to charities that helped his wife, who died of cancer. | Nottingham | Maid Marian Sally Pollard was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2015
Nottingham's official Robin Hood said he had been overwhelmed by donations for Maid Marian - his wife who died of breast cancer.
Sally Pollard, 39, who had played the role for more than 12 years, died at their home on 16 June.
Tim Pollard, 53, said h... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-40607573 |
Wimbledon 2017: Why Cilic has a chance against Federer - Henman - BBC Sport | 2017-07-16 | null | Roger Federer is the favourite but do not discount Marin Cilic in Sunday's Wimbledon final, says four-time semi-finalist Tim Henman. | null | Live: Coverage across BBC TV, BBC Radio and BBC Sport website with further coverage on Red Button, Connected TVs and app.
Roger Federer will try to win the Wimbledon men's title for a record eighth time when he plays Marin Cilic in Sunday's final.
Federer, 35, will become the oldest champion at SW19 since the Open er... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/40611385 |
Garbine Muguruza: Wimbledon champion says it is 'amazing' to beat 'role model' - BBC Sport | 2017-07-16 | null | Garbine Muguruza says it was "amazing" to beat "role model" Venus Williams to win her first Wimbledon final. | null | Last updated on .From the section Tennis
Garbine Muguruza said it was "amazing" to beat "role model" Venus Williams to win her first Wimbledon final.
The 23-year-old Spaniard, who had failed to reach a final in the 23 tournaments since she won the French Open last year, defeated five-time champion Williams 7-5 6-0.
... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/40620632 |
Judge me on four things, said Trump. So we did - BBC News | 2017-07-16 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The president wants the media to focus on jobs, the economy, IS and the border. So we did. | US & Canada | President Trump claims the news media isn't paying attention to real policy issues, like jobs, the economy, so-called Islamic State and the border.
"At some point the Fake News will be forced to discuss our great jobs numbers, strong economy, success with ISIS, the border & so much else!" he tweeted.
Six months into ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-40524386 |
All the Doctors, from William Hartnell to Jodie Whittaker - BBC News | 2017-07-16 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | As the new Time Lord prepares to enter the Tardis, we look back at her many predecessors. | Entertainment & Arts | A promotional image for 2013's 50th anniversary special, The Day of the Doctor
Doctor Who's Peter Capaldi has passed on his sonic screwdriver to Jodie Whittaker who becomes the 13th doctor and first woman to take on the role of television's famous Time Lord.
She follows a distinguished line-up of thespian (male) tale... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-40585673 |
Boy, 16, critical after moped and police car collide - BBC News | 2017-07-16 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A moped being ridden by three teenagers is in collision with a police car in London. | London | A moped ridden by three teenagers was in collision with a police car at the junction of South Park Road and Trinity Road in Wimbledon
A 16-year-old boy is in a critical condition after a collision between a police car and a moped being ridden by three teenagers in south-west London.
The crash happened at 02:15 BST on... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-40624453 |
A mission to the Pacific plastic patch - BBC News | 2017-07-16 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A "raft" of plastic debris spanning more than 965,000 square miles is floating in the South Pacific. | Science & Environment | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Mission to the plastic patch: On board with Capt Charles Moore and his team
A mariner who has spent years travelling "hundreds of thousands of nautical miles" to measure the impact of plastic waste in the ocean has estimated... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-40584629 |
Senegal Demba Diop: Football stadium collapse kills eight - BBC News | 2017-07-16 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A wall gave way during clashes following a League Cup final at the venue in the capital Dakar. | Africa | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. A survivor describes how a wall fell directly onto the crowd
A wall collapsed at a football stadium in Senegal on Saturday, killing eight people and injuring almost 90.
It fell in after fighting began between rival fans and... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-40621982 |
Jodie Whittaker: Doctor Who's 13th Time Lord to be a woman - BBC News | 2017-07-16 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Broadchurch star Jodie Whittaker is named as the 13th Doctor - the first woman to take the role. | Entertainment & Arts | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. See how Jodie Whittaker was revealed as the next Time Lord
Jodie Whittaker has been announced as Doctor Who's 13th Time Lord - the first woman to be given the role.
The new Doctor's identity was revealed in a trailer broadc... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-40624288 |
Kezia Dugdale in relationship with SNP MSP Jenny Gilruth - BBC News | 2017-07-16 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The Scottish Labour leader has been dating Mid Fife and Glenrothes MSP Jenny Gilruth for about four months. | Scotland politics | Ms Gilruth and Ms Dugdale thanked their friends, family and colleagues for their love and support
Scottish Labour leader Kezia Dugdale is in a relationship with an SNP MSP.
Ms Dugdale has been dating Mid Fife and Glenrothes MSP Jenny Gilruth for about four months.
At the beginning of the year the Labour leader split... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-40618823 |
Doctor Who: New lead to be revealed after Wimbledon - BBC News | 2017-07-16 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Widespread speculation suggests the 13th Doctor will - for the first time - be a woman. | Entertainment & Arts | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. It’s almost time to meet the Thirteenth Doctor
The wait is nearly over for Doctor Who fans, as the identity of the 13th Doctor is due to be revealed later.
There is speculation the Time Lord could be a woman for the first t... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-40608669 |
Fermanagh footballers swept out to sea in Bundoran - BBC News | 2017-07-16 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The Fermanagh team had been training in Bundoran and had entered the water to cool down. | Europe | Rip currents can catch out even experienced swimmers
A group of youth footballers were rescued from the water near Bundoran, County Donegal, on Saturday after being swept out to sea and into rocks by a rip current.
The Fermanagh Super Cup team had been training on Tullan Strand on Saturday morning and had entered the... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-40619493 |
Finland naked swimmers bid for biggest skinny dip record - BBC News | 2017-07-16 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Organisers say 789 people took part, beating the previous record set in Australia by three people. | Europe | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.
Hundreds of naked swimmers have taken to the water in Finland in a bid to break the world record for the biggest naked swim.
Some 789 people at a music festival in eastern Finland went skinny dipping on Saturday, organisers... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-40624317 |
Teenager charged over London acid attacks - BBC News | 2017-07-16 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A 16-year-old boy arrested over five acid attacks in London on Thursday is charged with 15 offences. | London | A 16-year-old boy who was arrested in connection with five acid attacks in London on Thursday has been charged with 15 offences, police have said.
The charges include robbery, grievous bodily harm and possession of an item to discharge a noxious substance.
The five attacks took place in 90 minutes across north and ea... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-40621915 |
Grenfell fire: McDonnell murder claim 'disgraceful' - Hammond - BBC News | 2017-07-16 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The chancellor criticised John McDonnell for saying victims were "murdered by political decisions". | UK Politics | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.
Chancellor Phillip Hammond has called comments made by Labour's John McDonnell about the Grenfell fire tragedy "disgraceful".
The shadow chancellor told the BBC's Andrew Marr he stood by his claim that victims of the disast... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-40623653 |
Chancellor Philip Hammond hits back over public pay leaks - BBC News | 2017-07-16 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Public servants do get a "premium", Philip Hammond says, amid reports he described them as "overpaid". | UK Politics | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Chancellor Philip Hammond tells Andrew Marr: "Cabinet meetings are supposed to be a private space"
Public sector workers get a 10% "premium" over their private sector counterparts, Philip Hammond said as he warned ministers ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-40623343 |
Tony Blair says EU could compromise on freedom of movement - BBC News | 2017-07-16 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Ex-PM says Britain could still stay in a reformed EU - but Labour says the referendum result "must be respected". | UK Politics | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Tony Blair: "One option... would be Britain staying within a reformed European Union"
Some EU leaders may be prepared to compromise on the free movement of people to help Britain stay in the single market, Tony Blair has sai... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-40615119 |
Reality Check: Is public sector pay higher than private sector? - BBC News | 2017-07-16 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Public sector pay has been falling relative to the private sector and is expected to continue falling. | UK Politics | The claim: Average public sector pay is higher than private sector, even adjusted for qualifications
Reality Check verdict: It is a difficult comparison to make, but IFS calculations suggest that Lord Lamont is probably right. However, in recent years private sector pay has been growing faster than public sector pay a... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-40480766 |
Tony Blair: I think Corbyn could be PM - BBC News | 2017-07-16 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Tony Blair stands by his criticism of Jeremy Corbyn, despite changing his mind on his chances of being PM. | UK Politics | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Tony Blair told Newsnight's Ian Katz it was "possible" that Jeremy Corbyn could become prime minister
Tony Blair says he now accepts Jeremy Corbyn could become prime minister.
The ex-PM told BBC Newsnight that a year ago he... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-40624245 |
Maryam Mirzakhani, first woman to win maths' Fields Medal, dies - BBC News | 2017-07-16 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Acclaimed Iranian mathematician Maryam Mirzakhani dies of breast cancer aged 40. | Science & Environment | Prof Mirzakhani is seen as an inspiration for young female mathematicians
Maryam Mirzakhani, the first woman to receive the prestigious Fields Medal for mathematics, has died in the US.
The 40-year-old Iranian, a professor at Stanford University, had breast cancer which had spread to her bones.
Nicknamed the "Nobel ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-40617094 |
Newspaper headlines: 'Brexit chaos' warning and cabinet rows - BBC News | 2017-07-16 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The Observer features a warning from former civil servants to Theresa May over Brexit, while the Sunday Times says the cabinet is "at war". | The Papers | If the Observer is right, the mood in Brussels - a day before the next round of Brexit talks - is "cautiously optimistic."
But the message doesn't seem to have reached the cartoonists.
In keeping with the start of the holiday season, the Sunday Express offers an image of Theresa May at the wheel of the Brexit car - t... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-the-papers-40621905 |
Canada: Workers find live British shell in Quebec - BBC News | 2017-07-16 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The 90kg projectile failed to explode when it was fired during the siege of Quebec City in 1759. | US & Canada | Builders in the old part of the Canadian city of Quebec have unearthed a live shell fired by the British during a siege in 1759.
They posed for photos with the large, 90kg (200lb) projectile, unaware that it was still potentially explosive.
Army bomb disposal experts later collected the device, saying there was still... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-40618547 |
Bootle car crash: Skye Olivia Mitchell's family pays tribute - BBC News | 2017-07-16 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Skye Olivia Mitchell and another 18-year-old, Caitlin Lydia Huddleston, died in the crash near Bootle. | Cumbria | Skye Olivia Mitchell's family said she loved animals, especially dogs
The family of a teenager who died in a crash in Cumbria have paid tribute to a "kind, caring girl" who "made the world a better place".
Skye Olivia Mitchell was driving a Toyota Yaris when it was in a crash with a Ford Transit van on the A595 near ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cumbria-40622155 |
Rio Ferdinand pays tribute to late mother - BBC News | 2017-07-16 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The footballer calls Janice St Fort "a little fighter" after she died aged 58 from cancer. | UK | Former England captain Rio Ferdinand has paid tribute to his mother, Janice St Fort, calling her "a little fighter" after the 58-year-old died on Thursday from cancer.
The footballer posted a message to "Mummy" on Instagram with a picture of them together.
Thanking his "huge hearted" mother, Ferdinand said all he had... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-40619619 |
Brazil protesters pelt politician with eggs at her wedding - BBC News | 2017-07-16 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Maria Victoria Barros is forced to leave church protected by riot police. | Latin America & Caribbean | A Brazilian politician has accused left-wing protesters of physically and verbally abusing her wedding guests over her family's support for President Michel Temer.
Maria Victoria Barros, 25, is a member of the state assembly in Parana and daughter of Mr Temer's health minister.
Hundreds of demonstrators gathered outs... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-40622273 |
Cruise tourists overwhelm Europe's ancient resorts - BBC News | 2017-07-16 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | There are resorts where the surge of global tourism is starting to feel like a tidal wave. | Europe | Venetians have long complained of the big ships, and they are not alone
There are places where the surge of global tourism is starting to feel like a tidal wave.
Ancient cities around the shores of the Mediterranean and Adriatic are on the front line, their stone streets squeezed full of summer visitors as budget air... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-40592247 |
Surgeons remove 27 contact lenses from woman's eye - BBC News | 2017-07-17 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | "A bluish foreign body" turned out to be a "hard mass" of 17 lenses stuck together with mucus. | Health | "A bluish foreign body" turned out to be a "hard mass" of 17 lenses stuck together with mucus
Surgeons have removed 27 contact lenses from the eye of a 67-year-old woman who had come to Solihull Hospital for routine cataract surgery.
"A bluish foreign body" turned out to be a "hard mass" of 17 lenses stuck together w... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-40630852 |
Newspaper headlines: Brexit rows and the first female Doctor - BBC News | 2017-07-17 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Brexit and the reported infighting in Theresa May's cabinet over differing approaches dominates the front pages, which also feature the announcement of the 13th Doctor. | The Papers | Chancellor Philip Hammond is working to "frustrate" Brexit, a cabinet minister has told the Daily Telegraph.
The unnamed source goes on to accuse Mr Hammond of treating pro-Leave ministers like "pirates who have taken him prisoner".
The Telegraph says "all-out war" appears to have broken out in the government.
Its s... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-the-papers-40627313 |
Porn ID checks set to start in April 2018 - BBC News | 2017-07-17 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The government sets a nine-month countdown to porn ID checks, but is told this seems "unrealistic". | Technology | The age-check requirement is supposed to make it harder for children to see pornography
A nine-month countdown to the introduction of compulsory age checks on online pornography seen from the UK has begun.
The April 2018 goal to protect under-18s was revealed as digital minister Matt Hancock signed the commencement o... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-40630582 |
Charlie Gard: US doctor meets Great Ormond Street medics - BBC News | 2017-07-17 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Dr Michio Hirano has been given an honorary contract by Great Ormond Street Hospital. | London | The US doctor who has offered to treat terminally ill Charlie Gard has attended a meeting at Great Ormond Street Hospital to decide whether he should travel to America for therapy.
Dr Michio Hirano will discuss Charlie's condition with doctors treating him and independent specialists.
Great Ormond Street has given Dr... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-40630462 |
Cardiff NHS hospital staff lose parking tickets case - BBC News | 2017-07-17 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A court rules 75 hospital workers must pay outstanding tickets for parking in the wrong bays at work. | South East Wales | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Nurse Felicity Richards said finding a parking space could add up to an hour to her working day
Seventy-five members of staff at a Cardiff hospital have been left "broken" by a court ruling that means they owe thousands of p... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-east-wales-40628560 |
Delta hits back against conservative author Ann Coulter - BBC News | 2017-07-17 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | "Unnecessary and unacceptable" said Delta after the conservative author had railed against them all weekend. | US & Canada | Delta Air Lines has responded to the "derogatory" tirade that conservative author Ann Coulter directed at them throughout the weekend.
The right-wing pundit's ire began after she was moved from her pre-booked seat on a flight from New York to Florida.
After landing on Saturday she began to rant to her 1.6m Twitter fo... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-40635993 |
Living Dead director George A Romero dies at 77 - BBC News | 2017-07-17 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The genre-defining zombie movie filmmaker George A Romero dies in his sleep at 77, his manager says. | Entertainment & Arts | George A Romero promoting 2005's Land of the Dead in Cannes
The American-born filmmaker George A Romero, who created the Living Dead movie franchise, has died at the age of 77, his manager has said.
Romero died in his sleep on Sunday with his wife and daughter at his side, after a "brief but aggressive battle" with l... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-40627029 |
Jane Austen's worldwide fan club - BBC News | 2017-07-17 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The devotees from around the world for whom Jane Austen plays a big part in their lives. | England | The BBC 1995 adaption of Pride and Prejudice spawned a new generation of Austen fans
Almost 200 years after Jane Austen's death, the English writer is still adored around the world. BBC News spoke to some of the fans for whom a love of Austen's work has evolved into a way of life.
Australia may still have been a pena... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-40093010 |
Charles and Camilla photo marks duchess's 70th birthday - BBC News | 2017-07-17 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Photographer Mario Testino said Camilla, who turns 70 on Monday, has a "wonderful sense of humour". | UK | An official portrait of the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall has been unveiled, ahead of Camilla's 70th birthday on Monday.
The photograph, taken in May, shows Charles and Camilla in the morning room of their London home, Clarence House.
Photographer Mario Testino described the duchess as a "beautiful pers... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-40625683 |
Brexit talks resume: Get down to business, David Davis urges - BBC News | 2017-07-17 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The second round of talks between the UK and EU negotiating teams is under way. | UK Politics | The Lib Dems picked up on a lack of papers on one side of the table in this photograph
Brexit Secretary David Davis has called on both sides in the negotiations on the UK's departure from the European Union to "get down to business".
Mr Davis was in Brussels to launch the second round of formal talks.
He said his pr... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-40627328 |
The cabinet - Report, summer 2017 - BBC News | 2017-07-17 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The story of why Mrs May is so cross with her cabinet. | UK Politics | With rumour swirling, gossip in the air about the cabinet, it is hard to work out what is really going on. Since Mrs May didn't really win the prize she was expecting, ministers have become an unruly lot. Tomorrow, they're all going to get a telling off (with apologies to the truth).
David wants her job, although he s... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-40634152 |
Chinese gay video ban sparks online backlash - BBC News | 2017-07-17 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | China's crackdown on what it calls "abnormal" sexual activity has triggered a backlash online. | BBC Trending | A man holds a rainbow flag after taking part in the Pride Run in Shanghai in June. Homosexuality is legal in China, but authorities have implemented new rules which censor online videos featuring same sex relationships
A crackdown on a wide range of internet videos by Chinese censors has caused a backlash on the count... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-trending-40610679 |
Extra cash in school budgets in funding shake-up - BBC News | 2017-07-17 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | £1.3bn to protect core school budgets, with cuts to be made on free school spending. | Education & Family | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Justine Greening said every school in England would benefit
Schools in England are being promised an extra £1.3bn over two years, as the government responded to pressure from campaigns over funding shortages.
But the cash f... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-40634472 |
Should you dress twins in identical clothes? - BBC News | 2017-07-17 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Parents share their views after Roger Federer's two sets of twins wore matching outfits at Wimbledon. | UK | Roger Federer's two sets of twins stood out in the crowd as they watched their dad make Wimbledon history on Sunday - for wearing matching outfits.
Girls Myla Rose and Charlene Riva, seven, were dressed in identical flowery dresses.
Boys Leo and Lenny, three, both wore a pale blue jacket, white trousers and the same ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-40632365 |
Carolyn McCall: From airline to airwaves - BBC News | 2017-07-17 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The EasyJet chief's career has taken her through some of the best-known companies in the UK. | Business | When Carolyn McCall announced that she was moving from the Guardian Media Group to become chief executive of EasyJet, rival Ryanair's Michael O'Leary dismissed her as a media luvvie.
With her new post at ITV, which she will take up early next year, Mr O'Leary can happily call her a media luvvie again, although her tra... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-40628873 |
Man charged with drugs offences after Newton Abbot death - BBC News | 2017-07-17 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Leah Kerry was found unconscious in the early hours in a park in Newton Abbot, Devon, and later died. | Devon | Leah died in Torbay Hospital after apparently suffering from an adverse reaction to the substance she had taken
A man has been charged following the death of 15-year-old girl suspected of taking drugs.
Leah Kerry was found unconscious at about 04:50 BST on Saturday at Bakers Park in Newton Abbot, Devon.
Jacob Khanla... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-40630162 |
Woman on Rome metro dragged along platform by train - BBC News | 2017-07-17 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The driver on the Rome metro was unaware that the woman's bag had got trapped in the train door. | Europe | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Passengers watch as woman dragged along platform by Rome metro
Footage of a woman being dragged along a platform by a train, after her bag got trapped in the door, has raised safety questions about Rome's metro.
Natalya Gar... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-40629089 |
Primark recalls men's flip-flops over chemical content - BBC News | 2017-07-17 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The discount retailer offers refunds after discovering the footwear may contain high chemical levels. | Business | Primark has recalled thousands of men's flip-flops over fears they may contain dangerous levels of a cancer-causing chemical.
The discount fashion chain said it had come to its attention that the footwear "does not meet the Primark usual high standards for chemical compliance".
The products in question are men's flip... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-40632891 |
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