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The man who built a $1bn firm in his basement - BBC News | 2017-07-17 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | How an IT worker quit his day job, and despite having no ideas to begin with, launched a firm from home that made him a multi-millionaire. | Business | Mr Rodrigues says he wanted to do something for a living that he really liked
Carl Rodrigues says that his family and friends all thought he had lost his mind.
"Everybody thought I had gone completely nuts," he says. "They were saying 'what's wrong with this guy? Is he having a hippy moment?'."
Mr Rodrigues, a succe... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-40504764 |
Judge me on four things, said Trump. So we did - BBC News | 2017-07-17 | 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 |
Drifting Antarctic iceberg A-68 opens up clear water - BBC News | 2017-07-17 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Satellite images show the colossal Larsen iceberg continuing to edge away from the White Continent. | Science & Environment | The giant iceberg known as A-68 that was produced in the Antarctic last week continues to drift seaward.
All the latest satellite images indicate the gap between the 6,000-sq-km block and the floating Larsen C Ice Shelf from which it calved is widening.
The particular image on this page was acquired by the Deimos-1 s... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-40635883 |
Boy, 16, critical after moped and police car collide - BBC News | 2017-07-17 | 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 |
HS2 reveals winners of building contracts - BBC News | 2017-07-17 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Contracts worth £6.6bn are awarded ahead of news on the final HS2 routes to Leeds and Manchester. | Business | An artist's impression of the proposed HS2 Euston station
The winners of £6.6bn worth of contracts to build the first phase of HS2 between London and Birmingham have been announced by the government.
UK firms Carillion, Costain and Balfour Beatty are among the consortiums who will build tunnels, bridges and embankmen... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-40627464 |
Why the world's biggest investor backs the simplest investment - BBC News | 2017-07-17 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Warren Buffett has advised his wife to invest her money in low-cost index funds, after his death. | Business | Warren Buffett has advised his wife to put her money into simple index funds after his death
What's the best financial investment? If anyone knows, it's Warren Buffett, the world's richest investor.
He's worth tens of billions of dollars, accumulated over decades of savvy investments. His advice is in a letter he wro... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-40189970 |
Havaianas: How a Brazilian flip-flop took over the world - BBC News | 2017-07-17 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | How did the famous Havaianas brand make a working-class shoe a major fashion success? | Latin America & Caribbean | Havaianas are now produced in all colours of the rainbow
It is one of the simplest shoes on the planet: a piece of plastic, roughly the outline of your foot, with a crude strap holding the sole to your toes.
Yet Brazil's Havaianas brand took the humble flip-flop to new heights. The company behind them was sold earlie... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-40610739 |
Martin Landau, star of Mission: Impossible, dies - BBC News | 2017-07-17 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | He starred in the TV series of Mission: Impossible and won an Oscar for his performance in Ed Wood. | Entertainment & Arts | The actor Martin Landau, best known for roles in the TV series Mission: Impossible and 1960s blockbusters like Cleopatra, has died, aged 89.
His publicist Dick Guttman confirmed the death, saying: "We are overcome with sadness."
Landau won a Best Supporting Actor Oscar in 1995 for portraying the horror movie star Bel... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-40627982 |
Motorists could win £30m compensation from Europcar - BBC News | 2017-07-17 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Thousands of British motorists could have been overcharged for car repairs over many years. | Business | French car hire firm Europcar has admitted that it may have to pay out as much as £30m to British motorists who were overcharged for car repairs.
UK Trading Standards officers launched an investigation after its office in Leicester received complaints.
The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) is also planning to launch an inqu... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-40630238 |
All the Doctors, from William Hartnell to Jodie Whittaker - BBC News | 2017-07-17 | 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 |
A mission to the Pacific plastic patch - BBC News | 2017-07-17 | 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 |
Saudi Arabia investigates video of woman in miniskirt - BBC News | 2017-07-17 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A woman shared footage of herself openly defying the conservative Muslim kingdom's strict dress code. | Middle East | The video of "Khulood" walking around Ushayqir was shared initially on Snapchat
The authorities in Saudi Arabia are investigating a young woman who posted a video of herself wearing a miniskirt and crop-top in public.
The woman, a model called "Khulood", shared the clip of her walking around a historic fort in Ushayq... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-40633687 |
South Korea proposes rare military talks with North Korea - BBC News | 2017-07-17 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Despite the North's recent long-range missile test, the South is seeking to ease tensions. | Asia | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.
South Korea has proposed holding military talks with the North, after weeks of heightened tension following Pyongyang's long-range missile test.
If they were to go ahead, they would be the first high-level talks since 2015.... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-40627608 |
Jodie Whittaker: Doctor Who's 13th Time Lord to be a woman - BBC News | 2017-07-17 | 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 |
George and Charlotte join Poland and Germany diplomacy tour - BBC News | 2017-07-17 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The children are visiting Poland and Germany with their parents the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. | UK | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Prince George required some gentle encouragement to leave the plane
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and their two children are in Warsaw at the start of their visit to Poland and Germany.
Their five-day tour of the two Eu... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-40627792 |
Taiwan woman divorces husband who ignored her messages - BBC News | 2017-07-17 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A woman in Taiwan is granted a divorce after her husband read her messages - but never replied. | Asia | Line is the market leading messaging app in several Asian countries
Have you ever ignored your spouse's text messages? Be warned: it could be used against you in court.
A woman in Taiwan has been granted a divorce, using the "Read" indicators on the Line messages she had sent to her husband as proof that he had been ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-40632435 |
Terminally ill man Noel Conway in right-to-die fight - BBC News | 2017-07-17 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Noel Conway has motor neurone disease and wants a doctor to be allowed to prescribe a lethal dose. | Health | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Noel Conway: 'I want to be able to say goodbye at the right time'
The High Court has begun hearing the legal challenge of a terminally ill UK man who wants the right to die.
Noel Conway, who is 67 and has motor neurone dise... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-40615778 |
Zambia baboon causes power cut in Livingstone - BBC News | 2017-07-17 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The animal survived a massive electric shock that would have killed a human, the power company says. | Africa | Baboons and other wildlife are a common site near Livingstone
A baboon in Zambia has tampered with the cables at a power station in the south of the country leaving 50,000 people without electricity.
It caused the blackout on Sunday morning by climbing into the power station and pulling at the lines.
The baboon surv... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-40629597 |
Grenfell fire: McDonnell murder claim 'disgraceful' - Hammond - BBC News | 2017-07-17 | 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 |
Russia hacking row: Moscow demands US return seized mansions - BBC News | 2017-07-17 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A Russian official says talks "almost" resolve a row over the seizing of two diplomatic compounds. | Europe | US officials say the Maryland complex doubles as a spying outpost
Russia has been pressing demands that the US give it access to two diplomatic compounds seized in the US last year.
After high-level talks between both sides, one Russian official involved said the row had "almost" been resolved.
Russia has been anger... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-40635263 |
Chancellor Philip Hammond hits back over public pay leaks - BBC News | 2017-07-17 | 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 |
Southend football fans jailed for Simon Dobbin attack - BBC News | 2017-07-17 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Twelve men are given prison sentences for assaulting Cambridge fan Simon Dobbin in March 2015. | Suffolk | Cambridge United fan Simon Dobbin was left with brain damage after he was attacked in March 2015
A group of football hooligans described as "a pack of animals" has been jailed over an attack which left a football fan unable to walk or speak.
Simon Dobbin, from Suffolk, was left brain damaged after the assault in Sout... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-suffolk-40633250 |
Iran cases step up pressure on President Rouhani - BBC News | 2017-07-17 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Tensions are raised by the arrest of the president's own brother - and the jailing of a US academic. | Middle East | President Rouhani began his second term at loggerheads with influential hardliners
Two high-profile judiciary cases in Iran this weekend have underlined renewed political tensions between the country's recently re-elected president, Hassan Rouhani, and establishment hardliners.
The first case involves the arrest of t... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-40632676 |
UK plans age verification for porn websites from 2018 - BBC News | 2017-07-17 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Users face checks before accessing content, with a new regulator overseeing the rules by next April. | UK | People in the UK will have to prove they are 18 before being allowed to access pornography websites from next year, the government is to announce.
Websites will be legally required to install age verification controls by April 2018 as part of a move to make the internet safer for children.
Users may be asked to provi... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-40628909 |
Games of Thrones: Critics welcome return of 'brilliant' show - BBC News | 2017-07-17 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | They say the show is "more stunning than ever" - but there's not much love for Ed Sheeran's cameo. | Entertainment & Arts | Lena Headey returns as Cersei Lannister in the new series of Thrones
Game of Thrones has returned for its seventh season - and the critics are generally quite happy about it.
"It was a thrill to have the show back and it looked more stunning than ever," wrote The Independent's reviewer.
"By the end of the episode it... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-40629662 |
ITV names EasyJet's Carolyn McCall as new chief executive - BBC News | 2017-07-17 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The airline boss will become the broadcaster's new chief executive next year. | Business | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. EasyJet boss: 'Get to know people'
ITV has appointed the boss of EasyJet, Carolyn McCall, as its new chief executive.
Ms McCall, who has been at EasyJet for seven years, will take over the running of the commercial broadcas... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-40628869 |
Tony Blair: I think Corbyn could be PM - BBC News | 2017-07-17 | 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 |
Public sector pay: TUC says wages down thousands since 2010 - BBC News | 2017-07-17 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Paramedics, firefighters and other state employees are worse off than in 2010, the TUC says. | Business | Firefighters, teachers and other public sector workers are thousands of pounds a year worse off than they were in 2010, the TUC has said.
With inflation outpacing the government's 1% limit on pay rises for state employees, real wages are being eroded, said the trades union body.
It said prison officers and paramedics... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-40626676 |
Far-right extremism: 'I'm ashamed of my Nazi tattoos' - BBC News | 2017-07-17 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | More far-right extremists are being sent to the Prevent strategy, including "Steve" who explains his past. | UK | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. "Steve", who is on the Prevent programme, tells Today's Sangita Myska that drink and drugs helped fuel his extremism
The number of far-right extremists on the UK's anti-radicalisation scheme has risen significantly, latest f... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-40632975 |
Stephen Hough jailed for 12 years for Janet Commins killing - BBC News | 2017-07-17 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Stephen Hough raped and killed 15-year-old Janet Commins before dumping her body 41 years ago. | North East Wales | Stephen Hough told police he was stealing petrol elsewhere when Janet was killed
A man who raped and killed a 15-year-old schoolgirl in 1976 has been jailed for 15 years.
Janet Commins' body was found near a school field in Flint, north Wales, by three children playing hide and seek.
Stephen Hough, 58, from Flint, w... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-north-east-wales-40625655 |
Australian bride-to-be shot dead by US police after 911 call - BBC News | 2017-07-17 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Justine Damond was shot after reporting a disturbance but the officers' body cameras were not turned on. | Australia | An Australian woman has been killed by a US police officer responding to a 911 call in Minneapolis.
The Minnesota Department of Public Safety said police responded to "a call of possible assault" when "at one point an officer fired their weapon, fatally striking a woman".
Officials said the officers' body cameras wer... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-40627847 |
Cruise tourists overwhelm Europe's ancient resorts - BBC News | 2017-07-17 | 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 |
London paramedic has liquid thrown in face by masked men - BBC News | 2017-07-18 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | She was flagged down by three men who appeared to be in distress before being attacked. | London | A Met Police spokesman said the substance was non-corrosive but it is investigating
A lone paramedic had a substance thrown on to her face, neck and chest while answering a 999 call.
She was on her way to a patient when she was flagged down by three men who appeared to be in distress in Tottenham Hale, north London.
... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-40641841 |
Surgeons remove 27 contact lenses from woman's eye - BBC News | 2017-07-18 | 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 |
Electricity problems at Grenfell Tower 'never resolved' - BBC News | 2017-07-18 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Dozens of residents suffered electricity power surges in 2013 so powerful their appliances started emitting smoke. | UK | Former residents of Grenfell say electricity problems at the tower persisted into the months preceding the fire
Dozens of residents of Grenfell Tower suffered electricity power surges so strong their appliances malfunctioned, overheated and emitted smoke a few years before the fire, it has emerged.
Documents seen by ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-40632705 |
Justine Damond's fiance 'heartbroken' over police shooting - BBC News | 2017-07-18 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Australian Justine Damond was shot dead by a US police officer she called to report a disturbance. | US & Canada | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. "Justine should be here. This shouldn't have happened"
The "heartbroken" American fiancé of an Australian shot dead by a US police officer has said they have received almost no information from officials.
Don Damond said hi... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-40639140 |
Robot 'drowns' in fountain mishap - BBC News | 2017-07-18 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The wheeled security robot in Washington DC tumbled into a fountain at an office building. | Technology | The Knightscope K5 robot tumbled into the fountain by accident
A security robot in Washington DC suffered a watery demise after falling into a fountain by an office building.
The stricken robot, made by Knightscope, was spotted by passers-by whose photos of the aftermath quickly went viral on social media.
For some,... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-40642968 |
Duke and duchess meet Holocaust survivors in Poland - BBC News | 2017-07-18 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge visit a concentration camp as part of their tour of Poland. | UK | The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have visited a former concentration camp as they continue their tour of Poland.
They described their visit to Stutthof as "shattering", saying the site is a "terrible reminder of the cost of war".
The royal couple met five Holocaust survivors at the camp near Gdansk, where 65,000 peo... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-40639711 |
NHS pilot scheme taps into skills of refugee doctors - BBC News | 2017-07-18 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A pilot scheme being run in the north east of England aims to put refugee doctors back to work and cover NHS shortages. | Health | Refugee doctor Rouni Youssef with his mentor Dr Sue Jones and an elderly patient
A pioneering scheme that aims to harness the skills of refugees fleeing conflict and unrest in their home countries could help boost health services in north-east England.
Middlesbrough has the highest number of asylum seekers in the UK.... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-40442848 |
Delta hits back against conservative author Ann Coulter - BBC News | 2017-07-18 | 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 |
Cardiff church collapses: Man dies after Splott incident - BBC News | 2017-07-18 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A man dies after being trapped under rubble when a church collapsed in Cardiff, firefighters say. | South East Wales | A man has died after being trapped under a large amount of rubble after the derelict church collapsed
A man has died after being trapped in rubble when a church collapsed near a railway line in Cardiff.
Firefighters, rescue dogs and a drone had been searching for the man in the wreckage of the derelict church in Splo... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-east-wales-40647984 |
Credit and debit card surcharges to be banned - BBC News | 2017-07-18 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The worst offenders are airlines and food delivery apps, the government says. | Business | Consumers are no longer to be charged extra for paying by debit or credit card, the government has said.
From January next year, businesses will not be allowed to add any surcharges for card payments.
The worst offenders currently are airlines and food delivery apps, and small businesses which typically add a fee for... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-40648641 |
Trump and Putin had another, undisclosed conversation at G20 - BBC News | 2017-07-18 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The White House and Kremlin both label media reporting of the meeting as "absolutely absurd". | US & Canada | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.
US President Donald Trump and Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin had another, previously undisclosed conversation at this month's G20, the White House has confirmed.
They spoke towards the end of a formal dinner but the Whi... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-40651502 |
Swiss glacier reveals couple lost in 1942 - BBC News | 2017-07-18 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Their 79-year-old daughter says she has found peace from the discovery after a life-long search. | Europe | Bernhard Tschannen shows where the bodies were found in the ice
A shrinking glacier in Switzerland has revealed two frozen bodies believed to be of a couple who went missing 75 years ago, Swiss media report.
Marcelin and Francine Dumoulin disappeared at a height of 2,600m (8,530ft) after going to tend to their cows i... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-40645745 |
England 'on track' to stamp out smoking - BBC News | 2017-07-18 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Government sets out ambitious target to get remaining smokers to quit. | Health | The government has set out an ambitious plan to make England, in effect, smoke-free in the next few decades.
The new Tobacco Control Plan aims to slash smoking rates from 15.5% to 12% of the population by 2022, paving the way to a smoke-free generation.
If national smoking rates continue to fall, this generation of n... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-40641469 |
Newspaper headlines: 'May urged to sack her 'donkey' ministers' - BBC News | 2017-07-18 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Politics-heavy front pages feature cabinet discipline, schools cash and foreign aid. | The Papers | The Guardian says the £1.3bn committed to schools in England was intended to head off a revolt from Tory MPs who think the issue of school funding cost the party its majority.
The paper says the announcement was designed to "placate" schools and teachers before their summer holiday but has left many MPs - including Co... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-the-papers-40639071 |
The cabinet - Report, summer 2017 - BBC News | 2017-07-18 | 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 |
BBC admits University Challenge banana boots slip-up - BBC News | 2017-07-18 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | University Challenge host Jeremy Paxman incorrectly said Billy Connolly's banana boots were made by John Byrne. | Scotland | Edmund Smith created the boots for Billy Connolly in 1975
The BBC has upheld a complaint from the daughter of a Scottish artist after Jeremy Paxman gave the wrong answer to a question on University Challenge.
The quiz show host incorrectly attributed Billy Connolly's banana boots to artist John Byrne rather than thei... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-40642593 |
Extra cash in school budgets in funding shake-up - BBC News | 2017-07-18 | 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 |
R Kelly denies holding several women in 'abusive cult' - BBC News | 2017-07-18 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The R&B singer responds to reports accusing him of holding women in a cult-like environment. | US & Canada | R Kelly has been accused of sexual misconduct before but was not found guilty
R&B singer R Kelly has denied allegations that he is holding several young women in an "abusive cult".
The singer's lawyer said he would work "diligently and forcibly to pursue his accusers and clear his name".
A BuzzFeed report accuses th... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-40639378 |
Carolyn McCall: From airline to airwaves - BBC News | 2017-07-18 | 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 |
Theresa May sacking ministers 'would get MPs' support' - BBC News | 2017-07-18 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A senior backbencher backs the PM as she tries to restore discipline to her cabinet after leaks. | UK Politics | The cabinet has been posing for an official photo
Theresa May would have the backing of Tory MPs if she sacked disloyal ministers for plotting and briefing, a senior backbencher says.
Charles Walker, vice-chairman of the backbench 1922 Committee, told ministers to "stop chattering away".
Earlier the prime minister t... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-40639715 |
South Yorkshire Police helicopter sex film trial begins - BBC News | 2017-07-18 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Two police officers and two pilots deny filming people either naked or having sex in a garden. | Sheffield & South Yorkshire | A police helicopter was used to film two people "brazenly" having sex in their garden, a court heard.
The trial of two South Yorkshire Police officers and two pilots has begun at Sheffield Crown Court.
Matthew Lucas, 42, Lee Walls, 47, Matthew Loosemore, 45, and Malcolm Reeves, 64, all deny misconduct in a public off... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-40645716 |
What has President Trump said about your country? - BBC News | 2017-07-18 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Find out what President Trump has said about where you live since he became US president. | US & Canada | "It was a pleasure to have President Ashraf Ghani of Afghanistan with us this morning!" President Ghani and Mr Trump shake hands before a meeting in New York (AFP) Afghanistan has been near the top of every president's in-tray since US forces invaded the country in 2001.
On the campaign trail, Mr Trump repeatedly d... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-39732845 |
Motorists could win £30m compensation from Europcar - BBC News | 2017-07-18 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Thousands of British motorists could have been overcharged for car repairs over many years. | Business | French car hire firm Europcar has admitted that it may have to pay out as much as £30m to British motorists who were overcharged for car repairs.
UK Trading Standards officers launched an investigation after its office in Leicester received complaints.
The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) is also planning to launch an inqu... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-40630238 |
Why did (almost) everyone call the election wrong (again)? - BBC News | 2017-07-18 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Newsnight's editor assesses why so many people underestimated Labour's vote at the general election. | UK Politics | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Why do pollsters - and the media - keep getting elections so wrong? Ian Katz reports
Few species can match the brutality of a teenage child appraising its parent.
I was reminded of this the morning after last month's electi... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-40633025 |
Theatre company advert asks if millennials understand 'real world' - BBC News | 2017-07-18 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The Tea House Theatre posted the advert for a £15,000-£20,000 administration role. | London | The advert was posted on Arts Council England's ArtsJobs site
A theatre company has questioned if millennials "are taught anything about... the real world" after being unimpressed by applicants for a job.
The Tea House Theatre, in Vauxhall, south London, posted an advert for the £15,000-£20,000 administration role on... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-40640649 |
Saudi Arabia investigates video of woman in miniskirt - BBC News | 2017-07-18 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A woman shared footage of herself openly defying the conservative Muslim kingdom's strict dress code. | Middle East | The video of "Khulood" walking around Ushayqir was shared initially on Snapchat
The authorities in Saudi Arabia are investigating a young woman who posted a video of herself wearing a miniskirt and crop-top in public.
The woman, a model called "Khulood", shared the clip of her walking around a historic fort in Ushayq... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-40633687 |
George and Charlotte join Poland and Germany diplomacy tour - BBC News | 2017-07-18 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The children are visiting Poland and Germany with their parents the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. | UK | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Prince George required some gentle encouragement to leave the plane
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and their two children are in Warsaw at the start of their visit to Poland and Germany.
Their five-day tour of the two Eu... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-40627792 |
'Triple sickie' policeman sacked over horse racing trips - BBC News | 2017-07-18 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | PC Jonathan Adams was seen on television celebrating a win at Royal Ascot while "off sick". | Gloucestershire | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. PC Jonathan Adams called in sick but was seen on TV celebrating a win at Ascot (Footage courtesy Racing UK)
A police officer who threw a "sickie" three times to watch horse racing has been sacked after being found guilty of ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-gloucestershire-40644598 |
Trump must release Mar-a-Lago visitor records, judge rules - BBC News | 2017-07-18 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The ruling is part of a legal challenge asking for records of visitors at Mr Trump's Florida resort. | US & Canada | Mr Trump has hosted several high-profile guests in Mar-a-Lago
A US court has ordered that President Donald Trump release records of visitors to his Mar-a-Lago resort in southern Florida.
Mr Trump has been to the property seven times this year, including when he hosted foreign leaders. But it is unclear who else he ha... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-40639370 |
Briton and Italian die in beach rescue near Brindisi - BBC News | 2017-07-18 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The pair had gone to help the tourist's daughter when she got into difficulties in rough seas. | Europe | There were strong currents in the sea when the accident happened. Picture courtesy of Ostuni Notizie
A British man and a beach worker have died at an Italian beach after they went to help the tourist's daughter who got into difficulties in rough seas.
Italian reports say the 11-year-old girl had been playing in the s... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-40642346 |
'Fake security' at UK festivals under investigation - BBC News | 2017-07-18 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A security firm allegedly supplied cloned official badges to unlicensed stewards at UK festivals this summer. | Entertainment & Arts | A security firm is under investigation for allegedly supplying cloned badges to unlicensed stewards at UK festivals this summer.
The Security Industry Authority (SIA) confirmed it was investigating LS Armour Security Ltd of Barry, south Wales, following a compliance check.
The watchdog issues licences to bouncers and... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-40647081 |
Flash flood sweeps through Coverack in Cornwall - BBC News | 2017-07-18 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Residents in Coverack say hail the size of 50p pieces smashed window panes. | Cornwall | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Drone footage of the flash floods which hit the village of Coverack in Cornwall
Flash flooding has seen torrents of water sweep through a Cornish village.
Residents in Coverack, on the Lizard Peninsula, reported roads being... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-40650406 |
Russia hacking row: Moscow demands US return seized mansions - BBC News | 2017-07-18 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A Russian official says talks "almost" resolve a row over the seizing of two diplomatic compounds. | Europe | US officials say the Maryland complex doubles as a spying outpost
Russia has been pressing demands that the US give it access to two diplomatic compounds seized in the US last year.
After high-level talks between both sides, one Russian official involved said the row had "almost" been resolved.
Russia has been anger... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-40635263 |
Iran cases step up pressure on President Rouhani - BBC News | 2017-07-18 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Tensions are raised by the arrest of the president's own brother - and the jailing of a US academic. | Middle East | President Rouhani began his second term at loggerheads with influential hardliners
Two high-profile judiciary cases in Iran this weekend have underlined renewed political tensions between the country's recently re-elected president, Hassan Rouhani, and establishment hardliners.
The first case involves the arrest of t... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-40632676 |
Sarah Payne brothers: 'Thoughts of saving her eat us up' - BBC News | 2017-07-18 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Luke and Lee Payne remember killer Roy Whiting smiling and waving as he drove their sister away. | England | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Brothers Lee and Luke Payne speak out about Sarah's murder
The older brothers of murdered schoolgirl Sarah Payne have spoken for the first time of their guilt in not being able to save her.
The eight-year-old was abducted a... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-40640940 |
Far-right extremism: 'I'm ashamed of my Nazi tattoos' - BBC News | 2017-07-18 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | More far-right extremists are being sent to the Prevent strategy, including "Steve" who explains his past. | UK | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. "Steve", who is on the Prevent programme, tells Today's Sangita Myska that drink and drugs helped fuel his extremism
The number of far-right extremists on the UK's anti-radicalisation scheme has risen significantly, latest f... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-40632975 |
Trump's Obamacare repeal: Back to drawing board for Republicans - BBC News | 2017-07-18 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Expect a stampede for the exits as everyone abandons what was always an unpopular bill. | US & Canada | Is this the end of the repeal-and-replace war?
In the end the death blow to the latest iteration of Obamacare repeal came from the right flank.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell was always going to have to walk a fine line in his effort to keep both moderates and hardcore conservatives in the party on board with... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-40640439 |
New plastic £10 note featuring Jane Austen unveiled - BBC News | 2017-07-18 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | It is the first Bank of England note to have a tactile feature to help visually impaired people. | Business | The new plastic £10 note has been unveiled by Bank of England governor Mark Carney at Winchester Cathedral.
The note, which follows the polymer £5, will be issued on 14 September and has a portrait of Jane Austen on the 200th anniversary of the author's death.
It is also the first Bank of England note to include a ta... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-40641382 |
Taiwan's brawling in parliament is a political way of life - BBC News | 2017-07-18 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Fights take place in parliament to prevent the passing of legislation, but things are getting uglier. | Asia | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. After a huge brawl on Thursday last week, fighting has resumed in Taiwan's parliament
On the outside, the main building of Taiwan's Legislative Yuan - or parliament - is a picture of calm.
Two rows of neatly-trimmed shrubbe... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-40640043 |
Australian bride-to-be shot dead by US police after 911 call - BBC News | 2017-07-18 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Justine Damond was shot after reporting a disturbance but the officers' body cameras were not turned on. | Australia | An Australian woman has been killed by a US police officer responding to a 911 call in Minneapolis.
The Minnesota Department of Public Safety said police responded to "a call of possible assault" when "at one point an officer fired their weapon, fatally striking a woman".
Officials said the officers' body cameras wer... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-40627847 |
Viewpoint: Is there such a thing as 'flying ant day'? - BBC News | 2017-07-18 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | We're all used to ants sprouting wings and taking to the air during summer, but is there really such a thing as a "flying ant day"? | Science & Environment | The emergence of winged ants during summer often provokes a strong public reaction
We're all used to ants sprouting wings and taking to the air during summer, but is there really such a thing as a "flying ant day"? A new study appears to have solved the mystery, using data submitted by the public. Here, Prof Adam Hart... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-40632535 |
Advertising watchdog to get tough on gender stereotypes - BBC News | 2017-07-18 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Ads showing women cleaning up and men failing at household chores will now be scrutinised. | Business | The advert for Aptamil baby formula showed girls wanting to be ballerinas
Advertisements that show men failing at simple household tasks and women left to clean up are set to be banned by the UK advertising watchdog.
The Advertising Standards Authority will crack down on ads that feature stereotypical gender roles.
... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-40638343 |
Viewpoint: Is there such a thing as 'flying ant day'? - BBC News | 2017-07-19 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | We're all used to ants sprouting wings and taking to the air during summer, but is there really such a thing as a "flying ant day"? | Science & Environment | The emergence of winged ants during summer often provokes a strong public reaction
We're all used to ants sprouting wings and taking to the air during summer, but is there really such a thing as a "flying ant day"? A new study appears to have solved the mystery, using data submitted by the public. Here, Prof Adam Hart... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-40632535 |
Justine Damond shooting: Minneapolis police 'feared ambush' - BBC News | 2017-07-19 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A lawyer suggests Minneapolis police could have been startled by Justine Damond, before killing her. | US & Canada | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.
The lawyer for a US police officer whose partner killed an Australian woman says it would be "reasonable" for the pair to have feared an ambush.
Minneapolis officer Matthew Harrity has reportedly said they were startled by ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-40661873 |
NHS pilot scheme taps into skills of refugee doctors - BBC News | 2017-07-19 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A pilot scheme being run in the north east of England aims to put refugee doctors back to work and cover NHS shortages. | Health | Refugee doctor Rouni Youssef with his mentor Dr Sue Jones and an elderly patient
A pioneering scheme that aims to harness the skills of refugees fleeing conflict and unrest in their home countries could help boost health services in north-east England.
Middlesbrough has the highest number of asylum seekers in the UK.... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-40442848 |
Cardiff church collapses: Man dies after Splott incident - BBC News | 2017-07-19 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A man dies after being trapped under rubble when a church collapsed in Cardiff, firefighters say. | South East Wales | A man has died after being trapped under a large amount of rubble after the derelict church collapsed
A man has died after being trapped in rubble when a church collapsed near a railway line in Cardiff.
Firefighters, rescue dogs and a drone had been searching for the man in the wreckage of the derelict church in Splo... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-east-wales-40647984 |
Credit and debit card surcharges to be banned - BBC News | 2017-07-19 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The worst offenders are airlines and food delivery apps, the government says. | Business | Consumers are no longer to be charged extra for paying by debit or credit card, the government has said.
From January next year, businesses will not be allowed to add any surcharges for card payments.
The worst offenders currently are airlines and food delivery apps, and small businesses which typically add a fee for... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-40648641 |
Where's hot? This summer's most popular holiday spots - BBC News | 2017-07-19 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Many holidaymakers no longer want just a couple of weeks' rest, but are searching for a more memorable experience. | Business | Polly Rowe says she likes to step outside of her comfort zone
For some of us, holidays are becoming more than just a chance to relax in the sun but the chance to experience something different - and this growth in out-of-the-way travel is playing a vital role in many countries' economic development.
"I like to to try... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-40641560 |
Trump and Putin had another, undisclosed conversation at G20 - BBC News | 2017-07-19 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The White House and Kremlin both label media reporting of the meeting as "absolutely absurd". | US & Canada | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.
US President Donald Trump and Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin had another, previously undisclosed conversation at this month's G20, the White House has confirmed.
They spoke towards the end of a formal dinner but the Whi... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-40651502 |
Swiss glacier reveals couple lost in 1942 - BBC News | 2017-07-19 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Their 79-year-old daughter says she has found peace from the discovery after a life-long search. | Europe | Bernhard Tschannen shows where the bodies were found in the ice
A shrinking glacier in Switzerland has revealed two frozen bodies believed to be of a couple who went missing 75 years ago, Swiss media report.
Marcelin and Francine Dumoulin disappeared at a height of 2,600m (8,530ft) after going to tend to their cows i... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-40645745 |
Actor Paul Nicholls rescued from Thailand waterfall - BBC News | 2017-07-19 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Actor Paul Nicholls had been trapped for three days at a Thai waterfall after breaking his legs. | Entertainment & Arts | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Footage has emerged of Paul Nicholls being rescued
British actor Paul Nicholls has been rescued after being trapped at the bottom of a waterfall in Thailand for three days, his agent has said.
The ex-EastEnders star had mot... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-40656303 |
BBC admits University Challenge banana boots slip-up - BBC News | 2017-07-19 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | University Challenge host Jeremy Paxman incorrectly said Billy Connolly's banana boots were made by John Byrne. | Scotland | Edmund Smith created the boots for Billy Connolly in 1975
The BBC has upheld a complaint from the daughter of a Scottish artist after Jeremy Paxman gave the wrong answer to a question on University Challenge.
The quiz show host incorrectly attributed Billy Connolly's banana boots to artist John Byrne rather than thei... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-40642593 |
Teaching union calls for school lockdown plan - BBC News | 2017-07-19 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A strategy is needed in case of dangerous events on school premises, a teaching union says. | Leeds & West Yorkshire | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Reinwood Junior School is one of several in West Yorkshire which carries out lockdown drills
Schools need a coherent strategy for lockdown procedures in case of a dangerous event taking place on their premises, a teaching un... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-40645215 |
Obamacare repeal plan 'would axe insurance for 32m' - BBC News | 2017-07-19 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The cost of health insurance would double in a decade under the Republican plan, the analysis finds. | US & Canada | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.
Thirty-two million Americans would lose health coverage under a Republican plan to repeal Obamacare, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has forecast.
The non-partisan office's analysis found the cost of a medical insuran... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-40662772 |
BBC stars react to their salaries being revealed - BBC News | 2017-07-19 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Work rate and competitors' offers sighted in defence of £150,000-plus salaries. | Entertainment & Arts | Stars and broadcasters have given their reaction to the BBC releasing details of what it pays its top talent.
Radio 2 host Chris Evans topped the table, in a salary bracket of £2,200,000 - £2,249,999.
He was followed by Gary Lineker, Graham Norton and Jeremy Vine - in a list that revealed a gender pay gap and a lack ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-40654363 |
BBC pay: Chris Evans tops list of best-paid stars - BBC News | 2017-07-19 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The Radio 2 host earned more than £2.2m while Claudia Winkleman was the best-paid female presenter. | Entertainment & Arts | Evans and Winkleman are the BBC's highest paid male and female stars
Chris Evans has topped the list of the BBC's best-paid stars.
He made between £2.2m and £2.25m in 2016/2017, while Claudia Winkleman was the highest-paid female celebrity, earning between £450,000 and £500,000.
About two-thirds of stars earning mor... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-40653383 |
Prime Minister's Questions: Theresa May v Jeremy Corbyn - BBC News | 2017-07-19 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn clash over low pay in their final PMQs before the summer recess. | UK Politics | Bob Neill, the chair of the Justice Committee says it is right that the minister is frank about the problems facing prisons.
He asks if the government will take forward the prison reform agenda which does not rely on legislation, and if he will commit to providing data to the House and the committee on implementing th... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-politics-40653503 |
South Yorkshire Police helicopter sex film trial begins - BBC News | 2017-07-19 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Two police officers and two pilots deny filming people either naked or having sex in a garden. | Sheffield & South Yorkshire | A police helicopter was used to film two people "brazenly" having sex in their garden, a court heard.
The trial of two South Yorkshire Police officers and two pilots has begun at Sheffield Crown Court.
Matthew Lucas, 42, Lee Walls, 47, Matthew Loosemore, 45, and Malcolm Reeves, 64, all deny misconduct in a public off... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-40645716 |
Canada's Governor General blames 'slippy' carpet for royal protocol breach - BBC News | 2017-07-19 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The 91-year-old monarch's representative in Canada touches her elbow to help her down stairs. | US & Canada | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Canada's Governor General lightly touched the Queen on the elbow as she descended a flight of steps
Canada's Governor General David Johnston says a "slippy" carpet is to blame for an apparent breach of royal etiquette with t... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-40651179 |
Madonna blocks sale of intimate items at auction - BBC News | 2017-07-19 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A US judge halts an auction of the superstar's items, including a break-up letter from rapper Tupac. | US & Canada | Madonna confirmed two years ago that she had had a relationship with Tupac (R)
A US judge has halted an auction of personal items of Madonna, after she said her privacy was violated.
New York Justice Gerald Lebovits set a full hearing for 6 September, banning auction house Gotta Have Rock and Roll from holding a sale... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-40656485 |
BBC pay: Male stars earn more than female talent - BBC News | 2017-07-19 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Of the BBC stars earning more than £150,000 last year, 62 were male and 34 were female. | Entertainment & Arts | Claudia Winkleman and Alex Jones are the BBC's highest paid female stars
The BBC has revealed two-thirds of its stars earning more than £150,000 are male, with Chris Evans the top-paid on between £2.2m and £2.25m.
Claudia Winkleman was the highest-paid female celebrity, earning between £450,000 and £500,000 last year... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-40661179 |
William and Kate visit Berlin's Holocaust memorial - BBC News | 2017-07-19 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge also met the German chancellor on their first day in Berlin. | UK | The royal couple also met Holocaust survivors in Poland
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have visited Berlin's Holocaust memorial to pay tribute to the millions of Jewish people who died.
Prince William and Catherine saw the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe, which represents a graveyard.
One survivor told th... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-40658177 |
Births to foreign-born mothers hit 28% in England and Wales - BBC News | 2017-07-19 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | This figure has been on the rise since 1990 in England and Wales, official data shows. | Health | The average age women become mothers is just over 30 in England and Wales
The number of foreign-born mothers having babies in England and Wales in 2016 reached 28% - the highest level on record, official statistics show.
This figure has increased every year since 1990.
Data from the Office for National Statistics al... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-40655563 |
North Sea cod can be eaten with 'clear conscience' - BBC News | 2017-07-19 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The fish has been under threat for more than 10 years but stocks are recovering, a fisheries body says. | Scotland | The Marine Stewardship Council said North Sea cod stocks have recovered enough to be considered sustainable
North Sea cod is now sustainable and can be eaten with a "clear conscience", a fisheries body has said.
The fish has been considered under threat for more than a decade after stocks fell to 36,000 tonnes in 200... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-40642230 |
PMQs: Theresa May praises public wage cap 'sacrifice' - BBC News | 2017-07-19 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The PM clashes with Jeremy Corbyn over wage restraint in the final PMQs before summer recess. | UK Politics | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Jeremy Corbyn: "Wages are falling, the economy is slowing"
Theresa May has said she recognises the "sacrifice" made by public sector workers as Jeremy Corbyn urged her to lift the 1% cap on their wages.
In the last PMQs bef... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-40653456 |
Cornwall floods: Clear-up follows flood 'devastation' - BBC News | 2017-07-19 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | About 50 properties were damaged and several people had to be rescued in the Cornish village. | Cornwall | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.
Heavy rain which sent a 4ft torrent of water through a Cornish village has left a "devastating" scene, a fire chief said.
About 50 properties were damaged and several people had to be rescued in Coverack, on the Lizard Peni... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-40652594 |
Why did (almost) everyone call the election wrong (again)? - BBC News | 2017-07-19 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Newsnight's editor assesses why so many people underestimated Labour's vote at the general election. | UK Politics | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Why do pollsters - and the media - keep getting elections so wrong? Ian Katz reports
Few species can match the brutality of a teenage child appraising its parent.
I was reminded of this the morning after last month's electi... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-40633025 |
State pension age rise brought forward - BBC News | 2017-07-19 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The UK state pension age will now be increased from 67 to 68 by 2039, the government says. | Business | Six million men and women will have to wait a year longer than they expected to get their state pension, the government has announced.
The rise in the pension age to 68 will now be phased in between 2037 and 2039, rather than from 2044 as was originally proposed.
Those affected are currently between the ages of 39 an... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-40658774 |
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