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Disgraced surgeon Ian Paterson struck off by tribunal - BBC News | 2017-07-25 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Ian Paterson performed unnecessary surgery and asked to be struck off without the need for a hearing. | Birmingham & Black Country | Ian Paterson was jailed for 15 years in May
Disgraced breast surgeon Ian Paterson who carried out unnecessary cancer operations has been struck off.
Paterson, 59, was sentenced in May to 15 years in jail for 17 counts of wounding with intent and three counts of unlawful wounding.
Nottingham Crown Court heard he exag... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-40721094 |
The communist soldier using charity sites to fund his war - BBC News | 2017-07-25 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Several Americans and Brits are using charity donation websites to finance their war efforts in eastern Ukraine. | BBC Trending | Charity donation websites, often used to support victims of violence, are being employed by a number of Westerners to finance their personal war efforts.
Fighting continues in eastern Ukraine, as pro-Russian separatists battle Ukrainian government forces. More than 10,000 people have died since the conflict erupted in... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-trending-40647061 |
Tourists warned over exchange rate costs - BBC News | 2017-07-25 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Holidaymakers face unnecessary charges when they use their credit and debit cards overseas. | Business | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Why you should make credit card payments in the local currency when abroad
British holidaymakers are paying hundreds of millions of pounds in unnecessary charges when they use their credit and debit cards overseas.
Shops, r... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-40702496 |
How formula milk shaped the modern workplace - BBC News | 2017-07-25 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Since the first commercial substitute for breast milk was launched in 1865, formula has shaped the workforce. | Business | It sounded like cannon fire - pirates, probably. The British East India Company's ship Benares was docked at Makassar, on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi. Its commander gave the order to set sail and hunt them down.
Three days later, the crew still hadn't found any pirates. What they had actually heard was the erupt... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-40281403 |
Marvyn Iheanacho jailed for killing boy over lost trainer - BBC News | 2017-07-25 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Jurors heard Marvyn Iheanacho battered his partner's five-year-old son with "brute force". | London | Alex Malcolm's mother described him as "a beautiful little angel"
A man who battered his girlfriend's five-year-old son to death in a London park for losing a trainer has been jailed for life.
Witnesses heard a "child's fearful voice saying 'sorry'", loud banging and a man screaming about the loss of a shoe, Woolwich... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-40716286 |
Microsoft Paint avoids brush with death - BBC News | 2017-07-25 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The graphics program will remain available on the app store, Microsoft says. | Technology | The new Doctor Who was re-created in Microsoft Paint by user @foxymulderx
Microsoft has confirmed that it will continue to offer its graphics program Paint.
In a recent update, it had listed Paint as a feature that would be either removed or no longer developed.
Paint, renowned for its simplicity, has been part of t... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-40714395 |
Charlie Gard parents end legal fight for 'beautiful' baby - BBC News | 2017-07-25 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Letting "gorgeous" Charlie go is "the hardest thing we'll ever have to do", his parents say. | London | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Chris Gard: "We are so sorry we could not save you"
The parents of terminally ill baby Charlie Gard have ended their legal challenge to take him to the US for experimental treatment.
A lawyer representing Chris Gard and Con... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-40708343 |
Brexit: UK 'overwhelmingly reliant' on abattoir vets from EU - BBC News | 2017-07-25 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The UK is "reliant" on EU nationals to enforce welfare and hygiene standards in abattoirs, peers say. | UK Politics | Up to 75% of abattoir workers are estimated to be migrants, many from the EU
The UK is "overwhelmingly reliant" on EU workers to enforce animal welfare and food hygiene standards in abattoirs, a group of peers has warned.
The Lords EU Environment Committee said it was concerned 90% of slaughterhouse vets were EU nati... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-40703369 |
The city that makes the most expensive boats in the world - BBC News | 2017-07-25 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | How Italian seaside city Viareggio became a hub for the superyacht manufacturing industry. | Business | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. When it comes to superyachts, the bigger the better
Wandering along the beach in Italy's Viareggio you could be forgiven for thinking it's simply a holiday resort.
Yet the umbrella-lined, sandy beaches dotted with tourists ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-40681345 |
Germany's big businesses' Brexit worries - BBC News | 2017-07-25 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | How are Germany's economic giants viewing the UK's negotiations to leave the EU? | Europe | It must be serious. They've deployed the Royals.
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have been on tour in Germany with a very specific purpose: to reassure the country that Brexit doesn't mean the break-up of a beautiful relationship.
Prince William, after speaking a few words in German, told guests at a British embass... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-40683091 |
Ulster's Jackson and Olding face rape prosecution - BBC News | 2017-07-25 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Both Paddy Jackson and Stuart Olding deny all allegations against them. | Northern Ireland | Both fly-half Paddy Jackson and centre Stuart Olding deny the allegations
Two Ulster rugby stars are among four men to be prosecuted for offences relating to allegations of rape, the BBC understands.
Paddy Jackson and Stuart Olding were arrested in June 2016 with two other men, and questioned about allegations of a s... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-40719803 |
Newspaper headlines: 'Sleep tight our little warrior' - BBC News | 2017-07-25 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Terminally ill baby Charlie Gard dominates the front pages, as his parents end their legal battle to take him to the US for further treatment. | The Papers | For many papers, the main story is the tragic decision of the parents of Charlie Gard to end his life support.
"Sleep tight our beautiful little boy," says the Daily Mail.
For the i newspaper, it is: "Goodbye, our little warrior."
"We're so sorry we couldn't save you," is the headline in the Sun.
"Time's run out fo... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-the-papers-40712543 |
Will Syria's war criminals be let off the hook? - BBC News | 2017-07-25 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Why the collection of evidence about the conflict may not result in prosecutions. | Middle East | For six years, the United Nations Commission of Inquiry on Syria has been painstakingly gathering information about possible war crimes and crimes against humanity committed during the conflict.
The investigators have produced 13 reports, the evidence in each is harrowing. Villages destroyed, crops burnt, wells poison... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-40685359 |
Celine Dookhran killing: Tributes paid to 'beautiful girl' - BBC News | 2017-07-25 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Celine Dookhran, of Indian Muslim heritage, was allegedly killed over a relationship with an Arab Muslim. | London | A post-mortem examination revealed the cause of Celine Dookhran's death was a neck wound
Tributes have been paid to a 20-year-old woman who was allegedly kidnapped and raped before being killed.
Celine Dookhran's body was found at an address in Coombe Lane West, in Kingston Upon Thames, on Wednesday.
Prosecutors all... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-40716957 |
Switzerland chainsaw attack: Suspect arrested in Thalwil - BBC News | 2017-07-25 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Police arrest a man suspected of a chainsaw rampage that left five injured, after a two-day manhunt. | Europe | A new image of suspect Franz Wrousis was issued by police on Tuesday
A man who sparked one of the biggest manhunts in Swiss history after allegedly attacking people with a chainsaw has been arrested, police say.
Franz Wrousis, 50, was arrested in Thalwil, a town about 60km (37 miles) from Schaffhausen, the border tow... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-40723179 |
Electric Mini to be built in Oxford - BBC News | 2017-07-25 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A fully electric version of the Mini is to be built at the Cowley plant in Oxford, BMW says. | Business | The electric vehicle will be based on the 3-door hatchback model
A fully electric version of the Mini will be built at the Cowley plant in Oxford, BMW has said.
The carmaker said the model would go into production in 2019, with Oxford the main "production location" for the Mini three-door model.
However, the electri... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-40718892 |
Trump: UK-US trade deal could be 'big and exciting' - BBC News | 2017-07-25 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The US President also takes a swipe at the EU's "very protectionist" stance towards his country. | UK Politics | Donald Trump has said he is working on a "major trade deal" with the UK.
The US President tweeted that a bilateral trade agreement with the UK after it leaves the EU in 2019 could be "very big and exciting" for jobs.
Mr Trump, who backed Brexit, also took a swipe at the EU accusing it of a "very protectionist" stance... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-40716317 |
Sea level fears as Greenland darkens - BBC News | 2017-07-25 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Scientists worry that the melting of the Greenland ice sheet could accelerate and raise sea levels more than expected. | Science & Environment | The Greenland ice sheet covers an area about seven times the size of the UK
Scientists are "very worried" that the melting of the Greenland ice sheet could accelerate and raise sea levels more than expected.
They say warmer conditions are encouraging algae to grow and darken the surface.
Dark ice absorbs more solar ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-40686984 |
Richard Dawkins' Berkeley event cancelled for 'Islamophobia' - BBC News | 2017-07-25 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A California radio station accuses the celebrated biologist of "abusive speech against Islam". | US & Canada | Dawkins has previously written: "Islam is the greatest force for evil in the world today"
Evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins has denied Islamophobia after a US radio station cancelled his forthcoming speech.
The best-selling author had been due to address an event hosted by KPFA Radio in Berkeley, California, in ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-40710165 |
US considering arms to Ukraine, says envoy Volker - BBC News | 2017-07-25 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Washington is reviewing whether to arm those fighting Russian-backed rebels, says a new envoy. | US & Canada | Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko (second right) meets servicemen during a visit to Donetsk region in June
The new US special representative for Ukraine says Washington is actively reviewing whether to send weapons to help those fighting against Russian-backed rebels.
Kurt Volker told the BBC that arming Ukrainian... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-40712385 |
New diesel and petrol vehicles to be banned from 2040 in UK - BBC News | 2017-07-25 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Ministers have also unveiled a £255m fund to help councils introduce steps to deal with pollution | UK | New diesel and petrol cars and vans will be banned in the UK from 2040 in a bid to tackle air pollution, the government has announced.
Ministers have also unveiled a £255m fund to help councils tackle emissions, including the potential for charging zones for the dirtiest vehicles.
But the £3bn clean air strategy does... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-40723581 |
Inside a US/UK trade deal - BBC News | 2017-07-25 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | How would the UK benefit from a trade deal with the US and is it likely to happen? | Business | The US has some big healthcare businesses which would be keen to establish a stronger presence in the UK
Relations with the United States were always going to be a high priority for British trade policy post-Brexit.
So no surprise that Liam Fox has gone to Washington to discuss prospects.
The International Trade Sec... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-40718737 |
Charlie Gard: 'Last precious moments' for parents with their son - BBC News | 2017-07-25 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Chris Gard and Connie Yates are distraught after ending their legal battle to treat their baby in the US. | London | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Chris Gard: "We are so sorry we could not save you"
Charlie Gard's parents are spending their "last precious moments" with their terminally ill son after ending their legal fight to take him to the US for treatment.
Chris G... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-40712913 |
Skull found during missing Corrie Mckeague search 'was not his' - BBC News | 2017-07-25 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A skull found while police searched a landfill site was a woman's from before 1945, police say. | Suffolk | Corrie Mckeague was last seen in Bury St Edmunds on 24 September
A skull found amid the large-scale search for Corrie Mckeague was not that of the missing airman, police said.
It was found at a landfill site in Landbeach, Cambridgeshire at a time when police were trawling another landfill at nearby Milton for the mis... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-suffolk-40706307 |
Devon drugs death girl 'paid ultimate price' - BBC News | 2017-07-25 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The family of 15-year-old Leah Kerry say she knew the dangers but "thought she was invincible". | Devon | Leah Kerry died in Torbay Hospital after apparently suffering from an adverse reaction to a psychoactive substance she had taken
A girl who is thought to have died because of an adverse reaction to what used be called a legal high "paid the ultimate price", her family has said.
Leah Kerry, 15, who attended school in ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-40706683 |
Essex nursery 'closes because of universal free hours scheme' - BBC News | 2017-07-25 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Fidgety Fingers is one of many nurseries which say they cannot make government funding rates stretch. | Education & Family | When ministers pledged to double the amount of free childcare for working parents, they never dreamed it could lead to some top nurseries closing.
But just over two years on, that is exactly what is about to happen.
Fidgety Fingers in Essex, one of many nurseries which says it cannot make government funding rates str... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-40660648 |
London acid attack suspected as men targeted in Bethnal Green - BBC News | 2017-07-25 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The two teenagers flagged down police in east London after an unknown liquid was thrown at them. | London | Two men have been targeted in a suspected acid attack in east London
The Met Police said the men, thought to be in their late teens, flagged down officers in Bethnal Green at 19:00 BST on Tuesday.
Both men were taken to hospital. Police said it was still not known what liquid was thrown at them in Roman Road.
No arr... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-40720437 |
Adobe to kill off Flash plug-in by 2020 - BBC News | 2017-07-25 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Once the go-to plug-in for video, the technology has been usurped by more reliable and secure apps. | Technology | Adobe's Flash software is regularly updated to remove flaws that cyber-thieves exploit
Adobe Systems has said that it plans to phase out its Flash Player plug-in by the end of 2020.
The technology was once one of the most widely used ways for people to watch video clips and play games online.
But it also attracted m... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-40716304 |
Reality Check: Has personal debt been growing? - BBC News | 2017-07-25 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The Bank of England's stability chief warns of the dangers of rising personal loans. | Business | The Bank of England's financial stability director, Alex Brazier, has been warning about the dangers of rising personal loans.
He said that High Street banks were at risk of entering "a spiral of complacency" about mounting consumer debt levels.
"Household debt - like most things that are good in moderation - can be ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-40716366 |
Old £1 coin spending deadline looms - BBC News | 2017-07-26 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The new 12-sided £1 coin now outnumbers the old version, which is soon to be withdrawn. | Business | Consumers have less than three months to spend, bank or donate round £1 coins as the new 12-sided version outnumbers the old for the first time.
The Treasury says there are now more of the new £1 coins, which first entered circulation in March, than the old round pound.
From 15 October, shops can refuse the old versi... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-40717386 |
'Beach ball-sized' hedgehog rescued by Scottish SPCA - BBC News | 2017-07-26 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The animal had swollen to about four times its normal size after air became trapped under its skin. | Glasgow & West Scotland | Zeppelin was spotted in Shotts, North Lanarkshire, on Sunday
A hedgehog that had swollen to the size of a beach ball is being cared for by the Scottish SPCA.
The animal was spotted by a member of the public on Sunday in Shotts, North Lanarkshire.
Vets believe the hedgehog was clipped by a car, puncturing a lung and ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-40728390 |
Oxford City Council threatens homeless with £2.5k fine over bags - BBC News | 2017-07-26 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Oxford City Council is threatening to fine or prosecute rough sleepers who leave bags in doorways. | Oxford | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Homeless people who keep possessions in doorways in Oxford can face fines of up to £2,500.
Homeless people who keep possessions in doorways in Oxford have been warned they face fines of up to £2,500.
Notices have been attac... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-40713992 |
Charlie Gard: Court hears hospice best option for baby - BBC News | 2017-07-26 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The judge will rule by 14:00 BST on Wednesday whether his parents can take Charlie home to die. | London | Connie Yates and Chris Gard's lawyer said Great Ormond Street Hospital was obstructing attempts to take Charlie home
Moving Charlie Gard to a hospice to die would be the best option for the terminally-ill baby, a court has heard.
The 11-month-old's parents had returned to the High Court to seek permission to take him... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-40716292 |
Justine Damond death: Woman 'slapped police car' - BBC News | 2017-07-26 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Australian Justine Damond called 911 and was shot and killed by police less than an hour later. | US & Canada | Investigators say that before Justine Damond was shot to death by a Minneapolis police officer, a woman "slapped" the back of his patrol car.
The search warrant issued by the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) does not say if that woman was the Australian yoga teacher.
The document may shed light on the ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-40718997 |
Sperm count drop 'could make humans extinct' - BBC News | 2017-07-26 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Sperm counts in men from North America, Europe and Australia halve in less than 40 years, research warns. | Health | Humans could become extinct if sperm counts in men continue to fall at current rates, a doctor has warned.
Researchers assessing the results of nearly 200 studies say sperm counts among men from North America, Europe, Australia, and New Zealand, seem to have halved in less than 40 years.
Some experts are sceptical of... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-40719743 |
Sex on plane Bristol teacher struck off from profession - BBC News | 2017-07-26 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Eleanor Wilson, 28, had sex with a male pupil in an aeroplane toilet while on a school trip. | Bristol | A teacher who had sex with a student in a plane toilet on a school trip has been banned from the profession.
Eleanor Wilson, 28, who worked in Bristol, kissed the pupil and drank alcohol with him while on the flight.
A National College for Teaching & Leadership (NCTL) panel found she engaged in sexual activity with a... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-40733014 |
Detroit recalls five days of violent unrest a half century later - BBC News | 2017-07-26 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Fifty years after state and federal troops descended on Detroit to quell the unrest, locals recall the deep scars left behind. | US & Canada | The civil unrest left 43 people dead and more than 1,000 injured
Darryle Buchanan was approaching his 12th birthday when he awoke on the morning of 23 July 1967 to the sounds of what appeared to be a raucous party outside.
As the young altar boy rose from his bed and ironed his cassocks that Sunday morning, preparing... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-40711211 |
Pakistan village council orders 'revenge rape' of girl - BBC News | 2017-07-26 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A teenager in Multan is raped by order of a village council after her brother was accused of rape. | Asia | A villager points to the house where a teenage girl was raped in Muzaffarabad, Multan
Some 20 people from Multan, Pakistan, have been arrested for ordering the rape of a teenage girl, in revenge for a rape her brother allegedly committed.
Police said the families of the two girls are related.
Members of both had joi... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-40731035 |
Switzerland's Lavertezzo overrun with tourists after video goes viral - BBC News | 2017-07-26 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Village dubbed the "Maldives of Milan" is being turned into an "open air toilet", residents say. | Europe | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The video (in Italian) showing the river next to Lavertezzo, in Switzerland, has gone viral
Most people would be delighted if their home town was compared to the Maldives, one of the world's top beauty spots.
But not, it se... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-40730546 |
Brexit: Johnson, Davis and Fox push agenda on three continents - BBC News | 2017-07-26 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Boris Johnson, Liam Fox and David Davis will set out the UK's agenda in Australia, Mexico and Germany. | UK Politics | David Davis, Boris Johnson and Liam Fox, pictured at the Tory Party conference, were dubbed the "three Brexiteers"
Senior cabinet ministers will push the UK's Brexit agenda on three different continents later.
International Trade Secretary Liam Fox will travel from the US to meet Mexican counterparts to discuss tradi... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-40716323 |
Letter from Africa: Freed Boko Haram 'wives' return to captors - BBC News | 2017-07-26 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | In our series of letters from African journalists, Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani considers why women abducted by Boko Haram and then released would choose to return to their captors. | Africa | Aisha was showered with expensive gifts by the militant who took her as his wife
In our series of letters from African journalists, Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani looks at why some Nigerian women have gone back to the militant Islamists who abducted them.
When news emerged that some of the Chibok schoolgirls, abducted by Bok... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-40704569 |
Divorcee destroys ex's $1m violin collection in Japan - BBC News | 2017-07-26 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Divorces often break a heart or two - but in this case, an extra 54 violins were left in tatters. | Asia | Divorces are known to break a heart or two but in one case in Japan, an extra 54 violins were left in tatters.
A woman has been arrested for destroying her former partner's violin collection and 70 bows, together worth 105.9m yen ($950,700, £770,000).
The 34-year-old suspect broke into his apartment in Nagoya and wre... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-40724397 |
Thieves target West Bromwich DIY SOS volunteers - BBC News | 2017-07-26 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Vans used by builders helping transform the home of a family affected by cancer are targeted by thieves. | Birmingham & Black Country | Volunteers helping Nick Knowles on the DIY SOS show had their vans broken into
Thieves broke into vans and stole tools being used by a team working on a life-changing project for TV show DIY SOS.
Builders working on the BBC programme were targeted while helping with the project in West Bromwich. Show bosses said thre... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-40729647 |
The ex-Jehovah's Witnesses shunned by their families - BBC News | 2017-07-26 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | For many ex-believers, leaving the religion means they can no longer speak to their children or parents. | UK | For some former Jehovah's Witnesses, leaving the faith is not just the mark of losing your religion - it can also mean losing your loved ones. In many cases, friends and family are told to cut all ties with ex-believers, leaving them isolated and sometimes suicidal.
"I don't speak to any of my family," Sarah - not her... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-40704990 |
The extraordinary life of a 91-year-old beauty queen - BBC News | 2017-07-26 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Krystyna Farley is a pageant star in the US state of Connecticut, but her life was not always this glamorous. | Magazine | Krystyna Farley is a 91-year-old beauty pageant queen in the US state of Connecticut, but her life was not always this glamorous. Although she grew up in a loving home in rural Poland, her childhood was cut short by the outbreak of war. This is her story.
"My skin is beautiful," Krystyna Farley says. "So I don't wear ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-40709840 |
Premier League wins anti-piracy court order - BBC News | 2017-07-26 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Ruling will allow the league to combat the illicit use of devices such as pre-loaded IPTV and Kodi boxes. | Business | The Premier League has been awarded a High Court order for the forthcoming 2017-18 season, which will help it combat the illegal streaming of games.
The blocking order will require UK Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to prevent people from illegally accessing streams of its matches.
It will allow the league to comba... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-40727972 |
UK economic growth rate edges slightly higher - BBC News | 2017-07-26 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Stronger service sector offsets weaker manufacturing and construction growth in three months to June. | Business | A stronger UK film industry helped the service sector to expand, the ONS said.
UK economic growth edged slightly higher in the three months to June, as a stronger service sector offset weaker manufacturing and construction.
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said the economy expanded by 0.3% in the quarter, up ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-40726833 |
France wildfires force mass evacuation - BBC News | 2017-07-26 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Wildfires in south-eastern France force the evacuation of 10,000 people during the night, officials say. | Europe | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. "We're still not out of the woods yet" - tourist who witnessed the wildfires
Wildfires in south-eastern France have forced the evacuation of 10,000 people overnight, officials say.
Hundreds of firefighters have been deploye... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-40725294 |
Armed boy tipped over car with fork-lift truck - BBC News | 2017-07-26 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The 15-year-old admitted possessing a firearm, aggravated vehicle taking and careless driving. | Oxford | A 15-year-old boy has admitted tipping over a car with a fork-lift truck while armed with an air rifle.
A police helicopter was scrambled when reports emerged of a truck "driving erratically" around Hazel Gardens in Sonning Common in September last year.
The boy told Oxford Magistrates' Court court: "It probably wasn... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-40728251 |
Sports Direct boss Mike Ashley wins £15m court case - BBC News | 2017-07-26 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The offer made during a "drink-fuelled" meeting was "wishful thinking" by Jeffrey Blue, judge says. | England | Mike Ashley was described in court as a "power drinker"
Sports Direct boss Mike Ashley has won a High Court battle with an investment banker over a £15m deal allegedly made in a pub.
Jeffrey Blue told the court Newcastle United's owner reneged on a promise to pay him a multimillion-pound sum if he increased the firm'... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-40727521 |
Newspaper headlines: Riviera inferno and 'new antibiotics rule' - BBC News | 2017-07-26 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Photos of the wildfires in France feature widely, alongside reports doctors are being urged to change their advice on antibiotics. | The Papers | There are dramatic images on several front pages of people fleeing the wildfires in south-eastern France by grabbing a few belongings and making for the beach at Bormes-Les-Mimosas.
One woman tells the Daily Telegraph "all we had time to bring was our passports". The paper says dozens of British holidaymakers were pre... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-the-papers-40735826 |
Should you finish a course of antibiotics? - BBC News | 2017-07-26 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Experts are divided over whether people should always finish a course of antibiotics. | Health | It is time to reconsider the widespread advice that people should always complete an entire course of antibiotics, experts in the BMJ say.
They argue there is not enough evidence to back the idea that stopping pills early encourages antibiotic resistance.
Instead, they suggest, more studies need to be done to see if ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-40731465 |
Back from the Front: Tracking down WW1 grave markers - BBC News | 2017-07-26 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The battlefields of WW1 were once marked by thousands of wooden crosses - but what happened to them? | Norfolk | Volunteers have located and photographed hundreds of WW1 grave markers brought back from the front, like this one at Garboldisham, Norfolk
Manicured lawns and gleaming white headstones now welcome visitors to the World War One cemeteries of France and Belgium. But a century ago, these soldiers' graves were marked with... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-40446229 |
Diesel and petrol car ban: Clean air strategy 'not enough' - BBC News | 2017-07-26 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The clean air strategy should include a scrappage scheme and clean air zones, campaigners say. | UK | The government's £3bn clean air strategy does not go "far enough or fast enough", campaigners have said.
Moves including banning the sale of new diesel and petrol cars from 2040 and £255m for councils to tackle air pollution locally have been welcomed.
Transport Secretary Chris Grayling said the government was determ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-40731164 |
Lana Del Rey: 'I got jolted into the real world' - BBC News | 2017-07-26 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The star explains how 'being bombarded by news' made her latest album more political. | Entertainment & Arts | She's just been in the studio with Radio 1's Nick Grimshaw, trying to make him giggle while he goes about some serious radio presenting business; and she's daydreaming about her favourite UK delicacy - a sandwich from Pret.
When she discovers she's in the same building as the BBC newsroom, the star politely asks for a... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-40714557 |
Manchester terror attack: Saffie Roussos funeral held - BBC News | 2017-07-26 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Some of the hundreds of mourners at Manchester Cathedral wore pink, Saffie Roussos's favourite colour. | Manchester | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. A montage of photos, set to Ariana Grande's One Last Time, was played in the service
The youngest Manchester bombing victim was a "superstar in the making", her father has said at her funeral.
Wiping away tears, Andrew Rous... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-40715766 |
Newspaper headlines: 'End of the diesel and petrol car' - BBC News | 2017-07-26 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | News that sales of new diesel and petrol cars and vans will be banned from 2040 dominates the front pages. | The Papers | The Sun calls the planned ban on the sale of petrol and diesel cars from 2040 a "bombshell for motoring".
The "war on diesels", declares the Daily Mail, is "getting dirty".
The Daily Telegraph suggests that any scrappage scheme is likely to be "very, very targeted".
The Times warns that measures such as removing roa... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-the-papers-40723565 |
Employment tribunal fees unlawful, Supreme Court rules - BBC News | 2017-07-26 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Trade union Unison argued fees of up to £1,200 a case prevented workers getting access to justice. | UK | Fees for those bringing employment tribunal claims have been ruled unlawful, and the government will now have to repay up to £32m to claimants.
The government introduced fees of up to £1,200 in 2013, which it said would cut the number of malicious and weak cases.
Government statistics showed 79% fewer cases were brou... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-40727400 |
Michael Gove: UK won't accept US chlorinated chickens - BBC News | 2017-07-26 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The UK would not agree a US trade deal which included chlorine-washed chicken, Michael Gove says. | UK Politics | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Environment Secretary Michael Gove tells Today a US trade deal will not allow chlorinated chicken
The UK should not accept imports of chlorinated chickens as part of any future trade deal with the US, Michael Gove has said.
... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-40726208 |
Facebook flush with advertising money - BBC News | 2017-07-26 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The social media company's profits jumped 71%, amid strong advertising spending and user growth. | Business | Facebook revenues and profits soared in the most recent quarter, as advertising dollars poured into the social media company and users continued to flock to the site.
More than two billion people - more than a quarter of the world's population - log into the site every month, a powerful draw for advertisers.
The firm... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-40732036 |
Charlie Gard: Judge to decide where baby's life will end - BBC News | 2017-07-26 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Baby's parents want him allowed home, but hospital bosses say a hospice would be a better place. | London | Connie Yates and Chris Gard accept Charlie should be moved to palliative care
A High Court judge is set to decide later where Charlie Gard's life will end after another dispute between his parents and hospital bosses.
Chris Gard and Connie Yates want permission to take the 11-month-old home for his final days.
But G... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-40724241 |
Win Our Wedding competition leaves brides in lurch - BBC News | 2017-07-26 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Five Irish couples who 'won dream weddings' are distraught as the 20,000-euro prize money is withdrawn. | Europe | Laura Hussey and her fiancé, Gary Smyth, were due to get married in March after winning a 20,000 euro (£18,000) package
Five Irish couples who won what they thought were dream weddings have been left heartbroken after the 20,000 euro (£18,000) prize money was withdrawn.
Each couple topped a poll after their friends a... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-40706043 |
Ulster's Jackson and Olding face rape prosecution - BBC News | 2017-07-26 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Both Paddy Jackson and Stuart Olding deny all allegations against them. | Northern Ireland | Both fly-half Paddy Jackson and centre Stuart Olding deny the allegations
Two Ulster rugby stars are among four men to be prosecuted for offences relating to allegations of rape, the BBC understands.
Paddy Jackson and Stuart Olding were arrested in June 2016 with two other men, and questioned about allegations of a s... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-40719803 |
Will Syria's war criminals be let off the hook? - BBC News | 2017-07-26 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Why the collection of evidence about the conflict may not result in prosecutions. | Middle East | For six years, the United Nations Commission of Inquiry on Syria has been painstakingly gathering information about possible war crimes and crimes against humanity committed during the conflict.
The investigators have produced 13 reports, the evidence in each is harrowing. Villages destroyed, crops burnt, wells poison... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-40685359 |
Celine Dookhran killing: Tributes paid to 'beautiful girl' - BBC News | 2017-07-26 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Celine Dookhran, of Indian Muslim heritage, was allegedly killed over a relationship with an Arab Muslim. | London | A post-mortem examination revealed the cause of Celine Dookhran's death was a neck wound
Tributes have been paid to a 20-year-old woman who was allegedly kidnapped and raped before being killed.
Celine Dookhran's body was found at an address in Coombe Lane West, in Kingston Upon Thames, on Wednesday.
Prosecutors all... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-40716957 |
Switzerland chainsaw attack: Suspect arrested in Thalwil - BBC News | 2017-07-26 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Police arrest a man suspected of a chainsaw rampage that left five injured, after a two-day manhunt. | Europe | A new image of suspect Franz Wrousis was issued by police on Tuesday
A man who sparked one of the biggest manhunts in Swiss history after allegedly attacking people with a chainsaw has been arrested, police say.
Franz Wrousis, 50, was arrested in Thalwil, a town about 60km (37 miles) from Schaffhausen, the border tow... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-40723179 |
Earl Spencer 'lied to' over princes following Diana's coffin - BBC News | 2017-07-26 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Young princes should not have had to walk behind their mother's coffin, princess's brother says. | UK | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Earl Spencer tells Today he was "lied to" over princes' wish to follow Diana's coffin
Princess Diana's brother Earl Spencer says he was lied to about Prince William and Prince Harry wanting to walk behind their mother's coff... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-40717424 |
Charlie Gard parents hold private talks about his end of life care - BBC News | 2017-07-26 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Both sides are discussing arrangements for terminally-ill baby Charlie Gard's end of life care. | London | A specialist doctor has volunteered to give Charlie end of life care in a hospice
The parents of terminally-ill Charlie Gard have agreed he should spend his final days in a hospice.
Connie Yates and Chris Gard originally asked to be allowed to take their son home to die, after ending their legal case on Monday to see... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-40733491 |
Vegan advert claiming 'Humane milk is a myth' cleared by ASA - BBC News | 2017-07-26 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Complaints from the dairy industry are dismissed as vegan group's advert is given the green light. | UK | An advert by a vegan campaign group claiming "Humane milk is a myth" has been cleared by regulators, despite complaints from the dairy industry.
Milk producers said it described the separation of mothers from their calves in an inaccurate and misleading way.
The ad featured a photo of a cow behind a piece of barbed w... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-40729522 |
EU migrant crisis: Austria can deport asylum seekers, court says - BBC News | 2017-07-26 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The ruling could affect several hundred people who entered Europe during the migrant crisis. | Europe | In 2015, hundreds of thousands of migrants and refugees crossed from Hungary into Austria
The EU's top court has ruled that a law requiring refugees to seek asylum in the first country they reach applies even in exceptional circumstances.
The case, brought by Austria and Slovenia, could affect the future of several h... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-40714946 |
New diesel and petrol vehicles to be banned from 2040 in UK - BBC News | 2017-07-26 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Ministers have also unveiled a £255m fund to help councils introduce steps to deal with pollution | UK | New diesel and petrol cars and vans will be banned in the UK from 2040 in a bid to tackle air pollution, the government has announced.
Ministers have also unveiled a £255m fund to help councils tackle emissions, including the potential for charging zones for the dirtiest vehicles.
But the £3bn clean air strategy does... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-40723581 |
What makes this Kate Spade bag unusual? - BBC News | 2017-07-26 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Why a high-end fashion brand chose a land-locked country in Africa to make some of its handbags. | Business | The branding of the On Purpose products is "subtle but appropriate", says Mary Beech
It's easy to miss. The words "on purpose" are printed on a small label inside the tote bag alongside the name of the woman who made it.
It sits inconspicuously next to the other handbags on the shelves at high-end fashion brand Kate ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-40682888 |
UK military chiefs praise transgender troops - BBC News | 2017-07-26 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Comments come after Donald Trump says transgender personnel are to be banned from the US military. | UK | Commanders from British armed forces have opposed any ban on transgender people serving in the military.
It comes after Donald Trump said that transgender people would not be allowed in the US military due to "tremendous" medical costs and disruption.
But British officials have supported people serving in the Army, R... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-40733701 |
Inside a US/UK trade deal - BBC News | 2017-07-26 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | How would the UK benefit from a trade deal with the US and is it likely to happen? | Business | The US has some big healthcare businesses which would be keen to establish a stronger presence in the UK
Relations with the United States were always going to be a high priority for British trade policy post-Brexit.
So no surprise that Liam Fox has gone to Washington to discuss prospects.
The International Trade Sec... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-40718737 |
Brain disease affects 99% of NFL players in study - BBC News | 2017-07-26 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | All but one former National Football League player in the research were found to have brain disease. | US & Canada | The donated brains of college and high school players were also studied
A study of American football players' brains has found that 99% of professional NFL athletes tested had a disease associated with head injuries.
The report published on Tuesday in the Journal of the American Medical Association studied 202 deceas... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-40718990 |
Sally Anne Bowman killer Mark Dixie admits other attacks - BBC News | 2017-07-26 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Mark Dixie was jailed in 2008 for raping and murdering teenage model Sally Anne Bowman. | London | Eighteen-year-old Sally Anne Bowman was murdered in south London in 2005
A man serving a life sentence for raping and murdering teenage model Sally Anne Bowman has admitted attacks on two other women previously.
Mark Dixie, 46, was jailed in 2008 for repeatedly stabbing Miss Bowman then raping her as she lay dead or ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-40728210 |
London acid attack suspected as men targeted in Bethnal Green - BBC News | 2017-07-26 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The two teenagers flagged down police in east London after an unknown liquid was thrown at them. | London | Two men have been targeted in a suspected acid attack in east London
The Met Police said the men, thought to be in their late teens, flagged down officers in Bethnal Green at 19:00 BST on Tuesday.
Both men were taken to hospital. Police said it was still not known what liquid was thrown at them in Roman Road.
No arr... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-40720437 |
Adobe to kill off Flash plug-in by 2020 - BBC News | 2017-07-26 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Once the go-to plug-in for video, the technology has been usurped by more reliable and secure apps. | Technology | Adobe's Flash software is regularly updated to remove flaws that cyber-thieves exploit
Adobe Systems has said that it plans to phase out its Flash Player plug-in by the end of 2020.
The technology was once one of the most widely used ways for people to watch video clips and play games online.
But it also attracted m... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-40716304 |
Reality Check: Has personal debt been growing? - BBC News | 2017-07-26 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The Bank of England's stability chief warns of the dangers of rising personal loans. | Business | The Bank of England's financial stability director, Alex Brazier, has been warning about the dangers of rising personal loans.
He said that High Street banks were at risk of entering "a spiral of complacency" about mounting consumer debt levels.
"Household debt - like most things that are good in moderation - can be ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-40716366 |
Football in dark ages over homophobia - Gareth Thomas - BBC News | 2017-07-27 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Ex-Wales rugby star Gareth Thomas says homophobia in football needs to be treated as seriously as racism. | Wales | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Gareth Thomas tackled homophobia in football in a 2017 investigation for the BBC
Football risks "being left in the dark ages" unless more is done to tackle homophobia in the game, ex-Wales rugby star Gareth Thomas has said.
... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-40703037 |
Old £1 coin spending deadline looms - BBC News | 2017-07-27 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The new 12-sided £1 coin now outnumbers the old version, which is soon to be withdrawn. | Business | Consumers have less than three months to spend, bank or donate round £1 coins as the new 12-sided version outnumbers the old for the first time.
The Treasury says there are now more of the new £1 coins, which first entered circulation in March, than the old round pound.
From 15 October, shops can refuse the old versi... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-40717386 |
Bottle man lands 50 potential dates - BBC News | 2017-07-27 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Lonely widower inundated with offers of companionship despite a backlash over his bottle messages. | South Scotland | Craig Sullivan cast about 2,000 bottles into the sea and rivers across the UK
A man who sparked outrage for his efforts to find love by releasing thousands of messages in bottles at beauty spots across the UK has said he now has dozens of potential dates.
Widower Craig Sullivan, who is 49 and originally from North La... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-40738484 |
Residents angry over 'crazy' London driveway fines - BBC News | 2017-07-27 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Tickets have been placed on cars in a Gants Hill street for obstructing the road's pavement. | London | Cars are receiving fines for parking more than 50cm from the edge of their drives
Residents in a London street have criticised the council for issuing their cars with "crazy fines" when they are parked on private drives.
Vehicles parked on drives in Roll Gardens, Gants Hill, have been ticketed as they "slightly obstr... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-40729398 |
Green backlash against 'progressive alliance' - BBC News | 2017-07-27 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Parties worked together to boost Labour's chances at the election - but some feel they got nothing back. | UK Politics | Left-leaning parties worked together to cut Theresa May's majority at the general election - was it a one-off or is the "progressive alliance" here to stay?
One of the many surprises on 8 June was how Britain appeared to have turned the clock back to the era of two party politics, with 82% of voters casting their ball... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-40586329 |
Brexit: UK-EU freedom of movement 'to end in March 2019' - BBC News | 2017-07-27 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | EU workers who move to the UK will have to register after Brexit, the home secretary says. | UK Politics | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.
Free movement of people between the EU and UK will end in March 2019, UK government ministers have said.
From that date EU workers moving to the UK will have to register, at least until a permanent post-Brexit immigration p... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-40734504 |
Sex on plane Bristol teacher struck off from profession - BBC News | 2017-07-27 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Eleanor Wilson, 28, had sex with a male pupil in an aeroplane toilet while on a school trip. | Bristol | A teacher who had sex with a student in a plane toilet on a school trip has been banned from the profession.
Eleanor Wilson, 28, who worked in Bristol, kissed the pupil and drank alcohol with him while on the flight.
A National College for Teaching & Leadership (NCTL) panel found she engaged in sexual activity with a... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-40733014 |
Girl, 15, raped twice at Witton railway station in separate attacks - BBC News | 2017-07-27 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A teenager is attacked by a man at a train station and then by the driver of a car she flagged down. | Birmingham & Black Country | Police are urging anyone who saw the girls around the time of the attacks to come forward
A girl of 15 was raped at a train station in Birmingham before being sexually assaulted by the driver of a car she flagged down to help her.
Detectives called the two attacks at Witton station "horrifying" and said they were lau... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-40739662 |
Drinking a few times a week linked to lower diabetes risk - BBC News | 2017-07-27 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Wine can protect against the condition - but too much is still a bad thing, the research suggests. | Health | Raising a glass to the findings of the Danish study?
Drinking three to four times a week has been linked to a lower risk of type 2 diabetes than never drinking, Danish researchers suggest.
Wine appears to be particularly beneficial, probably as it plays a role in helping to manage blood sugar, the study, published in... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-40740247 |
Newspaper headlines: Irish border 'setback' and Grenfell manslaughter probe - BBC News | 2017-07-27 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Stories about Brexit, ill baby Charlie Gard and the possibility of a Grenfell Tower manslaughter case feature on the front pages. | The Papers | Theresa May held talks with Leo Varadkar at Downing Street in June
The Times says Prime Minister Theresa May faces a new setback in her Brexit negotiations after the Irish government said her plan for free trade between the border that separates the north and south is unworkable.
The paper says on its front page the ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-the-papers-40748107 |
Pakistan village council orders 'revenge rape' of girl - BBC News | 2017-07-27 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A teenager in Multan is raped by order of a village council after her brother was accused of rape. | Asia | A villager points to the house where a teenage girl was raped in Muzaffarabad, Multan
Some 20 people from Multan, Pakistan, have been arrested for ordering the rape of a teenage girl, in revenge for a rape her brother allegedly committed.
Police said the families of the two girls are related.
Members of both had joi... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-40731035 |
Switzerland's Lavertezzo overrun with tourists after video goes viral - BBC News | 2017-07-27 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Village dubbed the "Maldives of Milan" is being turned into an "open air toilet", residents say. | Europe | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The video (in Italian) showing the river next to Lavertezzo, in Switzerland, has gone viral
Most people would be delighted if their home town was compared to the Maldives, one of the world's top beauty spots.
But not, it se... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-40730546 |
British Museum 'loses' £750,000 Cartier diamond ring - BBC News | 2017-07-27 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The Cartier ring was reported missing in August 2011 but its loss has only just been revealed. | London | The Cartier ring is thought to have been given to the museum by an anonymous donor
A £750,000 diamond ring, missing from the British Museum for six years, has only now been registered as lost.
Thought to have been bequeathed to the museum by an anonymous donor, the Cartier ring was reported missing to the police in 2... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-40738239 |
Cody-Anne Jackson jailed for suffocating daughter, 2 - BBC News | 2017-07-27 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Macey Hogan was killed after her mum sent the toddler's father "one last picture" of her. | Stoke & Staffordshire | Cody-Anne Jackson sent a photo of her daughter Macey Hogan before killing her
A mum who suffocated her two-year-old daughter after sending the toddler's father "one last picture" of her has been jailed for a minimum of 16 years.
Cody-Anne Jackson killed Macey Hogan after texting her ex a message reading: "Sorry, just... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-stoke-staffordshire-40739654 |
Ohio State Fair ride accident kills one and injures several - BBC News | 2017-07-27 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A spinning pendulum ride tossed its passengers into the air at high speed, officials say. | US & Canada | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Riders were catapulted into the air, witnesses said
One person has been killed and several injured after an accident on a ride at the Ohio State Fair.
Fire chief Steve Martin told local media outlets that victims were throw... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-40736240 |
Rebekah Wilson: Ex-GB Olympic bobsleigher says pressure led to self-harm - BBC Sport | 2017-07-27 | null | British former Olympic bobsleigher Rebekah Wilson tells BBC Sport she self-harmed as she struggled to cope with the demands of elite sport. | null | A British Winter Olympic athlete has told how she self-harmed as she struggled to cope with the demands of elite competition.
Rebekah Wilson, a member of Team GB's two-woman bobsleigh crew at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, told BBC Sport she would secretly cut - and even try to concuss - herself as the "intense press... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/winter-sports/40738768 |
Grenfell Tower: Corporate manslaughter considered by police - BBC News | 2017-07-27 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Council chiefs are told police have "reasonable grounds" to suspect the offence may have been committed. | UK | Police investigating the Grenfell Tower fire say they have "reasonable grounds" to suspect that corporate manslaughter offences may have been committed.
It means senior executives from the council and the tenant management organisation that ran the block are likely to be interviewed under caution.
A letter from the M... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-40747241 |
Charlie Gard: Deadline passes for care decision - BBC News | 2017-07-27 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | If no plan is agreed, he will be moved to a hospice and his life support withdrawn soon after. | London | Charlie has been in intensive care since October
The deadline for reaching an agreement over the end-of-life care for terminally-ill Charlie Gard has passed.
Charlie's parents want a private medical team to care for their son in a hospice so they can have days with him before his life support ends.
But Great Ormond ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-40740693 |
Madonna accepts damages over 'invasion of privacy' - BBC News | 2017-07-27 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The singer is said to have suffered "considerable distress" over an article about her adopting twins. | Entertainment & Arts | The article appeared before the adoption process was completed
Madonna and her adopted twin daughters have accepted undisclosed damages from Associated Newspapers over a "serious invasion of privacy".
The singer adopted four-year-old twins Stella and Estere in February.
At the time she asked the media to "respect ou... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-40740989 |
French wildfires: 'The night sky was like Dante's inferno' - BBC News | 2017-07-27 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | UK holidaymakers are among those to have been evacuated as wildfires continue to burn. | UK | British holidaymakers have described a sky lit up "like Dante's inferno" as wildfires continue to burn in south-eastern France.
More than 10,000 people have been evacuated, according to officials.
Hundreds of firefighters have been tackling the blazes.
But British tourists in the area have told the BBC that a change... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-40726002 |
Premier League wins anti-piracy court order - BBC News | 2017-07-27 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Ruling will allow the league to combat the illicit use of devices such as pre-loaded IPTV and Kodi boxes. | Business | The Premier League has been awarded a High Court order for the forthcoming 2017-18 season, which will help it combat the illegal streaming of games.
The blocking order will require UK Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to prevent people from illegally accessing streams of its matches.
It will allow the league to comba... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-40727972 |
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