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Charlie Gard: Pope and Trump offer parents support - BBC News | 2017-07-04 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Pope Francis calls for Charlie Gard's parents to be allowed to "treat their child until the end". | London | The Vatican said the Pope was following the case "with affection and sadness"
Pope Francis has called for the parents of terminally-ill Charlie Gard to be allowed to "accompany and treat their child until the end".
Chris Gard and Connie Yates had been expecting their 10-month-old's life support to be turned off on Fr... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-40479074 |
Gurls Talk: Adwoa Aboah on creating a 'safe space' for women - BBC News | 2017-07-04 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Gurls Talk is an online community, founded by model Adwoa Aboah, that offers a space for young women to talk. | Newsbeat | Gurls Talk is an online community for young women to discuss things like mental health, sex, and social media.
Its first real-life festival has taken place in London, with talks and workshops.
"I told other girls they could open up to me, so I'm not leaving," says founder and model Adwoa Aboah, who's had her own stru... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/articles/40482108 |
Jersey care abuse inquiry: Children 'still at risk' - BBC News | 2017-07-04 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Live electrical wires were applied to children's legs, according to a report into decades of abuse. | Jersey | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.
Children may still be at risk in Jersey's care system, a report into seven decades of child abuse has found.
Live electrical wires were applied to children's legs, one survivor told the The Independent Jersey Care Inquiry.
... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-40485015 |
Fox Sports fires top executive Jamie Horowitz - BBC News | 2017-07-04 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | US media say the sacking comes amid claims of sexual harassment at Fox Sports. | US & Canada | Fox's treatment of Jamie Horowitz (pictured) had been appalling, his lawyer said
Fox Sports has sacked Jamie Horowitz, head of sports programming at the US company.
It gave no reasons for the dismissal, but stressed on the importance of "professional conduct".
Meanwhile, US media report that Mr Horowitz's departure ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-40489822 |
Where is 'Islamic State' leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi? - BBC News | 2017-07-04 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | What has happened to IS chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, who last appeared in public three years ago? | Middle East | Baghdadi's 2014 appearance in Mosul was the last time he was seen in public
Three years ago, video emerged of the leader of so-called Islamic State (IS), Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, commanding allegiance in a sermon at the Great Mosque of al-Nuri in Mosul. The Iraqi city had been freshly captured by the jihadist group and a... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-40479361 |
EU's Juncker calls empty European Parliament 'ridiculous' - BBC News | 2017-07-04 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The head of the European Commission launches a bitter attack on MEPs for failing to show up. | Europe | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Juncker: I will never again attend a meeting of this kind
European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker has launched a bitter attack on members of the European Parliament for failing to show up.
Standing up in almost em... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-40492396 |
Grenfell fire: MP calls for inquiry chairman to quit - BBC News | 2017-07-04 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The local MP says the judge is "a technocrat" who lacks "credibility" with affected families. | UK | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.
The judge heading the Grenfell Tower inquiry should stand down because those affected need "somebody we can trust", the local MP for Kensington has said.
Labour's Emma Dent Coad said Sir Martin Moore-Bick was "a technocrat"... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-40491449 |
Ascension Islanders left stranded after RAF halts flights - BBC News | 2017-07-04 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The RAF say they can no longer fly to the British overseas territory because of problems with the airport runway. | UK | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Caroline Yon says this runway is so old and fragile planes can't land
Ascension Island, home to around 800 people, is even more cut off than it used to be after weekly flights linking the island to the UK were stopped - due ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-40442318 |
Primary tests: Two-fifths fail to meet standard - BBC News | 2017-07-04 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Figures show 39% of primary pupils in England fail to reach the expected level in reading, writing and maths. | Family & Education | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Could you answer the questions in a Sats exam?
Two-fifths (39%) of primary school pupils in England have failed to meet the expected standard in reading, writing and mathematics, figures show.
The results are from national ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-40481689 |
Green Day 'distraught' after Glasgow show cancelled - BBC News | 2017-07-04 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Promoters said the show had been cancelled because "adverse weather conditions" meant it was no longer safe. | Glasgow & West Scotland | Promoters have blamed bad weather for the decision to cancel a concert by Green Day in Glasgow, only hours before it was due to begin.
The American band had been set to perform in Bellahouston Park on Tuesday.
However, promoters PCL said the show had been cancelled because "adverse weather conditions" meant it was "n... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-40491878 |
Cameron says fiscal discipline not 'selfish' amid austerity debate - BBC News | 2017-07-04 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The former PM says opponents of austerity are wrongly portraying the government as "uncaring". | UK Politics | The former PM says leaving debts to future generations is wrong
David Cameron has said opponents of fiscal discipline are "selfish" not "compassionate", as the debate within the Tories over austerity continues.
The ex-prime minister, who introduced the public sector pay cap, said those who believed in "sound finances... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-40496775 |
Minister: Immigration detainees 'benefit from £1-an-hour work' - BBC News | 2017-07-04 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A minister defends low pay rates for immigration detainees, saying it "relieves boredom". | UK Politics | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Baroness Williams was answering a question in the Lords
Detainees benefit from being able to work for £1-an-hour at immigration centres, a minister has insisted.
Lib Dem Baroness Hamwee had asked if the £1 pay rate "for peo... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-40492305 |
Cuba love hotels to make comeback, state announces - BBC News | 2017-07-04 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | State-run love hotels disappeared in the 1990s when they became hurricane shelters. | Latin America & Caribbean | Havana's Malecon seafront has always been a haven for couples
The authorities in the Cuban capital, Havana, say they are restoring a network of hotels where rooms are rented by the hour to lovers.
State-run "posadas", or love motels, disappeared during Cuba's economic crisis in the 1990s, when they became hurricane s... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-40489157 |
Elton John bomb plotter Haroon Syed jailed for life - BBC News | 2017-07-04 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Haroon Syed, 19, is thought to have been targeting a concert in Hyde Park or London's Oxford Street. | UK | Haroon Syed was caught after trying to buy a bomb from a British security agent
A 19-year-old man has been jailed for life for planning a bomb attack that may have targeted an Elton John concert or Oxford Street in central London.
Haroon Syed, of west London, admitted preparing acts of terrorism after trying to sourc... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-40481325 |
Sandwich chain Subway plans expansion in High Street war - BBC News | 2017-07-04 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | It's aiming for 3,000 shops in the UK and Ireland by 2020, almost twice as many as rival Greggs. | Business | Subway's first new look store opened in Manchester in March
Sandwich chain Subway is planning to open another 500 stores by 2020 as it seeks to cement its place as the UK's largest High Street fast food chain.
That would bring its total to 3,000 across the UK and Ireland - almost double that of closest rival Greggs, ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-40488135 |
Grenfell fire: Many survivors still in hotels - BBC News | 2017-07-04 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | All who want it have been offered temporary housing, officials say, but only nine have accepted. | UK | All Grenfell Tower fire survivors who want to be rehoused have been offered temporary accommodation, officials say, but only nine offers have been accepted and many are still in hotels.
Theresa May promised housing would be offered to those in need by Wednesday.
The Grenfell Response Team says 139 formal offers have ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-40497345 |
Chief medical officer calls for gene testing revolution - BBC News | 2017-07-04 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Offer NHS patients DNA tests to pick the best cancer and rare diseases treatment, England's top doctor says. | Health | Cancer patients should be routinely offered DNA tests to help select the best treatments for them, according to England's chief medical officer.
Prof Dame Sally Davies says in her annual report that the NHS must deliver her "genomic dream" within five years.
Over 31,000 NHS patients, including some with cancer, have ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-40479533 |
Philip Larkin: Examining a life in tea towels, poetry and pornography - BBC News | 2017-07-05 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Unseen letters and a pair of pink knickers are in an exhibition of poet Philip Larkin's possessions. | Entertainment & Arts | Larkin's ties and lawnmower are among the objects in the exhibition
Unseen letters, an extensive collection of tea towels and a pair of knickers bearing the words "do not spank" are going on show in an exhibition of items belonging to poet Philip Larkin.
Books, LPs and ties are among the other possessions that are be... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-40496677 |
Bijan Ebrahimi: Police 'failed' murdered man for years - BBC News | 2017-07-05 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Bijan Ebrahimi was considered an "attention seeker" when he reported crimes against him, the police watchdog says. | Bristol | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Bijan Ebrahimi was considered an "attention seeker" - he was told to "shut up" by a police officer
A disabled Iranian refugee repeatedly reported death threats and racial abuse to police for seven years before being brutally... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-40494218 |
Call for a ban on child sex robots - BBC News | 2017-07-05 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A report looks at the impact of sex robots on society and calls for more debate about the topic. | Technology | Abyss makes dolls for clients around the world, but does not release figures on how many it sells
There should be a ban on the import of sex robots designed to look like children, the author of a new report into the phenomenon has said.
Prof Noel Sharkey said that society as a whole needed to consider the impact of a... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-40428976 |
Newspaper headlines: Cost of student debt and public sector pay - BBC News | 2017-07-05 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Students accruing £57,000 in debt, and the continuing debate over state pay, are making headlines. | The Papers | The spiralling costs of student debt is the main thrust of several of the day's front pages.
The Guardian says students from the poorest 40% of families entering university in England for the first time this September will accrue an average debt of about £57,000, according to the Institute of Fiscal Studies.
The econ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-the-papers-40502046 |
Volvo goes electric across the board - BBC News | 2017-07-05 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The Swedish carmaker says all its new models will be electric or hybrid by 2019. | Business | Carmaker Volvo has said all new models will have an electric motor from 2019.
The Chinese-owned firm, best known for its emphasis on driver safety, has become the first traditional carmaker to signal the end of the internal combustion engine.
It plans to launch five fully electric models between 2019 and 2021 and a r... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-40505671 |
Scientists explain ancient Rome's long-lasting concrete - BBC News | 2017-07-05 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Researchers unlock the chemistry of Roman concrete which has resisted the elements for thousands of years. | Science & Environment | Scientists examined samples from this ancient Roman pier with very high-powered X-rays
Researchers have unlocked the chemistry of Roman concrete which has resisted the elements for thousands of years.
Ancient sea walls built by the Romans used a concrete made from lime and volcanic ash to bind with rocks.
Now scient... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-40494248 |
Grenfell tower: Scenes in flats 'apocalyptic', says coroner - BBC News | 2017-07-05 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Dr Fiona Wilcox described the flats in a tense private meeting with residents angry at lack of details. | UK | Grenfell Tower survivors gathered at the Olympia conference centre in London for the meeting
The scene inside Grenfell Tower is "apocalyptic", a coroner told angry survivors calling for more details.
During a three-hour meeting with Dr Fiona Wilcox, survivors asked for information about the missing, but were told the... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-40502495 |
HMRC wins Rangers 'big tax case' ruling - BBC News | 2017-07-05 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | More than £47m was paid to players, managers and directors between 2001 and 2010 in tax-free loans. | Scotland | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.
The Supreme Court has ruled in favour of HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) in its fight with Rangers over the club's use of Employee Benefit Trusts (EBTs).
More than £47m was paid to players, managers and directors between 2001... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-40501361 |
PMQs: Jeremy Corbyn says government 'floundering' on pay cap - BBC News | 2017-07-05 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Theresa May hits back at the Labour leader by saying he would "bankrupt" the UK if elected. | UK Politics | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Jeremy Corbyn: I hope the prime minister is proud of her record
Jeremy Corbyn has accused the government of "flip flopping and floundering" over public sector pay.
During PMQs, the Labour leader said that through the 1% pay... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-40504088 |
Billy Monger crash: Amputee teen racer back behind wheel - BBC News | 2017-07-05 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Teen racer Billy Monger gets back behind the wheel after losing his lower legs in a crash. | England | Billy Monger has driven a racing car for the first time since his crash
A teenage racing driver who had to have both legs amputated after a high speed crash has got back behind the wheel.
Billy Monger, from Surrey, hit the back of a stationary car at Donington Park in April and lost both of his lower legs, days befor... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-40497230 |
Prepare yourself for a high-stakes Barclays battle - BBC News | 2017-07-05 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The high-profile Barclays case is a big risk for the Serious Fraud Office. | Business | John Varley is the first former bank chief executive to face criminal charges over conduct during the 2008 financial crisis
The four defendants made their way through a thick press pack to take their seats - in the dock - at Westminster Magistrates court yesterday. It was a sight many thought they would never see. Sen... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-40495471 |
US congressman condemned for Auschwitz gas chamber video - BBC News | 2017-07-05 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Memorial officials criticise Clay Higgins for his five-minute film partly shot inside a gas chamber. | Europe | Mr Higgins made points about US national security during his video
Officials at Auschwitz have criticised a US congressman for making and voicing a video inside a gas chamber at the former Nazi death camp.
The memorial and museum tweeted that the gas chamber was "not a stage" but was a place for mournful silence.
Re... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-40503565 |
How I saved the NHS £22 million, says mum - BBC News | 2017-07-05 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A mother says a wasted operation on her son pushed her over the edge and spurred her into action. | Health | David, now 17, had to wait almost four months for an ankle foot orthosis
A wasted operation which left her son David unable to walk was what spurred on Rebecca Loo to make a difference to the NHS.
"I was livid. I was so consumed by anger. I thought either I have a nervous breakdown, or I do something," says Rebecca, ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-40454684 |
Charlie Gard: Boris Johnson says baby cannot be moved to Vatican - BBC News | 2017-07-05 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Boris Johnson says the terminally ill baby cannot be transferred to the children's hospital in Rome. | London | Charlie Gard has been in intensive care since October
It is impossible for terminally ill Charlie Gard to be transferred to the Vatican's children's hospital for treatment, Boris Johnson has said.
The foreign secretary told Italian Foreign Minister Angelino Alfano legal reasons prevented him from being moved.
The pr... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-40503842 |
Sir Bradley Wiggins: Can five-time Olympic cycling champion make it as a rower? - BBC Sport | 2017-07-05 | null | Can five-time Olympic cycling champion Sir Bradley Wiggins make it to Tokyo 2020 as a rower? BBC Sport investigates. | null | Sir Bradley Wiggins is a five-time Olympic cycling champion, but will the 37-year-old's plans to swap his racing bike for a rowing boat see him reach a sixth Games?
The 2012 Tour de France winner retired from cycling in December 2016 and has taken up rowing in the gym to keep fit.
He first raised the idea of switchin... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rowing/40490883 |
SAS accused of killing unarmed Afghan civilians - BBC News | 2017-07-05 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The Royal Military Police are investigating an allegation of unlawful killing in Afghanistan involving British special forces. | UK | One man says members of his family were killed in an SAS night raid
The Royal Military Police is investigating an allegation that British special forces killed unarmed Afghan civilians, the BBC understands.
The BBC has spoken to one man who says four members of his family were killed in a night raid involving the SAS... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-40501304 |
This is why Ed Sheeran quit Twitter - BBC News | 2017-07-05 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The pop star is deluged with insults - although the mean tweets are outweighed by more positive ones. | Entertainment & Arts | The star was accused of using a backing track at Glastonbury
Ed Sheeran says he's quit Twitter after receiving a stream of abuse.
"I've actually come off Twitter completely," he told The Sun. "I can't read it.
"I go on it and there's nothing but people saying mean things. One comment ruins your day. But that's why I... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-40491956 |
Robert Trigg guilty of killing two girlfriends five years apart - BBC News | 2017-07-05 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Robert Trigg had claimed Caroline Devlin in 2006 and Susan Nicholson in 2011 had both died in their sleep. | Sussex | Jurors were told there were similarities between the cases of Caroline Devlin (left) and Susan Nicholson
A man has been found guilty of killing two girlfriends five years apart.
Robert Trigg, 52, was convicted of the murder of 52-year-old Susan Nicholson in 2011, and the manslaughter of Caroline Devlin, 35, in March ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-40511194 |
Saudi Arabia has 'clear link' to UK extremism, report says - BBC News | 2017-07-05 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Individuals and groups are involved in exporting "an illiberal, bigoted Wahhabi ideology", a report says. | UK Politics | The Saudi Arabian embassy in London says Saudi itself has been subject to attacks by al-Qaeda and so-called Islamic State
Saudi Arabia is the chief foreign promoter of Islamist extremism in the UK, a new report has claimed.
The Henry Jackson Society said there was a "clear and growing link" between Islamist organisat... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-40496778 |
Jeremy Corbyn attacks 'zero-hours' Glastonbury contracts - BBC News | 2017-07-05 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The Labour leader is "happy" to raise the issue of laid-off workers with the festival's organisers. | UK Politics | Jeremy Corbyn is to speak to the organisers of the Glastonbury festival about their use of zero-hours contracts, his spokesman has said.
The Labour leader appeared on stage at last month's event to speak about employment rights among other issues.
Most of the workers hired, from around Europe, to clean up after the f... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-40498235 |
Hidden disabilities: Pain beneath the surface - BBC News | 2017-07-05 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Imagine knowing you have to inject yourself 1,000 times - three people with hidden disabilities reveal the internal demands of living with an illness which can't be seen. | Disability | Georgia took part in a campaign as a child to show life is not restricted by diabetes
Imagine having to inject yourself thousands of times over the course of your lifetime, but never talking about it to anyone.
Many people live with hidden disabilities - conditions which don't have physical signs but are painful, exh... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/disability-39732505 |
Petya hackers issue fresh ransom demand - BBC News | 2017-07-05 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Funds raised by the perpetrators of a huge cyber-attack are moved out of their Bitcoin account. | Technology | Ukrainian cyber-security researchers have been trying to uncover the secrets of the malware's code
The perpetrators of a recent cyber-attack that disrupted businesses across the world appear to have accessed the ransom payments they raised.
Just over £7,900-worth of virtual currency has been moved from the Bitcoin ad... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-40506616 |
Jacob Rees-Mogg announces baby Sixtus - BBC News | 2017-07-05 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Conservative MP's sixth child is called Sixtus Dominic Boniface Christopher. | UK Politics | The backbencher announced the new arrival on Instagram, where attention focused on the eye-catching name.
The name Sixtus is shared with five popes, most recently in 1590.
"Helena and I announce with great joy that we have a baby Sixtus Dominic Boniface Christopher, a brother for Peter, Mary, Thomas, Anselm and Alfre... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-40506109 |
Museum of the Year: Hepworth Wakefield gallery wins £100,000 prize - BBC News | 2017-07-05 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The Hepworth Wakefield beats the Tate Modern to the £100,000 Museum of the Year prize. | Entertainment & Arts | The Hepworth Wakefield is named after sculptor Barbara Hepworth and has some of her works
The Hepworth Wakefield gallery in West Yorkshire has beaten the Tate Modern to be crowned the UK's Museum of the Year.
The venue, which opened six years ago, will receive a £100,000 prize from The Art Fund as well as the kudos t... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-40505227 |
As it happened: Prime Minister's Questions - BBC News | 2017-07-05 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | How Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn's weekly clash in the Commons unfolded. | UK Politics | BBC assistant political editor Norman Smith said Theresa May came under pressure during Prime Minister's Questions over the public sector pay cap.
He said there had been growing criticism from the "big beasts" of her Cabinet - Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson and Environment Secretary Michael Gove - that it could be ea... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-politics-40504458 |
Is there institutional racism in mental health care? - BBC News | 2017-07-05 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Statistics suggest black people are four times more likely to be sectioned under the Mental Health Act. | Health | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Eche explains how he was Tasered when sectioned under the Mental Health Act
Black people are being failed by the UK's mental health services because of "institutional racism", it has been warned. How does this affect those w... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-40495539 |
Business Live: Inflation divides US Fed - BBC News | 2017-07-05 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Minutes from the US central bank's June meeting reveal concern at softer inflation growth. | Business | There was little change on Wall Street on Wednesday following the release of the Federal Reserve's most recent minutes.
They revealed that the Fed's policymakers were split on the outlook for inflation and how it might affect the future pace of interest rate rises
Investors had been hoping for insight on the central ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/business-40455617 |
Student debt rising to more than £50,000, says IFS - BBC News | 2017-07-05 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Rising tuition fees and interest rates mean higher costs for graduates, says the IFS. | Education & Family | Students will have accrued £5,800 in interest charges before they graduate, says the IFS
Students in England are going to graduate with average debts of £50,800, after interest rates are raised on student loans to 6.1%, according to the Institute for Fiscal Studies.
Those from the poorest backgrounds, with more loans... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-40493658 |
Women graduates 'desperately' freeze eggs over 'lack of men' - BBC News | 2017-07-05 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Graduate women are struggling to find educated men who want to start a family, research suggests. | Health | Professional women are freezing their eggs due to a "dearth of educated men to marry", a US study has claimed.
Yale University researchers suggested an "oversupply" of graduate women left them struggling to find a partner and "desperate" to preserve fertility.
They said the "man deficit" was worse in countries where ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-40504076 |
Venezuela National Assembly stormed by Maduro supporters - BBC News | 2017-07-05 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | About 100 government supporters force their way into Venezuela's opposition-led National Assembly. | Latin America & Caribbean | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.
About 100 government supporters have burst into Venezuela's opposition-controlled National Assembly, where they beat up several lawmakers.
Witnesses said the confrontation came after an assembly session to mark the country'... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-40509498 |
Green Day 'distraught' after Glasgow show cancelled - BBC News | 2017-07-05 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Promoters said the show had been cancelled because "adverse weather conditions" meant it was no longer safe. | Glasgow & West Scotland | Promoters have blamed bad weather for the decision to cancel a concert by Green Day in Glasgow, only hours before it was due to begin.
The American band had been set to perform in Bellahouston Park on Tuesday.
However, promoters PCL said the show had been cancelled because "adverse weather conditions" meant it was "n... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-40491878 |
Cameron says fiscal discipline not 'selfish' amid austerity debate - BBC News | 2017-07-05 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The former PM says opponents of austerity are wrongly portraying the government as "uncaring". | UK Politics | The former PM says leaving debts to future generations is wrong
David Cameron has said opponents of fiscal discipline are "selfish" not "compassionate", as the debate within the Tories over austerity continues.
The ex-prime minister, who introduced the public sector pay cap, said those who believed in "sound finances... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-40496775 |
Minister sparks anger by suggesting 'Waspi women' start apprenticeships - BBC News | 2017-07-05 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A minister is heckled for suggesting women over 60 affected by pension charges can start apprenticeships. | UK Politics | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.
A minister has been heckled by MPs for suggesting women over 60 facing poverty could start an apprenticeship.
The government has been accused of failing to do more to help 2.6 million women born in the 1950s who have lost o... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-40511545 |
Why people believe the myth of 'plastic rice' - BBC News | 2017-07-05 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Viral videos of 'bouncing rice balls' have fuelled fake rumours of "plastic" rice being sold in Africa. | BBC Trending | A video which falsely claims to "prove" the existence of fake plastic rice in the food supply
Despite little evidence that it's a widespread problem, rumours of "plastic" rice being sold in Africa and elsewhere persist on social media - driven in particular by viral videos which show bouncing rice balls.
The rumours ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-trending-40484135 |
Newspaper headlines: 'Failing' care homes and Volvo goes electric - BBC News | 2017-07-05 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | One in three nursing homes fail an official inspection, and Volvo plans a switch to electric cars. | The Papers | A warning about care home safety makes several of the day's front pages.
The Daily Telegraph says choosing one is like "Russian roulette" and quotes officials who advise that people should check how homes smell before making a commitment.
The paper thinks it's particular depressing that care home standards are gettin... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-the-papers-40515085 |
Britain’s wealth problem – we don’t create enough of it - BBC News | 2017-07-05 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Productivity figures are shockingly bad, and unless that changes then funding changes to public services becomes all the harder | Business | Today's productivity figures are bad to the point of shocking.
A fall of 0.5% in the first three months of the year takes the UK economy's ability to create wealth back below the level of 2007.
If an economy cannot create wealth efficiently, then the debates about government spending, public sector pay and austerity ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-40506570 |
Inside the secret and lucrative world of 'the super tutor' - BBC News | 2017-07-05 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The tutors charging thousands of pounds to help secure a British education for wealthy overseas children. | Business | Mark Maclaine, dubbed "a super tutor" due to his students' success rate, charges from £150 to £1,000, an hour
Education services bring in £17.5bn a year to the UK economy, but what is driving the demand for a British education and why are some parents willing to spend thousands of pounds to secure a "super tutor" for ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-40447950 |
Immigration 'amnesty' for Grenfell fire residents - BBC News | 2017-07-05 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The temporary measure means foreign nationals affected by the fire can stay in the UK for 12 months. | UK | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Kensington and Chelsea Council's new leader, Elizabeth Campbell, spoke after attending a residents' meeting
Foreign nationals directly affected by the Grenfell Tower fire are to be allowed to stay in the UK for 12 months reg... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-40512382 |
North Korea new missile test: A game-changer? - BBC News | 2017-07-05 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | With Alaska now possibly within range, the US has to accept that the North is a "real" danger. | Asia | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. "One expert says the missile could reach Alaska"
North Korea's confident announcement that it has successfully launched an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) capable of striking the US is another iteration in the high... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-40502031 |
Mike Ashley dismisses claim he offered expert £15m as nonsense - BBC News | 2017-07-05 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A banker claims Mike Ashley promised to pay him £15m if he increased Sport's Direct share values. | England | Newcastle United owner Mike Ashley (left) arrives at the High Court to give evidence
Billionaire Mike Ashley said a claim that he agreed to pay a finance expert £15m during a drinking session in a pub is "nonsense".
Investment banker Jeffrey Blue said the Newcastle United owner promised to pay him £15m if he increase... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-40510882 |
Grotbags actress Carol Lee Scott dies aged 74 - BBC News | 2017-07-06 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The entertainer appeared in children's programmes in the 1980s and early 1990s. | Entertainment & Arts | Actress Carol Lee Scott, who was best known as Grotbags the witch, has died at the age of 74.
She appeared in children's programmes in the 1980s and early 1990s, including ITV's Rod Hull's Emu's World.
Her family confirmed the news on social media, with her niece Gina Mear writing on Facebook on Wednesday that the ac... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-40516754 |
Love Island: Why are viewers complaining? - BBC News | 2017-07-06 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | It isn't the sex scenes that viewers have been getting in touch with Ofcom about. | Entertainment & Arts | Marcel Somerville and Camilla Thurlow are among the contestants
Viewers have been complaining about Love Island - but not for the reason you might think.
The ITV2 show sees single men and women put together in a Majorcan villa to find love and win a £50,000 prize.
So far this series, there have been several instance... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-40518856 |
Business Live: Tesla shares plunge - BBC News | 2017-07-06 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Traders sell stock after the electric car maker's Model S is rated 'acceptable' in a key test. | Business | US stocks are still trading down, but why?
Chris Zaccarelli, chief investment officer at Cornerstone Financial Partners, says: "It's the lull before earnings. There's not as much enthusiasm for buying.
"Investors don't think companies will surprise as positively as they did in the first quarter."
Jan Dehn, fund mana... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/business-40455621 |
Is humour the way to keep an office happy? - BBC News | 2017-07-06 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Using humour in the workplace can help make it a more enjoyable place to work, but you need to proceed with caution. | Business | Have you heard the joke about the humourless office worker who went for a promotion? He didn't get it.
In workplaces around the world a bit of humour can go a long way towards making it a more enjoyable place to spend eight or so hours a day.
But for every genuinely funny employee or boss, there are others whose unfu... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-40415555 |
British tourist found safe after search in Melbourne - BBC News | 2017-07-06 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Bath man Benjamin Wyatt is reunited with relatives after a high profile public search. | Australia | A British tourist who went missing from a beach in Australia has been found safe and well.
Benjamin Wyatt, from Bath, had been the subject of a police search in Melbourne after he disappeared on Tuesday while on holiday with his parents.
Relatives had pleaded for help to find the 34-year-old man, who has autism.
On ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-40515364 |
How virtual reality may change your life - BBC News | 2017-07-06 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | From film-making and music to mental health care, could the use of virtual reality now truly become the norm? | Entertainment & Arts | The band Miro Shot explored virtual reality with their audience in Amsterdam in May
Virtual reality (VR) is being touted as a big growth area for film-makers, engaging audiences in ways traditional film can't. But it is also being explored everywhere from rock music to psychiatric treatments. Is it all just a passing ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-40484246 |
BBC Daily Politics editor Robbie Gibb to join No 10 - BBC News | 2017-07-06 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Robbie Gibb is Prime Minister Theresa May's new director of communications, the BBC announces. | UK Politics | The head of the BBC's Westminster political programmes team has been named as Prime Minister Theresa May's new director of communications.
Robbie Gibb, who edits the Daily Politics, replaces Katie Perrior, who quit before the general election.
He worked for the Conservative MP Francis Maude in the 1990s, as well as M... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-40517721 |
Andy Murray column: 'It can be good to let your emotions show on court' - BBC Sport | 2017-07-06 | null | World number one Andy Murray on an impressive - and unusually impassioned - Johanna Konta, and the "different" challenge of his next opponent Fabio Fognini. | null | Live: Coverage across BBC TV, BBC Radio and BBC Sport website with further coverage on Red Button, Connected TVs and app. Click for full times.
When you get the chance to play in front of a home crowd on Centre Court, you've got to use the support and the atmosphere to your advantage as much as you can.
I saw the end... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/40508516 |
CBI urges single market until Brexit deal - BBC News | 2017-07-06 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The business group says it is "impossible" all details of an EU trade deal will be ready by March 2019. | Business | The UK should stay in the single market and customs union until a final Brexit deal is in force, according to the CBI business lobby group.
CBI head Carolyn Fairbairn said it was "impossible" for all the details of a new trade deal with the European Union to be in place by March 2019.
That is when talks about the UK'... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-40519331 |
Chicago holiday weekend shootings claim 101 victims - BBC News | 2017-07-06 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Nearly half of the shootings during the four-day holiday weekend happened over 12 hours. | US & Canada | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The BBC's Ian Pannell and Darren Conway report on life - and death- on the streets of Chicago
At least 101 people were shot in Chicago over the Fourth of July weekend, 15 of them fatally, according to a city newspaper.
Near... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-40514995 |
The brother and sister with a £15,000 student debt gap - BBC News | 2017-07-06 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Ben Jones is graduating two years after his sister Florence - but he's in about £15,000 more debt than her. | Newsbeat | Students are facing debts rising to more than £50,000 when they leave university.
The poorest will owe around £57,000 when they graduate, according to the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS).
Interest rates on student loans will be 6.1% from September 2017, and tuition fees are also rising to £9,250.
It means that, o... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/articles/40511234 |
UK terror convictions rising, BBC Jihadist database shows - BBC News | 2017-07-06 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | More than 100 people have been convicted of terrorism offences related to Syria and Iraq since 2014. | UK | Imran Khawaja, 27, of west London, was jailed in 2015 after travelling to fight in Syria
More than 100 people in the UK have been convicted of terrorism offences related to Syria and Iraq since 2014, research by the BBC has revealed.
The youngest is a schoolboy from Blackburn who was 14 when he incited an act of terr... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-40483171 |
Rob Newman and David Baddiel pictured together for first time since 1990s - BBC News | 2017-07-06 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The former comedy duo had an acrimonious split but have made up and now been pictured together. | Entertainment & Arts | Former duo David Baddiel and Rob Newman as they look today
It's no big deal for comedians to play sold-out arena shows these days - just look at Peter Kay and Michael McIntrye.
But it was unheard of before 1993, when Rob Newman and then comedy partner David Baddiel became the first comics to sell out Wembley Arena.
... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-40519854 |
Charlie Gard: Boris Johnson says baby cannot be moved to Vatican - BBC News | 2017-07-06 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Boris Johnson says the terminally ill baby cannot be transferred to the children's hospital in Rome. | London | Charlie Gard has been in intensive care since October
It is impossible for terminally ill Charlie Gard to be transferred to the Vatican's children's hospital for treatment, Boris Johnson has said.
The foreign secretary told Italian Foreign Minister Angelino Alfano legal reasons prevented him from being moved.
The pr... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-40503842 |
Manager jailed for stealing £46,000 of school dinner money - BBC News | 2017-07-06 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Finance manager Jacqueline Robb spent the cash on holidays and clothes during a four-year period. | Manchester | Jacqueline Robb used the money to buy holidays and clothes
A finance manager who stole £46,000 of school dinner money has been jailed.
Jacqueline Robb, 54, of Laburnum Avenue, Manchester, used the funds to buy foreign holidays and clothes.
The school where she worked spotted that £952 was missing from its bank accou... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-40518433 |
Robert Trigg guilty of killing two girlfriends five years apart - BBC News | 2017-07-06 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Robert Trigg had claimed Caroline Devlin in 2006 and Susan Nicholson in 2011 had both died in their sleep. | Sussex | Jurors were told there were similarities between the cases of Caroline Devlin (left) and Susan Nicholson
A man has been found guilty of killing two girlfriends five years apart.
Robert Trigg, 52, was convicted of the murder of 52-year-old Susan Nicholson in 2011, and the manslaughter of Caroline Devlin, 35, in March ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-40511194 |
Malawi football stadium stampede kills eight - BBC News | 2017-07-06 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Despite the death of seven children and an adult, the friendly match is still played. | Africa | Thousands queued to get into the stadium, even after the earlier stampede
Eight people - including seven children - have died in a stampede ahead of a football match in Malawi, police say.
Dozens more were injured in the crush at Lilongwe's Bingu national stadium.
The stampede happened as thousands of people rushed ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-40519230 |
Manchester attack: Salman Abedi 'carried bomb for hours' - BBC News | 2017-07-06 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Salman Abedi walked around the city centre but the Arena was his only target, police say. | Manchester | Abedi was walking around Manchester city centre with the bomb for several hours before he detonated it
The Manchester Arena bomber carried the device through city centre streets for "several hours" before the attack, police believe.
Salman Abedi detonated the home-made bomb, with metal nuts used as shrapnel, at an Ar... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-40519495 |
Jeremy Corbyn attacks 'zero-hours' Glastonbury contracts - BBC News | 2017-07-06 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The Labour leader is "happy" to raise the issue of laid-off workers with the festival's organisers. | UK Politics | Jeremy Corbyn is to speak to the organisers of the Glastonbury festival about their use of zero-hours contracts, his spokesman has said.
The Labour leader appeared on stage at last month's event to speak about employment rights among other issues.
Most of the workers hired, from around Europe, to clean up after the f... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-40498235 |
Trump tells Russia to stop 'destabilising' Ukraine - BBC News | 2017-07-06 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The US leader says Russia should "join the community of responsible nations" in a speech in Poland. | Europe | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Trump: Russia should join "the fight against common enemies and in defence of civilisation itself"
US President Donald Trump has called on Russia to stop "destabilising" Ukraine and other countries and end support for "hosti... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-40522296 |
Purged: The officers who cannot go home to Turkey - BBC News | 2017-07-06 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | After last year's botched coup in Turkey, thousands were arrested or fired in a far-reaching purge - including some Turkish military officers and their families stationed abroad. | Magazine | Last July, a botched military coup led to fighting on the streets of Ankara and Istanbul. Quickly peace was restored, the perpetrators were arrested - and a purge began of thousands of people, from judges to teachers, accused of links with the plotters. As Maria Psara in Brussels explains, the purge reached as far as B... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-40500182 |
Dirty laundry: Are your clothes polluting the ocean? - BBC News | 2017-07-06 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Our clothing and laundry are polluting the marine environment, UK research reveals. | Science & Environment | In an indoor "Manchester-drizzle-simulating" rain room at the University of Leeds, and in a laundry lab in Plymouth, research is revealing the unexpected environmental cost of the very clothes on our backs.
"Not many people know that lots of our clothes are made of plastic," says Imogen Napper, a PhD student at Plymou... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-40498292 |
Who are Britain’s jihadists? - BBC News | 2017-07-06 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | At least 800 people from the UK have travelled to support or fight for jihadist organisations in Syria and Iraq, according to British officials. But what do we know about them? | UK | Approximately 850 people from the UK have travelled to support or fight for jihadist groups in Syria and Iraq, say the British authorities.
This BBC News database is the most comprehensive public record of its kind, telling the story of over 100 people from the UK who have been convicted of offences relating to the co... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-32026985 |
Tupac blamed race in Madonna breakup letter - BBC News | 2017-07-06 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The rapper also apologised for saying "a lot of things" because the Material Girl singer "hurt" him. | US & Canada | Madonna confirmed two years ago she had a relationship with Tupac (R)
Tupac Shakur suggested to Madonna he broke up with her because of race, in an emotional letter attributed to the doomed rapper.
The 1995 missive, addressed to "M", said being with a black man could only help her career, but that he might let down h... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-40525347 |
Jacob Rees-Mogg announces baby Sixtus - BBC News | 2017-07-06 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Conservative MP's sixth child is called Sixtus Dominic Boniface Christopher. | UK Politics | The backbencher announced the new arrival on Instagram, where attention focused on the eye-catching name.
The name Sixtus is shared with five popes, most recently in 1590.
"Helena and I announce with great joy that we have a baby Sixtus Dominic Boniface Christopher, a brother for Peter, Mary, Thomas, Anselm and Alfre... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-40506109 |
Sports Direct boss Mike Ashley is a 'power drinker' - BBC News | 2017-07-06 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The billionaire Newcastle United owner tells the High Court he enjoys binge drinking. | England | Sports Direct boss Mike Ashley has told a High Court judge he is a "power drinker" who likes to get drunk.
The Newcastle United owner was giving evidence on the fourth day of a trial in London where he is being sued by investment banker Jeffrey Blue.
Mr Blue says the sportswear tycoon promised to pay him £15m if he u... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-40517276 |
Superstars plan next career with Harvard course - BBC News | 2017-07-06 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Sports and movies stars sign up for a Harvard course to help them build a business after their fame fades. | Business | Katie Holmes is among the famous names signing up as students for the Harvard course
The football superstar, the actress and the rapper walk into a classroom.
This is not the set-up for a joke, but a four-day executive education course held at Harvard Business School in the United States last month.
Among the studen... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-40487639 |
Museum of the Year: Hepworth Wakefield gallery wins £100,000 prize - BBC News | 2017-07-06 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The Hepworth Wakefield beats the Tate Modern to the £100,000 Museum of the Year prize. | Entertainment & Arts | The Hepworth Wakefield is named after sculptor Barbara Hepworth and has some of her works
The Hepworth Wakefield gallery in West Yorkshire has beaten the Tate Modern to be crowned the UK's Museum of the Year.
The venue, which opened six years ago, will receive a £100,000 prize from The Art Fund as well as the kudos t... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-40505227 |
France set to ban sale of petrol and diesel vehicles by 2040 - BBC News | 2017-07-06 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | After Donald Trump's withdrawal from the Paris climate deal, France doubles down on pollution. | Europe | Hybrid and electric cars, like this Renault, make up about 5% of the French car market
France is set to ban the sale of any car that uses petrol or diesel fuel by 2040, in what the ecology minister called a "revolution".
Nicolas Hulot announced the planned ban on fossil fuel vehicles as part of a renewed commitment t... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-40518293 |
Tony Blair 'not straight' with UK over Iraq, says Chilcot - BBC News | 2017-07-06 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The former PM was "emotionally truthful" but relied on beliefs rather than facts, Sir John Chilcot says. | UK Politics | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Blair 'not straight' with country over Iraq, says Sir John Chilcot
Tony Blair was not "straight with the nation" about his decisions in the run up to the Iraq War, the chairman of the inquiry into the war has told the BBC.
... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-40510540 |
EU and Japan reach free trade deal - BBC News | 2017-07-06 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The European Union and Japan conclude a landmark free trade deal in Brussels, EU officials announce. | Business | The European Union and Japan have formally agreed an outline free-trade deal.
The agreement paves the way for trading in goods without tariff barriers between two of the world's biggest economic areas.
However, few specific details are known and a full, workable agreement may take some time.
Two of the most importan... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-40520218 |
Boy, 5, 'killed in Catford park after losing his trainer' - BBC News | 2017-07-06 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Marvyn Iheanacho is accused of battering his partner's son to death in south-east London. | London | Marvyn Iheanacho is accused of killing his partner's son in Mountsfield Park, Catford
A five-year-old boy was battered to death by his mother's boyfriend in a south-east London park after he lost his trainer, a court has heard.
Marvyn Iheanacho, 39, is accused of causing fatal head and stomach injuries to Alex Malcol... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-40522224 |
Bell Pottinger row: PR boss sorry for S Africa campaign - BBC News | 2017-07-06 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | UK-based firm Bell Pottinger responds to accusations its work inflamed racial tensions. | Africa | A protest outside the Gupta family compound in Johannesburg earlier this year
A UK public relations firm has apologised over a controversial social media campaign in South Africa that critics say inflamed racial tensions.
Bell Pottinger is accused of using a strategy that stressed the power of white-owned businesses ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-40527344 |
Robert Trigg jailed for life for killing two girlfriends - BBC News | 2017-07-06 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Robert Trigg had claimed both women died in their sleep but was convicted of their killings. | Sussex | A man who killed two girlfriends five years apart has been jailed for life.
Robert Trigg was convicted of murdering 52-year-old Susan Nicholson in 2011 and of the manslaughter of Caroline Devlin, 35, who died in March 2006. Both were treated as not suspicious at the time
Trigg, 52, was told he would serve a minimum o... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-40519705 |
Venezuela National Assembly stormed by Maduro supporters - BBC News | 2017-07-06 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | About 100 government supporters force their way into Venezuela's opposition-led National Assembly. | Latin America & Caribbean | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.
About 100 government supporters have burst into Venezuela's opposition-controlled National Assembly, where they beat up several lawmakers.
Witnesses said the confrontation came after an assembly session to mark the country'... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-40509498 |
Grenfell fire: Inquiry head faces angry residents' meeting - BBC News | 2017-07-06 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Sir Martin Moore-Bick met survivors of the west London tower block fire on Thursday evening. | UK | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. "You don't respect me": Footage from the meeting shows Sir Martin Moore-Bick defending his position
The retired judge who will head the inquiry into the Grenfell Tower block fire has faced angry residents and survivors in a ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-40520596 |
Vulnerable 'playing Russian roulette' choosing care - BBC News | 2017-07-06 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Damning verdict comes as inspectors warn a quarter of care services are failing on safety. | Health | Vulnerable people are playing "Russian roulette" when they need care in England, campaigners warn, as a quarter of services are failing on safety.
The Care Quality Commission said drug errors, lack of staff and falls were major problems, after inspecting 24,000 services.
Nursing homes had the worst problems, with a t... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-40499567 |
Emily Lance threatened after urinating on US flag on 4 July - BBC News | 2017-07-06 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | She has received death threats on the internet for the act, which is not a crime. | US & Canada | Emily Lance shared a video of herself urinating on a US flag
A woman who shared a video of herself urinating on an American flag has asked that people stop targeting her family, saying they do not support her actions.
Emily Lance received online threats of murder and rape after posting the video during Independence D... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-40518395 |
Corbyn and Greening clash on skills gap - BBC News | 2017-07-06 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Jeremy Corbyn warns of "lost decade" of low pay, while Greening calls for "skills revolution". | Education & Family | Jeremy Corbyn says businesses should pay higher taxes to invest in skills
Jeremy Corbyn has called for a major investment in skills to tackle a "lost decade" in which there had been an "explosion" of low-paid, insecure jobs.
But Education Secretary Justine Greening, also addressing the British Chambers of Commerce, s... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-40504754 |
Boris Johnson: Theresa May's got the show back on road - BBC News | 2017-07-06 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Foreign secretary rejects leadership questions, hailing the "grace and steel" Theresa May has shown. | UK Politics | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Boris Johnson tells Today there is no PM vacancy
Boris Johnson has dismissed leadership speculation, saying Theresa May has shown "unbelievable grace and steel".
The foreign secretary said the PM had "put things back togeth... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-40517324 |
Why people believe the myth of 'plastic rice' - BBC News | 2017-07-06 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Viral videos of 'bouncing rice balls' have fuelled fake rumours of "plastic" rice being sold in Africa. | BBC Trending | A video which falsely claims to "prove" the existence of fake plastic rice in the food supply
Despite little evidence that it's a widespread problem, rumours of "plastic" rice being sold in Africa and elsewhere persist on social media - driven in particular by viral videos which show bouncing rice balls.
The rumours ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-trending-40484135 |
Chilcot on Blair, Bush and the Iraq war - a year on - BBC News | 2017-07-06 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | In an unvarnished account of the inquiry he chaired, Sir John Chilcot tells me that "rising generations" of the military have understood and absorbed its lessons. | UK Politics | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.
The Chilcot report became a by-word for dispute, delay, and doubt.
When the inquiry finally emerged in its full two million words, in the chaotic aftermath of the EU referendum, its analysis was polite.
But it was firmly c... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-40510541 |
Newspaper headlines: 'Failing' care homes and Volvo goes electric - BBC News | 2017-07-06 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | One in three nursing homes fail an official inspection, and Volvo plans a switch to electric cars. | The Papers | A warning about care home safety makes several of the day's front pages.
The Daily Telegraph says choosing one is like "Russian roulette" and quotes officials who advise that people should check how homes smell before making a commitment.
The paper thinks it's particular depressing that care home standards are gettin... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-the-papers-40515085 |
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