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Donald Trump: Time to work more constructively with Russia - BBC News | 2017-07-09 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | But the US ambassador to the UN says her country "can't" and "won't ever" trust Russia. | US & Canada | Mr Putin (L) and Mr Trump met on Friday in Germany and, among other things, spoke about Russia's alleged interference in the US election
US President Donald Trump says it is time to work "constructively" with Russia after his meeting with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin.
He tweeted that Mr Putin "vehemently denied... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-40549475 |
Sue Perkins: 'I knew Mel would quit Bake Off with me' - BBC News | 2017-07-09 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Sue Perkins says the pair are "like twins in a cot" so she knew what the decision would be. | Entertainment & Arts | Mel and Sue quit hosting The Great British Bake Off when it was announced the show would be moving to Channel 4
Former Great British Bake Off host Sue Perkins says she knew Mel Giedroyc was also going to leave the show - even though they had never discussed it - because they are "like twins in a cot".
The pair both d... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-40534891 |
10 things we didn't know last week - BBC News | 2017-07-09 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | How many cans of Spam in the past 80 years - and other news nuggets. | Magazine | 1. More than eight billion cans of Spam have been sold over the past 80 years.
2. Sports Direct's Mike Ashley allegedly "vomited into fireplace" at a business meeting in a pub - a court has heard.
Find out more (The Guardian)
3. Rice - when prepared in the right way - can bounce.
4. The world's most detailed scan o... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-40532830 |
Ivanka Trump takes Donald Trump seat at G20 leaders' table - BBC News | 2017-07-09 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | In an unusual move, the first daughter sits with world leaders while Donald Trump steps away. | World | Ms Trump accompanied her father to earlier sessions before sitting in for him later
In an unusual move Ivanka Trump briefly took her father Donald's seat at a summit of world leaders on Saturday.
The US president had stepped away for a meeting with the Indonesian leader during the G20 meeting.
Ms Trump is an adviser... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-40541611 |
Theresa May 'quit' stories blamed on 'warm prosecco' - BBC News | 2017-07-09 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Tory minister David Lidington dismisses speculation about Theresa May's future as drinks party "gossip". | UK Politics | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. David Lidington MP: "Too much sun and warm Prosecco leads to gossipy stories in the media"
Justice Secretary David Lidington has dismissed speculation about Theresa May's future as the product of "too much sun and too much w... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-40547731 |
Labour 'aim' to wipe £100bn student debt - Angela Rayner - BBC News | 2017-07-09 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Its "ambition" is to write off all student debts when "we can afford to", says a shadow minister. | UK Politics | Labour's "ambition" is to write off all student debt, which would cost £100bn, shadow education secretary Angela Rayner has said.
The Labour MP said it was a "huge amount" and the party would not commit to doing it "unless we can afford to".
The Conservatives said it was a "shambolic" proposal, which Labour had no id... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-40547740 |
Tory-DUP deal to face legal challenge - BBC News | 2017-07-09 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A mental health worker from NI has started a crowdfunding campaign to fund a judicial review. | Northern Ireland | Ciaran McClean stood unsuccessfully for the Green Party in West Tyrone in June's election
A mental health worker is to legally challenge the UK government's deal with the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP).
Ciaran McClean, who is a member of the Green Party, says the pact breaches the Good Friday Agreement and the Bribe... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-40547775 |
Army chief: Public has to understand why we need 'boots on the ground' - BBC News | 2017-07-09 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | General Sir Nick Carter, the Army's top soldier, says the force's future depends on better public understanding. | UK | As he visits troops bolstering Nato's eastern border in Estonia in response to rising tensions with Russia, General Sir Nick Carter - the British army's top soldier - explains how the armed forces need to win support for their changing mission.
Public support in Britain for the Army has been consistently strong. But G... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-40534771 |
Woman and three children die in Bolton house fire - BBC News | 2017-07-09 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The two boys and a girl were all under 13; a man jumped to safety from a first floor window. | Manchester | The two boys and a girl were all under the age of 13, police say
A woman and three children have died after a house fire in Bolton.
The blaze broke out at Rosamond Street in the Daubhill area of the town just after 09:00 BST.
A man managed to jump from a first floor window but two boys and a girl - all under the age... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-40543541 |
Four dead in week of West Midlands stabbings - BBC News | 2017-07-09 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner says knife crime is a 'major concern'. | Birmingham & Black Country | Four men have died in a week of stabbings in the West Midlands.
The first of the four separate attacks happened on Monday, with the latest on Saturday afternoon.
The offences in Birmingham and Solihull are not linked, but have raised fears about knife crime in the area.
David Jamieson, the region's police and crime ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-40543309 |
KKK rally in Virginia leads to rival protests and clashes - BBC News | 2017-07-09 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Supporters of the white supremacist group were surrounded by many more counter protesters. | US & Canada | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Riot police stood between Ku Klux Klan and its opponents
A march by supporters of the white supremacist Ku Klux Klan (KKK) group in the US state of Virginia has been met by hundreds of rival demonstrators.
Dozens of KKK mem... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-40546260 |
Near-blind kitten finds new adopted home after 400 mile trip - BBC News | 2017-07-09 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Bear's non-conventional looks did not put off a couple who drove across the country to adopt him. | Suffolk | A kitten left almost blind by cat flu has found a new home on the other side of the country after a couple fell in love with him on the internet.
Bear arrived at the Blue Cross's Ipswich centre "in an appalling state" when he was just three months old.
A couple in Somerset spotted him on the charity's website and kne... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-suffolk-40533508 |
Migrant crisis: 'Hipster right’ group trying to stop rescue ships - BBC News | 2017-07-09 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Anti-migrant groups accuse aid agencies of providing a taxi service to migrants crossing to Europe. | Europe | More than 80,000 migrants have crossed the Mediterranean to Italy this year
They call themselves Generation Identity. Made up of mainly 20-something tech-savvy members, the Identitarian movement has been described as the hipster right.
Fiercely anti-immigration and anti-Muslim, its aim is to stop mass migration to Eu... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-40505337 |
The painstaking task of naming Grenfell's victims - BBC News | 2017-07-09 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Relatives are angry at the time it's taking to identify victims. But experts say the process is a highly complicated one. | Magazine | Relatives of those who died in the Grenfell Tower tragedy are angry at the time it's taking to recover and name victims. But police and forensic science experts say the process of identifying severely fire-damaged remains is a highly complicated one - and it will take some time before families can know the fate of thei... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-40517658 |
Unesco awards Lake District World Heritage site status - BBC News | 2017-07-09 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | It joins the likes of the Grand Canyon and Machu Picchu as it gets world heritage status. | Cumbria | About 18 million people visit the Lake District each year
The Lake District has joined the likes of the Grand Canyon, the Taj Mahal and Machu Picchu by being awarded Unesco World Heritage status.
The national park was one of 33 sites around the world to be discussed by the Unesco committee in Krakow, Poland.
The com... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cumbria-40547691 |
Holiday sickness fakers face government crackdown - BBC News | 2017-07-09 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Ministers are seeking to make it harder for UK holidaymakers to make bogus food poisoning claims. | Business | Ministers are seeking to make it harder for UK holidaymakers to make bogus food poisoning claims.
Travel industry bosses and Spanish hotels have complained of a huge rise in false insurance claims.
They warned that heavy payouts could lead to British tourists paying higher package holiday prices and being barred from... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-40550858 |
'Cheaper' Heathrow airport third runway plans proposed - BBC News | 2017-07-09 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Hotel tycoon Surinder Arora puts his scheme to the government's public consultation on the airport. | Business | A wealthy businessman has submitted plans for a third runway at Heathrow which he says would be £5bn cheaper than the airport's current scheme.
Hotel tycoon Surinder Arora has put his proposal to the government's public consultation on Heathrow.
Ministers have expressed a preference for the airport's plans for a new ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-40546225 |
The road markings that left red faces - BBC News | 2017-07-09 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | From wonky bikes to supermarket "petrel" - the road markings that left contractors with red faces. | England | The wonky bike, which was spotted by a chuckling Paula Brown, has since been repainted by the contractors responsible
A wonky cycle path sign that appeared in the Lincolnshire market town of Sleaford last weekend caused much mirth among local residents, who described it as looking like a penny farthing - albeit one wi... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-40520746 |
Donald Trump Jr met Russian lawyer before election - BBC News | 2017-07-09 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | It is described as the first confirmed meeting between a Russian national and Trump's inner circle. | US & Canada | Mr Trump Jr said there was no follow-up to the meeting
The US president's son, Donald Trump Jr, has admitted meeting a Kremlin-linked Russian lawyer last year.
The encounter is thought to be the first confirmed private meeting between a Russian national and a member of Donald Trump's inner circle.
A special prosecut... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-40549398 |
Charlie Gard: Parents hand in petition to Great Ormond Street Hospital - BBC News | 2017-07-09 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A petition signed by more than 350,000 people is handed to Great Ormond Street Hospital. | London | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Charlie's parents want to take him to the US
The parents of Charlie Gard have joined supporters to deliver a petition to Great Ormond Street Hospital calling on doctors to allow the sick baby to travel to the USA for treatme... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-40548553 |
Eurasian lynx: Plan to return it to Kielder Forest to be submitted - BBC News | 2017-07-09 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Campaigners want to reintroduce the lynx 1,300 years ago after it became extinct in the UK. | Tyne & Wear | The Lynx UK Trust wants to place up to six lynx in Kielder for a five-year trial
Plans to reintroduce the Eurasian lynx 1,300 years after it became extinct in the UK will be submitted soon, campaigners have said.
The Lynx UK Trust wants to import up to six of the cats from Sweden to Kielder Forest in Northumberland.
... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-40542306 |
G20: UK-US trade deal to happen quickly, says Trump - BBC News | 2017-07-09 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The US president confirms he will go to London, as he holds talks with Theresa May at the G20 summit. | UK Politics | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Donald Trump: "Trade will be a very big factor between our two countries"
US President Donald Trump has said he expects a "powerful" trade deal with the UK to be completed "very quickly".
Speaking at the G20 summit in Hambu... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-40540340 |
Newspaper headlines: 'May's cry for help to Corbyn' - BBC News | 2017-07-09 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Theresa May's hold on power and the fate of sick baby Charlie Gard dominate the front pages. | The Papers | Theresa May's speech on Tuesday reaching out to opposition parties makes the lead for several of the papers - with headlines such as "May's cry for help to Corbyn" in the Daily Telegraph, "Weakened May pleads for support from rivals" in the Times and "May appeals to Labour for policy ideas" in the Guardian.
The i says... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-the-papers-40551928 |
Prison Service finds 225kg of drugs in one year - BBC News | 2017-07-09 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | About 13,000 phones and 7,000 Sim cards were also confiscated in a year in England and Wales. | UK | Prison officers have confiscated 225kg (about 500lb) of drugs in one year in England and Wales, according to the Ministry of Justice.
In 2016, 13,000 mobile phones and 7,000 Sim cards were also seized from prisoners.
The haul comes after new mobile phone detectors were introduced, as well as 300 specialist dogs for d... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-40544569 |
Reality Check: Is the Wimbledon seeding system a good predictor? - BBC News | 2017-07-09 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Wimbledon seedings are calculated differently from other grand slam tournaments. | UK | Wimbledon's seeding system for the men's singles has made an unusually big difference this year, as you can see from the lists above of the ATP rankings a week before the tournament and the Wimbledon rankings.
Wimbledon uses a system that favours grass-court specialists - taking the ATP ranking points, doubling the po... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-40521236 |
G20: Trump hails talks as 'success' despite divisions - BBC News | 2017-07-09 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The US president lauded the summit - despite his country's isolated position on climate change. | Europe | Mr Trump said the G20 summit in Germany was "carried out beautifully" by Mrs Merkel
US President Donald Trump has declared the G20 summit in Germany a "wonderful success", despite his country's isolated position on climate change.
In a joint statement, the leaders of 18 nations and the EU recognised the US decision t... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-40546621 |
US priest pulls out gun in Florida road rage incident - BBC News | 2017-07-09 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The 35-year-old pointed a semi-automatic gun at another driver trying to overtake him, police say. | US & Canada | A North Carolina priest faces assault charges after he pulled out a gun in a road rage incident, officials say.
They say the priest, William Rian Adams, was driving near Palm City in Florida when a pick-up truck that had been following his Chevrolet Corvette closely tried to overtake him.
Mr Adams, 35, then "pointed ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-40547137 |
Bradley Lowery: Jermain Defoe pays tribute to 'best friend' - BBC News | 2017-07-09 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The footballer says he will always carry the six-year-old's memory in his heart. | England | Footballer Jermain Defoe has paid tribute to his "best friend" Bradley Lowery.
The six-year-old Sunderland fan died on Friday following a fight with neuroblastoma - a rare type of cancer.
The club's former striker struck up a close friendship with the avid Black Cats fan and club mascot in the months before his death... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-40545488 |
Former Manchester United footballer ordained as priest - BBC News | 2017-07-09 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Philip Mulryne has taken a vow of poverty, a world away from top-level professional football. | Northern Ireland | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Fr Philip Mulryne says his switch from pitch to priesthood was a 'kind of a mystery'
The former Northern Ireland footballer Philip Mulryne has been ordained a Roman Catholic priest in the Dominican Order.
Father Mulryne, wh... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-40545129 |
Brexit may never happen - Sir Vince Cable - BBC News | 2017-07-09 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Labour and Tory divisions are "enormous" and the economy is "deteriorating", says Sir Vince Cable. | UK Politics | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Vince Cable: "I'm beginning to think Brexit may never happen"
Sir Vince Cable - the likely next Lib Dem leader - says he is "beginning to think Brexit may never happen".
He said "enormous" divisions in the Labour and the To... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-40547733 |
True Blood star Nelsan Ellis dies aged 39 - BBC News | 2017-07-09 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Nelsan Ellis, who starred in the popular HBO series, died from complications after heart failure. | US & Canada | Co-stars of Nelsan Ellis said they were "stunned" and "devastated" by the news
US actor Nelsan Ellis, who starred in the popular HBO series True Blood, has died aged 39, his manager confirmed.
Ellis, best known for playing the flamboyant Lafayette Reynolds in the horror-drama series, died after complications from hea... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-40546257 |
Niagara Falls: Officials explain why the water turned black - BBC News | 2017-08-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Officials say maintenance work caused the inky, stinky discharge to appear in the water by the falls. | US & Canada | It was initially feared the black discharge was an oil leak
Mystery surrounding a foul-smelling black cloud that appeared in water at the base of the Niagara Falls on the US-Canadian border has been explained.
Experts say the discharge - which at one point was feared to be an oil leak - was caused by residue from bla... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-40777634 |
HMP The Mount: Second day of trouble at prison - BBC News | 2017-08-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Riot specialists have restored control at the category C prison amid fresh reports of violence. | Beds, Herts & Bucks | Armed prisoners were understood to have taken over a wing of the category C men's prison
Riot-trained staff have been sent to HMP The Mount in Hertfordshire for the second day running.
BBC home affairs correspondent Danny Shaw said armed prisoners took over Nash Wing and smashed windows, according to well-placed sour... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-40789332 |
Labour MP Steve McCabe smashed in face with brick by biker - BBC News | 2017-08-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The member for Birmingham Selly Oak said he was nursing a "very sore and swollen face". | Birmingham & Black Country | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. X marks the spot for MP hit with brick
An MP was left with facial injuries when he was hit in the face with a brick thrown by a motorcyclist.
Labour's Steve McCabe said two people were riding "really recklessly" in Birmingh... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-40785740 |
Knightsbridge moped attack: Man left with facial injuries - BBC News | 2017-08-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Officers said the man was taken to a central London hospital but his condition was not yet known. | London | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.
A man has been left with facial injuries after two people on a moped threw an unknown liquid at him in London's Knightsbridge.
The Met Police said the 47-year-old man was attacked in Walton Place at about 20:30 BST by "two ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-40784105 |
How much of the world's wealth is hidden offshore? - BBC News | 2017-08-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The chunk of global wealth illegally stashed in tax havens is a big feature of the modern economy. | Business | Would you like to pay less tax? Make a sandwich: specifically, a "double Irish, Dutch sandwich".
Suppose you're American. You set up a company in Bermuda and sell it your intellectual property. It then sets up a subsidiary in Ireland.
Now, set up another company in Ireland: it bills your European operations for amoun... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-40442595 |
Beaten up for being gay - BBC News | 2017-08-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Six people affected by homophobic hate crimes share their stories. | Magazine | Fifty years ago, gay sex between men in private was decriminalised in England and Wales. Despite this, hate crimes against gay people have persisted, and the number of attacks recorded by police has been rising. There were 7,194 in England and Wales in the year to April 2016. Campaigners say this isn't the full picture... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-40643461 |
Moscow court shooting: Gang suspects killed in escape bid - BBC News | 2017-08-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | They were shot dead after trying to take the arms from the officers who were escorting them. | Europe | The incident took place as the suspects were being escorted in the building
Three defendants have been killed in a court in the Russian capital, Moscow, after they tried to take the arms from officers in an attempt to escape, officials say.
Five suspected gang members attacked two agents who were escorting them in a ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-40788237 |
Sam Shepard: US actor and playwright dies aged 73 - BBC News | 2017-08-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | He won a Pulitzer Prize for his writing and was nominated for an Oscar for his acting. | Entertainment & Arts | Sam Shepard wrote more than 40 plays in his career
US actor and playwright Sam Shepard has died at the age of 73.
Shepard wrote more than 40 plays and won the Pulitzer Prize for drama for Buried Child in 1979.
He went on to be nominated for the best supporting actor Oscar for 1983's The Right Stuff and starred in fi... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-40777076 |
Man dies in 70m Snowdon mountain Pyg track fall - BBC News | 2017-08-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | His body was recovered from Snowdon's Pyg track on Monday night. | North West Wales | A man has died after falling more than 70m on Snowdon.
His body was recovered by Llanberis Mountain Rescue Team volunteers after the incident on the Pyg track at about 18:30 BST on Monday.
He was taken from the cliff on a stretcher to Llyn Glaslyn before being carried off the mountain.
The man is the second person i... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-north-west-wales-40796503 |
Ciarán Maxwell: The dissident republican who infiltrated the Royal Marines - BBC News | 2017-08-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | How did Ciarán Maxwell infiltrate an elite unit of the military and evade detection for so long? | Northern Ireland | A photograph of Maxwell posing with cannabis, recovered from one of his memory cards
The jailing of Royal Marine Ciarán Maxwell for terror offences raises troubling questions for the military.
How was an Irish republican with links to violent dissidents able to infiltrate an elite Royal Navy unit and evade detection ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-40742236 |
NHS staff: How many foreign staff work in the NHS? - BBC News | 2017-08-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | As training bursaries end, Reality Check looks at the figures for NHS workers from overseas. | Health | From Tuesday 1 August, most new students of areas such as nursing, midwifery and physiotherapy will no longer be able to apply for grants, and will have access instead to the student loans system.
UCAS announced earlier this year that there had been a notable decrease in students from England applying to do at least o... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-40753751 |
Cannon, anchors and skull found during Portsmouth dredging - BBC News | 2017-08-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Millions of metres of mud have been dredged, clearing the way for Britain's newest aircraft carrier. | Hampshire & Isle of Wight | Eight cannon were found during the dredging work
More than 20,000 items ranging from a human skull to shoes and sea mines have been discovered during dredging work in Portsmouth Harbour.
The work has been carried out to deepen and widen a four-mile (7km) channel to allow the the navy's new 65,000-tonne aircraft carri... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-40787660 |
Australian intruder 'drank champagne and fell asleep' - BBC News | 2017-08-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The man broke into an Australian home before being discovered sleeping in a bed, police say. | Australia | Police arrested the intruder, who had fallen asleep
A man has been charged by Australian police after allegedly breaking into a home, drinking the owner's champagne then falling asleep in her bed.
Police said the 36-year-old man forced his way into the house in Esperance, Western Australia, around lunchtime on Friday... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-40785646 |
Bank of England strike over 'derisory' pay rise - BBC News | 2017-08-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Unite members among maintenance, security and Parlour staff start three days of strikes. | Business | Some of the Bank's staff have started a three-day strike
A three-day strike by some Bank of England support staff has begun, after talks at the conciliation service Acas ended without agreement.
Employees in the Unite trade union are disputing a below-inflation pay rise of 1%, which has been imposed.
About 20 union ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-40778372 |
Dark web markets boom after AlphaBay and Hansa busts - BBC News | 2017-08-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Following the closure of two illegal markets, listings on rival sites have risen by as much as 28%. | Technology | TradeRoute has seen its illegal listings rise following the demise of AlphaBay
Trade on several of the dark web's illegal markets has boomed since two major players were shut by the authorities last month, according to research carried out for the BBC.
The US and Dutch authorities forced AlphaBay and Hansa offline to... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-40788266 |
Newspaper headlines: Passport 'shambles' and Bake Off 'battle' - BBC News | 2017-08-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Longer queues for passport checks and a television baking "feud" make some of Wednesday's front pages. | The Papers | Holidaymakers queuing in a Spanish airport for passport control make the front page of the Daily Mail.
The paper calls new, tougher checks imposed by Brussels a "shambles" and claims British families - coming from outside the Schengen free movement zone - are suffering the most, with waits of up to four hours.
Airlin... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-the-papers-40798085 |
Manchester firearms police: A unit in turmoil? - BBC News | 2017-08-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The force is being investigated over three fatal incidents. One ex-officer criticised its "aggressive" tactics. | UK | Anthony Grainger, PC Ian Terry and Jordan Begley were all killed in separate incidents
Greater Manchester Police is facing new investigations by the police watchdog over three separate fatal firearms incidents, the Victoria Derbyshire programme has learned.
It raises questions about the conduct of one of the UK's big... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-40727842 |
UK soldier arrested after fatal car crash at Cyprus base - BBC News | 2017-08-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A soldier was arrested after Corporal John Fernandez, 32, died following a car crash on Saturday. | UK | Cpl John Fernandez was a "true tiger", his commanding officer said
A British soldier has been arrested following a car crash that killed an infantryman on a UK base in Cyprus.
The Royal Military Police said it was investigating the death of Cpl John Fernandez, 32, of the 2nd Battalion the Princess of Wales's Royal Re... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-40791038 |
Battle of Britain pilot Kenneth Wilkinson dies aged 99 - BBC News | 2017-08-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Kenneth Wilkinson was one of the pilots dubbed "the few" by wartime leader Winston Churchill. | Birmingham & Black Country | Kenneth Wilkinson met Prince William during an event to mark the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Britain
A Battle of Britain pilot who once told off the Duke of Cambridge for "flying choppers" has died at the age of 99.
The Battle of Britain Memorial Trust said it was with great sadness that it announced the death ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-40791988 |
Man sees crash that kills wife and step-children in Devon - BBC News | 2017-08-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The family is believed to have been on holiday in Devon from the Milton Keynes area. | Devon | The carriageway was closed in both directions to allow the air ambulance to land
A woman and her two young children have died in a crash witnessed by her husband.
The woman's car collided with an oncoming lorry on the A361 near Barnstaple in Devon at 08:25 BST.
The woman's husband was travelling in a separate vehicl... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-40778903 |
Man in toy dinghy rescued a mile off Redcar coast - BBC News | 2017-08-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The man, who barely fitted into the dinghy, was rescued by lifeboat as he continued to drift. | Tees | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Redcar rescue: Man found in dinghy mile out to sea
A man who drifted a mile out to sea in a toy dinghy he barely fitted into has been rescued.
The alarm was raised at 19:30 BST on Monday after he was spotted near a wind far... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tees-40781810 |
EU airport security checks: Holidaymakers 'face long delays' - BBC News | 2017-08-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Security checks brought in after recent terror attacks "have led to some people missing flights". | UK | Palma Airport in Majorca is among those where passengers have faced delays, Abta says
New checks at many EU airports have left holidaymakers facing long queues, an airline lobby group has warned.
Rule changes brought in after recent terror attacks mean people entering and leaving the Schengen area, which allows passp... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-40791058 |
Sheriff Joe Arpaio found guilty of violating judge's order - BBC News | 2017-08-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Joe Arpaio violated a judge's order that he cease detaining people whom he racially profiled. | US & Canada | Arpaio was known for his anti-immigration stance, and tough enforcement tactics
Joe Arpaio, the controversial former sheriff of Maricopa County, Arizona, has been found guilty of criminal contempt - a federal offence.
He was found to have violated a judge's 2001 order that he cease detaining migrants who are not susp... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-40780659 |
UK theme park rides closed after Ohio death - BBC News | 2017-08-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | High-speed pendulum rides have been closed in England and Wales after the death of a US teenager. | UK | Lightwater Valley theme park in North Yorkshire says it has decided to close its Eagle's Claw ride as a precaution
Six high-speed theme park rides have been shut across the UK after a death on a similar attraction in the US.
An 18-year-old man died and three others were critically injured after being flung from the r... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-40788040 |
Britain's Best Cook: Mary Berry to judge new BBC cooking contest - BBC News | 2017-08-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Britain's Best Cook will be presented by Claudia Winkleman and be broadcast on BBC One. | Entertainment & Arts | Mary Berry said the series would "encourage proper home cooking"
The BBC has announced a new TV cookery competition - with Mary Berry as the lead judge.
Britain's Best Cook will be broadcast on BBC One and presented by Claudia Winkleman.
The BBC said 10 contestants will compete across eight episodes, serving meals t... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-40788338 |
'Significant' Roman silver hoard found in Fife by teenager - BBC News | 2017-08-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | David Hall made the discovery at the age of 14 and says it was his "first proper find". | Edinburgh, Fife & East Scotland | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. David Hall was just 14 when he made the discovery
A hoard of Roman silver discovered by a teenage metal detectorist in his "first proper find" is to go on display in Scotland.
David Hall, from Livingston who is now 16, foun... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-40778533 |
New Zealander paints his own parking restrictions - BBC News | 2017-08-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Russell Taylor says his homemade yellow lines stop selfish parking caused by rising gentrification. | Asia | Mr Taylor says that his unofficial yellow lines stop people from parking on blind corners
A New Zealand activist who has unlawfully painted yellow line parking restrictions outside his house in Wellington for the last 20 years says he has done so to improve road safety and to protest against gentrification.
Russell T... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-40776651 |
Fentanyl deaths: Warning as drug kills 'at least 60' - BBC News | 2017-08-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Fentanyl, the drug that killed pop star Prince, has been found in batches of heroin. | England | Laboratory testing found traces of fentanyl and carfentanyl in batches of heroin
At least 60 people have died in the UK in the last eight months after taking the strong painkiller fentanyl.
Tests on heroin seized by police since November found traces of the synthetic drug, with more than 70 further deaths pending tox... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-40793887 |
Twin to twin skin transplant hailed as a success - BBC News | 2017-08-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The 66-year-old Fields twins have lived together all their lives - now they are even closer after sharing their skin. | Health | Marian received a large quantity of skin from her twin sister Mary Jane
The 66-year-old Fields twins, from Missouri, have lived together all their lives - now they are even closer after sharing their skin.
Marian Fields had an aggressive and very rare form of skin cancer, which left her with large, open wounds around... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-40729082 |
HMP The Mount disturbance: Riot staff sent to tackle violence - BBC News | 2017-08-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A report into HMP The Mount that highlighted violence as an issue had been released hours earlier. | Beds, Herts & Bucks | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Riot-trained staff were sent to Mount Prison in Hertfordshire
Riot-trained prison staff were sent to a jail amid reports of violence on two wings.
Sources earlier told BBC home affairs correspondent Danny Shaw that one wing... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-40782009 |
Teacher jailed for watching live stream of child rape - BBC News | 2017-08-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Wayne Brookes joined 45 other paedophiles online to watch the abuse being streamed live from the US. | Somerset | Brookes viewed the abuse from an online chat room, Bristol Crown Court heard
A primary school teacher who watched a live stream of a six-year-old boy being raped has been jailed.
Wayne Brookes joined 45 other paedophiles online to watch the abuse being streamed live from America.
Bristol Crown Court heard he also us... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-40796362 |
JK Rowling apologises over Trump disabled boy tweets - BBC News | 2017-08-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The apology came after a disabled boy's mother said the US president did not ignore her son. | UK | Author JK Rowling has apologised for incorrectly accusing Donald Trump of ignoring a disabled boy.
A video emerged that appeared to show the US president refusing to shake the boy's hand at the White House.
"How stunning, and how horrible, that Trump cannot bring himself to shake the hand of a small boy who only want... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-40785321 |
Why are there so many US diplomats working in Russia? - BBC News | 2017-08-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Hundreds of people are set to lose their jobs after Putin's crackdown. | US & Canada | Hundreds of people work for the US in Moscow and other Russian cities. What are they all doing there?
Over the weekend Russia President Vladimir Putin said that the US had to reduce its diplomatic staff in the country by more than 750 people.
It was a startling development in US-Russia relations, exposing tension bet... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-40780841 |
British Gas to raise electricity prices - BBC News | 2017-08-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Prices are to increase by 12.5% from mid-September, affecting 3.1 million customers. | Business | British Gas will increase electricity prices by 12.5% from 15 September, its owner Centrica has said, in a move that will affect 3.1 million customers.
Gas prices are unchanged, but the average annual dual-fuel bill for a typical household on a standard tariff will rise by £76 to £1,120, up by 7.3%.
Centrica said the... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-40787555 |
Corrie Mckeague: Burnt waste examined in missing airman probe - BBC News | 2017-08-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Police say the missing airman's family had been updated on the development. | Suffolk | Material found at an incinerator plant needs "further examination" to establish whether it is linked to missing RAF airman Corrie Mckeague, police said.
The 23-year-old was last seen alive on a night out in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, on 24 September.
Police said they would search the facility at Great Blakenham, near ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-suffolk-40792024 |
Apology to Cardiff priests over stag party mix-up at pub - BBC News | 2017-08-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Pub bosses apologise after asking priests to leave their Cardiff venue, mistaking them for a stag party. | South East Wales | The priests saw the funny side of the misunderstanding
Pub bosses have apologised after asking a group of trainee priests to leave their Cardiff venue, mistaking them for a stag party in fancy dress.
The seven Roman Catholic seminarians had gone to The City Arms to toast Father Peter McClaren's ordination when they w... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-east-wales-40792962 |
Email prankster 'fooled' White House officials - BBC News | 2017-08-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A cyber security adviser and Trump's ex-media chief are reportedly among those tricked. | US & Canada | The hacker shared emails on Twitter that he sent while pretending to be Reince Priebus, the recently sacked White House chief of staff
The self-proclaimed "email prankster" convinced a senior cyber security adviser he was the president's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, CNN says.
He also goaded the then media chief, Anthon... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-40788080 |
Easyjet passengers to Gatwick delayed to protect turtles - BBC News | 2017-08-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | People wait two days to get from Zante to Gatwick because of a curfew to protect a turtle population. | Sussex | Easyjet passengers were left stranded for two days on a Greek island after a relief flight was cancelled to protect a threatened turtle population.
The flight from Zante to London Gatwick was cancelled on Sunday over technical issues, which continued through Monday.
The airline apologised but blamed the relief plane ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-40793119 |
World leaders asked how UK would 'get round' Brexit, says Hague - BBC News | 2017-08-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | "Business leaders and politicians asked how we would get round the result," says former foreign secretary. | UK Politics | Business leaders and politicians asked former Foreign Secretary William Hague how the UK would "get round" the EU referendum result, he has revealed.
In the Daily Telegraph, Lord Hague said he was asked the question "for months... everywhere I went abroad" if "we would lose heart" about leaving.
He said he explained ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-40785322 |
Newspaper headlines: 'Fired! White House in turmoil' - BBC News | 2017-08-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The sacking of Donald Trump's communications director is the lead story on several front pages. | The Papers | The abrupt dismissal of Donald Trump's communications director, Anthony Scaramucci, makes many of the front pages.
"White House in turmoil" is the headline in the Times, which says the new Chief of Staff, the battle-hardened General John Kelly, did not take long to end Mr Scaramucci's brief career as the West Wing's c... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-the-papers-40785306 |
AA sacks boss Bob Mackenzie for 'gross misconduct' - BBC News | 2017-08-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The motoring organisation fires its executive chairman, Bob Mackenzie, with immediate effect. | Business | Mr Mackenzie had been the AA's executive chairman since June 2014
The AA has fired its executive chairman, Bob Mackenzie, for "gross misconduct", with immediate effect.
Its statement gave no further details as to the reasons for his departure, but an AA spokeswoman said it was "a personal conduct matter".
But Mr Mac... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-40789450 |
Myers apologises to Jewish presenters Feltz and Winkleman - BBC News | 2017-08-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Kevin Myers suggested Vanessa Feltz and Claudia Winkleman earned high salaries because they are Jewish. | Europe | Vanessa Feltz and Claudia Winkleman are among the BBC's highest-paid female stars
A Sunday Times columnist has apologised to Vanessa Feltz and Claudia Winkleman after suggesting they earned high salaries because they were Jewish.
Kevin Myers said he was "very, very sorry" for offending the broadcasters and said he wa... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-40790195 |
Game of Thrones script 'stolen in HBO hack' - BBC News | 2017-08-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | HBO confirms it experienced a "cyber incident" after hackers claimed to have breached the firm. | Technology | An upcoming Game of Thrones script was allegedly stolen
A group of hackers claims to have stolen the script for a forthcoming Game of Thrones episode and other data in a breach at entertainment firm HBO.
The group says it has 1.5 terabytes of the company's data and has posted episodes of Ballers and Room 104 online.
... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-40776517 |
Police testing moped crime tagging spray - BBC News | 2017-08-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The Metropolitan Police says clothing or equipment could link suspects to a crime scene. | UK | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Teenagers appear to be posting pictures of stolen bikes and robberies on social media.
A spray that links suspected moped criminals to a crime scene is being tested by the Metropolitan Police.
The liquid would tag clothing ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-40788491 |
Four countries on Euro 2017 and what it means for women's football - BBC News | 2017-08-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Four countries tell Newsbeat what the Women's Euros is doing for football where they are. | Newsbeat | And just like that, 43 years of hurt are over for England.
The 1-0 win over France at Euro 2017 was their first victory against Les Bleus since 1974.
Jodie Taylor's goal not only rewrites recent history, but also puts her country into the semi-finals.
"I'm very, very proud," manager Mark Sampson told the BBC afterwa... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/articles/40772847 |
Wayne Rooney charged with drink-driving - BBC News | 2017-09-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Ex-England captain Wayne Rooney is due to appear at court later this month. | Liverpool | Wayne Rooney is due to appear at Stockport Magistrates' Court later this month
Everton striker Wayne Rooney has been charged with drink-driving, Cheshire Police have said.
Rooney was arrested shortly after 02:00 BST after officers stopped a black VW Beetle on Altrincham Road, Wilmslow.
Cheshire Police said Rooney, 3... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-41123148 |
Would you take a ride in a pilotless sky taxi? - BBC News | 2017-09-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | How Dubai may be winning the race to launch the first passenger-carrying flying drones. | Business | Dubai says it will begin a five-year test period of the Volocopter later in 2017
Tech companies are competing to develop the first viable passenger-carrying sky taxis, whether manned or pilotless, but how soon could these clever copters really be whizzing over our cities? And would you trust one?
Dubai is racing to b... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-41088196 |
7 days quiz: What record did Taylor Swift break? - BBC News | 2017-09-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A weekly quiz of the news, 7 days 7 questions. | Magazine | It's the weekly news quiz - have you been paying attention to what's been going on in the world over the past seven days?
If you missed last week's quiz, try it here
Join the conversation - find us on Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat and Twitter | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-41100200 |
Houston floods: White House seeks disaster aid from Congress - BBC News | 2017-09-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | President Trump is expected to ask for $5.9bn in federal aid, and pledged $1m of his own money. | US & Canada | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Mike Pence: "The American people are with you"
The White House says it will ask the US Congress for emergency funding to help those affected by Hurricane Harvey.
President Donald Trump is expected to propose an initial $5.9... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-41118993 |
Stephanie Slater: Michael Sams kidnap victim dies aged 50 - BBC News | 2017-09-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Stephanie Slater was held in a wooden "coffin" for eight days in 1992 by murderer Michael Sams. | England | Stephanie Slater moved to the Isle of Wight after she was kidnapped in 1992
Stephanie Slater, the estate agent who was kidnapped and held captive for eight days in 1992, has died of cancer aged 50.
Ms Slater was held in a "cramped wooden coffin" after she was kidnapped by Michael Sams.
Sams posed as a house buyer to... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-41123348 |
Brexit talks: Why it's all about the money - BBC News | 2017-09-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | As Brexit talks make slow progress, Reality Check looks at why the divorce bill is causing such deadlock | UK | All smiles from the Brexit negotiators despite major differences between the two sides
The biggest fights in the European Union are always about money, so there was never any reason to suppose that the Brexit negotiations would be any different.
Last year, Treasury figures show the UK paid about £13bn to the EU, arou... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41111994 |
Case against Auschwitz Nazi, 96, to be thrown out - BBC News | 2017-09-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Hubert Zafke, who faced 3,681 counts of being an accessory to murder, has severe dementia. | Europe | Hubert Zafke faced 3,681 counts of being an accessory to murder
German prosecutors have said a case against a 96-year-old former SS medic should be thrown out because he is unfit to stand trial.
Hubert Zafke is accused of assisting in the killing of 3,681 people at the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp.
Medical ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-41113613 |
Newspaper headlines: Conservation charity and countryside campaigners clash - BBC News | 2017-09-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A row between the National Trust and the Countryside Alliance over hunting makes headlines. | The Papers | The National Trust is "embroiled in a row with countryside campaigners", according to the lead in the Daily Telegraph.
The conservation charity has been accused of "effectively painting targets" on people who hunt after it decided to publish details of the times and locations of legal hunts on its land.
Hunt supporte... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-the-papers-41131803 |
Cycling Weekly sorry for 'token attractive woman' caption - BBC News | 2017-09-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A cycling magazine says an "idiotic" caption appeared next to a photo of a female rider. | Leicester | The caption labelled one of the Hinckley club's female riders a "token attractive woman"
A leading cycling magazine has apologised after a female rider was labelled "token attractive woman".
Cycling Weekly's edition from 31 August featured a profile of Hinckley Cycle Racing Club to mark the Leicestershire group's 70t... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershire-41122033 |
Yellow Pages to stop printing directory after 51-year run - BBC News | 2017-09-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The local business listings will no longer be available on paper after more than five decades. | Business | The local business directory that helped JR Hartley find his book on fly fishing is set to go out of print.
The Yellow Pages will no longer be published on paper from next year onwards, more than five decades after it launched in the UK.
Its owner, Yell, has announced that the first of its 104 final editions will be ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-41125865 |
Was summer 2017 the craziest transfer window ever? - BBC Sport | 2017-09-01 | null | What was the biggest shock? Who was the biggest bargain? And biggest risk? BBC pundits assess the signings in a topsy-turvy transfer window. | null | Last updated on .From the section Football
After two months of mind-boggling spending, miles of social media speculation, smoke, mirrors and silly signing announcements, the transfer window has finally closed.
Amid all the noise, which are the bargains, bloopers and just plain bonkers signings of a roller-coaster tra... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/41108842 |
Could a new political party be on the way? - BBC News | 2017-09-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Voices in Westminster are whispering about change but how realistic is talk of a new political force? | UK Politics | How realistic are Westminster whispers about a new political party?
Whispers of collaboration waft through the air. Rumours of a new political entity emerging into the light. Stories of politicians ready to cast aside tribal instinct and join something new.
But that is quite enough about the political intrigue in Ger... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-41096500 |
Sierra Leone mudslides: UK team races to stop disease - BBC News | 2017-09-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A team of UK experts is in Sierra Leone trying to prevent disease adding to the death toll from mudslides. | Health | The relief team visits the site of the fatal mudslide
As families desperately clawed through red earth and debris that had buried their communities within just a few hours, another fear was already taking hold.
Gushing muddy waters had poured into poor communities, killing at least 500 people, leaving many more homel... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-41111839 |
Police officer Corey Alvey sacked for sex with teenager - BBC News | 2017-09-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The officer flirted with the vulnerable 17-year-old before they had sex at his home, an inquiry hears. | Lincolnshire | A police officer who had sex with a "vulnerable" teenager has been dismissed.
Special Sgt Corey Alvey, 26, was part of a team involved in a search for the 17-year old, referred to only as HF, who had been reported missing.
A disciplinary hearing, at Lincolnshire police headquarters, was told Mr Alvey - based in Stamf... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lincolnshire-41109310 |
Car makers offer scrappage deals in race for new customers - BBC News | 2017-09-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Renault-Nissan and Kia follow VW and Toyota in announcing new incentive schemes for UK buyers. | Business | Renault-Nissan and Kia are the latest car companies to launch car trade-in schemes, aimed at persuading UK customers to swap older, more polluting, car models for new ones.
Earlier Volkswagen and Toyota announced diesel scrappage schemes, joining BMW, Ford, Hyundai, Mercedes-Benz and Vauxhall who have all launched sch... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-41114738 |
Turning the dead into vinyl records - BBC News | 2017-09-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | From vinyl records, to coffee mugs, flower pots and diamonds - the end-of-life industry has new ways to preserve you. | Business | There is about a teaspoonful of Madge Hobson's ashes in her record
John Hobson is listening to a recording of conversations with his late mother, mostly small talk about family.
The words are on a vinyl record, although this is more than a recording of memories.
The ashes of Madge Hobson are combined with the vinyl,... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-40492466 |
Brexit: UK 'must not allow itself to be blackmailed' - BBC News | 2017-09-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Businesses are impatient at the slow progress of Brexit talks, the international trade secretary adds. | UK Politics | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Liam Fox says negotiations should focus on the final Brexit settlement
The UK must not be "blackmailed" into agreeing a Brexit "divorce" bill before trade talks begin, Liam Fox has said.
Talks should begin soon "because tha... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41119870 |
'Divorce bill' row frustrates Brexit talks - BBC News | 2017-09-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | UK's David Davis urges more flexibility as EU negotiator says "no decisive progress" has been made. | UK Politics | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.
Both the UK and EU have expressed frustration at the pace of Brexit talks amid disagreement over the size of the UK's "divorce bill".
EU negotiator Michel Barnier said the UK did not feel "legally obliged to honour its obli... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-41106507 |
Am I eligible for 30 hours' free childcare? - BBC News | 2017-09-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | As the 30 hours of free childcare scheme comes into effect, here's everything you need to know about how it works. | England | The government is increasing the funded hours from 15 to 30 a week for children of working families who meet the eligibility criteria
From September, working parents of three and four year olds in England will be entitled to 30 hours' free childcare a week. But how do you know if you are eligible and what is the proce... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-41111132 |
Andy Carroll robbery: Man jailed for targeting West Ham striker - BBC News | 2017-09-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Jack O'Brien tried to rob the West Ham striker of a £22,000 watch as he drove home from training. | London | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Footage of the chase was captured on a dashcam and bus CCTV cameras
A man has been jailed for trying to rob footballer Andy Carroll of his £22,000 wristwatch as the striker drove home from West Ham's training ground.
Jack O... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-41124929 |
Air Transat probed after flights delayed for hours on Ottawa runway - BBC News | 2017-09-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Passengers who were held for six hours on Ottawa runway rang the emergency services for help. | US & Canada | The passengers of two international flights were held for up to six hours
The Canadian Transportation Agency is holding an inquiry into two Air Transat flights held on the tarmac at Ottawa for hours in conditions passengers called "deplorable".
The flights from Brussels and Rome were diverted on 31 July amid bad weat... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-41075522 |
Solar power deal will lower social tenants' energy bills - BBC News | 2017-09-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Investment from the Netherlands will see 800,000 English and Welsh homes get free solar panels. | Business | Solar panels are to be installed in 800,000 low-income homes across England and Wales over the next five years, as part of a new government scheme.
The Dutch firm, Maas Capital, is investing £160m in the project.
The panels, which will be free to tenants, are expected to cut hundreds of pounds from energy bills, acco... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-41122433 |
MPs declare sports and bookies as most common donors - BBC News | 2017-09-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Ladbrokes Coral companies appear 15 times for hospitality in the register of MPs' donations. | England | MPs have declared about £215,000 worth of gifts, benefits and hospitality
Sports and betting companies top the list of donors treating MPs to gifts and hospitality.
The Ladbrokes Coral group appeared 15 times in the register of members' interests, more than any other donor.
Out of 187 donations from UK sources regis... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-41027964 |
One in three 'sick notes' for mental health, says NHS - BBC News | 2017-09-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | One in three "sick notes" issued by GPs are for mental health problems, a new NHS report shows. | Health | Nearly a third of fit notes issued by GPs are for psychiatric problems, says an NHS report.
This makes them the most common reason for people to take time off work, ahead of musculoskeletal diseases.
There was a 14% rise in notes relating to anxiety and stress between 2015-16 and 2016-17.
The Royal College of Psychi... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-41124238 |
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