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UK petrol prices could jump after Hurricane Harvey, RAC says - BBC News | 2017-09-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The price of unleaded petrol could surpass diesel in the coming days, the RAC says. | Business | The price of unleaded petrol could surpass that of diesel in the coming days as a result of the disruption caused by Hurricane Harvey in the US, the RAC has warned.
The drivers' association said the price of a litre of unleaded in the UK could rise by up to 4p, passing 121p.
That level has not been seen since Decembe... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-41121594 |
Man jailed for murdering niece who was also partner - BBC News | 2017-09-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Christopher Wall was jailed for life after a jury heard evidence suggesting Hayley Wall had been hit by a TV. | Dorset | The court heard Christopher Wall, 58, was in a relationship with his niece Hayley, 25
A man has been jailed for life for murdering a woman who was his niece and also his partner.
Hayley Wall, 25, was found with head injuries in a street in Bournemouth on 13 December and died nine days later.
A jury heard evidence su... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-dorset-41109419 |
Obituary: Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor - BBC News | 2017-09-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Former head of the Roman Catholic Church in England and Wales has died aged 85. | UK | Cormac Murphy-O'Connor served in holy orders for more than six decades.
The man who began his career as a priest in 1950s Hampshire went on to lead the Roman Catholic Church in England and Wales and to don the red hat of a cardinal.
A traditionalist who opposed birth control and abortion, he preached that Christians ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41003717 |
Sales of inefficient vacuum cleaners banned - BBC News | 2017-09-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Those using more than 900 watts and emitting more than 80 decibels are now banned in Europe's shops. | Business | Sales of vacuum cleaners producing more noise and heat than suction are restricted under EU rules from today.
Vacuum cleaners using more than 900 watts and emitting more than 80 decibels will be banned when stocks run out.
Some anti-EU campaigners say homes won't be properly cleaned if people have to buy lower wattag... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-41119355 |
Transfer deadline day with the UK's youngest football agent - BBC News | 2017-09-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | For football fans today has all the tension of a cup final penalty shoot-out without a single ball being kicked. | Newsbeat | For football fans, today has all the tension of a cup final penalty shoot-out without a single ball being kicked.
Clubs in England and Wales have until 11pm to add to their squads. While in Scotland the deadline is midnight.
For football agent George Swan it's his busiest day of the year and, at 22, he's the youngest... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/articles/41115609 |
Joshua Clements jailed for Hyde Park water fight stabbings - BBC News | 2017-09-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Joshua Clements stabbed two men when thousands gathered in London's Hyde Park last year. | London | Joshua Clements stabbed two men when thousands gathered in London's Hyde park last year
A teenager who stabbed two men during a mass water fight in London's Hyde Park has been jailed for 14 years.
Joshua Clements, 19, attacked the men as violence broke out when thousands of people gathered on 19 July last year.
The ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-41124936 |
TUC says flexible working requests can end in worse outcomes - BBC News | 2017-09-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Two out of five low-paid young parents who request flexible working end up worse off, the TUC says. | Business | Two out of five low-paid young parents who ask for flexible work arrangements are "penalised" as a result, according to a TUC survey.
They are given fewer hours, worse shifts and some have lost their jobs, its survey of 1,000 parents suggested.
About half of low-paid young mums and dads are struggling to manage work ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-41113210 |
Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor dies at 85 - BBC News | 2017-09-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | He was the leader of the Roman Catholic Church in England and Wales from 2000 to 2009. | UK | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Martin Bashir looks back at the life of Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor
The former Archbishop of Westminster, Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor, has died at the age of 85, the Roman Catholic Church says.
Cardinal Murphy-O'Con... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41129553 |
Florence: Largest asteroid in century to safely fly by Earth - BBC News | 2017-09-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Florence will pass by at a relatively close distance but scientists say there is nothing to worry about. | Science & Environment | The largest asteroid in more than a century is set to pass by Earth at a relatively close distance of 4.4 million miles (7 million km), Nasa says.
Florence measures 2.7 miles (4.4km) in diameter and will not pose a threat to Earth for centuries to come.
While other asteroids have passed closer to Earth, they were all... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-41121245 |
RAF's close combat unit opens to women for the first time - BBC News | 2017-09-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The air force becomes the first branch of the British military to allow women to apply for any role. | UK | Women will now be able to join the RAF Regiment - its ground-fighting force
The Royal Air Force has become the first branch of the British military to open up every role to men and women.
From Friday it will accept applications from women to join the RAF Regiment - its ground-fighting force.
The Army and Navy will o... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41119863 |
US orders Russia to close consulate and two annexes - BBC News | 2017-09-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The US orders Russia to close its San Francisco consulate in response to "unwarranted" actions. | US & Canada | The closure of the San Francisco consulate leaves just three remaining in the US, a senior administration official says
Russia has been ordered to close its San Francisco consulate and two trade missions in response to "unwarranted" Russian action, the US has said.
The consulate, and annexes in New York and Washingto... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-41115352 |
'It was quite a long way down' - BBC News | 2017-09-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | George Rankine was 19 when he walked across the Forth Road Bridge before the road was built. | Edinburgh, Fife & East Scotland | George Rankine walked across the mesh walkways to both towers on the Forth Road Bridge
George Rankine was 19 when he walked across the Forth Road Bridge before the road was built.
The 74-year-old was a student in Edinburgh when his friend, who had a summer job at the bridge, asked his supervisor if they could walk ov... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-41124739 |
Man stabbed in Stratford Westfield shopping centre 'mass brawl' - BBC News | 2017-09-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A man is left with a stab injury after a "mass brawl" at the Westfield shopping centre in east London. | London | Photos shared on social media appear to show a man lying on the floor inside the shopping centre
A man was stabbed in what witnesses described as a "mass brawl" at a shopping centre in London.
Police were called to reports of a fight at Westfield shopping centre, east London, at about 18.15 BST.
One man was taken to... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-41128411 |
Birling Gap beach: Shipwreck 'could be to blame for mist' - BBC News | 2017-09-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The Maritime and Coastguard Agency is investigating "a number of possibilities" for the toxic haze. | Sussex | People staying nearby had been told to keeps doors and windows closed
The chemical cloud that caused a Sussex beach to be evacuated on Sunday might have come from a shipwreck, the coastguard agency has suggested.
Part of the East Sussex coast was engulfed by the cloud and about 150 people were treated for breathing p... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-41130937 |
A-level places dispute pupils to return to their school - BBC News | 2017-09-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A grammar school reverses its policy of refusing to let some students continue to the upper sixth. | Education & Family | Sixth formers excluded from a school because they did not get at least B grades at AS-level will be allowed to return, their lawyer has confirmed.
Pupils at St Olave's in Orpington, south-east London, were told they could not progress to take their A-levels.
Parents had begun legal action over the policy, but now the... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-41132701 |
Boots staff 'harassed' by morning-after pill campaigners - BBC News | 2017-09-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Pharmacy claims charity BPAS encouraged "personal abuse" in a dispute over morning-after pill costs. | UK | Boots has accused a pregnancy charity of encouraging the "harassment" of its senior employees in a dispute over the cost of its morning-after pills.
Lawyers for Boots said the British Pregnancy Advisory Service (BPAS) helped supporters to send a "torrent of personal abuse" to members of staff.
Members of the public c... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41121338 |
DUP wants an immediate return to Stormont - BBC News | 2017-09-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Arlene Foster says her plan is a "common-sense solution" to the ongoing power-sharing deadlock. | Northern Ireland | The DUP leader, Arlene Foster, proposed an immediate restoration of the assembly in Northern Ireland along with a parallel, time-limited process to deal with culture and language.
Mrs Foster described it as a "common-sense solution" to the ongoing political deadlock.
Sinn Féin rejected the plan and said the DUP have ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-41100925 |
'Out of control' pensioners fined for hotel rampage - BBC News | 2017-09-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Staff and guests were forced to flee after the drunk man and his wife made threats in the foyer. | Tayside and Central Scotland | Ruth and Robert Fergus had both been drinking before the incident
Staff and guests were forced to flee after two "out of control" pensioners rampaged through a Highland Perthshire resort hotel, a court heard.
Robert Fergus, 72, ran naked with a pair of scissors in the public reception of the MacDonald Loch Rannoch Ho... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-41122909 |
Councils to be allowed to charge for road closures - BBC News | 2017-09-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Companies in England would be charged for closing busy routes at peak times, under government plans. | UK | Councils in England would be allowed to charge utility companies by the hour for roadworks which cause significant disruption, if government proposals are approved.
The plan aims to halve the delays motorists endure due to utility works.
Roadworks cost the economy £4bn a year due to delayed deliveries and people bein... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41127734 |
Has voodoo been misjudged? - BBC News | 2017-09-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | While many African traditions and cultures are under threat from modern life, one is holding its own - voodoo. | Africa | The Temple of Pythons in Benin is considered a sacred place by voodoo followers
While many African traditions and cultures are under threat from modern life, there is one which is holding its own - voodoo.
It has suffered from a bad press internationally but is an official religion in the West African country of Beni... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-41048840 |
Wonder Woman Gal Gadot backs mocked Sri Lankan cosplayers - BBC News | 2017-09-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Hollywood star Gal Gadot rallies behind two Sri Lankan cosplayers who faced a barrage of online abuse. | Asia | Hollywood actress Gal Gadot has thrown her support behind two young women in Sri Lanka after they were cyber-bullied for cosplaying as Wonder Woman.
The two had become the target of a wave of online memes, body-shaming and harassment.
Both Gadot, who played the character in the recent blockbuster movie, and its direc... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-41120168 |
'Monster' tuna hauled by Neyland boat is 'catch of lifetime' - BBC News | 2017-09-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The endangered bluefin tuna was returned to the waters by the angler who caught it. | South West Wales | Andrew Alsop said he was exhausted and aching after the catch
A huge bluefin tuna weighing about 500lb has been caught in Welsh waters off Pembrokeshire.
Andrew Alsop, 49, spent two hours and 15 minutes to bring the 226kg "monster" in after it was accidently caught during a fishing trip from Neyland.
Mr Alsop descri... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-west-wales-41125399 |
Diana's embrace: The legacy she left her sons - BBC News | 2017-09-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Did the Princess of Wales change the public's perception of the Royal Family forever? | UK | Lady Diana Spencer was immediately thrust into the media spotlight in 1980 after rumours she was dating Prince Charles
Twenty years after the death of Princess Diana in a car accident in Paris, her legacy seems most apparent in the open and candid nature of her sons - Princes William and Harry - and the media's relati... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41018143 |
North Korean ambassador summoned by the UK - BBC News | 2017-09-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A foreign office minister met the country's ambassador to condemn its latest missile test. | UK | A government minister has held a face-to-face meeting with North Korea's ambassador to condemn the country's latest missile test.
Mark Field, Britain's minister for Asia and the Pacific, summoned the ambassador after North Korea fired a missile over Japan on Tuesday.
"I made clear how strongly the UK condemns the lau... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41113372 |
Lewis Hamilton writes Princess Diana poem tribute - BBC News | 2017-09-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The three-time world Formula 1 champion turns his hand to poetry with "England's Rose". | Beds, Herts & Bucks | British racing driver Lewis Hamilton has written a poem in tribute to Princess Diana to mark the 20th anniversary of her death.
The 32-year-old said she was a "shining star in the midnight sky" and his poem was accompanied by images of Diana and a Van Morrison song.
Hamilton is taking part in the Italian Grand Prix t... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-41129178 |
Coffee shop owner defends no children policy - BBC News | 2017-09-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | "It's not like I launched a ballistic missile over Torbay," owner Bob Higginson says. | Devon | Bob Higginson said with many antiques on display he was "quite nervous" about small children being in the coffee shop
The owner of a cafe with a no children under 12 policy has hit back at critics calling for a boycott of his shop.
The Chart Room, in Brixham, Devon is an ocean-liner themed coffee lounge which also ho... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-41100226 |
US hands out first contracts for border wall prototypes - BBC News | 2017-09-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Four companies will be paid up to $500,000 each for a 30ft segment of concrete border wall. | US & Canada | Parts of the US border with Mexico are already sealed off
Four companies have been chosen to build prototypes for Donald Trump's planned border wall, US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) said.
The four concrete prototypes will be 30ft (9m) long and up to 30ft tall, and will be built in the coming months.
Officials... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-41118992 |
North Korea: What are the military options? - BBC News | 2017-09-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A look at the various scenarios that could unfold in tackling Kim Jong-un's regime. | Asia | North Korea's official news agency distributed this photo, purportedly of the missile launch
US President Donald Trump said "we'll see" when asked if he was going to attack North Korea after the secretive state claimed to have successfully tested a hydrogen bomb. So what could military action against Kim Jong-un's reg... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-41095772 |
Man arrested in Melbourne after 'abhorrent' kangaroo killing - BBC News | 2017-09-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A viral video showed a man in Australia repeatedly cutting the throat of an injured kangaroo. | Australia | A man has been arrested in Melbourne after a video showing a man slashing at a wounded kangaroo's throat went viral.
The 43-year-old man was charged with destroying protected wildlife, said authorities in the state of Victoria. Officers also seized knives and firearms from his home, they said.
Environment officials d... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-41107628 |
Newspaper headlines: 'Barbs fly at Brexit talks' - BBC News | 2017-09-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A war of words between UK and EU negotiators in Brussels makes many of Friday's front pages. | The Papers | The end of the latest round of Brexit talks provides the lead for many papers.
The Guardian highlights the view of the EU's chief negotiator Michel Barnier that the UK's approach is nostalgic, unrealistic and undermined by a lack of trust.
"You can't bully us Mr Barnier," is its headline, saying his comments enraged ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-the-papers-41118654 |
Birmingham bin strike expected to resume - BBC News | 2017-09-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Birmingham City Council reneged on a deal which had suspended seven weeks of industrial action. | Birmingham & Black Country | Rubbish piled up on the streets of Alum Rock in Birmingham during the dispute
Birmingham bin workers are expected to resume strike action after the city's council said it was issuing redundancy notices.
The seven-week strike action that saw mountains of waste pile up on streets was suspended on 16 August amid talks b... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-41117732 |
Serena Williams gives birth to baby girl - BBC News | 2017-09-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The 35-year-old tennis superstar has her first child with partner Alexis Ohanian. | US & Canada | Parents-to-be Serena Williams and Alexis Ohanian in New York in May
Tennis star Serena Williams has given birth to a baby girl at a clinic in Florida.
Williams, 35, whose partner is Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian, was admitted to the St Mary's Medical Center in West Palm Beach on Wednesday.
The 23-time Grand Slam ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-41130969 |
Tackling the canine obesity crisis - BBC News | 2017-09-10 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Why, in the mission to improve the health of man's best friend, scientists say greedy Labradors are at the head of the pack. | Science & Environment | When it comes to man's best friend, science may finally have solved the mystery of their gluttony - some Labradors, it seems, are genetically predisposed to being hungry.
That's according to scientists who were discussing their ongoing mission to improve our favourite pets' health at the British Science Association Fe... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-41161424 |
Last Night of the Proms ends with rallying cry for classical music - BBC News | 2017-09-10 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Conductor Sakari Oramo says the "demise of classical music" has been exaggerated, as the Proms close. | Entertainment & Arts | Flags of all varieties were seen at the Royal Albert Hall
The 2017 Proms season has ended with a rallying cry for the future of classical music.
"For many decades we have heard about the imminent demise of classical music," said conductor Sakari Oramo.
"But look," he said, surveying the Royal Albert Hall, "at this."... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-41216508 |
New mummies discovered in tomb near Luxor, Egypt - BBC News | 2017-09-10 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The tomb, found by archaeologists near the city of Luxor, belonged to a goldsmith. | Middle East | Archaeologists in Egypt have discovered the tomb of a royal goldsmith containing the mummies of a woman and her two children, authorities said.
The tomb, dating back to the New Kingdom (16th to 11th Centuries BC), was found near the Nile city of Luxor, 400 miles (700km) south of Cairo.
Among the items discovered insi... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-41213024 |
Irma weakens but still wreaks chaos - BBC News | 2017-09-10 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Latest updates as the most powerful Atlantic storm in a decade hits the US mainland. | US & Canada | About 400 survivors of Hurricane Irma have arrived in France and the Netherlands aboard military planes, AFP reports.
Some 278 survivors landed in Paris, while another 100 flew into Eindhoven which is in the south of the Netherlands, the news agency says.
Earlier, French officials said six out of 10 homes on St Marti... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-latin-america-41177350 |
Organ donation: Does an opt-out system increase transplants? - BBC News | 2017-09-10 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Claims that opt-out systems result in more transplants are not fully supported by the evidence. | Health | The NHS has released figures revealing that 457 people died in England last year while waiting for an organ transplant.
Doctors' union the British Medical Association (BMA) and politicians alike have called for an opt-out system to be adopted in England, where people's consent to donate their organs after their death ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-41199918 |
Chris Froome wins Vuelta: 'A friendly accountant off the bike, a cold-eyed winner on it' - BBC Sport | 2017-09-10 | null | Even for a remarkable rider like Chris Froome winning the Tour-Vuelta double is an exceptional achievement, writes Tom Fordyce. | null | There was a time, as recently as the start of July, when many in cycling wondered whether Chris Froome might not be what he was: not a single win all year, fewer days racing going in to the Tour de France than ever before, his rivals, many younger and in punchier form, lining up on his wheel.
Three months on, having b... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/41215172 |
Rohingya crisis: Insurgents declare temporary ceasefire - BBC News | 2017-09-10 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | They say they want to ease the rapidly worsening humanitarian crisis in Myanmar's Rakhine state. | Asia | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Myanmar's Rohingya have been described by the UN as "the most friendless people in the world, as Justin Rowlatt reports
Rohingya Muslim insurgents in Myanmar have declared a one-month unilateral ceasefire to ease the humanit... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-41216527 |
RideLondon: Pedestrian dies from injuries after collision - BBC News | 2017-09-10 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A 67-year-old woman dies following a collision with a competitor in July. | London | A pedestrian has died after she was struck by a cyclist during this year's RideLondon event.
The 67-year-old suffered serious head injuries when she was struck on New King's Road at the junction of Guion Road in Parsons Green.
Following the collision on 30 July, she was taken to a west London hospital. She died on Th... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-41212147 |
Anti-Brexit marchers rally in Parliament Square - BBC News | 2017-09-10 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Thousands of Remainers join a rally in central London to protest at the impact of the UK leaving the EU. | UK Politics | Thousands of protesters in favour of the UK staying in the European Union have marched in Westminster.
The People's March for Europe took a route through central London before a rally in Parliament Square.
Liberal Democrat leader Sir Vince Cable said there were a growing number of people worried about Brexit's impact... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-41212505 |
Winds reach 62mph in parts of UK as new warnings issued - BBC News | 2017-09-10 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The Met Office issues a further two yellow weather warnings for wind and rain in some areas. | UK | Wind speeds reached up to 62mph after an area of low pressure caused strong gusts across the UK on Monday.
The Met Office had issued a yellow "be aware" weather warning for wind in parts of Wales and south-west England, which has since been lifted.
Fresh yellow warnings for rain and wind are now in place for some are... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41221900 |
Strictly Come Dancing: Susan Calman 'offended' by dance partner row - BBC News | 2017-09-10 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Openly gay comedian Susan Calman defends her decision to dance with a male professional dancer. | Entertainment & Arts | Calman said her wife would be at the Strictly studio to see her dance
Susan Calman has strongly defended her decision as an openly gay woman to dance with a male professional dancer on Strictly Come Dancing.
The Scottish comedian and writer has faced criticism on social media for taking part in the show - because it ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-41195509 |
Locked up for life for crimes they didn't commit - BBC News | 2017-09-10 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Four exonerated prisoners tell the BBC how they were permanently changed by their experiences. | Scotland | They were convicted of crimes they did not commit and are permanently changed by spending years in prison.
They face a range of serious psychiatric problems and can never return to the lives they had before.
Four exonerated prisoners - Robert Brown, Paddy Hill, Sunny Jacobs and Peter Pringle - told the BBC documentar... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-41108765 |
GP probed for giving child, 12, gender-change hormones - BBC News | 2017-09-10 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Monmouthshire GP Dr Helen Webberley's practice is restricted while medical authorities investigate. | Wales | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Dr Helen Webberley said she listens to 'children's hearts' about when they want treatment
A Monmouthshire GP is being investigated over complaints about her giving gender-change hormones to children as young as 12.
Dr Helen... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-41213534 |
Newspaper headlines: Tories 'plan to cut student loan interest' - BBC News | 2017-09-10 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Theresa May aims to win back young voters - and Tony Blair gets "tough on migrants". | The Papers | The Sunday Telegraph reports that Theresa May will attempt to win back young voters lost to Jeremy Corbyn in the general election, by looking at cutting interest rates on student loans and "strong-arming" universities into lowering tuition fees.
It predicts that announcements could follow within weeks - at next month'... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-the-papers-41216271 |
Cambridge University advertises for sexual assault adviser - BBC News | 2017-09-10 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The new position will sit within the university's counselling service. | Cambridgeshire | The new position has a salary of up to £37,183
Cambridge University has placed an advert seeking to appoint a sexual assault and harassment adviser.
The new position will sit within the university's counselling service and aims to "bolster the advice and support available to a student".
The National Union of Student... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-41218333 |
North Korea: Nato chief says global response needed - BBC News | 2017-09-10 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Jens Stoltenberg tells the BBC that Nato and its allies want a peaceful solution to the nuclear threat. | Asia | Kim Jong-un attended a celebration for the country's nuclear scientists and engineers after its latest test
Nato's general secretary, Jens Stoltenberg, has said North Korea's nuclear programme "is a global threat and requires a global response".
"That of course also includes Nato," he told the BBC's Andrew Marr Show.... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-41219767 |
Tony Blair defends call for EU migration curbs - BBC News | 2017-09-10 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Critics accuse the former prime minister of a belated "epiphany" on the need for controls. | UK Politics | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Tony Blair: "If you think there is a different and better way... argue for it"
Tony Blair has defended his call for new controls on EU migration as a cabinet minister accused him of a belated "epiphany" on the issue.
The ex... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41216679 |
Bake Off: Paul Hollywood in Nazi outfit apology - BBC News | 2017-09-10 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The celebrity baker said he went to a 2003 party in a WW2 German uniform as an 'Allo 'Allo character. | UK | Paul Hollywood said he was dressed as a character from BBC comedy 'Allo 'Allo
Great British Bake Off star Paul Hollywood has apologised after being pictured wearing a Nazi uniform.
The Sun on Sunday published pictures of the celebrity baker in a World War Two outfit, including a swastika armband.
The 51-year-old sai... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41218525 |
Great North Run 2017: Mo Farah wins race for fourth time - BBC News | 2017-09-10 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Nearly 60,000 runners joined Mo, who took his fourth consecutive elite men's win. | Tyne & Wear | Mo Farah won the elite men's race in just over an hour
Up to 57,000 people took to the streets in the Great North Run, won by Mo Farah for the fourth time in a row.
The four-times Olympic champion won the elite men's race in one hour and six seconds, with New Zealand's Jake Robertson six seconds behind.
Kenya's Mary... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-41203399 |
Neo-Nazi soldier arrests: Two men released by police - BBC News | 2017-09-10 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Police are given more time to question three other men over a plot linked to a far-right group. | UK | Two men arrested over a suspected neo-Nazi terror plot involving serving British army soldiers have been released without charge by police.
No further action will be taken against two men, both aged 24, from Northampton and Ipswich, West Midlands Police said.
They were among five men, four soldiers and a civilian, wh... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41218006 |
'Medical opinions ignored' by NHS payment assessor, workers say - BBC News | 2017-09-10 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Health workers tell the BBC the assessments left some patients being denied NHS care. | England | The NHS pays for long-term support and care for severely ill patients using national criteria
Medical opinions have been ignored in the assessment of NHS payments to patients receiving care, it is claimed.
Three health workers said an assessor organisation discounted medical views so some patients were denied NHS car... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-41187615 |
Star Wars actor Mark Hamill 'supports Wolves' - BBC News | 2017-09-10 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Wolverhampton Wanderers said the actor confirmed he was a fan and the force was "strong" there. | Birmingham & Black Country | The Hollywood actor is now officially a fan, Wolves said
Star Wars legend Mark Hamill has become a fan of Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club - albeit by accident.
After fans on Twitter suggested he could support Wolves, this got a 'like' from Hamill, who played Luke Skywalker.
@HamillHimself said on Twitter when ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-41219375 |
US Open 2017: Sloane Stephens - from world number 957 to Grand Slam winner - BBC Sport | 2017-09-10 | null | Sloane Stephens on overcoming adversity and her incredible six-week journey from world number 957 to US Open champion - and a $3.7m cheque. | null | Last updated on .From the section Tennis
Sloane Stephens was planning to spend Saturday night in New York celebrating with Madison Keys, hours after beating her friend to a first Grand Slam title.
The 24-year-old American, ranked 83rd until Monday, thrashed 15th seed Keys 6-3 6-0 in just 61 minutes to complete a scar... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/41216430 |
China looks at plans to ban petrol and diesel cars - BBC News | 2017-09-10 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | China has started "relevant research" but has not yet decided when the ban would come into force. | Business | China wants more electric cars on the road to fight pollution
China, the world's biggest car market, plans to ban the production and sale of diesel and petrol cars and vans.
The country's vice minister of industry said it had started "relevant research" but that it had not yet decided when the ban would come into for... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-41218243 |
Birmingham church stabbing leaves three hurt - BBC News | 2017-09-10 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The 33-year-old knifing victim is described as being in a stable condition in hospital. | Birmingham & Black Country | The stabbings happened at a church on Rocky Lane in Aston
Three people have been injured in a stabbing inside a church in Birmingham.
A 33-year-old man is being treated in hospital after he was knifed at the New Jerusalem Apostolic Church, in Aston, at about 10:50 BST.
He is in a stable condition and his injuries ar... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-41219373 |
Seaham rapist Paul Leighton's extradition sought by US - BBC News | 2017-09-10 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Leighton was jailed for rape after tricking victims online in four countries into abusing relatives. | Tyne & Wear | Leighton created dozens of fake Facebook accounts to trap his victim
The extradition of a paedophile jailed for 16 years for sex offences involving teenagers in four countries is being sought by the US.
Paul Leighton, 32, of County Durham, admitted rape, despite being in the UK when the offences took place in the US.... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-41206372 |
Hurricane Irma: Stranded couple on 'honeymoon from hell' - BBC News | 2017-09-10 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | UK tourists in Cuba speak to the BBC about Hurricane Irma, and efforts to get them to safety. | UK | Thomas Cook customers in Cuba have been evacuated to the north resort town of Varadero
British tourists in Cuba have been speaking of the impact of Hurricane Irma, with one saying the storm had led to the "honeymoon from hell".
Irma has made landfall on the island, having claimed at least 20 lives as it churned acros... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41213417 |
Hurricane Irma: Briton stuck on 'war zone' island rescued - BBC News | 2017-09-10 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Alex Woolfall live tweeted the "apocalyptic" events on the island of St Martin as the hurricane hit. | UK | A British tourist who live tweeted his terror as Hurricane Irma struck has been rescued by the US air force.
Alex Woolfall, from London, who was on holiday on the Caribbean island of St Martin, has been taken to Puerto Rico.
Four days ago, he was evacuated from his hotel room to a concrete stairwell to hide from the ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41171522 |
Manchester Arena: Peter Kay delivers defiant message at reopening concert - BBC News | 2017-09-10 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The comedian captures the mood at the venue's reopening concert with a message of "love, not hate". | Entertainment & Arts | Kay said the last four months had been "horrendous" for Manchester
Comedian Peter Kay has delivered a message of defiance at Manchester Arena's reopening concert, declaring "we can't let terrorists win".
Kay appeared at the We Are Manchester show on Saturday alongside other local heroes including Noel Gallagher.
Mor... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-41216400 |
Why more women are getting into shooting - BBC News | 2017-09-10 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The number of women taking up shooting for pleasure is on the rise - why? | England | The Shotgun & Chelsea Bun Club describes itself as the UK's largest ladies' shooting community
It has traditionally been seen as a man's game, enjoyed by country types wearing flat caps and tweed. But the number of women taking up shooting - particularly clay pigeon shooting - is on the rise. Why?
Growing up in Berks... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-39480041 |
Staying behind on Florida islands is 'almost like suicide' - BBC News | 2017-09-10 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Hurricane Irma is on path to hit the shallow Florida Keys islands, home to 70,000 people. | US & Canada | Officials have warned that no areas of the low-lying Florida Keys will be safe
Concern is growing for residents in the most vulnerable areas of Florida who have not yet evacuated, as Hurricane Irma edges closer to making landfall.
Despite authorities begging residents of the Florida Keys to evacuate since Thursday, s... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-41211955 |
Last Night of the Proms: Stars prepare for spectacular finale - BBC News | 2017-09-10 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Nina Stemme, Jason Manford and the BBC Concert Orchestra look forward to Saturday's Proms finale. | Entertainment & Arts | Finnish conductor Sakari Oramo will conduct the concert for the second year in a row
After two months and 74 concerts, the 2017 Proms season draws to a close on Saturday with the world-famous Last Night concert.
Led by Finnish conductor Sakari Oramo, the celebration will spill across the UK with events in Enniskillen... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-41201330 |
Italy flooding kills six people in Livorno - BBC News | 2017-09-10 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Four members of the same family died in the overnight flooding after heavy rainfalls. | Europe | Italian rescue services issued this photo of the flooded Livorno area
At least six people have been killed after heavy rainstorms and flooding in the Italian city of Livorno.
Four members of a family were killed when their basement apartment flooded. Italian newspaper Il Tirreno reports that two parents and their son... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-41219772 |
Apple suffers 'major iPhone X leak' - BBC News | 2017-09-10 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The operating system of unreleased iPhones is leaked to two websites, revealing secret details. | Technology | Developers are still scouring the leaked code for fresh discoveries
Details of new iPhones and other forthcoming Apple devices have been revealed via an apparent leak.
Two news sites were given access to an as-yet-unreleased version of the iOS operating system.
The code refers to an iPhone X in addition to two new i... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-41220517 |
Hurricane Irma: Survivors on Tortola want more UK help - BBC News | 2017-09-10 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | BBC correspondents report from the British Virgin Islands, which were ravaged by Hurricane Irma. | UK | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Hurricane Irma left a path of destruction in the Virgin Islands
The BBC's Paul Blake and Laura Bicker report from the British Virgin Islands, where Hurricane Irma's force has destroyed communities, and left at least five peo... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41218817 |
How big game hunting is dividing southern Africa - BBC News | 2017-09-10 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Why has Botswana banned hunting, unlike its neighbours which still embrace it? | Africa | Drifting down the Zambezi in Zimbabwe, I overheard two American men swapping hunting stories.
"First shot got him in the shoulder," a white man in his late sixties explained to his friend. "Second hit him right in the side of the head!" Pointing at his temple, he passed his phone with a picture. The animal in question... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-41163520 |
Public sector pay cap to be lifted for police and prison officers - BBC News | 2017-09-10 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Ministers are set to accept a pay review recommendation, paving the way for other public workers. | UK Politics | The government is to lift the 1% public sector pay cap for the first time for both police and prison officers, the BBC understands.
Ministers are expected to accept recommendations for higher pay rises this week and also to pave the way for similar increases in other sectors.
Unions, the opposition, and some Tories a... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-41218283 |
Jurassic Coast open-top bus tours axed over 'verbal abuse' - BBC News | 2017-09-10 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Tours of the Jurassic Coast are ending because of "hostility" from residents, a bus company says. | England | The service has been running since 2015
An open-top bus service has been axed because of "hostility and tirades" from residents, its operator says.
Drivers of the Jurassic Mule service, on the Devon and Dorset coast, have been verbally abused and a bus depot entrance was "deliberately blocked".
The Mendip Mule Motor... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-41199363 |
Alcohol-free: Stealth drinking helping people give up alcohol - BBC News | 2017-09-10 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Amie drank 30 pints a weekend to "keep up with the boys" - but now she has had no alcohol for 16 months. | Health | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Jennifer, Kirsty, Kate and Amie (from left) drink mocktails and an alcohol-free beer
Amie used to drink 30 pints in a weekend to "keep up with the boys".
"I could neck three bottles of wine and not think about it," said the... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-41188917 |
North Korea crisis: What will Russia do? - BBC News | 2017-09-10 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | President Putin has criticised North Korea's missile tests, but shares the country's anti-US sentiments. | Europe | Russian television has broadcast a series of glowing reports on everyday life in North Korea
"It smells of freshness, and of our deep respect for our leader," the woman declared, smiling to the Russian TV camera.
A North Korean, she'd just sniffed a big red flower named after the country's former leader Kim Jong-il.
... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-41172488 |
More landmarks to show you're nearly home - BBC News | 2017-09-10 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | From twisty towers to tree-topped tors - the English landmarks that signify a journey's end. | England | Long journeys can seem even more tedious when they're accompanied by the kids in the back seat asking "are we nearly there yet?" every few miles. So it can be something of a relief when a familiar landmark comes into view, indicating the comforts of home are just around the corner.
From tree-topped tors to man-made mo... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-41124879 |
Hoover Dam: Ruthin man fined for stag do swim - BBC News | 2017-09-11 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | An "adrenaline junkie" from Wales says he has no regrets about the swim that cost him £250. | North East Wales | An "adrenalin junkie" from north Wales has been fined by police in America after swimming across the Colorado River at the Hoover Dam.
Arron Hughes, 28, was on a stag do when he took a dip at the dam on the Arizona-Nevada border near Las Vegas.
The forklift driver from Ruthin, Denbighshire, was arrested at the scene ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-north-east-wales-41227267 |
Last Night of the Proms ends with rallying cry for classical music - BBC News | 2017-09-11 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Conductor Sakari Oramo says the "demise of classical music" has been exaggerated, as the Proms close. | Entertainment & Arts | Flags of all varieties were seen at the Royal Albert Hall
The 2017 Proms season has ended with a rallying cry for the future of classical music.
"For many decades we have heard about the imminent demise of classical music," said conductor Sakari Oramo.
"But look," he said, surveying the Royal Albert Hall, "at this."... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-41216508 |
Brexit: EU repeal bill wins first Commons vote - BBC News | 2017-09-11 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The EU Withdrawal Bill passes its first parliamentary test but will face more attempts to change it. | UK Politics | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The moment the government's attempt to take the UK out of EU law passed its first parliamentary test
The government's bid to extract the UK from EU law in time for Brexit has passed its first parliamentary test.
MPs backed ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-41235522 |
Holby City star John Michie's daughter dies at Bestival - BBC News | 2017-09-11 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A man is arrested on suspicion of murdering the 25-year-old daughter of actor John Michie. | England | Louella Michie's body was discovered in a wooded area on the edge of the Bestival site
A woman who was found dead at Bestival was the daughter of Holby City, Taggart and Coronation Street actor John Michie, his agent has confirmed.
The body of Louella Michie, 25, from London, was discovered in a wooded area at the Do... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-41233845 |
May phones Trump as Boeing dispute threatens Bombardier - BBC News | 2017-09-11 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | There are fears a major aircraft project that supports hundreds of Belfast jobs could be jeopardised. | Northern Ireland | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The history of Bombardier in Northern Ireland
Prime Minister Theresa May has phoned US President Donald Trump over a threat to jobs at Bombardier in Belfast from a trade dispute.
In 2016, Canadian firm Bombardier won an ord... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-41233257 |
Irma weakens but still wreaks chaos - BBC News | 2017-09-11 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Latest updates as the most powerful Atlantic storm in a decade hits the US mainland. | US & Canada | About 400 survivors of Hurricane Irma have arrived in France and the Netherlands aboard military planes, AFP reports.
Some 278 survivors landed in Paris, while another 100 flew into Eindhoven which is in the south of the Netherlands, the news agency says.
Earlier, French officials said six out of 10 homes on St Marti... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-latin-america-41177350 |
Rohingya crisis: Seeing through the official story in Myanmar - BBC News | 2017-09-11 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | On a government-sponsored trip, journalists uncovered evidence they were not supposed to see. | Asia | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Who is burning down Rohingya villages?
The 300,000 people who have fled Rakhine state to Bangladesh over the past two weeks all come from the northern districts of Maungdaw, Buthidaung and Rathedaung, the last areas of Myanm... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-41222210 |
The Indian women eating with their families for the first time - BBC News | 2017-09-11 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | In many parts of India, men and children are fed first and only then can women eat. | India | The Damor family now eat all their meals together
Meals have a way of bringing families together. As food is laid out, everyone gathers round the table, conversation flows and families bond.
But traditionally, eating together has not been encouraged in India. Men and children are fed first and only then can women sit... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-41148492 |
Essex Police 'too busy' to solve Leigh-on-Sea theft - BBC News | 2017-09-11 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Jack Whiteley, who runs a garden furniture firm, had supplied police with CCTV footage of the crime. | Essex | Jack Whiteley was "let down" by Essex Police, the force has admitted
A businessman was told police officers were too busy to investigate after £26,000 worth of garden furniture was stolen from his company.
Jack Whiteley, who runs Glencrest Seatex Ltd in Leigh-on-Sea, supplied Essex Police with CCTV footage of the the... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-41228461 |
Russian Zapad military exercise in Belarus raises tension - BBC News | 2017-09-11 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Why is Russia launching a huge military exercise in Belarus? The BBC's Jonathan Marcus investigates. | Europe | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.
It is being billed as a military exercise, but when Russian and Belarusian forces start Zapad-2017 this week, many neighbouring countries will be looking on nervously.
Zapad-2017 ("West-2017") is a joint strategic-level exe... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-41185915 |
Chris Froome wins Vuelta: 'A friendly accountant off the bike, a cold-eyed winner on it' - BBC Sport | 2017-09-11 | null | Even for a remarkable rider like Chris Froome winning the Tour-Vuelta double is an exceptional achievement, writes Tom Fordyce. | null | There was a time, as recently as the start of July, when many in cycling wondered whether Chris Froome might not be what he was: not a single win all year, fewer days racing going in to the Tour de France than ever before, his rivals, many younger and in punchier form, lining up on his wheel.
Three months on, having b... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/41215172 |
Photographer settles 'monkey selfie' legal fight - BBC News | 2017-09-11 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A photographer settles a legal fight against an animal rights group over a "monkey selfie" photograph. | South East Wales | Mr Slater said that he had to earn the trust of the monkeys over several days before venturing close enough to get the selfie
A photographer has settled a two-year legal fight against an animal rights group over a "monkey selfie" picture.
Naruto the macaque monkey took the image in the Indonesian jungle in 2011 when ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-east-wales-41235131 |
Man 'choked to death on wedding anniversary steak' - BBC News | 2017-09-11 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Michael Pitts was dining with his wife when the meat became lodged in his throat and he choked to death. | Hampshire & Isle of Wight | Michael Pitts had been dining with his wife at The Grapevine restaurant in Odiham when he choked on the steak
An 84-year-old man died after choking on a piece of ribeye steak while celebrating his 57th wedding anniversary, an inquest heard.
Michael Pitts was dining with wife, Joan, 78, at The Grapevine restaurant in ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-41229563 |
Winds reach 62mph in parts of UK as new warnings issued - BBC News | 2017-09-11 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The Met Office issues a further two yellow weather warnings for wind and rain in some areas. | UK | Wind speeds reached up to 62mph after an area of low pressure caused strong gusts across the UK on Monday.
The Met Office had issued a yellow "be aware" weather warning for wind in parts of Wales and south-west England, which has since been lifted.
Fresh yellow warnings for rain and wind are now in place for some are... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41221900 |
Patrick Bergin to play 'old-school villain' on EastEnders - BBC News | 2017-09-11 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The Sleeping with the Enemy star will play a former prison friend of Phil Mitchell in the BBC soap. | Entertainment & Arts | Sleeping with the Enemy star Patrick Bergin - the man who turned towel-straightening into a sign of malevolent intent - is joining EastEnders.
The Robin Hood actor will play Aidan Maguire, a prison friend of Phil Mitchell's who is described as a "charismatic old-school villain".
The 66-year-old will start filming thi... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-41232415 |
Locked up for life for crimes they didn't commit - BBC News | 2017-09-11 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Four exonerated prisoners tell the BBC how they were permanently changed by their experiences. | Scotland | They were convicted of crimes they did not commit and are permanently changed by spending years in prison.
They face a range of serious psychiatric problems and can never return to the lives they had before.
Four exonerated prisoners - Robert Brown, Paddy Hill, Sunny Jacobs and Peter Pringle - told the BBC documentar... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-41108765 |
North Korea slapped with UN sanctions after nuclear test - BBC News | 2017-09-11 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The measures, which include a cap on oil imports, are less severe than the original US proposal. | Asia | North Korea says it has developed and tested a hydrogen bomb
The United Nations has imposed a fresh round of sanctions on North Korea after its sixth and largest nuclear test.
The measures restrict oil imports and ban textile exports - an attempt to starve the North of fuel and income for its weapons programmes.
The... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-41235157 |
GP probed for giving child, 12, gender-change hormones - BBC News | 2017-09-11 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Monmouthshire GP Dr Helen Webberley's practice is restricted while medical authorities investigate. | Wales | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Dr Helen Webberley said she listens to 'children's hearts' about when they want treatment
A Monmouthshire GP is being investigated over complaints about her giving gender-change hormones to children as young as 12.
Dr Helen... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-41213534 |
The Beatles: What really inspired Eleanor Rigby? - BBC News | 2017-09-11 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The deeds for Eleanor Rigby's grave are for sale, but what's the real story behind The Beatles' hit? | Liverpool | Eleanor Rigby is listed among the names on a headstone in the graveyard of St Peter's Church, Woolton
In a graveyard in Liverpool lies a headstone bearing the name Eleanor Rigby. Its deeds are being auctioned later as part of a sale of Beatles memorabilia, but what is the real story behind the Fab Four's famous hit?
... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-41162284 |
Hurricane Irma wrecks Sir Richard Branson's Necker Island home - BBC News | 2017-09-11 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Sir Richard Branson says most of the buildings and vegetation on Necker island are damaged. | Business | Sir Richard is taking stock after last week's storm
Sir Richard Branson says most of the buildings and vegetation on Necker, his Caribbean island, have been destroyed or badly damaged by Hurricane Irma.
Necker is among the 50 British Virgin Islands (BVI). Sir Richard says he has visited the nearest ones to Necker and... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-41224243 |
Bake Off: Paul Hollywood in Nazi outfit apology - BBC News | 2017-09-11 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The celebrity baker said he went to a 2003 party in a WW2 German uniform as an 'Allo 'Allo character. | UK | Paul Hollywood said he was dressed as a character from BBC comedy 'Allo 'Allo
Great British Bake Off star Paul Hollywood has apologised after being pictured wearing a Nazi uniform.
The Sun on Sunday published pictures of the celebrity baker in a World War Two outfit, including a swastika armband.
The 51-year-old sai... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41218525 |
Bestival: Murder arrest after festival death - BBC News | 2017-09-11 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The woman's body was found in a wooded area of the festival site in the early hours. | Dorset | The festival was held at Lulworth Castle
A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a woman was found dead at a festival in Dorset.
The body of the 25-year-old was discovered in a wooded area at the edge of the Bestival site in Dorset in the early hours.
Police said they were called shortly before 01:00 BS... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-dorset-41227732 |
US Open 2017: Sloane Stephens - from world number 957 to Grand Slam winner - BBC Sport | 2017-09-11 | null | Sloane Stephens on overcoming adversity and her incredible six-week journey from world number 957 to US Open champion - and a $3.7m cheque. | null | Last updated on .From the section Tennis
Sloane Stephens was planning to spend Saturday night in New York celebrating with Madison Keys, hours after beating her friend to a first Grand Slam title.
The 24-year-old American, ranked 83rd until Monday, thrashed 15th seed Keys 6-3 6-0 in just 61 minutes to complete a scar... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/41216430 |
Strictly judge predicts same-sex couples on next year's show - BBC News | 2017-09-11 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Craig Revel Horwood sees "no reason" why the BBC ratings success shouldn't allow them in the future. | Entertainment & Arts | Revel Horwood said the only issue was "who's going to go backwards"
Strictly Come Dancing judge Craig Revel Horwood has predicted there will "probably" be same-sex couples dancing on the show next year.
Prior to the launch show Susan Calman faced criticism for taking part in their absence, and the BBC issued a statem... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/41224883 |
Parents remove son from school in pupil gender row - BBC News | 2017-09-11 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The couple say their son became confused as to why a fellow pupil dressed as both a boy and a girl. | Hampshire & Isle of Wight | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Sally and Nigel Rowe say their child came home from school confused and unhappy
The parents of a six-year-old boy have removed him from his primary school in a row over whether another pupil should be allowed to wear a dress... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-41224146 |
EU Withdrawal Bill: A taste of things to come - BBC News | 2017-09-11 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | There are clear reasons for nerves on all sides of the House of Commons about the EU Withdrawal Bill. | UK Politics | The government wants to incorporate EU law into the UK statute book in time for Brexit
What is all the fuss about?
Listen to ministers and all they are trying to do is tidy up the paperwork, cross the t's and dot the i's. Listen to Labour and Theresa May is trying her luck as a despot, grabbing power in great chunks,... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-41224764 |
Toronto Film Festival: George Clooney 'felt sick' shooting Suburbicon - BBC News | 2017-09-11 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The director of Suburbicon said some scenes involving racial abuse made the cast and crew feel sick. | Entertainment & Arts | George Clooney is the director of Suburbicon - currently showing at the Toronto Film Festival
George Clooney has said he "felt sick" while directing some scenes in his new movie Suburbicon.
The film's plot sees a black family move into a predominantly white suburban community in the 1950s.
"The trickiest part [of sh... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-41221390 |
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