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Amy Winehouse, music, arthritis and me - BBC News | 2017-10-07 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | 20-year-old Jade Carter was diagnosed with arthritis as a baby. She explains how Amy Winehouse's charity is helping her use music to ease the pain. | Newsbeat | Jade Carter has spent a lot of her life in hospital.
Rheumatoid arthritis causes the 20-year-old such intense pain she sometimes can't move. That's where music helps.
"I kind of enter this different world when I'm singing. I feel like I can just let go of the reality of life," she tells Newsbeat.
Now Amy Winehouse's... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/articles/41525620 |
School discipline: How strict is too strict? - BBC News | 2017-10-07 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Detentions, isolation rooms and obsessive uniform policies... are schools becoming too strict? | Family & Education | Sarah Vincent changed her daughter's school when the rules suddenly got very strict
"Everyone will sit up extra straight, eyes front, looking at the teacher. You will follow their instructions first time, every time."
Parents may well agree that this excerpt from Great Yarmouth Charter Academy's school rules is no ba... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-41441639 |
Rapper Nelly arrested over alleged tour bus rape - BBC News | 2017-10-07 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The 42-year-old was released after questioning over an alleged sex assault on board his tour bus. | US & Canada | A lawyer for the 42-year-old artist denied the allegations
Rapper Nelly has been arrested after a woman accused him of raping her on his tour bus following a concert near Seattle.
Police in Auburn said they arrested the artist after a woman called emergency services at 03:48 (10:48 GMT) to report a sex assault.
The ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-41539463 |
Boris Johnson tells Tories to 'get behind' Theresa May - BBC News | 2017-10-07 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | In a WhatsApp message, the foreign secretary warned that "people are fed up with all this malarkey". | UK Politics | Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has urged colleagues to "get behind" the PM because "people are fed up with this malarkey".
In a WhatsApp message he urged Tories "talk about nothing except policies".
It comes after ex-party chairman Grant Shapps said about 30 Tory MPs backed his call for a leadership contest.
The pa... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-41534552 |
India national park: White tigers kill keeper - BBC News | 2017-10-08 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The keeper was mauled to death as he tried to get the tigers into their enclosure, officials say. | India | White tigers are believed derive their colour from a recessive gene
An animal keeper at a national park in southern India has been attacked and killed by two rare young white tigers, officials say.
The keeper, 40, was mauled to death as he attempted to direct the tigers into their enclosure on Saturday night at the B... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-41544271 |
Blade Runner 2049 disappoints at US box office - BBC News | 2017-10-08 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The sequel to the 1982 cult classic is the weekend's most popular film in America and 45 countries. | Business | Ryan Gosling, Denis Villeneuve, Ana de Armas and Harrison Ford at the Paris premiere of Blade Runner 2049
Blade Runner 2049 has made far less than expected on its opening weekend at the US box office.
The $31.5m (£24.1m) total will be a major disappointment for distributor Warner Bros, which had projected ticket sale... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-41546692 |
Brazilians in the south asked to vote on secession - BBC News | 2017-10-08 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Three Brazilian states hold an informal referendum on whether they should form a new country. | Latin America & Caribbean | President Temer has had a lot in his in-tray recently
Voters in the south of Brazil have been asked in an informal vote whether they want to be part of a new country.
The referendum was organised a week after a similar vote in Catalonia by a secessionist movement called "The South Is My Country".
The movement said i... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-41541063 |
Ghana's capital rocked by huge gas blasts - BBC News | 2017-10-08 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The explosions at a fuel depot in Accra leave at least seven people dead and force a mass evacuation. | Africa | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Footage from the explosion in Ghana
Huge explosions have rocked a fuel depot in Ghana's capital Accra, leaving at least seven people dead.
The blasts sent a giant fireball into the sky and forced residents to flee the Atomi... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-41541001 |
Airbnb paid £188,000 in UK tax last year - BBC News | 2017-10-08 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The home-sharing website collected more than £650m in rental payments for UK landlords last year. | Business | Airbnb, the accommodation website, paid less than £200,000 in UK corporation tax last year despite collecting £657m of rental payments for property owners.
The commissions the company earns in the UK are booked by its Irish subsidiary, but it also has two UK subsidiaries.
One unit made a pre-tax profit, but the other... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-41543449 |
A permanent reminder of my own stupidity - BBC News | 2017-10-08 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A festival has left an indelible mark on the BBC's South Asia correspondent. | Magazine | I have done something so stupid I still can't believe it.
Maybe I had fallen under the influence of the 10-headed demon Ravana.
The vanquishing of Ravana by Lord Rama is the excuse for Dussehra, one of the wildest of all Hindu festivals.
Towering wicker effigies of Ravana and his henchmen - complete with curling mou... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-41510293 |
McDonald's Rick and Morty Szechuan sauce stunt backfires - BBC News | 2017-10-08 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Fans of cartoon Rick and Morty were left angry after they were unable to get a rare dipping sauce. | US & Canada | McDonalds sent the out-of production sauce to the show's creators before announcing its return
A McDonald's PR stunt to bring back a rare dipping sauce left thousands of fans disappointed, with police called to some US restaurants on Saturday.
The Szechuan sauce, which was only made in 1998 to promote the film Mulan,... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-41543636 |
Poland Catholics hold controversial prayer day on borders - BBC News | 2017-10-08 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | There are concerns the event is being seen as support for a bar on Muslim migrants. | Europe | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Tens of thousands prayed in numerous locations around Poland's borders
Tens of thousands have taken part in a controversial prayer day in Poland.
Catholics were encouraged to go to designated points along the country's bord... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-41538260 |
Hurricane Nate: New Orleans braces for storm - BBC News | 2017-10-08 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Hurricane Nate is set to strike US Gulf Coast states as a category two storm, forecasters say. | Latin America & Caribbean | New Orleans residents fill sandbags as forecasters warn that Nate will make US landfall as a category two hurricane
A state of emergency has been declared in four southern US states with Hurricane Nate gathering strength as it heads towards the Gulf Coast.
Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and parts of Florida have iss... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-41536192 |
'Support' for woman jogger in Nottingham sex attack - BBC News | 2017-10-08 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Police are treating the incident as a misogynistic hate crime. | Nottingham | The victim said some women told her they had had a similar experience
A woman who was indecently assaulted while running says she has been overwhelmed by people saying they have had similar experiences.
The 48-year-old victim was grabbed by a man while jogging in Sherwood Rise, Nottingham.
Nottinghamshire Police are... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-41527940 |
'Only one thing will work' with N Korea, says President Trump - BBC News | 2017-10-08 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The US leader says years of talks with Pyongyang over its nuclear activities have brought no results. | US & Canada | The US president and his North Korean counterpart are at loggerheads over Pyongyang's nuclear programme
"Only one thing will work" in dealing with North Korea after years of talks with Pyongyang brought no results, US President Donald Trump has warned.
"Presidents and their administrations have been talking to North ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-41540736 |
Could you brave an 'immersive horror' show? - BBC News | 2017-10-08 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | More and more are popping up as audiences seek a more thrilling experience. | Entertainment & Arts | A child gets sucked down a drain by a scary clown
Earlier this month, horror movie It (based on the Stephen King novel) was released in cinemas. You may well have seen It.
But surely only the bravest among you would've gone to the "immersive" screenings of the movie.
Such fans would've had the pleasure of a real-lif... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-41414049 |
Woman arrested for climbing Buckingham Palace gates - BBC News | 2017-10-08 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The woman was stopped by police officers before she could get into the Buckingham Palace grounds. | UK | A woman has been arrested for trying to climb the front gates of Buckingham Palace, the Metropolitan Police said.
She was detained by police officers at 17:40 BST and did not gain access to the palace grounds.
The woman, believed to be in her 30s, was arrested on suspicion of trespass and is currently in custody at a... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41540081 |
Theresa May 'resilient' amid Conservative Party infighting - BBC News | 2017-10-08 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | "It has never been my style to hide from a challenge," says the PM, after her mishap-strewn speech. | UK Politics | Theresa May has said she is "pretty resilient" and it is not her style to "hide from a challenge" despite a mishap-strewn party conference speech.
The prime minister told the Sunday Times: "I am a very determined person. I am not someone who gives up."
But Downing St says the newspaper's report that she is planning a... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-41541208 |
Huge cocaine haul seized in tugboat in Atlantic - BBC News | 2017-10-08 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | It is not clear where the 165 packages of cocaine were being transported to, officials say. | Europe | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Video shows the spot where the cocaine was hidden on board the boat
Nearly four tonnes of cocaine worth an estimated $260m (£200m) have been seized by international law enforcement officers in the Atlantic.
The drugs were f... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-41542224 |
Newspaper headlines: Gender neutral census and £1 coin chaos - BBC News | 2017-10-08 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Monday's front pages included stories about the 2021 census and problems around the old £1 coin. | The Papers | There is continuing speculation that Theresa May is coming under pressure to carry out a cabinet reshuffle - and move Boris Johnson to another job.
But the Daily Telegraph says allies of the foreign secretary have warned that he will "just say no" if the prime minister tries to sack him.
According to the paper, sourc... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-the-papers-41547459 |
Newspaper headlines: May 'to demote Boris' and Major's 'blast' - BBC News | 2017-10-08 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Sunday's papers are dominated by politics, with speculation that Boris Johnson could be demoted. | The Papers | The overwhelming message on Sunday's front pages is summed up in a Sunday Telegraph headline, which says the Tories are "at war".
Rebel MPs are said to have given Theresa May until Christmas to make real progress on Brexit to avoid another attempt to oust her.
The paper says Mrs May has decided to commit billions of ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-the-papers-41540863 |
Trump NFL row: Mike Pence walks out of game after players kneel - BBC News | 2017-10-08 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The US vice-president abandons a game in his home state after players kneel during the national anthem. | US & Canada | Mike Pence said he abandoned the game because kneeling during the anthem "disrespects our soldiers"
US Vice-President Mike Pence has walked out of a National Football League (NFL) game after several players refused to stand for the US national anthem.
Mr Pence said he could not be present at an event that "disrespect... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-41544567 |
Ryanair 'run like a communist regime', says pilot - BBC News | 2017-10-08 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A pilot says colleagues are leaving the airline in a mass exodus due to a "toxic atmosphere". | England | Cabin crew reduced to tears, pilots refused days off even for their weddings, and workers "left in exile" thousands of miles from their homes and families.
After budget airline Ryanair was forced to cancel thousands of flights - repeatedly blaming a rostering error rather than an alleged pilot shortage - chief executi... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-41384789 |
Natural History Museum crash 'not terror-related' - BBC News | 2017-10-08 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The crash near the Natural History Museum, injuring 11 people, was not terror-related, say police. | UK | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Video shows a man being pinned to the ground near the Natural History Museum
A crash outside a London museum that injured 11 people was not terror-related, police have said.
A black Toyota Prius hit the people outside the N... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41538762 |
Trump Twitter row with top Republican Senator Bob Corker - BBC News | 2017-10-08 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Senator Bob Corker says the White House has become an "adult day care centre". | US & Canada | US President Donald Trump has had an ill-tempered exchange with a leading Republican senator, aggravating already poor relations between the two men.
Foreign Relations Committee head Bob Corker was a "negative voice" and "largely responsible for the horrendous Iran Deal", Mr Trump tweeted.
Mr Corker hit back that the... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-41546140 |
More than 60% of Monarch passengers back in the UK - BBC News | 2017-10-08 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | More than 350 rescue flights have so far been chartered or leased by the Civil Aviation Authority. | Business | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The chief executive of failed airline Monarch tells Today projected losses were too great to stay operating
More than 60% of holidaymakers left overseas when Monarch Airlines collapsed have now flown back to the UK, the Civi... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-41543436 |
Brexit: 'No deal' planning is well under way, says minister - BBC News | 2017-10-08 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Justice minister says while UK wants best deal it must "prepare for all eventualities". | UK Politics | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Dominic Raab: Planning for Brexit no deal 'goes on'
Contingency plans in case the UK has to leave the EU with no deal in place are "well under way", a minister has said.
Dominic Raab said while the UK had to "strive for the... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-41544588 |
Buckingham Palace: Woman charged over incident - BBC News | 2017-10-08 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A woman is charged with being drunk and disorderly over an incident at Buckingham Palace. | England | A woman has been charged with being drunk and disorderly following an incident at Buckingham Palace.
Jessica Davey, 35, will appear at Westminster Magistrates' Court on Monday, the Metropolitan Police said.
She was detained by officers at the palace on Saturday afternoon and taken to a central London police station.
... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-41545166 |
Scam baiter: Why I risk death threats to expose online cons - BBC News | 2017-10-08 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A man who runs an online support group says scam victims are not stupid - just unaware of the con. | Technology | In the flesh, Wayne May (not his real name) is an affable gentleman in his late 40s, softly spoken with a lilting Welsh accent.
When we meet he's casually dressed in jeans and a Batman T-shirt. He works full-time as a carer.
On the net, he's a tireless defender of scam victims and a fearless scam baiter - a person wh... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-41518352 |
Natural History Museum crash: Man released by police - BBC News | 2017-10-08 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The 47-year-old was arrested after 11 people were hurt near London's Natural History Museum. | UK | The crash happened on Exhibition Road, in London's South Kensington
A man arrested following a crash outside London's Natural History Museum has been released under investigation, police said.
The 47-year-old had been questioned on suspicion of dangerous driving.
Eleven people suffered non-life threatening injuries ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41541165 |
Rapper Nelly arrested over alleged tour bus rape - BBC News | 2017-10-08 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The 42-year-old was released after questioning over an alleged sex assault on board his tour bus. | US & Canada | A lawyer for the 42-year-old artist denied the allegations
Rapper Nelly has been arrested after a woman accused him of raping her on his tour bus following a concert near Seattle.
Police in Auburn said they arrested the artist after a woman called emergency services at 03:48 (10:48 GMT) to report a sex assault.
The ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-41539463 |
Storm Nate weakens but brings heavy rain - BBC News | 2017-10-08 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Fears of a storm surge on the US Gulf coast subside as Nate, now a tropical depression, heads inland. | US & Canada | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Catfish in the streets as Nate floods US cities
Storm Nate has weakened to a tropical depression after bringing strong winds, heavy rain and some flooding to the south-eastern United States.
It made landfall as a hurricane ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-41541002 |
North Korea: Kim Jong-un promotes sister to politburo - BBC News | 2017-10-08 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Kim Yo-jong is elevated by the North Korean leader to the country's top decision-making body. | Asia | Kim Yo-jong (circled) has often appeared alongside her brother
North Korea's Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un has given his sister more power by promoting her to the nation's top decision-making body.
Kim Yo-jong, the youngest daughter of late leader Kim Jong-il, will be replacing her aunt as a member of the Workers Party'... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-41544558 |
Sturgeon says government will pay EU 'settled status' fee - BBC News | 2017-10-08 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Nicola Sturgeon says her government will cover the fee of EU citizens applying to stay in Scotland post Brexit. | Scotland politics | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Scotland First Minister on Catalonia: "How can Catalans legally express their view?
Nicola Sturgeon says her government will pay a so-called "settled status" fee of any EU citizen working in the public sector in Scotland.
P... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-41538311 |
Man in Dubai court over 'hip touch' - BBC News | 2017-10-08 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The Stirling man was told to stay in the city for future court dates after being accused of public indecency. | Tayside and Central Scotland | Jamie Harron has been prevented from leaving the country and has had his passport confiscated
A Scot, who is facing a three-year jail term in Dubai for putting his hand on a man in a bar, has appeared in court.
Jamie Harron, from Stirling, was summoned to a hearing on Sunday after he reportedly failed to attend a pre... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-41544117 |
Matthew Scully-Hicks 'murdered' adopted baby after two weeks - BBC News | 2017-10-09 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | 18-month-old Elsie suffered months of abuse before she died two weeks after being adopted, court hears. | South East Wales | A father murdered his baby daughter just two weeks after formally adopting her with his husband, a court heard.
Matthew Scully-Hicks, 31, is accused of "violently shaking" 18-month-old Elsie, causing her "catastrophic head injuries" following months of abuse.
Cardiff Crown Court heard she died at University Hospital ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-east-wales-41549969 |
India national park: White tigers kill keeper - BBC News | 2017-10-09 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The keeper was mauled to death as he tried to get the tigers into their enclosure, officials say. | India | White tigers are believed derive their colour from a recessive gene
An animal keeper at a national park in southern India has been attacked and killed by two rare young white tigers, officials say.
The keeper, 40, was mauled to death as he attempted to direct the tigers into their enclosure on Saturday night at the B... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-41544271 |
Weinstein and the media's shame - BBC News | 2017-10-09 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Harvey Weinstein sacked after sexual harassment claims. A cascade of allegations is swirling. | Entertainment & Arts | Harvey Weinstein, the Oscar-winning film producer accused of sexually harassing female employees, has been fired by the board of his company.
Harvey Weinstein has denied many of the allegations against him, but in such a convoluted and incoherent manner that it is not too soon to conclude his behaviour over the course... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-41558556 |
Turkey and US scale back visa services amid diplomatic row - BBC News | 2017-10-09 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Both sides cite security concerns, with the move coming after a US employee was held in Turkey. | Europe | The American embassy in Ankara will not issue visas to those travelling to the US for tourism, medical treatment, business, temporary work or study
Turkey and the US have become embroiled in a consular row, mutually scaling back visa services.
The American mission in Ankara said it had suspended all non-immigrant vis... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-41547502 |
Blade Runner 2049 disappoints at US box office - BBC News | 2017-10-09 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The sequel to the 1982 cult classic is the weekend's most popular film in America and 45 countries. | Business | Ryan Gosling, Denis Villeneuve, Ana de Armas and Harrison Ford at the Paris premiere of Blade Runner 2049
Blade Runner 2049 has made far less than expected on its opening weekend at the US box office.
The $31.5m (£24.1m) total will be a major disappointment for distributor Warner Bros, which had projected ticket sale... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-41546692 |
Theresa May sets out Brexit options including 'no deal' - BBC News | 2017-10-09 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Theresa May also says the UK could face European Court of Justice rulings for two years after Brexit. | UK Politics | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Theresa May: "The ball is in their court"
The UK has set out how it could operate as an "independent trading nation" after Brexit, even if no trade deal is reached with Brussels.
Prime Minister Theresa May told MPs "real an... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-41546701 |
Melania Trump hits back at Ivana 'first lady' jibe - BBC News | 2017-10-09 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The US first lady's spokeswoman says comments by Donald Trump's ex-wife are attention seeking. | US & Canada | Ivana Trump (L) said she was the first lady
A spokeswoman for US First Lady Melania Trump has described comments by her husband's ex-wife Ivana as "attention seeking and self-serving noise".
Ivana Trump told ABC's Good Morning America she was "basically first Trump wife, I'm first lady".
She said she had a direct li... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-41560528 |
Have you been nudged? - BBC News | 2017-10-09 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Five ways the theory behind this year's Nobel prize for economics may have influenced your behaviour. | Business | Richard Thaler has won a Nobel prize for his research into 'nudge' theory
Think the Nobel prize for economics has nothing to do with you? In some years that may well be true.
But this year's award has gone to Richard Thaler who, in his book Nudge, was one of the first to outline how tiny prompts can alter our behavio... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-41549533 |
Airbnb paid £188,000 in UK tax last year - BBC News | 2017-10-09 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The home-sharing website collected more than £650m in rental payments for UK landlords last year. | Business | Airbnb, the accommodation website, paid less than £200,000 in UK corporation tax last year despite collecting £657m of rental payments for property owners.
The commissions the company earns in the UK are booked by its Irish subsidiary, but it also has two UK subsidiaries.
One unit made a pre-tax profit, but the other... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-41543449 |
BAE Systems 'to axe more than 1,000 jobs' - BBC News | 2017-10-09 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The bulk of cuts will affect the defence contractor's two Lancashire plants, the BBC understands. | Lancashire | BAE Systems's two sites in Lancashire produce the Eurofighter Typhoon
More than 1,000 jobs are set to be axed by defence contractor BAE Systems, the BBC understands.
The firm is expected to make an announcement on Tuesday regarding the cuts, which are thought to mainly affect its two plants in Lancashire.
Union Unit... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-41556207 |
A permanent reminder of my own stupidity - BBC News | 2017-10-09 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A festival has left an indelible mark on the BBC's South Asia correspondent. | Magazine | I have done something so stupid I still can't believe it.
Maybe I had fallen under the influence of the 10-headed demon Ravana.
The vanquishing of Ravana by Lord Rama is the excuse for Dussehra, one of the wildest of all Hindu festivals.
Towering wicker effigies of Ravana and his henchmen - complete with curling mou... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-41510293 |
McDonald's Rick and Morty Szechuan sauce stunt backfires - BBC News | 2017-10-09 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Fans of cartoon Rick and Morty were left angry after they were unable to get a rare dipping sauce. | US & Canada | McDonalds sent the out-of production sauce to the show's creators before announcing its return
A McDonald's PR stunt to bring back a rare dipping sauce left thousands of fans disappointed, with police called to some US restaurants on Saturday.
The Szechuan sauce, which was only made in 1998 to promote the film Mulan,... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-41543636 |
Data is not the new oil - BBC News | 2017-10-09 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | There are vital differences between the power of tech firms today and oil barons a century ago | Entertainment & Arts | Unlike oil, which is finite, data is a super-abundant resource in a post-industrial economy
How do you know when a pithy phrase or seductive idea has become fashionable in policy circles? When The Economist devotes a briefing to it.
In a briefing and accompanying editorial earlier this summer, that distinguished news... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-41559076 |
Ernesto Guevara: How my father inspired my Cuban motorcycle tours - BBC News | 2017-10-09 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Fifty years after Che Guevara's death, his son takes the BBC on a motorcycle tour of Cuba. | Latin America & Caribbean | Ernesto Guevara shares his father's love of motorbikes and cigars
On 9 October 1967, guerrilla leader Ernesto "Che" Guevara was executed in Bolivia. Fifty years on, the BBC's Will Grant takes a motorbike tour of Cuba with the leader's son and asks him about the pressures of living under his father's legacy.
At times,... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-41510650 |
'Narcissistic cult' brothers put into care - BBC News | 2017-10-09 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | They had "formed a group identity" and "saw themselves as intellectually superior", a court hears. | UK | The case was heard by the Family Division of the High Court
Three teenage brothers should be taken from their mother and put into care, having developed a "narcissistic cult" mentality, a High Court judge has said.
The boys, who were not sent to school and suffered from a lack of food and healthcare, were led to beli... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41556407 |
Dramatic Grenfell baby story probably never happened - BBC News | 2017-10-09 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Was a baby thrown from Grenfell Tower and caught? The evidence suggests the event never took place. | UK | One of the most dramatic stories from the night of the Grenfell Tower blaze - that a baby was thrown from a window and caught - probably never happened, a BBC investigation has concluded.
The news was reported in the media right across the UK and the world.
But neither the police nor ambulance service have a record o... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41550836 |
Google 'uncovers Russian ad campaign linked to US election' - BBC News | 2017-10-09 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The search giant has evidence that agents tried to influence the US election, media report. | US & Canada | Google has found evidence that Russian agents spent tens of thousands of dollars on adverts in a bid to sway the 2016 US election, media reports say.
Sources quoted by the Washington Post say the adverts aimed to spread disinformation across Google's products including YouTube and Gmail.
They say the adverts do not a... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-41561882 |
World Cup 2018: Have England improved since the 2014 World Cup? - BBC Sport | 2017-10-09 | null | England have qualified for the 2018 World Cup but what progress have they made in the past four years? | null | England manager Gareth Southgate painted a brutally honest picture of his current squad - and arguably their chances at next summer's World Cup - when he cast doubt on whether he possessed "big players".
Southgate has secured qualification for Russia but England's progress has been unspectacular and they will not trav... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/41544951 |
Huge cocaine haul seized in tugboat in Atlantic - BBC News | 2017-10-09 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | It is not clear where the 165 packages of cocaine were being transported to, officials say. | Europe | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Video shows the spot where the cocaine was hidden on board the boat
Nearly four tonnes of cocaine worth an estimated $260m (£200m) have been seized by international law enforcement officers in the Atlantic.
The drugs were f... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-41542224 |
World Cup 2018: Does height matter in football? - BBC News | 2017-10-09 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The ex-Scotland boss claimed his team failed because they were shorter but does it really make a difference? | Scotland | Gordon Strachan said genetics were to blame for Scotland's failure to beat Slovenia
The claim: Gordon Strachan, the former manager of Scotland, said after the country's failure to qualify for the 2018 World Cup in Russia that his team lacked the height and strength to compete, saying that Scotland were the second-shor... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-41549709 |
Man in shark head costume falls foul of Austria anti-veil law - BBC News | 2017-10-09 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A business is fined after a man wore a shark mask as part of a promotional campaign in Vienna. | Europe | Street musicians in animal masks have also been issued warnings. File picture
A man in a shark costume has fallen foul of an anti-burka law that recently came into force in Austria.
Designed to ban the full-face Islamic veil, the law says people's faces must be visible from hairline to chin.
The man in the shark mas... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-41559196 |
Trump administration to roll back Obama clean power rule - BBC News | 2017-10-09 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | "The war on coal is over," the US environment head says, as he confirms withdrawal from the plan. | US & Canada | Scott Pruitt addressed a crowd in Kentucky - where some hope for a coal revival
The Trump administration has confirmed plans to repeal an Obama administration rule to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt, who has voiced doubt of climate change, called the C... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-41556342 |
Belinda Carlisle: Still in Heaven? - BBC News | 2017-10-09 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The 80s pop star on her punk days, drug addiction, and why she's made an album of yoga chants. | Entertainment & Arts | The star is celebrating the 30th anniversary of her breakthrough album, Heaven On Earth
"I have an original voice," says Belinda Carlisle,
"It may not be the best voice but it's distinct and I think that's what has carried me through the years."
And then there's her catalogue with The Go-Go's, the new wave girl band... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-41523403 |
Trump NFL row: Mike Pence walks out of game after players kneel - BBC News | 2017-10-09 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The US vice-president abandons a game in his home state after players kneel during the national anthem. | US & Canada | Mike Pence said he abandoned the game because kneeling during the anthem "disrespects our soldiers"
US Vice-President Mike Pence has walked out of a National Football League (NFL) game after several players refused to stand for the US national anthem.
Mr Pence said he could not be present at an event that "disrespect... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-41544567 |
Newspaper headlines: Gender neutral census and £1 coin chaos - BBC News | 2017-10-09 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Monday's front pages included stories about the 2021 census and problems around the old £1 coin. | The Papers | There is continuing speculation that Theresa May is coming under pressure to carry out a cabinet reshuffle - and move Boris Johnson to another job.
But the Daily Telegraph says allies of the foreign secretary have warned that he will "just say no" if the prime minister tries to sack him.
According to the paper, sourc... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-the-papers-41547459 |
North Korea: Kim Jong-un promotes sister to politburo - BBC News | 2017-10-09 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Kim Yo-jong is elevated by the North Korean leader to the country's top decision-making body. | Asia | Kim Yo-jong (circled) has often appeared alongside her brother
North Korea's Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un has given his sister more power by promoting her to the nation's top decision-making body.
Kim Yo-jong, the youngest daughter of late leader Kim Jong-il, will be replacing her aunt as a member of the Workers Party'... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-41544558 |
Richard Thaler and the economics of how we live - BBC News | 2017-10-09 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Behavioural economics is giving us a much better understanding of why things don’t happen in the way we expect. | Business | Changing the positioning of healthier foods can change shopping habits
How do you get people to eat more healthily?
You could construct some powerful arguments about how an obesity epidemic is leading to more diseases such as Type II diabetes and coronary heart conditions.
You could put large red traffic light signs... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-41550434 |
HIV Brighton hairdresser 'pressured man into sex' - BBC News | 2017-10-09 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The man claims he later got a text saying, "Maybe you have the fever... I have HIV LOL." | Sussex | Daryll Rowe met his partners on the gay dating app Grindr, the jury was told
A man who says he was deliberately infected with HIV by a Brighton hairdresser felt "pressured" into having sex, a court has been told.
Hairdresser Daryll Rowe is accused of telling partners he was virus-free and then insisting on unprotecte... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-41552429 |
Teenage motorbike passenger dies after Huyton shooting - BBC News | 2017-10-09 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | James Meadows, 17, is killed after he is shot in the head while riding pillion on a motorbike. | Liverpool | Police said the bike's rider failed to stop and left the scene "at speed"
A boy has died after he was shot in the head while riding pillion on a motorbike, police have said.
James Meadows, 17, came off the motorcycle after being shot at Lyme Cross Road, Huyton, at about 21:40 BST on Sunday.
Merseyside Police said th... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-41549642 |
Fairy lights bomb plotter Zahid Hussain jailed for life - BBC News | 2017-10-09 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Zahid Hussain planned to bomb a railway line with a device made from fairy lights. | Birmingham & Black Country | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.
A man who planned to bomb a railway line with a device made from fairy lights and a pressure cooker has been jailed for life.
Zahid Hussain, 29, from Birmingham, filled the appliance with 1.6kg of shrapnel and made "improvi... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-41556318 |
Rochdale inquiry: MI5 'told of Cyril Smith abuse case lie' - BBC News | 2017-10-09 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Detectives had said "sordid" allegations against the late MP "stood up", a national inquiry hears. | Manchester | Former Rochdale MP Cyril Smith was a governor at Knowl View
MI5 was made aware prosecutors lied to the press over the existence of a Cyril Smith child abuse file, an inquiry heard.
Detectives had said the "sordid" claims about the late MP's alleged abuse of young boys in 1970 "stood up".
No charges were brought, but... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41547471 |
Rebel Wilson: Bauer Media to fight record defamation payout - BBC News | 2017-10-09 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The publisher will appeal against a A$4.5m compensation sum awarded to the actress. | Australia | Rebel Wilson won her defamation case against Bauer Media in June
A magazine publisher will appeal against a A$4.5m (£2.7m; $3.6m) defamation payout awarded to Hollywood actress Rebel Wilson.
Wilson was awarded the damages by an Australian court last month after arguing that she had been wrongly portrayed as a liar in... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-41521019 |
Essay cheat companies face university ban - BBC News | 2017-10-09 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | "Essay mills" are charging up to £7,000 to provide students with material to pass off as their own. | Family & Education | The universities watchdog has announced a clampdown on "essay mills" which help students cheat to gain their degrees.
An investigation last year by the Quality Assurance Agency found hundreds of companies were producing work for students to pass off as their own.
The companies charge from as little as £15 to almost £... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-41530287 |
Six robbers flee Regent Street jewellers raid on one moped - BBC News | 2017-10-09 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The gang abandons a scooter and crashes a second in a smash-and-grab at a West End jewellers | London | The gang attacked Mappin & Webb in Regent Street armed with a machete and a hammer
Six robbers fled on a single moped after a smash-and-grab raid at a high-end jewellers in central London.
The gang raided Mappin & Webb in Regent Street at about 19.20 BST, armed with a machete and a hammer, police said.
They arrived ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-41559472 |
How the search for a 'death ray' led to radar - BBC News | 2017-10-09 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | British scientists played a key role in developing radar, which has helped deliver safer skies. | Business | You can trace the extent of our reliance on air travel to many inventions. The jet engine, perhaps, or the aeroplane itself.
But sometimes inventions need other inventions to unlock their full potential.
For the aviation industry, that story starts with the invention of the death ray, or at least an attempt to design... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-41188464 |
Harvey Weinstein sacked after sexual harassment claims - BBC News | 2017-10-09 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The producer of films including The King's Speech has been accused of sexually harassing many women. | Business | Harvey Weinstein, the Oscar-winning film producer accused of sexually harassing female employees, has been fired by the board of his company.
One of the biggest producers in Hollywood, Mr Weinstein was behind films including Shakespeare in Love, The King's Speech and Pulp Fiction.
The Weinstein Company directors said... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-41546694 |
Government reveals energy price cap plan - BBC News | 2017-10-09 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Business Secretary Greg Clark outlines draft legislation which aims to lower the cost of energy bills. | Parliaments | The government has unveiled draft legislation designed to lower the cost of energy bills.
The Draft Domestic Gas and Electricity (Tariffs Cap) Bill will give energy regulator Ofgem the power to cap standard variable tariffs.
About 12 million households are on some form of uncapped default tariff, which can cost hundr... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-politics-parliaments-41511271 |
'My daughter had to share a classroom with her rapist' - BBC News | 2017-10-09 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Campaigners say the government is taking too long to produce guidelines for schools on handling sexual assaults between pupils. | Family & Education | Rachel's daughter was raped by a boy at her school. He was arrested, bailed, and put back in his normal lessons, alongside his victim, the following day.
"Somebody who's been raped is already in a terrible place, but to be expected to be back in the same space as the rapist is just terrible," she told the Victoria Der... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-41486776 |
Child-on-child sex offence reports 'tip of the iceberg' - BBC News | 2017-10-09 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The victims are going unheard, says the mother of a six-year-old girl who was assaulted. | UK | Reports of sexual assaults by children on other children are rising, according to police figures seen by BBC Panorama. But those reported cases are only the "tip of the iceberg", according to one police child abuse expert.
Emily - not her real name - was 15 when she was sexually assaulted by a boy in her class, unnoti... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41504571 |
'I quit Google and launched a business with my mum' - BBC News | 2017-10-09 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | How Munaf Kapadia runs a successful "pop up" restaurant at his family home in Mumbai. | Business | Munaf Kapadia runs a successful "pop up" restaurant at his family's home in Mumbai. His mother also works as head chef.
While watching TV one Sunday afternoon back in 2014, Munaf Kapadia had an argument with his mother that would change his life.
The then 25-year-old Google employee wanted to watch US cartoon the Sim... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-41467962 |
Electric honeycomb: Pakistani teen in scientific first - BBC News | 2017-10-09 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Shaheer Niazi, 17, is being internationally recognised for his work on the electric honeycomb. | Asia | Only 17 years old and he is already a recognised scientist. Muhammad Shaheer Niazi's research on electric honeycomb was recently published in the Royal Society Open Science journal.
Physicists have known the phenomenon of electric honeycomb for decades. It occurs when a layer of oil is placed in an electric field betw... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-41548203 |
Microsoft gives up on Windows 10 Mobile - BBC News | 2017-10-09 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The technology company says it struggled to convince others to make mobile apps for the platform. | Technology | Microsoft said creating Windows 10 Mobile phones was not a "focus" for the company
Microsoft appears to have abandoned its smartphone operating system ambitions.
The company's Windows 10 chief has tweeted that developing new features and hardware for the Mobile version of the OS was no longer a "focus".
Joe Belfiore... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-41551546 |
China congress: Military facelift a sign of bigger changes - BBC News | 2017-10-09 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Political analyst Cheng Li explains Xi Jinping's revamp of China's military. | China | The People's Liberation Army has seen profound changes
Of the many noteworthy developments that have characterised Chinese President Xi Jinping's first five-year term, none stands out as much as military reform, and this reveals a great deal about the coming political trajectory in China, writes political analyst Chen... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-41507960 |
Six men in court on firearms charges - BBC News | 2017-10-09 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Eleven firearms, 74lb (34kg) of cocaine and 16lb (7kg) of heroin were seized near Calais on Friday 6 October. | England | Six men have been charged as part of a police operation in France and south east England
A group of men have appeared in court on charges of importing firearms and Class A drugs into the UK.
Eleven firearms, 74lb (34kg) of cocaine and 16lb (7kg) of heroin were seized near Calais on Friday 6 October.
French police ar... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-41549348 |
Meryl Streep and Dame Judi Dench speak out about Harvey Weinstein - BBC News | 2017-10-09 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Leading actresses are appalled by sexual harassment claims against Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein. | Entertainment & Arts | Streep and Weinstein have worked together on such films as The Iron Lady
Meryl Streep and other Hollywood stars have spoken out against producer Harvey Weinstein in the wake of the sexual harassment claims that saw him being fired by his own company.
Streep told the Huffington Post she was "appalled" by the "disgrace... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-41557010 |
Irish Lottery: Light trick 'caused number change' - BBC News | 2017-10-09 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A winning lottery ball appeared to change from number 38 to number 33 during the weekend's draw. | Europe | The ball, second from left, appeared to be labelled number 33 as well as number 38
One of the winning balls in Saturday's Irish National Lottery appeared to change numbers due to a trick of the light, lottery chiefs have said.
Ball 38 was the second one to drop during the draw.
But after it was nudged by the next ba... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-41549781 |
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