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uk-wales-56321577 | https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-56321577 | Weather alert issued for gale force winds in Wales | Winds could reach gale force in Wales with stormy weather set to hit the whole of the country this week. | The Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning for wind covering Wales and England, starting from 21:00 GMT on Wednesday evening. Travel and power are both likely to be disrupted, with the warning to remain in place until 15:00 on Thursday. Gusts of 55mph (88kmh) are likely and could hit up to 70mph on coasts and h... |
uk-scotland-highlands-islands-11069985 | https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-11069985 | Huge tidal turbine installed at Orkney test site | The massive tidal turbine AK1000 has been installed in 35m (114.8ft) of water at a test site in Orkney. | Atlantis Resources unveiled the marine energy device at Invergordon ahead of it being shipped to Kirkwall. Trials on the device will now be run at the European Marine Energy Centre test site off Eday. The device stands 22.5m (73ft) tall, weighs 1,300 tonnes and has two sets of blades on a single unit. It could generate... |
uk-england-leeds-45776523 | https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-leeds-45776523 | Leeds stabbing: Man attacked outside betting shop | A man has been stabbed in broad daylight outside a betting shop in Leeds. | Police were called to the scene outside the Coral shop on Compton Road in Harehills just before 14:00 BST. The man was taken to hospital for treatment but his condition is not known. West Yorkshire Police said the area has been cordoned off and officers remain at the scene. The force has appealed for information. |
world-us-canada-51010441 | https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-51010441 | Could killing of Iranian general help Trump get re-elected? | It was inevitable that the fallout from the US airstrike that killed Iranian General Qasem Soleimani would spill into presidential politics. Everything spills into presidential politics these days, and this is without a doubt a major story. | Anthony ZurcherNorth America reporter@awzurcheron Twitter With tensions rising between the US and Iran, the long-term consequences will largely depend on the nature of Iran's response to the attack and the intensity of any conflict that follows. If the end result is a US withdrawal from Iraq, the politics of the situat... |
uk-scotland-glasgow-west-52274685 | https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-52274685 | Coronavirus: 'I've moved out to protect my family from the virus' | Week four of social distancing is starting to take its toll. | By Debbie JacksonBBC Scotland But while most of us are giving up trips out of the house, many health workers across the country are making an even bigger sacrifice. Those who are on the front line, experiencing face-to-face contact with patients who have the virus, are putting themselves at risk every day. Some of them... |
uk-northern-ireland-54677426 | https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-54677426 | Ballymoney: Man, 37, arrested in UDA investigation | A 37-year-old man has been arrested as part an ongoing investigation into criminality linked to the North Antrim Ulster Defence Association (UDA). | He was arrested on Saturday morning and is currently in custody. Detectives from the Causeway Coast and Glens Criminal Investigations Branch also searched an address in Ballymoney and a number of items were seized. Police have appealed for those with information about criminality linked to paramilitaries to contact the... |
uk-england-coventry-warwickshire-11714685 | https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-coventry-warwickshire-11714685 | Electric buses take to the roads in Coventry | Electric buses will soon be running on the roads in Coventry. | Coventry firm Travel de Courcey is to introduce the three buses in May next year, on its Park and Ride South route. The 38-seat buses will run between the Memorial Park in Kenilworth Road and the city centre using power points already installed by the council. A Travel de Courcey spokesman said the company had been loo... |
world-europe-jersey-11398895 | https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-jersey-11398895 | Jersey States pressed on cutting number of politicians | A Jersey deputy is calling on the number of States members to be reduced more than current proposals. | St Helier Deputy, Trevor Pitman, has put forward changes to proposals by a States group to cut back the number of senators from 12 to eight. He wants the States to go further, with numbers cut to six, saying it would save more money. Plans to reform the structure of the States are under review and could be the subject ... |
uk-england-nottinghamshire-21964260 | https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-21964260 | Nottingham Boots confirms 200 jobs to go | About 200 posts are to go at the Boots site in Nottingham. | Managers at Alliance Boots said a fall in demand for products made for other companies meant it had to reduce capacity. Bosses said the posts will go over the next two years and added they would make efforts to redeploy staff. The division of Boots involved, BCM, currently employs 1,200 people and will now focus on own... |
uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-11309150 | https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-11309150 | Bletchley Park studies at The University of Buckingham | A degree in military intelligence studies, highlighting the importance of Bletchley Park is to be offered by The University of Buckingham. | The course will look at intelligence history and Bletchley Park focusing on the World War II code breakers. Course director, Professor Anthony Glees said it was an opportunity to work with Bletchley's previously unresearched archives. The Master of Arts degree explores how military intelligence developed. The degree is... |
world-us-canada-49240582 | https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-49240582 | The men who feel left out of US abortion debate | The fiercely-contested debate over US abortion focuses on the rights of the mother and foetus. But a lawsuit in Alabama by a man who says his girlfriend had an abortion against his wishes adds a third voice to the conversation, writes James Jeffrey. | After the rage has dissipated, after overcoming alcoholism as a coping mechanism, even after a new and beautiful family comes on the scene, a great sadness still persists - and likely always will. That's the message from men talking about their experiences of abortion, a voice rarely heard among the passionate multitud... |
world-middle-east-50850319 | https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-50850319 | Moqtada al-Sadr: The firebrand cleric who could calm Iraq | When the Americans launched the invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein in 2003 and plunged Iraq into the violent chaos that continues today, few people outside the country had even heard of a little-qualified young Shia cleric called Moqtada al-Sadr. | By Jim MuirVisiting Senior Fellow, Middle East Centre, LSE Nearly 17 turbulent years later, he is probably Iraq's best-known figure and certainly one of its most powerful - instantly recognisable from his scowly features, yet elusively enigmatic. Radical, firebrand, maverick, mercurial, quixotic - these are just some o... |
magazine-24338387 | https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-24338387 | 'Why I gave up my US passport' | The Magazine feature on the number of expat Americans renouncing their US citizenship due to tax filing requirements prompted a huge response from readers. | Many wrote to say they were experiencing similar problems to those outlined in the article. Here is a selection of their stories. 1. David Green, Ontario, Canada: I was born and raised in the US. At the age of 30, I fell in love with a beautiful French girl whose profession was working in the French language. We moved ... |
blogs-trending-30055278 | https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-trending-30055278 | #BBCtrending: Rosetta physicist's 'sexist' shirt | One of the leading scientists on the Rosetta Project gave a string of TV interviews in a shirt emblazoned with half-dressed women. The angry reaction online spawned two hashtags, spoof images and has now led to a tearful apology as well. | BBC Trending What's popular and why The eyes of the world were focussed on Matt Taylor this week. The British scientist involved in the Rosetta Project - to land a spacecraft on a comet - was at the heart of media coverage of the event. And so was his shirt. On Wednesday he appeared in front of the cameras wearing a be... |
uk-england-berkshire-33971014 | https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-berkshire-33971014 | Arthur Hill Baths in Reading closes for urgent repairs | A 103-year-old swimming pool has been shut for four days after an inspection revealed urgent repairs were needed. | The Arthur Hill Memorial Baths in Reading will be closed until Saturday to allow work on corroding cast iron pipework which feeds into the pool. The building was donated to the town by the Hill family in memory of Arthur Hill JP, who was mayor of the town four times between 1883 and 1887. Reading Council has spent thou... |
uk-scotland-highlands-islands-51206457 | https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-51206457 | New virtual reality experience of Scottish waters | Scotland's opportunities for sailing and boating on rivers, lochs and seas are being promoted in a new campaign. | A series of 360 degree virtual reality videos have been produced as part of #MustSeaScotland. St Kilda, Islay, Skye and Inverness Marina are among the locations featured. Sail Scotland has created the campaign with other organisations, including the National Trust for Scotland and VisitScotland. The campaign comes duri... |
science-environment-19365661 | https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-19365661 | Bloodhound diary: Supercar needs supertrack | A British team is developing a car that will capable of reaching 1,000mph (1,610km/h). Powered by a rocket bolted to a Eurofighter-Typhoon jet engine, the Bloodhound SSC (SuperSonic Car) vehicle will mount an assault on the land speed record. Wing Commander Green is writing a diary for the BBC News website about his ex... | By Andy GreenWorld Land Speed Record Holder I've just had a very odd experience - someone's sent me a video of myself appearing on Foreign Secretary William Hague's Facebook page. To try and explain this rather strange event, I'll start with my recent visit to the Bloodhound track in the Northern Cape of South Africa. ... |
science-environment-50017189 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-50017189 | Bloodhound diary: South African trials get under way | A British team is developing a car that will be capable of reaching 1,000mph (1,610km/h). Powered by a rocket bolted to a Eurofighter-Typhoon jet engine, the vehicle aims to show its potential by going progressively faster, year after year. By the end of 2019, Bloodhound wants to have demonstrated speeds above 500mph. ... | By Andy GreenWorld Land Speed Record Holder We're off! By the time you read this, Bloodhound will already have started the 5,500-mile journey south to its Hakskeenpan desert track in South Africa. The majority of the team will arrive in mid-October, aiming to start high-speed testing towards the end of the month. There... |
uk-england-essex-54825879 | https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-essex-54825879 | Paris Bataclan attack: 'My brother's life isn't defined by that night' | Five years ago, Nick Alexander was shot dead at the Bataclan Theatre in Paris. The 35-year-old was working as the merchandise manager for Eagles of Death Metal when three gunmen stormed the building as part of co-ordinated terror attacks across the city, killing 130 people. | Nick was the only British victim of the attack. His sister, Zoe Alexander, told the BBC she was was determined to ensure his life was not defined by the events of the night of 13 November 2015. It still feels so surreal to me that Nick died in the attacks. Five years is quite a significant amount of time but grief is n... |
world-middle-east-26240650 | https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-26240650 | Egypt's commitment to press freedom on trial | Three journalists from al-Jazeera's English news channel go on trial in Egypt on Thursday, in a case which campaigners say is part of a sweeping crackdown on freedom of speech, reports the BBC's Orla Guerin in Cairo. | In mid-December, the award-winning Australian correspondent Peter Greste arrived in Egypt's capital for a routine assignment - his first in the country. He checked into an upmarket hotel on the banks of the Nile, where al-Jazeera had a makeshift office, and started reading up on the story. Just two weeks later, the for... |
disability-45045223 | https://www.bbc.com/news/disability-45045223 | The stomach-churning one-night stand | Life with a disability can sometimes give rise to unspoken questions and sensitivities, but amid the awkwardness there can be humour. The following is an edited version of a sketch by Philip Henry, who has Crohn's Disease, delivered for the BBC at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. | There's nothing sexy about diarrhoea. And since that's the main, outwardly noticeable symptom of Crohn's Disease, it makes dating hard. This is why I decided the best way to deal with the problem was to ignore it completely. Let me tell you how that turned out. I had always thought Lydia was cute, but nothing had ever ... |
newsbeat-20489859 | https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-20489859 | Merlin to be axed after fifth series ends in December | The BBC show Merlin will end after the current series. | The programme has been running for five years and pulls in almost seven million viewers in its Saturday evening slot. The creators say the show, which features a young King Arthur and his wizard servant, will come to a "natural and dramatic end" with a two-part finale. "I think the show has run its natural course," adm... |
uk-wales-mid-wales-26963177 | https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-mid-wales-26963177 | Road reopening after lorry gets stuck under Newtown bridge | A road has reopened after a large lorry earlier became stuck under a railway bridge in Powys forcing the cancellation of trains. | Traffic queues formed in the town after the incident at 06:30 BST on the A483, which was shut in both directions at Dolfor Road. Buses replaced trains between Newtown and Machynlleth but services are running again. Network Rail has assessed the bridge for damage. |
world-asia-china-26414016 | https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-26414016 | Making sense of the unrest from China's Xinjiang | The horrific attack at Kunming railway station - in which knife-wielding attackers hacked at least 29 people to death - has shocked China. One of the country's newspapers dubbed it China's "9/11." | By Martin PatienceBBC News, Beijing Chinese state-run news agency Xinhua called it a terrorist attack carried out by "Xinjiang separatist forces". Rich in minerals and resources, Xinjiang is home to approximately nine million Uighurs, a Turkic ethnic minority. Most are Muslims. In the last year, more than a hundred peo... |
uk-43069415 | https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-43069415 | Barry Bennell: Justice has been served, say victims of ex-football coach | Three of Barry Bennell's victims have told how he turned their dreams into a "horrendous nightmare" after the former youth football coach was convicted of 43 sex assaults on boys. | Bennell, who worked at Manchester City and Crewe Alexandra, was found guilty of abusing 11 boys aged eight to 15. Speaking outside Liverpool Crown Court, another victim, Andy Woodward, said "justice has been served". It is understood 86 others have come forward to say they were victims. The jury, which deliberated over... |
technology-20439301 | https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-20439301 | How the world's first webcam made a coffee pot famous | Computer technology now moves so fast it's hard to remember life before the internet. But just 19 years ago at the beginning of the nineties, the fledgling world wide web had no search engines, no social networking sites, and no webcam. | By Rebecca KesbyBBC World Service The scientists credited with inventing the first webcam - thereby launching the revolution that would bring us video chats and live webcasts - stumbled upon the idea in pursuit of something far more old-fashioned: hot coffee. As computer geeks at the University of Cambridge beavered aw... |
magazine-37735370 | https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-37735370 | The WhatsApp suicide | A 40-year-old woman from northern India killed herself in January after a video of her being raped was circulated on WhatsApp. The BBC's Divya Arya travelled to the village in Uttar Pradesh to hear the full story. | Geeta was a brave woman. She was a health worker in a rural area of northern India, a job that meant she often walked alone between the surrounding villages, sometimes after dark, visiting strangers' houses. Her income supported the whole family, including an alcoholic husband and three teenage children. They lived in ... |
world-asia-35399545 | https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-35399545 | Viewpoint: The toll of terror in Afghanistan and Pakistan | In the past couple of months there has been a suicide terrorist attack almost every day somewhere in the world. The attacks have covered all the main continents and dozens of countries. The list is becoming endless and includes such countries as Indonesia which had not experienced a terrorist attack for nearly a decade... | By Ahmed RashidLahore Among the countries worst affected have been Afghanistan and Pakistan which alone have accounted for a bomb a day - sometimes several bombs a day. The level of suffering, the devastation of families, the loss, trauma and psychological impact of all this killing is taking a heavy toll. The loss to ... |
world-africa-42996851 | https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-42996851 | Liberian church massacre survivors seek US justice | The Monrovia Church massacre in 1990 was the worst single atrocity of the Liberian civil war. About 600 civilians, including many children, were killed while taking refuge in a church. Now, four survivors are bringing a claim for damages against one of the men they believe was responsible, reports Elizabeth Blunt who w... | It was July 1990, and rebel fighters were advancing on the capital, Monrovia. President Samuel Doe was holed up in his vast, gloomy Executive Mansion. After dark bands of soldiers roamed the streets, looting shops and warehouses and seeking out people from Nimba County, the area where the rebellion had started. They dr... |
magazine-15366156 | https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-15366156 | All in a name: 25 of your changes | The Magazine's recent piece on changing your name by deed poll prompted lots of readers to email examples. Here are 25 of the best. | People change their given names for many reasons, as discussed in the article, and a wide selection is represented here. 1. I changed my middle name last week from Eleanor to Deci after collecting sponsorship to do so. I raised about £400 for the mental health groups I work for. It's only being changed for a year so I ... |
world-us-canada-39724045 | https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-39724045 | 100 days: America in a time of Trump | Presidential elections are always something of a national Rorschach test. | By Nick BryantBBC News, New York The reaction to candidates, like the perception of inkblots, helps to divulge the nation's character, underlying disorders and emotional condition. Donald Trump's unexpected victory showed that America had a split personality. It also revealed that, among his 62 million supporters, rage... |
uk-wales-south-west-wales-32993942 | https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-south-west-wales-32993942 | £6m homes plan for SA1 Swansea Waterfront | Fifty new homes are planned for Swansea after the Welsh government announced a deal with a construction company. | Contracts have been exchanged for two residential sites on SA1 Swansea Waterfront, leaving just four remaining plots at the development. Persimmon Homes West Wales said the £6m project would support a "substantial number" of construction jobs. Work could start later this year subject to planning approval. The company r... |
explainers-53664064 | https://www.bbc.com/news/explainers-53664064 | Beirut explosion: What is ammonium nitrate and how dangerous is it? | Nearly 3,000 tonnes of ammonium nitrate - taken from a ship off the coast of Beirut six years ago and then stored in a warehouse - has been blamed for the explosion that ripped through the port area of the Lebanese capital on Tuesday. | By Tom EdgingtonBBC News But what is ammonium nitrate and why can it be so dangerous? What is ammonium nitrate? Ammonium nitrate is a crystal-like white solid which is made in large industrial quantities. Its biggest use is as a source of nitrogen for fertiliser, but it is also used to create explosives for mining. "Yo... |
uk-england-leicestershire-15923253 | https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-leicestershire-15923253 | School closures in Leicestershire and Rutland | When there is severe weather a list of schools that are being affected in Leicester and Leicestershire will appear below. | For information related to school closures in Rutland, please refer to the county council website. The BBC relies on schools and local education authorities to notify it of closures. We advise you to contact your child's school during periods of extreme weather to find out if it has been affected. The page will be manu... |
uk-england-surrey-17728180 | https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-surrey-17728180 | Epsom soldiers and wives cycle to Germany for charity | A group of soldiers and military wives from Surrey are on a 500 mile (805km) ride from Epsom to Germany to raise money for two rehabilitation centres. | Fifteen cyclists left Headley Court Centre earlier to make the journey to the Personnel Recovery Centre in Normandy Barracks in Sennelager. Both centres help to rehabilitate injured servicemen and women. Capt Ian More said it was a huge challenge as many of the cyclists had not done anything like it before. Sophie Crea... |
uk-wales-north-west-wales-38885723 | https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-north-west-wales-38885723 | A55 reopened at Abergwyngregyn after caravan overturns | The A55 in Gwynedd has now reopened after a caravan overturned on the road. | It was being towed by a lorry but had its roof ripped off, with the remainder lying on the road. The incident happened westbound near junction 13, for Abergwyngregyn, but at 16:30 GMT, the eastbound carriageway was also closed. All lanes have now been opened but traffic is still slow in the area. |
uk-wales-south-east-wales-38931372 | https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-south-east-wales-38931372 | Plans submitted for 529 homes at former Newport steelworks | Plans to build 529 new homes and a school at a former steelworks in Newport have been submitted to the council . | Whiteheads Steelworks was closed down in 2005 and later demolished as part of the city's regeneration works. Developers say the development, off Mendalgief road, could regenerate a section of Pill "traditionally associated with industry". Plans also include a pub-restaurant, retail and assisted living units. Whiteheads... |
uk-wales-36711013 | https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-36711013 | World War One: The role of Cardiff's black serviceman | Many died in the cause of victory, but returned home from World War One to face intolerance, unrest and scorn. Cardiff's multicultural Tiger Bay contributed many black servicemen to the war effort, but there was no hero's welcome on their return. Actress Suzanne Packer looked at what life was like for them 100 years ag... | They served and died alongside white soldiers and seamen in the trenches and on the open sea. But the reward for some upon their return was violence, oppression and deportation. Following a huge surge in the number of men enlisting upon the outbreak of World War One, African and Caribbean men living in Wales found thei... |
world-asia-pacific-11811861 | https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-pacific-11811861 | Timeline: North Korea nuclear stand-off | Key dates in the long-running crisis over North Korea's nuclear weapons programme. | 2013 2 April: North Korea says it will restart its main Yongbyon nuclear complex, including a reactor mothballed in 2007. 30 March: North Korea says it is entering a "state of war" with South Korea, amid increasing tension in the peninsula. 27 March: North Korea cuts a key military hotline with South Korea, the last of... |
uk-england-37450922 | https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-37450922 | Where are the blue plaques for black and Asian people? | At the same time a blue plaque was unveiled to mark the childhood home of football legend Laurie Cunningham it was revealed that in London, just 4% of the plaques honour black or Asian luminaries. But in such an ethnically diverse city, why are there so few? | By Bethan BellBBC News According to the Office of National Statistics, London has above-average ethnic minority populations for the UK. These include African (7%), Indian (6.6%), and Caribbean (4.2%). But there is not a proportional number of plaques and English Heritage has decided to take action. Gus Casely-Hayford, ... |
uk-54692270 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-54692270 | School meals: The mum trying to feed her children through half-term week | It's the start of half-term week, and Lucy is making pancakes for her two children for breakfast. But these are made with water, as she doesn't have any milk left. The eggs are from the chickens in her garden. And she is wondering what else she will feed her children until they go back to school. | By Lauren TurnerBBC News Lucy Houghton, 36, usually relies on the free school meals her children are entitled to and had vouchers over summer to spend in a supermarket for their food. But now it's half-term, and MPs have voted against the vouchers being continued through the half-term and Christmas holidays. "I know it... |
uk-politics-42688295 | https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-42688295 | Carillion: Watershed moment for privatisation debate? | Ministers are feeling the pressure of awkward questions today. | John PienaarDeputy political editor@JPonpoliticson Twitter Carillion is not the first big public contractor to run into trouble under successive governments and surely won't be the last. But why was so much expensive business and responsibility heaped onto a single company - and a company many felt for months could be ... |
uk-england-birmingham-20758269 | https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-birmingham-20758269 | Bug leads to wards visiting ban at Sandwell Hospital | A West Midlands hospital has closed all wards to visitors as a precaution because of the winter vomiting bug. | Sandwell General Hospital has also shut four of its wards due to norovirus. City Hospital in Birmingham, which is also part of Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust, shut all wards to visitors on Thursday and has three wards closed. But people can still visit critical care, paediatrics, maternity and the Bir... |
world-europe-50210441 | https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-50210441 | Brexit: What just happened with UK election vote? | The UK parliament has just rejected Boris Johnson's bid to call a snap general election - for a third time - despite the prime minister arguing it would help "get Brexit done". But there remains a chance that the UK could have a pre-Christmas election. | So what just happened? How did Johnson lose (again)? Well - and this has an element of irony to it - the leader of the UK's governing Conservative Party cannot just choose to hold an early election. As a legal requirement, Mr Johnson needs the support of two-thirds of MPs - at least 434 - but is short of seats in the H... |
uk-england-45864729 | https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-45864729 | How Brexit could redraw Midlands political battle lines | "Europe: journey to an unknown destination" | Patrick BurnsPolitical editor, Midlands This was the title of the BBC's Reith Lectures delivered in 1972 by the political economist Andrew Schonfield. It helped to set the scene for Britain's entry the following year into what was then the European Economic Community. As an undergraduate student of politics, I lapped-u... |
uk-wales-south-east-wales-34333396 | https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-south-east-wales-34333396 | Police investigate possible Cardiff sex assaults link | Police are investigating whether two sexual assaults which happened very closely to one another in Cardiff are linked. | A woman was attacked in a property in Cathays Terrace early on Tuesday. This followed the sexual assault of another woman in the early hours of Sunday close to the Civic Centre. Supt Andy Valentine of South Wales Police said officers were "keeping an open mind" as to whether the two are linked. Earlier on Wednesday, po... |
world-africa-55189607 | https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-55189607 | Ethiopia's Tigray crisis: Cutting through the information blackout | The BBC has managed to speak to some people inside Mekelle, the capital of the Ethiopia's conflict-hit region of Tigray, for the first time since Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed declared an end to the four-week-long military operation. | "It is really scary. It is really difficult. I don't think Tigray has ever been in such a trying time," a desperate-sounding resident of Mekelle shouted down the line. The BBC has spent days trying to speak to people in the city, which is home to half a million people. The phone lines have been down, and power shortage... |
entertainment-arts-45739825 | https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-45739825 | Doctor Who: Will Gompertz on the new series with Jodie Whittaker ★★★★☆ | Relax! Take the afternoon off. You don't have to vacuum behind the sofa. The new Doctor Who isn't that scary. It has its moments, of course, but a trip to the dentist is far worse - at least it would be if...well… | Will GompertzArts editor@WillGompertzBBCon Twitter Let us not even take the smallest step down a road that might lead to a plot spoiler. Suffice it to say that in the opening episode of season 11 (starting from the 2005 re-boot) there are goodies and baddies and surprises (nice and not so nice) and some strange events ... |
world-us-canada-44569514 | https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-44569514 | Supreme Court: Why a fight over US abortion law now looms | Anthony Kennedy was a swing vote on the US Supreme Court, albeit one that frequently tilted to the right. Replacing him with a solidly conservative justice, however, could have a significant impact on US jurisprudence - and politics - for decades to come. | Anthony ZurcherNorth America reporter@awzurcheron Twitter Here's a look at some of the most consequential issues. Abortion Shortly after Mr Kennedy announced his retirement, Supreme Court analyst Jeffrey Toobin tweeted that "abortion will be illegal in 20 states in 18 months" - an indication that he believes Mr Trump's... |
uk-northern-ireland-politics-34850503 | https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-politics-34850503 | Stormont talks: Finances set to remain under pressure after deal | More than £500m in new money is trumpeted in the new agreement between Northern Ireland's political parties and the British and Irish governments. | By John CampbellBBC News NI Economics & Business Editor But even if that stacks up it is effectively offset by funds that have to be found from Stormont budgets to pay for welfare mitigation. The cut in corporation tax will also have to be paid for, but the bills for that will not arrive until 2019. All this is taking ... |
health-18461228 | https://www.bbc.com/news/health-18461228 | How improving children's diets can aid development | Early malnutrition can blight a child's development - and also that of their community and nation, say Anthony Lake. director of Unicef and President Jakaya Kikwete of Tanzania. In this week's Scrubbing Up column, they say a new initiative called Scaling Up Nutrition - backed by the G8 - is crucially important. | By Anthony Lake & Jakaya KikweteDirector of Unicef and President of Tanzania The foundation of a healthy future for every child is the 1,000 days between a mother's pregnancy and her child's second birthday. The right nutrition during this critical period puts a child on track to be stronger, healthier and ready to lea... |
uk-england-wiltshire-29706383 | https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-wiltshire-29706383 | Bishop says Salisbury worthy of top 10 world cities list | The UK city of Salisbury has been named among the top 10 cities in the world to visit, by the Lonely Planet travel guide. We should not be surprised - it is one of the loveliest places on earth, writes the Right Reverend Nicholas Holtam, Bishop of Salisbury. | "Salisbury is lovely; a quintessentially English cathedral city. After the painter John Constable was taken from here to Winchester by his friend John Fisher, he wrote to his wife that Winchester is more magnificent - but Salisbury is more beautiful. The Cathedral Close is the largest in England and arguably the finest... |
magazine-18723463 | https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-18723463 | A Point of View: The curse of a ridiculous name | Gopnik. It's not the most common of surnames. In Russian it's a term for "drunken lout". Those who carry a curious name know it has comedy value, says Adam Gopnik (that's G - O - P - N - I - K). | I have a funny name. I know it. Don't say it isn't or try to make me feel better about it. I have a funny name. My children and social networkers tell me that. And you out there have even been tweeting about it: "@BBC POV, Gopnik: what kind of name is that? #weirdnames" Gopnik. It has a strange sound, and an ugly look.... |
world-africa-36795484 | https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-36795484 | Are young South Africans ignoring Aids message? | It is a frostily cold morning in the outskirts of Johannesburg. Children aged between six and 17 are queuing up for their "morning meds", shivering their greetings to the nurse assigned to supervise them. It's now part of their daily routine before they skip off into the yard and get bussed off to school. | By Karen AllenBBC News, Johannesburg These youngsters are a walking, breathing, living testimony to South Africa's shameful past. When a minority in the leadership allowed politics to overshadow science and refused to accept the potent reality of HIV/Aids, it delayed the rollout of preventative treatment and exposed te... |
world-europe-isle-of-man-28017189 | https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-isle-of-man-28017189 | Noctilucent clouds visible from the Isle of Man | Noctilucent clouds, the highest in the earth's atmosphere, have been photographed from the west coast of the Isle of Man. | James Brew, from Andreas, snapped the clouds at about midnight above Peel Beach on Thursday. Sightings of the rarefied clouds peak about 20 days after midsummer. Mr Brew said: "I was greeted by this jaw dropping sky so I grabbed my camera and rushed out as quickly as I could." Noctilucent clouds appear in the night sky... |
world-europe-35869519 | https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-35869519 | In pictures: Brussels blasts | Scores of people have been killed and wounded in attacks at Brussels international airport and a city metro station during the morning rush hour. | There has been heightened security in the Belgian capital since it emerged that several of the men behind last November's Paris attacks had come from Brussels. Four days ago, a man suspected of involvement in the attacks, Salah Abdeslam, was arrested in Brussels after four months on the run. What we know so far about T... |
uk-england-tyne-21821458 | https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-tyne-21821458 | Gosforth and Jesmond Metro stations to be revamped | Two Tyne and Wear Metro stations are to be refurbished as part of a £385m modernisation programme. | The work at South Gosforth and West Jesmond, will see the platforms, buildings and approaches to the stations improved. New ticket machines will also be installed during the modernisation work. Nexus, which owns the Metro, said the work would start on Monday and was expected to last about 15 weeks. Both stations will r... |
world-middle-east-43963677 | https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-43963677 | Iran nuclear: What's changed after Netanyahu's presentation? | So what has changed, if anything, in the wake of the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's theatrical presentation of Israel's claimed seizure of a trove of documents from Iran's secret nuclear archive? | By Jonathan MarcusDefence and diplomatic correspondent The purpose and timing of Mr Netanyahu's presentation was clear: to discredit the Iran nuclear deal, and to influence one man - Donald Trump. The US president must decide by mid-May whether to walk away from the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, known as the Joint Comprehens... |
uk-england-oxfordshire-22278010 | https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-22278010 | Man 'critical' after Abingdon care home fire | A man is in a critical condition after he was rescued from a fire at a care home in Oxfordshire. | The 48-year-old was rescued from The Knowl on Stert Street, Abingdon, after the blaze broke out at about 04:15 BST. He was treated at the scene for burns and smoke inhalation before being taken to the John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford. Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Service and Thames Valley Police are investigating the cau... |
uk-politics-24119079 | https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-24119079 | Lib Dem conference 'lacking buzz' | A few random thoughts from the Lib Dem conference. | James LandaleDeputy political editor@BBCJLandaleon Twitter 1. The Lib Dems want to be known as a responsible party of government. And by voting in favour of nuclear power and sticking to their guns on the economy, they will say they are being responsible. But a confected row with Vince Cable that muddies the economic m... |
uk-england-nottinghamshire-49836830 | https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-49836830 | The mums with eco-anxiety: 'I could cry all the time' | Eco-anxiety is a recently popularised term to describe the overwhelming powerlessness some people say they experience when they think about climate change. For parents, such fears can be particularly acute. BBC News speaks to some of those affected. | 'I couldn't sleep and my appetite went' Like many new parents, Heather Sarno takes her son Jack along to rattle, rhyme and roll sessions at her local library. However, she broke down at a recent class because of her fears about the future of the planet. "I was asking one of the staff members if I could speak to some of... |
uk-england-south-yorkshire-47172774 | https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-47172774 | Memorial plaques stolen from Barnsley crematorium | About 100 bronze plaques have been stolen from a South Yorkshire crematorium. | Barnsley Council said they were taken from the town's crematorium on Wednesday. The missing plaques would be replaced and the families of those concerned are being contacted, the council said. South Yorkshire Police said an investigation was under way into the thefts and anyone with information should contact the force... |
uk-wales-south-west-wales-42079438 | https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-south-west-wales-42079438 | Dog owners warned over palm oil on Pembrokeshire beaches | Dog walkers have been urged to take care on Pembrokeshire beaches after what is believed to be palm oil was washed up. | Pembrokeshire council said the coastguard and fire services were at South beach in Tenby and there had been a similar incident on nearby Castle Beach. It warned more may wash up on future tides but in smaller quantities. Palm oil can be harmful to dogs. |
uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-19557814 | https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-19557814 | Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre calls for £20m arena expansion | Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre needs a new larger arena to attract stars, its managers have said. | They want to spend up to £20m to increase capacity to attract bigger events and concerts. The centre said it has missed out on acts including Rihanna and Elton John in recent months due to size constraints. Earlier this year the city council agreed to write off the AECC's £26.2m debts. |
world-europe-guernsey-14841870 | https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-guernsey-14841870 | Quarter of ferries between UK and Channel Islands late | One in four fast ferries between the UK and Channel Islands are late, according to figures released by Condor Ferries. | The figures for April, May and June show 76% of journeys to and from the UK were made within 15 minutes of their scheduled arrival time. In the same period the company's fast ferries to France and the conventional UK ferry made 87% of journeys on time. The company said in those three months just 26 of its 1,343 passeng... |
uk-england-hampshire-36409481 | https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-hampshire-36409481 | Brass eagle lectern stolen stolen from Newtown church | An ornate brass lectern has been stolen from a church near Newbury. | Police said the theft happened between 18:00 BST Thursday and 11:00 on Friday, from the St Mary the Virgin and St John the Baptist Church in Harts Lane, Newtown, on the border of Hampshire and Berkshire. The church door was stolen before the lectern, which features an eagle book rest, was taken. Hampshire Constabulary ... |
uk-wales-55200996 | https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-55200996 | Man dies in car crash at Penygroes Road, Blaenau | A 20-year-old man has died after a one-car crash in Carmarthenshire. | A white Vauxhall Corsa crashed on Penygroes Road, Blaenau, near Llandybie, on Friday at 20:45 GMT. "Our thoughts are with his family who are being supported by our officers," said a spokesperson for Dyfed-Powys Police. The force is appealing for witnesses or anyone with any dashcam footage to "help officers establish w... |
world-asia-39898589 | https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-39898589 | The wounded victims of Sri Lanka's child marriage law | In Sri Lanka the legal marriage age is 18, but under a decades-old community law, much younger Muslim girls can get married. As calls grow for this law to be amended, BBC Sinhala's Saroj Pathirana meets one young girl forced to marry against her will. | When Shafa* was 15, she was forced to get married. "While studying for exams, I fell in love with a boy," Shafa said, tears running down her cheeks. "My parents did not like it. They sent me to my uncle's place. While I was studying there, a regular visitor told my aunt and uncle that he wanted to marry me." Shafa, who... |
world-middle-east-37751579 | https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-37751579 | Will Turkish ambitions complicate fight for Mosul? | With the offensive on Mosul well under way, the simmering tensions between the Shia-dominated Iraqi government and Turkey threaten to open up new fault lines that could greatly complicate the operation. They also raise questions about the future battle for influence in Mosul in particular and, more generally, in northe... | Jonathan MarcusDiplomatic correspondent@Diplo1on Twitter From the outset of the operation, Turkey has been itching to play a role. This has been resolutely opposed by the government in Baghdad, and the Americans have had to mount some nimble diplomacy to try to ensure the differences between Turkey and Iraq do not over... |
world-europe-31962644 | https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-31962644 | Ukraine conflict: Inside Russia's 'Kremlin troll army' | Over the past year, Russia has seen an unprecedented rise in the activity of "Kremlin trolls" - bloggers allegedly paid by the state to criticise Ukraine and the West on social media and post favourable comments about the leadership in Moscow. | By Olga BugorkovaBBC Monitoring Though the existence and even whereabouts of the alleged "cyber army" are no secret, recent media reports appear to have revealed some details of how one of the tools of Russian propaganda operates on an everyday basis. "Troll den" The Internet Research Agency ("Agentstvo Internet Issled... |
world-europe-isle-of-man-26388585 | https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-isle-of-man-26388585 | Ideas invited to develop Isle of Man prison site | Ideas have been invited from the Isle of Man public about the future of the site of a former Victorian jail. | The prison was decommissioned in 2008 and inmates were transferred to a new £41.7m jail in Jurby. Replacing the 18th Century Castle Rushen jail, the Victoria Road site in Douglas opened in 1891 and housed criminals for more than 100 years, Despite calls for the building to be kept as a listed building the redbrick jail... |
uk-scotland-54326001 | https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-54326001 | Your pictures of Scotland 25 September - 2 October | A selection of your pictures of Scotland sent in between 25 September and 2 October. Send your photos to scotlandpictures@bbc.co.uk. Please ensure you adhere to the BBC's rules regarding photographs which can be found here. | Please also ensure you follow current coronavirus guidelines and take your pictures safely and responsibly. Conditions of use: If you submit an image, you do so in accordance with the BBC's terms and conditions. Please ensure that the photograph you send is your own and if you are submitting photographs of children, we... |
uk-northern-ireland-46265074 | https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-46265074 | Spanish flu: How the 1918 pandemic hit Ulster and beyond | One hundred years ago this weekend, a fortnight after Armistice celebrations brought people to the streets across Great Britain and Ireland, a killer that claimed more lives globally than the four-year conflict reached its peak in Belfast. | By Hannah GayBBC News NI In the week ending 23 November 1918, the death rate in the city had tripled from the yearly average for all causes. Although the recorded reasons varied, historian Dr Patricia Marsh said that the vast majority of deaths were undoubtedly related to a much-feared global pandemic - the Spanish flu... |
newsbeat-10057019 | https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-10057019 | Introducing… Egyptian Hip Hop | Perhaps it's the blinding glare of the buzz surrounding his band at the moment, or the din of the rest of his gang watching Terminator 2 in the back of the tour van, but Alex Hewett is pretty quiet today. | By Greg CochraneNewsbeat music reporter What jokers! Neither Egyptian nor hip hop, the four college students are the latest subversive pop servants coming out of Manchester. He speaks in meek, one sentence answers, seemingly with his mind on other things. You can't blame him for being a little distracted though as Manc... |
in-pictures-46302730 | https://www.bbc.com/news/in-pictures-46302730 | In Pictures: The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2018 | A shocked squirrel has scooped the overall prize in this year's Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards. | Out of thousands of entries from around the world, Mary McGowan, from Tampa, Florida, won the overall prize with her photo titled Caught in the Act. Other entrants included an exasperated bear, a smiley shark and a rhino appearing to wear a tutu. Here is a selection of some of the hilarious winners and highly commended... |
world-asia-48850490 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-48850490 | The mystery of screaming schoolgirls in Malaysia | It was a quiet Friday morning last July when pandemonium broke out at a school in north-east Malaysia. Siti Nurannisaa, a 17-year-old student, was at the centre of the chaos. This is her account of what happened. | By Heather ChenBBC News, Kelantan, Malaysia The assembly bells rang. I was at my desk feeling sleepy when I felt a hard, sharp tap on my shoulder. I turned round to see who it was and the room went dark. Fear overtook me. I felt a sharp, splitting pain in my back and my head started spinning. I fell to the floor. Befor... |
uk-england-merseyside-53668285 | https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-merseyside-53668285 | Man suffered head injury in Birkenhead street attack | A man is being treated in intensive care after being found in the street with a serious head injury. | Police believe the 27-year-old man was assaulted in Birkenhead, Wirral, and are examining CCTV footage. He was taken to hospital after being found at the junction of Beckwith Street and Duke Street at around 16:45 BST on Tuesday, 4 August. Merseyside Police said an investigation had begun and have appealed for witnesse... |
uk-england-coventry-warwickshire-49876599 | https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-coventry-warwickshire-49876599 | PC Christopher Burnham hit-and-run accused in court | A man has appeared in court charged with the attempted murder of a police officer who was left seriously injured when he was hit by a car. | PC Christopher Burnham suffered a fractured skull and shattered knee when he was struck by the vehicle in Radford, Coventry, on Wednesday. Tekle Lennox, 37, indicated to the court he would plead not guilty. He was remanded in custody. He is also charged with driving while disqualified and without insurance. Mr Lennox, ... |
uk-england-gloucestershire-53922217 | https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-gloucestershire-53922217 | Pilot killed in glider crash on Cheltenham school field | One man was killed and another injured when a glider crashed on school playing fields in Gloucestershire. | Cotswold Gliding Club said "one of the pilots received fatal injuries" in the crash at St Edward's prep school in Cheltenham at about 13:20 BST. The other pilot in the club's two-seater glider "suffered minor injuries" and was taken to a local hospital. The Air Accidents Investigation Branch has sent a team of investig... |
magazine-34120745 | https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-34120745 | For one Missouri lawyer, eight clients executed in 18 months | At a time when other states in the US are backing away from the death penalty, Missouri has done the opposite. It is currently executing its death row inmates faster than any other state in the country, at a rate of about one per month. | By Jessica LussenhopBBC News Magazine At 21:09 local time on Tuesday evening, Roderick Nunley became the sixth death row inmate executed by the state of Missouri in 2015. He was convicted of the 1989 kidnapping, rape and murder of a 15-year-old girl in Kansas City. His was the latest in a string of executions by the st... |
science-environment-42769518 | https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-42769518 | Why you can't judge a zebra by its stripes | You can't judge a zebra by its stripes. | By Helen BriggsBBC News That's the finding of research that is shaking up the family tree of the African wild horse. The common (plains) zebra lives on the grasslands of eastern and southern Africa, from southern Ethiopia to northern Namibia. DNA evidence challenges the idea that there are six subspecies that you can t... |
uk-england-wiltshire-12645534 | https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-wiltshire-12645534 | Swindon town centre Union Square plans go on show | Plans for the £350m redevelopment of Swindon town centre are on show for the first time. | The Union Square project will be situated between Swindon railway station and The Parade shopping area. Development company Muse is due to submit plans to Swindon Borough Council this spring but expect the scheme to take 10 to 15 years to build. Plans can be viewed at Swindon Central Library on 4 March from 1400 to 200... |
uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-53306338 | https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-53306338 | Coronavirus: 'People couldn't wait for our model village to reopen' | When Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced certain businesses in England could reopen, there was some surprise that model villages appeared on a list alongside places like pubs, restaurants and hairdressers. BBC News went to Buckinghamshire to find out more about this very British fascination. | By Laurence Cawley and Laura DevlinBBC News It proudly states it's "stuck in a 1930s time warp" and portrays England "how it used to be". This is Bekonscot, the oldest model village in the UK, which has attracted 15 million visitors to a tiny corner of Beaconsfield in Buckinghamshire for more than 90 years. Here, the m... |
uk-scotland-highlands-islands-53734988 | https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-53734988 | Hillwalker dies on walk in Sutherland | A hillwalker has died on a walk in Sutherland, police have said. | The 67-year-old man's body was found during a search involving Assynt Mountain Recue Team and Stornoway Coastguard helicopter on Monday. He had earlier been reported overdue from his walk in the Achfary area near Lairg. Assynt MRT said its thoughts were with the man's family and friends. Related Internet Links Assynt M... |
world-europe-jersey-12198783 | https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-jersey-12198783 | New Jersey-UK health agreement 'very close' | The health agreement between Jersey and the UK is "very close" to being reinstated, a minister says. | Jersey lost its reciprocal agreement in 2009, which has meant islanders paying for some medical services while in the UK and vice versa. The UK's Department of Health has agreed in principle for a reinstatement of the agreement, the States said. Jersey Health Minister Anne Pryke said the new agreement would provide pea... |
uk-scotland-highlands-islands-45639096 | https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-45639096 | Countdown to Ullapool's Loopallu music festival | Final preparations are being made for the 14th Loopallu music festival in Ullapool this weekend. | Last year's was expected to be the last after problems securing a site in the village. But following support from Loopallu's fan base, its organisers agreed to keep holding the festival so long as there was an audience for it. This year's line-up includes Alabama 3, The Bluetones, John Cooper Clarke, Breath Underneath ... |
uk-england-manchester-33607621 | https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-manchester-33607621 | In pictures: Bosley mill blast 'scene of devastation' | The rubble and ruins after a massive explosion at a wood flour mill in Cheshire have been described as a scene of "complete devastation" . | Four workers were unaccounted for after the explosion at Wood Flour Mills, at Bosley, near Macclesfield on Friday. The body of one person was found on Sunday and a second body was recovered on Tuesday. All four were believed to be working in the upper floors of the mill when the blast and subsequent fire reduced the fo... |
uk-43822144 | https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-43822144 | Domestic abuse: 'He hunted me down when I thought I was safe' | When Holly began her relationship with Simon, it felt like the "best thing she had ever encountered". But as time went on, he became violent. When she ran away he hunted her down. This is her story from the time she became pregnant with their child, in her own words, as told to the BBC's Victoria Derbyshire programme. | "When I found out I was pregnant, it should have been a happy, joyous time. Since the start of our relationship it had been a whirlwind, I felt like it was the best thing I had ever encountered. But then it started to get intense on another level. One day, as I returned home, all I felt as I came through the door was t... |
uk-scotland-scotland-politics-20181669 | https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-20181669 | Who have been Scotland's first ministers? | Nicola Sturgeon is set to continue as Scotland's first minister following the SNP's victory in the Scottish Parliament election on 5 May 2016. | Ms Sturgeon became first minister on 20 November 2014, following the resignation of Alex Salmond. She is the fifth politician to head Scotland's devolved government (not counting Jim Wallace, who served as acting first minister three times.) Here's a quick look at Scotland's leaders, past and present, and the legacies ... |
uk-21575931 | https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-21575931 | Cardinal Keith O'Brien resignation: Statement in full | Britain's most senior Roman Catholic cleric, Cardinal Keith O'Brien, is resigning as Archbishop of St Andrews and Edinburgh, after being accused of inappropriate conduct - allegations he contests. This is the full statement issued by the Scottish Catholic Media Office on the resignation of the cardinal: | The Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI has accepted on the 18 February 2013 the resignation of His Eminence Cardinal Keith Patrick O'Brien from the pastoral governance of the Archdiocese of St Andrews and Edinburgh. This information will be announced and published in the Osservatore Romano of Monday 25 February 2013. The Ca... |
business-36548374 | https://www.bbc.com/news/business-36548374 | Seattle's great minimum wage experiment | At a union-organised event in Seattle former McDonald's worker Martina Phelps recounts how she walked out three years ago in protest at how little she and her colleagues were getting paid. It was the first time she had ever taken part in a strike. | By Edwin LaneBusiness reporter, BBC World Service, Seattle "It was the experience of a lifetime," she says, as the audience whoops and cheers. "After seeing my co-workers literally struggling and not having enough money to take care of their children, it was set in my mind that I can do something about this." The strik... |
uk-57262074 | https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-57262074 | Dominic Cummings shines a light on No 10's inner workings | Some will contest it, some will question the motives. | Hugh PymHealth editor@BBCHughPymon Twitter But today's dramatic evidence from Dominic Cummings shone new light on the government's handling of the biggest peacetime crisis in modern times. He was a central player in Downing Street and Whitehall and has become the highest profile figure so far to give an inside story of... |
health-37166293 | https://www.bbc.com/news/health-37166293 | Depression: A revolution in treatment? | It's not very often we get to talk about a revolution in understanding and treating depression and yet now doctors are talking about "one of the strongest discoveries in psychiatry for the last 20 years". | By James Gallagher, Rachael Buchanan & Andrew Luck-BakerThe Inflamed Mind, BBC Radio 4 It is based around the idea that some people are being betrayed by their fiercest protector. That their immune system is altering their brain. The illness exacts a heavy toll on 350 million people around the world, among them Hayley ... |
uk-england-22247871 | https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-22247871 | Seven West Midlands ambulance stations up for sale | Seven West Midlands Ambulance Service stations have been put up for sale. | In the third wave of sales in the service's Make Ready scheme, asking prices range from £200,000 for Craven Arms ambulance station in Shropshire to £475,000 for Dordon, Staffordshire. In Birmingham and Solihull another five ambulance stations have gone on sale. Vehicle maintenance hubs and Community Ambulance Stations ... |
uk-politics-eu-referendum-36703037 | https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-eu-referendum-36703037 | Brexit: Dual nationality on the table for Britons? | It is more than a week since Britain voted to leave the European Union, and there is still little certainty regarding the future status of EU citizens currently living in the UK, or of British people living elsewhere in the EU. | By Claudia AllenBBC News While many British citizens are happy to potentially wave goodbye to freedom of movement within the EU, some Britons would like to hold on to the opportunity to live and work in the other 27 countries that make up the union. At the weekend, German Vice-Chancellor Sigmar Gabriel said the remaini... |
world-latin-america-41172545 | https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-41172545 | Hurricane Irma: Visual guide | The most powerful Atlantic storm in a decade has caused widespread destruction across the Caribbean and the southern US, leaving 55 people dead. Irma, at times a category five hurricane, packed winds of up to 295km/h (185mph). | The storm cut a devastating trail across Caribbean countries and territories before moving up through the US states of Florida, Georgia and South Carolina, weakening into a tropical depression. An estimated 1.2 million people have been affected. Irma broke weather records At its peak, Irma was a category five storm wit... |
world-us-canada-47698812 | https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-47698812 | ‘Exonerated’: The verdict on Mueller from Trump's heartland | People in Arkansas thought that the Mueller report was a "witch hunt" and feel vindicated by its findings. Their affection for President Donald Trump is deep - and so is their scepticism towards the special counsel and Washington. | By Tara McKelveyBBC News, Russellville, Arkansas Joyce Smith, a retired nurse, heard about the findings on Sunday while she was driving across Oklahoma. A friend texted her the news, and she told her husband, Walter, who was in the driver's seat. They were both delighted by Mueller's conclusion. Congressional Democrats... |
business-31603163 | https://www.bbc.com/news/business-31603163 | Three reasons for optimism over the Eurozone economy | It is easy to be gloomy about the Eurozone's economic prospects. While GDP in the UK and US is now above its pre-crisis level, in the Eurozone it is still languishing below. But is there room for greater optimism? | Duncan WeldonNewsnight economics correspondent@Duncanweldonon Twitter A major economy being smaller than it was seven years ago is not something that happens often. Unemployment remains stubbornly high and the latest flaring up of tension over a possible Greek bailout extension is yet another reminder that some of the ... |
technology-16968689 | https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-16968689 | Viewpoint: V for Vendetta and the rise of Anonymous | On Saturday protests are planned across the world against Acta - the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement. The treaty has become the focus of activists associated with the Anonymous hacking network because of concerns that it could undermine internet privacy and aid censorship. | By Alan MooreAuthor First published in 1982, the comic series V for Vendetta charted a masked vigilante's attempt to bring down a fascist British government and its complicit media. Many of the demonstrators are expected to wear masks based on the book's central character. Ahead of the protests, the BBC asked V for Ven... |
world-australia-32894863 | https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-32894863 | What is the World Heritage In Danger List? | The Great Barrier Reef is one of more than 1,000 places on Unesco's World Heritage List of precious environmental and cultural sites. In June, Unesco will decide if the Reef should be added to its "in danger" list. On Friday, a draft recommendation will be made about the reef's status. | Who created the list and why? The World Heritage Convention links the concepts of nature conservation and the preservation of cultural properties. It recognises the way in which people interact with nature, and the need to preserve the balance between the two. The convention defines the kinds of natural or cultural sit... |
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