Simpler, older version of Stonehenge found three miles from famous site

BBC - 4 hours 46 min ago
The structure consisted of two posts that lined up with the solstices 5,000 years ago.

Train crash that killed one man and injured four others could have been avoided

BBC - 4 hours 49 min ago
One person described being knocked unconscious before hearing people shouting and seeing people on the floor.

I did it for my son, says campaigner ahead of Muckamore abuse report

BBC - 4 hours 55 min ago
The long-awaited final report is expected to reveal the extent of the mistreatment of patients at the hospital.

Cervical cancer deaths fall to zero in young women given vaccine

BBC - 4 hours 56 min ago
A new study finds that hundreds of lives have been saved since school-age girls were offered the HPV jab in 2008.

Interest rates expected to be held by Bank of England

BBC - 4 hours 56 min ago
The Bank last cut interest rates in December but upheaval in the Middle East has stalled any further reductions.

Ancient 'Robin Hood' tree is dead, experts say

BBC - 4 hours 56 min ago
The Major Oak is thought to have stood for more than 1,000 years in the heart of Nottinghamshire's Sherwood Forest.

Voters in Scotland head to the polls for Westminster by-elections

BBC - Wed, 06/17/2026 - 23:02
Residents in Aberdeen South and Arbroath and Broughty Ferry are choosing new members of parliament.

MI5 boss declares himself a Slow Horses fan

BBC - Wed, 06/17/2026 - 21:30
Sir Ken McCallum says he is a fan of the show that has been described as the anti-James Bond.

Former miner who killed terminally ill wife dies

BBC - Wed, 06/17/2026 - 20:34
David Hunter, who suffocated his wife in 2021, dies in Cyprus aged 78.

Teen accused of girl's murder expelled from school hours before her death, court hears

BBC - Wed, 06/17/2026 - 20:32
A teenage boy is accused of fatally stabbing nine-year-old Aria Thorpe at her Weston-super-Mare home.

Murder accused teen expelled from school hours before girl's death, court told

BBC - Wed, 06/17/2026 - 20:32
A teenage boy is accused of fatally stabbing nine-year-old Aria Thorpe at her Weston-super-Mare home.

BBC announces 550 job cuts as first part of £500m savings plan

BBC - Wed, 06/17/2026 - 20:22
In an email to staff, the corporation laid out proposals for the initial 200 job losses in the news division.

Ex-Nigeria oil minister cleared in UK bribery trial

BBC - Wed, 06/17/2026 - 20:03
Diezani Alison-Madueke had been accused of receiving bribes from oil tycoons but was found not guilty by a jury at Southwark Crown Court.

Driving test wait time target will not be met until autumn next year

BBC - Wed, 06/17/2026 - 16:37
The Transport Secretary had been aiming to reduce the backlog to seven weeks by this autumn.

Patient dies and three people injured after ambulance and car crash

BBC - Wed, 06/17/2026 - 16:08
Police were called to the scene of the collision on Balmore Road in Glasgow at about 21:00 on Tuesday.

Abuse hurled at judge as first group of rioters sentenced for Ely disorder

BBC - Wed, 06/17/2026 - 15:30
The deaths of teenagers Kyrees Sullivan and Harvey Evans in 2023 sparked hours of violence and vandalism.

'It was surreal': British couple describe having warning shots fired near them by Russian warship

BBC - Wed, 06/17/2026 - 14:41
The retired couple tell BBC Newsnight they tried to show the warship they had changed course in the English Channel before the shots were fired.

Donaldson sex abuse accusers 'not sufficiently reliable' for a guilty verdict, jury told

BBC - Wed, 06/17/2026 - 13:56
Sir Jeffrey Donaldson, the former Democratic Unionist Party leader, is on trial for 18 sex abuse charges, including one count of rape, all of which he denies.

Government to apologise to victims of forced adoptions in England

BBC - Wed, 06/17/2026 - 13:41
An apology will be issued on behalf of the state over the historic practice, the education secretary says.

Government to apologise to victims of forced adoptions in England

BBC - Wed, 06/17/2026 - 13:41
An apology will be issued on behalf of the state over the historic practice, the education secretary says.