Second day of disruption after train derailment

BBC - Tue, 11/04/2025 - 12:25
The derailed train is removed from the track as work to clear and repair the line at Shap continues.

Could Reeves break a 50-year taboo by raising income tax in her Budget?

BBC - Tue, 11/04/2025 - 11:08
It is more than half a century since a chancellor chose to put up the basic rate of income tax.

Online porn showing choking to be made illegal, government says

BBC - Tue, 11/04/2025 - 10:06
Possession and publication of such material will be a criminal offence, under amendments to the Crime and Policing Bill.

Publisher apologises to author Kate Clanchy four years after book controversy

BBC - Tue, 11/04/2025 - 08:04
Kate Clanchy was accused of using racist descriptions of children in her book.

First scientific evidence of Black Death in Edinburgh found on skeleton

BBC - Tue, 11/04/2025 - 06:14
Plaque on the teenager's teeth contains pathogens of the bacteria for the Bubonic plague.

Vehicle owners in payout battle over car park fault

BBC - Tue, 11/04/2025 - 06:04
Mark Lucas says his firm is £50,000 in debt after its van was trapped in the car park for two years.

We are ready to discuss human rights law changes, top ECHR boss tells BBC

BBC - Tue, 11/04/2025 - 05:59
Alain Berset, Council of Europe secretary general, said human rights laws may need to "change or adapt".

'Police probe incidents before train attack' and 'tough but fair' Budget

BBC - Tue, 11/04/2025 - 05:24
Police probing other knife-related incidents and the chancellor flagging "tough decisions" in a pre-Budget speech leads the papers.

Calls for legal right to paid leave for IVF treatment

BBC - Tue, 11/04/2025 - 00:28
Campaigners say IVF treatment should be less stigmatised in the workplace and come with legal entitlements to time off

Calls for legal right to paid leave for IVF treatment

BBC - Tue, 11/04/2025 - 00:28
Campaigners say IVF treatment should be less stigmatised in the workplace and come with legal entitlements to time off

More people using family help than Buy Now Pay Later loans

BBC - Tue, 11/04/2025 - 00:06
But some people said borrowing from their nearest and dearest had affected those relationships.

More than 100 children married in Northern Ireland during wait to raise minimum age to 18

BBC - Tue, 11/04/2025 - 00:03
It is legal for 16 and 17-year-olds in Northern Ireland to marry, unlike in England, Wales and the Republic of Ireland.

More than 100 children married during wait to raise minimum age to 18

BBC - Tue, 11/04/2025 - 00:03
It is legal for 16 and 17-year-olds in Northern Ireland to marry, unlike in England, Wales and the Republic of Ireland.

Budget will be 'fair' says Reeves as tax rises expected

BBC - Tue, 11/04/2025 - 00:00
The chancellor is expected to roll the pitch for a difficult Budget as economists predict tax rises on 26 November.

Mould at man's home so bad he faces moving into van for winter

BBC - Mon, 11/03/2025 - 23:00
David Barlow has lived in his damp and mould-ridden leasehold home since November 2023.

First scientific evidence of Black Death in Edinburgh found on skeleton

BBC - Mon, 11/03/2025 - 22:59
Plaque on the teenager's teeth contains pathogens of the bacteria for the Bubonic plague.

Online porn showing choking to be made illegal, government says

BBC - Mon, 11/03/2025 - 22:45
Possession and publication of such material will be a criminal offence, under amendments to the Crime and Policing Bill.

China academic intimidation claim referred to counter-terrorism police

BBC - Mon, 11/03/2025 - 22:29
Sensitive research into alleged human rights abuses is alleged to have been shut down by Chinese agents.

China academic intimidation claim referred to counter-terrorism police

BBC - Mon, 11/03/2025 - 22:29
Sensitive research into alleged human rights abuses is alleged to have been shut down by Chinese agents.

Sugarloaf selfies as William begins Brazil visit

BBC - Mon, 11/03/2025 - 22:12
The prince has key environmental work planned with the Earthshot Prize and a speech at the COP30 summit - but started with a cable car trip up Sugarloaf Mountain.