Met to cut 1,700 staff to plug £260m 'black hole'

BBC - Wed, 04/02/2025 - 06:20
Dedicated police officers in schools and the Royal Parks Police team are among those facing the axe.

The generation that has never known smoke-filled pubs

BBC - Wed, 04/02/2025 - 06:12
The legislation was brought across the country to reduce the effect of second-hand smoke.

The rarely-seen rooftop view from Blenheim Palace

BBC - Wed, 04/02/2025 - 06:11
Blenheim Palace is commemorating its 75th anniversary by creating a new rooftop vieiwng platform.

Messages reveal prison staff violence towards inmates

BBC - Wed, 04/02/2025 - 06:10
Messages include jokes about someone who was said to be at risk of taking their life.

Messages reveal prison staff violence towards inmates

BBC - Wed, 04/02/2025 - 06:10
Messages include jokes about someone who was said to be at risk of taking their life.

Environment Agency orders review into tyre recycling after BBC probe

BBC - Wed, 04/02/2025 - 06:06
Environment Agency review waste tyre exports after BBC probe reveals millions sent to furnaces in India.

Environment Agency orders review into tyre recycling after BBC probe

BBC - Wed, 04/02/2025 - 06:06
Environment Agency review waste tyre exports after BBC probe reveals millions sent to furnaces in India.

Woman who reported predatory officer blamed by Met

BBC - Wed, 04/02/2025 - 06:01
The woman accused the force of trying to discredit her over her complaints against a Met constable.

The Papers: 'Trump trade madness' and 'BYD bonanza'

BBC - Wed, 04/02/2025 - 05:12
Most papers on Wednesday are leading on Trump's threat of global tariffs.

Guy Burgess's briefcase among MI5 artefacts on display

BBC - Wed, 04/02/2025 - 02:06
A battered leather briefcase left behind by Guy Burgess when he fled to Moscow in 1951 is among 20 objects from MI5's archives to go on display for the first time from Saturday.

Public satisfaction with NHS hits record low

BBC - Wed, 04/02/2025 - 02:00
A fifth happy with NHS in Britain, finds long-running poll, with waits and staffing of major concern.

Public satisfaction with NHS hits record low

BBC - Wed, 04/02/2025 - 02:00
A fifth 21% happy with NHS in Britain, finds long-running poll, with waits and staffing of major concern.

Chris Mason: Jitters, uncertainty and hope as UK awaits Trump tariff decision

BBC - Wed, 04/02/2025 - 01:46
Talks are continuing between London and Washington at quite an intensity, our political editor writes.

Twenty-three more women make allegations against serial rapist

BBC - Wed, 04/02/2025 - 00:07
Police in London say PhD student Zhenhao Zou's "offending group is far greater" than they had realised.

Twenty-three more women make allegations against serial rapist

BBC - Wed, 04/02/2025 - 00:07
Police in London say PhD student Zhenhao Zou's "offending group is far greater" than they had realised.

Grooming inquiry lawyer asked Home Office 'do you still want me?'

BBC - Tue, 04/01/2025 - 22:45
Tom Crowther KC suggests there has been little progress nearly three months since his role was announced.

Girl missing in River Thames named as Kaliyah Coa

BBC - Tue, 04/01/2025 - 21:24
A recovery mission is now under way to find 11-year-old Kaliyah along the Thames, Met Police said.

Six in hospital after industrial estate fire

BBC - Tue, 04/01/2025 - 20:44
Two of the casualties are understood to have burns as fire crews tackle the blaze in Cumbernauld.

Armed police shoot man dead at railway station

BBC - Tue, 04/01/2025 - 19:59
Officers say they received reports the suspect was carrying a firearm.

Armed police shoot man dead at railway station

BBC - Tue, 04/01/2025 - 19:59
Officers say they received reports the suspect was carrying a firearm.