Could this be the beginning of the end for Starmer?

BBC - Thu, 02/05/2026 - 14:38
Few Labour MPs are publicly calling for Sir Keir Starmer to go but this is very serious moment for the PM.

Funeral firm executives face fraud charges in court

BBC - Thu, 02/05/2026 - 14:19
Safe Hands collapsed in 2022, leaving 46,000 customers without the funeral plans they had paid for.

Captain jailed over deadly North Sea tanker crash

BBC - Thu, 02/05/2026 - 13:47
Vladimir Motin fell prey to his own "complacency and arrogance" in crash that killed a crew member.

Captain jailed over deadly North Sea tanker crash

BBC - Thu, 02/05/2026 - 13:47
Vladimir Motin fell prey to his own "complacency and arrogance" in crash that killed a crew member.

Ex-Tory councillor unveiled by Nigel Farage as Reform's Welsh leader

BBC - Thu, 02/05/2026 - 13:47
Farage said he had chosen Thomas ahead of the Senedd election because he was "battle hardened".

Chief nurse's 'Disney trip' suggestion for bereaved families 'shameful' - Sarwar

BBC - Thu, 02/05/2026 - 13:26
Scotland's ex-chief nursing officer has been criticised over remarks she allegedly made about bereaved families.

Silence and inaction - how audio helped prove captain guilty of North Sea tanker crash

BBC - Thu, 02/05/2026 - 13:19
The top detective investigating the tanker collision says there were early signs of gross negligence from Vladimir Motin

Parts of England and Wales have seen rain every day this year

BBC - Thu, 02/05/2026 - 12:52
It's certainly been a damp and dull start to 2026 as Helen Willetts explains.

Why all Olympic curling stones come from a Scottish island

BBC - Thu, 02/05/2026 - 12:11
A small Ayrshire business crafts curling stones by hand using rock found on an island off Scotland’s west coast.

Teenage son admits killing his mother, court told

BBC - Thu, 02/05/2026 - 11:53
The body of 45-year-old Angela Shellis was discovered in the Morfa area of Prestatyn.

36 UK infants ill after drinking contaminated baby formula

BBC - Thu, 02/05/2026 - 11:01
It comes after some batches made by Nestle and Danone were recalled after being contaminated with a toxin.

'Our daughter's cancer symptoms were dismissed because she was a child'

BBC - Thu, 02/05/2026 - 06:24
Isla Sneddon died in March 2025 aged 17, just six months after she was diagnosed with cancer.

What happened to the baby born in an army truck in the 1996 big snow?

BBC - Thu, 02/05/2026 - 06:23
The Roper family will never forget the heaviest February snowfall on record in south-west Scotland.

'We're in hell': Mum faces two-year wait for answers about her daughter's LA death

BBC - Thu, 02/05/2026 - 06:22
Jill Bunyan wants to know what happened to her daughter June, whose dismembered body was found in her flat in California last year.

'We're in hell': Mum faces two-year wait for answers about her daughter's LA death

BBC - Thu, 02/05/2026 - 06:22
Jill Bunyan wants to know what happened to her daughter June, whose dismembered body was found in her flat in California last year.

Black bag fly-tipping rise 'horrible' and 'lazy' say frustrated residents

BBC - Thu, 02/05/2026 - 06:08
A resident in Rhondda Cynon Taf said the problem was so severe in her area she wished she could move away.

Ireland out to stop 'darting fish' Dupont and France

BBC - Thu, 02/05/2026 - 06:04
Injury-hit Ireland face the unenviable task of trying to stop returning captain Antoine Dupont and France in Thursday's Six Nations opener in Paris.

Email appears to confirm Andrew and Virginia Giuffre photo is real

BBC - Thu, 02/05/2026 - 03:31
The former prince has previously questioned whether the picture had been doctored and claimed he had never met Giuffre.

MPs back plan to release Mandelson files after Labour anger forces climbdown

BBC - Thu, 02/05/2026 - 03:07
The PM is forced to back down over a plan to withhold some documents about the ex-minister's appointment as US ambassador.

The Papers: 'U-turn on Mandelson files' and 'Starmer in grave peril'

BBC - Thu, 02/05/2026 - 01:31
Starmer's handling of Mandelson's appointment as ambassador to Washington leads Thursday's papers.