Woman who wore wigs to citizen tests admits fraud

BBC - Tue, 02/25/2025 - 16:19
Josephine Maurice took tests at various centres as part of a "premeditated plan to avoid detection".

Murdered businessman's body found in sack in Kenya

BBC - Tue, 02/25/2025 - 16:12
Campbell Scott disappeared from a luxury hotel before being found miles outside Nairobi by a cattle herder.

Murdered businessman's body found in sack with hands and legs tied

BBC - Tue, 02/25/2025 - 16:12
Campbell Scott disappeared from a luxury hotel before being found miles outside Nairobi by a cattle herder.

CCTV shows £4.8m gold toilet raid at Blenheim Palace

BBC - Tue, 02/25/2025 - 15:56
The footage played in court showed armed hooded individuals breaking into the palace.

Dog walker, 80, 'racially taunted' before fatal attack

BBC - Tue, 02/25/2025 - 15:29
A 15-year-old boy and 13-year-old girl are accused of killing Bhim Kohli at a park in Leicestershire.

Man, 84, critical after suspected XL bully attack

BBC - Tue, 02/25/2025 - 15:27
Armed police shot two of the animals after the man was attacked on a street in Warrington.

Pedestrian killed and others hurt in Harrow crash

BBC - Tue, 02/25/2025 - 14:59
The driver of a car has been arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving.

People should consider energy bill fix, regulator says

BBC - Tue, 02/25/2025 - 14:13
Households should consider a fixed tariff, Ofgem says, as it announces another rise in the energy price cap.

People should consider energy bill fix, regulator says

BBC - Tue, 02/25/2025 - 14:13
Households should consider a fixed tariff, Ofgem says, as it announces another rise in the energy price cap.

The seven bills due to go up in April

BBC - Tue, 02/25/2025 - 14:11
A number of bill rises will come into force at the start of what some commentators have described as "awful April".

Ten Church of England clergy face disciplinary action

BBC - Tue, 02/25/2025 - 14:01
Ten clergy could face disciplinary action over safeguarding failures after a report into prolific abuser John Smyth.

Mother fatally stabbed in front of girl, 3, at carnival, court hears

BBC - Tue, 02/25/2025 - 14:00
Cher Maximen was attacked with a zombie knife on the first day of last year's Notting Hill Carnival.

Sunak becomes prostate cancer charity ambassador

BBC - Tue, 02/25/2025 - 13:21
The former PM hopes his work for Prostate Cancer Research will encourage more men to get tested.

NHS England boss Amanda Pritchard stepping down

BBC - Tue, 02/25/2025 - 13:06
Her departure comes less than a month after two House of Commons committees discussed her suitability to lead the NHS.

Women's abuse online: 'I get trolled every second, every day'

BBC - Tue, 02/25/2025 - 12:51
Ofcom is launching new guidance to improve the experience of women and girls using the internet.

BBC sorry for 'missed opportunities' over DJ Tim Westwood's 'bullying behaviour'

BBC - Tue, 02/25/2025 - 12:30
A report into what the BBC knew about DJ's conduct found it was "too deferential to high-profile individuals".

UK may have to leave human rights treaty, says Badenoch

BBC - Tue, 02/25/2025 - 12:28
The Conservative leader says international agreements must not stop the UK acting in its national interest.

New powers planned to search homes for stolen phones

BBC - Tue, 02/25/2025 - 12:22
The Crime and Policing Bill will give officers powers to make Britain's cities safer, the home secretary says.

Farm inheritance tax protesters target Reed conference speech

BBC - Tue, 02/25/2025 - 12:06
The environment secretary is met with blaring tractor horns as he tries to win over farmers.

Farm inheritance tax protesters target Reed conference speech

BBC - Tue, 02/25/2025 - 12:06
The environment secretary is met with blaring tractor horns as he tries to win over farmers.