Body found in search for hiker missing in Italy

BBC - Thu, 07/17/2025 - 20:53
Matthew Hall, from Hull, had left Chiavenna in Lombardy for a solo hike but failed to return.

Starmer's chief of staff is top paid special adviser

BBC - Thu, 07/17/2025 - 20:33
Morgan McSweeney is paid between £155,000 and £159,999, the Cabinet Office said in a report.

Met Police to close half its front desks following budget cuts

BBC - Thu, 07/17/2025 - 19:58
The move would reduce police front desks across London from 37 to 19, and reduce the number open 24/7.

Doctors strikes: BMA and Streeting talks 'constructive'

BBC - Thu, 07/17/2025 - 19:00
Resident doctors will walk out for five consecutive days from 25 July over a dispute about pay.

Which parties could benefit from lower voting age?

BBC - Thu, 07/17/2025 - 18:55
Young people are more likely to vote for left-wing parties - but how could this translate to a real election?

Airport accused 'feared police would kill him'

BBC - Thu, 07/17/2025 - 18:33
One of two brothers accused of assaulting officers trying to arrest him says he was "frightened".

UK's most powerful supercomputer comes online

BBC - Thu, 07/17/2025 - 18:00
The Isambard-AI supercomputer is made fully operational as the government unveils fresh AI plans.

Plans for direct train to Berlin in new UK-Germany treaty

BBC - Thu, 07/17/2025 - 17:25
It comes as Friedrich Merz makes his first official visit to the UK as German chancellor.

'Unfair' NHS wait lists revealed in official report

BBC - Thu, 07/17/2025 - 16:16
Data for the NHS in England shows the waiting list for gynaecology is one of the largest.

Nurse confronted trans doctor in 'unacceptable' manner, tribunal hears

BBC - Thu, 07/17/2025 - 15:43
An NHS manager has said said Sandie Peggie should have raised concerns about sharing facilities in a different way.

Voting age to be lowered to 16 by next general election

BBC - Thu, 07/17/2025 - 15:27
Other planned changes include expanding voter ID to include bank cards and moving to automatic registration.

Labour looking into Abbott backing racism comments that prompted one-year suspension

BBC - Thu, 07/17/2025 - 14:02
The veteran Labour MP has told the BBC she stands by comments that led to a year-long suspension from the party.

Body found in search for hiker missing in Italy

BBC - Thu, 07/17/2025 - 13:53
Matthew Hall, from Hull, had left Chiavenna in Lombardy for a solo hike but failed to return.

Teen killed on zebra crossing by 'show off' driver

BBC - Thu, 07/17/2025 - 13:43
Christopher West hit Keely Morgan on 1 May 2023 and she died at the scene.

Two framed by corrupt officer decades ago cleared

BBC - Thu, 07/17/2025 - 13:39
Ronald De Souza, who was part of the Stockwell Six, and Errol Campbell, who died in 2004, are cleared.

Two framed by corrupt officer decades ago cleared

BBC - Thu, 07/17/2025 - 13:39
Ronald De Souza, who was part of the Stockwell Six, and Errol Campbell, who died in 2004, are cleared.

Two framed by corrupt officer decades ago cleared

BBC - Thu, 07/17/2025 - 13:39
Ronald De Souza, who was part of the Stockwell Six, and Errol Campbell, who died in 2004, are cleared.

Deputy first minister 'deeply saddened' after summer camp cancelled

BBC - Thu, 07/17/2025 - 13:39
An Orange Order lodge raised concerns about the "perceived move of the GAA into the local community".

How will votes at 16 and changes to voter ID work?

BBC - Thu, 07/17/2025 - 13:08
The minimum voting age will fall to 16 across the UK as part of a package of election reforms.

Check this: Glasgow reveals Commonwealth Games 2026 tartan

BBC - Thu, 07/17/2025 - 12:43
Fashion designer Siobhan Mackenzie has created a tartan based on Glasgow's shipbuilding past.