Welfare rebellion to test Starmer like never before

BBC - Tue, 06/24/2025 - 13:00
Labour MPs' challenge over benefits cuts is perhaps the gravest crisis in the PM's time in office so far.

Fair compensation needed for A5 landowners, says union

BBC - Tue, 06/24/2025 - 12:56
John McClenaghan says some landowners have not accepted compensation as they have not been able to access their land.

Child abuse training failures before boy's murder

BBC - Tue, 06/24/2025 - 12:44
Twenty cases when police had contact with Alfie Steele and his family were investigated.

Officers 'not sufficiently trained' in Alfie Steele murder case

BBC - Tue, 06/24/2025 - 12:44
Twenty cases when police had contact with Alfie Steele and his family were investigated.

Community service for GP who had 200 child abuse images

BBC - Tue, 06/24/2025 - 12:19
Alan Trevor Campbell from Newbuildings was sentenced to 75 hours community service.

'I applied for 647 jobs after uni until I got one'

BBC - Tue, 06/24/2025 - 11:49
Caitlin Morgan doubted if her degree was worth it as competition for graduate jobs hit record high.

Fifty firefighters tackle Jaguar Land Rover fire

BBC - Tue, 06/24/2025 - 11:39
West Midlands Fire Service attended the scene on Chester Road, Castle Vale, on Tuesday morning.

Wimbledon hope to have Murray statue ready by 2027

BBC - Tue, 06/24/2025 - 11:18
The All England Club is set to honour a promise to construct a statue of Sir Andy Murray at Wimbledon and hope to unveil it in 2027.

Scotland's cancer treatment waiting times worst on record

BBC - Tue, 06/24/2025 - 11:15
Almost a third of patients referred to the NHS with an urgent suspicion of cancer are waiting longer than the target.

Phone snatcher caught with DNA from lost shoe

BBC - Tue, 06/24/2025 - 11:09
Spencer Duarte lost a trainer as he was tackled by members of the public after he stole a phone.

Labour MPs mount major bid to block benefits changes

BBC - Tue, 06/24/2025 - 10:50
MPs including senior Labour figures sign an amendment that could sink the welfare reform bill.

Queen Elizabeth memorial to include bridge inspired by her tiara

BBC - Tue, 06/24/2025 - 10:15
Lord Foster's winning design also includes a statue of the Queen with Prince Philip.

Queen Elizabeth memorial to include bridge inspired by her tiara

BBC - Tue, 06/24/2025 - 10:15
Lord Foster's winning design also includes a statue of the Queen with Prince Philip.

Bears raid honey store after enclosure escape

BBC - Tue, 06/24/2025 - 10:00
Two brown bears escape from their enclosure and eat a "week's worth of honey" in the food store.

Hotspur Press left a smoking ruin after huge fire

BBC - Tue, 06/24/2025 - 07:40
The former site of a cotton mill and a printing press partially collapsed during the blaze.

How Draper became a genuine Wimbledon contender

BBC - Tue, 06/24/2025 - 06:43
Grand Slam semi-finalist, Masters champion and a top-five player - Britain's Jack Draper is a different beast on his Wimbledon return.

Family selling 'idyllic' island with ruined castle after 80 years

BBC - Tue, 06/24/2025 - 06:16
The Island of Shuna, which includes a ruined castle, working farm and a holiday accommodation business, is on sale for £5.5m.

Families 'will not support' weakened Hillsborough Law

BBC - Tue, 06/24/2025 - 06:05
Labour's Ian Byrne writes to Sir Keir Starmer to demand "duty of candour" is not dropped from the bill.

MP who was raped gets backing over law change

BBC - Tue, 06/24/2025 - 06:04
Labour's Natalie Fleet says she used to tell friends "I can't be an MP - I was a teenage parent".

MP who was raped gets backing over law change

BBC - Tue, 06/24/2025 - 06:04
Labour's Natalie Fleet says she used to tell friends "I can't be an MP - I was a teenage parent".