Poland investigates cyber-attack on rail network
Hackers briefly disrupted some train services, amid suggestions that the attack came from Russia.
August 2023
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Nadine Dorries: Conservative MP attacks PM as she quits Commons
More than two months after promising to resign, she tells Rishi Sunak “history will not judge you kindly”.
High-altitude heist shocks Switzerland
53 minutes ago About sharing A man traverses the ferrata on the Gemmi pass By Imogen Foulkes BBC News, Geneva Thieves in Switzerland have conquered one of the country’s most challenging protected climbing routes. They ascended to an altitude of 2,350m and traversed gorges on narrow steel cables – all to rob a collection box….
Bow fire: Homes ‘severely damaged’ in east London blaze
The blaze took hold at a building in east London which contains flats and a business centre.
John Lewis joins M&S and Tesco in cutting price of period pants
18 minutes ago About sharing VAT is levied at 20% on period pants under current rules By Nathan Williams BBC News John Lewis and Waitrose are joining Tesco and Marks & Spencer in cutting the price of their period pants. The retailer says it will reduce the price of 30 types of period underwear by…
‘I booked a last-minute flight and bought a castle’
3 hours ago About sharing Carbisdale Castle was built in the early 20th Century By Steven McKenzie BBC Scotland Highlands and Islands reporter “Everything looked like it would fall apart,” says Samantha Kane of her first viewing of cliff-top Carbisdale Castle. There was a problem with water seeping into parts of the country house, and…
Wagner mercenaries must swear allegiance to Russia – Putin
29 minutes ago About sharing By Ece Goksedef BBC News President Vladimir Putin has called on all employees of Wagner and other Russian private military contractors to take an oath of allegiance to the Russian state. The decree applies to anyone participating in military activities in Ukraine, assisting the army and serving in territorial defence…
Donald Patience death: Man charged with murder after dog theft
Donald Patience “had been dead for days” when police called to a suspected robbery found his body.
British Museum recovers some of 2,000 stolen items
10 minutes ago About sharing The British Museum, home to eight million items, has scrambled to address the loss of some 2,000 artefacts By Sean Seddon BBC News About 2,000 items are thought to have been stolen from the British Museum, but some of the missing treasures have started to be recovered, chairman George Osborne…
Gladstone family urged to pay slavery reparations to Jamaica
3 hours ago About sharing Charlie Gladstone read an apology to the people of Guyana on behalf of his family By Joshua Nevett BBC News The descendants of former Prime Minister William Gladstone are facing calls to pay reparations to Jamaica for an ancestor’s role in slavery. The Gladstone family apologised for its slaveholding past…