49 minutes ago About sharing South Korean TV showing Monday’s launch of a suspected long-range missile By Jean Mackenzie Seoul correspondent North Korea has fired its most advanced long-range missile, South Korean authorities say, defying UN curbs. The launch of the intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) drew immediate condemnation from the West. It landed west of…
23 minutes ago About sharing Kate Garraway and Derek Draper in 2008 By Yasmin Rufo BBC News The husband of ITV presenter Kate Garraway is in a “very serious condition” after being in and out of hospital since contracting Covid in March 2020. Former political adviser Derek Draper, 56, had been living with extreme complications…
3 hours ago About sharing Rory died in Salt Lake City, Utah, a week after his 23rd birthday By David Cowan Home affairs correspondent, BBC Scotland A Scottish mother whose son was shot dead in the US has called for an end to the country’s “culture of hatred”. Detectives in Utah believe Rory Swimm was…
27 minutes ago About sharing Sir Jeffrey Donaldson said at the weekend that the DUP would not be distracted by calendar-led initiatives By Gareth Gordon BBC News NI political correspondent The Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) has ruled out the prospect of a deal to restore devolution in Northern Ireland before Christmas, the BBC understands. It…
20 minutes ago About sharing Israel risks fuelling its conflict for another 50 years with their tactics in Gaza, former defence secretary Ben Wallace has warned. Writing in the Daily Telegraph, the senior Conservative MP said Israel risked undermining its legal basis for it actions in the territory. “If [Benjamin Netanyahu] thinks a killing rage…
6 hours ago About sharing By Becky Morton Political reporter More training for door staff and funding for testing kits are among a package of measures announced to crack down on spiking. The Home Office has said the law will also be “modernised” to make it clear spiking – putting alcohol or drugs into another…
14 minutes ago About sharing Carer and resident at Addison Court care home, near Newcastle By BBC Panorama Reporting team Care home staff have told the BBC they feel exploited and trapped by the firm that brought them to the UK to work. Employees at Prestwick Care told an undercover Panorama reporter they believed their…
1 hour ago About sharing President Aleksandar Vucic said his party was heading for an absolute majority in parliament By Paul Kirby in London & Guy Delauney in Belgrade BBC News Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic has claimed victory in snap parliamentary elections, saying his party is heading for an absolute majority. His Serbian Progressive Party,…
Record rainfall driven by a tropical cyclone has caused widespread flooding in the country’s north-east.
1 hour ago About sharing Sellafield is widely regarded as Western Europe’s most hazardous nuclear site By Theo Leggett Business correspondent, BBC News, Sellafield The chief executive of Sellafield has hit back at reports that computer systems at the nuclear site in Cumbria have been hacked. Euan Hutton told the BBC there was no evidence…