1 hour ago About sharing By Aoife Walsh BBC News Parts of the UK are poised for heavy rain and flooding over the next few days ahead of the arrival of Storm Ciarán later this week. Flood warnings are in place across parts of England, Scotland and Wales, while there are also yellow rain warnings…
4 hours ago About sharing Lilie James’s death has sparked conversations about women’s safety By Tiffanie Turnbull BBC News On Thursday, as Australia woke to the news a body had been found inside the bathroom of an elite Sydney private school, horror rippled around the country. Police had turned up at St Andrew’s Cathedral School…
1 hour ago About sharing By Tom Odula in Nairobi & Tamasin Ford in London BBC Africa Eye Caleb Mwangi was beaten so severely at his school in Kenya after he took extra food at breakfast that he was put into an induced coma and spent 11 days in an intensive care unit. “When I…
32 minutes ago About sharing Leonie Ward says she feels “vulnerable” living in the tower block By Laurence Cawley & Simon Dedman BBC News, Essex Lone parent Leonie Ward was fast asleep in her tower block flat when a neighbour spotted a person dressed in dark clothing pushing at her window from the outside. The…
3 hours ago About sharing By Jenny Casterton Producer, The Crash Detectives A grieving mum whose two children were killed in a motorway crash by a drink and drug driver has said her new child is a “gift from the kids”. Gracie-Ann Lucas, four, and three-year-old Jayden-Lee died after their car was hit on the…
Marseille’s Ligue 1 home match with Lyon was postponed after visiting boss Fabio Grosso was injured when his team’s bus was attacked on the way to the ground. Images on social media showed a bloodied Grosso laid on a stretcher. The Lyon bus was hit by rocks on its way to Stade Velodrome and supporter…
Israel urges Russia to protect “all its citizens and all Jews” after a mob storms Makhachkala airport.
Manchester City cruised past Manchester United with embarrassing ease in the derby at Old Trafford to emphasise the vast gulf between the two sides. Erling Haaland was the main tormentor with goals in each half before setting up a third for Phil Foden as Pep Guardiola’s side established superiority from the kick-off and rarely looked…
10 minutes ago About sharing By Sean Seddon BBC News Stars have spoken of their shock and admiration after Matthew Perry was found dead at his LA home aged 54. The US actor was best known for playing Chandler Bing in the hit ’90s sitcom Friends. Maggie Wheeler, who played on-screen girlfriend Janice, said the…
18 minutes ago About sharing Micheál Martin says politicians should focus on “practical things” instead of “arguments about super-majorities” By Rebekah Wilson BBC News NI UK government ministers “need to be careful” when discussing possible changes to the terms of a referendum on Irish unity, Micheál Martin has said. The tánaiste (Irish deputy prime minister)…