21 minutes ago About sharing Tory candidate Helen Harrison had a night to forget By Chris Mason Political editor, BBC News, in Wellingborough So, another two whopping by-election victories for Labour. What is most striking about the results in Wellingborough and Kingwood is that they feel almost unsurprising, despite the scale of Labour’s wins. Why?…
56 minutes ago About sharing By Thomas Mackintosh BBC News King Charles’s cancer diagnosis could bring the British royal family closer, his son Prince Harry has told US TV. “Throughout all these families I see it on a day-to-day basis – the strength of the family unit coming together,” he told ABC’s Good Morning America….
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54 minutes ago About sharing Amy Schumer said she felt “strong and beautiful and so proud of this TV show I created” By Helen Bushby Culture reporter Actress and director Amy Schumer has responded to online comments speculating on the appearance of her face, explaining it is “puffier than normal” due to endometriosis. Schumer was…
59 minutes ago About sharing Cat Deeley described This Morning as a “national institution” By Emma Saunders, Ian Youngs & Noor Nanji Entertainment reporters TV presenters Cat Deeley and Ben Shephard have been announced as the new hosts of ITV daytime show This Morning. The pair are the permanent replacements for Phillip Schofield and Holly…
1 hour ago About sharing By Dearbail Jordan Business reporter, BBC News Shop sales rebounded in January as shoppers flocked to stock up on food at supermarkets and take advantage of new year bargains. Official figures revealed a 3.4% jump in sales following a record drop in December. Food sales at supermarkets rose strongly while…
19 minutes ago About sharing Labour’s Damien Egan won the Kingswood by-election with a 2,501 majority By Becky Morton Political reporter Labour has inflicted two by-election defeats on the Conservatives, overturning big majorities to take Wellingborough and Kingswood. In Wellingborough the party overcame a majority of more than 18,500 to take the Northamptonshire seat. The…
1 hour ago About sharing Labour’s winning candidate in Wellingborough Gen Kitchen celebrates her victory By Sir John Curtice Professor of Politics at Strathclyde University This was another disappointing election night for the Conservatives, with two by-election defeats and two gains for Labour. Not only did they lose Kingswood, where Labour needed a relatively modest…
2 hours ago About sharing Christian Brückner is serving a seven-year jail term for rape committed in Portugal in 2005 By Jessica Parker & Daniel Sandford BBC News in Braunschweig, Germany The prime suspect in the disappearance of three-year-old Madeleine McCann goes on trial in Germany on Friday for unrelated sex offences. Christian Brückner will…
1 hour ago About sharing Satellite images show how the site of the leak changed over six months By Marco Silva, Daniele Palumbo, Erwan Rivault BBC Verify One of the worst methane leaks ever recorded took place last year at a remote well in Kazakhstan, new analysis shared with BBC Verify has shown. It is…