4 minutes ago About sharing By Sean Seddon BBC News A report on how women born in the 1950s were affected by increases to their retirement age is expected to be published on Thursday. An ombudsman has been looking into potential injustices around changes to the state pension for five years. Campaigners say millions of…
4 hours ago About sharing Head teacher James Ludlow wants the World War Two era building at Joseph Leckie Academy demolished By Hazel Shearing, Daniel Wainwright and Nathan Standley BBC News Schools fear they are “stuck” with leaking roofs and decades-old temporary classrooms, after the final spots to receive rebuilding cash in England were taken…
Australian Open champion Aryna Sabalenka asks for privacy after the ‘unthinkable tragedy’ of the death of her former boyfriend.
57 minutes ago About sharing Joe, with his mother, Michelle, said a crime gang had controlled his life By Tom Symonds and Chris Bell BBC News Tens of thousands of children are at risk of being groomed and coerced into crime by organised gangs, according to a leading child-protection expert. Prof Alexis Jay, who revealed…
1 hour ago About sharing Seema Misra served four months in prison – her conviction was quashed in 2021 By Nalini Sivathasan and Lorna Acquah BBC News An expert witness was asked by a Post Office prosecutor to consider changing his testimony to avoid a “damaging concession”, the BBC has found. Fujitsu engineer Gareth Jenkins…
25 minutes ago About sharing By Tom Espiner BBC News The Bank of England is expected to hold interest rates at 5.25% for the fifth time in a row on Thursday. It is also expected to be cautious about signalling when future rate cuts will be, despite lower-than-expected February inflation figures. The Bank has been…
22 minutes ago About sharing Vaughan Gething said he wanted “kinder, more effective politics” By Adrian Browne & David Deans BBC news Vaughan Gething has been confirmed as Wales’ new first minister after a vote in the Welsh Parliament. He will succeed Mark Drakeford, who bowed out with an emotional speech on Tuesday, after five…
58 minutes ago About sharing Social media users have questioned if the French president used Photoshop By Andre Rhoden-Paul BBC News First he flexed his muscles on Ukraine. Now Emmanuel Macron has gone one further, releasing photos of him hitting a punchbag with bulging biceps in a show of his strength in action. The French…
39 minutes ago About sharing By Sam Hancock & Eleanor Lawrie BBC News The average cost of rent in the UK rose by 9% in the 12 months to February this year – the highest annual increase since records began in 2015. There were price rises in all parts of the country, according to the…
2 hours ago About sharing Jian Wen, 42, was involved in converting Bitcoin into assets like luxury houses By Liz Jackson & PA Media BBC News A former takeaway worker found with Bitcoin worth more than £2bn has been convicted at Southwark Crown Court of a crime linked to money laundering. Jian Wen, 42, from…