12 minutes ago About sharing Tom Hayes was sentenced to 11 years in jail in 2015. He served five and a half years By Andy Verity BBC News Two former bankers jailed for rigging interest rates are appealing against their convictions after an eight-year battle to clear their names. Tom Hayes and Carlo Palombo were…
Assuming everything goes as planned, Starship will rise up and head down range across the Gulf of Mexico in the direction of the Atlantic and Africa. Stage separation – when the booster has done its job and comes apart from the Ship – is timed to occur at about two minutes and 44 seconds into…
4 minutes ago About sharing By Nick Triggle, Libby Rogers and Rob England BBC News There is wide variation across England in how long patients wait for hospital treatment, BBC News analysis reveals. Patients should start treatment within 18 weeks but at the worst-performing hospital trust, Milton Keynes, nearly two-thirds are waiting longer. And that…
4 hours ago Comments About sharing One in three children in UK are obese or overweight according to NHS data By Matthew Hill Health correspondent, West of England Changing how children are measured for obesity to a new system could be more accurate, a study has concluded. It revealed the traditional method of using Body…
1 hour ago About sharing Police rescued hundreds of victims from the centre in Bamban, about 100km north of capital Manila By Virma Simonette & Kelly Ng in Manila and Singapore Hundreds of people have been rescued from a scam centre in the Philippines that made them pose as lovers online. Police said they raided…
1 hour ago Comments About sharing By Jemma Dempsey BBC News John Lewis has reported a return to profit, but it will not pay its staff a bonus for the second year in a row. The retail partnership, which also owns Waitrose supermarkets, reported a pre-tax annual profit of £56m compared with a £234m loss…
Elianne Andam, 15, was stabbed as she made her way to school in south London in September.
32 minutes ago About sharing By Mark Savage Music correspondent Dua Lipa, Coldplay and SZA will headline this year’s Glastonbury Festival, organisers have announced. It marks the first time in the event’s history that female acts have taken two of the three headline slots. And country star Shania Twain will play the coveted “legend slot”…
8 minutes ago About sharing Watch: Abbott stood up in an effort to catch the Speaker’s attention 46 times By Jemma Crew BBC News Diane Abbott has warned the Conservatives will ruthlessly play “the race card” ahead of the general election, as the row around remarks about her by a party donor continues. Rishi Sunak…
7 hours ago About sharing Katie Downey said she was “ripped away” from Hawkshead when her family fled to France By Tom Espiner & Emma Simpson BBC News The children of some Post Office scandal victims are seeking compensation for the impact their parents’ wrongful convictions and financial ruin had on their lives. The group…