SNP’s spokesperson Mhari Black is up now – after wishing people a happy Passover, and paying tribute to Frank Field, she brings up reports of mass graves in Gaza. She then points to the UK’s own arms policy which she says if there is even a risk that war crimes may be taking place then…
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Two Premier League footballers are arrested in connection with an alleged rape.
Speaking to BBC Radio London earlier, Sean – a black cab driver in Blackfriars – described seeing three horses gallop towards Buckingham Palace. “It sounded like a car crash, one was possible injured,” he said. “Maybe that is why there are only two being seen. “I pulled out of Buckingham Palace Road, there one of…
Sir Jeffrey Donaldson arrives at Newry Magistrates’ Court to face a number of historical sex charges.
The app’s owner, ByteDance, has nine months to sell its stake or face being blocked in the US.
6 minutes ago About sharing Lord Field served as MP for Birkenhead for 40 years By James Gregory BBC News Former Labour minister and crossbench peer Frank Field has died aged 81, his family has announced. “He will be mourned by admirers across politics but above all he will be greatly missed by those lucky…
37 minutes ago About sharing Catarina Oliveira de Silva accuses UK-based mining company Brazil Iron of burying a lake in her community By Ione Wells South America Correspondent, Bahia In a small community deep in the remote, lush mountains of Bahia, Brazil, Catarina Oliveira de Silva points down at what used to be a lake….
1 hour ago About sharing Ian Coates, Barnaby Webber and Grace O’Malley-Kumar died at the scene of the attacks By Samantha Noble & PA Media BBC News The mother of Nottingham attacks victim Barnaby Webber has urged a police staff member who she said wrote a graphic post about the killings to “show the respect…
12 minutes ago About sharing It took some six months for Congress to pass additional aid to Ukraine By Anthony Zurcher BBC News, Washington The US Senate has approved a $95bn (£76bn) foreign aid package that includes military support for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan. President Joe Biden is expected to sign the legislation into law…