14:28 Josh Sandiford BBC News, West Midlands, reporting from court It was clear there was a lot for the judge to consider when passing his sentence this afternoon. He noted that while the jury had been asked to consider if Abbkr was insane when he carried out his attacks, they were unable to reach that…
An incident control post has been set up, with emergency services at the scene.
4 minutes ago About sharing Karen Hadaway (left) and Nicola Fellows (right) were killed in Wild Park, Brighton, in 1986 By Christian Fuller BBC News, South East The families of two schoolgirls murdered in 1986 have received an apology from Sussex Police over mistakes in its investigations. Russell Bishop killed nine-year-olds Nicola Fellows and Karen…
Boston Dynamics’ human-like Atlas robot is “retired” after 11 years.
There must be an election coming. And there is: the local elections in England and Wales in just over a fortnight. Then the general election to follow within months. Labour are doubling down on their attacks on the Conservative idea of scrapping National Insurance. The Tories see it as a double tax on working people…
27 minutes ago About sharing By Steven McIntosh Entertainment reporter Actor Hugh Grant has settled a privacy case against the publisher of the Sun newspaper. The star claimed journalists used private investigators to tap his phone and burgle his house, his lawyer said in court documents on Wednesday. Grant, alongside Prince Harry, was suing News…
Blake continues with the O’Dell case, and asks Longman if the reason for non-disclosure was “simply because you didn’t consider those matters shouldn’t be disclosed or because of bigger business concerns?” Longman says that it was because it hadn’t been fully investigated. “Can you see a problem there in where you don’t continue with a…
5 minutes ago About sharing Several floors of an eight-storey building were badly damaged in the Russian missile strike A Russian missile attack has killed 10 people in the city of Chernihiv in northern Ukraine, according to Ukraine’s president. Volodymyr Zelensky said another 20 people were wounded in the attack, which hit an eight-storey building…
2 hours ago About sharing By Sanchia Berg BBC News Paedophiles convicted of serious sexual offences could lose parental rights over their children under a new law. The proposed law change comes after the BBC reported the case of a mother who spent £30,000 in legal fees to stop her paedophile ex-husband getting access to…
The UK foreign secretary is expected to urge the Israeli government to avoid further escalation.