UK inflation falls to 3.2% in March
New official figures show that inflation, the rate at which prices rise over time, fell again in March.
April 2024
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50,000 Russian soldiers confirmed dead by BBC
17 minutes ago About sharing By Olga Ivshina, Becky Dale & Kirstie Brewer BBC Russian Russia’s military death toll in Ukraine has now passed the 50,000 mark – the BBC can confirm. In the second 12 months on the front line – as Moscow pushed its so-called meat grinder strategy – we found the body…
United Airlines says Boeing blowout cost it $200m
The firm had to ground its Boeing 737 MAX 9 fleet after a mid-air blowout on an Alaska Airlines flight.
Call to ban smacking in England and Northern Ireland
1 hour ago About sharing By Philippa Roxby Health reporter Smacking children should be made illegal in England and Northern Ireland, say children’s doctors, calling current laws “unjust and dangerously vague”. Their report warns children suffer lasting mental and physical effects from being hit in the home. Striking a child is already illegal in Scotland…
Opinionated New Yorkers complicate Trump jury selection
57 minutes ago About sharing Watch: Could you be on the Trump jury? We asked New Yorkers By Kayla Epstein, Madeline Halpert & Nada Tawfik BBC News, reporting from court A 40-year-old New Yorker did not expect to report to jury duty this week and come face to face with Donald Trump. Yet he found…
Smoking ban political longevity likely to outlast PM
43 minutes ago About sharing By Chris Mason Political editor, BBC News Unless the opinion polls shift and shift quite a bit, Rishi Sunak knows his time left as prime minister might be running out. But he is the instigator of a smoking plan with substantial, cross-party political support, which looks set to herald a…
US and EU eye new sanctions on Iran after attack
14 minutes ago About sharing Israel’s military displays what it says is an Iranian ballistic missile retrieved from the Dead Sea By Francesca Gillett BBC News The United States and the European Union say they are looking at imposing further sanctions on Iran, after its attack on Israel at the weekend. US Treasury Secretary Janet…
Ex-Post Office boss regrets ‘missed opportunity’ to halt Horizon scandal
1 hour ago About sharing David Miller eventually became chief operating officer at the Post Office By Tom Espiner Business reporter, BBC News The person in charge of getting the Horizon system up and running has said he should not have told the Post Office board the system was “robust” in 1999. David Miller was…
Constance Marten a ‘lioness’ who ‘loved her cubs’, court told
1 hour ago About sharing By George Wright BBC News Constance Marten has been described in court as a “lioness” who loved her “cubs”. Ms Marten, 36, and her partner Mark Gordon, 49, are on trial over the death of their daughter Victoria. Their baby’s body was found in a bag in a shed in…
No liberty in addiction, says health secretary on smoking ban
12 minutes ago About sharing By Kate Whannel Political reporter, BBC News The health secretary has told MPs “there is no liberty in addiction”, as she defended plans to ban today’s teenagers from ever buying cigarettes against critics in her own party. The Tobacco and Vapes Bill would make it illegal for people born in…