15 minutes ago About sharing Kulsuma Akter was fatally attacked in Bradford on Saturday By Marc Waddington & Yunus Mulla BBC News The mother of a woman stabbed to death as she pushed her baby in a pram “cannot stop crying”, her family has said. Kulsuma Akter, from Oldham, was killed in Bradford city centre…
4 hours ago About sharing The pull-out from Khan Younis caught observers by surprise (file photo) By Sebastian Usher BBC News, Jerusalem The Israeli troop withdrawal from Gaza announced on Sunday was greeted with widespread surprise, even as the Israeli army and government have been at pains to stress that it has no great significance….
1 minute ago About sharing Security is being reinforced ahead of Wednesday’s quarter-final in Paris By Sean Seddon BBC News Security will be increased at Champions League games this week after a media outlet supporting the Islamic State group published threats against venues. Uefa said it was aware of the threats but said games in…
The Environment Agency has issued a flood alert for the high tide for the coast around the Isle of Wight. Video filmed overnight shows roads around the Red Funnel terminal in East Cowes flooded. The next high tide, which is higher than normal due to unsettled weather with strong westerly Force 6 winds, is expected…
14 minutes ago Comments About sharing Rosmarie Wyder-Walti and Anne Mahrer from the Swiss elderly women group Senior Women for Climate Protection By Georgina Rannard BBC climate reporter A group of older Swiss women have won the first ever climate case victory in the European Court of Human Rights. The women, mostly in their 70s,…
2 hours ago About sharing A partial eclipse was able to be seen in parts of Scotland A partial eclipse was seen by very few people in the UK, with most of the country missing the chance to see the phenomenon because of cloud cover. A solar eclipse – when the Moon passes between Earth…
Beer is giving a run down of some of the more technical issues with disclosure of documents related to the Post Office inquiry. He says the matters the inquiry is investigating span two decades. To proceed with hearings, the inquiry has had to prioritise its disclosure to core participants, he says. Beer adds that there…
A man is arrested on suspicion of murder after Kulsuma Akter was fatally stabbed in Bradford.
Flooding has hit Bracklesham, Selsey and Littlehampton, with the River Arun bursting its banks.
12 minutes ago About sharing Habibur Masum, 25, is wanted in connection with the fatal stabbing, police said A man suspected of stabbing a woman to death in Bradford city centre was on bail accused of assaulting and threatening to kill her. A manhunt is under way for Habibur Masum, 25, who is wanted on…