BBC Proms to feature Florence + The Machine and Sam Smith
Full details of the 2024 season have been announced, with one of the most diverse line-ups in years.
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Ex-senior Post Office boss van den Bogerd due at inquiry
A large contingent of sub-postmasters have turned up to hear Angela van den Bogerd’s evidence at the inquiry today, including Parmod Kalia. Parmod, a former Postmaster in Orpington, was given a six month prison sentence in 2001 after being falsely accused of stealing £22,000. His conviction was overturned in 2021. In 2015, he wrote a…
Cavalry horses in serious condition after bolting
3 minutes ago About sharing Horses filmed running in central London By Jess Warren BBC News Two Household Cavalry horses are in a serious condition after they threw off their riders and raced through London. Five horses were spooked by a loud noise in Belgravia and ran through the city, colliding with vehicles, including a…
Hunt defends job cuts to increase defence spending
4 hours ago About sharing The Chancellor said cutting services will cost “a great deal less” than allowing Putin to succeed in Ukraine By Eleanor Montague & Sam Francis BBC News, in Kyiv & London Jeremy Hunt has defended plans to slash civil service jobs to increase defence spending and Ukraine aid, during a surprise…
Arizona indicts Trump allies over fake elector scheme
7 minutes ago About sharing Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani is among those charged in Arizona By Max Matza BBC News Arizona has indicted a number of former President Donald Trump’s advisers over an alleged scheme to flip his defeat in the state and overturn the 2020 election result. Ex-Trump advisers Rudi Giuliani…
LGBT veterans memorial: ‘We’re not a dirty secret’
The memorial will end decades of feeling “swept under the rug”, campaigners say.
One-word Ofsted grades should stay, says government
The government says the judgements are useful for parents, after MPs called for them to be scrapped.
US secretly sends long-range missiles to Ukraine
29 minutes ago About sharing ATACMS being fired during US-South Korean military exercises By Kathryn Armstrong BBC News Ukraine has begun using long-range ballistic missiles secretly provided by the US against invading Russian forces, American officials have confirmed. The weapons were part of a $300m (£240m) aid package approved by US President Joe Biden in…
Labour pledges to renationalise most rail services within first term
22 minutes ago About sharing By Katy Austin, transport correspondent, & Kate Whannel BBC News Labour says it expects to renationalise most passenger rail services within five years, if it is elected. The party says it will meet the pledge by bringing passenger services into public control as the contracts expire – but there will…
Girl arrested after teachers and pupil injured in school stabbing
A teenage girl has been arrested after two teachers and a pupil were stabbed in Ammanford, south-west Wales.