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…
5 hours ago About sharing Sure Start centres were designed for parents of children under five to access integrated support around health, education and parenting By Nathan Standley BBC News Children from low-income families who grew up near a Sure Start centre did better than their peers at GCSEs, says the Institute for Fiscal Studies…
7 hours ago About sharing William Wragg has stepped down as vice chairman of the 1922 Committee of Tory MPs, after sharing MPs’ personal phone numbers with someone on a dating app. It is also likely that he will quit as the chair of the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee. Last week, Mr Wragg…
59 minutes ago About sharing Palestinians displaced by the war gathering to have their Iftar (breaking of the fast) in Rafah last week The leaders of Egypt, France and Jordan have warned Israel an offensive against Gaza’s southern city of Rafah would have “dangerous consequences”. They jointly said that it would “only bring more death…