BBC Weather shares retro forecasts on its 70th anniversary
See how presenting styles, technology and fashion have changed on BBC weather over the decades.
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US official says Boeing jets won’t fly until safe after blowout
The US government declines to say when Boeing’s 737 Max 9 can fly again after a mid-air blowout.
The One Where They Find Friends Scripts in a Bin
The discarded scripts, used for two episodes filmed in England, were rescued from a bin in 1998.
Ex-England boss Sven-Goran Eriksson diagnosed with terminal cancer
Former England boss Sven-Goran Eriksson says he has “best case a year” to live after being diagnosed with cancer. The 75-year-old Swede was the first foreign coach to manage England and led the side to the quarter-finals of the 2002 and 2006 World Cup and 2004 Euros. “I’m going to resist for as long as…
UN court to hear South Africa genocide case against Israel
21 minutes ago About sharing The ICJ in the Hague, the Netherlands, is the UN’s top court By Oliver Slow BBC News The UN’s International Court of Justice is to hear a case brought by South Africa accusing Israel of committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza. The submission also calls on the court to order…
Ukraine war: Russian missiles wreck Kharkiv hotel – governor
1 hour ago About sharing Ukraine insists there were no military at the hotel hit by Russian missiles By Laurence Peter BBC News Two Russian missiles have struck a hotel in Ukraine’s second-largest city, Kharkiv, injuring 11 people, the Kharkiv governor says. Photos from Ukraine’s State Emergency Service showed the hotel heavily damaged and firefighters…
Chris Mason: Justice at last, but plenty more questions remain
47 minutes ago About sharing By Chris Mason Political editor, BBC News This time last week the ITV drama on the Post Office scandal hadn’t even finished. And now the government has announced a change in the law with massive constitutional, political, practical and financial implications. The wheels of politics suddenly whizzing around, after the…
The key NHS targets that have never been met
18 minutes ago About sharing By Nick Triggle Health correspondent Most key NHS targets have been missed for at least seven years across the UK, BBC News research shows. The review of records going back 20 years also reveals Northern Ireland and Wales have never met the four-hour accident-and-emergency (A&E) target. The analysis focused on…
Boohoo put ‘Made in UK’ labels on clothes made overseas
28 minutes ago About sharing By Panorama Team BBC News Fast-fashion firm Boohoo put “Made in the UK” labels on potentially thousands of clothes that were actually made in South Asia, BBC Panorama has found. Plain T-shirts and hoodies had their original labels removed at Boohoo’s flagship factory, Thurmaston Lane in Leicester, last year. On…
Swedish alarm after defence chiefs’ war warning
27 minutes ago About sharing The warnings from Sweden’s defence leaders are being seen as a wake-up call By Paul Kirby BBC News A warning to Swedes from two top defence officials to prepare for war has prompted concern and accusations of alarmism. Civil Defence Minister Carl-Oskar Bohlin told a defence conference “there could be…