2024

9 hours ago About sharing By Daniel De Simone BBC News, Pretoria Former sporting superstar Oscar Pistorius might be the most famous killer in the world. The former Paralympic champion will leave prison in South Africa on Friday on parole, having served half of his more than 13-year sentence for murdering his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp…

13 minutes ago About sharing Hundreds of flood alerts and warnings remain in place across England and Wales following a week of heavy downpours. It comes as weather is expected to be drier on Friday and into the weekend. This week, heavy rain has fallen on sodden ground in the wake of Storm Henk, leading…

1 hour ago About sharing By Noor Nanji Culture reporter If you really, really want a Spice Girl stamp, then you’re in luck. Royal Mail is issuing a set of 15 stamps celebrating one of the world’s most successful pop groups, as they mark their 30th anniversary. It is the first time Royal Mail has…

1 hour ago About sharing By Mark Savage BBC Music Correspondent Indie rock band The Last Dinner Party have won BBC Radio 1’s Sound Of 2024. The five-piece join the likes of Adele, PinkPantheress and Sam Smith as winners of the prize, which has a track record of predicting break-out chart success. They were told…

1 hour ago About sharing Katie Corrigan died in 2020 after accidentally overdosing on medicines she bought online By Eleanor Layhe & Divya Talwar BBC News Patients’ lives are being put at risk because it is too easy to buy prescription-only medicines from online pharmacies, a leading pharmacist says. A BBC investigation found 20 online…

53 minutes ago About sharing A woman mourns the death of her husband in Kahn Younis, Gaza, on Thursday Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant has outlined proposals for the future governance of Gaza once the war between Israel and Hamas is over. There would, he said, be limited Palestinian rule in the territory. Hamas would…

59 minutes ago About sharing Ballistic missiles launched by Russia hit Ukraine’s capital Kyiv on 2 January Russia has used ballistic missiles and launchers supplied by North Korea in its war on Ukraine, the US has said. National Security Council spokesman John Kirby called it a “significant and concerning escalation” relating to Pyongyang’s support for…

9 minutes ago About sharing Oscar Pistorius’s various trials and hearings attracted enormous media interest By Daniel De Simone in Johannesburg & Damian Zane in London BBC News Ex-Paralympian Oscar Pistorius is to be freed on parole from a South African jail, nearly 11 years after murdering his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. He shot her multiple…