4 minutes ago About sharing Brianna was described by her mother as “fearless, strong and brave” By Lauren Hirst & Judith Moritz & Rachael Lazaro BBC News The mother of Brianna Ghey said she had “never felt such grief” as her daughter’s killers face sentencing. Scarlett Jenkinson and Eddie Ratcliffe murdered the 16-year-old, who was…
10 hours ago About sharing Campaigner Charlotte Hitchmough holds polluted samples of the River Lambourn as it passes under the M4 motorway By Jonah Fisher Environment correspondent A toxic mix of oil, chemicals and bits of tyre from roads is polluting English waterways and no-one is regularly monitoring it, the BBC has found. Heavy rain…
2 hours ago About sharing Brianna Ghey died after being repeatedly stabbed in Culcheth Linear Park By Nick Garnett & Lauren Hirst BBC News Two teenagers who murdered 16-year-old Brianna Ghey after devising a “kill list” of children to target will be named for the first time today. Brianna was stabbed 28 times in a…
1 hour ago About sharing Six-year-old Nika is now attending kindergarten underground By Sarah Rainsford BBC Eastern Europe correspondent, Kharkiv Russia’s war has transformed everything in Kharkiv, including childhood. Missiles are fired on Ukraine’s second city from across the Russian border which is so close by that there are only seconds to stop them. If…
55 minutes ago About sharing Watch: The hunt to catch suspect on run after dousing woman and her two daughters with chemical By Thomas Mackintosh BBC News Three of the UK’s biggest police forces are at the core of a nationwide hunt for a man accused of an alkali attack on a mother and two…
Witnesses described feeling tremors immediately after the blast in south-east Nairobi.
1 hour ago About sharing By Kevin Peachey Cost of living correspondent Water companies are forecasting an above-inflation rise in average household bills in April, drawing criticism from campaigners. The average annual water and sewerage bill is expected to rise by 6% in England and Wales, up £27 to £473, says suppliers’ trade body Water…
30 minutes ago About sharing By Faisal Islam & Zoe Kleinman BBC News Artificial Intelligence (AI) will not be a “mass destroyer of jobs” and human workers will learn to work with new technologies, the governor of the Bank of England has told the BBC. Governor Andrew Bailey said while there are risks with AI,…
30 minutes ago About sharing Thousands more early years workers are needed to meet the rise in demand following the government’s expansion of funded childcare By Vanessa Clarke Education reporter A £1,000 cash incentive and a campaign to raise the profile of childcare workers in England are part of government plans to recruit more staff….
Two boys, aged 15 and 16, are charged with murder, and two men are charged with assisting an offender.