1 hour ago About sharing Broadcaster Esther Rantzen has said she “begs” MPs to attend a debate in Parliament on assisted dying. It was triggered after over 200,000 people signed a petition calling for dying people to be able to ask for medical assistance to end their lives. It will take place at 16:30 on…
12 minutes ago About sharing the remains were found at Kersal Dale in Salford on 4 April By Marc Waddington & Tom Mullen BBC News Two men have been charged with murder after a man’s torso was found wrapped in plastic at a nature reserve. Michal Jaroslaw Polchowski, 68, and Marcin Majerkiewicz, 42, both of…
21 minutes ago About sharing Humza Yousaf intends to continue as first minister until a new SNP leader is selected By Angus Cochrane BBC Scotland News The contest to become Scotland’s seventh first minister will soon begin after Humza Yousaf announced he is to resign. The embattled SNP leader, under threat from two motions of…
Watch as Humza Yousaf pays an emotional tribute to his family and says politics is “a brutal business” as he resigns as first minister.
2 hours ago About sharing By Christy Cooney BBC News British and Irish ministers are set to meet as tensions grow over the UK’s policy on migrants. The Irish government says it’s seeing an influx of asylum seekers coming from Northern Ireland because they are “fearful” of being sent to Rwanda. And it says it…
45 minutes ago About sharing Adnan lived apart from his family for several weeks, visiting when he could By Adnan El-Bursh BBC Arabic For about three months, Adnan El-Bursh reported on the war in Gaza while living in a tent, eating one meal a day, and struggling to keep his wife and five children safe….
Disability payments that help with extra living costs could be scrapped in favour of more tailored support as the government looks at overhauling the benefits system Proposals include disabilities.
38 minutes ago About sharing By Chris Mason Political Editor, in Edinburgh In his brief stint as Scotland’s First Minister, there is one moment for Humza Yousaf I will never forget. For all the choreography and polish of many senior political figures, sometimes circumstance throws up a scenario where all of that counts for little…
20 minutes ago About sharing Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez will announce the decision over his future on Monday morning By Laura Gozzi BBC News Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez is expected to announce this morning whether he will resign. On Wednesday, the Socialist leader announced he was cancelling all official engagements in order to…
A profile of Humza Yousaf, who has announced his resignation as SNP leader and Scottish first minister.