12 minutes ago About sharing The decision may shutter all abortion clinics in Arizona By Holly Honderich in Washington The Arizona Supreme court has ruled that the state can enforce a 160-year-old near-total abortion ban. The 1864 law – which precedes Arizona becoming a state – makes abortion punishable by two to five years in…
32 minutes ago About sharing The Gaza airdrop was organised at an airbase near the Jordanian capital, Amman By James Landale Diplomatic correspondent, over Gaza It is all over in seconds. The aircraft slows, lifts its nose and 12, perfectly wrapped pallets of humanitarian assistance slide off the open ramp at the back. One minute…
2 minutes ago About sharing William Wragg, the MP who admitted sharing MPs’ personal phone numbers with someone on a dating app, has “voluntarily” given up the Conservative whip. He will now sit as an independent MP in the House of Commons. Mr Wragg has also given up his roles on the 1922 backbench committee…
16 minutes ago About sharing By Georgina Rannard BBC science reporter Peter Higgs, a giant of British science who came up with the idea of the Higgs boson particle, has died aged 94. He was awarded the Nobel prize for Physics in 2013 for his revolutionary work showing how the boson helps bind the universe…
20 minutes ago About sharing Waves crash into buildings in Cawsand, Cornwall By Tim Dodd BBC England An exceptionally high tide combined with strong winds has caused flooding and travel disruption in the UK. Some coastal roads were left impassable, seaside businesses were damaged, and rail services were affected. Weather warnings in England and Wales…
1 hour ago About sharing By Tom Espiner Business reporter, BBC News Former sub-postmaster and campaigner Alan Bates has said the Post Office was being run by “little more than thugs in suits” in 2010. In a strongly worded witness statement to the public inquiry into the Horizon IT scandal, he accused the Post Office…
15 minutes ago About sharing Kulsuma Akter was fatally attacked in Bradford on Saturday By Marc Waddington & Yunus Mulla BBC News The mother of a woman stabbed to death as she pushed her baby in a pram “cannot stop crying”, her family has said. Kulsuma Akter, from Oldham, was killed in Bradford city centre…
4 hours ago About sharing The pull-out from Khan Younis caught observers by surprise (file photo) By Sebastian Usher BBC News, Jerusalem The Israeli troop withdrawal from Gaza announced on Sunday was greeted with widespread surprise, even as the Israeli army and government have been at pains to stress that it has no great significance….
1 minute ago About sharing Security is being reinforced ahead of Wednesday’s quarter-final in Paris By Sean Seddon BBC News Security will be increased at Champions League games this week after a media outlet supporting the Islamic State group published threats against venues. Uefa said it was aware of the threats but said games in…
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…