37 minutes ago About sharing Nafisa Khan, pictured with her daughter in 2010, died after an operation at a Spire Healthcare hospital By Monika Plaha BBC Panorama A woman died when a major private healthcare provider failed to transfer her to NHS intensive care quickly enough after she became critically ill. Sabrina Khan said Spire…
42 minutes ago About sharing By James Landale Diplomatic correspondent The Foreign Office should be abolished and replaced by a new Department for International Affairs with “fewer colonial era pictures on the wall”. That is the conclusion of a group of senior former diplomats and officials in a pamphlet proposing a radical reform of Britain’s…
40 minutes ago About sharing Rail passengers are being warned of major disruption on Monday as train drivers walkout over pay and working conditions. Staff at 16 train companies have been taking part in rolling one-day walk outs between Friday 5 April and Monday 8 April. But London Underground drivers’ strikes on Monday and in…
19 minutes ago About sharing Ludmila has finally been able to install a headstone for her husband Valeriy’s grave after two years In March 2022 invading Russian troops occupied the Ukrainian town of Bucha outside Kyiv, leaving a trail of death and destruction which shocked the world. Two years after their departure, the BBC’s Eastern…
Russ Cook, nicknamed “Hardest Geezer”, has finished his challenge of running the length of Africa.
18 minutes ago About sharing By Ian Aikman BBC News Russia and Ukraine must avoid actions that “jeopardise nuclear safety”, a UN watchdog has said, after a drone attack on Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia power plant. Russia said Ukraine was behind the attack, which it said injured three people. Ukraine has denied involvement. The giant Russian-held nuclear…
Joe Kinnear: Former Wimbledon and Newcastle manager dies aged 77 Last updated on 2 minutes ago2 minutes ago.From the section Football Former Wimbledon and Newcastle United manager Joe Kinnear has died at the age of 77. Kinnear, who also managed Luton and Nottingham Forest, was diagnosed with dementia in 2015. His family said in a…
35 minutes ago About sharing Khan Younis has been devastated by Israel’s military campaign By Lipika Pelham BBC News Israel’s military said on Sunday that it was reducing its numbers of soldiers from southern Gaza, leaving just one brigade in the area. The military stressed a “significant force” would remain in Gaza. “This is another…
1 hour ago About sharing Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame said the country was “humbled by the magnitude of our loss” Rwanda’s president said the international community “failed all of us”, as he marked 30 years since the 1994 genocide that killed around 800,000 people. President Paul Kagame addressed dignitaries and world leaders who had gathered…
22 minutes ago About sharing Habibur Masum, 25, is wanted in connection with the fatal stabbing, police said By Hayley Coyle BBC News Police have launched a manhunt after a mother pushing her baby in a pram was fatally stabbed. Habibur Masum, 25, is wanted over the attack in the Westgate area of Bradford at…