29 minutes ago About sharing Slowing prices for tea helped ease inflation in January Shop prices rose at their slowest rate in more than 18 months in January, according to the latest report from the British Retail Consortium (BRC). Inflation – the rate at which prices rise – reached near-record highs last year, prompting a…
2 hours ago About sharing By Helena Wilkinson BBC News Constance Marten and Mark Gordon’s newborn baby was wearing only a nappy on a cold night, according to the taxi driver who drove them from Liverpool to Harwich, Essex, a court has been told. Ms Marten, 36, and Mr Gordon, 49, are accused of the…
2 hours ago About sharing A US soldier walks towards a burning oil well in southern Iraq By Frank Gardner BBC security correspondent Washington now finds itself facing a dilemma. President Joe Biden has promised a strong response to Sunday’s deadly attack on a US military base in Jordan. But the challenge for the US…
3 hours ago About sharing By Lyse Doucet Chief international correspondent The death of three US servicemen and injuring of many others, turns up the heat in an already febrile region and ratchets up the pressure on the US commander-in-chief, President Joe Biden. This marks the first time American troops have been killed by enemy…
1 hour ago About sharing A ban of disposable vapes in the UK has been proposed By Jeremy Culley and Sofia Ferreira Santos BBC News Stashing vapes behind a sink and hiding them in roof tiles – these are the extreme lengths two teenage boys went to keep their habit secret. Their father, from London,…
46 minutes ago About sharing Barnaby Webber, Ian Coates and Grace O’Malley-Kumar died at the scene of the attacks By Will Jefford BBC News, East Midlands A police force which was investigating alleged assaults by a triple killer weeks before the Nottingham attacks has referred itself to the watchdog. Barnaby Webber and Grace O’Malley-Kumar, both…
PC Jonathan Marsh is found guilty of using “gratuitous violence” to assault a man in east London.
22 minutes ago About sharing Mr Fox said he will appeal his counter-claim By Yasmin Rufo BBC News Laurence Fox has lost a High Court libel case with two people he called paedophiles on social media. The actor-turned-politician was sued by former Stonewall trustee Simon Blake and drag artist Crystal. In an exchange on X,…
20 minutes ago About sharing Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake dated in their late teens By Yasmin Rufo BBC News Britney Spears has appeared to apologise to her ex Justin Timberlake for comments in her autobiography. He had told her to have an abortion as he “didn’t want to be a father”, she alleged in…
9 minutes ago About sharing Valieva won team gold at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics aged 15 By Michael Short BBC Sport Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva has been given a four-year ban for doping after initially being cleared. A Russian Anti-Doping Agency (Rusada) investigation found the teenager bore “no fault or negligence” for a…