9 minutes ago About sharing Junior doctors have walked on the first day of a six day walkout By Nick Triggle Health correspondent NHS bosses have made more than 20 requests for striking junior doctors in England to be allowed to cross the picket line to help out services. None of the requests made on…
7 minutes ago Comments About sharing Luke Humphries hit 23 maximums and averaged more than 103 in his PDC world final win over Luke Littler By Phil Cartwright BBC Sport England’s Luke Humphries defeated teenager Luke Littler 7-4 in a gripping final at Alexandra Palace to win his first PDC World Championship title. Littler, 16,…
41 minutes ago About sharing Hasan Nasrallah had previously said that any killings in Lebanon would be a red line By Kathryn Armstrong BBC News Hasan Nasrallah, the leader of Hezbollah, says the killing of Hamas’s powerful deputy leader will “not go unpunished”. Saleh al-Arouri died in a drone attack in Beirut on Tuesday. Israel…
2 hours ago About sharing Francoise Bornet pictured in 2005 with her husband – not the same man as her former boyfriend who featured in the photo By Steven McIntosh and Hugh Schofield BBC News The woman who appeared in a famous photograph of a couple kissing on the street in Paris has died aged…
Parts of the East Midlands have been severely affected by flooding and strong winds, brought by Storm Henk.
1 hour ago About sharing Watch: First pictures of plane on fire on Tokyo runway By Kathryn Armstrong BBC News A coastguard aircraft involved in a fatal collision at Tokyo’s Haneda airport was not cleared for take-off, Japanese authorities have said. The smaller aeroplane collided with a Japan Airlines (JAL) passenger jet on the runway…
2 hours ago About sharing Watch: Buildings still smouldering in quake-hit Wajima By Jean Mackenzie BBC News, Wajima The fishing town of Wajima on Japan’s west coast is burnt and broken. At its centre, the remnants of its old marketplace are still smouldering, as if an explosion had just erupted, wiping out an area the…
1 hour ago About sharing Luke Littler has already earned £200,000 for his run to the final By Harry Poole BBC Sport You can follow live coverage of the PDC World Darts Championship final in a text commentary on the BBC Sport website from 19:30 GMT on Wednesday, 3 January. Luke Littler began his PDC…
Liam Stych told the BBC he was acting on “instinct” after spotting the trapped vehicle in Storm Henk.
Officials say a “terrorist attack” targeted a procession on the anniversary Qasem Soleimani’s death.