19 minutes ago About sharing By Andre Rhoden-Paul BBC News Things are not always what they seem. And there is no better example of that old adage than Blackpool Tower and the fire that never was. On Thursday, six fire engines, a drone team and a rope-rescue team gathered at the famous landmark tower built…
They were part of a group of five people from the same family, with a guide they had known for years.
29 minutes ago About sharing Chris Marriott worked for a charity in Sheffield and was a member of City Church By PA Media & Tim Dale BBC News A man who was killed when he was hit by a car as he was giving first aid to an unconscious woman in a street died “helping…
17 hours ago About sharing The average price of a home in Sydney is over A$1m (£535,000, $678,000) By Tiffanie Turnbull BBC News, Sydney At the age of 31, Justin Dowswell never imagined he’d be living in a shared room in his childhood home. He had a full-time, well-paying job in Sydney, and had rented…
48 minutes ago About sharing By Jake Kwon, Nick Marsh & Nicholas Yong in Seoul and Singapore South Korean star Lee Sun-kyun’s family bid him farewell in a private funeral, shutting out the cameras that had stalked him in his last months when he was under investigation for drug use. The entertainment industry has been…
55 minutes ago About sharing House prices have ended the year 1.8% lower, according to Nationwide which forecasts no growth or a further fall in 2024. The lender said the average house price across the UK was £257,443 in December. This was flat compared to November but down compared to December last year. Nationwide said…
It comes more than a year after she revealed her engagement during a live BBC weather forecast.
The attacks appear to have been widespread and far-reaching, hitting cities such Kharkiv in the east and Lviv in the far west.
1 hour ago About sharing Tony Blair was prime minister from 1997 to 2007 By Sanchia Berg BBC News A detention camp on the Isle of Mull and breaking international law were among measures on migration presented to Tony Blair when he was prime minister, according to newly released files. Papers from 2003 released by…
57 minutes ago About sharing A Ukrainian soldier looks out from a tank near Bakhmut, eastern Ukraine The conflict in Ukraine is about to enter its third calendar year. The front lines have hardly moved in the last few months but could the course of the war change in 2024? President Volodomyr Zelensky has admitted…