9 hours ago About sharing Barbie, Oppenheimer & a wardrobe mishap? Oscars best-bits in 60 seconds By Steven McIntosh Entertainment reporter Cillian Murphy has become the first Irish-born winner of the best actor award, as Oppenheimer swept the Oscars. The film dominated proceedings, winning best picture, best director for Christopher Nolan, and best supporting actor…
1 minute ago About sharing Alexander McCartney has admitted charges against more than 60 victims A man at the centre of one of the world’s largest catfishing child abuse investigations admits the manslaughter of a 12-year-old girl. Alexander McCartney, 25, Newry, County Down, has pleaded guilty to 185 charges involving more than 60 victims. The…
20 minutes ago About sharing By Emma Harrison & Sean Coughlan BBC News The Princess of Wales has apologised “for any confusion” her Mother’s Day photograph caused, after five agencies retracted it over editing concerns. Catherine, in a statement posted on Kensington Palace social media, said: “Like many amateur photographers, I do occasionally experiment with…
19 minutes ago About sharing Former Tory deputy chairman defects to Reform Party By Sam Francis Political reporter, BBC News Former Conservative Party Vice-Chairman Lee Anderson has defected to Reform UK. Mr Anderson was suspended as a Conservative MP after refusing to apologise for claims Islamists had “control” of London Mayor Sadiq Khan. The defection…
1 hour ago About sharing By Will Grant BBC Central America correspondent Haiti is fast descending into anarchy. Over the weekend, the violence in the capital Port-au-Prince ramped up once again. Heavily armed gangs attacked the National Palace and set part of the Interior Ministry on fire with petrol bombs. It comes after a sustained…
1 hour ago About sharing The Home Office is a massive and complex department, the former borders inspector tells The Today Podcast By Dominic Casciani Home and legal correspondent The Home Office is dysfunctional and in urgent need of reform, the recently-sacked independent borders inspector has told the BBC’s Today Podcast. David Neal said immigration…
40 minutes ago About sharing Mike Chesworth bought his mobile home for £180,000 in 2019 By Rory Carson BBC Panorama People are being tricked into buying homes on holiday parks where they have no right to live, the BBC has found. Buyers told BBC One’s Panorama they were cheated out of their life savings after…
32 minutes ago About sharing Esther Ghey says Scarlett Jenkinson’s mother was “open” and “respectful” By Judith Burns and Katie Roberts BBC Murdered teenager Brianna Ghey’s mother has met a parent of one of her daughter’s killers, five weeks after they were sentenced for murder. Esther Ghey said she felt a “connection” to Scarlett Jenkinson’s…
Lovell was allegedly stabbed during a break-in in her home in the Brisbane suburb of North Lakes.
18 minutes ago About sharing By Daniela Relph Royal correspondent It was supposed to be the image that reassured a curious public and dampened down the online rumours about the wellbeing of the Princess of Wales. It hasn’t quite played out that way. Instead, every detail of the photo that Catherine and Prince William issued…