53 minutes ago About sharing By Thomas Mackintosh BBC News A fresh yellow weather warning for snow and ice has been issued by the Met Office for large parts of the UK. Forecasters say the latest alert will cover much of the Midlands, Yorkshire and north and central Wales. Roads and railways are “likely to…
Police say two people aged, 43 and 54, were also taken to hospital following the blast in Edinburgh.
6 hours ago About sharing It is not hard these days to find Parisians quite happy to curse next year’s Games By Hugh Schofield BBC News, Paris Are Parisians falling out of love with their own Olympic Games? That conclusion might seem inescapable after a series of bad news stories over the last couple of…
2 hours ago About sharing By Christy Cooney BBC News A medieval tower in the Italian city of Bologna that leans by as much as its famous counterpart in Pisa has been sealed off over fears it may collapse. Authorities have begun constructing a 5m (16ft) high barrier around the 12th Century Garisenda Tower to…
49 minutes ago About sharing Judge Chutkan said ex-presidents cannot evade “criminal accountability” By Bernd Debusmann Jr BBC News, Washington A federal judge has dismissed ex-President Donald Trump’s bid to throw out charges of election interference on the basis of “presidential immunity”. Mr Trump’s lawyers had argued his attempts to reject the 2020 results fell…
A property appears to have been completely destroyed by the blast in the Baberton area of the city.
1 hour ago About sharing By Sanchia Berg BBC Radio 4 Today programme A senior family court judge was treated in hospital after being assaulted by a man whose case he was hearing. The attacker was representing himself in court in Milton Keynes and did not have a lawyer. Details of the attack on Wednesday…
40 minutes ago About sharing By Jeremy Bowen BBC international editor In the end it was a diplomatic achievement that the ceasefire lasted as long as it did. Now, after a seven-day pause, Israel and Hamas are facing their greatest military and political challenges. For Hamas, it is the fight to survive. As long as…
37 minutes ago About sharing Boris Johnson has faced weeks of heavy criticism at the inquiry by some of those he worked with most closely By Chris Mason Political editor, BBC News Boris Johnson is expected to apologise to the Covid Inquiry next week and acknowledge the government did not get everything right during the…
28 minutes ago About sharing Watch: MacGowan reminisces about his Christmas hit Fairytale of New York By Annabel Rackham Culture reporter The wife of late Pogues frontman Shane MacGowan has said she hopes his song Fairytale of New York will be Christmas number one in his memory. Victoria Mary Clarke told BBC Radio 4’s Today…