17 minutes ago Comments About sharing The Commonwealth Games was hailed as the start of a so-called “golden decade” for the city Sophie Madden and Caroline Gall BBC West Midlands A former advisor to Birmingham City Council has said the hosting of the Commonwealth Games was a mistake given its legacy of financial problems. Max…
31 minutes ago About sharing By Katy Austin Transport correspondent The UK’s air traffic control system was brought down on the August bank holiday in a “one in 15 million” event, its boss said. The system shut itself down after receiving highly unusual duplicate “markers” on a flight plan. Hundreds of flights were delayed or…
12 minutes ago About sharing (L-R): Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, Kaveporn Punpare, Nusara Suknamai, Izabela Roza Lechowicz and Eric Swaffer were killed in the crash By Will Jefford BBC News The pilot of the helicopter that crashed outside Leicester City’s stadium, killing five people including its chairman, said “I’ve no idea what’s going on” as it spun…
7 minutes ago About sharing Urfan Sharif does not speak during the video, while his partner Beinash Batool reads from a notebook By Caroline Davies BBC News, Islamabad Sara Sharif’s father and stepmother claim they are willing to co-operate with UK authorities in a video – their first public contact since her death. The 10-year-old’s…
45 minutes ago About sharing Jagtar Singh Johal (right) arrives at court in India in November 2017 By Damian Grammaticas Political correspondent A cross-party group of MPs are calling on Rishi Sunak to intervene in the case of a British man who is facing the death penalty in India. More than 70 MPs signed a…
1 hour ago About sharing The number of cancer cases among the under-50s around the world appears to have risen sharply in the past 30 years, a study suggests. Research published in BMJ Oncology found there had been 3.26 million cases in 2019 – 79% more than in 1990. But experts cautioned against reading too…
4 minutes ago About sharing Dr Sinead Cook from the Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare is worried social media content is influencing people’s decisions By Katie McEvinney BBC Scotland news Misinformation about contraception on social media may be contributing to Scotland’s record high abortion figures, doctors have told the BBC. The number of terminations…
The governor of Rio Grande do Sul, Eduardo Leite, said it was the state’s worst ever weather disaster.
29 minutes ago About sharing Ex-Proud Boy leader Enrique Tarrio By Mike Wendling BBC News, Washington The Proud Boys’ former leader has been jailed for 22 years for orchestrating the US Capitol riot, the longest sentence so far for a ringleader of the raid on the seat of American democracy. Henry “Enrique” Tarrio was convicted…
One person has died in Greece after torrential rain triggered flash flooding in parts of the country.