4 hours ago About sharing By Lucy Hooker Business reporter, BBC News The government should not cut taxes in the upcoming Budget, unless it can spell out how it will afford them, a leading think tank has warned. The chancellor has hinted he would like to lower taxes in what could be the last Budget…
3 hours ago About sharing America’s Landsat spacecraft have been looking down on Antarctica since 1973 By Jonathan Amos Science correspondent @BBCAmos Scientists say they now have a better idea of exactly where and when the margin of Antarctica started melting. They’ve traced the changing shapes of bumps on the ice surface that mark locations…
The photographer did not need medical treatment and Australian police are investigating.
8 minutes ago About sharing A Palestinian woman carries her baby as smoke rises over the Gaza Strip on Monday US President Joe Biden has said he hopes to have a ceasefire “by next Monday” in the Israel-Gaza war. His comments come amid reports of some progress reached in ongoing negotiations involving Israel and Hamas…
Coventry striker Ellis Simms scored a first-half hat-trick to crush Maidstone’s dream of a historic FA Cup quarter-final place. The sixth-tier Stones were bidding to become only the second non-league team in 109 years to reach the last eight, having already dispatched English Football League sides Barrow, Stevenage and Ipswich. They came up against a…
Volunteers from the RNLI said it was “incredible to witness” the two adults and a calf swimming in the river.
1 hour ago About sharing Ahmad al-Ghuferi was stuck in the West Bank when a bomb killed 103 members of his family in Gaza City By Lucy Williamson BBC News, Jericho Ahmad al-Ghuferi missed the bomb that obliterated his family. When 103 relatives were killed in a strike on their family home in Gaza City,…
1 hour ago About sharing Nato membership spells an end to Sweden’s lost-established neutrality By Paulin Kola BBC News Hungarian MPs have overwhelmingly ratified Sweden’s bid to join Nato in a long-delayed vote which paves the way for the Nordic nation’s membership. Sweden applied to join after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022. Hungary…
28 minutes ago About sharing A new report for the US government has raised serious concerns about Boeing’s safety management systems, adding to the scrutiny facing the US plane maker. The review found a “disconnect” between senior management and regular staff, and signs that safety-related messages and behaviours were not effectively implemented across the company….
I don’t want to get too far ahead of myself, but it’s looking possible that Coventry will become the first team through to the last-eight tonight. Once this one is done and dusted, there are seven more FA Cup fifth round ties to settle this week. No replays at this stage, remember, but if needed…