9 minutes ago About sharing By Sam Francis Political reporter, BBC News Business Secretary Kemi Badenoch has said remarks allegedly made by a Tory donor about MP Diane Abbott were “racist”. Frank Hester, who has donated £10m to the Conservatives, allegedly said Ms Abbott “should be shot”. Mr Hester apologised for making “rude” comments but…
The Tate brothers can be sent back to the UK after separate proceedings in Romania end, a judge ruled.
7 minutes ago About sharing Bodies and ashes have been removed from Legacy Independent Funeral Directors By Pritti Mistry BBC News Two people have been bailed as officers removed 35 bodies and a quantity of ashes from a funeral director in Hull, police have said. The bodies and ashes were taken from Legacy Independent Funeral…
Top Conservative donor Frank Hester allegedly said Diane Abbott made him “want to hate all black women”.
22 minutes ago About sharing The Freedom of Russia Legion said Russia must be “freed from Putin’s dictatorship” By Jaroslav Lukiv BBC News Three Ukraine-based Russian paramilitary groups say they have crossed into Russia and are now fighting government troops there. The Freedom of Russia Legion (FRL) and Siberian Battalion (SB) posted videos purportedly showing…
29 minutes ago About sharing Diane Abbott said she was “quite upset” and felt “less safe” because of Frank Hester’s comments By Sam Francis Political reporter, BBC News A top Tory donor’s alleged comments that Diane Abbott made him “want to hate all black women” were not “race-based”, a senior minister has said. Work and…
Andrew Tate and his brother “categorically reject” the sexual offence charges they are accused of.
2 minutes ago About sharing By Michael Race Business reporter, BBC News More than a fifth of adults in the UK were deemed not to be actively looking for work between November and January, official figures suggest. The UK’s economic inactivity rate was 21.8% in the three-month period, higher than a year earlier, the Office…
7 minutes ago About sharing By Alice Cuddy BBC News Palestinian medical staff in Gaza have told the BBC they were blindfolded, detained, forced to strip and repeatedly beaten by Israeli troops after a raid at their hospital last month. Ahmed Abu Sabha, a doctor at Nasser hospital, described being held for a week in…
1 hour ago About sharing Princess Diana visited the HIV/Aids ward in the former Middlesex Hospital in 1987 By Josh Parry LGBT & Identity Producer A shortlist of artists competing to create London’s first permanent Aids memorial has been announced. The monument will be situated near the former site of Middlesex Hospital, the UK’s first…