10 minutes ago About sharing By Andre Rhoden-Paul BBC News University of Oxford rowers have criticised sewage levels in the Thames after losing the Boat Race to Cambridge. High levels of E. coli have been found in the river where universities race every year. Leonard Jenkins of the Oxford men’s team told BBC Sport he…
27 minutes ago About sharing Michelle O’Neill is Northern Ireland’s first minister By Jayne McCormack BBC News NI political correspondent Northern Ireland’s First Minister Michelle O’Neill has said she is determined the devolved assembly and executive will continue to function. It comes after Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson resigned after he was…
1 hour ago About sharing By Vicky Wong BBC News Donald Trump has been criticised by Joe Biden’s campaign team for sharing a video on social media featuring a truck bearing the image of the US president with his hands and feet tied together. The Biden campaign team accused Mr Trump of “regularly inciting political…
Cambridge win both the men’s and women’s Boat Races for the second year running.
It comes as tensions along the unofficial border between Israel and Lebanon intensified in recent days.
17 minutes ago About sharing Pouria Zeraati is the television host of the Last Word program on Iran International By Suzanne Leigh BBC News The stabbing of an Iranian TV news channel presenter follows “heavy threats” made to the London-based station, a spokesman has said. Iran International presenter Pouria Zeraati, 36, is recovering in hospital…
38 minutes ago About sharing In Washington for St Patrick’s Day, Jeffrey Donaldson could enjoy the fruits of his labour bringing Stormont back By Enda McClafferty BBC News NI political editor Two weeks ago Sir Jeffrey Donaldson stood in the shadow of the White House like a leader liberated. After two turbulent years he could…
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The man is said to have entered a cafe in Ede early in the morning threatening to blow himself up.
2 hours ago About sharingBy Chris Mason Political editor, BBC News @ChrisMasonBBC You can hear the pleas this Easter weekend. Sir Jeffrey Donaldson’s arrest, charging and resignation must not be an agent for instability in Northern Ireland. Make no mistake, though, this is a moment of instability. Another one. The new interim leader of the…