US Open 2023 Venue: Flushing Meadows, New York Dates: 28 August-10 September Coverage: Daily live text and radio commentaries across the BBC Sport website, app, BBC Radio 5 Live and 5 Sports Extra American teenager Coco Gauff reached her first US Open singles final by beating Karolina Muchova in a semi-final disrupted by climate protesters….
35 minutes ago About sharing Workers rescuing a driver stranded after waters rose quickly Hong Kong and southern Chinese cities are battling widespread flooding as the region endures some of its heaviest rainfall on record. On Friday, streets and subway stations were underwater in Hong Kong as officials shut schools and workplaces. The weather bureau…
Footage shows the vehicle being searched by police after it left HMP Wandsworth.
Letby was jailed last month for the murder of seven babies and the attempted murder of six others.
34 minutes ago About sharing By Mariko Oi Business reporter Shares in Apple have fallen for a second day in a row after reports that Chinese government workers have been banned from using iPhones. The firm’s stock market valuation has fallen by more than 6%, or almost $200bn (£160bn), in the last two days. China…
6 hours ago About sharing Many of the G20 members have very little in common beyond big economies By Chris Mason Political editor, Travelling with the Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is flying to Delhi to meet world leaders – becoming the first prime minister of Indian heritage to visit the country. Downing Street say the…
1 hour ago About sharing Dr Simi Adedeji, who has 1.97m subscribers, is a UK doctor who has been validated by YouTube By Tom Gerken Technology reporter YouTube has launched a verification system for healthcare workers in the UK as it battles disinformation online. In 2022, health videos were viewed more than three billion times…
2 hours ago About sharing Vapes in a recycling bin By Ben King Business reporter, BBC News Five million disposable vapes are thrown away each week in the UK, a fourfold increase over the past year, according to research from recycling campaign group Material Focus. Only 17% of vapers recycle their vapes the correct recycling…
16 minutes ago About sharing Peter Navarro faces up to a year in prison By Bernd Debusmann Jr & Nadine Yousif BBC News, Washington Peter Navarro, a former trade adviser to President Donald Trump, has been convicted of contempt of Congress for refusing to co-operate with a probe into the 2021 US Capitol riot. Prosecutors…
7 minutes ago About sharing Ezra Collective (Ife Ogunjobi pictured) performed at the ceremony before being announced as the winners By Mark Savage and Steven McIntosh BBC News Jazz quintet Ezra Collective have won the Mercury Prize, for the best British or Irish album of the last 12 months. They won the £25,000 prize for…