Watch: Man seen carrying sword outside houses
Several people, including two police officers, have been injured by a man armed with a sword in east London.
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Man held after ‘critical incident’ declared near London Tube station
The Metropolitan Police has just released further details. “Police and other emergency services are in Hainault, east London, at a serious incident in which a man with a sword has been arrested,” it said. “We were called shortly before 07:00 BST to reports of a vehicle being driven into a house in the Thurlow Gardens…
BBC onboard Philippine ship hit by Chinese water cannons
The BBC’s Jonathan Head witnessed the confrontation in the disputed South China Sea.
Race begins to replace Humza Yousaf as Scotland’s first minister
Dr Coree Brown Swan, a lecturer in British politics at Stirling University, talks us through the process after Humza Yousaf’s resignation as first minister. Speaking to Good Morning Scotland on BBC Radio Scotland, Swan thinks that Yousaf refraining from resignation with immediate effect is “very important”. “It means that the 28 day countdown for the…
SNP seeks new leader as divisions are exposed
1 hour ago About sharing Photos of the last three first ministers of Scotland – Humza Yousaf, Nicola Sturgeon and Alex Salmond – on a wall at Bute House in Edinburgh By James Cook, Scotland Editor & Natalie Higgins BBC News A minority government scrambling for support might look chaotic but the Scottish Parliament was…
Special school pupils ‘tortured’ in calming rooms
46 minutes ago About sharing Whitefield’s calming rooms were bare, lacking natural light and ventilation and could not be opened from the inside By Noel Titheradge & Annabel Deas Investigations correspondent & File on 4 producer Staff were filmed hitting and kicking pupils at a special school and leaving them in their urine, the BBC…
Government denies losing track of likely deportees
8 minutes ago About sharing Grounded Rwanda deportation flight, June 2022 By Harry Farley & Paul Seddon BBC News Most of the asylum seekers initially earmarked for Rwanda cannot be immediately located for deportation, the Home Office has admitted. Home Office documents published quietly reveal 5,700 asylum seekers have been identified in an initial cohort…
NHS England to stress biological sex in ward allocations
28 minutes ago About sharing Transgender women should not be put on single-sex female NHS wards, the government is proposing. The measure is part of a raft of changes to the NHS Constitution for England, the charter of rights for patients. The proposals stress the importance of biological sex for the first time when it…
US says Israeli army units violated human rights
21 minutes ago About sharing Formed in 1999, the Netzah Yehuda battalion is a special men-only unit where ultra-Orthodox Jews serve By Tom Bateman BBC News, Washington The US state department has found five units of the Israeli military responsible for gross violations of human rights in individual incidents, but says they will continue to…
King Charles returns to public engagements
21 minutes ago About sharing A smiling photo of the King and Queen was issued together with positive messages about his health By Sean Coughlan Royal correspondent King Charles is to carry out his first major public engagement since his cancer diagnosis. The King and Queen Camilla will visit a hospital and specialist cancer centre,…