15 minutes ago About sharing A forensic tent was set up and police could seen combing the area By PA Media & Rumeana Jahangir & Angela Ferguson BBC News The discovery of a human torso in a secluded woodland has sparked a murder investigation. Police said the alarm was raised when a passer-by spotted the…
2 minutes ago About sharing The boy was attacked near the school where he was a pupil By Robert Plummer BBC News There are renewed concerns over levels of violence among young French people after the death of a 15-year-old pupil who was badly beaten near his school. The boy was attacked by several people…
The trunks worn by Muhammad Ali in his epic ‘Thrilla in Manila’ victory over Joe Frazier are expected to fetch more than $6m at auction.
John Tinniswood, from Merseyside, took the title after the death of the previous record-holder.
2 hours ago About sharing Rufus Sewell plays Prince Andrew in Scoop, the Netflix account of the famous Newsnight interview By Sean Coughlan Royal correspondent This was the Rolls-Royce of car crash interviews. A purring engine of privilege collided with a barrage of perfectly timed questions. It used to be said that history is written…
1 hour ago Comments About sharing By Simon Jack & Lora Jones Business editor and business reporter, BBC News Thames Water has seen its troubles deepen after its parent company defaulted on part of its huge debt pile. Kemble Water has formally told lenders it failed to meet a deadline to pay interest on £400m…
We’re beginning to hear from various officials in New York, including Deputy Mayor Fabien Levy who says New York City felt the impacts of an earthquake “with an epicentre of Lebanon, New Jersey”. He adds that the mayor, Eric Adams, is being briefed. “While we do not have any reports of major impacts at this…
1 hour ago About sharing By Jo Floto, Middle East bureau chief In Jerusalem Late on Thursday night, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) convened a meeting for a group of international journalists at the defence ministry building in Tel Aviv. The IDF then set out for us the results of their initial inquiry into the…
1 hour ago Comments About sharing A satellite image of the Morozovsk airbase from 2021 By Robert Greenall BBC News Ukraine has carried out a drone attack against targets in southern Russia, and claims to have destroyed six Russian planes at an airbase in Rostov region. Security sources told BBC Ukrainian eight more aircraft were…
27 minutes ago About sharing William Wragg has been MP for Hazel Grove in Greater Manchester since 2015 By Paul Seddon Politics reporter, BBC News The chancellor has praised a Tory MP for apologising after he admitted he gave other MPs’ personal phone numbers to a man on a dating app. Jeremy Hunt said William…