11 minutes ago About sharing By Hannah Miller & Chas Geiger BBC Politics Only 10% of funding promised to reduce inequality as part of the levelling up agenda has been spent, MPs have said. The Public Accounts Committee found ministers were “unable to provide any compelling examples of what levelling up funding has delivered so…
12 minutes ago About sharing President Macron (L) arrived in Berlin on Friday after a TV interview in which he warned Russia would not stop in Ukraine By Paul Kirby BBC News French President Emmanuel Macron is meeting Germany’s Olaf Scholz in Berlin after a rift was exposed over Europe’s response to Russia’s war in…
45 minutes ago About sharing Stephen Shrimpton was described as a “loving husband and father” By Jonny Humphries & PA Media BBC News, Merseyside The driver of a school bus which crashed on a motorway killing a teenage girl died from natural causes, a coroner’s office has said. Stephen Shrimpton, 40, collapsed at the wheel…
42 minutes ago About sharing Officials said that there had been five incidents across Russia of dye being dropped into ballot boxes By Vicky Wong BBC News Several people have been detained for vandalism at polling stations on a first day of voting in presidential elections, Russian officials say. Incidents involved green dye being poured…
A storm system struck Indiana, Kentucky and Ohio, where multiple warnings were issued.
2 minutes ago About sharing Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, who has charged Trump and others with conspiring to overturn the 2020 election results in the state of Georgia. The prosecutor leading an election interference case against Donald Trump in Georgia can stay on the trial, if the lawyer she had an affair with…
11 minutes ago About sharing Dr Jasna Macanovic was sacked after she complained about the kidney dialysis practice By Michael Buchanan BBC News A group of doctors offered a controversial medical technique which allegedly put kidney patients’ health at risk. At least 20 patients at Queen Alexandra Hospital (QA) in Portsmouth have been using the…
18 minutes ago About sharing Barnett said she would “keep asking the questions that listeners want answers to” in her new role By Steven McIntosh Entertainment reporter Emma Barnett is to leave Woman’s Hour in April for a new role presenting BBC Radio 4’s Today programme. She will replace Martha Kearney, who previously announced she…
46 minutes ago About sharing A ship towing 200 tons of aid is visible off the Gaza coast in a pilot voyage aimed at opening up a maritime route for aid Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu has downplayed the chances of a truce in Gaza after Hamas gave what it called a “comprehensive vision” to mediators….
This weekend’s closure of a stretch of the M25 is part of works to improve junction 10 in Surrey.