36 minutes ago About sharing By Chris Mason Political editor, BBC News We have had a glimpse into the most important tussle of the general election campaign. The battle for economic credibility. This was a Budget where the Chancellor attempted to portray himself as a careful, cautious custodian of the economy. The National Insurance fall,…
31 minutes ago About sharing Large robotic vessels like this are rapidly going into service around the world By Jonathan Amos, Rebecca Morelle and Alison Francis BBC Science News It sounds like science fiction. Ocean-going ships with no-one on board. But this vision of the future is coming – and sooner than you might think….
48 minutes ago About sharing The Taliban took over Afghanistan in 2021 after almost 20 years of Western military intervention By Sean Seddon BBC News An Afghan judge who has been forced to go into hiding from the Taliban was wrongly refused relocation to the UK, the High Court has ruled. The anonymous claimant prosecuted…
17 minutes ago About sharing By George Wright BBC News Deadly explosions have rocked Ukraine’s southern port city of Odesa as President Volodymyr Zelensky was meeting Greek PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis. Ukraine’s navy says five people were killed. The BBC has been told no-one from either delegation was hurt. Mr Mitsotakis said the pair heard the…
2 hours ago About sharing By Holly Honderich in Washington Nikki Haley ended her failed bid for the White House much like she spent the final weeks of campaigning: with a warning for her former Republican rival. “It is now up to Donald Trump to earn the votes of those in our party and beyond…
8 hours ago About sharing Flowers, toys and cards to Shay Kang have been laid beside a police cordon on Robin Close, Rowley Regis By Allen Cook BBC News, West Midlands The mother of a 10-year-old girl who was found dead at a house has been charged with her murder. Shay Kang was discovered fatally…
9 minutes ago About sharing Hannah Gutierrez-Reed By Nadine Yousif BBC News A movie set weapons handler who loaded a gun for actor Alec Baldwin before it fired and killed a cinematographer on the set of Rust in 2021 has been found guilty of involuntary manslaughter. Hannah Gutierrez-Reed was found not guilty of a second…
22 minutes ago About sharing The True Confidence (file photo) Some crew are abandoning a Barbados-flagged ship and others are reported missing after it was damaged in an apparent attack off Yemen, maritime security firm Ambrey says. A US official told Reuters smoke was seen coming off the True Confidence and a lifeboat was seen…
9 minutes ago About sharing Hunt: Tax receipts are higher because the economy is set to grow By Paul Seddon & Becky Morton Political reporters Jeremy Hunt has announced cuts to the tax paid by workers from April, in a bid to revive Tory fortunes ahead of this year’s election. In the last spring Budget…
53 minutes ago About sharing By BBC Verify team BBC News Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has set out his Budget which he said would “put the country back on the path to lower taxes”. Mr Hunt announced a cut to National Insurance but the Labour leader Keir Starmer said living standards under the Conservatives had taken…