PM: We’ve failed to cut NHS waiting lists
Rishi Sunak concedes the government hasn’t made enough progress on one of his key pledges.
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Jaywick dog attack: Man bailed after woman killed by dogs
A 39-year-old-man arrested on suspicion of dangerous dog offences is released on bail.
Huge atom-smasher bid to find missing 95% of Universe
6 hours ago About sharing The Atlas detector is the size of a tanker and is used to measure some of the smallest objects in the Universe By Pallab Ghosh and Kate Stephens BBC News, Cern, near Geneva Researchers at the world’s biggest particle accelerator in Switzerland have submitted proposals for a new, much larger,…
Parents of sudden-death children ‘let down by NHS’
15 minutes ago About sharing Gavin and Jodie’s two-year-old son Addy died unexpectedly in November 2022 By Claire Kendall & Richard Bilton BBC News The NHS is failing some parents whose children die unexpectedly, a leading paediatrician has told BBC Panorama. About 50 children’s deaths in the UK every year are termed as “sudden unexplained…
Grammys 2024: Dua Lipa opens show and SZA sizzles
17 minutes ago About sharing Dua Lipa is up for song of the year for her Barbie song, Dance The Night By Mark Savage BBC Music Correspondent Pop star Dua Lipa opened the 2024 Grammy Awards with an athletic medley of her songs Training Season, Houdini and Dance the Night – the latter of which…
Former Scottish Labour leader Kezia Dugdale admits voting SNP
54 minutes ago About sharing By Nick Eardley BBC News A former leader of the Labour Party in Scotland has admitted voting SNP. Kezia Dugdale told a new BBC documentary she was “so mad about Brexit” she backed the party at the European Parliament election in 2019. She said she had voted Labour at every…
Russian oil getting into UK via refinery loophole, reports claim
18 minutes ago About sharing By Michael Race Business reporter, BBC News Millions of barrels of fuel made from Russian oil are still being imported to the UK despite sanctions imposed over the war in Ukraine, research claims. A so-called “loophole” means Russian crude is refined in countries such as India and the products sold…
US says strikes on Iran-linked sites in Iraq and Syria just ‘the beginning’
22 minutes ago About sharing Coalition forces struck 36 Houthi targets in Yemen on Saturday By Sam Cabral BBC News, Washington The White House has warned that its air strikes on Iran-backed targets in Iraq and Syria are just “the beginning, not the end” of its response to Iran. National security adviser Jake Sullivan told…
Parisians vote for rise in parking fees for SUVs
The vote was called by mayor Anne Hidalgo, who says SUVs are dangerous and bad for the environment.
Jockey Keagan Kirkby dies after fall at horse race in Kent
Tributes are being paid to Keagan Kirkby, who was riding when his horse ran into the side of a jump.