1 hour ago Comments About sharing A rising demand for social care is among the factors contributing to financial pressures on councils The financial crisis facing England’s councils is “out of control” with even well-run local authorities at risk of going bust, MPs have warned. A cross-party committee said the government must plug a £4bn…
3 hours ago About sharing The couple, pictured arriving at court in May 2023, married in 2018 By Flora Drury BBC News The rumours about Imran Khan’s third wife did not take long to start swirling. For a start, Bushra Maneka – as she was known before her marriage to Pakistan’s former cricket captain-turned-politician –…
29 minutes ago About sharing By James Melley, Alison Holt & Chris Bell BBC News Court hearings that never happened, fake documents, a non-existent social worker – a legal scam which targeted vulnerable people has been uncovered by a BBC investigation. At the centre of the operation is Craig Johnson, who promised “award-winning legal services”….
2 hours ago About sharing Jeremy Hunt has said there is likely to be less scope for tax cuts in the March Budget than there was last autumn. The chancellor told the BBC he wanted to “lighten the tax burden” to help grow the economy. But he said this had to be done in a…
Nine people, including children and police officers, taken to hospital after “corrosive substance” thrown in south London, police say
32 minutes ago About sharing Watch: Zuckerberg apologises to victims of online exploitation Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has apologised to families who say their children had been harmed by social media, during a fiery hearing in the US Senate. Mr Zuckerberg – who runs Instagram and Facebook – turned to them and said “no one…
2 hours ago Comments About sharing The Northern Ireland secretary sets out his four “key elements” in the package of measures to restore power sharing at Stormont. By John Campbell BBC News NI economics and business editor Details of a deal between the UK government and the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) to restore devolution in…
Anthony Snook, 44, charged with murders of teenagers Mason Rist and Max Dixon in Bristol on Saturday.
Nicola Sturgeon fought back tears as she said part of her wished she had not been first minister when the pandemic struck.
30 minutes ago About sharing Sharon Gordon was found at her home in Dudley in July By Ben Godfrey Correspondent, BBC Midlands Today A builder who bludgeoned his client to death with a hammer in a row over her new extension has been jailed for at least 15 years for murder. Peter Norgrove killed Sharon…