31 minutes ago About sharing By Chris Mason Political editor, in Cardiff The First Minister of Wales has blamed drunks for the Welsh Labour government never once meeting its waiting time target in hospital accident and emergency departments. Mark Drakeford, who stands down next week, told the BBC “many, many people who wait in hospital…
23 minutes ago About sharing Red Bull team principal Christian Horner, right, with F1 world champion Max Verstappen By Andrew Benson BBC F1 correspondent The woman who made accusations about Christian Horner’s behaviour is to appeal against Red Bull’s decision to dismiss her complaint. The woman, who Red Bull last week suspended from her position,…
19 minutes ago About sharing Apple has agreed to pay £490m (£385m) to settle a lawsuit led by Norfolk County Council. The class action alleged the tech giant’s boss Tim Cook defrauded shareholders by covering up lower demand for iPhones in China. Norfolk Council said a pension fund it administered lost money as a result…
Police say they believe all the families have been contacted over the “truly awful incident”.
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…