5 hours ago About sharing Cardiff contestant says midlife crisis led him to take part in Gladiators By Jack Grey BBC News A Gladiators contestant has joked his appearance on the show is down to his “midlife crisis”. Civil engineer Matt Jones, 41, from Cardiff, is competing in the BBC One revamp of the classic…
3 hours ago About sharing Toyin Odumala, 22, says she wants an end to babies being left on the street By Victoria Cook BBC News A woman who was abandoned as a baby is campaigning to introduce baby boxes in the UK. Toyin Odumala’s online petition says the idea – in place across the US,…
43 minutes ago About sharing Watch: Police in hazmat suits at east London property By Jake Lapham BBC News A manhunt for the suspect in a corrosive-substance attack on a mother and her daughters in Clapham is continuing, after he was last seen on the London Underground at King’s Cross. Police are trying to piece…
1 hour ago About sharing By Fergal Keane Former Northern Ireland correspondent Whenever the politicians or anybody else start talking about history being made in Northern Ireland, Gail McConnell feels wary. Too much has been suffered and too much time wasted for her to put much faith in rhetoric. She wants hard work and action,…
8 hours ago About sharing Pathologist Richard Scolyer and oncologist Georgina Long are cancer research pioneers By Tiffanie Turnbull BBC News, Sydney On opposite sides of the world, Richard Scolyer and Georgina Long each took one look at a scan and their hearts sank. In front of them was, to the untrained eye, an innocuous-looking…
1 hour ago About sharing Experts believe the US may be delaying strikes to avoid a wider regional conflict with Iran. By Bernd Debusmann Jr & Kayla Epstein BBC News, Washington and New York Nearly a week after a drone strike in Jordan killed three US soldiers, retaliatory strikes against Iran-backed militias have begun. The…
2 hours ago About sharing Watch: Mysterious shipwreck washes up on Canadian coast By Nadine Yousif & Eloise Alanna BBC News, Toronto Locals in Newfoundland, Canada, are enthralled by a mysterious shipwreck that washed up on shore. Wanda Blackmore said her son was out sea duck hunting when he stumbled upon the 24-meter long, wooden…
42 minutes ago Comments About sharing By Theo Leggett Business correspondent The boss of Jaguar Land Rover has denied that his company’s vehicles are especially vulnerable to theft. Adrian Mardell said the Range Rover “is not ‘Britain’s most stolen vehicle’” after a series of reports about soaring insurance costs for UK owners. He accused the…
40 minutes ago About sharing Fani Willis By Kayla Epstein BBC News Two Georgia prosecutors have rejected calls to take them off their election case against Donald Trump after acknowledging they had a relationship. Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis said conflict of interest claims were “salacious” and in “bad faith”. Nathan Wade, an outside…
1 hour ago About sharing Police have warned the public not to approach Abdul Shokoor Ezedi, 35, if they see him By Andre Rhoden-Paul BBC News The suspect in a corrosive-substance attack on a mother and her daughters was last seen on the London Underground at King’s Cross, police say. Abdul Shokoor Ezedi was last…