1 hour ago About sharing Whistleblower Richard Roll told Panorama in 2015 that postmasters’ accounts could be secretly altered By Andrew Head and Tim Robinson Panorama for BBC News The Post Office threatened and lied to the BBC in a failed effort to suppress key evidence that helped clear postmasters in the Horizon scandal. Senior…
31 minutes ago About sharing By Chris Mason Political editor, BBC News For Rishi Sunak, a landmark moment of his premiership. A landmark moment in any prime minister’s tenure in office: the decision to commit the UK to military action. The government has the prerogative to do this without wider political consultation. But in this…
5 minutes ago About sharing Hunter Biden will face a criminal trial in the midst of his father’s bid for re-election By Sam Cabral in Washington & Samantha Granville in Los Angeles BBC News US President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter, has pleaded not guilty to tax offences in a California federal court. He was indicted…
55 minutes ago About sharing Scientists found evidence of 6,000 mounds thought to be the basis for ancient homes By Georgina Rannard Science reporter, BBC News A huge ancient city has been found in the Amazon, hidden for thousands of years by lush vegetation. The discovery changes what we know about the history of people…
Nadine Abdul Latif moved home three times since the war began, and an Israeli air strike killed her brother.
9 minutes ago About sharing By Chas Geiger Political reporter Sir Keir Starmer says he wasn’t aware of the three Horizon cases brought against sub-postmasters by the Crown Prosecution Service when he led it. The Labour leader was director of public prosecutions from 2008 to 2013. Asked by the BBC if he should have been…
7 minutes ago About sharing Former Post Office investigator Stephen Bradshaw: “I was not technically minded” By Sean Seddon & George Wright BBC News Ex-Post Office investigator Stephen Bradshaw has denied he and colleagues behaved like “mafia gangsters” towards wrongly accused sub-postmasters. Mr Bradshaw was involved in the criminal investigation of nine sub-postmasters and was…
The prince praised their “outstanding efforts” during their motor neurone disease charity fundraising.
1 hour ago About sharing Iran has warned it would respond to the US seizure of the Suez Rajan last year By Kathryn Armstrong BBC News Iran has seized a Marshall Islands-flagged oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman, state media reports. Armed men wearing masks have reportedly boarded the vessel St Nikolas, close to…
1 minute ago About sharing The Calvin Klein poster of singer FKA twigs received two complaints FKA twigs has responded after a Calvin Klein advert was banned for presenting her as a “stereotypical sexual object”. A UK regulator found the poster – featuring the singer just wearing a denim shirt – was likely to cause…