1 hour ago About sharing By Nick Triggle Health correspondent The longest strike in the history of the NHS is getting under way as junior doctors take part in a six-day walkout. Thousands of junior doctors, who make up nearly half the doctor workforce in the NHS, are expected to take part in the stoppage…
2 hours ago About sharing Arouri is reported to have been killed in a drone strike on a third floor By Raffi Berg & Graeme Baker BBC News Israel has insisted the assassination of a Hamas leader in Beirut was not an attack on Lebanon, as its enemies warned of “punishment” for his death. An…
27 minutes ago Comments About sharing Luke Littler threw scores of 100-plus on 42 occasions By Callum Matthews BBC Sport Luke Littler’s sensational run at the PDC World Darts Championship continued as the 16-year-old beat Rob Cross to storm into the final. Littler, playing in the tournament for the first time, lost the first set…
The social justice campaigner died on her birthday, aged 61, after being ill for sometime.
A professor in investigating accidents tells the BBC what might have caused the plane to burst into flames.
The university’s top official resigns after facing allegations of plagiarism and criticism over her comments on antisemitism.
55 minutes ago About sharing Passengers escape as the jet engine continues to spark By Graeme Baker BBC News First came the shock, as the Airbus A350 carrying 379 people collided with a second plane while landing in Tokyo. Then came heat and smoke as the jet sped along the runway in flames. Then survival…
27 minutes ago About sharing Watch: The BBC’s Jean Mackenzie visits earthquake region in Japan Rescue efforts continue in Japan after 55 people were killed in a powerful earthquake that hit the country on New Year’s Day. Homes collapsed, buildings caught fire and roads were extensively damaged, hindering the work of rescue services. The epicentre…
21 minutes ago About sharing Jenni Hermoso outside court on Tuesday By Ido Vock BBC News Spanish World Cup-winning footballer Jenni Hermoso has testified to a Madrid court that a kiss from former football federation president Luis Rubiales was “not consensual”. He grabbed Ms Hermoso by the head and kissed her on the lips after…
34 minutes ago About sharing By Anthony Reuben, Lucy Gilder and Rob England BBC News The government says it has delivered one of Rishi Sunak’s pledges – to clear the “legacy backlog” of asylum cases – but its own figures published today show there are still more than 4,500 cases in that backlog. The government…