3 hours ago About sharing The municipality of Encantado has turned into a river, as residents have been desperately trying to move to higher ground By Leonardo Rocha & Jaroslav Lukiv BBC News A hydroelectric dam has collapsed in southern Brazil after days of heavy rains that triggered massive flooding, killing more than 30 people….
3 hours ago About sharing By Becky Morton Political reporter Former Conservative Prime Minister Boris Johnson was turned away from his local polling station after forgetting to bring acceptable photo ID. As first reported by Sky News, he returned later with the necessary ID and was able to vote. He cast his ballot in South…
54 minutes ago About sharing By Chris Mason Political editor Good morning. First things first, it’s early days. When there’s a general election, we are used to waking up on Friday morning and knowing the result. That’s far from the case in this patchwork of local and regional elections. There are shedloads of results still…
7 hours ago About sharing Watch: The BBC’s Nada Tawfik looks at what the testimony from two lawyers exposed at Trump’s hush-money trial By Madeline Halpert Reporting from the courtroom Scandal, hush-money payments, secret recordings and Donald Trump’s alleged gag order violations took centre stage during his tenth day in court. The court heard testimony…
Analysis of the first wave of results in the local elections 2024.
Labour’s candidate Chris Webb wins Blackpool South with a huge swing away from the Conservatives.
4:18 This heavy defeat in Blackpool South is the latest in a sorry sequence of defeats for the Tories in recent parliamentary by-elections. The party has lost six other seats since Rishi Sunak became prime minister, with all of the defeats coming in the last 10 months. Kingswood – 15 Feb 2024 – Labour gain…
Apple’s boss fought back doubts over the firm’s future growth.
The band have become the latest act to move from the troubled arena amid a raft of “technical issues”.
3:30 Video content Video caption: ‘Promising start’ for Greens with Newcastle wins‘Promising start’ for Greens with Newcastle wins Let’s bring you some remarks from the Green Party’s co-leader Carla Denyer who has been talking about a “promising start”. She was commenting after the Greens secured two seats in the Newcastle City Council election. 3:30 Labour…