28 minutes ago About sharing Sophie made a one-day visit showing symbolic support for Ukraine By Sean Coughlan Royal correspondent The Duchess of Edinburgh has become the first member of the Royal Family to visit Ukraine since the Russian invasion. On Monday she went on a one-day visit, on behalf of the Foreign Office, to…
The US regulator says it will evaluate Ford’s driver assistance tech after two fatal collisions.
1 hour ago About sharing By Malu Cursino & Angus Crawford BBC News Teachers have been urged to warn pupils against the dangers of sextortion, a form of blackmail involving threats that intimate pictures will be shared. The National Crime Agency (NCA) sent an alert to teachers on Monday after cases doubled worldwide in the…
At dawn on Wednesday 17 April, a small group of students pitched their tents at Columbia University, demonstrating against Israeli military action in Gaza and calling on their university to stop doing business with companies they see as supporting the war. The next afternoon, the Columbia president Minouche Shafik made a decision that would ignite…
Thomas O’Halloran was stabbed in the neck and chest by Lee Byer in a “motiveless” attack, a court hears.
29 minutes ago About sharing Nato chief Jens Stoltenberg joined Volodymyr Zelensky in a joint media breifing By Vicky Wong BBC News Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky says Russia is taking advantage of the slow delivery of Western weapons to go on the offensive. His comments come after the US agreed a $61bn (£49bn) package of…
1 hour ago About sharing Local officials said Israel carried out further deadly air strikes overnight in the southern Gaza town of Rafah By David Gritten BBC News US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said he is “hopeful” Hamas will accept Israel’s latest proposal for a Gaza truce and hostage release deal. He called…
Look back on a turbulent time in Scottish politics which concluded with the first minister quitting his job.
1 hour ago About sharing Broadcaster Esther Rantzen has said she “begs” MPs to attend a debate in Parliament on assisted dying. It was triggered after over 200,000 people signed a petition calling for dying people to be able to ask for medical assistance to end their lives. It will take place at 16:30 on…
12 minutes ago About sharing the remains were found at Kersal Dale in Salford on 4 April By Marc Waddington & Tom Mullen BBC News Two men have been charged with murder after a man’s torso was found wrapped in plastic at a nature reserve. Michal Jaroslaw Polchowski, 68, and Marcin Majerkiewicz, 42, both of…