5 hours ago About sharing The 12-sided object, which has baffled experts as to its use, is the first to be discovered in the Midlands By David McKenna BBC News A mysterious Roman artefact found during an amateur archaeological dig is going on public display in Lincolnshire for the first time. The object is one…
Humza Yousaf has reportedly ruled out cutting a deal with Alba, a pro-independence party formed by former First Minister Alex Salmond after he broke from the SNP. The party only has one MSP, Ash Regan, but that single vote would give the SNP a tie in any confidence vote and save the first minister –…
5 hours ago About sharing “Smart” gadgets range from mobile phones and watches to baby monitors and games consoles By Lucy Hooker Business reporter, BBC News Manufacturers will have to follow stricter rules if they want to sell “smart” gadgets in the UK after a new law came into effect. It is designed to ensure…
Sources tell the BBC that resignation is now an option – although he has not yet made a final decision.
1 hour ago About sharing India’s 200 million Muslims is the largest minority in the world’s most populous country By Soutik Biswas India correspondent Six years ago, a Muslim boy returned red-faced from a well-known school in the northern Indian city of Agra. “My classmates called me a Pakistani terrorist,” the nine-year-old told his mother….
25 minutes ago About sharing The attack happened 10 metres off the shore (file image) By Lauren Turner BBC News A British man seriously injured in a shark attack in Tobago is “aware of what is happening” and “able to communicate”, his wife has said. Peter Smith, 64, was on the Caribbean island with wife…
35 minutes ago About sharing A World Central Kitchen vehicle destroyed in the Israeli airstrike earlier this month By Andre Rhoden-Paul BBC News World Central Kitchen is to resume distributing food in Gaza, nearly a month after seven of its aid workers were killed in an Israeli air strike. The aid organisation said it has…
Police have identified the victim as a man is his 60s from Salford after remains were found in a nature reserve.
Taoiseach says the migration policies of other countries can’t be allowed to undermine those of Ireland.
2 hours ago About sharing More than half of Gaza’s population has been displaced to Rafah By George Wright BBC News Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas says the US is the only country that can stop Israel from attacking Rafah, the southern Gaza city where more than a million people are taking refuge. Mr Abbas, who…