Music stars honoured at first ‘Brit Awards of the North’
Big names and rising stars win at a new ceremony celebrating music from the north of England.
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Ukraine tightens pressure on fighting age men abroad
34 minutes ago About sharing Ukraine has recently passed a new law to lower the minimum conscription age from 27 to 25 By James Waterhouse in Kyiv & Paul Kirby in London BBC News Ukraine is suspending consular services for male citizens aged 18 to 60 abroad as part of a drive to beef up…
Petrol prices on UK forecourts hit 150p a litre
5 hours ago Comments About sharing Petrol prices across the UK have hit an average 150.1p a litre, reaching the highest level since last November, according to the AA motoring group. Data also showed that average diesel prices rose to 158.3p a litre on Monday. Experts blamed a rise in oil prices because of tensions…
Camilla, William and Kate receive royal honours
23 minutes ago About sharing By Sean Coughlan Royal correspondent Queen Camilla and the Prince and Princess of Wales have all received historic royal honours, Buckingham Palace has announced. Prince William becomes Great Master of the Order of the Bath. Catherine is now a Companion of Honour, which recognises achievement in arts, medicine, sciences and…
Husband of ex-Post Office boss advised on IT ‘bug’
1 hour ago About sharing The husband of Paula Vennells (pictured) suggested the wording change The Post Office changed how it described problems with its Horizon IT system based on a suggestion by the husband of former boss, Paula Vennells. The inquiry into the scandal has revealed that following advice from John Vennells, the Post…
Sunak vows to hit 2.5% defence spend target by 2030
4 minutes ago About sharing By Paul Seddon Politics reporter Rishi Sunak has promised billions more for defence in the coming years, saying the world is the most dangerous it has been since the Cold War. The prime minister said UK military spending would rise to 2.5% of national income by 2030, in a move…
Haiti situation ‘catastrophic’ and growing worse, says UN
1 hour ago About sharing Many children are among the more than 360,000 displaced by the violence By Vanessa Buschschlüter BBC News Three million children in Haiti are in need of humanitarian assistance as continuing gang violence hampers aid delivery, the head of the UN children’s agency, Unicef, has said. Catherine Russell said the situation…
Post Office changed language on Horizon ‘bugs’, inquiry hears
Minutes of a board meeting held on 16 July 2013 are being shown, with Alex Perkins and Paula Vennells among the attendees listed in the document. Crichton did not attend this meeting and inquiry counsel Julian Blake asks why she was absent from the meeting. “Because I was waiting outside to be called in,” Crichton…
BBC crew sees people struggling on board migrant boat
16 minutes ago About sharing Several young men turned round to face the police, brandishing long sticks and throwing flares or firecrackers By Andrew Harding BBC News, northern France We could see from the shore that the migrants’ inflatable boat was in trouble. It was overcrowded, with people clambering on the sides, and others standing…
German far-right party aide held in China spy probe
4 minutes ago About sharing The latest arrest comes after three suspects were detained in a separate case on Monday By Jessica Parker in Berlin & Paul Kirby in London BBC News Prosecutors have arrested a man working for a far-right politician on suspicion of spying for China. They have identified the man as Jian…