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Irma weakens but still wreaks chaos - BBC News | 2017-09-06 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Latest updates as the most powerful Atlantic storm in a decade hits the US mainland. | US & Canada | About 400 survivors of Hurricane Irma have arrived in France and the Netherlands aboard military planes, AFP reports.
Some 278 survivors landed in Paris, while another 100 flew into Eindhoven which is in the south of the Netherlands, the news agency says.
Earlier, French officials said six out of 10 homes on St Marti... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-latin-america-41177350 |
How much leverage does China have over North Korea? - BBC News | 2017-09-06 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Beijing enjoys a close relationship to Pyongyang, formalised in a 1961 bilateral treaty. | Asia | The People's Republic of China, a country averse to binding, treaty-based commitments, has always enjoyed a particular relationship with its small, north-eastern neighbour.
North Korea is the only country with which China has a legally binding mutual aid and co-operation treaty, signed in July 1961. There are only sev... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-41152824 |
PMQs: New dangerous cycling laws considered, Theresa May says - BBC News | 2017-09-06 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Theresa May was asked during PMQs about the conviction of a cyclist over a pedestrian's death. | UK Politics | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Dangerous driving offences should be extended to cyclists, says Labour's Heidi Alexander
The government says it will consider new laws to tackle dangerous cycling.
Theresa May made the commitment in PMQs when asked about th... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-41172434 |
Jacob Rees-Mogg 'completely opposed' to abortion - BBC News | 2017-09-06 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The Conservative MP says abortion is "morally indefensible", including in rape and incest cases. | UK Politics | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.
Conservative MP Jacob Rees-Mogg says he is "completely opposed" to abortion, including in cases of rape or incest.
The backbencher told ITV's Good Morning Britain that abortion was "morally indefensible".
"Life is sacrosan... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-41172426 |
Questions raised about prominent FGM campaigner - BBC News | 2017-09-06 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A BBC investigation has revealed concerns about some aspects of the work of an FGM campaigner. | UK | A BBC Newsnight investigation has revealed a series of concerns about some aspects of the work of a celebrated FGM campaigner.
Comfort Momoh established one of the UK's first FGM clinics and has recently retired as a midwife from Guy's and St Thomas' Trust in London.
She has also received an MBE for her work in women... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41159096 |
Pilot killed in plane crash at Caernarfon Airport - BBC News | 2017-09-06 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The pilot of a light aircraft is pronounced dead at the scene after the crash at Caernarfon Airport. | North West Wales | The Air Accident Investigation Branch has sent an investigation team to the airport
One person has died after a light aircraft crashed onto the runway at an airport in north Wales.
Police were called to Caernarfon Airport at 18:29 BST on Wednesday after the plane crashed and burst into flames on the runway.
The pilo... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-north-west-wales-41180580 |
How many jobs does it take to fund uni? - BBC News | 2017-09-06 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | We speak to students who paid for their studies by working several jobs. | Newsbeat | There's a new call for politicians to look at maintenance grants for the poorest students.
More than a hundred universities are calling for a rethink on costs. Universities UK says the main worry for undergraduates is "money in their pocket" while they are studying.
It's estimated those from low income families will ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/articles/41174349 |
Quamari Serunkuma-Barnes: Teen sentenced for 'pure evil' murder - BBC News | 2017-09-06 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Quamari Serunkuma-Barnes, 15, was stabbed to death outside his west London school by another boy. | London | A 15-year-old boy has been sentenced for stabbing to death another teenager outside his school gates in an act described as "pure evil".
Quamari Serunkuma-Barnes, also 15, was chased and stabbed three times outside Capital City Academy in Willesden, west London, in January.
The defendant, who cannot be named for lega... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-41179692 |
Bake Off: Why Channel 4 is happy with a smaller slice of the ratings pie - BBC News | 2017-09-06 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Media editor Amol Rajan says Channel 4 would not have expected to beat previous BBC viewing figures. | Entertainment & Arts | Some of the personnel may have changed but the recipe is pretty much unchanged
The second episode of The Great British Bake Off was watched by an average of 5.4 million viewers on Channel 4, according to overnight figures - rising to six million including +1. That's lower than the show's ratings on the BBC - but Chann... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-41164006 |
Red Sox 'cheated using Apple Watch' - BBC News | 2017-09-06 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Boston's baseball team allegedly used the device to tell the batter what ball he was about to receive. | Technology | The Boston Red Sox used an Apple Watch illicitly to gain the upper hand in a recent game, a Major League Baseball (MLB) investigation has reportedly found.
According to the New York Times, the Red Sox used the device to receive messages about what kind of pitch was about to be thrown.
That information was then relaye... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-41169907 |
Could English wine conquer the world? - BBC News | 2017-09-06 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The English wine making industry is growing, but could it ever threaten the dominant European producers? | Business | Lucy Fernandez from Toronto says she wouldn't buy Chapel Down's white wine
France, Italy and Spain are some of the world's best known wine producing countries but could a growing English wine making industry ever threaten their dominance?
At English winemaker Chapel Down the opinions of a group of tourists sampling t... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-41087458 |
London's Nova Victoria crowned UK's ugliest building - BBC News | 2017-09-06 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | London's Nova Victoria building described as "a hideous mess" takes 2017's Carbuncle Cup for worst building. | London | Nova Victoria has won the dubious honour of being the UK's worst new building of 2017
A London office block described as a "bright red hideous mess" has been named the UK's worst building.
Nova Victoria, London won the 2017 Carbuncle Cup with one judge describing it as "cringe-worthy".
It is the sixth consecutive ti... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-41163584 |
Newspaper headlines: Leaked memo highlights EU worker policy - BBC News | 2017-09-06 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Most newspapers lead on the government's leaked document on low-skilled EU migrant workers. | The Papers | The draft plans leaked to the Guardian setting out tougher EU migration rules immediately after Brexit feature on most of the front pages.
Migration Watch tells the Sun and the Daily Mail the proposals could cut annual migrant numbers from the EU by 100,000.
But the Daily Telegraph warns that they may just increase t... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-the-papers-41169350 |
Universities want rethink on costs for poorer students - BBC News | 2017-09-06 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Universities UK wants ministers to look again at maintenance grants and interest rates in England. | Education & Family | More than a hundred universities are calling for a rethink on the costs for poorer students in England.
Universities UK says ministers should look again at grants for living costs and interest rates for some graduates.
Liberal Democrat leader Sir Vince Cable told the BBC the existing system was "politically difficult... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-41166777 |
The Norwegian who's been to 445 English football grounds - BBC News | 2017-09-06 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Anders Johansen spent his summer watching English football: he has now been to 445 grounds. | Home | Anders Johansen prefers watching lower-league football - such as at eighth-tier Spalding United in Lincolnshire
The match, between Darlington Railway Athletic and Tow Law Town, takes place in Northern League Division Two.
It is the 10th tier of English football, where games are sometimes still played on mud patches a... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/41162733 |
Peers debate private members' bills - BBC News | 2017-09-06 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The House of Lords debates bills on hereditary peers, the age of criminal responsibility and modern slavery. | Parliaments | Conservative Lord Naseby now poses his private notice question about support for the Caribbean following the devastation caused by Hurricane Irma.
Specifically he laments what he considers to be a slow response by the UK and wonders why facilities weren't on standby - "given that this is hurricane season."
He notes t... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-politics-parliaments-41160033 |
Woman trapped in window trying to retrieve poo after Tinder date - BBC News | 2017-09-06 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | She tried to dispose of the unflushable waste out of a window and got stuck trying to get it back. | Bristol | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Ever had a date that ended like this?
A woman who threw her poo out of her date's toilet window because it "would not flush" had to be rescued after she got stuck trying to retrieve it.
The amateur gymnast was on a first da... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-41167296 |
Bid to rescue Ben Nevis weather data - BBC News | 2017-09-06 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Help is sought to digitise a unique set of records gathered on top of the UK's highest mountain. | Science & Environment | The observatory was funded largely by the Scottish Meteorological Society
Scientists are seeking the public's assistance in rescuing a unique set of weather records gathered at the summit of the UK's highest mountain.
From 1883 to 1904, meteorologists were stationed atop Ben Nevis, logging temperature, precipitation,... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-41166778 |
Endometriosis: My life full of pain - BBC News | 2017-09-06 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | One in 10 women has it, but getting help for endometriosis is a long and difficult journey for most. | Health | Amelia hopes that talking about her condition will help others
Endometriosis isn't just painful periods, it's a chronic condition in a league of its own.
One in 10 women has it yet, in the UK, it takes on average seven years to get it correctly diagnosed by a doctor - something experts want to change.
With endometri... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-41159269 |
Doctor Foster: What did people think about her return? - BBC News | 2017-09-06 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Suranne Jones returns as GP Gemma Foster and dominates Tuesday night's viewing figures. | Entertainment & Arts | Suranne Jones and Bertie Carvel come face-to-face in the first episode
Doctor Foster is back on our screens, two years since the first series - and fans and critics alike seem happy to have her back.
It was the most-watched television programme on Tuesday night, beating Channel 4's Great British Bake Off.
Suranne Jo... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-41172645 |
Lewes school adopts new 'gender neutral' uniform policy - BBC News | 2017-09-06 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | All new students at the school in Lewes must wear trousers as a new uniform policy is brought in. | Sussex | Returning students have the option to wear either trousers or skirts
A secondary school is making its uniform "gender neutral" by prohibiting new joiners from wearing skirts.
Priory School in Lewes, East Sussex, made the change after "concerns" raised over the length of skirts, and catering for a handful of transgend... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-41178571 |
Mike Neville: 'Legendary' north-east broadcaster dies - BBC News | 2017-09-06 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Former broadcaster Mike Neville presented regional news programmes for decades until retiring in 2006. | England | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Former regional broadcaster Mike Neville dies at the age of 80
Mike Neville, the face of television news for decades in north-east England, has died.
The 80-year-old was known to viewers in the region for more than 40 years... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-41011268 |
The hidden history of cyber-crime forums - BBC News | 2017-09-06 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Why modern cyber-crime forums were inspired by a site started by Ukrainian credit card thieves. | Technology | The AlphaBay market is one of many shut down by police action
The notorious dark web marketplaces Alphabay and Hansa were shut down in July following "landmark" action by police forces in the US and Europe to unmask who was running them.
They join a long list of other forums, chat rooms and boards that appeared and w... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-40671091 |
Brexit: Leaked document suggests UK plan to curb EU migration - BBC News | 2017-09-06 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Leaked document suggests post-Brexit migration will be based on "economic and social needs". | UK Politics | An estimated 250,000 nationals of other EU countries came to the UK last year
Proposals aimed at cutting the numbers of low-skilled migrants from Europe following Brexit have been disclosed in a leaked Home Office paper.
The document, obtained by The Guardian, suggests free movement will end upon exit in March 2019 a... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-41168091 |
Hurricane Irma: Residents prepare for 'potentially catastrophic' storm - BBC News | 2017-09-06 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Those in the path of the "potentially catastrophic" storm secure homes and stockpile supplies. | Latin America & Caribbean | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Alison Strand told the BBC about the "dangerous conditions" in Anguilla
Hurricane Irma, the most powerful Atlantic storm in a decade, has hit the Caribbean, with officials warning of its "potentially catastrophic" effects.
... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-41168117 |
The refugee doctors learning to speak Glaswegian - BBC News | 2017-09-06 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | For doctors who fled to the UK, training to work in the NHS means having to learn the local dialect. | Health | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.
Doctors who have travelled to Scotland as refugees are being given the chance to start working for the NHS through a training scheme. The BBC's Victoria Derbyshire programme has been to meet those involved.
"When people say... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-41160013 |
Can modern makeover save smallest Swiss village? - BBC News | 2017-09-06 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The elderly villagers of Corippo want tourists to share their traditional lifestyle. | Europe | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Corippo has 16 inhabitants and only one of them works
Like many Alpine communities, Corippo, in the southern canton of Ticino, has experienced decades of depopulation as younger generations moved down to the towns and cities... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-41114730 |
Kim Wall case: Sub hatch cover caused death - suspect - BBC News | 2017-09-06 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | An inventor charged with killing a journalist on board his submarine says she died in an accident. | Europe | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Kim Wall's death: What we know so far
Swedish journalist Kim Wall died by accident after being hit by a hatch cover on board a submarine, the Danish owner of the vessel has told a court.
Peter Madsen said he had been holdin... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-41165806 |
Britons evacuated as Hurricane Irma hits - BBC News | 2017-09-06 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | British Airways evacuates holidaymakers as the Foreign Office urges Britons to follow evacuation orders. | UK | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Alison Strand has lost power and is facing "dangerous conditions" in Anguilla
Britons in the Caribbean and Florida have been urged to follow evacuation orders as the most powerful Atlantic storm in a decade hits the region.
... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41172755 |
University heads asked to justify pay over £150,000 - BBC News | 2017-09-06 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The universities minister is to set out a series of measures to curb the academics' salaries. | Education & Family | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Jo Johnson: "I do not want to read about VC pay in the newspapers"
Spiralling rates of pay for university vice-chancellors are to be curbed by a series of new measures being set out by the universities minister.
Jo Johnson ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-41176337 |
Why immigration debate is far from over - BBC News | 2017-09-06 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A leaked Home Office document, and other recent signals, point to a very live debate going on in government about what will happen after Brexit. | UK Politics | The prime minister has at least two big reasons for wanting to get this right.
For Theresa May, the referendum result was a clear instruction from the British people that they wanted to reduce the levels of immigration. Politically, therefore, she believes it's a demand she has to meet.
And as home secretary for six ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-41178443 |
North Korea nuclear crisis: Test 'caused landslides' - BBC News | 2017-09-06 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Satellite images show "more numerous and widespread" disturbances at the test site than before. | Asia | The pictures released by 38 North appear to show several landslides near the peak of Mount Mantap
North Korea's recent nuclear test appears to have triggered several landslides, according to what are believed to be the first satellite images of the aftermath.
Sunday's test took place underground at the mountainous Pu... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-41170940 |
Archbishop of Canterbury calls for radical economic reform - BBC News | 2017-09-06 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The Archbishop of Canterbury says the rich-poor divide in parts of the UK is destabilising. | Business | The Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, says Britain's economic model is broken, as the gap between the richest and poorest parts of the UK widens.
Britain stands at a watershed and must make "fundamental choices" about the direction of the economy, he said.
The remarks come in a report by a commission set up by ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-41160748 |
Air freshener causes car to explode in B&Q car park in Southend - BBC News | 2017-09-06 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A cigarette accidentally ignited a "build-up of air freshener gases" in the car, the fire crew says. | Essex | A cigarette ignited a build-up of air freshener gases inside the car, the fire service said
An air freshener has caused a car to explode in a B&Q car park injuring one person.
The roof and doors were blown off the Ford Focus in Fossetts Drive, Southend, earlier as the Southend Echo reported.
Staff at the DIY store i... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-41179132 |
Forest Gate shooting: Corey Junior Davis, 14, dies - BBC News | 2017-09-06 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A murder investigation is launched following the death of Corey Junior Davis, from Forest Gate. | London | Police said there were "serious concerns" over retaliations and put extra officers on the streets
A 14-year-old boy has died after being gunned down in a double shooting in east London.
Corey Junior Davis, from Forest Gate, died in hospital on Tuesday night, the Metropolitan Police said.
Corey and a 17-year-old boy,... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-41169943 |
Salvador Dali: DNA test proves woman is not his daughter - BBC News | 2017-09-06 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | María Pilar Abel Martínez says her mother had an affair with the artist before she was born. | Europe | Ms Martínez says she was born in 1956 as a result of an affair between Dalí and her mother
A Spanish woman who believed Salvador Dali was her father is not the surrealist artist's daughter, a DNA test has proved.
María Pilar Abel Martínez, a tarot card reader who was born in 1956, says her mother had an affair with D... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-41180146 |
UK shipyards: Five frigates at centre of new strategy - BBC News | 2017-09-06 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The government will buy at least five frigates to be constructed at shipyards around the country. | UK | HMS Queen Elizabeth was built in blocks across six cities before being assembled in Rosyth
A new national shipbuilding strategy intended to benefit UK shipyards is being unveiled by Defence Secretary Sir Michael Fallon.
The government plans to buy at least five frigates, and share the work between shipyards around th... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41171515 |
North Korea's nuclear bomb: Can we work out its power? - BBC News | 2017-09-06 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | How do we work out the size and nature of North Korea's nuclear test? A physicist explains. | Asia | The nuclear test that North Korea conducted on Sunday is thought to be the biggest ever conducted by Pyongyang. But what does this really mean and how will we find out more about the bomb? Physicist Ferenc Dalnoki-Veress explains.
A nuclear explosion is an extremely large explosion, so large that it shakes the ground ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-41144326 |
Trump's Daca dilemma - and dodge - BBC News | 2017-09-06 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Donald Trump ended Obama-era protections for undocumented immigrants. Now it's Congress's challenge. | US & Canada | The Trump administration has confirmed it's ending the Obama-era programme called Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (Daca). Now the president - and Congress - must grapple with the political fallout.
It won't be a hard break. Current enrolees will be allowed to maintain their normalised residency status until the... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-41153609 |
Fourteen people rescued from 174ft Skyline Tower in Weymouth - BBC News | 2017-09-06 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Thirteen visitors and a member of staff are winched to safety by helicopter. | Dorset | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Helicopters were used to lift people off the Jurassic Skyline Tower
Fourteen people have been winched to safety after becoming trapped up a 53m-high (174ft) viewing tower in Dorset.
Thirteen visitors, including an 11-week-o... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-dorset-41166593 |
Hurricane Irma damage considerable - Macron - BBC News | 2017-09-06 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The French Caribbean territories St Martin and St Barts are badly damaged, France's president says. | Latin America & Caribbean | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.
Hurricane Irma has caused considerable damage on French island territories in the Caribbean, and casualties are expected, France's president says.
The impact of Irma on St Martin and St Barts would be "hard and cruel", Emma... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-41172726 |
Brexit: Businesses warn over 'UK workers first' proposal - BBC News | 2017-09-06 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Leaked Home Office proposals say firms must put UK workers first after Brexit or face penalties. | UK Politics | Firms that rely on EU workers have warned of the "catastrophic" impact of proposals to slash unskilled migration on the day Britain leaves the EU.
Under the draft plan, leaked to the Guardian, firms would have to recruit locally unless they could prove an "economic need" to employ EU citizens.
They could face a skill... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-41172505 |
George Michael's new single gave Nile Rodgers 'mixed feelings' - BBC News | 2017-09-07 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Producer Nile Rodgers admits to feeling "uncertain" about the single, which has just been released. | Entertainment & Arts | Producer Nile Rodgers has admitted to feeling "uncertainty" about working on George Michael's new single.
Fantasy, a remix of a 1980s outtake, premiered on Radio 2 on Thursday.
Rodgers' confession came in response to a fan who expressed "mixed feelings" over the song's release, eight months after Michael's death.
"Y... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-41179586 |
Great British Bake Off debut one of Channel 4's most-watched shows - BBC News | 2017-09-07 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The show's debut on Channel 4 provided one of the biggest audiences in the station's history. | Entertainment & Arts | The new series of The Great British Bake Off has been popular with viewers
The first episode of this year's Great British Bake Off provided one of the biggest audiences in Channel 4's 35-year history, new figures show.
Full ratings, which includes those who watched the show up to seven days later, ended up at 9.5 mil... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-41180486 |
Irma weakens but still wreaks chaos - BBC News | 2017-09-07 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Latest updates as the most powerful Atlantic storm in a decade hits the US mainland. | US & Canada | About 400 survivors of Hurricane Irma have arrived in France and the Netherlands aboard military planes, AFP reports.
Some 278 survivors landed in Paris, while another 100 flew into Eindhoven which is in the south of the Netherlands, the news agency says.
Earlier, French officials said six out of 10 homes on St Marti... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-latin-america-41177350 |
Australian politician reveals husband's child porn conviction - BBC News | 2017-09-07 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Rachel Carling-Jenkins gives a harrowing speech in an Australian state parliament. | Australia | An Australian politician has delivered a harrowing speech revealing that her estranged husband was jailed for possessing child abuse images.
Rachel Carling-Jenkins, a member of Victoria's state parliament, said she discovered the extensive collection in their family home last year.
Her husband was convicted after Dr ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-41183102 |
Gay men 'afraid to hold hands in public', survey finds - BBC News | 2017-09-07 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | LGBT people face daily discrimination, abuse and violence but most don't report it, a survey finds. | UK | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Leon and Steve have been both attacked in recent months for being gay
More than half of gay men in Britain do not feel comfortable holding hands with a partner in the street, a survey of 5,000 LGBT people has revealed.
One ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41179976 |
Libyan migrant detention centre: 'It's like hell' - BBC News | 2017-09-07 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The EU wants Libya to do more on migrants but the unstable country is struggling to cope. | Africa | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.
The 18-year-old from South Sudan knew he might perish on the treacherous crossing from Libya to Europe. So far this year, the Mediterranean has claimed an estimated 2,400 migrants and refugees.
But before he ever reached th... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-41189247 |
'Electrical explosion' on Oxford Street injures one man - BBC News | 2017-09-07 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Police say one man has been left with minor injuries after a small "power network explosion". | London | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Footage shows part of the pavement scorched after the explosion
Part of Oxford Street was closed after a suspected electrical explosion.
The Met Police said one man had been left with minor injuries after a small "power net... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-41195669 |
BBC reporter in Rakhine: 'A Muslim village was burning' - BBC News | 2017-09-07 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Jonathan Head saw a Muslim village burn in Myanmar's Rakhine state, as the Rohingya exodus continues. | Asia | Jonathan Head tweeted this image of the fires in Gawdu Zara village in Rakhine
About 164,000 Rohingya Muslims have poured into Bangladesh from Myanmar's Rakhine state since violence erupted two weeks ago. They say the military and Rakhine Buddhists are destroying their villages to drive them out after attacks by Rohin... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-41189564 |
How many jobs does it take to fund uni? - BBC News | 2017-09-07 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | We speak to students who paid for their studies by working several jobs. | Newsbeat | There's a new call for politicians to look at maintenance grants for the poorest students.
More than a hundred universities are calling for a rethink on costs. Universities UK says the main worry for undergraduates is "money in their pocket" while they are studying.
It's estimated those from low income families will ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/articles/41174349 |
Pilot killed in plane crash at Caernarfon Airport - BBC News | 2017-09-07 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The pilot of a light aircraft is pronounced dead at the scene after the crash at Caernarfon Airport. | North West Wales | The Air Accident Investigation Branch has sent an investigation team to the airport
One person has died after a light aircraft crashed onto the runway at an airport in north Wales.
Police were called to Caernarfon Airport at 18:29 BST on Wednesday after the plane crashed and burst into flames on the runway.
The pilo... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-north-west-wales-41180580 |
Two arrested at Birmingham airport on terror offences - BBC News | 2017-09-07 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The UK nationals were arrested after getting off a flight from Istanbul. | England | The arrested men had flown into Birmingham from Turkey
Two men have been arrested at Birmingham Airport on suspicion of terror offences.
The pair, aged 40 and 29, and from the UK, were held on Thursday after getting off a flight from Istanbul, Turkey.
The older man is being held on suspicion of being concerned in th... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-41186753 |
Canada has quietly granted asylum to LGBT Chechens - BBC News | 2017-09-07 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Clandestine programme has helped safely resettle over 30 men and women from the Russian republic. | US & Canada | Protests have been held around the world to condemn the persecution of gay and lesbian Chechens
Thirty-one gay and bisexual Chechen men and women have been granted asylum in Canada following a violent crackdown on LGBT people in the Russian republic. They are being brought to Canada as part of an under-the-radar colla... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-41075528 |
'Pen' identifies cancer in 10 seconds - BBC News | 2017-09-07 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The technology could help surgeons ensure they remove all of a tumour. | Health | A handheld device can identify cancerous tissue in 10 seconds, according to scientists at the University of Texas.
They say it could make surgery to remove a tumour quicker, safer and more precise.
And they hope it would avoid the "heartbreak" of leaving any of the cancer behind.
Tests, published in Science Translat... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-41162994 |
Quamari Serunkuma-Barnes: Teen sentenced for 'pure evil' murder - BBC News | 2017-09-07 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Quamari Serunkuma-Barnes, 15, was stabbed to death outside his west London school by another boy. | London | A 15-year-old boy has been sentenced for stabbing to death another teenager outside his school gates in an act described as "pure evil".
Quamari Serunkuma-Barnes, also 15, was chased and stabbed three times outside Capital City Academy in Willesden, west London, in January.
The defendant, who cannot be named for lega... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-41179692 |
The designer who weaves clothes with her blood - BBC News | 2017-09-07 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Designer Poppy Nash weaves her blood sugar results into the fabric she designs to help manage her diabetes | Disability | If you're diabetic, checking your blood sugar level is part of the fabric of life. But one designer with the condition went a step further and wove her blood results into the fabric she designs.
Poppy Nash was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes aged six which meant her body was no longer able to produce insulin.
"It was ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/disability-39790838 |
Can war games help us avoid real-world conflict? - BBC News | 2017-09-07 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | In a time of genuine international tension, is war gaming really a serious analytical and training tool? | World | North Korea has just fired off an intercontinental ballistic missile over Japan. Japan is uncertain as to whether the US wants to start a war.
It's trying to find out why a massive American naval fleet has just arrived in the region. But it's not getting any answers. There's chaos in the White House as various faction... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-41172485 |
Workers retiring earlier than in 1950 - BBC News | 2017-09-07 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Life expectancy was shorter in 1950 but men and women worked for longer than now, figures show. | Business | Workers are retiring at a younger age now than in 1950, figures show, despite longer life expectancy.
Men left the labour market at an average age of 67 in 1950, compared with 65 now, according to the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP).
Women typically left at 63 both in 1950 and now, although the current retiree... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-41187863 |
Hurricane Irma damage considerable - Macron - BBC News | 2017-09-07 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The French Caribbean territories St Martin and St Barts are badly damaged, France's president says. | Latin America & Caribbean | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.
Hurricane Irma has caused considerable damage on French island territories in the Caribbean, and casualties are expected, France's president says.
The impact of Irma on St Martin and St Barts would be "hard and cruel", Emma... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-41172726 |
Anyika Onuora: From malaria to Olympic medallist in 10 months - BBC Sport | 2017-09-07 | null | From losing the ability to walk to standing on the Olympic podium just 10 months later, Britain's Anyika Onuora opens up about battling malaria. | null | When British sprinter Anyika Onuora took some time off to visit family in Nigeria in October 2015, she expected it to be like every other holiday.
But the 32-year-old contracted malaria and unable to walk, her Rio Olympic dream was left hanging in the balance.
Just 10 months later the Liverpudlian stood on the Olympi... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/41171547 |
Hurricane Irma: UK increases relief fund to £32m - BBC News | 2017-09-07 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The prime minister defends the government's response following criticism it was "sorely lacking". | UK | The UK territory of the British Virgin Islands is among the areas affected
The UK government has increased the relief fund for British overseas territories devastated by Hurricane Irma to £32m, Theresa May has said.
The announcement - increasing the fund from £12m - was made by the prime minister as she said the gove... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41193717 |
Public 'tricked' into buying unhealthy food - BBC News | 2017-09-07 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | "Upselling" is fuelling obesity by persuading people to buy larger portions, say health officials. | Health | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. How often do you get offered a large coffee with cream?
The UK's obesity crisis is being fuelled by businesses pushing unhealthy food and larger portions on shoppers, according to health experts.
The Royal Society for Publi... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-41129960 |
PR firm Bell Pottinger 'nearing collapse' - BBC News | 2017-09-07 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The embattled company, damaged by its work in South Africa, could go into administration next week. | Business | Bell Pottinger's Asian unit has said it will separate from its British parent, amid reports the public relations firm is nearing collapse.
Bell Pottinger's UK business is expected to go into administration as early as next week, the firm said.
The Asian business will begin trading under a new name "in the coming days... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-41196427 |
Toronto Film Festival: 13 films we're looking out for - BBC News | 2017-09-07 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Includes Downsizing, Molly's Game, Kings, The Current War and Super Size Me 2. | Entertainment & Arts | Annette Bening and Jamie Bell co-star in Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool
What plans do you have for March 2018?
If you're anything like us, you'll barely know what you're doing this weekend, let alone that far ahead in the calendar.
But in Hollywood, it's a different story.
Preparation for awards season has alrea... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-41095364 |
Woman trapped in window trying to retrieve poo after Tinder date - BBC News | 2017-09-07 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | She tried to dispose of the unflushable waste out of a window and got stuck trying to get it back. | Bristol | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Ever had a date that ended like this?
A woman who threw her poo out of her date's toilet window because it "would not flush" had to be rescued after she got stuck trying to retrieve it.
The amateur gymnast was on a first da... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-41167296 |
London no longer most expensive place to buy beer - BBC News | 2017-09-07 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | For the first time, London is no longer the most expensive place to buy a beer. | England | The price difference for a pint of beer is now more than £1 across the country
London is no longer the most expensive place to buy a pint, a new study says.
For the first time, Surrey has overtaken the capital as the most expensive area to buy a drink, with the average pint costing £4.40.
According to the Good Pub G... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-41183028 |
Doctor Foster: What did people think about her return? - BBC News | 2017-09-07 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Suranne Jones returns as GP Gemma Foster and dominates Tuesday night's viewing figures. | Entertainment & Arts | Suranne Jones and Bertie Carvel come face-to-face in the first episode
Doctor Foster is back on our screens, two years since the first series - and fans and critics alike seem happy to have her back.
It was the most-watched television programme on Tuesday night, beating Channel 4's Great British Bake Off.
Suranne Jo... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-41172645 |
Lewes school adopts new 'gender neutral' uniform policy - BBC News | 2017-09-07 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | All new students at the school in Lewes must wear trousers as a new uniform policy is brought in. | Sussex | Returning students have the option to wear either trousers or skirts
A secondary school is making its uniform "gender neutral" by prohibiting new joiners from wearing skirts.
Priory School in Lewes, East Sussex, made the change after "concerns" raised over the length of skirts, and catering for a handful of transgend... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-41178571 |
Mike Neville: 'Legendary' north-east broadcaster dies - BBC News | 2017-09-07 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Former broadcaster Mike Neville presented regional news programmes for decades until retiring in 2006. | England | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Former regional broadcaster Mike Neville dies at the age of 80
Mike Neville, the face of television news for decades in north-east England, has died.
The 80-year-old was known to viewers in the region for more than 40 years... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-41011268 |
EU 'worried' by UK's Irish border proposals - BBC News | 2017-09-07 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Michel Barnier says Northern Ireland cannot be a "test case" for future customs arrangements. | UK Politics | The border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland is a key issue for Brexit talks
The EU's negotiator says he is worried by the UK's post-Brexit proposals for the Northern Ireland border.
Michel Barnier said the UK was asking for EU laws, its customs union and single market to be suspended at a "new ext... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-41183041 |
Pensioners' view blocked by broadband boxes - BBC News | 2017-09-07 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | They are in dispute with Virgin Media after three 5ft-tall cabinets were installed directly outside their homes. | Glasgow & West Scotland | Donald and Rosemary Ferguson have been in a nine-month dispute with Virgin media
A group of pensioners are in dispute with Virgin Media after the firm installed broadband boxes in front of their homes in East Renfrewshire.
Donald, 88, and Rosemary Ferguson, 82, and their neighbour Betty McGrath, 83, claim the 5ft-tal... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-41185707 |
Does the UK need a human 'body farm'? - BBC News | 2017-09-07 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Would British forensic science benefit from having its own outdoor laboratory to study human decomposition? | Science & Environment | Investigations of murder cases would benefit from the data gathered at a body farm
It's the start of a fascinating and eventful - if gory and smelly - journey, at least for your body as it decomposes.
Understanding decomposition can hold the key to solving murders, finding missing people and crucially recognising the... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-41161423 |
Newspaper headlines: Hurricane Irma dominates front pages - BBC News | 2017-09-07 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The devastation wrought by Hurricane Irma in the Caribbean dominates Friday's front-page headlines. | The Papers | The i illustrates the destruction in the Caribbean, with pictures of wrecked buildings and trees bent and torn from their roots.
It says the storm appears increasingly likely to rip into heavily populated southern Florida this weekend.
The Daily Mirror focuses on relief efforts - its headline talks of the "navy's das... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-the-papers-41196340 |
Can modern makeover save smallest Swiss village? - BBC News | 2017-09-07 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The elderly villagers of Corippo want tourists to share their traditional lifestyle. | Europe | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Corippo has 16 inhabitants and only one of them works
Like many Alpine communities, Corippo, in the southern canton of Ticino, has experienced decades of depopulation as younger generations moved down to the towns and cities... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-41114730 |
The refugee doctors learning to speak Glaswegian - BBC News | 2017-09-07 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | For doctors who fled to the UK, training to work in the NHS means having to learn the local dialect. | Health | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.
Doctors who have travelled to Scotland as refugees are being given the chance to start working for the NHS through a training scheme. The BBC's Victoria Derbyshire programme has been to meet those involved.
"When people say... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-41160013 |
Rees-Mogg ignites fresh row over abortion - BBC News | 2017-09-07 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Tory MP Jacob Rees-Mogg has stirred up controversy over his view on abortion. | UK Politics | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.
Conservative MP Jacob Rees-Mogg is the first British politician in decades to publicly oppose abortion in all cases, even when a woman has been raped.
It was not, he stressed, government policy, but his own personal view ba... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-41176953 |
Hurricane Irma: Fears grow for Britons in Caribbean - BBC News | 2017-09-07 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Two territories are severely damaged in the storm, with no word heard from many on the islands. | UK | The UK territory of the British Virgin Islands is among the areas affected
Two British territories in the Caribbean have suffered "severe" damage from Hurricane Irma, the UK's Foreign Office has said.
Sir Alan Duncan said Anguilla received the hurricane's "full blast" while the British Virgin Islands would need "exte... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41185042 |
Reality Check: Has vice-chancellor pay been spiralling? - BBC News | 2017-09-07 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Universities Minister Jo Johnson is encouraging vice-chancellors to show restraint in their pay. | Education & Family | The claim: Pay for university vice-chancellors has been spiralling.
Reality Check verdict: In the past seven years, average pay for vice-chancellors has risen by about the same amount as average earnings, but there have been some individual examples of pay rising by considerably more than that.
Universities Minister ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-41187447 |
Brexiteers' letter adds to pressure on May - BBC News | 2017-09-07 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Laura Kuenssberg looks at a letter from Tory MPs warning against keeping the UK in the EU "by stealth". | UK Politics | Summer's over and the pushback over Brexit has begun
After a summer where Tory supporters of a more gradual Brexit were heartened by statements from ministers, now comes the, probably inevitable, pushback.
A letter leaked to the BBC, signed by dozens of Tory MPs, was scheduled for the pages of a Sunday newspaper, dem... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-41190237 |
University heads asked to justify pay over £150,000 - BBC News | 2017-09-07 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The universities minister is to set out a series of measures to curb the academics' salaries. | Education & Family | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Jo Johnson: "I do not want to read about VC pay in the newspapers"
Spiralling rates of pay for university vice-chancellors are to be curbed by a series of new measures being set out by the universities minister.
Jo Johnson ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-41176337 |
Why immigration debate is far from over - BBC News | 2017-09-07 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A leaked Home Office document, and other recent signals, point to a very live debate going on in government about what will happen after Brexit. | UK Politics | The prime minister has at least two big reasons for wanting to get this right.
For Theresa May, the referendum result was a clear instruction from the British people that they wanted to reduce the levels of immigration. Politically, therefore, she believes it's a demand she has to meet.
And as home secretary for six ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-41178443 |
Rohingya Muslims: Tales of horror from Myanmar - BBC News | 2017-09-07 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | People fleeing violence in Myanmar tell the BBC's Sanjoy Majumder of killings, rape and massacres. | Asia | Tens of thousands of people have fled violence in Myanmar's Rakhine state. Many speak of killings, rape and even massacres.
Off the south-eastern coast of Bangladesh, a row of crescent-shaped, wooden fishing boats approach the shore, listing dangerously in the strong winds.
As they get closer, you can see they are pa... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-41189748 |
RBS: Calls grow for publication of watchdog's report - BBC News | 2017-09-07 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | MPs and the chair of the Treasury Committee call for a report into business practices at RBS to be published. | Business | Nicky Morgan wants the matter resolved as quickly as possible
A group of MPs have joined a call by Nicky Morgan, the Treasury Committee chair, for full publication of a leaked report on the treatment of customers in RBS's global restructuring group (GRG).
The report, produced for the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-41177612 |
Brexit: Davis and Starmer clash over key legislation - BBC News | 2017-09-07 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Labour says the bill is a "power grab" - but David Davis accuses them of "cynical" blocking tactics. | UK Politics | David Davis has accused Labour of a "cynical and unprincipled" bid to block a key piece of Brexit legislation.
The Brexit secretary claimed Britons "will not forgive" Labour if they try to "delay or destroy" the process of leaving the EU.
On Thursday MPs began debating the EU (Withdrawal) Bill, which will end the sup... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-41182561 |
School sends 'wrong trousers' pupils home - BBC News | 2017-09-07 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Pupils at Kepier School were lined up while trousers were checked to see if they were the right shade. | England | Head teacher of the Wearside school Nicky Cooper says she is "very, very particular" about uniform
Pupils were lined up at the gates of a secondary school while their trousers were checked to see if they were the right shade of grey - with some failing the inspection and being sent home.
Kepier School in Houghton-le-... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-41181269 |
Salvador Dali: DNA test proves woman is not his daughter - BBC News | 2017-09-07 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | María Pilar Abel Martínez says her mother had an affair with the artist before she was born. | Europe | Ms Martínez says she was born in 1956 as a result of an affair between Dalí and her mother
A Spanish woman who believed Salvador Dali was her father is not the surrealist artist's daughter, a DNA test has proved.
María Pilar Abel Martínez, a tarot card reader who was born in 1956, says her mother had an affair with D... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-41180146 |
Ministers reject fines for parties missing women MP targets - BBC News | 2017-09-07 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The government is accused of "lacking ambition" after rejecting recommendations to boost women MPs. | UK Politics | Six out of 23 full cabinet ministers are women - two more attend cabinet
The government has rejected calls for political parties to face fines if they fail to meet targets for female candidates at general elections.
It has rejected six recommendations, including new laws to ensure at least 45% of election candidates ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-41191907 |
Why is Bulgaria's population falling off a cliff? - BBC News | 2017-09-07 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | What is life like in the country projected to have the world's fastest-shrinking population? | Europe | Bulgaria's current population of about seven million is predicted to be nearer five million by 2050
Bulgaria is projected to have the fastest-shrinking population in the world. It's already lost a fifth of its population since the 1990s. But what does this mean for those who remain?
Deep in the Bulgarian countryside,... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-41109572 |
'Israeli jets hit Syria's Masyaf chemical site' - reports - BBC News | 2017-09-07 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Syria's army says rockets struck a base, amid reports that a suspected chemical site was targeted. | Middle East | The Syrian army says Israeli jets have attacked a site in the west of the country where Western powers suspect chemical weapons are being produced.
An army statement says rockets fired from Lebanese airspace hit a military post near Masyaf, killing two soldiers.
A monitoring group says they struck a scientific resear... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-41184867 |
Crime calculator: Find your personal risk of being a victim - BBC News | 2017-09-07 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Try the BBC's crime calculator tool to find out more about your personal risk of being a victim. | UK | Are you scared of being a victim of crime?
Today, for the first time, BBC News, working with the Office for National Statistics, is providing you with a way of understanding your risk of being a victim of crime in England and Wales. If you are interested in Scotland, you can find out more about the Scottish Crime Surv... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41178903 |
West Midlands Police 'failing to record crime reports' - BBC News | 2017-09-07 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | West Midlands and Leicestershire Police are rated as 'inadequate' for effectiveness at recording reported crime. | England | Thousands of reported crimes are not being recorded by West Midlands Police, a watchdog has said.
HM Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services (HMICFRS) said five out of six reported offences were recorded but 38,800 each year were not.
The force said it would improve its recording but challenged key pa... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-41178872 |
Malala calls for defence of Rohingya - BBC News | 2017-09-07 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Nobel prize winner Malala Yousafzai says the 'global community' must protect Myanmar's Muslim minority. | Family & Education | Malala says she is nervous about starting as a student at Oxford
Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai says the "global community" needs to intervene to protect Myanmar's Muslim minority.
She urged Myanmar's leader Aung San Suu Kyi to speak up for the Rohingya.
"We can't be silent right now. The number of people... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-41193357 |
Newspaper headlines: Irma 'hell' and Brexit plans in 'disarray' - BBC News | 2017-09-07 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Most newspapers lead on the hurricane in the Caribbean and tensions over Brexit memo leaks. | The Papers | The fallout from the leaked memo about EU migrant workers post-Brexit continues to dominate some of the papers.
Theresa May's plans are in chaos, says the Daily Telegraph. Two of the PM's top ministers, Amber Rudd and Damian Green, have distanced themselves from the immigration policies - the paper adds. It also says ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-the-papers-41182449 |
Dublin auction of Nazi items branded 'tasteless' - BBC News | 2017-09-07 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Relative of holocaust survivor criticises auction that includes Nazi sash and German army daggers. | Europe | A number of Nazi items are in the auction on Saturday
The son of a Holocaust survivor has described as "tasteless" a decision by a Dublin auction house to sell Nazi "memorabilia".
Nine items from the Third Reich period are being offered as part of Whyte's The Eclectic Collector auction this weekend, that features mor... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-41192107 |
Reality Check: Does debt interest cost more than NHS pay? - BBC News | 2017-09-08 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A look at the sums behind Theresa May's claim in Parliament. | Health | The claim: We pay more on debt interest than on NHS pay.
Reality Check verdict: If you use the Office for Budget Responsibility's headline figure for debt interest then we actually spend more on NHS pay.
With nurses demonstrating in Parliament Square against the pay cap this week, Prime Minister Theresa May was asked... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-41201141 |
Australian politician reveals husband's child porn conviction - BBC News | 2017-09-08 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Rachel Carling-Jenkins gives a harrowing speech in an Australian state parliament. | Australia | An Australian politician has delivered a harrowing speech revealing that her estranged husband was jailed for possessing child abuse images.
Rachel Carling-Jenkins, a member of Victoria's state parliament, said she discovered the extensive collection in their family home last year.
Her husband was convicted after Dr ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-41183102 |
Libyan migrant detention centre: 'It's like hell' - BBC News | 2017-09-08 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The EU wants Libya to do more on migrants but the unstable country is struggling to cope. | Africa | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.
The 18-year-old from South Sudan knew he might perish on the treacherous crossing from Libya to Europe. So far this year, the Mediterranean has claimed an estimated 2,400 migrants and refugees.
But before he ever reached th... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-41189247 |
Cold Feet cast reveal Manchester bombing led to sombre return to filming - BBC News | 2017-09-08 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The ITV drama, which returns on Friday night, was filming the day after the Manchester Arena bombing. | Entertainment & Arts | Cold Feet returned with the original cast last year after a 13-year hiatus
The Cold Feet cast have revealed how their return to filming had a sombre start after the Manchester Arena bombing, where 22 people were killed after Ariana Grande's concert.
"It was horrible. Just horrible," said John Thomson, who plays Pete.... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-41199308 |
'Electrical explosion' on Oxford Street injures one man - BBC News | 2017-09-08 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Police say one man has been left with minor injuries after a small "power network explosion". | London | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Footage shows part of the pavement scorched after the explosion
Part of Oxford Street was closed after a suspected electrical explosion.
The Met Police said one man had been left with minor injuries after a small "power net... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-41195669 |
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