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Government reveals energy price cap plan - BBC News | 2017-10-11 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Business Secretary Greg Clark outlines draft legislation which aims to lower the cost of energy bills. | Parliaments | The government has unveiled draft legislation designed to lower the cost of energy bills.
The Draft Domestic Gas and Electricity (Tariffs Cap) Bill will give energy regulator Ofgem the power to cap standard variable tariffs.
About 12 million households are on some form of uncapped default tariff, which can cost hundr... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-politics-parliaments-41511271 |
India Supreme Court rules sex with child bride is rape - BBC News | 2017-10-11 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The Supreme Court closes a loophole which allowed men to have sex with their underage wives. | India | The age of consent in India is 18, but marital rape is not considered an offence
India's Supreme Court has struck down a legal clause that permits men to have sex with their underage wives.
The clause, which was part of India's law on rape, said intercourse between a man and his wife was permissible as long as she wa... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-41578800 |
Two sisters, a mountain trek and a wobbly wire bridge - BBC News | 2017-10-11 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Two sisters, a perilous mountain trek and a wobbly wire bridge - high in the Indian Himalayas. | India | Radhika and Yashoda can travel for up to six hours a day to school and back. They live high in the mountains, in a remote Himalayan village. But getting an education is really important to them. Follow them on their daily journey - or scroll down to read their story.
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To watch 360 video,... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-41527080 |
Trump challenges Rex Tillerson to IQ test - BBC News | 2017-10-11 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | "I guess we'll have to compare IQ tests," Mr Trump said. "And I can tell you who is going to win." | US & Canada | US President Donald Trump has challenged his Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson, to an IQ test, in the latest sign of discord between the two.
He made the remark in a magazine interview when asked about reports that Mr Tillerson had called him a moron.
"I think it's fake news," Mr Trump told Forbes, "but if he did tha... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-41570266 |
Facebook and Twitter could face 'online abuse levy' - BBC News | 2017-10-11 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The government wants firms such as Facebook and Twitter to publish annual reports on abuse. | Technology | Surveys suggest children find it hard to avoid bullying and abuse on social media platforms
Facebook and Twitter could be asked to pay for action against the "undeniable suffering" social media can cause, the culture secretary has said.
Cyber-bullying, trolling, abuse and under-age access to porn will be targeted in ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-41566833 |
Unsent text accepted as dead man's will by Australian court - BBC News | 2017-10-11 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A court in Australia rules a draft text message can be accepted as an official will. | Technology | A court in Australia has accepted an unsent, draft text message on a dead man's mobile phone as an official will.
The 55-year-old man had composed a text message addressed to his brother, in which he gave "all that I have" to his brother and nephew.
The message was found in the drafts folder on the man's phone after ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-41580970 |
Child and teen obesity spreading across the globe - BBC News | 2017-10-11 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Obesity rates have risen ten-fold in the last four decades, meaning 124m boys and girls are now too fat. | Health | Child and teenage obesity levels have risen ten-fold in the last four decades, meaning 124m boys and girls around the globe are too fat, according to new research.
The analysis in the Lancet is the largest of its kind and looks at obesity trends in over 200 countries.
In the UK, one in every 10 young people aged five... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-41550159 |
PM's Brexit vote hesitation may haunt her - BBC News | 2017-10-11 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The PM's refusal to say whether she'd now vote for Brexit was a telling moment. | UK Politics | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Mrs May said she would not answer "hypothetical questions"
Unscripted but uncontroversial - the prime minister had been safely navigating a radio phone-in.
Then a quiet, excellent booby trap question was laid by the intervi... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-41576100 |
Queen will not lay Remembrance Sunday wreath - BBC News | 2017-10-11 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The Queen has asked Prince Charles to take her place at the Cenotaph ceremony this year. | UK | It will be the first time the Queen has not laid the wreath since 1999
The Queen will not lay a wreath at the Cenotaph this year as part of the annual Remembrance Sunday ceremony.
She will watch the event on 12 November in Whitehall from the balcony of the Foreign Office with Prince Philip.
Prince Charles will take ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41588578 |
UK eggs declared safe 30 years after salmonella scare - BBC News | 2017-10-11 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Young children, pregnant women and other vulnerable groups can safely eat raw eggs, say UK food experts. | Health | Runny eggs can now be enjoyed by everyone
"Lion mark" eggs have been declared safe for pregnant women and young children, nearly 30 years after a salmonella scare.
Vulnerable groups had been advised not to eat raw, soft boiled or runny eggs.
The Food Standards Agency says "Lion Mark" eggs, which include almost all o... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-41568998 |
Trump threatens broadcaster NBC after nuclear report - BBC News | 2017-10-11 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The president takes aim at NBC after it reported he wanted a tenfold increase in atomic weapons. | US & Canada | President Trump criticised NBC's report as he welcomed Canada's prime minister to the White House
US President Donald Trump has raised the prospect of challenging media licences for NBC News and other news networks after unfavourable reports.
He took aim at NBC, which made him a star on The Apprentice, after it repor... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-41584194 |
Harvey Weinstein: Did everyone really know? - BBC News | 2017-10-12 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Lots of people have said the producer's alleged harassment and abuse was "an open secret". How open? | Entertainment & Arts | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. "It was an open secret" a producer tells the BBC
When actor Seth MacFarlane announced the Oscar nominations for best supporting actress in 2013, he cracked a now infamous joke: "Congratulations, you five ladies no longer hav... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-41593384 |
Michelle Keegan: Is Our Girl too glamorous? - BBC News | 2017-10-12 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Viewers were surprised by how flawless actress Michelle Keegan looked in a disaster zone. | Entertainment & Arts | Michelle Keegan has returned for the third series of Our Girl
The first episode of the new series of Our Girl has been criticised by viewers who thought Michelle Keegan looked too glamorous to play an army medic.
Ed Power in The Telegraph wrote that Keegan, as Georgie Lane, had a "straight-from-the-beauty salon compl... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-41583485 |
North Yorkshire's The Black Swan 'best restaurant in world' - BBC News | 2017-10-12 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The Black Swan beats Heston Blumenthal's The Fat Duck and Raymond Blanc's Le Manoir. | York & North Yorkshire | The family-owned pub is on the edge of the North York Moors
A village pub has been named the best restaurant in the world in an international poll based on customer reviews.
The Black Swan in Oldstead, North Yorkshire, beat Heston Blumenthal's The Fat Duck and Raymond Blanc's Le Manoir.
TripAdvisor said it was the f... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-41582994 |
Belfast woman 'lay dead for two years' - BBC News | 2017-10-12 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The 68-year-old woman was found dead in bed after police forced their way into a west Belfast flat. | Northern Ireland | A police vehicle was stationed outside the flat complex on Thursday morning
The body of a woman who is believed to have been murdered may have lain undiscovered for more than two years, police have said.
Marie Conlon, 68, was discovered dead in bed in a flat at Larkspur Rise in west Belfast last Friday.
A 23-year-ol... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-41588452 |
Brexit talks doomed? Not so fast... - BBC News | 2017-10-12 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Michel Barnier used dramatic language but it's too soon to think it means that the whole process is doomed. | UK Politics | "Deadlock!". "L'impasse". "Quelle Horreur". You can hear the cries from across the Channel, and the cages of the City rattling in fear, as Michel Barnier's language took a dramatic turn at this morning's press conference, painting the Brexit talks as at a brick wall.
True, not even Brexit's biggest cheerleader could c... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-41598453 |
Linkin Park singer in posthumous Carpool Karaoke show - BBC News | 2017-10-12 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Chester Bennington filmed the Carpool Karaoke episode six days before his death in July. | Entertainment & Arts | Chester Bennington (front right) in Apple Music's Carpool Karaoke days before his death in July
An episode of Carpool Karaoke starring Linkin Park - recorded less than a week before lead singer Chester Bennington killed himself - has been released.
The 23-minute episode is being streamed for free on Facebook with the... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-41602010 |
The man diagnosed with pathological laughter - BBC News | 2017-10-12 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Following a brutal assault Paul Pugh was left with pathological laughter - a condition which causes him to laugh at the most inappropriate moments. | Disability | Paul Pugh was in the most critical meeting of his life. He was being told what his future would be like after receiving a brain injury in a brutal assault. He laughed the whole way through the discussion but, to him, it felt like he was sobbing. He would later be diagnosed with pathological laughter.
Pugh, now 38, had... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/disability-40629897 |
Harvey Weinstein: Oscars academy to hold emergency talks - BBC News | 2017-10-12 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences says sexual assault allegations are "repugnant". | US & Canada | Dozens of films produced by Harvey Weinstein have won Academy Awards
The hosts of the Oscars are to hold emergency talks to consider the future role of film mogul Harvey Weinstein following claims of sexual misconduct.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences said the allegations of sexual assault against Wein... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-41591394 |
Hammond's comments highlight Brexit divisions - BBC News | 2017-10-12 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The chancellor's approach to spending over Brexit preparations has caused anger in some quarters. | UK Politics | It is traditionally the job of a chancellor to look after the nation's money, not to be flash with taxpayers' cash, to balance the books, and not to go around making promises that can't be paid for.
And in normal times under Conservative governments there is usually customary support from the backbenches for them to e... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-41585428 |
Deadlock over UK's Brexit bill, says EU's Michel Barnier - BBC News | 2017-10-12 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The EU negotiator calls the lack of agreement "disturbing" but says "decisive progress" is possible. | UK Politics | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Michel Barnier: 'We've reached a state of deadlock which is very disturbing'
The EU's chief negotiator Michel Barnier says there has not been enough progress to move to the next stage of Brexit talks as the UK wants.
He sai... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-41585430 |
Clean Growth Plan could see stamp duty incentive for homeowners - BBC News | 2017-10-12 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The changes are part of the Clean Growth Plan to reduce the UK's greenhouse emissions. | UK | Stamp duty in England may be changed to encourage people to make their homes more energy efficient.
Energy minister Claire Perry told the BBC householders would face "carrots and sticks" to prompt them into saving on heating bills and carbon emissions.
It may form part of a plan by ministers to get about a million ho... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41592635 |
SNP conference: Is the childcare pledge 'unmatched'? - BBC News | 2017-10-12 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | How do plans to expand childcare provision in Scotland compare with schemes in the rest of the UK? | Scotland | The claim: Nicola Sturgeon told her party conference that the Scottish government's commitment to early years education and childcare was "unmatched anywhere else in the UK" as she fleshed out plans to expand childcare provision.
Reality Check verdict: Overall, Scotland's planned childcare provision would be the most ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-41571583 |
Diplomats owe £105m in congestion charges - BBC News | 2017-10-12 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The US embassy owes the highest amount - £11.5m - in London congestion zone fees. | UK Politics | The US embassy owes the most in congestion charges
Foreign diplomats owe more than £105m in congestion charges in London, the foreign secretary has said.
The US embassy owes the highest amount - £11.5m - in congestion zone fees, which were incurred between the charge's introduction in 2003 and December 2016.
In 2016... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-41585423 |
Newspaper headlines: Brexit 'deadlock', and Weinstein claims - BBC News | 2017-10-12 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Friday's papers report on the latest round of Brexit talks and more claims against media mogul Harvey Weinstein. | The Papers | Philip Hammond's role as chancellor is challenged by some of the papers
The Daily Telegraph says the prime minister has been forced to put her Brexit plans on hold because of what it calls a "potentially disastrous" Tory rebellion.
According to the paper, the government has delayed parliamentary scrutiny of the EU Wi... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-the-papers-41604236 |
Royal Mail wins strike injunction - BBC News | 2017-10-12 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Royal Mail wins an injunction in London's High Court preventing next week's 48-hour strike. | Business | Royal Mail has won an injunction in London's High Court preventing next week's 48-hour strike.
The postal firm's workers had been set to walk out from 19 October in protest over pensions, wages and jobs.
But the company said the strike would be "unlawful" if the Communication Workers Union (CWU) did not follow disput... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-41601179 |
Moped robbery gang jailed after 100-victim crime spree - BBC News | 2017-10-12 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The gang tried to rob the former chancellor and succeeded in robbing more than 100 people over five days. | London | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. George Osborne was one of the gang's 103 victims
A moped gang that robbed more than 100 people, including an attempted robbery on former chancellor George Osborne, has been jailed.
Claude Parkinson, 18, and two boys aged 16... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-41582001 |
What will Trump do about the Iran nuclear deal? - BBC News | 2017-10-12 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Will it kill the deal if Trump refuses to recertify it, and how might Iran respond? | US & Canada | All the indications are that President Trump will refuse to recertify the present Iran nuclear deal some time before the due date of 15 October. This would light a fuse that could potentially explode the agreement. It raises questions about how Iran will respond. And it creates huge diplomatic difficulties between the ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-41571984 |
Harvey Weinstein: Prosecutors defend lack of action - BBC News | 2017-10-12 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Prosecutors say audio, reportedly of a sting operation against Mr Weinstein, was "insufficient" evidence. | US & Canada | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. It was "an open secret" a producer tells the BBC
Prosecutors have defended their decision not to take action against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein after a woman complained about his behaviour in 2015.
The Manhattan di... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-41587585 |
UK will spend what is needed to prepare for Brexit - No 10 - BBC News | 2017-10-12 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The PM spoke after her chancellor said it was too soon to start spending on plans for "no deal". | UK Politics | The prime minister said she wanted a deal and believed one was achievable
The government will spend whatever is necessary to make sure the UK is ready for Brexit, Downing Street has said.
A No 10 spokesman said £250m of new money had been allocated this year to prepare for leaving the EU, "including the possibility o... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-41583661 |
'I had a cardiac arrest at my sister's wedding' - BBC News | 2017-10-12 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The maid of honour's life was saved by her two cousins, who had just learned how to do CPR. | Health | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Carly (right) walking down the aisle just moments before her collapse
About 10,000 people die each year because bystanders do not know how to do CPR if they see someone in cardiac arrest, the British Heart Foundation says. O... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-41569398 |
Young face growing mortgage debt burden - BBC News | 2017-10-12 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Young first-time buyers are increasing their mortgage debt to tackle short-term financial pressures. | Business | Young first-time buyers are increasing their overall mortgage debt in order to tackle short-term financial pressures.
The average mortgage term is lengthening from the traditional 25 years, according to figures from broker L&C Mortgages.
Its figures show the proportion of new buyers taking out 31 to 35-year mortgages... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-41580087 |
Ten people charged for Louisiana State University hazing death - BBC News | 2017-10-12 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Maxwell Gruver, 18, died after engaging in a drinking game called "Bible study", police say. | US & Canada | Louisiana police have announced arrest warrants for 10 people accused of a role in forcing a university student to drink himself to death last month.
All the suspects are affiliated with the social club that police say 18-year-old Maxwell Gruver was attempting to join when he died.
One Louisiana State University stud... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-41588051 |
Las Vegas shooting: Worker's account raises fresh questions - BBC News | 2017-10-12 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A maintenance man says he told staff to call police before the gunman killed 58 concert-goers. | US & Canada | A hotel worker has said he alerted staff to report a gunman had opened fire before the suspect shot dead 58 people at a Las Vegas music festival.
Stephen Schuck said he was responding to a jammed fire door on the 32nd floor when he heard gunfire and spotted a colleague who had been shot.
He called dispatchers and tol... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-41599529 |
Jeremy Hunt to pledge £20,000 'golden hello' for rural GPs - BBC News | 2017-10-12 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The health secretary is to announce new steps to attract more doctors to the countryside and coast. | Health | Newly-qualified GPs are to be offered a one-off payment of £20,000 if they start their careers in areas that struggle to attract family doctors.
The £4m scheme, to be announced by Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt, aims to boost the numbers of doctors in rural and coastal areas of England.
Mr Hunt said it will help "reduc... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-41590429 |
The companies making bicycles from wood - BBC News | 2017-10-12 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A growing number of firms are crafting bikes using wood, but some cyclists remain wary | Business | Connor Wood makes its bike frames from white ash or black walnut
The forerunner of the bicycle - the laufmaschine or running machine - bears only a passing resemblance to the pedal-bikes we know today.
Invented in 1817, it had no chain and was powered by the rider pushing his feet along the ground in a walking or run... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-41412627 |
Australia jet and navy data stolen in 'extensive' hack - BBC News | 2017-10-12 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Sensitive information about fighter jets and naval vessels was stolen, authorities say. | Australia | The theft included details about Australia's F-35 Joint Strike Fighter programme, authorities said
Sensitive information about Australia's defence programmes has been stolen in an "extensive" cyber hack.
About 30GB of data was compromised in the hack on a government contractor, including details about new fighter pla... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-41590614 |
Harvey Weinstein scandal: Who has accused him of what? - BBC News | 2017-10-12 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A string of actresses have claimed he harassed or assaulted them in hotel rooms and offices. | Entertainment & Arts | Angelina Jolie, Gwyneth Paltrow and Cara Delevingne have all spoken out
Salma Hayek, Rose McGowan and Gwyneth Paltrow are among dozens of women who have come forward with allegations ranging from rape to sexual harassment by movie mogul Harvey Weinstein.
He is currently facing five charges relating to two women in Ne... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-41580010 |
Newspaper headlines: 'Weinstein backlash' as more speak out - BBC News | 2017-10-12 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Thursday's papers continue to cover the allegations against disgraced Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein. | The Papers | British model and actress Cara Delevingne says Mr Weinstein tried to kiss her in a hotel room
Hollywood movie mogul Harvey Weinstein is pictured on several of the front pages once again, as are some of the growing list of women who have alleged that he sexually harassed them.
The Daily Mirror leads on one such accoun... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-the-papers-41590413 |
Are longer mortgages the answer to high property prices? - BBC News | 2017-10-12 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Some young people are taking out up to 40-year mortgages instead of opting for traditional 25-year terms. They tell us why. | UK | Many young first-time buyers are opting for up to 40-year mortgages rather than traditional 25-year terms.
Some people explain why and talk about their experience of the property market.
James Lowrey-English, 26, bought a house with his wife Jessica in Bracknell in 2015.
"When we were offered the 40-year term we wer... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41594765 |
Student fell off Seven Sisters cliff 'posing for photo' - BBC News | 2017-10-12 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The 23-year-old woman fell 200ft to her death while jumping in the air near the cliff edge. | Sussex | Signs warning about the instability of the cliffs are in place approaching the area
A student fell to her death while posing for a photograph on cliffs at Seven Sisters, an inquest heard.
Hyewon Kim, 23, came to the UK to study English and on 22 June took a trip to Cuckmere Haven, East Sussex, alone.
She asked a str... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-41598003 |
Long Lartin: Prison staff 'attacked with pool balls' - BBC News | 2017-10-12 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The Long Lartin disturbance should "ring alarm bells at the most senior level". | Hereford & Worcester | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Emergency crews were seen arriving at the prison
Staff were attacked with pool balls during a disturbance at a high-security prison, the BBC understands.
A total of 81 inmates at HMP Long Lartin in Worcestershire became vio... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hereford-worcester-41588544 |
Ben Affleck apologises for 'groping' MTV host Hilarie Burton - BBC News | 2017-10-12 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Ben Affleck says sorry after criticism for touching MTV presenter Hilarie Burton on air in 2003. | Entertainment & Arts | The incident happened when Ben Affleck appeared on MTV's TRL
Actor Ben Affleck has apologised after being criticised for groping an MTV presenter on air in 2003.
The incident surfaced after he posted condemnation of Harvey Weinstein, who is facing sexual assault allegations.
One Twitter user remembered how Affleck "... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-41589352 |
'Why I want gender-neutral UK passports' - BBC News | 2017-10-12 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A transgender blogger says gender-neutral passports would be a sign of respect. | Newsbeat | Mia Violet says its important everybody is recognised
UK passports currently have "M" or a "F" for people to specify their gender - but what about "X"?
A campaigner has today been given the go-ahead to challenge the government over gender-neutral passports.
Christie Elan-Cane wants there to be an "X" - which stands ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/articles/41567449 |
Asteroid close approach to test warning systems - BBC News | 2017-10-12 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A house-sized asteroid passes close to Earth, allowing scientists to rehearse future strike threats. | Science & Environment | Scientists say the asteroid, shown in this illustration, will safely pass by the Earth
An asteroid the size of a house is passing close to Earth.
The space rock will hurtle past our planet at a distance of about 42,000km (26,000 miles), bringing it within the Moon's orbit and just above the altitude of communication ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-41583704 |
Dover sole 'jumps' down angler's throat in Bournemouth - BBC News | 2017-10-12 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The fish wriggled out of the man's hand as he kissed it in celebration of his catch, causing him to swallow it. | Dorset | The six-inch (14cm) Dover sole (not pictured) wriggled out of the man's hand and jumped into his mouth
An angler had to be resuscitated after accidentally swallowing a fish he had just caught.
The man was kissing the Dover sole in celebration of his catch when the six-inch (14cm) fish wriggled out of his hand and jum... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-dorset-41598493 |
Ninety children taken into care each day, figures show - BBC News | 2017-10-12 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The number of looked-after children reaches a record high, with 90 taken into care every day last year. | Family & Education | Ninety children are being taken into care every day in England and Wales and it's claimed social workers are "firefighting" the most serious cases late into the night.
Prof Ray Jones, who works in social services improvement, says staff fear children slip through the net as they try to keep up with rising pressures.
... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-41581805 |
Branson's Virgin Group invests in Hyperloop One - BBC News | 2017-10-12 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Sir Richard is joining the board of the pod-based US transport company. | Technology | Hyperloop One claims its pod-based system is more "sustainable" than current transport options
The Virgin investment group has taken an undisclosed stake in Hyperloop One, one of several companies trying to create a pod-based transport system.
The terms of the deal have not been disclosed.
Virgin's founder, Sir Rich... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-41595297 |
Queen will not lay Remembrance Sunday wreath - BBC News | 2017-10-12 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The Queen has asked Prince Charles to take her place at the Cenotaph ceremony this year. | UK | It will be the first time the Queen has not laid the wreath since 1999
The Queen will not lay a wreath at the Cenotaph this year as part of the annual Remembrance Sunday ceremony.
She will watch the event on 12 November in Whitehall from the balcony of the Foreign Office with Prince Philip.
Prince Charles will take ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41588578 |
Jeremy Hunt: Is government on track with more GPs promise? - BBC News | 2017-10-12 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The health secretary promised 5,000 more GPs by 2020. | Health | The majority of most people's contact with the NHS is with GPs
Addressing a room full of doctors, Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt reminded the audience of his promise in 2015 that there would be 5,000 more general practitioners working in the NHS in England by 2020.
We're halfway to Mr Hunt's deadline - so how is the go... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-41596947 |
Trump threatens broadcaster NBC after nuclear report - BBC News | 2017-10-12 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The president takes aim at NBC after it reported he wanted a tenfold increase in atomic weapons. | US & Canada | President Trump criticised NBC's report as he welcomed Canada's prime minister to the White House
US President Donald Trump has raised the prospect of challenging media licences for NBC News and other news networks after unfavourable reports.
He took aim at NBC, which made him a star on The Apprentice, after it repor... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-41584194 |
Harvey Weinstein: Did everyone really know? - BBC News | 2017-10-13 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Lots of people have said the producer's alleged harassment and abuse was "an open secret". How open? | Entertainment & Arts | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. "It was an open secret" a producer tells the BBC
When actor Seth MacFarlane announced the Oscar nominations for best supporting actress in 2013, he cracked a now infamous joke: "Congratulations, you five ladies no longer hav... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-41593384 |
Battles ahead for EU bill - BBC News | 2017-10-13 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The government's EU repeal bill faces a tough passage through Parliament. | Parliaments | They seek it here, they seek it there - but the centrepiece of the government's Brexit legislation, the EU (Withdrawal) Bill, seems to have gone into hiding.
Most Westminster observers expected the Commons to embark on eight days of detailed debate, in Committee of the Whole House, pretty much as soon as their confere... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-parliaments-41607238 |
Formula One teams' costs rocket after rules changes - BBC News | 2017-10-13 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Formula One teams' costs have soared after rules changes designed to make for closer competition. | Business | Next weekend Britain's Lewis Hamilton could secure his fourth Formula One title at the United States Grand Prix.
His Mercedes team is a staggering 145 points ahead of arch-rivals Ferrari despite the sport introducing rules this year which aimed to put the brakes on the dominance of a single outfit. They came at a heft... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-41610963 |
Review: Bruce Springsteen's 'intimate and personal' Broadway debut - BBC News | 2017-10-13 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The singer starts a 16-week engagement in New York with a 'intimate and personal' show. | Entertainment & Arts | Springsteen's wife Patti Scialfa joins him on stage for two songs in the show
Bruce Springsteen is breaking box-office records with his one-man show, Springsteen on Broadway.
The rock star made $2.3m (£1.8m) in his first week of previews, behind only Hamilton and Hello, Dolly! - which both played more shows in the sa... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-41594894 |
Ipswich Town Football Club raiders had food fight - BBC News | 2017-10-13 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The intruders stole giant plasma television screens from inside Ipswich Town's ground, police say. | Suffolk | Ipswich Town Football Club's Portman Road ground was broken into twice
Thieves who broke into a football stadium and stole giant TVs raided fridges to stage a food fight with frozen cheesecakes.
Police said the break-ins at Ipswich Town Football Club's Portman Road ground took place overnight on Saturday and in the e... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-suffolk-41609231 |
Brexit talks doomed? Not so fast... - BBC News | 2017-10-13 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Michel Barnier used dramatic language but it's too soon to think it means that the whole process is doomed. | UK Politics | "Deadlock!". "L'impasse". "Quelle Horreur". You can hear the cries from across the Channel, and the cages of the City rattling in fear, as Michel Barnier's language took a dramatic turn at this morning's press conference, painting the Brexit talks as at a brick wall.
True, not even Brexit's biggest cheerleader could c... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-41598453 |
Security guard in Tesco Extra Reading roof protest - BBC News | 2017-10-13 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Adama Jammeh, who says he was falsely accused of stealing, tells the BBC "I'm still surviving up here". | Berkshire | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Adama Jammeh told the BBC "every day I'm more angry"
A security guard who claims he was sacked from Tesco after being wrongly accused of stealing has spent the night in the supermarket's roof space.
Adama Jammeh has been on... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-berkshire-41600332 |
How do you build the next-generation internet? - BBC News | 2017-10-13 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | What will it take to build the ultra-fast internet of the future? | Science & Environment | Scientists are now developing an ultra-fast quantum internet that will be partly based on light
Imagine super-fast computers that can solve problems much quicker than machines today. These "quantum computers" are being developed in laboratories around the world. But scientists have already taken the next step, and are... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-41570933 |
Private parking tickets woman declared bankrupt - BBC News | 2017-10-13 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | She was ordered by a sheriff to pay £24,500 after repeatedly ignoring hundreds of tickets. | Tayside and Central Scotland | Carly Mackie had ignored hundreds of private parking notices
A Dundee woman ordered to pay a private parking company £24,500 in unpaid charges has been declared bankrupt.
Carly Mackie had ignored hundreds of parking tickets for leaving her car at Dundee's Waterfront without a permit.
Ms Mackie, 29, who now lives in ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-41608064 |
Where are all the women in economics? - BBC News | 2017-10-13 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Just 13% of US academic economists are women - and only one has won the Nobel Prize in economics. Why are women so under-represented in the profession? | Business | We hear a lot about the under-representation of women in so-called STEM fields - science, technology, engineering and maths.
But the proportion of women in economics is by some measures smaller.
In the US, only about 13% of academic economists in permanent posts are women; in the UK the proportion is only slightly be... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-41571333 |
Security guard's Tesco Reading roof protest ends after 21 hours - BBC News | 2017-10-13 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Sacked guard receives a letter from Tesco saying he may have suffered "a significant injustice". | Berkshire | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Adama Jammeh was led out of the store by police officers shortly before 15:00 BST
A sacked security guard's 21-hour protest in the roof space of a Tesco store has ended after he received a letter to review his dismissal.
Ad... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-berkshire-41611688 |
Linkin Park singer in posthumous Carpool Karaoke show - BBC News | 2017-10-13 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Chester Bennington filmed the Carpool Karaoke episode six days before his death in July. | Entertainment & Arts | Chester Bennington (front right) in Apple Music's Carpool Karaoke days before his death in July
An episode of Carpool Karaoke starring Linkin Park - recorded less than a week before lead singer Chester Bennington killed himself - has been released.
The 23-minute episode is being streamed for free on Facebook with the... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-41602010 |
Fake holiday sickness couple from Wallasey jailed - BBC News | 2017-10-13 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A judge warns other holidaymakers making bogus sickness compensation claims to expect jail terms. | Liverpool | The couple boasted about their holiday on social media
A "greedy" couple made "fake" holiday sickness compensation claims while boasting about holidays full of "sun, laughter and fun", a court heard.
Deborah Briton, 53, and partner Paul Roberts, 43, were jailed at Liverpool Crown Court after admitting fraud.
They tr... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-41609527 |
Bethnal Green sex assaults: Girl attacked three times in hour - BBC News | 2017-10-13 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Police say the teenager, who was on her way home from a night out, may have been drugged. | London | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Police released CCTV of men they want to trace
A teenage girl was sexually assaulted by three different men within an hour as she walked home from a night out.
Police said the 17-year-old was attacked in Bethnal Green, east... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-41605935 |
Baby loss: 'People sharing stories is the biggest comfort' - BBC News | 2017-10-13 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Stillbirths are rarely spoken about. But insights from those who have navigated the heartbreaking experience can help parents come to terms with their grief. | Magazine | Stillbirth is rarely spoken about. But insights from those who have navigated the heartbreaking experience can help parents come to terms with their grief.
A new website, Stillbirth Stories, which collects detailed interviews with mothers, fathers and clinicians, has been launched to coincide with Baby Loss Awareness ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-41588548 |
Santa Rosa and Napa wildfire destruction from above - BBC News | 2017-10-13 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Satellite and aerial images reveal devastation, as death toll rises 40. | US & Canada | Deadly wildfires in northern California have destroyed more than 3,500 buildings and forced 25,000 people to leave their homes.
Firefighters are still battling the fires which have at least 40 dead and left scars across 170,000 acres (265 square miles) of land. Satellite images show the extent of the around the city o... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-41603474 |
Samsung Electronics CEO resigns over 'unprecedented crisis' - BBC News | 2017-10-13 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Kwon Oh-hyun said the company was facing an "unprecedented crisis inside out". | Business | It is the latest management upheaval at the firm after the heir of the entire Samsung Group was imprisoned for corruption in August.
Mr Kwon is one of three co-chief executives of Samsung Electronics.
His resignation comes on the same day the firm forecast record quarterly profits, citing higher memory chip prices.
... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-41604860 |
California wildfires: Death toll climbs to 31 - BBC News | 2017-10-13 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The fires raging across northern wine counties are now the state's deadliest in 84 years. | US & Canada | Fire crews battle the fast-moving flames near the evacuated town of Calistoga
The number of people confirmed dead in wildfires sweeping northern California has climbed to 31, as officials warned that conditions would worsen.
Hundreds of people remain missing as at least 22 fires rampaged across the state's famous win... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-41604743 |
Will fashion brand Marchesa be tainted by Weinstein scandal? - BBC News | 2017-10-13 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The label run by Harvey Weinstein's wife is under pressure after sexual assault allegations against the Hollywood producer. | Newsbeat | As allegations of sexual assault mount up against Harvey Weinstein, his wife of 10 years has left him.
British fashion designer Georgina Chapman said her "heart breaks" for all the women who suffered pain because of him.
The Hollywood producer's been accused of inappropriate behaviour by a number of actresses, includ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/articles/41600214 |
Uber lodges appeal over London ban - BBC News | 2017-10-13 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The ride-hailing firm files an appeal after being denied a licence to operate in the capital. | Business | Some 3.5 million passengers and 40,000 drivers use the Uber app in London
Uber has filed an appeal against the decision by London authorities to deny it a licence to operate in London.
Last month, Transport for London (TfL) refused Uber a new private hire licence, saying the ride-hailing firm was not fit and proper.
... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-41606965 |
Newspaper headlines: Brexit 'deadlock', and Weinstein claims - BBC News | 2017-10-13 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Friday's papers report on the latest round of Brexit talks and more claims against media mogul Harvey Weinstein. | The Papers | Philip Hammond's role as chancellor is challenged by some of the papers
The Daily Telegraph says the prime minister has been forced to put her Brexit plans on hold because of what it calls a "potentially disastrous" Tory rebellion.
According to the paper, the government has delayed parliamentary scrutiny of the EU Wi... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-the-papers-41604236 |
Why fatbergs present challenges for us all - BBC News | 2017-10-13 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The BBC's science editor has been up close and personal with a gigantic lump of waste. | Science & Environment | A difficult and disgusting operation to clear London's largest "fatberg" from a London sewer raises a number of issues about our approach to waste disposal.
Fatbergs are not natural - they are creatures of the modern age - and the blockages they cause can lead to raw sewage flowing up into shops, offices and people's ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-41608863 |
Meet some of the UK's oldest university students - BBC News | 2017-10-13 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | In your 70s and 80s? Time to start university, say the second-chance students. | Family & Education | Freshers' fair? Maureen, a 79-year-old law student, says she had a great time socialising
What does a student look like?
Forget the stereotypes. Think of diversity in a different way. And meet some of the country's oldest undergraduates.
Maureen Matthews is starting a three-year law degree at the tender age of 79.
... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-41573213 |
Birmingham Islamic faith school guilty of sex discrimination - BBC News | 2017-10-13 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Appeal judges say Ofsted failed to identify the problem in schools across the country earlier. | Birmingham & Black Country | Anti-segregation protestors gathered outside the court at an earlier hearing
An Islamic faith school's policy of segregating boys and girls is unlawful sex discrimination, a court has ruled.
The case was heard at the Court of Appeal as Ofsted challenged a High Court ruling clearing the Al-Hijrah school in Birmingham ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-41609861 |
'I had a cardiac arrest at my sister's wedding' - BBC News | 2017-10-13 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The maid of honour's life was saved by her two cousins, who had just learned how to do CPR. | Health | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Carly (right) walking down the aisle just moments before her collapse
About 10,000 people die each year because bystanders do not know how to do CPR if they see someone in cardiac arrest, the British Heart Foundation says. O... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-41569398 |
7 days quiz: What is Dolly's latest venture for kids? - BBC News | 2017-10-13 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | 7 days quiz: It's the weekly news quiz - have you been paying attention to what's been going on in the world over the past seven days? | Magazine | It's the weekly news quiz - have you been paying attention to what's been going on in the world over the past seven days?
If you missed last week's quiz, try it here
Join the conversation - find us on Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat and Twitter | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-41596397 |
Harvey Weinstein: US actress Rose McGowan makes rape allegation - BBC News | 2017-10-13 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | An Amazon Studio executive is put on leave of absence after being accused of ignoring her allegation. | Entertainment & Arts | Harvey Weinstein and Rose McGowan appeared at a premiere for the film Grindhouse in 2007
The scandal deluging Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein has deepened after US actress Rose McGowan publicly accused him of raping her.
In a series of tweets, McGowan also accused Amazon Studio chief Roy Price of having ignored h... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-41606140 |
'First female nipple' broadcast in daytime TV advert for breast cancer - BBC News | 2017-10-13 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The advertisement for breast cancer awareness was seen on TV on Friday and will be fully broadcast on Monday. | UK | The CoppaFeel! advert encourages people to check themselves for signs of breast cancer
The first advertisement to appear on UK daytime television with a female nipple fully visible has been broadcast, with the full advert being shown on Monday.
Created for the CoppaFeel! charity, it is being shown during Breast Cance... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41611952 |
Tim Cahill: Australia forward's goal celebration prompts 'sponsor' debate - BBC News | 2017-10-13 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Australia's football association will not take action against Tim Cahill after it was claimed he used a goal celebration to promote a sponsor. | Australia | Australia's football association will not take action against Tim Cahill after it was claimed he used a goal celebration to promote a sponsor.
The striker made a "T" sign after scoring for Australia in the World Cup qualifying win over Syria on Wednesday.
In a now-deleted Instagram post, a travel agency hailed the ge... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-41590623 |
Las Vegas shooting: Worker's account raises fresh questions - BBC News | 2017-10-13 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A maintenance man says he told staff to call police before the gunman killed 58 concert-goers. | US & Canada | A hotel worker has said he alerted staff to report a gunman had opened fire before the suspect shot dead 58 people at a Las Vegas music festival.
Stephen Schuck said he was responding to a jammed fire door on the 32nd floor when he heard gunfire and spotted a colleague who had been shot.
He called dispatchers and tol... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-41599529 |
Brexit: EU 'to prepare' for future trade talks with UK - BBC News | 2017-10-13 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A draft paper seen by the BBC suggests the EU is getting ready for the second phase of negotiations. | UK Politics | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Michel Barnier said there was "deadlock" over the UK's Brexit bill
The EU is to begin preparing for its post-Brexit trade negotiations with the UK, while refusing to discuss the matter with the British government.
An intern... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-41604675 |
Why is this Indian giving $200m to Florida? - BBC News | 2017-10-13 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Kiran Patel's gift to a Florida university is a new high in philanthropy by Indian-Americans. | US & Canada | The Patels about to get on their plane
A cohort of Indian-Americans who have made their fortune in the US are increasingly turning to large-scale philanthropy. Kiran Patel's giant gift to a Florida university is the new high-water mark.
Every day at school, eight-year-old Kiran Patel would watch longingly as his youn... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-41587429 |
Palestinian unity deal: Gazans hope for end to feud - BBC News | 2017-10-13 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A Fatah-Hamas deal to end a decade-long rift is welcomed by Gazans, but many are wary of the future. | Middle East | Joy for now, but will the truce deal last?
Some Palestinians have been taking to the streets of Gaza to celebrate the new reconciliation deal agreed by their rival political factions, Hamas and Fatah.
Others I speak to are more cautious, but desperately hope an end is in sight to a decade-long feud they feel has dama... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-41601251 |
Moors Murders: Judge rules on Ian Brady body disposal - BBC News | 2017-10-13 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Moors Murderer Ian Brady died five months ago but his remains have yet to be disposed of. | Manchester | Moors Murderer Ian Brady's remains must be disposed of with "no music and no ceremony", a High Court judge has ruled.
Two councils asked the judge to step in to ensure the disposal of the serial killer's body did not cause "offence and distress" to his victims' families.
Sir Geoffrey Vos said Brady's executor had fai... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-41609522 |
Liberia election: Ex-football star George Weah takes early lead - BBC News | 2017-10-13 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Partial results put George Weah ahead in the race to choose a successor to Ellen Johnson Sirleaf. | Africa | George Weah is senator for Montserrado County in Liberia
Partial results from Liberia's presidential election show former football star George Weah has taken an early lead.
Figures from the National Elections Commission (NEC) put Mr Weah ahead in 11 out of 15 counties, although most votes have yet to be counted.
His... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-41604740 |
Student fell off Seven Sisters cliff 'posing for photo' - BBC News | 2017-10-13 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The 23-year-old woman fell 200ft to her death while jumping in the air near the cliff edge. | Sussex | Signs warning about the instability of the cliffs are in place approaching the area
A student fell to her death while posing for a photograph on cliffs at Seven Sisters, an inquest heard.
Hyewon Kim, 23, came to the UK to study English and on 22 June took a trip to Cuckmere Haven, East Sussex, alone.
She asked a str... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-41598003 |
BCC: 'Robust' manufacturing fails to boost UK growth - BBC News | 2017-10-13 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The British Chambers of Commerce says while manufacturing is robust, there are concerns over services. | Business | The UK economy grew at a muted rate in the third quarter of 2017 despite progress in the manufacturing sector, the British Chambers of Commerce says.
The number of manufacturers reporting improved domestic sales and orders rose in the quarter to its highest level since early 2015, the BCC said.
Export sales and order... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-41601454 |
Australia skydiving: Three dead after 'mid-air collision' - BBC News | 2017-10-13 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Police say the skydivers may have collided mid-air and their parachutes failed to deploy correctly. | Australia | Mission Beach is a popular stopover for backpackers travelling along the Queensland coast
Three skydivers have died in Queensland after they apparently collided mid-air, say Australian authorities.
Paramedics and police were called to Mission Beach, a popular skydiving spot about 140km (87 miles) south of Cairns.
Tw... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-41607101 |
Prince Harry calls for regular HIV and Aids testing - BBC News | 2017-10-13 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The prince was accepting an honour on his mother's behalf at the Attitude magazine awards in London. | UK | The award was presented by Ian Walker and Julian La Bastide, who had both met the princess
Prince Harry has paid tribute to his late mother's work in raising awareness of HIV and Aids, and urged more people to "embrace regular testing".
The prince was speaking at the Attitude magazine awards, where Princess Diana was... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41604668 |
Penguins die in 'catastrophic' Antarctic breeding season - BBC News | 2017-10-13 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Only two chicks survived in a colony of 36,000 in a "catastrophic" breeding season in east Antarctica. | Science & Environment | It is the second catastrophic season for the southern penguins in five years
All but two Adelie penguin chicks have starved to death in their east Antarctic colony, in a breeding season described as "catastrophic" by experts.
It was caused by unusually high amounts of ice late in the season, meaning adults had to tra... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-41608722 |
'Psychotic nympho' Halloween outfit criticised by psychiatrists - BBC News | 2017-10-13 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Psychiatrists say the outfit stigmatises mental illness and is "one of the worst" they have seen. | UK | A fancy dress company has been criticised by psychiatrists for selling a Halloween costume they say stigmatises mental illnesses.
Escapade's "psychotic nympho" dress has straitjacket sleeves, a lace-up collar and optional face paint for the "seductive goth" look.
The Royal College of Psychiatrists said it was one of ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41606854 |
Harvey Weinstein: 'Business as usual' at Weinstein Co, brother insists - BBC News | 2017-10-13 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Harvey Weinstein's brother Bob insists their production company is not facing closure or sale. | US & Canada | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. On some red carpets, Harvey Weinstein is not a welcome subject
Harvey Weinstein's brother, Bob, has denied media reports that the film production company they co-founded could be closed or sold.
"Our banks, partners and sha... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-41617349 |
Crocodile attack suspected in search for Australian woman - BBC News | 2017-10-13 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Police searching for a missing woman with dementia say they have found human remains. | Australia | Police searching for a missing woman in Australia say she is likely to have been killed by a crocodile.
Anne Cameron, 79, was reported missing from a nursing home near the Queensland town of Port Douglas on Tuesday.
Clothes and a walking stick bearing the name of Ms Cameron, who suffers from dementia, were found next... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-41590621 |
Dover sole 'jumps' down angler's throat in Bournemouth - BBC News | 2017-10-13 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The fish wriggled out of the man's hand as he kissed it in celebration of his catch, causing him to swallow it. | Dorset | The six-inch (14cm) Dover sole (not pictured) wriggled out of the man's hand and jumped into his mouth
An angler had to be resuscitated after accidentally swallowing a fish he had just caught.
The man was kissing the Dover sole in celebration of his catch when the six-inch (14cm) fish wriggled out of his hand and jum... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-dorset-41598493 |
Philip Hammond says his remarks were a poor choice of words - BBC News | 2017-10-13 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The chancellor later tweeted that his comments were a "poor choice of words". | Business | The chancellor has labelled the European Union's Brexit negotiators as "the enemy" - a remark he subsequently described as a "poor choice of words".
During a television interview, Philip Hammond also called the negotiators "the opponents" and said they should "behave like grown-ups".
But he tweeted later: "I was maki... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-41608243 |
The UK city where sex work is banned, but hasn't stopped - BBC News | 2017-10-13 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Hull is the UK's only city to have banned sex workers from its red light district. The council says the policy is working. An ex-sex worker disagrees. | Magazine | Hull is the UK's only city to have banned sex workers from its red light district, effectively making prostitution illegal. The council says the policy is working, but Millie, who once worked on the streets herself, says it increases the danger for the women involved.
Sex work "slithered" into Millie's life when she w... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-41533411 |
Jeremy Hunt: Is government on track with more GPs promise? - BBC News | 2017-10-13 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The health secretary promised 5,000 more GPs by 2020. | Health | The majority of most people's contact with the NHS is with GPs
Addressing a room full of doctors, Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt reminded the audience of his promise in 2015 that there would be 5,000 more general practitioners working in the NHS in England by 2020.
We're halfway to Mr Hunt's deadline - so how is the go... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-41596947 |
Battles ahead for EU bill - BBC News | 2017-10-14 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The government's EU repeal bill faces a tough passage through Parliament. | Parliaments | They seek it here, they seek it there - but the centrepiece of the government's Brexit legislation, the EU (Withdrawal) Bill, seems to have gone into hiding.
Most Westminster observers expected the Commons to embark on eight days of detailed debate, in Committee of the Whole House, pretty much as soon as their confere... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-parliaments-41607238 |
Formula One teams' costs rocket after rules changes - BBC News | 2017-10-14 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Formula One teams' costs have soared after rules changes designed to make for closer competition. | Business | Next weekend Britain's Lewis Hamilton could secure his fourth Formula One title at the United States Grand Prix.
His Mercedes team is a staggering 145 points ahead of arch-rivals Ferrari despite the sport introducing rules this year which aimed to put the brakes on the dominance of a single outfit. They came at a heft... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-41610963 |
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