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Somali bomb victims: Searching for clues - BBC News | 2017-10-18 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A Facebook page is helping to identify those killed or missing in Somalia's deadliest terror attack in a decade. | Africa | A Facebook page has been set up to help identify the victims of Somalia's deadliest terror attack in a decade as well as those still missing.
A lorry full of explosives destroyed hotels, government offices and restaurants at a busy junction in the capital, Mogadishu, killing at least 281 people and injuring another 30... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-41652817 |
'How I got my children back' - BBC News | 2017-10-18 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | When Archie was taken into care, the Family Drug and Alcohol Court sought to reunite him with his father. | UK | John was devastated when his son Archie was taken into care
When John's son was placed into care at birth he was distraught - his drug abuse had been the cause. But with the help of a family court focused on reuniting children with their parents, his life began to change.
"Not only was I using heroin, I was using cra... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41633731 |
Bodyform advert replaces blue liquid with red 'blood' - BBC News | 2017-10-18 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Bodyform has ditched the blue liquid, saying it wants to confront the taboos about periods. | BBC News Services | Bodyform has become the first brand in the UK to feature sanitary pads stained with red liquid, rather than blue, in its adverts.
Parent company Essity said it wanted to confront taboos surrounding periods.
The firm says research found 74% of people wanted to see more honest representation in adverts.
Bodyform's vid... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41666280 |
The winemaker who battles temperatures as low as -25C - BBC News | 2017-10-18 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | How Canadian winemaker Norman Hardie is able to make award-winning wines, despite winter temperatures so cold it can kill his vines. | Business | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. How the wines of Canadian winemaker Norman Hardie are winning fans around the world.
With winter temperatures regularly dipping below -25C at his vineyard, winemaker Norman Hardie definitely didn't choose an easy place to gr... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-41167977 |
What Sean Hughes wanted to happen after his death - BBC News | 2017-10-18 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The comic, who died on Monday, wrote a poignant poem about his own death back in the 1990s. | Entertainment & Arts | A poem about death written by comedian Sean Hughes 23 years ago has resurfaced on social media as a poignant tribute.
The poem, published in Sean's Book in 1994, is titled Death and lays out a list of things he wanted to happen after he passed away.
He said he wanted people at his funeral to "have a laugh, a dance, m... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-41651280 |
Tesco to start selling green satsumas and clementines - BBC News | 2017-10-18 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Supermarket says it will cut food waste by selling the green citrus fruit instead of rejecting them. | Business | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.
Tesco has announced it will start selling green satsumas and clementines, as part of plans to cut food waste.
The supermarket chain says the green oranges are "perfectly ripe" and will be as sweet as orange-coloured ones.
... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-41665946 |
Trump's latest travel ban blocked by second federal judge - BBC News | 2017-10-18 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A judge says the policy "suffers from precisely the same maladies as its predecessor". | US & Canada | A woman (middle) travelling from Jordan on a Yemeni passport arrives in Los Angeles, California
US President Donald Trump's latest bid to impose travel restrictions on citizens from eight countries entering the US has suffered a court defeat.
A federal judge slapped a temporary restraining order on the open-ended ban... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-41659724 |
Emile Cilliers trial: Parachute 'sabotage' possible in five minutes - BBC News | 2017-10-18 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Army sergeant Emile Cilliers denies attempting to kill his wife by tampering with her parachute. | Wiltshire | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Video shown in court to display how accused man could have tampered with wife's parachute
Jurors in the trial of a man accused of tampering with his wife's parachute have been shown videos of how the alleged sabotage could h... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-wiltshire-41671630 |
YouTube star Casey Neistat criticises video site's leaders - BBC News | 2017-10-18 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Award-winning vlogger Casey Neistat claims video creators could leave the service en masse. | Technology | Mr Neistat suggests YouTube's community of creators acts as a defence against online competitors
One of YouTube's most influential vloggers has chastised the service's leaders, claiming they are failing many of their most popular video creators.
Specifically, Casey Neistat criticised the way the platform had made it ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-41666049 |
Jennifer Lawrence: I was placed in 'nude line-up' - BBC News | 2017-10-18 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The Oscar-winning actress also said she was told to lose weight at Elle's Women in Hollywood event | Entertainment & Arts | Jennifer Lawrence speaking at Elle's Women in Hollywood event in Los Angeles
Jennifer Lawrence has said she was made to stand in a nude line-up and told to lose weight by film producers at the start of her career.
Speaking at Elle's Women in Hollywood event, the 27-year-old said she felt she didn't have any power in ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-41664809 |
Xi Jinping: 'Time for China to take centre stage' - BBC News | 2017-10-18 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The president tells the Communist Party congress it is time for China to "take centre stage". | China | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. BBC China editor Carrie Gracie has a look at the Communist Party messages all over Beijing
China has entered a "new era" where it should "take centre stage in the world", President Xi Jinping says.
The country's rapid progr... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-41647872 |
MI5 boss Andrew Parker warns of 'intense’ terror threat - BBC News | 2017-10-18 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Andrew Parker says there is "more terrorist activity coming at us" and it can be "harder to detect". | UK | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. MI5 chief Andrew Parker: 'Over 3,000 extremists in the UK'
The UK's intelligence services are facing an "intense" challenge from terrorism, the head of MI5 has warned.
Andrew Parker said there was currently "more terrorist ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41655488 |
The big cases Crimewatch helped solve - BBC News | 2017-10-18 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | After 33 years on our screens, the BBC programme helped solve numerous police investigations. | UK | The team on Crimewatch have been working with the public to solve cases for 33 years
After 33 years of appeals and reconstructions, Crimewatch will be hanging up its phone lines for the last time as the BBC axes the ground-breaking programme.
The BBC One institution called on the public to help solve some of the UK's... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41649334 |
Lady Somerleyton loses heirloom pendant in Morrisons supermarket - BBC News | 2017-10-18 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The emerald and diamond pendant was being worn by Lady Somerleyton on the day she visited the supermarket. | Suffolk | The pendant was lost after its owner went shopping at Morrisons and visited a nearby town
A "family heirloom" has been lost after its aristocrat owner wore the emerald and diamond pendant on a shopping trip to a Morrisons supermarket.
Lady Somerleyton returned from buying groceries at the store in Pakefield near her ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-suffolk-41666690 |
The artist making 'new' Warhol paintings, 30 years after his death - BBC News | 2017-10-18 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Paul Stephenson has used exactly the same methods and materials - so can they be called Warhols? | Entertainment & Arts | Paul Stephenson working on his recreation of Warhol's Chairman Mao portrait
Is it possible to create new paintings by Andy Warhol, 30 years after his death? Warhol got other people to do most of the work first time around - and now a British artist has recreated some of his most famous works using exactly the same met... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-41634496 |
Trump cites chief-of-staff Kelly's dead son to attack Obama - BBC News | 2017-10-18 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Mr Trump suggests his predecessor failed to call John Kelly's family after their son was killed. | US & Canada | Mr Kelly's son was a Marine who died in Afghanistan in 2010
US President Donald Trump has suggested that President Barack Obama did not call his chief of staff's family when their son was killed in Afghanistan.
Mr Trump alluded to General John Kelly's son while defending his claim that his predecessor neglected to ca... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-41658819 |
Tragically Hip singer Gord Downie has died at 53 - BBC News | 2017-10-18 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The Canadian band's singer passes away at the age of 53 after a battle with terminal cancer. | US & Canada | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Justin Trudeau: "We lost one of the very best of us"
Canadian rock band Tragically Hip's frontman Gord Downie has died following a battle with brain cancer. He was 53.
The gifted lyricist - who was dubbed the country's unof... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-41669610 |
Divorce numbers for opposite-sex couples highest since 2009 - BBC News | 2017-10-18 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The number rose 5.8% in 2016 among opposite-sex couples - the biggest year-on-year jump since 1985. | UK | The number of divorces last year in England and Wales was the highest since 2009, official figures show.
There were 106,959 divorces of opposite-sex couples in 2016 - an increase of 5.8% from 2015. It was the biggest year-on-year rise since 1985, when there was a jump of 10.9%.
Of 112 divorces of same-sex couples in ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41669400 |
Bill on emergency workers assaults passes first stage - BBC News | 2017-10-18 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | MPs consider private members' bills - the first is a bill designed to create a specific offence to attack emergency workers which passes its first stage in the Commons. | Parliaments | The Parental Bereavement Bill is given its second reading - MPs do not divide but show their approval by voicing "aye".
The House moves onto the Health and Social Care (National Data Guardian) Bill which is proposed by Conservative MP Peter Bone.
There is little time to discuss the bill, however, and at 2.30pm, MPs m... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-politics-parliaments-41637032 |
Ed Sheeran cancels Asia tour dates after cycling accident - BBC News | 2017-10-18 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The star calls off seven dates in Asia after suffering multiple fractures in a bicycle accident. | Entertainment & Arts | Sheeran headlined Glastonbury earlier this year, and is due to play four dates at Wembley Stadium next summer
Ed Sheeran says he is "unable to perform live concerts for the immediate future" after breaking his arm in a cycling accident.
The star came off his bike, reportedly after being struck by a car, at the weeken... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-41663800 |
Dyslexia link to eye spots confusing brain, say scientists - BBC News | 2017-10-18 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Experts say the findings are exciting but unlikely to explain the causes for all dyslexia. | Health | People with dyslexia have difficulty learning to read, write or spell
French scientists say they may have found a potential cause of dyslexia which could be treatable, hidden in tiny cells in the human eye.
In a small study they found that most dyslexics had dominant round spots in both eyes - rather than in just one... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-41666320 |
Parsons Green Tube stabbing: Victim named as Omid Saidy - BBC News | 2017-10-18 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Omid Saidy was fatally wounded in the attack outside Parsons Green Tube station. | London | Omid Saidy was stabbed to death outside Parsons Green Tube
A man killed outside Parsons Green Tube station was stabbed after confronting a drug dealer, Scotland Yard has said.
Omid Saidy was fatally wounded and two others were injured in the attack on Monday night.
The 20-year-old from Fulham died after confronting ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-41655350 |
Newspaper headlines: No deal Brexit plans and 'rip-off' mobiles - BBC News | 2017-10-19 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | David Davis is planning for no deal on Brexit talks, and millions overcharged for mobiles feature on Friday's front pages. | The Papers | Editors offer a different view of the Brexit talks with their choice of photographs.
The Daily Telegraph's front page shows Theresa May, flanked on either side by Angela Merkel and Emmanuel Macron.
They face Mrs May with their hands cupped over their mouths. "The whispering campaign," the paper calls it.
A similar p... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-the-papers-41689097 |
Five reasons Trump's widow story stings - BBC News | 2017-10-19 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The BBC's Anthony Zurcher assesses the damage to Donald Trump in the condolence row affair. | US & Canada | Sgt Johnson's widow with his coffin at Miami International Airport
The Donald Trump condolence-call story is a White House headache that shows no signs of abating.
It started badly for the president, as he responded to a question about US military casualties in Niger by questioning how his predecessors dealt with the... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-41674735 |
Crime figures: Is violence rising? - BBC News | 2017-10-19 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Crime statistics are regularly disputed so here's what the numbers mean. | UK | Whether crime is rising or falling is hugely important. It can affect how much is spent on policing and other related services, even how people vote. But working out what is happening is not an exact science.
When we talk about crime rates in England and Wales we usually look at two things:
And those two sources ofte... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41149778 |
Universal credit: My five-year-old searched bins for food - BBC News | 2017-10-19 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Some people are left near-destitute due to flaws in the benefits system, the Victoria Derbyshire programme is told. | UK | Anna says she had to visit a food bank after the changes to her benefits left her without any money.
MPs voted overwhelmingly on Wednesday to back a Labour demand for the controversial universal credit scheme to be put on hold but Tory MPs abstained. The Victoria Derbyshire programme has been told some people are bein... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41651684 |
Theresa May to scrap universal credit helpline charges - BBC News | 2017-10-19 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | But PM rejects Labour's calls to pause the new benefit's roll-out as she loses symbolic Commons vote. | UK Politics | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Speaking in September 2017, claimants told the BBC about the problems they faced
People will be able to call the government's universal credit helpline without being charged, within weeks.
Prime Minister Theresa May said sh... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-41659504 |
'Handful of changes' make cancer - BBC News | 2017-10-19 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | It takes between one and 10 mutations to turn a healthy cell cancerous. | Health | British scientists have worked out how many changes it takes to transform a healthy cell into a cancer.
The team, at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, showed the answer was a tiny handful, between one and 10 mutations depending on the type of tumour.
It has been one of the most hotly debated issues in cancer scien... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-41644020 |
Warning over stag selfies with Wollaton Park deer - BBC News | 2017-10-19 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A wildlife photographer says one man posed behind a stag's antlers at Wollaton Park in Nottingham. | Nottingham | Wollaton Park said it is "extremely dangerous" to approach the deer
Visitors to a park have been warned they are putting themselves in danger by posing for selfies with deer.
The herd of 80 red deer and 120 fallow deer roam freely in Wollaton Park, Nottingham.
Wildlife photographer Ted Shillitto said he saw people "... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-41682441 |
Bletchley Park quiz - Are you a codebreaker? - BBC News | 2017-10-19 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | As a Bletchley Park book of brainteasers is released, test your knowledge of the home of WW2 codebreakers. | England | One of the successful stocking-fillers of last Christmas was the GCHQ puzzle book, which allowed mere mortals to wrestle with fiendish conundrums produced by the folk at the intelligence and security organisation. Jumping on the brilliance bandwagon this year is Bletchley Park Brainteasers.
Try our combination of triv... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-41609763 |
White House chief of staff John Kelly defends Trump over widow remarks - BBC News | 2017-10-19 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Gen John Kelly says he is "broken-hearted" by a lawmaker's criticism of Mr Trump's condolence call. | US & Canada | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.
The White House chief of staff has launched an impassioned attack on a "selfish" congresswoman who said President Trump made a war widow cry.
General John Kelly said he was "broken-hearted" by the Democrat's criticism of th... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-41688684 |
One in four people 'trapped in low paid jobs' - BBC News | 2017-10-19 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The Social Mobility Commission says low pay is "endemic" in the UK. | Business | In Britain, a lot of low paid workers are permanently stuck in poorly paid jobs
A quarter of low paid workers are permanently stuck in poorly paid jobs in the UK with little chance of earning more, according to new research.
The Social Mobility Commission said low pay was "endemic" in the UK, with women more likely t... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-41669991 |
Reality Check: Is it legal to tax old people more? - BBC News | 2017-10-19 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The chancellor is tipped to include measures to help young people in his budget, at the expense of older taxpayers. | UK | In November, the man who holds the UK's purse-strings will announce how the nation's money will be spent in the year ahead. And rumours have begun flying about potential cuts and giveaways in the pipeline.
Among these, Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond is rumoured to be planning a reduced rate of National Ins... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-41656117 |
Newspaper headlines: PM pledge and FA chiefs 'urged to resign' - BBC News | 2017-10-19 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Theresa May's promise to let EU nationals stay and questions over the future of the FA's bosses feature on the front pages. | The Papers | A year on from the Brexit referendum, says the Financial Times, the government has still not spelled out what that will mean for the economy.
The paper sees division in the two main parties, the House of Lords, and across the UK.
If things turn nasty, it thinks the government should resist the "petulant and reckless"... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-the-papers-41674515 |
Northern Ireland boss admits drink-driving in Edinburgh - BBC News | 2017-10-19 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Michael O'Neill is banned and fined for the offence, after police found him to be three times the Scottish legal limit. | Scotland | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. O'Neill's lawyer said it had been an "error of judgement"
Northern Ireland football manager Michael O'Neill has pleaded guilty at Edinburgh Sheriff Court to drink-driving.
The court heard he was caught by police in the earl... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-41678999 |
Norway massacre: 'We could hear the gunshots getting closer' - BBC News | 2017-10-19 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Lisa Marie Husby recalls the day Anders Breivik opened fire as she sat with students attending a summer camp in Norway. | Scotland | Lisa was one of 650 people on Utoya island when Breivik came ashore
When Anders Breivik opened fire on youngsters attending a summer camp on the Norwegian island of Utoya, he carried out a massacre that to this day remains the deadliest mass shooting by a single gunman anywhere in the world.
Among those taking part i... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-41678010 |
Sunwing flyer sues because he got sparkling wine not champagne - BBC News | 2017-10-19 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The plaintiff says champagne was promised in the brochure; the airline calls the lawsuit "frivolous". | US & Canada | A Canadian man has filed a lawsuit against Sunwing Airlines for promising a champagne service and instead serving sparkling wine.
Daniel Macduff booked a holiday to Cuba through Sunwing that advertised a complimentary on-board champagne toast.
Mr Macduff, from Quebec, said he received a cheaper bubbly instead - and o... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-41669611 |
Is Jennifer Lawrence's nude line-up common practice? - BBC News | 2017-10-19 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A casting director says Jennifer Lawrence's experience is not representative of the acting industry. | Entertainment & Arts | Jennifer Lawrence spoke out about her early career at the Elle Women in Hollywood Celebration
Many were shocked when Jennifer Lawrence revealed she was forced to stand in a "nude line-up" as part of a film casting.
She described the experience as "degrading and humiliating".
The actress spoke in light of recent alle... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-41668106 |
Ex-England captain Terry Butcher 'devastated' by son's death - BBC News | 2017-10-19 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Terry Butcher said his son Christopher's life had been "tragically cut short". | Suffolk | Terry Butcher, left, said the life of his son Christopher, right, was "tragically cut short"
Former England football captain Terry Butcher has said he is "devastated" by the death of his son, Christopher.
The ex-army captain, who had served in the Royal Artillery and in Afghanistan, died on Monday morning, aged 35.
... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-suffolk-41673276 |
Badger discovered asleep in cat bed in Linlithgow - BBC News | 2017-10-19 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The badger entered the house through a cat flap and helped itself to cat food before going to sleep. | Edinburgh, Fife & East Scotland | The badger ate all the cat food in the kitchen before settling down
A sleepy badger was caught napping in a cat bed in a house in Linlithgow.
The badger entered the kitchen through a cat flap and filled up on cat food before going to sleep in the soft bed.
The Scottish SPCA was called to the house at Beecraigs Count... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-41683405 |
Santiago Maldonado: Body found in search for Argentine activist - BBC News | 2017-10-19 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Argentina's political parties suspend election campaigning as experts work to identify the body. | Latin America & Caribbean | Santiago Maldonado has been missing since 1 August
Major political parties in Argentina have suspended election campaigning after the discovery of a body thought to be that of a missing activist.
Santiago Maldonado, 28, was last seen in August during a confrontation between police and indigenous rights activists at a... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-41674565 |
Millions miss bills as finances bite - BBC News | 2017-10-19 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | More than four million people face difficulties over domestic or credit bills, says a major study. | Business | An estimated 4.1 million people are in financial difficulty owing to missed domestic or credit bills, a major study has found.
These consumers - most likely to be aged between 25 and 34 - have failed to pay bills in three or more of the last six months.
The findings come as part of a survey of 13,000 people by the re... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-41655915 |
Brexit: EU leaders seek Brexit talks progress - BBC News | 2017-10-19 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Leaders gather for a crunch summit as the UK faces EU calls to do more to break the deadlock. | UK Politics | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Theresa May: I want 'urgency' on citizens' deal
EU leaders have urged Theresa May to do more to break the deadlock in the Brexit negotiations as they gather at a crunch Brussels summit.
Dutch PM Mark Rutte said "a lot more ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-41672097 |
Storm Brian: Strong winds set to hit British Isles - BBC News | 2017-10-19 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The Atlantic storm is due to hit parts of the UK and the Republic of Ireland on Saturday morning. | UK | An Atlantic storm, which is due to hit parts of the UK and the Republic of Ireland this weekend, has been named Brian, the Irish Met office has said.
The Met Office has issued a yellow warning for strong winds and potential flooding in parts of southern and western England and Wales on Saturday.
Met Éireann issued an... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41684485 |
Is Narendra Modi losing his mojo? - BBC News | 2017-10-19 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Rising discontent about the economy and a lack of jobs have taken the sheen off India's powerful PM. | India | India is in the throes of an economic slowdown and a jobs crisis under Mr Modi's leadership
One of the reasons why Narendra Modi swept to victory with a historic mandate in 2014 was his combative and upbeat oratory. Three years on, the Indian prime minister is beginning to sound unusually defensive.
Many say Mr Modi'... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-41563751 |
SA football boss Danny Jordaan 'raped singer Jennifer Ferguson' - BBC News | 2017-10-19 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Jennifer Ferguson says the #MeToo campaign convinced her to break her silence after nearly 24 years. | Africa | Danny Jordaan is a prominent member of the governing ANC party
South African singer and ex-MP Jennifer Ferguson has accused the country's football boss Danny Jordaan, 66, of raping her nearly 24 years ago.
He "overpowered" her and "painfully" raped her in a hotel in Port Elizabeth city, she has alleged in a blog.
Mr... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-41678057 |
Trump sends family $25,000 after claim of broken promise - BBC News | 2017-10-19 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The father of a soldier killed in action said the president did not keep his word to send $25,000. | US & Canada | Cpl Dillon Baldridge was killed over the summer by a rogue Afghan commander he had been training
The White House says President Donald Trump has sent a personal cheque to a dead soldier's family after they said he had not kept his promise to do so.
The father of a soldier killed in Afghanistan said Mr Trump offered $... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-41683708 |
Norfolk Police could axe all PCSOs - BBC News | 2017-10-19 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Norfolk Police said the "radical plans" were an attempt to improve efforts to tackle violent crime. | Norfolk | Some PCSOs will take on new roles within the force
A police force could be the first to axe all of its community support officers amid falling budgets and an "unparalleled growth in complex crime".
Norfolk Constabulary will scrap 150 PCSOs if its proposals are approved.
Chief Constable Simon Bailey said "an average ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-41678177 |
Chief Constable Hamilton investigated by ombudsman - BBC News | 2017-10-19 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The chief constable and two senior officers deny allegations of misconduct in public office and criminality. | Northern Ireland | Three of Northern Ireland's most senior police officers are under investigation for alleged misconduct in public office and criminality that could amount to conspiracy to pervert the course of justice.
Chief Constable George Hamilton and his deputy Drew Harris are being investigated by the Police Ombudsman.
Assistant... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-41666235 |
Whiff of foreboding about Brexit talks - BBC News | 2017-10-19 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Whatever the spin and expectations management, the process is significantly behind schedule and Thursday's summit is unlikely to change that reality. | UK Politics | Let me be the first to make the bad joke, to use the predictable metaphor.
There will be a sour mood over the EU summit in the next couple of days, and that's not just because of the problem with the drains that sent toxic fumes into the atmosphere at the summit building forcing the talks back to the old premises next... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-41674721 |
Pussycat Dolls deny prostitution claims - BBC News | 2017-10-19 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The pop band respond to former member Kaya Jones, who claims the group was a "prostitution ring". | Entertainment & Arts | The Pussycat Dolls have recently reformed, after a break of seven years
The Pussycat Dolls have issued a joint statement denying allegations that the pop group was a "prostitution ring".
Kaya Jones, who left the band before they became famous, claimed that she and other members were regularly subjected to sexual abus... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-41678697 |
'How I got my children back' - BBC News | 2017-10-19 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | When Archie was taken into care, the Family Drug and Alcohol Court sought to reunite him with his father. | UK | John was devastated when his son Archie was taken into care
When John's son was placed into care at birth he was distraught - his drug abuse had been the cause. But with the help of a family court focused on reuniting children with their parents, his life began to change.
"Not only was I using heroin, I was using cra... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41633731 |
Bodyform advert replaces blue liquid with red 'blood' - BBC News | 2017-10-19 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Bodyform has ditched the blue liquid, saying it wants to confront the taboos about periods. | BBC News Services | Bodyform has become the first brand in the UK to feature sanitary pads stained with red liquid, rather than blue, in its adverts.
Parent company Essity said it wanted to confront taboos surrounding periods.
The firm says research found 74% of people wanted to see more honest representation in adverts.
Bodyform's vid... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41666280 |
Brexit: How are the talks really progressing? - BBC News | 2017-10-19 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | After five rounds of talks, the two sides are making competing claims about progress. How much has really been made? | UK Politics | So it's come down to money. Who would have thought it?
After five rounds of negotiations on Brexit, the EU remains insistent: there will be no discussions with the UK on a transition period, or on future relations, until financial commitments have been clarified.
So what exactly is it about the money that is proving ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-41657248 |
The winemaker who battles temperatures as low as -25C - BBC News | 2017-10-19 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | How Canadian winemaker Norman Hardie is able to make award-winning wines, despite winter temperatures so cold it can kill his vines. | Business | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. How the wines of Canadian winemaker Norman Hardie are winning fans around the world.
With winter temperatures regularly dipping below -25C at his vineyard, winemaker Norman Hardie definitely didn't choose an easy place to gr... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-41167977 |
'Death Island': Britain's 'concentration camp' in Russia - BBC News | 2017-10-19 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | British soldiers opened the first concentration camp in Russia in 1918, during World War One. To locals it was known as "Death Island". | Magazine | Marina Titova lays a carnation in memory of her great-great-uncle who died on Mudyug
When British soldiers were sent to Russia after the Russian Revolution their main enemies were the Germans - their opponents in World War One - but they also found themselves fighting and imprisoning Bolsheviks. In the process they op... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-41271418 |
Tesco to start selling green satsumas and clementines - BBC News | 2017-10-19 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Supermarket says it will cut food waste by selling the green citrus fruit instead of rejecting them. | Business | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.
Tesco has announced it will start selling green satsumas and clementines, as part of plans to cut food waste.
The supermarket chain says the green oranges are "perfectly ripe" and will be as sweet as orange-coloured ones.
... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-41665946 |
Grammar school A-level row head suspended - BBC News | 2017-10-19 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The head of a school where some pupils were stopped from taking A-levels, is suspended. | Family & Education | Head teacher Aydin Onac has been suspended by the high-achieving grammar school
The grammar school head teacher at the centre of a row about pupils not being allowed to stay on to take A-levels has been suspended.
Aydin Onac, head of St Olave's in Orpington, has been suspended by the school's governors.
Parents had ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-41683012 |
UK banks 'exposed to money laundering in South Africa' - BBC News | 2017-10-19 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Lord Hain says up to £400m may inadvertently have been laundered by HSBC and Standard Chartered. | Business | Many protesters are highly critical of the Gupta family
UK financial regulators and the Serious Fraud Office are to review if banks HSBC and Standard Chartered are linked to a South Africa corruption scandal.
It comes after Lord Peter Hain said the banks may "inadvertently have been conduits" for laundered money.
Th... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-41672793 |
British Airways apologises for bed bugs on Canada flight - BBC News | 2017-10-19 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Canadian passengers complained they were nibbled by bed bugs on a Vancouver to London flight. | US & Canada | British Airways said reports of bed bugs were extremely rare (file photo)
British Airways has apologised to a Canadian family after they were bitten by bed bugs on an overnight flight.
Heather Szilagyi was flying from Vancouver to London with her eight-year-old daughter and fiancé earlier this month, CTV reported.
A... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-41685266 |
Sir Tom Jones: Abuse is common in music industry too - BBC News | 2017-10-19 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The singer tells the BBC an encounter early in his career made him feel "terrible". | Entertainment & Arts | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Sir Tom said: "What's tried on women is tried on men as well"
Sir Tom Jones has said the abuse and harassment alleged to have taken place in Hollywood is also widespread in the music industry.
The singer was discussing the ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-41672902 |
Russia socialite Ksenia Sobchak declares presidential bid - BBC News | 2017-10-19 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The Kremlin welcomes her candidacy while commentators say it may split the opposition. | Europe | Ms Sobchak said her candidacy was motivated by her desire to be "a mouthpiece for those who cannot be candidates"
Russian socialite Ksenia Sobchak is to stand in the country's presidential election in March, when Vladimir Putin is widely expected to run again.
Ms Sobchak conceded she was an unlikely candidate and sai... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-41669676 |
YouTube star Casey Neistat criticises video site's leaders - BBC News | 2017-10-19 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Award-winning vlogger Casey Neistat claims video creators could leave the service en masse. | Technology | Mr Neistat suggests YouTube's community of creators acts as a defence against online competitors
One of YouTube's most influential vloggers has chastised the service's leaders, claiming they are failing many of their most popular video creators.
Specifically, Casey Neistat criticised the way the platform had made it ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-41666049 |
Alarm over decline in flying insects - BBC News | 2017-10-19 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Flying insects have declined by more than 75% in 30 years in German nature reserves, alarming ecologists. | Science & Environment | Losses of rare insects are well documented, but there is little research on insects as a whole
It's known as the windscreen phenomenon. When you stop your car after a drive, there seem to be far fewer squashed insects than there used to be.
Scientists have long suspected that insects are in dramatic decline, but new ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-41670472 |
'He hid in a cupboard - we just couldn't get him to school' - BBC News | 2017-10-19 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | When Evelyn and Tony adopted Ryan at the age of seven, his special needs were not immediately apparent. | Family & Education | The pressures of school life can be tough for a lot of kids, but for a child who's experienced abuse, neglect and years in care, the strain can be even greater.
When Evelyn and Tony adopted Ryan at the age of seven, his special educational needs were not immediately apparent.
Ryan is smart, bright and eager to please... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-41655026 |
Penny Lancaster says she was sexually assaulted - BBC News | 2017-10-19 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The model and wife of Rod Stewart says her attacker was someone she worked with as a teenager. | Entertainment & Arts | Lancaster said she didn't feel she could tell her parents at the time
Model Penny Lancaster has said she was sexually assaulted as a teenager by someone she worked for.
Lancaster, who is married to rock singer Rod Stewart, told ITV's Loose Women that she had her drink spiked.
She said she found herself being attacke... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-41685301 |
Hundreds of families block organ donation - BBC News | 2017-10-19 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Legally, consent lies with the deceased, but in practice, relatives' wishes are always respected. | Health | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Rachel wants to be an organ donor
Organs from 505 registered donors could not be made available for transplant in the last five years because of objections from relatives.
BBC 5 live found that almost a third of families bl... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-41671600 |
Cambridge Uni students get Shakespeare trigger warnings - BBC News | 2017-10-19 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Cambridge University students are given "trigger alerts" that they might be upset by some text. | Cambridgeshire | Violence in Shakespeare's Titus Andronicus might be "upsetting", students have been warned
Shakespeare contains gore and violence that might "upset" you, Cambridge University students have been warned.
The "trigger warnings" - red triangles with an exclamation mark - appeared on their English lecture timetables.
Lec... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-41678937 |
Brexit: Talk of deadlock is exaggerated, says Donald Tusk - BBC News | 2017-10-19 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | EU leaders say there is not enough progress to start trade talks yet, but they hope to begin in December. | UK Politics | Reports of deadlock over Brexit negotiations may have been exaggerated, European Council President Donald Tusk has said after a Brussels summit.
Progress was "not sufficient" to begin trade talks with the UK now but that "doesn't mean there is no progress at all", he said.
EU leaders will discuss the issue internally... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-41684111 |
Afghan army base destroyed by Taliban suicide bombers - BBC News | 2017-10-19 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Bombers in Humvee vehicles kill 43 soldiers while police are under siege in a separate attack. | Asia | A soldier at a checkpoint leading to the Maiwind district of Kandahar, where this attack took place
At least 43 Afghan soldiers have been killed and nine wounded after two suicide bombers in Humvee armoured vehicles destroyed a military base in the southern province of Kandahar.
Six are still missing and 10 militants... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-41676626 |
Dyslexia link to eye spots confusing brain, say scientists - BBC News | 2017-10-19 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Experts say the findings are exciting but unlikely to explain the causes for all dyslexia. | Health | People with dyslexia have difficulty learning to read, write or spell
French scientists say they may have found a potential cause of dyslexia which could be treatable, hidden in tiny cells in the human eye.
In a small study they found that most dyslexics had dominant round spots in both eyes - rather than in just one... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-41666320 |
Channing Tatum pulls Weinstein Company sexual abuse film - BBC News | 2017-10-19 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The actor says he will never again work with the company, which has now fired disgraced producer Harvey Weinstein. | Entertainment & Arts | Channing Tatum has stopped making his film with The Weinstein Company
Channing Tatum has halted the development of a film about sexual abuse, which he had been making with Harvey Weinstein's company.
The Oscar-winning producer was fired as chairman of The Weinstein Company last week, when the allegations emerged.
"T... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-41681629 |
Leicester space scientist wins BBC Two astronaut show - BBC News | 2017-10-02 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Suzie Imber, who beat 11 people to the prize, is "excited" she could "one day end up in space". | Leicester | Suzie Imber will now get a recommendation to join the European Space Agency
A Leicester scientist has said she is "excited" she could "end up in space" after winning a BBC Two show.
Suzie Imber, 33, was revealed as the best candidate for space on "Astronauts: Do you have what it takes?" on Sunday.
The University of ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershire-41460122 |
Chicken supplier 2 Sisters suspends operations - BBC News | 2017-10-02 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | It comes after allegations that workers had changed slaughter dates at one if its sites. | UK | One of the UK's largest supermarket chicken suppliers has suspended operations after an investigation allegedly exposed food safety breaches.
The 2 Sisters Food Group said staff at its site in the West Midlands will need to be "appropriately retrained" before it starts resupplying customers.
It comes after allegation... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41462549 |
The man who built a drinks empire... twice - BBC News | 2017-10-02 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Greg Steltenpohl founded one of America's best-known smoothie brands, but almost lost everything after a major corporate crisis. | Business | Greg Steltenpohl was a pioneer of the whole foods movement
Greg Steltenpohl was a pioneer of the "whole foods" movement in the 1980s. But he almost lost everything after his first company faced a major corporate crisis.
After creating not one but two highly successful natural drinks companies, Greg Steltenpohl is "no... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-41390704 |
Newspaper headlines: Referendum riots and 'Tory infighting' - BBC News | 2017-10-02 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The Catalan poll descending into violence, and division in the Conservative Party make headlines in Monday's papers. | The Papers | Several of the front pages have a picture of a Spanish policeman clad in armour brandishing a baton as he confronts protesters in Barcelona.
"Spain torn apart," says the headline in the Times, "as 850 are hurt in referendum riots".
The Financial Times warns that the vote threatens to trigger one of the gravest politi... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-the-papers-41463594 |
Tory members vent about the mismanaged election campaign - BBC News | 2017-10-02 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Many worry that unless changes from Eric Pickles' new report are implemented, the party will disappear | UK Politics | "Why would anybody, let alone a normal person, want to become a member of the Conservative Party?"
"I'm beginning to lose the will to live."
This was some distance from the slick choreography you can become inured to at party conferences.
This was a public post-mortem in a marquee.
A brutally honest dissection of h... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-41461057 |
Match of the Day 2: Newcastle subtitle error leaves BBC red-faced - BBC News | 2017-10-02 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Subtitling software misunderstood the word "comma" and inserted "scum" into the text. | Tyne & Wear | An "unfortunate error" in subtitling led to Newcastle United being labelled "black and white scum" during the BBC's Match of the Day 2 programme.
Commentator Guy Mowbray said Liverpool's Daniel Sturridge had scored five goals against the black and whites.
But software confused the word "comma", spoken by a subtitler,... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-41473443 |
Justin Welby: I hope I do not oversee Queen's funeral - BBC News | 2017-10-02 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The Archbishop of Canterbury says the event would be "the most extraordinary historic moment". | UK | The Archbishop of Canterbury has said he hopes he does not have to carry out the Queen's funeral.
The Most Rev Justin Welby said it would be an "enormous" public event and "the most extraordinary historic moment".
In an interview for British GQ, he described the Queen as "one of the most extraordinary people I have e... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41460222 |
Who's that girl? GCSE student wows at conference - BBC News | 2017-10-02 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Lauren Stocks, 16, on public speaking, trolls and her political ambitions for the future. | UK | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Newly-reformed GCSEs are leaving teenagers 'spaced out and stressed out', Lauren Stocks tells Labour delegates
It was a moment that caught the Labour party conference off-guard.
Sixteen-year-old Lauren Stocks had just recei... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41401263 |
Clare Balding denies Saga interview 'diva' claims - BBC News | 2017-10-02 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The BBC presenter was accused of wanting to make changes to a magazine interview. | Entertainment & Arts | Clare Balding was the cover star of Saga Magazine
Clare Balding has denied claims that she demanded changes were made to a magazine interview and replaced quotes with her own "self-promoting words".
Journalist Ginny Dougary branded Balding an "insecure diva" in an article in The Guardian about her experience intervie... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-41468111 |
Banbury murder probe: Two bodies found in Newland Road - BBC News | 2017-10-02 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A 52-year-old man is being questioned after the bodies were found on Sunday night. | Oxford | The men's bodies were found at a property in Newland Road
Two men have been found dead at a home in Oxfordshire, prompting a murder investigation.
Police were called to Newland Road, Banbury, at 18:45 BST on Sunday. It is understood the bodies were found in a lower flat at the property.
A 52-year-old Banbury man was... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-41463989 |
Macklemore's Same Love takes centre stage at Sydney grand final - BBC News | 2017-10-02 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | There were calls to ban the song Same Love from the NRL final amid Australia's gay marriage vote. | Australia | Macklemore: "No freedom 'til we're equal, damn right I support it"
American artist Macklemore sang in support of gay rights at one of Australia's biggest annual sporting events during the country's vote on same-sex marriage.
The singer performed a set ahead of kick-off in the National Rugby League (NRL) grand final i... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-41461003 |
Body clock scientists win Nobel Prize - BBC News | 2017-10-02 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Understanding how our bodies keep time has "vast implications" for health, say Nobel committee. | Health | Three scientists who unravelled how our bodies tell time have won the 2017 Nobel Prize for physiology or medicine.
The body clock - or circadian rhythm - is the reason we want to sleep at night, but it also drives huge changes in behaviour and body function.
The US scientists Jeffrey Hall, Michael Rosbash and Michael... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-41468229 |
Australian boy fatally crushed by gym weights - BBC News | 2017-10-02 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The 15-year-old had been attempting to bench press almost 100kg (220 lb), local media said. | Australia | The teenager was lifting weights (not pictured) when he was crushed
An Australian teenager has died after being crushed by weightlifting equipment at a gym.
Ben Shaw, 15, was attempting to bench press almost 100kg (220 lb) when the accident happened in Brisbane on Tuesday, local media said.
He was found by staff and... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-41464134 |
Wimbledon station commuters flee train in 'Bible' panic - BBC News | 2017-10-02 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | People climbed on to tracks after being "panicked" by a man reading verses aloud from the holy book. | London | Some passengers forced open the doors of train
Passengers forced open the doors on a busy rush-hour train and climbed on to tracks after becoming "panicked" in the carriage.
It happened outside Wimbledon station in south-west London at 08:30 BST as a man apparently began reading lines aloud from the Bible.
Commuters... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-41466140 |
Las Vegas shooting: As it happened - BBC News | 2017-10-02 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | At least 58 people are dead and more than 500 taken to hospital after Las Vegas shooting - police. | US & Canada | Crystal from California was at the concert with some of her family. She describes helping three people with gunshot wounds.
"I could see the bullets ricocheting off the gravel on the floor, so we ran. We ran to our pick-up truck which wasn't far away.
"As we tried to make our way out of the parking lot a security gua... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-us-canada-41466148 |
Five-year-old girl 'misses' Muslim fosterers, court hears - BBC News | 2017-10-02 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Tower Hamlets Council says the five-year-old girl's foster family gave "warm and appropriate care". | UK | A Christian girl said to have been fostered by a Muslim family had a "warm and appropriate" relationship with the carers, a family court has heard.
The five-year-old, who is now living with her grandmother, was placed into the family's care in March by the London Borough of Tower Hamlets.
The judge, Khatun Sapnara, s... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41476357 |
BBC Three's Overshadowed: The vlogging drama tackling anorexia - BBC News | 2017-10-02 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | "I don't think I've seen anything on television like this before," says lead actress Michelle Fox. | Entertainment & Arts | BBC Three drama Overshadowed is a little different to most TV shows - it's made up entirely of the vlogs of its lead character, Imogene. It's through these videos that her followers begin to notice all is not well in her life.
"I don't think I've seen anything on television like this, I think it's a new kind of concep... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-41404054 |
Why don't I want to have sex with the man I love? - BBC News | 2017-10-02 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | At first Stacey thought she wasn't normal, then she thought she might be ill. Finally she discovered she was actually asexual. | Magazine | It is thought that between 1-3% of the population is asexual, meaning they do not feel any sexual attraction to other people. For years Stacey was puzzled about why she never wanted to sleep with anyone, even her husband. As she explains here, it was her doctor that told her the truth.
For a really long time I thought... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-41469511 |
Detective Leanne McKie death: Husband charged with murder - BBC News | 2017-10-02 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Detective Leanne McKie was discovered in the water at Poynton Park, Cheshire, on Friday. | Manchester | Det Leanne McKie had worked at Greater Manchester Police since 2001
The husband of a serving police detective who was found dead in a lake has been charged with her murder.
Mother-of-three Leanne McKie, 39, was discovered in the water at Poynton Park, Cheshire, on Friday.
Det McKie joined Greater Manchester Police i... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-41473750 |
Six graphics that sum up Puerto Rico disaster - BBC News | 2017-10-02 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | As Trump says the recovery cannot go on "forever", only 10% of the population has electricity. | US & Canada | Many interior roads are still heavily damaged, as officials prioritised mending coastal roads
The island of Puerto Rico was devastated by the worst hurricane in its history over three weeks ago.
Parts of the Caribbean island - home to 3.4 million US citizens - remain isolated, and phone networks have been catastrophi... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-41447184 |
Is Kamal Haasan India's next movie star-turned-politician? - BBC News | 2017-10-02 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Kamal Haasan, an actor known to his fans as "hero of the world", has said he wants to tackle corruption. | India | Indian movie star Kamal Haasan, 62, has said he wants to enter politics.
The stage seems set to witness the arrival of a new political leader in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu - Kamal Haasan.
And unsurprisingly, he's a film star. Three of Tamil Nadu's chief ministers until the recent past have been actors.
... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-41411712 |
My work as a prostitute led me to oppose decriminalisation - BBC News | 2017-10-02 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Sabrinna Valisce worked as a prostitute for 25 years and long campaigned for decriminalisation. Now she describes herself as an "abolitionist". | Magazine | For most of her life in prostitution in New Zealand, Sabrinna Valisce campaigned for decriminalisation of the sex trade. But when it actually happened she changed her mind and now argues that men who use prostitutes should be prosecuted. Julie Bindel tells her story.
When Sabrinna Valisce was 12 years old her father k... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-41349301 |
Appeal over Poynton lake death detective Leanne McKie - BBC News | 2017-10-02 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Police are asking people who may have seen Leanne McKie's car before she died to come forward. | Manchester | Det Leanne McKie had worked at Greater Manchester Police since 2001
Detectives investigating the death of a police officer whose body was found in a lake are appealing for anyone who saw her car to come forward.
Mother-of-three Leanne McKie was discovered in the water at Poynton Park, Cheshire, on Friday.
Anyone who... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-41461143 |
Portishead shooting: Dead man named as Spencer Ashworth, 29 - BBC News | 2017-10-02 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The man was shot dead by police near Bristol last week near junction 19 of the M5. | Bristol | Officers opened fire on a car on the A369 Portbury Hundred near junction 19 of the M5 on Wednesday
A man who was shot dead by police near Bristol last week has been named.
He was 29-year-old Spencer Ashworth, whose last known address was in Portishead, the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) said.
Office... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-41474518 |
Boy, 17, charged over M3 closure - BBC News | 2017-10-02 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The road was shut for 11 hours after a "potentially hazardous material" was dropped from a bridge. | Hampshire & Isle of Wight | There were lengthy delays for motorists in the Winchester area
A 17-year-old boy has been charged after "potentially hazardous material" forced the closure of the M3 motorway.
Thousands of people were stuck in queues for 11 hours on 23 September between junctions nine and 11.
The teenager, from Winchester, faces two... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-41460551 |
Demi Lovato on dating and disappointment - BBC News | 2017-10-02 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The pop star talks about disastrous dates, and how once she had a crush on a famous friend. | Entertainment & Arts | Demi Lovato: "I know I have a platform and I want to make the biggest change in the world that I can"
"Five, four, three, two, one!"
Pop star Demi Lovato is doing her best impression of Nasa's mission control as she records an insert for a forthcoming TV show.
Standing in an alcove of BBC Broadcasting House, as staf... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-41441941 |
The Olympic cost of Theresa May's tuition fees proposal - BBC News | 2017-10-02 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Chris Cook, Newsnight's policy editor, assesses the implications of the government's planned changes to student tuition fees. | UK | There has been a fair amount of sniggering that the government has announced a freeze in tuition fees - something the Telegraph heralded as part of a "revolution".
That will matter within the sector.
But it is unlikely to change Britain's electoral dynamics.
There is, however, one enormous and expensive change that ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41459727 |
Marseille attack: Two young women stabbed to death - BBC News | 2017-10-02 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The attacker was shot dead at the scene and the French anti-terror prosecutor is investigating. | Europe | The attack took place outside the train station in the southern French port city
Two young women have been stabbed to death at Marseille's main train station in a suspected terrorist attack.
Soldiers on guard at the station shot dead the attacker, who police described as of North African appearance and aged about 30.... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-41461107 |
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