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Why the e-bike boom is raising fire fears

UK News BBC News Feed - Fri, 02/09/2024 - 00:03
Sales of electric bikes are booming but defective batteries and chargers can cause fires.

TikTok and Temu pull cheap heaters after testing revealed fire risk

UK News BBC News Feed - Fri, 02/09/2024 - 00:01
It comes after consumer group Which? said most of the devices they tested posed a 'serious safety risk' to users.

Blake Newland: Man charged with Limavady teenager murder

UK News BBC News Feed - Thu, 02/08/2024 - 23:02
The 53-year-old is accused of murdering the teenager who was stabbed multiple times in Limavady.

Labour MP says party lost Muslim voters' trust over Gaza

UK News BBC News Feed - Thu, 02/08/2024 - 22:59
Shadow justice secretary Shabana Mahmood says Labour needs to "rebuild" relations with Muslim voters.

Power firm apologises to pastor over debt error

UK News BBC News Feed - Thu, 02/08/2024 - 22:57
Scottish Power apologised for the "inconvenience and frustration" she has faced over the past seven years.

Police visits to schools will be axed amid £2m funding cuts

UK News BBC News Feed - Thu, 02/08/2024 - 22:56
Welsh government says it will stop funding the £2m a year scheme to focus on frontline services.

Cambridge woman is jailed after she ran over a baby in the city

UK News BBC News Feed - Thu, 02/08/2024 - 20:41
The baby suffered a bleed on the brain, a fractured skull and broken ribs as a result of the incident.

Queen Camilla says King Charles is doing 'extremely well' after diagnosis

UK News BBC News Feed - Thu, 02/08/2024 - 20:38
The Queen says Charles is "very touched" by public messages after news of his cancer treatment.

Surge in no-fault evictions by bailiffs in England

UK News BBC News Feed - Thu, 02/08/2024 - 20:00
The number of renters being removed from their homes by bailiffs rose by almost 50% in 2023.

King Charles doing 'extremely well' after cancer diagnosis, Queen Camilla says

UK News BBC News Feed - Thu, 02/08/2024 - 19:27
The Queen says Charles is "very touched" by public messages after news of his cancer treatment.

Keir Starmer defends Labour U-turn on £28bn green spending

UK News BBC News Feed - Thu, 02/08/2024 - 19:09
The Labour leader's move to slash green investment plans follows weeks of confusion about the policy.

Bahrain activist gets Home Office apology for Gatwick detention

UK News BBC News Feed - Thu, 02/08/2024 - 19:00
Sayed Ahmed Alwadei will receive compensation, after the Border Force detained him for over two hours.

Neil Gray replaces Michael Matheson as Scottish health secretary

UK News BBC News Feed - Thu, 02/08/2024 - 18:25
Mr Gray led Humza Yousaf's SNP leadership campaign and had been the Scottish government's wellbeing economy secretary.

Minimum alcohol unit price in Scotland to rise to 65p

UK News BBC News Feed - Thu, 02/08/2024 - 18:25
This means shops in Scotland will not be able to sell a bottle of wine for less than £6.09.

Fashion icons assemble for Edward Enninful's last British Vogue cover

UK News BBC News Feed - Thu, 02/08/2024 - 18:23
Forty A-listers appear on outgoing editor-in-chief Edward Enninful's final British Vogue cover.

Sinn Féin to attend first PSNI graduation

UK News BBC News Feed - Thu, 02/08/2024 - 18:16
Michelle O'Neill and Gerry Kelly will be the first from the party to attend a passing out ceremony.

Amazon staff target Valentine's Day with strike

UK News BBC News Feed - Thu, 02/08/2024 - 17:48
A walkout of more than 1,000 staff is set to take place at the Coventry site from 13 to 15 February.

Raac: More than 100 school buildings will be rebuilt or refurbished

UK News BBC News Feed - Thu, 02/08/2024 - 17:18
In England, 234 schools have been confirmed to contain reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (Raac).

Two more giant tortoises found dead in woodland near Exeter

UK News BBC News Feed - Thu, 02/08/2024 - 15:56
The two new discoveries make a total of nine giant tortoises found in a Devon forest, say police.

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