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Northern Ireland has 'lost control' of hospital waiting lists

UK News BBC News Feed - Wed, 05/19/2021 - 10:57
An "unrelenting focus" should be placed on NI waiting lists, which are the worst in the UK, a leading academic says.

Covid: Doctor, 41, tells of recovery from two-month coma

UK News BBC News Feed - Wed, 05/19/2021 - 10:52
Dr Anushua Gupta describes saying final goodbyes to her family before being placed on life support.

Police probe car fire at home of Celtic chief executive Peter Lawwell

UK News BBC News Feed - Wed, 05/19/2021 - 10:49
Celtic say Peter Lawwell and his family have been left "extremely shaken" by the early morning incident.

Fred West: Excavation work starts in Mary Bastholm search

UK News BBC News Feed - Wed, 05/19/2021 - 10:11
A team of experts is excavating the cellar of a cafe in the search for missing Mary Bastholm.

Covid: WHO urges Wales to delay giving children jabs

UK News BBC News Feed - Wed, 05/19/2021 - 09:53
Wales asked to donate vaccines to low-income countries by the World Health Organization.

UK weather: Why is it so bad at the moment?

UK News BBC News Feed - Wed, 05/19/2021 - 09:34
BBC weatherman Owain Wyn Evans explains what's going on.

Two ministers out as Nicola Sturgeon shuffles cabinet

UK News BBC News Feed - Wed, 05/19/2021 - 09:00
Fiona Hyslop and Fergus Ewing step down from their posts as Ms Sturgeon prepares to unveil her new team.

Bingo: Glad to be back after five months of lockdown

UK News BBC News Feed - Wed, 05/19/2021 - 07:01
We visited Buzz Bingo in Tooting to speak to the callers and punters on their first day back.

Newspaper headlines: Holiday rules 'chaos' and PM Covid nurse quits NHS

UK News BBC News Feed - Wed, 05/19/2021 - 05:50
Many front pages report on confusion surrounding the government's advice on international travel.

Daniel Morgan: Delay to axe murder report 'kick in teeth'

UK News BBC News Feed - Wed, 05/19/2021 - 04:06
Publication of the report into Daniel Morgan's unsolved murder is held up by a Home Office review.

Rape victims: Calls for pre-recorded evidence to be used in trials

UK News BBC News Feed - Wed, 05/19/2021 - 01:16
Seeing defendants face-to-face in court causes unnecessary stress, the victims' commissioner says.

Covid India variant: Where is it, how does it spread and is it more infectious?

UK News BBC News Feed - Wed, 05/19/2021 - 01:05
B.1.617.2 is dominant in some parts of the country - but it doesn't have to be cause for panic yet.

'I ran four miles each hour for 63 hours straight'

UK News BBC News Feed - Wed, 05/19/2021 - 00:25
A man from County Meath has set an Irish men's record for the Backyard Ultra Last One Standing race.

Manchester Arena attack: Family read letters to past selves on Arena return

UK News BBC News Feed - Wed, 05/19/2021 - 00:22
Annette and her daughters were in Manchester Arena during the attack on 22 May 2017.

Kabul attack: 'You have to be brave to send your child to school'

UK News BBC News Feed - Wed, 05/19/2021 - 00:22
Mothers speak of their grief and fear after bomb blasts near a Kabul school killed at least 85 people, many of them schoolgirls.

Robot artist Ai-Da self-portraits go on display

UK News BBC News Feed - Wed, 05/19/2021 - 00:21
Self-portraits by Ai-Da, an artist android, go on display at the Design Museum in London.

George Floyd one year on: Reflections from the UK

UK News BBC News Feed - Wed, 05/19/2021 - 00:21
The BBC's Adina Campbell speaks to people in Coventry about the legacy of George Floyd's death.

Covid: Government criticised over pre-pandemic planning

UK News BBC News Feed - Wed, 05/19/2021 - 00:13
Ministers failed to prepare for a threat on the scale of the pandemic, the spending watchdog says.

UK government to pay older farmers to retire

UK News BBC News Feed - Wed, 05/19/2021 - 00:09
Older farmers will be paid to retire under a UK government scheme to bring new blood into the trade.

Grayson Perry: Bloated bits of art world could go down the pan... maybe that includes me

UK News BBC News Feed - Wed, 05/19/2021 - 00:07
The Turner Prize winner says art fairs and other "money-drenched" bits of the market may not return.

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