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London delivery courier on working through the pandemic

UK News BBC News Feed - Mon, 02/08/2021 - 06:53
A delivery company courier explains how lockdown has kept him busy but affected his mental health.

Covid bereavement group founder is 'inspirational young man'

UK News BBC News Feed - Mon, 02/08/2021 - 06:41
The support group now has about 700 members around the UK and beyond.

Covid in Scotland: Rise in rental bookings for illegal parties

UK News BBC News Feed - Mon, 02/08/2021 - 06:20
Internal reports seen by the BBC show police officers have been called to illegal parties in properties booked online.

Online bullying: 'I've blocked nearly 10,000 abusive accounts'

UK News BBC News Feed - Mon, 02/08/2021 - 01:47
Phoebe says she received 100 death threats in one day in 2020, and believes coronavirus is to blame.

Tesco tells Chancellor to hit online rivals with sales tax

UK News BBC News Feed - Mon, 02/08/2021 - 00:42
Boss Ken Murphy has asked Chancellor Rishi Sunak for a "level playing field" when it comes to tax.

Aids campaign: Thatcher 'fought against risky sex warnings'

UK News BBC News Feed - Mon, 02/08/2021 - 00:33
Ex-health secretary Lord Fowler says the former PM had a "curious" attitude towards Aids awareness.

Covid-19: Temporary coronavirus housing 'utterly shameful'

UK News BBC News Feed - Mon, 02/08/2021 - 00:04
A BBC investigation found people shielding in homes with widespread damp and even rodents.

Disabled Derbyshire woman set to take on Parkrun

UK News BBC News Feed - Mon, 02/08/2021 - 00:04
Alice Lee, 20, from Alfreton in Derbyshire, will take on the 5km challenge with a bespoke walker.

Boohoo tells suppliers not to subcontract, raising job fears

UK News BBC News Feed - Mon, 02/08/2021 - 00:03
The demand has caused concern among some suppliers about how they will pay to hire new workers.

PSNI chief Simon Byrne to meet NI parties over memorial arrest

UK News BBC News Feed - Mon, 02/08/2021 - 00:01
Chief Constable Simon Byrne is set to discuss the fall-out with Sinn Féin, the DUP and SDLP on Monday.

The papers: 'New jabs to beat variants' and 'Darcy's rage'

UK News BBC News Feed - Mon, 02/08/2021 - 00:00
Plans to update Covid vaccines for booster jabs and the impact of Storm Darcy feature in the papers.

Palace denies reports Queen lobbied to change law

UK News BBC News Feed - Sun, 02/07/2021 - 23:29
Unearthed papers suggest the monarch's lawyers successfully argued to change a draft law in the 1970s.

Leicester Comedy Festival goes online in lockdown

UK News BBC News Feed - Sun, 02/07/2021 - 22:32
Fans can watch more than 100 comedians from the comfort of their own homes - or even hot tubs.

Covid: 'Clean up' awarding of contracts, says Labour

UK News BBC News Feed - Sun, 02/07/2021 - 22:29
The party will call for tougher transparency rules for spending and criticise the pandemic response.

Covid: BAME communities urged to have coronavirus vaccine

UK News BBC News Feed - Sun, 02/07/2021 - 21:52
A woman who lost her husband and brother-in-law to Covid urges people to ignore conspiracy theories.

London violence: Two dead and 14 injured in spate of weekend stabbings

UK News BBC News Feed - Sun, 02/07/2021 - 19:10
Murder investigations have been launched in Croydon and Kilburn following two separate fatal stabbings.

Covid: First minister 'relieved' after wife and mother-in-law vaccinated

UK News BBC News Feed - Sun, 02/07/2021 - 16:52
But 66-year-old First Minister Mark Drakeford said he has not yet been inoculated himself.

Covid: More than 12 million in UK have had first jab

UK News BBC News Feed - Sun, 02/07/2021 - 16:24
The government is aiming to offer first doses to the top four priority groups by 15 February.

Londonderry: PSNI says dissident republicans shot two men in legs

UK News BBC News Feed - Sun, 02/07/2021 - 16:22
A man in his 30s and another man in his 40s were shot in the legs in an alleyway on Saturday.

One dead and one injured in fishing 'incident' at sea

UK News BBC News Feed - Sun, 02/07/2021 - 16:11
A man dies following an incident on a fishing boat 50 miles off the Isles of Scilly.

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