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Top London surgeon tackles Covid 'vaccine hesitancy' in minority communities

UK News BBC News Feed - Sat, 02/06/2021 - 00:04
Martin Griffiths is working hard to get more people from ethnic minority communities vaccinated.

Covid: Lockdown online shopping sees recycling boom in Wales

UK News BBC News Feed - Fri, 02/05/2021 - 22:47
But collecting thousands of tonnes of extra cardboard is "challenging", councils say.

Police watchdog launches investigation after arrest at shooting commemoration

UK News BBC News Feed - Fri, 02/05/2021 - 22:31
A situation about a coronavirus rule breach during a commemoration to victims of a 1992 attack "escalated", police say.

Rishi Sunak offers more help to 1.4m firms repaying Covid loans

UK News BBC News Feed - Fri, 02/05/2021 - 22:31
Chancellor Rishi Sunak offers "pay-as-you-grow" option to 1.4 million firms repaying Covid loans.

'I harvest 70 million daffodils a year but £1 a bunch can't last'

UK News BBC News Feed - Fri, 02/05/2021 - 22:16
Daffodils are cheap and cheerful but while prices never rise, production costs do, says one farmer.

Fishing crew rescued in treacherous conditions off Peterhead

UK News BBC News Feed - Fri, 02/05/2021 - 22:14
Rescuers said the boat and its crew were "seconds away" from hitting rocks near Peterhead.

Boris Johnson and Emmanuel Macron discuss Covid-19 collaboration

UK News BBC News Feed - Fri, 02/05/2021 - 21:15
The UK and French leaders speak for the first time since a recent bitter row over vaccine supplies.

Met officer who tasered man nine times given warning

UK News BBC News Feed - Fri, 02/05/2021 - 20:16
Rodney Chiweshe repeatedly used the stun gun while arresting a man who was later sectioned.

UK expelled Chinese journalists 'working as spies'

UK News BBC News Feed - Fri, 02/05/2021 - 20:04
The departures came after suspicions their work in the media was cover for intelligence gathering.

The Handforth Parish Council meeting that went viral

UK News BBC News Feed - Fri, 02/05/2021 - 20:03
Handforth Parish Council's Zoom meeting had insults, laughter and members being kicked out.

Encrochat: Secret network messages can be used in court, judges rule

UK News BBC News Feed - Fri, 02/05/2021 - 19:49
Police say Encrochat, a secret communications network, was used by criminals to trade guns and drugs.

Covid: Tourism in Wales 'may start reopening by Easter'

UK News BBC News Feed - Fri, 02/05/2021 - 19:42
First Minister Mark Drakeford said he could "see a path" towards parts of the tourist trade by April.

Covid: Woman who lived through Spanish Flu gets vaccine

UK News BBC News Feed - Fri, 02/05/2021 - 18:40
103-year-old Hilda Richards, who was a nurse in WW2, has received her first dose

Covid: What has the government done about the South Africa variant?

UK News BBC News Feed - Fri, 02/05/2021 - 18:15
The new strain was reported in South Africa on 18 December.

'I made Handforth Parish Council go viral'

UK News BBC News Feed - Fri, 02/05/2021 - 17:41
17-year-old Shaan Ali told Radio 1 Newsbeat about his hobby of watching local council meetings

Panorama: BBC team threatened following Boxing and the Mob programme

UK News BBC News Feed - Fri, 02/05/2021 - 17:40
Police in Northern Ireland issue a warning about an unspecified threat relating to Monday's Panorama.

It’s A Sin: Olly Alexander says ‘young gay people can’t believe it happened’

UK News BBC News Feed - Fri, 02/05/2021 - 17:35
The Aids crisis drama's success sees a rise in the number of people testing for HIV, says a sexual health charity.

Nottingham's 'Joker' jailed for attacking man with bowling ball

UK News BBC News Feed - Fri, 02/05/2021 - 17:31
Damien Hammond dropped the ball from the window of his flat, causing severe head injuries.

Euston tunnel protests: Father fears for children's lives

UK News BBC News Feed - Fri, 02/05/2021 - 17:24
Roc Sandford's children have spent nine days in a tunnel in Euston in protest at the HS2 project.

Captain Sir Tom Moore: Family plan 'quiet' funeral

UK News BBC News Feed - Fri, 02/05/2021 - 17:21
The 100-year-old hero's daughters are hoping for a "careful send-off that is suitable to him".

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