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Reading fire: Crane operator thanked for 'skilful rescue'

UK News BBC News Feed - Fri, 11/24/2023 - 11:47
The crane worker lifted a man to safety from the fire as flames and smoke billowed around him.

Dagenham: Armed man dies in police shooting

UK News BBC News Feed - Fri, 11/24/2023 - 11:43
The man told officers he wanted to take his own life and had loaded guns, the force says.

New York painting stolen 60 years ago turns up in Lancashire village

UK News BBC News Feed - Fri, 11/24/2023 - 11:43
The painting was found in Lancashire six decades after it was stolen from a New York art gallery.

Newport doctor Ibrahim Hayat struck off for sexual misconduct

UK News BBC News Feed - Fri, 11/24/2023 - 11:23
Dr Ibrahim Hayat was "sexually motivated" when he touched a patient intimately, a tribunal found.

Ruth Perry: Ofsted head claims case used to 'discredit' inspectorate

UK News BBC News Feed - Fri, 11/24/2023 - 11:21
Ruth Perry took her own life in January after an inspection downgraded her school's rating.

Chief constable sorry for 120-mile lift home in police car

UK News BBC News Feed - Fri, 11/24/2023 - 11:19
Scotland's top police officer was driven home to England after her train was cancelled during Storm Babet.

Stag goes swimming off Scottish island

UK News BBC News Feed - Fri, 11/24/2023 - 09:44
Boat passengers stopped to watch the stag jump into the water off west coast of Scotland

Museum's move to Wiltshire like 'game of battleships'

UK News BBC News Feed - Fri, 11/24/2023 - 09:11
The Science Museum group is moving 300,000 objects ranging from a tram, robots and a rubber duck.

Wallace: Russia lied to me before Ukraine invasion

UK News BBC News Feed - Fri, 11/24/2023 - 06:30
The former defence secretary recalls telling Moscow 10 days ahead of the invasion: "Don't do it, please don't".

Dublin riot clean up begins after five stabbed outside school

UK News BBC News Feed - Fri, 11/24/2023 - 06:21
Shops have been looted and buses set on fire after five people, including three children, are injured.

New rule forces Scottish students to reveal convictions

UK News BBC News Feed - Fri, 11/24/2023 - 06:21
All Scottish universities will now ask students to declare serious convictions and charges including sexual offences.

Doctor Who: I rescued Kylie Minogue as David Tennant double

UK News BBC News Feed - Fri, 11/24/2023 - 06:11
When David Tennant was away, one lookalike extra was in the right place, at the right time... lord!

Newspaper headlines: PM's 'migration pressure' and King's 'secret profits'

UK News BBC News Feed - Fri, 11/24/2023 - 06:03
Friday's papers focus on pressure being put on Rishi Sunak from within his party to control migration.

Robert Jenrick pressures No 10 with own plan to cut migration

UK News BBC News Feed - Fri, 11/24/2023 - 04:06
The immigration minister's ideas are not yet government policy, but are being discussed at No 10.

Brit Awards tweak rules after diversity row

UK News BBC News Feed - Fri, 11/24/2023 - 02:54
Some categories will be changed after female and R&B artists failed to secure nominations in 2023.

Scout Association fees rise to pay for new safeguarding measures

UK News BBC News Feed - Fri, 11/24/2023 - 01:44
Abuse survivors tell BBC News they hope the changes mean "kids will be a lot safer" in the Scouts.

Paedophile starred in film 'premiere' with child actors

UK News BBC News Feed - Fri, 11/24/2023 - 01:26
Children and young women played fans alongside Jacky Jhaj, who is on the sex offenders register.

Cruise giant Carnival UK accused of plan to fire and rehire 900 crew

UK News BBC News Feed - Thu, 11/23/2023 - 23:45
Union says plan by Carnival UK, owner of P&O Cruises and Cunard, amounts to a wage cut for staff.

Davis Cup Finals 2023: Novak Djokovic seals Serbia's win over Great Britain

UK News BBC News Feed - Thu, 11/23/2023 - 23:11
Novak Djokovic tells a group of British fans to "shut up" after Serbia knocked Great Britain out of the Davis Cup quarter-finals.

Chris Mason: Brexit means buck stops with government on immigration

UK News BBC News Feed - Thu, 11/23/2023 - 22:49
After leaving the EU, the UK can't blame the bloc for rising migration figures, Chris Mason writes.

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