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Catfishing: How I hunted down the gang impersonating me online

UK News BBC News Feed - Fri, 10/20/2023 - 06:45
James Blake tells his story of travelling to Thailand to find scammers impersonating him.

John Curtice: By-election results show terrible night for Tories

UK News BBC News Feed - Fri, 10/20/2023 - 06:36
Polling expert Prof Sir John Curtice says the results corroborate the message that the Tories are in electoral trouble.

Sir Ken Dodd charity to help resort's young people 'reclaim heritage'

UK News BBC News Feed - Fri, 10/20/2023 - 06:27
Sir Ken Dodd's foundation will help to fund a learning space at Blackpool's new Showtown museum.

Newspaper headlines: Aid 'too little too late' and Israeli soldiers told to 'annihilate Hamas'

UK News BBC News Feed - Fri, 10/20/2023 - 06:19
The front pages continue to focus on the conflict in Gaza and Israel - with some reporting fears a wider conflict could erupt in the region.

Labour overturn 19,000 Conservative majority for 'historic' Tamworth win

UK News BBC News Feed - Fri, 10/20/2023 - 04:16
Sarah Edwards calls the result incredible and says it was not something the party was expecting.

Mid Bedfordshire by-election sees historic Labour victory

UK News BBC News Feed - Fri, 10/20/2023 - 04:11
The party overturns Nadine Dorries's 24,664 majority to win a Commons seat held by the Tories since 1931.

Christmas hope for turkey farmers as bird flu cases drop

UK News BBC News Feed - Fri, 10/20/2023 - 01:29
A fall in the number of avian influenza outbreaks is welcomed by the UK's Christmas turkey farmers.

Rising tide of homelessness could bankrupt seaside town

UK News BBC News Feed - Fri, 10/20/2023 - 01:13
In Hastings, 500 homeless families are in temporary accommodation, costing the council £5.6m this year.

Two-tier care crisis: People forced to pay or wait

UK News BBC News Feed - Fri, 10/20/2023 - 01:08
Staffing, funding and cost of living pressures mean a greater risk of an unfair system, says watchdog.

Robert Carlyle: 'Playing a Tory PM was never on the agenda'

UK News BBC News Feed - Thu, 10/19/2023 - 22:49
Robert Carlyle reveals which Labour politician he based his Conservative prime minister character on.

Counting under way Mid Beds and Tamworth by-elections

UK News BBC News Feed - Thu, 10/19/2023 - 22:31
Counting is under way in two by-elections for seats in the House of Commons.

Riba Stirling Prize: London retirement home wins top architecture award

UK News BBC News Feed - Thu, 10/19/2023 - 22:00
London's James Morden Centre wins the Riba Stirling Prize for its approach to elderly living.

Woman swept into Angus river dies during red weather alert

UK News BBC News Feed - Thu, 10/19/2023 - 21:46
The body of a 57-year-old woman was recovered from the river during a danger to life warning.

RMT union votes for six more months of rail strikes

UK News BBC News Feed - Thu, 10/19/2023 - 21:13
RMT boss Mick Lynch said members had provided a "decisive mandate" for further action.

Kirsty Wark to leave BBC Newsnight after 30 years

UK News BBC News Feed - Thu, 10/19/2023 - 21:07
Wark made the announcement exactly three decades after she first presented the BBC Two news show.

North Wales bus route cuts considered over 20mph limit

UK News BBC News Feed - Thu, 10/19/2023 - 20:02
Arriva Buses Wales says lowering the default speed limit has led to an "impact on punctuality".

Covid inquiry: Sunak called Dr Death by top scientist

UK News BBC News Feed - Thu, 10/19/2023 - 18:48
The comment was made in a WhatsApp exchange after the public had been encouraged to "eat out" to help the economy.

Omid Djalili show cancelled over 'personal threats over Israel situation'

UK News BBC News Feed - Thu, 10/19/2023 - 18:36
Omid Djalili was due to appear at the Festival Drayton Centre on Thursday evening.

Sutton-in-Craven: Drug driver jailed for killing boy, 9, in hit-and-run crash

UK News BBC News Feed - Thu, 10/19/2023 - 18:32
Luke Widdop drove off in his works van after ploughing into nine-year-old George Lewis.

Crime falls to lowest level on record, ONS says

UK News BBC News Feed - Thu, 10/19/2023 - 18:22
Violent crime has dropped across the UK but shoplifting has risen by 25%, new figures reveal.

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