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Loftus flood: Nurse hits out at Redcar Council and Environment Agency response

UK News BBC News Feed - Sun, 08/06/2023 - 11:06
Paul Jones-King says authorities have been slow to react as his Teesside town is again hit.

Train leaves disused Devon station for first time in decades

UK News BBC News Feed - Sun, 08/06/2023 - 10:46
The driver and guard from the train's last journey in 1982 were invited to the reopening.

Scotland's papers: Festival warning and security row over MP's show

UK News BBC News Feed - Sun, 08/06/2023 - 10:07
Fears about the Edinburgh Festival's future and concerns over Joanna Cherry's Fringe show lead the papers.

Grieving family says hospital failed mum who died in childbirth

UK News BBC News Feed - Sun, 08/06/2023 - 09:54
Jess Hodgkinson was not given essential blood-thinning drugs and died after a Caesarean birth.

Elvis Presley's coat fetches £128k at Wiltshire auction

UK News BBC News Feed - Sun, 08/06/2023 - 09:47
The custom-coat once worn by Elvis was bought by a US collector.

Coventry service marks anniversary of Hiroshima bombing

UK News BBC News Feed - Sun, 08/06/2023 - 09:27
The event at Coventry Cathedral is part of the city's work towards worldwide peace, organisers say.

My 40 years of guide dogs and good friends

UK News BBC News Feed - Sun, 08/06/2023 - 09:15
The BBC's Ian Hamilton has had seven guide dogs who have all been good friends and a way of breaking down barriers.

Andrew Malkinson welcomes jail living costs reform

UK News BBC News Feed - Sun, 08/06/2023 - 09:04
A man wrongly convicted of rape welcomes the scrapping of a rule which deducted living costs from compensation paid to wrongly imprisoned people.

Bristol Spiegeltent to return despite noise concerns

UK News BBC News Feed - Sun, 08/06/2023 - 09:03
The pop-up Spiegeltent has been granted permission to operate at Bristol's Waterfront Square.

Matthew Flinders' remains to be reburied in Lincolnshire

UK News BBC News Feed - Sun, 08/06/2023 - 07:43
The Lincolnshire explorer's coffin was found in an HS2 archaeological dig in London.

Armed man at A&E stopped by hospital worker

UK News BBC News Feed - Sun, 08/06/2023 - 07:33
Dean Priestley did not know the gun was a replica when the man aimed it at a porter in Bradford.

Wimborne mum's cancer 'turmoil' shared in online diary

UK News BBC News Feed - Sun, 08/06/2023 - 07:28
A young mother of two shares the "raw realities" of late-stage cancer in moving Instagram posts.

How a BBC engineer captured Liverpool in transition

UK News BBC News Feed - Sun, 08/06/2023 - 07:25
Malcolm Ballantine's photos were taken when he was working in the city during the 1966 World Cup.

Football: NI man's 'dream job' inspecting pitches around the world

UK News BBC News Feed - Sun, 08/06/2023 - 06:44
Andrew Culbert from Bangor, County Down, travels the world ensuring the grass is always greener.

Lostprophets' Ian Watkins stabbed in jail - reports

UK News BBC News Feed - Sun, 08/06/2023 - 02:09
The disgraced musician was reportedly stabbed at HMP Wakefield, where he is serving a 29-year sentence.

Do people really swallow spiders in their sleep?

UK News BBC News Feed - Sun, 08/06/2023 - 01:21
Spider experts fear arachnids have been unfairly blamed for a Hertfordshire man's breathing problem.

Inflation: Should we trust the Bank of England's forecasts?

UK News BBC News Feed - Sun, 08/06/2023 - 00:37
The Bank of England says inflation could fall to around 5% by Christmas - how reliable is that?

The Papers: 'Appalling state of jails' and 'Sabotage!'

UK News BBC News Feed - Sun, 08/06/2023 - 00:28
Sunday's front pages cover a range of stories, including a report into prisoners' welfare in jails.

Prison living costs rule scrapped for wrongly convicted

UK News BBC News Feed - Sun, 08/06/2023 - 00:01
People like Andy Malkinson, who cleared his name after 17 years in jail, will no longer pay "bed and board".

Stradey Park asylum seeker uncertainty fuels fear in Furnace

UK News BBC News Feed - Sat, 08/05/2023 - 21:58
Many people in Furnace believe they have been kept in the dark over who will arrive and when.

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