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Minister raised concerns over closure of SAS war crimes investigation

UK News BBC News Feed - Mon, 10/09/2023 - 05:45
Veterans minister Johnny Mercer suspected UK special forces may have unlawfully killed unarmed Afghans.

Serious concern over universities, says free speech boss

UK News BBC News Feed - Mon, 10/09/2023 - 03:50
Prof Arif Ahmed wants to encourage debate - even on inflammatory subjects like Brexit, pronouns and abortion.

Adam Kay: Social media hides reality of parenthood, says writer and comedian

UK News BBC News Feed - Mon, 10/09/2023 - 01:53
"I'm the idiot who failed to realise the realities," says the author of This is Going to Hurt.

Police Scotland's new chief constable Jo Farrell takes up post

UK News BBC News Feed - Mon, 10/09/2023 - 00:27
Jo Farrell, who joins from Durham Constabulary, is the first woman to lead the Scottish force.

The Papers: 'US sends warships' and 'pawns of terrorists'

UK News BBC News Feed - Mon, 10/09/2023 - 00:27
Monday's papers continue their coverage on Israel-Palestine in the aftermath of deadly attacks.

Metro Bank strikes deal to shore up balance sheet

UK News BBC News Feed - Sun, 10/08/2023 - 23:38
A £325m cash injection, as well as refinancing £600m of debt, will enable it to keep expanding, it says.

Labour's Rachel Reeves to set out plan to recover Covid fraud billions

UK News BBC News Feed - Sun, 10/08/2023 - 22:29
An anti-corruption commissioner would target £7.2bn lost to fraud, the shadow chancellor will say.

Warmest October day in NI for half a century

UK News BBC News Feed - Sun, 10/08/2023 - 22:05
Thermometers in Derrylin recorded 22.5C on Sunday, about 8C above the normal October temperature.

Mental health worker punched after police refused help

UK News BBC News Feed - Sun, 10/08/2023 - 21:57
Mental health workers say plans to reduce police at assessments put them in "grave danger".

50 Cent sponsors Welsh under-14s football team

UK News BBC News Feed - Sun, 10/08/2023 - 19:10
AFC Rumney girls will play with the In da Club rapper's name on their kits this season.

World Conker Champions crowned in Northamptonshire

UK News BBC News Feed - Sun, 10/08/2023 - 18:30
Two winners emerge from more than 200 people cracking conkers at the world championships in Oundle.

Boy, 15, taken to hospital after Johnstone hit-and-run

UK News BBC News Feed - Sun, 10/08/2023 - 17:17
Police appeal for witnesses after the teenager was struck by a motorbike in Johnstone on Thursday.

Dungannon: Man reportedly attacked by group of 30 men

UK News BBC News Feed - Sun, 10/08/2023 - 16:49
Police say a man suffered serious head injuries after he was found unconscious in Dungannon.

Johnson's ex-wife is Labour's new sex harassment adviser

UK News BBC News Feed - Sun, 10/08/2023 - 16:04
Marina Wheeler KC is looking at how to strengthen the law to protect women who are bullied at work.

Barnsley FC's team bus catches fire on M5 near Gloucester

UK News BBC News Feed - Sun, 10/08/2023 - 15:52
Barnsley FC's team bus caught fire while the side travelled home from Devon on Saturday night.

Wales: Labour can't commit to HS2 funding share, MP says

UK News BBC News Feed - Sun, 10/08/2023 - 14:18
Shadow Welsh Secretary Jo Stevens says a Labour UK government would "work out" Wales' transport needs.

Aberdeenshire amateur side St Machar Thistle AFC 'owning' 51-0 cup defeat

UK News BBC News Feed - Sun, 10/08/2023 - 14:03
St Machar Thistle AFC started with just eight players and lost 51-0 to AC Mill Inn Academy in the first round of the Scottish Amateur Cup.

Stormont: Labour urges government to engage more with Northern Ireland

UK News BBC News Feed - Sun, 10/08/2023 - 13:14
Labour's leader in the Lords says the government has not engaged enough with NI on restoring Stormont.

Back of Cockermouth's Old Courthouse collapses into river

UK News BBC News Feed - Sun, 10/08/2023 - 12:39
The Environment Agency says the collapse is near the town's flood walls, which "remain intact".

Doctors up for longer hours for more overtime pay, says Keir Starmer

UK News BBC News Feed - Sun, 10/08/2023 - 12:34
The Labour leaders says NHS staff in England will volunteer for longer hours to cut waiting lists.

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