A Reform UK candidate has been suspended from the party after posts on social media revealed his support for serial sex abuser Jimmy Savile. Stephen Hartley was listed as standing for Reform UK in the Banbury Hardwick ward, ahead of local elections to Oxfordshire County Council on 1 May. In an interview with the BBC,...
Liverpool Daily Post/PA A funeral for the unidentified newborn was arranged after a collection by a local Asda supermarket “When I heard about it and I saw her name, I thought ‘that’s not that woman – that’s not the same woman that we’ve lived by all these years’.” That was how a resident of a...
Shannen Headley BBC News, West Midlands Residents queue to unload rubbish during bin strike Mobile bin collection points in Birmingham have seen mile-long queues as residents try to get rid of their uncollected rubbish. There were traffic delays around Woodgate Valley Park on Friday after Birmingham City Council opened a mobile site at 07:45 BST....
Russell Brand has been charged with rape, indecent assault and sexual assault between 1999 and 2005. The charges relate to four separate women. The comedian and actor has been interviewed multiple times by police since an investigation by the Sunday Times, the Times and Channel 4’s Dispatches in September 2023 revealed multiple serious allegations against...
Sixty years ago, Tunnock’s teacakes were banned from RAF flights after they exploded in a cockpit. They left a sticky mess over the airmen, their instruments and the cockpit’s canopy. The chocolate-covered marshmallow treats had apparently been all the rage prior to this – being eaten by crewmen as they flew nuclear bombers on long...
Dearbail Jordan Business reporter, BBC News The UK exported nearly £60bn worth of goods to the US last year, making it one of the most important markets for thousands of British businesses. After President Donald Trump announced a 10% tariff on nearly all UK products, we spoke to businesses from some of Britain’s biggest exporters...
Kevin Peachey Cost of living correspondent Getty Images The sweeping new tariffs announced by President Donald Trump have triggered ructions across financial markets, with global share prices seeing hefty falls. It’s the latest example of big shifts in stock markets making the news, whether they are booms or falls. As companies grow, they issue shares....
Kevin de Bruyne has confirmed he will leave Manchester City when his contract expires at the end of the season. De Bruyne, 33, has won 16 trophies since joining City from Wolfsburg in 2015, including six Premier League titles and the Champions League in 2023. “Every story comes to an end, but this has definitely...
The UK is expected to have its hottest day of the year so far on Friday as temperatures could reach 23C (73F) in some areas. The warmest weather is expected to be in the west of London out towards Oxfordshire and the south Midlands, and could be hotter than Marbella and Ibiza in Spain. Cardiff...
A woman at the centre of a free speech controversy involving the US government has been found guilty of breaching a “buffer zone” outside a Bournemouth abortion clinic. Livia Tossici-Bolt was convicted at Poole Magistrates’ Court of two charges of breaching the Public Spaces Protection Order on two days in March 2023. The 64-year-old anti-abortion...
Jonny Humphries BBC News, Liverpool BBC Joanne Sharkey was identified after her older son’s DNA was entered onto a national database A mother who killed her newborn baby boy in 1998 while in the grip of severe post-natal depression has been given a suspended sentence after a judge decided the case “called for compassion”. Joanne...
Mark Savage Music Correspondent BBC Ed Sheeran premiered his single on BBC Radio 1 and Radio 2 while riding around London on a pink open-top bus After a pair of low-key, introspective albums, Ed Sheeran has returned to his roots with a shimmering new pop single, Azizam. The track sees the star incorporate Middle Eastern...
More documents about the relationship between Prince Andrew and an alleged Chinese agent of influence are being released to BBC News on Friday. The court papers about Yang Tengbo’s alleged activities in the UK are becoming public after a legal battle including other media outlets for more transparency in the semi-secret case. Mr Yang has...
Everton have condemned death threats made towards James Tarkowski and his family following the defender’s tackle in Wednesday’s Merseyside derby at Anfield. Tarkowski was booked for a late challenge on Liverpool midfielder Alexis Mac Allister, but the Premier League’s refereeing body later said he should have been sent off. “Everton Football Club is aware of...
Bernd Debusmann BBC News Reporting fromAir Force One Getty Images The Trump administration has fired Gen Timothy Haugh – the head of both the National Security Agency and US Cyber Command – the BBC’s US partner CBS has reported. It is not clear why he was removed, but it comes after a meeting between President...