The deaths of a British couple in New Zealand are being investigated as a murder-suicide, police have said. Police said a man and a woman, who have not been named, were found after officers were asked to conduct a welfare check in Roseneath, a suburb of the capital Wellington, on Monday. The couple is reported...
Tom Espiner and Simon Browning BBC business reporters PA Media Heathrow Airport was warned about the “resilience” of its power supply in the days before a fire which shut down the airport for more than a day last month. The boss of a group representing airlines told a group of MPs on Wednesday that he...
Neve Gordon-Farleigh & Alice Cunningham BBC News, Suffolk Luke Deal/BBC Visitors will be able to learn about the history of school dinners as well as try some from decades gone by A museum is offering visitors the opportunity to sample semolina, pink custard – and even turkey twizzlers – in a throwback showcase of school...
Maia Davies & Nathan Briant BBC News Gilles San Martin The small tortoiseshell butterfly had its worst year on record in 2024 More than half of the UK’s butterfly species have populations in long-term decline, a survey has found. The UK Butterfly Monitoring Scheme said that 31 of 59 species have had their numbers fall...
Nomia Iqbal in Milwaukee & Max Matza BBC News Getty Images Susan Crawford’s win means liberal control of the state’s top court is retained Wisconsin voters have elected a Democratic-backed judge to serve on the state supreme court, according to projections, following the most expensive judicial election in US history. Susan Crawford is on course...
BBC Lisa Cabot’s levels of one forever chemical are 16 times higher than normal Residents who were exposed to “forever chemicals” in Jersey should be offered treatments such as bloodletting to reduce levels of contamination in their bodies, doctors and scientists have advised the island’s government. Private borehole water supplies on the island were contaminated...
US court seeks death penalty for Luigi Mangione, accused of killing Brian Thompson. Read full article at source...
Getty Images The council said it received complaints about members of the public and particularly tourists touching the Molly Malone statue Stewards are to be stationed next to a statue of Molly Malone in Dublin to discourage people from touching it. Dublin City Council is running a pilot scheme for a week in May after...
“Once I know all my options, I will make a decision. “What is very clear to me is that I’m only coming back if the project makes sense and it’s something I can enjoy.” Perez finished second in the drivers’ championship in 2023 behind team-mate Max Verstappen, but he described last season as “terrible” after...
That love was first formed at Seaham Harbour Cricket Club, where his father Neil was one of the area’s leading club cricketers. McKinney Snr also spent hours throwing to his son in the nets. “He was relentless and wouldn’t let me leave,” McKinney says. “Sometimes that might be bad but it definitely set me up...
Watch: What is a tariff? The BBC’s Adam Fleming explains US President Donald Trump is set to announce further tariffs on 2 April, which he has suggested will hit all countries. He has already introduced a series of taxes covering steel, aluminium and car imports as well as all goods from China. Trump argues the...
Britain’s Fran Jones was helped off court in a wheelchair after collapsing during a match in Colombia. Jones was attempting to serve in the ninth game of a deciding third set in Bogota when she fell to the floor. The 24-year-old initially lay on her back before rolling on to her side as she was...
Val Kilmer, who has died at the age of 65, was often underrated as an actor. He had extraordinary range: excelling in comedies, westerns, crime dramas, musical biopics and action-adventures films alike. And perhaps his best performance combined his skills as a stage actor with a fine singing voice, to bring to life 1960s-counterculture...
Hollywood actor Val Kilmer, known for his roles in Top Gun and Batman Forever, has died aged 65. Kilmer died of pneumonia on Thursday in Los Angeles, his daughter Mercedes told US media. She said her father had been diagnosed with throat cancer in 2014 but later recovered. He had most recently reprised his role...
Jenny Rees Health Correspondent, BBC Wales News BBC Jenny Phuwichit says she vapes every day, and doesn’t feel that health warnings around smoking have impacted young people They are the first adults in Wales to have never known a smoke-filled bar or club. To have lived their whole lives unaccustomed to the smell of cigarettes...