Sima Kotecha Senior UK correspondent BBC Messages included jokes about someone who was said to be at risk of taking their life Leaked messages show prison staff at a Welsh prison laughing at violent encounters with inmates and making fun of self-harm incidents. In them, one staff member at privately run HMP Parc in Bridgend...
With Manchester United trailing 1-0 to Nottingham Forest and needing a goal to avoid a 13th defeat of the season, manager Ruben Amorim turned to the bench. He had already withdrawn Joshua Zirkzee – scorer of three league goals since completing a £36.5m move to Old Trafford last summer – in favour of Rasmus Hojlund,...
Watch: What we do and don’t know about Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs Donald Trump says tariffs are coming. That message from the US president has been consistent. But what tariffs and when? Import taxes have come so thick and fast since he took office that it can be hard to keep track. Trump has already...
PA Media Ms Giuffre ‘remains in serious condition’ in hospital in Australia, her family said Virginia Giuffre, a prominent Jeffrey Epstein accuser, has expressed gratitude for the “outpouring of love and support” she has received after being hospitalised following a car accident. In a statement shared with the BBC, her family said: “She is overwhelmed...
BBC An 11-year-old girl who went missing in the River Thames has been named as Kaliyah Coa. The Met Police said “a recovery mission” is now under way to find her along the Thames. Police were called at about 13:20 BST on Monday after Kaliyah, who had been playing during a school inset day, entered...
A prison governor accused of being in a relationship with a gang boss inmate said she had always been a “hands-on” person, but denied any wrongdoing. Kerri Pegg, 42, was allegedly gifted a £12,000 Mercedes car by Anthony Saunderson, who used the name Jesse Pinkman, a meth dealer in the TV show Breaking Bad, during...
Trevor Lock, the policeman who was taken hostage in a siege on the Iranian embassy in 1980, has died aged 85, his daughter has confirmed. PC Lock was freed along with 24 other hostages after a six-day stand-off between members of a dissident Iranian group and the SAS. It later emerged he had tackled the...
Tourists and residents of a town in south-west Iceland have been evacuated after a volcanic eruption. The volcano is close to the fishing town of Grindavik and the famous Blue Lagoon spa, which is a popular attraction. A small number of people refused to evacuate the town, local media reported. The volcano has been spewing...
For David Moyes, Anfield has become the stuff of nightmares. Twenty one matches managed there, no wins, 14 defeats and 36 goals conceded – and the Everton boss isn’t expecting life to get any easier when the Toffees visit runaway league leaders Liverpool in the Premier League on Wednesday. Moyes, 61, whose Everton side are...
President Vladimir Putin has called up 160,000 men aged 18-30, Russia’s highest number of conscripts since 2011, as the country moves to expand the size of its military. The spring call-up for a year’s military service came several months after Putin said Russia should increase the overall size of its military to almost 2.39 million...
The government’s policy of adding VAT to private school fees will “interfere with the fundamental right to education”, the High Court has heard. In front of a packed court room, with headteachers and students in school uniforms listening from the public gallery, Lord David Pannick KC, argued the policy is discriminatory. The legal challenge is...
Ten carmakers and two industry groups have been fined a combined total of nearly £78m for withholding information about vehicle recycling. BMW, Ford, Jaguar Land Rover, Peugeot Citroen, Mitsubishi, Nissan, Renault, Toyota, Vauxhall, and Volkswagen, and two trade bodies were fined by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA). The carmakers and trade groups were found...
US prosecutors will seek the death penalty for Luigi Mangione, the man accused of shooting dead UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in December. Attorney General Pam Bondi said in a statement on Tuesday that she had directed federal prosecutors to seek the penalty for the “premeditated, cold-blooded assassination”. Mr Thompson was shot dead outside a hotel...
The UK government is working with Mauritius to finalise a deal on the future of the Chagos Islands, Downing Street has said. Under the proposed agreement, Mauritius would gain sovereignty of the islands from the UK, but allow the US and UK to continue operating a military base on one of the islands for an...
England have appointed legendary former captain Charlotte Edwards as their new head coach. The 45-year-old, England’s all-time leading run-scorer, replaces Jon Lewis, who was sacked in March after the 16-0 Ashes hammering in Australia. Edwards played more than 300 times for England in a 19-year career, including in excess of 200 games as captain. In...