Georgina Barnes BBC News, South West BBC The government announced on Tuesday that the creation of new mayor roles would be discontinued The Mayor for Plymouth (MfP) campaign says it will take the government to high court over an announcement there will no be a directly-elected mayor for the city. The government announced on Tuesday...
Alison Stephenson Local Democracy Reporting Service Torridge District Council The tidal water fountain will have £60,000 worth of repairs A tidal water fountain which was out of action for more than a decade is set to be repaired. Torridge District Council gave the go ahead for £60,000 to be spent on the fountain in Bideford,...
Michael Race Business reporter, BBC News Getty Images The government has taken “insufficient action” to ensure people entitled to compensation as a result of the Post Office scandal have applied for it, a report has found. The Public Accounts Committee of MPs, which has scrutinised payouts, noted that many of the wrongly-accused or convicted sub-postmasters...
Seven people have been charged following a Palestine Action protest in central London on Monday where 13 were arrested. The charges include a racially aggravated public order offence, assaulting an emergency worker and breaching the Public Order Act, the Metropolitan Police said. A 31-year-old woman has also been cautioned for assaulting an emergency worker. Hundreds...
Last week, two members of the group Palestine Action broke into the UK’s largest air force base and vandalized a couple of RAF jets with red paint. The pair were able to escape the base without notice but the group posted video of the attack online. BREAKING: Palestine Action break into RAF Brize Norton and...
A Palestine Action protest is under way in central London ahead of an expected government announcement on proscribing the group as a terrorist organisation. Hundreds of people met at Trafalgar Square after police banned them from protesting outside of Parliament. Activists from the group broke into RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire last week and spray-painted...
The Metropolitan Police chief has said he is “shocked and frustrated” at a planned protest in support of Palestine Action in London on Monday. Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley said while the right to protest is essential, “actions in support of such a group go beyond what most would see as legitimate protest”. It comes as...
Joe Pike Political and investigations correspondent Watch: Palestine Action member speaks to BBC News A Palestine Action member has told the BBC it is “absurd” the government plans to proscribe the group, which would effectively brand it as a terrorist organisation. Saeed Taji Farouky said it “rips apart the very basic concepts of British democracy...
The home secretary will move to proscribe the Palestine Action group in the coming weeks, effectively branding them as a terrorist organisation, the BBC understands. Yvette Cooper is preparing a written statement before Parliament on Monday – which if passed will make becoming a member of the group illegal. The decision comes as a security...
Liv McMahon Technology reporter Getty Images The BBC is threatening to take legal action against an artificial intelligence (AI) firm whose chatbot the corporation says is reproducing BBC content “verbatim” without its permission. The BBC has written to Perplexity, which is based in the US, demanding it immediately stops using BBC content, deletes any it...
US President Donald Trump will decide whether or not the US gets directly involved in the Iran-Israel conflict within the next two weeks, the White House has said. In a White House press briefing, Press secretary Karoline Leavitt delivered a message directly from Trump: “Based on the fact that there’s a substantial chance of negotiations...
The Trump administration has begun sending warning flares to Iran that might equal some in Tehran’s skyline these days about their future if they do not give up their nuclear ambitions. First, Donald Trump himself took a cease-fire off the table while Iran refuses to concede. Now J.D. Vance has followed that up with a...
Paul Seddon Political reporter PA Media Jeremy Corbyn (far right in the picture) and John McDonnell (far left) attended the rally in January MPs Jeremy Corbyn and John McDonnell will face no further action after being interviewed by police following a pro-Palestinian rally. McDonnell said the pair had been questioned by officers after taking part...
Rebekah Wilson BBC News NI PA Media Four crew and 25 passengers were killed when the helicopter crashed in June 1994 Families of those killed in an RAF Chinook helicopter crash in 1994 have said they are launching legal action against the Ministry of Defence (MoD) for not ordering a public inquiry. Four crew and...
Kate Whannel Political reporter Robert Jenrick confronts ‘lawbreaking’ on the tube Shadow justice secretary Robert Jenrick has said he hopes his video of himself confronting fare evaders on the London Underground will “shame people into action”. Speaking to BBC Radio 5 Live’s Matt Chorley, Jenrick said activities such as fare dodging along with graffiti and...