The body which runs Nigeria’s university-entrance exams has admitted to a “technical glitch” which compromised some results of this year’s tests, after nearly 80% of students got low grades. Students have complained about not being able to log in to the computers, questions not showing up and power cuts making it impossible to take the...
The bodies of a journalist and his partner have been found in South Africa in an advanced stage of decomposition, more than two months after they went missing, local media groups have said. Police said they had found human remains, but DNA tests still needed to be conducted to confirm they were those of radio...
A body found in the River Thames is that of 11-year-old Kaliyah Coa who went missing in east London last month, the Metropolitan Police has confirmed. In a statement issued through the force, her family said Kaliyah had been attending a birthday party but “never returned home”. Her body was recovered at Maritime Quay on...
Sarah Rainsford and Laura Gozzi Reuters The pontiff’s body, laid out in an open coffin, was moved to the church in a formal procession The body of Pope Francis has been moved from his Vatican residence to St Peter’s Basilica to allow the faithful to pay their respects before his funeral on Saturday. The Pope’s...
Detectives investigating the murder of a missing 37-year-old woman have discovered her body. Paria Veisi, from Cathays, in Cardiff, was last seen at 15:00 BST on 12 April when she left her place of work driving a black Mercedes GLC 200. A 41-year-old man from Penylan, Cardiff, and a 48-year-old woman from White City Estate,...
The Prison Service will conduct a snap review into whether protective body armour should be made available to front-line staff, the justice secretary has said. Shabana Mahmood’s announcement comes after Manchester Arena bomber Hashem Abedi threw hot oil at prison officers and stabbed them with makeshift weapons at HMP Frankland on Saturday. In a statement,...
The president of the largest communal body of Jews in the UK has responded to an open letter signed by some of its representatives criticising Israel’s offensive in Gaza. Phil Rosenberg, president of The Board of Deputies of British Jews, said he disagreed with the letter, which he said “lays blame squarely on the Israeli...
A body has been found in the search for 11-year-old Kaliyah Coa, who entered the River Thames in North Woolwich on 31 March, the Metropolitan Police has said. The body is yet to be formally identified, the force added, but Kaliyah’s family have been informed and are being supported by specialist officers. Read full article...
Elliot Ball BBC News, South West The Ferry House Inn A beaver was seen swimming in the Tamar estuary between Devon and Cornwall A wildlife trust in Devon has appealed for help to locate the body of a beaver believed to have died after it was spotted in the Tamar estuary. Dr Matt Holden, from...
Yasmine Shahine BBC Arabic BBC Rifaat Radwan filmed the incident in which he and 14 other emergency workers were shot dead by Israeli troops “My heart and soul died when Rifaat was killed,” says Hajjah Umm Mohammed, the mother of a Palestinian paramedic who was one of 15 emergency workers killed by Israeli troops in...
Maisie Lillywhite & Duncan Cook BBC News, Gloucestershire BBC Sallyann Anderson said she feels ‘very sorry’ for the family of the woman who was buried in her grave A woman who discovered a body had been buried in her future grave is “happy” an exhumation will take place. Sallyann Anderson paid for a plot beside...
Michelle Roberts and Grace Dean BBC News Getty Images Treatments to remove wrinkles and tone arms, thighs and stomachs are driving a rise in cosmetic surgery, the latest figures from UK private clinics suggest. There were 27,462 procedures performed in 2024 – a 5% rise on 2023 – of which more than nine in ten...
Jonny Humphries BBC News, Liverpool PA Media Mark McDonald said he would hand over the full findings of a panel of experts to the Criminal Cases Review Commission The barrister representing convicted child serial killer Lucy Letby has said he will hand over “fresh” medical evidence to the body responsible for investigating alleged miscarriages of...
The body of a fourth US soldier has been found, a week after they went missing in Lithuania. The soldier was part of a team of four who were conducting military drills in a large armoured vehicle when they disappeared near the city of Pabrade. The vehicle – a M88A2 Hercules – and the bodies...
BBC A woman in her 30s has been arrested after a newborn baby boy was found dead in a carrier bag in Notting Hill, west London, last week. The woman, believed to be the baby’s mother, was detained on Saturday on suspicion of concealing a birth, neglect and infanticide, the Metropolitan Police has said. She...