Coastguards have warned people to stay vigilant when visiting the coast after rescuers had to respond to “a number of incidents” ahead of the weekend. On Friday, Falmouth Coastguard said it tasked its Lands End and Penzance rescue teams to assist a woman with a broken leg, and Bude and Boscastle coastguard rescue teams to...
The recording of non-crime hate incidents by police forces should be scrapped in all but a few cases, the Conservatives have said. The party will try to amend the government’s Crime and Policing Bill to ban forces from logging such incidents, except in limited circumstances. Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch said non-crime hate incidents (NCHIs) had...
Esme Stallard Climate and science reporter, BBC News Getty Images The number of so-called serious pollution incidents recorded by water companies in England is at a ten year high, according to data obtained by campaigners. Surfers Against Sewage said the Environment Agency data showed the number of incidents was more than double its target. Such...
Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola says Phil Foden and Jack Grealish do not “feel good” after incidents involving fans at the Manchester derby, but believes it is a societal problem rather than blaming Manchester United. Earlier this week, a 20-year-old man was charged with assault after Grealish was allegedly slapped as he walked into the...
Hayley Hassall, Eleanor Layhe and Alan Haslam BBC England Investigations Watch Genevieve’s mother, Katie, explain how her nine-month-old daughter was killed at a now-closed nursery There have been almost 20,000 reports of serious childcare incidents in nurseries in England in the past five years, the BBC has found. That is an average of about 75...