Emer Moreau Business reporter, BBC News Syreeta Sandhu Syreeta Sandhu has spent £15,000 on IVF IVF patients are being warned over unregulated “concierge clinics” after a popular one went bust leaving scores of clients without treatment or refunds. As the number of privately funded IVF cycles has risen, online concierge companies have emerged, acting as...
A couple who went to India to celebrate their engagement have been named among the victims of the Air India plane crash. More than 240 people were killed on Thursday when a Boeing 787 bound for Gatwick crashed shortly after take-off in Ahmedabad. Prayers have been taking place at the Shree Hanuman Temple in Leicester...
Bates’ arrival from non-league Stourbridge was the beginning of a 50-year bond with Shrewsbury as a player, coach, manager and supporter. He scored 17 goals in his debut season, helping his side to promotion to Division Three, and his goalscoring exploits led to him being signed by Swindon Town for £30,000 in 1977. Bates returned...
Norwich City’s women’s side has announced they will begin to pay some of their players. A small number of the squad will be offered contracts, with compensation also aiding wider recruitment. Head of women’s football Flo Allen says it is a “landmark moment” for the club, which is “one step away” from turning professional. “It...
Tributes have been paid to an 18-year-old man who died in a crash in Devon. Mali Dubois, from Bradworthy, died at the scene of the crash near Otterton in the early hours of 29 April. His family described him as a man with such a “bright future”, who was “kind and gentle” and that he...
Fellow New Zealand rider Morgan McLaren-Wood, who suffered minor injuries in the crash, paid tribute to Richardson on social media. “Struggling to find the words for what happened,” he said. “Rest in peace Shane and Owen. My heart goes out to both of their families during this heartbreaking time.” New Zealand Hutt City councillor Brady...
Collins was dropped following a couple of mistakes in the past few games, notably the injury-time winner Luton Town scored at Kenilworth Road seven days ago. That result had left Coventry’s play-off destiny unknown heading into the final game, but Wilson provided a huge barrier to Boro. He made a big save to deny Finn...
Nalini Sivathasan and Tom Beal BBC News Investigations BBC/The Postal Museum/Getty Images The Post Office has paid more than £600m of public money to continue using the faulty Horizon IT system despite deciding to ditch it more than a decade ago, the BBC can reveal. The terms of the original 1999 deal with computer giant...
Vanessa Pearce BBC News, West Midlands Family Suzanne Cherry died on Tuesday, four days after she was struck at Aston Wood Golf Club A husband has said he “watched in helpless horror” as his wife was killed in a crash on a golf course. Suzanne Cherry, 62, from Aldridge in the West Midlands, died in...
Gerry Georgieva & Anthony Reuben BBC Verify Reuters A strike among bin workers in Birmingham has left piles of waste around the city. At the heart of the dispute is the removal of the role of Waste Recycling and Collection Officers (WRCO), who were paid more than some other bin workers. How much do regular...
The family of one of the three teenagers killed in a crash involving a car and a bus near Heathrow Airport on 31 March, have said they are “completely devastated” at their loss. They have been named by police as 17-year-old Star Tomkins, 18-year-old Harley Woods and 17-year-old Jimmy Savory. Metropolitan Police officers found both...
Miles Davis BBC Devon political reporter Devon County Council Frank Letch, chairman of Mid Devon District Council, died on Tuesday Tributes are being paid to the chairman of a district council who died on Tuesday. Frank Letch was chairman of Mid Devon District Council, the Devon County Council member for Crediton, and was appointed an...
There is a “high degree of uncertainty” over how much of the hundreds of millions of pounds lent to sports bodies during the Covid pandemic will be repaid, says an influential group of MPs. In a report, the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) criticises “severe weaknesses” in the way the Department of Culture, Media and Sport...