David Deans Political reporter, BBC Wales News Getty Images Sir Keir Starmer spoke at Welsh Labour’s conference on Saturday Nigel Farage’s plans for steel in Wales could result in the cancelling of 5,000 jobs, the prime minister has claimed. Sir Keir Starmer used his speech at the Welsh Labour conference on Saturday to attack the...
Israeli navy ships have struck targets in the port city of Hudaydah in Houthi-controlled Yemen. The Israeli military said in a statement the strikes were carried out in response to Houthi missiles targeting Israel and were aimed at stopping the use of the port for “military purposes”. There were no immediate reports of casualties. Images...
Mohamed Osman & Priya Sippy BBC News Arabic & BBC News, Port Sudan & London AFP / Getty Images Black smoke has dominated the skyline in Port Sudan in the wake of the attacks A massive increase in the price of water is just one consequence of a week of aerial attacks on the Red...
Sudan has cut diplomatic ties with the United Arab Emirates (UAE), after repeatedly accusing the Gulf nation of backing the rival Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in the country’s civil war. The announcement came as the RSF were blamed for attacks on the usually safe city of Port Sudan, which started on Sunday and have continued...
Explosions have been heard in the Sudanese city of Port Sudan as a paramilitary force targeted the de-facto capital of the country’s military-led government for the third consecutive day. Thick black smoke could be seen at dawn on the skyline of the previously safe city where thousands of people fleeing the two-year civil war have...
How a chance encounter led to Joel Coates meeting McFly A chance meeting in a motorway services led to a dream moment for a McFly superfan in Swansea. Clare Cerasuolo bumped into band members at Heston services on the M4 while grabbing snacks on her way home to Port Talbot. She told them about her...
A drone attack launched by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) struck a military airport in the city of Port Sudan on Sunday, according to the Sudanese army. It marks the first time RSF attacks have reached the city – the de-facto capital of Sudan’s military-led government – since the conflict between the warring factions...
AFP Firefighters were still working to extinguish blazes at the port on Monday, two days after the blast Iran’s interior minister has said negligence was a factor in the massive explosion and fire at the country’s largest container port, as the death toll rose to at least 70. Eskandar Momeni said Saturday’s blast at Shahid...
Footage filmed by a driver, and verified by the BBC, shows the moment a massive blast shook the Shahid Rajaee port on Saturday morning, near the southern Iranian city of Bandar Abbas. At least four people have been killed and 500 more injured in the explosion, according to state media. The explosion blew out the...
EPA At least 400 people have been injured in a massive explosion at a port in the southern Iranian city of Bandar Abbas, state media is reporting. The blast took place at the Shahid Rajee port district on Saturday morning, shattering windows of nearby office buildings. No fatalities have been confirmed yet but footage showed...
Iolo Cheung BBC News Reporting fromSwansea Crown Court CCTV shows the moment Anthony Felton attacks his deputy teacher with a wrench A head teacher attacked his deputy with a wrench after being hit by “overwhelming sexual jealousy” due to a love triangle at the school. Anthony Felton, 54, admitted attempted grievous bodily harm with intent...
The Trump administration has unveiled its plan to impose port fees on Chinese ships as it tries to revive shipbuilding in the US and challenge China’s dominance of the industry. The US Trade Representative’s (USTR) announcement is less severe than a plan floated in February to hit vessels produced by China with fees of up...
‘Scotland’s Chernobyl’ – Inside Scotland’s derelict Clune Park estate A derelict housing estate dubbed “Scotland’s Chernobyl” for its eerie ghost-town like appearance is finally about to be razed to the ground. The tenements at Clune Park in the Inverclyde town of Port Glasgow were built a century ago as housing for shipyard workers but have...
A derelict housing estate dubbed “Scotland’s Chernobyl” for its eerie ghost-town like appearance is finally about to be razed to the ground. The tenements at Clune Park in the town of Port Glasgow were built a century ago as housing for shipyard workers but many have lain empty for decades. A stand-off between private landlords...