West Midlands Police Reanne Coulson, 34, from Coventry, had been missing since 21 May Officers searching for missing Reanne Coulson have found a body and charged a man with her murder, West Midlands Police have said. She had been missing for a month and failed to contact family on her birthday. The body was discovered...
Google may have to make changes to its search services in the UK to ensure greater competition, the watchdog has said. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is investigating the American technology giant under a new law which means the regulator can demand changes at a firm if it is found to hold too much...
Rescuers in Indonesia are searching for a Brazilian tourist who fell while hiking near the crater of Mount Rinjani, an active volcano. Brazilian media and the woman’s family have identified her as 26-year-old Juliana Marins, who was hiking with a group when she disappeared around 06:30 local time on Saturday. Brazilian authorities said she fell...
Filipino authorities are investigating a claim that dozens of cockfighter enthusiasts who disappeared three years ago were killed and dumped in a volcanic lake. At least 34 men – who had been accused of fixing cockfighting matches – disappeared without a trace in the capital Manila and its surrounding provinces. Six suspects were later charged...
Joel Gunter Reporting from Kyiv BBC Oleksandr Bondarchuk was unable to make it to a shelter when the strikes hit Kyiv. “It was terrible,” he said. “Everything was destroyed.” Evhen Povarenkov was standing at a line of police tape that separated the public from the intensive search and rescue operation around his building. He stared...
A person has gone overboard from a ferry in the Firth of Clyde. Coastguard crews, including the service’s helicopter, and lifeboat personnel have launched a search following the incident between Dunoon and Gourock on Sunday afternoon. CalMac and Western Ferries said sailings on the route had been suspended until further notice. Police Scotland and the...
Priti Gupta Technology Reporter Getty Images Jammu and Kashmir is India’s biggest apple producing region “My neighbours thought I’d lost my mind,” says farmer Kakasaheb Sawant. In 2022 he had decided to plant some apple trees, not crazy for a farmer unless, like Mr Sawant, you live in subtropical southern India, where temperatures can hit...
The search for schoolchildren swept away in floods in South Africa’s Eastern Cape province has resumed after being halted overnight, officials have said. The children were on their way to school in the town of Mthatha when their bus was carried away in flood waters as it was crossing a bridge on Tuesday morning. Officials...
Catherine Lyst BBC Scotland News Louise Manson Louie alerts family members when Ellie is about to have an epileptic seizure An urgent search is being carried out to find a teenager’s support dog who has been missing in the Highlands for two weeks. Louie, a two-year-old golden retriever, is trained to let 17-year-old Ellie Lynn’s...
Amanda has spoken to one other parent whose daughter had the condition and died at the age of two Jack is one of only 16 children in the world with a life-limiting genetic condition that is so rare it doesn’t have a name. The 11-month-old has a mutation of the PPFIBP1 gene which means he...
Police are still looking for a Washington man they believe murdered his three young daughters one week ago. Travis Decker, 32, is wanted on kidnapping and first-degree murder charges for killing his daughters, aged nine, eight and five, according to the Wenatchee Police Department in Washington state. Officials believe Mr Decker, who they say is...
Police Scotland Cole Cooper was last seen in Banknock on 7 May A body has been found in the search for teenager Cole Cooper who has been missing for four weeks. Police said the body of a man was discovered in a wooded area near Kilsyth Road in Banknock, near Falkirk, at about 16:15. Formal...
The fresh search for Madeleine McCann has ended after investigators spent three days in areas near to where the three-year-old disappeared 18 years ago in Portugal. German investigators left the search area at about 17:15 local time before Portuguese counterparts then removed the outer cordon from the site. Madeleine disappeared while on holiday with her...
Phil Mackie Midlands correspondent Reporting fromAlgarve, Portugal BBC News Searches for Madeleine McCann resumed on Thursday near to where the three-year-old disappeared from Praia da Luz, Portugal 18 years ago. German and Portuguese investigators have until Friday to look for evidence relating to her disappearance but there has been no obvious sign of any major...
A body has been found in the search for a Scottish man reported missing in Portugal. Greg Monks, 38, was reported missing last week after leaving the main strip in Albufeira in the Algarve in the early hours of Wednesday morning. Mr Monks, from Cambuslang, near Glasgow, had travelled to the resort on 27 May...