Working class don't want handouts, says Rayner

BBC - Tue, 03/25/2025 - 13:18
The deputy PM defends plans for £5bn of benefit cuts, saying people need support to get back into work.

Working class don't want handouts, says Rayner

BBC - Tue, 03/25/2025 - 13:18
The deputy PM defends plans for £5bn of benefit cuts, saying people need support to get back into work.

'Sadistic' online gangs of teen boys targeting children, says crime agency

BBC - Tue, 03/25/2025 - 13:11
The agency is concerned about the "egregious harms and the growing caseload we are seeing from this threat".

Strange spiral seen in the sky - BBC explains what it was

BBC - Tue, 03/25/2025 - 13:07
On Monday, stargazers may have noticed an unusual sight in the sky above the UK.

'Just brutal' - Owner speaks of trauma after alpacas shot dead

BBC - Tue, 03/25/2025 - 12:05
The owner of the Alpacas Dawn French told BBC Breakfast she has no thoughts on who could have done it.

Lower Thames Crossing approved by government

BBC - Tue, 03/25/2025 - 11:40
The 14-mile (22.5km) road will link the A2 and M2 in Kent with the A13 and M25 in Essex.

School holidays could vary across Wales as councils can't agree

BBC - Tue, 03/25/2025 - 11:07
The Welsh government is proposing standardising the dates, and has opened a consultation until 25 May.

Woman died of gunshot chest wound - inquest

BBC - Tue, 03/25/2025 - 10:32
Joanne Penney died after being shot at Green Park in Talbot Green, Rhondda Cynon Taf, on 9 March.

The 30-year quest to catch a national records thief

BBC - Tue, 03/25/2025 - 09:14
One academic's mission to discover who stole 200 items from Scotland's national archives.

Teaching was too stressful so I left to become a lorry driver

BBC - Tue, 03/25/2025 - 06:13
Stuart Youens changed careers two years ago and says he's a lot happier in his new job.

Chris Mason: Potentially unpalatable trade-offs loom for Labour

BBC - Tue, 03/25/2025 - 06:01
BBC political editor Chis Mason examines the fiscal dilemmas facing the government over spending and growth.

Government to drop asylum hotel provider

BBC - Tue, 03/25/2025 - 04:41
Stay Belvedere Hotels provides around a quarter of asylum accommodation.

How Robbie Williams became a 'therapist' to indie band Lottery Winners

BBC - Tue, 03/25/2025 - 01:48
Robbie asked the group to join his stadium tour, after he discovered their music on BBC Radio 2.

Archaeologists find 'unprecedented' Iron Age hoard

BBC - Tue, 03/25/2025 - 01:41
Archaeologists say they have found more than 800 items dating back about 2,000 years.

UK draws up new disease-threat watch list

BBC - Tue, 03/25/2025 - 01:38
Some are viruses with global pandemic potential - like Covid - others infectious illnesses with no treatments.

Doctors and charities call for gonorrhoea vaccine roll-out

BBC - Tue, 03/25/2025 - 01:34
The JCVI recommended the use of the MenB vaccine in November 2023 but has not been used in NHS clinics

Doctors and charities call for gonorrhoea vaccine roll-out

BBC - Tue, 03/25/2025 - 01:34
The JCVI recommended the use of the MenB vaccine in November 2023 but has not been used in NHS clinics

'I could lose £100K despite Woodford redress scheme'

BBC - Tue, 03/25/2025 - 00:49
People who lost savings from a collapsed investment fund say a redress scheme has let them down.

How an iPad dug up from the Thames solved museum thieves' murder plot

BBC - Tue, 03/25/2025 - 00:41
Police were able to use the iPad as key evidence in a trial of three men who plotted to murder a cage fighter.

How an iPad dug up from the Thames solved museum thieves' murder plot

BBC - Tue, 03/25/2025 - 00:41
Police were able to use the iPad as key evidence in a trial of three men who plotted to murder a cage fighter.