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Las Vegas shooting: Gun used 'bump-stock' device to shoot faster - BBC News | 2017-10-03 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Bump-stocks, or "slide fires", allow semi-automatic rifles to fire hundreds of rounds per minute. | US & Canada | Bump-stocks can be fitted to standard semi-automatic rifles like the Colt AR-15
Police say that the gunman who killed almost 60 people at a concert in Las Vegas had outfitted a legal but controversial accessory onto 12 of his semi-automatic rifles to enable them to fire hundreds of rounds per minute.
Officials say th... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-41482010 |
Match of the Day 2: Newcastle subtitle error leaves BBC red-faced - BBC News | 2017-10-03 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Subtitling software misunderstood the word "comma" and inserted "scum" into the text. | Tyne & Wear | An "unfortunate error" in subtitling led to Newcastle United being labelled "black and white scum" during the BBC's Match of the Day 2 programme.
Commentator Guy Mowbray said Liverpool's Daniel Sturridge had scored five goals against the black and whites.
But software confused the word "comma", spoken by a subtitler,... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-41473443 |
Tom Petty: How he influenced Sam Smith, Foo Fighters... and Spinal Tap - BBC News | 2017-10-03 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Sam Smith, Big Boi and Norah Jones are among the stars who have felt Tom Petty's influence. | Entertainment & Arts | A long list of singers and bands owe Tom Petty, who has died aged 66, for influencing them - from rock and pop stars to country acts and even, in a roundabout way, rappers and the legendary Spinal Tap.
Here are some of those who took inspiration from Tom Petty.
In 2015, Tom Petty and his collaborator Jeff Lynne were ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-41482121 |
Stourbridge stabbing: Aaron Barley admits murder - BBC News | 2017-10-03 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Homeless Aaron Barley turned on Tracey and Pierce Wilkinson after the family helped him off the street. | Birmingham & Black Country | Tracey Wilkinson died at the family home in Stourbridge and her teenage son Pierce died in hospital
A "manipulative" homeless man who turned on a family who befriended him has admitted the "frenzied" murder of the mother and her 13-year-old son.
Tracey and Pierce Wilkinson were stabbed to death at their home in Stour... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41484206 |
Stourbridge stabbings: Lydia Wilkinson 'feared triple funeral' - BBC News | 2017-10-03 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A student recalls the moment she found out her family had been attacked by a knifeman. | Birmingham & Black Country | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Lydia Wilkinson thought all her family was dead
Lydia Wilkinson was in another county when she found out her whole family had been stabbed in a "frenzied" knife attack.
The 19-year-old Bristol university student was in hall... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-41488407 |
Kursk sub disaster: Russia fined over free speech violation - BBC News | 2017-10-03 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Judges in Strasbourg say Russia violated free speech over the Kursk nuclear submarine disaster. | Europe | The Kursk disaster in 2000 was an international embarrassment for the Russian military
The European Court of Human Rights says Russia must compensate journalists who were sued for articles about the Kursk nuclear submarine disaster in 2000.
The case was won by Novaya Gazeta, an investigative newspaper often critical ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-41485883 |
Steve Coogan awarded damages in phone-hacking case - BBC News | 2017-10-03 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The actor and comedian says he will receive a six-figure sum and an apology over phone hacking. | UK | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Steve Coogan said the phone hacking was "a disgrace" to the record of the newspaper group
Comedian Steve Coogan is to receive a six-figure sum in damages from Mirror Group Newspapers (MGN) after it admitted to unlawful phone... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41481307 |
Catalonia vote: Spain's biggest crisis for a generation - BBC News | 2017-10-03 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Catalonia has plunged Spain into its biggest crisis since a 1981 coup attempt, writes James Badcock. | Europe | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Spanish police clashed with people trying to get to polling stations to vote
The sight of masked police smashing their way into polling stations was evidence - if any were needed - that Catalonia's independence drive has plu... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-41466619 |
Wimbledon station commuters flee train in 'Bible' panic - BBC News | 2017-10-03 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | People climbed on to tracks after being "panicked" by a man reading verses aloud from the holy book. | London | Some passengers forced open the doors of train
Passengers forced open the doors on a busy rush-hour train and climbed on to tracks after becoming "panicked" in the carriage.
It happened outside Wimbledon station in south-west London at 08:30 BST as a man apparently began reading lines aloud from the Bible.
Commuters... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-41466140 |
Five-year-old girl 'misses' Muslim fosterers, court hears - BBC News | 2017-10-03 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Tower Hamlets Council says the five-year-old girl's foster family gave "warm and appropriate care". | UK | A Christian girl said to have been fostered by a Muslim family had a "warm and appropriate" relationship with the carers, a family court has heard.
The five-year-old, who is now living with her grandmother, was placed into the family's care in March by the London Borough of Tower Hamlets.
The judge, Khatun Sapnara, s... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41476357 |
Why don't I want to have sex with the man I love? - BBC News | 2017-10-03 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | At first Stacey thought she wasn't normal, then she thought she might be ill. Finally she discovered she was actually asexual. | Magazine | It is thought that between 1-3% of the population is asexual, meaning they do not feel any sexual attraction to other people. For years Stacey was puzzled about why she never wanted to sleep with anyone, even her husband. As she explains here, it was her doctor that told her the truth.
For a really long time I thought... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-41469511 |
Detective Leanne McKie death: Husband charged with murder - BBC News | 2017-10-03 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Detective Leanne McKie was discovered in the water at Poynton Park, Cheshire, on Friday. | Manchester | Det Leanne McKie had worked at Greater Manchester Police since 2001
The husband of a serving police detective who was found dead in a lake has been charged with her murder.
Mother-of-three Leanne McKie, 39, was discovered in the water at Poynton Park, Cheshire, on Friday.
Det McKie joined Greater Manchester Police i... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-41473750 |
Las Vegas shooting: Veterans, nurse and teachers among the dead - BBC News | 2017-10-03 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The identities of some of the 58 people killed in Las Vegas become clear. | US & Canada | Details are emerging of the 58 people a gunman killed when he opened fire on innocent concert-goers in Las Vegas on Sunday night. They included a war veteran, a nurse and teachers.
Chris Roybal, 28, was a US Navy veteran from southern California who had recently returned from Afghanistan. In his last public Facebook p... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-41476879 |
Has Mumbai become India's most unliveable city? - BBC News | 2017-10-03 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A deadly stampede is the latest tragedy in a city that seems to be crumbling at the seams. | India | People say the stampede that killed 23 people on Friday was an accident waiting to happen
A deadly stampede at a busy Mumbai station that killed 23 people last Friday has caused anger, not only because it could have been avoided, but because residents feel that it is yet another example of the city suffering due to of... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-41464636 |
My work as a prostitute led me to oppose decriminalisation - BBC News | 2017-10-03 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Sabrinna Valisce worked as a prostitute for 25 years and long campaigned for decriminalisation. Now she describes herself as an "abolitionist". | Magazine | For most of her life in prostitution in New Zealand, Sabrinna Valisce campaigned for decriminalisation of the sex trade. But when it actually happened she changed her mind and now argues that men who use prostitutes should be prosecuted. Julie Bindel tells her story.
When Sabrinna Valisce was 12 years old her father k... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-41349301 |
Portishead shooting: Dead man named as Spencer Ashworth, 29 - BBC News | 2017-10-03 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The man was shot dead by police near Bristol last week near junction 19 of the M5. | Bristol | Officers opened fire on a car on the A369 Portbury Hundred near junction 19 of the M5 on Wednesday
A man who was shot dead by police near Bristol last week has been named.
He was 29-year-old Spencer Ashworth, whose last known address was in Portishead, the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) said.
Office... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-41474518 |
Amber Rudd accuses tech giants of 'sneering' at politicians - BBC News | 2017-10-03 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The home secretary says Silicon Valley should stop "sneering" at her attempts to fight terrorism online. | UK Politics | Amber Rudd has accused tech giants of not doing enough in the fight against extremism
Home Secretary Amber Rudd has accused technology experts of "patronising" and "sneering" at politicians who try to regulate their industry.
She said Silicon Valley had to do more to help the authorities access messages on end-to-end... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-41463401 |
Millions of metres of dangerous cable 'in homes across UK' - BBC News | 2017-10-03 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Millions of metres of dangerous electrical cable may be installed in homes around the UK, a BBC investigation reveals. | UK | Some seven million metres of the hazardous cable was destroyed - but the remainder remains unaccounted for and much of it may be in homes or businesses
Millions of metres of dangerous electrical cable may be in homes across the UK, a BBC investigation has found.
In 2010 it was discovered Atlas Kablo, a now-defunct Tu... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41391343 |
Demi Lovato on dating and disappointment - BBC News | 2017-10-03 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The pop star talks about disastrous dates, and how once she had a crush on a famous friend. | Entertainment & Arts | Demi Lovato: "I know I have a platform and I want to make the biggest change in the world that I can"
"Five, four, three, two, one!"
Pop star Demi Lovato is doing her best impression of Nasa's mission control as she records an insert for a forthcoming TV show.
Standing in an alcove of BBC Broadcasting House, as staf... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-41441941 |
Newspaper headlines: 'Stop fights and do your duty' - BBC News | 2017-10-03 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The press takes a look ahead to Theresa May's Tory conference speech - and back to Boris Johnson's. | The Papers | "The roaring lion" is the headline in the Daily Telegraph - referring to Boris Johnson's address to the Conservative conference which, it concludes, provided a "dose of much needed optimism".
Peter Oborne in the Daily Mail agrees, calling it one of the best speeches of Mr Johnson's career and praising him for talking ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-the-papers-41493422 |
What will stop these self-driving lorries colliding? - BBC News | 2017-10-03 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | 5G broadband could be 10 times as fast as 4G and underpin many new technologies of the future. | Business | What impact could 5G - the new high-speed mobile technology being trialled around the world - have on the way we work and play?
Swedish transport company Scania believes lorries could use far less fuel if they drove much closer together, controlled by wirelessly communicating onboard computers.
But to prevent these "... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-41467871 |
Recap: How Theresa May's eventful conference speech unfolded - BBC News | 2017-10-03 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Theresa May had to battle a sore throat, being interrupted by a prankster and parts of the backdrop falling off. | UK Politics | It's fair to say there was plenty going on in the conference hall during Theresa May's speech earlier.
One thing that did not go unnoticed on social media, although it was not widely commented upon at the time amid the wider fallout from the speech, was the PM's unusual choice of accessory.
She was wearing a bracelet... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-politics-41466961 |
Flu vaccine: NHS patients wanted to test 'universal' jab - BBC News | 2017-10-03 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The experimental vaccine should work against most flu types and offer years of protection, research says. | Health | Researchers are seeking about 500 NHS patients to try out a new "universal" vaccine against seasonal flu.
The experimental vaccine works differently from the one currently available, which has to be remade each year based on a "best guess" of what type of flu is likely to be about.
The new jab targets part of the vir... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-41467097 |
Former women's college fields all-male University Challenge team - BBC News | 2017-10-03 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Former all-female Oxford college St Hugh's was criticised for its University Challenge squad. | UK | A former all-female Oxford college, that was set up by a woman for women, has been criticised for fielding an all-male team in University Challenge.
St Hugh's College began admitting men in 1987, but presenter Jeremy Paxman joked: "On the basis of tonight's team, we could be forgiven for thinking they'd (men) rather t... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41481520 |
US musician Tom Petty dies aged 66 - BBC News | 2017-10-03 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The guitarist died after being found unconscious and not breathing at his home in California. | Entertainment & Arts | Tom Petty was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2002
US musician Tom Petty has died in California aged 66, says a statement issued on behalf of his family.
Petty was found unconscious, not breathing and in full cardiac arrest at his Malibu home early on Monday.
He was taken to hospital, but could not b... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-41475013 |
'I was forced from my job for giving birth' - BBC News | 2017-10-03 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The scale of maternity discrimination is being hidden due to the use of gagging orders, it's warned. | UK | Around one in nine of the more than 3,000 mothers questioned had lost their jobs
The scale of maternity discrimination is being hidden because of the use of gagging orders when women who have lost their jobs settle out of court, experts have told the Victoria Derbyshire programme.
"My boss said if I'm not going back ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-40586451 |
Newspaper headlines: 'An act of pure evil' - BBC News | 2017-10-03 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | America's worst mass shooting, at a music festival in Las Vegas, dominates the front pages. | The Papers | Many front-page headlines use US President Donald Trump's words to describe the Las Vegas shootings: "An act of pure evil."
The Daily Mirror's headline is "Slaughter in Sin City".
The Daily Mail asks: "What turned Mr Normal into a mass killer?"
The Times describes Stephen Paddock as a retired accountant with no crim... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-the-papers-41478583 |
A strange encounter with St Vincent - BBC News | 2017-10-03 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The art-pop star invites the BBC into her "psychedelic womb" for a rather unusual interview. | Entertainment & Arts | St Vincent: "The tone of the record is quite manic and painful"
"Are you ready for this?"
St Vincent's press officer is making small talk ahead of our interview, on a scorching hot summer's day in London.
"Sure," I reply. I've listened to her new album. I've made copious notes. I've jotted down about two dozen quest... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-41467671 |
Nuclear submarine captain relieved of command - BBC News | 2017-10-03 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The captain is being investigated after allegations of an "inappropriate relationship". | Glasgow & West Scotland | The captain of the submarine HMS Vigilant is at the centre of the investigation, the BBC understands
A nuclear submarine captain has been relieved of his command after an alleged "inappropriate relationship" with a member of his crew.
The Royal Navy captain is being investigated following the allegations, which invol... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-41474888 |
Monarch chief Andrew Swaffield 'devastated' at closure - BBC News | 2017-10-03 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Closure decision was made after it was estimated that losses for 2018 would be "well over" £100m. | Business | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The chief executive of failed airline Monarch tells Today projected losses were too great to stay operating
Monarch chief executive Andrew Swaffield has said he is "absolutely devastated" at the airline's collapse.
Mr Swaff... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-41481661 |
Kingdom of Us: Family's tragedy becomes Netflix film - BBC News | 2017-10-03 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Kingdom of Us tells the story of Vikie Shanks and her seven children after their father's suicide. | Coventry & Warwickshire | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The film Kingdom of Us is due for a 13 October release
A mother and her seven children trying to come to terms with their father's suicide have had their story turned into a Netflix documentary.
Vikie Shanks from Warwickshi... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-41470651 |
Monarch Airlines: Holidaymakers and staff 'devastated' by airline collapse - BBC News | 2017-10-03 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Holidaymakers arrive at airports to find their flights cancelled and staff are made redundant by email. | England | Natasha Slessor had worked as cabin crew for Monarch for nearly four years
Holidaymakers and airline staff have been left "devastated" by the collapse of flight operator Monarch.
Hundreds of people arrived at Leeds Bradford, Gatwick, Birmingham, Luton and Manchester airports to find their flights had been cancelled.
... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-41467851 |
Stephen Paddock: Vegas suspect a high-roller and 'psychopath' - BBC News | 2017-10-03 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Stephen Paddock is said to have been a professional gambler who recently made some big bets. | US & Canada | "It was like living next to nothing," said a former neighbour of Paddock
Las Vegas concert gunman Stephen Paddock was a wealthy former accountant and high-stakes gambler who appeared to be living in quiet retirement with his girlfriend in a desert community.
The 64-year-old, of Mesquite, Nevada, had pilot's and hunti... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-41472462 |
Boris Johnson Libya 'dead bodies' comment provokes anger - BBC News | 2017-10-03 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Boris Johnson says Sirte could be the new Dubai - "all they have to do is clear the dead bodies away". | UK Politics | Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has said Libyan city Sirte could be the new Dubai, adding, "all they have to do is clear the dead bodies away".
His comments at a Conservative fringe meeting sparked anger, with a number of Tory MPs calling for his sacking and Labour labelling him "crass and cruel".
Mr Johnson claimed ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-41490174 |
Catalan crisis: More populism than separatism? - BBC News | 2017-10-03 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The Catalan crisis looks more like populism than separatism, Europe editor Katya Adler writes. | Europe | Spain is gripped by the duel between Prime Minister Rajoy (L) and Catalan leader Puigdemont
Emotions are running high in Catalonia today. Of course they are.
"The Spanish government is like an abusive husband," one activist raged at me today. "He says he loves you, that he can't live without you. Then, he beats you t... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-41475770 |
'No point trying to be cool' - the Tories seeking young voters - BBC News | 2017-10-03 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | More young people are voting than at any time in the last 25 years, but largely not for the Conservatives. What should they do? | UK Politics | The Conservatives have a problem. More young people are voting than at any time in the last quarter of a century, but largely not for them - so what can the party do to change that?
It's been labelled - perhaps unfairly - the "Tory Glastonbury". Around 200 activists, MPs, sympathetic thinkers and business people meet ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-41434873 |
Grooming victim fear over Coronation Street courtroom error - BBC News | 2017-10-03 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Court artist drawing a grooming victim "wasn't a true representation of procedure", ITV admits. | Manchester | Former chief crown prosecutor Nazir Afzal said up to now the programme was "to be applauded"
Child sexual exploitation victims may fear coming forward after a courtroom sketch of a grooming victim was shown in Coronation Street, it is feared.
The character Bethany Platt, 16, is at the centre of a grooming storyline. ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-41478202 |
Sale of acids to under-18s to be banned, Amber Rudd says - BBC News | 2017-10-03 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Home Secretary Amber Rudd announced the crackdown after a rise in attacks using corrosive substances. | UK | The government will ban the sale of acids to anyone under the age of 18, Home Secretary Amber Rudd has said.
Her pledge, at the Conservative Party conference, comes as more than 400 attacks using corrosive substances were recorded in the six months to April.
She also said she would "drastically limit" sales of sulphu... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41484909 |
Instagram baby photo thief banned from social media - BBC News | 2017-10-03 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Kati Ringer, 21, claimed other people's babies were sick or dead in an attempt to get money. | Norfolk | Kati Ringer (face obscured) leaves Norwich Magistrates' Court where she appeared for sentencing
A woman who stole photos of babies from Instagram and claimed they were sick or dead in a bid to get money has been banned from social media.
Kati Ringer, 21, claimed the pictures, copied from accounts belonging to two uns... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-41488799 |
NFL anthem protests after Las Vegas attack anger fans - BBC News | 2017-10-03 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Kansas City Chiefs players protest during the national anthem on a day of mourning for Las Vegas. | US & Canada | Fans have criticised three Kansas City Chiefs players who protested during the US national anthem amid a day of national mourning for a mass shooting.
The demonstration at Monday's game against the Washington Redskins came a day after a gunman killed 59 people and wounded hundreds in Las Vegas.
Fans held up signs suc... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-41487808 |
Boris Johnson: Let the British lion roar - BBC News | 2017-10-03 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The foreign secretary says the UK can "win the future" as he praises Theresa May's leadership. | UK Politics | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Boris Johnson: "It is up to us now... to let that lion roar."
Boris Johnson has said it is time to "let the British lion roar" as he called for Brexit to be a moment of national renewal.
The foreign secretary told Tory acti... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-41489674 |
How Trump turned against gun control - BBC News | 2017-10-03 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Donald Trump was once in favour of strengthened gun regulation. Then he ran for president. | US & Canada | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Trump on Las Vegas shooting: 'It was an act of pure evil'
When attempting to interpret Donald Trump's statements on firearm regulation, and how they could shape a presidential policy response to the Las Vegas mass shooting, ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-41478293 |
Las Vegas shootings: Is the gunman a terrorist? - BBC News | 2017-10-03 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Debate gathers pace online about how to label the Mandalay Bay shooter. | US & Canada | Stephen Paddock has been identified by police as the man behind the deadliest shooting in modern US history
As details emerge about the Las Vegas gunman who killed at least 58 people and injured more than 500 others, an online debate has begun about why Stephen Paddock has not been labelled a terrorist.
Instead the 6... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-41483943 |
Conservative fears of a downward spiral - BBC News | 2017-10-03 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The worry in Manchester is not really that Boris Johnson is grabbing all the attention, it's that the party could be dying inside. | UK Politics | Guess what. It's not about Boris Johnson. He sucks the oxygen, grabs the attention, "the blond one" excites the Tory crowds, as well as driving his colleagues up the wall with his behaviour.
Today in a speech about "the lion that will roar", (wonder what he's trying to say there?) activists may cheer him and colleague... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-41482140 |
Calls for Amazon to ban 'anorexia hoodie' - BBC News | 2017-10-03 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | One woman living with anorexia said it could "damage" the mental health of those with the condition. | Health | Beth Grant, who has lived with anorexia for 13 years, said selling the product was "absolutely disgraceful"
Amazon has been described as "irresponsible" for selling a hoodie that describes anorexia as "like bulimia, except with self control".
One woman living with anorexia said it could "damage" the mental health of ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-41483592 |
Yahoo 2013 data breach hit 'all three billion accounts' - BBC News | 2017-10-03 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The internet giant says three billion user accounts were affected, more than originally thought. | Business | Yahoo has said that all of its three billion user accounts were affected in a hacking attack dating back to 2013.
The company, which was taken over by Verizon earlier this year, said an investigation had shown the breach went much further than originally thought.
The stolen data did not include passwords in clear tex... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-41493494 |
Corrie Mckeague: Suffolk Police to resume landfill search - BBC News | 2017-10-03 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Airman Corrie Mckeague disappeared while on a night out in September 2016. | Suffolk | Corrie Mckeague was last seen entering a bin loading bay in Bury St Edmunds
Police investigating the disappearance of missing airman Corrie Mckeague are to resume a search of a landfill site.
Mr Mckeague has not been seen since he went on a night out in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, in September 2016, when CCTV showed hi... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-41490459 |
I should be home-schooled, but I spent 10 months on Xbox - BBC News | 2017-10-04 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | After Mohammed was excluded for bad behaviour, he was home-schooled - but it didn't work out. | Magazine | Mohammed spends his days playing computer games and looking after his granddad. He's only 14, but he hasn't been to school since December. The idea was to home school him - but things didn't quite work out like that, reports the BBC's Sue Mitchell.
He lives in a spotlessly clean Bradford semi-detached house, with pale... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-41476718 |
Could Catalonia make a success of independence? - BBC News | 2017-10-04 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A Catalan regional election revived the fortunes of separatist parties, so could independence work? | Europe | Pro-independence parties have won a slim majority in the Catalan parliament. The regional election backfired on the Spanish government, but for now Madrid remains firmly in control, under emergency powers invoked in October.
What if Catalonia were to secede eventually - would it be able to stand on its own two feet?
... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-41474674 |
What now for Theresa May and her party? - BBC News | 2017-10-04 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | In the next few days, the balance between the desire to end the torment on display today and preserve stability will be endlessly discussed by Conservative MPs. | UK Politics | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. 'Nothing quite like it' - Laura Kuenssberg on PM's speech
The conference has packed up. The prime minister is home. No one will forget her speech. And there are MPs who believe that today's surreal events ought to mark the b... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-41506741 |
Catalonia beset by divided loyalties in protest aftermath - BBC News | 2017-10-04 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The sight of Spanish police beating voters in Catalonia will not be forgotten, says the BBC's Patrick Jackson. | Europe | The protesters say the violent reaction of the Spanish authorities to their independence demands has strengthened their cause
She cried when she saw the news, he could hardly believe what he was watching.
Here in 21st Century Spain, police were beating people for trying to hold a vote.
Never mind that Ana didn't tur... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-41486358 |
Conservative fears of a downward spiral - BBC News | 2017-10-04 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The worry in Manchester is not really that Boris Johnson is grabbing all the attention, it's that the party could be dying inside. | UK Politics | Guess what. It's not about Boris Johnson. He sucks the oxygen, grabs the attention, "the blond one" excites the Tory crowds, as well as driving his colleagues up the wall with his behaviour.
Today in a speech about "the lion that will roar", (wonder what he's trying to say there?) activists may cheer him and colleague... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-41482140 |
Theresa May speech: What's the problem with affordable housing? - BBC News | 2017-10-04 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The prime minister has pledged £2bn to build more council houses. | UK Politics | The prime minister has promised to invest an additional £2bn in affordable housing.
The Conservative Party says that will fund the building of an additional 25,000 new homes for social rent, expected to be mainly council housing, over two years from 2019. Let's put that into perspective.
In 2010-11, 39,570 additional... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-41498353 |
Amazon and Apple caught in latest EU tax crackdown - BBC News | 2017-10-04 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | EU tells Amazon to repay €250m as it also launches legal action against Ireland over Apple taxes. | Business | The European Union has launched a fresh crackdown over taxes paid by tech giants Amazon and Apple.
Amazon has been ordered to repay €250m (£221m; $293m) in back taxes after the European Commission said it had been given an unfair tax deal in Luxembourg.
The Commission also plans to take Ireland to court over its fail... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41497459 |
Stourbridge stabbing: Aaron Barley admits murder - BBC News | 2017-10-04 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Homeless Aaron Barley turned on Tracey and Pierce Wilkinson after the family helped him off the street. | Birmingham & Black Country | Tracey Wilkinson died at the family home in Stourbridge and her teenage son Pierce died in hospital
A "manipulative" homeless man who turned on a family who befriended him has admitted the "frenzied" murder of the mother and her 13-year-old son.
Tracey and Pierce Wilkinson were stabbed to death at their home in Stour... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41484206 |
Europe 'to bill Amazon for Luxembourg back taxes' - BBC News | 2017-10-04 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Brussels is poised to seek hundreds of millions of euros from the US retailer, say reports. | Business | Amazon is facing a bill for hundreds of millions of euros in back taxes linked to an alleged "sweetheart" tax deal with Luxembourg.
The European Union's (EU) competition commissioner Margrethe Vestager is expected to announce a recovery order later, reports the Financial Times.
It follows a three-year investigation i... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-41484025 |
100 Women: Can we wire our brains for confidence? - BBC News | 2017-10-04 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | When we choose confidence, we are rewiring our brains and are able to change ourselves for the better, says neuroscientist Dr Stacie Grossman Bloom. | World | When we think about ourselves positively, we stimulate parts of our brains involved in reward, motivation, and pleasure, says Dr Stacie Grossman Bloom
Dr Stacie Grossman Bloom is a neuroscientist who has three daughters. She also has a successful career at NYU Langone Medical Center in New York. She has examined the r... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-41097043 |
US gun laws: Why it won't follow New Zealand's lead - BBC News | 2017-10-04 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A mass shooting in New Zealand has led to an assault-weapon ban six days later, drawing contrasts with the US. | US & Canada | Six days after the Christchurch mosque attack, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced a ban on "military-style" semi-automatic rifles, prompting questions in the US.
Following a series of mass shootings in the US in recent years, there has been little in the way of sweeping gun-control reforms.
On the fe... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-41489552 |
Stourbridge stabbings: Lydia Wilkinson 'feared triple funeral' - BBC News | 2017-10-04 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A student recalls the moment she found out her family had been attacked by a knifeman. | Birmingham & Black Country | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Lydia Wilkinson thought all her family was dead
Lydia Wilkinson was in another county when she found out her whole family had been stabbed in a "frenzied" knife attack.
The 19-year-old Bristol university student was in hall... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-41488407 |
Why don't I want to have sex with the man I love? - BBC News | 2017-10-04 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | At first Stacey thought she wasn't normal, then she thought she might be ill. Finally she discovered she was actually asexual. | Magazine | It is thought that between 1-3% of the population is asexual, meaning they do not feel any sexual attraction to other people. For years Stacey was puzzled about why she never wanted to sleep with anyone, even her husband. As she explains here, it was her doctor that told her the truth.
For a really long time I thought... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-41469511 |
Aaron Barley jailed for life for Stourbridge stabbings - BBC News | 2017-10-04 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Homeless Aaron Barley was warned he may never be released after he "destroyed" the family who helped him. | Birmingham & Black Country | Aaron Barley admitted the two murders on what would have been the first day of his trial
A homeless man who "destroyed a family" by stabbing to death a mother and son who had helped him has been jailed for life with a minimum of 30 years.
Aaron Barley admitted murdering Tracey Wilkinson and 13-year-old son Pierce on ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-41496292 |
Ex-GCHQ boss Brian Lord admits Truth or Dare assault - BBC News | 2017-10-04 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Brian Lord placed his hand on a female party guest's knee for "two to three" minutes, a court heard. | Gloucestershire | A former GCHQ boss has admitted assaulting a female dinner guest during a "sexualised" Truth or Dare-style party game.
Brian Lord OBE, the ex-deputy director for intelligence and cyber operations at the Cheltenham spy base, denied sexually assaulting the woman by putting his hand on her knee.
Prosecutors instead proc... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-gloucestershire-41503393 |
Pesto sauces: 'More salt than McDonald's burger' - BBC News | 2017-10-04 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Consensus Action on Salt and Health says two products are 30% saltier than seawater. | UK | The salt content in some pesto sauces has increased despite a push to reduce levels, a campaign group has found.
Consensus Action on Salt and Health said Sacla's Italia Organic Vegetarian Pesto No 5 Basil and Italia Pesto No 1 Classic Basil now contain more salt per serving than a McDonald's hamburger.
It said none o... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41493440 |
Glee actor Mark Salling admits possessing child sex abuse images - BBC News | 2017-10-04 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Mark Salling faces between four and seven years in prison, according to US media reports. | Entertainment & Arts | Mark Salling (pictured in 2016) starred in the musical series Glee for six years
Former Glee actor Mark Salling has pleaded guilty to possession of images of child sex abuse.
Salling, 35, now faces between four and seven years in prison and has been ordered to pay about $50,000 (£38,000) to each victim.
The actor wa... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-41507130 |
Sydney and Melbourne could face 50C days 'within decades' - BBC News | 2017-10-04 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Sydney and Melbourne could reach that temperature between 2040 and 2050, researchers warn. | Australia | Summers in Sydney and Melbourne will get hotter, researchers say
Australia's two biggest cities could swelter through 50C (122F) days within a few decades, a study has found.
Sydney and Melbourne are likely to endure such summers even if global warming is contained to the Paris accord limit of a 2C rise above pre-ind... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-41493682 |
Canada forgets to mention Jewish people at Holocaust memorial - BBC News | 2017-10-04 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A plaque is removed from the memorial after officials realised it failed to mention Jewish people. | US & Canada | Prime Minister Trudeau attends the opening of the National Holocaust Monument
A plaque has been removed from Canada's Holocaust memorial because it neglected to mention Jewish people.
PM Justin Trudeau opened the National Holocaust Monument last week in the capital Ottawa.
The plaque commemorated the "millions of me... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-41506700 |
Tillerson denies resignation rumours, but not 'moron' remark - BBC News | 2017-10-04 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The US secretary of state did not deny media reports that he called Mr Trump a "moron". | US & Canada | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. In October, Rex Tillerson responded to a report he called Mr Trump 'a moron'
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has denied rumours of a rift with Donald Trump, amid media reports he had called the president a "moron".
"I'm... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-41502533 |
Newspaper headlines: 'Stop fights and do your duty' - BBC News | 2017-10-04 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The press takes a look ahead to Theresa May's Tory conference speech - and back to Boris Johnson's. | The Papers | "The roaring lion" is the headline in the Daily Telegraph - referring to Boris Johnson's address to the Conservative conference which, it concludes, provided a "dose of much needed optimism".
Peter Oborne in the Daily Mail agrees, calling it one of the best speeches of Mr Johnson's career and praising him for talking ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-the-papers-41493422 |
Theresa May speech prank prompts security review - BBC News | 2017-10-04 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Simon Brodkin had "legitimate accreditation" for the event where he handed Theresa May a P45. | UK | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. A prankster interrupted the prime minister during her speech
Security at future Conservative Party conferences will be reviewed after a prankster got close enough to the prime minister to hand her a P45.
Comedian Simon Brod... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41503374 |
Recap: How Theresa May's eventful conference speech unfolded - BBC News | 2017-10-04 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Theresa May had to battle a sore throat, being interrupted by a prankster and parts of the backdrop falling off. | UK Politics | It's fair to say there was plenty going on in the conference hall during Theresa May's speech earlier.
One thing that did not go unnoticed on social media, although it was not widely commented upon at the time amid the wider fallout from the speech, was the PM's unusual choice of accessory.
She was wearing a bracelet... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-politics-41466961 |
RAF jets intercept flight after security 'hoax' - BBC News | 2017-10-04 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | RAF Typhoon jets divert a passenger flight to Stansted Airport after a suspected hoax alert. | UK | RAF Typhoon jets intercepted a passenger flight and diverted it to Stansted Airport following a suspected "hoax" security alert.
The RAF said its quick reaction alert Typhoon aircraft were deployed on Wednesday morning and safely escorted the plane to the airport, near London.
Flights were temporarily grounded at Sta... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41495677 |
'I was forced from my job for giving birth' - BBC News | 2017-10-04 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The scale of maternity discrimination is being hidden due to the use of gagging orders, it's warned. | UK | Around one in nine of the more than 3,000 mothers questioned had lost their jobs
The scale of maternity discrimination is being hidden because of the use of gagging orders when women who have lost their jobs settle out of court, experts have told the Victoria Derbyshire programme.
"My boss said if I'm not going back ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-40586451 |
Theresa May speech: How can you combat a croaky voice? - BBC News | 2017-10-04 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The PM coughed her way through a difficult speech, but could a quick fix have cleared her throat? | UK Politics | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Theresa May struggles with her cough
Theresa May might be stocking up on cough remedies after battling through a croaky voice during her Conservative Party conference speech - but could the prime minister have done anything ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-41503413 |
Danielle McLaughlin: Goa murder case to be 'fast-tracked' - BBC News | 2017-10-04 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A second post-mortem examination reaffirms that Irish woman Danielle McLaughlin was strangled. | Europe | Danielle McLaughlin went to university in Liverpool
The family of an Irish woman who was raped and murdered while on holiday in India have confirmed that her case is being "fast-tracked".
Danielle McLaughlin from County Donegal was found dead in a field in the western state of Goa in March.
A second post-mortem exam... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-41496152 |
Army sergeant 'removed parachute parts in bid to kill wife' - BBC News | 2017-10-04 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Victoria Cilliers survived falling from 4,000ft after both of her parachutes failed, a court hears. | Wiltshire | An Army sergeant tried to kill his wife by removing parts of her parachute, causing her to spin thousands of feet to the ground, a court has heard.
Emile Cilliers, 37, is accused of two counts of attempted murder of Victoria Cilliers who survived the jump on 5 April 2015.
Mr Cilliers, who denies all charges, wanted t... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-wiltshire-41499604 |
Newspaper headlines: May 'on final warning after speech shambles' - BBC News | 2017-10-04 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Theresa May's "disastrous" Conservative conference speech takes centre stage on the front pages. | The Papers | The Huffpost UK website chooses an image of the prime minister swigging water to control her cough, alongside the headline "The Cough Drop".
Its executive editor of politics, Paul Waugh, describes how "the PM's dogged persistence won her sympathy from her own tribe" but warns that she "is now in danger of being neithe... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-the-papers-41507073 |
100 Women: Do female leaders improve women's lives? - BBC News | 2017-10-04 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | More women are smashing the glass ceiling than ever but are they taking 50% of the population with them? | World | The glass ceiling of the Javits Center ended up being horribly symbolic for Hillary Clinton
"I can't believe we just put the biggest crack in that glass ceiling yet... if there are any girls out there that stayed up late to watch - I may become the next woman president, but one of you is next." The words of Hillary Cl... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-41258332 |
Sputnik: How the Soviet Union spun the satellite launch - BBC News | 2017-10-04 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | For the Soviet Union, the launch of the satellite was a triumph not just for science. but socialism. | Science & Environment | The launch of Sputnik, the first man-made satellite, 60 years ago kicked off the space race between the Soviet Union and America.
The satellite was a success not just in terms of scientific advancement but in terms of providing a propaganda opportunity for the socialist state.
Early reports detailed a wealth of techn... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-41498083 |
Boris Johnson Libya 'dead bodies' comment provokes anger - BBC News | 2017-10-04 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Boris Johnson says Sirte could be the new Dubai - "all they have to do is clear the dead bodies away". | UK Politics | Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has said Libyan city Sirte could be the new Dubai, adding, "all they have to do is clear the dead bodies away".
His comments at a Conservative fringe meeting sparked anger, with a number of Tory MPs calling for his sacking and Labour labelling him "crass and cruel".
Mr Johnson claimed ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-41490174 |
Instagram baby photo thief banned from social media - BBC News | 2017-10-04 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Kati Ringer, 21, claimed other people's babies were sick or dead in an attempt to get money. | Norfolk | Kati Ringer (face obscured) leaves Norwich Magistrates' Court where she appeared for sentencing
A woman who stole photos of babies from Instagram and claimed they were sick or dead in a bid to get money has been banned from social media.
Kati Ringer, 21, claimed the pictures, copied from accounts belonging to two uns... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-41488799 |
NFL anthem protests after Las Vegas attack anger fans - BBC News | 2017-10-04 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Kansas City Chiefs players protest during the national anthem on a day of mourning for Las Vegas. | US & Canada | Fans have criticised three Kansas City Chiefs players who protested during the US national anthem amid a day of national mourning for a mass shooting.
The demonstration at Monday's game against the Washington Redskins came a day after a gunman killed 59 people and wounded hundreds in Las Vegas.
Fans held up signs suc... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-41487808 |
Theresa May's nightmare speech - BBC News | 2017-10-04 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | There has never been a speech quite like it. Even before she took to the platform Theresa May was fragile. | UK Politics | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Theresa May struggles with her cough
There has never been a speech quite like it. Even before she took to the platform Theresa May was fragile - politically, and in terms of her health, she has been struggling with a cold al... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-41503160 |
The dying art of the great song intro - BBC News | 2017-10-04 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The rise of streaming means pop stars are neglecting the art of the build-up. | Entertainment & Arts | Clean Bandit have squeezed the intros in their hits
Great song intros, where a tune builds up before the vocal kicks in, are becoming an endangered species as fickle music fans skip tracks if they don't get immediate gratification.
That's the view of the man who co-produced two Clean Bandit number ones this year, and... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-41500692 |
Las Vegas shootings: Is the gunman a terrorist? - BBC News | 2017-10-04 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Debate gathers pace online about how to label the Mandalay Bay shooter. | US & Canada | Stephen Paddock has been identified by police as the man behind the deadliest shooting in modern US history
As details emerge about the Las Vegas gunman who killed at least 58 people and injured more than 500 others, an online debate has begun about why Stephen Paddock has not been labelled a terrorist.
Instead the 6... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-41483943 |
‘Don’t brand me’: The Indian women saying no to forced tattoos - BBC News | 2017-10-04 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A fashion statement in the West and with affluent Indians, tattoos have a darker shade too. | India | For more than 2,000 years, the Baiga tribeswomen have been getting tattoos
In India, and across the world, getting a tattoo is nowadays seen as a sign of independence and rebellion. Many young people get inked to showcase their identity, what makes them distinctive and who they are.
But for me, a decision to not get ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-41466751 |
Yahoo 2013 data breach hit 'all three billion accounts' - BBC News | 2017-10-04 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The internet giant says three billion user accounts were affected, more than originally thought. | Business | Yahoo has said that all of its three billion user accounts were affected in a hacking attack dating back to 2013.
The company, which was taken over by Verizon earlier this year, said an investigation had shown the breach went much further than originally thought.
The stolen data did not include passwords in clear tex... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-41493494 |
PM speech: Are fewer black people being stopped and searched? - BBC News | 2017-10-04 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Black people remain more likely to be stopped and searched than any other ethnic group. | UK Politics | The claim: Prime Minister Theresa May said that following a speech at the Conservative Party conference in 2014, government action had meant "the number of black people being stopped and searched has fallen by over two-thirds".
Reality Check verdict: The number of black people being stopped and searched by police has ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-41501683 |
Bird deaths: Pheasants 'most likely species' to die on UK roads - BBC News | 2017-10-04 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Pheasants are the bird species most likely to be run over on UK roads, according to new research. | Science & Environment | Pheasants are far more likely than other species to be the victims of road kill
Pheasants are the bird species most likely to be run over on UK roads, research suggests.
There has been a big rise in the number of pheasants being bred for shooting across the UK over the past 50 years.
The study in Royal Society Open ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-41487536 |
Royal Navy could lose 'fight on beaches' ships in planned cuts - BBC News | 2017-10-05 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The Royal Navy could lose ability to assault enemy-held beaches, under plans considered in the MoD. | UK | The Royal Navy could lose its ability to assault enemy held beaches, under plans being considered in the Ministry of Defence, BBC Newsnight understands.
Two specialist landing ships - HMS Albion and Bulwark - would be taken out of service under the proposals.
The plan - part of a package of cost-cutting measures - ha... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41511790 |
Fresh rail strikes hit services across England - BBC News | 2017-10-05 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | RMT action is affecting Southern, Merseyrail, Arriva Rail North and Greater Anglia services. | England | The industrial action is over plans to make train doors driver-only operated
Train services have ended for the day in two companies affected by a second 24-hour strike by RMT members this week across England.
All services have finished on Arriva Rail North and all but one have ended on Merseyrail.
Both Southern and ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-41503191 |
I should be home-schooled, but I spent 10 months on Xbox - BBC News | 2017-10-05 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | After Mohammed was excluded for bad behaviour, he was home-schooled - but it didn't work out. | Magazine | Mohammed spends his days playing computer games and looking after his granddad. He's only 14, but he hasn't been to school since December. The idea was to home school him - but things didn't quite work out like that, reports the BBC's Sue Mitchell.
He lives in a spotlessly clean Bradford semi-detached house, with pale... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-41476718 |
What now for Theresa May and her party? - BBC News | 2017-10-05 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | In the next few days, the balance between the desire to end the torment on display today and preserve stability will be endlessly discussed by Conservative MPs. | UK Politics | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. 'Nothing quite like it' - Laura Kuenssberg on PM's speech
The conference has packed up. The prime minister is home. No one will forget her speech. And there are MPs who believe that today's surreal events ought to mark the b... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-41506741 |
Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust patients 'died waiting for care' - BBC News | 2017-10-05 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust is placed in special measures following a damning report. | Cornwall | Patients are suffering due to long waits at Royal Cornwall Hospital
Patients waiting for heart treatment have died and those waiting for ophthalmology care have lost their sight at Cornwall's main hospital, according to a report.
NHS Improvement has placed Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust in special measures after ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-41500555 |
The dying art of the great song intro - BBC News | 2017-10-05 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The rise of streaming means pop stars are neglecting the art of the build-up. | Entertainment & Arts | Clean Bandit have squeezed the intros in their hits
Great song intros, where a tune builds up before the vocal kicks in, are becoming an endangered species as fickle music fans skip tracks if they don't get immediate gratification.
That's the view of the man who co-produced two Clean Bandit number ones this year, and... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-41500692 |
Kazuo Ishiguro: Nobel Literature Prize is 'a magnificent honour' - BBC News | 2017-10-05 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The British writer is known for novels including The Remains of the Day and Never Let Me Go. | Entertainment & Arts | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.
British writer Kazuo Ishiguro has won the 2017 Nobel Prize for Literature.
The novelist was praised by the Swedish Academy as a writer "who, in novels of great emotional force, has uncovered the abyss beneath our illusory s... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-41513246 |
Teens 'rebelling against social media', say headteachers - BBC News | 2017-10-05 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Two-thirds of young people would not mind if social media had never been invented, survey suggests. | UK | Girls at Benenden School took part in a voluntary three-day "phone-fast"
Almost two-thirds of schoolchildren would not mind if social media had never been invented, research suggests.
A survey of almost 5,000 students, mainly aged between 14 and 16, found a growing backlash against social media - with even more pupil... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41509402 |
Ever fancied owning the Joker's costume from Batman? - BBC News | 2017-10-05 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Some film memorabilia fetches millions at auction, but it can cost nothing to start a collection. | Business | The Joker's suit, as worn by Jack Nicholson, was up for sale
Some film memorabilia fetches millions of pounds at auction, but it can cost nothing to start a collection.
A life-size replica of the Joker, as played by Jack Nicholson in the 1989 film Batman, leers down from a podium. His plum-coloured suit is unmistakab... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-41467963 |
Jason Manford: My nan prefers my singing to my comedy - BBC News | 2017-10-05 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The comedian reveals how his grandmother helped launch his singing career. | Entertainment & Arts | Jason Manford says his grandmother is his biggest fan
When TV funnyman Jason Manford announced he was releasing an album of serious show tunes, it may have come as a surprise to fans of his comedy.
But his biggest fan has known there was an album brewing in this old school entertainer for some time.
Her name, I hear... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-41390089 |
Emile Cilliers trial: Wife 'among top UK parachutists' - BBC News | 2017-10-05 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Victoria Cilliers, whose ex-husband is accused of sabotaging her parachute, had made 2,600 jumps. | Wiltshire | The wife of an Army sergeant who survived a 4,000ft fall after her husband allegedly tampered with her parachute was among the UK's top parachutists, a court has heard.
Victoria Cilliers, 40, suffered multiple serious injuries at Netheravon Airfield, Wiltshire, on April 5, 2015.
Winchester Crown Court heard Mrs Cilli... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-wiltshire-41515862 |
Theresa May speech: What's the problem with affordable housing? - BBC News | 2017-10-05 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The prime minister has pledged £2bn to build more council houses. | UK Politics | The prime minister has promised to invest an additional £2bn in affordable housing.
The Conservative Party says that will fund the building of an additional 25,000 new homes for social rent, expected to be mainly council housing, over two years from 2019. Let's put that into perspective.
In 2010-11, 39,570 additional... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-41498353 |
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