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Harvey Weinstein: Film producer says 'I have caused a lot of pain' - BBC News | 2017-10-05 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Film producer Harvey Weinstein disputes allegations he sexually harassed women. | US & Canada | Film producer Harvey Weinstein has issued an apology as a newspaper reported a number of sexual harassment allegations against him.
"I appreciate the way I've behaved with colleagues in the past has caused a lot of pain, and I sincerely apologise for it," said the movie mogul's statement.
But he later disputed a New ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-41520007 |
Las Vegas shooting: Republicans open to ban on 'bump-stocks' - BBC News | 2017-10-05 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | "Clearly that's something we need to look into," says House Speaker Paul Ryan of the rapid fire tool. | US & Canada | Congress' most powerful Republican says lawmakers should examine "bump-stocks", a rapid-fire accessory used by the gunman in Sunday's Las Vegas massacre.
House of Representatives Speaker Paul Ryan told a radio talk show: "Clearly that's something we need to look into."
Texas Senator John Cornyn - the number two Repub... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-41506613 |
100 Women: Can we wire our brains for confidence? - BBC News | 2017-10-05 | 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 |
Noel Conway: Terminally ill man loses right-to-die case - BBC News | 2017-10-05 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Motor neurone disease patient fails to persuade the High Court to change the law on assisted dying. | Health | Noel Conway was diagnosed with motor neurone disease in 2014
A terminally ill man has lost his High Court challenge against the law on assisted dying.
Noel Conway, 67, from Shrewsbury, who has motor neurone disease, wanted a doctor to be allowed to prescribe a lethal dose when his health deteriorates.
Currently any ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-41506155 |
Zameer Ghumra guilty of showing beheading video to child - BBC News | 2017-10-05 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The trial heard Zameer Ghumra believed in a "very, very, very extreme" form of Islam. | Leicester | Zameer Ghumra denied disseminating "terrorist propaganda" in the form of a graphic Twitter video
A man who showed a beheading video to a child has been convicted of disseminating "terrorist propaganda".
Pharmacist Zameer Ghumra, of Leicester, showed the boy a graphic Twitter video on his mobile phone.
Nottingham Cro... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershire-41516693 |
'I didn't say no, but I regret that' - BBC News | 2017-10-05 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A 24-year-old teacher's account of teenage sexual activity prompts many to share their concerns. | Family & Education | A 24-year-old secondary school teacher told the BBC she was shocked by the stories she heard from teenage pupils about their sexual activity.
Her frank account prompted many readers to share their concerns.
Catherine: I'm shocked by what I read. The exact thing happened to my 15-year-old daughter two years ago. The t... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-41512300 |
Brazil nursery attack: Children set on fire in Minas Gerais - BBC News | 2017-10-05 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A security guard sets fire to a childcare centre, killing four children and a teacher. | Latin America & Caribbean | Police said the security guard appears to have locked the door of the room before starting the fire
Four children and a teacher have been killed in Brazil after a security guard threw flammable liquid on them and set them on fire, officials say.
The man also set himself alight at the childcare centre in the remote to... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-41515503 |
Las Vegas shooting: NRA urges new rules for gun 'bump-stocks' - BBC News | 2017-10-05 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The US pro-gun group calls for a review of the legality of the devices after the Las Vegas massacre. | US & Canada | The National Rifle Association has called for "additional regulations" on bump-stocks, a rapid fire device used by the Las Vegas massacre gunman.
The group said: "Devices designed to allow semi-automatic rifles to function like fully-automatic rifles should be subject to additional regulations."
Republicans have said... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-41519815 |
Iraq forces retake town of Hawija from IS - BBC News | 2017-10-05 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Troops are close to clearing one of the last two enclaves of so-called Islamic State in Iraq. | Middle East | Iraqi pro-government forces have made swift progress against IS in recent months
Iraq's prime minister says its military has retaken Hawija, the main town in one of the last two enclaves of so-called Islamic State in the country.
Haider al-Abadi told reporters that Hawija had been "liberated" as part of an operation ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-41509085 |
Ashraf Ghani: Afghan president has 'worst job on Earth' - BBC News | 2017-10-05 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Ashraf Ghani tells the BBC that Nato troops will be able to leave Afghanistan "within four years". | Asia | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Ashraf Ghani: "Now in terms of management and leadership things are really falling into place"
President Ashraf Ghani of Afghanistan makes no bones about the challenges facing his country when we sit down for an exclusive BB... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-41502783 |
Glee actor Mark Salling admits possessing child sex abuse images - BBC News | 2017-10-05 | 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 |
Baby sleep positioners dropped by shops after deaths warning - BBC News | 2017-10-05 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | UK stores drop products after US regulators say they can cause suffocation and are linked to 12 deaths. | UK | The FDA's video about sleep positioners warns that "all can be dangerous"
Some UK retailers have stopped selling baby sleep positioners amid concerns over their safety.
A US health regulator said they "can cause suffocation that can lead to death" and have been linked to 12 infant deaths in the US.
The positioners, ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41516239 |
Canada forgets to mention Jewish people at Holocaust memorial - BBC News | 2017-10-05 | 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 |
Ex-GCHQ boss Brian Lord admits Truth or Dare assault - BBC News | 2017-10-05 | 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 |
Kazuo Ishiguro keeps calm amid Nobel Prize frenzy - BBC News | 2017-10-05 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The author is surprised but unruffled amid the whirlwind of winning the Nobel Prize for Literature. | Entertainment & Arts | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.
"How should a Nobel laureate dress?" asked Kazuo Ishiguro, who, 40 minutes earlier, had found out he had won the Nobel Prize for Literature.
To say the news was unexpected is an understatement. He literally couldn't believe... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-41517882 |
The community hoping to buy their island - BBC News | 2017-10-05 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Emma Jane Kirby visits the local community on Ulva who are hoping to raise the money to buy the Scottish island | UK | The 4,500-acre (seven-sq-mile) Inner Hebridean island of Ulva was put up for sale over the summer
A beautiful, remote Scottish island is up for sale - but can the local community raise the money to buy it for themselves? Emma Jane Kirby writes from Ulva.
The problem with Ulva is that once you get on to the 4,500-acre... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41484213 |
Theresa May speech prank prompts security review - BBC News | 2017-10-05 | 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 |
US couple stole goods worth $1.2m from Amazon - BBC News | 2017-10-05 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A couple in Indiana have admitted stealing goods valued at $1.2m by claiming products were damaged in the post. | Technology | A couple in Indiana stole $1.2m from Amazon by repeatedly claiming that packages had arrived damaged
A couple in the US have admitted stealing goods from Amazon valued at more than $1.2m (£910,000) by repeatedly pretending that items they ordered were damaged in the post.
Erin Joseph Finan, 38, and Leah Jeanette Fina... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-41484402 |
Yosemite park rock fall: Tributes to 'hero' climber - BBC News | 2017-10-05 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The family of a climber who died shielding his wife from a rock fall pay tribute to their "hero". | Wales | Mr Foster, who moved to Cardiff for university, was a sales representative for an outdoor clothing firm
The family of a climber from Wales killed shielding his wife from a rock fall in California have said he will "always be our hero" for saving her.
Andrew Foster, 32, originally from Cheltenham, died when rocks fell... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-41510371 |
Carles Puigdemont: The man who wants to break up Spain - BBC News | 2017-10-05 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Catalonia's sacked President, Carles Puigdemont, has bet everything on a split from Spain. | Europe | Mr Puigdemont is not the first Catalan leader forced to leave the region
Catalonia's sacked President Carles Puigdemont has spearheaded the region's peaceful drive for independence from Spain.
In defiance of the law and Spain's constitution, he has pushed forward in the hope of international recognition.
But his zea... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-41508660 |
Royal Mail staff set to strike over pay and pensions - BBC News | 2017-10-05 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Royal Mail threatens legal action in a bid to stop 110,000 workers walking out on 19 October. | Business | Royal Mail workers are set to strike for 48 hours from 19 October in a dispute over pensions, pay and jobs.
The Communication Workers Union said it had told the Royal Mail Group that 111,000 postal workers will walk out.
The industrial action follows the 89.1% vote in favour of a strike announced by the union on Thur... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-41516975 |
Newspaper headlines: May 'on final warning after speech shambles' - BBC News | 2017-10-05 | 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 |
Army sergeant 'removed parachute parts in bid to kill wife' - BBC News | 2017-10-05 | 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 |
100 Women: Where are the female Nobel Prize winners? - BBC News | 2017-10-05 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The 2017 Nobel prizes for the sciences have all been announced, but many in the scientific community are pointing out the lack of female laureates. | Science & Environment | The 2017 Nobel season is still under way, with the prizes for peace, and economics yet to be announced.
But for the sciences, this year's work is done and many in the scientific community are noticing some similarities about the winners.
In the case of physics, the winning discovery had already been making global hea... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-41513261 |
Sputnik: How the Soviet Union spun the satellite launch - BBC News | 2017-10-05 | 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 |
Sir Edward Heath 'would have been questioned' over abuse claims - BBC News | 2017-10-05 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | One allegation claims the former PM raped and indecently assaulted an 11-year-old boy, police say. | UK | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.
Sir Edward Heath would have been questioned over sex abuse claims if he was alive when they came to light, police have said.
Wiltshire Police launched Operation Conifer in 2015 when the former PM was accused of historical c... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41503143 |
Theresa May says cabinet 'fully behind' her leadership - BBC News | 2017-10-05 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The PM says she retains the support of colleagues after a former Tory chairman urges a contest. | UK Politics | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Theresa May: "Look, I've had a cold this week"
Theresa May has said she has the "full support of her cabinet" after a former party chairman said there should be a Conservative leadership contest.
The PM insisted she was pro... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-41519601 |
Southend fire crew suspended for cling film 'joke' - BBC News | 2017-10-05 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A "robust" investigation is launched after two children are wrapped in cling film at a fire station. | Essex | The children's mother said it "was intended as a joke"
A fire crew has been suspended from community work after a firefighter wrapped two children in cling film.
The incident, which involved the children of a crew member, was caught on camera at a fire station in Southend.
Essex Fire Service is investigating after t... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-41429546 |
PM speech: Are fewer black people being stopped and searched? - BBC News | 2017-10-05 | 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 |
Netflix raises prices for first time in two years - BBC News | 2017-10-05 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The £1 or $2 a month increases for a premium subscription are the first for two years. | Business | Stranger Things has been a hit for Netflix
Netflix has raised prices in countries including the UK and US for the first time in two years.
The streaming video service will also increase subscription charges in some European countries, a spokeswoman said.
A standard UK plan will rise 50p to £7.99 a month, while a pre... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-41516159 |
Ivory trade to be banned in UK 'to protect elephants' - BBC News | 2017-10-06 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Conservation groups welcome government proposals for a full-scale ban on sales and exports. | Science & Environment | Tiny elephants carved from ivory are the type of product that would be banned under the proposals
The sale and export of almost all ivory items would be banned in the UK under plans set out by the government.
Environment Secretary Michael Gove has announced a consultation to end the trade in ivory of all ages - previ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-41512796 |
Newspaper headlines: May clings on and Rooney's punishment - BBC News | 2017-10-06 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Saturday's papers focus on Theresa May's future and Wayne Rooney starting his community service. | The Papers | Most of the papers reflect on the attempt by Conservative backbenchers, led by ex-party chairman Grant Shapps, to oust Theresa May.
The verdict of the Daily Express is "Theresa slaps down rebels", reporting that the prime minister appears to have secured her position, thanks to a "ruthless operation" to discredit thos... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-the-papers-41533755 |
Royal Navy could lose 'fight on beaches' ships in planned cuts - BBC News | 2017-10-06 | 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 |
Organ donation opt-out plan: What do people waiting for transplants think? - BBC News | 2017-10-06 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | What do people waiting for an organ, or who have recently had a transplant, make of plans for an opt-out organ donation system in England? | UK | Heart failure left Julie exhausted and grey-skinned - a pump has brought the colour back to her cheeks and given her a good quality of life
At home, Julie Bartlett has her bags packed and people on standby to drive her to hospital, just in case she receives a phone call saying doctors have a heart that is a match for ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41513961 |
Storm Nate: At least 22 dead in Costa Rica, Nicaragua and Honduras - BBC News | 2017-10-06 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Thousands of homes are damaged as the tropical storm heads for Mexico and the US. | Latin America & Caribbean | Heavy rain has swollen rivers and affected towns across Costa Rica
Tropical Storm Nate has killed at least 22 people in Costa Rica, Nicaragua and Honduras.
It caused heavy rains, landslides and floods which blocked roads, destroyed bridges and damaged houses.
In Costa Rica, nearly 400,000 people are without running ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-41520672 |
Top Ryanair executive leaves after pilot scheduling fiasco - BBC News | 2017-10-06 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The airline will bid farewell to operations manager who had ultimate responsibility for pilot rosters | Business | Thousands of travellers had their holiday plans ruined by a Ryanair scheduling mistake
Embattled low-cost airline Ryanair said its chief operations officer will depart the company at the end of the month.
Michael Hickey will be the first executive to leave the company after a rostering error led to the cancellation o... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-41533625 |
Teacher Alice McBrearty jailed for sex with pupil - BBC News | 2017-10-06 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Alice McBrearty, 23, had a four-month relationship with a 15-year-old boy. | London | Alice McBrearty committed "the grossest breach of trust", a judge said
A teacher who had a "full-blown sexual relationship" with a 15-year-old boy has been jailed for 16 months.
Alice McBrearty, 23, admitted the four-month relationship with a pupil she taught at an east London school.
Snaresbrook Crown Court heard M... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-41528271 |
Father loses IVF damages claim - BBC News | 2017-10-06 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The man sued a London IVF clinic after his ex-partner forged his signature to use frozen embryos. | Health | A father has lost a damages claim against a London IVF clinic after his ex-partner forged his signature to use frozen embryos.
The High Court found IVF Hammersmith was not negligent.
The couple broke up in 2010 but some months later the woman asked the clinic to implant an embryo, which they had stored.
The man, who... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-41525215 |
Is privacy dead in an online world? - BBC News | 2017-10-06 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Four experts examine the issue of information security in an online world. | Technology | Last month, 145 million Americans discovered they were victims of one of the biggest data breaches in history, after the credit rating agency Equifax was hacked.
Social security numbers, birth dates, telephone numbers and, in some cases, driver's licence and credit card numbers were exposed, leaving people vulnerable ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-41483723 |
Ryanair boss offers pilots better pay and conditions to stay - BBC News | 2017-10-06 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Michael O'Leary's offer comes after the airline cancelled thousands of flights in recent weeks. | Business | Ryanair's boss has made an unprecedented apology to pilots
Ryanair chief executive Michael O'Leary has written to the airline's pilots to offer them better pay and conditions.
The improved conditions came after the airline was forced to cancel thousands of flights in recent weeks.
In a letter to pilots, Mr O'Leary a... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-41520970 |
Emile Cilliers trial: Wife 'among top UK parachutists' - BBC News | 2017-10-06 | 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 |
Secret engagement: 'We eloped and sent out postcards' - BBC News | 2017-10-06 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The couple who travelled overseas to avoid the stress and expense of a traditional wedding at home | World | A view of New Zealand and Kristy and Corey Rousseau on their wedding day
Why would couples keep their engagement and even their wedding secret from friends and family?
Some would find it hard to believe, but for Kristy Rousseau from Ontario, Canada, it was probably the best decision she and her partner made.
"We tra... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-41517059 |
Harvey Weinstein: Film producer says 'I have caused a lot of pain' - BBC News | 2017-10-06 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Film producer Harvey Weinstein disputes allegations he sexually harassed women. | US & Canada | Film producer Harvey Weinstein has issued an apology as a newspaper reported a number of sexual harassment allegations against him.
"I appreciate the way I've behaved with colleagues in the past has caused a lot of pain, and I sincerely apologise for it," said the movie mogul's statement.
But he later disputed a New ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-41520007 |
More than £1.8m paid by council to a pothole claimant - BBC News | 2017-10-06 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Somerset County Council paid £1,836,000 to a claimant for damages caused by a "pothole defect". | Somerset | A council paid out more than £1.8m in a single compensation claim involving a pothole, it has emerged.
Somerset County Council paid out £1,836,000 to a third party for "general damages" following an accident "involving a pothole defect".
Details released to the Somerset County Gazette under a Freedom of Information r... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-41523751 |
Glamour magazine goes 'digital first' and cuts back print editions - BBC News | 2017-10-06 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The last monthly print edition of the UK magazine will be in December as it takes a new direction. | Entertainment & Arts | The November edition of Glamour magazine, published this month
UK Glamour magazine is going "digital first", stopping its monthly editions and instead producing a "collectible, glossy" issue twice a year.
A spokeswoman told the BBC the "mobile-first, social-first" move with a focus on beauty was based on how readers ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-41527740 |
Is ex-warlord Charles Taylor pulling Liberia's election strings from prison? - BBC News | 2017-10-06 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Ex-Liberian President Charles Taylor is suspected of using his UK jail as a base to interfere in the elections in his homeland. | Africa | Liberia's former President Charles Taylor is currently serving a 50-year sentence for war crimes in a prison in the British city of Durham. But is he using that as a base to interfere in the elections in his homeland next Tuesday?
"If he was to come back today, I'd roll out the red carpet," said Justin Luther Cassell,... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41509896 |
'I didn't say no, but I regret that' - BBC News | 2017-10-06 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A 24-year-old teacher's account of teenage sexual activity prompts many to share their concerns. | Family & Education | A 24-year-old secondary school teacher told the BBC she was shocked by the stories she heard from teenage pupils about their sexual activity.
Her frank account prompted many readers to share their concerns.
Catherine: I'm shocked by what I read. The exact thing happened to my 15-year-old daughter two years ago. The t... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-41512300 |
Liz Dawn: Coronation Street stars bid farewell at Salford Cathedral funeral - BBC News | 2017-10-06 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Emotional tributes are paid to the Coronation Street legend at Salford Cathedral. | Entertainment & Arts | The order of service gave both Dawn's real and professional names
Liz Dawn's Coronation Street co-stars have paid emotional tribute to the actress at her funeral in Salford.
Dawn, who played Vera Duckworth in the ITV soap for more than 30 years, died last week at the age of 77.
Samia Longchambon, who plays Maria Con... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-41523801 |
Brazil nursery attack: Children set on fire in Minas Gerais - BBC News | 2017-10-06 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A security guard sets fire to a childcare centre, killing four children and a teacher. | Latin America & Caribbean | Police said the security guard appears to have locked the door of the room before starting the fire
Four children and a teacher have been killed in Brazil after a security guard threw flammable liquid on them and set them on fire, officials say.
The man also set himself alight at the childcare centre in the remote to... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-41515503 |
Las Vegas shooting: NRA urges new rules for gun 'bump-stocks' - BBC News | 2017-10-06 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The US pro-gun group calls for a review of the legality of the devices after the Las Vegas massacre. | US & Canada | The National Rifle Association has called for "additional regulations" on bump-stocks, a rapid fire device used by the Las Vegas massacre gunman.
The group said: "Devices designed to allow semi-automatic rifles to function like fully-automatic rifles should be subject to additional regulations."
Republicans have said... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-41519815 |
Ashraf Ghani: Afghan president has 'worst job on Earth' - BBC News | 2017-10-06 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Ashraf Ghani tells the BBC that Nato troops will be able to leave Afghanistan "within four years". | Asia | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Ashraf Ghani: "Now in terms of management and leadership things are really falling into place"
President Ashraf Ghani of Afghanistan makes no bones about the challenges facing his country when we sit down for an exclusive BB... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-41502783 |
Baby sleep positioners dropped by shops after deaths warning - BBC News | 2017-10-06 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | UK stores drop products after US regulators say they can cause suffocation and are linked to 12 deaths. | UK | The FDA's video about sleep positioners warns that "all can be dangerous"
Some UK retailers have stopped selling baby sleep positioners amid concerns over their safety.
A US health regulator said they "can cause suffocation that can lead to death" and have been linked to 12 infant deaths in the US.
The positioners, ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41516239 |
Ryanair 'run like a communist regime', says pilot - BBC News | 2017-10-06 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A pilot says colleagues are leaving the airline in a mass exodus due to a "toxic atmosphere". | England | Cabin crew reduced to tears, pilots refused days off even for their weddings, and workers "left in exile" thousands of miles from their homes and families.
After budget airline Ryanair was forced to cancel thousands of flights - repeatedly blaming a rostering error rather than an alleged pilot shortage - chief executi... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-41384789 |
Butterfly swarm shows up on Denver radar system - BBC News | 2017-10-06 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Weather scientists first mistook the radar pattern to be birds, and turned to social media for help. | US & Canada | A colourful, shimmering spectacle detected by weather radar over the US state of Colorado has been identified as swarms of migrating butterflies.
Scientists at the National Weather Service (NWS) first mistook the orange radar blob for birds and had asked the public to help identifying the species.
They later establis... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-41528521 |
Further tariff of 80% imposed on import of C-Series plane - BBC News | 2017-10-06 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The US Department of Commerce again rules against the aerospace firm in its dispute with rival Boeing. | Northern Ireland | Parts of Bombardier's C-Series planes are made in Belfast
The US Department of Commerce has again ruled against aerospace firm Bombardier in its dispute with rival Boeing.
A further tariff of 80% has been imposed on the import of Bombardier's C-Series jet to the US for alleged below-cost selling.
This is on top of a... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-41532309 |
Kazuo Ishiguro keeps calm amid Nobel Prize frenzy - BBC News | 2017-10-06 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The author is surprised but unruffled amid the whirlwind of winning the Nobel Prize for Literature. | Entertainment & Arts | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.
"How should a Nobel laureate dress?" asked Kazuo Ishiguro, who, 40 minutes earlier, had found out he had won the Nobel Prize for Literature.
To say the news was unexpected is an understatement. He literally couldn't believe... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-41517882 |
7 days quiz: Which renowned thinker is connected to Victoria Beckham? - BBC News | 2017-10-06 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | 7 days quiz: It's the weekly news quiz - have you been paying attention to what's been going on in the world over the past seven days? | Magazine | It's the weekly news quiz - have you been paying attention to what's been going on in the world over the past seven days?
If you missed last week's quiz, try it here
Join the conversation - find us on Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat and Twitter | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-41517019 |
The community hoping to buy their island - BBC News | 2017-10-06 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Emma Jane Kirby visits the local community on Ulva who are hoping to raise the money to buy the Scottish island | UK | The 4,500-acre (seven-sq-mile) Inner Hebridean island of Ulva was put up for sale over the summer
A beautiful, remote Scottish island is up for sale - but can the local community raise the money to buy it for themselves? Emma Jane Kirby writes from Ulva.
The problem with Ulva is that once you get on to the 4,500-acre... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41484213 |
The stand-up comedian who can't speak - BBC News | 2017-10-06 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Lost Voice Guy uses a synthetic voice on to speak - but at least one person was not convinced... | Disability | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Lee Ridley a.k.a. "Lost Voice Guy" reveals the perils of relying on a synthetic voice for comic timing
Life as a disabled person sometimes means you are asked slightly confused questions. But amid those awkward moments, ther... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/disability-40960483 |
Thaad: US to sell $15bn missile defence to Saudi Arabia - BBC News | 2017-10-06 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The deal will supply the US's advanced Thaad missile defence system to Saudi Arabia. | US & Canada | The system can destroy incoming missiles at altitudes beyond the Earth's atmosphere
The US government has approved the sale to Saudi Arabia of its advanced Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense (Thaad) missile defence system.
The State Department said the $15bn (£11.5bn) deal furthered US national security and foreign ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-41532889 |
Tory leadership: 'Nothing has changed', or has it? - BBC News | 2017-10-06 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | PM's allies believe plot is under control but private questions are now out in the ether. | UK Politics | "Nothing has changed." Remember that?
There is, this morning, an operation being mounted by the government to try to show that nothing has changed in the Conservative Party in the last few days, that Theresa May's leadership remains on track and she is, to use another of her famous phrases, just, "getting on with the ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-41524377 |
Ex-EastEnder Joseph Shade sentenced for sex offences - BBC News | 2017-10-06 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Joseph Shade, 24, who played Peter Beale in EastEnders is sentenced for sex offences against girls. | Norfolk | Ex-EastEnders actor Joseph Shade admitted sex offences against three girls between 2012 and 2015
A former EastEnders actor has been given a suspended prison sentence for sex offences against teenage girls.
Joseph Shade, 24, from Sheringham in Norfolk, played Peter Beale as a child from 1998 until 2004.
The youth wor... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-41524427 |
Hollywood reacts to Harvey Weinstein abuse claims - BBC News | 2017-10-06 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Lena Dunham, Brie Larson and others respond to allegations of sexual harassment against the producer. | Entertainment & Arts | Dunham (l) and Larson (r) are among those to comment either directly or obliquely
Leading Hollywood figures have reacted to the New York Times' article on sexual harassment allegations made against film producer Harvey Weinstein.
The article reported he had reached at least eight settlements with women.
Girls creato... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-41522956 |
Netflix raises prices for first time in two years - BBC News | 2017-10-06 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The £1 or $2 a month increases for a premium subscription are the first for two years. | Business | Stranger Things has been a hit for Netflix
Netflix has raised prices in countries including the UK and US for the first time in two years.
The streaming video service will also increase subscription charges in some European countries, a spokeswoman said.
A standard UK plan will rise 50p to £7.99 a month, while a pre... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-41516159 |
Carles Puigdemont: The man who wants to break up Spain - BBC News | 2017-10-06 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Catalonia's sacked President, Carles Puigdemont, has bet everything on a split from Spain. | Europe | Mr Puigdemont is not the first Catalan leader forced to leave the region
Catalonia's sacked President Carles Puigdemont has spearheaded the region's peaceful drive for independence from Spain.
In defiance of the law and Spain's constitution, he has pushed forward in the hope of international recognition.
But his zea... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-41508660 |
100 Women: Where are the female Nobel Prize winners? - BBC News | 2017-10-06 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The 2017 Nobel prizes for the sciences have all been announced, but many in the scientific community are pointing out the lack of female laureates. | Science & Environment | The 2017 Nobel season is still under way, with the prizes for peace, and economics yet to be announced.
But for the sciences, this year's work is done and many in the scientific community are noticing some similarities about the winners.
In the case of physics, the winning discovery had already been making global hea... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-41513261 |
Amy Winehouse, music, arthritis and me - BBC News | 2017-10-06 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | 20-year-old Jade Carter was diagnosed with arthritis as a baby. She explains how Amy Winehouse's charity is helping her use music to ease the pain. | Newsbeat | Jade Carter has spent a lot of her life in hospital.
Rheumatoid arthritis causes the 20-year-old such intense pain she sometimes can't move. That's where music helps.
"I kind of enter this different world when I'm singing. I feel like I can just let go of the reality of life," she tells Newsbeat.
Now Amy Winehouse's... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/articles/41525620 |
School discipline: How strict is too strict? - BBC News | 2017-10-06 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Detentions, isolation rooms and obsessive uniform policies... are schools becoming too strict? | Family & Education | Sarah Vincent changed her daughter's school when the rules suddenly got very strict
"Everyone will sit up extra straight, eyes front, looking at the teacher. You will follow their instructions first time, every time."
Parents may well agree that this excerpt from Great Yarmouth Charter Academy's school rules is no ba... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-41441639 |
100 Women: Who's going to lose out from automation? - BBC News | 2017-10-06 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Robots and artificial intelligence are set to replace many jobs but will women or men be affected equally? | US & Canada | Virtual waiters and waitresses, self-service checkouts and robot orchestra conductors: love it or hate it, automation, artificial intelligence and robotics are here to stay. But will these technological advances - be it in the office or the factory - affect the working life of men and women equally?
While there is deb... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-41286697 |
UK house price rises picking up, says Halifax - BBC News | 2017-10-06 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A shortage of properties for sale and growth in full-time employment is supporting prices, the lender says. | Business | House prices across the UK have jumped by an average of 4% in the year to September, according to Britain's largest lender, the Halifax.
The rate indicates a pick-up from August, when the Halifax said prices were rising at an annual pace of 2.6%.
The Halifax said the average price of a house or flat in the UK had now... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-41523430 |
Newspaper headlines: Theresa May - should she stay or go? - BBC News | 2017-10-06 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The position of the prime minister after her party conference speech dominates the front pages. | The Papers | Speculation about the prime minister's future dominates most of Friday's front pages.
Under the headline All We Want For Christmas Is A New PM, the Daily Mirror quotes one MP as saying Theresa May is "like a pet waiting to be put down".
A former Cabinet minister tells the i: 'It's not terminal yet, but she is in inte... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-the-papers-41520152 |
100 Women: Do women on boards increase company profits? - BBC News | 2017-10-06 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | There are lots of reasons to fight for gender equality - but could hiring more women make you more money? | Women in the workplace | "Having women on company boards leads to better financial performance" came the headlines from report after report, highlighting a business statistic guaranteed to capture the imagination and prompt debate.
What better way to encourage companies to focus on equality and diversity than to make them think of their botto... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/41365364 |
Theresa May says cabinet 'fully behind' her leadership - BBC News | 2017-10-06 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The PM says she retains the support of colleagues after a former Tory chairman urges a contest. | UK Politics | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Theresa May: "Look, I've had a cold this week"
Theresa May has said she has the "full support of her cabinet" after a former party chairman said there should be a Conservative leadership contest.
The PM insisted she was pro... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-41519601 |
Newspaper headlines: May clings on and Rooney's punishment - BBC News | 2017-10-07 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Saturday's papers focus on Theresa May's future and Wayne Rooney starting his community service. | The Papers | Most of the papers reflect on the attempt by Conservative backbenchers, led by ex-party chairman Grant Shapps, to oust Theresa May.
The verdict of the Daily Express is "Theresa slaps down rebels", reporting that the prime minister appears to have secured her position, thanks to a "ruthless operation" to discredit thos... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-the-papers-41533755 |
Top Ryanair executive leaves after pilot scheduling fiasco - BBC News | 2017-10-07 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The airline will bid farewell to operations manager who had ultimate responsibility for pilot rosters | Business | Thousands of travellers had their holiday plans ruined by a Ryanair scheduling mistake
Embattled low-cost airline Ryanair said its chief operations officer will depart the company at the end of the month.
Michael Hickey will be the first executive to leave the company after a rostering error led to the cancellation o... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-41533625 |
Teacher Alice McBrearty jailed for sex with pupil - BBC News | 2017-10-07 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Alice McBrearty, 23, had a four-month relationship with a 15-year-old boy. | London | Alice McBrearty committed "the grossest breach of trust", a judge said
A teacher who had a "full-blown sexual relationship" with a 15-year-old boy has been jailed for 16 months.
Alice McBrearty, 23, admitted the four-month relationship with a pupil she taught at an east London school.
Snaresbrook Crown Court heard M... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-41528271 |
Poland Catholics hold controversial prayer day on borders - BBC News | 2017-10-07 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | There are concerns the event is being seen as support for a bar on Muslim migrants. | Europe | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Tens of thousands prayed in numerous locations around Poland's borders
Tens of thousands have taken part in a controversial prayer day in Poland.
Catholics were encouraged to go to designated points along the country's bord... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-41538260 |
More than £1.8m paid by council to a pothole claimant - BBC News | 2017-10-07 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Somerset County Council paid £1,836,000 to a claimant for damages caused by a "pothole defect". | Somerset | A council paid out more than £1.8m in a single compensation claim involving a pothole, it has emerged.
Somerset County Council paid out £1,836,000 to a third party for "general damages" following an accident "involving a pothole defect".
Details released to the Somerset County Gazette under a Freedom of Information r... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-41523751 |
Hurricane Nate: New Orleans braces for storm - BBC News | 2017-10-07 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Hurricane Nate is set to strike US Gulf Coast states as a category two storm, forecasters say. | Latin America & Caribbean | New Orleans residents fill sandbags as forecasters warn that Nate will make US landfall as a category two hurricane
A state of emergency has been declared in four southern US states with Hurricane Nate gathering strength as it heads towards the Gulf Coast.
Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and parts of Florida have iss... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-41536192 |
Grenfell Tower: Safety cash not released, councils say - BBC News | 2017-10-07 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Some councils say requests for government money in the wake of the Grenfell Tower fire have not been met. | UK | The government has not released funds to make tower blocks safe following the Grenfell Tower fire, according to some councils.
Several local authorities in England and Wales say funding requests for refurbishments such as new cladding and sprinkler systems are not being met.
Jane Urquhart, from Nottingham City Counci... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41537022 |
Addenbrooke's Hospital pays out to abused patients - BBC News | 2017-10-07 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Compensation is paid to patients aged from six to 17 who were abused by cancer doctor Myles Bradbury. | Cambridgeshire | Myles Bradbury was sentenced to 22 years in prison for abusing child patients
A hospital where a doctor abused child patients has said it has paid out £611,750 in compensation to victims and their families.
Myles Bradbury was jailed for 22 years in December 2014 after admitting abusing 18 victims at Addenbrooke's Hos... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-41512275 |
Glamour magazine goes 'digital first' and cuts back print editions - BBC News | 2017-10-07 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The last monthly print edition of the UK magazine will be in December as it takes a new direction. | Entertainment & Arts | The November edition of Glamour magazine, published this month
UK Glamour magazine is going "digital first", stopping its monthly editions and instead producing a "collectible, glossy" issue twice a year.
A spokeswoman told the BBC the "mobile-first, social-first" move with a focus on beauty was based on how readers ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-41527740 |
Scot facing jail over Dubai 'hip touch' - BBC News | 2017-10-07 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The 27-year-old from Stirling is accused of public indecency over the incident at a Dubai nightclub. | Tayside and Central Scotland | Jamie Harron has been prevented from leaving the country and has had his passport confiscated
A Scot is facing a three-year jail sentence in Dubai for reportedly putting his hand on a man in a bar.
Jamie Harron, who is 27 and from Stirling, said he was trying to avoid spilling his drink in the crowded Rock Bottom Bar... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-41536636 |
'Only one thing will work' with N Korea, says President Trump - BBC News | 2017-10-07 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The US leader says years of talks with Pyongyang over its nuclear activities have brought no results. | US & Canada | The US president and his North Korean counterpart are at loggerheads over Pyongyang's nuclear programme
"Only one thing will work" in dealing with North Korea after years of talks with Pyongyang brought no results, US President Donald Trump has warned.
"Presidents and their administrations have been talking to North ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-41540736 |
Protests for Navalny across Russia on Putin birthday - BBC News | 2017-10-07 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Police clash with protesters in St Petersburg, as more than 250 are arrested throughout Russia. | Europe | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Police blocked off Moscow city centre, but generally kept a low profile during the protests there
More than 250 people have been arrested as supporters of opposition leader Alexei Navalny held protests in some 80 cities acro... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-41538256 |
Could you brave an 'immersive horror' show? - BBC News | 2017-10-07 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | More and more are popping up as audiences seek a more thrilling experience. | Entertainment & Arts | A child gets sucked down a drain by a scary clown
Earlier this month, horror movie It (based on the Stephen King novel) was released in cinemas. You may well have seen It.
But surely only the bravest among you would've gone to the "immersive" screenings of the movie.
Such fans would've had the pleasure of a real-lif... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-41414049 |
Woman arrested for climbing Buckingham Palace gates - BBC News | 2017-10-07 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The woman was stopped by police officers before she could get into the Buckingham Palace grounds. | UK | A woman has been arrested for trying to climb the front gates of Buckingham Palace, the Metropolitan Police said.
She was detained by police officers at 17:40 BST and did not gain access to the palace grounds.
The woman, believed to be in her 30s, was arrested on suspicion of trespass and is currently in custody at a... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41540081 |
Man aged 18 stabbed to death in Neasden, north-west London - BBC News | 2017-10-07 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The victim was attacked multiple times in the street, the Met Police said. | London | An 18-year-old man has been stabbed to death in a north-west London street.
He was found with multiple wounds in Tanfield Avenue, Neasden, on Friday afternoon.
Police and paramedics were called but the man died at the scene. His family have been informed.
A 15-year-old boy was arrested and taken to a north London po... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-41536572 |
New York City: 'Islamic State attack plot' is revealed - BBC News | 2017-10-07 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | One of three suspects allegedly said he wanted to create "the next 9/11" in the city. | US & Canada | Security is always tight around Times Square in the centre of New York
A jihadist plot to attack New York City including Times Square and the subway system was foiled with the help of an undercover FBI agent, officials say.
One man in the US and two others in Pakistan and the Philippines are under arrest and face cha... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-41536402 |
Newspaper headlines: May 'to demote Boris' and Major's 'blast' - BBC News | 2017-10-07 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Sunday's papers are dominated by politics, with speculation that Boris Johnson could be demoted. | The Papers | The overwhelming message on Sunday's front pages is summed up in a Sunday Telegraph headline, which says the Tories are "at war".
Rebel MPs are said to have given Theresa May until Christmas to make real progress on Brexit to avoid another attempt to oust her.
The paper says Mrs May has decided to commit billions of ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-the-papers-41540863 |
Ryanair 'run like a communist regime', says pilot - BBC News | 2017-10-07 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A pilot says colleagues are leaving the airline in a mass exodus due to a "toxic atmosphere". | England | Cabin crew reduced to tears, pilots refused days off even for their weddings, and workers "left in exile" thousands of miles from their homes and families.
After budget airline Ryanair was forced to cancel thousands of flights - repeatedly blaming a rostering error rather than an alleged pilot shortage - chief executi... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-41384789 |
Butterfly swarm shows up on Denver radar system - BBC News | 2017-10-07 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Weather scientists first mistook the radar pattern to be birds, and turned to social media for help. | US & Canada | A colourful, shimmering spectacle detected by weather radar over the US state of Colorado has been identified as swarms of migrating butterflies.
Scientists at the National Weather Service (NWS) first mistook the orange radar blob for birds and had asked the public to help identifying the species.
They later establis... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-41528521 |
Natural History Museum crash 'not terror-related' - BBC News | 2017-10-07 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The crash near the Natural History Museum, injuring 11 people, was not terror-related, say police. | UK | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Video shows a man being pinned to the ground near the Natural History Museum
A crash outside a London museum that injured 11 people was not terror-related, police have said.
A black Toyota Prius hit the people outside the N... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41538762 |
Further tariff of 80% imposed on import of C-Series plane - BBC News | 2017-10-07 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The US Department of Commerce again rules against the aerospace firm in its dispute with rival Boeing. | Northern Ireland | Parts of Bombardier's C-Series planes are made in Belfast
The US Department of Commerce has again ruled against aerospace firm Bombardier in its dispute with rival Boeing.
A further tariff of 80% has been imposed on the import of Bombardier's C-Series jet to the US for alleged below-cost selling.
This is on top of a... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-41532309 |
Journalist Kim Wall's head found in sea near Copenhagen - BBC News | 2017-10-07 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | It was found near where she disappeared on a trip with a Danish submariner, now facing a murder charge. | Europe | Kim Wall (right) went missing after boarding Peter Madsen's submarine (left)
The head of Swedish journalist Kim Wall has been found, two months after she disappeared on a trip with a Danish submariner, Danish police say.
Divers found bags containing her head, legs and clothing in Koge Bay, just south of Copenhagen, t... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-41536552 |
Freddy Shepherd funeral: Football stars honour ex-Newcastle chairman - BBC News | 2017-10-07 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Wayne Rooney, Alan Shearer and Sam Allardyce are among mourners at the ex-Newcastle chairman's funeral. | Tyne & Wear | Everton star Wayne Rooney was among the mourners
Family and friends have gathered for the funeral of former Newcastle United chairman Freddy Shepherd.
Former club captain Alan Shearer, ex-Magpies managers Kenny Dalglish and Sam Allardyce, and Everton star Wayne Rooney were among mourners at St George's Church, in Jes... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-41536565 |
'Most important' Ely Bronze Age gold torc on display - BBC News | 2017-10-07 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Amateur detectorists found the 3,000-year-old torc, which is made of pure gold and valued at £220,000. | Cambridgeshire | The torc is made of 730g (26oz) of almost pure gold
One of England's "most important Bronze Age finds" has gone on display for the first time near to where it was found.
The £220,000 gold torc was unearthed by metal detectorists in an east Cambridgeshire field last year.
It was probably left as a "gift to the gods" ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-41513451 |
Natural History Museum: Latest updates on crash - BBC News | 2017-10-07 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Police say people were injured when a car crashed near the Natural History Museum | UK | The Metropolitan Police have released a statement confirming that a "road traffic investigation" is under way.
The force said the injuries sustained to the 11 people were "not believed to be life-threatening or life-changing".
The detained man is under arrest, the police said, and is in custody at a north London poli... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-41538870 |
Thaad: US to sell $15bn missile defence to Saudi Arabia - BBC News | 2017-10-07 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The deal will supply the US's advanced Thaad missile defence system to Saudi Arabia. | US & Canada | The system can destroy incoming missiles at altitudes beyond the Earth's atmosphere
The US government has approved the sale to Saudi Arabia of its advanced Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense (Thaad) missile defence system.
The State Department said the $15bn (£11.5bn) deal furthered US national security and foreign ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-41532889 |
Scam baiter: Why I risk death threats to expose online cons - BBC News | 2017-10-07 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A man who runs an online support group says scam victims are not stupid - just unaware of the con. | Technology | In the flesh, Wayne May (not his real name) is an affable gentleman in his late 40s, softly spoken with a lilting Welsh accent.
When we meet he's casually dressed in jeans and a Batman T-shirt. He works full-time as a carer.
On the net, he's a tireless defender of scam victims and a fearless scam baiter - a person wh... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-41518352 |
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