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Have baby boomers stolen the family silver? - BBC News | 2017-01-10 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Research shows that those in their 20s and 30s, the so-called millennials, could become the first generation to be worse off than their parents. | Business | We take it for granted that our children will be better off than us but the so-called millennials - anyone born in the 1980s or 1990s - could become the first generation to earn less than their parents.
And are those parents, mostly baby boomers who benefited from economic good times, tax cuts and free higher educatio... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-38558116 | |
Baftas 2017: La La Land leads film award nominations - BBC News | 2017-01-10 | null | La La Land has received the most nominations for the British Academy Film Awards with 11 nods. | null | The Bafta nominations have been revealed.
La La Land has received the most nods, with 11 nominations, including best film. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-38568173 | |
Mental health care: 'The system is broken' - BBC News | 2017-01-10 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | People share their experiences of mental health problems and services. | Health | Theresa May has unveiled plans to do more to help those, particularly young people, with mental health conditions.
In her speech at the Charity Commission, the prime minister announced a number of pledges including training at every secondary school, training for employers and organisations, and the appointment of a m... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-38561016 | |
Falling in love in wartime Iraq - BBC News | 2017-01-10 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | When two Iraqi men fell in love during intense fighting in the city of Ramadi in 2003, it was the beginning of a long, long struggle to live together as a couple. | Magazine | US Army interpreter Nayyef Hrebid and Iraqi soldier Btoo Allami fell in love at the height of the Iraq War. It was the start of a dangerous 12-year struggle to live together as a couple.
In 2003, Nayyef Hrebid found himself in the midst of the Iraq war. The fine art graduate had signed up to be a translator for the US... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-38506269 | |
World Cup: Fifa to expand competition to 48 teams after vote - BBC Sport | 2017-01-10 | null | The World Cup finals will feature 48 teams from 2026 after football's governing body Fifa votes to expand the tournament from 32. | null | Last updated on .From the section Football
The World Cup will be expanded to host 48 teams, up from 32, Fifa has decided.
An initial stage of 16 groups of three teams will precede a knockout stage for the remaining 32 when the change is made for the 2026 tournament.
The sport's world governing body voted unanimously... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/38565246 | |
Can North Korea's nuclear expansion be stopped? - BBC News | 2017-01-10 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Examining the options available to curb North Korea's nuclear ambitions. | Asia | When President Trump (as he will then be) enters the White House, he will have an item flashing as urgent in his email inbox: North Korea. In the election campaign, he offered to sit down with the country's leader Kim Jong-un over a burger, but that generosity seems less likely now.
Eight years ago, when President Oba... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-38559877 | |
Police officer released from handcuffs in Aberdeen - BBC News | 2017-01-10 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A police officer had to be freed from handcuffs by firefighters when a training exercise in Aberdeen went wrong. | NE Scotland, Orkney & Shetland | A police officer had to be freed from handcuffs by firefighters when a training exercise in Aberdeen went wrong.
It happened during officer safety training on Saturday.
Police Scotland said there appeared to have been a "malfunction" with a set of handcuffs and fire service personnel were called in.
The Scottish Fir... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-38571600 | |
Barack Obama legacy: Did he improve US race relations? - BBC News | 2017-01-10 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Barack Obama sealed his racial legacy the moment he sealed victory in the 2008 election. | US & Canada | Barack Obama sealed his racial legacy the moment he sealed victory in the 2008 election - a black man would occupy a White House built by slaves, a history-defying as well as history-making achievement.
In 1961, the year of Obama's birth, there existed in the American South a system of racial apartheid that separated ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-38536668 | |
Gasman under pressure over Bowie tribute - BBC News | 2017-01-10 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Customer support worker ignites controversy with David Bowie tweet. | BBC Trending | A Twitter mention of the Thin White Duke made some see red
As David Bowie fans around the world marked the anniversary of the star's death, one particular tribute sparked controversy like no other.
It came not from Bowie's widow Iman, nor from one of his many famous collaborators such as Iggy Pop or Brian Eno.
No, t... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-trending-38573232 | |
Fighting for survival on the streets of North Korea - BBC News | 2017-01-10 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | As a young child, Sungju Lee dreamed of becoming an officer in the North Korean army. But by the time he was a teenager, he was fighting for survival in a street gang. | Magazine | As a young child in the capital of North Korea, Sungju Lee lived a pampered life. But by the time he was a teenager, he was starving and fighting for survival in a street gang. It was one of many twists of fate on a journey that has led him to postgraduate studies at a British university.
In the early 1990s, Sungju Le... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-37914493 | |
One million people watch 500ft snooker trick shot - BBC News | 2017-01-10 | null | More than one million people have watched a snooker trick shot set up across a bar in Bristol, after it was shared on social media. | null | More than one million people have watched a snooker trick shot set up across a bar in Bristol.
Allstar Sports Bar shot the video as their late Christmas trick shot and it's since gone viral online.
The 500ft (152m) putt took about 11 hours to set up and was filmed by general manager Shane O'Hara and bar assistant Tom... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-38573364 | |
Mrs Brown star set to front new Saturday night BBC show - BBC News | 2017-01-10 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Comedy star Mrs Brown is to front a new Saturday night TV show on BBC One. | Entertainment & Arts | Brendan O'Carroll's alter-ego Mrs Brown will welcome celebrity guests as part of the show
Comedy star Mrs Brown is to front a new Saturday night TV show on BBC One.
All Round to Mrs Brown's will be hosted by Agnes Brown, the female alter-ego played by Brendan O'Carroll in the sitcom Mrs Brown's Boys.
O'Carroll said:... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-38563190 | |
Jeremy Corbyn on pay disparity within organisations - BBC News | 2017-01-10 | null | Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn says he is looking at pay disparity within companies, but stopped short of confirming that he would cap the pay of top earners. | null | Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn says he is looking at pay disparity within companies, but stopped short of confirming that he would cap the pay of top earners. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-38567081 | |
Marissa Mayer not on new Yahoo holding group board - BBC News | 2017-01-10 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Yahoo's Marissa Mayer will not be on the board of the new company that emerges from the Verizon deal. | Business | Yahoo says its chief executive Marissa Mayer will not be on the board of a company that emerges from the $4.83bn (£4bn) takeover deal by Verizon.
Yahoo is in the process of selling its email, websites, mobile apps and advertising tools to Verizon.
What is left after that sale will be owned by a holding company to be ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-38565690 | |
Nicole Kidman 'cries at adoptive mother's love' shown in Lion - BBC News | 2017-01-10 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Nicole Kidman has said she was brought to tears by the "beautiful" depiction of an adoptive mother's love in her latest film, Lion. | Entertainment & Arts | Kidman says she is 'so connected' to the issues portrayed in Lion
Nicole Kidman has said she was brought to tears by the "beautiful" depiction of an adoptive mother's love in her latest film, Lion.
The actress, who plays adoptive mother Sue Brierley, has two adopted children in real life.
Kidman told the Victoria De... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-38560832 | |
Jeff Sessions: 'Southern racist caricature painful' - BBC News | 2017-01-10 | null | US attorney general nominee Jeff Sessions says US can 'never go back' to discrimination of past. | null | Donald Trump's nominee for attorney general, Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions, has faced tough questioning about past allegations of racism during a confirmation hearing.
He dismissed the claims and in response to a Republican colleague who asked him how it felt to be labelled a "racist or bigot" insisted he would defend... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/38577627 | |
Home Secretary Amber Rudd's heel gets stuck in Downing St - BBC News | 2017-01-10 | null | Home Secretary Amber Rudd's high heel gets stuck between the paving slabs at Downing Street. | null | Home Secretary Amber Rudd's heel got stuck between the paving slabs as she walked along to 10 Downing Street for the first cabinet meeting of 2017.
An assistant had to come to help free her foot, as Ms Rudd held onto the railings. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-38568577 | |
How schools promote pupils' mental wellbeing - BBC News | 2017-01-10 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Schools have long been are at the front line when it comes to identifying and helping children with mental heath problems. | Education & Family | Teachers are often the first to notice changes in the wellbeing of their pupils, say heads
Schools have long been are at the front line when it comes to identifying and helping children with mental heath problems.
But some heads wonder how much longer they can continue to provide in-school counselling and mentoring a... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-38571628 | |
Why addicts take drugs in 'fix rooms' - BBC News | 2017-01-10 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Britain could soon see its first "fix room" for drug users. But who uses such places and how do they work? | Magazine | Angelea Let works as a prostitute to fund her drug addiction
Britain could soon see its first "fix room" for drug users - a safe space where addicts can take illegal narcotics under medical supervision. But who uses such places and how do they work?
On a cold and wet Thursday morning, there are already users inside S... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-38531307 | |
Southern rail strike: Commuter confronts rail bosses and RMT union - BBC News | 2017-01-10 | null | Sara Beare, a commuter, confronts Southern Rail and RMT bosses. | null | Sara Beare is a commuter from Lingfield on Southern Rail. She teamed up with Today's Matthew Price to put questions to Southern and the RMT.
Alex Foulds, passenger services director at Southern, said that the unions have overreacted, while Mick Lynch from the RMT defended their reasons for striking. Did Sara get some ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-38567600 | |
Labour happier now over immigration? - BBC News | 2017-01-10 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | How are Jeremy Corbyn's views on freedom of movement going down with activists and voters? | UK Politics | "Jeremy Corbyn hasn't changed his mind about anything in 40 years," goes the mocking refrain.
It sounds scornful, and it's meant to. It's also unfair. Just a little, anyway.
Today, it became abundantly clear that Labour's leader has not changed his mind on the value, as he sees it, of free movement of people between ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-38577329 | |
FA Cup: Cambridge Utd 1-2 Leeds Utd highlights - BBC Sport | 2017-01-10 | null | Championship side Leeds United avoid an FA Cup third-round upset as they fight back to win 2-1 at League Two opponents Cambridge United. | null | Championship side Leeds United avoid an FA Cup third-round upset as they fight back to win 2-1 at League Two opponents Cambridge United.
Watch all the best action from the FA Cup third round here.
Available to UK users only. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/38564153 | |
Pakistan test launches submarine cruise missile - BBC News | 2017-01-10 | null | Pakistan's military says it has test launched a submarine cruise missile from the Indian Ocean. | null | Pakistan's military says it has test launched a submarine cruise missile from the Indian Ocean.
The nuclear-capable missile is seen flying over the coast and hitting its flag target. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-38561939 | |
Desmond, Montgomery and the Express - BBC News | 2017-01-10 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | National newspapers could soon have new owners, as the media sector continues to contract. | Entertainment & Arts | I wrote on this blog in December that titles such as the Telegraph or Express might be for sale in 2017.
Overnight, it has been revealed that Trinity Mirror PLC has been in discussion with Richard Desmond's Northern & Shell about taking a minority interest in a new company which would - probably but not certainly - in... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-38574233 | |
Jeremy Corbyn on Brexit, immigration and a maximum wage - BBC News | 2017-01-10 | null | The full interview between Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn and BBC political editor Laura Kuenssberg. | null | Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn told BBC Political Editor Laura Kuenssberg that he does not believe that immigration to the UK was too high.
But he said that he wanted to end exploitation of workers under freedom of movement laws, a move which he believed would "probably" see a fall in the numbers moving to the UK.
In th... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-38570490 | |
Mosul battle: Iraq gaining momentum against IS - BBC News | 2017-01-10 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The battle for Mosul against so-called Islamic State is showing signs of gathering pace, writes Michael Knights. | Middle East | Iraqi forces have gained ground since launching a "second phase" in the operation
The announcement by the Iraqi military that its forces have reached the Tigris River for the first time in the battle for Mosul marks a significant moment in the 12-week campaign to recapture so-called Islamic State's (IS) last major str... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-38552980 | |
Brazil prison riots: What's the cause? - BBC News | 2017-01-10 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A spike in violence violence in Brazil's prisons has cast a spotlight on failures its penal system. | Latin America & Caribbean | A spate of violence in Brazil's prisons has cast a spotlight on a system which appears to be near a state of collapse.
Almost 100 inmates lost their lives in the first week of January alone - brutally murdered, the guards apparently unable to stop the bloodshed.
But how has it come to this?
A crackdown on violent an... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-38534769 | |
Jeremy Corbyn and the immigration question - BBC News | 2017-01-10 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Jeremy Corbyn, it turns out, has not changed his mind on the most basic question about immigration. | UK Politics | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.
Here's the thing. Despite the impression given by Labour HQ overnight that Jeremy Corbyn was on the point of ditching his long held backing of the freedom of movement of European citizens - that allows an unlimited number of... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-38570495 | |
My fear of dating as someone with dwarfism - BBC News | 2017-01-10 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Paralympic hopeful Pani has never had a girlfriend and faces his fear of dating by appearing on The Undateables. | Disability | Athlete and law student Pani Mamuneas has never had a girlfriend and says he suspects the only women who approach him want to tick "dwarf" off their bucket list. The 19-year-old decided to do something about it and applied for a TV dating show.
You always hear girls say 'ooh what's your type? Oh tall, you know tall an... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/disability-38528816 | |
Fort Lauderdale airport shooting: Shooter on CCTV - BBC News | 2017-01-10 | null | CCTV has revealed the moment a man opened fire at Fort Lauderdale airport on Friday, as a suspect appears in court charged with killing five people and injuring six others. | null | CCTV has revealed the moment a man opened fire at Fort Lauderdale airport on Friday.
Suspect Esteban Santiago, 26, is appearing in court charged with killing five people and injuring six others. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-38564017 | |
Southern rail strike: 'My three-and-a-half hour commute' - BBC News | 2017-01-10 | null | Commuter Alison Braganza's journey from Three Bridges to central London normally takes 45 minutes but today's Southern Rail strike made it a lot, lot longer. | null | Commuter Alison Braganza's journey from Three Bridges to central London normally takes 45 minutes. Today's Southern Rail strike made it a lot, lot longer. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-38567080 | |
Iran Rafsanjani death: Thousands attend ex-president's funeral - BBC News | 2017-01-10 | null | Tens of thousands of Iranians attended the funeral of the former president, Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, on Tuesday. Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei led prayers at the ceremony. | null | Tens of thousands of Iranians attended the funeral of the former president, Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, on Tuesday. Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei led prayers at the ceremony. Rafsanjani, president from 1989 to 1997, died of a heart attack on Sunday at the age of 82. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/38570048 | |
Pretend you're in The Italian Job or get the bus? - BBC News | 2017-01-10 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Renting a car from neighbours makes environmental and economic sense. Can tech take it mainstream? | Business | "Betty" the 1999 Paul Smith Mini Cooper adds some fun to private car hire
Handing over the keys is a tweed-wearing, bearded Tony Grant, who owns 10 such Minis with names like Poppy, Mildred and Lulu.
Self-styled "Head Gasket" at Small Car Big City, he is adding a new twist to the car hire and car-sharing business.
A... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-38554004 | |
Sir Dave Brailsford: Team Sky can be trusted despite 'regrettable' doping questions - BBC Sport | 2017-01-10 | null | Sir Dave Brailsford says Team Sky can be trusted "100%", despite "regrettable" questions over Sir Bradley Wiggins' medical records. | null | Last updated on .From the section Cycling
Sir Dave Brailsford says Team Sky can be trusted "100%", despite "regrettable" questions over Sir Bradley Wiggins' medical records.
Wiggins and Team Sky boss Brailsford have come under scrutiny since information on the rider's authorised use of banned drugs to treat a medical... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/38570591 | |
Drenched Thailand still waiting for its green revolution - BBC News | 2017-01-10 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Mark Easton, on a visit to Thailand, reflects on its plans for a green revolution as the rains fall. | Asia | Tourists use inflatable rings to cross a road on the Thai island of Koh Samui
Mr Supit bows low, palms together, fingers pointing to the wrathful heavens above.
The north-east monsoon should have left the Thai island of Koh Samui more than a month ago, but the start of 2017 there has been greeted by a week of unremit... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-38559206 | |
Maria Sharapova to return from doping ban in April in Stuttgart - BBC Sport | 2017-01-10 | null | Former world number one Maria Sharapova will make her professional comeback in April following her 15-month doping ban. | null | Last updated on .From the section Tennis
Maria Sharapova will make her professional comeback at the Porsche Grand Prix in Stuttgart on 26 April after her 15-month doping suspension.
The 29-year-old former world number one was given a two-year ban in March after testing positive for meldonium.
Her suspension was then... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/38570187 | |
Is a personal tank the latest luxury must-have? - BBC News | 2017-01-10 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Could a tank developed by twin brothers Mike and Geoff Howe become the latest luxury must-have? | Business | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Dealing with the luxury market is "a learning curve", says Geoff Howe
Some of the very rich like to go further than just displaying their wealth. They want things that few others can have, such as vehicles like an armour-pla... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-38561556 | |
FA Cup: Man Utd face Wigan, Chelsea host Brentford, Derby meet Leicester - BBC Sport | 2017-01-10 | null | Holders Manchester United will host 2013 winners Wigan Athletic in the FA Cup fourth round. | null | Last updated on .From the section Football
Holders Manchester United will host 2013 winners Wigan Athletic in the fourth round of the FA Cup.
Premier League champions Leicester City will travel to Derby County in an East Midlands derby, while Chelsea meet Brentford in a west London derby.
League One Millwall's rewar... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/38564239 | |
Starving to death on NHS wards? - BBC News | 2017-01-10 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | How big a problem is malnutrition on hospital wards? | Health | The Sun newspaper on Monday carries the headline "Kill by mouth: Two die in NHS each day of thirst or starvation".
A shocking claim, based on figures from the Office of National Statistics.
The data for England and Wales shows that in 2015, hunger and/or dehydration were a factor in 828 patient deaths in hospitals an... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-38554077 | |
Newspaper headlines: 'Broken' A&E and Streep takes on Trump - BBC News | 2017-01-10 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Many of the UK front pages focus on the NHS's accident and emergency departments and the actress Meryl Streep takes centre stage on others, after her comments about Donald Trump. | The Papers | Many papers agree there is a "crisis" in accident and emergency departments in England, with some saying patient safety is at risk.
The Daily Mail is outraged by the government's suggestion that 30% of people turning up at casualty don't need to be there and says the reason so many people go to hospital is that they f... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-the-papers-38565081 | |
Manchester United 2-0 Hull City - BBC Sport | 2017-01-10 | null | Second-half goals from Juan Mata and Marouane Fellaini give Manchester United a 2-0 first-leg win over Hull in the semi-final of the EFL Cup. | null | Last updated on .From the section Football
Jose Mourinho moved a step closer to a major trophy in his first season as Manchester United manager as goals from Juan Mata and Marouane Fellaini secured a first-leg victory over Hull City in the semi-final of the EFL Cup.
A near full-strength United struggled to break down... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/38493198 | |
Obituary: Clare Hollingworth - BBC News | 2017-01-10 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Celebrated war correspondent who broke the news of Germany's invasion of Poland. | UK | Clare Hollingworth was the war correspondent who broke the news that German troops were poised to invade Poland at the start of World War Two.
She went on to report on conflicts across the world but it was that moment that defined her career.
She was by no means the first female war reporter, but her depth of technic... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-13960347 | |
Justin Thomas & Hideki Matsuyama: PGA Tour's in-form pair ready to win majors - BBC Sport | 2017-01-10 | null | Justin Thomas and Hideki Matsuyama are the in-form pair on the PGA Tour - it would be no surprise if either landed a first major this year, says Iain Carter. | null | It is an event that promotes Hawaiian tourism more than it provides signals for the golfing year, but last week's Tournament of Champions could prove more significant than usual thanks to the outstanding performances of its top two finishers.
Champion Justin Thomas and runner-up Hideki Matsuyama both appear ready to m... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/golf/38559519 | |
Up and away? Your Tube strike solutions - BBC News | 2017-01-10 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Travellers in London have been hit by a Tube strike, with more than four million people affected. Some have seen the lighter side. | UK | Artist Claudine O'Sullivan offers an alternative to the Tube
Commuters and travellers in London have been hit by a Tube strike.
More than four million people could be affected, but some have taken to social media to see the lighter side.
From The Daily Grindstone, there was just a hint of sarcasm about alternative r... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-38554573 | |
Women Who Draw website reveals world's 'hidden' female illustrators - BBC News | 2017-01-10 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | New website Women Who Draw has been overwhelmed by support for its bid to promote female illustrators. | US & Canada | Applicants for the Women Who Draw website were asked to submit an illustrated portrait of a woman
A website designed to showcase the work of female illustrators and promote diversity has got off to a flying start, after receiving submissions from around the world.
The Women Who Draw website, which had its "soft launc... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-38524131 | |
Cristiano Ronaldo beats Lionel Messi to win Fifa best player award - BBC Sport | 2017-01-10 | null | Cristiano Ronaldo is named the world's best player at the inaugural Best Fifa Football Awards in Zurich. | null | Last updated on .From the section European Football
Cristiano Ronaldo was named the world's best player at the inaugural Best Fifa Football Awards in Zurich.
Real Madrid and Portugal forward Ronaldo, 31, beat Barcelona's Lionel Messi and Atletico Madrid's Antoine Griezmann to the prize.
Ronaldo also won the Ballon d... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/38561266 | |
Corrie Mckeague: Missing serviceman 'to become father' - BBC News | 2017-01-10 | null | Missing RAF serviceman Corrie Mckeague is due to become a father, his girlfriend has said. | null | Missing RAF serviceman Corrie Mckeague is due to become a father, his girlfriend has said.
Mr Mckeague has been missing since 24 September after a night out in Bury St Edmunds, in Suffolk.
April Oliver, 21, said she had become pregnant after a relationship with the 23-year-old who is based at RAF Honington, Suffolk.
... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-suffolk-38555646 | |
Is your child a cyberbully and if so, what should you do? - BBC News | 2017-01-10 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | What should you do if you find out your child has been bullying others online? | Technology | One in five teens claims to have been cyberbullied but few admit to being the bully
Parents worry about their children being bullied online, but what if it is your child who is doing the bullying?
That was the question posed by a BBC reader, following a report on how children struggle to cope online.
There is plenty... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-38529437 | |
Chris Robshaw: Harlequins flanker out of England's Six Nations campaign - BBC Sport | 2017-01-10 | null | Harlequins flanker Chris Robshaw will miss England's 2017 Six Nations campaign with a shoulder injury. | null | Last updated on .From the section Rugby Union
Harlequins flanker Chris Robshaw will miss England's 2017 Six Nations campaign with a shoulder injury.
The 30-year-old will have an operation on Monday and is expected to be sidelined for three months.
Robshaw, who has won 55 caps, aggravated a problem with his left shou... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/38559130 | |
Could a national maximum wage work? - BBC News | 2017-01-10 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Jeremy Corbyn’s call on Radio 4’s Today programme for a high earnings cap is not a unique position. Franklin D Roosevelt called for something similar. | Business | In 1942, Franklin D Roosevelt - not known as a Socialist radical, though he had his moments - proposed that anyone earning over $25,000 should be taxed at 100%.
Effectively, the President of the United States was calling for a high pay cap of, in today's money, just under $400,000 or £330,000.
Interviewed this mornin... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-38570434 | |
Mourners turn out for war veteran Reginald Watson - BBC News | 2017-01-10 | null | More than 200 people attended the funeral of a World War Two veteran who died with no surviving family. | null | More than 200 people attended the funeral of a World War Two veteran who died with no surviving family.
Reginald Watson, who served in the King's Royal Rifle Corps, died on 23 November aged 90.
The Reverend Mandy Bishop, of Ormesby St Margaret, Norfolk, made a social media plea for mourners after learning he faced a ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-38576438 | |
MS Dhoni resigns as India one-day captain ahead of England series - BBC Sport | 2017-01-04 | null | MS Dhoni steps down as India one-day captain ahead of the ODI series against England, which begins on 15 January. | null | Last updated on .From the section Cricket
MS Dhoni has stepped down as India's limited-overs captain ahead of the ODI series against England, which begins on 15 January.
The wicketkeeper will, however, remain available for selection for the three-match series and the three subsequent Twenty20 internationals.
Dhoni, ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/38510978 | |
India's double first in climate battle - BBC News | 2017-01-04 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | India opens two world-leading clean energy projects - the world's biggest solar farm and a chemicals plant using CO2 to make baking soda. | Business | Two world-leading clean energy projects have opened in the south Indian state of Tamil Nadu.
A £3m industrial plant is capturing the CO2 emissions from a coal boiler and using the CO2 to make valuable chemicals. It is a world first.
And just 100km away is the world's biggest solar farm, making power for 150,000 homes... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-38391034 | |
Zambia women's 'day off for periods' sparks debate - BBC News | 2017-01-04 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A law that gives women in Zambia the right to take a day off work if they're on their period is finally being discussed openly. | Africa | Ndekela Mazimba, who works in PR, says Mother's Day helps her manage her period pain
Discussing female menstruation publicly is something of a taboo in Zambia.
This is no doubt why a provision in the country's labour law that allows female workers to take off one day a month is known as Mother's Day, even though it a... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-38490513 | |
Cairngorm mountain rescue couple speak about ordeal - BBC News | 2017-01-04 | null | A couple rescued from the Cairngorm mountains after being forced to shelter down for the night have spoken about their ordeal. | null | A couple rescued from the Cairngorm mountains after being forced to shelter down for the night have spoken about their ordeal.
Bob and Cathy Elmer from Leicestershire, who were reported missing on Sunday, said at times the snow came up to their waists. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-38501505 | |
Sofiane Feghouli: West Ham midfielder's red card rescinded - BBC Sport | 2017-01-04 | null | West Ham midfielder Sofiane Feghouli has the red card shown to him during Monday's defeat by Manchester United overturned. | null | Last updated on .From the section Football
West Ham played for 75 minutes with 10 men after Sofiane Feghouli was dismissed for this challenge on Phil Jones West Ham's Sofiane Feghouli has had the red card shown to him during Monday's defeat by Manchester United rescinded by the Football Association. The midfielder was... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/38497190 | |
The ex-CIA agent who interrogated Saddam Hussein - BBC News | 2017-01-04 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Ex-CIA agent John Nixon describes how he interrogated former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein after his capture. | US & Canada | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. John Nixon says Saddam Hussein was the most secretive man he has ever met
When former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein was captured in December 2003, the CIA required a specialist who could identify and interrogate him for inf... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-38497767 | |
Syncing feeling lifts music industry - BBC News | 2017-01-04 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Bands used to be accused of "selling out" if a TV programme or commercial used their music, but now "sync licensing" is a big earner for them. | Business | Sting's campaign for his Desert Rose single relied heavily on "sync licensing"
It seems quaint to recall that bands used to be accused of "selling out" if a TV programme or commercial used their music.
Nowadays, rock and pop artists of all kinds have become reconciled to that particular way of doing what the Clash us... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-38341251 | |
Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg takes up challenge to tour US - BBC News | 2017-01-04 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg plans to spend 2017 touring the US - in his latest ambitious challenge. | Business | Mark Zuckerberg has announced plans to spend 2017 touring the US - in the Facebook founder's latest ambitious New Year's resolution.
He posted that this year's personal challenge is to "have visited and met people in every state in the US".
The 32-year-old tech titan added that he needs to travel to about 30 states t... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-38503437 | |
Pete Reed: Olympic champion announces plans to chase fourth Olympic gold - BBC Sport | 2017-01-04 | https://www.facebook.com/BBCSport/ | Three-time Olympic champion Pete Reed ends his brief break from the sport to compete for a fourth Olympic rowing gold. | Rowing | Three-time Olympic champion Pete Reed has announced his rowing comeback as he aims for a fourth Olympic gold medal.
Reed, 35, returned to his job in the Navy following last summer's Rio Olympics, where he won gold in the men's eight.
But the Briton, who also won Olympic gold in Beijing and London, now plans to compet... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rowing/38511984 | |
Police hunt $6m jewellery heist suspects - BBC News | 2017-01-04 | null | CCTV footage shows two men alleged to have stolen $6m (£4.9m) of jewellery from a wholesalers in New York. | null | CCTV footage shows two men alleged to have stolen $6m (£4.9m) of jewellery from a wholesalers in New York.
Police said they were still searching for the pair and a third man in connection with the robbery at the Gregg Ruth jewellery company. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-38501506 | |
Newspaper headlines: EU ambassador's resignation dominates press - BBC News | 2017-01-04 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The resignation of the UK's ambassador to the European Union, Sir Ivan Rogers, dominates the front pages of Wednesday's newspapers. | The Papers | Sir Ivan Rogers has quit as the UK's ambassador to the EU
The Daily Telegraph speculates about what the government will do now that the UK's ambassador to the EU, Sir Ivan Rogers, has stepped down.
"May to pick Brexiteer as our man in Brussels" is its headline.
The paper has been told by senior Conservatives that mi... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-the-papers-38503503 | |
Mein Kampf: Is Mein Kampf really a hit with Germans? - BBC News | 2017-01-04 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Hitler's Mein Kampf has many readers but it is not among Germany's best-sellers. | Europe | Original editions of Mein Kampf: It urged Germans to avenge their defeat in World War One
"Mein Kampf becomes German best-seller" reads one international headline. "Hitler's Mein Kampf a hit in Germany" reads another.
The fact that the Nazi manifesto reached number one in Der Spiegel's non-fiction charts in April is ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-38500422 | |
Bournemouth 3-3 Arsenal: Arsene Wenger says Gunners refused to lose - BBC Sport | 2017-01-04 | null | Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger says his side "refused to lose the game" as they came back from 3-0 down to draw 3-3 at Bournemouth. | null | Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger said his side "refused to lose the game" as they came back from 3-0 down to draw 3-3 at Bournemouth.
It was the first time the Gunners had recovered from a three-goal deficit to draw a Premier League match.
"It was a physical and mental test - they started much faster but we showed we ar... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/38503563 | |
Chicago zoo welcomes baby orangutan - BBC News | 2017-01-04 | null | A two-week-old baby orangutan makes its public debut at Brookfield Zoo in Chicago. | null | A two-week-old baby orangutan has made its public debut at Brookfield Zoo in Chicago.
The Bornean orangutan was born on 20 December and was described as "significant to the zoo population" by the Chicago Zoological Society. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-38504396 | |
CES 2017: Smart hairbrush listens for breaking hair - BBC News | 2017-01-04 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Beauty giant L'Oreal unveils a smart hairbrush at the CES tech show, which is packed with a microphone and other sensors. | Technology | The L'Oreal brush uses acoustic sensors to listen for breaking hair
Beauty giant L'Oreal has unveiled a smart hairbrush packed with sensors to help consumers improve their brushing technique.
The Hair Coach, which will retail at just under $200 (£160), contains a microphone, gyroscope and accelerometer among other se... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-38503932 | |
Crystal Palace 1-2 Swansea City - BBC Sport | 2017-01-04 | null | Newly appointed Swansea boss Paul Clement watches his new side gain a dramatic win against Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park. | null | Last updated on .From the section Football
Newly appointed Swansea boss Paul Clement watched his side gain a dramatic win against Crystal Palace to move off the bottom of the Premier League table.
Clement was appointed earlier on Tuesday, although first-team coach Alan Curtis had picked the team for the game at Selhu... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/38441016 | |
Leeds United: Owner Massimo Cellino sells 50% stake to Italian businessman - BBC Sport | 2017-01-04 | null | Leeds United owner Massimo Cellino sells 50% of his stake in the Championship club to Italian businessman Andrea Radrizzani. | null | Leeds United owner Massimo Cellino has sold 50% of his stake in the club to Italian businessman Andrea Radrizzani.
Radrizzani has purchased his stake through his company Aser Group Holding.
The 42-year-old has been in talks to invest in the Championship club since August 2016, when BBC Sport broke news of his interes... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/38511004 | |
Jermain Defoe: Sunderland reject West Ham's £6m bid for striker - BBC Sport | 2017-01-04 | null | Sunderland reject West Ham's £6m bid for 34-year-old striker Jermain Defoe. | null | Last updated on .From the section Football
It is understood the Hammers will raise their offer for the player who began his career at the east London club.
Defoe, 34, has scored 11 goals in 21 appearances for the Premier League strugglers this season.
His latest goals came on Monday as Sunderland twice fought from a... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/38511254 | |
The Jump: Kadeena Cox has UK Sport funding suspended - BBC Sport | 2017-01-04 | null | Paralympic champion Kadeena Cox has her UK Sport funding suspended while she takes part in Channel 4 show The Jump. | null | Last updated on .From the section Disability Sport
Paralympic champion Kadeena Cox has had her UK Sport funding suspended while she takes part in Channel 4 winter sports programme The Jump.
Cox, 25, will join Olympic taekwondo champion Jade Jones and Rio silver medal-winning gymnast Louis Smith on the show.
She won ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/disability-sport/38505652 | |
Manu Tuilagi: Leicester Tigers and England centre out for rest of season - BBC Sport | 2017-01-04 | null | England and Leicester centre Manu Tuilagi will miss the rest of the season after suffering cruciate ligament damage. | null | Last updated on .From the section Rugby Union
England and Leicester centre Manu Tuilagi will miss the Six Nations and the rest of the Premiership season with anterior cruciate ligament damage.
The 25-year-old is out for at least six months after he was injured in Sunday's Premiership defeat by Saracens.
He has made ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/38507813 | |
Yannick Bolasie: Everton winger out for possibly a year, says Ronald Koeman - BBC Sport | 2017-01-04 | null | Everton winger Yannick Bolasie will be out for 11-12 months with a knee injury, says manager Ronald Koeman. | null | Last updated on .From the section Football
Everton winger Yannick Bolasie could be out for a year with a knee injury, says manager Ronald Koeman.
Bolasie, 27, injured his right knee during the Toffees' 1-1 draw with Manchester United on 4 December.
Manager Koeman said on Wednesday: "It will be around 11-12 months be... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/38512945 | |
Veganuary: Is following a vegan diet for a month worth it? - BBC News | 2017-01-04 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A record number of people have signed up for Veganuary - swerving meat and dairy for January - but does it do any good? | UK | The Veganuary campaign, encouraging people to try a vegan diet for the month most commonly associated with resolution and change, is under way, with a record 50,000 people signed up.
But can forgoing meat, fish, dairy, eggs and honey for 31 days do any good?
The adverts are on display, supporters on board and partner... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-38506418 | |
Tales from the bar - a tour of London's 'great pubs' - BBC News | 2017-01-04 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Giant barrels, mosaic ceilings and ghostly visions - stories from some of London's oldest and most intriguing public houses. | In Pictures | Giant oak wine barrels sit above the bar of the Cittie of Yorke in Holborn - which is more reminiscent of a great hall in a Tudor mansion than than a traditional pub.
The jury is out as to whether or not the massive casks were ever used as genuine storage vessels - or simply part of the inn's Tudor makeover in the 192... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-38384519 | |
Trump v the car industry - BBC News | 2017-01-04 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Ford's decision to cancel its $1.6bn investment in Mexico will be seen as evidence that Trump's nationalism is having the desired effect. | Business | Ford's decision to cancel a $1.6bn investment in Mexico and invest an extra $700m in Michigan will be widely seen as concrete evidence that Donald Trump's economic nationalism is having the intended effect.
Coincidentally, Ford's decision comes on the same day that the new President-elect launched an attack on General... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-38502177 | |
Donald Campbell: 'Hero' remembered 50 years after death - BBC News | 2017-01-04 | null | Hundreds gather at Coniston Water to remember "hero" and record-breaker Donald Campbell 50 years after his death. | null | Hundreds have gathered at Coniston Water to remember "hero" and record-breaker Donald Campbell 50 years after his death.
Campbell died at 08:51 GMT on 4 January 1967 while trying to break his own water speed record in Bluebird.
His daughter Gina said she was "humbled" his achievements were still recognised half a cen... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cumbria-38511908 | |
Sir Ivan's resignation sign of greater Whitehall strain - BBC News | 2017-01-04 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | What does the resignation of the UK's ambassador to the EU say about the Brexit process? | UK Politics | For one minister - an enthusiast for Brexit - it was very simple: "You're either on board, or you're not. He wasn't. We move on." The minister sounded rather cheerful.
So, Sir Ivan Rogers had gone because his face didn't fit. Now the way was clear for a true believer in the opportunities opened up by the vote to leave... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-38509459 | |
London visitors' last chance to see Dippy ahead of tour - BBC News | 2017-01-04 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The UK's most famous dinosaur skeleton is on show for the last time ahead of nationwide tour. | London | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Dippy is to be replaced by the skeleton of a whale
A museum's famous 112-year-old dinosaur is set to leave London for a national tour.
Dippy the diplodocus, a 70ft long (21.3m) plaster-cast sauropod replica made up of 292 b... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-38502339 | |
Your #BackToWork tweets of sorrow - BBC News | 2017-01-04 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The hashtag #BackToWork is trending on Twitter as those returning to their jobs after the Christmas and new year break share their sorrow. | England | The hashtag #BackToWork is trending on Twitter as those returning to their jobs after the festive break share their sorrow that the fun is over and normal service is forced to resume.
The sudden withdrawal from lie ins, naps and all-day snacking has hit some people - and even their pets - quite hard.
And this morning... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-38495874 | |
Guantanamo Bay: What's it like inside? - BBC News | 2017-01-04 | null | As Donald Trump tweets that no-one should be released from Guantanamo Bay, the BBC's Gordon Corera takes a tour of the camp. | null | As Donald Trump tweets that no-one should be released from Guantanamo Bay, the BBC's Gordon Corera takes a tour of the camp. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-38512158 | |
French cyclist Robert Marchand sets new record aged 105 - BBC News | 2017-01-04 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Robert Marchand sets a new hour record at the national velodrome but regrets not going faster. | Europe | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Robert Marchand: "I'm wondering if it's really true"
He may not be the fastest cyclist round a velodrome, but he is easily one of the oldest.
Robert Marchand has clocked up 105 years and now a new record for the furthest di... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-38510439 | |
House price predictions for 2017 - BBC News | 2017-01-04 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Experts give their predictions for the UK housing market in 2017 and look back at some of the key issues for property buyers and sellers over the last 12 months. | Business | Radstock Street is being marketed as "desirable lateral living"
Buyers of a four-bedroom family home in London need deep pockets - but perhaps not as cavernous as a year ago.
Asking prices in the capital for these top-of-the-ladder properties fell by 8.7% over the past year, according to search site Rightmove. House ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-38389967 | |
Exec pay under fire on 'Fatcat Wednesday' - BBC News | 2017-01-04 | null | Execs will have earned more by midday on January 4, than ordinary workers earn in the entire year, says the High Pay Centre think tank. | null | Execs will have earned more by midday on January 4, than ordinary workers earn in the entire year, says the High Pay Centre think tank. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-38512258 | |
Rail fares: Who are the season ticket winners and losers? - BBC News | 2017-01-04 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Rail fare increases have been called a "kick in the teeth" by critics. Yet commuters using annual season tickets in some parts of England find themselves worse off than others. | England | The cost of annual season tickets has increased by 1.9%, analysis by the BBC England Data Unit found
Commuters in some parts of England will be worse off than others from rail fare rises, which were called a "kick in the teeth" by critics.
In some areas there was no increase in annual season ticket prices, despite wa... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-38497987 | |
Call the Midwife is top Christmas Day show but ratings fall - BBC News | 2017-01-04 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Call the Midwife was the most-watched programme on Christmas Day - but audiences fell to their lowest level on record. | Entertainment & Arts | The Christmas special saw the team of midwives relocate to South Africa
Call the Midwife was the most-watched programme on Christmas Day - but audiences on 25 December fell to their lowest level on record, figures show.
The historical drama attracted an audience of 9.2 million.
It is the smallest number of viewers f... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-38498985 | |
Bournemouth 3-3 Arsenal - BBC Sport | 2017-01-04 | null | Arsenal complete a dramatic comeback at Bournemouth as they rescue a point in injury time having been 3-0 behind. | null | Last updated on .From the section Football
Arsenal completed a dramatic comeback at Bournemouth as they rescued a point in injury time having fallen 3-0 behind.
The Gunners looked destined for a third away league defeat in a row before a late rally that began with a diving Alexis Sanchez header and gathered momentum ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/38440999 | |
Qatar Open: Sir Andy Murray extends winning streak to 26 matches - BBC Sport | 2017-01-04 | null | Sir Andy Murray extends his winning run to 26 matches with a 7-6 (8-6) 7-5 win over Austrian Gerald Melzer at the Qatar Open. | null | Last updated on .From the section Tennis
Sir Andy Murray reached the Qatar Open quarter-finals with a battling 7-6 (8-6) 7-5 win over Austrian Gerald Melzer.
World number 68 Melzer produced a gutsy display, saving eight first-set points before eventually succumbing to the world number one in the tie-break.
The Austr... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/38512939 | |
Marijuana brands aim for high-end retail in Canada - BBC News | 2017-01-04 | null | As brands fight for a share of the Canadian cannabis market before the drug is fully legalised, one store wants to make "seedy" so-called head shops a thing of a the past. | null | With retailers jockeying for position before cannabis is fully legalised in Canada, "seedy" so-called head shops could soon be a thing of the past. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-38500023 | |
Dabbing son upstages new US congressman - BBC News | 2017-01-04 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Rep. Roger Marshall was upstaged by his son during a swearing-in photo op with US House Speaker Paul Ryan. | US & Canada | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.
Finding your feet in a new job can be difficult at the best of times, so spare a thought for Republican US congressman Roger Marshall, whose son decided a photo op at his swearing in was the perfect time to do some dabbing.
... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-38506818 | |
Kim Kardashian's ex-boyfriend Ray J and Calum Best are in Celebrity Big Brother - BBC News | 2017-01-04 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Kim Kardashian's ex-boyfriend, a Game of Thrones actor and a former Strictly dancer are among this year's Celebrity Big Brother housemates. | Newsbeat | Kim Kardashian's ex, a Game of Thrones actor and a former Strictly dancer are among this year's Celebrity Big Brother contestants.
The line-up also includes stars who've previously appeared on the show.
Billed as All Stars versus New Stars, the 14 celebs will spend the next month in the CBB house together.
Big Broth... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/articles/38504767 | |
Yemen conflict: The front line battle for capital Sanaa - BBC News | 2017-01-04 | null | The BBC's Nawal Al-Maghafi visits the front line of the army's battle for the capital of Yemen. | null | The BBC's Nawal Al-Maghafi has been granted access to the front line of the Yemen army's battle for the capital Sanaa, which has been controlled by Houthi rebel fighters since 2015. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-38504068 | |
Eddie Jones open to Richard Cockerill joining England set-up - BBC Sport | 2017-01-04 | null | Eddie Jones says he is open to the possibility of sacked Leicester boss Richard Cockerill joining England's coaching set-up. | null | Last updated on .From the section Rugby Union
Eddie Jones says he sympathises with Richard Cockerill and is open to the possibility of the sacked Leicester boss joining England's coaching set-up.
Cockerill, 46, was dismissed as Tigers' director of rugby on 2 January, with the club fifth in the Premiership.
England h... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/38503190 | |
The slow death of Myanmar's typewriter industry - BBC News | 2017-01-04 | null | Myanmar is one of the few places where many still rely on typewriters - but as change creeps in, numbers are dwindling. | null | With the dawn of the computer age the typewriter has disappeared into obscurity in most parts of the world, but in Myanmar many people still rely on typewriters to make a living.
In a country where electricity is still unstable and computers remain prohibitively expensive for many, typewriters are seen less as a produ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-38452242 | |
Losing hope in Mae La - BBC News | 2017-01-04 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Depression is all too common in refugee camps for Burmese people on the Thai border - and so, unfortunately, is suicide. | Magazine | On Thailand's border with Myanmar, also known as Burma, more than 100,000 people live in a string of refugee camps. Many fled ethnic conflict in their homeland decades ago, and have brought up their children here. Gracia Fellmeth arrived in one of the camps a year ago to study depression in women before and after child... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-38423451 | |
Istanbul attack: Inside Reina nightclub - BBC News | 2017-01-04 | null | The BBC's Mark Lowen is one of the first journalists to access the site of Istanbul's deadly New Year attack, which left 39 people dead. | null | The BBC's Mark Lowen is one of the first journalists to access the site of Istanbul's deadly New Year attack, which left 39 people dead. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-38501613 | |
Forceps removed from stomach after 18 years - BBC News | 2017-01-04 | null | A Vietnamese man has had surgical forceps removed from his stomach after 18 years. | null | A Vietnamese man has had surgical forceps removed from his stomach after 18 years.
Ma Van Nhat believes the forceps were left there during surgery in 1998. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-38497547 | |
Terrorism 'first-aid training needed' - BBC News | 2017-01-04 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | People are being urged to learn lifesaving skills in case they are caught up in a terror attack. | Health | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. CitizenAID aims to help the public save lives before the professionals arrive
People need to learn lifesaving skills in case they are caught up in a terror attack in the UK, a team of senior military and civilian medics has ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-38495234 | |
The spy with no name - BBC News | 2017-01-04 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | In 1977 a woman thought she had finally tracked down the son she had abandoned as a baby. What followed was an extraordinary tale of deception and heartbreak. | Magazine | In 1977, Johanna van Haarlem finally tracked down the son, Erwin, she had abandoned as a baby 33 years earlier. She immediately travelled to London to meet him. What followed, writes Jeff Maysh, is an unbelievable story of deception and heartbreak.
It was a cold Saturday morning in April 1988 when a van full of detect... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-38261956 | |
Ivan Rogers resignation: Dear Sir, I quit! The resignation quiz - BBC News | 2017-01-04 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | How much do you know about famous resignations? | Magazine | Sir Ivan Rogers has quit his job as British ambassador to the EU, issuing a resignation statement that urged his team to "continue to challenge ill-founded arguments and muddled thinking". But he's not the first person to make headlines with a biting departure.
Test your knowledge about some of history's more celebrat... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-38510071 | |
The Jump: GB Taekwondo has 'reservations' over Jade Jones' participation - BBC Sport | 2017-01-04 | null | GB Taekwondo chiefs admit "reservations" over Olympic champion Jade Jones taking part in a Channel 4 ski jump show before the World Championships. | null | Last updated on .From the section Sport
GB Taekwondo chiefs say they "had reservations" but "understand" double Olympic champion Jade Jones' decision to take part in Channel 4's The Jump.
The programme involves competitors learning to ski jump, and the last series saw several serious injuries.
Gymnast Louis Smith an... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/38494638 |
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