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Encanto: Girl's glasses-wearing Disney heroine wish comes true

UK News BBC News Feed - Thu, 02/03/2022 - 06:08
Lowri wrote to Disney three years ago asking them to create a character with glasses.

HMS Endeavour: Row erupts over location of Cook's coal ship

UK News BBC News Feed - Thu, 02/03/2022 - 04:57
Australian experts say a wreck off the US coast is the famous ship, a claim dismissed as "premature".

Millions braced for huge rise in energy prices

UK News BBC News Feed - Thu, 02/03/2022 - 01:47
Regulator Ofgem will outline the increase on Thursday, but ministers have plans to mitigate the impact.

Many people still in the dark over gas boilers, say MPs

UK News BBC News Feed - Thu, 02/03/2022 - 01:43
Government needs to clearly spell out the major changes required in the years ahead, a committee says.

NI Protocol: Minister orders halt to Irish Sea border checks

UK News BBC News Feed - Thu, 02/03/2022 - 01:30
NI minister Edwin Poots says he has taken the decision to halt checks after receiving legal advice.

Jude Hill: Meet the 11-year-old starring in Kenneth Branagh's Belfast

UK News BBC News Feed - Thu, 02/03/2022 - 00:40
Meet Jude Hill, who stars as a young Kenneth Branagh in the director's Oscar-tipped film Belfast.

Cost of living: ‘How will we afford anything with bills this high?’

UK News BBC News Feed - Thu, 02/03/2022 - 00:37
A recent poll for BBC 5 Live suggests a third of adults working full-time are struggling to pay their bills.

Children in care homes 'seen as criminals not victims'

UK News BBC News Feed - Thu, 02/03/2022 - 00:34
Neighbours often resist plans to build new homes, says the Independent Children's Home Association.

Seamus Maguire: New 'Disappeared' case opened into murder

UK News BBC News Feed - Thu, 02/03/2022 - 00:10
Seamus Maguire vanished from his home near Lurgan in the early 70s when he was 26 years old.

The Papers: Energy prices 'agony' and council tax cut plans

UK News BBC News Feed - Wed, 02/02/2022 - 23:36
Chancellor Rishi Sunak's plan to ease sharply rising energy bills feature in a number of papers.

Energy bills: 'Everybody' feeling cost of living rise

UK News BBC News Feed - Wed, 02/02/2022 - 22:55
One family's heating bills have leapt from £900 a year to £1,600 and they could soar again in April.

Gabby Logan's heart screening call for brother Daniel

UK News BBC News Feed - Wed, 02/02/2022 - 22:52
The "catastrophic" impact of losing Daniel when he was 15 is behind the presenter's appeal.

NI Protocol: Irish Sea border checks ordered to end at midnight

UK News BBC News Feed - Wed, 02/02/2022 - 20:57
NI Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots says he has taken the decision after receiving legal advice.

Maida Vale deaths: Yasmin Chkaifi had 'big, caring heart'

UK News BBC News Feed - Wed, 02/02/2022 - 20:39
Yasmin Chkaifi is described as a "loving, amazing" woman and leaves behind a husband and two sons.

Pret raises the price of its coffee subscription by 25%

UK News BBC News Feed - Wed, 02/02/2022 - 20:38
Some customers say the 25% rise is too steep but Pret says its costs are rising sharply.

Bats spell route change for planned Norwich Western Link road

UK News BBC News Feed - Wed, 02/02/2022 - 20:21
The proposed route of a controversial new road needs changing due to the discovery of the mammals.

Ukraine: Boris Johnson warns Putin of tragic miscalculation

UK News BBC News Feed - Wed, 02/02/2022 - 19:45
Boris Johnson and Russia's president agree to continue talks to resolve tension on the Ukraine border.

London mayor puts Met commissioner Dame Cressida Dick on notice

UK News BBC News Feed - Wed, 02/02/2022 - 19:11
Sadiq Khan's spokesperson said he told Dame Cressida Dick Londoners would not "put up with this".

Fawdon Nestle factory to close with loss of 474 jobs

UK News BBC News Feed - Wed, 02/02/2022 - 19:02
Unions condemn the closure of the sweet factory and the loss of 474 jobs as "unacceptable".

Michael Gove's 'levelling up' plan unveiled but ambition questioned

UK News BBC News Feed - Wed, 02/02/2022 - 18:45
The plan to close the gap between rich and poor areas is unveiled - but Labour criticises a lack of new money.

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