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Coronavirus: Boy sentenced for racist street attack

UK News BBC News Feed - Wed, 01/27/2021 - 15:23
Images of Jonathan Mok's swollen eye were posted on Facebook and shared thousands of times.

Crisp-loving Norfolk parrot flies again after diet

UK News BBC News Feed - Wed, 01/27/2021 - 15:10
Bud's new owner claims the bird could "detect a packet of crisps being opened from four miles away".

Manchester Arena Inquiry: Showsec errors 'did not contribute to bombing'

UK News BBC News Feed - Wed, 01/27/2021 - 15:09
Manchester Arena's security firm admits making errors, but tells an inquiry it was not "complacent".

Covid: Ten South African coronavirus variant cases in Wales

UK News BBC News Feed - Wed, 01/27/2021 - 14:48
All the variant cases were recorded in people who had been abroad, a senior official says.

Facebook apologises for Plymouth Hoe 'error'

UK News BBC News Feed - Wed, 01/27/2021 - 14:47
The social media platform removed posts after wrongly identifying the place name as offensive.

Covid-19: Starmer and Johnson on UK death toll figures

UK News BBC News Feed - Wed, 01/27/2021 - 14:23
The UK Covid death toll is the result of a “huge number of mistakes by the prime minister” says the Labour leader.

Covid in Scotland: Nicola Sturgeon says Boris Johnson visit 'not essential' travel

UK News BBC News Feed - Wed, 01/27/2021 - 14:06
Nicola Sturgeon says she is "not ecstatic" about reports the PM will visit Scotland on Thursday.

Hotel quarantine for some travellers entering UK

UK News BBC News Feed - Wed, 01/27/2021 - 14:03
Boris Johnson says the government is strengthening its border measures to protect the country against new variants.

Covid: Scotland 'could go further' on quarantine rules

UK News BBC News Feed - Wed, 01/27/2021 - 13:51
Nicola Sturgeon says she is concerned the UK's travel restrictions will not go far enough.

Covid-19: Cough, fatigue, sore throat 'more common' in new variant

UK News BBC News Feed - Wed, 01/27/2021 - 13:34
But loss of taste and smell may be less likely to affect those with the new strain, a study suggests.

Contactless limit could rise to £100

UK News BBC News Feed - Wed, 01/27/2021 - 11:56
The financial regulator will consult "shortly" on a rise from the current limit of £45.

Leon Briggs: CCTV shows final hours of man restrained by police

UK News BBC News Feed - Wed, 01/27/2021 - 11:28
The pictures capture Leon Briggs skipping through Luton before later being carried away by officers.

Independent Spirit Awards: Michaela Coel, Carey Mulligan among nominees

UK News BBC News Feed - Wed, 01/27/2021 - 10:52
Riz Ahmed, Michaela Coel, and Carey Mulligan are all recognised. Will Oscar nominations soon follow?

Boris Johnson hopes to publish criteria for easing lockdown next month

UK News BBC News Feed - Wed, 01/27/2021 - 10:24
Lifting lockdown rules will depend on the number of hospitalisations, deaths and vaccinations.

Peterborough mosque's call to prayer loudspeakers plan rejected

UK News BBC News Feed - Wed, 01/27/2021 - 10:13
A city mosque wanted to broadcast the azan three times a day from the top of one of its towers.

NI mother-and-baby homes: 'Disclosure has to be a duty', says bishop

UK News BBC News Feed - Wed, 01/27/2021 - 10:06
The Bishop of Derry says an inquiry should get full historic records of mother-and-baby homes in NI.

Bristol policeman took on man armed with three knives

UK News BBC News Feed - Wed, 01/27/2021 - 09:56
He was given a chief constable's commendation after stepping in to protect his colleagues.

Covid: Who are the workers 'excluded' from support?

UK News BBC News Feed - Wed, 01/27/2021 - 09:40
Why have some taxpayers who have lost their income because of the pandemic been left without funding?

Covid: Welsh ministers criticised by dad, 81, yet to have his vaccine

UK News BBC News Feed - Wed, 01/27/2021 - 09:39
Dad Dom Knight calls Welsh ministers "clowns" after missing their coronavirus jab target for over-80s.

Hinkley Point C nuclear plant to open later at greater cost

UK News BBC News Feed - Wed, 01/27/2021 - 09:32
EDF Energy says it has made "significant progress" but the plant will now not open until June 2026.

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