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London Ambulance Service: 'We take thousands of calls every day - it's tough'

UK News BBC News Feed - Mon, 01/18/2021 - 01:37
Ambulance service staff in London explain the unique pressures of working during a pandemic.

Brexit: 'Putting UK, not GB, delayed my fish for 24 hours'

UK News BBC News Feed - Mon, 01/18/2021 - 01:10
New trading rules are causing problems for some firms, creating backlogs and uncertainty.

Who's exempt from wearing masks?: 'I'm scared of abuse for not wearing one'

UK News BBC News Feed - Mon, 01/18/2021 - 01:03
At the moment, there's no official way to prove you don't have to wear a face covering

BT faces £600m lawsuit over 'historic overcharging'

UK News BBC News Feed - Mon, 01/18/2021 - 00:39
A group of pensioners is accusing BT of "historic" excessive pricing of landlines.

Kori, nine, says transplant gives him 'another chance at life'

UK News BBC News Feed - Mon, 01/18/2021 - 00:15
Kori, from Ripley in Derbyshire, was born with hypoplastic left heart syndrome.

Racism in education: How truth pages helped students fight back

UK News BBC News Feed - Mon, 01/18/2021 - 00:04
'Truth pages', where students share their experiences of racism, have snowballed on social media since the killing of George Floyd.

The Papers: 'Hope in the post' as '5 million more offered jab'

UK News BBC News Feed - Sun, 01/17/2021 - 23:53
Monday's papers focus on news that over-70s in England will be invited to get a Covid jab this week.

Universal Credit: Labour presses PM for action ahead of benefit vote

UK News BBC News Feed - Sun, 01/17/2021 - 23:19
Labour calls on Boris Johnson to give millions a "helping hand" by extending £20 Universal Credit uplift.

Manchester bombing: Youngest victim 'could have survived with better first aid'

UK News BBC News Feed - Sun, 01/17/2021 - 22:18
A report commissioned by the family of Saffie-Rose Roussos says she received inadequate first aid.

Covid: Ambulance service still 'under extreme pressure'

UK News BBC News Feed - Sun, 01/17/2021 - 22:11
The Welsh Ambulance Service boss warns that difficult weeks lie ahead in Covid-19 fight.

Covid tracked - and how it embedded in rural Wales

UK News BBC News Feed - Sun, 01/17/2021 - 22:00
Clusters of deaths from Covid in the first pandemic wave showed up in rural parts of Wales unexpectedly.

Covid: People broke lockdown rules in 200-mile drive to see friends

UK News BBC News Feed - Sun, 01/17/2021 - 19:59
Drivers from Scotland and Portsmouth caught breaking lockdown rules in north Wales.

Chris Cramer: Tributes paid after former BBC and CNN journalist dies aged 73

UK News BBC News Feed - Sun, 01/17/2021 - 17:37
The "fiercely competitive" but "kind, thoughtful and caring" news executive has died aged 73.

Eurostar: Government urged to 'safeguard' rail firm's future

UK News BBC News Feed - Sun, 01/17/2021 - 15:29
A group of London firms has written to ministers calling for financial support for the rail firm.

Gulf War veteran John Nichol thought the war would be averted

UK News BBC News Feed - Sun, 01/17/2021 - 14:41
Thirty years after Desert Storm John Nichol says he believed "peace would prevail".

Coronavirus: Concerns over bosses breaking Covid safety rules

UK News BBC News Feed - Sun, 01/17/2021 - 14:24
The Health and Safety Executive says it received 2,945 complaints about workplaces in one week.

Covid-19: NI hospitals prepare for peak of latest virus surge

UK News BBC News Feed - Sun, 01/17/2021 - 14:20
Northern Health Trust chief says system is under "huge pressure" with patients waiting for beds.

Covid-19: Man said he had travelled 100 miles 'for a McDonald's'

UK News BBC News Feed - Sun, 01/17/2021 - 14:18
He told police he drove to Devizes for a McDonald's even though the town does not have a branch.

Driver of lorry which overturned on M5 dies

UK News BBC News Feed - Sun, 01/17/2021 - 14:05
The crash is causing delays and a stretch of the road could remain closed for the rest of the day.

Covid in Scotland: 'Patchy supply' hampering vaccine rollout

UK News BBC News Feed - Sun, 01/17/2021 - 14:04
Doctors say the "patchy supply" of vaccine to GPs is slowing down efforts to deliver it to patients.

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