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Storm Bella: Homes left without power in Wales

UK News BBC News Feed - Sun, 12/27/2020 - 10:05
Gusts of 83mph have caused power cuts for hundreds of homes across south Wales.

Covid: Cardiff health board plea for critical care help

UK News BBC News Feed - Sun, 12/27/2020 - 10:03
The health board running Wales' largest hospital issues an appeal for help with Covid patients.

UK's oldest postmistress Kay White retires after 80 years

UK News BBC News Feed - Sun, 12/27/2020 - 09:45
Kay White started working at Claverley Post Office in Shropshire at the age of 14.

Losing a daughter to cancer during the Covid-19 pandemic

UK News BBC News Feed - Sun, 12/27/2020 - 07:03
Áine Kearns remembers her "caring, incredibly witty" daughter Anna, 18, who died in August.

Irish state papers: IRA 'wanted to exclude Sinn Féin from talks'

UK News BBC News Feed - Sun, 12/27/2020 - 06:47
Irish government papers from 1990 suggest some IRA bosses did not share the party's socialist views.

The Papers: Oxford jab 'set for approval' as vulnerable identified

UK News BBC News Feed - Sun, 12/27/2020 - 05:43
Most of Sunday's papers report that the Oxford Covid vaccine could be approved within days.

Brexit: PM vows to focus on 'levelling up country' after securing deal

UK News BBC News Feed - Sun, 12/27/2020 - 02:47
Boris Johnson promises "big changes" after Brexit, but fishermen's leaders accuse him of "caving in".

Margaret Thatcher: Ex-PM described euro as a 'rush of blood to the head'

UK News BBC News Feed - Sun, 12/27/2020 - 02:08
Evidence of the former UK prime minister's Euroscepticism is revealed in newly released archives.

Art in 2021: The highlights to hope for

UK News BBC News Feed - Sun, 12/27/2020 - 01:14
Some exhibitions and galleries scheduled to open, including Tutankhamun relics and a movie museum.

Has Thomas Becket's treasured 'little book' been found?

UK News BBC News Feed - Sun, 12/27/2020 - 00:46
Thomas Becket, killed in Canterbury in 1170, was attached to a "little book", which may now have been found in Cambridge.

Wrexham landfill smell 'worse' in lockdown, residents say

UK News BBC News Feed - Sun, 12/27/2020 - 00:15
Residents say the "horrendous stench" became unbearable after a fire during the first lockdown.

Ikram Abdi Omar: the hijabi model breaking boundaries

UK News BBC News Feed - Sun, 12/27/2020 - 00:05
Ikram Abdi Omar was the UK's first hijab-wearing model to feature on the cover of Vogue.

Hemel Hempstead brothers swap 'revolting' football shirts for Christmas

UK News BBC News Feed - Sun, 12/27/2020 - 00:05
The tradition began as the brothers wanted to make Christmas more exciting than exchanging vouchers.

Covid: Yorkshire brass bands 'fight for survival'

UK News BBC News Feed - Sun, 12/27/2020 - 00:05
Brass bands in the "Yorkshire heartland" say they are struggling to continue around Covid restrictions.

Roaches moor fire recovery could take half a century

UK News BBC News Feed - Sun, 12/27/2020 - 00:04
The fire in 2018 at the Staffordshire Roaches raged for days and destroyed 50 years' worth of peat.

Covid: Citizens Advice contacted by '12 people a minute'

UK News BBC News Feed - Sun, 12/27/2020 - 00:03
The charity says 75% of people seeking advice over benefits and jobs had never contacted it before.

Make-up artist: 'I was sneaking into mum's make-up bag, aged 5'

UK News BBC News Feed - Sun, 12/27/2020 - 00:00
A 13-year-old girl has built up a following of thousands on social media.

Sheffield United 0-1 Everton: Gylfi Sigurdsson's late winner sends Blues second

UK News BBC News Feed - Sat, 12/26/2020 - 23:08
Everton move up to second in the Premier League after edging a tight contest against Sheffield United at rain-lashed Bramall Lane.

Brexit: What are the key points of the deal?

UK News BBC News Feed - Sat, 12/26/2020 - 20:10
These are the most important aspects of the UK-EU deal, and how it could affect our day-to-day lives.

Covid in Scotland: Stories that lifted the spirits

UK News BBC News Feed - Sat, 12/26/2020 - 19:54
BBC Scotland looks back at some of the positive stories that emerged during the course of the pandemic.

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