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Police weapon amnesty offers £2 per knuckle-duster

UK News BBC News Feed - Thu, 12/10/2020 - 15:03
Knives, firearms, blowpipes and other weapons can be traded in for amounts ranging up to £5,105.

Esther Dingley: Missing hiker search 'off until weather improves'

UK News BBC News Feed - Thu, 12/10/2020 - 14:54
Spanish police say snow has halted searches for Esther Dingley, who was last seen in the Pyrenees.

Coronavirus: NHS Covid-19 app starts offering self-isolate payments

UK News BBC News Feed - Thu, 12/10/2020 - 14:17
Users of the app in England and Wales can now apply for £500 if eligible.

Covid in Scotland: 'Too risky' to ease Edinburgh virus restrictions

UK News BBC News Feed - Thu, 12/10/2020 - 14:13
The first minister says moving the capital to level two would risk seeing the virus run out of control again.

Shropshire hospital 'blamed' mothers for babies' deaths

UK News BBC News Feed - Thu, 12/10/2020 - 13:48
A large number of women also died in labour, a review into a scandal-hit maternity unit finds.

Britons could be barred from EU entry on 1 January

UK News BBC News Feed - Thu, 12/10/2020 - 13:33
EU pandemic rules and Brexit may restrict travellers from entering the European Union.

Shambala Festival staff 'useful again' in charity work

UK News BBC News Feed - Thu, 12/10/2020 - 13:15
Many of the staff have not worked in distribution since they were furloughed from the festival.

Inner-city teacher beats Olympians as 'sailor of the decade'

UK News BBC News Feed - Thu, 12/10/2020 - 13:06
Teacher who began a school sailing programme with a boat bought on eBay takes top yachting award.

Media and tech firms join forces to tackle harmful Covid vaccine myths

UK News BBC News Feed - Thu, 12/10/2020 - 12:31
A coalition of news and tech companies join forces to tackle harmful Covid vaccine misinformation.

Brexit: Ursula von der Leyen gives update before EU summit

UK News BBC News Feed - Thu, 12/10/2020 - 12:16
Ursula von der Leyen says a "fine balance of fairness" has not been achieved in negotiations so far.

Covid: NHS long waits 100 times higher than before

UK News BBC News Feed - Thu, 12/10/2020 - 11:59
Nearly 163,000 people had been waiting over a year at the end of October, compared with 1,600 in February.

Thirty-two men charged with sex abuse of eight girls

UK News BBC News Feed - Thu, 12/10/2020 - 10:29
The abuse is alleged to have happened in Kirklees, Bradford and Wakefield between 1999 and 2012.

Chesterfield boy, 14, sings to dying mother for final time

UK News BBC News Feed - Thu, 12/10/2020 - 10:10
Billy Devine wanted to surprise his mother Jane by singing her favourite song.

Covid: NAHT 'hopeful' Wales' schools will close for Christmas after Friday

UK News BBC News Feed - Thu, 12/10/2020 - 10:07
NAHT says it expects schools in Wales to shut so children can isolate before seeing relatives at Christmas.

Frasers Group confirms interest in Arcadia brands

UK News BBC News Feed - Thu, 12/10/2020 - 10:03
Mike Ashley's retail group says it is looking at buying Arcadia brands such as Topshop.

New species of ichthyosaur found on Dorset's Jurassic Coast

UK News BBC News Feed - Thu, 12/10/2020 - 09:42
The 150 million-year-old marine reptile was found buried head-first on the shore near Kimmeridge Bay.

UK growth slows again in October as rebound stalls

UK News BBC News Feed - Thu, 12/10/2020 - 09:25
The UK economy grew by just 0.4% in October as the recovery continued to slow.

Brexit: Dominic Raab says it's 'unlikely' negotiations will be extended beyond Sunday

UK News BBC News Feed - Thu, 12/10/2020 - 09:00
Deadlock on Brexit trade unbroken following talks between Boris Johnson and Ursula von der Leyen.

Shipley car wash boss put employees' 'lives at risk'

UK News BBC News Feed - Thu, 12/10/2020 - 08:03
The owner of Pit Stop car wash in Shipley was fined after staff were found living at the premises.

Coronavirus: Ministers to meet before NI lockdown eases

UK News BBC News Feed - Thu, 12/10/2020 - 06:30
Tighter Covid-19 restrictions are due to come to an end at midnight on Thursday night.

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