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Shopping: Almost one in five shops in Wales empty

UK News BBC News Feed - Sun, 11/22/2020 - 01:42
More independent businesses are emerging as chains struggle, business leaders say.

Four reasons Topshop is not the brand it once was

UK News BBC News Feed - Sun, 11/22/2020 - 00:51
The chain's parent company is understood to be seeking emergency funding after being hit hard by coronavirus lockdowns.

Horse racing: 'It doesn't matter what colour you are'

UK News BBC News Feed - Sun, 11/22/2020 - 00:47
Kanane Francis says he wants to encourage young black riders to get into horse racing.

How a new type of glove can reduce environmental damage

UK News BBC News Feed - Sun, 11/22/2020 - 00:05
Scientists at Cranfield University in Bedfordshire have developed a new type of latex.

Cambridge paralysed dancer's hopes for wedding day 'slow dance'

UK News BBC News Feed - Sun, 11/22/2020 - 00:04
Alex Collins became partially paralysed after diving into a shallow river to retrieve a plastic ring.

Covid-19: Strengthened tier system for England after lockdown

UK News BBC News Feed - Sat, 11/21/2020 - 23:59
More areas will be in higher tiers, and the tiers will have tougher rules - but the 10pm pub curfew will ease.

Newspaper headlines: 'Stricter' tiers loom, and PM faces legal action

UK News BBC News Feed - Sat, 11/21/2020 - 23:29
Many of Sunday's papers lead with news England is set to enter a tougher tier system post-lockdown.

Spending Review: Chancellor to announce £500m for mental health

UK News BBC News Feed - Sat, 11/21/2020 - 22:56
The government hopes the funding will address the extra demand for services amid the Covid pandemic.

Covid in Scotland: Concern at rise in hospital-acquired infections

UK News BBC News Feed - Sat, 11/21/2020 - 18:59
Figures show the number of cases acquired within hospitals nearly doubled in the space of a week in late October.

Safety checks eased to help flat owners 'in limbo'

UK News BBC News Feed - Sat, 11/21/2020 - 18:54
But lenders say they did not agree to the deal and question how many homeowners will benefit.

Brexit: UK and Canada agree deal to keep trading under EU terms

UK News BBC News Feed - Sat, 11/21/2020 - 18:34
The two countries will continue trading under the same terms as the current EU agreement.

Coronavirus: Ten more Covid-19-related deaths in NI

UK News BBC News Feed - Sat, 11/21/2020 - 18:19
The figures come a day after some businesses reopened ahead of a two-week circuit breaker.

Covid in Scotland: Larbert care home suffers 20 Covid deaths

UK News BBC News Feed - Sat, 11/21/2020 - 17:49
The death toll at Caledonian Court is believed to be the worst outbreak since the start of the second wave of the virus.

Covid: Fifteen arrests at Liverpool anti-lockdown protest

UK News BBC News Feed - Sat, 11/21/2020 - 16:45
Hundreds of demonstrators gathered in Liverpool as police introduce a dispersal order in the city.

Norwich's 'much-loved' otter found dead in illegal trap

UK News BBC News Feed - Sat, 11/21/2020 - 16:27
The Rivers Trust says it follows "an unacceptable rise" in illegal crayfish trapping since lockdown.

Man arrested after seriously injured toddler dies in Edinburgh

UK News BBC News Feed - Sat, 11/21/2020 - 16:19
A two-year-old boy was found fatally injured at a flat in the Muirhouse area of Edinburgh on Saturday morning.

Teddy Dixon: Northern Ireland WW2 veteran dies aged 100

UK News BBC News Feed - Sat, 11/21/2020 - 16:16
Teddy Dixon helped liberate 33,000 people from a Nazi concentration camp in Germany.

Covid in Scotland: Streets empty on day one of level 4 lockdown

UK News BBC News Feed - Sat, 11/21/2020 - 15:36
People in level 4 areas have been urged to stay at home as much as possible as pre-Christmas restrictions come into force.

Prince Harry 'aware' of inquiry into BBC Diana interview

UK News BBC News Feed - Sat, 11/21/2020 - 15:12
The prince is getting "regular updates" about the investigation into the 1995 interview, a source says.

Coronavirus: Care home window visits bringing 'tears and loneliness'

UK News BBC News Feed - Sat, 11/21/2020 - 14:20
As care homes struggle to keep Covid-19 out, relatives protest at Stormont over visiting loved ones.

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