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Eric Irons: First black magistrate honoured with plaque

UK News BBC News Feed - Tue, 10/01/2019 - 00:35
Eric Irons became the country's first black justice of the peace in Nottingham in 1962.

Thomas Cook: Ex-employees work for free to help holidaymakers

UK News BBC News Feed - Tue, 10/01/2019 - 00:34
Ex-Thomas Cook staff are working for free to help customers fill in claims forms and rebook trips.

Whaley Bridge: Canal and River Trust accused of cover-up

UK News BBC News Feed - Tue, 10/01/2019 - 00:33
The Canal and River Trust is accused of a cover-up over inspections of Toddbrook Reservoir.

Minister to outline longer jail term plans for serious offenders

UK News BBC News Feed - Mon, 09/30/2019 - 23:52
The government wants those convicted of serious violent and sexual offences to serve more of their sentences.

Brexit: UK 'proposes customs centres on both sides of border'

UK News BBC News Feed - Mon, 09/30/2019 - 23:13
The ideas, seen by Irish broadcaster RTÉ, would mean clearance centres on both sides of the border.

Tributes paid after BBC News journalist Hanna Yusuf dies aged 27

UK News BBC News Feed - Mon, 09/30/2019 - 23:10
The BBC described her as a "talented young journalist who was widely admired".

BBC reverses decision on Naga Munchetty complaint

UK News BBC News Feed - Mon, 09/30/2019 - 22:23
The director general says he reviewed the decision of the corporation's complaints unit "personally".

Brexit: Government to reveal detailed plan for EU negotiations

UK News BBC News Feed - Mon, 09/30/2019 - 22:18
It includes the legal text of an updated Brexit deal, including suggested "customs clearance zones" in Northern Ireland.

Alan Turing law: Gay, unjustly convicted - and now denied a pardon

UK News BBC News Feed - Mon, 09/30/2019 - 19:56
Why has the Turing law, meant to right a historic wrong for thousands, only overturned 189 convictions?

Sajid Javid addresses his mum in Punjabi at Tory party conference

UK News BBC News Feed - Mon, 09/30/2019 - 18:22
The chancellor noted that his family were the first Asians to move into Downing Street.

Walton-on-the-Naze fishermen cut off by tide rescued by lifeboat

UK News BBC News Feed - Mon, 09/30/2019 - 18:07
The men are rescued after being swamped by the incoming water.

Tory conference: National Living Wage to rise to £10.50, says chancellor

UK News BBC News Feed - Mon, 09/30/2019 - 17:47
The chancellor says it will be £10.50 an hour by 2024, with a lower age threshold - down from 25 to 21.

Childhood trauma: 'My parents put me in dangerous situations'

UK News BBC News Feed - Mon, 09/30/2019 - 17:41
Katey Jo Pilling recalls being brought up by her parents who were addicted to drugs and alcohol.

'Quiet' husband bludgeoned wife with crowbar

UK News BBC News Feed - Mon, 09/30/2019 - 17:28
Ann Marie Pomphret was abusive to her husband, who "finally snapped", his murder trial has heard.

Coventry taxi driver saves woman from sex trafficker

UK News BBC News Feed - Mon, 09/30/2019 - 17:08
A concerned taxi driver rang police after he was booked to take the woman to a brothel in Coventry.

Anti-abortion posters targeting Stella Creasy to be pulled

UK News BBC News Feed - Mon, 09/30/2019 - 17:05
There was an outcry after the campaign targeting Stella Creasy appeared in her constituency.

Emiliano Sala: Fifa rules Cardiff must pay first instalment of £5.3m to Nantes

UK News BBC News Feed - Mon, 09/30/2019 - 16:38
Cardiff City have been told to pay the first instalment of £5.3m to Nantes for striker Emiliano Sala, who died in a plane crash.

Murder inquiry after teenager hit by van

UK News BBC News Feed - Mon, 09/30/2019 - 16:37
Police say the driver deliberately drove at Liam Hendry and his group of friends, fatally injuring him.

Bercow and Westminster parties agree to 'use moderate language'

UK News BBC News Feed - Mon, 09/30/2019 - 16:32
The agreement follows a stormy week in Parliament where MPs were criticised over their language.

'My Thomas Cook job made me envy of everybody'

UK News BBC News Feed - Mon, 09/30/2019 - 16:11
Marina Bridger worked for the travel firm for 38 years and retired several years ago.

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