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ParaCheer helps wheelchair user 'love dance again'

UK News BBC News Feed - Fri, 09/20/2019 - 15:08
A woman hopes to start a ParaCheer team after it rekindled her love for dance following a car crash.

Thomas Cook: Your questions answered

UK News BBC News Feed - Fri, 09/20/2019 - 14:26
The travel company is searching for investment, prompting concern among customers. So what happens next?

Global climate strike: Protests take place across England

UK News BBC News Feed - Fri, 09/20/2019 - 13:43
Marches and demonstrations have taken place in many towns and cities.

Hooded Men: 'I believed they weren’t going to let us out alive'

UK News BBC News Feed - Fri, 09/20/2019 - 13:21
Francis McGuigan says he was subjected to "deep interrogation" by the Army in Northern Ireland in 1971.

Harman 'will not back down' from Commons Speaker race

UK News BBC News Feed - Fri, 09/20/2019 - 11:46
Labour's ex-deputy leader is urged by her local party to withdraw her bid to replace John Bercow.

Climate change: Hundreds in Wales miss school for 'strike' protest

UK News BBC News Feed - Fri, 09/20/2019 - 11:44
Schoolchildren across Wales are joining a global movement protesting against climate change.

'Hooded Men': PSNI's appeal over inquiry dismissed

UK News BBC News Feed - Fri, 09/20/2019 - 11:39
Fourteen men claim they were subjected to torture techniques after being held without trial in 1971.

The team of five chosen to run remote Antarctic post office

UK News BBC News Feed - Fri, 09/20/2019 - 11:37
The team will spend four months franking stamps on tourists' postcards and counting penguins.

Tom Gilzean: Family outbid on war veteran's Oor Wullie statue

UK News BBC News Feed - Fri, 09/20/2019 - 11:22
The family of fundraiser Tom Gilzean had wanted the sculpture to stay on Edinburgh's Princes Street.

UKIP holds conference amidst row over leader's no-show

UK News BBC News Feed - Fri, 09/20/2019 - 11:14
New leader Richard Braine's non-attendance due to "low ticket sales" is described as "an insult".

GCSEs: 100,000 pupils a year leaving 'without basic qualifications'

UK News BBC News Feed - Fri, 09/20/2019 - 11:10
Children's commissioner says there has been a "shameful" rise in teenagers without qualifications.

Dog shot dead after being 'mistaken for fox'

UK News BBC News Feed - Fri, 09/20/2019 - 11:03
Police are investigating after reports a man shot a dog in Crich, Derbyshire.

Climate Strike: Protests expected across UK

UK News BBC News Feed - Fri, 09/20/2019 - 10:43
Schoolchildren and workers are preparing for a walk-out to call for more action on climate change.

Class A drug use 'at record levels due to young people'

UK News BBC News Feed - Fri, 09/20/2019 - 10:31
It's thought to be down to an increase in the use of cocaine and ecstasy among young people.

£2m repairs fund set up for flood-hit farmers

UK News BBC News Feed - Fri, 09/20/2019 - 10:24
Parts of Lincolnshire and North Yorkshire were hit by flooding in the summer after heavy rainfall.

King's Troop Royal Horse Artillery train on Holkham beach

UK News BBC News Feed - Fri, 09/20/2019 - 10:03
The horses are seen galloping along the sand and wading through the waves during training.

Brexit: 'Dose of reality needed' over new deal hopes

UK News BBC News Feed - Fri, 09/20/2019 - 09:51
There is still a wide gap between the UK and EU in talks about a new deal, says the Irish deputy PM.

Redcar SSI: Two men killed in fire on former steelworks site

UK News BBC News Feed - Fri, 09/20/2019 - 09:27
Fire crews remain at the former coke ovens at the SSI site in South Bank in Middlesbrough.

Thomas Cook races to secure more rescue funds

UK News BBC News Feed - Fri, 09/20/2019 - 08:51
The travel firm faces administration unless it finds another £200m demanded by bank creditors.

RBS is first UK big four bank to be led by a woman

UK News BBC News Feed - Fri, 09/20/2019 - 08:39
Alison Rose will replace Ross McEwan as chief executive of the state-owned lender.

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