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Iran tanker row: US requests detention of Grace 1 in Gibraltar

UK News BBC News Feed - Thu, 08/15/2019 - 12:55
Grace 1 was seized by Royal Marines on 4 July and has remained off the coast of Gibraltar since.

Oil starts flowing from huge North Sea development

UK News BBC News Feed - Thu, 08/15/2019 - 12:37
More than 300 million barrels of heavy crude oil are expected to be recovered from the Mariner field, east of Shetland.

Drug deaths soar to highest level on record

UK News BBC News Feed - Thu, 08/15/2019 - 12:02
A government adviser blames cuts to treatment programmes as the death toll hit 2,917 in 2018.

Greta Thunberg: Caroline Lucas reports Arron Banks to Twitter

UK News BBC News Feed - Thu, 08/15/2019 - 11:56
Brexit campaigner Arron Banks says his tweet about "freak yachting accidents" was a joke.

Newcastle shopping centre stabbing: Seven teenagers arrested

UK News BBC News Feed - Thu, 08/15/2019 - 11:33
A 52-year-old man was stabbed to death outside Greggs in Old Eldon Square in Newcastle city centre.

Yousef Makki: Stabbed boy's family ask for sentences appeal

UK News BBC News Feed - Thu, 08/15/2019 - 10:46
The family of Yousef Makki, 17, believe two boys convicted in the case got unduly lenient sentences.

GB athletes disqualified for finishing together

UK News BBC News Feed - Thu, 08/15/2019 - 10:04
British athletes Jess Learmonth and Georgia Taylor-Brown's disqualified from the World Triathlon Olympic qualification event in Tokyo after crossing the finish line hand-in-hand.

Liverpool's Berry Street nightclub hit by major blaze

UK News BBC News Feed - Thu, 08/15/2019 - 08:33
The Liverpool club is close to a college where students are due to get their A-Level results.

Nora Quoirin death: Post-mortem finds 'no foul play'

UK News BBC News Feed - Thu, 08/15/2019 - 08:29
The 15-year-old was found near a stream ten days after vanishing from a Malaysian jungle resort.

Ashers 'gay cake' row referred to highest European Court

UK News BBC News Feed - Thu, 08/15/2019 - 07:30
Gareth Lee, who ordered the cake from Ashers bakery, is going to the European Court of Human Rights.

When Bob Dylan played the Isle of Wight Festival in 1969

UK News BBC News Feed - Thu, 08/15/2019 - 07:28
It's been 50 years since two brothers booked the US singer-songwriter to play at the English festival.

Electricity bills: Power NI customers set for 6% bill increase

UK News BBC News Feed - Thu, 08/15/2019 - 06:32
Power NI is hiking prices in a move that will see domestic bills go up by an average of £35 a year.

Corbyn: UK parliament should not block Indyref2

UK News BBC News Feed - Thu, 08/15/2019 - 06:19
The Labour leader says Westminster should not prevent a vote - but he does not think it is a "good idea".

Calls to remove Butetown phone boxes 'used for drug-taking'

UK News BBC News Feed - Thu, 08/15/2019 - 06:10
Resident and religious leaders say people can often be seen taking drugs in the booths.

The three words that can save your life

UK News BBC News Feed - Thu, 08/15/2019 - 02:06
Police want everyone to download a smartphone app they say has already saved several lives.

Plymouth's historic Drake's Island fortress sold

UK News BBC News Feed - Thu, 08/15/2019 - 01:43
Drake's Island off the Plymouth coast also boasts a 16th Century barracks once used as a prison.

British Firework Championships 'an amazing spectacle'

UK News BBC News Feed - Thu, 08/15/2019 - 01:30
Six of the country's top firework companies compete in the championships in Plymouth.

Being a referee: 'I get a front row seat on the pitch'

UK News BBC News Feed - Thu, 08/15/2019 - 01:28
As a female official takes charge of a Uefa men's game for the first time, why do people want to become refs?

Dental surgeons urge England's schools to go sugar-free

UK News BBC News Feed - Thu, 08/15/2019 - 01:21
They say tackling tooth decay - which affects a quarter of five-year-olds - is a priority.

Aston Hall: Victims criticise government's compensation deal

UK News BBC News Feed - Thu, 08/15/2019 - 01:15
Former child patients of Aston Hall were given sodium amytal, stripped and abused in the 1960s and 1970s.

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