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Rail fares set to rise again in January

UK News BBC News Feed - Wed, 08/14/2019 - 00:04
The rail fare increase for 2020 is set to be announced by the Department of Transport on Wednesday.

Health fears campus reopens but staff strike continues

UK News BBC News Feed - Wed, 08/14/2019 - 00:00
Pupils are returning to Buchanan and St Ambrose high schools but more than 30 teachers remain on strike.

Labour plans to scrap predicted grades system

UK News BBC News Feed - Tue, 08/13/2019 - 23:58
They are wrong "in the vast majority of cases" and the system is "deeply unfair", the party says.

Paper headlines: No 10 'risks betrayal' and commuters 'priced out'

UK News BBC News Feed - Tue, 08/13/2019 - 23:19
Philip Hammond's warning over a no-deal Brexit, and a new hike in rail fares feature on the front pages.

'Bike gift stranger' and former child refugee reunited

UK News BBC News Feed - Tue, 08/13/2019 - 22:47
A woman has met with Egbert, the "kind man" who bought her a bike when she lived at a refugee camp.

Speedboat ride on flooded rugby pitch in Ayrshire

UK News BBC News Feed - Tue, 08/13/2019 - 21:53
A speedboat has been spotted roaring across a flooded rugby pitch following torrential rain in Scotland.

Enzo's Homes guilty of felling ancient redwood tree in Swansea

UK News BBC News Feed - Tue, 08/13/2019 - 20:20
Both the firm and its director are convicted of cutting down a 200-year-old redwood tree.

PC Stephen McGoldrick admits having 9,000 indecent images

UK News BBC News Feed - Tue, 08/13/2019 - 19:21
Stephen McGoldrick admits to downloading the illegal images onto his phone and other devices.

Judge rules in 'extraordinary' Essex inheritance case

UK News BBC News Feed - Tue, 08/13/2019 - 19:19
The dispute arose after the deaths of John and Marjorie Ann Scarle at their home in Essex in 2016.

Binman surprises 100-year-old on her birthday

UK News BBC News Feed - Tue, 08/13/2019 - 18:10
Ben Bird's kind gesture to mark Dorothy Ballard's milestone has been viewed millions of times.

Children in care targeted by county lines gangs

UK News BBC News Feed - Tue, 08/13/2019 - 17:20
Criminal gangs are targeting children in care, some as young as 12, in towns and cities many miles from home.

Deaths by suicide and drugs highest among Generation X

UK News BBC News Feed - Tue, 08/13/2019 - 17:16
People born in the 1960s and 70s stand out as the generation most likely to die by suicide or drug poisoning, data shows.

Scottish government pays out £500,000 in costs to Alex Salmond

UK News BBC News Feed - Tue, 08/13/2019 - 16:51
The former first minister is awarded £512,250 from the Scottish government over a court battle.

Hull toilet block on Lonely Planet travel experiences list

UK News BBC News Feed - Tue, 08/13/2019 - 16:50
The "elegant" Grade II-listed toilet block has attracted tourists from across the world.

Sydney stabbing: British brothers restrained suspect

UK News BBC News Feed - Tue, 08/13/2019 - 16:43
A witness of the stabbing has recounted what happened when he intervened in the suspect's arrest.

Facial recognition in King's Cross prompts call for new laws

UK News BBC News Feed - Tue, 08/13/2019 - 16:01
Biometrics Commissioner calls for new laws following revelation of facial checks at London King's Cross.

Brexit: Ministers expect no-deal challenge next month

UK News BBC News Feed - Tue, 08/13/2019 - 15:26
No 10 assumes the EU will wait for MPs to try and block a no-deal before engaging in further talks.

Solway coast squirrelpox outbreak extends its reach

UK News BBC News Feed - Tue, 08/13/2019 - 15:18
Sightings confirm an outbreak on the Solway Coast has spread further across south west Scotland.

Nottingham Station: How did the fire spread so quickly?

UK News BBC News Feed - Tue, 08/13/2019 - 14:33
"Mistakes" in the £60m redesign of a city station caused the rapid spread of a huge fire. BBC News Online asks what went wrong.

Nora Quoirin: Body found in Malaysia is missing girl

UK News BBC News Feed - Tue, 08/13/2019 - 14:30
Police say Nora Quoirin's parents identify a body found in a search as their missing daughter.

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