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Lucy McHugh murder case: Stephen Nicholson jailed for life

UK News BBC News Feed - Fri, 07/19/2019 - 12:17
Thirteen-year-old Lucy McHugh had "unknown promise, cruelly obliterated", the judge said.

How far would you move to get social housing?

UK News BBC News Feed - Fri, 07/19/2019 - 12:01
With a shortage of social housing in London, many homeless families are being offered homes hundreds of miles away.

Tortoise, 102, is guest of honour at wedding

UK News BBC News Feed - Fri, 07/19/2019 - 11:49
Sammy the wrinkly reptile watched his owners celebrate their special day from a custom-made shed.

Teenager Brandon Rice dies after 'taking ecstasy'

UK News BBC News Feed - Fri, 07/19/2019 - 11:41
Brandon Rice, 17, became unwell in a house in Hamilton in the early hours of Wednesday.

Premier Inn Bristol fire is put out after 48 hours

UK News BBC News Feed - Fri, 07/19/2019 - 11:27
Fire chiefs said the Bristol Premier Inn was still "unstable" and "crews still can't access" it.

Sajid Javid: Leaders must 'moderate language' to fight extremism

UK News BBC News Feed - Fri, 07/19/2019 - 08:17
Home Secretary Sajid Javid says everyone has a "part to play" to stop the spread of poisonous ideologies.

This Week: 'The end of an error'

UK News BBC News Feed - Fri, 07/19/2019 - 08:06
Presenter Andrew Neil says farewell as the late-night politics show come to end after 16 years.

Public sector workers 'to get £2bn pay rise'

UK News BBC News Feed - Fri, 07/19/2019 - 07:49
Soldiers, teachers and police officers are reportedly getting their biggest rise in six years.

Ferguson shipyard could be nationalised amid ferry row

UK News BBC News Feed - Fri, 07/19/2019 - 06:52
The Scottish government draws up plans to take Ferguson shipyard on the Clyde into public ownership

Plant-based milks on the rise: A quarter of Britons are drinking them

UK News BBC News Feed - Fri, 07/19/2019 - 06:46
Whether it's almond, soy or coconut it seems cow's milk is being ditched for alternatives.

Lyra McKee's family 'living in nightmare' since her murder

UK News BBC News Feed - Fri, 07/19/2019 - 06:19
Lyra's sister Nichola opens up about her family's experience the night of the murder.

Aberdeen 'home to earliest record of whisky still' in 1505, say historians

UK News BBC News Feed - Fri, 07/19/2019 - 03:14
Researchers from the University of Aberdeen find a 1505 record for a still in the burgh records.

Painted lady butterfly influx needs people to count them

UK News BBC News Feed - Fri, 07/19/2019 - 02:31
Experts say the UK looks to be experiencing the arrival of millions of painted lady butterflies.

Drivers face penalty points for not wearing seat belts

UK News BBC News Feed - Fri, 07/19/2019 - 01:58
Government plans to toughen punishments for motorists breaking the law to try to reduce road deaths.

Jesus Army sex scandal: The dark secrets of life in a commune

UK News BBC News Feed - Fri, 07/19/2019 - 01:20
Former members of a radical sect describe growing up in communes where abuse was commonplace.

Housing market: What is rent controls?

UK News BBC News Feed - Fri, 07/19/2019 - 01:13
A simple look at how rent controls work and how effective they are.

Could there be an early general election?

UK News BBC News Feed - Fri, 07/19/2019 - 01:12
Some MPs say they are prepared to trigger an election. How soon could it theoretically happen?

Stevenage car crash: Fourteen hurt after two-car collision

UK News BBC News Feed - Fri, 07/19/2019 - 00:57
Some of those involved in the crash in Stevenage are being treated for serious injuries, police say.

Behind the Proms' celestial opening number

UK News BBC News Feed - Fri, 07/19/2019 - 00:35
Composer Zosha Di Castri spills the beans on her latest work, which launches the BBC Proms on Friday.

Schools 'desperately need' cash injection, MPs say

UK News BBC News Feed - Fri, 07/19/2019 - 00:34
Schools and colleges urgently need billions more in funding, a committee of MPs says.

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