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Forest Green Rovers' wooden stadium plan 'not sustainable'

UK News BBC News Feed - Tue, 06/11/2019 - 06:43
League Two club Forest Green Rovers' new ground would be built on land near Stroud.

Tory leadership contest: Rory Stewart warns over 'electoral bribes'

UK News BBC News Feed - Tue, 06/11/2019 - 05:08
Rory Stewart urges honesty over tax promises as Boris Johnson wins the backing of more senior MPs.

Theresa May: Leaders have 'a moral duty' to act on slavery

UK News BBC News Feed - Tue, 06/11/2019 - 04:50
Modern slavery 'reaches into every corner of our lives', Theresa May will tell a UN conference.

Munroe Bergdorf dropped by NSPCC

UK News BBC News Feed - Tue, 06/11/2019 - 04:33
Leading children’s charity NSPCC has cut ties with Munroe Bergdorf, one of the UK’s most influential Transgender activists.

Picking feet: Worst thing an exam invigilator did?

UK News BBC News Feed - Tue, 06/11/2019 - 04:21
How invigilators distract students taking exams - picking their feet, eating too loudly and staring.

Rape and sexual abuse in music: Fans tell their stories

UK News BBC News Feed - Tue, 06/11/2019 - 04:01
Newsbeat uncovers evidence of music fans being sexually abused as a result of "groupie" culture.

'Our life savings are spent on care that should be free'

UK News BBC News Feed - Tue, 06/11/2019 - 03:04
Vulnerable patients are missing out on NHS funding for home care they are legally entitled to, it's claimed.

Postcode lottery for speech therapy, says commissioner

UK News BBC News Feed - Tue, 06/11/2019 - 02:23
England's children's commissioner highlights "enormous variation" in money spent across the regions.

Shelley Morgan: Fresh appeal over 1984 unsolved murder

UK News BBC News Feed - Tue, 06/11/2019 - 00:32
Shelley Morgan's remains were found in woods near Bristol but the murder remains unsolved.

Newspaper headlines: Gove goads Boris and the BBC faces 'backlash'

UK News BBC News Feed - Tue, 06/11/2019 - 00:29
Most of the newspapers focus on changes to the BBC's licence fee and the Tory leadership contest.

How to cope with email overload

UK News BBC News Feed - Tue, 06/11/2019 - 00:24
It might be inefficient but we still use email, despite the emergence of rival systems.

Postpartum psychosis: 'I always feared I’d go mad, and when I had my son I did'

UK News BBC News Feed - Tue, 06/11/2019 - 00:21
Jen Wight had a good job, was happily married and had just given birth to a baby boy. But then things started to go wrong.

John Swinney to make statement on P1 assessments

UK News BBC News Feed - Tue, 06/11/2019 - 00:09
The statement comes after the government commissioned a review of the evidence around the scheme.

'Global first' laser developed at Strathclyde University

UK News BBC News Feed - Tue, 06/11/2019 - 00:09
Scottish scientists develop a unique high-precision laser which can be used in clocks, sensors and sat-nav systems

MSPs to vote on organ donation opt-out legislation

UK News BBC News Feed - Tue, 06/11/2019 - 00:08
A bill that would assume people support organ donation unless they state otherwise is set to win the backing of Holyrood.

Nicola Sturgeon to hold talks with European leaders

UK News BBC News Feed - Tue, 06/11/2019 - 00:08
The Scottish first minister will meet Jean-Claude Juncker and Michel Barnier during a visit to Brussels.

The M4 and us: How motorway defined 'halfway town' Bridgend

UK News BBC News Feed - Tue, 06/11/2019 - 00:07
Between Cardiff and Swansea, the motorway has helped Bridgend grow in the last 40 years.

Asylum seeker describes application as 'a poison'

UK News BBC News Feed - Tue, 06/11/2019 - 00:06
The 28-year-old is worried she and her baby could be deported back to Somalia.

Prisoners serving less than four years 'should be able to vote'

UK News BBC News Feed - Tue, 06/11/2019 - 00:05
Labour and Plaid AMs support a plan to let prisoners serving less than four year vote.

'Allo 'Allo plaque to remember WW2-based sitcom

UK News BBC News Feed - Tue, 06/11/2019 - 00:03
A British Comedy Society plaque is to be unveiled to remember popular sitcom 'Allo 'Allo.

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