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Ineos director: TV chef attack on plastic 'pretty pathetic'

UK News BBC News Feed - Mon, 06/03/2019 - 09:01
An Ineos director hits back against Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall's criticism of plastic on Scottish beaches.

Chess piece missing for 200 years found in drawer

UK News BBC News Feed - Mon, 06/03/2019 - 08:26
The medieval chess piece - expected to fetch £1m at auction - had been in an Edinburgh family's possession for 55 years.

Fleeing war in Ivory Coast: 'You feel death is close'

UK News BBC News Feed - Mon, 06/03/2019 - 08:15
Joseph Gnagbo fled to Wales when his life was threatened in Ivory Coast.

Kids in care: Changing the language

UK News BBC News Feed - Mon, 06/03/2019 - 06:43
Young people in care are on a mission to change the way people talk about them.

D-Day landmarks listed for 75th anniversary

UK News BBC News Feed - Mon, 06/03/2019 - 06:25
Structures from World War Two are listed to mark the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings.

Cookstown hotel disco crush: Parents want answers

UK News BBC News Feed - Mon, 06/03/2019 - 06:20
Parents of teen fatally injured in a disco queue say serious questions must be asked of the police.

The Asian women who defied the driving taboo

UK News BBC News Feed - Mon, 06/03/2019 - 03:29
They faced criticism and discouragement, but were determined to get behind the wheel.

Love Island: How will the fifth series be different?

UK News BBC News Feed - Mon, 06/03/2019 - 02:20
ITV2 has made a few alterations to its most successful show this year.

Love Island's Samira: 'I had so much anxiety'

UK News BBC News Feed - Mon, 06/03/2019 - 02:20
Samira Mighty says she had mental health problems when her relationship ended after the show.

The wealthy businessman who paid just £35.20 in tax

UK News BBC News Feed - Mon, 06/03/2019 - 01:25
A BBC investigation has uncovered evidence of tax dodging by wealthy businessman Frank Timis.

Sir Philip Green's Arcadia facing crucial week

UK News BBC News Feed - Mon, 06/03/2019 - 01:21
The British retail tycoon makes a final effort to stave off administration or breakup of the group.

Peterborough by-election: The 'mother of all marginals'

UK News BBC News Feed - Mon, 06/03/2019 - 00:42
What does "a small city with a great international flavour" want from its new MP?

Cambridge Scott Polar Inuit 'muffin top' sculpture fixed

UK News BBC News Feed - Mon, 06/03/2019 - 00:37
It has been broken, rebuilt the wrong way and cruelly called "muffin top" - but the sculpture again stands proud.

Newspaper headlines: Trump visits UK and Liverpool 'paint town red'

UK News BBC News Feed - Mon, 06/03/2019 - 00:35
The papers report on tensions with the US ahead of the president's arrival and Liverpool's parade.

Severn estuary lave net fisherman concerned over plastic

UK News BBC News Feed - Mon, 06/03/2019 - 00:31
But one of the historic lave net fishermen says plastic is regularly polluting the estuary.

Decision time for M4 relief road

UK News BBC News Feed - Mon, 06/03/2019 - 00:29
People living near the current motorway and a proposed relief road are divided on the plans.

M4 relief road: What is life like by the motorway?

UK News BBC News Feed - Mon, 06/03/2019 - 00:29
The proposed motorway has been called an "attack on nature" by some and a "godsend" by others.

Social prescribing: 'Breaking is the one thing that saved me'

UK News BBC News Feed - Mon, 06/03/2019 - 00:27
Jamie Berry tried to end his life aged 13, but is now helping teenagers deal with their mental health.

Plea over Scottish Parliament's fossil fuel pensions

UK News BBC News Feed - Mon, 06/03/2019 - 00:10
A cross-party group of politicians want their pensions to come from "ethical investments" rather than oil and gas companies.

'My estranged dad saved my life'

UK News BBC News Feed - Mon, 06/03/2019 - 00:01
Margaret was raised by her grandparents and never knew her dad.

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