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Prisoners share videos of violence on social media

UK News BBC News Feed - Tue, 04/30/2019 - 12:02
Using smuggled-in phones, prisoners are sharing violent scenes from inside the prison walls online.

Labour's NEC Brexit meeting: What is at stake?

UK News BBC News Feed - Tue, 04/30/2019 - 11:56
What is the significance for Brexit of Labour's meeting of the National Executive Committee?

JLR to build new Land Rover Defender in Slovakia

UK News BBC News Feed - Tue, 04/30/2019 - 11:51
Jaguar Land Rover will build its next-generation Land Rover Defender in Slovakia rather than the UK.

Brexit: Jeremy Hunt warns against Labour's customs union plan

UK News BBC News Feed - Tue, 04/30/2019 - 11:41
The foreign secretary suggests such an agreement would mean fewer Tory MPs backing a Brexit deal.

Face and genitals 'not for presumed donation'

UK News BBC News Feed - Tue, 04/30/2019 - 11:40
Some body parts should be excluded from the new system of presumed consent organ donation, say experts.

TalkTalk service at bottom of Ofcom poll for third year running

UK News BBC News Feed - Tue, 04/30/2019 - 10:14
It's the third year in a row that the broadband provider has come bottom of Ofcom's customer survey.

The man who became UK's biggest crystal meth dealer

UK News BBC News Feed - Tue, 04/30/2019 - 09:38
Richard Lubbock swapped his quiet life for clubbing and drugs, possessing more than £1.5m of crystal meth.

Cricket's 'white-ball culture leading to drug use'

UK News BBC News Feed - Tue, 04/30/2019 - 09:27
The culture of modern-day white-ball cricket means it is easier for players to slip into recreational drug use, says Simon Hughes.

Joseph McCann wanted over double rape and abduction

UK News BBC News Feed - Tue, 04/30/2019 - 09:17
Joseph McCann is named as a suspect and is said to have links to Watford, Aylesbury and Ipswich.

The turban-wearing British bus driver who changed the law

UK News BBC News Feed - Tue, 04/30/2019 - 07:59
It has been 50 years since Tarsem Singh Sandhu won the right to wear his turban to work.

The Dorset family who are living plastic-free

UK News BBC News Feed - Tue, 04/30/2019 - 06:14
The Fynes family decided to go plastic-free after seeing ducks eating rubbish at a picnic site.

European elections: What pay can UK MEPs expect?

UK News BBC News Feed - Tue, 04/30/2019 - 02:30
If the UK takes part in the European elections, what pay and benefits can MEPs expect?

Labour to discuss 'confirmatory ballot' for Brexit

UK News BBC News Feed - Tue, 04/30/2019 - 01:37
The party's governing body will decide whether to back a confirmatory ballot in the EU elections.

Anti-social behaviour 'nightmare' ignored, says report

UK News BBC News Feed - Tue, 04/30/2019 - 01:24
Victims' commissioner says authorities are downplaying the harm caused by crimes such as vandalism.

A supermarket is being piloted which has not tills, forcing customers to pay by app.

UK News BBC News Feed - Tue, 04/30/2019 - 01:21
A supermarket is being piloted in London which has not tills, forcing customers to pay by app. Emma Simpson reports.

Cambridge investigates its slavery links

UK News BBC News Feed - Tue, 04/30/2019 - 00:54
The University of Cambridge is to investigate whether it gained financially from the slave trade.

Contaminated blood scandal: Inquiry hearings to begin

UK News BBC News Feed - Tue, 04/30/2019 - 00:42
A public inquiry into what has been called the NHS's "worst treatment scandal" is to start taking evidence.

Stress-busting dogs on university staff

UK News BBC News Feed - Tue, 04/30/2019 - 00:40
A university has taken on five "canine teaching assistants" to tackle student anxiety.

Police are using buses to catch drivers on mobile phones

UK News BBC News Feed - Tue, 04/30/2019 - 00:37
Police officers in Hampshire and the Thames Valley are riding on buses to catch drivers who are using their mobile phones.

Gosport hospital deaths: Families await police review

UK News BBC News Feed - Tue, 04/30/2019 - 00:06
Hundreds of deaths of patients at Gosport War Memorial Hospital could be reinvestigated by police.

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