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Tom Ballard: Missing climbers 'assumed dead' as search ends

UK News BBC News Feed - Wed, 03/06/2019 - 12:36
Briton Tom Ballard and Italian Daniele Nardi went missing on a peak dubbed "Killer Mountain" in Pakistan.

Passengers quarantined at Gatwick after Barbados flight

UK News BBC News Feed - Wed, 03/06/2019 - 12:36
Thirty passengers and some of the crew became ill on a flight from Barbados to Gatwick Airport.

Tom Ballard: Mother and son lived 'their days as tigers'

UK News BBC News Feed - Wed, 03/06/2019 - 12:16
Missing climber Tom Ballard's drive to scale the world's highest peaks was forged by his mountaineering mother and a childhood on Scotland's hills.

Former Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers' house broken into

UK News BBC News Feed - Wed, 03/06/2019 - 11:28
Police investigate a break-in at the Scottish home of former Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers.

Knife crime: Javid in strategy talks with police chiefs

UK News BBC News Feed - Wed, 03/06/2019 - 07:48
The home secretary will meet police chiefs from the seven forces most affected by violent crime.

A collective for female adrenaline junkies

UK News BBC News Feed - Wed, 03/06/2019 - 07:39
Three adrenaline-junkie friends are on a mission to encourage other women to try extreme sports.

I'm 15, going through the menopause and won't have kids

UK News BBC News Feed - Wed, 03/06/2019 - 05:28
Two years ago, Annabelle's periods stopped. This is how she copes with early menopause.

Goldman Sachs relaxes dress code for all employees

UK News BBC News Feed - Wed, 03/06/2019 - 04:38
The firm urged staff to use "good judgement" in their fashion choices as it relaxed its dress standards.

Windrush scandal: MPs say Home Office complacent over failings

UK News BBC News Feed - Wed, 03/06/2019 - 02:58
MPs say there is a long way to go before officials "can credibly claim to have put things right".

'The most I played was 32 hours straight' - ex-gamers on their addiction

UK News BBC News Feed - Wed, 03/06/2019 - 01:39
Ex-gaming addicts tell MPs how their compulsive behaviour harmed their studies and personal lives.

Prison visitors get face recognition scans in drug crackdown

UK News BBC News Feed - Wed, 03/06/2019 - 00:52
The Ministry of Justice says a trial showed smugglers were deterred after visitor "no shows" rose.

Japan Women 0-3 England Women: Lionesses win SheBelieves Cup for first time

UK News BBC News Feed - Wed, 03/06/2019 - 00:38
England ease past Japan in their final SheBelieves Cup match to win the competition for the first time.

Face blindness: 'I can't recognise my loved-ones'

UK News BBC News Feed - Wed, 03/06/2019 - 00:23
Boo James has a condition called face blindness - now scientists are trying to find out more about it.

How fast is the ambulance service where you live?

UK News BBC News Feed - Wed, 03/06/2019 - 00:20
People in rural areas wait over 50% longer for a 999 response to life-threatening injuries.

Bloody Sunday: Tense wait for soldier prosecution decision

UK News BBC News Feed - Wed, 03/06/2019 - 00:09
As soldiers wait to hear if they will be prosecuted, Peter Taylor speaks to those affected on both sides.

Freddie Dibben death: Steroids 'like an uncontrolled monster'

UK News BBC News Feed - Wed, 03/06/2019 - 00:08
Freddie Dibben died after taking steroids he bought online in his quest for the perfect body.

How does a museum remember a defeat?

UK News BBC News Feed - Wed, 03/06/2019 - 00:05
The French are planning a new commemoration to the battle of Agincourt. How should a museum depict a famous defeat?

Miners' strike: The decades-old feud that still divides communities

UK News BBC News Feed - Wed, 03/06/2019 - 00:04
Thirty-five years on, some former mining communities remain split over whether or not they joined the miners' strike.

Cancer crowdfunding 'couldn't save my daughter'

UK News BBC News Feed - Wed, 03/06/2019 - 00:03
Gemma Nuttall's family raised thousands, supported by actress Kate Winslet. But there was no happy ending.

Spinal muscular atrophy: Families plead for drug to slow disease

UK News BBC News Feed - Wed, 03/06/2019 - 00:03
Parents with children with a muscle wasting disease are calling for Spinraza to be offered on the NHS.

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