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Queen enjoys Pointless host's talk at Sandringham WI

UK News BBC News Feed - Thu, 01/24/2019 - 17:06
The Queen arrived for her annual visit to her local WI, where Alexander Armstrong was guest speaker.

Safia Saleh, 34, abducted from Cardiff as baby, returns home

UK News BBC News Feed - Thu, 01/24/2019 - 16:55
Safia Saleh - abducted as a baby by her father in 1986 and taken to Yemen - finally returns home.

Opportunist Essex thief steals car mid-wash

UK News BBC News Feed - Thu, 01/24/2019 - 16:50
A car wash owner says he is £9,000 out of pocket after a vehicle was stolen while being cleaned.

National Union of Students cuts half of staff over financial woes

UK News BBC News Feed - Thu, 01/24/2019 - 15:57
The organisation says it accepted 54 voluntary redundancies in response to its "financial issues".

Sophie Lionnet: French au pair killer in conviction appeal

UK News BBC News Feed - Thu, 01/24/2019 - 15:37
Ouissem Medouni and Sabrina Kouider murdered Sophie Lionnet and burnt her body in their garden.

Ed Sheeran surprises Laxfield school Lego club with donation

UK News BBC News Feed - Thu, 01/24/2019 - 15:26
The singer and fiancee Cherry Seaborn had been invited to become presidents of its Lego club.

Iceland removed own label from 17 products rather than palm oil

UK News BBC News Feed - Thu, 01/24/2019 - 15:06
The supermarket giant promised to remove palm oil from all of its own-brand products by the end of 2018.

Reality Check: Is crime up or down?

UK News BBC News Feed - Thu, 01/24/2019 - 13:33
Crime statistics are regularly disputed so here's what the numbers mean.

Secondary tables - poor pupils behind for next 70 years

UK News BBC News Feed - Thu, 01/24/2019 - 12:45
League tables go live and the BBC reveals how long it could take for poorer pupils to do as well as the rest.

'High' survival for many cancers diagnosed at stages 1-3

UK News BBC News Feed - Thu, 01/24/2019 - 12:42
Ten-year survival chances are highest for skin cancer and lowest for lung cancer in England, data suggests.

Crime figures: Violent crime recorded by police rises by 19%

UK News BBC News Feed - Thu, 01/24/2019 - 12:33
The number of homicides - including murder and manslaughter - also rose by 14%.

Why workers agree with Prince William

UK News BBC News Feed - Thu, 01/24/2019 - 12:13
These people say the duke is right: we should be talking about mental health at work.

Brexit: Jargon-busting guide to the key terms

UK News BBC News Feed - Thu, 01/24/2019 - 12:01
From Article 50 to Backstop, find out what the key terms mean.

Amanda Knox's rights violated in Italy murder probe, ECHR says

UK News BBC News Feed - Thu, 01/24/2019 - 11:59
Italy is told to pay damages to Amanda Knox, who spent years in prison for murder before acquittal.

Boris Johnson received £10,000 from JCB before Brexit speech

UK News BBC News Feed - Thu, 01/24/2019 - 11:34
The construction giant will also pay former Brexit secretary David Davis £60,000 for 20 hours' work.

Former Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond arrested

UK News BBC News Feed - Thu, 01/24/2019 - 11:18
Police said that a 64-year-old man had been charged and a report would be sent to prosecutors.

Fireworks display of Ashbourne man's ashes refused by council

UK News BBC News Feed - Thu, 01/24/2019 - 11:01
Mick Finnikin told friends of his wish to "go out with a bang in a rocket" before he died.

Speedboat killer: Charlotte Brown's family angry at TV interview

UK News BBC News Feed - Thu, 01/24/2019 - 10:58
Charlotte Brown's sister says her family was angered by Jack Shepherd's TV interview in Georgia.

Tesco and Carrefour to trial refillable container scheme

UK News BBC News Feed - Thu, 01/24/2019 - 10:05
The supermarket is set to test a scheme based on refillable rather than recyclable containers.

County lines: Weapons and drugs seized in police raids

UK News BBC News Feed - Thu, 01/24/2019 - 09:59
More than 200 officers raided 23 properties in a bid to disrupt "county lines" drug networks.

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