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Budget 2018: Business rates cut for public toilets

UK News BBC News Feed - Mon, 10/29/2018 - 18:02
"This is virtually the only announcement in this Budget that hasn't leaked," the chancellor jokes.

Jeremy Corbyn: Budget full of broken promises

UK News BBC News Feed - Mon, 10/29/2018 - 17:42
The Labour leader criticises "half measures and quick fixes" and says austerity is not over.

Leicester helicopter crash: Peter Shilton describes 'horrendous' scene

UK News BBC News Feed - Mon, 10/29/2018 - 17:41
The helicopter crash in which Leicester's owner died was "one of the most horrendous things anybody could ever see", says Peter Shilton.

Summary of Budget 2018: Key points at-a-glance

UK News BBC News Feed - Mon, 10/29/2018 - 17:39
Chancellor Philip Hammond has delivered his Autumn 2018 Budget, the last before Brexit.

Moors Murders: Pauline Reade's remains reburied

UK News BBC News Feed - Mon, 10/29/2018 - 15:15
Some of Pauline Reade's remains were stored by police for 30 years without her family's knowledge.

Leicester City helicopter crash: Owner's wife and son visit stadium

UK News BBC News Feed - Mon, 10/29/2018 - 15:11
Leicester City's first team and youth squad are also at the King Power Stadium to pay their respects.

Rotherham child sexual abuse: Gang of seven guilty

UK News BBC News Feed - Mon, 10/29/2018 - 14:59
One of the gang's victims says she had sex with "at least 100 Asian men" by the time she was 16.

Fracking in Lancashire: 1.1 magnitude tremor halts work

UK News BBC News Feed - Mon, 10/29/2018 - 14:40
After the largest tremor to hit the site, Cuadrilla said it would halt work for 18 hours.

Woman's hair entangled in farm machine that 'pulled her to her death'

UK News BBC News Feed - Mon, 10/29/2018 - 14:24
Lauren Scott was volunteering on the farm when she became "catastrophically entangled" in a machine.

Pumpkin boat paddled down River Ouse in York

UK News BBC News Feed - Mon, 10/29/2018 - 14:09
Tom Pearcy has claimed the world record for the largest pumpkin boat.

'Controlling bully' gets 23 years for Haringey wife murder

UK News BBC News Feed - Mon, 10/29/2018 - 13:41
Kema Salum stabbed his wife 49 times in front of her young son at their north London home.

Newtownards: Group dressed as KKK members is 'hate incident'

UK News BBC News Feed - Mon, 10/29/2018 - 13:12
A report of a group dressed as Ku Klux Klan members in Newtownards is widely condemned.

Leicester City owner's family lay wreath at the King Power Stadium

UK News BBC News Feed - Mon, 10/29/2018 - 13:07
Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha's wife Aimon and their son Aiyawatt lay the wreath alongside thousands of bouquets.

'Hidden homeless' sleeping on London buses

UK News BBC News Feed - Mon, 10/29/2018 - 12:41
Some bus routes are used as a refuge for London's homeless. What's being done to help them?

New BBC Sounds app aims to woo younger listeners

UK News BBC News Feed - Mon, 10/29/2018 - 12:40
BBC Sounds replaces the iPlayer Radio app, which was only used by 3% of under-35s.

Jaguar engine production line at Ford in Bridgend begins shutdown

UK News BBC News Feed - Mon, 10/29/2018 - 11:46
Employees working on the AJ assembly line will be paid to stay at home for five days

The celebrity costumes winning this Halloween

UK News BBC News Feed - Mon, 10/29/2018 - 10:09
With the Halloween spirit in full swing we take a look at some of this year's celebrity costumes.

Special 50p coin expected to mark Brexit

UK News BBC News Feed - Mon, 10/29/2018 - 09:04
The chancellor is set to announce the commemorative coin during his Budget speech in the Commons.

Are hydrogen trains the future of UK travel?

UK News BBC News Feed - Mon, 10/29/2018 - 05:24
Trains that emit pure water could be in the UK by the "early 2020s", according to the government.

Sulky word wins Scrabble championship

UK News BBC News Feed - Mon, 10/29/2018 - 05:07
Nigel Richards earned 68 points for "groutier" - which means cross, sulky or sullen.

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