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UK among worst for life expectancy rises

UK News BBC News Feed - Tue, 08/07/2018 - 11:56
Increases to life expectancy in the UK have stalled since 2011, data from the ONS reveals.

Airport turns away wheelchair user

UK News BBC News Feed - Tue, 08/07/2018 - 11:51
Belfast International Airport apologises after the man's wheelchair repair kit was deemed a security risk.

Use of online pay-to-watch TV surges ahead

UK News BBC News Feed - Tue, 08/07/2018 - 11:37
Official statistics also indicate usage of the net is on the rise in Great Britain.

'Cash-strapped' police taking second jobs

UK News BBC News Feed - Tue, 08/07/2018 - 11:31
Officers have taken on extra work in beauty therapy, teaching and bar work, a police organisation says.

Ola to challenge Uber in UK ride-hailing market

UK News BBC News Feed - Tue, 08/07/2018 - 11:09
Mammoth Indian ride-hailing firm Ola - with 125 million customers - continues its global expansion.

Fans join search for Timmy Mallett's missing bike

UK News BBC News Feed - Tue, 08/07/2018 - 10:46
The TV personality had just completed a charity ride across Europe when it was apparently stolen.

Arsenal's Stan Kroenke makes offer to buy whole of London club

UK News BBC News Feed - Tue, 08/07/2018 - 10:15
Arsenal's majority shareholder, Stan Kroenke, makes an offer to buy the whole of the club in a deal that would value the Gunners at £1.8bn.

Call for a ban on people eating dog meat in the UK

UK News BBC News Feed - Tue, 08/07/2018 - 07:23
MP Dr Lisa Cameron says the government needs to take action "to nip it in the bud".

Artist's paper cup pyramid highlights waste problem

UK News BBC News Feed - Tue, 08/07/2018 - 06:43
After walking past bags of rubbish in Oxford, artist Simon Mandarino decided to illustrate the issue in a rather more visual way.

Brexit: Police commissioners concern over 'no deal'

UK News BBC News Feed - Tue, 08/07/2018 - 04:49
Concern over loss of of access to EU agencies and powers raised in a letter to home secretary.

Bid to end NHS-funded homeopathic treatment in Bristol

UK News BBC News Feed - Tue, 08/07/2018 - 03:46
Bristol is the last place in England patients can get NHS homeopathy - it is also available in Glasgow.

Rick Astley on his wife Lene: 'The success I'm having is due to her'

UK News BBC News Feed - Tue, 08/07/2018 - 01:05
The star says his film producer wife, Lene Bausager, believed in his music even when he didn't.

Are women turning their back on the pill?

UK News BBC News Feed - Tue, 08/07/2018 - 01:02
Use of coils, implants and injections has nearly doubled in a decade, NHS figures show.

Theresa May in Scotland for talks with Nicola Sturgeon

UK News BBC News Feed - Tue, 08/07/2018 - 00:58
Mrs May will face questions from the Scottish first minister about her Brexit plans while in Edinburgh.

UKIP members suspended after socialist bookshop protest

UK News BBC News Feed - Tue, 08/07/2018 - 00:55
The party suspends three members after reports of a protest at a left-wing bookshop.

Scottish pupils await exam results

UK News BBC News Feed - Tue, 08/07/2018 - 00:53
Thousands of students are due to discover how well they performed in their National 4 and 5, Higher and Advanced Higher exams.

Ten times more men than women died on UK coastline in 2017, RNLI says

UK News BBC News Feed - Tue, 08/07/2018 - 00:12
The RNLI warns young men to be more safety conscious around water and reveals 99 men died on the coast in 2017.

A look inside the UK's biggest lesbian festival

UK News BBC News Feed - Tue, 08/07/2018 - 00:12
Organisers of L Fest say the event enables children with two mums mix with similar families.

Cyber-attack! Would your firm handle it better than this?

UK News BBC News Feed - Tue, 08/07/2018 - 00:11
There's a right way and a wrong way to deal with cyber-attack. How does this fictional company do?

Heatwave bonanza 'fails to boost shop sales'

UK News BBC News Feed - Tue, 08/07/2018 - 00:03
Retail sales slow in July despite people splashing out on fans, food and drink in the heatwave.

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