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National Lottery winner thanks shopper for queue jump

UK News BBC News Feed - Tue, 07/17/2018 - 13:52
Arron Walshaw almost missed the ticket deadline, but a fellow shopper allowed him to skip ahead.

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe case ‘top priority' for Hunt

UK News BBC News Feed - Tue, 07/17/2018 - 13:42
The husband of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe says he's pushing to meet the new foreign secretary.

Autistic girl praised for 'life as perfectionist' account

UK News BBC News Feed - Tue, 07/17/2018 - 13:16
A 10-year-old autistic girl has written about living with autism prompting praise from others with the condition

'I couldn't even get on waiting list for rape support'

UK News BBC News Feed - Tue, 07/17/2018 - 11:39
A woman who was raped three years ago is set to tell MPs how she has been unable to access any support.

Vote Leave: Brexit campaign 'broke electoral law' in referendum

UK News BBC News Feed - Tue, 07/17/2018 - 10:51
The Brexit campaign group is referred to the police by the Electoral Commission and fined £61,000.

Glasgow Green has lost its 'green' due to sunshine and festivals

UK News BBC News Feed - Tue, 07/17/2018 - 10:45
Photographs show Glasgow Green has lost its colour due to sunshine and music fans.

Wage growth slows despite jobless fall

UK News BBC News Feed - Tue, 07/17/2018 - 10:32
Wage growth slipped to 2.7% from 2.8% in the three months to May, while unemployment fell by 12,000.

Child abuser David Boswell still on Pembrokeshire council payroll

UK News BBC News Feed - Tue, 07/17/2018 - 10:18
Convicted paedophile David Boswell remains on a council's books due to a legal "anomaly".

'Lost in space' Bakewell pudding found in Lincolnshire farm

UK News BBC News Feed - Tue, 07/17/2018 - 10:12
The celestial dessert had been feared lost after tracking devices stopped working at 52,500ft.

Jordan Carter: Two boys, 15, jailed for Berkhamsted stab death

UK News BBC News Feed - Tue, 07/17/2018 - 09:48
Jordan Carter, 18, was stabbed to death after a girl recruited two boys to give him "a slap".

Brexit: Chequers plan not dead, insists Liam Fox

UK News BBC News Feed - Tue, 07/17/2018 - 09:43
Concessions to Tory MPs to avoid a Commons defeat won't derail Theresa May's plan, Liam Fox insists.

Transgender van driver sues for gig economy discrimination

UK News BBC News Feed - Tue, 07/17/2018 - 04:59
The case is thought to be the first to test LGBT+ rights and discrimination in the gig economy.

Some slime toys have 'potentially unsafe levels' of boron - Which?

UK News BBC News Feed - Tue, 07/17/2018 - 02:51
Some toys have high levels of boron, which can cause vomiting and impair fertility, a consumer group warns.

Millions to face hosepipe ban in north-west England

UK News BBC News Feed - Tue, 07/17/2018 - 02:08
The ban will affect people in north-west England but other firms say they have no plans to follow suit.

Private tutors 'should face DBS criminal record checks'

UK News BBC News Feed - Tue, 07/17/2018 - 01:48
The UK's biggest teaching union says disqualified teachers may still be able to work as tutors.

'How we made Now That's What I Call Music 100'

UK News BBC News Feed - Tue, 07/17/2018 - 01:33
We go behind the scenes of Now 100 to find out why Dua Lipa made the tracklisting but Drake didn't...

UK heatwave: Hidden landscapes the heatwave is revealing

UK News BBC News Feed - Tue, 07/17/2018 - 01:31
Imprints of old and ancient settlements not seen in known memory are emerging from the soil as the heat takes its toll on greenery.

Kent and Medway NHS hernia policy 'may be rationing' surgery

UK News BBC News Feed - Tue, 07/17/2018 - 01:18
Some hernia patients have to show they have a serious complication to get surgery, doctors say.

Crane numbers 'could rise by 50%' in next 50 years

UK News BBC News Feed - Tue, 07/17/2018 - 01:06
There could be 275 breeding pairs of cranes in the UK within 50 years, research shows.

Anti-knife crime lessons for holidays

UK News BBC News Feed - Tue, 07/17/2018 - 00:34
Teenagers in England are taught not to get caught up in knife violence in the summer holidays.

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