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The rate of price rises at UK supermarkets hit a new high in the year to May due to coffee, chocolate and non-food goods. The British Retail Consortium (BRC) and NielsenIQ said that the overall rate of inflation at grocers reached 9%. While prices for fresh food have fallen marginally, the cost of commodities such as...
Michael Donnelly, pictured in Belfast on Tuesday, said the police apology was 50 years too late One of the "Hooded Men", Michael Donnelly, has said he does not accept a police apology over his treatment. Mr Donnelly was one of 14 men arrested in 1971 during internment without trial and questioned by the police and Ar...
A criminal investigation has been launched into the death of an elderly woman who was struck by police escorting the Duchess of Edinburgh. Helen Holland, 81, was hit by a police motorbike at a junction in Earl's Court, west London, on 10 May. The police watchdog said the constable riding the vehicle was being investi...
This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Mary Withey's home was demolished on Sunday morning, making it the second of three to be removed Two more homes close to the cliff edge in Norfolk have been demolished amid fears they would fall into the sea. Residents left...
Glen Sannox and Hull 802 are still being completed at Ferguson Marine shipyard Ministers will continue funding the construction of a second ferry at Ferguson shipyard despite it being cheaper to build a new ship elsewhere. Economy Secretary Neil Gray said a review had found finishing the ship, known as Hull 802, did ...
The BBC's Russia Editor has questioned Alexander Lukashenko on nuclear weapons, after Russia recently said it is moving nuclear warheads to Belarus. During a four hour "conversation" with journalists at the Palace of Independence in Minsk, Steve Rosenberg asked the leader of Belarus whether he would allow Wagner troop...
Last updated on .From the section Winter Sports Mikaela Shiffrin became the greatest Alpine skier of all time with her 87th World Cup win - exactly 12 years after making her debut. Slalom victory in Are, Sweden, saw the 27-year-old American surpass the record of 86 held by Swede Ingemar Stenmark since 1989. She had ...
Sunday's Japanese Grand Prix is live on 5 Live and the BBC Sport website at 06:00 BST Max Verstappen led a Red Bull one-two in qualifying at the Japanese Grand Prix with McLaren's Lando Norris best of the rest. Ferrari's Carlos Sainz was fourth, his team-mate Charles Leclerc eighth, and Aston Martin's Fernando Alonso ...
Mr Rutte has been holding three days of talks to try to save his coalition The Dutch government has collapsed because of a disagreement between coalition parties over asylum policies, Prime Minister Mark Rutte has said. The four parties were split in crisis talks chaired by Mr Rutte on Friday. Mr Rutte then met King...
Coach driver Anthony Jones - who sent this picture - described a "frustrating" situation with queues at the port Travellers at Dover remain in long queues to catch ferries to France after waits in excess of 12 hours - although port authorities say the situation is now improving for new arrivals. Speaking to the BBC o...
Sharon Beshenivsky had been a PC for less than a year before she was murdered in Bradford in November 2005 Almost 20 years after PC Sharon Beshenivsky was shot and killed on her daughter's fourth birthday, the last member of the armed gang responsible for her death has been found guilty of her murder. The conviction ...
Last updated on .From the section Premier League Cole Palmer scored twice deep into stoppage time to complete his hat-trick and earn Chelsea a remarkable win against Manchester United despite having previously given up a two-goal lead. The latest winner scored in Premier League history, timed at 100 minutes 39 second...
Greater Manchester Police said officers were continuing to search Kersal Wetlands for evidence Human remains which were found in a secluded woodland were those of a man who was "likely to be aged older than 40" and had "only been deceased for a matter of days", police have said. A torso was found wrapped in plastic b...
Wildcat Haven has written to North Wales Police after it took the animal, named Finlay A cat seized by police has prompted a legal complaint by a wildlife rescue group which said the animal suffered mental trauma. Wildcat Haven wrote to North Wales Police after it took Finlay the cat. It was seized by the force afte...
What started with pictures in Edinburgh, took Ross Burns to locations all around the UK including the Finnieston Crane in Glasgow When Ross Burns first took a photo of one of his son's toy cars while on a daily walk he did not think it would turn into an obsession that has seen him complete 1,000 days of taking pictur...
This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: Ros Atkins on... the Russian social media videos appearing to show Kremlin drone attack Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky has denied his country carried out an alleged drone attack on the Kremlin, which Russia sa...
Oil and gas giant Shell has had some of its adverts banned for misleading claims about how clean its overall energy production is. The ban applies to one TV advert, a poster displayed in Bristol and a YouTube ad, all shown in 2022. The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) ruled they all left out information on Shell...
Sarah Polley won the Best Adapted Screenplay award for Women Talking Canadian film-maker Sarah Polley has shared a "cruel" April Fools' joke played on her by none other than her 11-year-old child. A letter turned up on Saturday morning, reading "We say this to you with the deepest regrets: the Oscar you received was ...
Finland's outgoing Prime Minister Sanna Marin and her husband Markus Raikkonen have filed for divorce. "We are grateful for the 19 years together and our beloved daughter," Ms Marin said on Instagram on Wednesday. The couple married in 2020, when Ms Marin was leading the country's pandemic response, and they share a ...
Capaldi had to rely on the crowd to finish his Glastonbury set Lewis Capaldi warned fans he might have to take a break from public life when vocal problems threatened to derail his Glastonbury set at the weekend. A sympathetic crowd helped him through the performance, singing his biggest hit Someone You Loved back to...
Ukraine's military has accused Russian forces of blowing up a major dam in the Moscow-seized region of Kherson in the south of the country. President Zelensky shared a video of the damaged Kakhovka dam on his Telegram page. Read more on this story.
This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Prof Dame Sally Davies tells the Covid inquiry that "it wasn't just the deaths, it was the way they died". England's former chief medical officer Dame Sally Davies was close to tears at the Covid Inquiry as she apologised to...
The bullet that killed Olivia was fired through the front door A man has been found guilty of murdering nine-year-old Olivia Pratt-Korbel, who was fatally shot in her home in Liverpool. Thomas Cashman, 34, killed Olivia and injured her mother Cheryl Korbel as he chased a fellow drug dealer into their home on the even...
Last updated on .From the section Rugby Union England prop Vickii Cornborough has retired from international rugby, saying she does not feel mentally ready to return after giving birth to twins last summer. The 34-year-old won 75 caps for the Red Roses and reached two World Cup finals. She has been on maternity leav...
The government first promised guidance for schools in relation to transgender pupils more than five years ago. And while the Department for Education (DfE) says it will finally publish new guidance for schools in England this term, for many this cannot come soon enough. Finding a school willing to talk about its tran...
Last updated on .From the section European Football Former Arsenal, Real Madrid and Germany midfielder Mesut Ozil has retired from football at the age of 34. Ozil won nine trophies during his club career including four FA Cups and the Spanish La Liga title in 2012. He also won 92 caps for Germany and was part of the...
Hannah Waddingham, Julia Sanina, Alesha Dixon met for the first time on Wednesday - three weeks ahead of Eurovision Eurovision co-host Alesha Dixon says May's contest is "so much more than a competition", as Liverpool prepares to stage the event on Ukraine's behalf. "It's very important. We feel that sense of respons...
A 5% pay rise from April has been offered to NHS staff in England, including nurses and ambulance workers. In addition, staff have been offered a one-off payment of at least £1,655 to top up the past year's pay award. Unions are recommending members back the deal, after nearly two weeks of talks with ministers, raisi...
This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The assailant pointed the gun at Mr Khan and ordered him to take off his watch CCTV capturing the moment former world boxing champion Amir Khan was robbed at gunpoint has been shown in court. Mr Khan, 36, was targeted when ...
Johnson was "kind and wonderful" and always had "a twinkle in her eye", her family and representatives said Actress Meg Johnson, who appeared in three of the UK's most popular soap operas, has died at the age of 86. A soap stalwart, Johnson was Coronation Street's Eunice Gee and Brookside's Brigid McKenna, before joi...
The decorative planter urn has gone missing Police are investigating the theft of a decorative planter urn and flowers that were stolen from the grave of Dame Vivienne Westwood. The iconic fashion designer, who was born in the village of Tintwistle, Derbyshire, before moving to London, died in December. She was laid...
Last updated on .From the section Plymouth Plymouth Argyle have sacked head coach Ian Foster after just three months in the job. The former England Under-20s boss has been in charge of the Championship club since early January after Steven Schumacher left for Stoke City. After an initial good start, Argyle's form fe...
Gary Lineker has said he will try to keep speaking up for people with "no voice", after criticism of his tweets on the government's asylum policy. The Match of the Day host had said the language setting out the plan was "not dissimilar to that used by Germany in the 30s". Home Secretary Suella Braverman said she was ...
Virginia Crosbie was allegedly the co-host of a drinks event when Covid restrictions were in place A Conservative MP has apologised for attending an event in Parliament while Covid restrictions were in place. The Guido Fawkes website reported that Virginia Crosbie, MP for Ynys Mon, was the co-host of a drinks event o...
Pope Francis arrives for the weekly general audience in St Peter's Square on Wednesday Pope Francis could be discharged from a Rome hospital "in the coming days" after he was admitted with a respiratory condition. The pontiff has seen a "marked improvement in his health" after he received antibiotics for a bronchitis...
Seven children and two adults have been injured after a car crashed into a primary school building in Wimbledon, south-west London. A gold-coloured Land Rover crashed into The Study Preparatory School in Camp Road just before 10:00 BST. A major incident has been declared and several people are being treated by parame...
Over 20 people died from the mass shooting, and 22 more were injured The Texas gunman who killed 23 people at a Walmart in 2019 has been sentenced to 90 consecutive life sentences in federal prison. The 24-year-old had pleaded guilty after federal prosecutors said they would not seek the death penalty. The sentencin...
Police cars were parked outside the temporary housing unit in Sidegate Lane on Friday A man and a woman have been arrested on suspicion of murder after the body of a two-year-old girl was found at a property, police have said. Suffolk Police said the toddler's remains were found at a temporary housing unit on Sidegat...
At least 29 people have been killed and one injured in a fire in a nightclub in Turkey. The Masquerade club, in the basement of a high-rise building in Istanbul, was closed and being renovated during the day. The fire broke out just after midday, Istanbul governor Davut Gül said, adding that the cause was unclear. M...
Willoughby said it felt "very strange indeed sitting here without Phil" Holly Willoughby has said she feels "shaken, troubled and let down" as she returned to ITV's This Morning. The presenter's appearance on Monday's show was her first since the departure of her co-host Phillip Schofield. Willoughby addressed viewe...
This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. A deadly fire at a school dormitory in Guyana appears to have been started by a pupil who was angry her mobile phone had been confiscated, officials say. Nineteen people - mostly female students - were killed in the blaze i...
This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Footage shows the moment Margaret Barnes made the "mistake that ultimately cost her her life" A man who murdered a 71-year-old woman after she mistook his home for a B&B and got into his bed, has been jailed for at least 14 ...
President Erdogan's powers have increased dramatically since he first led Turkey in 2003 President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been in power for more than 20 years and he is favourite to win five more, having narrowly missed out on a first-round victory. Turkey is a Nato member state of 85 million people, so it matters ...
A woman hid in a bank vault to survive a mass shooting in Kentucky, and the Kentucky governor says he was close friends with some of the victims. Here's what we know so far.
This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: Drone footage posted by Ukrainian official shows Lviv debris after Russian strike At least nine people have been killed and power at Europe's largest nuclear plant has been lost after Russia launched missiles across U...
Paul Heaton also paid for drinks at 60 pubs to mark his 60th birthday last year Pop star Paul Heaton said he is putting money behind the bar of four pubs in Warrington so fans attending a festival can "have a drink on him". The ex-Housemartins and Beautiful South singer is playing the Neighbourhood Festival in Victor...
This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Listen: Trump discusses secret documents in an audio recording first obtained by CNN An audio recording in which Donald Trump appears to acknowledge keeping a classified document after leaving the White House has been obtain...
A woman hit by a police motorcycle escorting Sophie, the Duchess of Edinburgh, through London has died. The family of 81-year-old Helen Holland, from Birchanger in Essex, said she fought "for her life for nearly two weeks... but irreversible damage to her brain finally ended the battle". Buckingham Palace said the du...
Sleaze. It's a big word, and it gets lobbed around at Westminster rather a lot. It tends to refer to alleged wrongdoing, often financial or moral. The thing is, it can take in everything from an MP who ends up in jail - think the MPs' expenses scandal just for starters - to alleged procedural or administrative cock-u...
Fatoumatta Hydara died two days after her daughters Naeemah Drammeh and Fatimah Drammeh A man who killed his neighbour and her two daughters by setting their flat on fire has been found guilty of murder. Fatoumatta Hydara, 28, died along with Fatimah and Naeemah Drammeh, aged three and one, after their home in Clifto...
Florida's Supreme Court delivered two rulings on abortion on Monday, with competing consequences. First, the court upheld the state's right to prohibit abortion, giving the green light for a six-week ban to take effect on 1 May. The near-total ban will block almost all access in the US South, where Florida had been s...
Darryn Frost had fought the attacker with a narwhal tusk on display at Fishmongers' Hall Members of the public who tackled the man behind the London Bridge attack in 2019 are among the recipients of the final civilian gallantry awards approved by the late Queen. The list includes a Queen's Gallantry Medal for Darryn ...
Germany's labour market has a shortage of hundreds of thousands of skilled workers While other countries are trying to restrict migration, the German parliament has passed a radical new law to attract migrant workers to Germany. That means less red tape and lower hurdles for migrant workers from outside the European ...
King Charles III meets members of the public during his visit to Kinneil House, marking the first Holyrood Week since his coronation King Charles III was greeted by crowds as he arrived in Scotland for a special week of events. He met two Fair Queens in Bo'ness, Falkirk, before travelling to Edinburgh where he was pr...
This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. China's peace plan for Ukraine could be used as a basis to end the war, Vladimir Putin has said. But Mr Putin said the plan could be put forward only when they are ready "in the West and Kyiv". The Russian leader met Chine...
Brothers Maksym (left) and Ivan (right) signed up to fight for Ukraine together after Russia launched its full-scale invasion Maksym had been fighting for 200 hours without a break when he was killed by a Russian sniper in the city of Bakhmut. "For eight days he did not eat, or sleep," his mother Lilia says. "He coul...
The BBC Singers, a choir of 20 musicians, had been due to close in July The BBC has paused its decision to close the BBC Singers, after "a number of organisations" came forward to offer alternative funding. The group, which is the UK's only full-time professional chamber choir, was targeted by budget cuts shortly bef...
Nicholas Whitehead says the sign started out as a "wild conversation" It is the mid Wales landmark that started out as a joke and lasted for 20 years. Now, it is making a comeback. Up until last November, there was a billboard for Llandegley International on the A44 in Powys between Rhayader and Kington. But driver...
Menai Bridge was closed at five minutes' notice in October 2022 Major safety issues which forced the closure of one of the two bridges linking Anglesey to the Welsh mainland were first spotted more than 30 years ago. The Menai suspension bridge was closed at five minutes' notice in October when engineers found "serio...
José Andrés founded his charity group after the 2010 Haiti earthquake World Central Kitchen (WCK) founder José Andrés says he is "heartbroken" over the deaths of aid workers in a strike by Israel - which he has urged to stop its "indiscriminate killing". Seven of the US-based food charity's workers were killed on Mon...
Papa Stour lies off the west coast of Shetland's mainland People living in one of the remotest parts of Scotland are to get a high-speed broadband link from space. The UK government has announced that residents on Papa Stour, an island to the west of the Shetland mainland, will get a link to a satellite internet conn...
Two mounted police officers rode after a man spotted holding his mobile phone while driving. They saw him driving through East Reach in Taunton, Somerset last Tuesday and quickly turned their horses around and caught up with him. It is illegal to hold and use a phone, tablet, or any device that can send or receive da...
Last updated on .From the section Tennis Coverage: Live across BBC TV, radio and online with extensive coverage on BBC iPlayer, Red Button, Connected TVs and mobile app. More coverage details Novak Djokovic dried the court with his towel and urged the crowd to "blow" in a farcical rain delay as his Wimbledon title de...
Just Stop Oil have said they were not responsible for an incident at ex-chancellor George Osborne's wedding, which saw a protester throw orange confetti over the newly married couple. The protest was similar to those carried out by the environmental group. But, a spokesperson told the BBC they did not know the protes...
This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The impact of the 7.4 magnitude earthquake in Taiwan Chang Hsin had just woken up in the Taiwanese city of Hualien on Wednesday when her entire block started shaking. "The walls were crumbling. Shortly after, another quake ...
Daniel Allen was remanded in custody to reappear by video link on 26 March A man has appeared in court in Enniskillen charged with murdering four people who were found dead following a fire in County Fermanagh. Daniel Sebastian Allen, whose address given as Molly Road, Enniskillen, is charged with four counts of murd...
China is pressuring Uyghurs living abroad to spy on human rights campaigners by threatening families back home, researchers say. Refugees and activists tell the BBC intimidating tactics are tearing communities apart. "My dearest son," said Alim's mother as she flickered into view. "I didn't think I'd see you before I ...
Bills could rise after water suppliers in England said they were ready to spend £10bn on tackling sewage spills. The privately owned companies have apologised for the amount of contaminated water being discharged into rivers and seas, amid mounting public anger over the practice. Some campaigners have cautiously welc...
Geraint Davies has said he does not recognise the allegations Three female MPs have said they were warned about Geraint Davies in their first weeks in Westminster. They were told by other MPs to "watch out" for him, they say. The Swansea West MP was suspended by the Labour Party following reports by the Politico web...
The bullet that killed Olivia was fired through the front door of her home The man who murdered nine-year-old Olivia Pratt-Korbel has been jailed for life and ordered to serve a minimum of 42 years in prison. Thomas Cashman, 34, refused to go into the dock for the sentencing and none of his family were present in cou...
Ron Fealey died in hospital after being hit by a car on Christmas Eve A woman has appeared in court accused of a drink-drive collision on Christmas Eve which killed a great-grandfather. Katrina Mahoney, 33, appeared before Merthyr Tydfil magistrates court charged with causing death by driving without due care and att...
Last updated on .From the section Championship Play-off hopefuls West Bromwich Albion came from two goals down to snatch a dramatic point against a resurgent Watford at the Hawthorns. Second-half strikes from Edo Kayembe and Mileta Rajovic put the Hornets in control. Brandon Thomas-Asante halved the deficit with an ...
UFC fighter Conor McGregor has been accused of sexually assaulting a woman after an NBA Finals basketball game in Miami earlier this month. A legal letter outlining allegations, sent to Mr McGregor and seen by BBC News, states the alleged assault took place in a bathroom at Kaseya Center. A lawyer representing Mr McG...
Stephen and Carol Baxter's local yacht club said the couple would be "much missed" A man has been charged with murdering a married couple found dead at their seaside home, Essex Police said. The bodies of Stephen Baxter, 61, and Carol Baxter, 64, were discovered at the property on Victory Road, West Mersea, near Colc...
A video still from the fatal Paris traffic stop shooting Prosecutors have begun piecing together what happened before the fatal shooting of 17-year-old Nahel M by a police officer. The officer has been charged with homicide and remains in custody. In their outline of events after questioning eyewitnesses and reviewi...
This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Seven Just Stop Oil protesters have been arrested while trying to halt the annual Pride parade in central London. Images on social media showed police removing demonstrators who managed to briefly stop the march. The Metro...
OpenAI has released GPT-4, the latest version of its hugely popular artificial intelligence chatbot ChatGPT. The new model can respond to images - providing recipe suggestions from photos of ingredients, for example, as well as writing captions and descriptions. It can also process up to 25,000 words, about eight tim...
Last updated on .From the section Tennis Just Stop Oil protesters interrupted play twice at Wimbledon by throwing orange-coloured confetti and jigsaw pieces on to court 18. The contest between Grigor Dimitrov and Sho Shimabukuro was targeted by two protesters. A third protester then targeted Katie Boulter's match ag...
There are plans for local radio stations in England to share some programmes with neighbouring areas The BBC's regional TV bulletins and local radio and online output in England are being disrupted by a 24-hour strike on Wednesday and Thursday. National Union of Journalists (NUJ) members working for BBC Local started...
This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. It would be strange for me to name dates but we are ready for counter-offensive, says Mr Danilov Ukraine is ready to launch its long-expected counter-offensive against Russian forces, one of the country's most senior securit...
With nurses staging their most extensive strike and other unions walking out, the NHS faced one its most bitter disputes It was one of the most bitter disputes in the history of the NHS, with the Royal College of Nursing staging its most extensive strike action ever. But as a deal with ministers was reached in England...
Millions of pounds have been paid out in the last ten years to people who were abused in the Scouts, lawyers say. BBC File on 4 contacted 13 law firms who specialise in child abuse claims, and data from the eight that responded revealed more than £6m had been paid out in compensation in the last decade. Some 166 case...
An uneasy calm is returning to Israel after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced he would delay a key part of controversial plans to overhaul the justice system. On Monday night he said he would pause the legislation to prevent a "rupture among our people". However it is unclear what a delay will achieve beyon...
The council's leader Bridget Smith said it had helped address a reliance on expensive agency staff The local government minister has formally requested a council ends its trial of a four-day week "immediately" over concerns about "value for money". South Cambridgeshire District Council's trial was due to run until 20...
King Charles III has been presented with Scotland's crown jewels in Edinburgh in a ceremony to mark his Coronation. He received the crown and sceptre which form part of the Honours of Scotland. The national thanksgiving service at St Giles' Cathedral also featured a new sword named after the late Queen Elizabeth. Be...
Police were called to Priory Road, Dartford at 12:45 BST on Saturday by neighbours who reported hearing gunshots A woman has been taken to hospital with serious injuries consistent with gunshot wounds after being held hostage at her home in Kent. Police were called to Priory Road, Dartford at 12:45 BST on Saturday wh...
Plans to make it more difficult for children to illegally buy e-cigarettes in England are to be laid out by the government next week. An enforcement squad made up of trading standards officers will be set up to carry out test purchases and clamp down on shops selling vapes to under-18s. The Department of Health says ...
Video filmed on a phone shows the moment a driver in Spain lost control of their car before getting caught in floodwaters. It happened after the driver tried to cross an inundated road in Molina de Segura on the south coast. The country has been hit by heavy rains after a prolonged drought. Spain's state weather age...