[ad_1] 11 minutes ago Curtis Lancaster,BBC News LPhot Belinda Alker HMS Duncan will replace HMS Diamond in the Middle East A Royal Navy warship, HMS Duncan, has deployed on a mission to protect international trade routes in the Middle East. The vessel set off from Portsmouth on Sunday and headed towards the Red Sea and...
[ad_1] The Labour investigation into Diane Abbott over comments she made on racism was completed in December 2023, BBC Newsnight can reveal. Ms Abbott, the long-standing MP for Hackney North and Stoke Newington, was given a formal warning over her conduct and required to complete an “antisemitism awareness course”. A source close to the veteran...
[ad_1] 10 minutes ago Tom Edwards,Environment correspondent, London, @BBCTomEdwards PA One of the beavers to have made their home in Ealing In October, a family of five beavers were introduced into Paradise Fields in Ealing, west London. They were the first urban beavers in the UK. There are three aims to the project: to get...
[ad_1] UK Parliament Harriet Harman is stepping down after more than four decades as an MP With Prime Minister Rishi Sunak firing the starting gun on the general election, the House of Commons will soon say goodbye to many familiar faces. Few are more so than south London MP Harriet Harman, who will bid farewell...
[ad_1] The UK’s oldest lido remains closed after flooding caused “significant damage”. After years of campaigning and fundraising, this summer was set to be the first time in decades swimmers could bathe at Cleveland Pools in Bath. But the lido has not been able to open for the spring season after heavy rain damaged “vital...
[ad_1] 16 minutes ago Paul Ward,BBC Scotland News BBC Heather Shepherd has had knee replacement surgery after waiting for two years As a dog owner, Heather Shepherd has always had plenty of walking to do – but for the last two years she has been waiting for a knee replacement. She lived with increasing pain...
[ad_1] 33 minutes ago John Campbell,BBC News NI Economics and Business Editor PA Media UUP leader Doug Beattie had called for the budget debate to be postponed The Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) will vote against Stormont’s budget when it is debated at the Assembly on Tuesday. The party’s Health Minster Robin Swann opposed the budget...
[ad_1] David Beckham has signed a deal to be a global ambassador for AliExpress, an online retail platform owned by Chinese technology giant Alibaba. The announcement comes as the Euros football tournament is due to kick off in Germany next month. The company did not reveal how much it is paying the former England captain....
[ad_1] Shop price rises are back to “normal levels” as the cost of furniture, televisions and other non-food items have fallen, according to a UK retail industry body. Prices rose at an annual rate of 0.6% in May, down from 0.8% in the previous month, according to the British Retail Consortium (BRC) and research firm...
[ad_1] People living in parts of Staffordshire have been asked to look out for “dark shiny rocks that stand out” after a meteorite was suspected to have landed in the county. A bright fireball seen over the Midlands in the early hours of 6 May may have dropped a meteorite somewhere around Blythe Bridge and...