King Charles and Queen Camilla visit Middlesbrough
Evie Lake BBC News, North East and Cumbria Louise Hobson BBC Radio Tees Reporting fromMiddlesbrough Reuters Queen Camilla joined teenagers in Middlesbrough for a game of table tennis Queen Camilla…
Suspect in Christmas cake poisoning found dead in jail cell
A Brazilian woman suspected of poisoning her husband’s family with an arsenic-laced Christmas cake has been found dead in her prison cell in what police think was most likely a…
Jaysley Beck felt manipulated by ‘suicidal threats’, inquest told
Bea Swallow BBC News, WIltshire Family photo Gunner Jaysley Beck felt responsible for her senior colleague’s mental health, an inquest has been told A female soldier who complained of being…
Kings Norton teen in Birmingham receives game-changing diabetes drug
A teenage patient has become the first in the UK, a hospital said, to receive what medics call a ground-breaking new drug for the treatment of type 1 diabetes. Teplizumab…
Two British nationals detained in Iran
Two British nationals – a man and a woman – have been arrested in Iran, the Foreign Office has confirmed. News of their arrest first came from state-run media in…
Kent MP shares in Commons he is HIV positive
An MP has revealed he is living with HIV during a House of Commons debate. Kevin McKenna, Sittingbourne and Sheppey MP, became the third MP to share his HIV status…
Dogs audition for a role in a Glasgow comedy play
Dogs have been auditioning to star in a play as part of the Glasgow International Comedy Festival (GICF). The chosen hound will join the cast of Walking Shadows which will…
US to have seat at talks on islands’ future, says Mauritian PM
The US will be present at talks over the future of the Chagos Islands, which has been the subject of a controversial deal between Mauritius and the UK, the Mauritian…
NHS ‘recovery plan’ fails to deliver more dentists for patients
NHS leaders have acknowledged a recovery plan for dentistry in England, launched by the previous Conservative government a year ago, has comprehensively failed. One aspect of the plan – ‘Golden…
Taped bananas ‘worth £24.8m’ appear in village
Impro The bananas have appeared in several places including this roundabout Bananas have appeared taped to various locations in a village, in an imitation of an artwork that sold for…