Schools must be safe for everyone, says children’s commissioner
Daniel Heard & Nicholas Bourne BBC News PA Media Police outside Ysgol Dyffryn Aman after two teachers and a pupil were stabbed last April Schools should not be turned into…
Sri Lanka hit by nationwide power cut
Sri Lanka has been hit by a nationwide power cut, with buildings including hospitals having to rely on generators to supply electricity. The outage, which began around 11:30 local time…
No excuses to not build 1.5m new homes, Rayner says
Joshua Nevett Political reporter BBC Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner has said there are “no excuses” to not build the 1.5 million new homes Labour promised in its election manifesto.…
Tory MP refuses to rule out future party pact
Conservative MP Alex Burghart has said Reform “wants to destroy” his party but refused to definitively rule out a deal between the two sides in the future. It comes after…
Rayner ‘upset’ by accusations of aggression at Grenfell meeting
In her first interview since the decision to demolish Grenfell Tower was announced, Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner was pressed by Laura Kuenssberg on her behaviour during a recent meeting…
Israel troops withdraw from corridor that split Gaza in two
Reuters Reports suggest Gazans are finding scenes of total destruction as they head home Israeli troops have withdrawn from the Netzarim Corridor – a military zone cutting off the north…
First edition Harry Potter book found in Devon sells for £21,000
A rare first edition of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, set to be thrown away, has sold at auction for more than £21,000. The item went under the hammer…
PlayStation Network back online, firm says
The PlayStation Network is now back online, the service has said, after it experienced a multi-hour outage that began on Friday evening. PlayStation said the network had now “fully recovered”…
one dead, 28 missing in Sichuan
Laura Bicker China correspondent Xinhua/AP The landslide struck Jinping village in Sichuan province At least one person has died and 28 remain missing after a landslide in south-western China, according…
‘People are dying’, say ex-miners waiting for pension cash
Several former mineworkers have expressed anger after a senior minister said they would have to wait until later this year to find out if they will receive some of the…