New game release doesn’t want to overstay its welcome
Tom Richardson BBC Newsbeat Obsidian The makers of new RPG Avowed say they want the game to “respect players’ time” In Japan, there’s a word to describe a shelf full…
High street closed after reports of sink hole
Buildings have been evacuated and part of a high street in Surrey has been closed after reports of a sink hole. Police have closed Godstone High Street between Oxted Road…
Pakistan anger over death of child maid
A couple in north-east Pakistan has been detained on suspicion of murdering a 13-year-old girl who worked for them as a maid, for allegedly stealing chocolates. The girl who goes…
UK wages continue to outpace inflation, figures show
Average wages are continuing to outpace inflation with pay packets rising for both the public and private sector workers, official figures show. Pay, after taking into account the pace of…
Teenager arrested after chilli oil attack at Costco in Bristol
A teenage boy has been arrested after members of the public were sprayed with a chilli oil mixture at a Costco. Emergency services were called to the superstore in Avonmouth,…
Childcare costs are forcing people out of work
Clodagh Rice BBC News NI business correspondent BBC Mum-of-three Michelle Martin has taken a career break because of her childcare costs A woman in east Belfast has had to temporarily…
Review over school sex survey to be published ‘in 30 days’
Katy McCloskey Senior producer, education PA Media Pupils as young as 14 were asked about their sexual experiences Scotland’s chief statistician has been told to publish the results of a…
‘I’ve drunk in 5,000 pubs and I’m not stopping here’
Tom Oakley & Carolyn Moses BBC News, Nottingham The Great British Pub Crawl Dale Harvey said he estimated there were about 40,000 pubs in the UK A former pub landlord…
Boy burned in Ukraine air strike inspires ballroom film
Reuters Roman Oleksiv is dancing again after a year of skin grafts and more than 30 surgeries An aspiring ballroom dancer, who was seven when he was injured by a…
‘Our plane crashed. It’s upside down’
“Our plane crashed. It’s upside down.” These were the words of John Nelson, a passenger on a Delta Air Lines flight that had just crashed and flipped while landing at…