How a sinkhole revived a debate about migrant workers’ rights in Singapore
Kelly Ng BBC News, Singapore PUB A group of seven Indian workers used a rope to hoist a woman to safety after her car fell into a sinkhole When a…
Brian Cox returns to the Scottish stage as Edinburgh festivals begin
Pauline McLean BBC Scotland Arts Correspondent PA Media Brian Cox stars as the ghost of Adam Smith in one of the festival’s most anticipated plays It was the banking disaster…
Lib Dems call for cap on SEND school profits
Private providers of special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) schooling should have their profits capped to stop “shameless profiteering,” the Liberal Democrats have said. Research commissioned by the party has…
Young Ukrainians get their way as Zelensky overturns law to defuse crisis
Zhanna Bezpiatchuk BBC News Ukrainian in Kyiv TETIANA DZHAFAROVA/AFP Young Ukrainians were outside parliament again on Thursday as MPs voted to overturn a controversial law As Ukraine’s MPs gathered at…
US to impose sanctions on Palestinian organisations
The US says it is going to impose sanctions on the Palestinians’ self-governance organisation as well as the body that represents it on the international stage. The sanctions affect both…
Tata Steel fined £1.5m after worker Justin Day crushed to death
Family handout Justin Day and his wife Zoe were together for 24 years before his death in 2019 Tata Steel has been fined £1.5m after a contractor was killed at…
Young boy sexually assaulted while camping with his family
Google The boy was camping with this family at the Loch Ness Bay campsite when he was assaulted An eight-year-old boy has been sexually assaulted in his tent while camping…
Justin Timberlake reveals Lyme disease diagnosis
André Rhoden-Paul BBC News Getty Images Justin Timberlake has revealed he is living with Lyme disease. The 44-year-old said he was “shocked” to receive the diagnosis but it explained why…
Former nurse and mother lose battle against private gender clinic.
Sophie Hutchinson Health correspondent Getty Images A former nurse has lost her High Court challenge against the registration of England’s first private gender clinic for teenagers. Susan Evans, and a…
First war-injured Gazan child arrives in UK for treatment
Caroline Hawley Diplomatic correspondent BBC Majid Shaghnobi arrives at Heathrow airport in London Majid Shaghnobi can’t eat or speak like he used to. He can’t smile. But with his injured…