Leeds MP urges government to regulate funeral industry
Warning: This article contains distressing content An MP has called for new powers to regulate the funeral industry after a BBC investigation revealed a woman was keeping babies’ bodies at…
Laughing gas gang set up bigus firms to import 91 million canisters
Oliver WrightBBC News, Yorkshire Yorkshire and Humber Regional Organised Crime Unit Carl Messen, Benjamin Richardson and Thomas Richardson were jailed at Leeds Crown Court Three men who helped import 91…
Lotus workers in Norfolk will find new jobs, says Labour MP
Neve Gordon-FarleighBBC News, Norfolk Paul Moseley/BBC Labour MP Ben Goldsborough said the news was a “punch in the stomach” for workers An MP has said his team will work “full…
New child abuse report at Berrow Wood school investigated by police
Maisie OlahBBC News, West Midlands Other Generations of young boys were abused at Berrow Wood School A new police investigation is under way into a school where generations of children…
India and Canada appoint top diplomats after 10 months
India and Canada have appointed new high commissioners to each other’s countries, in the latest step to restore ties strained by the killing of a Sikh separatist leader in a…
Is London set to put the brakes on SUVs?
Tom EdwardsTransport & Environment correspondent, London BBC Recent figures show there are about 800,000 SUVs in London – a tenfold increase in 20 years There is no doubt they are…
Northumberland farms finally get electricity after 50 years
Jo LonsdaleNorth East and Cumbria Investigations BBC Four generations of the Anderson family have farmed in the Upper Coquet valley without mains electricity Half a century ago, people living in…
Soap villain Barry Grant to appear in Brookside’s return
Lauren HirstBBC News, Liverpool Spotlight/Getty Images Barry Grant grew from a cheeky youngster to a charismatic businessman before becoming the show’s villain Actor Paul Usher is to reprise his role…
UK firms warn over US small parcel tax
Charlotte Edwards & Emer MoreauBusiness reporters, BBC News Helen Hickman Helen Hickman says new taxes on small parcels are causing “an absolute chaotic mess”. UK firms are warning that new…
How US shoppers will be hit as the tariff exemption ends
Osmond Chia & Laura BlaseyBusiness reporters in Singapore & Washington DC Getty Images The US has pulled the plug on a long-running global tariff exemption that has been widely used…