‘I missed Lisbon funicular commute that killed my friend’
As Sonia Silva prepared to leave work on Wednesday evening, she was asked by a colleague to help with a quick task. It meant she missed her regular funicular ride…
Google fined €2.95bn by EU for abusing advertising dominance
Google has been fined €2.95bn (£2.5bn) by the EU for allegedly abusing its power in the ad tech sector – the technology which determines which adverts should be placed online…
Banbury bookkeeper jailed for defrauding elderly couple
Dave GilyeatBBC News, Oxford TVP Susan Bruland was sentenced to five years in prison for two counts of fraud by abuse of position A woman who defrauded an elderly couple…
RSF accused of crimes against humanity over el-Fasher siege
Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have allegedly committed numerous crimes against humanity during their siege of the city of el-Fasher in Darfur, UN investigators say. The report by the…
Do Reform’s economic plans add up?
Ben ChuBBC Verify policy and analysis correspondent PA Media As conference season begins for the UK’s political parties, Reform UK will be seeking to use its gathering in Birmingham to…
Rioter jailed for stoking fires at Manvers asylum hotel
A man who helped stoke a fire outside a hotel housing asylum seekers has been jailed for nine years. Matthew Crossland, 32, was filmed throwing planks of wood and bricks…
Hamas releases video of two Israeli hostages held in Gaza
Hamas Guy Gilboa-Dalal is seen in the video shared by Hamas, claiming to be in Gaza City Hamas has released a video showing two Israeli hostages seized from a music…
Reform not ruling out scrapping Senedd, politician says
David DeansPolitical reporter, BBC Wales News, Birmingham NEC Sam Robinson/BBC Laura Anne Jones said Reform was not ruling anything on the Senedd out Reform’s first ever Senedd politician has said…
Reform UK’s Andrea Jenkyns sings own song at party conference
Reform UK’s Greater Lincolnshire Mayor Dame Andrea Jenkyns appeared on stage at the party’s conference in Birmingham singing her self-written song Insomniac. Dame Andrea walked on stage in a blue,…
Shabana Mahmood made home secretary in major reshuffle
Shabana Mahmood has been promoted to home secretary by Sir Keir Starmer in a major ministerial reshuffle following the resignation of Angela Rayner. Mahmood replaces Yvette Cooper, who is being…