Scotland’s warming climate ‘ideal’ for valuable truffle harvest
Kevin KeaneEnvironment, energy and rural affairs correspondent, BBC Scotland BBC Quality truffles can be sold for hundreds of pounds per kilo Climate change is affecting truffle production in mainland Europe…
Harlow care home resident, 105, has Cockney-themed birthday party
A woman has marked her 105th birthday with a Cockney-themed party reminiscing on her youth. Ada Cook, who is a resident at Alexandra House Care Home in Harlow, was born…
More drugs seized than ever before as NI used as smuggling route
Darragh MacIntyre, Stephen Dempster & David HunterBBC Spotlight BBC PSNI Detective Chief Superintendent Emma Neill is the head of organised crime International drugs cartels are increasingly using Northern Ireland to…
Coronation Street star Sally Dynevor to climb Mount Kilimanjaro
Sarah Spina-Matthews & Anna JamesonBBC News, Manchester BBC Sally Dynevor says she is up for the “great challenge” ahead Coronation Street star Sally Dynevor is set to climb Mount Kilimanjaro…
Birmingham lab ‘revolutionising’ maternity training, says NHS
Amy ColeMidlands Today and Tanya GuptaBBC News, West Midlands BBC Staff practise on Linda the mannequin in the simulation laboratory A simulation laboratory that can be used to recreate emergency…
New Police Scotland appeal for hillwalker missing for a year
Police Scotland Ian Ross was last in touch with his family on 6 September 2024 Police have appealed for help to trace a hillwalker who went missing a year ago.…
Little to no service on London Underground
London Underground services are continuing to face disruption on Monday, after workers walked out on Sunday in rolling action over pay and conditions. Members of the Rail, Maritime And Transport…
Huge drugs bust reveals battles on cocaine ‘superhighway’
Darragh MacIntyreBBC Panorama & BBC Northern Ireland Spotlight Watch how drug smugglers panicked as the Irish military closed in on them The text message came from Dubai with a Santa…
Sex harassment widespread among barristers, review finds
Sima KotechaSenior UK correspondent Eve Robinson: “I just froze in that moment” Warning: This article contains detailed description of sexual harassment. It had been a long and tiring day for…
‘Barrack to square one’ on asylum and ‘stop making mistakes’
Government plans to move migrants from asylum hotels to former military barracks is the lead for Metro. Defence Secretary John Healey confirmed that his department is considering using sites as…