Andy Burnham refuses to rule out tax rises in autumn Budget
BBC Newsby Rachel Clun·25 Aug 2026
- Published Andy Burnham has refused to rule out tax rises in the upcoming autumn Budget, saying he "won't be unrealistic" about the "challenging" state of public finances.
F1 Q&A: Mercedes; Hamilton, Leclerc and Ferrari team orders; Aston Martin and Isack Hadjar's injury
BBC News·25 Aug 2026
- Published Lando Norris beat championship leader Kimi Antonelli to claim his second win in a row with victoy at the Dutch Grand Prix.
Food influencers v critics: Why credibility counts
BBC Newsby Jasmine Ketibuah-Foley·25 Aug 2026
- Published When stuck for ideas about where to eat on a Friday night or torn between takeaways, more and more people are turning to social media and their favourite content creators for...
Burnham to visit US in September to lobby Trump on Ukraine
BBC Newsby Helen Sullivan·25 Aug 2026
- Published UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham says he plans to travel to the US next month with European leaders to lobby US President Trump on Ukraine's defence needs.
Sir Chris Hoy: Campaigning for cancer screening should not be down to me
BBC Newsby Jane Lewis·24 Aug 2026
- Published Sir Chris Hoy believes the onus to encourage men to get tested for prostate cancer should not just be on high-profile individuals like him.
Home-testing kits now available for women who have missed cervical screening
BBC News·24 Aug 2026
- Published Women who have missed a cervical screening appointment in England are to be offered HPV self-testing kits by the NHS.
US Open 2026 qualifying results: Heather Watson among British winners in New York
BBC Newsby Harry Poole·24 Aug 2026
- Published Britain's Heather Watson battled back from a set down against Claire Liu to keep alive her hopes of securing a first US Open main-draw appearance in five years.
The grieving family who says the coroner's courts aren't working
BBC Newsby Michael Buchanan·24 Aug 2026
Sarah thought she knew what she was getting into when she attended a coroner's court in May 2024 to discuss the death of her second cousin.
Why some US restaurants are banning tips
BBC Newsby Susie Bearne·24 Aug 2026
- Published Wine waiter Caroline Kraetzer earns $40 (£30) an hour, double what most service staff in San Francisco are paid but then it costs a lot to eat at her restaurant.
New 10p coin enters circulation - will you spot one?
BBC Newsby Kevin Peachey·24 Aug 2026
- Published Something new might appear in your change when you pay in cash from now on: a 10p coin featuring the portrait of King Charles and the world's largest grouse.
Brydon Carse: Michael Vaughan says England need punishment to 'send a shiver'
BBC Newsby Stephan Shemilt·24 Aug 2026
- Published A punishment to "send a shiver down the whole team" may be needed after Brydon Carse became the latest England cricketer involved in a drinking controversy, according to Michael...
Lockerbie bombing trial postponed days before it was due to start
BBC Newsby David Cowan·24 Aug 2026
- Published The trial of a Libyan man over the Lockerbie bombing has been postponed for a third time, after new evidence on the 37-year-old case came to light three days ago.
China's humanoid robots are stealing the show, but a quieter machine revolution is unfolding
BBC Newsby Laura Bicker·24 Aug 2026
- Published "I take a nap and the world changes," says Chen Tianyu. His world certainly does. The 28-year-old keeps up with the latest technology by spending his spare time in factories that are...
Kit Harington joins HBO's Harry Potter series as Gilderoy Lockhart
BBC Newsby Nardine Saad·24 Aug 2026
- Published Kit Harington has been tapped to join the highly anticipated Harry Potter TV series, as the wizarding world's celebrity-turned-Hogwarts instructor Gilderoy Lockhart, HBO confirmed to...
Thousands of social and affordable homes to be built across England in £39bn plan
BBC Newsby Tarah Welsh; Jade Thompson·24 Aug 2026
- Published Ministers have announced where 70,000 social and affordable homes will be built in England over the next 10 years, in a bid to address the housing crisis.
US-Canada trade war heats up as Trump threatens to hike auto tariffs
BBC Newsby Nadine Yousif·24 Aug 2026
- Published President Donald Trump has threatened to hike US tariffs on automobiles originating in Canada, as the trade war between the two neighbours continues to heat up.
Asbestos cancer killed mum in her 40s – was her school to blame?
BBC Newsby Will Fyfe; Angharad Thomas·24 Aug 2026
- Published When Caroline Bryan was enjoying high school with friends in the early 90s, she would never have imagined replaying those memories in her final weeks, while searching for answers about...
Syria court sentences Assad-era grand mufti to life in prison
BBC Newsby David Gritten·24 Aug 2026
- Published A court in Syria has sentenced the country's former top Muslim cleric to life in prison after convicting him of crimes including inciting civil war and complicity in intentional...
Manga-inspired theme park to be built near Paris
BBC Newsby Amy Walker·24 Aug 2026
- Published Three theme parks will be built near Paris as part of a €6bn (£5.13bn) deal agreed between France and Saudi Arabia.
Charity? Acting? The Cotswolds? What will Harry and Meghan's UK life look like?
BBC Newsby Daniela Relph; Daniel Wittenberg·24 Aug 2026
- Published Within the next few days, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex and their two children will have departed California and become residents of the UK.
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