'Cowboy builders' targeted in new government clampdown
BBC Newsby Emer Moreau·27 Aug 2026
- Published People carrying out home renovations will gain greater protections against "cowboy builders" through a new database of trusted traders and a payment system offering more safeguards, the...
Rape and sex offence specialists on all police forces by 2027, PM says
BBC Newsby Caitlin Doherty·27 Aug 2026
- Published Investigators specialising in rape and sex offences will be introduced to every police force in England and Wales by the end of 2027, the government has said.
Clean-up of illegal Kidlington waste supersite costs £6m
BBC Newsby Malcolm Prior·27 Aug 2026
- Published The clear-up of one of England's largest illegal waste tips has been completed - landing taxpayers with a £6m bill.
Trump signs order to rename Lake Ontario to Lake America
BBC Newsby Jessica Murphy·27 Aug 2026
- Published US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order seeking to rename Lake Ontario to Lake America.
Sports Direct's Ashley attacks Burnham over 'populist' High Street revival plans
BBC Newsby Archie Mitchell; Ben King·27 Aug 2026
- Published Billionaire Sports Direct founder Mike Ashley has criticised recent cost of living and retail policies from Andy Burnham as "populist reactions".
Ratko Mladić: BBC correspondent on meeting dangerous fanatic early in Bosnian war
BBC News·27 Aug 2026
- Published Bosnian Serb commander Ratko Mladić, dubbed the "Butcher of Bosnia" for his actions during the Balkan wars of the 1990s, has died in prison.
Lindsay Clancy trial in hands of jury after closing arguments conclude
BBC Newsby Ana Faguy·27 Aug 2026
- Published Warning: This story contains distressing details and discussion of attempted suicide The fate of US mother Lindsay Clancy is now in the hands of a Massachusetts jury, who must decide if...
BBC director general Matt Brittin says he was not aware of 'severity' of cuts
BBC Newsby Annabel Rackham·27 Aug 2026
- Published BBC director-general Matt Brittin has said he was not aware of the severity of the cuts the corporation needed to make when he took on his role.
Google, Microsoft and OpenAI among 100 firms calling for better cyber defences
BBC Newsby Zoe Kleinman·27 Aug 2026
- Published A group of 100 firms, including Google, Microsoft, Anthropic and OpenAI, have signed an open letter calling on countries and organisations around the world to beef up their cyber...
King Charles 'heartbroken' by deadly Nepal flash floods
BBC Newsby Olivia Ireland·27 Aug 2026
- Published The King says he and Queen Camilla are "heartbroken" by the deadly flash floods near the Nepal-Tibet border, as 33 people from the UK are missing including a 13-year-old girl and...
Finchley teacher of indecent assaults against two pupils
BBC News·27 Aug 2026
- Published A chemistry teacher has been found guilty of indecently assaulting two teenage pupils at an all-boys school in the late 1980s.
Blake Lively awarded $400,000 of $8m she claimed for legal fees in Justin Baldoni battle
BBC Newsby Ian Youngs·27 Aug 2026
- Published Actress Blake Lively has been awarded $400,000 (£340,000) of the $8m (£6.9m) she tried to claim from her former co-star Justin Baldoni to cover her legal fees and costs to fight a...
Ratko Mladić: The monstrous crimes of the 'Butcher of Bosnia'
BBC Newsby Sam Woodhouse·27 Aug 2026
- Published Ratko Mladić, who has died at the age of 84, was the bull-necked "Butcher of Bosnia".
What does the Meta settlement mean for the UK? Five things we learned
BBC Newsby Imran Rahman-Jones·27 Aug 2026
- Published Meta's $18bn (£13.3bn) settlement with nearly every US state is about more than money.
One in eight young people not in work or education
BBC Newsby Hazel Shearing·27 Aug 2026
- Published Just under one million young people in the UK are not in education, employment or training - or "Neet" - according to data published ahead of a major report about a "lost generation".
Hackers steal data from millions of UK airport customers
BBC Newsby Georgie Docker·27 Aug 2026
- Published Three major UK airports have been hit by a "cyber security incident" in which criminal cyber hackers accessed the data of almost nine million people.
Thieves steal Bronze Age artifacts from Spanish museum in four-minute heist
BBC Newsby Gabriela Pomeroy·27 Aug 2026
- Published Thieves have stolen jewellery and artifacts from one of the most important prehistoric gold collections at a museum in the Spanish province of Alicante.
Dame Jenni Murray died days after car crash, inquest hears
BBC Newsby Helen Bushby·27 Aug 2026
- Published BBC broadcaster Dame Jenni Murray died days after being involved in a car crash in which she was dazzled by headlights, an inquest was told.
Number of asylum seekers in hotels halves in a year, data shows
BBC Newsby Dominic Casciani·27 Aug 2026
- Published There has been a significant fall in the use of hotels to house asylum seekers waiting for a Home Office decision, data shows.
Somerset's Strawberry Line named Britain's favourite walking path
BBC Newsby Bea Swallow·27 Aug 2026
- Published An abandoned railway line which volunteers transformed into a much-loved walking and cycling route has been named Britain's favourite path.
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