Two ports denied request to land 120 migrants in RNLI boats
BBC Newsby Nikki Mitchell; Stuart Rust·8 Sept 2026
- Published Requests to accept the landing of RNLI boats carrying 120 migrants intercepted off the Isle of Wight were refused by both Portsmouth harbour and Southampton Port.
Kevin Pietersen: Joe Root says England are 'very different' from 2014
BBC Newsby Stephan Shemilt·8 Sept 2026
- Published Joe Root said the England team is "very different" to the one Kevin Pietersen was sacked from in 2014 after the former batter joined the coaching staff of the white-ball side.
Pensioner with 'largest hoard' of child abuse images found in Scotland jailed
BBC News·8 Sept 2026
- Published A pensioner who amassed what is thought to be the largest collection of child sexual abuse material ever seized by police in Scotland has been jailed for four years.
Sir Tom Jones says he didn't want to leave ITV's The Voice
BBC Newsby Miriam Barker·8 Sept 2026
- Published Sir Tom Jones has said he did not want to leave The Voice, saying he "loves the show" and ITV made the decision to "fire" him from the judging panel.
Borrowers expecting mortgage rates to drop have hopes dashed
BBC Newsby Kevin Peachey·8 Sept 2026
- Published Nearly all the major mortgage lenders in the UK have announced increases in the cost of home loans in recent days.
Monty Don to leave Gardeners' World after more than 20 years
BBC Newsby Steven McIntosh·8 Sept 2026
- Published Monty Don is to step down as the host of Gardeners' World after more than 20 years, the BBC has announced.
LIV Golf: Jon Rahm unaffected by 'turbulence' over tour's future
BBC Newsby Matt Gault·8 Sept 2026
- Published Jon Rahm says he has become "pretty good at dealing with turbulence" as he remained tight-lipped on his LIV Golf future before this week's Irish Open.
Some veterans to be called up to test UK's resilience for war
BBC Newsby Ewan Somerville·8 Sept 2026
- Published Some veterans will be mobilised as part of a major exercise next year testing the UK's resilience for war.
Nottingham attacks victim's death potentially preventable, inquiry hears
BBC Newsby Asha Patel; Will Jefford·8 Sept 2026
- Published The death of a student killed in the Nottingham attacks was "potentially preventable", an inquiry has heard.
Forget the Mediterranean diet, I'm eating only food from Shetland for a month
BBC Newsby John Johnston·8 Sept 2026
- Published Could you survive a month eating only food produced in your local area? It would be difficult enough to do in a city, town or village on the mainland.
UK pupils rank highly in international reading, maths and science tests
BBC Newsby Branwen Jeffreys·8 Sept 2026
- Published UK pupils have performed well again in international science, reading and maths tests sat every three years by hundreds of thousands of teenagers around the world.
NFL 2026 Predictions: Who will reach Super Bowl? Who will win NFL MVP?
BBC Newsby Ben Collins·8 Sept 2026
- Published The NFL is notoriously difficult to predict and last season was no different. Seven of the eight division winners were different from 2024, with two of the Super Bowl favourites missing...
Chris Rokos: UK's third-biggest taxpayer to leave for Greece
BBC Newsby Raphael Sheridan; Mitchell Labiak·8 Sept 2026
- Published A hedge-fund billionaire and one of the UK's richest taxpayers has decided to leave the UK for Greece, the BBC understands.
Instagram users face ransom demands over fake copyright claims
BBC Newsby Imran Rahman-Jones·8 Sept 2026
- Published Instagram creators say they have lost thousands of pounds after their accounts were suspended or taken down due to fake copyright claims.
F1 Q&A: Are Charles Leclerc's crashes becoming a problem for Ferrari?
BBC News·8 Sept 2026
- Published Mercedes' Kimi Antonelli climbed from 19th on the grid to win the Italian Grand Prix - his home race - in one of the great Formula 1 drives.
We'll crumble when inquiry ends, says attacks victim's mum
BBC Newsby Asha Patel·8 Sept 2026
- Published The mother of a student who was stabbed to death in the Nottingham attacks says she might "crumble" when the public inquiry examining the tragedy ends.
Croydon woman 'had no hot water or heating for most of pregnancy'
BBC Newsby Meghan Owen·8 Sept 2026
- Published Samantha Banner and her partner have been living without heating or hot water for most of her pregnancy, relying on washing in buckets filled with kettle-boiled water, camping showers...
World-first surgery for Chesterfield baby's rare skull condition
BBC News·8 Sept 2026
- Published A "happy and cheeky" baby boy with a rare skull condition is doing well a year after becoming the first in the world to be given a new type of treatment.
Canada braces for prolonged trade war as counter-tariffs on US take effect
BBC Newsby Nadine Yousif·8 Sept 2026
- Published Canada's retaliatory tariffs on a range of US goods came into effect on Tuesday, with no sign of a trade deal on the horizon.
Newspaper headlines: 'Port in a storm' and 'Megxit means Megxit'
BBC News·8 Sept 2026
- Published Several of Tuesday's papers reflect on the anti-migrant demonstrations in Portsmouth.
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