Social care: Four ways to reform the system
BBC Newsby Ben Chu·10d ago
- Published Prime Minister Andy Burnham has said he wants major reform of social care in England to create "a system that works on NHS principles" and where "everyone contributes, everyone is...
Best thing we can offer young people is a job, not benefits, says chancellor
BBC Newsby Ewan Somerville·10d ago
- Published The chancellor has warned against allowing Britain's benefits bill to balloon while not offering young people opportunities.
Lithium-ion battery fire killed Bootle mum and three children
BBC News·10d ago
- Published A fatal house fire that killed a mother and her three children was caused by a lithium-ion battery.
New NHS-style social care system could take decades, Dilnot says
BBC Newsby Becky Morton·10d ago
- Published A new NHS-style social care system for England could take decades to be implemented, economist Sir Andrew Dilnot has told the BBC.
Apple ordered to pay $5.7bn in haptic tech patent case
BBC Newsby Liv McMahon·10d ago
- Published Apple has been ordered to pay $5.7bn (£4.3bn) in damages after a US jury found it had used another firm's tech without permission.
Judge imposes £100,000 bail condition on Rwanda genocide accused
BBC Newsby Matt Spivey·10d ago
- Published A man accused of offences relating to the 1994 Rwanda genocide will remain in custody unless he pays the court a £100,000 guarantee.
Jos Buttler: England wicketkeeper ruled out of tri-series in Pakistan with injury
BBC Newsby Matthew Henry·10d ago
- Published Wicketkeeper Jos Buttler will miss England's 50-over tri-series in Pakistan next month, with Jordan Cox set to be given another chance to impress in his place.
Wrestler Benjamin Satterley, known as 'Pac', dies aged 40
BBC Newsby Tabby Wilson·10d ago
- Published British wrestler Benjamin Satterley, known as Pac, has died, his representatives have confirmed.
UK diesel price hits all-time high, RAC says
BBC Newsby Emer Moreau; Theo Leggett·11d ago
- Published Diesel prices have hit an all-time high of 199.18p per litre, according to the motoring organisation RAC, as the war in the Middle East continues to push up the cost of fuel.
Bodhana Sivanandan: British schoolgirl becomes youngest woman grandmaster
BBC Newsby Florence Freeman·11d ago
- Published A British child chess prodigy has become the youngest player in history to earn the woman grandmaster (WGM) title.
Angela Scanlon to take over Sara Cox's drivetime slot on Radio 2
BBC Newsby Ian Youngs·11d ago
- Published Angela Scanlon is to take over BBC Radio 2's drivetime show after Sara Cox moved to the breakfast slot.
Why the PM could finally drop the triple lock pension pledge
BBC Newsby Faisal Islam·11d ago
- Published The prime minister's Sunday morning BBC interview set hares running when it comes to the future of a policy once seen as politically untouchable.
Police block Orange Order from controversial parade route
BBC News·11d ago
- Published The police prevented the Orange Order from making a controversial parade down a road which had previously been blocked by protesters.
England cricket: Brendon McCullum proposes 50-over warm-ups - how are side shaping up for World Cup?
BBC Newsby Matthew Henry·11d ago
- Published The most surprising moment of England's thumping win over Sri Lanka at The Oval was not Jofra Archer's direct hit run-out, nor Tom Banton's first international century.
Carer at home investigated by BBC struck off for threatening elderly man
BBC Newsby Catriona MacPhee·11d ago
- Published A carer who was secretly filmed mocking and threatening an elderly bedbound man with dementia has been struck off.
Thousands of illegal ghost plates on cars revealed by new cameras
BBC Newsby Rahil Sheikh; India Latham·11d ago
- Published Thousands of illegal registration plates on cars and other vehicles have been detected by a new camera system currently being tested on motorways in south-east England, BBC Panorama can...
Hadrian's Wall Sycamore Gap tree stump shows 'encouraging' signs
BBC News·11d ago
- Published The stump of the iconic Sycamore Gap tree is showing "encouraging" signs with a thick ring of new shoots growing around it, three years on from its illegal felling.
Newspaper headlines: 'Iran link to RAF bomb plot' and 'Tax rise talks at No 10'
BBC News·11d ago
- Published Many of the front pages feature a photograph of what the Daily Mail describes as five "shirtless terror suspects", external as they were being arrested near RAF Fairford in...
Exceptional September warmth before rain returns this week
BBC Newsby Helen Willetts·11d ago
- Published A vast area of low pressure in the Atlantic is set to draw warm south to south-easterly winds across the UK early this week, but for some rain will not be far behind.
Protesters disperse after blocking controversial Orange Order parade
BBC Newsby Mark Simpson; Darran Marshall; Michael Fitzpatrick·11d ago
- Published Hundreds of protesters blocked a road in Portadown, County Armagh on Sunday, preventing a contentious Orange Order march from taking place.
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