2 hours ago Niall McCracken,BBC News NI mid-ulster reporter Dorothy Coulter/Killymoon Castle Members of the 802 Air Division in the grounds of Killymoon Castle Hidden down a dark cellar in the bowels of a centuries-old castle is one of Northern Ireland’s best kept World War Two secrets. For 80 years, its basement walls have been...
16 minutes ago Davide Ghiglione,BBC News Rosario Lonegro Rosario Lonegro says his time in the seminary was “the darkest period” of his life Rosario Lonegro was only 20 years old when he entered a Catholic seminary in Sicily as an aspiring priest preparing to be ordained. But while he was there he fell in love...
54 minutes ago Michael Sheils McNamee,BBC News Getty Watching the issues in her parents’ marriage pushed Rebel Wilson to avoid “any kind of romantic relationship”, she has said in a new interview. The Australian actor and comedian told BBC Radio 4’s Desert Island Discs that she thought being in a relationship “might chain me to...
The Conservatives have promised to build 100 new GP surgeries in England and boost the number of available appointments by allowing more treatments in the community if they win the election. The party says it would also expand the number of treatments pharmacies can offer without people seeing their GP first. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak...
Labour is promising to give businesses more flexibility over how they spend government money currently earmarked for apprenticeships if they win the July election. Shadow education secretary Bridget Phillipson says the party will allow businesses to use up to 50% of the cash provided by the government to fund apprenticeships or training for existing staff....
Ellie Rylands Ellie Rylands bought her car from the online retailer site Cazoo A woman who bought her car from online retailer Cazoo has been left with a £1,000 repair bill after the company went into administration. Ellie Rylands, 28, who bought her £10,000 Peugeot from the used car retailer, found an engine fault after...
2 hours ago Abdujalil Abdurasulov,BBC News Getty Images Ukraine is now allowed to use Western weapons to hit targets inside Russia. What will this decision change and how will it affect the front line in Ukraine? Up until now, Western countries restricted the use of their weapons to military targets located inside Ukraine, including Crimea...
Just now Laura Kuenssberg,Presenter of Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg, @bbclaurak Donald Trump’s lawyer Alina Habba says he would run for president even if he was in jail One of Donald Trump’s lawyers has told the BBC “nothing will change” his fight for the White House – despite being convicted following an historic trial in New...
Four more boys have been arrested on suspicion of rape. Police received reports of a serious sexual assault in Yorke Drive playing fields, in Newark, on Saturday 25 May, between 17:30 and 19:00 BST. A boy aged 12, a 13-year-old, and two boys aged 14 were arrested and have all been released on bail with...
A craft launched from China in May is preparing to land on the far side of the Moon – an unexplored place almost no-one tries to go. The Chang’e 6 mission aims to collect precious rock and soil from this region for the first time in history. The probe could extract some of the Moon’s...