Just now Chris Mason,Political editor, @ChrisMasonBBC PA Mr Swinney finds himself in the midst of a general election campaign less than a month after winning the party leadership Scotland’s first minister has admitted the SNP faces a “tough challenge” in the upcoming general election. John Swinney said he wants the SNP – which won 48...
9 minutes ago Hannah Miller,Political correspondent Going, going, gone: Ed Davey takes a dip in Lake Windermere The tone of the Liberal Democrats’ general campaign was pretty evident from the moment we first stepped on the bus. Party poppers, crossword puzzles, and a mini bottle of Prosecco – all neatly packaged in an orange gift...
59 minutes ago Catrin Haf Jones,Political correspondent, BBC Wales News BBC Torsten Bell said he was ‘excited’ to be Welsh Labour’s candidate for Swansea West Labour has been accused of “riding roughshod” over its local members after accusations it has “parachuted” its choice of candidate into a Welsh constituency. The party confirmed on Friday that...
22 minutes ago Helen Briggs, Environment Correspondent, BBC News, @hbriggs Pol Fernandez The rare fern is found on the Pacific island territory of New Caledonia A fern has entered the record books for having more DNA than any other living thing. The plant’s genetic material, or genome, would reach about 100 metres when unravelled, outstripping...
A man has been charged with the murder of a mother and her son. Maria Nugara, 54, and her son Giuseppe Morreale, 29, were found dead in Cambridge Road, Ugley, near Bishop’s Stortford, on Tuesday. Essex Police said Calogero Ricotta, 63, of Cambridge Road in Ugley, has been charged with two counts of murder and...
The RAF’s Battle of Britain Memorial Flight (BBMF) will not take part in D-Day anniversary events following the death of a pilot in a crash, the BBC understands. Sqn Ldr Mark Long was killed when the Spitfire he was flying crashed in a field in Lincolnshire shortly before 13:20 BST on Saturday. The remaining aircraft...
PA The restaurant where the shooting took place in Dalston A drive-by shooting in Hackney which left a nine-year-old girl critically injured has been described as “reckless” by the Met Police. Shots were fired from someone on a stolen motorcycle towards a restaurant on Kingsland High Street, Dalston, on Wednesday evening. The girl, an innocent...
19 minutes ago Danny Fullbrook & South Beds News Agency,BBC News, Hertfordshire South Beds News Agency Courtney Richman denied swearing or shouting at the pensioner A bank customer who fatally pushed an 82-year-old woman with Alzheimer’s disease to the ground in a queue row has been given a suspended jail sentence. Courtney Richman, 26, pushed...
SNP leader John Swinney says he worries the Labour Party has signed up to “prolonged austerity” in order to boost its financial credibility. During a speech in Glasgow, the first minister says his ability to enhance Scotland’s health and education services could be “eroded by spending cuts from London”. Mr Swinney added that there was...
A grandfather and granddaughter were blown two miles out to sea in East Sussex while using a kayak and paddleboard. An alarm was raised at about 13:00 BST on Friday when the pair were 30 metres off the shore near Pevensey Bay The RNLI’s inshore lifeboat was launched from Eastbourne within 11 minutes and they...