13 hours ago Tom Richardson,BBC Newsbeat Sony Most would agree that the star of the show was Astro Bot Sony has revealed a host of upcoming games to a mixed response. The console-maker’s State of Play broadcasts are a short collection of trailers and gameplay footage of forthcoming games. There’s been criticism that the company’s...
Actor Nick Pasqual has been arrested at the border between the US and Mexico, and charged with allegedly stabbing and attempting to murder his estranged girlfriend, authorities have said. Mr Pasqual is accused of breaking into the victim’s home and stabbing her multiple times, shortly after she had taken a restraining order out against him,...
A man has pleaded guilty to causing death by dangerous driving after a car crash in Merthyr Tydfil last month. Demi Mabbitt, 25, died of her injuries a week after the one-vehicle collision on Swansea Road in Merthyr Tydfil at about 23:45 BST on 5 April. She was described by her family as a “kind,...
Lava is continuing to spurt from a volcanic system in Reykjanes Peninsula, Iceland, after a powerful eruption on Wednesday. The town of Grindavik, which has been threatened several times since eruptions in the region began in December, was once again evacuated. The world-famous geothermal Blue Lagoon spa was also forced to close. However volcanic activity...
The proposed merger between Nationwide and Virgin Money is to be investigated by the UK’s competition watchdog. The country’s biggest building society announced the £2.9bn deal with its smaller rival in March. It is the largest banking merger since the 2008 financial crisis and create the UK’s second-largest provider of mortgages and savings. The Competition...
A 12-year-old boy has been arrested on suspicion of arson and subsequently bailed following a major fire at a derelict building in Limavady. The blaze broke out at a derelict former nightclub building in the Catherine Street area of the town just after 17:40 BST on Thursday. More than 50 firefighters tackled the blaze and...
9 minutes ago Farouk Chothia,BBC News, Johannesburg Reuters South Africa’s governing African National Congress (ANC) looks set to lose its parliamentary majority for the first time since Nelson Mandela led it to victory at the end of the racist system of apartheid in 1994. It would herald the end of the party’s decades-long domination of...
Nicki Minaj’s latest concert in Amsterdam has been cancelled, its promoter has said, almost a week after the US rapper was arrested in the city on suspicion of trying to export drugs. The star started her European tour in Amsterdam last week but was held by Dutch military police at the airport two days later,...
18 minutes ago Stuart Whincup,Pamela Tickell BBC Richard Lee is handing back his army medals to protest the handling of the case of his missing daughter The father of a girl who went missing 33 years ago is to hand back his army medals in protest over the handling of the case by the Royal...
South Africa election results: ANC on course to lose majority as MK surges – BBC News BreakingBreaking news Close breaking news Summary With more than 55% of results declared the ANC has 42% of the vote The party had always polled above 50% in all elections since 1994 The Democratic Alliance is second with 24%...