Labour will bring a “huge number” of skilled jobs to Scotland by basing the HQ of its new energy company there, Sir Keir Starmer says. The party plans to create a publicly-owned company called Great British Energy. On an election campaign visit, the Labour leader said the firm would drive the transition to clean energy...
UK house prices returned to growth in May after rising by 0.4%, according to Nationwide, as buyers’ confidence was buoyed by wage growth and lower inflation. The average house price reached £264,249 this month, compared to £261,962 in April, the building society said. Mortgage rates in the UK have been comparatively high because the Bank...
3 hours ago Cherylann Mollan,BBC News, Mumbai Getty Images A staff member pours water on the face of a patient suffering from heat stroke in a hospital in Varanasi Several people have died due to heat-related ailments over the past 24 hours as temperatures continue to soar in northern and central India. Ten fatalities were...
“My daughter’s been lying in the morgue for three weeks and [they are] not giving me any answers,” said Ms Hodgetts. “I was just distraught today because every day now it’s getting more and more unbearable. “I just imagine her lying there.” Somerset Council said: “We extend our sincere condolences and sympathies to the family...
Zambia’s former First Lady Esther Lungu and her daughter Chiyeso Katete have been arrested over possession of properties suspected to be proceeds of crime. The two were arrested on Thursday in the capital, Lusaka, alongside another close relative identified as Charles Phiri, authorities said. Ms Lungu “failed to give a reasonable explanation” of how she...
Bruhat Soma correctly spelled words like “caixinha” and “sciniph” to win the 2024 Scripps National Spelling Bee and take home the $50,000 prize. The 12-year-old beat finalist Faizan Zaki by nine words, in a rapid elimination round that saw him correctly spelling 29 words in 90 seconds. The Scripps media group has sponsored the event...
After joining his boyhood club as a seven-year-old, Bellingham progressed rapidly through Birmingham City’s academy to make his first-team debut aged just 16 years and 38 days, becoming their youngest-ever player. He played one full season for Birmingham, making 41 appearances in the Championship and scoring four goals, before signing for Borussia Dortmund for £25m...
3 hours ago Heidi Booth,BBC News, Derby BBC Andrew Cowell’s latest trip will involve 84 buses and a ferry A man who used the government’s £2 bus fare scheme to travel hundreds of miles across the country is preparing for a new challenge. Andrew Cowell, 47, has previously travelled by buses alone to Whitby, Penzance...
29 minutes ago Danny Fullbrook,BBC News, Bedfordshire Bedfordshire Police Police have created an image showing what Tina Whittamore, pictured left aged 15, could look like today Police have launched an appeal to find a teenager who went missing exactly 53 years ago. Bedfordshire Police said there had been no confirmed sightings of Tina Whittamore, born...
43 minutes ago Steven McKenzie,BBC Scotland Highlands and Islands reporter Gavin Watson Beattie plans to start recording a new album later this year Scottish singer Callum Beattie says he is finally reaping rewards after 17 years of trying to carve out a career in the music industry. In the early days, he would play his...