Faiza Shaheen has told BBC Newsnight that she will not be Labour’s candidate in Chingford and Woodford Green, after allegedly liking antisemitic posts on X. It is understood her candidacy was not endorsed by Labour’s National Executive Committee. Speaking to Victoria Derbyshire, Faiza said she was in a state of shock, after receiving an email...
The leading candidates in Mexico’s presidential election have held their final campaign rallies ahead of the vote on Sunday. Either Claudia Sheinbaum, a close ally of left-wing incumbent Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, or Xóchitl Gálvez, a former senator for the country’s main centre-right party, is almost certain to become the country’s first female leader. Ms...
Labour and the Conservatives have both ruled out raising value added tax (VAT) if they win the general election. Writing in the Telegraph, Chancellor Jeremy Hunt said the Tories would not raise the main rate of the sales tax during the next Parliament. He challenged Labour to make the same pledge, claiming the party had...
As we have been reporting, 14 people have been found guilty of subversion – Gordon Ng, Tat Cheng, Clarisse Yeung, Michael Pang, Kalvin Ho, Helena Wong, Sze Tak-loy, Gwyneth Ho, Raymond Chan, Owen Chow, Lam Cheuk-ting, Leung Kwok-hung, Ricky Or and Winnie Yu. Some of them are quite well-known such as former lawmakers Leung Kwok-hung,...
Just now Sharon Barbour,Nat Wright Erroll Smith Darnell Smith died at the age of 22 in hospital IT system failures have been linked to the deaths of three patients and more than 100 instances of serious harm at NHS hospital trusts in England, BBC News has found. A Freedom of Information request also found 200,000...
Vasan has taken on a wide range of roles, from playing an assassin in Killing Eve, to a meek sales assistant in the Black Mirror episode, Demon 79. The latter role secured her a Best Actress nomination at the Bafta TV awards earlier this month, although she lost out to Sarah Lancashire from Happy Valley....
7 minutes ago Hazel Shearing,Education correspondent, @hazelshearing BBC/ Hazel Shearing Oluwatosin says he takes early morning walks to a local park to relax before exams This time next year, Oluwatosin, 17, will be taking his A-levels at Leeds Sixth Form College. And he knows that as that time approaches, he will have the same recurring...
A judge in the US state of Michigan was surprised when a defendant appeared for his remote court hearing while behind the wheel. Corey Harris, who is charged with driving on a suspended license, joined the call from a moving car. “I don’t even know why he would do that,” the judge said to the...
18 minutes ago Noor Nanji,Culture reporter in Holmes Chapel, @NoorNanji BBC Caitlin (left) and Jessie posed for pictures next to a life-sized cut-out of Styles Fans of Harry Styles have long obsessed over every detail of his life, his romances and his childhood. Now, Harries – as they’re known – are being offered guided walking...
Three black men have filed a lawsuit against American Airlines, alleging that the carrier briefly removed them from a flight after a complaint about body odour. The men, who were not seated together and did not know each other, say that every black man was removed from the 5 January flight from Phoenix, Arizona, to...