17 hours ago Jonny Manning,Andy Watson BBC About 50 students have locked themselves inside a Newcastle University building, while more protest outside Students protesting against the war in Gaza have barricaded themselves inside a university building. The protesters had occupied an area outside of Newcastle University but have since moved inside the Armstrong Building. A...
A volcano in southwestern Iceland has erupted, sending glowing hot lava shooting 50 metres (164ft) into the air. It’s the fifth eruption since December on the Reykjanes peninsula, near the country’s capital Reykjavik. The Blue Lagoon spa – one of the country’s most popular tourist resorts – was evacuated as a precaution. Rikke Pedersen of...
A father and son from Cheshire are missing after a hillwalking trip in the Highlands. Tom Parry, 49, and 12-year-old Richie were due to return home on Wednesday after visiting Glen Nevis and Glencoe. But Police Scotland confirmed their car was found in the Three Sisters car park in Glencoe, where they set off from...
247 Kettles Oliver White “will be missed by all in the watch community”, his employers said A shop assistant found dead a day after being robbed at a London jewellers “should never have been alone”, the store owners have said. Oliver White, 27, was put in a chokehold as two men stole stock from 247...
A person has been killed after ending up in the running aircraft engine of a KLM passenger jet at Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport. The death happened as the KL1341 flight was getting ready to fly to Billund, Denmark, on Wednesday afternoon. The airline said it was taking care of passengers and employees who witnessed the incident...
A serial sex attacker dubbed “The Fox” has died in prison, the Ministry of Justice said. Malcolm Fairley carried out sex attacks in 1984 across Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Hertfordshire, sparking one of the largest manhunts in British criminal history. He was sentenced to six life terms for his crimes at St Albans Crown Court in...
Ukraine’s second biggest city, Kharkiv, which is just 20 miles from the Russian border, is under attack and Russia’s soldiers are advancing. Ukrainians are having to make some very hard choices about what they can defend, and they are fighting an enemy that has adapted itself to exploit their weaknesses. BBC international editor Jeremy Bowen...
Labour MP Lloyd Russell-Moyle has been suspended by the Labour Party over a complaint about his behaviour. The MP for Brighton Kemptown has been told by the party he will not be eligible to be a candidate at 4 July’s election. He told BBC South East he believes it is a “vexatious and politically motivated...
The BBC has promised to handle any complaints with “care, fairness and sensitivity” to all sides, following reports about Giovanni Pernice’s teaching methods on Strictly Come Dancing. The BBC issued a statement on Wednesday addressing “media reports about a high profile show”, which is believed to concern Strictly Come Dancing. It came 11 days after...
Trudy Ederle, the first woman to swim across the English Channel, is reintroduced to audiences. Source link