34 minutes ago Meleri Williams,Paul Pigott Bella Ciao The couple ran up a £329 bill at Swansea’s Bella Ciao before leaving without paying A couple who dined and dashed at five restaurants using their children to walk out on bills of more than £1,000 have been jailed. CCTV of Bernard McDonagh, 41, and his wife...
14 minutes ago Meryl Sebastian,Kathryn Armstrong Getty Images India’s weather office has issued a severe heatwave alert for parts of Indian capital Delhi Parts of northern and central India are sweltering under a severe heatwave, with a provisional record temperature of 52.3C (126.1F) registered in Delhi. If verified, it would be the highest ever recorded...
Just now Angus Cochrane ,BBC Scotland News Getty Images Michael Matheson was found to have breached Holyrood’s code of conduct MSPs have agreed to hand Michael Matheson a record ban from parliament for breaching Holyrood’s expenses policy. The former Scottish health secretary – sanctioned over an £11,000 data bill charged to his parliamentary iPad –...
PA Media Roy Keane, pictured outside Highbury Corner Magistrates’ Court, had been at the football match between Arsenal and Manchester United as a pundit Former Manchester United midfielder Roy Keane has told a court he was left “in shock” after being allegedly “headbutted” through doors during a Premier League football match. Scott Law, 43, of...
The family of a woman fatally stabbed on a Bournemouth beach have said “her giggly laugh and big smile will be hard to be without”. Amie Gray, a 34-year-old personal trainer, was one of two women stabbed on Durley Chine Beach at around 23:45 BST on 24 May. She died at the scene, while a...
Iceland volcano: Reykjanes peninsula eruption sends up 50m magma plumes – watch live – BBC News BreakingBreaking news Close breaking news Summary A new volcanic eruption has begun in Iceland’s southwestern Reykjanes peninsula, throwing up 50m plumes of magma and ash It is the fifth time since December an eruption has taken place in the...
Reuters Competition for hotel rooms is fierce ahead of the Taylor Swift concerts in Edinburgh A number of homeless people have been sent out of Edinburgh to make way for tourists ahead of Taylor Swift performing in the city, BBC News has learned. Shelter Scotland said several homeless people it supports had been sent via...
Another volcanic eruption has begun in south-west Iceland, forcing the evacuation of the famous geothermal Blue Lagoon spa and the small fishing town of Grindavik. The new fissure opened up near Sundhnuksgigar on the Reykjanes peninsula, the fifth eruption in the area since December. The Icelandic Meteorological Office (IMO) said the fissure is longer than...
Anadolu More than a million Palestinians have fled Rafah since the start of the Israeli military operation in the city three weeks ago A senior Israeli official has said he expects the war against Hamas in Gaza to continue for at least the rest of this year. “We are expecting another seven months of fighting,”...
1 hour ago Dominic Casciani,Home and legal correspondent, @BBCDomC BBC A hostel in Rwanda, earmarked for asylum seekers from the UK, has been awaiting arrivals since June 2022 One of the most important cross-party parliamentary committees says the Home Office does not have a credible plan to implement its Rwanda scheme for asylum seekers. In...