Home Secretary James Cleverly has said that Conservative plans to introduce compulsory national service for 18-year-old are aimed at “addressing the fragmentation we have seen in society”. The party has said that should it remain in power after the general election, teenagers will either have to join the military for a year, or volunteer for...
Police investigating the murder of a woman stabbed to death on a beach have sought to “reassure” residents and visitors they are “are investigating at pace” the “horrendous incident”. The double stabbing happened on Durley Chine Beach in Bournemouth shortly before midnight on Friday. The 34-year-old woman died at the scene and another woman, 38,...
15 minutes ago Farouk Chothia,BBC News, Soweto EPA Under the banner Siyanqoba (Zulu for We Are Conquering), South Africa’s governing African National Congress (ANC) held its final rally on Saturday as it campaigns for a record seventh term in office. But far from conquering, the party appears to be struggling in this election. Apart from...
16 hours ago Emma Grimshaw,BBC News, West of England Handout Alice says polyamory is more than a lifestyle it is “part of who I am” Alice Lovegood was nine years into a monogamous marriage when she came out as polyamorous. Looking back, the sex educator, from Brentry in Bristol, said she had always felt that...
3 hours ago Jonathan Beale,Defence correspondent in Kharkiv BBC/Lee Durant High-tech drones help Ukraine’s defenders – but they need more support from allies In the village of Lyptsi, Ukrainian forces appear to have blunted Russia’s surprise offensive. A few weeks ago, they were rapidly advancing towards Kharkiv. But with the help of reinforcements Ukraine is...
Getty Images Authorities in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande have confirmed 54 cases of the waterborne leptospirosis disease after the region experienced unprecedented floods in the months of April and May. Four others have died after contracting the illness, which is transmitted through water contaminated with infected animals’ urine, like rats. As many as...
Hannah believes one reason people don’t like pigeons is because there are so many feral ones. “The whole reason there are loads of them is because when we didn’t need them any more, we abandoned them,” she says. “So it’s like if we all of a sudden all went, ‘do you know what? I don’t...
10 minutes ago Calum Leslie,Riyah Collins Kaylee Golding Kaylee’s grandad was infected with hepatitis in the 1970s during treatment for his haemophilia 1Xtra DJ Kaylee Golding has revealed that her grandad was among the victims of the infected blood scandal. A public inquiry published on Monday found decades of failure and denial meant thousands of...
What about those who say removing heading would ruin football, it would change the beautiful game too much? “That has to be balanced against the destroyed lives,” Judith says, clearly reciting a well-worn response. “Football is a game created by humans and played by humans and the rules have been modified before,” she adds, likening...
Composer Richard M Sherman, who wrote songs for Disney film classics such as Mary Poppins and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang has died aged 95 in Beverly Hills. Sherman partnered with his late brother Robert, and the pair won two Oscars in 1965 for their work on Mary Poppins. Some of the brothers’ best-known scores include...