43 minutes ago Barbara Plett-Usher,BBC Africa correspondent Reuters South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa is under pressure after the disastrous election results Mavuso Msimang read the writing on the wall last year and now the people of South Africa have confirmed what he saw. The veteran of the African National Congress (ANC) resigned from the party...
26 minutes ago Harriet Robinson,BBC News, Wiltshire Getty Images Wiltshire Police called the incident “significant” A police officer has been injured after a driver “intentionally” hit him with a car. Wiltshire Police said the officer left his marked patrol car to speak to people in a parked vehicle on a field near Devizes on Saturday...
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has accused Russia and China of attempting to undermine his upcoming global peace summit in Switzerland. He said Russia was trying to dissuade other states from attending the event, and that China was working to do this as well. Speaking at an Asian security forum, he also said there were “elements...
23 minutes ago Paul Seddon,Political reporter Getty Images Labour’s Yvette Cooper has said it is for Diane Abbott to decide whether she wants to stand for the party at the general election. Asked whether she wanted to see the veteran MP run, the shadow home secretary said it “has to be Diane’s decision”. But she...
Police are reviewing claims of election fraud they have received relating to “concerns around marketing material”. It comes after the Conservative candidate for High Peak in Derbyshire, Robert Largan, put out a social media post on Saturday in red Labour colours saying “Labour for Largan”. He also put out a social media post, using the...
Getty Anna Beaumont, from Cardiff, was found unresponsive in a pool at Discovery Cove in Orlando, Florida on Tuesday A 13-year-old girl has died while on a family holiday in the US. Anna Beaumont, from Cardiff, was found unresponsive in a pool at Discovery Cove in Orlando, Florida, on Tuesday. Local police reported that she...
In 32 days time we’ll all have the chance to cast a ballot to choose who runs the country – but has all the frantic campaigning done much to change your minds so far? Here’s our favourite number cruncher, Sir John Curtice, with his take on the latest polls – in 60 seconds. Source link
David Beckham has said he swapped “beekeeping tips” with King Charles at a recent meeting. The former England captain said the pair met at the monarch’s Highgrove home in Gloucestershire to discuss the work of the King’s Foundation. Beckham has now been made an ambassador of the charitable foundation to help promote its work. He...
A village dealing with a petrol station fuel leak that has affected water safety and led to an underground explosion risk has been told a road will close until repair works are completed. Thames Water told more than 600 households on Thursday not to drink their tap water after elevated levels of hydrocarbons were found...
BBC Working towards a Duke of Edinburgh (DofE) award can conjure up an image of teenagers hiking and camping in the mountains rather than preparing afternoon tea. But at HMP/YOI Pentonville learning valuable cookery skills has helped inmates achieve their bronze and silver medals – which they’re receiving soon. I went along to speak to...