Seven more college strikes are to go ahead after talks failed to solve a pay row. Hundreds of college lecturers across Scotland went on strike on Thursday for the second time this week. The EIS Fela union said “no real progress” was made at talks with employers. The dispute stems from a pay rise lecturers...
Many are feared dead after a massive landslide struck six remote villages in Papua New Guinea, local officials and aid agencies said. The landslide occurred at 03:00 local time Friday (17:00 GMT Thursday) in the highlands of Enga, north of the island nation in the south-west Pacific. It buried more than 100 houses, Vincent Pyati,...
Hundreds of sub-postmasters found guilty as part of the Post Office Horizon scandal are to have their names cleared, after the law quashing their convictions was approved by Parliament. It was one of the final bills to pass before MPs break up ahead of the general election in July. The law applies to England, Wales...
An artist from Luton who is performing at Radio 1’s Big Weekend has said she is thankful for the places in the town that helped her develop as an artist. Lavz will be on the BBC Introducing stage at Stockwood Park on Saturday. The rapper, from the Marsh Farm area of Luton, praised nearby community...
Tech giant Google will soon begin making its Pixel smartphones in India, sources aware of the development have told the BBC. Google is set to manufacture the phones at an existing Foxconn facility in the southern state of Tamil Nadu. The firm is also set to independently manufacture drones in the state. India has emerged...
5 hours ago Rumeana Jahangir,BBC News PA Media George Harrison (second from left) was the youngest of The Beatles A blue plaque commemorating the life of Beatles legend George Harrison is to be unveiled at his childhood home later – one of the first of its kind outside London. His widow Olivia Harrison, who is...
16 minutes ago By Jonny Humphries,BBC News, Liverpool BBC The child had been “scared and tearful” during a video-call with her mother A judge in Liverpool ordered social services to arrange face-to-face contact between a “scared” toddler and a mother charged with sexually abusing her, a court has heard. The local authority dealing with the...
BBC Tarnia Chapman said her husband John was “a really good human being” The family of a man who was killed in an Israeli air strike in Gaza said their love for him was “deep, endless and eternal”. John Chapman, from Poole, Dorset, was part of the security team delivering food with World Central Kitchen...
7 hours ago Emma Grimshaw,BBC News, West of England BBC Chris Anderson has won the extreme race 23 times A cheese rolling champion who has won the extreme competition more times than anyone else has shared his top tips. Chris Anderson, from Brockworth, Gloucestershire, has claimed the title 23 times since he was 16 years...
The latest film from Oscar-winning director Danny Boyle is in production and filming across the north east of England. 28 Years Later is the long-anticipated, post-apocalyptic sequel to the 28 Days Later and 28 Weeks Later films and is slated for release next year. Film crews have been seen in Newcastle, Kielder Forest and, most...