Sunday Show: Scottish Lib Dem leader interview – BBC News BreakingBreaking news Close breaking news Summary Welcome to our live coverage of The Sunday Show on BBC One Scotland and Radio Scotland Martin Geissler is our host on the TV, and Fiona Stalker is presenting the radio programme This week’s big interview is with Scottish...
Supplied The manuscript is a record of songs sung by slaves on Caribbean plantations A project based in Gloucester has been awarded Arts Council England funding for its work exploring slavery, using a rare manuscript from the Caribbean. The manuscript includes the world’s oldest-surviving sheet music from Barbados, capturing voices of enslaved people working in...
6 hours ago Gemma Sherlock,BBC News, Merseyside Celandine Wood Animal Rescue The pocket bully was abandoned by his owner and tied to the gates of a dog pound An abandoned dog has been given a new lease of life after being saved just seconds away from death. Dr Sharon Williams, a vet from Celandine Wood...
A prolific thief who stole 17 tubes of Pringles in a series of burglaries and shop thefts told police “once you pop, you can’t stop”. Adam Spencer, 40, was arrested by officers in Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, after they recognised him as a suspect on Tuesday. He admitted a series of offences to officers and was charged...
A boy who died in a hillwalking accident was a ray of sunshine, his school said. Twelve-year-old Richie Parry and his father Tom, 49, were killed in a fall on a mountain in the Scottish Highlands. The pair from Alsager in Cheshire were reported missing after failing to return home. Their bodies were found on...
Novak Djokovic came through a five-set epic against Italy’s Lorenzo Musetti at the French Open, which ended at 03:07 local time in Paris. In a third-round contest that did not start until 22:37 on Saturday, towards the end of a rain-affected day at Roland Garros, the defending champion fought back from two sets to one...
6 minutes ago Julian Fowler,BBC News NI BBC Siobhan McNulty says they rely on make-up and gift sales to “keep the ship running” Pharmacies in Northern Ireland say they are dispensing prescription medicines at a loss as they are not being reimbursed the full cost. Siobhan McNulty, who runs Melvin Pharmacy in Garrison, County Fermanagh,...
15 minutes ago Vanessa Buschschlüter,BBC News Reuters Claudia Sheinbaum (left) and her rival Xóchitl Gálvez are battling it out to become Mexico’s first female president Mexicans are going to the polls on Sunday in an election which is almost certain to see the country’s first female president elected. Both the front runner, Claudia Sheinbaum, and...
UK general election latest: Labour pledges to cut net migration while Conservatives unveil GP plan – BBC News BreakingBreaking news Close breaking news Summary Laura Kuenssberg was joined this morning by Yvette Cooper, the shadow home secretary, and Health Secretary Victoria Atkins On Keir Starmer’s promise that net migration would fall under Labour, Cooper said...
Sir Keir Starmer has pledged to cut levels of net migration to the UK if his party wins the general election. The Labour leader said he would introduce new laws to train British workers to plug skills gaps in the job market and strengthen anti-exploitation laws. He did not put a timeframe or a target...