17 minutes ago Steven McIntosh,Entertainment reporter Netflix Buying London was described by the Guardian as “tired, tone-deaf and shamefully crass” Netflix’s reality series Selling Sunset has inspired a British version – but so far, most critics are not buying. Buying London follows in the footsteps of the US series, which sees beautiful estate agents who...
34 minutes ago Lisa Young,BBC News, Cornwall BBC Jim Henderson was described as having the “heart of a warrior, the soul of a humanitarian” The funeral of an aid worker killed in an air strike in Gaza has taken place in Cornwall. Jim Henderson, 33, was among seven aid workers who died in the Israeli...
A 66-year-old man has been charged with the murder and kidnapping of a teenage girl. Steve Wright has been charged over the death of 17-year-old Victoria Hall, which happened more than 24 years ago. Ms Hall was last seen alive in the early hours of Sunday 19 September 1999, in High Road, Trimley St Mary,...
15 minutes ago Justin Rowlatt,BBC climate editor , @BBCJustinR Getty Images Scientists hope to clean up cement making Scientists say they’ve found a way to recycle cement from demolished concrete buildings. Cement is the modern world’s most common construction material, but it is also a huge source of planet-warming gas emissions. That is because it’s...
BBC Liam Stimpson, 24, is standing trial accused of raping a homeless woman in Cardiff Warning: Contains distressing content A homeless woman begged her attacker to stop as she was stripped naked, beaten and raped twice in a city centre, a court has heard. A jury at Cardiff Crown Court was told the 40-year-old woman...
Former Leeds Rhino player Kevin Sinfield has announced his fifth challenge to raise money for a motor neurone disease charity. He will cover 50km (31 miles) every day for a week in honour of former teammate Rob Burrow, who has had the condition since 2019, and for MND Association. The theme is “Running Home for...
There have been calls for calm in Finland and the Baltic states after a draft Russian decree proposed revising its borders in the Baltic Sea. Latvia said it was trying to clarify the situation, but Lithuania warned that the Kremlin was aiming to intimidate its neighbours with a “deliberate, targeted escalatory provocation”. Finnish President Alexander...
As fighting and suffering continues in Gaza, and violence grows in the West Bank, prospects of the Palestinian people gaining their own state might seem further away than ever. The decision by several European countries to formally recognise the existence of a Palestinian state will not overcome the reality that such ambition still faces huge...
A nursery worker who strapped a nine-month-old baby face down to a beanbag and left her there for 90 minutes has been jailed for 14 years for the child’s manslaughter. This breaking news story is being updated and more details will be published shortly. Please refresh the page for the fullest version. You can receive...
9 hours ago Emily Coady-Stemp,BBC News, South East Amelia Smith Red Smith’s creation went viral on social media after a neighbour posted about it A six-year-old’s homemade comic book went viral on social media after he sold it to a neighbour for £1. Red Smith, from Brighton, wrote a story based on a character called...