PA Media The UK’s Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis was among attendees at the event on Sunday Thousands of people have marched through London to ask for hostages being held by Hamas to be brought home. The ‘United We Bring Them Home’ march on Sunday began at Lincoln’s Inn Fields in Holborn and ended in Whitehall,...
A couple who won £1m on the National Lottery say they plan to continue working as police officers. Graeme and Katherine White “both enjoy what we do”, so have told police bosses they will continue working as officers, but with reduced hours. “I also think it’s important for the children to see us working to...
2 hours ago Pamela Bilalova & PA Media,BBC North East & Cumbria Ben Beska/PA Wire Dr Ben Beska placed the fish in a freezer drawer until he got a tank A junior doctor has ended up with a new pet after a goldfish mysteriously appeared in his garden. Dr Ben Beska, 33, from Newcastle, said...
A service has been held to remember the 29 people killed in an RAF Chinook helicopter crash on the 30th anniversary of the disaster. The helicopter carrying leading security personnel crashed on the Mull of Kintyre peninsula on the west coast of Scotland on 2 June 1994. The aircraft was on its way from RAF...
10 minutes ago Paul Seddon,Political reporter BBC The co-leader of the Green Party has told the BBC that finding different ways to measure economic success would help build a fairer society. The party has long argued that economic growth drives over-exploitation of resources and should not be the default aim for governments. Adrian Ramsay said...
A car crashed into a 600-year-old hotel and pub and damaged its stone pillars. Police, paramedics and firefighters were called to the Langport Arms, in Cheapside, Somerset, on Saturday at 20:20 BST, closing the road for several hours. The driver was treated by paramedics but did not suffer any serious injuries, a Devon and Somerset...
Michael Ball has paid tribute to Steve Wright, calling his legacy “immeasurable”, as he took over the the late DJ’s Sunday Love Songs programme on BBC Radio 2. Ball, a West End star who has presented on Radio 2 since 2008, was named as the show’s new host after Wright died in February. The 61-year-old...
Actor Toby Jones, who played the lead role in the TV series about the Post Office scandal, has said he “played a hero” in the drama. He starred as Alan Bates in the ITV show Mr Bates vs the Post Office, which tells the story of hundreds of sub-postmasters who were wrongly accused of theft,...
PA Media John Swinney will urge people to “vote SNP to put Scotland’s interests first” as he formally launches the party’s general election campaign. Mr Swinney will tell activists and candidates at a rally in Glasgow later that Westminster decision-making has meant “austerity, Brexit and a cost of living crisis being imposed on Scotland”. Scotland’s...
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...