One could be forgiven for feeling a little sorry for the UK’s beleaguered Chancellor of the Exchequer as she faces a steady stream of bad news: increasing unemployment, declining private sector...
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A UK city is leading the fight against one of the world's most deadly parasites - by trialling a new landmark treatment that could save thousands of lives a year. Visceral leishmaniasis is a tropical...
Pope Francis's funeral Mass details published in full51 minutes agoReutersThe Vatican has released the order of service ahead of the funeral of Pope Francis on Saturday in St Peter's Square.The...
Grande dame hangs up her ballet shoes aged 895 hours agoAngie BrownBBC Scotland, Edinburgh and East reporterSheena Gough is 89 years old but she can easily lift her leg on to a ballet barre to...
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Yvette Cooper is open to a “one in one out” youth mobility scheme with the European Union, according to reports. The Home Secretary had been seen as the biggest opponent over fears it would push...
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The UK is set for a scorching end to April as weather maps turn red with 23C heat. Eleven counties in the North and Midlands of England will sizzle in the highest temperatures, while the rest of the...
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Student killed in French school stabbing attack, reports sayJust nowGetty ImagesOne student has been killed and at least three people were injured in stabbing at a private school in western France,...
Student killed in French school stabbing attack, reports sayJust nowGetty ImagesOne student has been killed and at least three people were injured in stabbing at a private school in western France,...
You see it before you even park the car. The boarded-up butcher, the old building society now a vape shop, the pub with the broken window boarded up and the same three regulars who’ve kept it alive...
Fingerprints of city-sized icebergs found off UK coast2 hours agoMark Poynting and Georgina RannardBBC Climate & ScienceJames KirkhamIcebergs as large as cities, potentially tens of kilometres...
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French PM stunned as daughter reveals she was abused at scandal-hit school15 hours agoHenri AstierBBC NewsAFPFrench Prime Minister François Bayrou says his eldest daughter's revelation that she was...