Labour’s Channel migrant plan was branded a “sick joke” after 11,000 small boat arrivals were confirmed just days after the total surged past 10,000. Some 294 people made the journey in five...
The war in Burma has been dismissed by some as a strategic sideshow, in the sense that winning or losing was not decisive in ending the conflict. This began with the ‘Germany First’ policy agreed...
A Donald Trump-style mass deportation programme could save the UK £10 billion a year, a new report has claimed. The Centre for Migration Control and former Reform UK MP Rupert Lowe urged ministers...
Swedish police arrest teenager after fatal triple shooting1 day agoAnna LamcheBBC NewsReporting fromLondonMaddy SavageBBC NewsReporting fromStockholmTT/ReutersSwedish police have arrested a teenager...
Cristina HorezRowan IngsBBC Global Disinformation Unit & BBC Trending30 April 2025Romanians are returning to the polls this weekend, following the unprecedented cancellation of presidential...
The 2025 Eurovision Song Contest is soon set to begin, with 37 countries competing to be crowned the winner of the international music competition.This year's event is due to take place in Basel,...
Hottest ever start to May as temperatures hit 29C4 hours agoSean SeddonBBC NewsMatt TaylorBBC WeatherBBCA new record was set for the hottest start to any May on record on Thursday, with temperatures...
A row has erupted in West Cornwall over Cornwall Council’s controversial proposal to demolish a much-valued community centre in Penzance to make way for a 72-flat care complex, a plan branded...
Health authorities in Congo are scrambling to contain a deadly anthrax outbreak that has claimed one life and triggered a cross-border alert. The outbreak, centred in North Kivu Province near Lake...
Escape to the Country graced television screens again on Thursday (1st May), featuring a poignant episode from series 22 with the late presenter Jonnie Irwin, who sadly passed away from cancer in...
McDonald's posts biggest US sales drop since Covid2 hours agoMitchell LabiakBusiness reporter, BBC NewsGetty ImagesMcDonald's has suffered its biggest drop in US sales since the height of Covid, a...
Households across the UK are being urged to use a piece of A4 paper in their fridge this week.As the unseasonably hot spring weather continues to blaze with temperatures hitting 30C today, a lot of...
National security adviser Mike Waltz and his deputy, Alex Wong, will be leaving their posts in the Trump administration weeks after the Signal leak scandal, according to US broadcasting network CBS....
Chicago's O'Hare International Airport has been placed on red alert after a possible measles outbreak. The passenger was mainly confined to the airport's Terminal 1 area but had already exposed...
Watch: What's at stake in these local elections?The BBC's Political Editor Chris Mason talks through what's at stake in this year's local elections.1 day agoChris Mason, BBC Political EditorEngland...
British woman, 115, becomes world's oldest person20 minutes agoStuart MaisnerBBC News, South EastHallmark Care HomesA woman from the UK has become the oldest person in the world, at the age of 115...
If you're jetting off this summer, a travel perfume may be a must-have (especially if the 100ml liquids rule limits you). LookFantastic has a highly rated Jo Malone travel set of two perfumes for...
Jeremy Corbyn’s Peace and Justice Project has published a statement backing Kneecap’s right to continue playing at Glastonbury, despite the ongoing anti-terror police investigation. Taking to X...
A 115-year-old British woman who was born just eight years after the death of Queen Victoria has been crowned the world's oldest person. Supercentenarian Ethel Caterham was born in 1909 and is...
The Met Office has confirmed that temperatures reached 28C in one part of the UK, marking the warmest start to May on record. In a post on X the meteorological organisation said: "With the...