Coronation of King Charles III By Sean Coughlan Royal correspondent “Any one of the thousands of people that I met or was introduced to on any given day could easily have said: ‘You know what, you’re an idiot. I’ve read all the stories about you and now I hate you and am going […]
Coronation of King Charles III By Rachel Russell BBC News Hollywood actor Tom Cruise and Dame Joan Collins have been announced as some of the latest stars to feature in the Coronation Concert on 7 May. Adventurer Bear Grylls and Sir Tom Jones will join them in pre-recorded sketches to celebrate the crowning of […]
By Paul Adams & Charley Adams Diplomatic correspondent An operation to evacuate people from Sudan has been “extremely successful”, a government minister has said. A deadline for British nationals to reach an airstrip north of the country’s capital Khartoum, for the UK’s final rescue flights, has expired. “We can’t stay there forever in […]
By Lauren Turner BBC News The King and other senior royals have attended their first Easter Sunday service at Windsor Castle since the death of Queen Elizabeth II. Charles was accompanied by Camilla, the Queen Consort, with his siblings the Princess Royal and the Duke of York immediately behind them. The Prince and […]
World War One By Dan Martin BBC News A crucifix plucked from the rubble of the Somme battlefield and brought to England is to be returned to its original home in France. The cross was originally from the church of Doingt-Flamicourt, which was destroyed, along with the rest of the town, during the World War […]
By Andrew Kerr & Mary McCool BBC Scotland News The firm that audits the SNP’s finances has resigned, the BBC has learned. Accountants Johnston Carmichael, which has worked with the party for more than a decade, said the decision was taken after a review of its clients. Police investigating the SNP’s finances this week […]
By Becky Morton & Laura Kuenssberg BBC News Suella Braverman has insisted Rwanda is a safe country for migrants, despite evidence that 12 Congolese refugees were shot dead by police there in 2018. When presented with the evidence on the BBC’s Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg programme, the home secretary said she was “not familiar” […]
The family of a British geologist jailed in Iraq for attempting to remove artefacts from the country says he is “shell shocked” over his 15-year prison sentence. Jim Fitton, 66, who is originally from Bath, collected 12 stones and shards of broken pottery during a recent geology and archaeology tour of the country. Mr Fitton […]
A UK factory worker who was given a suspended jail sentence after being convicted of theft in Poland has won a High Court fight against extradition. Barbara Murawska, 64, of St Helens, Merseyside argued being forced back to Poland would unfairly infringe her human right to respect for family life. Mr Justice Linden said the […]
Russia-Ukraine war A council said it needed more people to host refugees fleeing the war in Ukraine. West Northamptonshire Council said more than 250 sponsors had come forward but it needed “additional help”. The authority said a £350-a-month “thank you payment” was available for sponsors who were “successfully matched to Ukrainian guests”. Conservative councillor David […]
