6 hours ago Luke MintzBBC News Listen to an audio version of this article One morning in May 2024, Doris Suchet noticed something was amiss outside her flat in north Oxford. A chunk of pavement had been repainted into a parking bay for electric scooters. The box was labelled "E-scooter …
Source'The second home ban has breathed new life into my village' 5 hours ago Jo LonsdaleBBC North East and Cumbria Investigations Nearly eight years ago, Beadnell on the Northumberland coast became one of the first villages in the country to ban any homes built on new sites being used as …
SourceWarning: This video contains graphic imagery of the victims of stabbings and shootings, as well as images of those killed in street violence One of the most powerful and feared criminal organisations in Mexico has unleashed a wave of violence across 20 Mexican states, following the death of drug lord …
Source'Fear is everywhere': BBC reports from Mexican city turned into war zone by drug cartel feud 13 hours ago Quentin SommervilleInternational correspondent, in Culiacán, Mexico Mexico's president has praised the special forces for "bringing down" the country's most wanted man, drug lord Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes. Oseguera, better known as "El …
SourceRacism and 'poor' staff relationships factors in maternity care failings, report finds 6 hours ago Michael Buchanan ,Social affairs correspondentand Adam Eley ,BBC News Maternity services in England are failing "too many" families, with problems "at every stage" of the maternity journey, an interim report has found. Racism, staffing and …
SourceA bomb scare at the Australian prime minister's home originated from written threats directed at a Chinese dance and music group banned by Beijing. In emails seen by local media, performers of the Shen Yun group were told to cancel their upcoming Australian shows or risk explosives being detonated at …
SourceImports into Germany from China were more than double the value of those exported back last year – according to federal statistics. "We want a partnership with China that is balanced, reliable, regulated and fair," said Friedrich Merz, before leaving for Beijing. Merz is also expected to press China to …
SourceA man has admitted stealing a handbag containing a Fabergé egg and watch thought to be worth more than £2m. Enzo Conticello, 29, of no fixed address, stole from the victim in Soho, central London, on 7 November 2024, Southwark Crown Court heard. The handbag also contained a laptop and …
SourceThe MPs in the chamber did not hold back. This was new territory – hearing politicians openly criticising a member of the Royal Family in a parliamentary debate was striking. The language was stark. We heard Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor was "a rude, arrogant, entitled man who could not distinguish between the …
SourceDrones hammer Sudan's gold and oil zone - the pivotal new front line 5 hours ago Barbara Plett UsherAfrica correspondent Intensified drone attacks on the new front line of Sudan's civil war have led to mass civilian casualties in recent weeks and are increasingly shaping the course of the conflict. …
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