Family 'beyond devastated' by meningitis death as hundreds get antibiotics 8 hours ago Catherine EvansSouth East A father has confirmed that his 18-year-old daughter was one of two young people to have died in a meningitis outbreak in Kent, saying the family are "beyond devastated and they have no words …

On nearly every occasion President Trump has found himself in front of a camera in the last few days, he has had a pop at the prime minister and at the UK. We have long known the current occupier of the White House is rarely a man of subtlety, but …

The Labour Party has asked His Majesty's Revenue and Customs to investigate the tax affairs of Reform UK deputy leader Richard Tice. Party chair Anna Turley wrote to the tax authority after the Sunday Times reported Tice had "avoided nearly £600,000 in corporation tax" through his property company. Turley said …

Iran is taking steps to prevent anti-establishment protests, with checkpoints appearing across the streets of the capital, internet access restricted, and mass text warnings sent to residents. In Tehran, people have been telling the BBC about new security checkpoints around the city, where they say residents are stopped and searched. …

Care leavers who were given a one-off, no strings attached £2,000 grant were less likely to become homeless or spend time in hospital or prison, according to a new study. Leaving care, without a family safety net, has consistently been found to be associated with higher levels of homelessness, unemployment …

People turn to private health care to beat NHS waits, says watchdog 5 hours ago Nick TriggleHealth correspondent A two-tier health system is emerging with people increasingly paying for tests and treatments on the private sector to beat NHS waits, a patient watchdog is warning. Healthwatch England said feedback from …

Companies are to be paid grants to hire more young people under new government proposals to tackle youth unemployment. Businesses will receive £3,000 for every person between the ages 18 and 24 that they employ who has been searching for a job for six months or more, while small and …

6 hours ago George Sandeman For the last fortnight, as drones and missiles have whistled through the skies above Iran and the Gulf, air traffic controllers have been shepherding passenger jets through safer but congested airspace on the edge of the war. A glance at a flight tracker map shows …

4 hours ago Heidi BoothNottingham Warning - this article contains a graphic description of a dead body. The following words from Ronald Parkin's autopsy report are forever burned into the memory of his family. It reads: "There were signs of decomposition present. maggots were seen crawling on his body. " …

5 hours ago Joe TidyCyber correspondent, BBC World Service Organisations worldwide are racing to develop a universally recognised label for "human-made" products and services as part of the growing backlash against AI use. Declarations like "Proudly Human", "Human-made", '"No A. I" and "AI-free" are appearing across films, marketing, books and …