Documents released by the government include advice sent to the prime minister which said the pair's relationship continued after the financier's conviction for procuring an underage girl in 2008. The PM's chief secretary Darren Jones said the due diligence process "fell short" and the government had already taken steps to …

6 hours ago Luiz Fernando ToledoBBC News Brasil Warning: This story contains graphic sexual descriptions. "If I had disobeyed my mother and gone to New York, what might have happened to me?" asks Gláucia Fekete. In 2004, as a 16-year-old living in the Brazilian countryside, she was taking her first …

6 hours ago Catherine BurnsHealth correspondent Hundreds of GPs have told the BBC they have never refused to sign a sick note for a patient complaining of mental health issues. BBC News sent a questionnaire to more than 5,000 GPs in England asking if they had ever denied a sick …

14 hours ago Ghoncheh HabibiazadBBC Persian Snow fell in parts of Tehran on Tuesday night, blanketing the Iranian capital with a layer of white after air strikes on oil depots caused days of dark skies and black rain. But life goes on, even as the war drags on. Sahar, a …

From New Zealand to Orkney: Why we brought this classic car half way round the world 7 hours ago Rob FlettBBC Scotland News, Kirkwall Cathleen Hourie has long coveted an Austin 3-Litre - a classic car that she was introduced to by her first boyfriend. When she spotted a 1970 …

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Watch: How war in Iran may affect food and fuel prices The BBC's Nick Marsh examines how unrest in the Middle East will impact living costs around the world. Middle East Watch: Heavy gunfire heard as BBC reports from border of Israel and Lebanon From the Israeli town of Metula …

12 hours ago Peter Hoskinsand Nick Edser ,Business reporters Oil and gas prices fell sharply on Tuesday after US President Donald Trump said that the war in Iran was "very complete, pretty much". Crude almost reached $120 a barrel on Monday over fears that the conflict would cause lengthy disruption …

Smoke plumes caused by oil depot and refinery strikes drifted across Tehran on Monday, satellite images show, as the World Health Organization (WHO) warned that attacks on oil facilities could pose serious health risks to residents. Since the US-Israeli attacks on Iran began on 28 February, we have confirmed strikes …

Increased shipping costs driven by the conflict in Iran will be passed on to consumers, the boss of the world's second biggest shipping company has said. "We have traditional contracting mechanisms that pass on this fuel fluctuation, whether they go up or they go down, onto the customers," Vincent Clerc, …